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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Amphibious Youngsters at Alden.

AS six sturdy Arab boatmen rowed us
ashore, writes Thomas Stevens to the
New York World from Alden, Arabia,
there came swarming about our larger
craft fleet of tiny cockle-shell boats.
These boats are little bigger than the
half-shell of the annual prize pumpkin
at Topeka or indianapolis, and each is
padded by slim young Somali boy,
who sits in the bottom. These young
sters are the famous divers of Alden, who
gain a livelihood by diving for coins
tossed into the sea by steamship passen-
gers curious to witness their perform
ances. Toss q siXpence carelessly into
the sea, and as it touches the water
''lop, flop, flop" go from three to
dozen of these diminutive divers head
foremost after it. Before you csn count
six they are back into their boats, the
lucky one grinning broad grin as he
displays the coin preparatory to slowing
it away in his cheek.
These youths seem strangely like hui
man frogs, built chiefly of arms and legs,
as they flop into the water and Chamber
with astonishing case back into their
tiny craft. Everybody wonders why
the sharks, which are numerous here,
don't gobble up these daring young
amphibians. One of them would Just
about make a good mouthtul for Red
Sea shark. Strange to say, they are
never molested. A oue-legged Somah
of forty or SC is pointed out to the tour
ist on the streets as a former diver anda
victim of Mr.. Sharks voracity, but he is
the only case of the kind known to the
city. Some say the boys are too quick
for the sharks, aud that the latter, hav-
ing found it out years ago, no longer
pay any attention to them. Others as
sert that, like the crocodiles and the buff
faloes of the Indus, the Somah boys and
the sharks get along so well together
that they actually fraternize at times,
and that the former have been known
to dive under a shark and pat him fa-
miliarly ON the stomach. However all
this may be, the little black fellows are
quite fearless, and accidents from sharks
are singularly rare.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG.

Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted a melody no one knew;
And the woman stopped and her babe she
tossed,
And thought Of the one she had long since
lost,
And said, as her tenrdrops back she forced,
"I hate the wind i'm the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew,
And the children said. as they closer drew,
"'Tis some witch that is cleaving the black
night through,
'Tis fairy trumpet that just then blew,
And we fear the wind in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted a melody no one knew;
And the man, as he sat on his hearth below,
Said TO himself: at will surely snow,
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And I'll stop tho leak in the chimney
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted a melody no ono know;
But the poet listened and smiled, for he
Was man and woman and child, all three
And said; ut is Gods own harmony,
This wind we hear in the chimney
Bret Harte.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

verge of the grave" said she; "and by
you, Gilbert. Gilbertp looking wist-
fully up into his face.
"Wellm
"Will-will you teach me to swim4
You are so strong, so noble, and 1 am so
weak and ignorant oh, Gilbert, after
this you will be my prince among men J"
Emma, my love, my darlingW
That was how it happened. There
was no formal proposal nor acceptance
only these words-only a lovers kiss,
shy girls joyful nesting to the side of
him whom she had regarded as her hearts
master; and so they were engaged.
The people of Red Hollow expressed
themselves differently on the subject.
"Gilbert Bligh hasn't no olS-larnin', :"
said Squire Peters; land this young wo-
mans eradicate of Tassel College
Don't see how she came to fancy him."
"That don't signify" said Widow
Dunn. "He's mortal smart, and owns a
good patch o. land right on the farmin'-
flats; but only hope they'll live happy
together. If l was a man, 1 wouldn't
dare to marry gal that had put me
outer the school1us. She must hev a
temper"
But neither Gilbert nor Emma had any
misgivings-and, after all, they were
the chief persons concerned. Saturday
Night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Recipes

LETTUCE SALAD. Use the crisp leaves,
cold and fresh, without cutting, and
dress with Mayounaise sauce favored
with fresh lemon juice. This is the best
of all salads.
HoMINY CRoQUETTEs.- Two cups Of
cold boiled hominy, one egg beaten light,
pinch of salt, teaspoonful of sugar, o
little milk. Beat the egg in the hominy,
mash it free from Jumps. Add milk
cautiously until the hominy is as soft as
it can be handled. Stir in the salt and
sugar, and form the mixture into Gro
quettes with Toured hands. Set aside
for an hour in a cool place to become
firm. Fry in deep fat to a good brown.
MAYoNNAIsE SAUCE. Mix in a large
bowl one teaspoon each of mustard and
salt with one and half of vinegar; beat
in the yolk of one raw egg and gradu.
ally beating meanwhile half pint of the
best quality of sweet olive oil until the
mixture becomes Il thick. even batter.
This may be kept closely covered in
used may be favored with fresh lemon
juice or little vinegar. 1t is the most
delicious of all salad sauces.
BAKED STUFFED TOMATOES. Take
ripe, firm tomatoes, cut a small piece of
the top and then cut out the inside,
leaving enough to make a firm cup to
hold the stuiling. Chop the inside with
bread crumbs and an onion, season with
pepper and salt and put into the tomato.
Put small piece of butter on each to-
mato. Bake in a pan until they are
lightly Drowned on top. l generally
take one onion to six tomatoes. The eX-
act amount of bread crumbs depends
upon the size of the tomatoes, as some
are more juicy than Others.
APPLE FRrrTERs. Make a batter in
proportion OF one cup Of sweet milk to
two cups of flour, a heaping teaspoonful
baking powder two eggs beaten separ.
ately, one tablespoon sugar and salt
spoon salt; heat the milk little more
than milk warm. Add slowly to the
beaten yelks and sugar, then add flour
and whites of eggs; stir all together
and throw in thin slices of good, sour ap-
ples, dipping the batter up over them /;
drop in boiling lard in large spoonfuls,
with piece Of apple in each, and fry to a
light brown. Serve with maple sirup
made Of sugar,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Ten Good Things to Know.

That cool rain water and soda will
remove machine grease from washable
fabrics.
That ripe tomatoes will remove ink
and other stains from white cloth, also
from the hands.
That tablespoonful of turpentine
boiled with white clothes will aid in the
whitening process.
That boiled starch is much improved
by the addition of a little sperm salt or
gum arabic dissolved.
That kerosene will soften boots and
and shoes that have been hardened by
water and render them pliable as new.
That salt will curdle new milk; hence
in preparing milk porridge, gravies, ETC.,
the salt should not be added until the
dish is prepared.
That clear boiling water will remo7e
tea stains and many fruit stains. Pour
the water through the stain, and thus
prevent it spreading over the fabric.
That kerosene will make tin tea-kettles
as bright as new. Saturate a woolen
rag and rub with it. 1t will also remove
stains from vanished furniture.
That blue ointment and kerosene
mixed in equal proportions and applied
to the bedsteads is an unfailing bedbug
remedy, as a coat of whitewash is for the
walls of log house.
That beeswaX and salt will make rusty
fatirons as clean and smooth as glass.
Tie lump of wax in rag and keep it
for that purpose. When the irons are
hot rub them first with the wax rag, then
scour with paper or cloth, sprinkled
with salt. - -C0aTier-J0uTRal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
LicOricc Culture,

Large quantities Of licor1ce are annu-
ally imported into the United States.
and there is no doubt that the soil and
climate of Florida are well suited to its
production. But there are many other
crops more likely to engage the atten-
tion of cultivators of the soil at present.
Still, it is well to learn something of
this.
Licorice is propagated like horse
radish by means of root slips, which are
removed from the main root. The soil
must be well fertilized and thoroughly
broken to the depth Of three feet to
attain the best results. This great depth
is necessary to encourage the roots to
grow downward to escape the intense
heat not only of one but several hot sum-
mers, as it takes three or four years to
protect the roots for market, during
which time the plant must receive con
slant and careful cultivation with the
prong hoe.
If weakened and checked in growth
by insufficient preparation of the soil,
want of manure or careless culture, the
plants are liable to the attack of the
red spider, to their serious if not fatal
injury.
Lay off the rows two feet apart, and,
after cutting the root slips into sections
of five or six inches, plant them in
vertical holes made with a dibble six
teen inches apart, observing to thrust
them several inches below the surface
and cover them.
AS the growing season closes each
autumn, and the leaves turn yellow, the
stems should be cut down and removed,
and liberal coating of manure given as
top dressing Apply well.decayed
barnyard manure composed with rich
hammock Ctop) soil.
If the plants have been well cared for
the roots may be large enough in three
years to harvest for market, though four
years is not uncommon, Harvesting is
quite tedious job, and on account of
the depth-two or three feet-has to be
done with a spade.
When dug the side roots, used for
propagation, are cut off and the main
roots are washed, dried, and tied in con-
venient sized bundles. Florida Agri-
| cultKrist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Tor NTending Rubber Boots.

Procure from depot of rubber goods,
OF from large store where such goods
are found piece of virgin India.rubber.
With wet knife cut from it the thinnest
shavings possible; with pair of sharp
shears divide the shavings into fine
shreds. Fill a wide-mouthed bottle
about one tenth full of the shredded
rubber. With pure benzine, guitless of
oil, fill the bottle three.fourths full.
The rubber in q moment will perceptibly
swell if the benzine is a good article. If
frequently shaken the contents of the
bottle in few days will be Of the con-
sistency of honey. Should there be cluts
of undissolved rubber through it add
more benzine, if it be thin and watery
moiety of rubber is needed. The unvul-
canized rubber may sometimes be found
at the druggists. A pint of cement may
be made from piece of solid native rub
Der the size of large hickory nut; this
quantity will last q family long time
and will be found invaluable. Three
coats of it will unite, with great firm
ness, broken PLACES in shoes, refractory
patches, and soles on rubbers; will fast
en- backs on books, rips in upholstery,
and will render itself generally useful to
the ingenious housewife as it dries in a
few minutes. 1t forms an admirable air
and ater-tight cement for bottles, by
simply corking them and immcrsing the
shoppers in it.-Nel0 York INDEPENDENT.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Rejuvenating old Furniture.

Old furniture that has dull, greasy
look should be rubbed with turpentine
and then polished with any good polish.
The improvement in its appearance will
we'll repay you for the trouble. White
spots on furniture can be removed by
wetting a piece of flannel with turpen-
tine and then rubbing the spot hard. 1t
may require several applications of tur-
pentine and considerable patience and
strength for the rubbing for some obsti-
nate places, but the worst spot will yield
in time. If the white spot was caused
by the spilling of an alcoholic substance,
it will be easy to efface it; but heat and
some other agents makes marks which
are more difficult to obliterate. House
lOJe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
A Chicken Eceentricity.

An Ohio poultry raiser has made
curious discovery. He says that if you
so out to feed flock Of chickens and
will cause them to wait, they will in
variably, as they crowd about you, be-
gin a circuit around you from right TO
left, m front, and continue this reyOlu-
ton as long as you stand there. No
amount of interruption or maneuvering
can confuse them or compel them TO
take the contrary direction at any time
- Chicago Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Paper Powder.

At the Royal Powder Factory, in Bel
gium, a new gunpowder is being made.
They call it poudrepapier, or paper
powder, and it is said that a charge of
two and one-half grammes Cthirty-nine
grains) gives, in rifle of small calibre,
an initial velocity of $50 yards to the
ball. This is equal to, if it does not
beat, the Lebel powder. The additional
advantages are attributed to it of not
smearing the barrel, of producing no
smoke and of causing no recoil.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Good Cement.

The following receipt for making
cement to stick porcelain or glass may
be of interest to some of our readers:
Take, of common starch, thirty parts;
of finely pulverized chalk, fifty parts,
and mix with equal parts of water and
alcohol; add fifteen parts of Venetian
turpentine, stirring constantly the while
that 1t shall become thoroughly COM
bined. d.-AtJanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

The New York Commercial .4drertiser
says: "Ben Butler is the champion
mascot of the nineteenth century. By
the admission of the new States the
Government will be obliged to purchase
eight thousand national flags with forty
stars apiece, and Ben, as owner of the
United States Bunting Company, will be
$500, 600 richer by the transaction.
Happy Ben Butler"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

Tie two Argentine universities, under
the patronage of the Government, are
among the best in South America, and
according to the Mul and Express, they
rank with Yale and Harvard in eurricu-
lum and standard OF education. The
public school system also is under the
patronage Of the Government under a
compulsory education law, and includes
all grades from the kindergarten to the
kEmal school. There are thirty col
IS and normal schools for the higher
cation of men and women in the re
Die, and 2128 public schools.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
THREE KISSES OF FAREWELL

Three, only three, my darling,
Separate, solemn, slow;
Not like the swift and joyous ones
We used to know,
When we kissed because we eloved each other,
Simply to taste loves sweets,
And lavished our kisses as summer
Lavishes heats;
But as they kiss whose hearts are wrung
When hope and fear are spent,
And nothing is left to give except
A sacrament!
First of the three, my darling,
Is sacred unto pain;
We have hurt each other often,
We shall again.
When we pine because we miss each other,
And do not understand
How the written words are so much colder
Than eye and hand.
kiss thee, dear, for all such pain
Which we may give or take;
Buried, forgiven, before it comes,
For our loves sake.
The second kiss, my darling,
Is full of joys sweet thrill;
We have blessed each other always,
We always will.
We shall reach until we feel each other,
Past all of time and space;
We shall listen till we hear each other
In every place
The earth is full of messengers
Which love sends to and fro;
] kiss thee, darling, for all joy
Which we shall know!
The last kiss, o my darlingl
My love-I cannot see
Through my tears, as l remember
What it might be.
We may die and never see each other,
Die with no time to give
Any sign that our hearts are faithful
To die, as live
Token of what they may not see
Who seek our dying breath
This one last kiss, my darling,
Seals the seal Of death.
-PicaWtne.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

A short time ago attention was called
in the New Mexico Legislature 10 the
fact that the sheriff of Grant County
was allowed four horses and charged
for ten days an aggregate mileage of
81, $50 miles, or more than 500 miles
a day for each horse. The account was
sworn to and the court approved thh
same. This is sufficient proof that New
Mexico is the place to raise fast horses.
Kentucky cannot produce four hoEses
that eau average 500 miles day for ten
davs,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

"One of the best opportunities for a
young fellow to make money quickly IN
these days" said self-made million
aire of this city to the writer recently,
sis to rack his brains until he has IN
vented something useful or that the pub
lie wants A general impression pre-
walls that it takes q skilled engineer or
man Of phenomenal inventive ability to
develop anything useful to manufacture
ers in this age of machinery. But there
is a wide field open to shrewd amateurs,
so to speak, to supply little articles OF
convenience to hOusckeepers, shopkeep-
ers, ETC., and designers can be had at
reasonable rates to execute the idea, once
it is conceived. American women are so
accustomed to getting what they want
that anything which lightens their labors
in the household is sure to go. When
was a boy on the farm at home my
mother used to make me clean all the
dinner. knives on Sunday with bath
brick Now, scraping the brick into u
fine powder without Jumps in it, used TO
be the most tedious part Of the whole
work. The other day | heard of man
who has made fortune y supplying the
trade with powdered bath.briCk in neat
packages. You know how difficult it is
to pick up small coins from wooden
counter. ! ct the whole civilized world
has growlcd at and endured it since
coins were stamped aud counters made
until the other day a young fellow in.
vented rubber mat with little bristles
of rubber standing up thickly all over
il. Coins thrown ON the mat are rs easily
picked up as if they stood on the edge,
The public was quick to appreciate il,
and the inventor need not work for
living any longer. '-NoO Nrk Tribune.
The English militia numbers only l20,
O0O, obtained 10y voluntary enlistment
mi. ..l.,,,,h;,o, iaol,o.sn 4. tI,o ,ep,o
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

A man while eating lettuce in Bos
ton restaurant camo upon piece of
gravetSo suddenly that it snapped a
tooth Off. He sued the proprietor of
the restaurant for $500 damages. The
Judge gave the casoeto the jury. The
latter found out what an entire set OF
new false testh would cost, and made
that the figures of their reward.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

The London Standard says that dis
) taste for food is phase Of barbarism.
There is no doubt of it. Many savage
races eat ouly ono meal day. But
civilized nations dellghL IN teasting.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

Where can the poor Chinese go9 asks
the Detroit Free Press with mock pathos.
They have even been excluded from the
cruel, Chill world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

SaNthe LouisSjiiS Times: "Last year we
pro ed 1900, 600, 900 bushels of corn,
vail 3 ac9SpO, OO0, ,Oeo Human imagi-
nation shrinks from. the contemplation
of these figures. The value of that single
crop is greater than all the wealth Spain
expended'in in the eight years. war, result
ing in the independence of. the United
Netherlands Verify the victories of
peace surpass those of war;"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

Men killed on the Panama Canal
works are buried in coiiins which cost
the company fifty-six cents each, and
Their heirs are allowed $40 as damages.
Laborers on the Isthmus are seventy five
per cent. cheaper than mules.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

There is only one prisoner in the Jail
of Hughe' CountxDakota, and he would
be promptly p6sed, states the Times,
Demotrat, iPit was not necessary to
Keep Ne insurance good, by having
somebody in the Jail. He says it is a
dog gone shame that no one else will do
something to get arrested, as he wants to
get ready for his spring plowing,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

New York city has contributed more
than $4,000 to the famine sufferers in the
land of Coniucius, and of this sum only
SIS was donated by Cinnamon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

Australia is apparently in need of
spnster immigration, aud the want
Night easily bO supplied from several
/. different quarters if judicious arrange
ments were made. 1t is reported that
in. the colony OF Queensland there are so
few unmarried women that their life is
made burden by proposals of marriage
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

While Thomas A. Edison was expert
menting recently mass of chemicals
exploded in his face, singeing his eye
brows and nearly putting out his eyes.
If Mr.. Edison had lost his sight, in the
opinion Of the Atlanta Constitution, it
would have set the clock of science back
half century.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

Thema hio man is very numerous in
/. Harris administration. Harrison,
Window, Noble and RuslS are ohians
born and bred.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

The New York Post announces that
fifty-four Italian ragpickers have been
fined in that city "for disturbing the
contents of ash barrels"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

A Wisconsin Assemblyman has in
troduced humane bill that cows shall
bo milked twice day except when
milked by calves.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

President Harrison has three Generals
Hhis Cabinet, not counting the Attor-
ney- General and the Postmaster General.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

The Missouri Legislature is making an
effort to abolish the office of Justice of
the Peace.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

Tho poor men of Philadelphia have
$50, OO0, 600 deposited in the savings
banks.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

The American hog is to be excluded
from Canada.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

The Englishmlitia numbers only l20,
00o, obtained 10y voluntary enlistment
The Laughing jaekassn is the name
of a bird TO be found in Australia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24

'Is she dead ?-Emma2 For heavens
sake, speak"
"Dead!" rumbled old Abraham Gay
Tor. "No more'n you be. Look at the
color comm back into her lips. But l
say, though, it was narrow squeeze of
it, one time. That currents powerful
strong, and the bridge timbers was
sweeping down on ye like a thousand o.
brick. It's a good thing you knowed
how to swim like an otter, Gil Bligh.
Yes, you're safe at home! I brung We
both back wrapped in all the blankets
my ole woman had. That's your own
freight you're starin' at. -
"After all, it was only drenching, a
fright and a chill said Gilbert, that
dusk, as they sat by the fire, when Mrs.
Bligh had gone out TO feed the late
brood of chickens, and Johnny was in
the shed trying TO build ship that
should be like the one described in
"AIasterman Ready'sn fascinating pages
Emma shuddered.
Il have been rescued from the very