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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
Theobnld NIntheM.

A young correspondent, who has no per-
sonRl recollection of Father Mathew asks
us for some facts concerning the great
temperance advocates public career. The
following account gives briefly the princl-
pal events of his llfN as n philanthropist
and reformer. Father Mathews heroic
work in Cork, during the cholera epidemic
OF 1882 first attracted attention, and at
that time he was appointed one of the gov
ernors of the Cork House OF Industry. It
was there he met William Martin, another
governor, an old Quaker, locally famed as
the "teetotal man" of that city. 1t was
through the influence Of the Quaker that
the priest undertook his temperance work.
One evening early In April, 1893, Father
Mathew sent for Martin and asked his as
sistance in forming Temperance society"
A meeting was held for that purpose In
Father Mathews chapel on April 10, and
the Cork Total Abstinence Society was
formed. Father Mathew signed the pledge
and was followed by sixty others.
The pledge signed that night differs but
slightly from the form afferward adopted,
and which Is found ON the medal. The
Cork pledge read
II promise to abstain from oil intoxicat-
ing drinks, etc.. except used incidentally
and by the order of n medical man, and to
discountenance the cause and practice OF
intemperance."
Thus was born one of the greatest tenn
peIdnce movements tnut tne WOrlu mas
ever seen. By the close OF the year 10 900
had signed the pledge. The next year the
crusade became an epidemic. On December
l, Father Mathew was advertised to preach
acharity sermon In Limerick. A tremendous
crowd filled the city.
All day long, all night, and most Of the
next day, did Father Mathew stand ad-
ministering the pledge; 1900 names were
recorded, though 1t Is estimated that more
than 100 900 signed the pledge at that time.
In two days at Waterford $4,000 signers
were secured. In one day at Clonmel, 90,-
600 signed. During the first year OF the
crusade the Government excise returns
showed a falling of in the consumption Of
spirits Of / ,4s0, ,G33 gallons. At the begin
ming of 1912, about 5000, 900 persons in Ire
land, more than half the entire population,
had signed the pledge, and the consumption
of liquors had fallen offnearly one-half. The
crusade w0s then extended to Scotland and
England with wonderful results. In 1S49
Father Mathew visited this country. His
tour was a continuous ovation. He was
banqueted at the White House by President
Taylor. The United States Senate voted to
admit him to the bar of the Senate Cham
Der, distinction which no foreigner had
ever received except General Lafayette.
About 600,000 persons signed the pledge In
this country as a result OF Father Mathews
efforts. He returned to Ireland in 1851, so
completely exhausted that he lived only
five years longer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
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Joe Henley, the Kansas City wheel
man, who has performed some daring
cycling feats on the high bridge Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail
way over the Missouri River, set all
his former efforts at naught Sunday af-
ternoon. He rode the eastern outer
edge of the structure on racing wheel
which had been stripped of it's tires and
handle bars. AS an appetizer for this
perilous feat he rode the lofty bridge
and trestle without pedals. A. N.
Davis, H. ID. Spellman, Martin Brother
son, james Cummings, G. T.. Morri-
son and G. i. Starr were with Henley
and are ready to make affidavit to the
performance. Kansas City Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
The Oueen,s PhrslcInn.

DIR. James Reidis to Queen Victoria
what Dr. Schweniger has been to
Prince Bismarck. And the keeper of
the monarch's health has even more
important duty than the keeper of the
monarch's conscience. At the same
time Sir James Reid has always had a
much easier patient in the Queen than
his brother physician has had in the
ex-Chancellor of Germany. A patient
who, like Prince Bismarck, would
swallow vast quantities of porter and
champagne, sometimes needed careful
doctoring. The Queen has been en-
dowed by nature with first rate con.
stitution, of which she has taken good
care.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
Temperance News aud Notes.

Impure words and blows are often the
Accomplishments Of drunkenness.
Australia has ruled out barmaids. Those
now in service may be registered and IL
censed, but no more can be engaged. But
landlords wife will be allowed In the bar.
A liquor merchant and expert swore re-
Gently that fine cognac could be made from
roasted almond shells and essential oils.
This drink, he said, would fool the average
driEker.
The teaching of temperance is now com
pulsory In the public schools of the PROV
ince OF Ontario. According to the Minister
Of Education, no fewer than 15O, 900 pupils
are studying this question in the public
schools OF the province, aud l3OQQ In the
separate schools; and the Public SCI DOL In
spector for Toronto states that more than
10000 pupils In the public schools OF the
city receive instruction In temperance
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

A surgeon in the British army in
India writes that he has for several
years employed with success in the
treatment of dysentery very simple
remedy, consisting of one drachm OF
cinnamon bark reduced to fine pow.
der and made into ball with a few
drops of water, this to be taken every
morning and evening. He has found
this remedy very successful one
He had learned of it from a Persian
medical work, the remedy being very
popular in Persia. The virtues Of
this remedy may be due to the anti
septic or germicidal properties of oil
of cinnamon Lancet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
Quaclx Grass.

In damp climate and on some soils
it is next to impossible entirely to
eradicate "witch, ""couch, "quitch, {"
or "quack" grass (Triticum repens).
Thorough tillage and thick seeding
when the land is used for growing
wheat, oats and like crops, and clover
and timothy, will keep it in check, but
will not destroy it. If it is simply
kept in check in time the roots will be
carried to those portions of the field,
and even to other fields, not now in
tested. If the land be plowed deeply,
using iointer or skim plow attach
ment, about the last of May, and the
land thereafter be SO perfectly and
frequently surface titled that the plants
do not appear above ground for the
entire summer, it can be eradicated,
but usually when the attempt is made
to destroy it by keeping it from
breathing" an entire summer the
tillage is not thorough enough, and
some plants get opportunity to breathe
between the tillage operations, aud
hence are not killed. The roots may
be raked, dug out and removed after
the ground is plowed, but SO many
roots escape that the object sought is
not entirely secured On lightish
lands, if the plowing is performed as
described above and the land be thor
Oughly surface titled for four to six
weeks, and then seeded thickly to
buckwheat, which in turn should be
plowed under when in bloom, but lit
tie of the grass will survive. This
"quack" grass is one of the plants
which is q good friend, but bad mas
ter. On steep hillsides and in poor
pastures it forms a most excellent pas
ture grass, but the cattle are sure to
carry the root stalks from the hills to
the lowlands devoted to other crops,
and it then becomes a great pest. The
only advice that can be given is either
to'conduct long and thorough summer
fallow or keep the land under the
plow and in crops by plowing early in
the spring, sowing to oats and peas
early and thickly, then remove for
hay or for soiling, replow immediate
ly, SOW TO Hungarian, remove aud re-
plow and SOW thickly to rye. In the
spring pillow this under and repeat the
operation. There are very few weeds,
and "quack" grass is not one, which
can Withstand these "hot plowshares. +"
Country Gentleman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

How Calves Arc Raised at Hood Farm.
We allow the calf to remain with its
dam until it is from two to four days
old. It is then removed TO a separate
pen, which is well bedded with clean,
dry straw. Here it is taught to drink,
aud is given from five to seven quarts
of its mothers milk per day in three
feeds. This amount is increased as
fast as the calf will take it.
We keep constantly in reach of the
young calf some nice, soft hay, and it
is also allowed to eat at will mixture
of oats, bran aud oilmeal. The feed
pals, hangers, etc, are kept sweet
and clean.
When the calf is from five to six
weeks old, if it is doing well, skim
milk is substituted for whole milk, and
the calf is removed to a larger pen
with others of the same size. Here
they are given what hay they will eat
and enough grain to keep them in good
growing condition.
In connection with these pens, which
face the south, we have large yards in
which the calves run during the day,
thus insuring an abundance of pure
air and plenty of exercise, two very
essential things to the growth and
development of young animals. When
the calves reach the age of eight
months or thereabouts the skim milk
is taken away from them and they are
removed to the heifer barn, where they
are fed principallyon hay, corn, clover,
silage and roots, with enough grain to
keep them growing.
We believe that judicious feeding
and handling, coupled with plenty of
pure air, sunlight and exercise, will
produce what we are seeking in our
Jerseys, namely, size, constitution and
capacity at the pail and churn.
Manager of Hood Farm, in Breeders
Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

When land is first broken up it is
full of humus in the shape OF roots
that have been accumulated through
all the centuries. The land usually
produces fine crops. 1t does not wash
much even in heavy rains. 1t dries
out quickly in wet times, and it holds
moisture in dry times. This difference
in the behavior of old aud new lands
is due almost wholly TO the fact that
the humus has become exhausted in
the old soil. Cultivation favors the
decomposition of this We getable matter.
aud 1t disappears. 1t takes about
twelve years Of farming to exhaust the
humus in ordinary rolling lands, aud
longer period in fiat or bottom lands
but when the humus is gone the land
is said to be worn out, skinned
Chemical analysis will show that these
apparently worn out lands have not
greatly decreased in actual fertility.
The conditions are such, however, on
account of the lack of humus, that the
plaut cannot get hold of the elements
of fertility that are really in the soil.
The only way of restoring these lands
Is TO restore the humus in the laud,
and that is not always an easy matter.
Where there is available potash and
phosphoric acid, and even small
amount of nitrogen left, these lands
can be restored easiest by sowing
clover, cutting "A crop of hay, and turn,
ing under the haulm; or by sowing
clover and timothy and pasturing il
for a term of years until humus ac
cumulates, on they may be permanent
ly rendered barren by sowing clover
taking a crop Of hay, a crop of seed
then turning under and taking abou
two or three crops Of corn, a crop o
spring grain,' and repeating the opera
tion, until the last state of that land il
worse than the first. OF course tn,
hrmus can be restored by the contin
uous and abundant application ot
manure. This, however, is necessarily
a slow process on account of the linn
tied supply ON hand Where land i,
exhausted Of humus, the application
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

1t is not as well known among temper
ance people as 1t ought to be that Mrs.
General Grant made the first move against
Intoxicating liquor at the White House, she
having secured its Punishment from the New
Year reception ofthe President. Mrs. Grant
was succeeded by Mrs. Hayes, who was an
Ohio woman, and warm sympathizer with
the woman's crusade. lifelong teeto-
taller, she never offered wine while at the
White House. Next came Mrs. GARFIELD,
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Cleveland, all total
abstainers and none furnishing wine to
their own guests, though, lacking the CO.
operation Of their husbands, they could not
prevent its use at State dinners as could
Mrs. Hayes, because the Presidents views
and practices coincided with her own.
Mrs. Mckinley is well known to be a total
abstainer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
The olde.t mailman ssrrnn,.

Joseph Smith, 6 native of Liver.
pool, but now residing in Washington,
ID. O., and who has just celebrated
his ninety-sixth birthday, claims TO be
the oldest railway servant in the
world, He was in the employment Of
the Liverpool Railway in 1880, and
was an eyewitness of the fatal acci-
dent to Mr.. Huskisson at the opening
ceremony. He has also q distinct re-
membrance of the excitement exhib-
tied by the Duke of Wellington, who
was present.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

of commercial fertilizers cannot bring
the relief because they do not restore
the physical conditions that are neces-
sary to plant growth. The farmer
does not wish his soil to become sod
den nor to bake when ploughed when
wet, nor to wash during the heavy
rains, and he must be careful not to
exhaust the humus in his soil.-Wal-
lace's Farmer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
Migration of CanadIans.

The migration of the Freneh-speak-
ing people of Canada to the New Eng
land States has assumed enormous
proportions in recent years, and shows
no signs of diminution. The French
population of the Province of Quebec
is 1900, 900, while, according to the
census of 1890, the number of French
Canadians aud of persons of Canadian
extraction in the United States was
$40, 600, The late NJ. Mercier pre-
dicted that by 1910 there would be
more French Canadians by birth and
descent in the United States than in
Canada - Boston Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
The Bicycle Said to Produce Temperance.

The semi annual reports OF the two large
brewing and mailing companies OF Chicago
and Milwaukee have just been published,
and they furnish food for reflection on the
part of the public as well as the stockhold-
ers. The reports state that there has been
a decrease in the sales of beer by the two
companies amounting to 1927 barrels.
The officials attribute this falling of In con-
sumption to the depression in commercial
and industrial enterprise. The total out
put of all the breweries in the Chicago in
ternal revenue district decreased 120, ,751
bushels for the six months, and although
the hot weather has increased the consum-
tion somewhat, it is still below that Of the
corresponding period of previous years.
Although the official reports relating to
the liquor business do not refer to the ef-
fects OF the bicycle on trade, it unquestion-
ably has an important influence. All the
worlds awheel, and as everybody knows,
a wheelman cannot serve two masters
Hence he has parted company with Gam
brlnus, and the numerous sheriff sales Of
saloons and embarrassment OF vinous liquor
dealers indicate that the bike is even greater
than Bacchus. AS temperance worker
the wheel has no equal.-Eyansville (Ill)
Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

A Christian woman In Illinois recently
followed a drinker, In whom she was deep
ly Interested, into a saloon. just as he
was about to take glass she tapped him
gently on the shoulder and requested him
to go with her. He compiled, and as they
marched toward the door the saloon keeper
recovered sufficiently from his amazement
to calculate: "Hhat beats the DEVIL" The
lady turned and emphatically retorted:
Yes, sir; IL was my intention to beat tho
devil" II 1t is the intention Of the church
to beat the devil, his Gibraltar OF intem-
perance must not be ignored.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

What is more degrading, more shameful,
more despicable In the eye Of God and man
than intoxlcation? 1t destroys the temple
of God and turns 1t into that OF demon
Shakespeare, in "Othello," refers to intem-
perance In the following words: "Oh, thou
Invisible spirit Of wine If thou hast no
name to be known by, let US call thee devil. &"
That Invisible spirit is alcohol which the
great enemy Of mankind has so long en-
Ployed as a decoy to ruin such vast mum.
bers Of the human race.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any ca 9 Of Catarrh that cannot b. cured by
Halle Cetarrh Cure.
-. +, J. CHENEY q Co, Pops, Toledo. o.
We, tho undersigned, have known n. j. Che.
ney Tor the last 10 years, and believe him per-
fettly honor lble IN all business transactions
tlon m de by their firm
WEST " TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Druggists Toledo Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cue Is taken in iernally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Plicr, 75c. per bottle Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
HalHs Famlly Pills nre the host
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

Turn It Down, Boys-sketch of the Ca
reer of Father Mathew, the Great
Irish Advocate of Total Abstinence
Ills Triumphal visit to United States.
II urged TO lift the glass that tempts,
In city grand OF humble town,
But he that tempts the king or tsar,
Quick, turn your glass and set II dswnI
II those that ask you vex or tease,
Perhaps condemn you with irown,
Be firm; mind not the laugh and sneer;
Quick, turn your glass and set It down.
II health you crave and strength OF arm,
Would keep your hardy hue OF brown,
Nor have the scarlet flush Of sin,
Quick, turn your glass and set it down.
II in your troubles others say,
I'm sea OF drink your sorrows drown"
Look out lest drowned the drinker bel
Quick, turn your glass and set IL down.
Cold water, boys, hurrahi hurrahl
Will help TO health, wealth and renown,
II urged to give these treasures up,
Quick, turn your glass and set II down.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

Getting Sunday Dinners in summer.
There are any number of things
which may be prepared ON Saturday.
Usually the baking is done then, aud
there is fresh bread, with biscuits and
cakes. A pot of beans is prepared ON
Saturday afternoon and warmed for
Sunday breakfast. The desserts for
Sunday may also be made on Satur-
day, and few are easily prepared and
are good cold. When fresh fruit is to
be obtained, nothing makes nicer des-
sert and is moro quickly prepared.
Served with rich cream and sugar, any
of the berries, peaches or bananas are
delicious. Potatoes may be served in
q number of ways which only take
short time if partially prepared on
Saturday. 1t is.customary to have
roast of some kind for Sunday, but
this requires hours of attention. If
cold meat is not relished, some kind
which may be fried will only take
short time to prepare. Chickens may
be partially fried on Saturday, so that
ten or fifteen minutes on Sunday will
finish them. Saturday roast may be
sliced cold for Sunday evening, and
the chicken or turkey for a salad may
be chopped on Saturday, ready for the
dressing on Sunday. There are
canned Holsters and salmon, which
may also be enjoyed on Sunday, and
which are always ready. Soups may
be cooked on Saturday also and re-
heated for dinner on Sunday. As for
fresh vegetables, nothing is so easily
prepared as q lettuce salad The let
tuce may be washed and picked. over
in the morning and left in cold water
to keep crisp until needed. Most
canned vegetables require only ten or
fifteen minutes to cook. Fresh aspara-
gus, if tender, requires but fifteen
minutes, and radishes may be cleaned
the day before or in the morning.
Good Housekeeping.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
A Novel Industry.

The handwriting industry which
was organized by Lady Arran in
County Mayo, Ireland, to give EN-
ployment to her husbands tenants,
has proved success financially
Seven thousand pairs of stockings
were knitted last year and $4,000 spent
in wages
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
Try Aliens Foot-Ease,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this
season onr feet feel swo llen and hot and get
tight shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease II corls
the feat and makes walking easy. Cures and
and callous spots. Relieves corns ard bunions
OF all pain and gives re. and comfort Try il
TO-DAY. Sold y all drug lists and shoe stores
ALLEN $. OLMsTED, Leroy, ~,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

The cost of running frst.clas
ocean steamer between this country
and Europe, for n round trip, is about
$4,000. This includes wages, coal,
food etc
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Remove Dust From Lincn.

Stains of dust may be removed from
fine linen and similar fabrics without
injury to the material. The articles
must be first well soaped, as if they
were to be washed in the ordinary way.
An iron is heated and on this laid
wet cloth. When the heat makes the
cloth steam the rust stain is laid on it
and little oxalic acid is rubbed on
with the finger. The heat and the
moisture hasten the effect of the acid
on the rust, and when this has disap-
peared the soaping and washing may
be continued
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ieethlng, sottens the gums reducing inhamma-
lion, allays pain, cures wind collie a5c. n bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

can recommend piso's Cure for Consump-
ton 70 sufferers from Asthma.-E, ID. TowN-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

Fits permanently cured. No nts or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Satrial bottle and treati Sc free
DR. X. II. KLINE, Ltd, 08l Arch st, phila Pa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01

4, Freshness and. purity are communicated to
we complexion by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair &Whislxer DYE. black or brown. 50c
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-01
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