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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28

time of the cotton cultivator; and yet
the planter declares that il makes ex-
cellent hay. A list of weeds gathered
from experiment stations enumerates
about $50 different plants, and this
list includes crab grass, cocks foot,
green foxtail, sweet clover, quack
grass, pawpaw, tulip mint, and many
others that may have their uses in
their proper place, which are posi-
tive nuisance when they interfere with
growth desired by the cultivator.
And yet this list, large as it is, does
not include the Russian thistle, new
importation, which is rapidly over
running the Dakotas; and il is
claimed, whether accurately or not,
that in an area of 80, 900 square miles
1000 square miles of wheat suffer a
loss of five bushels per acre. II this
is SO, the lowest possible estimate of
value per bushel would make the loss
more than million dollars. Truly an
expensive Importation All imports
withdraw their value from domestic
resources, but most of them render in
some form a quid pro quo. These
foreign accessions not only cause great
present loss but threaten to increase
and overrun the country, choking out
useful production to the extent of
many millions annually. If taken in
hand few years ago this pest could
have been stamped out with compare
tive ease. Now it is difficult prob
lem, for which farmers are beginning
to seek solution seriously. Already
a Dakota member of Congress has in
troduced bill sppropriating mil
lion dollars for its extirpation. If
Congress cannot constitutionally or
equitably vote money TO aid in the
extinction of the gypsy moth in
Massachusetts, l scarcely see how legis
lators can consistently make appro-
priations toward stamping out the
Russian thistle in Dakota. Practical
common sense might suggest a solu-
tion of such economic questions in
two ways; First, in the fact that in
each district there is likely to be
some weed or insect or disease affect
ing animal or vegetable life with
which the individual cannot cope, and
which defies State jurisdiction by
crossing incontinently State lines
and, second, that though now limited
area is affected, there is danger of de-
vastation of the whole country. In the
consideration of such questions
breadth and comprehensiveness of
view, as well as practical sense and
just reason, are requisite. Country
Gentleman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
DRINK AND THE woRK1NeMAv. .

IN the British Workman Archdeacon Far
tar has paper on "Drink and the Working
man. In this he sets forth in admirable
manner why workingmen should become
total abstainers, treating the difficulties of
tne practice In two parts (1) The necessity
oi facing the ridicule of others and (2) The
pam OF giving up "A customary indulgence.
Iouching the first, he says, Men are never
long derided for doing right. In the long
run they are respected for doing IT, Work
lngmen have before them the example of
great tribunes of the people, like Richard
Cobden and John Bright, who we're abstain
ers when 1t was more difficult TO be so than
II Is now, and of living leaders whom they
trust, whose abilities and energies hava.
raised them to high position, such as Mr..
John Burns, NJ. p, and Mr.. Keir Hardie, M.
r., and Alderman Ben Tilet, and others of
their foremost representatives, who are, |
oeleYe, ardent total abstainers. For one man
VINO would laugh at his mate because he had
taken the pledge or wears the blue ribbon.
thereare hundred who would admire and
Initiate his independence and faithfulness.
Iouching the habit Of indulgence, he points
out among other cogent statements. that
there are 20, 900 prisoners in England who
80 lar rom suffering from total abstinence,
improve in health during their incarceration.
Inc Archdeacon begins by saying that In his
series OF papers he is addressing to working
men, ne wishes ITO state why it seems 10 me
mat they would be acting most wisely, and
IN such way as to help the amelioration of
their class, and to increase their chances OF
individual happiness, If, at once and without
hesitation, in present circumstances, they
formed the resolution to be total abstain.
ers,'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
A LookInr.llIass ior thc Cannrr.

The following interesting story of
how canary was cured of homesick-
ness was told by w. q. Evans: "Not
long ago my wife purchased canary
at q bird store. II had been accus-
toned to companions of its kind at
tho store, but at our house it was on
tiroly alone. The pretty little song
ster was evidently homesick. IL twould
not sing, it would not eat, but just
dropped and seemed to be pining away.
We talked to IL, and tried by every
means in our power to cheer the bird
mp, but all in vain. My wife was on
the point of carrying the bird back to
the store when one day friend said:
Give him pieco of looking-glass.
Acting on this suggestion, she tied a
piece of broken mirror about the size
of a mans hand on the outside of the
cage. The little fellow hoped down
from his perch almost Immediately,
and, going up close, looked in, SEEM
ing delighted. He chirped and hopped
about, singing all the pretty airs he
was master of. He never was home
sick after that. He spends most
of his time before the glass, and when
he goes to sleep at night he will cud-
die down as close to the glass as no
can, thinking, very likely, that he isl
getting near to the pretty bird he sees
so often. st. Louis Globe-Demo. !
crat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
How TO Cure a Sick Hcadaehe.

If you ever have sick headache
and want it cured quickly and offec'
lively, with none of the debilitating
effects of drugs, just take tablespoon.
full of red pepper, mix it with vineger
to thick paste and spread on cloth
cotton or hnen-bind upon the
forehead with handkerchief, from
temple to temple; then take about two
grains of the red pepper in teaspoon.
full of vinegar and swallow it. The
mixture on the forehead will burn but
not blister, and in the course of ter
minutes the headache will disappear
under the stimulating effects of this
remedy. leaving the patient feeling as
if such distressing things as sick head
ache were unknown TO the human fam
ily.-St. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
HOW To Judge wOOT,

The finest and softest woolis ALWAYS
on the shoulders of the sheep. An ex.
pert on judging sheep always looks al
the wool on the shoulders first. A
writer of experience in rearing fine
wooled sheep and in handling wool
gives the following suggestions for
selecting good wooled sheep:
Always assuming that the wool to be
inspected is really fine, we first ex.
anime the shoulders as a part where
the finest wool is to be found. This
we take as a standard, and compare il
with the wool from the ribs, the thigh,
the rump and shoulder parts, and the
nearer the wool from the various nor
tions of the animal approaches the
standard the better. First We scrutin-
lze the fneness, and if the result is
satisfactory we pronounce the fleece in
respect of tineness "eyen." Next we
serutinize the length of the staple
and If we find that the wool on the
ribs, thigh and back approximates
reasonably in length to that of our
standard We again declare the fleece
as regards length of staple, "true and
even" We next satisfy ourselves as
to the density Of the fleece, and we do
this by closing the hands upon a por-
ton OF the rump and loin wool, these
points being usually the thinnest and
most faulty. If this again gives salts
faction We designate all the wool
"even as to density" Now, to sum
marize these separate examinations
If the fleece is nearly of equal length
on shoulder, rib and back, and density
on shoulder and across the loins. we
conclude that we have a perfect sheen
for producing valuable wool. Wool
and Mutton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
How to Prepare Manuscript.

Some years ago, London Notes and
Queries, in answer to a question from
a reader as to how to prepare manu-
script for publication, published some
little verses which we reproduce below.
Our readers will find them helpful:
Write upon pages OF a single size
Gross your rs and neatly dot your is;
On one side only lot your lines be seen
Both sides filled up announce verdant
green.
Correct-yes, recorrect-all that you write.
And let your ink be black, your paper white,
For spongy foolscap, of muddy blue,
Betrays mind of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclaims IL practised writer more,
Then send ii of, and, lest II merit lack,
Enclose stamp with which to send it back
But first pay all the postage on il, too.
For editors look blank on ''six cents DUE"
And murmur, as they run the effusion DER,
"a shabby fellow and n wretched borer'
Yet, ere 1t goes, take of II ID copy clean
Writers should own a copying machine
Little they know the time that's spent, and
care
In hunting copy vanished-who knows
where2
Bear this IN mind, observe II to the end.
And you shall make the editor your friend.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
FRESH HITTER

Foreigners who come to this coun-
try universally complain of American
butter. They do not find it good, be-
cause it does not suit their palates,
and Americans on first going abroad
complain that the "butter is so in
sipid. The writer has often seen salt
added at table. 1t is remarkable, how
ever, how quickly thev, too, learn to
prefer the fresh butter to that which
is heavily salted.
The demand for slightly salted but
ter is growing in this country, and it
is to be hoped that it will spread rap
idly, and remove one great obj ction
to American butter" in the ewes of
Europeans. We are hardly aware how
much it has hurt our foreign market.
There is really no necessity for so
much salt. Good, firm butter can be
kept for two or three months fresh.
and if done up in neat, new packages,
will command high prices. This is the
dairyman's opportunity. 1t means
winter dairying, of course, and it also
means big profits to the energetic man.
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
roR YorNa MEN TO PONDER.

The great majority Of those who are en-
shaved by strong drink did not begin their
career OF self-destruction in the dram shOps
While the lower classes Of drunkards are VIC
Tins OF saloons, the more respectable sort
began with the social glass 1t was at the
social party, or in the billiard room, or the
club, or at the wedding that the fatal habit
was formed. Not many begin 70 drink alone
OF from sheer appetite for stimulants. The
glass was offered 10 them by somebody, and
from want of moral courage or from desire
70 appear 'gentlemanly," they consented to
drink
was once at a wedding in a 'genteeln
circle of society where the popping Of cham
pagne corks was like the rattle OF musketry.
Within few years / met the oldest son in
that family confirmed dTunkard, His pa
rents had tempted other peoples sols and
had ruined their own The man who sets a
decanter on his table sets trap for his boys
that may land them in perditon. The young
lady who offers any intoXicant TO her young
gentleman friends deserves to become that
wretched object, a drunkards wife.
The drinking usages are sadly on the in
crease in this eountry-in social life, at res
taurants. at clubs and even in the fashion
able shopping resorts for ladies While the
chief discussion is about prohibiting saloons,
Satan is stealing march on us by tempting
young men to be tipplers. The only safe
guard for any young man-even though he be
q protesting Christians entire abstinence.
He never knows what latent appetite he may
have within until the spark touches the gun
powder. A young man OF my acquaintance
Ga church member) found before he was
aware, that he was becoming slave to the
bottle. He said to me "My young assoei-
ates invite me to drink with them and are
running me. After this when they ask me to
drink / shall knock them down r. He was
terribly in earnest and no wonder he had
been playing with yipers at the mouth OF
hell
For two reasons every conscientious young
man ought TO pledge himself 10 total absti-
nence First, for his own sake, for he don't
know now soon he may become tlppler.
Secondly, for the sake OF others whom he
may tempt to ruin by his example. Let DR..
Kelley or any other man who is making
money by 'cures for drunkenness, say what
they will, the reform Of inebriates is difficult
and rare. The one time 10 stop drinking
treacherous intoxicants is 10 stop before you
begin. Rev Theo, /. Cuyler, d D., in
Young Mems Era. 80
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
A Terrible Reptile.

The Connecticut River Valley and
many other portions of New England
were inhabited in past ages by gigan-
tic species of two and four-footed rep
tiles. At one of tho brownstone quar-
ries near Portland tracks of these ter
riblo reptiles have just been found,
and geologists are now eagerly await
ing the further working of that ledge,
for it is quite possible that petrifed
remains of these saurians will be
found. Some of the tracks are twenty
inches from heel to toe and almost as
broad. Figuring on this basis, the
reptile must have been at least twelve
feet high. st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
GRADUATES OF THE SALOON COLLEGE.

a saloon-keeper in Paducah issues this re-
markable announcement 81 wish to notify
the wife who has drunkard TOR husband,
or friend who is unfortunately dissipated,
TO give me notice In writing Of such cases in
which you are interested. and all such shall
be excluded from my place. Let fathers,
mothers, sisters and brothers do likewise
and their request will be complied with. l
pay heavy tax for the privilege of retailing
liquors. and l want 1t distinctly understood
that have no desire to sell to minors or
drunkards, nor TO the destitute. / much
prefer that they save their money and put 1t
where II will do the most good to their
families. In other words, this saloon
keeper, like college, believes in turning his
graduates out of doors and in allowing them
a postgraduate course only when their
friends are perfectly willing. Christian
Guide,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
BEDDING FOR HOGS.

The best bedding for hogs is corr
FODDER or stover, writes ID. A. Kent.
1t is best because less heating. Hogs
lay close together, and when nestled
IN straw get too warm, because the
AIR cannot circulate through the bed.
ding. They cannot bury themselves
In the stover as they do in the straw.
and, therefore, do not get SO warm.
This heat causes excessive sweating.
The sweating effects catching cold and
all the consequent disorders. It also
musts the straw and generates very Of
tensive odors. The stover is compara-
lively free from rust and other fun
golds which affect the straw of wheat
oats and barley. Flax straw is the
next best Stover is good bedding for
the young pigs; and if it is cut up
there Is nothing better. 1t is even
better than dry leaves. If straw is
used 1t must be changed every day,
while stover will last for several days,
The order of values for the different
straws should be: first, stover; sec
ond, flax straw; third, rye straw !;
fourth, wheat straw; fifth, barley
straw; sixth, oat straw. The basis of
this classification rests on the liability
to pack together and on the injurious
effects of fungoids. Every farmer is
familiar with the fact that sheaf of
oats or barley if bound little damp
or green will mould in the centre
that sheaf of wheat is less liable to
such bad effects, and a sheaf of rye
still less, while a shock of corn fodder
will scarcely mould in either case.
These properties govern their value as
litter. Rural Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
SMALL BUT SURE PROFIT.

Farmers make smaller percentage
on their investments probably than
any other class. The merchant, banker
and manufacturer would go out OF
business if his visible income from his
investment was no more than the
farmers, yet notwithstanding that
this is indisputably true, it is a fact,
nevertheless, that there is smaller
percentage of failures among farmers
than any other class. More than this.
there is large percentage of farmers
get well to do in this worlds goods
and provide themselves and families
a good living than any other class.
This being the case, we certainly con-
clude that it pays to work for small
income. Especially is this true when
in the case of the farmer the income
is steady one year with another. -
Rocky Mountain Husbandman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
TEMPERANCE.


WHAT WOULD you rHiNK2
What would you think Il the birds and th
flowers
Should say that the dew and the sweet sum
mer showers
We're not what they wanted to bathe in ant
drink
They'd like something stronger;
Now, what would you think2
And what would you think, some pleasan,
spring day,
II the robin and wren and pretty blueiay
Should go reeling and falling because OF
strong drink
Dust like men and boys),
Now, what would you think?
And what would you think if you picked
bouquet,
And found that the flowers acted just tho
same way;
Aud all OF them tipsy because Of drink?
(How queer II would be)
But what would you think2
Well, II it Is silly and foolish for them,
Don't you think It is worse for the boys and
the men
Who lose both their bodies and souls, too,
through drink
Now, what do you Think
Youths Temperance Banner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28

That is seldom reached. but when salzer's
Extra Grass Mixtures are sown this is possible
Over fifty kinds Of grass and clover sorts.
Largest growers of farm seeds in the world
Alsike Glover is the hardest; Crimson Clover
is the quickest growing; Alfalfa Clover is the
best fertilizing clover, while Salzer's Extra
Grass Mixtures make the best meadows in the
world. A
IL YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T
with lac postage to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will receive eleven
packages grass and clover sorts and his NAM
moth farm seed catalogue; full of good things
for the farmer, the gardener and the citi zen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

At this season fowls do better if con.
fined on rainy days.
Hogs at nine months should weigh
from $50 to 800 pounds.
Both breed and feed are required to
make good dairy COW.
Hog-raising and dairying form a
good combination for profit.
Feeding Brahmas all they will eat
will usually stop them from laying.
If sulphur is given at all it should be
given sparingly and never in damp
weather.
Give little oatmeal or stale bread
soaked in milk as a first feed to young
chickens.
Filth and lack of ventilation cause
more disease among poultry than any
thing else.
Road dust and finely sifted wood
ashes in equal parts make good ma
terial for the dust boxes.
Sell from the young stock and do
not sacrifice fowls that have proved
satisfactory unless very old.
Breeding and handling are of equal
Importance in attaining success with
horses. They should go hand in hand.
The man who now shows his faith in
sheep by staying in or going in that
industry will surely come out on top.
Keep the cows from temptation by
having the fences in such condition
that they cannot get through or over
them.
In brooder each duckling chooses
its own quarters, squats quietly down
and remains there until morning with
out crowding.
Lung fever often results from speed.
ing horses when the mercury is low
that are kept in warm, close stables
most of the time.
In removing dead branches care
should be taken to make the cut close
and smooth. If stub is left it will
not heal over readily.
In the application of lime to land
thirty to fifty bushels to the acre are
generally used. Forty bushels is gen.
SIaliJ luS Desb quantity.
A cold surrounding temperature is
apt to reduce the temperature of the
cream, which must be raised to a
higher temperature before the butter
will come.
If piece of land is to be double
cropped next season, fertilize it freely
and plant crops which mature quickly,
such as wheat followed by millet. or
sweet corn followed by buckwheat or
turnips.
Practicing rotation in the produc-
ton of crops is not only most excel
lent course for preventing soil exhaus.
tion, but the best means for prevent
ing the multiplication of weeds and
insects.
The two earliest breeds of turkeys
are the bronze and the Nsrragansett.
The former is a dark bronze color.
with a luster approaching gold, while
the latter is metallic black, with sal
mon-colored legs.
The blanketing of horse nav seem
like a small matter, but attention TO il
at the proper time would have saved
the life of many a valuable animal and
would have prevented a great deal of
suffering aud loss.
If the land of our farms could be
brought up to the highest point of
productiveness, the yield of the vari-
Gus products would be immensely in
creased and profits would proportion
ately increase. The great need of our
farms is more manure, and the need is
so pressing that it should serve to en-
force the importance of saving all the
Ranures that are made on the farm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
Denfnes. Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
1amed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the infam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness lcaused by catarrh) that can
circulars, free.
eE~ Sold by Druggists, nc. ~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28

Since the original fall of man we have had
some signal examples Of great falls-not 10
include Niagara or the immense fall in values
which the times have brought about-in the
nature Of accidents which waylay men at all
times. One such is that OF Mr.. George w.
Lord Olanta, Pa, who says he fell down
stairs and suffered four weeks with sprained
back. The use of st. Jacobs Oil completely
cured him, Mr.. G. Roeder, 500 s. 18th ST.,
Omaha, Neb., relates that he jumped from
his engine in collision and sustained a very
bad sprain 10 his ankle he had to use a cane
for weeks, but was finally curod by st.
Jacobs Oil. Never fall out with so good a
thing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
WHEN HORSES BITE THE HARNESS.

This bad habit may be checked by
stepping some bitter aloes in warm
water and sponging the harness with
it. This is also disgusting to rats and
mice, which often gnaw the harness
for the salty taste it has from the per.
spiration of the horses. This shows
how right and proper it is to wash and
grease the harness frequently, using
carbolic or tar soap, and adding little
carbolic acid to the grease, which
should be pure vaseline. New York
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28
VA rEEY ARE rEMrEnANcr RrroRMERs.

Men and women are not temperance re,
formers simply because they cease to drink
intoxicating liquors. but because they have
gauged the evil, have seen the misery and
have heard the cry of captive millions. and
have determined to see enacted laws that
shall put rich and poor upon one level. and
shall consider the welfare of the people be-
fore the pocket ofthe publican. Lady Henry
Somerset
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-28

To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
use the true and perfect remedy Syrup of Figs.
One bottle will answer for all the family and
costs only 80 cents; the large size 81. Try it
and be pleased. Manufactured by the Califor-
mia Fig Syrup Co. only.