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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-28

Of other important bills introduced
last week we mention resolution sub
mitted by Payson of Illinois, contemplate
ing the amendment of the federal con-
stitution SO as to provide for the election
of United States Senators directly by
the eople.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-28

Congressman McRae of Arkansas has
introduced several bills embodying de-
mands Of the Agricultural Wheel, the
great farmers organization of the West,
which is especially strong in Arkansas.
Among them was bill providing for
clare forfeiture of all unearned land
grants, and one to repeal the pre-emp-
ton and ber.culture laws.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-28

LABOR NEWS Co, PANTY JOB fhiNfEhf
25 East Fourth street. New York
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
How Men Act Under Fire.


Exposure to fire, writes Colonel Floyd
Clarkson in the Mail and Express, brings
oat the different characteristics Of men.
Those who are naturally stubborn and
combative become more so and make
the best fighters. The way men behave
when exposed to the enemy's fire de-
pends on whether they expect to be hit
or not. Some men, especially those
new to the work, go into charge firm
ly convinced that they are going to be
shot. OF course they are frightened
when they look at in that way. no man
is willing to 90 deliberately to meet
death, and the idea of being hit, even
slightly, is not pleasant. Looking at it
in this way, the men become extremely
nervous, and in some cases it makes
them actually sick. When compelled to
go forward, they are so excited that
they hardly know what they are about
Other men look at it differently, and
do not expect to be hit. These are men
who have seen service. They consider
their chance of being killed so slight in
ordinary engagements that they act as
though they were indifferent to fire. 1t
makes all the difference in the world in
their behavior, and it is the duty of the
officers to convince the men that they
will not be hit. They should even ex-
pose themselves to severe fire if necessary
to assure the men.
When | was in the Sixth Cavalry
down in North Carolina we had lot Of
new men. A charge was ordered and
the first company advanced. They were
in an open road close by piece of
woods. At the first volley from the
enemy they took to the woods. Then
ordered up the second company. The
men were white as ghosts, but they rode
through the fire. The cavalry charge is
with relvolvers pointed in the air, aud at
the word 'fre" the barrel is dropped and
the volley fired In this charge the men
were so excited that most of their shots
went straight up in the air or over the
heads of the enemy. A couple of months
later the same men would ride and fire
as steadily and drop their bullets close to
the object aimed at.
Itrequires more nerve for men to stand
and receive than 10 ride forward and re.
turn it. The excitement of firing helps
keep the mems courage up. Only vet.
Grams will go steadily forward when men
are dropping on all sides. l remember
one charge when / expected to get hit.
had to lead cavalry charge right in
the face of the enemy's fire. 1t seemed
like sure death to attempt destroyed
all of my papers and we went out with a
rush. The enemy was so astonished
that they dropped their guns and ran,
leaving us to gather in some prisoners
and leave the ground clear for the in
fantry.
l remember an incident at Chapulte-
pee that tried the nerve of the men. A
forlorn hope was ordered and every tenth
man was told of. One of the men who
was detailed was SO badly frightened
that he became very sick, He was con-
vinced that he would be shot, but he
went through the charge, received ball
on his belt plate and came out all right.
He was afterward Captain in the civil
war and stood fire without filnching.
lie died a natural death after the wal
was OVar
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
How to Wash Blankets.

utilized some of the bright, sunny
weather of recent week to wash my
blankets. used, to me, a new method,
with very satisfactory results. For three
blankets l used one pint of soft soap and
two tablespoonfuls of powdered borax,
dissolved in boiling water. Then /
added this solution to half filed tub of
cold water, large enough to contain the
blankets, and left them stand twelve
hours entirely covered with the solution.
/ then squeezed and rubbed them
thoroughly, but did not wiring them.
put them in basket over another tub
to drain, rinsed in clean cold water, and
drained again. put little blue in a
final rinse drained again and hung out
to dry. BY using cold water and not
wringing, my blankets did not shrink,
but when dry were smooth and white.
-pTdirie Farmer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
Grotesnue Sacred Nuts.

japanese sacred nuts are the latest fad
in the market, and are having a large
sale as curiosities.
Their intrinsic value is small, but in
former times the uneducated japanese
used to worship them. They are to be
seen at most fashionable purveying
stores that aim to keep up with the pro
cession.
In shape they are exactly like a pair
of mounted Ox-horns They are two
inches from tip to tip aud are black in
color, looking not unlike black butter
fly. The taste is very similar TO that OF
a Brazil nut They retail at from ten &c
twenty five cents apiece, according to
size.
The remarkable quality about them is
thaa they will keep sweet and palatable
for twenty years from the time they are
gathered. These nuts grow in the
marshes of Japan.
NOn cracking the shell a heart-shaped
kernel is revealed, and this shape is whai
gave rise to the superstition as to the
celestial character Of the nut.-Msao Yorl
Wori1,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
How to Cook a Potato.

The cooking of a potato is test Of
the cooks skill. She, or he, may make
pastry that will melt in the mouth,
salads that inspire verse, and brown
gravies that are the envy of all, but if
the potato comes to the table heavy,
sodden ball, or nasty, discolored mass,
we know that the education of that cook
is not complete.
In the first place the potatoes should
be carefully peeled, and the shape that
nature gave them preserved, instead of
chipping off the outside until they look
like OBJ ects with which to illustrate
some geometrical problem. Those that
must be cut lecause of imperfections
can BE- cooked and laid aside for warm
ing up. After they are peeled they
should lie for while in cold water, and
when put to boil, which should be just
half an hour before they are to be served,
should be put into boiling water; after
boiling about fifteen or twenty minutes
a handful of salt should be sprinkled
over them. There should not be too
n uch water, just enough to cover them,
and should not boil too rapidly, as the
outside will fake off The dish in which
they are to be served should be we'll
warmed and a napkin laid in the bottom.
AS soon as the potatoes are done, care.
fully lift them from the boiling water
into the dish by placing a kitchen fork
under them, and at once put warm
napkin over them and let them stand
two or three or five minutes, then re-
move the top napkin and serve them,
and you have a delicious, white, mealy
ball that is an ornament to any dinner
table, and guest will be sure to ask !:
"Where do you buy such delicious po-
tatoes '"-Spdnafett ! Republican.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
Photographing Rife Bullets.

The interesting process of photograph
ing rifle bullets in motion, by means Of
the electric light, presents some remark
able phenomena, judging from the ex
periments made by Mach, the Austrian
chemist In this operation his plan is
to ilumine the bullet by letting it break
an electric current formed, but the
velocity of the bullet must exceed that
of sound, in order that the conditions of
the air before and behind the projectile
can be shown. After various expert
ments he succeeded in his efforts to
photograph projectiles fired by Wernal
and Jurde guns, having respectively an
initial velocity of ASS and $50 meters
per second. The photographs obtained
in this manner showed an air formation
in front of the bullet having the form of
an hyberbole, while behind it almost o
vacuum was formed, in which, when the
initial velocity was very great, there
were some curious spiral motions. From
the description given, there appeared
from these photographs TO be u great
similarity between the motion of a body
through the water and that of a pro
jectile through the air.-Ne,o York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
to sink back fainting; but he wa

to sink back fainting; but he was
alive.
Miss Papa had told the truth. The
man would not die without telling his
child, and the thought of her had sus-
tanned him and given him the strength
to conquer death.
A week later he was out and ready to
Tecommence his work.
On the evening of the day before that
on which he was to return to the mind
a great banquet was given by all the
miners to Miss Papa. The place of
honor was reserved for her. A. loud
hurrah and wild applause greeted her
when she entered, holding on to Michel's
hand. There were kisses given, shouts
of "Bravol" and wild huzzas in honor
of the little queen.
And do you know what she replied to
all this, smiling and clapping her little
hands2
She replied: "Papa."
1t would be difficult to describe how
and in what tone she uttered that word.
But all the brave fellows, whose eyes
had hardly ever known a tear, will tell
you that they wep. that night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
The Texas Pony.

The most inexperienced horseman will
not have to walk around the animal
twice in order to tell Texas pony; that
is, one viii h is full bred, with no ad-
mixture. He has fine deer-like legs, a
very long body, with pronounced roach
Just forward of the coupling, and pos
sibly ''glass eye" and pinto hide.
Any old cowboy VIII point him out as
the only creature suitable for his pur-
poses Hard to break, because he has
any amount of latent devil in his dis
position, he does not break his legs or
fall over backward in the pitching
process as does the ''cayuse" of the
Northwest. think he is small and
shriveled up like Mexican because Of
his dry, hot habitat over which he has to
walk many mi es to get ms dinner. But,
in compensation, he can cover leagues
of his native plains, bearing seem
ingly isproportionately large man, with
an ease both 10 himself and 10 his rider
which is little short OF miraculous.
Century
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.

How to Cleanse Chamois leather.
Make solution of weak soda and
warm water, rub plenty of soft soap into
the leather, and allow it to remain in
soak for two hours; then rub it well in
until it is quite clean. Afterward rinse
it we'll in weak solution composed oil
warm water, soda and yellow soap. II
must not be rinsed in water only, for
then it would be so hard when dry as to
be unfit for use. 1t is the small quantity
of soap left in the leather that allows the
finer particles of the leather to separate
and become soft like silk. After rinsing
wiring it well in rough towel and dry
quickly, then pull it about and brush it
well, and it will become softer and better
than most new leather. Detroit Free
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
Game for Invalids.

A way that is highly recommended for
preparing game for invalids is as follows:
After being properly prepared boil a fine
young bird until it is three parts cooked,
then remove the skin, pick all the flesh
from the bones and pound it in NOR
tar with little of the liquid in which
it was boiled three tablespoonsful of
finely sifted bread crumbs, teaspoonful
of grated lemon rind, a sufficient season.
ing of salt and a grating of nutmeg.
When pounded 10 perfectly smooth
paste, put the mixture into saucepan
with little more of the liquid, and let
it simmer gently for ten minutes. When
finished the pomada should be slightly
thicker than good cream. 1t will keep
quite fresh and sweet for three or four
days, and can be heated few spoonsful
at time and served poured over slice
of nice crisp, hot toast, or in a very
tiny dish with sippets of toast inserted
round about. Nothing more quickly
destroys the capricious appetite of an in
valid than having a large dish of any
thing, no matter how daintily set before
them; they require to eat often but only
q little at time Brooilyn Citizen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
Recipes.

SWEET BISCUIT Two cups sugar, two
cups butter, the whites of two eggs we'll
beaten, one e-half cup sour milk, one-half
teaspoon of soda, and -four enough to
roll sprinkle with sugar.
CREAM PIE. Beat one egg with one.
half cup of sugar, stir in nearly pint of
boiling milk, in which dissolve one and
a half tablespoons of cornstarch let cool
and add lemon essence. Bake with one
crust.
SARATOGA CHIPs. .-Thinly peel and
slice; let stand in salted water twenty
minutes; take out, drain and dry on a
napkin; separate the slices and drop a
handful at a time in boiling lard stir
with fork until light brown or crisp,
as desired; skim out, drain we'll and
serve. Use solid potatoes.
GINGER NUT. -O One cup of brown
sugar, one of molasses, one of boiling
water in whicn a heaping teaspoon of
soda has been dissolved, the bulk of an
egg in beef drippings or butter, table
spoonful of ginger and nutmeg, yolks
of two eggs, and -four to make a stiff
batter, which may be dropped with a
spoon on TO a tin.
CABBAGE SALAD. Two eggs we'll
beaten, one tablespoonful mustard, one
teaspoonful pepper two teaspoonfuls salt,
four tablespOonfuls melted butter, six
tablespoonfuls sweet milk, one teacupful
vinegar. Stir all on the stove until it
thickens like eustard. When cold mix
with finely chopped cabbage. Extract
of celery or little celery salt is an i'm
provement to those who like celery.
PIcLLED BEETs. Picked beets are a
delicious relish to keep conveniently on
hand Boil tender half peck of beets
They should cook at least two hours
slowly. When thoroughly done allow
a slice Of raw onion to every beet. Slice
them into a jar, put in a teaspoonful Of
horse radish, six cloves aud a table
spoonful Of whole peppers 10 every half
dozen beets. Pour boiling yinegar over
them and set them away. When cold
cover.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

India is so far away that its vastness
is scarcely appreciable from Amer ca
Its development in wealth is marked
by the. erection of the most costly rail-
way station in the world, which has been
erected at Bombay at cost of $1S, ,s09,-
600. The structure was ten years in
process of construction. The building
is in Venetian Gothic style, with Oriental
ornamentation, and returning travellers
speak of il as gorgeously magnificent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
THE PuNcTuAL TIDES.

The punctual tides, with sullen roar,
Wash on the seacoast's peSbly floor;
Dark drift and floating wrecks they strew,
Grinding the old and building new
And building new.
So the long years, with mufIled sound
Bring tribute from the far profound;
Hoarse winds and STOPPING clouds go by,
And man fares hence we know not why
We know not why.
The tides of time, they rise or fall
With that white waste that circles all;
Our years in vaster periods move,
As our poor loves in lasting Love-
In lasting Love.
Dora Read Goodale.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

The Northeastern Lum6ermaa says that
the lumber industry is in danger OF
business troubles from over pIaduction.
The competition between twyellow
pine-of the Northwest is increasing, and
while the former will, in the opinion o!
. the Luas5ermaa, uudersell the latter
right along, as it has done in the past,
yet there is, it says, not enough deman'l
to keep yellow pine stock from accu-
mulatinp.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

In the year 1887 we received from Eu-
rope sss, 600, 600 more gold than we ex.
ported. In the year 1888 we exported
pearly $50, 600, 600 more than we re-
seiyed. But we have good deal of the
.yellow metal left.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

ONE MORE.

When man and time itself were peers,
In the far days before the flood,
And living souls had flesh and blood,
Five hundred or a thousand years,
Till birthdays grew misty guess,
What signifed one more or lessi
All mel no thought may now contemn
That unit of the lives of men,
Whose dwindled years are one to ten
OF Adam and Methusalem,
And one hath all the cares that grew
In twenty when the world was new.
A yearl 'tis natures morn and night,
The lifetime of plant, with dover
OF seed and sprout and leaf and flower;
And yet before its SHOWS are white
We claim the next and plan to run
Another journey round the sun.
Our course of being hath no goal,
Alone in passing youth or age
The onward step, the further stage,
Is counted by the insatiate SOUL
That haunts the Futures open door
And cries for one tomorrow more.
And though the new to-morrows beam
On thankless slight and wilfu waste,
And greed of mortals crazed with haste,
w no nope ana Scnenle ana wish ana cream
STILL added to ife's growing sum,
In mercy one by one they come.
One more reprieve from sorrows stress,
One more delay for dutys stent,
One more probation to repent,
One more condition of success
We ever crave. The boon is lent;
We take-but we are not content.
Do New Years rise and set in vain
Because uneasy spirits fretl
Not so: the world hath wisdom yet,
And punctual sense of present gain,
And faith, whose patience waits so long
Its yearning doeth tins no wrong
And Heaven, that chides the rash and blind,
Relents when love of life entreats,
And still with granted seasons meets
The common prayer of all mankind
And gives eternity-whose store
OF years forever yields one more.
Theron Brown, in Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

The North invested last yearin South.
ern industries $i0s, 200, 900. Nearly
$50, 600, 900 OF this was invested in Ala
lama, which leads in mining and manu-
featuring enterprises in that section.
Kentucky got SOS, oOo. 600, Texas Sls,-
ooo, 900 and Georgia $4,000, 600. The
least amount invested was $4,000, OOc,
which went to Mississippi.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

sloyd is the new word which looks
!ike slang, but is not Sloydites, accord
ing to the Toronto (Canada) Globe, are
persons interested in introducing manual
training into the public schools. Don't
be discouraged by the name.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06
The Pennsylvania railroad compan

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has to make out 40, 900 checks for every
pay day. To do this work force Of
clerks is kept busy throughout the year.
Recently the employees of the company
requested to be paid every two weeks in.
stead.of every month as is now done,
but the company found that in order to
accede to the request the force of clerks
would have to be doubled.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

=. c. Wines, in recent number OF the
International Record Of Char It's and Cor
rte ion, says that in 1850 the ratio of
prisoners to population was 29o to the
million Ten years afterward it was COZ,
decade later, s53, and eight years ago
1869 to the million.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

A chair Of painting and wood carving
has been established in re Pauw Uni
yersity, Greencastle, Ind, and Miss
Louise Fisher Of Cincinnati, has been
appointed to IT,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

The Houston Post saxA that South
Texas is destined to bNome the great
stock breeding center for the Panhandle
country, The fact is, South Texas is
attracting more attention now than any
other section Of the State.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

The experts who were to have exam
ined the brain of the dead elephant
Chief, now in the possession of tlse
University of TennsyRania, at Phildel-
phia, have decided that the organ is too
soft to give satisfactory results. The
examination was to have been made, as
has been stated, to determine, if possi-
BILE, the nature of the disease 'must, Z"
which is prevalent among the elephants
OF India, ana which is supposed to be
identical with human insanity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

All the ways of New York city are
magnificent. Her net debt is more than
$al, 600, coo, and her government costs
her $40, 900, 000 year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

During the last year canada's public
debt is said to have increased Stt OOO,-
600, making the grand total not far from
1884, 5l9, sl1.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

Bishop Hurst Of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church, says thatin Mexico e,OO0,-
600 people have never seen a copy Of tho
Ribia
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

The necessity OF compulsory school
law is beainning to lA felt in Indiana,
aud Mia Toilette, State Superin.
tendent of schods. in his annual report
to the Governor recommends the enact
ment of such lag. Indiana has in
round numbers $i5, 900, 600 invested in
school property, and expends IS, 600, OOO
annually in keepidg up the schools; but
the average daily attendance is not over
llenty-ave per cent. of the enumeration
iifty per cent. of the enrolment,
me the enrolment is not over ffty
Mont. Of the enumeration.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

Within late years the demand for
hemp has increased enormously, owing,
states the Times Democrat, to its use by
farmers for binding grain by machine.
Some idea Of the increased use of hemp
twine for this purpose may be found
when it is shown that the total amount
of hemp manufactured into binding
yarns in 1880 was only 100 tons, while
in 1858 the consumption was $4,000
tons. What is>known rs the "Rope
Trust" have advanced the price since
last August Of Manila and sisal hemr
from four to five cents pound.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-06

The year 1888 win be long memorable
for its list Of distinguished dead.