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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

By using crude carbolic acid freely,
lice may be efectually cleaned out.
Mulch the rhubarb and asparagus and
work the mulch into the soil If you de-
sire to have an extra growth next spring
for early use.
Select your seed potatoes in the fall,
unless you have an abundant supply. 1t
may do to plant small seed once in a
while, but as rule to follow 1t will not
work successfully.
''The melancholy days have come"
for the COW whose master thinks it is
all right for her 70 sleep out doors on
cold, frosty nights, aud to rustic around
in the cold fall rains in search of food.
Swamp muck has a wide range of
value as to fertilizing quality. Some of
it hasn't enough nitrogen in it to pay
for digging, much less hauling, while
others are worth $4,000 an acre if a yard
deep.
The axiom "a penny saved is worth
Two earned" is practically illustrated by
feeding unthreshed oats to cows aud
calves. Try it once, and you will never
waste time, money aud labor in thresh.
ing oats.
o: course, after milking your cows all
summer you know what each can do,
and whether you are milking her at a
profit or a loss, so you will have no
trouble in telling which ones to sell to
the butchers.
Locality aud custom has much to do
with so nearly uniform a vegetable as
the sweet potato. The true Southerner
wants it sweet aud soft, while his more
Northern brother prefers it ''mealy,"
like a good Irish potato.
It is easier to keep a COW up to her
regular flow OF milk with a little feed
than it is to bring her back to 1t after
she has shrunk off it, with a good deal
of feed. This is an instance where "ao
ounce of prevention is worth a pound Of
cure"
II you have any little chicks that are
peeping around frosty mornings because
they need stockings to make them COM
Portable, it will be humane aud money
in your pocket if you take their heads
off at a single blow with a sharp
hatchet.
The old~-fashioned dark barn with a
stone basement aud manure cellar is GO
ing out Of fashion. Everybody now
wants the COW stable TO be light and
airy aud particularly sweet smelling,
Make all Of it Of wood and put in lots Of
double windows where the COWS stand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
FAT MUTTON NOT POPULAR.

Fat mutton once had a wider range OF
admirers IN England than at present.
The fatted animals were the best. A
dish of potatoes was placed in the COM
mon oven, and over it the fat loin of a
Leicester sheep. This made a great
mass Of gravy. The master of the house
dined off the meat, while his family
equally Jared on the delicious aud sat.
urated potatoes. But at the present
time luxury has almost banished the fat
Leicester mutton from the tables of the
manufacturing operative, and is more
confined to those engaged in the mining
districts. The Southdown and the High.
land Scot, the Cheviot, and the half bred
(small in joint and full of flavor, with
less fat) seem to be the kind of sheep
which the spread of luxury aud epicuri-
anism demands in the manufacturing
districts of TIE country, and therefore
the present tendencies of breeders must
be somewhat checked, if not altogether
reversed.-American Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOILS.

The amount of water in a soil and its
rate Of circulation being among the most
important factors in determining the
growth of cultivated plants, it follows
that the art Of cultivating and manuring
must be based on the possible control Of
the water supply in the soil. In a report
on soil investigations, by Mr.. Whitney,
of the Maryland Station, it is shown
that the continued use of lime, kainit
and phosphoric acid makes the soil more
loamy, looser in texture aud less reten-
tive of moisture.
Many of our agricultural lands need
improvement in the other direction.
They need to be made closer in texture
and more retentive of moisture. In the
investigations under consideration it was
found that ammonia, the caustic aka
lies, carbonate of soda, and probably
many other substances tend to bring
about the desired improvement.
The judicious use of lime, kainit or
acid phosphate, along with organic mat
ter added to the soil, is said to give q
value to the application which it would
not otherwise have had. In this connec
tion a value to stable manure is given
out of all proportion to the amount Of
plant food which it contains. Lime,
also, either alone or when acting with
organic matter, is named as having {
distinct value for all classes Of land
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11

One OF the most remarkable Instances
Of dosert-road making ever seen was that
In Death Valley. The marsh there was
bridged over by a natural deposit Of salt
30 thick that II would bear the weight
OF q railroad train-a bridge quite as in
terosting In its way as the ice bridges on
which railroad trains cross the st. Law
renee River during some winters. The
engineering problem in Death Valley,
however, was simple, for the irregu.
larities OF the surface Of the bridge had
merely to be levelled with sledge ham
mers to create a permanent way that in
five years of steady use showed no ma
terial wear or injury. Only a little less
striking, however, are the mud roads to
be found there and elsewhere in the
desert. 1t sounds somewhat paradoKical
to speak of mud roads on a desert, but
long stretches of mud crossed by high
ways can be found in both Nevada aud
California, where the region is 50 arid
that nothing but grease brush aud cactus
grow there. About the home Of the
famous old prospector and grizzly bear
killer, John w. Searles, who lives on
the west side of the Atlas Mountains,
one finds several miles of roadway which
he has built ecross q seemingly impass-
able marsh. The thermometer stands at
100 degrees in the shade for days at a
stretch there, but the mud in that marsh
never dries up. The mud is impossible,
but bridges of sand have been built across
it. The mud is peculiar. If a mule
should try TO cross it he would sink to
his body, and stay where he sank till
helped out. Nevertheless, when sand
and gravel from the mesa are dumped IN
the mud they do not sink altogether,
but form instead a very good bridge
over the mud. The sand aud mud that
come in contact with each other seem to
form u cement that hardens under the
heat of the sun into a solid crust stroug
enough to support a ballasting OF sand
and gravel above it and the load of mules
and wagons On the ballast. The mud
over which these bridges Of sand are
built has been penetrated to a depth Of
more than a hundred feet without find
ing anything but mud, and it is a very
soft mud at that.-New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
POUNDED INTO soBRIErY.

Rev. H. @. Ftzhu yh. of London. who was
at the Palmer House yesterday, told a COOL
story of bis work in the slums OF that great
city. He said:
Il have always made it a point to assist In
any way l could any man who is afflicted
with the liquor haDit and have used in that
WORK all the means OF salvation that seemed
to me available. | had in hand at one time
a rough, but when sober, a kind hearted
man, and was, at the solicitation of his wife.
trying to effect n reformation. When I first
went to him | found him in an amiable
mood, and having just recovered from a
drank saw how foolish he had been, and it
was an easy matter to secure his signature
TO a pledge for a month.
HE kept the pledge, but in the second
month he again started out on a spree. His
wife appealed to me and l went in search of
him. Finally found him at a table in a
GROCERY with a party Of companions. l
spoke to him and drew my chair up to the
table and Joined the party. My friend
yoide talking much with me, but after a
little l started upon my mission trying TO
induce him to terminals his spree and sign
another pledge. This time, however. it was
no easy sailing, and the object OF NV solici.
tations began using profane language in his
abuse OF me. Then l reasoned with him
that IT was not fair to use such Language to
me. | insisted hat he knew | was a minis
ter and could not ~retaliate in the same way.
II would be a parallel case | said, If you,
a man who has two hands, should offer TO
fight a man with none.' BY this speech l
had gotten myself into a tight place. The
man jumped up evidently highly elated.
You have two hands he cried, 'and so
have 1. Wen settle the matter in that
way His companions then laughed at my
uneasinesS while | protested that l did not
want to fl light with him. Then their derisive
laughter made my position all the more
ridiculoua and / knew il | hacked ont I
would be looked upon with scorn by all the
men. and | wanted their respect. / was
quite a boxer when at school, and / was sat
ished that l could whip the man, so l finally
consented TO nave it out with him In the
style he had suggested. We retired 10 an
alley, and there, after a lively struggle, l
administered TO him a good pounding. But
| won his respect and that Of his compan-
ions, Wit were the only witnesses, and sub
sequently all the men, through my s~olicita-
tons, gave up drinking and have joined the
church. h-Chicsgo Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
MANAGEMENT OF HORSES.

Let the horseman know that much OF
his worth to his master depends upon
the manner in which he studies the CON-
fort Of his horses during their labor. II
a horses head is refined up too tightly,
or his jaw is tied down to his chest, or
If, as l have seen, both horses on a pillow
are so tied to each other that neither has
freedom of motion, aud consequently
works fretfully all day, we have in such
cases about as sure a method OF working
the flesh off an animal as can be devised,
besides in6icting positive pecuniary in
jury upon the master.
Let the horseman be instructed as 10
the why and wherefore of the things he
daily sees. Teach him why it is wrong,
cruel and oowardly to place his twel.e
or fourteen stone weight directly upon
the loius of a mare heavy in foal, and
thus ride jolting to and from his work
why, when the animal is in this condi,
ton, great care IS necessary during
frosty weather, etc. Let him be made
familiar with the shape and make Of
different horses shoulders and be taught
so to adjust the trace aud seals on a col
lar as to command the most leverage o.
draught power. Let him be in%structe,
! in the formation OF the horses foot, a
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
MANAGEMENT OF cApoNs.

There is nothing about the poultry
business, writes George Q. Dow, of New
Hampshire, in the American A%gticultur-
list, that requires 50 little attention or
effort on the part Of the owner as raising
capons. They are rarely sick or ailiug,
always vigorous aud hearty, are quiet
and docile, and many more can be put
in one house or pen with no fear OF harm
that would result from any other poultry.
As o as the fowl is caponized let him
run wherever you wish to have him,
and he will get along all right.
1 usually put my capons IN a pen or
yard by themselves for about a week,
feeding them on soft feed OF any kind
aud plenty of water, but furnish no
roosts. In a very few days the cut will
heal over, aud a little later the scar can
hardly be found. In healing some air
may get under the skin, which causes
the wound to "wind puff" When this
happens simply prick the skin aud let
the air out, as it is a seconds work, but
it is not necessary to even do this. Ma
ture will take care of it in time and find
q way to let it out. After a week l let
the birds go where it is most desirable
for me to have them, generally putting
them in the yards with other chickens or
letting them run at large.
Capons need no more care than other
poultry do. Feed them all they want to
eat and keep their quarters clean. Sim
ply treat them as you would any grow
ing chickens, and the capons growth
will be surprising. The rapid growth
Of capons for the first few months is re-
markable and very interesting. A New
York poultry raiser wrote me that his
capons gained three pounds each in six
weeks. OF course the frat growth is
principally bone and frame work. When
this is developed they then take on flesh
and fat. l iud 1t about as we'll to feed
corr alone in winter, with bone and
shell before them all the time. They
are not great eaters, as, being quiet, all
they eat goes to form flesh aud fat.
Only feed what they will eat and you
will soon have some %ten-pouud capons to
sell,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
Smoke.tncks Don Kan Blocks.

It is a wonder that a big corporation
has not been formed before now to build
smokestacks for general use. Immense
chimneys might be built, say one for
every ten square blocks, and the smoke
from all the furnaces, stoves and private
and public heating apparatus be diverted
to them by means Of pipes laid under
ground. This system, if carried into
effect, would give every manufactures
and user OF coal better draft than his
smokestacks give him now, because they
would be built higher. If they were all
constructed high enough they
would carry the smoke into the
upper currents, where it would be
blown into the clouds, or at least far
away from the city. This scheme may
look like a big aud expensive one "a
undertake, but l don't think it any more
chimerical than cold storage or pneu
matte tubes for commercial use.-St
Louis Globe. Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


About all the average drunkard has 10
support him is a lean On a lamp-post.
Russia produced in the past ten years, It
is said, SIS, $50, 400 gallons Of pure alcohol.
There were in the United States last year
1863, 935 public school teachers, and 204 1911
liquor dealers.
Whisky may be made from mohsses,
bestroot potatoes, tomatoes and many
other substances,
In Norway the Government runs the
saloons. In some other countries the saloons
run the Government.
The Lucy Webb W. G. II. u, Of Mime
apoliS contenplates building a home for
newsboys OF that city.
The more liquid a man puts down his
throat the less chance there seems 10 be OF
drowning his voice. -Yonkers Statesman.
The late Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Convention decreed TO make the mat
ter OF liquor selling at the Worlds Fair the
main line of work for the next six months
The highest statistical authority in the
United States, David A. Wells, declares that
the yearly waste in the United States,
through drink, is at least $500, 900, 900. In
forty years $40, 900, 900, 600 has been thus
wasted. This Is equal 10 the whole savings
Of the people from 1888 TO 1857.
The New York Sun estimates that 2O,O OC
TASKS were emptied during the recent foot
ball game In that city between Yale and
Princeton. altogether, it was the greatest
day for public drinking that New York hai
seen. There is nothing like it on any Other
day Of the year, Even the girls took pull
at TASKS offered by their cavaliers and not
single case Of drunkenness called for poles
attention.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
A SUCCESSOR TO COUGH.

During the recent session of the CouSre-
gational Union in England, MIR. J.. G..
Woolley addreSso / the temperance meeting
in what was reported ms a very impressive
speech, giving a sketch Of his life. The
British Weekly, speaking Of him, says: 'He
is not at all lise the celebrated orator. John
b. Cough, to whom he is compared. The
point of similarity between them lies not in
voice, nor figure, nor style OF address, but in
the common experience of the evil against
which they devoted their lives. Mr.. Woolley
Is like Cough, at any rate, in %this-that he
knows the grip OF the spirit demon on his
own throat, and SO can speak with a voice
full OF tears and a soul aching with the pas
sion OF an unSpeakable me nory. Taese are
the men who can lay hold OF tho undecided,
and convert the drunken. 1t was hard to
withstand an appeal backed by such an ex-
perience as was sletched before our eyes Ia
those terse sentences, every letter of which
seemed tipped with fire. Seeing that Mr..
Cough has been called away, it is we'll that
Mr.. Woolley has been raised up 10 carry on
the same work.. Indeed, Mr.. Woolley is
doing far more positively temperance work
than Mr.. Cough engaged in during che last
few years OF his life.-New York Observer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
Extraordinary Coincidence.

An extraordinary coincidence occurred
in Fleet street the other day. After the
SETTLING at one of the sporting clubs a
gentleman went into a restaurant, where
he had a glass of wine with some friends,
and then took a cab to the Bank of
England, thereat to deposit some money.
On counting the sum he found that he
had lost a ~iifty-pound note 1880, and
at once sped back to the place of enter.
tainment to look for the missing ''ps.
per- being ignorant both of the number
of the note and of the hanson which
conveyed him to Threadneedle street.
The search was irultless, 30 he promptly
chartered another cab to convey him 10
Scotland Yard. To his JOY and surprise
his lost treasure was lying On the seat;
it was the same vehicle in which he had
been driven to the bank. This may read
like romance; it is merely a matter of
fact.--London Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11

For some time the cattle men In the
vicinity Of Bridgeport have been missing
csttlo from their herds. Among the
principal losers was N. b. Hunnemul, al
extensive hand and cattle owner. Ho
set a big 100.pound boar trap In q pig
pen. like structure Of logs, with IN OPEN
ing on one side, aud baited the trap with
a calls head. He also attached an
eig~hty-pound log to the trap. It had
iron hooks to It 80 that IL would catch
against distractions aud prevent the
ferocious animal from travelling rapidly.
1t was set for two days, but the bear
did not touch the bait. Finally Mr..
Huunemill visited the log pen In Buck
eye canyon and found the trap gone. The
trail Of the log and trap and tracks OF
the bear led up the heights above the
among whom was Mr.. Miner. They
trailed the bear up the sides Of the noun
tain, over perpetual snow at times and
barren stretches at others. They travelled
fast and made many miles before they
finally came in sight Of the grizzly.
"His right forepaw was eau yht in the
trap" said Mr.. Miner, "but, notwith-
standing that and the dragging OF the
eighty-pound log, he travelled we'll. As
soon as we got near enough we COM
menced firing with our Winchesters and
revolvers. We fired at least twenty-five
shots. The bear reared aud Dawled like
a calf. He didn't stop to fight; he was
trying to get away. We kept following
him aud blazing away, and he would rear
on his launches and cry out at every
shot. Most of us were almost tired on.
with the hard climbing and we diint
know for a time whether we could kill
him at all. At last he was finally brought
to bay and a 45-caliber ball killed him.
"When he had been rolled down the
sides Of the m untain to where We could
take him to town we found a curious
thing. Many of the Winchester balls
had had no effect on hin ut all. They
had struck his muscles and nattened out
completely without going further. 1t
was the same way with his head where
they had struck. They had Aatteued
there as they had against the bundles of
muscles. The grizzly weighed 700
pounds. We had a great barbccui of
bear meat when we got the bear down
to town." -San Francisco Exam ner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
TEMPERANCE.

WHICH SHALL IT BET
A tidy little home for Betsy and me,
With just enough room for one two or
Or a tu~mble-down hut with a broken gate,
And a sad-syed woman toiling early and
late?
Which shall il be
For mine and mei
A hve-cent glass OF beer for me,
Or a five-cent loaf for all Of us three'
Beer or baby-wine OF wife,
Which do hold moro precious than lifei
Which shall IL be
For mine and met
Potatoes and salt with a crust OF bread
For the best little woman the Lord ever
made,
While the rum-seller's wife feeds on turkey
and wine.
Bought with my money-if l so incline
This shall It be
For mine and mel
Tatters and rags for my little one,
MY fair, comely baby, my darling son;
While the rumseller's children 60 warm and
well clad
On my earnings wreSted from my bonnie
This shall it be
For mine and mel,
Well, man, do you think me a whole-yed
Blindly to serve as the rumselier's toolP
Ali How can | hesitate which to choose,
hen it's all to gain-or to lose;
For mine and me,
Fol mine and mel
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11

an aid to witch Professor Browns
pamphlet, "The Structure of a Horses
Foot" will be found exceedingly useful.
Let him be shown how, standing in
boxes or stalls or even in yards on
manure is ruinous to the feet of the
horse and how necessary it is to keep
the stable clean. In addition to the
foregoing those who have charge of
horses should be made acquainted with
all p~remonitory symptoms of the com
mon complaints of the horse. Rene
dies might then often be resorted to be-
fore it is too late, on the principle that
prevention is better than cure.-Western
Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
THE MANAGEMENT OF PIGS.

You will find some information on
this subject in another column. The
most profit in the rearing of pigs is to
lose the least time in bringing the pigs
to maturity and market, aud to get as
many as possible from the SOW in the
least time. Next, to hurry the pigs
along from birth, and while they are
small, at which time the growth for a
certain quantity of food is the most. The
right breed is necessary to do this, and
all things considered the Berkshire is the
best for making early pork OF the best
quality New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
Finest Caves in England.

The finest caves in England are those
in Derbyshire. of which the Peak Cave
at Castleton is noted for its grandeur. 1t
is rather a succession of caves, and is
situated at the extremity of a deep rocky
gorge immediately beneath the Peak
Castle. The entrance is Il large archway
in the cliff forty-two feet high and 100
feet wide. A long hall or corridor runs
for 100 yards in the mountain, contract
ing as it proceeds into a mere gallery,
and when this is passed, another large
cave is reached Brooklyn Citizen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
Sylvan Riches of British Guiana.

In British Guiana magnificent timber
covers thousands Of square miles, some
Of the woods being very handsome and
suitable for best cabinet work, while
others are very valuable for works of
public character. There is plenty of
good land suitable for cocoa, coffee aud
cotton, and no agricultural industry is
carried on except sugar culture.
lean Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-11
BRAKES COLUMBUS

BRAKES COLUMBUS DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
At a cost Of SIS, 900 Jphn b. Drake, pro.
prietor Of the Grand Pacific Hotel, aud one
OF Chicago's leading citizens, is Just com
pleting in hat city a public drinking foun-
tain, which is regarded as one OF the most
ornamental creations OF its kind in the
world. The design is Gothic in style and
the material is a fine, warm-tlnted coral
granite from Italy. The structure occupies
q space on the north side Of Washington
street. between the city aud county build
ingS and rs thirty-two feet in height. Be-
low the platform is a chamber which will
hold three tons of ice, effectually cooling the
water, which flows through coils Of pipe be-
low and around the ice.
Mr.. Drake has long felt that public drink.
ing fountains in the populous parts of great
cities would promote the cause of temper.
ance IN the best possible way. Let Mr..
brakes good example be followed by citi-
zens OF other cities and towns. Scientific
American.