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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
A Tanners Death.

Chris. Haltman, trapper, who lived
alone in his cabin a few miles from
Moscow Mills, in Wasco county, Oregon,
recently sustained rupture while chas-
ing q buck. He crawled through the
forest for several hours, and succeeded
in reaching the cabin. Three weeks
later his nearest neighbor having called,
found Haltman in a dying condition.
He family told of the accident, said
" I'm nearly gone" and not long after
ward gave up the ghost. All the avail
able surface of floor and wall within his
reach was written over in charcoal. The
writing proved to be his will. He had
considerable gold, which he wished to
be sent to relatives in the East. He
never got up from the floor, and during
the three weeks was unable to reach
anything but box of sugar and bag
of coffee, though he had plenty of pro-
visions in the cupboards of the cabin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Household Hints.

To MAKE SHOES WATERPROOF. = A
coat of gum copal varnish applied to
the soles of boots and shoes, and re-
peated as it dries until the pores are
filled and the surface shines like pol
ished mahogany, will make the soles
waterproof, and make them last three
times as long.
STAINED MARBLE.-A small quantity
of diluted vitriol will take stains out of
marble. Wet the spots with the acid,
and in few minutes rub briskly with a
soft linen cloth until they disappear.
To CLEAN Frosted sill
verware or frosted ornamentation on
plain silver should be cleaned with a
soft brush and strong lye, accompanied
by freqent rinsings in soft water. After
the frosted parts are dry, the polished
parts may be rubbed carefully with
powder.
To CLEAN BRAss.-Brass is cleaned
with pumice stone and water, applied
with brush-an old toothbrush will
answer-polishing with dry pumice and
woolen cloths. This will clean lamp
burners, candlesticks, knobs and fau-
Gets, also pedals of pianos, and gas
burners.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
CURIOUS FACTS.


A poor kind of bread is made from
the moss which grows in the Arctic
regions
Three thousand species of grass are
known to botanists.
In China there is a fish that crosses
the meadows at its pleasure from one
creek to another, often mile apart
1t is calculated that sixty tons of
steel are annually consumed in the
manufacture of steel pans.
Bees have very little power of COM
municating with each other. +. Miller
gives curious instances of the inability
of the bees to invent for themselves a
natural language.
The pyramid of Pueblo, in Mexico, is
larger than the great pyramid of Cheops,
in Egypt The latter covers only four
teen acres, while the Mexican one covers
forty acres of ground, and was origin
ally 600 feet high. 1t is made of sun
dried brick, and is supposed to have
been built 1000 years ago.
The largest grain elevator in the world
is at Jersey City, N. j., erected by the
Pennsylvania Railway company. It is
145 feet wide, 200 feet long and has
capacity for storing 1900, 900 bushels of
grain. The building has twenty-four
sets of elevating apparatus for taking
grain from cars, and four conveyors |"
run from the building to the wharf for
unloading canal boats and loading
ships.
The swiftest bird, probably, is the
eagle of the sea, or frigate bird, often
measuring sixteen feet from tip to tin.
1t hovers at an elevation of 10000 feet
when storm sweeps over the ocean.
If it wishes to travel, says q French
naturalist, it can almost annihilate space.
1t can breakfast in Africa and dine in
America. This bird reposes on its great
motionless wings, literally, "sleeping
on the bosom of the air."
The Paris police force consists of the
chief, the assistant chief, the chef de
bureau, twenty-four clerks, five inspec-
tors of divisions, twenty-five principal
inspectors, 700 brigadiers, 700 sub
brigadiers, $500 policemen and 13
medical men. Between 1874 and the
end of 1879 the arrests amounted to
230, ,765, of which 1865 consisted of
men. The list of those who fell into
the clutches of the police comprises
among others 1902 young girls, 1,719
fower-sellers, 1,041 engravers, 1894
printers, 231 journalists and literary
men, 567 teachers, 3,939 walters, 43
doctors, 16 lawyers, 127 chemists,
42 midwives, veterinary surgeons,
III street-cleaners. GIG owners of house
property and 26 bailiffs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Recipes.

JELLY CUsTARD.-To one cupful of
any sort of jelly add one egg and beat
we'll together with three teaspoons
cream or milk. After mixing thorough
ly bake in a good crust.
BRAIDED SAUCE.-Beat cup of sugar
and heaping tablespoonful of butter to
cream, make into pyramid on a
small plate and CRATE nutmeg over it.
Very simple, but favorite for apple or
berry puddings.
SIMPLE LEMON PH.-Five eggs, two
cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter,
one cup of warm water, one cracker
pounded fine, rind and juice of one
lemon; bake with an upper and under
crust. This should make two pies.
CHOCOLATE are several meth
DDS of making breakfast chocolate. A
very old French recipe has been care
fully tested and found perfect by the
writer; simply place square in cup
and pour upon it enough boiling milk
to dissolve it into a paste; meantime
have the milk boiling in a saucepan
until it boils to bubble, then gently
stir in the paste, stirring until thor
oughly mixed, and sweeten to taste.
The white of eggs foamed on top is an
improvement.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Good Food for Fowls.

All varieties of poultry can be kept
we'll and economically upon screenings
composed of all manner of seeds. They
can be also kept upon table refuse, sour
milk and decaying meat scraps and
musty grain. This may be an induce
ment for keeping poultry, but the ques-
ton arises whether it is the best way to
Keep poultry where an excellent quality
of eggs and flesh is desired. Beef may
Oe fed on distillery slops, but the quality
is very much inferior to corn-fed beef.
Onions, cabbage, clover and filthy water
affect the taste and quality of the butter
and milk of the COWS to which they are
fed. Pork made from corn is very much
superior to the swill-fed article. When
q fine quality of eggs and chickens is
desired poultry should be vigorous and
healthy, in order that their digestive or
gans may do their duty. Care should be
taken to see that the poultry-house is
properly ventilated and not kept too
warm, as yitiated atmosphere has very
much to do with the profit and health
Of the flock. Poultry, to be kept prof
itably, must be watered, housed and fed
abundantly, with frequent changes in
diet, The poultry keeper who attends
to these details may reasonably expect
to realize considerable profit. Some
profit may, however, be realized when
kept simply as the scavengers of the
farm, if ordinary care is taken to see
that they get sufficient food and shell
ter; but the quality of the product is
inferior. Corn and wheat produce the
richest flesh and eggs, and should be
the principal food employed. Buck
wheat and decaying vegetables are the
poorest foods, not only for quality but
color of flesh and eggs CWTespondence
Country Gentleman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
a changa IN geed s often very bone

A change in seed is often very bene
ficiaL
It is said that pullets first eggs are
not so good as those laid later.
Fowls seldom tire of milk. They
may eat too much grain or meat for
health, but milk in any form is both
palatable and healthy.
One of the most deleterious systems
of gardening, saysthe London Chronicle,
is to spade about foot deep, while the
subsoil remains untouched.
Decayed grain of any kind is highly
injurious to stock. 1t has paralyzing
effect upon the animal fed with it, often
times causing death.
A single horse or a pair will draw far
more and easier after getting up to
their work tnanwhen first starting. Never
draw the check-rein tight in heavy pull
ing or in driving fast gait,
A New York farmer says that potato
tops make the best mulch for strawber
ries. They are free from weed seeds,
heavy enough not to be blown off and
will pack and smother the plants as
straw or hay will sometimes do. In
spring they are so well rotted as not to
need removal.
"W. S." asks if cutting potatoes to
One or two eyes in a hill would be too
small to produce good results. The best
crop of potatoes we ever saw was from
potatoes cut to one eye and planted one
piece in hill. There is a great waste
of seed potatoes every year in our coun-
try through ignorance.--Ne York Her.
aid.
A compost heap should be perman-
ent institution in every garden, and it
will be found surprising how much fer
tilizing matter can be accumulated dur
ing year. Such structure need not
present an unsightly or Objectionable
appearance it may be built behind
some hedge, or in a fence corner, and
protected from sight by few ever
greens.
The most successful fruit growers,
East and West, have decided that there
is no better remedy for the codling moth
than to pasture hogs in the orchard, to
eat the wormy apples and the worms
therein. If the orchards are too large
for the number of hogs kept, sheep are
turned in.
The prevalent idea that shallow plow-
ing is sufficient for grass seed is an er-
roneous one. Unlike corn, the roots of
which keep near the surface and require
heat, the roots of grass require depth,
moisture and colder soil.
There is said to be no cure for the
disease in calves known as black leg or
carbuncular erysipelas, when the swell
ings on the fanks and legs have ap-
peared. In fact, cure may be said to be
impossible at any stage, but prevention
is easy. To prevent danger, give each
one ounce of linseed oil daily for three
days, and do not let the calves overfeed
themselves.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

A sturdy-looking boy applied for work
last November st Wittenburgs farm,
near Forestville, Mich, offering to give
his services in return for his keep. The
offer was accepted, and for some time
the youth labored we'll and faithfully,
chopping wood and doing allthe hardest
kinds of work like man. Then he
accepted an offer of board and S6 a
month at another farmers, and for q
time worked equally well there; but
one morning he was missing, and no ex-
planation for his disappearance could
be imagined until, the other day, an
old woman came along that way to look
for her runaway daughter. Then il was
discovered that the supposed boy was a
young woman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
[Mondovi (Wis } Buffalo Co. Herald.l
Notions of the First Settlers.

Mr.. w. FL. H. Amidon, one of the first
settlers in the town of Chinatown,
Wis, and one of the most industrious
and hard-working men in the county,
has been very severely troubled with
rheumatic pains during the past few
years, so much at times that he was dis
abled from performing manual labor.
Leaning of the wonderful cures effected
by the use of st. Jacobs Oil he procured
4 few bottles, and experienced immedi,
ate relief. Many others of our acquaint.
ances have used it, and express them.
selves as highly gratified with the relief
it has afforded them. This king OF
medicines can be bought everywhere.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Usnd to suck ,Em.

A young college student was visiting
his grandmother, and at the breakfast
table he took an egg, and holding it up
asked her if she knew the scientific way
of obtaining the contents without break
ing the shell ?"
She replied that she did not.
Well" said he, "you take the spher,
oidal body in your sinister hand, and
with a convenient diminutive pointed
instrument, held in the dexter hand,
puncture the apex then in the same
manner make an orifce in the base,
place either extremity to your labials,
and endeavor to draw in your breath a
vacuum is created, and the contents of
the egg are discharged into yonr
mouth"
LAP said the old lady, "when
was a girl we used to make a pin-hole in
each end, and suck EN-"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Breaking Colts.

There may be something good and
useful thus far unwritten as to how to
- break colt well. l may be allowed to
try. When only about one week old
put on the foal and let remain the head
part of a halter. Soon after attach
hitch-rein, by which to teach it to be led
and stand hitched quietly without pull
ing backward But, if not before, as
soon as weaned break to halter then
commence to take up all its feet and
clean hoofs with hook and short broom,
thus serving double purpose, by clean
liness to prevent thrush and slipping
and also to get it we'll used to having
its feet handled preparatory to being
shod. If of very large size and showing
considerable "high stuff" it may be
well to commence breaking to harness
at one and a half years old. First, in
stable, put on all the harness and spend
considerable time in adjusting each
part and buckling and unbuckling every
thing. Tie traces into breech rings,
pretty closely drawn, buckle both girths,
use no binders on bride and only loose
check-rein. Let the colt stand several
hours at a time with the harness on.
IS After some days of this usage, small
string of bells may we'll be attached
to the girth. Take the colt out of doors
with harness on, and first in lot, after
ward in street, teach it to handily be
driven by the reins and to turn out
on meeting teams and turn around cor
ners Go different routes daily. Then
teach it to back, first by taking hold
of the bride, afterward by long reins.
Always on return home teach your colt
. to stand still while being embarrassed
Three weeks daily lessons of this kind
and your colt will be fit to hitch to a
light but strong sulky. Not less than
y two persons should be in active attend
a ance now; and first commence by sim
ply placing one off shaft in thill holder,
and let the attendant barely keep it in
place with left hand, while he holds the
/, large ring of the bride bit with the
right, yourself meanwhile leading the
y colt forward by the opposite bit ring.
Should the colt show signs of much
4 fright the shaft may be removed from
the holder and gently let down on the
= ground then try again, and so on;
Il when it cares nothing for the sulky
then traces may be hitched, etc. Thus
the ultimatum of good and easy break
{ ing may be accomplished, and so mod
], erately and gradually done that the colt
+ will never know when he is being
i. broken. "A 0fiOnal Lire Stock Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

Grace: "Tm going to see Clara to-
day." Charlotte: "I wonder how you
can visit that dreadful girl" Grace:
" Well, l must be off have you any
message?" Charlotte "No, 1 don't
think of anything now-but don't forget
to give her my love-"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

"MERIr MUST REAP IT'S JUST REWARD. 81
OF the many CatarTh and Hay Fever remedies
we keep in stock there is none of which our
customers speak more highly than of Ely's
Cream Balm, comparatively new discovery,
but one which, from the many reports and evil
dences of cures produced, is destined to be
leading article. We have never handled a
remedy which has increased so rapidly in sales
or that has given such universal satisfaction.
@. N. CRTTTENToN, 115 Fulton street, New York
am fully convinced that Ely's Cream Balm
is cure for Catarrh, Hay Fever etc Many
cures have been made among my customers.
Every one afflicted should give this, the best ,t
all catarrh remedies a trial. c. I. KmrY,
Druggist TOwanda, Pa. Oct 4, $780,
Price, so cents On receipt of 90 cents will
mail a package free. Send for circular.
ELY'S CREAM BALM Co. Owego n Y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
TaE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


An effective method of eradicating
Canada thistles is as follows. As soon
as they appear in the spring strike them
Oft with q sharp hoe below the lower
leaf or even with the solid earth. Re
peat every time a sprout starts, and
your efforts will be crowned with sue
cess the first season. Cutivating about
them increases their growth as il does
other plants. They cannot, however,
live without q top. 1t is a waste of time
attempting to dig up the roots. Now
ing closely when in full bloom will check
them seriously, but the only sure method
is that first mentioned above. Thisiles
are such u nuisance that farmers can af-
ford to spend some time in their effec-
tive eradication. A few may appear the
second year after this treatment; if so
repeat the cutting of the stalks, and if
thoroughly done sure death is the re-
sult.-Ansafcdn Culticdtor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

The Chicago street-car conductor may
not be very civil, but he is aman of i'm
agination. The Inter- Ocean tells story
of a member of the guild who, when a
woman wearing a dolman waved her
arms to him to stop, and then
fearing to be run over by passing
wagon, did not move from the sidewalk
but continued her gestures, shouted;
Come, madam, quit tapping them
wings and get aboard"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Remedy for Had TiInes.

Stop spending so much on line clothes, rich
food and style. Buy good, healthy food, cheaper
and better clothing; get more real and sub
staniial things Of life every way, and especially
stop the foolish habit of running after expensive
and quack doctors or using so much of the vile
humbug medicine that does you only harm, and
makes the propretors rich, but put your trust
in the greatest of all simple pure remedies
Hop BTrTERs, that cures always at a trifing
cost, and you will sec better times and good
health. Try it once. Read of it in another
column
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

HAVE You READ IT2 II. r. Stevens Book
on Ensilage, the preserving of green forage
crops in silos, giving his own experience and
the practical experience of 25 practical farmers;
100 pages, elegantly bound in cloth; price, 80
cents; sent by mail, 60 cents. Address H. r.
STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Transplanriug and CUTTING Back.

Whenever tree is transplanted many
of the roots are iniured-a part de-
stroyed. Those that remain when set
out in new place are in no condition
to feed the plant rs it was fed previous
to removal. Hence the top must be cut
back to restore the equilibrium. Let us
instance the case of a newly-trahsplanted
grapevine. If many buds are permitted
to push and grow, the growth of each
at the end Of the season will be found to
be Of feeble, immature kind. If, on
the other hand, but one bud be per-
mitted to grow, strong, healthy cane
will be the result. Thus we see in the
former case the sap is distributed among
many buds and shoots, while in the lat
ter it is supplied to one. The tree or
plant Of any kind may live in either
case. While, however, cutting back
renders the chances of life greater and
insures more vigor, we have still to con-
slider whether few strong shots are not
more desirable than many feeble ones.
-Rsvdl Neao Yorker.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
ACoodAccouu,.

To sum it mp, six long years of bed-ridlen
sickness and suffering, cystlpg 5000 per year;
total 81 200 all of which was stopped by three
bottles of Hop BrrrERs taken 10y my wife. who
has done her own houscwork for year since
without the loss of a day. and L want everybody
to know it for their benefit.
"JoHN WEEKS Butler N Y"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

The London Cuckoo says the Gar of
Russia is lineal descendant of Princess
Sophia, mother of George the First, and
therefore, under the act CT settlement
with the reservation as to religion, is
entitled, better heirs failing, to succeed
to the throne of Great Britain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

A curious fact has been noted by Pro-
fessor Won Tieghem. The cells in the
roots of an apple tree underwent alco-
holic fermentation when the soil was
very damp. The tree then presented a
very sickly appearance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

1t is said that long upper lip indi-
Gates certain degree of good nature.
But the less lip, the better nature on
the part of the unwilling listener.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
Toincinnati Irish Citizen. ]

Mr.. John Miller, of 81 West Fifth
street, tells us that he was cured by the
use of ST. Jacobs Oil of complicated
case of rheumatism of ten years stand.
ING,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

If there is any difficulty about deeid-
ing where to hold the State fair, we
would suggest that a rocking chair or a
sofa would be a good place. II Wheeling
Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11
For over tbi-tv-four voars

DIR. TOBIAS'S VENETIAN LINAIENT
has been warranted to cure Group Collie, Spasms
Throat, Pains in the Limbs. Chronic lileumatism
Old Sores, Pimples, Blotches and SwellineG eNtcr-
nally and not bottlehas been returned, many fam.
lilies stating they would not be without il even if il
was $40 n bottle. Sold by druggists at 2.J and so
cents Depot. ~ Murray Street. New York
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

And don't take anything that has alcohol in il
to help infamed kidneys. WARNER's SAFE
KIDNEY AND LIVER CuRE is purely vegetable,
and acts directly upon the kidneys and liver.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMANs PEPToNIzED BEEF ToNIc, tho
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties 1t contains blood
force-g generating and ife-sustaining properties (;
is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions whether
the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration,
overwork, or acute disease particularly ii
resulting from pulmonary complaints Caswell,
Hazard & Co., propretors, New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

Steel is much used in decorating
laces, pasementeries, gauges and
fringes,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

Don't overload team nor discourage
L by too heavy pull at first starting
nor start from bad place, if possible to
pid Il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-05-11

Natural petroleum, deprived of its color and
disagreeable odor without distillation and the
aid of acids or alkalies, is what the CARBotINR
is made from. AS now improved and perfected
it is a beautiful preparation.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-25
pr. Ki,b,. both Of which h.d b..p torn

DR.. Kirby. both Of which had been torn
down.
formed that there we're Ave cases OF
smallpox In the Champlain House. and
one between B and Howard streets.
On motion Of Commissioner Gallagher.
Mr.. Tinslsy was appointed Q special po.
lIoeman TO attend to smallpox cases, and
10 be under the orders Of the Board OF
Health; to receive "a per day Tor bis
services, and 10 wear . star and nave
power to make arrests, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A resolution, by Weber. to bind the
old city ale Of the Chronicle. and thu
tha. paper DO hereafter hlsd in the ofios
Of the County Recorder. the same - the
CON HuL DAILY News and Virginia
Enterprise, was referred TO the Committee
on City Affairs, on motion OF Gallagher
Commissioner Gallagher was request
Cd to report the cost Of two horses soita.
bic for the Fire Department st the next
meeting OF the Board.
Adjourned to meet next Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, d which time Il
was expected the Board Of Health would
bs ready to report what measures should
be taken 10 cheek ths spread Of small
pox, and the Clerk wss instructed TO no
tify them TO that eject.