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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Forget Ills Promise.

When W. Burns Thomson, known
throughout Scotland as the medical mis-
sionary, was n young man prosecuting ms
medical studies, he was assistant chaplain
OF the Edinburgh prison. Ihere many
strange and sad experiences In the lives OF
convicts came to his knowledge. The fol-
lowing, told by himself aud included In his
biography by Mr.. Maxwell, shows how. one
mistake In conduct may prove fatai TO
character and even to life itself.
Mr.. Thomson was leaving Cation jail one
afternoon, when the Governor. stepping
from a group OF officials, SAID 10 nlm'
please wait. We are expecting heaVy
sentence"
In a short time the gates were opened
aud the police van came in. When the
clatter Of bolts had ceased, prisoner
stepped out of the van. After glanclng tot
u moment at the papers handed to MIN the
Governor whispered to Mr.. thomson one
word Death
After the man was taken to his cell the
young chaplain went to see him. When
The Warden had left the cell, the pris onet
looked earnestly at his visitor and said,
$50 you don't know me2' -.
II do not recall having seen you before, "
was the reply,
"But l remember you" the prisoner ex-
claimed, so bitterly that the chaplain
wondered for moment whether he could
ever have done him an injury. Almost I'M
mediately the condemned man broke into a
paroxysm of grief, wrlnglng his hands and
crying:
''Oh, IL had kept my promised II had
only kept my promise, should not be here
to-day"
! He was O typical British tar with free
hand and generous heart when he was
sober. Under the influence of liquor he had
quarreled with his wife and had pushed her
down stairs to her death.
! II seems that three years previous to his
! trial and conviction for murder he had been
sentenced to thirty days In prison because
of a drunken row. Then he attended the
prison meetings held by Mr.. Thomson, who
after one Of these gatherings, took the
sailor into his private room, and warned
him earnestly against drink. The murderer
now told the chaplain this and ended his
| confession in these words:
81 promised you faithfully that woult
give 1t up, and so l did for while, but Il
came back on me. Since then have beer
all around the world, and to think that
an here and that it has come to thisl'
Then followed an outburst OF agony an'
the plaintive wall, "Oh, II l had kept m!
promisel"
This for weeks was his remorseful rcfrail
until the moment Of his execution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

A gray and black feather boa will
be found among the new trousseaux
French women never wear glove
too tight, so it lasts longer and wears
better, and encourages them to buy
good quality as well.
Stockinet and good rubber dress
shields can be washed in warm soap
suds, pulled into shape and dried by
hanging them in window.
Odd effects, combining features of
fancy short-skirted jack bodice and
slashed bolero, appear upon the new
est gowns for autumn wear.
A scientist declares that the fine
complexion of English girls is due to
the fogs which SO frequently sweep
over Albion. Dampness seems to per,
meate the flesh and keep the skin soft.
The overskirt continues to put in
claims for favor this season, and
models pointed in effect and quite as
long as the underskirt before they are
drapped appear among approved fash
ions for the fall and winter.
One or two leaders of fashion, not
noted for ideas of economy, have worn
gowns of one material for the sleeves
and skirt and second for a blouse,
belt, collar and epaulette. This idea
might be worked up in making ovei
silk and woolen gowns from last sea.
son.
The slashed models, giving the
effect of long square apron front
reach quite to the bottom of the sec
ond skirt, aud ON tailor costumes o
cloth, mohair, tweed, cheviot, etc
the slashed edges are decorated witt
silk gimps put in various fanciful de
signs.
On French overskirt gowns som
have very long sharp shawl point
trimmed with triple frills, sometime
wide, sometimes very narrow. o.
such gowns the underskirt is trimme
to match, but the greater portion of tn
Y underskirts are finished with q dee
: machines stitched hem.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Figures That Tell.

For ten years, 1885 to 1891, the average
death-rate of the Ancient order Of Forest
ers, England was over ten and under eleven
per thousand. For the same period, the
average death-rate Of the Manchester I'm
ity Independent order OF Odd Fellows was
twelve per thousand. For the same period,
the average death-rate OF the Independent
Order of Rechabites was a little over six per
thousand. The Alliance News calls atten-
tion to these figures and says:
''If the deRth-rate of the Ancient Order
Of FOresters for the ten years had been the
same as the death-rate of the Independent
Order OF Rechabites, there would have been
fewer deaths by 42,0SS. And notice, that II
the death-rate OF the Manchester Unity In.
dependent Order Of Odd Fellow for the ten
years had been the same as the Indepen-
dent Order Of Rechabites, there would have
been fewer deaths by 39,S07, making to-
gether 81 ,S97 Does alcohol poisonr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

The stump of the tree to which Is
rael /Putnaz- was once tied in the
FrSnch and Indian War is still stand
Wg in the little village of Grown
Point, q town in the upper part of
New York. 1t was in the course of
skirmish near Wood Creek, at the
time of the French invasion in August,
1853, that he was captured by the In
dams and tied to this tree. While
the flames were soaring his flesh he
was saved by Captain Molang, a
French officer, who rushed through
the crowd, scattered the tirebrands,
cuffed and upbraided the Indians and
released their victim. Putnam was
taken to Montreal and presently freed
by exchange. A great many strangers
who go to the town and hear the story
chip off pieces of the stump as relics.
The tree is about three feet in diam
etor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Salt Marsh Hay.

Professor Lindsey, of the Massa-
chusetts Experiment Station, made
some experiments last winter with salt
marsh hay which has distinct salt
sea flavor and smell. The salt hay
was fed after milking and precautions
were taken to keep the milk as clean as
possible and it was removed to the
dairy room Immediately after being
drawn from each COW, and cooled by
being immersed in ice water.
Samples of the butter were sent to
Boston and Mr.. Douglas said in his
report: "You must have had some new
mich cows to have been able to make
any such butter at this season of the
year.
While it seems to be fact that cer-
tain feed stuffs are liable to impart an
Objectionable flavor to dairy products,
these experiments serve as an illustra-
ton of what can be accomplished by
using proper precautions in feeding
and goes to show that by far the larg-
er part of the bad flavor gets into milk
or butter after milking rather than
during the progress of milk formation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

The advantage Of the sanitarium in the
medical treatment of drunkards lies in the
fact that it is easier in the sanitarium to
control the mental condition Of the patient
and keep him out OF temptation. Any good
physician can treat case Of alcoholism sue,
cessfully II he can win the confidence and
cooperation of the diseased man.
The superintendent of police matron
work In Chicago reports that lO.l3O women
had been arrested during last year, III
lost children had been cared for and re-
turned to parents, 574 destitute woman
cared for and 2l3 destitute children. She
gives it as her opinion that liquor is the
major cause of all this pity-eXciting woe.
Open drinking is bad enough, but this
surreptitious tippling is infinitely worse.
1t has led to the breakup OF many home
and brought misery and ruin on whole
families.
They have a local VINE in Scotland known
as sweets" which carries about twenty
seven per cent. Of alcohol. "Strong" would
be better title, and 1t is so Intoxicating
that the authorities propose special restrie
tions on its sale, such us now exist in Eng
land.
Anamuslng illustration Of the good effects
| Of restraint is given In recent letter re
eefyed by a magistrate from a man wh'
| thanked him sincerely for having given hi
wife six months imprisonment, which ha'
changed her, he said, from being drunkel
| scold TO a steady, sober woman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

The powerful chemical effects OF the
sun are felt even by precious stones
The ruby, sapphire aud emerald suffer
less than other colored stones in this
respect, but il has been shown 10y ex-
pertinent that n ruby lying in a shop
window for two years became much
lighter in tint than its mate, kept in
dark place during that period. Gar
nets and topazes are more easily at
fected. Pearls are said to show de-
terioration with age, but if they are not
worn constantly they will recuperate
wonderfully during brief vacations
spent in quiet and darkness. The
only species of i'll luck which the .prac-
tical person believes the opal will
bring to its owner is that of loss if the
stone is exposed carelessly to heat,
1t is liable to crack, being composed
principally of silicic acid, with little
water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

There are twenty-five Bulgarian
women studying medicine at the Fac
ulty of Nancy in France.
Out of the enormous number OF
women in Constautinople-the popu
iation is a million-not more than 500C
can read or write.
For the first time in several years
there are no women at Cambridge Uni
versity (England) this year in the first
class in either classics or mathematics,
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reed, of Chicago,
has been elected a member of the
Royal Asiatic Society of London, this
in honor of her successful work in Hin
doc and Persian literature.
Mrs. Alphonse Daudet once told OF
an old aunt who slept in the room
next her room, and who every ever
ing recounted all the doings of the
day to the portrait of her husband,
dead years before.
The Princess Louise is engaged in
sculptoring the figure of an angel with
out-stretched wings, which is to be
placed over the altar in the Prince
Henry, of Battenberg Memorial
Chapel at st. Mildred's
Mrs. Harriet Smith Gushing, the
temperance and woman suffrage leader,
who died at her home in Leavenworth,
Kan, on August II, was the origin
ator of the Woman's Club, and was
well-known in New York.
Elizabeth Marbury, playwright and
adaptor also of Sardou and other
Franch dramatists for the American
stage, has just been decorated by the
| French Government with the purple
ribbon that indicates an officer of the
French Academy.
One of the pioneer women doctors in
England, Mrs. Garrett Anderson, al
one of the jubilee congresses spoke OF
the earnings of successful women as
running from $1,000 to $4,000 per an
mum. The London Woman says the
higher sum is one seldom reached,
however.
France is not usually considered Q
centre of feminine advancement, yet 6
recent census shows that it has 215(
feminine authors and journalists, while
its female sculptors and painters
amount to 700. OF the authoressei
1000 are novelists, 200 Lyrical poets
and $50 educational writer's.
J It is said that Helen Keller is much
, interested in matters of dress and tina
she is especially particular about tn
: color of her dress. She has fondnes
, for the frou-frou effect of her skirts
: the rustic that betokens silken Innings
In all the minorparticulars of the toile
she is exquisitely fastidious.
In Chicago there is colored wo
man who practice law with success
! she passed the examinations with grea
credit and received her license to prac
tice. Miss Platt speaks German an
3 French with ease, and so secures goo
patronage from foreigners; her praC
9 tice is of the office rather than til
u I court room.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

Important to Drinkers-Pathetic story Of
n Sailor who Broke His Promise TO
give UP Drinklng-Remorsefu Re
train of n Condemned wife Murderer.
A man who drinks whisky may feel awhile
frisky,
And paint the town brilliantly rod;
But soon in the gutter with misery utter
He will curse aud wish himself dead.
A man who drinks brandy may feel like q
dandy,
But soon In the tremcns, snakes, poBies
and demons
wil chase him and scare him to death.
A man VINO drinks wine may feel very fine,
And play funny antics and shout;
But for it he'll pay with headaches next
Aud die wien he's young, from the gout.
A man who drinks gin with pleasure will
grin.
Aud have what he calls good time;
TIL with "A red nose and dirty old clothes,
He, homeless, will be for dime.
A man who drinks bcer feels good for a
year, --N.a~-
Aud thinks It DOM hnrt .Aiis'S bit;
TIL bloated ani red he goes to his bod,
Or falls on the street In flt.
But he who drinks water, as everyone
oughter,
Enjoys to the utmost his life;
He's happy and healthy, respected ant
wealthy,
Aud loved by his children and wife.
II. c. Dodge, in Chicago SUM-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Posing sitters Before a Camera.

Gas to the actual work under a
skylight, onlya few general hints may
be given, as here each must work out
her own salvation" writes Frances
Benjamin johnson in an article,
"WhGt a Woman Can Do With a
Camera, a" in the Ladies' Home Jour
hal. ''Do not attempt to pose people,
or to strain your sitters into uncom-
Portable or awkward positions, in or
der to obtain picturesque effects.
Watch them, and help them into poses
that are natural and graceful. Study
their individuality, striving to keep
the likeness, and yet endeavoring to
show them at their best Avoid en-
phasizing the peculiarities of the face
either by lighting or pose; look for
curves rather than angles or straight
lines, and try to make the interest in
the picture centre upon what is most
effective in your sitter. The one rule
of lighting is never to have more than
q single source of light. Many por-
traits, otherwise good, are rendered
very inartistic by being lighted from
several different directions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20


Most of the small fruits, excepting,
perhaps, the strawberry, do as well set
in the fall as in the spring. In lati-
tudes north of Ohio spring is the safest
time, though good results have been
obtained from fall setting in latitudes
much farther north by using plenty of
mulch. Most of my experience has
been with spring setting, but few
years ago failed to get full stand OF
plants and so 1 tried to fill out the
vacancies that fall; where / set on
well-drained ground so that the plants
would not have wet feet during the
winter 1 had very good success, but
some of the plantation was on low
ground and many of the plants were
killed out.
Here is a point which is often a
mystery to many-why some years
their canes kill back worse than
others? If by any agency the growth
of canes are prolonged in the fall their
chances of ripening or hardening are
lessened. Late cultivation, undue
moisture in the soil, or excessive fer
tility are all agents in this delay, and
so, for good results, we must seek to
obtain conditions of soil which are not
detrimental to the point.
set my plants four by six feet so
that l can use the cultivator both
ways. This saves great deal of hand
hoeing and wedding; besides, where
only rowed one way they soon mass
into continuous row, which will
gradually encroach ON the cultivator
until it gets two or three feet wide,
making a mass of bushes in which the
fruit will be hidden and hard to pick;
besides, weeds and grasses are sure to
find a foothold which will eventually
ruin the plantation.
Another advantage of hill culture is
that the berries are more perfectly
developed and frmer, When the
growth of canes are left undisturbed
the whole season, most of the strong
fruit buds are at their top; then when
cut back later it leaves most OF the
weak buds for the next seasons fruit.
This is one of the advantages advocated
by many for pinching back the canes
! when only eighteen or twenty inches
high; then laterals will be thrown out
, and on these will form the fruit bur'
! for hefuture crop. These laterals are
! less easily broken over with their load
h of fruit than single cane.
After raspberries come into bearing
a mulch is of considerable value il
maturing crop, especially in a DIR!
. season. Coarse manure is best, if i
5 can be had; it can be placed on in tn
{ fall so that the rains may carry tn
:. plant food down to the roots, where
Q will be in readiness when needed
Q Then when the :.'dry spell" comes tn
4 coarse refuse will serve to keep IA
/. soil moist and cool, which will be jus
# what the roots need to mature croI
l. If this mulch is not extended NOR
81 than foot each way from the hill til
Al soil can be frequently stirred, whic
of in itself is equal to the manure
+ A. Wood, in the Epitomist
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Queer rhInr. About steei Ships.

A queer thing has been discovered
in connection with the big steel cargo
ships built recently in the Great
Lakes. The John Scott Russell, after
being loaded a few days ago, sank be-
fore she had gone a mile from her pier.
It was found that many rivets were
missing from her bottom and sides,
and investigation showed that they
had been sheared off by the straining
and grinding of her steel plates caused
by her pitching when she was run
ming light. It is believed now that
the total loss three years ago OF the
Gilcher and Western Reserve, both
steel ships of the latest type, was due
-to-the@ @sS;Se faIllt;;---.-..---.---.---.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.


The fact that with good pasture q
COW is able to eat as much in few
minutes rs she can digest in several
hours is not properly appreciated by
most farmers. If it were they would
at least provide shade trees in their
pasture lot, or better STILL have cool,
darkened room where, after eating
her fill, the COW can lie and contented-
ly chew her cud secure from the at
tacks of flies. 1t is the digestion of
food rather than eating it that fills the
milk pail. Yet we have known farmers
who cut down shade trees in the pas
ture because, as they expressed it, the
cows would lie in the shade all through
the day, only eating at night and
morning, when air is cooler and the
grass is likely to be moistened with
1ew
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Americas First Cotton Mill.

The tablet which is to mark the site
of the first cotton mill in America was
put in place yesterday at the corner Of
Dodge and Cabot streets, North Bev-
erly, says the Boston Herald. There
was no formal exercises, but among
those invited by the Beverly Historical
Society to be present was the Hon. r.
S. Rantoul, of Salem, as the result of
whose researches the fact was demon
strated that this was really the first
cotton mill in America. 1t seems that
when Mr.. Rantoul was Mayor of
Salem he was invited to Pawtucket,
r. l., TO attend the celebration of the
centennial of the opening of the first
cotton mill in America. He did not
go, but he began to look up the history
of the cotton mills. The result de-
monstrated beyond doubt that the mill
in Beverly antedated that in Paw
tucket 10y some years. The facts are
substantiated by no less a person than
George Washington, who ON his toui
through New England made visit tC
this mill in 1879, and recorded a
length his impressions. This was
year before Slater came to America
and two years before he started hi
mill in Pawtucket. The Beverly mil
was built and running in 1888.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

Ihe ers Of this paper will be pleased TO
leafLh h'hn. there Is at least one dreaded dis
easy u science has been able to cure in all
NJ 4ges and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
(hae is.thc only positive cure now known to
The medical fraternity Catarrh being q con-
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is AIKEN inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails TO cure
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 7jc.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

Hindoos in the plague district are
employing many devices to elude the
officials seeking for plague cases. One
man who had died was set up at a
table with cards in his hands, while
his friends sat around him making be-
Iieve that they were playing a game.
The stolid expression on the corpse's
face led one official TO put his hand on
its shoulder, when it fell over to the
floor. In Yella Reddi two girls were
dying. Their relatives cut their
throats and buried the bodies before
the coming of the officials.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20

Through tho devotion of pet cock.
er.spaniel its little mistress was saved
from death by drowning at Alexandria
Bav, NY. While Mary O'Leary, the
five-year-old daughter of one Of the
visitors, was playing with her spaniel
ON dock she lost her balance and fell
into the water. Her faithful pet at
once sprang after her, and had almost
succeeded in carrying her to shore
when help arrived.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-20
Discarding Torpedo Nets.

The French navy is doing away with
all nets, which were considered for n
long time as an effectual safeguard
against torpedoes. The Minister of
the Navy has decided to remove them,
not only from the battleships in SER
vice, but also from all vessels Of the
French navy aAoat, The nets will
probably be utilized for harbor de-
fense, as well as for strengthening
dams and foE/other industrial pur-