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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

Too heavy feeding and want of ex-
ercise tend to barrenness.
Keeping fowls on hard runs or floors
will cause swollen feet or legs,
Hens in confinement need to have
egg-shell material supplied to them.
Chickens will keep healthier if they
can have loose ground to scratch over.
Any kind of poultry may be inn
proved by a careful selection and
breeding.
When fowls are closely confined the
runs need spading up occasionally to
prevent them from becoming too foul.
Early broilers usually prove very
profitable. Push the growth until they
will average two pounds and then sell.
Even in winter, if the hens are ex-
pected to lay regularly, care must be
taken not TO let them become too fat.
The principal reason why cooked
food fattens the fowls more rapidly is
because il is much more easily digest
ed.
A small quantity of sunAower seed
given occasionally will add to the gloss
of the plumsge; handful to dozen
fowls will be enough.
If early broilers are to be raised,
especially if they are hatched in an in
cubator, a good brooder will be found
almost indispensable.
1t will pay to sell all the common
turkeys and make new start with
some of the better breeds like the
Bronze or Narragansett.
Bran, ground oats and cornmeal
make one of the best rations for grow
ing chickens. 1t may be improved
somewhat by baking and then crumbl-
ing.
Poultry is generally cheap at this
season on account of the large quanti-
ties of it sent to market. Often it will
pay to keep and feed until little
later.
The nests should be dark, warm and
supplied with good nesting material,
which should be changed regularly,
even in winter, to prevent its becoming
too foul.
In selecting out the hens, if there
are any that have proved themselves
exceptionally good mothers, it will pay
to keep them over if they are past two
years old.
Setting hens are scarce in winter, so
if early chickens are wanted a good in
cubator will be necessary, the size de-
pending upon the number of chickens
to be hatched.
Leaves or chaff make good litter to
scatter on the floor, and by throwing
grain among it the fowls will be kept
busy scratching it over, and in this
way take exercise.
One of the principal items in raising
chickens in the brooder is warmth. If
they get chilled they will crowd to-
gether in a brooder SO closely that
some will be smothered.
Wheat is one of the best grains for
laying hens. 1t is rich in material for
growth, while stimulating to the egg
functions. At present prices it can
hardly be considered an expensive
feed.
With good treatment pullets hatched
in February will lay in September;
those Matched in March will lay in
October, while those Matched in April
will usually begin layingin December.
st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
A DRuNKARp's APPEAL.

young man entered the barroom OF vii
lage tavern and called for u drink
No. said the landlord; ''you have had
the delirium tremens once, and | can't sell
YOU any more"
He stepped aside 10 make room for a
couple OF young men who had just entered,
and the landlord waited on them very politely.
The other had stood silent and sullen, and
when they had finished he walked up to the
landlord and thus addressed him
six years ago, at their age stood whero
those two men are now. l was n man of fair
prospects. Now, at the age OF twenty-eight,
am wreck-body and mind. You led me
TO drink. In this room 1 formed the habit
that has been my ruin. Now sell me a few
more glasses and your work will be done
shall soon be out of the way there is no hope
Tor me. But they can be saved. Do not sell
u TO them. Sell II TO me and let me die, and
the world will be rid of me but for heavens
sake sell no more TO them"
The landlord listened pale aud trembling.
Setting down his decanter, he exclaimed,
God help me, it is the last drop will sellto
any one" And he kent his word.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
The Cnntilerer Bridge.

A cantilever bridge is one in which
fhe span is formed by shaped
trusses extending inward from the sup
ports and connected in the middle
either directly or by means of third
truss If the supports are piers they
are placed near or at the centre OF the
bracket truss, and the outer ends arc
made to counterbalance the weight of
the inner ends. You can make n crude
cantilever yourself. Place two boards
end to end over carpenters horses so
that their inner ends shall be some
distance apart Lay board across
the inner ends and fasten the outer
ends so that they will sustain weights
placed on the centre board. The chief
advantage of cantilever bridge is
that il can be built without scaffold
being used to get the central truss
into position The two arms are
pushed out, one from either pier or
bank. When they are made fast the
central truss is pushed out on one
arm, until spanning the interval, it is
made fast to the other arm. The word
comes from the Latin quanta libra,
meaning "of what weight" It is said
that a japanese devised the bridge;
certainly an ignorant Mexican Indian
had used one on his farm as long ago
as 1880 Probably the "Jap" had an
ticipated him, however. New York
Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
The Tea Road.

Ke-gu, the halfway halting place on
the famous tea road between the
Chinese border town Ta-chien-lu and
the Thibetan capital, is the centre OF
the tea trade, and, accordingly, the
residence of numerous tea merchants.
II is the Chinese who chiefly bring the
tea here, to sell il TO tho Thibetan
merchants, who forward it TO Lhassa.
Tho currency in this trade is the
Indian rupee, which, however, is often
dispensed with, and then the tea is
bartered by the Chinese for wool,
hides and furs, gold dust, mercury and
other Thibetan products, for importa-
tion into China. The tea branches
MS well rs leaves) is packed in
pressed bricks, about fourteen inches
long, ten wide and four thick. Eight
of these bricks are sown in skin, and
yak carries two skins. All
Thibetans drink tea. They boil it,,
branches and all, in water, with n lit
tie soda and salt, and before drinking
add butter, barley flower (which is
called tsampa) and dried native cheese.
The solid part of this mixture. when
merely moistened with little LIQUID
ten made up into hard balls, is called
ba, and forms the staple food of
Thibet.
The chief meat consumed is NUT
ton, upon which the black tent people
almost live. Sheep are cheap. In the
interior of the country they cost from
one rupee to two rupees. For winter
consumption, they are killed early in
the cold season, and the meat is
frozen. The National Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
The Parasol Ant.

The fact that the ''parasol ant" OF
the West Indies has grown 20 be such
pest that the Government of Trini-
dad has had to adopt appropriate legis-
lation against its ravages, draws atten-
tion TO the remarkable habits of tho
little creature. II has been definitely
determined that they do not cut the
circular bits out of the leaves that they
bear away so like parasol over their
heads, for the purpose of eating them
or for nest lining, rs has been suggest
ed. These bits OF leaves are simply
wanted Ms the soil on which to Guilt
vate n certain sort of fungus that they
feed upon; and the ants are as expert
in its culture rs is any market gardener
of Paris in the growing of his beloved
mushrooms. A nest of these tiny agri-
culturists has thus been described by
the director of public works in Trini-
dad who has had them on his table
Each forager dropped his portion of
leaf in the nest, and il was taken up
by small worker and carried TO n
clear space TO he cleaned. IL was then
taken in hand by the large workers,
which, after licking il with their
tongues, reduced it TO small black
ball of pulp. These balls were built
on the edge OF the already formed fun
gus bed and slightly smoothed down.
The new surface was then planted with
portions of the fungus brought from
other parts of the nest. Each piece is
put in separately, and the ants know
exactly how far apart the plants should
be. 1t sometimes looks as if the bits
of fungus had been put in too scantily
in places, yet in about forty hours liz
the humidity has been properly regu-
lated) it is all evenly covered with a
mantle as of very fine snow" When
il Is remembered that most persons
who have tried the cultivation of edible
fungi have failed because of the diff
culties arising from the handling of
the spores and the maintenance of the
needed humidity, it almost seems that
we must concede to these tiny crea-
lures greater degree of agricultural
skill than is possessed by the average
farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
CARE OF ORCHARDS,

The only way to keep up an orchard
is to plant some trees every year.
Most people neglect this, and when
they do plant the trees they set them
too close together, so that the roots
intertwine and fruit production is
checked.
Apple trees should be set at least
thirty feet apart each way. 1t is a
mistake to imagine an orchard will
take care of itself. Trees require the
attention of the owner just as well as
stock or farm crops, and neglect will
be repaid in the same fashion. II you
are not willing TO give proper care, it
is better to cut the trees down and
plow up the land. 1t is useless to ex-
pect to get something for nothing. -
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
HOW TO COOK GAME.

A great many housekeepers are
chary about cooking game, as though
there were some mystery in its proper
preparation, and good deal of non
sense has been talked about "rare"
game which has perplexed and warned
off the ordinary person, who has no
appetite for raw flesh. As rule, all
dark-heshed birds, like ducks and
grouse, should be cooked about as rare
as roast beef, so that the blood runs
from the knife. Birds with white
flesh, like partridge, should be as we'll
done rs a barnyard fowl. A simple
rule for time allows eighteen or twenty
minutes roasting for either canvas.
back or redhead duck, fifteen minutes
for teal, eighteen or twenty minutes
for grouse, twelve or fifteen minutes
for doe-birds, ten minutes for either
plover or woodcock, and eight or ten
minutes for English snipe. Tender,
plump quail require from fifteen to
eighteen minutes, and the average
plump partridge from thirty-fve to
forty minutes. This implies the brisk
est heat the range oven can give, a
heat that will turn a sheet of writing
paper dark brown in ten minutes. -
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
BRAN AS POULTRY rnnn.

One advantage possessed by bran is
that it contains fair proportion of
the phosphates, and for that reason
may be used with the ration in order
to render it more complete. We do
not approve of feeding it in the soft
condition if it can be used by sprink-
ling it on cut clover that has been
scalded, though a mess of scalded
bran and ground oats, early in the
morning of cold winter day, is very
invigorating and nourishing. Even
when the food is not varied some adj
vantage may be derived, by way of
compensation for omission of certain
foods, by the use of bran and linseed
meal. Two pounds of bran, mixed
with one pound of linseed meal and a
pound of ground meat, fed to the hens
once day, allowing half pint of the
mixture to ten hens, will greatly add
to the egg producing materials. AS n
food for chicks, bran should always be
scalded and allowed to stand an hour
or two in order to soften. As ma
terial on the floor of brooders to alb
sorb the moisture, it is excellent, and
for packing eggs it serves well as
protection against breakage. Farm
and Fireside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
ArshbIshon and Crank.

The New York Times relates the fol-
lowing anecdote of the late Archbishop
Hughes: Dr. Hughes was once visited
By a crank in his Mulberry street res
idence. 1t was at night, and the crank
entered the bedroom, and, waking DR..
Hughes from sound sleep, drew a
dagger and threatened to kill him.
With wonderful presence of mind the
prelate cried out; ; "Are you an Irish
man?" 81 am" replied the crank.
Then go out, said DR.. Hughes, "and
get blackthorn stick and kill me with
that. No lrishman ever yet killed a
man with dagger; only Italians use
that weapon, " "The crank put up
his knife and went out for the black
thorn, said DR.. Brann, "and the pre-
laia's life tuas sral "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
Tariff and Taxation.

Tariff duties and internal revenue taxation
on incomes and corporations are exciting
public interest, but of quite as much interest
are those things which tax the system and
require at once an external remedy. On this
subject, with special recommendation, Mr..
Pierce D. Brown, Brldgewater, Mass, says
SIN accidents from all kinds of athletic
sports, to reduce sprains and bruises. have
used st. Jacobs Oil, and always found it to
be most reliable. Also, Mr.. c. r. Sands,
Mangum, Okla, writes: Il have used st.
Jacobs OIL for sprains and rheumatism and
would not be without it for anything" Mr..
Il. Ledbetter, Denton, Texas, says 81 have
used st. Jacobs oil, and it is the only thing
[ ever saw that would cure toothache in ten
minutes time, and it is usually prompt and
sure for frost bites. All osthese communica-
tions are Of recent date, showing unabated
interest
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

The Educational Exhibits at the Worlds
Fair were 50 extended that the Judges have
only recently had time TO report upon the
largest group, Group 149. No single ex-
htbit in that group nor in all the Educa-
tional display at the White City attracted
more attention or excited more interest
than that Of Scientific Temperance Instruc-
tion in the Public School. The Exhibitor,
Mrs. Mary II. Hunt, OF Boston, has Just been
informed that this exhibit has been assigned
five highest awards.
!. For legislation requiring physiologl
cal temperance instruction in public schools
IN torty-four States and Territories in the
United States and in Canada and In Sweden.
2. For graded series of textbooks on this
subject in the English language.
3. For translatlons OF these books now In
use, in five different languages.
4. For methods of pupil or school-room
study in this science.
3. For exhibit OF pupil-work in this
branch, from various States In the United
States
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
1lrE INSURANCE AND TEMPERANCE


A Massachusetts life insurance company,
instructions TO its medical examiners contain
the following
SIN consideration of a risk nothing is more
important than the habits OF the applicant
respecting the use OF stimulants and mar.
coties. lntemperance weakens body and
mind, and increases the fatality OF acute dis.
ease by lessening the powers OF resistance,
while many forms OF chronic disease take
their origin in the excessive use OF alcoholic
liquors and tobacco. Moreover the statistics
of life insurance show that intemperance re-
duces the average expectation OF life nearly
two-thirds. The most definite information
on this subject is therefore required, and the
examiner should see that the answers 10 the
questions relating to the use of stimulants
and narcotics are clear and specific The
company does net knowingly insure an in
temperate person.
Present habits of intemperance or i'm
morality invariably disqualify an applicant
for any form OF insurance. Past habits dis
qualify for "a term OF years, varying accord
ing TO the nature OF the case. The daily use
OF any alcoholic beverage in the excess Of an
amount representing one and a half ounces
OF absolute alcohol (Anstie's limit is not
lightly regarded by the Home 0nlce.n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
PREVENTION OF scouRs

The calf should not be permitted to
cat more than its fill of food, as the
gorging is liable to result in scours.
Filthy surroundings is another cause,
and if the animal is exposed to damp
weather he may succeed in catching
the disease, As there is no positive
cure, prevention is the best thing for
the farmer to use. e.-American Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

There Is moro Cntarra IN this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
ana until the last few years was supposed to be
lncurable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced II local disease, and prescribed local
remeylies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh TO be constitu-
itional disease and therefore requires constitu-
tonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by Il. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
1s the only constitutional cure on the market.
IL Is taken internally in doses from ~ drops to
a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
free. Address
F. J. CHENEY 6 Co., Toledo, o.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

Awful thought that woman should learn
the power OF appetite through doctors pre-
scrlptions Above all else we should keep
tho home pure. Mothers should see 20 Il
that no liquor ever enters the home
"Twenty-three years ago. said Archbishop
ireland, 81 began temperance work with the
men. am glad, most thankful, that l be-
gan in any way but II were to begin again,
would organize the women. Not because
thoy need 1t more than, or nearly rs much
rs the men in the worldly view OF the case /;
but because OF the good that would be done
in their homes and 10 their families"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

The temperance people OF this country,
Canada and England are already making
arrangements for the observance OF Neal
Dow's nineticth birthday, March 20, 1894, In
the interests - temperance reform. Temper
ance societies in all parts Of the world are
asked to cooperate, each one conducting the
celebration according to its own judgment
and opportunity, but all to send congratula-
tions 10 General Dow
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
TEMPERANCE.
rnE nun rnArrtc IN ArnroA.

in Africa. In an illustrated lecture by DR.
Roy, the Chairman OF the African Congress,
pyramid OF rum bottles, empty OF course
was shown, before which in profound wor
ship were PROSTATE scores OF the unhappy
natives. They made God OF the ram bot.
tie which was deylizing themselves
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

TUHL IL WIS DUntUfInF
her, and abe has continued TO improve ever
since, and now thinks it the most wonderful
remedy on earth for her sex, and recommends
IL to all suffering females. She has not been
SO well in ten years.
] write this without any solicitation and
with free, good will so that You may let all
who may suffer know what Il has done for
her." Sold by medicine dealers everywhere.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
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 IFS 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 Doc 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, 1894-01-10

The caves or grottoes discovered in
Carniola, province of Austria, in
1889, are said to be equal in extent 10
the kentucky wonder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
rY-sOld by Druggists, 75d. % Wv iO's'0' -

THROAT DISEASES commence with a Cough,
1old or Sore Throat. Br0lgH'S Bronchial
lrocaes give immediate relief. Sold only Ia
1ores. Price . cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

remedies and doctors
with but little or no re-
lief, l persuaded her TO
try DIR. Pierce's Fsvorito
Prescription and Gold
en- Medical Discovery.
She was 30 out of heart,
she returned the answer
that IL would be like
all the rest-of no good ;
but on my account, she
said she would try II, %
] got one bottle each :
and before she had used
half OF "A bottle she felt
ahuN fN wwaa 1sUvsnAtfWaNs
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10
CURES OTHERS

oM:o N: W. Scott ESQ., Of the U. 2 Marsssll,s 8
years my wife has been constant sufferer
from indigestion, sick headache, nervoue pros
tration and all other complaints that tho fe-
male Sex Is heir to, and, after trying many
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

Is the mother's delight because il cures coughs
~ ana colds quicker than any remedy known. A.
T. HoXsie, Buffalo, \. Y, Mfr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

beecham's Pills correct bad effects of over
eating. Beecham's-ao others. 25cents a boy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

Paris has the largest and most com
plete sewerage system in the world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-10

Cough nights On going to bed take a dose
oI Hatch,s Universal Onngh SNrnn.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-30
REFORM FOR SPOILS.
Opposed Bitterly by Theodore
Roosevelt.
Still He Says the Commission Is on
Better Footing Than Ever
Before.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29-Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt to-day in an inter-
view on civil service matters said that the
committee was now on far better footing
than ever before for efficient work. This
was due to the fact that the commission,
under legislation, pushed by Senators
Lodge and Cockrell, hereafter would have
its own force of clerks, instead Of being
dependent on clerks detailed TO do it by
the several Government departments.
The Civil Service Commissioners de-
nounced the Bynum bill for the reinstate-
ment of Democratic mail clerks dismissed
prior to the classification of the railway
mail service under the civil service system
in 1889 as thoroughly vicious partisan
measure, saying:
IF it should become law 1t would be
precedent for the enactment OF similar
measures whenever a change of admins
tration took place. 1t is introduced purely
In the Interest of the spoilsmonger. and Is
thoroughly vicious bill in every way"
Mr.. Roosevelt then calls attention TO tbe
decision of the Attorney. General. which
permits solicitation for political purposes
by letter in Government buildings. and
says the commission will request the pas
sage of law to prohibit such solicitation.
holding that solicitation for political pur.
poses is illegal whether done by letter or
in person.