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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Tamnerance Notes.

Deep drinking means shallow thinking.
Drink does not Danish care, it invites
and fosters 1t,
Beer glasses are very poor glasses through
which to view the future.
When the mind, like tired animal, de
sires rest, do not whip it up with fiery
stimulants.
Drunkenness is a condition Of Oblivion tc
every duty and responsibility that mar
owes either to God or to society.
The sober man Is comparatively secure
man. He is secure from the thousand and
one temptations that befall the drinking
man.
There has never been so little drinking
as at present, and never such a strong
tendency toward moderation In quarters
where alcoholic indulgence is general
This is fact impossible to controvert, be.
cause the most careful figures bear out
this very hopeful statement.
An advertisement reads: 'Don't drink
doctored whisky" This would be much
more sound advice il 1t were amended to
read: Don't drink any whisky"
According to E. W. Box, in the Ladies'
Home Journal, there has never been q
time in America when every indication
pointed so strongly to decrease of intem-
perance.
Mothers OF families have an important
mission in temperance matters. Let us
hope that they may never be found want
ing. great deal may be done by them
through their influence on the coming
generations.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

FARM and GARDEN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Decline Of Specially Farming.


The truth of the matter is that
speciality farming is rapidly becoming
thing of the past. The corn-belt
farmer is beginning to notice that his
crops average fewer bushels to the
acre than they did formerly, that the
corn-root worm and other enemies of
the corn plant are becoming more
plentiful, and these things indicate
that something must be done to re-
store the fertility to the soil and de-
crease the ravages of insect enemies.
The bonanza wheat farms are paying
smaller dividends year by year, the
great ranges are being fenced up, and
the cattle king will be a historical
parsonage within very short time,
Diversifcation of crops and indus
tries is the rule in these days, and it
will be but short time until it will
become the universal practice. The
man who devotes only small portion
Of the year to the production of
single crop cannot make fair living
IN these days of moderate prices and
sharp competition. Very few bust
ness men would ever think of putting
their whole work into some article of
trade that sells but half the year. They
expect to deal in those things that re-
quire them to work all the year
through in order to come out at the
end of the year with fair profit to
their credit. The coal man deals in
ice in the summer, and the same man
handles lawn-mowers and skates.
This is the principle upon which
profitable farming must be conducted,
The crops must be so diversified that
there will be some profitable work to
do every day in the year. Farmers
Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

that hitherto the cultivation and hand
ling of this tuberous-rooted, much
praised, much abused perennial has
by many American farmers been
greatly misunderstood. The wild
artichoke, being indigenous to North
America, is fully understood by most
farmers; but many do not understand
that there is q difference between the
wild and cultivated artichoke, yet asa
matter of fact they are as different as
are wild and "tame" rye, or as wild
and ''tame" parsnips. The wild arti-
choke is merely bad weed, and pro-
duces very few and small tubers. In
many soils it is difficult to extermin-
ate; it sends its long, branching roots
deep into the soil like the Canadian
thistle. The "tame" artichoke is as
easily grown as corn, and on land that
will produce fifty bushels of corn per
acre five hundred to twelve hundred
bushels of artichokes can easily be
produced. The value of the tubers as
a conditioner, disease preventer, and
as a valuable, cheap food for live stock
of all kinds is fast becoming recog-
nized. A wealthy hog raiser of the
writer's acquaintance says he has had
no swine plague in his herds since
they have been allowed to root in an
artichoke patch to their hearts con-
tent; the hogs continue vigorous and
free from constipation and the dis
eased conditions accompanying an all
corn diet.
Many farmers object to growing
artichokes-they say the plant is so
difficult to exterminate. Their ex-
perience principally relates to the wild
artichoke; nothing is more absurd, as
far as the determination of the culti-
vated varieties is concerned. During
the writer's experience of eight years
in annually growing large fields of it
he has learned how to exterminate it
easily and completely in one summer.
Turning under the growing plants
with breaking plow when about fif-
teen inches high or when the old
tubers have rotted and the new ones
not yet formed will completely ex-
terminate every vestige of them. Sow
ing to oats will do likewise; so will
pasturing with sheep. If the culti-
vated artichoke is not allowed to
bloom it will form no tubers. Why,
''it's as easy as rolling off log
Vick's Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Making the MIX.

The man who owns the cows is the
one who makes the milk. He can
make little or much of it, he can make
it clean or dirty, cheap or expensive;
in fact, he can vary the milk to suit
himself The COW is only complicated
apparatus in which he burns his
various folders, and out of which he
obtains his finished product in the
shape of milk. Like all other ma
chimes, the COW is subject to the laws
of thermodynamics. She must use a
certain amount OF her fodder to keep
the vital machinery in motion. This
includes the keeping of the animal
heat at the right point, the circulation
of the blood, the digestion of food,
the elaboration OF milk and all the
other vital actions which go to make
up the life of the animal.
Experiments have shown that it re-
quires sixteen pounds of dry organic
matter to keep this machinery in
motion, that is, to keep the animal
alive and in health. From the rest
of the food given above that weight,
the dairyman may expect greater or
less returns in the form of milk. Here
comes the first point. Now, how much
fodder does it take to keep that COW?
Sixteen pounds or twenty pounds?
There is wide margin here-all the
difference between profit and loss.
Ask the COW and see what she says.
If she is using twice as much fodder
as she ought to, to keep her machine
in motion, then she is not profitable
animal. If she cannot use the ex-
cess of feed given her over her main.
tenance ration, to produce aproftable
amount of butter fat, she is not worth
keeping and should be disposed of as
soon as possible.
No dairyman can afford, under pres
ent conditions, or even under any con-
ditions, to keep animals that eat food
that they cannot return a greater
value for in the milk pail. If he does
keep such animals, his progress down
the financial hill is neither slow nor
comfortable. His life is one long
struggle against conditions that he
might change if he only would. There
are many roads that lead to loss Of
profit on the farm, but the broadest,
smoothest road with the steepest
downward pitch is the one travelled by
the improbable cow.-Hoard's Dairy
man.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
The Winter Vegetable Garden.

By winter garden is meant as much
garden as can be had in winter under
glass. The dollhouse, hotbeds and
cold frames take the place of open air
for culture of such crops as winter
season permits and such close quar-
ters allow with profit. November is
as late as can be deferred the last
work of preparation.
Beds to be opened in February and
March now need covering with leaves
to protect the soil from frost.
Winter lettuce can be grown from
plants set in newly made beds over
heating horse manures. Beds of dan
delion, parsley and cress should be set
now if not already done, either in
beds warmed by manure, or those
heated by steam or hot water pipes.
After the ground is frozen such work
is difficult, and now is as late as
profitable work can be begun.
When the glass is to be used the
winter through, March should find
one crop off and another to be planted
for succession.
Roots intended for forcing must be
dug before the closing of the ground.
Rhubard. asparagus, dandelion, olives,
winter onions Tor, as it is called, the
tree or Egyptian onion) can be stored
in light cellar where the tempera-
ture is low enough to hold the leaf in
as dormant condition as is natural
in winter. so that when brought into
higher temperature the growth will
be at once rapid and natural, if not as
luxuriant as when the plant remains
undisturbed in that soil.
Mint roots can be kept over nicely
in this way, and forwarded early in
spring. Winter cress and parsley
should be set at once in heat, and the
plants will make a continuous growth
all the winter in the soil and treat
ment of the greenhouse.
Small roots of celeriac, also kept
over in this way, grow rapidly and
give cuttings of green tops for soups
after celery is past in February.
These plants will grow thickly if room
is limited and with greater vigor if
room enough is allowed. Lettuce
still taxes the energy of many grow
ers, but the best success is with those
who can market an upright lettuce
which does not form hard heads, only
abundance of leaves. The head let
tuce of any variety is difficult to man
age in the first months of winter.
The market to be supplied determines
what kind to raise.
OF course it is understood that the
lettuce plants now to be set are those
grown from seed planted in August.
Ordinarily it takes ninety days, or
more, to get lettuce in perfection from
seed. The seeds of lettuce wanted
for setting in March should be planted
now in boxes in the window or in hot
beds. Cold frame lettuce is now in a
marketable condition, and when the
weather is favorable open air lettuce
is in condition to cut until hard frost
cuts it down. wn.-Agricultural Epitomist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Who Pays the Rillss

Who pays the bills? Who feeds th,
drunkard's children2 Who provides fol
the drunkard's wlfe1 Who supports tn,
beggarly tramps who, having wasted theh
money In drink, wander about the country
Who repairs the losses caused by the fail
ure OF Incorporate merchants and reckless
and half-intoxlcated business menY Wht
makes good the damages caused by the
blunders OF drunken workmen, and the
hindrances OF business caused by thu
sprees OF Incorporate employees? Who
pays for the railroad wrecks caused By
drunken conductors and englneers2 Who
builds the asylums where crazy drunkards
are kept? Who supports the idiotic chill,
dren oil drunken men? Who pays the at.
torneys, and juries, and judges who try
drunken criminals? Who pays the ex.
penses OF trials and commitments and exc
cutlons occasioned by the crimes OF drunken
men? Who pays for the property destroyed
and burned by drunken men2 Who builds
and supports almshouses, which but fol
drink might remain unoccupied? Who en-.
dures the suffering, and losses, and brutal
ity, which are due to the recklessness and
insanity of drunken husbands and fathersi
Who pays for the inquest held on drunk
ards found dead by the waysde? Who
pays for a pauper's coflln, end for digging
a grave In Potter's fold, when the lasi
glass has been drunk?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
One Glass of wine-Persons who Think
That 1t Changed the Course of Politics
I'm This Country-An Ante-Bellum
Episode and Its Results.

One Glass of Wine-Persons who Think
That 1t Changed the Course OF Politics
I'm This Country-An Ante-Belium
Episode and Its Results.
The following story from the Atlanta
Constitution Is an unusual article to appear
in temperance column, but Il may serve
to point a lesson in sobriety as we'll rs
another: II Is said that a single glass OF
wine probably wrecked the Democratic
party in 1860. The story is worth telling.
After the breaking up OF tho National
Democratic Convention at Charleston the
party In Georgia held n State Convention.
Great excitement prevailed. The leaders
OF the party could not agree. 1t was
critical period.
The majority report indorsed the seceders
or boilers at Charleston, while the minority
report opposed their action. The leading
champion OF the minority was Herschel V.
johnson, and his followers were confident
that his eloquence and logic would carry
tho day.
1t Is quite likely that such would have,
been the case but for an unfortunate mis-
hap. Ex-Governor Johnson began his
speech before the noon adjournment on
the second day, and concluded after dinner.
Old mer who remember that speesh say
that 1t was powerful argument, and the
impression gained ground that after the
noon recess the speaker would demolish
his opponents with few sledge-hammer
blows.
But the over-conndent friends OF the
minority report were doomed to disap-
pointment. Johnson felt the strain of the
morning session so much that he was un-
able to eat anything, and he took q glass
OF wine upon an empty stomach to strength
en- himself. This was fatal mistake.
That one glass OF wine perhaps changed
the destiny OF the nationl
The great orator resumed his speech, but
the wine had nauseated him. He was
hazy. verbose and unintelligible at times.
His style and argument lacked valor, con.
sisteney and positiveness. His friends
looked at one another in despair. The men
on the other side were exultant. 1t was
evident that the speaker had damaged his
own cause.
Then Howell Cobb and Henry II. Jack
son followed each other for the majority
report. They spoke with an air OF expec-
tant triumph and captured the convention,
The majority report was adopted. 1t is
unnecessary to follow the history OF the
was completely disrupted aud put two
tickets in the field. Lincoln was elected
and the country was plunged into civil
war. Had Johnson succeeded In inducing
the Georgia convention to adopt the con,
servatlve ideas, 1t is safe to say that Other
Southern States would have fallen into
line with our commonwealth, and the Ma,
tional Democratic party would have re,
mained united.
This is the story OF what little glass oil
wine did. 1t ruined great party, caused
disastrous war; and besides the loss Of
life, cost the South over four billions OF
dollars. Perhaps this is rather specula'
tive, but there are many who believed 1t
generation ago.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Hoods pills cure all liver ills. s5 cents.
Shoes as Detectives.

Twenty years ago American shoes
were unknown in Germany. Within
the past eighteen months the amount
of imports has increased rapidly.
The many improvements in American
machinery and the careful attention
paid by American manufacturers to
style and finish have placed American
shoes in the front rank. The de-
mand for American shoes in Germany
has not been created through the ef-
forts of manufacturers, but through
Consuls and resident Americans.
Many Germans are now ordering
shoes from American retail houses
and have them sent over by freight.
San American" says the Consul at
Leipzig, "can always be distin-
guished in an Europeon crowd by his
shoes"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
ALiltle Suggestion.

There exist In many organizations which
sail under the name "fraternal," customs
of conviviallty that have no business there
that are sources of temptation to the mem.
bers, and to outsiders the cause OF mucl
scandal. There is no reason why, at this
late day, men can not gather to transact
business, or even for sociability, without
the introduction OF liquor. Beer-parties
among people with any pretentions to re-
flnement are out of date as occasions OF
entertainment, and the societies that still
adhere tothis old ignorant custom ara fal
in the rear Of the procession. There is In.
deed q marked improvement OF late years
in this respect, but unfortunately there
are still organizations not only unobjec,
tionable but praiseworthy In every other
way, whose record in this matter Is moi
clear. Total abstainers In such societie,
should make their influence felt ON the
question, and should do all In their power
to combat and defeat n Gu ustom which Is
not conducive to the good OF the members
either morally or physically.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
A Pathetic Notice.

Owing to the fact that half of our
editorial staff is down with plague, or
suffering rather from the effects of in.
oculation, We rely on the kindness and
forbearance of our readers for all short.
comings and omissions noticeable in
the current issue. In an early issue
we shall give full account Of what
plague incubation really means.-Nil.
girl News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
The Cost of Potato pirrIn 3.

The potato digger is now so far per-
fected that it will dig the potatoes
without covering them, and quite as
thoroughly as they are generally
secured when dug by hand labor. OF
course the potato digger does the work
much more rapidly, besides saving
the back ache, which comes from hand
ling the potato fork by human muscle
all day. There yet remains the job of
picking up and asserting the potatoes.
One man with two horses astride the
row open the hills as rapidly as the
horses can walk, and the machine
places the potatoes far enough from
the next row so that they will be out
of the way of the horses feet when
that is dug. A friend in western New
York who has one of these diggers
writes that as his own potatoes are
ready, he is digging potatoes for his
neighbors at charge for the machine
of 81 per acre. This seems to US a
very low price, but we presume the
neighbor furnishes the team. We have
known men who with a potato fork
would go through potato field all
day, striking just one blow beside the
hill and lifting it up with a gentle
shake, leaving the potatoes on the sur
face. But the man who did this earned
SO to SIS per day, and had all he could
do at that while the potato digging
season lasted.
The price of potato digging has been
greatly reduced as compared with what
it used to be. Part of this is due to
the growing of varieties which are
punched in the hill. This makes po-
tato digging easy. In the olden time
we have known $40 an acre paid for
digging Peach-blow potatoes by hand.
The man who did the digging abun-
dantly earned his money. Other varie-
ties could be contracted for digging
and pitting at SS per acre. If the po-
tatoes are not scattered too much four
or five men ought to keep up with the
digger, though probably not more than
as many acres as this would be dug
with digger and strong active team
of horses. Where there is a large
crop the labor of handling the pota-
toes after they are dug is greatly in
creased In most fields there is this
year some rot, and all the potatoes even
slightly affected should be thrown up
before they are put up for keeping or
sent to market. t.-American Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J. Che
ney Tor the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 15c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Aye~e,abie Battery.

An electrical tree has recently been
discovered in the forests of India, it is
claimed, by German scientist. The
character of the tree was learned
through the fact that it was avoided by
birds aud animals. Its leaves are so
strongly electrified that they will give
severe shock to any one touching
them. The remarkable forest denizen
ia called 'philotacea electrical" Its
electrical strength is said to vary ac-
rording to the time of day; at noon it
seems to be more electrical than at any
other time, and its power almost en-
tirely disappears at midnight.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Tn. cha.ts and Cold Noon.

When the poet referred to the moon
as chaste aud cold he spoke better
than he knew. Observations by the
great Yerkes telescope are said to
confirm the belief of astronomers that
the moon is a dead planet, without
water, atmosphere or vegetation. It's
lunar night of fourteen days must, IL
is believed, bring its temperature
down to two hundred degrees below
freezing, while during its day Of the
same length the Temperatures probably
never rises above the freezing point
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

cine, and have certainly been greatly
benefited by its use.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been friend to me.
l am now able to do my own work,
thanks toyour wonderful medicine. ]
was as near death L believe as 1 could
be, SO weak that my pulse scarcely beat
and my heart had almost given out. 1
could not have stood it one week more,
am sure. / never thought 1 would
be SO grateful to any medicine.
81 shall use my influence with any
one suffering as 1 did, to have them
use Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
Every woman that is puzzled about
her condition should secure the sympa-
thetic advice of woman who und,r
stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass. and tell her your ills.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

Luccheni, the italian Anarchist
convicted in Switzerland Of the muir
der Of the Empress OF Austria in Sep
tember last, will suffer punishment
worse than death. He is confined for
life in a cell twenty feet below the
ground, in which there is no windows.
A hole in the door admits the air, and
through it food is thrust once day.
The dungeon is totally dark.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
The Lawyers Progress.

Mr.. Justice Boddam, of the Madras
High Court, has just given at festive
function what he describes as ''the
degree OF comparison" applying to
barristers The first is "to get on, /"
the second is "to get honor" and the
third is "to get honest. London
Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
He had Been There.

Blimbus-"Wel, here's anothe
house-cleaning joke. This is the six
teenth house cleaning joke that I've
seen in this paper within week"
Hamby-"Impossible, my boy, i'm
possible. There is no such thing as a
Gouse-cleaning joke. It's tragedy"
Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Necessity For Total Abstinence.

No doubt, moderation in the use of in.
toxicating drinks is all-sufflcient fer in,
divlduals, and nothing more need be de-
sired for them. But for great and Il
desperate evil, as the abuse OF Intoxicating
drinks admittedlyis a remedy more power
full and effective seems to be imperatively
called for. Statistics prove that a melan-
choly procession of drunkards is annually
marching to an untimely grave-to the
house OF eternity. Half measures will not
cure this evil; 1t requires the whole sacri.
flee OF generous souls sufficient in number
to make the necessary lasting impression
on society
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Widows' Cans.

The origin of the custom of widows
wearing caps is extremely ancient. 1t
may be traced back to the Egyptian
and Grecian practice of shaving off
the hair in periods of mourning. But
as without hair there was danger of
catching cold, the men wore wigs upon
their bald crowns and the women
caps.