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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
How Slate Pencils are Manufactured

One of the most peculiar branches of
industry in this country is the manufac-
ture Of slate pencils. There is only one
slate-pencil factory in the United States.
1t is located at Castleton, VT, and en-
ploys twenty-five hands, who turn out
80, 900 slate pencils every day.
The method of manufacture is a good
deal in advance Of the primitive means
employed some years back. Not long
since the blocks of soft slate from which
they are cut were sawed in lengths and
distributed among the neighboring labor
ers families to be whitfield down to pen
ell shape. Those working at them could
earn about fifty cents per thousand By
the present system the blocks, which are
as wide as pencil is long are put into
the mouth of a machine called the croco-
die. This contains six rows of reyoly-
ing curved knives. As the slab passes
between these knives parallel grooves are
cut in She slabs, then they are turned and
cut through. The square pencils are
then rounded and polished by holding
them against the emery belt. One man
can cut out and finish about 5000 pencils
per day.-Nep York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
COnnecticut's Extinct Volcano.

Professor Davis, of Harvard University.
was telling a couple of friends in the
Brunswick Cafe the other evening of an
extinct volcano he discovered not long
ago near Meriden, Conn. While out
with DR.. Chaplin, of Meriden, investigat-
ing the mountains and valleys of the Nut
meg State he came across what has since
been a matter of great scientific interest.
The ash bed of an extinct volcano was
discovered between Meriden and the little
town of Berlin. The ash bed is an over
hanging cliff about twenty-five feet high
and fifty feet long and of a greenish
tingue. In describing it, ne said: "On
the face of the cliff are occasional pockets
of quartz crystals, some of which shade
to amethyst and some to rose. Another
feature of the cliff is the prevalence of
roundish stones, varying from one to four
feet in diameter. These were the bombs,
in geological parlance, and were portions
of the trap rock which were elected from
the active volcano. Another exceedingly
interesting object was n small portion of
the sandstone bed twisted and contorted
by the action of heat and pressure"
Many scientists have visited the scene
of his discovery and they unite in saying
that there was nothing else of its nature
this side of the Rocky Mountains. The
volcano which produced the phenomenon
must have been extinct thousands of years
ago.-Nelo York Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
HOW TO PAPER THE PARLoR.

The parlor, of course, is the best room
in the house usually and should have the
best paper and the majority of people
will be more particular with this than
any other room. A good plan is to go
by the woodwork, as, for instance: Maple
wood, use a yellow, wavy colored paper
with ceiling paper of blush tint and a
little gilt. Cherry, natural or colored,
use old gold paper or "metals' for side
wall, and blue or white ceiling. Ma
hogany, light terra Gotta pink for side
wall, and paper for ceiling with a light
silver green metal in it. These sug-
gestions are the best for the parlor, as in
this room especially the colors should
harmonize. One very important thing in
this room is a frieze, as it bears the same
relation to a side wall as a cornice does
to house. 1t should give dignity to a
room, and should be wide enough to ad-
nit of ornament that will not seem
cramped or insignificant when seen from
the floor. If the ceiling is 8 feet high,
use frieze of 8 or 8 inches wide; if 10t
or II feet, you can use n frieze of 10 or
IS inches in width. Do not use con-
ventional design above wall paper
whose pattern is flowered or vice versa.
-Cd1penter and Builder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
pREpARAT1oN OF cALc1M1NE.

Calcimine is prepared by mixing one
pound of pulverized glue dissolved in
hot water with twenty pounds of paris
white, using enough water to make the
liquid of the consistency of cream. For
colors use the following: Lilac, two
parts of Prussian blue and one part of
vermilion brown, burnt umber; gray, raw
umber and dash of lampblack; rose,
three parts vermilion and one of red lead
in very small quantity; straw yellow,
chrome yellow and dash of Spanish
brown; buff, two parts Of Indian yellow
and one of burnt sienna; azure blue, very
little Prussian blue. To mix the colors,
first make a small quantity strong and
then stir in the calcimine until the right
shade is made.-NeO York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
A Ditch That Cost SG,OOO,OOO.

A party of engineers were discussing
the Spring Valley water problem on one
OF the late boats, says the San Francisco
Examiner, and their talk fell upon the
engineering feat of bringing the waters
of Alameda Creek from Sunol across
the bay to the metropolis.
"By the way" said one, "did YOU
ever notice that old stone-walled ditch
and fiume which ran from point up the
canyon down to the old Touring mill at
Niles, and the grade of which the
Spring Valleys pipes now follow when
first the water is taken from the creek?"
The Others asserted that they knew
of the ditch, and the speaker con-
tinued:
"Well, that flume and ditch cost &c.
600, OOO."
"What!" calculated the others, with
a suspicious infection.
eyes, sir-S6, 900, ,000," repeated the
story-teller. "You know old Vallejo, a
brother of General Vallejo, who is still
living, built that mill way back in the
early days. He owned all the surround
ing country and had docks and herds no
end, but no ready money. When he
came to build his ditch to bring the
water to his mill he wanted some S25,
600, and mortgaged his estate to get it.
You know how the money-lenders used
to gouge the old Spanish settlers in those
early daysl Well, they piled up the in
terest on Vallejo, compounding it about
whenever they pleased. The mill didn't
pay, the interest kept accumulating, and
finally it ate up all Vallcjo's belongings,
and he lost his mind That property is
now worth easily enough So, 600, 600.
That's the cost of that ditch"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
A DERVISH.


Like Joseph's coat his tattered raiment shows
A rainbow blending Of its countless hues;
The desert dust has stained his pilgrim
shoes,
His frame is gaunt, yet on and on he goes.
Few are the hours his weary limbs repose,
Few are the drops that wet his earthen
cruise;
The path is long, the sharp Aints cut and
bruise,
And yet at heart dreamful rest he knows. Z
His visions are of calm celestial days
OF peaceful groves of palm beyond the
Skies
Forever shine before his ardent eyes
The fountained heavenly courts through
golden haze:
He deems the more he bears on mortal ways
The greater his reward in Paradise.
Clinton Scolldrd, in Lippincotrs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
-Four Hen Could Lift the EiTel Tower.

ThRholc Eiffel tower in Paris could
be lifted by four men of average strength.
The case has been proved. When it was
about half its present height few men
actually did lift it. This is not humbug;
the thing is perfectly simple. The con-
struction of the tower is based on the
canti-lcver principle, and its bulk of 6400
tons is soa diusted as to press on the founda-
tion with less weight than that Of man
in armchair ON the floor.
Is the tower beautiful No. But IL
has the erect, fragile looking elegance of
an obelisk, not hewn out of red granite,
but knit of dark hued meshes. And at
any rate, in the eyes of its admirers, it
plays the part of mountain tops in the
clouds, producing new atmospheric eff
fects in our views of Paris Tinted vaporsN
hang round its summit; the gray shading
of cloudland, the pale pink of dawn, the
lurid hues of sunset, furnish striking
backgrounds for the iron lacework.
The Eiifel tower never claimed 10 be
work Of art. 1t was never intended to
stand in the category of architectural
masterpieces with Notre Dame or the
Sainte Chapelle. 1t must be taken for
what it is, and criticized from its own
standpoint, neither more nor less. 1t
was planned with the idea that it might
fill the disputed place of the eighth Won
der of the world. The original seven
were not works Of art They were vast
masses Of material intended 70 astonish the.
gaping crowd-for the crowd Is peren-
Rially gaping. .-Paris RVEtFe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

There are in the civilized world an
average of one deaf mute to every 1900
of the population; in other words, there
are at least 1000, 600 of this afflicted
class. In the United States there are 3S,
900, in Great Britain, 10000; in Ger,
many, $4,000; in France, 10000; in
Sweden, 1000; in Norway, 100; and in
Switzerland Ghe country above all Others
where deafness is prevalen0, 10000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
To KEEP EGGS.

Pour two gallons of hot water over one
pint of lime and half a pint of salt.
When cold put your eggs in jar and
pour it over them. Be sure there are no
cracked ones and that they are kept COW
cred. Another, and perhaps better way,
If you wish to keep them for long time,
is to pack them, small ends down, in salt
in small boxes, and at least once a week
turn over the boxes. The reason for this
Is that by turning the eggs over the yolk
is kept about the middle of the albumen; /;
If still, the yolk will after while find its
way through the white to the shell; then
the egg will spoil Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14


Huckleberry Griddle Cakes-Mix in an
ordinary yellow bowl having a lip one
pint of flour, saltspoonful of salt, a
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder,
and one pint of cold boiled milk. Mix
thoroughly and add one egg well beaten.
Pick over half pint Of berries, roll
them in flour, and add them to the bat
Ter. Bake on hot, well creased grid
die. A soapstone griddle is decidedly
the best for cooking griddle cakes, as it
cooks evenly and requires no greasing.
Puree of Green Peas-Boil a quart of
fresh green peas in pint of boiling water,
slightly salted. Rub the peas through Il
sieve and pour the water in which they
were boiled on the skins; add pint of
clear soup to the pulp and return to the
range. Gently melt an ounce of butter;
add it to teaspoonful of flour, pint of
warm milk, salt, pepper and a square of
sugar Whisk this into the soup. When
quite hot serve with bits of toasted
bread.
Potatoes with Cream-The mistake
usually made in preparing this excellent
dish is that many economical housewives
use cold boiled potatoes left from the
preceding day. True economy would
have been in boiling just enough for each
meal; but for potatoes with cream, see to
it that they are boiled and afterward cut
up while warm and seasoned with salt
and pepper. Boil half pint of cream,
add to it Il walnut of butter, and add the
potatoes TO it. If milk is used, it may
be thickened little with flour
Minced Lamb, with Poached Egg
The cold lamb left from the preceding
dinner may be converted into very ap-
petizing breakfast dish rs follows: Cut
the meat into thin slices and cut these
very fine. Melt an ounce of butter in
frying pan. Cut u Il slice of onion and
fry it in the butter; then remove it; add
the meat, little salt and pepper, and
soup or water TO moisten it; when thor
oughly warmed through put spoonfuls Of
it neatly on toast; on top Of the meat
place poached egg,
Stuffed Okra-Select dozen good
sized but tender okra pods, cut of the
pointed ends and remove the seeds. Beat
the yolks Of two eggs, season with salt
and white pepper, add tablespoonful of
chopped boiled ham, and bread crumbs
enough to thicken the egg. Add the
seeds also, Fill the pods with this mix
ture, stand them upright in a pan; add
little water or gravy; cover the tops with
a layer Of bread crumbs and add layer
Of grated Parmesan cheese. Divide two
ounces of butter in little balls, place them
on top and bake to delicate brown.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

powder for fire-crackers.
Who was Luke's mother9-A Mama
luke, of course.-SVtHgs.
The rudder is stern necessity to o.
ship.-Merchdnt Trdreler.
Children cry for the moon. Men want
the carth.-Boston Courier.
The woman who lives in vanity lives
in vain Merchant TrageJer.
People who get lonesome realize what
poor company they are.-Merchont TraU-
eLer.
A dime museum has a cow with three
tails. There are no flies on that beast
NeaO York Ne,cS.
The lion is the king of the forest, but!
the COW is the boss of the barn-yard.-
A'msey's Weekly.
New York has seen many noble pa
geants lately; but Boston is the real place
for spectacles.-Puck.
Somebody says a man can get roaring
drunk on water. Well, so he can on
and.-R0cheSter Post -EepresS.
Virgins, the weather prophet, says the
seas are drying up. They set him good
example. e.-Pitts5uyy Chronicle
81 love you well, +" the stamp exclaimed,
Dear envelope so true;
In fact its evident TO all
That 1 am stuck on you"
Minneapolis Tribune.
Drinking is said to be an indication Of
good feeling. But it isn't the following
morning that the good feeling appears
Statesman.
In commercial circles they have what
are called cast iron notes. 1t seems as
though it would be hard to forge them.
-BWliagton Republican.
The smart young man said he had not
been in the drug store very long, but he
had been at the soda fountain long enough
to be tizzician-- Washington Critic.
They were talking about penmanships
81 like your hand" said he. "Don't
you want it, Georgel" she asked, sweetly.
No cards.-La@reace Daily American.
With a tightening grasp sne seized his arm
Like one with horror dumb,
Gurgled and moaned, then wildly shrieked,!
'Oh, George I've lost my gumn
-7sras Siftings.
"No, Claribel, the fishermen down
around Sandy Hook do not keep their
money in the Fishing Banks. They take
1t out of that place whenever they get the
chance. ."-StdtesmdR
a writer who, when young was very green,
In time grew blue as years passed DER his
You ask what caused this transformation
scene?
The man grew blue because he was not
read.
Life.
'Im afraid this bill is counterfeit"
said the merchant, handing back hard
looking flyer. Il don't see how that can
be- replied the man. II got it not ten
minutes ago from an Italian. If it was
a bad bill you may depend upon it he'd
want to keep it and cheat somebody with
it."-RoeheSter Post-Erpress.
Johnny Dumpsey-'Oh, NAL wish
you would make me-A pair of homemade
trousers every day" DIrs. Dumpsey
much gratiiedD - Why, darling 2"
Johnny Dumpsey-"B Because the scholars
all laughed at me so to-day that the
teacher had to excuse me, and I've had q
bully time fishing with Bill Peck" -
Burlington Free Press.
On one occasion lady called and pre-
sented a check which she wished cashed.
As she was perfect stranger to the pay
ing teller, he said very politely; MADAM,
you will have to bring some one to in
troduce you before we can cash this
check" Drawing herself up quito
haughtily, she said freczingly; "But
do not wish to know you, sir!'-Rich-
moHd Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Until 1886 Maryland was the only
SNlthern State, accordingAto the New
York Post, which had bank that was
exclusively a savings institution. In 1887
North Carolina was added to the list,
and the next year South Carolina,
Georgia and Louisiana, these four States
reporting over $4,000 depositors and
nearly $4,000, 600 in deposits. ''Botb
as sign Of the development of thrift,
and as a promoter of the habit" adds
the Post "the rise of the savings bank
system in the South is heartily wei
eomed.n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
POLISHING A cows noRN.

The inside of the horn must first BE-
cleansed and the pith taken out by steam
ing or immersing in hot water and using
hot water and soap. While in q soft con-
lition rasp off the rings and roughness at
The base and scrape with pieces of glass,
smooth the surface with fine sandpaper
and remove any scratches or file marks
that may remain with finely pulverized
pumice stone, moistened with water;
wash this off and polish with prepared
chalk, applied moist on piece of chamois
leather, then rub briskly with the hands.
-Nelo York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The military forces of England, all
told, amount to about 617, 600 armed
men. OF this number rather more than a
third belong to the regular army, which
is supported by a iirst-class army reserve
of So, 900; the volunteers have reached a
strength of 226, 900, but the militia has
yfallen to lis, 600, and only IL 900 Yeo-
men mustered for training last year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
CONEMAUGH.

"Fly to the mountain Flyp
Terribly rang the cry.
The electric soul of the wire
Quivered like sentient fire.
The soul of the woman who stood
Face to face with the food
Answered to the shock
Like the eternal rock.
For she stayed
With her hand on the wire,
Unafraid,
Flashing the wild word down
Into the lower town,
Is there a lower yet and another'
Into the valley she and none other
Can hurl the warning cry:
ely to the mountain Flyl
The water from Conemaugh
Has opened its awful jaw.
The dam is wide
On the mountain sider'
" Fly for your life, oh,1yp
They said.
She lifted her noble head:
" l can stay at my post, and die"
Face to face with duty and death,
Dear is the drawing of human breath.
" Steady my handl Hold fast
To the trust upon thee cast.
Steady, my wirel Go, say
That death is ON the way.
Steady, strong wire Go, save
Grand is the power, you havem
Grander the soul that can stand
Behind the trembling hand.
Grander the woman who dares
Glory her high name wears.
This message is my last p
Shot over the wire, and passed
To the listening ear Of the land.
The mountain and the strand
Reverberate the cry:
FyJor your Tires, oh, dyl
] stay at my post and die"
- torrent took her. God knows all
fely the savage currents fail
I aittering calm. Men count thei
dead.
The June sky smileth overhead.
Gods will we neither read, nor guess.
Poorer by one more hero less
We bow the head, and clasp the hand
" Teach US, altho we die, to stand"
Elisabeth Stuart Phelps, in Independent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Says the New York Ners: "The most
hopeful sign of the times in the political
life of this country is the rapid spread of
ballot REFORM
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The Pal Mall Gazette states that many.
have been induced to go to Buenos Ayres
from both England and Ireland, upon
the representation that they would re-
ceive land and houses free. Instead,
however, they have met nothing but
misery, want and starvation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

1t is just three hundred and fifty-one
years since Don Aloar Nunez Cabeza de
Vaca, the pioneer white man, first entered
what is now known as the Territory of
Arizona, and yet, as far can see, writes
a correspondent to the New York O5ser.
cer,the great Eastern public has very little
more real knowledge of it now than
then.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The new eastern express from Berlin
to Constantinople, Turkey, is to run once
n week. The event is hailed in Berlin as
marking an epoch in German railway
travelling, for it practically connects
Hamburg and ConstantinUple direct by
eXpress train.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The New York World finds 125 men
in New York worth over 81 900, 600
each, forty women and 129 firms, at
least one member Of which is good for
million, or total of 294 millionaires in
the American metropolis.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Brazil has recently celebrated the first
anniversary of the abolition law, by which
she placed herself among the ranks of
the non-slaye-holding States of the
world
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Sir John Swinburne has discovered that
the Portuguese Government has been
owing England trihe of $12, ,046, 205.-
12t for value received ever since 1915,
and has never yet paid any interest on
2 the little bill-nor given anything on ac-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

A movement has been started by the
Swiss Government looking to universal
reduction of the hours of labor for en-
ployes in factories and on farms.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The Austrian troops are being armed
with what is known as the Manlicher
rifle. The deadly nature of this weapon
may be inferred from the fact that during
target practice recently a soldier acciden-
tally received fatal wound from a bullet
fired at distance of two and a half
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The Michigan Legislature has passed q
new and more equitable libel law.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The Sugar Trust is making a profit of
$4,000, 900 a month or $50, 900, 900
year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

One alligator hunter brought TO Ar
eadia, Fla, the other day one hundred
alligator skins, all OF which were between
Eve and twelve feet in length.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Yale College may take to herself the
(edit of having, at this years com
meacement, produced novelty, states
the Washington Star. The roll of honor
of the graduating class is said to be
made up, to very large extent, Of the
names of young men conspicuous for
their skill and devotion to athletic
The youth who in these days
- pnciling the triumphs of
- eld and raee-eourse with
DAN has certainly the max
mirai Criehtop in him.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

The skeleton of the largest elephant
ever killed in India is to be exhumed and
sent 70 the museum at Madras The
skeleton is exactly ten feet six inches IN
height.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Little Denmark expends S55, 900 yearly
for the maintenance of dairy schools.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-11

Childress. G.. X. Macon, D. J. Merritt
and Lieutenant Baugh. Captain Nc
Tyer. the chairman. being absent. Mr..
Thomas II. Fisher presided.
Arrangements were made Tor the an
nual reunion. which VIII BE held on
"Wednesday. August 2lst. at Sergeant
David Moore's farm, where the next
meeting Of the association will be held.
la view of the fact that the Presbyte-
rian Church is to be torn down the
congre CATION will. after to-day, wor-
ship in Leader Hall pending the cree
ton Of the new church building.
The African Methodist Episcopal
Church Conference has been in session
for several days. and to-day the various
members will fiji the pulplts OF the va
rious colored churches.
Mr. J. +. Redford left the city yester-
day afternoon for Amelia county o.
spend several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Sharp and Miss
Ruth Nunnally have gone % New York.
Professor H. McTeer. Of Scotland is
in the city. and contempiate- starting a
singing school.
There will be another hop 90 Bon Air
Hotel tomorrow night.
The progress Of pavement ,layiug e
very satisfactory. The contractors
have reached the postOiii-e ou ole side
OF the stieet. and Seventh street on the
eastern side of Hull
During the month of August there
will he no services as night at BlIn-
bridge street Baptist Church. The rcgu
lar monthly meeting of the Baptist
Sunday ASSOCIATION viii be neld
th afternoon at the Bainbriige-sircet
Baptis- lhurcr.