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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14
HONEY'S TAX ASSESSORS
Manufacturing Democratic Voters by
Stealth and Fraud.
TWO DEMOCRATIC "SNtAKS."
They Went to Saloons and Groceries to
Swear I'm $3.50 Voters Who Hadn't a
Cent-An Invitation to n Common
Drunk

NEWPORT, X. l., March l4.-Since the
Inauguration of the present city govern
ment in January last, the citizens Of New
port have been treated TO many exhibit
tions OF Democratic rule that have been
more than nine-day wonders, and it is
safe TO say that were an election TO take
place tomorrow, such rebuke would be
administered as would make itself felt for
many years TO come.
During the last ten days a method OF
making new voters has been practised
that seems almost incredible were the in
formation not backed up by solid facts
The notice Of the official Board of Tax
Assessors, as published in the local papers,
says they will be in session as Board of
Assessors daily dt the Ctty Hdt from ) To
IL A. NJ. and from 2 To ) L. NJ"
This course has been followed here for
years till the latest innovation that is a
startling commentary on the times, and
its becoming public has raised a protest
from all decent citizens, no matter of
what shade of politics they may be. The
board consists of one Republican, the
Hon. John j. Peckham, its chairman, and
two Democrats. The sessions were held
as advertised, but the two Democratic
members travel all over the town, to gro
Gerry stores ana saloons, ana wherever a
man could be found who would make
oath that he was possessed of $50 he was
placed on the roll. And all this has been
going on, night after night. without the
knowledge or consent Of the senior MEM
ber Of the board. The feeling over the
bond business was intense but over this
latter piece of political sharp trickery the
whole town is aroused, the citizens are
greatly incensed and from what is heard
in reputable quarters n public meeting
will probably be called TO denounce the
present system of governing the city in
all its departments, especially in the con-
duct of its officials and servants.
In its editorial columns this morning
the Observer had the following:
Is THIS FRAUD?
Mayor Honey. in his late message 10 the
city council in the matter of the bond issue,
deprecated the submission of the question in
volved to the tax paying voters, lay OF whom
paid a tax on less than 500, and he argued
that IL wis safer to trust this power in the
hands OF six aldermen who paid tax on SIS
600 each.
NEWPORT II. l.. March q. 1909.
Dear Sr;--Do you want 20 vote for Alderman and
COuncilmen I'm the next city election IL go per-
sonally before the Board OF Assessors and get
assessed for $3.50. they every day at the City
Hall, up stairs, from . 20 IL A VI and 10 . 4 NJ.
Saturday, March IL. Is the last day and last
DEMocRATIc CITY COMMITTEE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14

The Providence NEWS IL evidently not
a campaign document but "a permanent
Gxture.- olncyyiiic Tunes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14

evening loads of wheat taken: to-day 90
loads; via outports saturday evening p
loads. Corn, Saturday evening II load
to-day 8 loads; via outports Saturday
evening 10 loads.
Total clearances four norts Saturday;
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14

The State OF Maine produces, IL is 81
1000, 900 pounds of paper daily.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14
Cotton Market.
QUOTED BY Ar. WfrDrN.
chicago Grain Notc,.

tICTru By s. q. WElurN
London wheat market stcndv. hut iu-
active prices notably unchanged Liver
pool wheat market steady. SO prices uu-
changed. futures 50 higner'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14
DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE.
This circular was addressed TO a poor. drink

This circular was addressed 10 a poor, drink
ing man. who has spent "a considerable part of
last wear at the State farm where one or more
OF his family now are. His constitution is all
shattered by his excesSes, and IL Is not prob
able that any person could collect s. debt
from him. Thus il appears that while
MAYOR Honey is vigorously denouncing by
implication this class of voters, he and his
associates are earnestly at work endeavoring
10 increase the very class of voters that he
condemns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-14

Dear Sir;--Do you want 20 vote for Alderman and
Councmen I'm the next city election II 30, go per-
sonally before the Board OF Assessors and get
Assessed Tor $50. They meet every day at the City
Hall, up stairs from TO IL A. NJ. and TO l.. NJ.
Saturday March IL. is the last day and last
chance. Per order
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
THE PEST.

C~ockroaches are somewhat of a nui-
sance when they become too numerous
about a house, but they are at the same
time useful in destroying bedbugs,
especially in ships and in the tenements
OF our large cities. There are several
species known under the general nam
of cockroach, but perhaps the most com-
mon is the Blatta orientalis, a native of
the East Indies, but now pretty well dis
tributed over the world, and perhaps
this is the one of which you complain,
but we are not certain in the absence Of
specimens. In the Oriental cockroach
the females have only rudimentary wings,
end those of the males are slightly
shorter than the body. This species
may be destroyed by placing phosphorus
paste in their hiding places or in the
rooms frequented by them at night. A
good way to wage war upon this pest is
to put a little of the paste on bits of
paper and lay these about the room
where the reaches are most abundant
and late in the evening, after the family
have retired. Thea let some one get up
early and gather up the poison and sweep
up the dead cockroaches which will be
found lying about on the floor. The
kitchen is the room usually most fire.
quented by the reaches; consequently is
the best one in which to poison them.
Repeat the operation as long as any dead
cockroaches are to be found. As the
young reaches will be Matching out as
long as there are any eggs left, it will be
necessary to use a little poison once a
week for a month or longer. w have
known badly infested houses to be en-
tirely cleared of these pests by the use
of phosphorus paste in the way we have
described. Most druggists keep this
paste on sale, for it is largely used tor
destroying rats, mice and other vermin.
New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
A Tidele,s Sea.

For practical purposes the Mediterran-
can may be accepted as being what it is
popularity supposed to be, a tideloss sea,
but it is not SO in reality. In many
places there Is a distinct rise aud fall,
though this is more frequently due to
winds and currents than to lunar attrac.
ton.
At Venice there is a rise Of from one
to two feet in spring tides, according to
the prevalence of winds up or down the
Adriatic. In many straits and narrow
arms oil the sea there is a periodical fux
and %relux, but the only place where the
tidal influence, properly so called, is un-
~mistakably observed is in the Gulf oil
Gabes, where the tide runs at the rate Of
two or three knots an hour and the ris'
and fall varies from three to eight feet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
A CULINARY MAKEsHIFT.

1t is said that some of the most valu-
able discoveries have been made by acct
dent, and there is every reason to believe
the statement. Not long since, an mex
perienced h%ousekeeper found herself in
a dilemma from which she extracted
herself in a rather convenient and orig
inal fashion. Being left alone in the
house for a few days, she was somewhat
disconnected by the arrival OF unexpected
guests. 1t was necessary TO prepare a
hasty breakfast in order that they might
get an early train; the oatmeal, there
fore, was partly cooked the night before
and was set on the back of the kitchen
range to be ready for the morning. AS
often under such circumstances, the pro.
portions were somewhat out of order,
and when the breakfast time came the
oatmeal was little better than porridge.
Crowding the fire seemed TO do no good,
and as there was no time for cooking
anything else, she ventured an expert
ment. Wheat -four was sifted into the
dish and stirred rapidly TO prevent
Jumps. After a moments cooking, it
was served, aud, as might be imagined,
with a good deal Of doubt as to results.
But the unanimous verdict of the party
that it was the best oatmeal they had
ever tasted set doubt at rest aud taught
the housekeeper a very useful lesson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
RECIPES.

Potato Salad-Boil potatoes until soft;
slice thin; add a few slices of boiled
beets cut into small dice and a little
parsley picked to pieces. Serve with
French dressing.
Baked Bauanas-Selec large red ones,
take the skin off che section of the ba-
mana, loosen the skin from them, put a
row in a dripping pan with the side up
from which youtook the peeling, sprinkle
sugar over them, bake half an hour in
quick oven.
Fried Onions-Pare and slice, round,
in half-inch pieces and soak fifteen min.
utes in milk. Then drain on a towel,
roll in flour and fry in smoking hot fat,
or roll in egg and bread crumbs as you
prefer. Turn carefully, skim out aud
drain ON paper and serve on a hot platter.
Pumpkin Pie-To three cupfuls of
stewed pumpkin add one egg, three cup
fuls of milk, two soda crackers rolled,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, two-third
cupful of brown sugar, one even table,
spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg,
one.half ~teaspoonful of ginger. This
will make three pies.
Johnny Cake-one cupful of butter
milk, one-half ~teaspoonful of soda, one-
half teaspoonfuls of salt, one heaping
tablespoonful of sugar, three tablespoon
fuls of melted shortening. Take one
part OF fine corn meal, one part wheat
-four and make a stiff batter. Bake in a
moderate oven for half an hour.
Baked Tomatoes-Chop a small onion
very fine and fry 1t a delicate brown in
one tablespoonful Of butter. Add a can
of tomatoes, season with salt, pepper
and ~teaspoonful of sugar and cook ten
minutes. Butter a pudding dish, put a
layer of tomatoes, then of fine bread
crumbs aud a few bits of butter. Fill the
dish in this way, having the last layer
buttered crumbs, and bake brown in a
hot oven.
Prunes --Prunes when fresh are nice
to eat, but not as desirable for canning
as fruit which is more tart. Dried prupes
are very healthful. Wash thoroughly IN
several waters, then leave over night in
cold water. In the morning pour prune'
and water Tito a porcelain kettle, anc
cook over one hour slowly; when nearly
done, add what sugar is needed, skin
out the prunes, and cook the juice
while longer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
SHEEP AS WEED KILLERS.

AS caters of brush and ~noxious plants,
sheep will do good service, but they
must not be kept at it steadily, or they
will grow thin, and their tleeces will
suffer in consequence. The flock must
be compelled to browse only a few days
at a time. After the qualification of this
diet ceases, there is no longer profit in
combining sheep to such food. No other
live stock demand more constant change.
If the sheep be divided into several
focks, n may follow another into a
field where brush or weeds are becoming
troublesome, and each returned again
after a weeks relief on grass. Most
plants can be killed by removing the
leaves during the summer The bushes
should be cut down, that the flocks may
destroy them by eating every new sprout.
Briers are more easily subdued early in
the season. Large fields should be
browsed in small plats by means of
movable fences. When grass has taken
the place of brush or weeds in one divis-
ion Of the field, it may be used profit
ably as an exchange pasture, every sec
ond week. Several bells should be kept
on the flock browsing in tall weeds OF
brush. Sheep are very social, and
nothing will so soon a cessation of
industry as a feeling Of lonliness. Bells
also deter dogs from attacking the flock
hidden in an oVergrown field. The flock
at this important work must also have a
regular and abundant supply of pure
water and of salt, aud DO frequently Wis.
tied by the owner. That the cleaning
of the land is not the whole object OF
sheep keeping must be borne in mind.
When shsep are changed to other fields,
or TO the fold, the time from sundownt o
dark is preferable, as then they are sat
ls6ed with the days exercise and food
and will follow with less trouble and lie
more quietly than at noon OF ddybreak
Never drive a flock roughly. The sheep,
which are always led, make the besI
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
glade of meat, and the leeces are most
uniform in texture and maket Value
American Agriculturist.
REARING A GOOD COLT.

A GOOD CULT
To rear a good colt, these two things
should be understood and acted upons
Feed makes the animal and training
makes the disposition. The very best
food should be supplied the colt from
the first, and ever while it is with the
mare it should be fed, both through the
dam and by its W mouth. Beginning
in a small way the ability to digest food
is cultivated and increased, and its first
growth is the foundation on which after
growth is built. And as that is the
better, so this is. The stronger and
broader the foundation, the same will be
the superstructuIe. And as long as
digestion is perfect the quantity of food
given may be measured only by that test.
Corn is not a good food for growing
animals. Flesh is more needed than fat.
The English farmers use beans and oats
ground togette r as the staple horse feed,
and the value OF it is perceived when the
composition Of this food is understood.
The English horse bean has 25t per
cent. of fl~esh-forming elements-protein,
as it is called--in it and only II per
cent. of fat, and oats have twelve per
cent. of the former and six per cent. of
of the latter. Thus two measures of oats
and one Of beans have 49t per cent. of
the protein and 49, of fat, a ratio Of q
of the flesh-forming elements to one of
the fat-forming. This affords materials
for the abundant growth of muscle so
necessary to the future value of the
young animal. But it does more. All
the great vital organs are made up of
muscular tissue, and thus the lungs,
liver, kidneys, heart and other fbrous
tissues are more highly developed, and
it is upon this development that the con-
stitution, the future strength Of the
animal, depends. With corn as the
principal food this healthful structure is
not possible. There is too much fat and
! starch and not enough nitrogen. The
muscles are soft and weak, and the vital
organs, upon which the work or product
afterward depend, are not strong enough
to stand the wear, and the constitution
gives way at IN early age. This APP
plies as much to calves as to colts.
While the horse expends its force in
motion, the cow does this in making
milk. Both these products require a
large expenditure of nitrogen, and a
highly heterogeneous food and the ability
to digest and assimilate it are needed and
this disposal of food is only possible
when the vital organs are well de-
veloped. This development is only
effected by the use of suitable food
literally provided, from the birth of the
animal.-American Dairyman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
Japan's Historic Tree.

Garden and Forest has a description
of the great pine of Japan, called Dai
Matsu, which stands on the shore of
Lake Biroa, some three miles from Otsu.
The tree is attended by priests, who de-
clare that it is mentioned in the records
of their cloister 500 years ago, and that
it was planted in the year A. d. 675.
1t is counted among the eight wonders
OF Japan, and its singular aspect, as it
stretches its long branches out on every
side over a scaffolding formed by more
than 300 poles, has been pictured in
many books of travel. Although it is
fully exposed to the wind, and although
its trunks and branches bear more than
n lightning scar, it is still vigorous,
and only a gradual thinning out of its
foliage bears witness to its great sntiq-
uity. At two feet above the ground
the diameter of the trunk is fifteen feet
nine inches; its height is eighty-four
feet, and the diameter of its widely
stretched crown is PAP feet, -Four
houses formerly stood among its
branches, but two of them were ruined
in 4 great storm a few years ago. The
other two are still largely resorted to by
supper parties on summer evenings, and
the japanese take especial delight in
listening to the dripping of rain into the
water from the boughs as they overhang
the sea,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
PRESERVING THE CARRIAGE.

The preservation OF carriage depends
largely upon the way in which it is
housed, says Good Roads. The barn or
shed should be airy or dry, with a mo-
derate admission of light. Do not let
the vehicle be rolled near a brick wall.
The carriage house should not be con
nected with the stable or next to the
manur pit-the ammonia fumes arising
from the manure ruin varnish. Do not
allow mud to dry on a newly vanished
carriage; spots and stains will be the re-
suit il you do. Do not permit water to
dry of itself on a vanished surface, but
remove all the moisture with a channels
leather only after the soft sponge has
been used.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
CHOLERA OF FOWLS.

This disease may be known by the
yellowness of the head and a drawn-up
appearance of the face. But the most
certain indication is the green and yell
low droppings of the fowl. It is a dis
ease Of the liver, and is due in almost
every case to overlooking, as in the case
of those geese which are fed in close
coops for the production of the enlarged
%livers, of which the popular pies known
as pate de fois gras, or Strasburg pies,
are made. Similar gorging with food
has the same effect OIL fowls, but it goes
beyond the mere enlargement of the
liver, and ends in fatal inflammation.
There is no remedy; prevention by mo.
derate feeding is the only cure.-New
York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
LIQUOR DRINKING IN FRANCE.

The consumption of alcoholic liquors 10
France, and especially of the Accountable alb
siuthe, continues to increase at a great rate.
Recent statistics show IA tremendous growth
in the number of wine or drink-shops within
the last fifteen or twenty years, AMI mt
urally the consumption of alcohol has also
risen. With regard to absinthe, it is re-
marked that a generation ago this pernicious
beverage was known but to comparatively
few, whereas in the present day the taste Tor
it is so common that 81, 81 hectolitres are
consumed yearly. Aud this is not the worst
OF the matter. The nature of the liquors
supplied to the French pu lie, and more
especially to the WORKING class, is not near,y
so wholesome as il was a few years ago,
when the alcohol consumed was made from
wine. Now it is largely distilled from
cereals and fruits, of which the spirit Is far
more injurious. The Debate, treating the
question, suggests that the number Of drin :
shops ought TO be restrictel |. 1t adds, how
ever. that no such reform can De thought OF
or hoped for, since the 1000 wine shop
keepers in Frame are valuable electoral
agents, aud no Parliamentary party would
venture TO propose a re iuction OF their
ranks.-New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
Electrical E.aiu,

Rain which ON touching tbs ground
crackles and emits Electric sparks Is
a very uncommon 5ut not unknown
phenomenon. An instance Of the kind
was recently reported from Cordova, In
Spain, by an electrical engineer who
witnessed the occurrence The weather
had been warm aud u%ndisturbed by wind,
and soon after dark the sky became
overcast by clouds. At about s
o'clock there came a flash Of lightning,
followed by great diops Of electrical
rain, each one Of which on touching the
ground, walls or trees gave a faint crack
and emitted a spark of light. The phe-
nomenon continued for several seconds,
and apparently ceased as soon as the at
mosphere was satuated with moisture
Chambers's Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-23
TIE DRINK HABIT.

Rev. +. W. Hamilton, of Pawtucket RI,
in a recent very suggestive sermon, asking
the question, conform or Reformr' re-
ferrei TO the drink habit, az follows:
Some of us are appalled, by the eonse-
quences of the drink habit to the people Of
this Nation aud of the world. But when we
try II take any measures for an improve
ment in the condition of things we are told
at the outset that men have always had an
appetite for strong drink, that they a v al
ways drank and will always drink, and we
must base our cIlculltioni OF that fact. 1
don't believe a word of it. Men in their
natural condition desire a great many things
and they lon INDUCED their desires, but It
has been possible to educate them out of a
good many OF thoSs desires, although tho
esucating had 70 b som whas coercive in
most cases. | suppose il might nave been
argued, not 50 many 20 lerltionS ago, that
bee l1se angry men thirst for the blood OF
their enemies and because they had always
been in the habito Of taking the lives of their
enemies when they could, theretors they
would always do SO AMI that state OF aff hrs
must he accepte | an / made tho basis OF all
legislation. Wedil not ace ut thatssate of
Affairs, and we have made human life rea-
sonably safe aniws hlvs cooled down to a
great extent this. raging thirst for Blood;
aud it may not b5 out Of place TO recall the
fact that we did not do 10 by selling the
p ivilege OF committing murder TO a few per-
sons of generally COOL character. IL it be a
ldtL IuGL an men want 10 ufluk ana nave
always INDUCED that natural appetite,
which, by the way, | am by no means pre-
pared to admit. we do IN iced want to take
account of that con litiau, no. that we may
accept and perpetuate it, but that we may
overcome aud renl0v it, AMI wo want 30 use
every means that our strength affords or
our ingenuity can suggest to that end -
Referring TO college dissipation among
young men in connection with the drink
habit, Mr.. Hamilton said:
Only a little while ago it was made pub
lc that certain clubs of young men in one Of
our foremost colleges We're inJul ging in most
unseemly and most disgraceful conduct.
When comment was made upon it the reply
came that young men always would do such
t~hingsand it was nc uss to try to stop them.
1t could not be prevented, the situation must
be accepted as final, and the most that
could be expected was some slight effort TO
preserve external respectabilitY. II it were
a fact that the average Young man went TO
college with the desire aud intention of
making a little beast of himself, the first
duty OF the officers OF instruction and gov
ernment would be to deal with that desire
and Intention, not to accept it andl content
themselves WIN trying to deo1orize its con-
sequences. IL Unere are any college presi-
dents who think they have no duty with the
morals as well as with the intellects of the
young men and young women put under
their charge 1t is high time the fathers and
mothers had something to say, and said il
loud enough to ensure its being heard"