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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
FERTI11zERs ron GRAPHS.

Some years ago, writes Chautauqua
County New York; expert, / found
that Delawares do best on clay, or
heavy clay loan. Later on I found
that a fertilizer containing potash in-
ducod q more rapid and vigorous
growth Now use about coo pounds
per aero of fertilizer containing
eight per cent. phospheric acid and ten
per cont. potash. Every few years l
apply from fifteen TO twenty bushels
OF water-slaked lime per acre. The
result is my Delawares have paid ten
times over the amount expended for
material. The Concord grape does
well on clay loan, while the CataW ba
thrives best in loose, gravelly, porous
soils, with exposure to air and sun.
shine. That is why the Catawba
reaches such excellence in the Lake
heuka region, and, as the soil is thin
and poor, growers there find stable
manure necessary for the growth of
wood. There is another point. All
grapes succeed best on lands well cul-
tivated and thoroughly drained. As
every grower knows that grapes do
not like ''wet feet" they should be
planted on lands where the heat and
air can so TO the roots.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
Twenty Million Brilliant Suns.

Within the twenty-four hours which
olapso from one sunrise until another,
the astronomers of the world have not
less than 10000, 600 stars within the
range of their powerful telescopes,
which to-day point out in all directions
toward the "blue canopy which over.
hangs the earth" These bright, shin.
ing, silvery disks are not Intinitesimal
points of light, us they were formerly
supposed TO be, but each is now known
to be n burning central sun, surround
cd with its own colony of planets, each
of these 20,000,0 900 Communities OF
the skies having their allotted part
to perform in the economy of nature.
When we consider that the nearest of
these is $50, 600 times as far away from
us rs our own light and life giver, and
that each of those planetary colonies
is from 10, 600, 600 TO 90, 600, 900 miles
from some other families of swinging
worlds, we begin to get some light
conception of the grandeur and mag
niticopco of the universe. Another
thought in this connection: Each of
these 20, 600, 600 suns is known TO he
moving somewhere through illimitablo
space, taking its brood of worlds with
it, some of them travelling upwards of
10000 miles an hour. 1t is such
stupendous facts MS these that have
caused the writer to often remark that
no brain can conceive of what is meant
10y "space," university" or "etern.
ity. st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
cASToT KEEP SOBER.

Hugh McCurdy, Of London, Ontario, re-
Gently appeared In the Police Court OF that
city and was handed a document which in-
formed him that this was his flfty-flfth ap-
pearance before the magistrate since he frst
made his worship's acquaintance in an Of
ncial capacity. McCurdy is q carpenter by
trade, a very clever workman, and not hid
fellow when sober; but his fondness for drink
has ruined him.
McCurdy looked over his record, and
mournfully pronounced II correct He ad-
mitted having twice signed the pledge. Once
he had taken it before Rev. Mr.. Oourtice; the
second time before Rev. Mr.. Johnston.
"Recollect that said would send you TO
the Central Prison II you ever appeared here
again, }" said the magistrate. "Are you will
ing to gop"
Eyes, sir" replied McCurdy, in heart
broken tones. affected or real; II hardly like
to ask mercy"
SIN all the times you have appeared before
me you have never been charged with dis
honesty. Otherwise l should give you very
severe sentence. You seem TO be an unfor-
tunate man, whose chief fault Is getting
drunk. l can't understand why you don't 60
better. One month In the common jail!'-
The Templar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
WHAT A scRAP-pooK SHOWS.

Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar gives special atten-
tion to the crime and financial phases Of
liquor traffic. She engaged the Chicago
Press Clipping Bureau to clip from the press
all crimes reported to be due 20 the liquor
traffic committed from January to May 1,
1890, four months, no duplicates or police
items to be furnished. She has these pasted
on piece Of cloth the width Of an ordinary
newspaper column. 1t makes 80 feet, or
seventy yards. The summary standsi
Four hundred and fifty accidents, 122
murderers, 1874 murdered, sixteen women
murdered, sixteen children murdered, thir-
teen wives murdered by drunken husbands,
100 families afflicted, ninety-tive assaults,
fights and brawls, forty-two suicides, four
teen women drunk, six divorces. six embez.
elements. The bureau read, nt the time of fur
nishing this, but about one-third OF the
papers Of the country. Let It be remembered,
a'so, that the telegraph is out of reach OF a
large part Of our country, and many crimes
committed never reach the wires. She has
investigated forty-threo of the mobs and
burnings of human beings, that make us
blush as Nation for our brutality and law
lessness, and finds that the criminals were
drunk at the committing of their crimes and
the mobs We're fired by liquor before being
reused to their brutal deeds.-Right.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13


In the course OF a lecture he delivered the
other week at ST. Johns Church, Middle
own, Conn, Rov. J. NJ Cleary, President OF
The National Union, said:
"If the drinking habit is so beneficial to
man why does he give so many excuses for
the habit2 He uses il TO make him warm and
10 make him cool, TO reduce the burden OF
his sorrow and 20 increase his joy. The
evil attacks all alike, the rich as we'll as the
poor. The evil has dono moro harm and
continues to do so, far more than any other
avil
"ovcr the drinking man, tho total ab.
staiLer always has an advantage The
drinking man is always in poor condition to
combat with disease. ! have spent most OF
my life In Milwaukee and in inat city Are
located massive breweries, and also the
northwestern Life Insurance Company, and
from purely business motives the directors
Of the company will not insure tho lives Of
he brewers or their employees Why2 Be-
cause the life of man In that position is
not good risk.
The liquor business cannot point out ono
good reason for its existence. In this coun-
Try S120,000,0 600 year is spent for drink.
This is twice the cost Of all the churches In
he land. This business Is the curse Of tho
American wage-earner. 1t is also accounta-
Bile for the crop OF tramps, who are mostly
young men who so about drinking and beg
ging and have no sense OF shame or honor
"Of course temperance is not the only
virtue in man, but the parent Of vice is GER
tainly intemperance, The foundation OF q
good life is temperance Against rum Is
arrayed the best sentiment OF the country,
and the great Wendell Philips remarked that
II universal suffrage failed it would be on
account Of the saloon influence. There
never was cause more friendly to tho
working man, who, II they all were total
abstainers, could have their own way in all
public matters"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13

If a mun could only look at himself with a
sober eye when he is drunk, he would never
drink again.
In Boston hotels have TO pay a liquor
license Of $1,000, and ordinary retailers $1,000
Drinks are high.
Inebriates are not allowed to marry in
Waldeck, Germany, unless they can give sat
isfactOry evidence Of reformation.
The Legislature Of California has passed a
bill prohibiting the sale of liquor within two
and IA half miles Of any soldiers home.
The Government Of Canada has prohibited
the sale Of intoXicants among the Indians OF
Hudson Bay L psrritory, and Furnishes severely
any violation Of this Law
A contemporary declares that one Of the
greatest obstacles in the way OF the temper
anoe reform Is the use of wine and bran iy
on the tables Of the well-to-do.
The saloon is an ever present temptation.
Is it not strange then that men who pray
"Leal US not into temptation" should foI
the sake of an easy living maintain temp
tation for their felloY men,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
THE PACE THAT KILLS.
Fast Work and Fast Eating Make Three
Score Years and Ton Ripe Old
Age These Days.
From The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Age These Days.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The American people live too fust, cat too
fast and drink too fast. This has brought
upon many of us train Of nervous and
stomach disorders that are very dinlcult to
manage. Investigation and chemical Rnaly-
sis to discover such compounds MS will help
those suffering from such ills has resulted In
the discovery OF DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, which has taken very high rank
as a specific remedy.
II. p. Owens, u travelling man thirty years
OF age, who Il woll-known in this community
and generally liked because he Is a bright
energetic young fellow, resides with hts
mother ut 1856 Central Avenue, Cincinnati,
Ohio He has boon victim OF dyspepsia
which took tho form OF continuous constipa-
tion, and, strangely enough, his mother suf-
fcrcd from the same trouble. Mr. Owens
testified TO the merits OF Pink Pills IN most
enthusiastic way, and said TO tho Enquirer
reporter
Williams Pink Pills, because they did me
great good and other people ought 10 know
OF their virtues as n melicine I'm stomach
troubles. IL was some time ago when l felt
n heavy feeling In my stomach and grew
very constipated. l did not consult doc
tor, but having heard OF tho Pink Pills l
the heavy feeling In my stomach disappeared
and my bowels were regular. | did not havo
to use more than n box OF them before was
well. Since that time have only occasion-
ally been troubled with constipation and
never get worried because / know Just what
10 do. Mother was also troubled with In
digestion and the Pink Pills did the same for
her they did for me-cured her, didn't they
mothcr2"
When appealed to Mrs. Owens answerod'
"That Is right. found that It was great
medicine so easy to take and so quick and
lasting in its results"
Mr. Owens continued: "Ibelleve that these
pills are also good Tor nervousness. When |
had my stomach trouble l was also quito
nervous and that disappeared with tho dys-
pepsia. The Pink Pills were all that is
claimed for them. You can make any use Of
this testimonial that you see nt."
II. =. Owens has occupied several positions
of trust in this city. lie was for time an
employe of the COMMERCIAL Gazette lie will
90 on the road in few days for prominent
business house here. Mrs. Owens is quito as
enthusiastic rs her son about tho Pink Pills
and her host OF lady friends can verify her
good opinion of this wonderful remedy II
they feel disposed TO do so at any time. Where
the testimony is so general and unanimous
rs to the excellencies OF Pink Pills as the
Enquirer has found II TO be there Is certainly
good reason to believe all the good things
said-about the safe and simple remedy.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements necessary to glvo
now life and richness TO the blood and re-
store shattered nerves They may be had
Of all druggists or direct by mail from the
DIR. Williams Medicine Company, Schencc-
tndy, N Y, at Soc per box, or six boxes for
s250.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
A GOOD LAWN AND HOW TO GET IT.

SOOD LAWN AND HOW To GET IT.
There is nothing that adds more to
the appearance of country place
than fine, well-kept lawn, and not
only this, but it increases the money
value RS well, says j. Troop, of the In
diana Experiment Station. This will
be proven when one tries to sell farm
which has not been beautifed by the
addition OF q good lawn and WE'LL
selected trees. Says Downing: "It
may seem a heavy tax to some, yet no
expenditure in ornamental gardening
Is to our mind productive of SO much
beauty as that incurred in producing
a well-kept lawn. Without this fea-
ture, no place, however great its arch.
itectural beauties, its charms of
scenery, or its collections of flowers
and shrubs, can be said to deserve
consideration in point of landscape
gardening; while with it the humble
cottage grounds will possess a charm
which is among pleasure grounds what
a refined and graceful manner is in so.
ciety-'a universal passport to admir-
alton" In fact, trees and grass are
the principal features which give grace
and beauty to the landscape; but they
must have the proper care and atten-
tion in order to bring about the de-
sired result. Downing says the
essentials for good lawn are deep
soil, proper kinds Of grass, and fre.
quent mowings; but for this climate |
would add fourth-plenty of water.
The average American summer is not
so well adapted to the production of a
fine lawn as is the moist and humid at .
mosphere of Great Britain. There,
not SO much attention need be given
to the richness of the soil, as'the moist.
ure takes its place in q measure. But
IN this country the soil should be deep
and rich, with subsoil capable of re-
lAlning moisture, but not III excess.
If the subsoil is hard and tenacious,
1t should be well underdrained and
trenched, or subsoiled to depth of
sixteen or eighteen inches, SO as TO
form a reservoir of moisture, to sup.
port the plants during our hot, dry
summers. Subsoiliug is not given
the attention in this country that the
conditions demand. Many reople
think that if the surface soil is in good
condition it is all that is necessary. A
deep soil is one of the essentials Tor a
good lawn. BY good lawn is meont
one that will remain green during the
entire summer and autumn.
Too much attention cannot be given
to the preparation of the soil before
the seed Is sown. Itshould be plowed
and replowed, cultivated, narrowed
and rolled, until the whole Is thor
oughlY pulyerized and mixed to a
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
Unrcliability of the Momory.

A curious casa comes from the PEN
sion Office and sets forth strongly the
unreliability of the memory corner of
the human brain. The late Captain
William Jay Murphy. veteran of the
Mexican and Civil Wars, ran away
from home at the age of fifteen and en-
listed in the New York Volunteers un-
der an assumed namo in order to es-
cape detection. Now it hardly seems
possible n man could forget q name he
had borne for monthF, if not for sew
eral years, yet this is just what hap
pened to Captain Murphy when, previ-
GUS to his death, he applied for a Mex
lean War pension. He made applica-
tion under two different names, but
neither could be found on the rolls. A
brother of the Captain turned up re-
Gently and supplied the missing name
and now the Captains daughter is
working energetically to obtain PEN
sion for her aged mother. The PEN
sion Office, however, is naturally Civ
ing the case very careful attention aud
demands the fullest identification.
New York Witness.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Sometimes mutton hams are smoked
and are said to be good.
OF all things do not keep sheep in
too warm quarters in winter.
The lamb needs feed and enough of
it. 1t cannot grow on nothing.
Do not work a sick animal. Rest is
better than medicine, especially where
the trouble results from lameness or
sprain.
Every farmer and stock raiser should
own a pair of pinchers, rasp and
drawing knife, for cutting and shaping
his colts hoofs.
The price of wool should not influ.
ence farmer overmuch in his decis.
ion as to keeping sheep, for if he has
good, large mutton sheep he is sure
OF profit. He cannot always have
things his own way, aud should look
at all sides of a problem.
Sheep will keep the clover cropped
closely, aud If this is done through
the early part of the season the seed
crop will be heavier from the late
growth than by any other manner of
handling it. The sheep should be
fairly credited with this profit
1t takes food to make wool, as we'll
as make flesh. If growing sheep only,
or mainly, for wool, it is just as neces.
sary to feed well as though the main
object was mutton. A sheep kept on
starvation rations, even part of the
time, will not yield a good fleece.
Economy of feeding is not to secure
animals that are "easy keepers" but
to endeayor to induce the stock to eat
rs much as possible 50 AS to produce
the most. This depends on the ca
paeity and digestion of each animal,
which, in turn, depends on the breed.
Caution is a good thing, if wise and
consistent, but the farmer who sneers
at science, education and the expert
ence of Others is the very one who al
lows himself to he taken in by the
plausible talk Of the first smooth.
tongued agent or sharper who happens
along.
Good roads and good fences are
proofs indubitable of prosperity, and
nothing so increases or maintains the
value of real estate. 1t is almost to
be wondered at that the farmer will
ever want to be compelled to take this
step-a step which will often increase
the value of his swampy acres a hun.
dred fold.
Mares will do as much work as the
geldings, and will raise you colt be-
sides. Keep them, if some of your
horses are to be sold; and one advan-
tage in having good horses is as much
in being able to sell at any time as it
is IN getting good prices when you do
sell. The market was never dead for
really good horses.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
conn sInAeE FOR DAIRY COWS.

The constantly increasing number
OF inquiries concerning tho value of
corn silage for feeding milch COWS has
led the experiment station at Geneva,
N. Y, to issue bulletin on the sub
iect.
Since the importance of having
well-made silos has become better un-
derstood, and the necessary losses in
earlier forms of silos, filled with i'm
mature cord avoided, it is possible to
keep up the milk flow with palatable
and succulent food at all times of the
year, especially when pastures are
short in summer and dry folders will
not suffice.
The average results secured in
large number of feeding trials re.
ported in this bulleton show that corn
sllage is decidedly valuable food for
milk production. In general there
was found an increase in milk flow
accompanying the use of corn silage in
the ration and at the same time an In
crease of the amount of fat, the per-
centage of fat in the milk not dimin.
lshlng. Milk was generally produced
at lower cost, and the cost of fat pro-
duction was lower whilo corn silage
was fed.
Tabulated data show the amount of
each food used in the different rations,
the chemical composition of the ra-
tions, the amount of the different con-
stituents digestlble, and also the
amount and composition of milk pro-
duced. Smaller tables show the COM
position of each food.
Attention is called to the necessity
OF the farmer giving more than super
f1clal attention to records of feeding
trials, for local conditions are SO vary-
ing that all generalizations must be
modified considerably to be applied
with individual profit.
1t is important to know what stand.
ard rations may be calculated to bring
out the greatest product at the great
est average profit, but it is equally
important to know what notifications
of the general rule can be best made
for particular conditions. Summaries
and congratulations may outline a way,
but study of all available facts is
essential to the special knowledge nec-
essary for success.
The many facts recorded during q
number OF feeding trials of several
seasons are given in as condensed a
form as possible in this bulletin, and
no farmer should neglect to read it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
A Eirl,s PCT Pic

A Saco (Me.) girl has pct pig
which she leads about the streets Of
the town as other girls sometimes lead
poodle. The pig is young, and
pretty as pige so, and wears broad
bow of scarlet ribbon about its neck.
IL ambles along contentedly as n
poodle would, except when its mis-.
tress's walks take it past an inviting
puddle, when there is usually sharp
and noisy struggle for minute OF
two before the porker can bo persuad.
ed to pursue its promenade. New
York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
Deer Shed Their Horns

Deer shed their horns annually in
the early summer, The horns of deer
are solid, and not hollow like those OF
a COW; they sprout from the skull, the
rose at the bottom of the horn being
the part of union and separation. The
horns are frequently found in the
woods, where they are dropped at the
foot of tree, at which the animal has
rubbed them to get them loose from
the head The young horns grow
quickly, and at first are covered with a
soft down, called the velvet. New
York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13

The man who creeps along bent over, with
his spinal column feeling in n condition to
snap like pipestem ut any minute, would
readily give great deal TO get out of his di-
lCmma, and yet this is only the commonest
form by which lumbago seizes on and twists
out of shape the muscles of the back. This
is commonly known as backache, crick in
the back, but by whatever name it may be
known, and however bad it may be, 10 min
utes vigorous rubbing with st. Jacobs Oil on
the afflicted part will drive ont the trouble
and completely restore. 1t is thing so easily
caught, il may be wondered at why there is
not more Of II. but because It is so easily
cured by 81. Jacobs Oil may be the very rea-
son that we hear so little of It.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13
Shakcspeare's English in the South

Ill is still occasionally heard, even
among the better class in the piney
woods of Georgia and Alabama III its
Shakespearean sense OF dangerous or
wicked, rs "Tho copperhead is an i'll
snake" or Johnny is very Ill,
that is, naughty, "boy this morning."
l am told by friend from Kentucky
that the same usage, though rare, is
not unknown among the same class in
that State. To "favor," meaning to
resemble, as "He favors his father"
was good English in the days of
Addison and Shakespeare, and its de-
rivative, ill-favored, is still current
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13

The late Mr.. George Dodds went once on
deputation with a Scotch minister to q
temperance meeting, but the minister who
was not q teetotaller, advocated the use Of
alcohol as "good creature of God" On
their return journey they missed the way,
and the minister, tired out, lay down by the
roadside to rest. Mr.. Dodds saw a hedge
hog near, wrapped it in handkerchief, aud
brought 1t to his friend for pillow. The
points soon made themselves felt. "What
in the wnrl' is that?" said the minister,
''It's good creature Of God" solemnly re-
Piled Mr.. Dodds New York Observer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
eny case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. }. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Che,
ney for tho last Is years, and believe him per,
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financ ally able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by Their firm.
WEST & TnuAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALpING, KtNxAN G. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, Ohio.
Ha Is CRtarrh Curo is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-13

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