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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
WHAT TO FEED HENS,

Green bones are not used as exten.
sively as they should be, because grain
can be obtained with less difficulty
and at low cost; but as g-producing
material, the bone is far superior to
grain-nor does the bone really cost
more than grain in some sections.
The cutting of the bone into available
sizes is now rendered an easy matter,
as the bone cutter is within the reach
of all. Bones fresh from the butcher
have more or less meat adhering, and
the more of such meat the better, as
it will cost no more per pound than
the bone, while the combination of
both meat and bone is almost a per-
feet food from which to produce eggs.
If the farmer can get two extra eggs
per week from each hen in winter, he
will make large profit. We may add
that if the product of each hen can be
increased one egg per week only in
winter, that one egg will pay for all
the food she can possibly consume,
and it therefore pays to feed the sub
stances that will induce the hens to
lay. If the hens are consuming food,
and yet are producing no eggs, they
will cause a loss to their owner; and
this happens every winter on a large
number of farms. The hens receive
plenty of food, but not OF the proper
kind.
pound of cut green bone is suf-
hcient for sixteen hens one day, which
means that one cent will pay for that
number of fowls. If one quart ol
grain be fed at night to sixteen hens,
and one pound of bone in the morn
ing, it should be ample for each day
land the majority of fanciers do) W,
find in winter. In summer only th'
bone need be given. Such a die
provides fat, starch, nitrogen, phos
pilates, lime, and all the substance
required to enable the hens to La
eggs. As an egg is worth about thre
cents in winter, it is plain that il i
cheaper TO feed bone than grain, a
the greater number of eggs not only
reduces the total cost, but increase
the profits as we'll.
The bone cutter is as necessary L
the poultryman as his feed mill.
enables him to use an excellent AM
cheap food, and gives him a prof
where he might otherwise be com
PEELED to suffer loss. 1t is claine
that the bone cutter pays for itself i
eggs, and really costs nothing. Bone
are now one of the staple articles {
food for poultry, aud no rations shoul
have them emitted. They are tooC
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17

grit and lime, all combined in one,
and the hens will leave all other foods
to receive the cut bone. II cut fine,
even chicks and ducklings will relish
such excellent food, while turkeys will
grow rapidly on it. Tomeet with sue.
cess requires the use of the best ma
terials, and green bone beats all other
substances as food for poultry. There
is quite a difference between the
green, fresh bone, rich in its juices as
il comes from tho butchers, and the
hard, dry bone which has lost its sue.
oulence. The value OF all foods de.
pends largely upon their digestibility,
and the more this is provided for the
greater the saving of food and the
more economical the production of
eggs. Poultry Keeper.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
THE ALCOHOL TERROR.

France, for reasons hyglenic and fiscal, is
struggling with the liquor-traffic problem.
Reports Of physicians, ,insane-asylum officials,
and statlsticians have frightened many pub
lie men and writers Of France with tai IS OF raw
ages caused by the abuse Of alcoholic bever-
ages, an especially by the evils effects Of al
cohol from wood, potatoes, and other cub
stances which are used for adulteration.
For some time project has been under con-
sideration TO prohibit the sale OF these del
eterious alcohols and to restrict also the
sale of wine made from the dried grape or
raisins. This has already received the sane
tion of tho President. France now proposes
at least to investigate thoroughly the system
of state monopoly of manufacture, rectifica'
tion, and sale. In other European states de.
cded steps have been taken In this direction.
Switzerland since 1886 has exercised a mo.
nopoly of all sales OF industrial alcohols,
leaving free the distillers OF wines and in.
digenous fruits. Russia is the latest to adopt
the monopoly system.-The Pathfinder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
TEMPERANCE.


IMPORTANT TO DRINKERS.
A man who drinks whisky may feel awhile
frisky.
And paint the town brilliantly REDS
But soon in the gutter with misery utter
He will curse aud wish himself dead.
A man who drinks brandy may feel like
candy,
As long as the smells on his breath;
But soon in the tremens, snakes, bogies and
demons
win chase him and scare him to death.
man who drinks wine may feel very fine,
And play funny antics and shout;
But for II he'll pay With headaches next day,
And die when he's young, from the gout.
man who drinks gin With pleasure will
grin,
And have what he calls good time;
Till with red nose and dirty old clothes
He, homeless, will beg for dime.
man who drinks beer feels good for year,
And thinks It don't hurt him bit;
Till, boated aud red, he goes to his bed,
Or falls on the street in it,
But ho who drinks water, as every one
oughter,
Enjoys to the utmost his life;
He's happy and healthy, respected and
wealthy
And loved by bis children and wife.
H. O. Dodge, in the Chicago Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
SuHSOILINa.

Subsoiling is sometimes beneficial,
and sometimes useless, aud may be in
furious. Spring subsoiliDg is not to
he recommended. Whenever there is
a dry, hard subsoil, it will pay to
loosen 1t up. Whenever there is a sub
soil inclined to run together and be-
come compacted, deep and thorough
loosening is just what is required. In
porous, gravelly subsoils the process
is useless and often injurious. Sub
soil plowing does not produce mois-
ture; it simply puts the ground in
good condition to receive and retain
moisture from precipitation, The ca
pacity of a porous soil to retain mois-
ture is well illustrated by this bit of
experience: Early last spring the
writer had several loads of coarse
sand and gravel hauled and deposited
in piles of about one cubic yard each.
This was removed about the end OF the
protracted drouth, Six inches below
the surface it was wet enough for any
purpose of plant growth. About the
same time post holes dug in the black,
still soil near by showed 1t to be ap.
parently perfectly dry as deep as the
augur went, eighteen inches to two
feet. Subsoiling should never be done
when the soil is very wet, for this
leaves the ground ina worse condition
than before. Subsoiling should be
done in fall or winter, so that repeated
rains may settle it and fill it to sstur-
alton. After this a shallow stirring of
the surface will retain the moisture,
with but little subsequent rain. =
Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17

The Importance of tree farming in
the lands which, either from lack of
food material in them or from loca-
ton, as on steep hillsides. are fit for
nothing else, aud the money to be
made in it, is being quietly proved in
hundreds of localities in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. People find no
difficulty in understanding where the
money is in it. But that other reason
for tree planting, namely, to prevent
the loss of fertility and the loss of
moisture, is rarely appreciated even
by those whose farms are washed away
by every driving rain.
The bulletin from the Department. nt
Washington upon "Washed Soils"
says the forest covering protects the
soil in the following ways:
(a) By preventing rain from falling
directly upon the soil, the foliage of the
tree crowns intercepting and breaking
its force, the water reaching the soil
more gently from the leaves along the
branches and trunks of thu trees.
(bl By interposlng loose cover, a
mulch of litter, formed by the fall on
branches and leaves, which breaks the
direct force of the raipdrops, and
keeps the soil from being compaoted
or puddled by their blows.
(c) The deeply penetrating roots
and holes left from decayed stumps
and roots of trees assist in this under.
ground drainage.
(dl The litter with the stumps and
protecting roots and trunks of trees
prevents tho water from rapidly run.
ming over the ground and from gaining
the momentum and force which is
necessary in order to gully the soil,
and prevents the drifting and the rapid
thswing OF snow, thereby insurine
more even distribution of the waters,
and increases the time during which il
can be absorbed into the soil.
Wherever the ground in billy coun-
try is not fit for agricultural use it
should be kept and set as forest, not
only to make it produce timber crop,
but to prevent the washing. The for
est should occupy all hilltops. which,
as a rule, have too thin soil for prof
liable agricultural use; it should be
kept growing on the sleeper slopes
where the water acquires the greatest
momentum, and the loosening of the
soil by the plow favors erosive action,
and it should be on all rocky and un-
even spots, because producing useful
material even Oh such unfavorable sit
uations. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
u1sronY or rorn DRINKS.

In an exchange we find the following testi-
mony of u thoughtful policeman, who was
inclined TO look below the misery and crime
which came In his way to nnt their cause.
He says;
/ was once standing In front OF Tufts
saloon, when the barkeeper set down blue
bottle on the counter and said. There are
just four drinks q mat" u occurred to me
I'd like TO trace up them four drinks-where
they went and what they did.
Well, woman got the nrst glass. She
wasn't an old woman, nor used to whisky;
about thirty years old and been pretty once,
and accustomed to having gay time, sup
pose She was on her way home from her
hard days work, tired and cold, and the
whisky was n temptation. II would take the
place OF the dance and the ltre and fun. She
turned down the byslreet and stopped at the
door Of a snug little house.
knew her husband, Crafts. the carpenter,
a cheerful, hard-working fellow. He opened
the door and her baby ran out to meet her.
She struck II down TO the ground with an
oath. Her husband looked at her and fell
back, as though he, too, had been struck.
Then he picked up the child and carried II
into the pretty, warm room. / saw the
mother lying stretched across the hearth as
though she was dead.
The second drink out Of the bottle, the bar
keeper told me, was given TO old Stacy. He
is nearly seventy and soaked with liquori
blood, stomach and brain poisoned with II.
There's not a healthy atom OF flesh left in his
body, not good feeling In his heart, nor
manly thought in his head. This drink only
helped, with all the river that he has drunk,
TO kill him surely inch by inch.
Buy this time 1 had got back to the saloon,
and in few moments l saw n young man
named Waters stop for the next. He had
been drinking already. ] c, He'd to him. l
used to know Waters, o young clerk with
good salary, had nice little home, and
pretty wife aud babies. He's quarrelsome
in drink, and a glass or two upsets him.
''Waters," / said, "dont drink that; you
have had enough" But he laughed, took
his drink, and went down the street. A few
minutes later l heard row and followed
him. He had picked quarrel with one OF
his friends and shot him dead. Waters was
sentenced TO ten years; his home.was broken
up; his wife takes in washing to keep her
children from starving.
There was one drink left in the bottle. An
hour later young lad came in, bright
faced boy, the son OF DIR. Bunker. He's
about sixteen now. I've watched him grow
up since he was baby in his pretty lace
dresses. l know what he is to his mother.
They have but this one child. think they
never hear of good or great man that they
do not fancy Jim will be like him. He
tossed off tho drink and went down the
street, with n red face and leering, stupid
eyes. He is on the same road as Waters and
old Stacy. They arc little ahead OF him.
/ only traced up those four drinks; but l
know there is not drop OF liquor which
goes out of Tufts saloon which does not help
to carry discomfort ill-temper, misery, DIS
ease, poverty and disgrace into some
wretched, unfortunate home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
A Curious Racing Mistake.

Among curious sporting incidents
should be recorded one told by Mr..
John Kent in his "Reminiscences of
Goodwood," where horse loses race
from being too far in front ct the
winning post. Mr.. @. Greville, who
was judge, was seated on an erection so
far above the level of the course that
Dandizette passed, unnoticed by him,
two or three lengths in advance of vi
tellina and Ghost, which were running
on the opposite side of the course.
Ghost hung so much upon Vitellina as
to endanger her being driven against
the rails, which so attracted Mr.. Gre.
ville's attention that he did not see
Dandizette; and Boyce. who rode the
mare, asked Mr.. Greville if he did not
win, stating that, although he passed
the post first by some lengths, he could
have increased the lead had he felt dis
posed. So apparent was tho error that
Lord Verulam-the owner of Vitellina
Offered the Duke of Richmond the
stakes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
A Clock Of Bread Crumbs.

There exists at Milan, Italy, a clock
made of bread crumbs. 1t was made
$50 years ago'by man who had not
the mesIs to buy the metal necessary
for the construction OF the works,
This workman hit upon the ingenious
idea of taking his bread crumbs from
day to day and solidifying them by
means OF a strong addition of salts
Thus he managed to obtain a very
hard matter, which could not be dis
solved in water, with which he con.
structed the clock in question, which
is of one the curiosities of the capital
of Lombardy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
Freezing Water 20 Blast Rocks.

There is no resisting the expansive
power of freezing water. If deep
hole, or two or three OF them, are
drilled into the hardest rock and the
outlet is securely closed, the rock will
he rent in twain if the hole be first
filled with water and allowed to freeze.
Occasionally the plug will be blown
out, but If 1t is made of soft wood and
dry, the lower part will swell as il
soaks up the water, and will be more
likely to hold fast until the rock il
rent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
oLrAn rn1Nos roR L1rrLE REApEns.

1t is very clear that II 1 never drink in
toxicatiug liquors l shall never become n
drunkard.
1t is very clear that il never use intoxl-
eating drink shall never be guilty OF help
ing to make others drunkards.
1t is very clear that II / never go into
drinking companies, ! shall escape many ol
the temptations and snares that are laid foI
the young
1t is very elear that IL drink Intoxicating
liquor frequently, may learn to like 1t, and
so become drunkard.
II is very clear that moderate drinking is
the fountain from which all drunkenness
flows, the school in which all drunkards are
trained.
1t is very clear that IL there was no moder.
ate drinking there would be no drunkenness.
II is very clear that II the drunkard would
be reclaimed he must abstain from that which
has made and that which keeps him ?
drunkard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
SarSapariTIa
Hoods Pills SSd.ns:: SaTS aaS:sa a i59isSs'on asni.
HVdrODlIObia.

A few years ago many reputable
physicians taught and believed that
there was no such disease as hydro
phobia, and that the bite of mad dog
was not fatal TO human beings, except
ms their imaginations we're excited to n
fatal strain on their nervous systems.
In simpler language they held that
such victims were actually scared to
death. There was, and is yet, much
force in that contention, for there can
be no doubt that many people not
really poisoned by the bite, die of
fear and mental strain; but that hydro
phobia exists, and is fatal disease, is
now we'll established. Atlanta Jour
nal,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
SIMPLY APPALLING.

The use Of intoxicating liquor brings no
benefit whatever to him who uses II, said
Archbishop Ireland, but how much money
is constantly spent for it by the working
man! know the need he has for these dol.
lars, and yet in the country at large the
amount spent yearly is simply appalling
How many would be in comfortable circum.
stances but for this money spent in drink
Far better indeed did they burn the sums
The loon-keeper is the hardest taskmaster,
The moment people take the pledge they
learn the value of money, aud afterward
learn TO work for themselves and not the sa
lOOn-keeper
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
1 TALE OF FRONTIER I[RRl

"a u Ahb Va NfNN AAtAN HI ~
REcoLLrc5roNs nfctttHD nr III
DIAN tNcUAsfoNs.
what lowell lteporier Discovct.a Is
the Historio Town Of Duustable---
Miraculous Escape From q Misera-
BILE Existence of n Descendant
OF Ono Of the Pioneer War
riors Of Colonial Times
1.-The Talk OF the
Neighborhood.
Prom ne Netos, Lotoeu, Mass
Mr.. Hiram spauldlng, who was for many
years the proprietor OF tho Massapong
House. Boston summer resort. Is undoubf.
edly rs well known as any man in MiddlAsex
County. Mr.. spaulding, besides having httn
q popular hotel man, boasts OF being lInoal
descendant OF John Spauldlng. we'll known
soldier VINO was killed in action with the
Indians while serving in the command Of
the famous Captain John Tying in 1904. He
also is we'll known as the first leader OF tho
celebrated Dunstable Cornet Band, OF Dun
stable, Mass, familiarly known rs the
amounted band" Altogether Bandmaslor
spaulding Is perhaps the best known cltixan
IN town, and respected evervwhere for mis-
I
Mrs. Nellie A. 6paulding isthe wife of tal4
gentleman, and almost Rs we'll known as her
popular husband. A recent severe Illness
from overwork aud malaria caused grave
fears among her numerous aoQuRiniancee,
and the local physicians seemed powetlesa
to aid her. Chills and fever, Impaired
action OF heart and liver, and general wretch +
edness were her portion. until her attention
was called to DIR. Williams Pink pnla Itf
Pale People, and she began ouse them. on
Labor Day, Monday, Sept. Z, 1896, Mrs
Spaulding finished tho frst box OF Pink Ptlls.
and she informed the NeiCs reporter that OH
that day she performed one OF the hardest
days work ever accomplished by her She
is still taking Pink Pills according to direc-
tions, and all traces Of malarial poison seem
to have vanished.
''No one was more astonished at my recov-
cry than my husband and my neighbors
and they are not surprised said She "to
lind in me such champion OF what Is des-
tined to become household medicine, the
precious Pink Pills T"
At the request of Mrs. spaulding, tho
Ne,os reporter called on several persons In
the town OF Dunstable, all highly respectable
ladies OF prominence In the community; he
found them using "Plnk Pills" with good
results, and after n fair trial will $50 they
thought) be ready to add their testimonials
to that OF Mrs. Spsulding as to their medici-
nal and curative worth, especially In chronic
cases OF nervousness.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, In a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary TO
give nc W life and richness 10 the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an uu-
failing specific for such diseases as looomo-
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, 81. .Vltus' dance,
sclatlca, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effects of Ia grippe, pa
pltation of-the heart, pale and sallow COM
plenons, all forms of weakness either in
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
OF price, so cents box or six boxes for
$3.50, (they are never sold In bulk or by the
l00), by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. Schenectady. N. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol
any case OF Catsrrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. y. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned. have known E.J Che
ney Tor the last Is ears, and believe him per.
fectly honorable in all business transaction!
and financially able to carry out any obliga
ton mado by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
Ohio.
WlLpING. KiNSAS & MARVIN, Wholesale
J. Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces ot the system. Price, Toe. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17

For two reasons every conscientious young
man ought to pledge himself TO total abstl
nence. First, for his own sake, for he
doesn't know how soon he may become G
tippler. Secondly, for the sake of Others
whom he may tempt to ruin by his example
The reform Of inebriates is difficult and rare
The one time to stop drinking treacherom
intoxieants is to stop before you begin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
no EstnhlIsh Moacl FArms.

Al least two railroad companies, one
operating in the far West and one in
the South, are about starting model
farms with view to demonstrating
the capabilities of the lands through
which their lines run, and thus at
trscting settlers, who, in turn will
make business for the railroads.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
The Kaiser,s Silver Cun.

The German Emperor proposes to
celebrate the sixtieth year of his
grsndmother's reign in very hand
some way, says the Illustrated London
News. He will give a silver emp three
feet high to the winner of race ol
British yachts from Dover to Heligo
land and will present the cup himself
at KieL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
sirlkes in 1929

Strikes occurred centuries ago, and
their outcome was just as disastrous
as is that of the present day work
struggles. In the year 1929 strike
Of brass workers was initiated in
Breslau, Silesia. which lasted year.
Boston Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17

=" J cupy their thoughts, and
their one object is to get well.
They have no confidence in them
selves, and only too often lose faith in
their physicians.
All Irregularities, whites, bearing
down pains, nervousness, headache,
backache, blues, distaste for society,
sounds in ears, palpitation, emacia-
tion, heavy eyes, "all gone" feeling,
dread of impending evil, sleeplessness,
etc, should at once be removed and
vigorous health assured.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has for twenty years saved
women from all this. Hear this wo-
man speak -
=" | wish to publish what Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Sanative Wash have done for me. Ihad
falling of the womb and leucorrhea,
and they have cured me of both. / am
a well woman. l suffered dreadfully
with such dragging pains in the lower
part of the back and extending around
the body, irritation of the bladder.
pain when walking and painful men
situation weakened terribly. ! had
been treated by three doctors without
much help, and it only took five
bottles of your Compound and three
packages of Sanative Wash to cure me.
i can recommend them to all women
suffering with complaints like these. -
MRS. VANNATTA, 3s27 N. Broad St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-17
Watch and Locomotive.

The accuracy in some parts of the
locomotive is ten times finer than in
the watch, but for absolute measure.
ment the accuracy in the watch is al
most three times as fine as in the
locomotive.