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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-08-17
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Photographer THAT woman who
just went ont was very hard to please.
She selected the first proof l gave
her"
Friend-"Call that hard to please?"
Photographer-"Yes; she sat for
seven more before she made up her
mind, PUCK,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-08-17
In the lexicon Of American gall
lantry, Hobson spells Heroism.

The worlds corn crop approx
mates 1900, 900, 900 bushels annually.
of which the United States produce
eighty-two per cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-08-17
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

land grass-grass everywhere that
grass will grow and not interfere with
the crops. Every farm should have
it, for every farmer needs it.
Natures own covering for the earth,
the verdant grass, is the greatest labor
saver on the farm. It is the farmers
best friend. Grass, herbs, roots
those things that flourish with the
least cultivation-should be put
wherever the cultivator is not needed.
Every farm animal, including the
poultry, eats grass. It is crop that
can be utilized without harvesting,
and it can be maintained for years
without reseeding, by the application
of top dressing Of some good fertil'
izer in the weak spots. Some sections
Of the pasture will not need it.
One Of the greatest stock farms in
Tennessee is carried on, year after
year, with scarcely the turning OF a
furrow. There are pastures for the
cattle and pastures for the horses,
and care is taken to maintain them.
The value of grass run for fowls ID
not fully understood by many keepers
Of poultry. In proportion to her size
the hen eats more grass than the COW,
as fully one-t third of her food may con.
sist Of grass and tender sprouts. And
hen never looks better, nor lays
more, than when she has access to 9
nice grassy run.
| In some sections, where the country
is thickly settled and fenced up, with
nothing but the lanes and the roadside
for the COWS to browse over when
turned out, q good, we'll fertilized
home meadow, even though small,
would be Of great value. Better have
grass in the fence corners and along
the streams, and on thrown-out
patches Of land than noxious weeds,
that by their seeds, which the winds
scatter over the fields, cause the
farmer additional work and worry.
It pays to get grass seed mixtures,
such as all seedsmen put up, and seed
the odd corners, and SO crowd out thu
weeds with something that will add to
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

working the ground for setting onions
md other closely planted stuff. The
roller is rather heavy, and for that rca-
son not pleasant to handle for single
person. Two persons will push or roll
it along over the ground much more
conveniently. We also used this roller
in frming and smoothing the ground
after planting peas, beans, potatoes,
corn, etc., but always thought it rather
heavy for the purpose. There is no
reason, however, why we should not
use homemade roller, say q section
Of smooth log, two feet more or less)
long and one or two feet in diameter.
A frame, with handles, can easily be
made by any one used to handling
tools. Recently I found in American
Agriculturist q suggestion that seems to
me worthy of more than passing no.
tice. Saw section from round log,
and smooth it. Then drive two round
bits of iron rod into the centre of each
end, and use this roller in place of the
wheel in the wheelbarrow. The special
value of this arrangement is that the
whole framework is already in readi-
ness for the roller, and the barrow can
be weighted just as much as may be
desirable for any special purpose
Farm News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
Improved Pekin Ducks of America.

Improved Pekin Ducks OF America.
The portraits of Pekin ducks shown
in the large Epicture are of the best
typanow reared at the large duck farms
which send immense quantities Of
ducklings to the best paying Eastern
markets. These long, deep-keeled
ducks have been much improved by
these extensive rearers, as they have
learned that the very best bodied ducks,
that mature the earliest, are the kind
that can make the most money for
them. There are few who realize the
magnitude of the business carried on
by these establishments, operated e1-
clusively for the production Of ducks
for the market, and especially for the
rearing of early ducklings, several Of
them shipping upward Of 10000 duck
lings by midsummer, and some Of them
producing moro than 10000 in the
season. The prices realized for the
earliest duckllngs marketed might
seem almost fabulous, but that they
arc we'll earned is evident to any one
who will visit these farms and see the
work and the great care, rs we'll as ex-
pense, which these earliest Matched
ducklings require. Still the raisers Of
early ducslings claim that they find
the growing Of young ducks more pro
itab~ than young chickens.
Ten to twelve thousand ducklings
are often yarded on five acres Of
ground; however, the most successful
farm we know Of has an abundance o.
acreage on which to grow roots and
green food for the stock, this being {
very important factor for their success
full production. An ample supply o.
green food for the old breeding stock
seems necessary to keep them in goot
condition for early laying. Last sea
son the market opened in spring witt
forty-fve cents per pound for duck
lings. This season it was lower, onl.
thirty~seven, but prices have kept UP
longer than they did last year, so th'
season may perhaps prove quite a.
profitable Oh the whole product Of TIL
year. The cost rearing young duck
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
RECENT INVENTIONS.

An English firm is manufacturing a
lock which has the keyhole set in the
edge of the outer doorknob to draw
the bolt, which prevents the knob
from turning.
A handy attachment for children'c
states is a piece Of metal having a
roughened or file-like surface to
sharpen pencils, the DEVICE being
fastened on the frame by two screws.
A new can-opener has q pair OF
shear blades set at right angles with
the handles to be inserted in an open
ing in the can made by driving the
punch at the end Of one handle into
the TIN.
Spring bicycle frames are being
made with telescope tubes inclosing
dir cushions which receive the force
Of the jar from rough roads, the cush-
ions being inflated the same as pneu-
matte tires.
To prevent accidents from persons
falling into elevator or mine shafts, a
woven net is hung on each side of the
cage, with cross net partitions ct short
distances to catch the falling person.
To light the fire in stove at any
desired time an absorb ent roller is set
at the top of an inclined surface, to
be ignited and rolled under the fire.
box when set in motion by the clock
mechanism.
Two Southern men have designed o
motor for use in churning, which con-
sists Of framework carrying shaft,
having o windwheel at one end and o
crank at the other, which operates the
dasher.
Dining tables are made which can
be changed into billiard tables, the
end and side rails which carry the
cushion being hinged to swing below
the table when it is wanted for eating
or other purposes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
the value and the looks of the farm,
American Agriculturist.
The Future of the Horse Industry.

The Future of the Horse Industry.
Many horse breeders are led to be-
lieve that present low prices will con-
tinue almost indefinitely, writes 0. J.
Vine, Of Ohio. To imagine that horse
raising will never prove remunerative,
or that horses will never again bring
good prices, is in my opinion q great
mistake. The farmer must have his
horses. The mature horse on the
farm to-day need have little fear of his
being displaced by machinery. No
motor Of an7 kind will give the same
satisfaction under all circumstances
that a good team will, at an equal cost.
Steam has been triedas amotive power
in blowing on large scale, but it has
never come into general use. Electri.
city cannot be used on the farm until
q perfect storage battery is invented.
Electricity will do very we'll for pro.
polling $ rect cars on their smooth,
solid tracks, where each successive trip
is made over exactly the same route.
On the farm it would be quite differ.
ent. The bicycle has undoubtedly
taken the place of many horses, but
not to the extent generally supposed.
Because horses are cheap now, is no
reason why they should remain 50.
Any other branch Of the live stock
market auctuates with the supply and
demand. Because the horse market
has been away down for several years,
is one Of the best OF reasons for pre-.
dieting On upward turn before long,
and horses will then be as high as they
are low now. Horses will become
scarce as we'll as other stock. They
are certainly scarce in our section now.
Very few strictly good mark etable
horses can be found. Farmers quit
breeding years ago. It did not pay;
horses could be bought for less money
than it cost to raise them. The sup
ply has been cut off at both ends.
There are several classes of horses
that ore bringing good prices now, and
will so continue in spite Of steam, cleo
tricity or bicycles. The extra heavy
draft horse and the fancy coach or
driving horse will continue to be in
demand for the next century at least.
The supply Of horses that will mature
and be marketable in 1900 is very
small indeed. The farmer who owns
a good brood mare or two can very
probably turn his attention to raising
good horses. In order to raise good
ones, he must breed finely but1t,
sound mare to an equally we'll built
and sound sire. Constitutional and
structural defects are largely heredi-
tary, and should be carefully avoided.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

| The Grassy Farm.
Not grass in the corn, or grass in
the garden, but meadow grass. wood.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

is put at five cents per pound by these
large growers and the ducks are mar
keted at about nine to eleven weeks,
when they weigh about five pounds.
The average price Of the whole sea.
sons product is put at about twenty
cents per pound in the market. The
Pekin ducks in England have been
classed after the Aylesburys and
Rouens, but in America they have
proven by far the most profitable Of
oil when reared on a large scale, arti.
ficially, for the market.-American
Agriculturist.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
CONTENT.

When Lehold how some pursue
Fame, that Is cares embodiment,
Or fortune, whose false face looks true
A humble home, with sweet content,
Is oil ask for me and you.
a humble homo, where pigeons COO.
Whose path leads under breezy lines
OF frosty-berrIed cedars to
A pate, one mass oftrumpct vines,
Is all ask for me and you.
4 garden which, all summer through,
The roses old made redolent,
And morning glories, gay OF hue,
And tansy, with It's homely scent,
Is oil ask for me and you.
An orchard, that tho pippins strew,
From whose bruised gold the juices spring;
A vineyard, where the grapes hang blue,
Wine-big and ripe for vintagtng,
Is oil ask for me and you.
a lane, that leads to some far view
or forest and OF fallowland,
Bloomed DER with rose and meadow-ruc,
Each with a bee in its hot hand,
Is oil ! ask for me and you.
At morn, q pathway deep with dow,
And birds to vary time and tune;
At eve, n sunset avenue,
And whippoorwlls that haunt the moon,
Is all ask for me and you.
Dear heart, with wants so small and few,
And faith, that's better far than gold;
Alowly friend, a child or two,
To care for US when we are old,
Is oil ask for me and you.
Madison Caweln, in Harper's Magazine.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
Food From SunflOwer Seeds.

The Russian farmer considers his
sunAower'' crop the best paying of all
his annual speculations. In nearly
every part of Russia, aud especially in
the agricultural districts, sunAower
seeds are profitable commodity. A
full ripe crop of the best sort of sun.
fower.is valued ut $25 an acre. The
seeds are sold by the farmer for about
$1.25 pood. The merchants who
purchase them salt them carefully, and
sell them again at $3.50 pood. AT
most of the market places in the pro.
vincial towns Of Russia, peddlers Offer
these for sale, and they are readily
purchased by the poor, by whom they
are eaten in their raw condition, al.
though some crush them into meal and
make cakes Of them. The sunaowers
are sown in long trenches about yard
apart.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

Kilcar, in County Donegal, is said
to be the eldest village in the world.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

avoid meeting the fair Helen. But
he had not reckoned on the fact
that she might also wish to avoid him.
This was the case, however, and Tom
was somewhat startled when he saw
her enter the car. There was only
one seat vacant and that was just in
front Of the unhappy young man. It
seemed as though the Fates had con-
spired to bring these two people to.
gether. The longer Tom pondered
the matter the more he saw the hand
of destiny in this matter and he de.
cided to make one more effort tc
obtain forgiveness. Reaching for the
| window catch he sent the following
message:
I'm awfully sorry I offended you
yesterday.
There was no answer and the young
man continued:
II had no idea you understood me-.
I unconsciously telegraphed what was
passing in my mind"
Still no answer.
IF you don't forgive me I shall be
miserable for life."
At last the answer came:
please stop. You are attracting
cverybody's attention"
"Then let me come and tell you how
sorry I am"
After a long pause the girl answered
"You may come"
Toms heart leaped with Joy as thu
window catch clicked out these words
He lost no time in accepting the invi
!ation, and it was not long before h
had persuaded her to forgive his fool
ISL conduct of the day before.
After that lie met her every day OF
the train and their acquaintance sool
ripened into sincere friendship on tn
part of the young lady. As for Ton
his feelings had long ago got beyon(
that stage, They talked Of man.
things during their daily rides to tn
city, but for long time they boil
avoided all mention Of the episod
which led to their acquaintance.
One day, however, Tom said: ID
you remember the message I sent yo'
by the window catch?"
| "Of course, I do" replied his com
panion, looking out of the window t.
hide her bushes. ''How could for
get such piece Of impertinence."
II know it was impertinent ant
idiotic and all that" replied Tom
"But still, if it had not been for that
I should never have known you; SO
am not at all sorry. Are you?"
GLOW can you ask such o question
Haven't I forgiven you long ago."
''Yes, but forgiveness is not enough.
"Not enough"
"No. want something more. +
: you know-well, the fact is, II
meant every word Of that message
Helen. Tell me, if I should repea
that message now, what would you
answer be?''
Still looking out at the flying land
scape, Helen placed her dainty fnge
on the window catch.
"Click, click, click, click" Tom
heart was in his throat as he heart
the instrument click out her answer
eyes. Buffalo Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
President Faure an Early Riser.

President Faure, of France, is q
tremendous worker. Following the
custom of his earlier life, he rises be.
fore dawn, and has accomplished much
before fashionable Paris is awake. He
answers all letters the same day they
are received,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
"A Hand-ROller.

One of the implements that is found
in only q few gardens, and yet often
comes very handy when you have it.,
is hand-roller. We had an iron hand
roller with adjustable weights) that
did good service in rolling our garden
patches before sowing seeds, or before
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12

JM w "A LION
was very much
8 urprised at
finding himself
deeply in love
with O girl whose
name he did not
even know. It
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The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-14
THE GRAVES SECRET.

Roxy Ann moved her little rocker
closer to Aunt Docia's and took her
knitting. The two were alone in the
room. They sat at the left hand OF the
, fireplace, opposite the windows, near a
three legged stand containing basket
ful of bright colored pieces. The sputter
OF the fire on the broad, deep hearth.
the pur of the cat, the clicking of the
needles, the loud ticking of the clock in
the north bedroom. were the only sounds
What are you going to piece now,
Aunt Docia?"
"a cover for holder"
For Libby-in the kitchen?"
No, for this room. 1 always smudge
my fingers when poke the fire."
Il wouldn't poke it, then, and if you
smudge your fingers wash them off. -
Water always makes me cough"
Talking makes you cough too
Don't talk
Everything makes-me-cough. Oh,
dear, l have coughed all my life. / am
worn out coughing"
Any one looking at the emaciated old
lady would have said that she told the
truth. Life to her for the past 90 years
had been burdened by cough. 1t was
said to be the cold fashioned kind" n
kind which in these latter days. when
people make haste to die, as they make
haste to do everything else, has become
extinct The clock in the neat room
struck 2.
Thine for grandfather to waken, and
am through with my stint for today
Now / will get your wild turnip. /"
Roxy Ann folded her knitting and
brought n piece of wild turnip with a
little bottle and knife to the old lady
and stood by while she scraped and
mixed it.
+" Brindle has been trimming his
whiskers. That means that we are 90.
ing to have company to tea, and here
comes grandfather. -
Aunt Dooia, feeling the soothing in.
fluence of the morphine and wild tur-
nip, took her basket and went off to the
south bedroom. The little girl gave a
hop, skip and jump toward venerable
looking man, who came out from the
north bedroom, his head turned slightly
to one side, as is common to the aged
when their hearing is not what it used
to be. and when "they that look out
at the windows are darkened. -" Grand
father, I'll have your flip ready in no
time"
"That is right. Give me my flip.
Has Lebbeus Gomez
''No, grandfather. Mother went with
father. They won't be home till night. !"
"Where are the boys?"
Boiling sap under the hill. l wanted
to go with them, but they said it was
too sposhy for me. The Alderman boys
are with them."
II am glad you did not go; better
stay at home"
Il would have gone, though, if had
cared about it. They are going to bring
it up and sugar off in the kitchen"
Meantime she had wheeled her grand
fathers chair before the fire and tho
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-14

stand. ON which had been deposited a
quart bowl and very large silver spoon.
She filed a tin basin with cider and
poured into it n cup of molasses. Then
she took large iron and thrust il into
the burning Goals. While the iron was
heating she toasted a slice of bread,
turning it carefully when it was
Drowned on both sides. She broke il
into the bowl; then taking the redhot
iron from the Goals she held it in the
cider, sputtering, Missing and smoking,
till the cider was hot. when she poured
it over the toasted bread and with "A
Now, grandfather. your flip is ready, -
seated herself in satisfied manner at
his feet The old gentleman took his flip
with great gusto. When he had swal-
lowed the last mouthful, be said:
1t is such n fine afternoon you may
get my hat and stick. l will 90 down
the hill and have talk with Deacon
Ford. He is IA mastery hand ut Scrip
ture. No newfangled foolery about
him. He believes as the tree falleth so
it shall lie. -" 1t might have been the
flip or the inspiration derived from the
immutability of the eternal purpose
which gave unusual elasticity to the old
gentleman's step as he paced back and
forth across the long room, repeating,
Chained to the throne the volume
lies. Presently he burst into strain
familiar to ootogenarians 90 years ago,
marking the time with his hand:
son oherubim and soraphim
Full royalty ho rode,
And on the wings of mighty winds
Came flying NIL abroadi"
By this time he had evidently forgot
ten all about his projected visit TO Dea-
con Ford and was ready to embark on n
longer voyage. Adapting his step to n
martial beat, he burst out:
"we're marching, marching to Quebec,
And the drums loudly beatingl"
Roxy Ann knew all that, word for
word. She laid aside the stick and join
ed her grandfather in his triumphant
march. Finally he sat down and began
a more plaintive air, bending his body in
regular rhythm to the music:
''when wolfe's breast first felt the ball,
He said, I'm suro that l must fall.
He spoke to his men, both one and all,
Saying, The cause is right
And while his reason did remain,
And blood ran gushing from each voin,
His tongue rolled forth the lofty strain,
The Lord the battle decide"
Grandfather, where was Wolfe when
his breast first felt the hall?' "
con the heights of Abraham, my
daughter. Victory perched upon our
banner, the French were routed, and
Canada was won for us. Now God be
praised; l shall die in peace said
Wolfe.'
Roxy Ann was silent. She had learn
ed that Abraham's bosom was haven
whittier poor people were tending, if
furnished with proper credentials, but
that there We're any 'heights of A bra
ham, where wounded heroes could
pour out their hearts best blood with
honor was beyond her philosophy. She
had lumber room in her ,brain, to
which she consigned odds and ends of
information or observation, to be illu.
minated and classified in future. Many
decades after her venerable grandfather
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-14
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