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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
RECIPES.

Beefsteak Pie-Take tender steak that
has been cooked, cut in small bits with
seasoning, a little water or gravy, and
bake in a raised crust one hour.
Stufing for Turkey-One pint of
soaked bread, two tablespoonfuls each of
sage, and summer savory, two teaspoons
each of salt and pepper, butter size of an
egg.
Palatable Plain Hash--Put one quart
of cold cooked meat into a stewing pan,
add one onion, grated, aud half pint of
hot water. Stew five minutes, add two
hard boiled eggs, chopped fine, a table
spoonful of butter, and a palatablc sea-
soning of salt and pepper. Serve immedi-
ately very hot.
CLANS on Toast-Chop up two dozen
small clans; simmer for thirty minutes in
water enough to cover them. Beat up
the yolks OF two eggs, add little cayenne
pepper and gill of warmed milk, with
half teaspoonful of flour stirred into a
little cold milk Simmer all together and
pour over buttered toast.
Boiled Bluefsh-Male a rich dressing
of rolled crackers well seasoned with
pepper, salt, butter and sage. Stuff the
fish and wrap it in a well-iloured cloth,
tie loosely or sew it up. Salt the water
it is to boil in, put in the fish and place
it where it will cook gently, allowing
eight or nine minutes per pound.
Sweet Potato Pulf-Boil and mash
four sweet potatoes, add to them two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two ounces of
butter, salt and pepper to taste; beat un-
til light. Fill the cups two-thirds full;
brush over the top with a beaten egg;
bake in a quick oven until golden
brown. Serve hot as "A vegetable.
Raised Pork Pie-Make raised
crust as for chicken pie; take the bones
from a loin of pork, chop fine, season
with pepper, salt and powdered sage
and fiji your pie crust; put ON the top
crust, fasten the edges well and rub the
top over with the beaten yolk Of egg;
bake it two hours with paper over it to
keep from burning.
Southern Rice Waiiles-MiN one tea
cupful of hot boiled rice and a quarter Of
a pound Of butter Let this cool and
add six beaten eggs, one quart of milk,
one and a half quarts of flour and a
heaping teaspoonful Of salt Beat all
together and bake in waffle irons, very
hot, but not too much creased, or tn,
waifles will be less delicate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
Talking TO Oneself.

Everyone has, doubtless, at some time
or another caught himself talking to him
self and smiling as he walked along the
street, and has felt his ears get hot as he
wondered how many people had OBJ
served him and put him down as an
escaped lunatic If he wants to see Just
exactly how ridiculous and idiotic the
action is he can observe other people
similarly absorbed in their own conversa-
tion. 1t is not everybody who, caught
in the act, can get out of it as wittily as
did the Irishman who, when rallied upon
talking to himself, said he had good rea-
son to do so as "He liked to talk to a
sensible man and liked to hear sensible
man talk The shame people feel at be-
ing surprised in this talk to themselves is
due, if the truth were known, to the fact
that the talk is generally of a supremely
egotistic character, the talker generally
being in imagination in some important
position where his words carry weight.
lie is not seldom comphmenting himself,
as in his minds ear he hears somebody
else complimenting him.-St. Louis Star
Sayings,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TIE DEADLY coIp nEp.

If trustworthy statistics could be had
of the number of persons who die every
year or become permanently diseased
from sleeping in damp or cold beds, they
would probably be astonishing and ap-
palling, 1t is a peril that constantly
besets travelling men, and if they are wise
they will invariably insist on having their
beds aired and dried, even at the risk of
causing much trouble to their landlords.
But the peril resides in the home and the
cold "spare- room has slain its thousands
of hapless guests and will go on with its
slaughter till people learn wisdom. Not
only the guests but the family often suf-
fer the penalty of sleeping in cold rooms
and chilling their bodies at a time when
they need all their bodily heat, by getting
between cold sheets. Even in warm
weather a cold, damp bed will get in its
deadly work. 1t is a needless peril and
the neglect to provide dry rooms and
beds has in it the element of murder and
suicide Good housekeeping.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
A Great Guesser.

Frank Gibbons, who died recently at
Hibernia, N. Y, was the greatest guesser
of the age. His faculty was first de
veloped in homely way, and did not at
tract great deal of attention. 1t be-
came recognized characteristic when
the boy would stand at the end of a row
of potatoes and guess with singularly
close approaches to accuracy how many
of the vegetableswould be found iE each
hill. lie could guess the number of
eggs in basket, the quantity of milk in
a pail, the number Of sticks of wood in
load, how many bushels of corn would be
husled from patch, and in hundred
instances he guessed within one or two
how many grains Of corn there We're on
an ear
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
An AIligator,s Nest.

Alligators, as a rule, have a regular
place of retreat on the bank of a stream
or tarn. This is eXcavated with their
fore paws, and, according to some crack
ers, the dirt is carried away in the mouth
of the engineer, who backs into deep
water and disgorges its load, then re-
turns TO renew the operation until it has
made itself a capacious home underwater
This will readily account for the size
of the mouth, for it must not only pro-
cure food, but also act as a mud-scow.
The female adopts the same method for
building her nest, and not only fills her
mouth, but also takes load between her
forelegs when she is in a hurry. She
can, by this means, accomplish much
work in a day, for she never seems to
tire.
II is quite amusing to watch n young
mother build her first nursery, she being
not only fussy and yigilant, but so sus-
picious that few fiuttering leaves star,
tie her out Of her wits, - OmiRg.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

At the recent aeyiew of the Turkish
troops at Consa Itinoplo before the
Emperor of Germany and number of
INyal visitors, the greatest surprise was
expressed at the appearance and action
OF the soldiers. 1t was conceded by all
present that the Turks would compare
successfully with. any other troops in
Europe. They were well armed, well
otiicered, performed all the maneuvers
with accuracy, and in all respects chal-
langed admiration.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
HOW TO LAUNDRY coLoREp corroys.


find it more difficult to wash some
cottons, particularly calicoes, than ging-
hams, without causing them to fade, says
a writer in the Detroit Free Press.
never want clean water for washing them
in first, as clean water, with fresh soap in
it, is quite apt to fade the dark shades of
prints, and will sometimes spot the goods,
should the soap not be dissolved. After
washing my white clothes, l put my dark
cotton goods through the same water
without. adding any more soap to it.
AS always put my white clothes
through two waters before scalding, |
serve my colOred cottons in the same way.
/ use scalding water, adding cold water,
to put them in for the last time before
rinsing. Don't let them remain in this,
only rinse them up and down to get the
dirty suds out before rinsing them for the
last time. Should they need any rubbing,
do it in this water, and if you need any
soap on extra soiled spots, use some good
hard kind. ] always want good boiling
water for the last a handful of fine salt
added to the water is good, especially for
black -and-white goods. If the colors are
inclined to run, keep changing the posi-
tion of the garments on the line, hanging
them differently every time. 1t is best to
starch them by turning them wrong side
out. As to the ironing, most Of the dark
prints, blue and red in particular, will
look better and more like new goods if
ironed on the wrong side. They will
iron better and easier if sprinkled and let
stand over night. Do not have the irons
too hot, as that will sometimes change
the color.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

The newly-formed United States of
Central America are arranging their ante
nuptia contract For the first ten years
the union will simply be an offensive and
defensive alliance, and the President of
the Union will have charge only of the
diplomatic and foreign relations of the
five Republics, At the expiration of
that period the Union will be cemented
by the adoption of constitution which
will embrace all political, commercial and
other relations between the five Republics
and foreign Powers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
A PRETTY FIREPLACE.

An unused fireplace is an ugly and un-
attractive object. We do not mean the
old-fashioned fireplace, with brass fire
dogs and great logs, that even when not
lighted can be made pretty with ever
greens and autumn leaves, but the fire.
place with an ugly black crate, or, worse
still, hole for stove-pipe. In a dear
old country house, where we are well
come guest, we recently saw a fireplace
so ingeniously hidden that the nook be-
came thing of beauty. \ folding
screen covered with red and gold wall
paper was placed in front of it, and at the
foot of the screen was a long box filled
with ferns and other plants which thrive
without sunshine. This room was heated
from an adjoining room, so that the
decoration could remain summer and
winter but, when it is necessary to
light fire in winter, the screen and box
are easily moved to any part of the room.
In place Of the screen one might use Il
large mirror, framing it with pasteboard
and some suitable wallpaper or gilt
paper.-Amertcdn AgricutWiSt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
L1FE's BETTER INFLUENCES

Better the song and the smile, my DEAR
Better the song and the SMILE
Brief is the time we may linger here,
Little avails either sigh or tear;
Better the song and the smile, my dear,
Better the song and the smile.
Better the laugh and the jest, my dear,
Better the laugh and the jest.
Sunshine Of heart and of merry cheer,
Chasing the shadows that oft appear;
Better the laugh and the jest, my dear,
Better the laugh and the jest.
Better the word that is kind, my dear,
Better the word that is kind.
Speech that is cold and perchance severe
Well may be spared as we journey here;
Better the word that is kind, my dear,
Better the word that is kind.
Life's but a day at the best, my DEAR
Lifes but day at the best.
Be your endeavor 10 brighten each year,
Making less frequent the sigh and the tear;
Life's but a day at the best, my dear,
Life's but day at the best.
-NetO York Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

Although the buffalo has become ar
most extinct in the United States, vast
herds of this distinctively American "big
game" roam over the boundess plains Of
northern Australia, and wallow in their
shady pools. These animals, which are
magnificent specimens OF the Bison
Americanus, are the descendants of some
buffaloes landed at Port Essington in
1929. They have rapidly multiplied,
and now afford excellent sport to the
hunter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
JUST DO YOUR BEST.

The signs is bad when men commence
A-fndin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the earth don't shake
At ev'ry prancin' step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Ef stripped to self, and stark and bare,
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My doctern is TO lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied;
Jest do your best, and praise or blame
That follers that counts jest the same.
I've allus noticed great success
Is mkt with troubles more oT less,
And it's the man who does tho best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest.
jones JVhitcomb Riley,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

Cannibalism is reported to be very prev
alent ON the west coast of Africa, near
the British settlements and even within
limits of British authority. A regular
system of kidnapping is carried on around
the towns for this purpose, and it is said
to be dangerous for any one to venture
outside the limits of the settlements lest
they be captured and eaten. in one case
recently party of six travellers in a pop
ulous section were seized on a thickly
Travelled road, hurried OFF into the bush,
roasted and devoured
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

A ''coal palace $50 by 800 feet and
three stories high, is to be erected in
East st, Louis, i'll. This palace will be
a decidedly novel structure. The coal
companies will furnish the material for
the superstructure-back coal of every
kind, and wrought out by saw, by
mason's hammer, and into artistic forms
by the carvers chisel. The first floor
will be polished coal, and pillars of coal
will support the iloor-coal, coal every
where. The purpose of the building will
be to continually exhibit the agricultural
and mineral products of southern Ill
inOis
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

The United States may learn from
Chili's recent experience that it is not all
immigration that PAYS that is to say, if
our own experience has not been sufficient.
There is great activity in Chill and many
immigrants are going in. The people
are dissatisfied with the immigration
department because so large a proportion
of the arrivals is composed of those who
will be a drawback rather than an adyan-
tage to the Republic. Most Of the immi-
grants into the United States have been
Of a better class, but even here, the Wash
irgton Star thinks, the number Of those
VINO are hindrance is not inconsiderable,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

realizing sense of what that evening had
cost him was the sight Of those precious
false teeth glistening at the bottom of
tumbler filled with water. He knew that
he could never so far sacrifice his pride
az to tell Miss Angelina the true cause of
his seemingly strange conduct. He had
lost her. 49, The EDoch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

France and Germany are bowling and
scrapin G aud saying soft things to each
other but since 1870 France has spent
S675, 900, 600 and Germany only a little
less to get ready for the next conflict.
France is five times better prepared than
before and when the war comes, prophe-
cies the Detroit Free Press, she will either
capture Alsace and Lorraine or lose every.
thino
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

California judge fined himself $50
for getting drunk, and turned<bver the
money to bailifT, with instructions that
il be recorded in the usual way. This is
rather heavy fine Tor drunk, says the
Chicago Herald, but perhaps it was not
the judges first oiTense.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

People who believe that the climate of
The new state of Washington is only
little less severe than that of Alaska, in
Greenland, will find it hard to give cred
ence to the stories of ripe strawberries
and raspberries having been plucked from
the vines in the middle of November.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

Brazil is so vast and yet so poorly
equipped country that in remote sec
tions the people did not know of Dom
Pedro's deposition and the establishment
of the Republic until some weeks after il
had occurred.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29

A typically ignorant juror has been
found in Iowa lie could name only
eight States of the Union and three
Presidents. He was firmly of the opin-
ion that England is in Africa and that
Canada is "out somewhere beyond Cali
fornia." OF course he takes no news
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-29
Terms. sI.Bo per year

An international exhibition Of postage
stamps will be held in Vienna in 1890 in
commemoration of the fftieth anniversary
of their introduction.
The Press., 1890-12-18

Beginning, Wednesday, De- cember 17th, store open every evening till Christmas.
 Drop us a postal and we'll send free our Illustrated Christ mas Catalogue. It not only helps to gift buying, but it saves you time and money.
 This is for you, MT. Man. You love your wife and want to please her. Dream out her thoughts, or send for our cata- logue. You've no idea what help we'll give you in finding that present.
The Press., 1890-12-18

to. day, forty -four states, two territories and the District of Columbia. During the de- cade Maine trebled her membership, Yer mont doubled hers, CopnectiQnts Ohio, Minnesota and District of Columbia quad. rupled theirs Michigan, Illinois, Massa- District of Columbia were represented i; chusetts, New Jersey multiplied theirs by six, New Hampshire by seven, Indiana by nine, New York by eleven, Maryland and Nebraska by twelve, Florida by eighteen. Virginia by twenty, Wisconsin,. hy, ,nipqtsen, Arkansas by twenty five, Missouri by lOrty- seven and Pennsylvania by fifty. The money received as dues in 1890 is sixteen times as great as that received in 1880. This measures the extent by which the ssW. 0. T. U. has been killed by it's politi. cal action" and the secesslOn of malcon tents. Since 1880 the official organ of the Unlon has grown from an eight page monthly, s'Onr Union,' with circulation of 5, ,OOO, into sixteen page weekly Ehs Union Signal" with subscription, list o 80 ,OOO, the largest list of any religious ol philanthropic paper except the Sunday School Times. The children have beer
 provided pith paper of their own, 9Th.
 Young Crusader" and the young womel with the "Oak and Ivy Leaf."
 Since 1880, Mary Clement Leavitt ha
 belted the world with the white ribbon
 leaving 8 w. c. T. U. in every land ol
 which she has set her foot, and Miss Jessi
 Alderman is following in her footsteps. A
 resultant, the Worlds w. c. T. U. ha
 been organized, of which Miss Willard
 now president.
 Since 1880 six states have, by majorit
 vote of their people, signified their desir
The Press., 1890-12-18
.syAs MARRIAGElA FAILURE .,

Vas marriage a failure ? We'll, now, dot de.
 pends Altogeddher on how you look look at i'd s mine friends. Like dhose double horse teams dot you see K at der races, Id depends booty mooch on der pair in del
 traces, Eef they don'd pull togeddher right of a,
 der start, .
 apart. Vas marriage failure? ask mine Katrine, Und she look of me so dot I feels booty
 mean. Dhen she say, "Mr. Strauss, shust come hear, l. eef you bleaze."s Und she dake me where Yawcob und leedle LoweeZe By dher shnug trundle bed vast shust say. ing dheir prayer, Und she say, init smile, "Vas der some failures dhere ?" Yasccob Sfyaass.
The Press., 1890-12-18

Z
 Springfield. December, 1890. # Out on a shopping expedi- tion?
 So is everybody just now, and fetching up right here.
 Anything going on?
 Well, yes; the store has been turned into a magazine of Gifts for Christmas and New Years. There is apt to be a block be- fore the windows. The street in front has come to be a big horse-car center, where every driver stops to let off or take on a load of passengers.
 Crowded inside?
 One would think so. There are several crowded centers That can't be helped; but they are kept apart; some of then quite apart. Three elevators broad staircases, cleared aisles lets us receive comfortabl, 5000 more people than in tn old times. ..
 Do not, therefore, fear al awful jam; for, if worst come to worst, we shall close tn doors part of the time, as W did last year, and receive onl such numbers as we can serv comfortably.
The Press., 1890-12-18

It makes man long for money to be short.
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The Press., 1890-12-18
BRONCHITIS

Is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes = the air-passages leading into the lungs. Few other complaints are so prevalent, or call for more prompt and energetic action. AS neglect or delay may result seriously, effective remedies should always be at hand. Apply at once mustard poultice to the upper part of the chest and, for internal treatment, take frequent doses of
The Press., 1890-12-18
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 Springfield, December, 1890.
The Press., 1890-12-18

A Useful Present in every package SAyEHA the est Washing powder. Sold by grocers. 7yl j1y':
The Press., 1890-12-18
,.Nl .(l(0 ,Rlaro owm A way

In 1868 cancer. developed on my lowel lip went under treatment at once, and from time to time since that have had medi cal aid in New Orleans, Boston and New York, with no benefit at all. It has pro gressed right along, and now involves my jaw
 aad cheek. One thousand dollars would not and surgical aid have received: I have certainly tried everything and was benefited ! by nothing until I took $. S.>S. It has done
 me more good than all else put together, ant I believe I will soon be sound and well tSwift's Specific is certainly boon to human Kitty. .a .z D. D WARE, + ROx 1i2z. Keene N II.
The Press., 1890-12-18

New York Sun: tis delightful to think how much fun bright and heelthy boy can get out of one gent. He bought a red top. After while he remembered that he had seen in the, toy shop some tops painted green, and he went back and !. xchaaged the red top for a green one. Later he thought that he didn't want a toy after all, and he carried back the green top and exchanged if for candy. It would be d waste of time to tell what he did with the candy, but it may be mentioned that he took tue empty fancy wrapper back tc the toy shop and offered to exchange il who said, eve do everything we can te please our customers, but we can't give something for nothing. ay
The Press., 1890-12-18

SAFE INvEsrMERr.-Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results or in case of failure can buy from our advertised druggist bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption! It IS guar anteed to bring relief every case, when used for any aection of hroats Lungs or Chest such ss Con- samption, Inaammaton of Lungs, Bronchitis Asthma, WhOoping Cough Group. etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to tasse perfectly safe, and always be depended upon. Trial bottles at Taft's drug store.
The Press., 1890-12-18

NOTHING THE WIDE WORLD Goop.-J was afflicted with Kidney disease. Dr. Kennedys Favor ite Remedy. of Rondout, N. Y.-I say it with per- feet collection of all that was done for me besides
 have recommended it to many people for Kidney disease and they all agree that it has not its equal for this compiant.-Lyman Crawford. druggist, Spring field. Mass. .r