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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

The Court of Appeals, through Justice
Morris, on Monday pronounced most
wholesome doctrine OF criminal law in pass.
ing on murder case that involved the
question of how far a crime may be excused
because OF the intoNication OF the defendant.
There is perverted sense OF charity in some
quarters that pleads for mercy for man
who robs, shoots, cuts, assaults or otherwise
onends while drunk. 1t Is urged that the
drink habit is a disease, that the influence OF
strong liquor is 10 make a man an irresponsi-
Die agent, and, therefore, that intoxlcation
must, in criminal matters, be likened TO in
sanity as a palliasion Of the offence. This
doctrine is plainly dangerous tending at
once to increase both drunkenness and
crime. 1t has obtained q certain vogue in
some of the lower courts, and this. IL is
urged, has spread belief among the criminal
classes that liquor is regarded by tho law rs
an excuse for all sorts of offenses. The hold
ing by the Court of Appeals is of such force
and expressed with so much certainty that il
should be spread abroad as widely as poss-
BILE to check the unfortunate tendency that
all too plainly exists. Justice Norris in up
holding the action of the court below, said:
"We hold emphatically as the law OF the
District of Columbia that voluntary intoxi-
cation is neither an excuse nor palliation
for crime. Voluntary intoxicauon is itself
a crime, at least in morals IL not always in
law. 1t is always at least vice. And 1t
would be subyersive of all law aud all morals
II the commission of one vice or crime could
be permitted to operate as au excuse or
palllatiOn for another crime"
This is definite language that may be un-
derstood by all, whether versed in the law
or not 1t is an eminently wise decision,
and ii gives the courts of inferior jurisdie-
tion In the district ample ground for some
effective reiormatory work. The process
should begin in the Police Court, where
drunkenness and petty crime commonly 90
hand in hand. 1t should follow the course
OF justice through the Grand Jury to the
criminal courts in special term, and so on
up to the tribunals OF last resort. When men
are brought to a clear, definite understand
ing that intoXication is held by the law to
aggravate instead OF to excuse a crime COM
mitted under the influence of liquor, they
may be less easily tempted by the BOTTLE
WASHINGTON Star
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Apple rust is caught from cedar trees
affected with an enlargement of the
branches known as cedar apples
Hence the remedy for apple rust is to
destroy all the cedar trees in the
neighborhood, or else to paint the
apple trees green with the Bordeaux
mixture.
Those who retail fruits in the city
find that those of good appearance pay
best, irrespective of quality. The
largest and best looking are first dis
posed of. 1t Is only after quality is
known, as in the case of the Seckel
pear, that fruit of common appear
ance can be sold.
1t is an almost universal mistake to
think that trees require no water, or
but little, in winter. There is a great
deal of evaporation all through the
winter, and if moisture is not close at
hand the tree will die. Keeping this
in mind, it will be seen why there is
great benefit in mulching newly plant
ed trees.
The impression that the growing of
small fruits is both difficult and expen-
sive has been obtained by the putting
of this clase of plants in the kitchen
garden, which is usually too small.
10 save space, the plants are crowded.
Cultivation is, therefore, to difficult
to be thorough, and a good yearly
yield is out of the question.
/ An orchard of 100 trees should con-
tain not more than twenty-five sum.
mer and fall sorts; the balance should
be winter apples of best approved
varieties. A few standard apples,
well grown and prepared for market,
will make a farms reputation, while
if there be a score of kinds, there will
not be enough of any one to establish
a name.
The fruit grower who desires to
make the most of his trees must get
acquainted with them and visit them
frequently, even during the winter.
Thus ne can look after their welfare,
protect them from rabbits and mice,
remove insect eggs wherever found,
and otherwise assist them. To leave
an orchard to it's own resources all
winter is a great mistake.
Apples may De kept in good condi,
ton until late in the summer, by wrap
ping perfectly sound specimens in soft
paper and packing them tenderly il
clean barrels and storing them in q
cold, dark cellar. Another good plan
for keeping them is TO bury them il
earth below the reach of freezing.
They will come out in the spring il
good condition. hard, smooth, SOUND
and Juicy, without any loss of flavor,
but a gain of it, by the slow. perfect
ripaning.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
Goose Fed on a Diamond.

Mrs. Robert Rosenthal, of East
Thirty'second street, recently became
the possessor of diamond of consid-
erable value in a singular manner.
Abont five weeks ago she went to her
butchers and selected goose. 1t was
sent home and, as she does not believe
in coniding such matters to her
servant, she proceeded to open it. She
felt something hard. under her fingers
and upon examination found what was
very much like diamond.
Mrs. Rosenthal did not at first sup.
pose it was a diamond, but to make
sure she took it TO friend who is a
judge of precious stones. After in
specting it he declared it to be q dia-
mond of excellent water, worth in the
neighborhood of $3.50. The goose did
not cost more than $3.50.
Mrs. Rosenthal said nothing about
her find outside the family for some
time, but finally the butcher heard of
it and visited her house to examine
the jewel. He said last night that it
had a small fragment of gold adhering
to it as though it had been set in a
ring.
1t is said that when he returned to
his shop he Immediately performed
autopsies on all the geese he had in
stock in the hope of discovering more
jewelry. He was not successful, how
ever. He could not remember where
he had bought the particular goose
which Mrs. Rosenthal purchased. 1t
is his custom, he said, to purchase of
wholesale dealers wherever he can get
the best for his money.-New York
Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
SMOKING AND STORING BACON.

Before it is hung up in the smoke.
house, the entire flesh surface of the
hams and shoulders, and sometimes the
middllngs also, are sprinkled thickly
with fine black pepper, using large
tin pepper box to apply it. Some
times mixture of about equal parts
of black and led pepper helps very
much to impart a good flavor. The
meat is now hung upon sticks and
hooks, close together without actually
touching, and is ready for smoking.
A few live Goals are laid down, and &
small fire Is made of some dry stuff.
AS 1t gets well to burning, the fire is
smothered with green hickory or oak
wood, and a basket of green chips
from the oak or hickory woodpile is
kept on hand, and used as required to
keep the fire smothered, in order to
produce a great smoke and but little
blaze. If the chips are too dry. they
are kept moist with water. Do not
allow the fire to get too large and hot,
thus endangering the meat hung near
est it. The fire requires constant care
and nursing to keep up a good smoke
and no blaze. Oak and hickory chips
and wood impart the best color to
meat, while some woods, such as pine,
mulberry and persimmon, are very OBJ
iectionable, imparting a disagreeable
flavor 10 the bacon. Corncobs make
a good smoke, but they must be wet
before laying on the fire. Smoking
half day at time on several days a
week for two or three weeks, will
bring best results.
Bacon keeps nowhere so well as in
the house where it is smoked. II needs
air and a cool, dry, dark room for
keeping well in summer. The least
degree of dampness is detrimental,
causing the bacon to mold. 1t ha,
been noticed, however, that moldy
bacon is seldom infested with the
skipper. Some housekeepers preserve
hams in close boxes or barrels, in q
cool, dark room, and succeed we'll
Others pack in oat shells OF bran, OF
wrap IN old newspapers, and lay away
on shelves or in boxes. Inclosing il
cloth sacks and painting the clotn il
also practiced. The bacon thus cared
for must be constantly watched tC
prevent mice and ants from getting
access to it. New England Home
stead.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
THE GATES OF HE'LL.

Rev. DR.. Talmage, in one OF his sermons
thus outlined the "Gates OF Hell;" Gate .he
first, impure literature; gate the second, the
dissolute dance; gate the third, indiscreet
apparel; gate the fourth, alcoholic beverage
he said, speaking Of the last gate" "The
officers of the law tell us that nearly all the
men who go into the shamb!es of death so in
intoxicated, the mental and the spiritual
abolished that the brute may triumph. Tell
me that young man drinks. and 1 know the
whole story. If he becomes the captive of
the wine cup he will become captive OF all
other vices; only give him time. The courts
that license the sale Of strong drink, license
gambling houses, license hbertinism, license
disease, license DEATH license all sufferings,
all crimes, all despoliations, all disasters, all
murders, all woe. 1t is the courts and the
Legislature that are swinging wide open
this grinding, creaky, stupendous gate Of the
lost"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

Thomas Carlyle is reported to have said:
"The superabunoant number of open public
houses on the Sabbath is transforming all
our multitudinous towns into Dantean hells
by the gin and ether intoxicants they sell
there" Baron Rothschild said Of the effects
Of the open saloon on Sunday: "There are
many streets in London where you may see
worst description, which are simply support
ed by the money which flows into their
Golfers on Sunday, and il closed on that day
they must eventually go to the wall"
A writer in the Religious telescope says:
The criminal statistics Of England show that
$4,000 persons are convicted annually for
Sunday drunkenness as a result Of open
saloons in London and other cities. Notice
that this number is. convicted. How many
are drunk or tipsy In their homes who are
not arrestedp This demonstrates the work
of the Sunday open saloons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
RAW PHOSPHATE,

Natural plant food" or ''soft
phosphates. These and other names
are applied to the raw phosphate
mined in Florida. In some of these
deposits the phosphate is in softer
or more soluble form than in fine
ground South Carolina phosphate
rock untreated with acid. These
Florida phosphates vary widely in
composition. All reputable dealers
in these raw phosphates guarantee the
amount of phosphoric acid or bone
phosphate in the material they sell.
In the absence of such guaranty, we
should hesitate to buy, fearing that
an inferior article was being palmed
off on the strength of the known
quality of certain brands or mines of
reputed merit.-Americsn Agricul-
turist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
PHYSICAL SUFFERING MAY
WEAR OUT BODY AND MIND,
Ordinary Wholesome Food win Restore
the Former, but Not the Latter;
Brain Food Necessary.
From De Times, Troy, N Y

From DE Times, Troy, NJ y
William H. Harrison, Jr.. a well-known
resident Of Berlin, tells the Times how he
was stricken with a complication of diseases
some time ago, being left, after his partial
recovery, mental and physical wreck. Con.
stdering tho fact that Mr. Harrison was coma
PEELED TO use crutches, and has now fully
recovered so as to be able TO put the crutches
aside, this was indeed an interesting case.
Mr. Harrison tells this story.
II am iifty-one years old. Three years
ago last March l was taken sick with a COM
phcation OF diseases; my doctor helped mo
somewhat, but 1 was left with my ieft leg
swollen, there were purple patches on the
inside OF the ankle and there was scarcely
any feeling in the leg from the knee down.
Above the knee there was weak, faint feel
ing The suffering was almost unbearable,
l was, in fact, a mental and physical wreck
had neither energy nor ambition, my mind
was blurred and l could not concentrate my
thoughts, was nearly discouraged when l
happened to read an advertisement of the
cures OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills. felt that
they would hit my case, and a neighbor, tell
ing what the pills had done for friend OF his
made me decide to try the remedy; 80 l ven
tured 70 send to Schenectady for some ofthe
Pink Pills.
VI ~ 1tdI uuu ueeu HOlo 10 90 no man
ual labor and walked on crutches most Of the
time, but before L had taken half box Of
the pills / felt like different man. After
taking several boxes of this pills my legs Inn
proved, and my bodily health was altogether
better. put aside my crutches, my strength
returned, my mind became clear and all the
organs OF my body seem now to be doing
their work well.
81 am now working most every day and
am In nearly as good health as had been
for several years prior to my last illness"
MIR. Harrison was loud in the praises Of
DIR. Williams Pills, and he continued.
II can honestly say that feel that II had
not had the pills 1 should not have been here
to-day so 1 most cheeriully tell of the won
derfui work they have done for me- l sin
cerely hope that this statement may reach
some other poor sufferers and accomplish as
excellent work for them as 1 have had the
benefit Of"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con-
densed form, all the elem snts necessary to
give new life and richness TO the blood and
restore shattered nerves. Thoy are an un-
falling specific for such diseases as locomo-
tor ataxia, partial paralysis. st. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effects OF Ia grippe, pal
pitation OF the heart, pale and sallow COM
peNions, all forms of weakness either in
male or female, and all diseases resulting
from vitiated humors in the blood. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt Of price, so cents a box,
or six boxes for $2.5O (they are never sold
in bulk or by the l0O), by addressing DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
n. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
whcre Did You Get Tbis Cogee .

Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our Church
out for tea, forty Of them, and all pro-
nounced the German Cofreeberry equal to
Riol salzer's catalogue tells you all about
it! s5paekages Earliest vegetable seeds 81 90
Order to-day.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND with
15c. stamps to John A. salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. You will get free a package OF
above great coffee seed and our 14s page
catalogue! Catalogue alone &c. postage. (A.)
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
A Fcnrrnl hmnnni Of Hnir

vi am sixty years old, said down.
town merchant, land have shaved
every morning of my life since was
twenty. 1 got to wondering the other
day how much beard had gone 10
waste, and ] made a calulation. II is
safe to say that grew quarter of an
inch of whiskers week, which would
give me thirteen inches a year, and
thirteen inches year for forty years
would give me forty.three feet and
four inches. That's fearful amount
of hair to get out of mans system. +"
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
"Sor MUCH" FOR TEMPERANCE.

When visitor at the Carlisle Indian
School asked young Cheyenne girl il she
was member OF the church, she answered.:
mot much; just little"
There are many otherwise excellent and
respectable people, with more years, oppor-
tunities and intelligence than this Cheyenne
Indian girl, whose relations TO the temper
ance reform are very much like hers to the
church. They are-in their social, religious
and political relations-temperance but
"not much; just little" For their own
good and for the good of others they should
come into full fellowship and enlist heartily
in the important pending contest against in
furious social drinking usages and for the
suppression of the liquor traffic.-National
Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
HOW THE sroMAoH is INJURED.

A disordered stomach will feel uneomfor.
table after eating; fermented liquors will re-
move for time the unpleasant sensations,
Potion after potion is swallowed on this ac-
count, often without producing permanent
tranquility, and much TO the injury of the
stomach. Wine drinkers do not drink wine
after every meal. which proves that wine is
not necessary to their digestion, and many
who have conflded in this belief have been
convinced of their error by leaving it off and
finding that they digested their food as we'll
when deprived Of it, and that such priyation
greatly contributed to their eventual res
toraton to health.-Dr. Benjamin Ward
Richardson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
TEMPERANCE.


A uong bird, perchod in the orchard near,
Poured forth her notes on the morning air;
Then few TO protect her birdings dear,
From truant boy who wandered there.
She futtered about and cried with pain,
"0hl Spare my dariingsl They're all my
care"
But her cries OF fear were all in vain.
Her birdlings are gone, her nest is bare
She sings no more in the orchard tree,
But chirps to her disappointed mate
or their birdlings sweet, no more to be,
OF cruel boys, and OF cruel fate.
So grief worn mothers, in sad despair,
Mourn for their lost ones and find no resi-; ;
They were once their joy, their pride and
care;
But Rum has robbed the dear home nest.
But law protects the song birds nest,
Avenges their blood in field and gen;
But laws, which answer our own behest,
Refuse to shelter the Homes of Men
REV. d. A. Ruddock, in the Rams Horn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
rrupEnANcr Nrws ANp NorEs.

The Father Matthew Society of East Cam.
bridge celebrated its forty-siXth anniversary
at Union Hail. Cambridgeport, on January
10.
Pure alcohol is the basis of all intoxlca-
ting liquors ana is known to the chemist as
one OF the most deadly of poisons, being
third on the list.
Personal total abstinence is not narrow be-
cause it is an act of charity to set good ex-
ample TO others, nor is it eXtrome because 1t
is according to reason,
Alcohol is so deadly in its character that
there Is no other article or material in nature
So well calculated 10 produce disease and
c0nseQueDt crime and miser
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
UNFRU1TruI APPLE TREES.

Too early fruitage in newly-set trees
is often n sign that disease or insects
have attacked the tree and driven it
into premature bearing. Too late
coming into bearing usually indicates
an excess OF nItrogenous fertilizer,
and often deficiency OF the mineral
elements of plant food. Liberal dress.
ings of potash and phosphate will
bring many old orchards into bearing.
Boston Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

An interesting experiment is being tried in
England in the opening OF an Inebrlate Farm
Home. large farm has been secured in
Surrey and numerous cottages erected upon
it. 1t is announced that each cottage will
represent family circle under the care of
a sister. The inmates will be employed in
poultry rearing, fruit culture, bee keeping,
Hover growing and dairy work OF all kinds.
No patient will be received for less: han one
Vaar
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

Tolstoi proposes to establish a poly
glot school in Russian, French ant
German. He says that he has contri
buttons in plenty sent to him ant
money offered 'for the good of man
kind, which could be used for tn,
purpose.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

Londcn University seems to have
awakened to the necessity of reform
for at the recent meeting of Oonvoea.
tion a resolution asking the Govern.
ment TO bring in its bill for reeonsti
tuition was carried by a majority o.
466 to 24Q.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
A VAST ARMY OF pnuNKAnps.

The Journal of Inebriety estimates the
total number of dunkards in America at
1000, 900. There being about twenty-five
millions Of adults in this country, this means
that one person ont OF every fifteen drinks to
drunkard. The Journal thinks that this
estimate is a very modest one and rather un-
der the mark than above il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

II you are doubtful as to the use OF Dobbins'
Electric SOAP, and cannot accept the experience
OF 'ntht'ns who use it, after the 81 years Il has
been on the market, one trial will convince YOU
Ask your grocer for il. Take no imitation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
lH1gNHN

Mr.. Il. NJ. Cross, a special Associated
Press reporter, who lives at 1916
Maple Avenue, Huntington, w. Va1
has knowledge OF the remarkable
cure Of Mrs. Martina Gilklson, this
wife of carpenter OF the east end
OF the city, who, on the 22d Of Sep
iember, 1895, related hor experience
rs follows; "For good many yearsI
have been bothered an awful sight
with my stomach. got so
couldn't eat anything at all without
sourlng on my stomach. Lots OF
times while working / would spit up
great mouthfuls OF stun bitter rs
gall. kept getting worse all the
time and took piles Of doctor med
icine, but might as well took that
much starch for all the good II dono
me. II run into neuralgia OF the
stomach and worked itself all over
me. DR.. Gardener. the new doctor
up on Twentieth Street, told ms
when saw him II was my stom-
ach that caused all the trouble
and give me an order 90 the drug
store. Itook It there, and The boy
give me a box of Rlpans Tabules.
began getting better, and have used
little overtwo boxes, and am now
sound and we'll. (signed), MARTHA
GmKIsoN, No. 1920 Fourth Avenue,
Huntington, W. Va
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

February aud 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
as possihleand in the most comfortable man
ner. II YOU live in New York, Boston or
Buffalo, You can take one of the Magnificent
of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only
one change Of cars continue your journey to
Jacksenvllle. Direct connection made in Cen
trains of ali lines to Florida. Address Z. 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, 1896-04-01

DR.. kilmer's SWAMI ROOT cures
oil Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory Binghnmton. N
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01
Purity
Your Blood

Now. as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect Of cold bracing air is
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss OF appetite, will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out of humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods sarsaparilla stands un-
equalled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

The insurrection against Japanese rule in
the island of Formosa is spreading
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

A CouoH SHOULD Nor be NEGLECTED.
"BfOirn'S Bronchial TiOcheS" are a simple rem
edy and give immediate relief. Avoid imita-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-01

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute