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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

1t is best to save all egg shells to
settle coffee.
To remove stearine, in all cases use
pure alcohol.
To remove grease from silk goods
wash away with ether.
In cooking tough meat or an old fowl,
add pinch of soda to the water to make
it tender.
PeaIl knife handles should be rubbed
with a salt rag dipped in fine table salt,
then polished with leather.
Finger marks may be removed from
vanished furniture by rubbing well with
very little sweet oil on soft rag.
A little soap and warm water applied
frequently is better for cleaning your
lacquered brass than all the cleansing
materials in the world.
To select fish see that the flesh is
firm when pressed by the finger, aud the
eyes full. If the fish is at all stale the
flesh will be Aabby aud the eyes sunken.
1t is said that if the woodwork in the
kitchen is kept constantly scrubbed with
water in which potash has been dissolved,
reaches and ants will speedily disappear.
To sweeten salt pork, cut as many
slices as you will require for breakfast
and soak till moraing in sweet milk aud
water; then rinse till the water is clear
and fry.
You can tell if bed is damp by lay
ing your hand glass between the sheets
| for few moments. II the sheets are
not properly dried the glass will be
clouded.
Paper is a good and cheap material to
cleanse utensils. Knives rubbed with it
preserve their brightness; stoves rubbed
hard with it every morning will remain
clean aud bright aud polish will be
saved.
A capital wash for stained boards is
made by boiling one-half pound of
slaked lime and one pound of soda IN
six quarts of water for two hours. Let
this settle, then pour off the clear part
for use.
Carpets, if we'll sprinkled with salt
and then wiped with cloth squeezed
out of warm water containing spoon
full of spirits of turpentine to every
quart, will look bright and new, and
will not be troubled with moths aud
buffalo bugs.
To remove iron spots and black ink
from white goods use hot oxalic acid {;
dilute muriatic acid with little fragments
of tin. On fast dyed cotton aud woolen
fabrics, citric acid cautiously and repeat
edly applied; on silks nothing, as it i
impossible to remove said stains from
| them,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
CAIE HEARING.

A practical Stradordshire farmer, writ
ing to the British Agricultural Gazette,
says that after thirty years experience in
the rearing of calves on a large scale he
has found it the most profitable branch
of his business. 1t hardly needs to be
added that he has made business of it,
that is to say, gone about it in a sensible
and business.hke manner, studying the
conditions of success, and neglecting
nothing likely to conduce to 1t. Some
of his experience may be useful to Others,
and he has set good example worthy
of imitation in freely giving the public
the benefit of it Calves, this gentleman
says, should never be allowed to lie out
in open pastures during the first year of
their existence, but should be brought
into yards or sheds every night and
allowed as much good old hay as they
will eat. They should also be ..,iven the
bucket the first thing IN the morning be.
fore they 90 out. For this latter pur-
pose he mixes them Cruel made of best
Scotch oatmeal, at the rate of about a
penny-worth per day, mixed with half a
gallon of water, and given in V shaped
troughs in the open yard, not more than
ten or twelve calves being allowed to feed
together. This prevents them from fill
ing themselves with stagnant ditch water
and lot of unsuitable green food, by
which they get distended and liable to
various ailments, such as quarter ill, red
water, and other things. The liquid
mixture is continued up to the middle
of November, when they are brought in
from the pastures aud put on cake, due
allowance of which during the first win
ter is Indispensable to the future growth
and well doing of every calf, whatever
it may be intended for. These few hints
may seem simple, but coming from a
successful, practical man they are thor.
oughly worthy of attention. Rural
Canadian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
AN OMEIET-

There are but few persons who seem
to understand making the ONE
let. The eggs will separate aud grow
watery, or the mass will appear heavy
and soggy, more like scrambled eggs
than the fluffy object of their ambition.
A very simple and reliable recipe is
three eggs, half a cup of rich milk, a
pin"h or salt and little dust of pepper.
Beat the eggs thoroughly, then add the
other articles aud one even teaspoonful
of corn starch mixed with about one q.
fourth of teaspoonful of baking pow.
der. When this last is added, stir as
quickly as possible and immediately pour
into the buttered pan, which should be
quite hot, but not so much so as to
scorch the eggs. Do not attempt to turn
the omelet over, but slide it about in she
pan, letting the uncooked part come in
contact with the hot surface of the dish
until quite done. Serve hot. The
Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
A sAvORY VEAL PIE.

A veal pie is improved by adding a
little ham, say one-half pound to
knuckle of veal. Just cover the meat
with water, put in one small onion, and
simmer one hour. Cut four potatoes ln-
to slices, cutting across the potato, and
cook them separately until they eau be
pierced by fork. At the end of the
hour cut the veal from the bones and let
1t simmer au hour longer. Line deep
bakiDg-dish or tin with plain paste, and
cut the ham into dice. Into the bottom
Of the dish put a layer of potatoes,
layer of the veal with few bits of the
ham, sprinkling of chopped parsley,
salt and pepper. When the materials
are all used, roll out the top crust and
cut hole in the centre. Lay over the
dish and press down at the edges. Bake
in quick oven until the crust is a trihe
brown, then put funnel in the opening
in the crust, and pour in a hot sauce
made from an ounce of butter, two
ounces of flour, aud half pint of the
broth of the meat. Season the sauce
with salt, pepper, aud chopped parsley.
New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
FREE TO ABSTAIN.

The Sunday-school Times concludes re-
cent valuable article, entitled "A Sensible
View OF Total Abstinence as follows
To-day it is evident that there is dan
ger in wine drinking, Unlike other articles
of food and drink, alcoholic beverages so
invite to excess by their very use that their
user is exposed to a peculiar temptation to
indulge in them more and more freely, until
his appetite is hopelessy subject to their
control. As a matter of prudence, therefore,
1t is manifestly safer to abstain from wine
drinking than to run the special risks that it
involves. No man can say that he is above
temptation or beyond peril in this matter;
for If he will but stop and look at the facts
IN the case, he will see that men fully his
equal in intellectual power, in personal
character in strength of will, III social
standiny, and in spiritual attainmentS,
have already succumbed to the tempta-
tion to drink to excess, while no
men who was total abstainer ever became
Il drunkard. Moreover, in view of the dan.
gers to Others, who are under tho influence
of his example, in his family or in the out
side community, the man who can abstain
from wine drinking ought to do it for the
sake of those who look to him for wise lead
ing. Granted, for example, in another
sphere that there be no sin in the thing ITSELF
in the making OF ones home, with ones fami-
ly, in house where poisonous sewer gases
find their way through the drain pipes into
dwellers in that house have remained alive
while others had died from the poisonous.
laden atmosphere, would it be wise or right
to seek home there for ones self or ones
loved ones, with the risk involved. while
another house, of like advantages, and of no
higher cost. that is wholly free from such
perils, is open TO his choice?
"ln short, even though the Bible does not
explicitly command total abstinence as the
duty of every child of God, the Bible evil
IDENTIFY leaves it free TO every child of God
TO be total abstainer if he wishes to be;
and therefore it is for the Christian believer
to do and to deem il his duty to do, that
which, in the light of 1 that he sees and
knows is the best and safest thing to do,
Looking around him every man sees that
better men than himself have become
drunkards through attempting to be mod
crate drinkers; and he knows that there is
no certainty at he will not drink to excess
il he drinks at all, while he is perfectly safe
so long as he remains a total abstainer-as
he is privileged 70 remain. Every man sees,
moreover, that his example in this matter
is sure TO influence some who are obviously
weaker than himself, therefore that, If he
drinks at ALL he may lead these persons 10
drink TO excess. Having the choice between
drinking aud abstaining, and knowing that
by drinking he imperils himself and imperils
others, while by abstaining he secure safety
for himself and for Others. how can be
choose drinking without sinninsr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17

sides will secure the drainage; but where
the soil and subsoil are not favorable to
drainage, additional measures must be
taken. In the country in which l re-
side, gravel road has been made for
twenty miles, near the Mississippi River
bluffs. This road is on a soil and a
subsoil decidedly gravelly, giving splen-
did drainage. This gravel road is now
eighteen years old, and has proved salts
factory. The only means taken to Sc
cure drainage was to crown the roadbed
little in low places. To make gravel
road in this way over the greater part
of the same country would be a waste of
money, for in most places the soil is a
black prairie loan, and the subsoil
tenacious clay.
1t has been found quite satisfactory
in most localities, havinga black surface
soil and clay subsoil, to lay drain of
tile along each side, near the edge of
the roadbed. This has been found a
better location than near the middle of
the roadway. The Office of the tile is
to carry off water brought up from be-
low rather than water sinking In from
above. In some localities it is necessary
to use three drains-one line of tile be.
meath the center of the roadway, and
one under each ditch at the side. 1t
seems unnatural to put the tile under the
side bitches, but this location has been
proved best.
When the roadbed is to be graveled
or macadamized, the crowning earth
foundation should be nicely smoothed
and then rolled until quite solid. 1t is
well, also, in this case to put the clay
subsoil from the bitches on to the sur
face. When rolled, it makes hard,
smooth surface, almost impervious to
water, and over which will flow, off TO
the bitches at the sides, the rainwater
that may sink through the gravel or
macadam. When the surface is to be of
earth only, the clay subsoil should be
kept underneath, and the natural soil be
placed on top. The surface soil will
usually afford much better drainage than
the subsoils, and make "a better road
surface. American AgricuIturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A hen wants quiet while setting.
1t is good economy to feed milk to
poultry.
Stone drinking vessels are cooler than
tin ones.
Brains without industry won't pay the
mortgage off the farm.
Wheat is rich in material for growth
and stimulates egg-laying.
Young chickens especially are in.
cliued to crowd ON the roosts; prevent
this.
The best remedy for the ravages of the
asparagus beetle is hen with brood of
young chicks.
Breed in June if yor wish to have the
colt fosled so that both it aud the dam
can be ready for new grass in the
spring.
If change is to be made in the
rations of chicken it should be done
gradually, so that the system may have
time to adap; itself to the change.
A good part of the care necessary
with turkeys and ducks during the next
three months is to feed them enough to
keep them coming home regularly.
1t will be more comfortable for the
fowls during the warm weather if the
heavy wooden door be taken off its
hinges and one of fine netting substi-
tuted.
A few extra dollars invested now in
the service of irst-class stallion will
come back to you with interest within
few months, in the much greater value
of the colt.
While ducks will remain all day on
the water, they should not be made to
sleep on damp floors. Plenty of straw
should be used and cold drafts should
be guarded against.
Much of the profit of the farm must
come from saving little things. In this
the chickens are good aid. They pick
up and turn to account many items that
would otherwise be wasted.
Eggs that have not been fertilized
keep the best, and for this reason if the
eggs are to be stored away 1T is a good
plan to take away the roosters ten days
before commencing to save up the eggs.
The new crop of wheat will come up
on a market more nearly bare than for a
long time before. This would appear to
indicate better price for the crop, but
prophesying in such matters is uncertain
work.
While, if properly managed, the stor-
ing away of eggs at this season for SELL
ing in the winter can readily be made
profitable, there is always some risk. The
eggs do not bring as good prices as fresh
| ones.
The business of poultry raising should
never be spoken of slightly. Those who
have tried it know that business ability,
system aud industry are essential to sue
cess. These are just the qualities de
manded for success in other lines.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
August
Flower

I used August Flower for Loss Of
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles gained 90 lbs.
l have sold more of your August
Flower since l have been in business
than any other medicine l ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. 1
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEoRGE w. DYE, Sardis,
Mason Co., KY. q
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
TEMPERANCE.


ITS MY TREAT
Three Young men were walking along on the
street;
"Come, feilowsi" said Tom with the best
"Lets all have a drink-.its my pleasure to
treat:n
And intod bar-room they merrily went
For sons will treat and mothers must weep
And habits be sown that will misery reap
AT the gilde1 bar a-groaning.
Three young men whose thirst had been
quenched by one glass
And wanted no more fingered still at the
bar:
Now take one wi vclaimed Dick,
for, alas,
He thought it the way to keep honor at
par
For men will treat for no reason at all
Except from fear T. look stingy or small
AT the tempting bar a-moauing.
Three young men who hated the liquor they
Quaffed
Stood yet at the bar though they wanted
to go;
ats my turn to treat" "Rn 'em up" Harry
laughed
And down their throats slid the demon of
For men will treat and be treated until
They love what at first was nauseatng i'll
At the deadly bar a-groaning.
II young men would sensbly sit down and
think
How foolish this custom of treating be-
comes
- And how it induces the habit of drink
That ruins their lives and destroys their
sweet homes,
Wives, mothers and sisters no longer would
weep,
For those, being tempted, long agonies
reap
At the heartlesf bar a-moaning.
Or, il from good nature young persons must
treat
Then let them give what will be good to
the end;
A book or a paper or something TO eat
VIII neither he harmful to them or a
friend
For long as men treat fellow-men to the
worst
Themselves and their dear ones will ever
be cursed
At the DEVILS bar a-groaning.
H. c. Dodge in Chicago Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
A Musical Watch.

A musical watch about the size of an
egg is now exhibited in st. Petersburg
which performs a religious chant, with
scenic accompaniment. Within is a
representation of Christ with the Roman
sentinels. On pressing a spring the
stone rolls from the tomb, the sentinels
fall down, the angels appear and the
holy women enter the sepulehre, and the
same chant which is sung in the Greek
Church on Easter eve is actually per-
formed. The watch was made by an in
genious Russian peasant during the reign
of Catnarine of Russia.-Philsdelphis
Ledger,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
Frred inst r;1bt

Fece0 1oSJ ri9nt
Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
do it in just the right way, too
by using Natures own methods.
That's why they're better than the
dreadful, old fashioned pills, with
their gripping and violence.
But they're better in every way.
In size, for instance, and dose.
They're the smallest and the cas-
lest to take +; only one little Pellet
is needed for gentle laxative
three for a cathartic. They cleanse
and regulate the system thoroughly
but it's done easily and naturally.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headaohe,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements of
the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. You pay only for value
received.
Something else, that pays the
dealer better, may be offered as
"just as good" Perhaps it is, for
him, but it can't be, for you.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
Tea.Chest Lend.

One of the industries in connection
with the tea trade is the collection OF
the lead with which tea-chests are lined.
China has been noted for many centuries
for purity of its lead, and this tea-chest
lead, as it is called, is regarded as the
finest in existence. There are many uses
for it, it is found very valuablein making
the best kind of solder. No machinery
is employed in the production of this
sheet lead; every sheet is made by hand
in the most primitive fashion. A large
brick is provided. the size of the sheet of
lead to be ID is covered with two
or three she II paper. On these the
molten lead poured, and another brick
is placed on tue top, which flattens the
lead out the required size aud thickness.
The sheets are then soldered together to
the size of the interior of the tea chest;
the tea is packed in, aud the top sheet is
fastened in place. The workmen are
very expert, and they turn out an i'm
mense number of sheets in the course "a
a day, aud, where labor is so cheap, at a
price much less than. if the articles were
produced byamchinery.-B1ston Tran
script.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
beware of Ointmcnts for Cntnrrh That
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
races such articles should never be used ex-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
dalls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by Il. j..
Cheney d Co., Toledo, O.,contains no mercury.
and is Ia ken internally, and acts directly upon
The blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
IN buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
in Toledo, Ohio, by +. J. Cheney a Co.
- Sold hy DruEgists. price 1hc. nor hniilA
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
ROAD DRAINAGE.

The one thing necessary to q good
road-earth, gravel, macadan or paved
is thorough drainage of the fouuda-
ton, declares John NJ. Stahl, of Illinois.
Money has been misapplied in road-mak-
ing because of neglect of thorough
drainage, even when the money has been
used to build roads of a material that
should give them a permanent character.
On the Western prairies, where Fhe nat
ural drainage is poor, undrained gravel
roads have suddenly become mud roads
when put to the severe test of long
rainy spell in winter and early spring.
Not the least unfortunate result of this
has been prejudice against gravel roads
in particular, and a scarcely less pro
nOunced distrust Of permanent roads in
general. Lack of drainage was the real
cause Of the failure.
Whether the road is TO be Of earth
gravel or macadam, the earth roadbed
should be graded, crowning it twelve to
fourteen feet wide, and twelve to eight
cen inches higher in the middle than at
the edges, Along each edge should be
cut a shallow ditch. This is a correct
general statement, which, Of course,
should be modified to suit peculiar cir
cumstances. Thus, in very hilly
country, especially if the soil washes
easily, the bitches should not be cut at
the sides, as they are not necessary, and
will become serious gullies. In q hilly
country it is not necessary to crown the
roadbed so high, but the crowning must
always be sufficient TO insure ready sur
face drainage. Twelve to fourteen feet
in width is sufficient. Making the road
wider has been found needless expense.
With those soils aud subsoils specially
well adapted to drainage, erowniug the
Sesabed aud cutting tAe bitches u ths
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17

Beer as sustaining beverage for work
men has received a severe blow from oat-
meal water. Five thousand men employed
in reducing 200 miles of Eu glish broad.
guage Vrack TO narrow guags were given
oatmeal water only to quench their thirst,
and the work was completed in thirty -four
hours. 1t was thought impossible t, ac..
complish the feat without giving the men
their regular allowance of beer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BARLEY SOUP.

Excellent for sick people. Puta quarter
Of a pound Of pearl barley to two quarts
of water, boil it half away, add one cup
of calf's foot jelly, and the juice of
Seville orange. A few spoonsful day
of this excellent drink will often pre-
serve the life when the patient is unable
to take anything else. It may be either
sweetened with sugar or salted as a
Field aud Stockman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17

The British sunday-school Union re-
ports 6861 schools, with 1897 teach
ers and 1881 ,432 scholars, but the
large majority of British suuday-scheols
do not belong to the union.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
MINCED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS.

MINCED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS.
Chop moderately fine one pound Of
chicken. Cut one-half pound of mush-
rooms in small pieces. Cover with water
and let them boil. If canned mushrooms
are used five minutes will be sufficient.
Then skim out the mushrooms and set
aside to keep them hot. Add, if need
full, enough milk or cream to make
coffee cupful Of liquid. Beat a table.
spoonfol of flour in little milk until
smooth aud add a salt spoonful of salt, a
scant half spoonful of pepper, and
tablespoonful of butter. Stir this mix.
ture into the liquid, sad when the whole
has boiled three minutes add the mush.
rooms and chopped chicken aud cook
three minutes longer, stirring continually.
Serve on hot platter.
Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17
Pure and wholc.omc OunlItv

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. 1t is
pleasant 10 the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels 10 cleanse the
system effectuslly, it promotes the health and
comfort of all who use it, and with millions it
is tho best and only remedy.
NERVOUS, bilious, disorders, sick headache,
indigestion, loss OF appetite and constipation
removed by Beecham's Pills.
IL afflicted with sore ewes use DIR. Isaac Thomp
son sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.pe bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-17

Mr.. Darius Waterhouse, Chattanooga, Tenn.
says; I" Il cost but little 10 try Bradycrotine
and n trial is all that Is necessary to convince
the doubling thousands that Il will cure head.
achem All druggists, fifty cents.