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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
THE ORCHARD,

Many of the orchards of our coun-
try are shamefully neglected, and it
would naturally appear from obvious
inference, that the farmer is unwilling
to give his fruit trees even as little
care as is ordinarily expended upon
crops of corn or potatoes. An estab-
lished orchard, consisting of standard
market varieties of fruits, is one of
the best paying properties the farmer
can maintain. 1t should be borne in
mind, however, that something can
never come from nothing. Fruit can
not be produced, except the soil con-
tain the proper materials for the form
alton of the same. A continual taking
away will surely tend to emptiness in
the end; and that soil, that has pro-
duced many crops of apples or other
fruits, must soon become sterile and
unproductive, unless a restoration of
plant food is regularly made. Why
not feed the orchard every year as
we'll as market garden crops? As a
fertilizer for fruits, nothing surpasses
mixture of hard wood ashes and
ground bone. This produces sound,
large, richly colored fruit of firm
texture, that brings the highest mar
ket price. Let an annual application
of from one-half to a whole ton of
ashes, and from two hundred to five
hundred pounds of ground bone be
made on each acre of orchard area.
The winter season affords excellent
opportunity to make this dressing, as
it may be broadcast on the surface of
the snow, which will materially aid in
rendering it soluble and available as
plant food. If tough old sod has
formed in the orchard, break it UP by
plowing shallow burrows, or by scarf
flying the surface with sharp cutaway
harrow. The idea is, of course, sim
ply to loosen and mellow the surface
soil without disturbing many roots of
the trees. Every orchardist needs to
give some attention to pruning. The
time for this work is during the in
fancy of the tree, when undesirable
and unnecessary shoots may be re-
moved with thumb and finger. After
tree has attained maturity, it should
not be required to sever any large
branches, but merely to cut out any
dead wood or shoots, that interlock or
render the head of the tree too dense
and compact. 1t should be remem-
bered that a tree with rather low
head is much more handy for picking
apples from than high, Tangy growth.
New York Observer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
Earllost veretabios Alwnys pny,

Chats 50, the editor hears Mr.. Market
Gardner say Well, why don't you have
them2 Simply because you don't plant
salser's Northern grown Seeds His vegeta-
bles are bred to earlinoss and they never dis
appoint you. salzer Is the largest grower Of
vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, clovers, po-
tatoes, etc.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND sEND n TO
the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
with l0c. postage, you will get sample pack
age OF Early Bird Radish (ready in 10 days)
and their great catalogue. Catalogue alone,
Be. postage. (AO
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
4" HaI!.Hanged Maggie"

A curious instance of the hangman's
rope failing to perform its fatal work
gave to Margaret Dickson, an English
woman of century and half ago,
the nickname of "Half- Hanged Mag
gie," name by which she was known
throughout the British Isles. Maggie
had been convicted of some capital Of
fense there were several such offenses
catalogued in the English statutes at
that time), and was finally taken to
the gallows on the hill at Edinburgh.
After the drop fell she was allowed to
hang several hours before friends
claimed the remains and started with
them in cart for Musselburg, six
miles away On the way some drunk
en- apprentices rudely halted the cart
and opend the coffin in order to see
the woman who had been hanged.
This let in fresh air, and the air and
iolting of the cart combined to revive
the supposed dead woman long before
the home of the relatives was reached.
Arriving there she was carried into
the house, alive, but very faint and
barely conscious. A minister was
called to pray for her, but she soon
recovered sufficiently to demand that
the preacher be dispatched for a doc
tor. The physician soon arrived and
Maggie quickly recovered, but was
never again tried or even arrested for
her crime. Later on she married and
became the mother of several children.
She lived to be quite old, but the nick
name of "Half- Hanged Maggie" stayed
even after death, being engraved on
the sandstone slab that marked her
grave. st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
GOtham,s Army OF BIeycIers.

Talk about bicycle inventions-it is
claimed there are now about 400 diff
ferent kinds of wheels now on the 10
cal market, and at least 200, 900 riders
in the city. Nearly every great wheel
manufacturing house in the country
has an agency in the metropolis and
the business has grown to an immense
volume. Branch houses and agencies
have sprung up all over the city and
all are doing a wonderful business.
One year ago there were but $500
members of the New York division of
the League of American Wheelmen,
while now that number has increased
TO 10000. New York has become the
headquarters for the sale of bicycles.
New York Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A MODEL rEMrEnANcE lows.

Hangesund, on the west coast of Norway,
midway between Bergen ami Stavonger, has
a remarkable prohibition record. When tho
town was incorporated, twenty-n,no years
ago, 1t was provided that no sale OF spirits,
sither by wholesale or retail, should be al
lowed unless by permission OF ths King after
a petition by the town council The town
has 62Oe inhabitants, is surrounds | by popu-
lous parishes and is a meeting pla % for fish
ermen, as many as GOO0 of these gathering
there at one time. Nevertheless the question
Of having liquor sold in the town has never
arisen while only the men voted, aud is less
likely to now that women have vote. No
attempts have been made TO smuggle liquor
INTO town.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
THE EFFECT OF SALT ON MILK,


Salt given tc cows has some effect
on the quality of the milk. This is
necessarily SO, as the salt aids very
much in the digestion of the food, and
it is the quantity of the food digested
that regulates the quantity and quality
of the milk. Salt is Indispensable to
the health of any animal that feeds on
vegetable matter. and the milk is af-
fected greatly by the health or oppo.
site condition of COW. When salt is
given to excess, it is injurious and
causes an intense thirst, but this does
not necessarily make the milk more
watery than usual. If the COW drinks
more water than is customary there is
no reason to believe that this excess OF
water dilutes the milk. The milk is
not made in any such way as would
make this possible. 1t is produced by
the breaking down ofssthe glandular
tissue of the udder and this never con.
talns more than q normal quantity of
water. The kidneys ure charged with
the removal of any excess of water
from the blood, and this drain, or out.
let, If in good working condition, will
always attend to its own business,
and If it does not or cannot, for any
reason, the milk glands cannot per-
form this function, but the COW be.
comes diseased at once. But is athis
question that the careful farmer will
never have to consider, because he
Will always take care that such sup
posed mistake will never happen. 1t
is only the careless farmer who runs
risks OF giving his cows. or permit
ting them to get, too much salt. -
Farm and Home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A POLICE MArnoN's TESTIMONY.

Here is the testimony of the police mRtron
OF Holyoke, Mass, given on a recent occa-
sion:
81 have had charge OF nearly three hun
dred women; some criminals, but the ma jor-
ity were more unfortunate than vicious.
Many OF them knew years ago, good, indus
trious girls, who married shiitless, drunken
husbands aud who have to work year after
year in the mills to earn living for their
helpless little ones. In timo their health
fails. they lose strength and courage, they
are told that glass of ale will brace them
up; they soon need more than one glass; and
before long they are drunkards, too. What
then becomes of the poor children? Is il
any wonder that so many OF them soon show
tho effects OF such example and eventually
and homes in our reformatories?"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
rEMrrnANcr NEWS AND NOTES.

A physician declares that one-half OF the
consumptive patients received into hospitals
in Paris owe their condition to spirit drink
ing. He would utterly forbid tho sale OF
such drinks as absinthe.
A boy of fifteen years was treated in a New
York hospital for enlargement of the liver
caused by the use OF beer, TO which he had
for years been accustomed,
Archbishop Ryan, ofPhiladelphia, told the
delegates Of the temperance societies wno
called upon him to wish him happy year
Students of a Missouri university arc
itrenuOusly opposing the acceptance OF an
endowment offered by q brewer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A SUCCESSFUL TENANT FARMER.

began on q rundown Vermont
farm OF 165 acres with thirteen COWS,
two yearlings, two shoats, ten hens
and now have fifteen COWS, three
sprlngers, six yearlings, fourteen hogs,
eighty hens, and plenty of rough fod-
der to keep them, writes L. S. Glynn.
This year l sowed five acres of fodder
corn, planted eight acres of flint corn,
began feeding green fodder August 10
and roots later on, and am now feed
ing cured fodder and about seven
pounds OF grain composed Of equal
parts cob meal, wheat bran and gluten
meaD three times a day to each COW.
Am milking thirteen cows, six of them
farrow, and carry the milk to the
Marshall creamery. Last year the
hens brought in about $50. Next year
L shall SOW ten acres of Sanford corn,
having raised my own seed, and am
working to keep forty COWS on this
place. am in favor of the silo but
cannot afford one on a rented farm,
so will run my fodder through IA
shredder. think soiling is the only
way to bring up farm. l shall try
sowing about four acres of oats to cut
green and make hay of, and shall ex-
pertinent with muck, as we have a
large amount of it and adapted to its
use. The great trouble with farmers
here is, they are too apt to sell their
stock if short OF fodder. Now 1 am
in favor of buying grain and keeping
the stock, as more stock means more
hay, and more hay means better farms.
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
The Largest Bicycle.

What is saidto be the largest bicycle
in the world has been made by a
bicycle company in Providence, r. /.
1t is made to carry six persons. It's
length over all is 156 inches, and its
wheel base is 1875 inches. The diameter
of the wheels is thirty inches, the tires
are p inches in diameter, the gear is
compounded to 1853, and the machine
weighs 1879 pounds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
Gets q Modal for Sneed.

Engineer William Turnkey, who
pulled the Lake Shores record-break-
ing train from Erie to Buffalo last
October, has just been given an elab-
crate silver medal by W. X. Wander
bilt andW Seward Webb. Mr.. Tun-
keys ability as an engineer saved this
trial of speed from being failure, for
when the train reached Erie it seemed
iIrettievably behind the scheduled
time, and Mr.. Turkeys quick work
saved the day. The medal given to
Mr.. Turkey is Of solid silver, weighs
nearly two pounds, and is work of
art. -Scientifio American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

A st. Louis brewer, Colonel Busch, is re-
ported TO have spent 500, 900 on his daugh-
ter's wedding, and that he also gave her an
estate in Germany worth Sl00, ,0JO. She mar
ried German baron. How many Of tho
men who drink his beer can give their
daughters 500 as a wedding gift or spend
that amount on the wedding outfit? Not
many. The brewers get the mohey and their
patrons get the beer. and with It poverty,
disease, and many other things not pleasant
to have. If they would let the beer alone.
Colonel Busch wouldn't have so much
money and his immense possessions would
remain in this country and be enjoyed by a
multitude Of families that are suffering for
lack of the necessities of life.-National
Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
HOMES ron HARp pRIYKERs.

Mrs. NJ. b. Ellis, National Superintendent
OF Legislation and Enforcement OF Law for
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
has issued circulars 10 the unions OF the
United States, calling attention to the propo-
sition that the States shall found industrial
homes in which drunkards shall be detained
by order Of the courts.
Mrs. Ellis says: "Wo urge upon you to
use your utmost endeavor through the or
ganization which you represent to induce
the Legislature OF your State to pass these
'Habitual Drunkard's Acts"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

woman W snt into Birmingham public
house one evening, took up bottle OF water
from the counter, carried it to n side seat,
and then, pulling II bit of soap from her
pocSet, began washing the baby she was
carrying. The barman demonstrated but
whisky here. and he don't take any water
with it, she said, $50 do not see why |
cannot u5o what no ought to."-Bellast
Witness.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

February and March are two Of the best
months to visit Florida. The climate Is fine
and the social features at their height OF
interest. When you have made up your mind
to go, you naturally want to get there az soon
ner. IL you live in New York, Boston or
Buffalo, you can take one OF the Magnificent
Trains OF the big Four Route" from any one
OF these cities 20 Cincinnati, and with only
one change OF cars continue your journey 60
Jacksonvllle. Direct connection made In Cen
trail Union Station, Cincinnati with through
trains OF all lines 10 Florida. Address Il. o.
Mccormick, Passenger Traffic Manager, or
ID. b. Martin, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent Big Four Route, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A Hog Sold for $500.

Iowa's prize hog, "King Medium, A"
belonging to a famous Poland China
herd on J. A. Benson's Norwood
farm il O'Brien County, of that State,
was sold this week for $500, probably
the largest price ever paid in this
country for hog. The rest of the
herd averaged $40 a piece. Washing
ton Pathfinder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward FOL
my case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY a Co, Props, Toledo, o.
ney FOR the last 10 years, and believe him per,
fectlv honorable 10 all business transactions
and financially nblg to carry out any obliga.
tion made by Their firm.
WEST 4 rRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALpING, KfNvAN &C. MARvIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act.
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 7hc. per bottle. Sold
BY all Druggists Taetiuaoniais free.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

a light roller, apply about an inch of
fine soil to the whole bed.
If any top.dressing is applied it
should be in the spring, and then there
is nothing better than light coating
of ground bones -Germantown Tele-
graph,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
Tro.t. rrollc and Rnsines..

The wind over frozen pounds and lakes,
over snow-flelds Of plains and open country,
is heavily charged with frost and fine par
s fic'es of frozen matter. 1t is the most pene-
trating way for chill TO set in. Sudden
warmth, sudden chill. and severe colds
Girls and boys skating, driving for pleasure
or business, and men at work adeid know
the difference in temperature. Yet the
youngsters skate away and with mouth open
laughing take in dose Of sorethroat.
Drivers and workmen throw aside wraps and
all know the next day from soreness and stiff
ness what sudden chill means. Now the
best thingto 10 when housed is to rub well
at once with ST. jacobs Oil. If YOU do. You
will not have sorethroat; or IL you are stiff
and sore, it will cure by warming the surface
TO throw out the chill.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

This is tho way in which Lippincott'
Magazine states a case that is, unhappily, al
too common:
"Said this man, with an accent Of pride,
Il can drink it, or cast il aside
But the fact that is rife,
Its. he drank it through life,
And he let it alone when he died"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

President Clements R. Markham, of
the Royal Geographical Society, has
probably risked his life oftener than
any other civilian in Great Britain.
He is a great adventurer and was
trained in the navy with McClintock,
the illustrious Arctic explorer, as
comrade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

That's salzer's Earliest, fit for use in 2s
days. Salzer's new late potato. Champion
OF the World, is pronounced the heaviest
yielder in the world, and we challenge you
to produce its equal! 10 acres to salzer's
Earliest Potatoes yield 1000 bushels, sold in
June at 81 bushel-s4OOO That pays. A
word to the wise, etc.
NOW IF YOU WILL cur THIS OUT AND SEND il
with 1Oc. postage to the John A. Sazer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get, free, 10
packages grains and grasses, including Teo-
sinte, Lathyrus. Sand yetch Giant spurry,
Giant Clover etc., and our mammoth seed
catalogue. al
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

DR.. Klmer's SWAMP Root cures
ali Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

THE GENUINE "BROwN's BRoNC1rAr
TRoCHEs'' are sold only in boxes. They arc
wonderfully effective for Coughs and Throat
Troubles. "~ "~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

The first theatre in the United States
was opened in Virginia iu the year
1852,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Nebraska prohibitionists have started {
boom for c. Z. Bentley for President.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

The bicycling clubs of New York State
have an estimated total membership of 75,-
COO
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A Good Doe Is worth LookInr After.

II You own dog and think anything OF him,
you should be able TO treat him intelligently
whom i'll and understand him sufficiently 10
detect symptoms OF illness. The dog doctor
book written by II. Clay Glover, ID. V. s.. spe-
cialist In canine diseases 60 the principal ken
mel clubs, Will furnish this information. IL Is
cloth bound, handsomely illustrated book.
and Will be sent postpaid by the Book Publish
ing House, lA Leonard St, n. Y. City, on
receipt OF 40 cts. in postage stamps.
can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton TO sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID. Town
sEND, Ft. Howard, Wis, May 4, 1884,
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
1ion, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
The world's Earliest Potato.

England proposes to spend $50, ,OOO, 900 on
her navy this year
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

The object Of the manufacturers Of Dobbins
Electric Soap has been for u years to make this
soap OF such superior quality that It will give
UnfuerSal sGtierdchon. Have they succeeded
Ask your grocer for it. Take no other.
The gold mines of Cherokee, Ga. are now
engaging the attention of English capitals
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

" you want to be cured of a cough use Hale's
Honey of HorehOund and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

FITS stopped free by DIR. KIINE's GRFAI
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first DAVIS use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 500 trial bot.
tie free. DR.. Kline, g3l Arch ST., Phila., Pa,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Isthe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81
Prepared only by c. J. Hood q Co., Lowell. Mass
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

the morning, aching or dizzy head, sour
stomach and feel all run down, course OF
Hoods sarsaparilla will put your whole
bodyin good order and make you strong and
vigorous. 1t is the ideal Spring Medicine
and true nerve tcnic, because
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-26
.. N. TAuRsToM,s MEMENro.
Two Mexican Dollars Used In his Joint
Debate with Bryan.

Two Mexican Dollars Used in his Joint
Debate with Bryan.
Senator Thurston has memento Of
the famous debate which he held with
William J. Bryan during their canvass
for the United states senate in Neb.
fasEa in 1894. He has two Mexican
dollars which he used In his speech as
an Illustration Of the effects of free
coinage, and in connection he asked a
question Of the nominee which he has
failed to answer to this day. Senator
Thurston says he purchased the two
Mexican dollars at a bank in Lincoln
for one American dollar. He held
them up TO his audience and stated that
they contained FIVE and one half more
grains Of silver than the American dol.
lar, but they bore the coinage mark of
Mexico, and two Of these could be pur-
chased at any bank for a dollar, he
said, at the time. He then turned to
Mr.. Bryan and asked him, IL under free
coinage of silver, the Mexicans could
not bring two Of these dollars to our
minis and have them recoined into
American dollars and have eleven
grains Of silver left for third dollar.
IL this is true, some one must be the
gamer, and it undoubtingly would be
the Mexican; and if they gained some
one must be the loser, and the quest.
lon he asked Bryan was, Who was the
loserP Senator Thurston says that Mr..
Bryan did not answer that question
then, and 1t is still unanswered. He
will carry those same two Mexican dol
lars while speaking in this campaign,
and give Mr.. Bryan chance to answer
the question he asked him in 1894.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-26

shoot little, even If the business isn't
what it used to be-
So the man whose name was once
feared throughout several States is now
waiting to seeif the expressman will
pay $4,000 against his stake which is
his life. 1t will be strange, indeed il
the former desperate, the brains Of the
most blood thirsty set Of outlaws this
country has known, stands on the side
of the law against men who regard him
and his brother as patterns to be fol-
lowed.