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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
A STATE S EXPERIMENT.

South Carolina is to try an experiment in the
state regulation of the liquor traffic. Under
what is knownas the Evans Dispensary Bill.
which was passed by the Legislature at its
recent session, the State is to control all sales
of liquor. 1t is an adaptation Of the Gothen-
burg system, which has been in use in Sweden
and Norway for some years. Under II Ii
censes are granted to companies to sell spirit
Gus liquors under certain limitations These
companies are TO receive six per cent. for
capital invested. and to turn all profits in ex-
cess of this amount over to the state. Each
company has "a monopoly of its business in its
particular locality. Beer and wines are ex-
cepted from the provisions of the system but
in South Carolina these are included, and
hereafter there can be no legal saloons in the
State except those controlled by the State
authorities. The Legislature has appropria-
ted S50, 900 as capital to start the business,
and Governor 1fllman proposes to buy a stock
of liquors with this money and on the credit
OF the State. The purpose of the law is TO
insure, we suppose, that good liquors shalt
be sold that they shall be sold only to
persons entitled TO receive them, and that ali
the conditions of restrictions shall be
properly observed. Whatever profit
there may be in the sale will so
to the State and not to individuals. The rea-
son that the liquor traffic has become SO great
a traffic is because there are large profits in
it. II it should cease TO be profitable, men
now engaged in it would 90 into other lines
of business. They do not sell liquor because
they want to debauch their fellow-men, but
because they want to make money and as "a
general thing they are willing to do anything
to increase their profits. They become
hardened to evidences of suffering and deg
radiation and ruin, regarding these a. incl
dental to the business. Their one purpose is
to make money II the possibility of profit
were no longer before them they would cease
TO be liquor dealers We shall wait with in
OF 30 hon. h, la..
operates. There seems TO be no question of
its constitutionality, as the lawyers who have
been consulted by the liquor dealers advise
them to run no risk, but TO close their places
of business promptly on the first of July,
when the new law takes effect.-New York
Independent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
GROWING PAxsus FOR PROFIT.

The culture of flowers is one of the
most profitable of all this kind of in
dustries, and at fifty cents dozen for
pansies, the profit will be very salts
factory. To have them early, the seed
should be sown at once in boxes in n
warm room, and the small plants
moved to pots, but if the seed is sown
in the fall, the flowers may be had still
earlier. The most desirable way is to
SOW seed in the summer in the open
ground on rich soil, and pot the young
plants, picking off all the flower buds
as they form, until the middle of the
winter and in time to have the flowers
when they are wanted. Then by
gathering the flowers as soon rs they
are fully blown the plants will continue
to bloom a long time. To force good
flowers the plants should be kept
watered with weak manure water. The
finest varieties are the Imperial Ger
man and Scotch. New York Times
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
SELECTING A COW.

The good points of good COW are
not her good looks. She may not be
and probably is not very good-looking
except to the eye of an experienced
dairyman. She certainly is not fat
while giving milk, and to be really
good COW she should never be long
time enough between the times of milk
giving to fatten. She will most likely
have a large paunch, giving her a some
what ''pot-bellied" look after she has
filed herself Something cannot come
from nothing, and we never knew a
COW giving large messes of good milk
which was not ravenous feeder.
Hence her digestion must be good.
She should have broad chest, indicat-
ing large lungs. There is no good
digestion without good lung power.
She should be "deep" from the back
down to the belly, but with thin and
rather fiat neck. The skin of most
good cows is of velvety texture, and
looks as if it had been groomed foI
several generations, as in most breeds
of the best COWS it has. The good COW
is, indeed, less an accident than a
product. With good material from
which to breed, the good farmer can
make sure of her nearly every heifer
calf he gets. s.-Boston Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31

There was contest between four
Esquimaux in the village at the Fair,
writes Chicago correspondent of the
New York World. The prize was a
contest for five cent piece, which
some American willing TO encourage
sport had buried in the soil so that only
a fragment of it's glittering rim was
visible. Themen stood eight feet apart,
with whips forty feet long. Such
whip would have been terror in the
hands of an Esquimaux II IL had had
real handle but of the forty feet thirty
nine feet and half were lash. Tho
handle was stout piece of white wood
six inches long, to which the lash of
rawhide was fastened. Such whips are
used by the Esquimaux upon the teams
of dogs which drag them over the snow.
The contest this afternoon demonstrG-
ted the fact that il must be very un-
comfortable to be an EsquimauX dog
within forty feet of the driver. 1t
would be no trouble at all for the
Esquimaux to remove an ear or pound
of flesh, full weight, from any dog in
the team.
Int AhNSt tNBtIt NniH hihOnk Nh0
Esquimaux was little man, not much
more than four feet high with slanting
eyes, and spiky, black beard, that
made him look very Japanese. A move
ment of his wrist sent the forty feet of
lash curving back in straight line like
long snake. Another movement and
il came forward, noiselessly shooting
through the air Just above the surface
of the ground until, with loud report,
the tip end of the lash struck the pre-
else spot where the coin lay buried,
dug it from the ground, and brought
it spinning back to the Esquimaux
artist. Such precision and such force
are certainly unknown to any other
whips in the world.
Cowboys with their Wanted cracking
of bull whips are small children COM
pared to these wonderful Esquimaux.
A man standing half way between the
contestants could certainly have been
hacked to death with the ends of their
lashes, in very few minutes. The
force with which the tip of the lash
struck the ground was so great that the
particles of dirt which flew about in
tlicted painful wounds upon the faces
of the spectators
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
The Fading Of Cut Roses.

To prevent the fading of cut roses,
those that are red or pink must bo
kept where the light is not very strong.
Light is, however, beneficial to the
color of yellow roses, and they as well
as white ones may be placed in strong
light, providing it is not sunlight,
without injury. When the flowers are
placed in fresh water, which should be
changed at least once day, add q
little salt and clip the ends of the stems
1t is well over night to place cut roses
in cool moist place. lfhowers arrive
before you are ready to make use of
them, lay a cloth over the ice in the
ice-box, and lay the flowers upon it, or
set them on the ice in the box in which
they are packed.
The use to be made of roses must be
thought of in ordering them, as some
varieties beautiful for house decora-
ton are not hardy enough for corsage
bouquets. For the latter the Catharine
IS ~Mermet, the Bride, and the Perle des
Jardins retain their freshness longest.
New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
Arsenic Eaters,

In Styria and Carinthia there is
much arsenic eating among the peas
ants; the women take to it to give
themselves a good complexion and TO
make their hair fine and glossy. The
men take it because they believe that
it gives them wind in climbing in the
chase after chamois. There is nothing
of this sort in Cornwall and Devon.
In Styria and Carinthia it is known
that an arsenic-eater can never be
broken of the habit, and that if arsenic
be compulsorily kept from the eater
death rapidly ensues 1t is believed in
the Tamar this is perhaps true
that an arsenic worker is fit for no
other work. He must remain at this
occupation. Health and breath fail
him at other employments. Eventual
ly, it may be that chronic arsenical
poisoning ensues; but this may be
STAYED off, if not wholly prevented, by
scrupulous cleanliness, by care taken
not only to wash in the changing
house, but to bathe freely at home.
As one of the forSmen said to the
writer: against arsenic the best an.
tidote is soap and water taken extern
ally. "-Chambers's journal,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
Elevator Sickness.

Elevator sickness is sensation
analogous to sea sickness. You know
if you've crossed Lake Michigan in n
northerly gale that you bear with for
titude the motion of your end of the
boat when it's ON the rise, but listen
for the angels harps when it sinks.
The elevator sickness is built on the
same principle. 1t is more frequent in
New York and Chicago than anywhere
else in the world. The victims, mostly
women, often suffer frightful qualms
when the car starts on its downward
plunge. Some of the less impression
able victims content themselves with
Juggling at the rope boys hob-tailed
coat and begging him to ''go slow,
please" Then with muttered prayer
or something the boy, who has heard
that plea before, shakes out reef or
two more and makes the trip in double
quick, and the victim shuts her eyes
and shudders. Frequently she faints
away completely. Experience does not
seem to diminish the complaint
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
LAWN GRASS.


Where the locality desirable for a
lawn is naturally free from weeds the
modern suggestion of making it by
planting patches of one particular kind,
which will run together in a few
months, is particularly desirable.
Nothing can be more beautiful than Il
lawn wholly made up of one species,
For small gardens, especially where the
new plantation can be hand-weeded
during summer, it is the best of all
methods. No lawn made of grass seeds
will be confined strictly to one kind,
and on account of the different shades
of green in the grass will always have a
more or less patchy appearance. Those
who supply mixed lawn grass seeds
usually keep this in mind, and endeav-
OF to get their kinds so generally alike
in tint of green as TO avoid this objec-
tion. One advantage of the mixed
system is that one can rarely tell by the
description of customer what partic-
ular kind of grass will thrive to best
advantage. A mixture is, therefore,
likely to best serve the purpose, in
this, that the one most suitable will
eventually crowd out those not so well
adapted TO the soil and circumstances.
We have seen a lawn made of mixed
grasses which had to be secured under
the shade of large trees, eventually be
come wholly occupied by the sheep.
fescue, In the course of few year;
every other kind was crowded out, and
! this particular sDecieg alone Occupiel
the land. -Meehan's Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

French brandy is the most dangerous drink
In Paris.
In races. it has been found that the men
who do not use stimulants do by far the best
work.
If drinking men could only see the effect
that whisky has on the stomach, they would
never drink another drop.
The Chief of Police of Baltimore says that
he never found boys in the saloons until lager
beer was introduced and games prepared to
entice them in.
In one of the great Paris hospitals, it was
found that of eighty-three patients who
suffered from epilepsy, sixty were children OF
drunken parents.
Men in foundries, who used to drink
great deal Of liquor and beer, now very gener-
ally drink oatmeal and water and find that
they work much better.
General Booth, of the Salvation Army says
that nine-tenths of the evil that he has to
fight against in the social department of his
work is caused by drink.
People make a great mistake in using
liquor in case OF sickness. The use of liquor
in sickness has been known to make men
drunkards for the rest of their lives.
AIildura. town of New South Wales, was
founded by the Chaffey brothers in 1888. By
means of irrigation II has been transformed
from a desert to a beautiful garden. By the
terms OF the 'mlldurh lrTlBdllOn Act no
liquor is allowed 10 be sold in the settlement,
and in consequence every one appears happy
and prosperous.
II liquor could be kept from the Indians
Of the plains we should seldom hear Of any
bloodshed between them and the whites.
The pity Of il is that the men who sell the
liauor seldom suffer fortheir misdeeds, while
the loss nearly always falls upon Innocent
persons. A few exceptionally severe SEN
tences dealt out to men convicted of selling
liquor to Indians would do great good.
Miss Frances f. Willard was given great
reception recently by the English Methodists.
City Road Wesleyan Chapel, ''the Cathedral
of British Methodism," was crowded TO over
flowing. The gathering represented about
| 200 London congregations, and speeches were
| cordial in the extreme. Miss Willard was
presented with an illustrated edition OF
''Wesley's Journal and a copy Of John and
Charles Wesley's Hymns.
The WOman's Temperance Hospital pro-
| jected in 1888 at the Detroit National W. O.
| T. U. Convention and opened on the south
side of Chicago in 1886, was removed last
| June 20 greatly improved quarters in hand
some building on the North Side, just outside
Lincoln Park. The hospital has accommo-
datiOn for sixty patients, ascore OF physicians
representing ali the organized schools, and
was founded 10 demonstrate the use OF non
alcoholics in medication.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
A Piece of the Moon.

A curious and very fine specimen of
meteoric iron has recently been found
in Rockingham County, South Caro-
tina, and sent to the State Museum at
Columbia. 1t is about twelve inches
long and two inches through at the
shickest part, fiat in its general shape,
and slightly concave on one side, and
convex on the other, as though it had
been broken off the outer surface of n
much larger and rounded mass 1t is
entirely covered with thick coat of
rust, and weighs 25 "a pounds. Pro-
tessor Tshermel says that, in his opin-
ion, it is simply piece of ore, which
has been projected by volcanic agency
from the face of the moon. New Or
leans Picayune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
ARr1cHoKEs FOR SWINE.

Artichokes are excellent food for
swine, and especially for pigs and
shoats that are growing rapidly. If the
pigs are to be allowed to gather the
tubers for themselves, then the arti-
chokes should be planted on rather
light soils, because in roofing over the
soil to get at the tubers the ground
will be made more compact by the con
slant tramping upon it, with the ad-
dition of the manure of the hogs in the
gathering of the crop, during the wet
weather late in the fall and early in
spring. This working over of the soil
by swine will greatly improve light
soils, but it has been found in practice
that it will iniure heavy, tenacious
clay by making it more compact, New
York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence ID due TO It's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dlspelling colds, headaches and feysH
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval OF the medical
profession, because 1t acts on the Kid
neys, Ayer and Bowels without weak
enIng them and It Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs Is for sale by all drug
Rlsts In Doe and e1 bottles, but Is man
lfaotured by the California Fig Syrup
%, only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll Informed, you will not
accept amy substitute If offered,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31

two days latter harrow until oil is
leveled and made very fine. As soon
as the plants make their appearance,
cultivate again, turning the soil to the
plants SO as TO cover all weeds that may
have started 20 grow. When the
plants are about four inches above
ground, thin out TO one stalk in hill.
Continue the cultivation twice each
week, going both wayseach time, until
the vines cover the ground. Cultivate
shallow TO avoid breaking the roots.
The best selection for seed will be
from those stalks that produce the
largest amount in weight. The most
prolific stalks are the best to select
from. A stalk that bears large num-
Der of tubers of good size and form
will make good seed. The improve
ment of the potato crop in yield and
quality lies in the line of improvement
of seed. An observance of this prin-
ciple has produced wonderful results.
Strict conformity to these principles
for all farm crops will produce as won
derful changes. Improvement of seed
must precede improvement of the
general crop American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
MEDICAL. nrsrsr or ALCOHOL.

have been fully engaged in the general
practice OF medicine, including much hospi-
tai and dispensary work, continuously for
period of fifty-six years. During the last
forty-flve of those years 1 have prescribed for
internal use no forms of either fermented or
distilled liquors In the treatment of either
acute or chronic diseases, simply because I
had previously proved to my own satisfaction
that their effects were a positive hindrance
to the recovery Of my patients. During all
those years l have embraced every oppor-
tunity presented by consultations with other
practitioners, TO study the clinical results OBJ
tanned by them, and am certain that there
is no disease that cannot be treated more
successfully without alcoholic liquors than
within. S. Davis, NJ. d.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
DEATH IN TIE CuP.

The number Of deaths from the use OF
strong drink has been variously estimated in
the United States to be from $4,000 to 100, 900
year. DR.. Norman Kerr, an eminent
scientist of England. has for some fifteen
years been pursuing an inquiry into the
matter in connection with several medical
experts, and, according TO their deductions,
the latest estimate of deaths of adults annu-
ally caused by intemperance is; In Great
Britain. 12O, 900 in France. $4,000, and in
the United States $4,000, or nearly half
million in an aggregate of 122, 100000 of
people. II yellow fever and cholera, which
carry of few thousand each year, are so
feared and Stunned, what shall be done with
the drink which slays its half millions2
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31

[ A promising industry has been start
ID In South Australia in somewhat
burious way. The Central Agricultural
Bureau of South Australia was recently
notihed that weed of very pronounced
bdor and aggressive growth had taken
possession of about three acres of soil
IN the southern portion of the colony.
The settlers in the neighborhood of the
swamp where the plant had established
itself were inclined TO look with dis
hnct disfavor upon the tweed" which
the horses and cattle would not eat,
and which spread so rapidly. It was
presently found, however, that the weed
vss no other than the lavender plant,
which though of no use as n fodder,
was otherwise q most profitable crop,
a. two or three tons of green stuff taken
fom il will yield when distilled by a
very simple process $500 worth of la
vender oil. In addition il would give
1000 pounds of lavender water worth
sixteen cents per pound. after the first
distillation, and thirty-six cents per
pound after further distillation. The
settler who was shrewd enough 20 make
inquiries before roofing up his un-
known crop has decided on the advice
of the Agricultural Bureau, not only to
carefully cultivate what lavender he
has, but to plant several acres more.
The soil, of light, sandy nature with
clay beneath and fairly moist, is emf
nently suited to the growth, not only
of lavender, but of all scent-producing
plants, and many of the colonists are
proposing to devote part of their land
10 such cultivation. -Courier-J ournal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-31
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

ann AM hahNAb-N ENOAAsos
Let the fowls out when the weather
is mild
One-fourth Leghorn blood hastens
maturity.
Broilers early in spring sell at very
high prices.
Grade your dressed poultry in pack
ing for market.
The Beder Wood is a strawberry
worthy of trial.
Skim milk thickened with bran is a
goodfeed for poultry.
In nearly all cases it will be best to
deepen the soil gradually.
If the hay is the least musty, always
moisten it before feeding.
The poor, unthrifty hog is often the
prey of vermin or parasites.
The more time required to fatten an
animal the greater the cost.
Overworked butter nearly always
presents a greasy appearance.
If farmers want to make buttermak-
ing profitable they must make a good
article.
Horses should not be tied too long,
as they are apt to roll and get cast in
the stall.
Many modern growers use CONNER
cial fertilizers instead of manure for
potatoes.
Milk may be deficient in solids with
out having water added to it by the
milkman.
A nervous, irritable, bad-tempered
driver generally has nervous, vicious,
runaway horses.
Too long for the cream to rise and
too long without stirring will make
white specks in the butter.
With thoroughly good COW one can
always afford to give plenty of feed in
exchange for plenty of butter.
The most profitable COW is the best
mother, and the mother function should
be fostered as much as possible.
While feed has much to do with the
quality of the milk, the breed of the
COW has much more to do with it.
Now that work is on, be sure the
collars fit perfectly before beginning
work. 1t is often easier to prevent
than to cure gals.
Farm horses should be groomed at
least twice day in the working season,
especially if they have been sweating
or have been in the mud.
A farmer who has a quarter-section
of land should set five or ten acres of
orchard trees. They will get him out
of debt if he is in and help him to keep
out if he is not.
An orchard can be successfully grown
without interfering with the rest of the
farm work, and time thus spent will
bring returns equal to any other pro
duce. 1t has been proved.
1t is claimed by some horticulturistf
that winter pruning while the sap is
down develops vigorous wood growth,
and summer pruning checks this and
encourages fruit production.
A word of caution is due to those
who embark in any new enterprise.
There are many things to learn. Books
have a value to the new beginner, but
practice is necessary. No man should
! fail to learn the practical details by
using his own hands.
Are sheep subject to indigestion? o
course they are, as much so as any
other animal. Did you never smell
, sleeps breath? Some of the healthy
sleeps breath is as sweet as an infants
! but a diseased sleeps breath suggests
/ indigestion and all the ills known t
| mortal flesh.
s Joseph Meehan gives way to riC
plum trees of the curculio: GAS sool
S as towering is over spread sheet un
a der your trees and jar the trees, bring
e ing down the pest and the stung fruit
8 which burn. Do this daily until tn
= fruit is one-fourth grown. If right
e followed it insures a crop"