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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-06
THE CONTROL OF SEX.

A Vienna Scientist Says II Can BE Accom-
plished Through the Food Of the Fe-
male.
LONDON Jan. 5.--According to the
Vienna correspondent Of the Daily
Chronicle, DR.. Schenk, professor at the
university of Vienna, and president OF
the Embryological institute, claims
that, after 90 years of experiments, he
has discovered the secret of exercising
an influence over animals and men SO
as to fix the sex of their offspring. He
declines TO reveal it until he has
placed his discovery before the Acad'
envy of Sciences. but he says the in.
huence depends upon the nature Of the
food consumed by the female.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-06
Locomotive Boiler Explodes.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan, 5.-Ths
boiler Of an engine drawing freight
train No. 80 between Cincinnati and
Chattanooga exploded yesterday caus.
ing The death Of Engineer Lenahan
and Fireman Denham, besides the de.
struction Of IL ears OF freight.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-06
TO Cure q Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
let's. All druggists refund the money
If 1t fails to cure. 25c.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-06

Arcdso Dill, cure Liver Ills easy to take,
lIOVu > THIS easy to operate. Is cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in ad-
vanced years are realized by compare
lively few women.
Their hard lives, their liability to Sc
rious troubles on account of their pecu-
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves, all COM
bine to shorten the period of usefulness
and fill their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given advice
to many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor-
GUS health in old age. From every cor
ner Of the earth there is constantly COM
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
is letter from Mrs. j. G. 0rms, of 220
Horner st., Johnstown, Pa, which is
earnest and straight to the point;
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I feel it my
duty to tell all suffering women that /
think your remedies are wonderful. ]
had trouble with my head, dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold, was very nervous, could not sleep
well, had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion Of the womb.
Since taking your remedies am better
every way Ny head trouble is ali
gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. can eat and
sleep well and am gaining in flesh.
consider your medicine the best to b'
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkhan's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal
lelled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, ant
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department o
her great business, treating by lettel
as many as hundred thousand ailinl
women during single year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Scattering Weed Seeds.

In putting down the weeds the first
essential thing is to stop the scatter
ing OF the seeds. In the late summer
and autumn seeds are blown about
freely by the wind, and are carried
from one State to another by birds.
The ideal way is to cut down the weeds
before they go to seed; then neither
birds nor wind can scatter them. But
while every farmer might do this there
would still he enough weeds left in
abandoned places and along the road
sides to keep up the supply.
One of the most frequent methods
of spreading weeds is through the use
of manure that comes from unknown
sources. Manure that comes from
city stables is invariably free from oil
weed seeds, but such fertilizer that
comes from the country is very apt to
contain the seeds of noxious weeds
that will germinate and spread as soon
as applied to the land. The Canada
thistle, pigweed, and innumerable
other pests of this character have
spread throughout the country through
the manure more than by the wind OIL
railroads. Manure full of weed seeds
is not worth the room it takes up, and
one cannot be too careful in avoiding
it. In the end it will cause more
trouble than it will do good. The
farmer who is so careless and shiftless
as to let weeds grow all over ths ma
nure pile, and 60 to seed there, does
not deserve to find customer for it.
Yet this is often the case. Bagweed,
golden-rod and pigweed cover many 6
pile of manure in this country, and
there is no effort made to check theil
growth before they 60 to seed. Ii
the winter time or early spring thi
manure is spread over the cultivated
fields, with the weed seeds in it, ant
the result is easily guessed. With
little more care good deal of labo
might be avoided. Weeds should no
be allowed to mature anywhere, leas
of all those growing on or near tn
manure heap.-W. e. Farmer, i
Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Crnps as Manure.

Using crops for manure does not
bring in quick returns, but it pays.
Such crops as turnips, rye, buckwheat
and crimson clover assist in reducing
the plant food in the soil and making
it poss.b BILE for the crops the succeed
ing year to utilize the plant food
plowed under in the manure crop.
All soils contain unavailable matter
that the farmer needs. There are
crops that do not have the power to
break down the chemical compounds
existing in the soils, but there are
other crops which have q partiality
for some substances which are beyond
the ability of plants of different
kind. One crop may be preparatory
for another, hence the plowing un-
der of crop is not loss, but gain.
In England the turnips are regarded
as a renovator of the soil, and the seed
is broadcasted over the surface, sheep
being allowed access to the turnips
after they have matured. The tur-
nips can feed on almost anything in
the soil, and when eaten by sheep the
gain of mutton and manure give the
farmer profit, but the English
farmer attaches as much value to- the
increased fertility of his soil as he
does to the product which he markets
therefrom. 1t may be urged, as some
have done, that green crops can add
no mineral matter to the soil other
than it takes therefrom, which is true
but such crops render the mineral
matter available for the next season.
Farmers Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
A Domestic Incident.

From the Observer, Flushing, Mioh.
early in November, 1894" says Frank
Long, who lives near Lennon, Mich. "on
starting to get up from the dinner table,
was taken With a pain in my back. The
pain increased and was obliged to take to
mybed. The physician who was summoned
pronounced my case muscular Rheumatism
accompanied by lumbago. He gave me
remedies and injected morphine into my
arm to ease the pain.
"My diseased gradually became worse un
I'll thought that death would be welcome
release from my sufferings. Besides my
regular physician also consulted another
but he gave me no announcement.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
rake Good Care of Farm Tools.


have always considered money in
vested in tools as much of mans
actual capital as that in live stock OF
real estate and the care of one as
essential as the care of the other.
Upon many farms plows, harrows
reapers, ETC., are left standing in the
field where used or in the yard uncov'
cred, save perhaps by the rather leaky
roof of tree, uncared for, only as
nature covered each with rust or
mold. And still the cry goes up from
these same farmers of hard times, and
so they will be next year harder than
ever, when these tools are called into
use and found broken, or worse,
rotted and rusted out, entailing de-
lays for repairs when work is press
ing, or the expense of new ones.
The owner Of one farm / visited is
considered scientific farmer. And
so he is as far as preparing the soil,
growing his crops, and caring for live
stock is concerned, but there it ends.
/ never saw COWS slicker or better fed
and housed; horses whose glossy coats
and tossing heads told palmer than
words Of plenty of oats and care.
Just out in the yard, not a stones
throw from the warm stables, saw
three plows, two cultivators, spring
tooth harrow, hay rake, and as the
auctioneer's say, "other articles too
numerous to mention, without cover
save the snow which was fast drifting
over them. No lack Of storage room
here, for there are unused sheds and
barns on the farm, enough to store
five times the amount. 1t seemed to
me there was no excuse for such negli'
gence, when an hours work would
have housed them all.
During the time Of use many tools
have to be left in the field exposed to
the sun and rain for days at time,
but when not in use they should be
sheltered. And later in the season or
during the winter each tool should be
examined, and put in order for the
coming spring. My plan is as soon
as the hurry Of work is over in the
fall, to inspect each tool, and il plow
or cultivator, to scour the points, etc.,
tighten the nuts, put ia new bolts il
necessary, and then with warm lin.
seed oil brush over the entire imple.
ment, castings and woodwork.
When springtime comes there is nc
guesswork about the tools. They are
ready every time. A farmer can dc
much repairing himself if he tries,
and with but few tools. A small stock
of bolts and screws should be kept on
hand, and few sticks Of choice tim
Der for emergencies. The butt oi
that young hickory or oak cut last
winter, had it been put in some dry
place, would have been the thing fol
some Of our repairs and better timber
than is often found at the shops. Yor
wanted short whihletree last winter
when you cultivated corn. Make one
now and get it ironed while work il
not pressing. Take it to the black
smith when you take the teeth from
the spike-toothed harrow to be sharp
ened, and do not put it off unit
springtime.-J. H. Bowerman, il
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
The King of BELLS.

The two biggest bells in the world
are the one in Moscow and the one at
Mengoon, Upper Burmah. The
former is the bigger, but it is cracked,
while the latter is in working order.
The weight Of this huge bell is about
ninety eight tons, the circumference
at the base being fifty-one and one
half feet, and at the top twenty-six
feet.
1t averages over foot in thickness
and is over twelve feet high. The
bell was cast about the beginning Of
the century by King Bodawpayn as an
accompaniment to the huge brick pa
CODA which he never finished. 1t Is
said to have been cast on an island
and RATED across. No proper means
yet exist for striking the bell, but
when hit with heavy piece of wood
it gives out deep vibrating boom.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Women In saloons.

II there is one thing more than another
calculated to disgust and dishcarten the
temperance worker 1t is the sight OF wom-
en- In saloons-m OF families making
periodical trips for beer. Some OF these
women have the appearance OF extreme
poverty, so much so that 1t is puzzle to
the eobserver how they can afford money
for drink. Some stalk boldly into the bar
room among drinking, swearing men, as II
unconscious that there ever existed such
thing as womanly modesty, while others
slink In and out furtiyely, as though
ashamed to be seen In such place. Some
are old enough to be grandmothers, and
others are young women upon whom the
habit of drinking is just beginning to fasten
itself.
There arc many saloons IN Boston and
other cities which could not exist were II
not for what Is known rs their "can" busi-
ness. In other words, but for the women,
number OF drinking places would have
to close up for lack OF business to keep
them open, because 1t Is the women mainly
who are responsible for what someone
facetiously termed the "beer-canning In
dustry."
This Is most deplorable state OF at
fairs. That It does exist must be patent TO
any city dweller. That 1t should not ex-
lst should be the conviction OF everyone
Sacred Heart Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
The Inofre nsive Burglar.

Householders, particularly they OF
the weaker sex, who live in perpetual
terror of burglars, will be pleased to
read reassuring statement in the
September Pail Mall Magazine, to the
effect that only in one instance out OF
every 1886 burglaries is violence
offered to the inmates of burgled
house. Moreover, as more than one
third Of all convicted burglars are
youths between the ages of sixteen
and twenty-one, the average burglar
may not be so formidable person as
he may be pictured by the startled
Imagination OF householder who is
preparing to 'go downstairs" at three
o'clock O. m.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Some Figures.

A writer In the Chicago Inter-0cean says:
"0f all the boys In the reform-school at
Pontiac, ILL.,, and In the various reforma-
tories about the city, ninety-lve per cent.
are the children Of parents who died OF
drink, or became criminals through the
same cause. OF the insane or demented
cases disposed Of, moderate estimate Is
that ninety per cent. are caused by alcohol.
I saw estimated the other day that there
were 10, 900 destitute boys In Chicago who
are not confined at all but are running at
large. think that II Is small estimate.
Men are sent to Jail for drunkenness, ard
what becomes oftheir families2 The county
agent and poorhouse provide for some. 1t
is a direct expense to the community. Gem
orally speaking, these families go to de-
struction. The boys turn out thieves, and
the girls and the mothers generally resort
to slums. The sand-baggers, murderers
and thugs generally OF to-day, who are
prosecuted in the police courts and crlm-
inal courts, are the sons OF men who fell
victims to drink. The percentage In this
case is fully sixty-ilve per cent"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Eight Aged Smith Sisters.

The most remarkable collection oi
aged sisters ever assembled in Maine
met at the house of Mrs. Olive Penney,
in Clifton, recently, when the Smith
sisters held their reunion. There
were twelve sisters in the family. Two
of them died when young and another
died in middle age. OF the nine sur
vivors eight were able to be present
at the reunion. Their names and
ages are Mrs. Mary Silsby, Aurora,
SO years; Mrs. Lucy French, Garwin,
Ia., so years; Mrs. Adah Garland,
Ellsworth, 80 years; Mrs. Olive PEN
ney, Clifton, II years; Mrs. Sarah
Saunders, Aurora, 70 years; Mrs.
Louisa Frost, Mariaville, 70 years;
Mrs. Priscilla Jordan, Mariaville, 81
years: Mrs. Francis Smith, Cathlamet,
Wash, 69 years. The living abb
sentee, Mrs. Nancy Frost, 84 years of
age, was detained at her home in
Mariaville with broken leg. They
are all in excellent health and promise
to live for years to come.-New York
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Farm and Garden Notes.

Every farm has place for sheep
that no other stock can fill.
Thorough grubbing is the surest
way of getting rid of elder, sassafras
and persimmon.
For want Of sufficient moisture a
tree may starve with its roots in the
midst of plenty.
Teach the young horses to walk
well, and q good foundation is laid for
the faster gaits.
3 For warts ON horses, clip off the
wart and touch the place, just touch
it, with nitric acid.
One advantage in using the drill or
seed sower is that the seed will be
distributed more evenly.
Always keep the pillow sharp; il
makes better work and is easier fol
both the team and plowman.
Compacting the seed bed before
drilling wheat seems to be the better
plan on clay as we'll as on gravelly OIL
more open soil.
Glover pastured with pigs gives {
better return than if made into hay
Give the pigs o good pasture int
which to run, and they will be read.
to finish into frst-class pork next fall
1t is true that billy goat is a pro
lection to flock of sheep at night
where there are dogs about, but
wide-awake COW Is equally as good
and she will do especially effectiv
service if she has young calf by he
side.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Building and Filling a siIo.

For those who want to build silo
that will hold ten tons Of ensilage the
following suggestions are given:
AS the average weight Of cubic foot
Of ensilage is estimated at forty pounds,
a cube ten feet square and five feet
high would be about the size of ten
ton block of ensilage, but to get this
would require some additional height
when filling, and as the pressure from
above is necessary to preserve ensilage
in the best condition it isrecommended
that the depth Of silo that is not to
be weighted should be at least sixteen
feet.
We would not think of building one
less than ten feet deep, and think that
much better satisfaction would be
given by silo from twelve to sixteen
feet deep. Taking twelve feet as the
shallowest we would build building
eight feet square, it would give 76S
cubic feet, which is as small as We
would wish to build, to be sure of tel
tons of preserved silage.
The building may be made of good
sound, seasoned lumber, balloon frame
In the frame 2x6 or 2xS scantling may
be used; the ends should be cut squar,
and the jun 3tions securely toe-nailet
with good, round steel spikes. TIL,
boards for the walls should be sound
well seasoned and free from sap
Green lumber should not be used
The walls may be given a coating o
coal tar or roofing pitch applied hot
II the walls are not more than four
teen feet high 2x6 studs will be heav,
enough if they are placed sixteen t,
eighteen inches apart from center t,
center and sheathed On the inside will
two thickness Of inch boards.
The inside sheathing should be sur
face dressed and when put OF
should break joints. The sills, tw,
inches thick and same width as studs
should be laid on thin bed of cemen
mortar and spiked to anchor blocks il
the foundation.
The silo should be built upon wei
drained spot even if it has to be arti
] feially drained to make it dry. N
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Notes Of the Crusade.

The Atchison (Kan.) Globe thinks that
"when man who has saved bis country
gets bowling drunk he Is as big bore as
anybody"
We learn from sketch Of the American
sculptor, James Z. Kelly. that this cele-
brated artist, who has been called Amer
ica's historian in bronze and marble" Is a
practical advocate Of temperance.
One OF our esteemed contemporaries estl-
mates that Chicago people have spent $780,
000,0 In twelve months for beer alone. II
claims that the total expense to the people
of the city for liquors is 300 900 900 year.
Employers are growing more and more
to require strict sobriety on the part OF the
men who do their work. realizing that only
thus can faithful and good service be had.
The value Of abstinence from liquor is
perhaps not noticeable In day, or In a
year. But even in comparatively short
time the effect OF temperance upon man,
both spiritually and bodily, will make It,
self apparent to those who have eyes to
see.
There is plenty Of hair-spltting as to
what is intoxicating drink and what is not.
The safest way for one who has doubts
about a certain drink Is not to touch 1t, nc
matter who says 1t is call right" Think
Of and practice this rule: I'm case OF doubt
don't"
The time will soon come when the mar
who does not stay sober will be unable tc
secure any employment.
A saloon-keeper in Wisconsin belonging
TO the "Modern Woodmen" objected to be
ing expelled from that order by the new
rule which forbids the receiving or con
tinuing as a member a liquor seller. HI
appealed to the courts, which decided
against him, declaring the rule eonstitu
tional.
Temperance ships" is the name by whicl
the vessels owned by Messrs. Carlisle Co.
/ OF London, are known. Not only are NJ
malt OF orspirituous liquors allowed on board
! but their masters are required to sign docu
ments pledging themselves not to partak
] OF any intoxicants. They must deposi
with the owners a bond OF $500, which |
forfeited in case Of any breach OF this rule
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Hoods Pills cure indigestion. Is cen
uncle SANS Sweet Tooth.

Americas sweet tooth is said to be
sbnormally developed. The consump-
ton Of sugar reaches the astonishing
total of 5, 500, 900, 900 pounds; but only
one-eighth Of this is raised at home.
Last year nearly a third of the supply
came from Germany, and eight per
cent. more from the rest of Europe.
The West Indies sent twenty-four per
cent. and the East Indies fourteen per
cent. Fully half the sugar imported
came from countries no better able to
produce it than is the United States
herself. Last year we raised 125, 900,
900 pounds of beet sugar. There are
those who prophesy that in another
decade the entire amount of sugar
needed for home consumption will be
produced within our own borders
The present average is about seventy
three pounds year each, or pound
q day per family of FIVE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
Model remnernnce Town.

The little village of Alfred, N. Y, lying
between the hills, at an altitude OF $500
feet above the level of the sea, is proud OF
being six miles from drink OF beer. This
village of 700 or 800 inhabitants is strictly
an American town, not family OF foreign
birth living there. The valley In which the
town Is built is one mile wide aud two long,
surrounded on all sides by hills. As no
license for the sale Of Intoxicating liquors
has been granted for over fifty years, there
Is scarcely any drunkenness in the town,
and pauperism and crime are almost un-
heard OF among the villagers. They sup
port Justice OF the Peace office and q
notary public, but so little litigation Is car
rled on that no lawyer has been able to
make living there.-New York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
r,v. Dollars Postage For Letters.

Five Dollars Postage For Letters.
w. +. Bailey contributes an article
to the Century on 'Ths Pony Ex-
press" from st. Joseph, No., to San
Francisco. Mr.. Bailey says: The
letters, before being placed in the
pockets, were wrapped in oiled silk
to preserve them from moisture. The
maximum weight of any one mail was
twenty pounds; but this was rarely
reached. The charges were originally
S5 for each letter of one.half ounce or
less; but atterward this was reduced
to 81. so for each letter not exceeding
one-half ounce, this being in addition
to the regular United States postage.
Specially made lightweight paper was
generally used to reduce the expense.
Special editions Of the Eastern news
papers were printed on tissue-paper
to enable them to reach subscribers on
the Pacific coast. This, however, was
more as an advertisement, there be-
ing little demand for them at their
necessarily large price.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02
The Meaning of the Letters.

Harry and Ethel, twins, aged five,
reside in Cincinnati, and are descend
ants of a soldier grandfather. Dur
ing the recent Grand Army encamp'
ment held there banner with the let
ters G. A. r. was displayed on the
house opposite their home.
81 wonder what those letters stand
for?" asked Ethel.
"Why," replied Harry, sit means
that gran'pa's all right. ."-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-02

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
way 20 cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
uonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an m
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube When this tube gets In.
famed you have rumbling sound or imper.
feet hearing, and when Il Is entirely closed
Deafness i the result, and unless the inilam'
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are
sauscd by catarrh, which Is nothing butan In.
tanned condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Iure. Send
for circulars, free,
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best