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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
Cninhinr sharks

The business men at the South End
whose families are summering at Mon
ument, Onset and other resort vie
with each other in telling tales OF
their skill in angling after the wary
creatures of the briny doep. Every
day fresh yarn ia told, and if the
second days story does not put that
of the first in the shade it is because
the imagination os the story teller is a
little duller. Here is one of series.
One we'll known gentleman disdains
fishing for cod and mackerel. They
are not large enough prey for him.
He wants sharks or nothing. This is
the way he catches them: He has
hook made of steel, about fifteen in
ches long, rows out where the water
is forty or fifty feet deep. bats the
hook with a piece of pork weighing
ten pounds, ties ono end of the line to
the stern of the dory and siuks his
bait. Then he sits and smokes till the
sharks gather and he watches them as
they play with the bait. Soon one big
fellow is sure to grab it. Then the
patient fisherman takes his oars and
rows in, towing his prey. When he
reaches shore he draws in the fish, to
the wonder and astonishment of all
onlookers. He frequently, on opening
the fish, finds tin cans, kettles, buc'
kets, ETC., which the shark has swal'
lowed. .-Brockton Mass Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
ThreM Ten dollars Into tho Fire.

One OF the watohmen employed at
the Baldwin Locomotive Works re-.
ceived his pay envelope last week, CON
tanning a crisp, new $40 note. He
didn't open the envelope, however,
and when he reached home he turned
il over to his wife. The partner OF
his joys and sorrow lost no time in ex-
aiming the contents, and for several
moments stood admiring the clean
bill, which looked as though II had
never before been folded. She held
tho money in one hand and the torn
envelope in the other, and then 90.
Cured domestic tragedy. She
started TO throw the envelope into the
open stove, but absent.mindedly for
got which hand il was in. Into the
blazing fire went the beautiful note.
With cry Of horror the husband
sprang forward, as he realized that the
labors of week we're vanishing in
smoke. Then the wife awoke to re.
alization of what she had done, and
without moments hesitation
plunged her hand into the FIRE, draw
ing forth a charred bit of green paper.
There was scarcely an inch of the
note left, the rest having been reduced
to ashes. But the Government officials
at the Treasury thought it was
sufficient, and the watchman received
for it another new note. The wife il
nursing blistered had, and the hus
band will hereafter open the pay en-
velopes before he reaches home. -
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
TRANsP1ANrNa cABBAGEs.

When the plants are about eight
weeks old, they may be transferred
from the seedbed to the field, on a wet
day if possible, as then they are less
Spt to become dry before being
planted. If the weather is dry, the
seedbed may be watered artiheally,
md the plants carefully removed, so
that as few roots be severed as pos
sible. 1t is important to puddle the
roots before setting. This is done by
dipping them in thin mud, made from
rich soil or manure, coating each little
rooilet with the mixture. After this,
they may be placed in a cool, damp
cellar, and if the roots ere kept damp
they may remain a week CT more in
this condition withou. detriment. The
pudding Of plants is much better than
taking the plants from Tesgel q, -,
while settipg, bycaur 'AU N9' ''''u
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
THE BARK oF FRUIT TREES.

As a general thing healthy trees are
able to get rid of the old bark without
any help from the cultivator, but in
many cases they are all the better for
having little help from man. In
many species of trees there is an ar.
rangement provided by nature for
helping the plant to get rid of its
bark. These are called in scientific
language "super cells" that is to say,
cork cells. These appear at first on
the outer bark, as small brown spots.
From year to year, however, they de-
velop, sometimes eating into the bark
in longitudinal lines, and in this way
form the cracks which ultimately re-
suit in what is known as rough bark.
As it is thus the design of nature to
get rid of the outer bark, it is good
practice to help nature in this work.
For this purpose washes of various
kinds are found in practice extremely
useful. In fruit culture soapy solu.
tions have been found very effective,
and in the unscientiic work of sue.
cessful farmers even lime wash hai
been found beneficial. In some of th,
interior counties of Pennsylvania {
farmer would almost as soon think o
never cleaning his horses as letting
his orchard trees go without coatinl
of lime wash once a year. The practi
cal results of this treatment spenl
for themselves. No healthier trees o
more successful fruit crops can be ha,
than result from this practice, Nee
hans Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

Every moderate drinker is leading an army
of boys toward the pit.
Appetite for drink is tho DEVILS iron chain
on the drunkard's neck.
When a man gets up early in the morning
to drink, he is apt to spend the day in doing
nothing else.
In 1898 one in seventeen deaths which oc-
CURED in Switzerland were ascribed 10 drink
ing habits Qncluding women and ehldren).
The easiest time TO let drink alone, is be-
fore the first drink is taken.
In Glasgow, Scotland, 1fty-nine out OF
sixty-two criminals tried at one session OF a
court testified that drinking had led to their
crimes.
The Board Of Excise OF Ithaca, the seat Of
Cornell University, has refused all applica-
tions for renewal Of licenses TO sell liquor in
that town.
According TO the Scranton PENN Index
the sentiment In favor Of organizing women!
total abstinence societies is growing steUdil.
every day.
When the Queen Of Madagascar shut al
the saloons in her kingdom, and their owner
asked for compensation, she replied, Com
pensaie those you have wronged, ana l vii
pay the balance"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
A srnANnr TEMPERANCE WAN.

Probably one OF the most remarkable tenn
perance crusades ever recorded was that
which took place in a village Of Madagascar,
called LoharanO (The Weld, lying half way
between Antananarivo, the capital, and AM
bosltra. There is resident missionary at
Loharano. The people Of Loharano some
time since made an agreement among them
selves that no rum or strong drink should be
introduced into their market, and for some
time none was introduced. At length, how
ever, some rumseliers, taking counsel to-
gether, resolved to force an opening Tor
their trade Accordingly, they combined to
the number OF seventy, concealed their short
knives under their lambas, and one day took
up u position in the market place with their
rum before them. Their idea was that the
people would make an attempt to drive them
ont and then, "the worse for the people"
But their expectations were not realized. BY
some means the folk of Loharano got 10
know OF the hidden weapons. They went to
the missionary for advice and then put their
heads together and concocted pian. All
that day the purveyors Of the orDidden
liquor stood in the glare OF the sun in the
market place, waiting for the thirsty Gus
toners to come and buy. But all day long
the Loharano men left them severely alone,
and passed and repassed before the eyes OF
the rumsellers with aggravating stolidity. D..
When evening came on, the disgusted
merchants loaded their donkoys again and
went of to encamp for the night. But they
were not to be daunted by nero lack OF en-
couragement, and the next morning found
them again, all seventy, duly posted on the
market place. Presently the townsfolk be-
gan to appear, and their numbers increased
till the whole male population was crowded
around the rumsellers, who beheld with
trepidauon the CLEAN OF the sunshine on
naked knives and gun barrels. Then man
stepped out from tho crowd and made em-
phatic representations, advising the intrud-
ers to go away. The rumsellers, seeing
themselves outnumbered, had no alternative
but to take up their demijohns and DEPART
| Christian Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
RurrER PROM srERrn1zEp MILK.

United States Consul Thomas O'Neil,
at Stockholm, Sweden, has made a
very important report in connection
with the production of butter, which
has created quite a sensation England.
A machine has been invented by Herr
Salenius, Swedish engineer, which
will transform sterilized milk into but.
ter in one minute. Not only is time
saved, but the butter is made abso.
lutely pure and free from germs. The
milk is heated in the sterllizer to 100
degrees Fahrenheit. From the steril-
ize- it runs into the cream-skimming
chamber, and as it is consumed rises
into the churning chamber, where it is
cooled down to sixty degrees in its
progress, by means of very small cool
ing frames, through which iced water
constantly passes, and which revolve
with the skinner at the rate OF 5000
revolutions a minute. Cream is forced
into q tube perforated with tiny holes,
through which it emerges with great
force onto each fresh layer of cream
that rises, converting into butter by
concussion. The butter thus formed
by granules emerges from a spout into
q tub, mixed with buttermilk. The
butter is then taken out and passed
through a butter worker, which
squeezes out most of the buttermilk
remaining in, after which it is placed
on ice for two hours and then worked
little more and made up. Mr.. O'Nei
says in his report:
"Several advantages are claimed fol
this remarkable machine, which bids
fair to create a revolution in butter
making upon large scale. In tht
first place, by sterilizing the milk
disease germs, if they are in it, arr
destroyed, as well as the microbe
which cause putrefactlon of the but
ter.
"The process of ALTERNATING is S,
rapid that there is very little chanc
of any germs that may exist in tn
atmosphere of the dairy getting int,
the butter, especially as all, or nearl.
all, air must be forced out of tn
chamber of the machine by the e1
treme rapidity of the movement goin
on inside.
"When the butter is once presse
the possibility. of germ impregnatio
is almost eliminated. Thus q Who'll,
some and bookkeeping butter is pre-
duced. Another advantage IS thu
milk can be converted into butter d
rectly after being obtained from I'll
COW, and yet another that there is
considerable saving of labor, when I'll
use of the radiator is compared wit
that of the ordinary separator al
churn. New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
A Unicorn Rabbit.

Miss Bertrand, daughter of the
hotel keeper at Tocaloma, captured a
most unusual quadruped few days
ago. 1t is specimen of the ordinary
cotton-tailed rabbit, but differs from
the rest of his tribe by not having his
just share of ears, In fact, he has
only one, and that is fright in the
middle of the forehead"
Possibly the rabbit realized that he
was different from his fellows, for he
was first seen only a few hundred
yards from the hotel. When he was
chased, instead OF getting away as fast
rs possible, he ran into a clump of
shrubbery and staid there until he
was picked up. And the straugest
thing is that he never seemed frighten-
ed at any time, but allowed himself to
be handled Just as if he was used to it
ell his life.
The body of Miss Bertrnnd's rabbit
is exactly like all other rabbits, and so
is the shape of his head. His fur is
the same color and there appears to
be no difference in size from others of
us species. Dub 10 lOOh III uJIu Is
startling. And all on account of that
strange, uncanny car. 1t sticks up in
the widest manner and makes the
little animal look about twice his real
size. 1t also gives him the ferocious
appearance that Indians have when
they put feather on their heads and
twist it into their hair so that it sticks
up as straight as bean pole.
While the rabbit captured at Toca'
Iona has only one ear it really seems
to have two orifces. The openings
are on the side Of the ear and not faI
from the usual places. From the
upper portions of them the skin of the
ear grows toward the center of the
head, where it joins the one from the
other side, and the two become one
piece of flesh, except for the fact tina
the inside is turned toward the bacl
instead Of toward the sides. The singl
ear is nearly twice the size of one il
normal condition.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
EFFECT ornope1Na uroN GRAIN.

Spring sown rye, badly lodged
about FIVE weeks before it was har-
vested, yielded only about two-thirds
the weight of grain that was obtained
from an adjoining field that did not
lodge. Heinrich also noted that the
shrinkage in weight was partly due to
the lodged grain containing less wa
ter. He suggests that the lodgment
interferes with or entirely prevents
the translocation of materials from the
leaves and stems to the grain; conse.
quently, the time when the injury oc'
currs has much to do with the extent
of the loss from lodging, New Eng
land Homestead.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

Some years ago Rev. L. Klumph, now OF
Elm, Wayne County, Mich, while seated in
village store, accosted saloon keeper
with the remark
"Come over to the church tonight and
hear me lecture on temperance"
The reply was: al WON'T you said whisky
sellers were robbers"
~ didn't" replied Mr.. Klumph.
"What did you say?"
81 said you were worse than robber. 1
said you took my innocent boy, and sent
me home n maudlin fool. said you took
an intelligent man, and sent u lunatic to the
asylum. l said you took u respected citizen,
and sent criminal to prison. L said you
took n father and sent a lend to throw his
family into the street. l said you took q
loving husband, and sent demon to kick
his wife. 1 said you took the immortal soul
than robber."
Sharp and yet terribly true.-Natlonal
Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

Sir Andrew Clark said; II call perfect
health the loveliest thing in this world, and
alcohol even in small doses will take the
bloom Off, will iniure the perfection OF love
illness of health, both mental and morali
go still further and say, alcohol is not only
no helper of work, but hinderer OF work
and every man that comes to the front OF q
procession in London Is marked by this one
characteristic, that the more busy no gets
the less in the shape of alcohol he takes
and his excuse is Il am very sorry, but can
not take il and do my work. ,"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
TEMPERANCE
TO A JUG OF RUM.

TO A JUG OF RUM.
This address to q jug Of Rum" was mrs
published In 1915. II is as applicable now n
when II first appeared;
"Here, only by q cork oontrold,
And slender walls Of earthen mould,
In all the pomp OF death, repose
The seeds OF many a bloody nose,
The chattering tongue, the horrid OATH
The fist for fighting nothing loath;
The passion which no word can tame,
That bursts like sulphur into flame,
The nose carbuncled, glowing red;
The bloated eye, the broken head;
The tree that bears tho deadly fruit
or murder manning and dispute.
Assaults that Innocence assails;
The images Of gloomy inils;
The glddy thought on mischief bont;
The midnight hour In riot spent;
All these Within this Jug appear,
And Jack, the hangman, in the rear"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
Indla's Hoard of Specie.

For long period of years India
has been characterized as a "sink-
hole" of the precious metals, or, in
other words, there has been for many
years continuous low of the precious
netals-gold and silver-into India,
where they have to large extent dis
appeared, undoubtedly by burial un-
der ground for the purpose of hoard
ing and concealment. The motive
for this under the Mogul and native
rulers was unquestionably to escape
direct plunder or condscation; but
under British rule these boards,
amounting unquestionably to many
hundreds OF millions, are not taxed.
mainly by reason of their inaeeessi-
bllity, and partly by the recognized
policy of the Government to avoid
direct taxation of active capital, and
encourage, by making safe its employ
ment, the tendency of these buried
treasures to come to light and enter
into the channels of trade. And tnat
this policy has been a wise one is
shown by the fact that within recent
years there has been an increasing
disposition on the Indian owners OF
concealed treasures-especially the
Indian princes or raIahs-to Withdraw
them from their boarding places and
invest them in Government bolds, OF
other desirable, interest bearing Sc
curitieS; and in this way very great
addition to the worlds active stock
the money metals, may be anticipated
IN the perhaps not-distant future. -
Popular Science Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
ONE MAN,fnrAsoNs

An eminent Englishman said on one occa-
sion; "About ten years ago or more / first
became a total abstainer because was cas-
ilyconvinced that the use OF alcohol was not a
necessity, ana great deal turns upon that. |
saw, for instance, that whole Nations had
not only lived without it, but'hnd flourished
without it. 1 saw the remarkable fact that
there was some 10000 persons in England
who, though many Of them had made them
selves mere tunnels for drink, though they
had been accustomed TO drink from their
childhood, though most Of them had been
brought TO prison, either directly or indi-
rectly, through drink, yet the very day that
they entered the gates OF n prison all drink
was entirely taken from them, and yet there
was not a single instance on record in which
any Of them had suffered in consequence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
Has LIS Ham Cut bY HALVES.

II. Neustadel, a German cigar and
tobacco dealer, at w. Twelfth street,
has an eve to business. Since the
cigar dealers began emitting prices no
opportunity to make a sale is ignored
by this thrifty merchant. The bar
bers employed in T. B. Jahr's shop,
II West Twelfth street, and those in
G. NJ. Boyd's shop, 13 West Twelfth
street, are among his best customers.
Yesterday, Neustadel concluded that
he must have his hair cut, but how to
avoid offending either of the two
friendly barber shop proprietors was
a momentous question with the cigar
dealer. He solved the problem after
due deliberation by going to JAIN s
and having the hair on the left side of
his head trimmed, for which he paid
| thirty-fye cents. Then he stepped
across the street to Boyd's place and
paid twenty-five cents to have the job
completed. 1t cost him sixty cents,
however, to retain the friendship OF
the two shops. Kansas City Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
Unclaimed Riches.

There is in the strong rooms Of ono
of the oldest private banks in London
a large quantity OF jewels, plate aud
other valuables, which was deposited
for safe custody by French refugees
shortly before the outbreak of the
revolution. Several OF the deposltors
claimed their belongings after the
coup d'etat, but the present deposits
are still awaiting claimants, and prob
ably always will. -PeaTsop's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
THE CABBAGE FLY.

The small worms in the roots of the
cabbages and turnips are the young of
a small fly, which lays its eggs at the
roots, near the ground, and the eggs
soon hatch into small white worms
that eat into the roots and kill the
plants. The fly is closely related to
the onion fly. The remedy is to scat
ter air.slacked lime around the cab
bage stems on the ground. This de-
ters the flies from laying eggs on the
plants, as lime is injurious to them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

Grace Darling's monument at BAN.
borough, England, has fallen into sad
decay. The recumbent figure Of the
heroine herself is damaged, and the
stone canopy above has vanished alto.
gether, while the ratings round the
Tomb are so broken down that there is
now no protection from careless
''trippers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
pEaRApINa IN EVERY WAY.

A writer in one of the French magazines
says that the manufacture and consumption
Of alcohol in that country is degrading the
people mentally, morally aud physically, re-
nlling the hospitals. asylums and prisons.
These physical wrecks bring into the world
miserable oGsprlngs which inherit weak
body and soon show the tastes of their par
ents. The great danger seems to be in the
consumption of liquors made from essences,
and especially absinthe, which Is said to be
as fascinating as 1t is harmful.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
TaIIOrIng Spol!ed BIZ BleyeIlng.

There is a noticeable dullness in the
tailoring business in the West, which
the knights of the needle ascribe to
the growing use of the bicycle, with
its necessity for the wearing of knick-
erbockers. Many young men attend
business attired in their cycling suits,
aud the consequent loss Of trade to the
Z nors in the way Of trousers suits is
roit free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12
Ono Privilege Not Transferable.

A life ticket to the grand opera in
Paris was bought from hbrettist re.
Gently for $500. The purchaser tried
to secure admission to the green room
on che ticket, but was refused. He
went to law and the court held that
the privileges of the green room were
personal and could not be transferred,
and that the ticket was good only at
the front door.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

treatment OF pneumonia has received n blow
from DIR. Bull, of New York City, who dis
covers that in the New York hospitals sixty
Ave per cent. Of the pneumonia patients die
with alcoholic treatment, while in London,
at the Object Lesson Temperance Hospital,
only five per cent. die.-Scientihc American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

Trlchnae is rampant among the soldiers in
the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment OF
the German Army at Chemnitz. Fifty-six Of
them are in the hospital and fourteen have
died ms a result Of eating pork OF German or
Bohemian raising.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-08-12

Buy 81. % worth DobtHns r1oating-B BoraN Soap OF
your grocer, send wrappers TO Dohbins SOAP Mtg
Co, Philadelphia, Pa. They will send you free
Of charge, postage paid, Worcester Pocket Die
tionary, &S pares, bound in cloth, profusely IL
naIrnlnd- Ofnr --nnL until AnnneI lst only.