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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
A Feat in Carving.

In all branches Of sport beating the
previous record is performance Of al.
most everyday occurrence, and no
matter how excellent the achievement
il is not likely 10 remain long unchal.
lenged aud unconquered. The estab.
lishment Of a new kind Of record, al.
though not strictly within the realms
Of actual sport, cannot therefore fail to
interest that large class Of speculators
who are ever ready 10 discover some.
thing new on which 10 stake their spare
cash.
A wealthy young Cuban recently
made bet with the carver Of one Of
the leading night restaurants ON the
Boulevard-the wager being for 5000
that the latter would not cut and
make 2000 complete sandwiches in
twenty-four hours.
The carver won the bet easily, ac-
complishing the feat in nineteen hours
and forty minutes, demolishing twenty
two hams in the operation. This huge
mass of sandwiches was divided among
the principal hospitals of Paris aud the
environs, among wh bse inmates the un-
expected advent of such tasty morsels
created untcigned delight. London
Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
TIE BEST BEANS.

c. f. Hum, of Geneva, N. Y, writ
ing in Garden and Forest, says:
Few vegetables have been hybrid
lied or selected with greater care than
the bean, and varieties suitable for
several purposes have been developed,
until little improvement now seems
possible. Among snapbeans, the new
yellow-podded wax varieties, which
are almost cylindrical in shape, solid
yet tender, and of the finest fibre and
flavor, are quite superior to the old
time fiat, green-podded and stringy
varieties. Among the best varieties
are Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Yosemite
Mammoth Wax, Golden Wax and Per-
fection. OF shell beans, the best are
Dwarf Horticultural Golden Cluster,
which is very productive and bears fat
beans about two-thirds as large as
Henderson's Bush Sieva, meaty and
well favored; Hemisphere, bean al
most round, but solid and of extra
quality, half of it being light brown in
color, splsshed with red This color
would detract from its value rs mar
ket variety, but in the process of cook
ing the color to great extent disap-
pears, so that it is one of the very best
for the kitchen garden. On the sta.
tion grounds, rs the main experiment
crop for the past four years, a pure
white bean has been grown which has
proved of extra quality and produc-
tiveness. 1t is very hardy and isproof
thus far against the anthracnose, so
prevalent throughout this section. 1t
has been called the HIATT bean, after its
originator, but l am not aware that it
has been offered for sale under any
name, although it should be more
generally known.
''The search and selection necessary
for true Dwarf Lima bean has been
successful, and it would now seem
hardly necessary to grow the pole Lima
bean. The latter come to maturity
trifle earlier than the bush type when
both are planted together, it is true,
but the dwarf varieties may be started
earlier, either in common beds or in
inverted sods, or in pots in the kitchen
or greenhouse. When planted out
they can be protected from early or
late frosts with ease so that the season
of bearing can be heightened out by
the same method. Cheap cloth pro.
lection or wide boards can be used
against frost. Two distinct types of
these beans are now offered by seeds
men, Burpee's Bush Lima, with large
fat pods, well filed with beans, and
resembling the old garden Lima, and
Dreer's or Kumerly's Dwarf Lima,
with shorter pods and beans resembling
in shape Dreer's Improved Lima.
Either of these can be grown in the
kitchen garden, and for market they
will certainly crowd out the climbing
varieties, since many more can be
planted on the same area and no ex-
pense is necessary for poles"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
pRuNKARps A Nuisance.

In recent report of a committee OF the
House OF Commons on the treatment of in
sbrlates list OF recommendations was made
Tor increasing the efficacy of the inebriates
act' The act at present provides for the
committal OF inebriates to retreat at their own
desire, and for their retention when once
committed for not more than one year The
committee recommends among other things
that the law be 50 amended as to provide for
the compulsory committal OF habitual drunk
ards 20 reiormatory institutions and for
doubling the maximum period OF permissible
retention. The committee seems to take the
novel ground that habitual drunkenness is
not an unfortunate peeuliarity, but is a dis
position OF such Inconvenience TO society that
iociety has right to cure II II ii can
IL would have a habitual drunkard's rela-
dons or friends, or persons interested in his
welfare, empowered TO apply for his commit
gal, and II would make his property liable for
nis maintenance and even Tor the support Of
MS wife and family. The London Times
hinks that these suggestions mark the begin
ling OF a change for the worse in conditions
d inebriety. One thing, II says, may be con-
sidsred as proved, namely that the halcyon
days OF the habitual drunkard are drawing
near 10 their close. He Is no longer looked
apon as nobody's enemy but HIS own or as a
convenient butt for merrymakers who are
tending toward his own condition. People
are beginning to realize that he Is a curse
anu nuisance, ana that II he cannot bo
mended he must inevitably before long be
placed in some kind OF permanent seclusion.
Intending dTunkards on this side of the
Atlantic Will please note the sentiments Of the
enlightened Britisher toward persons of this
class, and take Cor abstain from) measures
according. There Is no vital difference be-
tween the British and the American attitude
toward drunkards, and no assurance that IL
Il is found desirable in London to lock them
up, Il may not presently prove equally adyis-
able IN New York.-Harpers Weekly,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

For chapped or scratched teats ap-
ply cream or fresh butter.
Give the colt some nice, bright oats,
where it can get at them handy.
The colt should have good yard,
lot or pasture to feed and exercise in.
1t is not necessarily true that "skim
milk calves make pot-bellied ear
suckers"
If you raise sheep for wool, breed
merinos; if for mutton, breed the
heavy type.
Market only the best of your pro-
duce and put it up in the most attrac-
tive manner.
Pet the colt, so it will learn to know
that you do not mean TO hurt it. Do
not scare nor tease it.
Do not skim-milk your calves too
soon. Let them have some new milk
for at least two weeks.
A COW abused will not do her best.
To make you money each COW should
be allowed to do her best.
A nervous COW will "give down"
milk better if in quiet place securely
fastened and milked very gently.
Early shearing is very desirable. II
relieves the sheep of ticks and enables
the owner to take precautions against
scab
Halter break the colt while young,
so that it viii stand quietly tied. If
you have been kind to it, it will soon
learn TO lead.
IL requires grain to make pork or
beef, but mutton of the finest quality
can be made of nibbles here and there
Of such stuffs as would otherwise be a
waste.
Pack your fruit honestly if you want
to succeed. When you think you have
secured good customer don't palm
off an inferior article on him. If you
do you are sure 10 lose him.
In buying or exchanging sheep give
a thorough examination for scabs,
ticks, lice and foot rot before turning
them into the flock, or you may be
getting more than you knew of.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09

There is nothing in alcohol" says DR..
Richardson, THAT can make any vital struc-
ture Of the body"
Alcohol" says Professor Miller. ais no
food in any sense of the term. II is not a
nesh-iormer, because ii contains no nitrogen.
IL Is not heat-giver, as experiment and ex-
perlence have proved. 1t is not a bone-maker,
as II contains none of the mineral salts which
90 TO form the bones, teeth, or hair. And
lastly 1t is not Waterford, since alcohol
contains no water. 1t is perfectly clear, there
lore, that alcohol cannot help in any way to
build up the tissues of the body"
alcohol, says Dr. Baer, of Berlin, ''con-
talns neither albumen nor fat nor any other
substance either present in the animal organ
ism or arising 10y chemical changes in the
body, and replacing part of the same"
1--WE cannot believe" says Professor Leh-
man, THAT alcohol belongs to the class of
substances capable Of contributing towards
the maintenance of the vital functions . and
Professor Moleschoot, of Erlangen, assures
us that 'alcohol does not effect any direct
restitution, nor deserve the name of an ali
mentary principle" "
II is clear, then, that persons who drink
beer or any other alcoholic drink for its
nourshment, or as food to 'build them
up make great mistake. There is no food
or nourishment In it, II makes the drinker
feel better for n few minutes, and then leaves
him with a reaction which makes him feel
worse than before, and tnis all drinkers, even
the most moderate, will acknowledge, il they
are honest and II they will watch their own
ieelinRs carefully. Alcohol is Eot food.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
crRINn HORSE nam

For the curled hair used for mat
iresses the following process is used /;
The hair is first washed in hot water
and softoned, and it is then spun into
ropes while wet and warm and kept SO
until Il gets the required set aud curl.
IL is prepared for use by picking it
apart. The ropes are hard twisted, so
that when they are taken apart the hair
curls up and becomes quite elastic. 1t
will hardly pay to curl ones own hair,
ms IL may be purchased more cheaply
than it can be gathered by any person
not in the business Most of the
"horse' hair in the market is the pro-
duct of horned cattle, the switch of the
tail being used for this purpose. New
York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09

Let anyone try the experiment Of noting
me crimes directly attributed TO drink, and
1lrectly associated with public-houses, in
any single year. II he does not abandon
ihe task, disgusted horriled and sickened,
1t must be indeed the case that "damned
custom has so brazed his heart
THAT 1t is proof and bulwark against sense"
Here is a summary taken in one year from
single local newspaper and let ii be OBJ
served that not one of these cases is in
vented by fanatics or faddists. but simply
taken from the bare, bald and colorless
records Of justice.
Frozen to death when drunk, person
purnt to death when drunk, q, drowned
when drunk, 4; drowned in vat OF hot beer,
death from bite Of drunken woman, l
children killed through drinking intoxicants.
z deaths from drink other than above, Is
murders, 10, suicides 6 attempted, COM
pleted(, IL MANNED for life, matrimonial
quarrels, 81 gross cruelty to children, 5
murderous assaults on women, AZ assaults
on police, 55; ditto (most brutal and
violently, 81 drunk in churches and chapels
2 stealing drink, IA robberles and thefts
through drink, 8; drunk in charge of
horses, So permitting drunkenness and
offences against licensing laws, 35 drunk
and and disorderly, ESQ; total, l394.-New York
Witness.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
FOOD FOR POULTRY.

The most expensive of all food we
find to be barley, an naturel Not
only is considerable proportion
thrown about and wasted but much
that is swallowed is never digested,
We therefore give it as a change and
an indulgence, and by no means as the
staple of their food. Indian meal is
the best staple, according to our ex-
perience. 1t is well scalded, that the
swelling may be done before eating,
instead of after, thus avoiding various
maladies and perils from overeating.
Broken rice, well boiled, is good to
certain extent.
Malt dust is a valuable resource.
The demand is becoming so great that
probably II will soon cease to be a
cheap food; but while it remains 80 il
IL real boon both to the fowls and their
owners. They will eat almost any
thing that is sprinkled with malt dust,
and six-shillings sack of it goes a
long way. A certain proportion of
green food, and also of animal food. is
indispensable. Lettuce leaves, turnip
tops, cabbage leaves, celery, should be
thrown 10 them. They should have
access to grass, TO pick seeds and in
sects; and it is well TO put fresh sod
into the poultry yard whenever such a
valuable thing may be spared,
All the worms and insects that come
in the gardeners way should be pre-
sented to them; and when insects are
scarce scraps of raw meat minced as
fine as pins heads should be given.
Add finely chopped eggs for infant
chicks and / think the bill of fare is
complete. As for the pepper corn,
which old wives recommend as the first
thing to be swallowed, we reprobate
the notion as we should in the case of
any other newborn creature. In fact,
1t irritates the crop very mischiev-
ously If it gives out its SAVIOR, and il il
does not dissolve IL is nothing
American Poultry Yard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09

saloon-keepers in towns contiguous to
Wisconsin lumber camps complain that their
business is not as good this season, on ac
count, they say, of the W. G. T. u. and HI,
missionary. Two hundred camps in the
State of Wisconsin are furnished with liter.
ature, semi-weekly and monthly literature of
the W. C. I. U. Mrs. William II. Uphan.
Superintendent OF this department in the w.
G. t. u, visited one hundred camps herself
during the last season, travelling two thou.
sand miles, and distributing Bibles, temper.
ance, foreign and gospel tracts, and lumber
merchants OF the State gave her the money 10
do this work in the camps over which she
exercises supervision, Mrs Upham has been
tireless worker in this line OF temperance
effort for many years, and with the aid OF her
coadjutors brighsens the monotony Of camp
life for many a woodsman, and helps him in
the midst Of the great dangers that surround
this class of labor. Mrs. Upham closes an
excellent report shc has just sent out with
the words.
wherever in this world am, in whatsoe'er
estate.
have fellowship with hearts to keep and
cultivate;
And work of holy love to do for the Lord
on whom / wait"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
The puke pe Yernrun,s Rerenrn.

A dark, handsome gentleman, with
side-whiskers and foreign air, stepped
into the telegraph Office on the Co
lumbian Fair grounds at Chicago, and
asked oourteously:
els this the office of the telegraph,
senorw
''It amt anything else, carelessly
replied the operator, one of those
choice essences of Chicago whose only
perfume is crudity.
81 would send telegram" said the
stranger, quietly.
would you?" drawled the op.
orator; ''well, why don't you send it?"
The visitors heavy eyebrows raised,
but he said quietly: "How many OF
the words have l permit to send foi
twenty-five of the cents?"
''Ten," snapped the operator,
shortly.
"Only so few as temp" asked the
stranger. "They gave twelve to twenty
abroad, senor."
Ten words for a quarter, or she
don't go, snarled the operator. GLOW
much do you want for twenty-five
cents
The visitors dark eyes CLEANED dan
gerously and his firm lips closed.
81 send but ton of the words for
that money, then senor?"
eyes.
"And the name, does it go free,
senor?"
eyes.
A strange smile chased itself around
the corners of the naughty mouth, and
picking up pen the stranger quietly
wrote:
His Honor, the Mayor OF Columbus, Ohio
will visit your city en- route to New York.
CHRrsToBAL Colon,
De Toledo y Larreatagui de In Corda
Ramirez, dc Baquedana Gante, Vice-Ad-
miral Aldelantado, Mayor dc las Indias
Marquis de Jamaica. Duke de Verarua v
de la Vega, Grandee de Ia Spain, Senatorio
de la Kingdom, Caballero do Ia Insigne
Orden del Toison de Orc, Grand Cruz de
Carlos Ill, Grand Cruz de Ia Conception
de Villaviciosa, Gentil Hombre de Camara
de King Alfonso XIII.
The operator took one wild look at
the message-then he tainted dead
away.
The stranger was the Duke de We
ragua. - Cincinnati Commercial. Ga
zette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09

Italians, ~ isvcll known. are partial
70 harmless snakes. and have no OBJ
lection 90 eat them cooked. A frittura.
composed Of the common wood ser.
pontshcsh, Is even regarded ~ u dainty
by the lower orders ia Rome, Florence
aud Naples, and Is often served up 90
them IN their dingy restaurants.
Parisians Of the inferior classcs are
also great caters of fried snakes, hut
unwittingly so. for the reptiles are
palmed or ON them as cells. Thus the
apparently appctizing dishes known ns
matelotto d'auguille aud anguiIle De
tartar are often in low eaten houses
nothing but harmless snakes, caught
in the wilder part Of the Nincounos
wood and brought mp 20 n special
market near the Place de- Ia Bcpuhliuuc
u is probable however. that even Il
thc members of the poorer classes here
who occasionally indulge ma fried OF
stewcd cells were apprised of the fraud
practicod at their expense thsy would
eviuce no loathing nor even lack Of
appetite, seeing that they are ready to
devour not only horse flesh. but meat
Of mule, donkey and dog any day in
the week. London Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
WHICH IS rnE BEST cow

Every once in while some dairy.
man remarks that he does not need a
test 20 tell him which are the best
dairy cows; he can tell by looking at
them. He just sells the fat ones and
keeps the thin ones. Quite often this
is the standard by which cows are
judged: the thinner they are when Civ
ing milk the better dairy COWS they are
considered. There Is, of course, some
reason in this. We know that COW
that uses her food 10 put flesh on her
back, instead Of putting milk and fat
into the pail, is not the most profit.
able COW for the dairy. But 10 Jump
TO the conclusion that because a COW
Is poor IN flesh she must OF necessity
be good dairy COW is drawing a con
clusion that is not justified by facts.
There are some beef COWS that will
eat good ration every day and keep
in just fairly good condition, while
there are others in the same herd that
on the same feed keep their ribs
and backs nicely covered with flesh.
The latter are good feeders and the
former poor feeders. The latter have
the natual ability to make better use
OF their feed than the former they
have feeding quality.
1t is just the same with dairy cows,
some are good feeders and some are
poor feeders. Some keep thin in flesh
because they are using the greater
part of their food TO make milk and
fat while others stay in poor flesh sim
ply because they have not the natural
feeding quality 10 assimilate and digest
their food. 1t is folly TO Judge Of the
dairy qualities of COW by the amount
OF flesh she carries. There is but one
accurate way TO determine the value
Of cow for the dairy, and that is TO
ascertain the number of pounds of
butter fat she yields in year from a
given amount of feed
The COW that yields the greatest
amount Of butter fat per year for the
least cost per pound Is the most valu-
able COW for the dairyman, and il
does not matter whether she keeps fat
enough for the butcher or so thin that
her ribs can be counted. It does not
matter whether she weighs five hun
dred pounds or a tom whether she
has the beef form or the so-ealled dairy
form whether she Is black or white.
spotted or fawn colored, red or brin-
died. Performance is the only reliable
standard Rocky Mountain Husband.
man.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
Tore Down Homes 10 Rnr rood.

A Methodist missionary at pckin
writes to the Missionary Society's head.
quarters in this city that the famine
in North China reduced the people in
some sections TO such straits that in
many cases they tore down their
houses to sell the lumber for food.
"I have never witnessed such ahiect
misery" he saws, "ns l have seen in
the Pel-Yin district the past winter.
The people have largely subsisted on
the 'shin-psi-tzu' or darnel or tares.
After partaking of il one has feeling
of safety, but it does not nourish or
satisfy hunger.
81 have near me as | write a piece
of bread such as is found in their
homes, made of tares grass
'1he almost annual suffering
throughout this district is caused by
the HungHo, or Muddy River, the
bed of which, on account of constant
sitting and dikings, has been raised
some fifteen or twenty feet above the
surrounding country. A break in its
banks causes widespread suffering"
By means of funds sent him, this
missionary was able to give some relief
to 1l0 families. New York World
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
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.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
Az rNnEFAr1aARLF rNsEcr1crnr.

A crow had nest in the woods Just
before my door, and drew his mate and
young ones food from my pasture.
writes f.. S. Gilbert He would walk
along picking up insects or something
right and left, often having to make
quite an effort TO swallow them. A few
minutes, and he spread his wings for
home and the squawing of his mate
showed that she was being fed. Then
back he came for more. How many
trips he made per day do not know,
but good many. often tried to see
what he was picking up, and he allowed
me to come within three rods; but he
was so quick l couldn't see and my big,
shiny telescope was just as bad as q gun
in his opinion; he started for the
woods the moment he saw it coming.
Thus he worked steadily day after day,
and though it seems incredible that
his big mouthfuls were all cut worms
or white grubs, do not know what
else they could have been. New York
Tribune
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-09
Standardization.

imagination has too much to do
with mans practice on himself. One
who reads the little text book on
physiology in the schools will imme-
diately discern in every rumble of his
intestines the kind of action the gas
trio juices are taking on the food that
has gone into the stomach, and he soon
becomes, if hepushes his investigations
further, monomaniao on hygiene. 1t
is true that n man or woman who has
arrived at the age of forty years ought
20 be able TO decide at glance the
kind of food suited best to their di-
gestive organs, and experience ought