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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
LocomotIYe Rnlldinp

1t is a popular belief that certain
shops can build locomotive in TWEEN
ty-for working hours. According to
Locomotive Engineering, however,
while it is possible to assemble the
parts of locomotive in less time than
this, to build an engine from specifi-
cations requires much longer. The
record in this matter is probably held
by the Baldwin Works, which on their
first great Russian order turned out
engines within four weeks after the
order was given, when European
builders, according to this journal,
wanted twice as many months.
II takes four pattern-makers from
six to eight weeks to make the com
plete set of patterns for mogul-en
gine. Two men will be ten or twelve
days making the pattern for cylinder
and half-saddle and all-core boxes, Sc
that locomotive builders are very ex
peditious when they have an engine
ready six weeks after the specification
have been received, especially with tn
diverse forms and special patterns now
IN vogue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
To Utilize Convict labor.

The Cape Cod canal would be built
by convict labor and as a public enter.
prise if the bill OF Willard Rowland,
now before the Massachusetts, Legisla-
ture, should pass. Mr.. Rowland
points out that all the private corpora
tions proposing to build this canal
have failed to raise the necessary
capital, and there is little prospect Of
future success in that line, says Mr..
Rowland. At the present time more
than half of the 5000 convicts whose
labor is available are now unemployed,
and it is costing the State $3.50, 900
annually for their maintenance. He
proposes to use only short-term
prisoners on this work and would
build the canal as q State enterprise.
The scheme is approved by the
superintendent of Prisons. MIR. How.
and cites the employment of convict
labor for the building of the English
lockyards at Plymouth and the break
water at Fairfield as examples OF work
Jf public benefit that could not be ob.
aimed through private enterprise.
The proposition is likely to give rise
10 considerable discussion and is re.
yarded with favor by many interested
n the affairs of the commonwealth. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
Steel Manlels.

The introduction of steel mantels is
being largely favored by Eastern build
ers in the construction of dwellings,.
In. these, all the surface below the slab
is composed of twenty.gauge wrought
steel, pressed into the desired shape
OF style by heavy machinery, the out.
side surface being enameled TO imi.
tate any kind of wood or marble, the
nature of this enameling being such
that the material will Withstand all
changes OF temperature without injury.
OF the advantages pertaining to such
mantels, in addition TO their economy,
prominence is given to that of dimin-
ished weight, us compared with the
slate or marble msntel, which they
take the place OF, one of the latter
weighing, say, some pounds, while
one of steel weighs only 100, this also
including seventy pounds for the slate
slab which is supplied with the metal
mantel' pieces. Such mantels hold
their shape if the house settles, ai
there are no joints to part; they ar,
dreproOf, and act as a radiator of tn,
heat instead of absorbing it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
LATEST FoRM OF pRuNKENNEss.

The very latest sort Of drunkenness, SAYS
the Chicago Journal is that which, It has
been discovered, comes from the constant In
halation OF smelling-salts. SO great a hold
has the smelling-salts habit gained upon the
modern woman that when she Is deprived OF
them she experiences all tho cravings that
affiict the person who dearly loves llduor
and finds himself deprived OF it, Some OF
the salts are OF excessive strength and pro-
duce sort OF stupor most gratifying TO the
victim. More than one woman has been sus-
pected of drinking when really her inebriety
has resulted from too liberal use Of the
smelling-bottle. Not long ago a titled lady
was carried from the oloak-room at a grand
reception in London in n state OF helpless
ness. bottle was found in the folds OF her
gown containing matter of a strength suffl-
cient TO take away the breath OF an ordinary
person. The rumor spread with wonderful
precision that my lady was confirmed
drunkard, the smelling-salls theory being
1erided by the majority, and the victim
found 1t necessary to withdraw from the
social circle she had long graced.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
Queer Railway Economies.

Railway economy has taken some
curious forms. ''Every line is its own
manufacturer" says the London and
Northwestern Railway, and hardly a
thing that it needs, whether locomo.
tive or printed label, is made for it
by people not belonging to the com,
pany.
1t is ITS own artifcial.leg maker,
When an employe has had tho misfor,
tune to lose limb on the line, q
wooden leg or arm, as the case may
be, is sent to him from the carpente &
shop at Crewe. The leg.making de-
partment OF the Northwestern employs
a couple Of expert instrument makers
working continually to supply the
demand.
AT Wolverton, on the same system,
you will see in the carriage works q
man engaged in etching fancy designs
upon the plates of the ground glass
used in the first-class compartm entc
and saloons.
Tho Midland Company has found il
advantageous to have photographer.
in-ordinary." II "a bridge shows signs
OF decay or an embankment is likely
to slip, the engineer n-chief, on re.
port, sends him to photograph the
"accident" (they call everything an &C.
cident on the railway, thus saving a
personal visit
In the case of ''smashup," the
photographer Immediately takes sew.
eral photos of the train or trains from
different points of view, so that, when
the Board of Trade inquiry comes on,
there can be no dispute as to how the
engines and carriages were lying
Answers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
STRONG DRINK AND uEREp,1Y.

The hereditary consequences OF strong
drink are sometimes appalling. A specialist
In chtldren's diseases, who has for twelve
years been carefully noting the difference be-
tween twelve families OF hard drinkers and
twelve families of temperate ones, reports
that he found the twelve hard drinking FAINT
lies produced In those years ffty-seven chill
dren, and the temperntes slxty-one. or the
drinkers twenty-five children died in the first
week OF life, as against six on the other side.
Among the children of the drinkers were five
who were idiots; five so stunted In growth as
to be really dwarfs; five when older became
epileptics; one, boy, had grave chorea,
ending In idiocyi five more were diseased
and deformed, and two Of the epilepucs be-
came by inheritance drinkers. Ten only oi
the nry-seven were normal in body and
mind. On the part OF the temperates, two
only showed inherited nervous affects; five
died in the first week OF weakness; while
four In later years Of childhood had durable
nervous diseases, and fifty were In every
way sound in body and mind.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
THE DooRYARD.

No class of people can so we'll afford
to have q neat, inviting dooryard as
the farmer.
In the city, we can't have one foot
OF sod or load of dirt without pay
ing cash for 1t, while the farmer has
acres of it. If you want to improve
the yard, first examine closely and see
what is lacking. If the doorstone or
steps are crooked, a crowbar and little
muscle will soon fixed that. 1t will
not cost many dollars to make wooden
walk to the front gate. Or perhaps
you have plenty of gravel. If SO, don't
put that down until you have put a
thick layer of ashes to keep the grass
from growing. Ifyou can, put narrow
boards, four inches wide, to form an
edge to keep the grass from growing
into the walk.
Now find if there are any low places.
If SO, fill with rich soil. The quickest
way to have grass is to cut sod about
one foot square with your spade, leav :
ing three inches OF dirt on it. Where
you want to lay this, have the dirt
spaded and all stones removed, SO it
will root easily pat down hard on the
sod with the spade aud water freely
every day until it begins to grow.
Trim all trees aud vines. II this is all
done thoroughly, you will have q fine
yard. Don't make flower beds unless
some one has plenty of time to care
for them. But as fast us you can af-
ford, add shrubs and trees. Don't
stop this good work with the front
yard, but do the same in the side and
back. Where you want shade, plant
trees. If you live in climate where
nut trees will grow, by all means have
them.
Choose some place where you can
have a hammock, make some rustic
seats, and if you have small children,
furnish them with swing. Let them
have "picnic" some of the pleasant
days by taking what they were to have
at the table outdoors under some shady
tree. They will think it fine fun.
II is the green-clad yard, with at
tractive flowers, tree laden with fruit,
and a garden of small fruits and vege
tables, that makes the sons and daugh
ters cling to home and parents. =
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
THE DRINKING PROBLEM.

In recent address, after referring to the
fact that there are people who will drink TO
excess In spite OF every effort made by their
friends TO restrain them, DR.. T. d. Crothers
said that heredity, occupation, mentality,
habits, trimming, education, etc, are factors
which are all considered in the study and
treatment OF an individual who Is a victim OF
the drinking habit. In 100 drinking men
who drink to excess 1fly-two have moderate
or excessive drinking parents aud twenty
more have n distinct history Of drinking
grandparents. From sixty.nve to seventy
five per cent. have, therefore, a history OF
drinking ancestry. Then there are fifteen
more who acquire the drinking habit from
disease or injury. Then there Is class OF
brain workers or those whose brains have re-
ceived great shock through grief or injury,
Seven or eight out OF hundred are men
whose environment Is such that they natur-
ally take to drink. The boy or young man
who goes to drink voluntarily is probably
weak and irresolute. There is uniformity
about the habits OF drinking men which shows
that the habits disease One hundred men
who are drinking men will reach similar
stages at the same time, and the results in
each case will be practically the same.
Alcohol is not n stimulant. II Is a narcotic,
pure and simple. The new study OF psychol-
ogy in Germany and England, by actual ex-
periments upon temperate men, shows that
alcohol diminishes the brain action, sight
and hearing, fleets muscular action, ,quickens
the hearts action and reduces the tempera-
lure. 1t also affects the memory; all OF
which have been approved by experiments
and show that alcohol is paralizer, a
narcotic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
CROWS AND ROCKS.

The United States Department of
Agriculture, in a recent report, brings
forward in his (the crow's) favor
evidence of the clearest and most con-
vincing kind. The stomachs of q
thousand crows we're carefully ex-
amined, with the simple result that
more insects and spiders were found
than any other kind of food in oil the
months but January and February.
During May and June five hundred
and thirty were as carefully analysed,
and full half of all the contents was
proved to consist entirely of insects,
the majority being among the farmers
worst foes-locusts, May beetles,
weevils, wire.worms, and the grubs of
the cockchafer Melolontha) and Harry
Long legs (Tipula), which the rock
does his best to exterminate. Add to
this goodly number of field mice
and moles, and towards winter a few
stray grains of waste wheat from the
stubble or the farmyard, and the list
is complete.
If this much be admitted on behalf
Va NhN OAOha ihA AAAbLN IAShtl ~ W
urged in defence of the rook, large
portion of whose time is spent on the
wing, or at hard work in the ploughed
field or meadow, busily destroying the
very enemies which defy mans utmost
skill to reach. Taken as q whole,
therefore, the character of the Corvus
is worthy of much respect. Slow and
deliberate in the choice of home or
a friend, he never hurries and seldom
makes mistakes; if now and then bit
of q thief, he wages continual war
against many pests that we are we'll
rid of. He may be slightly pompous
and apt to give himself airs in private
life; he may even fancy at times, Gin
the gaiety OF his heart, that he is sing
ing" when he is but giving croak (;
but he is a pleasant and cheerful
neighbor, and often shows liking in
his surroundings, in spite of that
terrible slaughter Of the innocents'
from which he once barely escaped
with his life. New York Observer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
FREQUENT cHuRN1Na BEST.

1t is harder work to make the best
butter from one-cow dairy, especially
late in the season, when the milk yield
lessons. The best butter is made With
least expense when the dairy is large
enough to require churning every
day. This makes a great deal of hard
work, unless it impels the dairyman
to provide power of some kind, so as
to relieve the hard labor. This it
generally does. Whenever the dairy
is large enough TO require churning
every day, creamery or separator
will pay, not only by the saving of
labor, but by making more of the
cream than is possible by the old pro,
cess Of hand skimming the milk.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
PRONOUNCED IT sCRoFULA,
A DANGEROUS DISEASE CURED ny
DIR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS.


Ordinary Medical Treatment Being OF Nc
Avail IN the Case OF Mrs. Crumb,
She is Persuaded 20 Try
Famous Remedy aud
IL Cured.
From ne Press, Utica, NJ y
Mrs. Libbie Crumb, tho respected wife Of
Mr.. Maxon Crumb the farmer and hop
grower. who Is 80 we'll known 10 the coun.
ties Of Oneida aud Madison, sends us quite
an interesting statement from her home
near Bridge water, New York. On account
Of the high standing OF Mrs. Crumb, hei
communication ls OF Importance, and may
be OF the greatest value to those who are OF
may be similarly situated. She said;
"My name Is Libble Crumb. am &c years
old, and the wife Of Maxon Crumb, farmer
and hop raiser OF Oueldq County. For the
past twenty years have been n sufferer with
disease OF the stomach due to scrofula and
had constant Dizziness and heada he, for the
greater part OF my time l do not know
what brought on the scrofulous tendency
do not think II is hereditary. as neither my
father nor mother had II. All | know Is that
the physicians pronounced II scrofula, and
several have attende me- all agreeing In
their diagnoses. hut their treatment gave me
About one year ago l was Ia a worse con-
ditlon than / had ever reached. and so ]
abandoned my physicians and dete rmined
to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills began at
once 10 experience marked relief from their
use. only took Pink Pills three weeks. and
not so many OF them eithor, when my head
! ache left me, aud my stomach became per-
fectly comfortable, aud could rest we'll at
night, which I had not been able to do in
years before. Indeed, ! was cured.
al consider that Pink Pills are the only
medicine ever took for scrofula that dil
me any good, and | shall always recommend
them TO my friends.
al make this certificate honirg that Il may
be seen by someone else suffering as / was,
and declare the same TO bo true in every
particular" [Slgnedl LrBBIE CRUMB.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfaiing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms OF weakness arising from n watery
condition OF the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers. or will be
sent post paid on receipt OF price. so cents a
box, or six boxes for 80 50 (hey are never
sold In tulk or by tho 10C), by addressing
DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12

The following story is from the New Cru
sade; lady who was guest in the home OF
I physician and somewhat troubled with in
5omnia, asked him to give her something to
make her sleep. As be handed her dose OF
bromidia, he said. 81 am sorry TO start you
On the bromidia habit"
''But, doctor" she exclaimed, lone dose
Of bromidia does not constitute habit"
"No," he replied, "but one dose constl-
tutes the beginning of a habit You will
sleep we'll tonight, and tomorrow night, IL
you do not sleep well, you will remember
he effects OF the bromidia an will prob Ably
Try another dose, and so on until you fipd
yourself unable to sleep without II, and then
by and by unable to sleep with II. SO you
will be victim of the bromidia habit, and II
is absolutely certain that II the FIRST dose Il
never taken the habit will never be forme !. >
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
Nervousness OF the Dog.

The nervous system in this creature
is largely developed, and. exerting an
influence over all his actions, gives
character to the beast. The brain OF
the dog is seldom in repose; for even
when asleep the twitching Of his legs
and the suppressed sounds which il
emits inform us that it is dreaming.
No animal is more actusted by the
power of imagination. Who is there
that has not seen the dog mistake
objects in the dusk of the evening I
Delirium usually precedes it's death,
and nervous excitability is the com
mon accompaniment OF its disorders.
To diseases of a cerebral or spinal
character it is more liable than any
other domesticated animal. Its very
bark is symbolical of its temperament,
and its mode OF attack energetically
declares the excitability OF its nature.
The most fearful Of all the diseases to
which it is exposed (rabies) is essen.
TALLY of nervous character, and
there are few OF its disorders which
do not terminate with symptoms indi.
cative of cranial disturbance. This ten
dency to cerebral affections, will, il
properly considered, suggest those
casual and appropriate acts which the
dog in affliotion may require, and
which it would be impossible for any
author fully to describe. Gentleness
should at all times be practiced; but
to be truly gentle, the reader must
understand it is imperative to be firm.
Hesitation to an irritable being is, or
soon becomes, positive torture.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
Velvet

Velvet is manufactured by placing
in the loom rows of very short threads
of the material designed to be en-
ployed, whether cotton or silk. These
are then caught up by the cross
threads in the weaving and fastened in
such a way that the feecy ends pre-.
sent themselves all on one side of the
fabric. The manufacture of velvet is
SO slow that for hand weaver yard
is considered a good days work. The
machine made velvet is of course
turned out much more rapidly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
Some folks would like to paddle
their own canoe by proxy.-Puck.
Ratified.

To make a mad dog 10 order, tic tin pan
10 his tail. A man made mad Is one who.
after suffering 10, IS, 20 years with rheuma.
tism, finds that by the use OF n bottle OF st.
Jacobs Oil he Is cured. He feels the waste OF
his life in pain. with the loss Of time, place
and money. and then reflects that for The
expense Of 50r he could have saved all this
and lived free of pains IL Is enough to make
him mad. Most OF our sutlerings are in
tensified by DELAY In seeking relief, and the RI
Is much worth knowing ms regards the cure
Of pain that we fnd out at last only by the
use Of the best cure. II is worth knowing
that for the cure OF rheumatism there Is
special vrtue In The Great Remedy for Pain.
st. jacobs oil, aud ms so much can be saved
by its use, the cost is really nothing.
The lockstep h7s been abolished at the
Wisconsin State Prison.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
TEMPERANCE.


THE DRuNKARD's LAMENT.
TThe following poem was written by IN,
late Richard Lyle, tone Of the brlghtes
members of the New Orleans Bar" and It Il
said 70 be tho pathetic story OF his owl
ruined lifo.l
l have been to the funeral OF all my hope
And entombed them one by one.
Not word was said,
Not tear was shed,
When the mournful task was done.
Slowly and sadly turned me round
And sought my silent room.
And there alone,
BY my cold hearthstone,
wooed the midnight gloom.
And, as the night winds deepening shade
Lowered above my brow,
wept DER the days
When manhood's rays
We're brighter far than now.
Tho dying embers OF tho hearth
Gave out their flickering light
AS it to say,
This is the way
Thy life shall close in night.
wept aloud, In anguish sore,
Ger the blight OF prospects fair,
While demons laughed
And eagerly Quaffed
My tears like nectar rare.
Through hells red hall an echo rang,
An echo loud and long,
As in the bowl
1plunged my soul
In the night of madness strong.
And there, within that sparkling glass,
i knew the cause to lie;
This all men own
From zone to zone,
Yet millions drink and die
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12

The coal fields Of Kent, England,
aggregating 100000 acres, hitherto
untouched, will. il is calculated, fur
nish enough coal to supply the whole
country until the year 1000. The two
pioneer shafts are being sunk at Dover,
and the syndicate expect TO bring coal
to London in the autumn. Expert
mental borings are to be made in Eve
different parts of the country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
AT THE QUEENS rAnLE.

Some years ago British peer, when din
ing with the Queen, was challenged by a
Royal Duchess TO take wine with her. His
lordship politely thanked her grace. but de-
clined the compliment, stating that he never
took wine. The Duchess Immediately turned
10 the Queen and iocuIarly said; ''Please,
your Majesty, here IS Lord -, who declines
to take wine at your Maiesty's table" Every
eye was turned TO the Queen, and not q little
curiosity was evineed rs TO the manner in
which the total abstainer woull be dealt
with by royalty. With a smiling an1 grace
ful expression Her Majesty replied; "FherC
is no compuIsion at my table"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

A jag Of whisky costs more than jag Of
wood.
An old coat is usually found upon an old
dTinker.
Make it right to sell whisky, and nothing
else can be wrong.
When men begin hard drinking, they gem
orally stop deep thinking.
A bill to prevent the sale OF liquor on credit
passed the Montana Legislature.
II is a mistake to suppose that you are
filling yourself with happiness when you are
filling yourself with whisky. You are simply
start a snake ranch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12

Thomas Ewing Moore, the United
States Commercial Agent at Weimar,
Germany, says the locomotion by
means OF electricity is gradually gain
ing ground in Europe, though not to
the same extent as in this country. In
mileage of electric railways, Germany
stands first.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12

"We hear music over at your house
all the time, Jenkins" eyes; our
cook has been taking lessons in physi'
cal culture, and she won't wash dish
without somebody playing on thu
piano. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12
Longevity Of a Canary.

A canary bird has just died in Bos-
ton which was born eighteen years
ago. II was raised by Police Inspector
John Howard, and up 10 about year
ago was as sprightly and musical as
ever It then became blind, and for
the past twelve months had been
gradually losing its strength.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-12

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