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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
When I recovered consciousness at


length, I found myself lying upon a ts-
BILE in the Blackley Station waiting-room,
with sympathetic crowd around me,
and, best of all, saw face bending ten
derly over me, the face of the girl Of
my dream and my discontinue. After
making two,or three attempts, managed
to ask: Where is Watson ~
Very nigh dead" replied a ruddy-
faced farmer who stood beside me. "You
three-quarters strangled the life out Of
his ugly body; he was black in the face
when they lifted you off him"
"Do you know that he is an escaped
wife-murderer ~ l inquired feebly.
" Yes, we know" responded my hon
est friend. 1.-The Burtown police tele-
graphed after the train to have it
searched, because man answering his
description had been seen in the station
before it left. The police have got him
safe, my lad, this time, and no mistake.
Why, | saw him handcuffed, and his
arms pinioned behind him, and he a.
lying half dead the while after the throt-
Ting as you gave him"
DO my readers want to hear the rest of
my story, now that the catastrophe is
told If so, l will inform them that
Watson, on breaking loose from the po-
lice, after turning the corner of Shut
Lane-where it will be remembered he
disappeared contrived, by an almost
incredible effort, to scale a high wall,
and so gain the shelter of a railway en-
bankment. Along this he crept until he
reached the midtown tunnel where he
had lurked all day, until, u the
evening, he crept into the and
contrived to secrete himself ,iage
of the midnight mail, with l..J esults
before mentioned.
There is one more incident in close
connection with that journey to be told
it is this, that there will be marriage
early this spring. The name of the
bridegroom will be Knightly; the name
of the bride does not matter. She was
never formally introduced to her future
lord and master, and therefore it is surely
unnecessary to tell the name she will soon
cease to bear, to a passing acquaintance
like the reader ChamJers's Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
The Art of Sermon Making.

For number of years, says the Rev.
A. ]. F. Behrend in the Brooklyn Eagle
" continued to read half of my sermons
and to prepare the other half without
use of the pen. But my written and
speaking styles were out of harmony. I
found myself living a double mental life.
My preaching lacked uniformity and the
individuality which grows out of the
use of a single method. So abandoned
both methods and adopted the third -
that of preparing a careful brief, mas
tering its contents without special at
tention to the language and then freely
reproducing it in speech and without
the use of a note This has been my
habit for over fifteen years, and / am
sure that for me it is the best. The
written preparation ordinarily amounts
to 1000 words, one-third of fully writ
ten discourse. The thought is put as
compactly as possible, and with special
regard to clearness and precision. No
elaboration, either of argument or of
imagery, is attempted at the time of
composition; this is left to the subse-
Quent review, to which an hour and a
half is given Immediately preceding the
service, and very much is left to the
friction OF thought which an active and
attentive audience always eXcites.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

Among some of the numerous corpora
tion customs in England, says CasSePs
Miqasiae. may be mentioned the blowing
of the " Burghmote Horn, " by the sound
of which the members Of the corporation
were, in days gone by, summoned to-
gether. This custom probably dates
back to Anglo Saxon times, having been
in some places continued until our own
times. At Ripon an ancient horn is pre-
served, which is sounded every day. "lf
a visitor should remain in the city, writes
Mr. Walbran, "during the evening he
NAV h ar the sounding of the Mayors
horn. Il formerly announced the setting
of the watch. whence the chief officer of
the town derived the Saxon style of
'wakeman,' but it is now, of course,
lapsed into a formality. Three blasts,
lsng, dull and dire, are given at nine
o'clock at the Mayors door by his official
horn blower, and one afterward at the
market cross, while the seventh bell Of
the cathedral is ringing. 1t was ordained
in 1853 that it should be blown at the
four corners of the cross at nine o'clock,
liter which if any house on the gate
syd within the towne' was robbed, "the
wakeman was bound 10 compensate the
loss if it was proved that he and his SER
vaRts did not thAir dptis st tbs ti5s ~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The equestrian takes back scat.

The equestrian takes back seat,
The convict is naturally in a good
humor when he's breaking out.
Maud asks: "How can I get white
hands2" Make bread Maud, B Tlington
Free Press
Men who cover themselves with glory
sometimes find that they are, after all,
very thinly clad.-BostoR Post.
1t is rumored that the interstate peo-
pie are going to abolish the -@y-
Mountain passes. Detroit Free Press.
'I saw a pretty thing in kid gloves
last evening" observed Fitzpercy to his
sister. "What was it!" "My best girls
hand.-PHtsjurg Chyonjcle.
81 see the dude has got into the latest
edition of Webster's dictionary" elias
he2 Well, hurry, then, aud slam the
cover down. y Chi,ag0 NeCs.
"Advice," f." says philosopher. 'should
come to us like gentle fall of snow.n
Very true; but we usually receive it as
fit were shower bath. Bosom Courier.
"Does marriage change a manl' asks
a writer. Depends on whom he marries.
Some women would make man bald in
six months, burlington Free Press.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes man healthy, wealthy and WISE
Campagne and oysters at midnight's hour
Cuts man oil in his early flower.
Merchant Tr1uels'
Lady who had n sick husband
"Dont you think, doctor, that you
ought to bleed my husbands" Doctor
absent t-mindedly)-" No, madame, not
until he gets well. l."-EpO-h.
An exchange has an article on "Chna
as It Is" Just how China is depends
upon the hired girl Generally it is
wicked, and often so badly broken that
it has to be swept out.-Omaha Herald.
In these cold winter nights true love is born
Conceive a sweeter picture if you can;
Fair Chloe at the tireside pops the corn
And stephen pops the question, like
man.
II tell you what it is, Gus; Araminta's
father can't appreciate us. He has no
soul" "Oh he HASN'T ehi Well, If
you'd been in my place last night you'd
have thought he was all sole. ."-HarPeT's
Bdzdr.
A strange child was introduced to A.
year-old Adelaide with injunctions as to
his entertainment. With a superb dig
nifty the suggestions were checked by;
'Nly dear l have played with children
all my life n-AmericaB MagdziHe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
Hands and Household Work

Household work and neat hands are
not as incompatible as they seem, if every
means possible is used for the protection
of the hands. will not say pretty hands,
because work must enlarge the joints,
thicken, and as one grows older, mar
the shape but with little trouble
working hand may be kept soft and
white, with regular, smooth nails. First,
there are rubber gauntlets, costing a
moderate price. They can be worn
while washing dishes, dusting and
sweeping, and in doing any work that
will not cut the rubber. An old pair of
buckskin gloves, with plenty of news
paper, will keep the hands spotless in
trimming and cleaning lamps, and free
from the lampblack, so permeating and
hard to remove.
In short, the rule must be: Whatever
can be done with gloves, must never be
done without them. When work is done,
wash the hands in tepid water, pressing
the skin back at the base of the nail with
the towel as you wipe them. Pour in the
palm few drops Of glycerine, rub well
together, and wipe dry. If sticky, pow
der lightly with starch. At night
anoint well with glycerine, and sleep in
gloves, or powder thlckly with starch,
which will whiten. as well as prevent
soiling the bed clothes. God House
keepinq.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

The great cottonwood trees in the
swamps of Tennessee contain veins Of
clear, sparkling water, which tastes
somewhat like unsweetened soda water,
and which spurts forth as if under gas
cous pressure when a vein is punctured.
IT is said to be dcliciously refreshing, and
hunters are in the habit of carrying gim-
lets with which to pierce the veins when
they are thirsty. 1t is point of honor
with them to plug up the orifice when
their thirst is satisfied, so that the next
conner may not be disappointed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
ClereIand,s Fnture Home.

Mr.. Cleveland intends to remain
citizen of New York State, and on his
retirement from Federal Office he will
select some portion of the State in which
he will make his home, says Washing
ton correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle.
Those most fully aware Of the drift of
his thought in this regard say that at
present the choice lies between Albany
and Brooklyn, with a probability that
Brooklyn will he selected, although il Is
known that there are many ties which
draw him to the State capital. That
decision, however, is matter for the
future. The renunciation of Buffalo as
a place of residence has been formally
made and is final. The act leaves the
President without voting place in the
State until he determines where in the
state he will live, and consequently he
did not vote in the State in 1856 or
in 1887, for he could not.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
BATES OF ADVERTISING.
WISHES.

The summer day was DER, and twilight sweet
Came close upon its track with dew-bathed
feet;
Moved by the mystic spell, May, Kate, and
Bess
Agreed among themselves each to confess
What they would like to be in future years.
ooh, would like, said laughing, blueeyed
May,
ITO go before the world in some great play.
To act so well the phases Of my part,
That all the pulses Of its giant heart
Should bound and lutter with its weight OF
tears"
"And 1 would like to write,r said dreamy
Bess,
"Some grand, sweet truth, the weary ones to
bless,
To clothe it in some softly flowing rhyme,
As fair and tender as the summer time,
For truths, like folks, look better when well
dressed
Then, looking far away, said restless Kate
"I'd like a true, deep-hearted soul to mate,
To have one hold me ever dearest best,
And in my womanhood his honor rest,
For to be fondiy loved is to be blest."
The years rolled on, and our ambitious May
Found that her part was real in lfes great
play
The world she moved and thrilled as small
beside
The one she would have moved as ocean
tide
Is great above the brooklet singing sweet
A lover came to WOO, and Bess was wed;
She did not write, but lived the truth instead; ;
Lived happy in an honest heart and name
Content to be unrecognized by fame,
To fit her rhymes to little childrens feet.
And Kate, who would have lived for love
alone,
Gave all her woman's heart unsought, un-
known
Yet sheit was who gave great truths tomen
For, having not, her longing taught her pen
To write Of Love beyond the human great,
To tell of Love that with bounteous hand,
Short-sigh ed mortals cannot understand,
Gives ever to its children; gives, indeed
Not always what they want, but what they
need,
Nor gives, in wisdom, any gift too late.
Anne B. Spearing,in LelCiston Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
Recipes.


MINcE MEAT.-Four pounds of beef,
boiled, two pounds of apples, ard one
pound of suet, chopped fine, two pounds
of stoned raisins, two pounds of currants,
a quarter of pound of citron, tea
spoonful of cloves, cinnamon and mace,
a quart of molasses, and half pound of
brown sugar.
SAGo PUDDING.-Boil five tablespoon
fuls of sago, well picked aud washed, in
one quart of milk till quite soft, with Il
stick of cinnamon; stir in one teacup Of
butter and two of white sugar; when
cold add six eggs well beaten and nut
meg to taste. Mix all well together and
bake in a butter dish three-quarters OF
an hour.
MASHED PARsNTPs. Take eight par
snlps, scrape, slice lengthwise, and put
on to boil in hot salted water. They
will take little more than an hour TO
cook. When tender drain and press
through colander. Mash smooth. Put
in clean saucepan with a little butter,
pepper and salt. Stir until very bot and
then dish.
COLD SLAw.-Shred a white cabbage
and pour over it the following dressing
Put half cupful of vinegar on TO boil
Beat two eggs till light, add half a cupful
of very thick sour milk; and butter the
size of a walnut. Add this mixture to
the boiling vinegar, stir over the fire till
boiling hot, and add salt and pepper.
Pour over the cabbage and set it away TO
get very cold before serving.
BAKED OMELET. Take six eggs, three
even spoonfuls -four a little salt, and
beat them well together-,he more it is
beaten the lighter it will be-theH add
one pint of hot milk and keep on beat
ing. Have a hot dish with some melted
butter the size Of an egg, and put into
oven. Bake twenty minutes, and eat
when it comes from oven, for it will fall
soon. This is very nice for breakfast
BREAD PUDDING. One quart of grated
bread crumbs, one quart of milk, yo ks
of four eggs, well beaten, batter size OF
an egg, one cup Of sugar, two teaspoons
bak ng powder and two teaspoons eX-
tract of lemons; mix all well together
and bake; beat the whites of the eggs
with a cup of powered sugar, flavor with
one teaspoonful extract of lemon or
orange. cover the pudding with 1t and
bake until Drowned little.
How TO MAKE Coon COFFEE.-Put
one cupful of fine-ground coffee in a
small saucepan and on the fire. Stir
constantly until hot. Put the hot coffee
in the filter Of a coffee biggin Place
the coarse strainer on top, and then add
half a cupful of cold watar, pouring il
in by tablespoonfuls. Co, er it and let
it stand for half an hour, though les
time will do. Next add three cupfuls ard
a half Of cold water, cupful at a time.
When all the water has passed through
the filter pour it from the pot and again
through the filter. Cover closely, and
at serving time heat it to the boiling
point and serve at once.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
Fifteen Thousand Ducks Shot in Day.

The best record ever made in the Sus-
auehanna fields was about eight years
ago, when on the opening day William
Dobson, of Havre de Grace, an expert
gunner, killed from box 80 and burst
a fine gun before he stopped. He kept
two men busy all day picking up dead
ducks. His second got at times too hot
to hold. Ten or fifteen years ago $4,000
were killed in days shooting. In an
average season there are about fifty boxes
and l5D bushwackers. Iha capital in
vested in the business is from 500 o 10
SlUO. 600. This includes boats, docoys,
boxes, guns, &c. From = :, 900 to 30, % 0
ducks have been killed in a season in
later wears. They are sold everywhere.
The best prices are given in New York,
Mashington, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia. No wild fowl can equal
in flavor a Susquehanna canvas back
duck. -Bqi,imors AmHiem.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

Drs. seguin and Godfrey, of Bridge
port, Conn, have secured and examined
the stomach of Alice, Jumbo's widow.
1t has proved perfect bonanza and pos.
sessed all the treasures of a curiosity
shop. Little did this particular elephant
dream when she demurely stole and
swallowed pennies one by one, cutlery,
etc, that they would be recovered. The
stomach was found full of hay, and in
the hay were fodnd between three hun.
dred and four hundred pennies, part OF
a jackknife, a job lot of cane ferrules, a
coil of lead pipe and a collection of as.
sorted pebbles.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

II is doubtful whether death in burn.
ing buildings is as horrible as is general
ly supposed The London Lancet,
speaking particularly of the affair of the
Opera Comique in Paris, observes that
the burning seldom occurs in these cases
until after death, or at least insensibility
to pain, has been produced. Except
under ve.y peculiar conditions, the vic
tim is made faint and pulseless by the
carbonic acid, or the carbonic-oxide gas,
before the fire reaches his body. 1t is
1.-THE experience of persons who have been
in burning house that the heated and
smoky atmosphere speedily induces a
feeling of powerlessness and of indiTer-
ence to what is going on around, and it
is generally this stupefaction, with sub
sequent paralysis of feeling, that pre-
vents judicious means being taken for
escape
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

Chicago is trying the experiment oil
burning garbage and the refuse of the
streets, and the result is said to be very
satisfactory. Two fires are built under a
large iron-lined pit with grating for q
bottom, and on this grating the garbage
is dumped. The top of the pit is then
closed and the fires lighted. The draft
is not allowed to ascend through the
garbage as it is consumed, and all or
ganic matter carried by the smoke is en-
tircly burned up before it is discharged
from the chimney. There is no offensive
smell
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
Snlder Weh Paner.

The Hon George West, of Ballston
Spa, is in possession OF curiosity in
paper sent him by friend in Hong
Kong, Chira. It is a sheet n by IA
inches, nude from the web of the
"Sa red White Spider" of the Flowery
Kingdom. 1t is as light as air and
almost as transparent, bat is also beauti-
fully printed, and contains about the
equal of two columns of matter, giving
in English the story Of Glow Aldship-
man Copple tone WAS presented at the
court of Ickin.n Mr., West has made
the manufacture of paper his life work
aud study, but it is safe 20 say that he
never ran a spider web p1Ver iartory.-
s.yatoJd ~ J. sfrat2p9
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
The largest, or perhaps the best known,

The largest, orperhaps the best known,
shop in Paris, Au Bon Marcle, is kept
by woman, Madame Boucicault, who
has recently been decorated with the
Cross of the Legion of Honor. Madame
Bcueicault is as generous as she is
wealthy. She has bestowed 1000, 900
on her employees as a pension fund foi
the sick and superannuated, besides
library and reading room funds, and she
gives them all shares in the profits of her
business. In her native town she has
built 5000, 900 bridge across the Saone
TO give people more direct road to
market, and she has distributed more
than 81, 500, 900 to relieve the sufferers
from the phylloxera plague.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

The Congressman from the far Western
States will make neat little sums of pin
money out of their mileage allowance,
which is twenty cents a mile to aud from
Washington. The Oregon members will
each receive 81, $40 and the Arizona
delegate $1,000. Congressman Lee, Of
Virginia, who lives within eight miles of
the capital, gets only $500.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

The cashier Of the Fidelity National
Bank Of Cincinnati, whose only idea of
fidelity was that it made a nice sounding
name for bank, has found in the Jail to
which he has been sent man who was
his schoolmate forty-fye years ago. But
this does not reflect on the youthful
moral training of the men, as the other
one is keeper Of the Jail
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

The natural products of any land in
vegetable or animal life are the safest for
its inhabitants to propagate. When they
try eNotics there may be no adequate
check to their increase aud the most
serious consequences will result. The
people of New South Wales have for
many years been oyerrun with rabbits
accidentally INTRODUCED into that coun-
try, which has no foxes to repress their
increase. The sparsely populated region
cannot keep them down. Bounties are
oil red and many men make handsome
livings killing rabbits at two to four
cents per head. Sheep keeping is the
great industry of the farmer there; but
the rabbits eat closer than sheep, and
threaten to drive or starve the latter out.
Some thoughtle.s person few years ago
brought ferrets into the countryl These
have run wild, and are increasing so as
TO be a new danger. The feTets destroy
rabbits, Int occasionally attack the sheep,
and il is feared that they may take to the
blood OF the latter animal as their favo-
~ food.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

A great "rush" of herring is expected
This winter on the west coast of Norway
For two centuries, for some unknown
reason, these rushes have occurred at
regular intervals The two greatest OF
them were noticed in i740 and 1907.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
THE HIDDEN CROSS.

How many hearts so brave and true
Are battling day by day
To bear n cross their whole lives thro',
Unmurmuring all the way.
The cross they bear they do not care
That all the world shall see,
As IL TO ask or beg share
or its cold sympathy.
They do not wish that all should know
The secret Of its power,
Nor even of the hidden woe
OF many sleepless hour.
Oft drenched with tears the steps that lead
Up to the throne Of grace,
To One who hears them when they plead
And never hides His face
John B. Hemstreet, in hitter Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
Pin This Up in the Kitchen.


Ten common-sized eggs weigh one
pound.
Soft butter the size of an egg weighs
one ounce.
One pint of coffee A sugar weighs
twelve ounces.
One quart of sifted -four (well heaped)
one pound.
One pint of best brown sugar weighs
thirteen ounces.
Two teacups (well heaped) of coffee A
sugar weigh one pound.
Two teacups QeveD of granulated
sugar weigh one pound.
Two tcacups of soft butter (well
packed) weigh one pound.
One and one-third pints of powdered
sugar weigh one pound.
Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or
flour weigh one ounce.
One tablespoon (well rounded) of soft
butter weighs one ounce.
One pint (heaped) of granulated sugar
weighs fourteen ounces.
Four teaspoons are equal to one table
spoon.
Two and one-half teacups 0eveD of the
best brown sugar weigh one pound.
Two and three fourths teacups QeveD
of powdered sugar weigh one pound.
One tablespoonful (well heaped) OF
granulated coffee A, or best brown sugar,
equals one ounce.
Miss Parloa says one generous pint of
liquid, or one pint of fnely-chopped
meat packed soidly, weighs one pound,
which it would be very convenient to re-
member
Teaspoons vary in size, and the new
ones hold about twice as much as an old
fashioned spoon of thirty years ago. A
medium sized teaspoon contains about a
| dram.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18
In High Glover.

We're ivin' on the toppest shelf,
We've everything from goose 20 grouse,
| haiu't been licked for most a week.
Cause we've got comply I our house.
When we're alone my ma is strict,
An makes me keep a. stills mouse;
But now / make a heap OF noise,
Cause we've got comp'ny our house.
We've peach preserves an pumpkin pie,
An Jelly cake three times a day.
An I'm havin' such a bully tine
wish Z our comp'ny come o stay,
90 Boston Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

Certain proverbs in the Mahabharata
parallel those found among other ma
tions. Among these there is the gold
en- rule which, however, is formulated
negatively in the Sanskrit: "Do not
unto others what thou wonldst not have
others do unto you, In Chinese, the
maxim also has the negative FORM as is
also the case in the Talmud, where the
saying is put in the mouth of the famous
Rabbi Hillel.