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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
THE NATURAL AGE OF FRUIT TREES.


The natural life, of fruit trees is n
matter hard to determine in these
days. Insects and fungus diseases
that were not known in the early his
tory of the country cause the death of
trees at very early age. The peach
tree is commonly supposed to be the
shortest lived of all the trees; vet
hfty or more years ago there were
many peach trees thirty and fort 2
years old. They were grown on land
full of mineral plant food and the
peach borer had not been introduced.
We remember some of these old peach
trees that had large trunks, with a
comparatively small and high top.
These trees had probably never been
pruned, and the peaches were grown
on limbs each year farther away from
the ground. Trees that grow from
seed are longer lived than those that
are grated. There is very seldom en-.
tire harmony in growth between the
stock and scion, and this difference
tends to shorten the life of the tree.
There are yet some old apple trees
eighty to 100 years old with sound
trunks, and likely to live many years.
There were no apple borers when these
trees were young, and those which
come now seek the tender bark of
young trees. These old trees are all
natural fruit and mostly of poor quail
lty. No trees that can be planted
new and run the gauntlet of insect
enemies can be expected to live as
long, but their shorter lives may be
more valuable. Boston Cultiyator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Tho baneful effects OF intemperance, which
to-day are SO rife all through the land, steal
upon IFS victims moro insidiously perhaps
through the prevalent practice Of treating
than through any other channel. To invite
q man TO take n drink at ones expense is the
order Of the day. To put him thoreby under
the implicit obligation Of returning the same
or Of making him feel uncomfortable until
he has balanced in some way the kindness
which he thinks he has received Is an essen
tial consequence which to him Is very dis
honorable 10 neglect OF shirk.
This custom and its consequences wrap So
ciety as q cloud. In it men move, and
through It the chief work ofharm and OF the
disintegration Of character is accomplished
In thelower state OF society It saturates tho
very language that Is spoken. 1t pervades
the very air that is brcathed. II shapes the
sentiment most frequently formed at home
and abroad. Multitudes Of children daily
grow accustomed to il, and youths are fast
falling victims TO its snares.
Take any man who has found himself
chained by the habit, tho unquenchable
habit for drink that is tearing his very vltalsi
to be appeased. and ask him how this going.
the path of self-destruction began, and he
will tell you, il he speaks carefully and ex-
actly, that 1t was not love Of the liquor, that
it was not the need he felt for il, but that II
was the personal pressure OF custom,
brought TO bear upon him by the false obli-
Satlon unuer Wnlcn ne Iolt nlinselI plhoeu 10
accept the 'treat" or the singular and UNI
manly position in which he was put by rcfus.'
ing TO accept the same.
Whatever or wherever may have been the
origin of this custom of treating, now so
prevalent in our country, whether II be from
tho old medieval idea OF hospitality carried
to abuse or q practice introduced from a
foreign land, it matters not to our subject,
but it has waxed strong with our busy,
hurrying American people.
The American scandal, the "saloon." is at
once its feeder and its propagator. These
two dreadful fostering sores on our social
and body polite, the custom Of treating and
the saloon, must be eradicated or turned into
purer channels, where they may be cleansed
from such dire habiliments as are fastening
thousands upon thousands to eternal ruin.
The force Of this custom, combined with the
shrewdness and desire TO gain on the part OF
the liquor-dealer, and the studied adultera-
ton of intoxicants, themselves intended to
demand more. and the promiscuous sale
privately and publicly of the same, is the
fruitful source of the far extending evils so
frequently described and so menacing to the
free institutions of our country.-Father
Tiernan in Church Progress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
ON RAISING CALVES.

The finest calves are produced by
allowing them to get the food from
their mothers in the natural way, but
there is little to prove that these
calves make better COWS than those
raised on skim milk and less expensive
foods, writes w. G. Whitehead, of
Ohio, to the American Agriculturist.
If the COW is quiet, leave the calf with
her for two days. If she is excitable
and frets for her calf when taken away,
the sooner they are separated the
better for both. Put the calf in
warm dry place, where it cannot be
! seen or heard by the mother. II it
has sucked give it two pints of warm
milk C,om bottle. In twelve hours
take pail of milk, freshly drawn from
its mother, and teach the calf to drink
by letting it suck the fingers. As soon
as it begins to relish the food gradually
withdraw the fingers from its mouth
until it drinks, keeping the hand on
its nose. Then take the hand away
and the calf quickly learns that its
food is in the pail and not in the hand.
A calf will learn in from one to four
lessons according to its intelligence.
Scarcely any two calves will do
equally we'll on the same amount of
food. Take two of tho same breed
one will thrive on five quarts at feed
while the other cannot digest more
than half as much. Experience will
teach the amount each should have.
When this is learned, measure each
calfs ration and avoid sudden changes
in amount. When two weeks old be-
gin to gradually change the ration
from whole milk.to skim:milk. At the
same time add little shelled corn and
wheat bran. Stick a bunch of fine
mixed hay where the calf can reach it
and see how soon it will learn to eat it.
The bran, corn and hay are neces.
sary to restore the skim milk to the
nutritive ratio of whole milk. The
nutritive ratio of milk is one of flesh
and tissue-forming to four of heat
producing properties. Fat and sugar
are the principal heat-producing ele-
ments in milk. These are taken oil
with the cream, leaving skim milk
narrower or colder ration than nature
provided. To this narrow ration many
add oil meal with nutritive ratio of
l IL, making very cold ration. Is
it any wonder. that SO many calves
die of scours when robbed in this way
of the heat-producing clements abso-
lutely necessary to life?
The nutritiye ratio of wheat bran is
tho same as that of milk, while those
of corn and hay are enough wider to
restore skim milk to the. ratio of whole
milk. The calf will soon learn to eat
the corn and bran dry from a trough
and pick the hay from manger.
When a month old give no more whole
milk. 1t will grow we'll on its new
ration. Warm all it drinks to tenn
perature of ninety degrees T. Gradu-
ally increase the other feed as soon as
the calf has learned to eat it and it
will not hurt to continue warming its
drink until spring pasture comes. With
a feed of bran once a day and good
pasture let it grow until winter comes
again. Feed it balanced ration in
winter and good grass in summer un-
til it becomes q COW.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Cut fodder is as economical for
horses as for cattle.
Harden the horse to the collar be-
fore the working season begins.
The trotter can still be improved by
right mating without going abroad.
Keep horses in good condition in
stead of waiting until trouble comes
and then dosing.
Burn up your old nests and put in
new material. Now is a good time to
guard against lice.
A crowded and unclean house means
sick fowls, when the weather warns
up little. Clean up and keep clean.
If you are not satisfied with your
fowls, get II sitting of eggs that you
know are all right and start in with
some that do suit you.
Less medicine and a little more
common sense in feeding ami caring
for animals will save horse owners
both money and anxiety.
The coach and carriage horses which
show the most style, combined with
good size and formation, are the ones
which are in the most demand and
bring the best prices.
More than one hundred horses in
Montgomery County, Missouri, have
died rom eating corn stalks. Smut,
comb ,cd with the quantity of woody
fibre consumed, was tho cause ol
death.
Arc the legs of your fowls white and
scaly2 It is caused by minute in
sect, and willln time spread through
the flock and perhaps kill them.
Make an ointment of lard and kero-
sene or sulphur and anoint the le gs
If you are too lazy to do this, then
dip the legs in clear kerosene n few
times That will clean mp the 3g5 in
short order
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
cRAzED WITH DRINK.

This incident is sent TO us by railroad
surgeon and vouched for as correct An en-
gineer who had been on the road twenty
years was laid up with influenza two years
ago, and since then has drank spirits to ex-
cess at intervals, especially at night The
superintendent paid no attention to this and
permitted him to go ON his usual daily runs.
One day he came in to the end of his route
very much intoxicated, ran up TO the yard,
and left his engine in the proper place, then
staggered back towards the depot muttering.
The train he brought in went ON, when sud
denly he sprang on waiting engine and
started down the road after the train. The
yardmaster conceived this to be a drunken
freak, and wired TO turn the switch off from
the main line at distant station. This was
done just in time to avert dashing into the
rear of the passenger train. The engine was
ditched and the engineer escaped unhurt
and was taken to an asylum with acute
mania, where he is still confined. A very
serious accident was narrowly averted, and
the stupidity Of permitting an inebriate en-
gineer to run train was literally criminality
fthe most fragrant type.-Journal of Indus
try.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
FnrE IRON TIE SALOON CURSE.

The town of Harvey, ~, is established IN
q solid temperance basis, and has proved
that manufacturers can be more prosperous
when their employees are prosperous and
are free from the saloon curse. 1t has been
fully demonstrated there that men can do
better work in foundries and iron and steel
works without beer thaniwith it. / They have
just located three additional industries.
One hundred and sixty-eight new houses are
under contract, and there is great activity in
this manufacturing town. Harvey is without
a saloon, and the restrictions are such on
every lot that saloons cannot come in the
future Christian at Work.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
HEAv1rsr YIELDING OATS.

The heaviest yielding oats in n
series of tests covering four seasons at
the Ohio Experiment Station are I'm
proved American, Japan, Early Swed-
ish, Prince Edward Island, State of
North Dakota, Colonel, Dakota Gray,
Kansas Hybrid, Probsteir, and Egyp-
tian. Their average weight per bushel
for the four years fell slightly below
the standard OF thirty-two pounds. 1t
was also found that oats of heavy
weight do not necessarily have small.
or percentage of hull than those of
lighter weight per measured bushel. -
New York Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
nany excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Amy reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. oAt.
LOUISVILLE, ~ NEW HORk. ~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
RAISING HEAD nKrrrcr.

If you have not heretofore grown
the finer head varieties of lettuce in
your kitchen garden, do so this sea-
son. Transplant in rows about eight
or ten inches apart and if you want il
in the greatest perfection for your
home table, when fairly we'll grown
tie up the heads and blanch them
until they are crisp, white, tender
and delicious. American Agricultur-
iat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
TEMPERANCE.


A LESSON ~ vEnsE
Iittlc drops of porter, little sips Of stout,
Make the breathing shorter, and win aid tho
gout;
And these slight arrangements (triling
though they bo)
Prompt on other ailm ents, or some malady.
Little drops OF liquor, little sips of ale;
Pulses beating quicker, faces grim and pale;
Mixtures alcoholic be they what you please,
Win increase a collie, or heart disease
Little drops Of Burton, little sips Of wine,
Arc surc and certain Notwithstanding
sign.
Little drops of Allsopp, little drops Of Bass,
Take away the senses, and make n man an
ass.
Medical Pioneer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
She Has snpcrannuated children.

There lives in Lankwetz, Germany,
an eighty-nine-year- lady named
Frau Marie Greseler, who on her last
birthday counted in her numerous
progeny n number of old tottering
children, half hundred or more mid
Idle-aged grandchildren, several great
grandchildren, one Of which has just
presented her with q great-great-
granddaughter. If she lives sixteen
or seventeen years longer (girls marry
early in those parts she may live TO be
q great great-grandmother.-
New York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
Unique Water Works,

Every prairie dog town has its we'll
and every dog in town has the privilege
of descending the winding passage to
water as many times day as he
chooses. These wells are said to some.
times reach a depth of several hun.
dred feet. l know of one which is
eighty feet deep. A friend of mine,
whose ranch is surrounded by prairie
dog holes, dag well to bed rock.
and, not striking much water, he ran
a tunnel along bed rock for some
distance, and dug into hole which
he followed for few feet further and
struck plentiful supply of water.
The dogs had done the same as him.
self-bored down and drifted until
water was found, st. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

"Out damned spot" was what troubled
Mrs Macbeth; but it was something intan-
lgible that she saw. In the active season Of
spring and summer sports-there are spots
that are not visionary. but which bring with
them pain and great discomfort. Bruises,
black and blue, are the accompaniments OF
every active sport. They often cripple and
are always a sore trouble Come from what
source they may, the thing to do on the spot
is to use st. Jacobs Oil freely and promptly.
There is nothing surer and il wipes out the
pain as we would wipe of q slate. IL like
which people are liable at this season, can be
promptly cured by applying st. Jacobs Oil
to the pain spot.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

A guaranteed cure for Constipation without
medicine or injections, originally sold for 81;
California Salve for Pies-gives instant re-
lief; and positive cure for Rheumatism. To
secure these four home cures, and thus save
doctors bills send Il cents (stampsl TO Home
Cure Co., l0ls Walnut ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
F. J. Cheney IS Co., Toledo, o., Props OF
Halls Catarrh Cure, offer S00 reward for any
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking
dalfs Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials
free. Sold by Druggists T5c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

special study of the children of habitual
drunkards. He says: There is a flaw in
the very nature Of these children that the
psychologists see clearly and notes with ap-
prehension-the absence of affectionate emo
lions. When they do not become lunatics
they show insensibility and pitilessness."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29
Fuel Made of CnnI Dust.

A new fuel made in France is of coal
dust compressed into bricks and soaked
with chemicals, which makes it last a
long timo in glow when once aight.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

IS the sign of good health and an alert mind
Strange that II should almost always depend
on the state Of the digestion. but il does. A
Ripans Tabule taken after meals gives the
little artificial help most grown people need.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

The largest canal lock in the world is in
the Manchester (England) ship canal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate cOugh.-Rev ID. BUCHMUELLER,
Lexington, Mo-, February q, 1894.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Z, CURE your cough with Hale's Honey of Hore-
hound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

1t is said that thirty tons of oleo-
margarine arc sold 1very month in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c. a bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Last year the sheep in this country grew
3O7, 100000 pounds of wool.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

DR.. Kimer's SWAMI Roor cures
oil Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory BInghamton. N. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

London has cooking school for
lenilnrs-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-29

Prominently in the public eye today. This
Is the season when such a medicine is most
needed, because at this time the blood Is full
OF Impurities. Get Only Hoods
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-08

Chicago, July 31.-The last day Of the
Harvey -Horr silver siege opened this after
noon In the auditorium Of the Illinois club
The days attack was directed at the cues
ton OF the feasibility Of independent action
by the United States for the remonetiza-
tion Of silver and its free and unlimited
coinage at q ratio Of sixteen to one with
gold, regardless Of the action Of other
nations. Mr.. Harvey arguing for such ac-
ton, Mr.. Horr against 1t.
Mr. Horr, coming down to the question
In hand, declared il was useless to try to
fix the relative value Of any two substances
by legislation. Suppose congress should
try to tx the relative value OF bushel OF
wheat and q bushel Of oats. As soon as
one Of them had a large crop up would go
the rates, and legislation by the nations OF
the whole world would not maintain the
ratio any more than II would make water
run I'D hill. The law Of gravity would
stand In the way. 1t was SO In the matter
Of tho ratio between silver and gold. The
law Of supply and demand stepped In there
and the history Of the worlds legislation
showed that II was impossible to maintain
a fixed ratio between the precious metals
Mr.. Harvey said that when he reached
the matter contained In Mr.. Horr's last
talk, he thought his (Harvey's) answer
would be satisfactory. Continuing his line
of argument, Mr.. Harvey quoted estimates
as to the consumption of gold for ornament,
In the arts and otherwise, and for boarding,
to the effect that these uses equalled. II
they did not exceed. the production so that
the amount Of that metal for coinage was
at a standstiil or decreasing
Mr.. Harvey then took I'D the question as
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-08
The Yelled Singer.

Once and once only was it given to
Paris to be puzzled by street singer.
The apparitiOn Only lasted three
months, but while it lasted it was most
perpleXing to us. One evening all the
oungers on the boulevards, who were
slipping their beer or 'strangling a par
tot" as the French phrase hath 1t to
describe the process Of imbibing dose
If that subtle poison, abSinthe, were
mildly bored by observing the approach
If three street musicians; one man
trundled a piano. second carried a
violin and a third. a tall, slight woman
n deep mourning, her Grape veil sweep
ing over her face, took up her station
between them. They paused and pre-
pared for action, whereupon many peo-
pie, knowing the vileness and discord
IF street music, made ready to leave
when, to the utter amazement Of all to
the accompaniment of two fairly good
Instruments, arose In the night air an
axquisitely modulated and very power
tul female voice, singing, with heart
break in every note, the wild wall OF
Traviata over her approaching death,
Gran Dio, morir 81 giovane." Per-
laps the voice gained by the surprise OK
The public, perhaps it was aided by the
stiffness Of the sultry air, but certainly
sounded most divine. ThunderS OF ap-
olause and a rain OF coin, both Of gold
md silver, rewarded the trio's efforts:
out they never gave but two songs per
evening and then disappeared. The
adventurous men who followed the
supple grace Of the woman's tall figure
,eturned discounted, scared away by
The truculent aspect Of her two COM
oanions. During that whole summer
he strange band would reappear every
light, and every night would reap a
harvest; but when the summer depart
ed they, too, vanished and never again
| .eappeared. The Yelled Songstress, as
she was called. came from the darkness
md vanished in the night, and who she
was or where she vanished is mys-
terry. OF course. the police knew; but
the archives Of the Prefecture are sa-
cred from the gaze Of the profane; and
As that is the case, and as Paris for
gets as speedily as she adores wildly,
we had the arithmetical puzzle. Inaudi,
the lightning calculator, TO distract our
attention that autumn In front Of the
safes; so the Veil d SongS.ress sank out
Of sight.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-25
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Hannah n. Libby.

Mrs. Hannah II. Libby, wife of Rev.
Almon Libby. died in St1oudwater. Satur-
day at the home of her son-in-law. Hon.
Andrew Halves. after. an illness of four
months. Mrs. Libby wa 5 born in Gorham in
1919, the daughter of Levi and Jane Emery
Hail. She was member of the First
Baptist church in Portland. and the Stroud
water ". C. T. u. and notwithstanding hel
age. was deeply interested in Sunday school
work and in all practical questions of the
day. One who knew her we'll said of hel
not long since. ''Her life has been 6
henediction to all who knew her. Her hus
band and four children. Mrs. White and
Mrs. Halves of Deering, son in Chicago
and one in Colorado. survive her.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-25
A ssnart Boy.

One of the smartest boys in Cumber-
land country is Master Frank A. Burn
ham, aged fourteen, who lives with his
mother, Mrs. Clarence Hall, on the Mus
sey road in Scarboro. On February &c
young Burnham in nine hours cut from
the stump, split and piled neatly cord
of black wood growth. mostly spruce
and fir. This is considered harder chop
ping than clear maple. Master Burnham
weighs only sixty-nine pounds, but he
is very active and muscular.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-25
New Insurance Company Proposed.

y A movement is on foot to form in this
city an insurance corporation to be
known as the Maine Traders Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. to be located in Port
land and to insure mercantile risks
especially in the State at large. Among
the signers are tne Milliken Tomlinson
Co. Sidney W. Thaxter, KenseIl &
Tabor, John S. Leavitt, of Gorham, Ed
win "A. Soule, Of Gorham, Eugene c..
CARL, of Buxton Centre, who is the led
ing promoter, Augustus F. Moulton, and
Others. 1t is thought that the matter
will be presented to the Board OF Trade
Inter