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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
TIE yERp1or OF SCIENCE.

That alcohol makes for the brain, when
taken into the system, has been proved on
the strongest possible testimony. Dr. Kirk
tells us that on one occasion he dissected a
man who died in a state OF intoxicatlon. "In
two cavities OF the brain was found the usual
quantity Of limpid fluid. When he smelled 1t
the odor OF whisky was distinctly perceptible
and when he applied the candle TO a portion
in a spoon il actually burned blue-the
lambent blue flame, characteristic OF poison,
playing on the surface Of the spoon for some
seconds" We have similar experience re-
lated by DR.. ogston, OF Aberdeen, in the case
OF women, who, 1t was believed, had
drowned herself in a state of intoxication.
1--WE discovered nearly four ounces OF fluid
In the lateral brain cavities having oil tho
physical properties OF alcohol"
DR.. John Percy found that by distilling
the blood taken from the system OF one in.
toxicated he could reproduce percentage
OF alcohol and, by submitting the brain to
tho same process, that the percentage was
much higher from which he concluded that
"a kind OF affinity exists between alcohol and
tho cerebral Cor bTnin) matter" The last
experiment on this point shall relate is that
OF DR.. Figg, who held post mortem exam
nation on the body Of John Garter, a young
athletic man, who drank a pint OF rum at
one effort. 'The mouth, stomach, cardiac
cavities and lungs presented no appreciable
trace OF the rum. Even on opening the
position OF its presence. On making, how
ever, a section into the lateral brain cavities,
the rum flowed out in considerable quanti-
ties, altered in color, but with its character
istic odor." From all which 1t follows
clearly, that alcohol has n special affinity for
tho brain, and, as necessary consequence,
works its saddest and most deplorable re-
suits in this-the seat OF reason. Whenever,
therefore, you see men struck down in de-
lirum tremens In the midst of their drunken
debauch when you SEQ men who were once
strong, quiyering in every limb, writhing In
agony on their bed OF pain, with features
eontorted, and wild and staring eyes, scream
ing aloud at the fancied approach ofthe most
loathsome-crawling creatures; when you
hear men, who were wont TO be wise, gibber-
ing ana chattering like parcel OF demented
maniacs when you see those of the weaker
sex casting aside all modestyand self-respect
and acting the part of the demoniacal and
insane, you will in future be able TO give a
reason for such conduct, and ascribe It to
that deadly poison which has entered their
brains, and stolen away the one great gift Of
God, which alone eleyates them above the
| iackal and the ape.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
sTErn OR IRON NAILS.

Since the introduction of steel nails
the iron nails have been slow of sale,
yet the latter are often palmed off on
the purchaser unless steel nails are
especially ordered The wire steel
nails cost a trife more than the square
cut steel ones, but are enough better to
pay, as the wire nails do not split the
timber, or mutilate the fiber of the
wood, as does the common> nail. A
wire nail, if notched, clings to the
wood, and for clinching is preferable
to the common form of steel nail. As
to durability, both will rust away if in
an exposed position. Iron nails break
when under heavy strain, or when bent
at right angles, while those of steel
hang with a most wonderful tenacity,
and for fencing, and like purposes,
should always be used. For shingling,
wire nails are best. They do not split
or tear away the nnderside of the
shingles, rs do the square cut nails of
both iron and steel. When driving
large steel nails into hard wood, they
Rre liable TO bend unless struck squarely.
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
n1suor's PLEA ron TOTAL ABSTINENCE.

At the Worlds Temperance Congress at
Chicago, very remarkable paper by Arch
bishop Ireland was read, in the course OF
which he gave HIS reasons in favor OF total
abstinence His views upon this point are
interesting, and practical and in brief are as
follows:
"The mere use OF intoxicants is not a
moral wrong. Tho wrong is in the abuse,
the immoderate use. but the line between
the moderate and immoderate use Is very
vague and shadowy. Philanthropists, re-
ali5ing the extent OF the drink evil and the
vice and sorrow II causes the world, have
called for spell with which to put down the
demon. The spell has been found and II is
total abstinence. Millions have been killed
by alcohol who were never drunk in their
lives, as the word is commonly understood.
Tho effects OF alcohol ore so insidious, there
arc so many opportunities for tho acquire
ment OF the habit OF intempcrance Let
good men, men OF strength and power, be
total abstainers and the weak will follow.
Oh, for the charity OF n Manning who said
he needed the pledge because poor dock
laborer needed il
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
TEMPERANcE NEws AND NOTES.

Stockholm has the highest death rate from
drink OF any city in the world, ninety in
10000
Shetland is the most temperate county and
Cork the most drunken town IN the United
Kingdom.
In eleven cathedral cities OF England there
Is an average Of ono public house to every
157 inhabitants
Carter Harrison, Mayor Of Chicago, has
issued an order that no drinking man will be
retained on the police force.
Queen Anne, Of England, was extremely
fond Of brandy, and her face became so
bloated that among the populace she was
known as Brandy Faced Nan"
Consider whether there is any real adyan-
tage in shorter hours or higher wages for
worhingmen, if their earnings and unem-
ployed time are both spent in the saloon.
or the 81 600 breweries in the world Ger
many has 2G, $40, England has 1854 and the
United States have $500. In the consump-
tion Of beer the German province OF Bava-
ria leads the world, with an annual average
OF 222 litres per head. The inhabitants OF
the United States average thirty.on litres
per head.
Would men and women, adults and youths
bo safe beyond all peradyentureP And why
should they not wish TO be so. when SO
much, when all, Is mt stake2 Then let them
be the faithful observers of total abstinence.
Prudence is a virtue prescribed Of God ana
man. "Ho who loyeth the danger, shall
perish therein, "-Archbishop Ireland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
Malta.

There was at the Centennial Exposi-
zion the head Of woman cut in but
Ter. which attracted much attention
from the rural visitors For this they
passed by the women painted on can
vas or carved IN marble they we're too
like the real thing, and they probably
knew how difficult it is to make butter
into moulds. For some reason Malta
reminds you of this butter lady. 1t is
n real city-with real houses and CO.
thedral and streets, no doubt, but you
have n feeling that they are not genu"
inc, and that though il is very cleverly
done, it is, after all, city carved out
of cheese or butter, Some of the
cheese is mouldy and covered with
green, and some of the walls have
holes in them, as has aerated bread or
Rouuefort cheese, and the streets and
the pavements, and the carved facades
of the churches and opera house, and
the earth and the hills beyond-every-
thing upon which your eye can rest is
plaring and yellow, with not a red roof
to relieve it, IL is all Just yellow lime
stone. and il looks like Dutch cheese.
It is like no other place exactly that
YOU have ever seen. The approach in
to the canal-like harbor under the guns
and the search lights of the fortiticO
tions, the moats and drawbridges, and
the glaring monotony of the place it
self which seems to have been cut out
of one piece and painted with one
brush, suggest those little toy for.
,.-1,f,1, ,t,
the shop windows at Christmas time.
OF course the first and last thought one
has of Malta is that the island was the
home Of the Order of the Knights of
st. John, or Knights Hospitallers.
This Order, which was the most noble
of those OF the days of medieval chiv-
airy, was the band of warrior monks
who waged war against the inhdels,
who kept certain VOWS, and who, under
the banner of the white cross, became
honored and feared throughout the
then known world. Their headquarters
changed from place to place during the
four hundred years that stretched from
the Eleventh Century, when the Order
was first established, up to 1880, when
Charles V. made over to Malta and all
its dependencies in perpetual SOW
ereignty to the keeping of these
Knights. They had no sooner fortified
the island than there began the nine
months siege of the Turks, one of the
most memorable sieges in history.
When it WAS ended, the Turks re-em-
barked 10, 900 of the 40, 600 men they
had landed, and of the 5000 Knights
. present under the Grand Master Jean
de la Valette when the siege had
opened, but 600 capable of bearing
arms remained alive. - Harpers
Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
MAKE BEST BUTTER.

If dairymen will bear in mind tha
the best butter pays profit and the
poorest ipsures loss, they will have
one large foundation stone of dairy
economy established. The average
grade just pays the cost of production
the poorest grades fall below and the
better grade rises above. The profit
accrucs from the better grades of but
ter produced from the better grades of
cows. For while it is entirely prac-
ticable to always make high grade
butter from low grade COW, it is not
possible to secure profit, because of
the small quantity. Neither can a
profit be obtained by making large
quantities of poor butter. First we
need a good COW, then give the COW
and her milk good care and success is
certain. There is comfort in the fnct
that it is just as easy to make good
butter by good methods as to make
poor butter by the ''old granny"
methods, in fact it is very much easier
and ten times more satisfactory. -.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
PRUNING GRAPE VINES.

Many agricultural writer's insist that
grape vines should only be pruned in
the fall or beginning of winter, And
undoubtedly that is the best time, but
we have pruned in the spring, after
the leaves were half grown, without
any injury to the vines. We did not
cut back as closely as we should have
done in the fall, and sometimes one
or two of the last joints died, probably
from bleeding, but there was no ex-
cessive bleeding, and the main vine
did not seem to be hurt by it, or the
fruit lessened in size or sweetness. II
was thought better than to allow a
neglected vine to grow too much
wood. But we would not care to prune
between the formation of the fruit
buds and the ripening of the fruit, un-
less TO nip off the ends of branches
that are making too much growth. -
Boston Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
The Biggest Egg.

sswenow come" saidJ. @. Stephens,
nj his auction rooms in King street,
Covent Garden, "to the egg of the
Aepyornis maximus, the biggest bird
living OF extinct. IL has been extinct
for some time, and only two of its
bones have been found. According to
the catalogue the bird was more than
ten feet high and was Aightless. 3"
'T should think Sc, said a prospec-
tive egg buyer.
''It would seem to me-" said Mr..
Stephens, "that tho bird that laid this
egg must have been something like
thirty-five feet high-about as high as
n house. You will see by the cata-
loguo that il measures 34f inches in
its longest circumferen 70 and twenty.
eight inches in girth. This egg is
several inches larger than the egg wo
sold last year. Itis, of course, great
rarity, and not more than thirty of
these eggs are known.
"rhis, l think, is the finest egg of
the lot. 1t should be remembered
that there are sixty known eggs of the
+ great aux, and they sell for couple
of hundred guineas each. I don't
mean to say that this egg should bring
as much as a great auk's egg, but we
sold one not SO good as this last year
for seventy guineas.
The egg was passing from hand TO
hand in wooden box while tho
auctioneer was speaking. II looked
too large for an egg, though in other
respects It seems natural enough. II
was not difficult to understand how a
bird that had laid such an egg had be-
come extinct. The strain must havd
been equal to the horsepower of an
Atlantic liner, and the cackle that fol.
lowed the arrival of the egg must have
made the welkin ring until its head
ached.
The egg is of a brownish gray color
and sounds like porcelain when it is
drummed on with the knuckles. The
bird that was accustomed to lay tins
sort of egg lived, it is said, in NADIA
gascar, and buried its eggs in the sand,
Il is only possibly to find the egg by
digging in the sand, and more eggs
may yet be found, as II good deal oI
the seashore of Madagascar has not
been dug up yet.
The egg was finally sold for sixty
seven guineas. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
War Games.

The war games best calculated to
yield really useful results are those
which are sometimes played in antici-
patton of some field day or series of
mGnGuvres 1t is surprising how
often there is total disagreement be-
tween the probable issues arrived at,
severally, by real men on real ground,
and those brought about by lead pieces
upon the map or model. Ground fea-
lures, so apparently insignificant that
their existence is undiscovered even
upon the largest scale maps, will some
times suffice to alter the entire situa-
ton. Speaking generally, the COM
mon result of much playing of war
games is TO inculcate the mistaken idea
that, given certain data, Il combat has
fixed issue. An ounce of practice is
worth a ton of theory. One of the
first things which it is essential to ap-
sciate is that in war there is no such
thing as certainty, and that it is the
unexpected which very frequently hap
pens. All that the best general can do
is 10 insure the desired result as far as
he is able, and make proper prepare
tions for meeting the difficulty in case
OF failure Broad Arrow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
wHEN A su,o Is INDISPENSABLE.

The silo is indispensable for winter
dairy. And this makes necessary a
series of crops most suitable for the
purpose. As the main reliance is on
corn for the ensilage, there will be
little else grown, but the summer feed
ing of cows is n simple matter. This
should be by pOsturing, which is the
cheapest mode of feeding cows and by
far the most convenient, as there will
be no time taken up in driving them
back and forth, as they will remain in
the pasture during the three summer
months. 1t is thus seen that the
winter dairy is most economical in
every way, and more profitable than
ordinary dairying as well.-New York
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.


If pollen is kept dry it will last for
years.
Whitewash is good purifier for the
COW stable.
Keep the trees growing if you wish
them to succeed.
The harrow is grand tool to use
early in the corn.
Keep the cultivator going every day
possible in season.
If honey is kept in warm, dry place
it will never spoil.
In starting an orchard it is. best to
have only few varieties
1t is suggested that catnip will repay
cultivation for honey alone.
An application of hardwood ashes
will supply the potash necessary for
the berries.
Ayrshire and Holstein milk does not
cream as readily when set as Jersey or
Guernsey milk.
"A good corn crop will produce more
than twice as much food per acre as a
heavy hay crop.
The quality and quantity of the
milk will be improved if COWS are fed
and milked regularly.
Crowd the cultivation of corn now
on till haying and do not let the grass
get too old before cutting.
Fine manure, raked or cultivated in
near the surface, will add fertility to
the soil and make the plants grow.
At late honey show in England
large manufactured hive, which could
be taken apart, attracted much atten.
tion.
One German paper recommends dip
ping the new queen in liquid honey
and then dropping her among the
| bees.
1t is not too late in most parts of
the country to get in corn and have it
make pretty fair crop for silage or
! fodder.
Two crops of hay from the slough
will give hay better rellshed by stock
than one. Cut one early, the other
before frost.
Every sheepman should attend the
farmers institutes. If the fair asso-
Citations do not give sheep fair show,
attend the meetings of the board and
tell what they want.
Many people do not like the honey
gathered from buckwheat. 1t is
neither SO white nor so delicate as
clover honey, which, however, it sur
passes in richness. Alsike honey has
a slight amber tint and is said to taste
like Eastwood honey.
Every mntton raiser, and all are
going to be who are not now, should
study the local trade of his neighbor-
hood and then go to the city stock
yards, slaughter houses, and follow up
the carcasses to see where they go,
who buys them and who eats them.
No man can tell another how to do q
thing that will certainly make as much
as it did for him; but almost anybody
can tell something that will suggest q
new idea that may be turned to advan-
tage This is what sheep raisers need
now little more than any other class
of live stock men.
1t is interesting and profitable to
know what is done with the fifth quar-,
ter, the skin, entrails, head, legA
blood and manure of sheep at tina
Strengthening houses. 1t is fact that
this fifth quarter, so often loss on
the farm, affords a big profit to the
trade even if there were no other.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
MODERATE DnINKfNn.

That there may be errors in Judgment
among medical examiners OF life Insurance
companies in pronouncing upon q risk Is
probable, especially in cases OF what aro
known as moderate drlnkers-thoso who, In
reply to the question In the application In
that regard, say truthfully that they drink
alcoholic liquors moderately at night. And
yet cases OF that kind have been affected with
pronounced delirium and delusions.
Summing up an able article on the subject
OF the relation OF life insurance to inebriety,
DR.. i. ID. Crothers says: ''The object OF all
companies, to minimize tho uncertainty and
risks OF all policy-holders, and make the
question OF the mortality Of its insured
reasonable certainty, is a reality when the
facts of alcoholic degeneration are studied
above the level OF opinions and theories.
The greatest peril to life insurance to-day is
the confusion OF theory relating to the nature
and action Of alcohol. Every policy-holder
has to pay for this ignorance In increased
rates. The companies are periled and de-
gree OF uncertainty exists which larger and
more accurate study of alcohol would remove.
Companies whose managers and medical ad-
visers are moderate drinkers are on the road
to failure. Companies who assume that this
question is settled and the lines OF health
and disease can be mapped odt are failures
already. Companies who regard this peril
from alcohol as one requiring the most care
full scientific study and cautions application
OF the apparent facts Of to-day will arrive at
some rational lines OF successful solution Of
the problem. Finally the alcoholic question
from every point OF vlew demands q new
and more exact study to lift II out OF the fogs
and moss-covered superstitions OF the CEN
turies. Mail and Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26

In tho time of Frederick William II.
when the German Army was resting
on the laurels Of the great Frederick,
dandies hourlshed in great numbers,
among the officers, in spite of severe
official condemnations Of foppery. The
monstrosities and extravaganza differed
but slightly from those of to-day
sharp-pointed toes, ridiculously high
colors and short overcoats without
seams. Latter-day exquisites have also
adopted the plan of crowding on the
finger as many rings as possible-he
who can carry the largest number on
the ring fingers and at the same time
bend his finger being considered to
have the bluest blood. London Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
nnndlcs In ihc tlormnn Armr.

Referring TO the recent order of the
German Emperor with regard TO the
dandyfied Irregularities which had be-
come common in the German Army, n
correspondent at Berlin calls our ut
tention TO the fact that the Kaiser him
self is not altogether free from affecta-
tion of this kind. inasmuch as he him
self sets the fashion of "bangle" wear
ing In most of the many portraits of
the Kaiser the bangle is brought into
special prominence by the position of
tho arm. But though addicted to the
bangle he never condoscended to the
earring, which formerly was very com
monty worn among his officers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26

The New York Medical Times notes tho
fact that in 1850 there was one criminal in
$500 OF our population, but that In 1890 there
was one in 1865, q startling increase in forty
years, and adds, "Thero must be some way
to stay this mad rush OF crime some remedy
LOT TINS bacteria which Is poisoning the ioun-
tains of moral and physical strength" We
venture TO suggest to the Times, that chief
among the factors OF the crime and deterior-
alton which II deplores are intoxlcants. We
invite Its help in our contest to abolish them.
National Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
Persian Needle.MOrk.

The difference between Persian and
the needle work we are accustomed to
see seems to lie in the thoroughness
sincerity, an artist would call it
of the former. Every stitch is taken
with mathematical precision, and there
is no sighting at any point. The
wrong side of the wSfk is as admirable
in its way as the right side. In some
specimens the stitches cover the design
on both sides, the needle being carried
across underneath, as it is in the en-
broidering of China Grape shawls. On
other pieces the needle is put back
toward the wrong side close by the
place it was drawn through, thus
throwing all the work up on the right
side and leaving what looks like beau
tifully regular outline-work on the re-
verse. This is the method used in
working sofa pillows, table covers, or
anything which only exposes one side.
But for curtains, handkerchiefs,
shawls, etc, the double-faced en-
bAoidery Is invariably used.
A favorite method of this Persian
worker is the introduction of texts OF
sentences upon the border or centre of
her pieces. The lettering isso quaint,
angular, and disconnected that at the
first look it seems like q geometriC
pattern. On one white linen table
cover, heavily worked in flowers and
foliage with gray silk, was border OF
lettering wrought in gold thread. The
characters were about four inches tall,
and the sentiment they conveyed,
"God is great; Good is good" took
up very short space; but the text
was repeated again and again. -Har'
perAs Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
TEMPERANCE.


Have we no pity for the poor, miserable
children2 Is thore no voice strong enough
TO plead "like angels trumpet-tongued
against the deep damnation OF their taking
of, ,"-ot these children, who, in the language
OF Southay, are not so much born into the
world ns predestined, MS II were, 10 live lives
Of disease and degradation because OF the
drink in tho midst OF which they are brought
up and OF which they have the hereditary
taint In their very veins. s.-Canon Farrar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-26
nn1NK n111s. ot n1o o1rtrs.

II has been shown that the city OF Chicago
alone consumes $40, 900 900 worth OF beer In
a single year. Pittsburg spends S1s, 200, 600
for drink New York spends not less than
SEQ, ,0O0, 600 to $40 900 900 for beer nlono,
There are in New York City about 5000 Illicit
establishments whore drink 10 sold without q
license, and the drink establishments swing
wide their doors day and night and seven
days In the week