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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
HoRsR's MOUTHS.

During tho many years in which
the writer has been engaged in the
practice OF veterinary medicine there
is nothing that has been more foroibly
brought to his attention than the in
difference of most people to the con-
dition of the horses mouth.
They seem TO think the mouth never
becomes deranged, when, in fact, It is
one of the most sensitive organs of
the equine economy. All young horses
coming three or four years old should
have their teeth and mouth carefully
examined when any symptoms OF ten
derness are shown in the mouth, as it
is at this age that some of the milk
molars are replaced by the permanent
ones,
In some cases the crown of the
former is only partially displaced,
and gives rise to much pain and an
noyance.
/ have seen young horse that had
its throat blistered with liniment and
was treated for distemper, when the
trouble was due to q misplaced crown
of milk molar, which, upon removal,
gave instant relief.
Again, in some horses the structure
of the teeth is of q comparatively soft
nature, and wears rapidly on the
grinding substances in ragged and
uneven manner, which severely cut
and lacerate the tongue and cheeks.
This defect may be easily remedied
Inv tho ,1sa of tba mouth raer, nm In.
strument that may now be found in
nearly all hardware stores.
To heal the raw surfaces a little
alum and borax dissolved in water will
act effectually. This humane method,
if pursued by people who own horses.
will prevent much suffering 60 the
horse and at the same time amply re-
pay the owner in the improved appear
ance of his animal, and in many cases
prevent the loss of much food by quid-
ding and slobbering.
A few words in regard to those bug
bears of most horse owners, namely,
lampas, so called, and wolf-teeth.
Lampas is supposed by most people
to possess some mysterious power over
horse whereby his appetite becomes
deranged.
They therefore resort to cutting and
burning the poor brute's mouth under
the mistaken notion of curing the lam
pas. The writer of this has been en-
gagged in the care of horses for twenty
five years, and has yet to see horse
that was affected physically by lam
pas, except in the imagination of its
owner.
1t is the same with the so-called
"wolt-teeth. These teeth are the
vestigiAl remains of premolar teeth
that, in the remote ancestors of the
horse, were functional, and they have
become through disuse mere rudi-
ments, as it we're, of their former
selves.
They do not, by some occult means,
affect the eyes of horses and cause
them to go blind, nor are they respon-
sible, ms some good people contend,
for horse being in poor condition.
Nor is it at all necessary to punch
them out with a hammer and cold
chisel. st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
An Experiment with Frozen Milk.

A year ago a Danish merchant ex-
perimented by taking Danish milk.
which is peculiarly delicate and rich
ia flavor, freezing it by the use of ice
and salt and sending it to London.
On its arrival the milk proved to be
as sweet and we'll tasting as il it had
been just drawn from a COW In the
middle of Sweden. Tho milk was so
much in demand and proved SO prof.
liable an article of commerce that the
exporter Immediately took out pat.
ent on the shipment of frozen milk
from Sweden and Denmark to Lon
don. He then sold the patent to a
stock company with large capital,
which on February last bought one
of the largest Swedish creameries, con,
verted it into factory, and, having
put in a special freezing apparatus,
began Gu May the export OF frozen
milk in large quantities.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28

Even in this intelligent age Of tho world
there are too many people who believe In the
humbuggery OF "fortune-telling, but II all
so-called fortune-tellers were rs frank as the
one mentioned in tho following story which
is borrowed from the Detroit Free Press, and
may or may not be true, they would have
fewer patrons than they now have.
A man was having his fortune told. 81
see," said the "seventh daughter OF the
seventh daughter contracting her eyebrows,
al see the name of John"
"Yes," said the sitter. indicating that he
had heard the name before.
"The name seems to have given you a
great deal of trouble"
"It has"
"This John Is an intimate friend.
"That's So" he said, wonderingly.
"And often leads you to do things you are
sorry for"
True every word
His influence over you Is bad.
Right again"
"But you will soon have a serious quarrel,
when you will become estrNnged."
"Tm glad of that. Now spell out his whole
name"
The fortune-teller opened one eye and
carefully studied tho face OF the visitor,
Then she wrote some cabalstic message,
and handed it to him in exchange for her
fee.
"Do not read 1t until you are at home,
she said, solemnly. 1T is your friends whole
name"
When he reached home he lit the gas and
gravely examined the paper. There he read,
In picket-fence characters, the name OF his
friend; "Demi-John."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
The Dangerous Buscomboo.

A Mrs. James, of Lexington, Ky,
attacked, and desperately injured
Michael Driggons with buscomboo.
This is one of the most dangerous
weapons known to the Italians. 1t is
supposed to have been made by Mrs.
James's husband, who is an Italian.
The weapon is made of a small cedar
sapling, the root forming the knob
into which twenty-five long steel nails
are driven. The handle is fourteen
inches long, the knob four inches
long and two inches in diameter. A
loop of silk cord is attached to the
handle to secure the instrument to the
wrist. New Orleans Picayune. -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
now TO MAKE ALTAR OF ROSES.

Use the fragrant petals of flowers
of the sane season. Roses aud jas.
mine, with small quantity of sweet
brier and miguonette, make nice
mixture. There must be greater
quantity of rose leaves than of all the
others together.
Spread the petals on layer OF cot
ton which has been dipped in the
finest Florence or Lucca oil, and
sprinkle over them little fine salt.
Lay on another sheet of cotton, and
add petals and salt as before; repeat
this, with a layer of the oiled cotton
between each layer of petals, until you
have filed china bowl or a wide
mouthed jar. Tie bladder closely
over all, and place the vessel in the
sun; if under garden forcing glass,
all the better.
In about fifteen days remove the
bladder and squeeze the cotton and
petals, when fragrant oil will be ex-
pressed resembling the high-priced
altar OF roses sold by druggists. The
bottle into which this oil is squeezed
must be corked mp Immediately. A
bottle with glass stopper is best for
the purpose. Ii cork is used tie n
piece of bladder over st. Louis
Star-Sayings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
RECIPES.

Ham Toast-Mince fine some cooked
ham with an anchovy boned and
washed, add two beaten eggs, little
cayenne and pounded mace and sufli
cient milk to make all moist; make it
quite hot and serve on toast.
Fricasseed Eggs-Slice five hard.
boiled eggs. Take one cup of stock
seasoned withpepper and salt. Brown
some stale bread in buttered frying
pan. Heat the gravy on the fire, put
the eggs in melted butter and roll in
flour. Put them in the hot gravy
and let them get hot. Lay the eggs
in dish on the fried bread and pour
the gravy over.
Vegetable Soup-Boil two pounds OF
beef and when quite done take it up
and lay aside for supper. Strain tine
liquor in which it was boiled. Clean
and wash one carrot, one small pars.
nip, one turnip and one onion, cut all
in lengthwise strips to resemble
noodles, put into the liquor and boil
till tender. Add nice tomato and
some parsley and serve with croutons.
English Fruit Tart Make without
an under crust. Fill a shallow pud.
ding dish with one and one.half pints
of seeded cherries sprinkle with one
cup of sugar aud one tablespoonful of
flour. Make rich pie crust and roll
out little larger than the top Of the
dish, but of the same shape. Prick it
with fork and spread over the top
of the cherries, turning it in at the
edges. Bake about an hour in
moderately hot oven. The English
sprinkle sugar over the tart before it
is brought to the table.
Roast Shoulder of Veal With Pota-
toes-Remove the bone from the
shoulder of veal without cutting
through the outer skin, and fill the
cavity with sliced potatoes and onions
and season with salt and pepper; sew
and put the shoulder in shape. Place
in baking pan with the bones under
it, and brown quickly in hot oven.
Then season with salt and pepper,
dredge with flour ana baste with the
drippings in the pan. An hour before
the veal is done add dozen medium
sized potatoes and put them into the
pan with the meat. When the veal is
done arrange them around it on tho
platter; make a gravey out OF the
drippings in the pan and serve in a
gravey dish.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
THE SQUASH BUG PEST.

One of the most disheartening pests
is the squash bug. 1t is the worm
which came in the night and cut down
the prophet Jonah's shady vine that
covered his bower, under the shelter
of which he escaped from the burning
sun that smote his head. 1t is the
habit of the insect TO do this very
thing, and the expectant grower of
the hoped for prize squash, with which
he hopes to gain enviable and honor
able notoriety in his rural community,
may well say in his distress that he
does well to be angry, as the prophet
did.
The pest is bad in every way. 1t
smells bad, and it does exasperating
mischief, that is remediless. 1t is
only to be prevented. To do this is easy
with the kerosene emulsion, sprayed
on the vines, or a few tobacco stems
spread under the plant will be helpful.
A few corncobs or other absorbent
material stepped in gas tar or any of
the strong smelling crude petroleum
products and distributed about the
plants viii drive the bugs away before
they have done mischief If, in spite
of all preventatiyes, a vine is seen to
wilt and the leaves hang down, the
stem Is examined and the opening in
it where the grub has eaten its way
into the vine is found, then the vine
is slit with a sharp knife below the
opening and the intruder is taken out
and the wounded vine is covered With
soil to the node, or joint, ut which new
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
Big Vessels Ior the Lakes.

Plans already fo.med settle the
question whether lake steamships 400
feet long or upward, with capacity
of carrying 600 tons OF freight at
load, will be common after the open.
ing of the channels twenty feet deep
through all the shadows between Du.
luth and Chicago and the ports OF
Lake Erie. There is no longer a
doubt that such monster vessels will
rapidly multiply within the next few
years, and they are certain to do a
great part of the carrying trade of the
lakes, perhaps most of it, before the
end of the century.
The steamships already contracted
for and those which are certain to be
built before next spring will undoubt-
edly so far surpass all vessels now in
use in ability to make money at low
rates for freight that other vessel
owners will be forced to follow the
pioneers of this latest step forward in
the construction of splendid lake car
riers. Even an over supply OF tom
mage, such as is very likely to be the
resIlt, will not prevent the work of
replacing small craft with steamers of
the largest size from going on stead
ily. In one sense it will hasten the
change. Only the biggest vessels can
make money in such seasons of gem
eral over-competition for cargoes, and
IN order to continue the business the
owners OF old boats must let them go
out and put in commission steamships
equal to any on the great lakes. =
Cleveland Lender.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
SCOT A FERTILIZER.

Few people know, perhaps, that
SCOT water made from the SCOT of wood
fires is said TO be an excellent fertil-
izer of house or outdoor plants. The
SCOT should be brushed down from the
chimney with a long handled brush,
gathered into a quart bag and soaked
in rain water over night, The water
will have become as black as ink by
the next morning and will be ready
for use. To use about house plants it
should be considerably diluted, as it
is apt TO be too strong for the little
amount OF earth in window box or pot.
1t is a perfect destroyer of insects and
worms that are the dread of the anna
teur florist and may be used two or
three times week when the plants
are much infested. New York Tele.
gram.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
lie Struck the Ex.Presihent.

Z Gus Butterworth, The popular boni.
lace of the Ridgeway House, is prob.
ably the only living man who, literal.
ly speaking, struck a President OF the
United States and received thanks in.
stead of term in Jail for it. Mr.. But.
terworth once gave it to Benjamin
Harrison in the neck and he lives to
tell the tale. 1t was while President
Harrison was living in his Cape MAY
cottage. MIR. Butterworth was run
ming a hotel not far from the Execu-
tive residence. One day while enjoy.
ing a ride on trolley car Mr.. Butter.
worth, who happened to be sitting be.
hind a short, thick-set man with gray
hair and beard, noticed a very large,
healthy mosquito getting its bloody
work in on the back of the thick.set
mans neck. Acting on a very natural
impulse, Mr.. Butterworth raised his
right hand and brought the palm of it
down on the mans neck with re-
sounding slap. The man turned
quickly around and Mr.. Butterworth
saw that he was the President of the
United States.
81 beg your pardon, said Mr.. But.
terworth, "but there was a mosquito
on your neck"
Thank You very much" remarked
the Chief Executive, cordially. "Judg-
ing from the force of your blow 1
don't think the insect will give me
any more trouble. l don't use slang
very often, bat this is the first time l
ever got it in the neck-at least in that
fashion"
Then Mr.. Butterworth plucked the
dead mosquito from the Presidents
neck, and he and Mr.. Harrison en-
tered into a pleasant chat on general
topics. MIR. Butterworth has that
mosquito yet. t.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
TIE EXPERIMENT SUCCEEDED.

In 1888, Mr. A. l.. Foster, together with
others, formed corporation and established
a saw-mill plant at place called Foster
City, in Menominee County, Michigan. They
employed $50 men. The payroll is about
$4,000 to S5000per month. There are forty
five families, all having comfortable homes.
They have school, town hall, library and
reading room Mr.. Foster determined to ex-
cludo the saloons from the location. He was
told by several experienced lumbermen that
he could not keep men to work for him with
out saloons. He determined to try the ex-
pertinent. Never since the organization OF
the company has il been compelled to send
away for employees. The nearest saloon is at
Metropolitan. five miles distant. Mr. Foster
writes that he has never spent dollar in
railway fares or time to get men-simply an
swerlng letters is all the expense to which he
has been put. They have never had occa-
sion TO use one single dollar for the poor
fund, either town or county. The mill has
been running for about ten years.-Charles-
ton Messenger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
How weather AiTeots HeaIIh

You know that tho weather Affects
your health, but have you ever eatis.
fled yourself as to how IL does itp BY
observing the barometer for few
months and comparing your feelings
with its teadihgs you will discover that
they Auctuate in harmony. Then, Just
h little plain thinking will make IL
clear. When the barometer is low the
atmosphere is light and tho air pres.
sure on the body is considerably less
ened. When this pressure is removed
the blood is forced TO the surface and
distends the surface and distends the
vessels. Weak or diseased pats are
congested, sensitive nerves submitted
to unusual pressure, and a sense of
fulness, a sort ofsstuify feeling per
vades the whole body. The blood does
not flow freely on account OF the loss
OF nerve tone, the brain becomes slug
gish and mental scuteness is impaired.
The barometer is not responsible for
all this, but it explains how IL all hap
pens.
Healthy, vigorous persons aro not
affected by the changing pressure aud
moisture of the atmosphere. like those
who are diseased or have weak spots,
They have sufficient vital energy to re.
sist the tendency to congestion of the
small blood vessels aud OF the mucous
membranes 70 throw off more moisture
than the atmosphere will absorb. II
is for this reason that children aud
young people in good health do net
suffer to any extent from atmospheric
changes. --Pittsburg Commercial Ga.
zette
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
A TERRIBLE DRAIN.

Few people have any correct idea of the
terrible drain which alcoholic liquors make
upon the working mans wages. According
to Archbishop Ireland, who has given the
matter close attention, in this country alone,
the cost of such liquors to the consumers has
mounted in single year rs high rs 81 ,000,-
600 900, or an average OF moro than Sl6 to
every man. woman and child in this country.
In Great Britain, the cost in ono year has
been e142. .000, 600, or S710, ,000. .000-an aver
nge OF more than $40 to every person of
population. II Is difficult for the mind,
without some term OF comparison, to COM
prehend these figures. The sum spent in
four years for alcoholic drinks in Great
Britain would purchase all the railroads in
the country, and the sum spent in six years
would pay of the national debt. The aggre-
gate OF wages paid by all the mechanical il.
dustiies- daring the year 1880 was only
S9i7, 900 ,000-a sum but slightly In excess Of
the drink-bill for the same year. The total
value of all church property in the country
IN 1870 was 1854, 4s9 900. Six months abstin-
ence from drink would buy 1t out.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
Ann.es GroM Oh A Pcar Tree.

A pear tree loaded with apples is a
freak of nature that can be witnessed
on the old Dunklinson farm, two miles
north of Sailor Springs, III. The farm
is occupied by Captain George Elliott,
who discovered the tree loaded with
green apples few days ago. The tree
has born pears of fine quality for
eight years in succession. People are
coming from the surrounding country
and towns to view the phenomenon.
Captain George Elliott and Police
Judge Frank Van Houten vouch for
the truth OF the story.-Chicag o
Times Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
HARD-MILKING COWS.

There are many excellent COWS
whose onl y fault is that they are hard
to milk. This, to the man who is not
used to milking COWS, may seem a
comparatively small matter, but 1t is
really most serious. 1t is not merely
the expenditure of little more mus.
cular exertion twice day for several
years. The COW that milks hard
usually gets more or less abuse and
becomes a kicking COW. 1t is common
for her to be only partly milked, for
when the milk comes hard at all times
the stripping is sure to be extra diff
cult. Leaving some milk in the udder
at each milking is the surest way to
make the COW go dry. This affects
not only the COW, but her progeny,
for as drying up early induces fatten-
ing this tendency is imprinted on the
unborn calf. So, if two COWS OF other
wise equ,l value were offered to a man,
he might be willing to pay and be
justified in paying high price for the
one that milked easily, while unwilling
to take the hard mixer as gilt.
Most cases of hard-milking COWS can
be remedied by inserting a coarse
needle in the teats. This should be
done only by those who have had ex-
perience. Making the oridce too
large Is a worse evil than the other.
The COW will then leak her milk, and
a large part of what she would furn.
ish for her keep will be wholly lost. -
Boston Cultiyator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
Aluminium NecktIes.

Aluminium neckties have been intro.
duced into Germany. They are really
made OF the cosmopolitan metal and
frosted or otherwise ornamented in
various shapes, initiating the ordinary
silk or satin article. They are fastened
to the collar button or by a band
around the neck, and are particularly
recommended for summer wear, since
they can be easily cleaned when soiled,
while they are not perceptibly heavier
than cotton, cambric or silk.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
TEMPERANCE.
TIE ors nnrNkrna IN 1924.


Ia 1724 gin drinking began to affect the
masses, aud Mr. Lecky, IN HIS 'History OF
the Eighteenth Century, draws d terrible
picture OF the way in which "th6 fatal pas:
lsion for drink was at once and irrevocablY
planted In the Nation" On that account he
fixes on that year as one OF the blackest and
most fatal epoch in English history. And
are we now TO be told that drink I'm those
days did not cause crimo2 One may suppose
that the Grand jury OF Middlesex were un-
der no such utter delusion, for soon after
1924 they sent In powerful presentment, In
which they declared that "muoh OF the
greatest part OF tfe poverty, the robberles
aud the murders OF London might be attrlbA
uted to drink" In 1850 the London bhy-
sicians also drew zip memorial, and said
lhere were then IL, 600 eases OF fatal illness
dueto gin alone At the same time Bishop
Benson, OF Gloucester, one OF the best
bishops on the bench, used these words
30 diametrically tho opposite OF Mr.,
Walkers insinuation. NOur people," he
said, "have become what they never were
beiore-cruel and inhuman, These accursed
liquors which, TO the shame Of our Govern
ment, are so easily to be had, have changed
their very nature" At the same time the
whole bench OF bishops interposed the unsul-
lied purity OF their lawn between the Nation
and the curse OF the drink trafIlc, as, In these
days, our judges have interposed "the stain
less sanctity of their ermine." They proc
tested against the Gin net as founded on
the indulgence OF debauchery, the encour-
Hgement Of crime, and the destruction OF the
human race" Lastly, John Wesley was far
from thinking OF those days, as Mr.. Walker
now thinks, that at would have been
palpable ahsurdity to speak OF a relationship
Of cause andeffect between drink and crime.
He said:
"But all who sell drains or spirituous
liquors in the common way to any that will
buy are poisoners general. They drive men
to hell like sheep. A curse IS in the midst OF
them."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-28
corn on OUTSIDE ROWS.

Many farmers plant two or three
rows of potatoes on the outer edges of
the corn field, so that in cultivating
the horse can turn on these without
treading down the corn. But the po-
tatoes are worse injured by this tramp
ing than the corn is, and scattered as
they are on these outside rows, it re.
quires extra labor to harvest them.
We have noticed also that when the
corn was planted out to the end of the
rows, the outside hills, despite the in
jury by trampling, had more grain in
proportion to their stalks. This is I'M
doubtedly because the outside rows
get most sunlight. 1t is a mistake to
plant corn th'ckly. Three grains in a
hill, if all grow as all should, are bet.
ter than more, for if your stalks each
have an ear the size of the ear will be
smaller, and it will make greater work
in husking and handling the crop with
little or no increase of grain. Boston
Cultivstor.