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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06
How to Mako sort soan.

In almost all families there is more or
less use for soft soap. Nothing is better
for dish towels, white tables and floors,
sinks, ETC., than good soft soap. There
is much in knowing how to make it with
ease and without filling the house with
disagreeable odor. If the work is prop
erly done there will be no trouble
The fats to save for soap grease are
mutton, goose, turkey, and the skimmings
from the water in which ham has been
boiled. The solid bits of fat should be
rendered while they are sweet. When
ever there are any trimmings of fat from
mutton or other kinds of meat that are
suitable only for soap grease, cut them
in its and place them in frying pan
on the back part of the stove, where they
will cook slowly until all the liquid fat
has been extracted. Strain this into a
pot kept for the purpose. Throw the
solid pieces into the garbage barrel.
Put all the skimmings of fat that are to
be used for soap grease in the frying pan
while they are still sweet and let them
simmer on the back part of the range
until all the water has been cooked out
of them. Put this fat with the other.
If you do this work regularly, and keep
the fat covered and in cool place, ii
will remain sweet for months.
When you are ready to make the soap
the work will not be great. 1t is best
to make the soap few weeks before you
will wish to use it, as it is rather hard on
the hands when new. Here is a good
rule for making the soap without heat
ing the grease;
Put fourteen pounds of crude-noi
concentrated-potash in wooden pail
and pour over it enough boiling water
to cover it. Stir well, and let the mix.
ture stand over night. In the morning
pour this mixture into large kettle and
place on the fire. Now add another
pail of boiling water and stir frequently
with stick until all the potash is dis
solved. Next put ten quarts of soap
grease in a water-tight barrel and grad
ually pour in the hot potash Let this
stand for three hours, and then add a
pailful of hot water and stir well. Add
another pailful three hours later. After
this add pailful day for the next six
days, stirring well with a long stick
each time. The soap should be stirred
every day for the next three weeks,
when it will be ready for use.
Be sure the potash is pure.-HoWse-
soie.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Pretty Floral pecoration.

A very pretty foliage decoration for
rooms OF Conservatives can be made of a
white sponge. Fill the sponge full Of
rice, canary, hemp, grass or other seeds.
Then place it in shallow fancy glass
dish. The pretter the dish is, of course,
water in the dish; the sponge will absorb
this, Keep enough water to always have
the sponge moist. In a short time the
seeds will sprout and make the sponge
look very pretty. The dish can then be
placed or table, or the sponge can be
suspended without the dish in some posi-
tion where it is exposed to the sunlight.
1t must be well watered, so that the
sponge is always moist, and it will then
exhibit mass of delicate green foliage.
Mail dnd Empress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The Empress Frederick and her
daughters are sombre figures at Windsor,
says London cahappfhe Empress
wears a widows can With long strings
reaching nearlgfo her feet, and her
daughters, IN Addition to their Grape
robes wear what would be termed here
widows caps. The Empress has de-
eided to return to Berlin when she leaves
England, instead Of proceeding to Italy,
as was her original intention.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The heavy expenses Of college course
have heretofore deferred all but the
daughters Of wealthy parents from en-
joylng the privileges of academic ed
ucation. This exclusiveness is being
very perceptibly broken into now, how
ever, BY vP-spe, women who earn their
% p & 20 s'S~ ,saygh yggho's are hundred
s-..,.,,sana ope euh an intelligent
b F5. FxapsiF CAV .onl lerewithal to go
'poueH e spilhhere seem to be
,,ensy o. - DO are willing
ii US NAS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

In Mexico the word God does not ap-
pear in tho Constitution or laws. Con
eequc.t,y ,ousl..a,.y-al protest which
is equivalent to the oath of Office is used
at an installation OF officials.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Says the New York II raid; ut was
pathways that contributed so largely to
German success in 1870 and to some of
the most brilliant fcats in the civil war
of America, and the nation that cannot
utilize her railways for military purposes
is beyond the sphere of effective warlike
combinations.n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Says New York expert in sporting
matters "There isn't fight, wrcstle,
rowing match, running match, horse
sfrot or sword contest on the square these
days. Everything is cooked before
hand, and cooked to make money"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06
A Repertoire Of Cheap Dishes.


Most housekeepers, says a writer on
economical living, get into ''rut" and
buy the same steaks, chops and roast
each week, having no repertoire Of
cheaper dishes. A beef's heart or a
braised calf's liver make an excellent and
economical change. Broiled sleeps
kidneys with bacon make a fine break
fast. and only cost about ten cents.
Beef olives small pieces of round steak
spread with stuifing and stewed) are ap-
petizing and do not cost one-half as
much as tenderloin steak, and SO we
might continue naming delightful dishes
made from the o-called inferior pieces
of meat. A great deal also depends
upon the manner in which the market
ing is put away and cared for after it
comes home. All vegetables keep fresh
longer if put in a cool, damp place.
Fruits keep best in a cool, dark, dry
place. Bread must be kept without
wrapping in close box. Fish, to be
kept over night, should be cleaned,
sprinkled with salt and put on platter,
skin side down; then stood in a cold
place, away from ali meats or delicate
articles. - Dstr0h Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Two Pjttsburg tube workers have
been hired at S. day to go to England
and instruct workmen there how TO man
ufacture tubing. One Of the proprietors
pf great English mandatory, who EN-
ployed the men. has discovered that
American workmen ''are much more
rapid and have better system of doing
the work than their English brothers y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The highest death rate among white
people in this country is 9s.5j per thou
sand in New York, where there arc 10. 81
people to dwelling. At Newark, N.
j., with Z. people TO the dwelling, the
mortality is l6.40.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

AS electricity will undoubtedly be
substituted in executions for the rope,
the Chicago Times suggest that new
branch OF study is opened for young
Anarchists. "They should be instructed
in electric volts, and taught to compute
the number of ohms which constitute
their power of resistance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

A Chiuaman who after several years.
residence in this country, returned to
China, has been telling his countrymen
that tho Americans worship mysteri-
ous being who is called All Nit Dol Lar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Western hunters complain that wild
duck are becoming very scarce, and at
tribute their scarcity to the use of duck
eggs in making new glue that is manu-
factured in Canada. Their eggs having
become valuable, Canadian hunters de-
spoil their nests and thus materially re-
duce the supply Of young ducks.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The phonograph has reached such a
degree of perfection that gaps and
yawns are produced by it with great dis
tinctness. At recent trial given at Mr.
Edison's laboratory meeting between
two lovers was recorded, and persons of
experience say that the kisses were re-
produced with tantalizing accuracy and
forvor
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06
A Blum Skipper Stops the Counting

An Old Bueksport Me- sea captain
thus describes the way in which he dis
missed an undesirable sutor for the hand
of his daughter the other night II Just
showed him up the companion way and
out on the gang plank leading from my
house, and gently remarked that the
wind was of shore and the sooner he got
under way the better oliing he would get
before morning. He paid off and bore
away down the street."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

After all the sanitary engineers have
done, the average mortality Of the cities
Is twenty-five per cent. greater than that
Of the country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

There has been no time IN the history
Of this country, asserts the Omaha
Htrala, when assassination was moro
rampant than now.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

According to official information the
soudan trade lefo.e the troubles with
the Mahdis.Arah followers began was
wotth $40, COO, 0Ooa year to England.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The present Georgia Legislature con-
tains moro farmers than any OF its recent
predecessors. There are sixty.nine
farmers in the House, against forty-six
LAWYERS.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Hop growing is on the decline in Eng
land, the area devoted to that crop in
1888 being eight per cent. less than dur
Inc 1897
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

In the North eloquent stump speakers
arc now known as s'spcll binders, /" after
tn organization recently started in New
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06
A Ginning Restaurateur.

'TWhy do you keep it so blazing hotl"
inquired patron of the proprietor as he
entered restaurant "Because it is cold
outside" replied the proprietor. After
the patron had left the premises the
restaurant proprietor contidingly made
the following confession to a newspaper
man: "You see, Pve been in the bust
ness for a quarter of century, and my
experience has taught me that under
ordinary circumstances men devour
more food at single meal in piercing
cold weather than when the outside
temperature is moderate. When l first
embarked in the eating house business
l was green enough to economize in
wood for heating the premises, imagining
/ was thereby saving money, but soon
discovered my mistake as the patrons of
my restaurant devoured such inordinate
quantities of food in winter that bank
ruptcy stared me in the face. 1t was
here learned a lesson from a cook, and
through which have since acquired a
snug fortune. My cook ate barely
enough to sustain life in canary bird,
and | inquired the cause of his lack of
appetite. He replied that it was due to
his being constantly employed about a
hot fire, and remarked that if would
keep my restaurant red.hot in winter my
boarders would not consume one-half
the amount of food. l tried the expert
ment and soon found that whereas had
heretofore saved probably $50 a month
in fuel by half-freezipg my boarders,
that was saving at least twenty cents
meal in the decrease in the amount of
food each one consumed while the
premises were kept red hot. - Virginia
(NeD.) Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The United States is rapidly forging
shead as frst-class maritime power.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Philadelphia has just consecrated
church for deaf mutes- the only one in
the world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The leaven Of annexation is working
ID Canada.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Germany is said to be very mad be-
cause France is lending money to Russia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

AGerman chemist has found that
chloroform may be detected in the lungs
OF animals four weeks after death.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

Mrs. Amelie Rives-Chanler is having
a $1,000 gown constructed by fashion
able New York dressmaker,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-02-06

The Sultan of Turkey is considering a
scheme to establish State bank in Con-
stanthople, with a German as manager,
the idea being to diminish the exclusive
privileges Of the Ottoman bank,
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09

the tall Texan staggered through
aad Tell on the AeaF. His shirt Wa
covered with blood and be breathed
heavily. A moment after the woman
uttered low Mid cry and dashing
through the crowd-ber long black
hair streaming behind her-cast her-
sci! down b. The PROSTATE mas and
sobbei.
"Oh. caro- mio Oh, Dos Is
he deadi Is be dcail"
s.who did tb,s' Who stabbed this
man ?" demanded several voices
iercely.
Ma mater answered the
wcuaded rHan tYintIy. III was my
own iaaiit, icservedit;;" aad turn
ing His face toward tie weeping wo-
man, be said smiling, "Don't cry /.
Don't take on So y
-Ay. Dos" cried the woman, kiss
ing him pa-slanatsiy. oh. qreriio
mo. You shaiI not de- Say you
viii not die ani tearing her dress
sue tried 10 stsunlh IA the blood winch
was rapidly forming a crimson pool
around him.
The crowd meantime pressed so
close that tue dying man suffered for
want Of air and begged to be re-
moved. Several persons seized bold
OF him. and lifting him up, carried
him out. The dark schoriia follow
ed closely, still pressing The frag
ments OF her dress TO his wound.
Order was restored, and the music
aud dancing went on as usual. but |
had no desire TO see more OF the
evenings amasements, so. hunting
Jaci, up. We sought our camp.
Next day | learned that the Texan
was stranger in La Noria, ani re-
fused to reveal bis name or make any
/ disclosures as 10 the affray. His last
words were addressed to the woman
who elung 10 him with devotion
bordering on insanity.
Il loved you ] siill love you
/ better than my life I" these were bis
last weFds.
At an examination before the al.
calde il was shown thai the slabbing
must have occurred before the ARRAY
became general. II was also proven
that tho young Mexican bad been
unarpsd. and had no acquaintance
with the murdered man.
Who bad. done ity Was it TIC
womanl Was ii case Of jealousy
/ and was the Texan the father VI the
murdered child
Vixen the body was carried 10 the
grave. the chief mouruer was The
half broed woman. The last | saw
OF her as we turned away she was
sitting at the head Of the grave, mo
tionless as . statue.
Next morning . yaqnsro. passinl
in tha, direction, noticed shaPeles.
mass tyIhg upOu the freshly sESSdeJ
earth. II was the body OF the unfor
tuuate weman, horribly mu,iIsted, BY
the wolves. Whether she died by bel
own band or was killed BY thl
wolves during the night none could
tell She vas buried by the side o
her lover. FRANK LoCis RAE.
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09
NY FIRST BATE.

Written for the RePubljesn.
Some len years ago. shortly aficr
my frst arrival in Sonora my part
ner and camped for the night al the
lille village OF La Noria on the bor-
der and that state.
Noticing that there seemed to dc
an unusual number OF vaqueros in The
plaza whose gala dress indicated a
rendezvous for purposes OF pleasure,
We asked a grI @ho came 10 draw
water at the we'll which gave its name
10 the collection Of adobe huts form
ing t;15 vIttage. as 10 INC cause.
WAS IT a wedding
Mo- Senor Americana
a wake them
NO, Seuor Americana"
At last succeeding in overcoming
the young lady's laconic bashfulness
by tho present Of a rainbow tinted
silis handkerchief from one OF the
packs which with native coqucttry
she at once draped ever her graceful
head, we etiuitUd the information that
It was bafte Tor tauceJ which VAS
10 be held that night in "El tiendeion
as the small stores where WHISKY IS
sold are called, aud which was situa
ted in n long narrow adobe building
rather more capacioGs than the rcst
at the end Of tae street, and 10 front
Of which several gayiy c0mpArisoned
seow-ponies" were tethersJ, while
their s#aFiBY owners ia all all the the gran
deur of silver sii.llii sasAes or
'laIas" and decorated E0HbTeros were
seated on the ground IN the shade Of
The hnildiRg, deeply ensg,rns=ed < in ihe
mysteries Of ''montc" or "cnnqnian.
! at least had never attended one
Of these native dances although
hal frequently heard them described,
81 We at once determined 10 be pres
ent ut Ibis one.
The invitation, as usual, was gen
eral and the company notvery select
Every person within radius OF ~
miles, and with money enough In hrs
pocket to pay for The refreshments
was expected to be present.
i large back room from which the
scanly furniture had been removed
and with long benches ranged
around the room formed the ''riancing
saloon" Out Of this room sid.
door opened into corral With high
adobe walls IN which were erected
several ''chapadeus" or brush tents
for the sale of .snescal, " ..agnar
dienie," "tamaIes," and "enchlla
das. and other refreshments wero iol
safe.
A low rabblo Of Mexicaus hung
around the premises in every diree
ton, while their dirty serapes. ma
shillas and spurs lay scattered abou
just as they bad distnoaDied. Tit
animals were mckeicd 10 Inc opel
space and kept up a continual con
fusion by buckiaF aud Kicking a
every slraggieE thai came within
range Of their heels. Such Of thI
=faiisis as Tseru ai,iie tn pay The en-
trance fee of"dos resIsss we're sitiin.
u groups IN the yard smoking corn
huskp cTgarros AND playing rinnle.
i few of tho betIer class III ranrho
ros had brought vaqueros witt
iliem and were entering the saloni
rs se arrived.
! tollostl tie cEas ia couspar,
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09
DumPliingS
WiffN
Ro>A Baking
Powder

No dessert is more delicious, wholesome
and appetiying than a well-maje dumping,
filed Nth the fruit Of the seAsoH- BIZ the
Use Of the Royal Bakfng Powder the crust Is
always rendered light, ilsky, tender and d.
eexyitttc. Danpiihgs made with 1t. baked or
bcsled win he dainty and wholesome. and may
be eaten stealniag bot with peEiec, impcaiiy.
REcrpr - Cae quart q fnF; hssopgeay na1s ~tlh
u ,hf-e icaspas Of k8ysi hAkiaE Pawerz ard SAAh
srss,ooa Il SIT rob IA pace q hutisf sztd the
sse q an egg. Sad ,heu st hsge possg grated a
Tx a1lf sr he blsSes y sell useA. tia = sssk and
ss-yi ss.s--~t-ss,rs.f 80 h.ezi iazsA hsek
ch pi-css a dgakh ls4ge eaoash ID ctsse foas
alrt.rl II an 1.sli. In uhef frz 4elsse 81 aqat
Trltag aad aY = n eafthsa lash e, sssaaa<sl ahd
ssfAEa nnsl the r11 ia seRder. RaAs gvssesfed-
In all receipts calling fcr cream Of tartar
and scia. substitute Royal h&king Powder.
ff-5 ++r-r4-. rr-v.s- 4sl-y saass-
tisiny and wholesome food aaA i more eoe-
nomieal Rsysl Baking Powder IS specially
rnssse Tot ne the F'Teisasaiiss si the haest
and most def1zte cookery,
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09

C,ITARgH CURED, health shd sweet
trcSth secured, hv Sailoh'5 UasArrh Rene
Is. sold IS Il. Moreno.
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09

"Oh. caro- mio Oh, Dos! Is
be deadi Is be dcAil"
..Who did ih,s' Who stabbed tthiis
man ?" deman led several voices
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09

u
youug Mexican gra.ped bis apiiited
hxud ami the twu cIiHrhed, | could
not see WRIST WAS done 10 the strag
Gle. Those 81 the crowd who were
nearest rushed "a, and The atffav
soon became general Pistols ard
knives w5TU dJzwTl IN oFrfy titrrt-=
ton, buI se sudden was the hghi thar
no one seemed to kuow where to
aim oT strike. In the midst OF the
confusion sumo orr jumped up on
one If tho beaches, sgd waving re
voIyer cried oag: Back back. With
you' the mans stabbed let him
ogO The swayiag mas. psricd aui
Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-11-09

siEEPLEss NIGHTS. msds miserable
hs ths, terrible csaes Sb6oh's care li he
ieris-, - 50 s--ll D ? Nofsue
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-05-16

wells are extended to the north the flow
has always increased in volume. Thus
at the end of two years of intelligent ant
persistent work, the Messrs. Rowland
and Lacy can tell to certainty where t.
bore, how far they must 60, and wha
amount of oil they will get. No sucl
certainty has ever before attended sucl
an enterprise.
The possibilities of these oil measures
are past calculation. In the first place
the wells seem to be inexhaustible. No
hole that has ever been sunk but il
yielding now, as it has been doing since
it was first sunk. Even the small hole,
first bored, including the very first II
which the tools were lost, are yielding 8
thick oil, which ia used for coating watel
pipes, 80 much used in this section. Il
sells for So barrel, while the oil used
for fuel sells for So. The revenue from
the wells now pumping is $500 day
1t will soon be $500 day, and it may be
increased to So 900 day. All that is re.
quired is capital. If there were ,0OC
barrels day being made at this mo-
ment there would be ready sale for il
all in Los Angeles. Not only are the
wells all yielding, but they are almost ae
prolific as they were when first opened,
some of them having flowed steadily
night and day for "a to 80 months. The
Messrs Rowland & Lacy have secured
about all the good oil lands there are in
the measure. They own 5000 acres of
these lands, stretching from the present
wells to the Brea Canon, on the north
side of the hills, eight miles away. The
present thirteen wells are all within half
mile of the first one. Twenty times as
many wells would not exhaust this rich
territory.
Here in this little belt, eight miles
long and one wide, lie untold millions of
money. Here is one of the richest sup.
plies of fuel in the world, which for a
generation will furnish Los Angeles city
with heat and power. 1t is great en-
terprise and will make millionaires of it's
possessors.
If one were disposed to 60 into other
matters it may be shown that royal
revenue may be derived from this land
in addition to that flowing from the oil
wells. They are covered with fine grass,
and over their grassy slopes and fowery
dells roam focks of sheep and herds Of
cattle. Many of the ca1ons are
lovely, clad as they are with oak and
walnut trees. The raising of hogs
on these hills may be made great indus.
try of. The Supervisors are now formu'
lating plans to build a county road from
Punente past the wells and across La
Habra rancho, to join with Orangethorpe
avenue, and then reach Anaheim. 1t will
be road of easy grade. and one of the
most picturesque drives in the county.
The Southern Pacific Company is look
ing for way to get into the new depe
by crossing the laguna ranch. If they
will go over the hills from Whittier into
San Habra valley, they will find an easy
pass through these Puente hills to the
valley at Spadra. 1t is an easy grade
and passes all the way through ricl
district destined soon to TEEN witt
population.