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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
Russians Eat with a Rush.


Most of the people whom 1 have met
are well-bred and highly educated, writes
a correspondent Of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, But some of their table manners
are very peculiar. They are very hearty
eaters, and demonstrate that it is not
Americans only that eat with a rush.
The women are not as handsome as the
Swedish women, but they are very polite
and have great energy. Only a few of
the women have seen smoke, but these
do it prodigiously, smoking three or four
cigarettes during dinner and never say
"by your leave"
Fruits and vegetables are scarce and
very expensive. They are mostly brought
from the south, from the Crimean region.
People live mostly on meat, fish and
bread. OF the latter they have many
kinds. They drink, drink everything
but water, that is considered a deadly
poison and must not be touched
The meals here are coffee, from to
9 A. NJ; breakfast, from IL TO l din
ner, from 3 to s, and tea from 10 to 12.
Everybody that can afford it takes in
the morning cup of very strong coffee
W ith very thick cream and roll or piece
of black bread Most take this before
rising. At ~ they have fish or omelette
and more coffee or tea.
Dinner at the hotel is table de hote
You first help yourself from a counter to
what the Swedes call smergos brod. This
is often translated sandwich. On this
counter is little salt fish, garnished
with lemons, some more salt fish with
parsley, kaviar, a preparation of fish
spawn, considered as a great delicacy
here, little cold tongue, dried beef,
cheese and bread. The Russians call
all this variety kakuska, and they eat
enough of it to make a meal.
After you are seated comes soup, two
kinds; fish, one kind; and always beef,
and one vegetable. Then may follow
game or chicken, or calf's brains or some
other favorite flesh food After this
some dainty cream pudding, and at last
some black coffee in small cups.
With this table de hote native
drinks at least four kinds of liquor and
smokes cigar or two, women cigarettes.
The tea at 10 P. NJ. is very strong and is
served with sweetmeats and sweetcakes.
One need to have neither belief in body
nor in future state to go through with
all this daily. Still, many do so and are
happy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
CANDY MAKING.

There are few more enjoyable and il
spiriting pleasures for the young, looking
for sport indoors, than to get into a clean
kitchen, with brisk fire, and have a
genuine, old-fashioned tcandy- pull. {"
The fun itself is exhilarating, the results
of such an evenings pleasure are de-
Cidedly sweet and satisfactory for many
days thereafter. In this case it is hard
to "improve on the old way" for such
crisp and delicious sticks as arc made
after the following ancient formula, are
certainly very "hard to beat" OF
course, clean hands, clean aprons and
clean implements are the very first re-
quisites. Now put two quarts of real
molasses, the best quality, but not syrup,
into bright saucepan, and boil moder-
ately, stirring briskly, until it is sufii-
ciently thickened, until, when a little is
dropped into cold water, or upon hand
full of snow, it Immediately becomes hard
and brittle. Then stir into it one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, and simmer
ten minutes longer. This makes it white
and tender. Then remove from the fire,
and stir in one ounce of essence of winter
green. This gives it a good flavor, a
peculiar relish. Now pour the whole
into buttered fiat dish, and put in a
cold place till it is of a proper consistency
to be easily handled. Now butter the
hands, and with two persons, two pairs
of hands, draw out the mess, and fold
over, and "pull" again, and repeat, ad
libitum, till it is very light in color, and
smooth and delicate in texture. At this
juncture the real pulling is where the fun
generally comes in. Lastly draw it cut
sufficiently to cat in proper size and
length for "sticks," lay them on a fiat
buttered dish, anl. when perfectly cold,
this old-fashioned candy is ready to eat,
is easily disposed of, for it is the best of
its kind, not excepting the brittle fakes
of molasses candy found at the confcc-
tioners. Another kind of homemade
candy-of sugar, is very good, and easily
made. Put into a saucepan six cups of
granulated sugar, one cup of vinegar, or
lemon juice, if preferred, one cup of hot
water, one large spoonful of butter, one
tegspoonfUl of carbonate Of soda, dis
solved in a little hot water. Foil all these
ingredients together, moderately, for
forty minutes, stirring occasionally. Add
a large spoonful Of vanilla. This candy
can be either poured upon a bIttered
plate, to cool, or pulled like the molasses
candy, and made into sticks.-NeD Ior5
OJSCrCeT.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
RECIPES.

Scalloped Potatoes-Paret the potatoes,
cover the bottom of a baking-dish wish
bread crumbs, then add a layer of sliced
potatoes, then bits Of butter, salt and
pepper; fill the dish with alternate lay
ers, wet the whole with mix, and bake
the whole for an hour and a half.
Spanish Frtters-Trim the crust from
some stale bread, bakers, or, if home
made, it should be very light. Cut in
any pretty, fanciful shape, and soak in
a mixture of beaten egg, one cupful of
cream or milk, two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, and a little nutmeg and cinnamon.
Fry light brown, and eat with stewed
fruit or a sweet sauce.
Indian dwiches-These may be
made from a mixture of veal CT chicken,
mixed with chopped cooked ham or
tongue After the two are rubbed to-
gether, to each half pint may be added a
tablespoonful Of stock, teaspoonful of
essence of anchovy OF little lemon
juce. Cut thin slices Of bread from the
loaf, then with a round biscuit cutter cut
out the sandwiches, butter each lightly,
and toast until golden brown. Spread
over them while hot thin layer of the
mixture, and precs two together.
Picked Chickcn-Cleana and boil until
tender a nice young chicken; when done
remove the meat, rejecting the bones and
skin. Cut the meat into neat pieces and
put them in a glass jar. Take sufficient
broth to half fill the jar and add an equal
quantity of good cider vinegar, twelve
whole cloves, same of allspice, blade of
mace, bay leaf and a slice of onion.
Bring to boiling point and pour while
hot over the chicken, stand aside, un-
covered, TO cool. When cold, cover.
1t will be ready to use in twenty-four
hours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

leave it in safe keeping, but he died very
suddenly with hat and coat on, as he was
about to drive out. But the will was
found and was all right. Nothing had
yet been taken away. The money was
refunded to the purchasers of the old
furniture.
The young nephew had a tolerable
legacy, and made no fuss whatever, and
one day Camiola entered the homestead
as its mistress. 1t was a strange ending
to her love story, she thought. She was
here at last, but how2 1t almost seemed
to her as though some spiritual union
had taken place between her soul and
Ben's; and in the keeping-room, on peg
near the door, she hung his coat and
hat. There they hung always, and to
the stranger who sees them, and looks at
the mild old lady rocking in the great
chair as she sews or knits, it seems as
though the master of the house were
within-up stairs somewhere, perhaps.
1t often seems so, too, to Camiola. The
Led0er.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
Variety in Tramps.

"Tramps are not all alike, said an old
fellow in City Hall Park to Il sparrow
policeman the other day.
He was man who had travelled all
over the world without paying cent. 1t
was early in the morning and the police
man felt like a chat, so he asked:
"What do you meani'
"Just what l say-tramps are not all
alike. There are rough, iguCrant chaps,
too lazy to work, who prey on the coun-
try for a living. They roam in bands,
and are ready for any crime. Again,
there is the tramp whom drink or misfor-
tune has brought down from respectable
ranks in life, and he tramps to forget
He works enough to buy his meals, but
never stays long in one place, and travels
cl freight cars from place to place. Then
there are the gentleman tramps-men
who ride in freight cars, because they
believe in paying for nothing. They
are cheeky and well dressed, and always
have money, which they hardly need, as
their insuferable gall is sufficient TO carry
them through anything. They are usual.
ly hard drinkers and drift about to see
the country. They are always generous
to poor buns they meet on the road, and
they travel comfortably even on freigAts. +"
-,Nei0 York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
CARE OF CHmDREN's TIE ETH.

The care of teeth is very important.
This should begin as soon as there are any
teeth to care for. Buy soft brush.
Hard brushes not only wear away the
enamel but they injure the gums and
cause them to recede-and let your little
boy or girl learn to use 1t while little
more than an infant.
In cleaning the teeth it is not necessary
to use powder more than two or three
times a week, but brush should be used
every morning. Floss should be used af-
ter each meal in order to extract any par
ticles of food which may be lodged be-
tween the teeth. The method of using
it is simple;
Run the thread around and between
the teeth by putting it through the spaces
that separate them. In brushing the
teeth do not run the brush from right to
left, but up and down; this lets the
bristles in between the teeth, thereby
cleaning them thoroughly all around
Ne'o York. Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

Beautiful faces are those that wear 80
1t matters little if dark or fair aS
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show,
Like crystal panes where heart-fires glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs Of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is honest and brave and true, I
Moment by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly missions TO and fro
Down lowliest ways, if God will so.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care,
With patient grace and daily prayer. p,
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few may guess
Beautiful twilight at set of sun,
Beautiful goal with race well run
Beautiful rest with work well done.
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

There were altogether about 300 dis
tinct epidemics of influenza in Europe
between 1910, when the disease was first
noted at Malta, and 1850. In 1929 the
whole of Europe suffered severely.
According to statistics published by a
Hungarian paper, the disease caused 90S
deaths in London in one week, and in
Vienna 10000 persons were affected.
In 1897 and 1743 there were further
outbreaks, and the deaths in one week
in London amounted to 1000. In 1775
domestic animals were first attacked by
it. In 1882 40, 900 persons fell ill of it
IN st, Petersburg in twenty-four hours.
In st. Petersburg quinine has been served
cut daily to the troops, mixed with vodka,
the Russian brandy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

In 1864 China supplied ninety
per cent. of the tea consumed in the world,
and India three per cent. In 1888 she
supplied forty three per cent. and India
fifty nine per cent. This decline is rela-
tive, and not real, owing to increased
consumption. But the India growers are
prospering immensely and going ahead
rapidly, the result of superior intelligence,
the introduction of improved machinery,
and better methods, while China has kept
uD her old system. 1t is said that pro-
minent Indian planters have expressed the
belief that within a few years Indian tea
can be sold in the European and Ameri-
can markets at ten aud fifteen cents per
pound, equal in quality and flavor to
Chinese tea now selling at from FIVE to
eight times this sum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.

WHAT ONE MAY EAT WITH THE FINGERS.
There are a number of things that the
most fashionable people now eat at the
dinner table with their fingers. They
are:
Olives, to which a fork should never
be applied.
Asparagus, whether hot or cold, when
served whole, as it should be.
Lettuce, which should be dipped in the
dressing or in little salt
Celery, which may properly be placed
on the table-cloth beside the plate.
Strawberries, when served with the
stem on, as they usually are in the most
elegant houses.
Bread, toast and all tarts and small
cakes.
Fruits of all kinds, except melons and
preserves, which are eaten with a spoon
--PicdyuHe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
The Creole Character.

The French Creoles of the lower class
are a hand-to mouth class of people, pur-
chasing the stick of wood to-day and the
handful of herbs that are to cook and
season their potage, filing their small
market baskets with innumerable pinches
of this, that and the other, laying in few
sous of sugar and coffee at a time, and
going next day, for 365 days in the year,
and doing identically tle same thing, in
seccula sRcculorum. Dislike to the ac-
emulation of household goods, to we'll
stored cellars and pantries, to generous
abundance, to picturesque profusion, to
the essentials of large-handed hospital
ity even within the narrow limits of their
neighborhood acquaintaGces, an ant-like
economy and abstemiousness, a curious
juxtaposition OF eternal self.restraint and
passion fer sensations, colors, sounds,
perfumes, an instinct for microscopic
money-getting welded to an instinct that
has filled New Orleans with noble insti-
tutions for the poor, the blind, the sick,
the world-weary; a passion for novels
and for splendid churches, fond en-
durance of the rigors of cold and hunger
for the brilliant efiloTescence of careme-
prenant and carnival, voluntary exile
from all laughter and JOY that their rap
tucous feet may twinkle a night or two
on the mirrored floors of the masque
balls down in Chartres and Royal streets
such are the fragments of sweet and
bitter herbs that go tomake up part Of
the paradox of Creole character, and
communicate to it an indefnable piquan-
cy and strangeness by their thick bars of
light and shadow -Nc,o York Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

There has been amazing progress even
in the South Seas since the last century,
observes the Washington Star. From
the days whesfthe inhabitants feasted on
n pair of fine missionaries for breakfast
to the present time, when novelist Steven
son roams at will among the cannibal ISL
ands, feeding his fancy rather than the
native stomach, it is not so long
measured in years, But measured in
moral results it is infnlty. 1t should
also be added that progress is killing of
these islanders as rot kills sheep.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

In 1856 there were in Europe 81, 000,-
600 Protestants, 40, 900, 900 of the Greek
Church and so, 600, 600 Roman Catholics.
In 1886 there were so, 900, 900 Protes-
tants, SO, 900, 900 of the Greek Church
and 154, 900, 900 Roman Catholics. So
that while the Catholics increased by
less than twice their former number,
and the Greeks little more than twice,
the Protestants increased nearly two and
q half times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

According to the New York SR the
sixth attempt to reach tie snowy crown
of the loftiest of Africa's SUBMITS has
proved successful, and forty years after
the humble missionary RebmaIn,
"weaponed only with an umbrella" dis
covered the mountain, the German flag
has been raised on tAe highest point of
Kilima-Njaro. DIR. Hans Meyer is the
fortunate climber, and this is his second
attempt to reach the pinnacle of K }, the
higher of the great mountains two sum
mits. At any elevation of 1850 feet
he stood on the highest point of the
Dark Continent In most of the pre-
vious attempts the explorers, unaccom-
panied by white comrades, have found
their native escort useless above the snow
line, if indeed they could tempt the
blacks into the snow region. They have
therefore been defeated by the Difficult
ties and perils Of making the further as
cent alone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

The NeW York Tribune draws attention
to the fact that for 110 years to come, no
man, woman or child viii write the cur
rent date without using the figure 8; for
nineteen years during that period two 9's
must be written-in 1899, 1909, 1919,
1929, 1899, 1919, 1859, 1869, 1879,
1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1894,
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898; and for one
year-19S9- three 9's will have TO be
set down. OF the people now living, it
is safe to say that not one will ever write
the date of his or her time without using
8. Besides minding their p's and q's,
the next three generations must give par
ticular heed to their 9's. Nine has never
been regarded as a particularly lucky
number, but beyond question the years in
which it win hold so conspicuous place
will bring benefits of undreamed of value
TO the world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
Foreign Statesmen,s salaries.

n Portugal Peers and Deputies re-
ceive 1855 a year.
In Holland members Of the Lower
House receive $3.50 per annum.
In Denmark members of both Houses
receive 1878 a day during the session.
In France Senators and Deputies are
paid Sl7S9 per annum, and the same rate
obtains in Austria.
In Belgium each member of the Cham
Der of Representatives receives SS4 q
month if he does not live in Brussels.
In Switzerland members of the Nation
al Council get 81, so a day, and members
of the State Council from 81 so TO -. 90.
In Italy neither Senators nor Deputies
are paid. but they travel free, and re-
ceive other concessions in taxes and pa
tronage. London Court Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
An MIustrlons Ancestry.

The little son of M Clymer, instruc-
tor of English at Harvard, is remarked
by the curious in such things as being
descended from no less than five signers
of the Declaration of Independence. His
mother, who was Of the Livingston
family of New York, represents three Of
the signers. His father is a grandson Of
the late Admiral Shubrick, and lineal
descendant of that George Clymer, Of
Pennsylvania, wnose name appears at the
bottom of both the Declaration of In
dependence and the Constitution Of the
United States. -B0st0a Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
UNTIL TOMORROW.

II you have task to do,
That seems as il you'd n'er get through,
Believe me- that the wisest way
Is to begin the task to-day.
III you have a word unsaid,
Spoken, would make one comforted,
Go find that one, and say it straight
II is a word that cannot wait.
If you can do kindly deed,
Can heal the sick or hungry feed,
Do not leave the deed undone
Until you s sse to-morrows sun.
But angry word, and selfish way,
Are best put off another day.
And then another day again,
Postpone what gives another pain.
So keep the hasty speeches down,
And make a smile chase back the frown,
In silence let i'll temper lie,
For an eternal by and by.
-Eua Carson, in Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Soiled cuffs are apt to have reverses.
First Cigar-''Where are you goingl"
Second Cigar-"Out."
Many a young man has earned his in
come by the sweat of his (father's) brow.
--Epoch
About the easiest way to raise the wind
is simply to catch a draft.-BdltimOTx
american.
Nothing is harder to bear than long
succession of pleasant days" sighed the
umbrella-maker. Fliegende BIaetter.
Larkin-''What do you think of milk
which is thirty-four per cent. water?"
Cazzam-"O, that's too thin. Time.
That man is truly great who can, at
this time of the year, be dignifed and
naughty in a straw hat.-PhiLadclphia
Inquirer.
It was a city boz who explained his ad.
venture with black hornet by saying he
"didn't know it was loaded. Bingham
ton Repu5lieaH.
"a penny saved is a penny earned"
says the old proverb. But too often it is
penny beaten out of somebody else.-
LdRSriUe Breeze.
An ordi-ary blacksmith can shoe
horse, but it takes all the finer instincts
of woman to successfully shoe Il hen.--
Baltimore american.
A tree thai spans a tiny stream,
A maiden fair and rash
She tries to cross-a sudden scream
A somersault-a splash!
Time
Anything fresh herel" asked the
Bore, as he sauntered into Cumsos office.
"Yes, replied Cumso, "ther's some fresh
paint. You are leaning against it now"
-Munsey's Weekly
Man is a curious creature. When he
goes into business he prefers an active
partner but when he enters the matri-
monial state he wants silent partner
Burliaqt0n Free Press.
FlossieQooking up from her geography
-"Well, what don't understand about
Columbus discovering America, is how
he knew it was America when he'd never
seen it before. "-AyyoSy.
Minnie-"Mr Blink actually proposed
to me last night. | never was so sur
prised in all my life" Mamie-"You
needn't have been. His sole ambition is
to be thought eccentric.
Stranger lin Kansas as)-'Can you direct
me to The county seatG' Mr.. Dugout
(sadly)-"No-o, can't, stranger. There
was a cyclone here last week, and amt
heard yit whar the county seat went to-"
life.
Johlly-"Yes, we often regret the
words we have left unsaid. | wish l had
said the words that would have made
Annie Temper my wife" Jackly (sin-
cerely)-"I wish you had. l married
her. - Yankee Blade.
BY quick shot he had just rescued
her from the clutches of bear, "What
were your thoughts when bruin COM
menced to squeeze" was his inquiry.
"Oh, Charlie, l thought of you.'-
BiRgtamtoR Republican.
Wallis-"Did Black win the lawsuit
he had over that large sum Of money!"
Wallace-'I suppose he did. He told
me he lacked only four hundred and fifty
dollars of having enough to pay the law
yer, after it was ever. Time.
"A good memory is a blessing" says
writer. And it may be remarked that
it is one that wealth cannot buy. Just
look at the man who becomes suddenly
rich. He cannot even remember the
faces of his old friends.-B0st0n Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

The consumption of food per head in
Victoria is in excess of that in America
and Europe, and yet the climate of Aus
tralia requires that a man should eat less.
The increase of hepatic and nervous dis
eases in Australia is thought to be due
largely to the amount of meat consumed
by its inhabitants. Thus it seems that
the cheapness of food has its cons as well
as its pros
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

The New York Sun points out that
four old men-Gladstone Bismarck,
Crispi and Leo XIII.-are playing lead.
ing parts on the worlds stage, and that
their disappearance therefrom this year
would make big difference.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

The most remarkable feature in the
splendid f-reral Of Cardinal Gang.bauT,
Prince Archbishop of Vienna, was the
presence Of his relatives, group Of fpoor
peasants, whose appearance c9ntrasted
strangely With chat u the great person,
ages present.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

Thirty German seulptors are working
hard on thirty new monuments to EN-
peror William 1.
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