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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
Bengal Peasant Prorerhs.

The wisdom of the Bengal peasant
cultivators Gnds expression in proverbs,
of which q collection has been made
by Babu in the Agricultural Depart
ment of that province. His apprecia-
tion of the outwardly revered Brahmin
betrays itself incidentally in the
maxim. Grain and inundation disap-
pear when south winds blow, like the
Brahmin as soon us he has received his
fee. "
Other Bengal rural aphorismg are
"Have the land which receives the
washings of the village, and the bullock
which walks fast, and marry the girl
whose mother is good" "He who
works in the field himself with the
laborers gets the full profit; he who,
being unable TO work himself, super
vises the workings of the laborers, gets
half the profit; he who orders the
laborers from his house does not get
enough to eat. London News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
nRAN Washes FoR HORSES.

Bran mashes for horses are the very
poetry of physic and feed combined.
They are cooling, comforting and
slightly laxative, and never do harm,
even though they do little or no good.
Who shall say that bran mashes do
no good? Who shall say that they are
not suitable to the horse when he eats
so greedily? If horse will not eat
bran mash, whether i'll or well, then
there is something wrong with the
bran--it is mouldy, mice eaten or
something of that sort. Given good
bran no horse will refuse it, unless his
case is exceedingly bad. Bran mashes
are useful to form vehicle for med
icines, but the greatest care should be
taken not to give the horse anything
nasty in the bran mash, in such man
ner as to affect the whole mash, or the
chances are that the animal will retain
a recollection, however dim, that will
enable him to associate an unpleasant
taste with the appearance of the mash.
Farming World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
HOW TO RAISE FINE cARNAr1oNs.

Many amateurs complain of diff
Guilty in Towering the carnation well
in the hving-room. / am confident
that the chief cause of trouble is too
warm and dry an atmosphere. Shower
the plants all over at least once day,
keep water evaporating from stove or
register oil the time, let in a liberal
amount of fresh air, and you can grow
fine carnations in the house; and a
really good flower is worth a good
deal of care, because of its beauty, its
delightful fragrance, and its lasting
qualities Give a somewhat heavy
soil, with not enough sand to make it
very friable. Drain the pots we'll Do
not use large ones. Six and seven
inch pots are quite large enough for
plants of ordinary size. In potting,
place the soil firmly about the roots.
Do not over-water, and do not keep
in too warm a room. The best place
for them is in a room off one in which
there is fire. If the temperature
falls to fifty degrees at night, no harm
is done. Aim to keep them free from
frost. Ii you succeed in doing this
you ought TO be rewarded by having
some fine flowers. Showering is OF
great Importance, as it keeps the red
spider down. Cd.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
IorNa WITHOUT EGGS.

A recent newspaper article called at
tention to an excellent recipe for MAX
ing icing without eggs. It is a CON
venient thing to know at this time of
the year when we are entering upon
the days of scarce and expensive eggs
The recipe in question directs the stir
ring of confectionery sugar-not
merely pulverized-into orange juice.
A still better way of making eggless
icing is the following, which has been
in use in some households for n long
time, and has entirely superseded the
usual method: Put over a bright fire
cup of granulated sugar to quarter
cup of water. Shake together first,
but do not stir once after they have
been set ON the stove. When il drops
into soft ball in water take off and
set on the ice or in dish of cold
water. When it has partially cooled
begin to stir with fork. 1t will be-
come creamy pliable mass, il. all is
well, that after favoring is added can
be spread at once on the cake. If it
should harden too much, or be at all
rough, add more water and cook it
over. The final result is perfection
for icing or for hard pudding sauce.
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
RECIPES.

Potato Salad-Slice in a salad dish
one-half dozen large, cold, boiled po-
tatoes and season with two tablespoon
fuls salad oil, a half teaspoonful of
sugar, pepper, mustard, salt, and
half teaspoonful of celery salt. Rub
to a smooth paste, and whip in a ten
spoonful at time, five tablespoonfuls
of strong vinegar; mix thoroughly,
pour over the salad, and place on ice
to cool.
Corn Muffins-One pint corn meal,
one pint flour, one tablespoonful sugar,
one teaspoon salt, three teaspoons of
baking powder, one tablespoon lard,
two eggs, one pint milk sift together
corn meal, flour, sugar, salt and pow
der; rub in cold lard, eggs beaten and
milk; mix into batter of the consist
ency of cup cake; muffin pans to be
cold and well-greased; then fill two
thirds. Pour in hot muffin rings
Bake in hot oven fifteen minutes,
Jam Puffs-One cup -four, one cup
of dry mashed potato, one level tea
spoon of baking powder and pinch of
salt. Then rub in three tablespoon
fuls of beef dripping; mix with enough
cold water to make stiff dough. Roll
very thin, cut into rounds, wet the
edges, put spoonful of jam on each
round. Fold over and press the edges
together, lay them on n creased tin
and bake ten minutes in a hot oven.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
ARRANGING CUT FLOWERS.

With very few exceptions, every
flower looks best when arranged with
the foliage Dame Nature bestows upon
it. Flowers should not be crowded.
Each one should have a fair chance,
therefore do not use n dozen flowers
when six would look far better. Buds
and foliage are rs important in flower
arrangements as the flowers themselves.
Dame Nature always arranges her
flowers in this manner, and we cannot
do better than to copy her as nearly
as we can.
Different flowers need different
surroundings. Tall flowers like
gladiolus, lilies, dahlias, chrysanthe-
NUNS, need large, tall vases, while
sweet peas, nasturtiums, pansies and
other short-stemmed flowers need low
vases, bowls or baskets. In whatever
we arrange our flowers, let it be sec
ondary to the flowers themselves. 1t
should not be highly colored, so us to
''kill'' the coloring of the flowers, or
so elaborate as to draw attention from
them.
We are not compelled, as in former
years, to put our flowers in the regu-
lation vase, says Good Housekeeping,
~or use n glass preserve dish. There
are many beautiful receptacles for
flowers, American cut glass, cut into
innumerable facets, rejecting myriad
rainbows of colors; in bowls, baskets,
and dishes of various forms. There
are bowls and jugs of crystalline white,
amber color, delicate yellow, turquoise
blue, apple green and thousand and
one conceits of various kinds.
Cut flowers should be taken from the
vases each morning and bit of the
stems cut of, all decaying leaves and
flowers taken out, and replaced in
fresh water. Soft water is better than
hard; if the latter is used. few drops,
of ammonia may be added. Thecooler
the flowers are kept the longer they
will last. In the winter, when flowers
are scarce, it is a good plan to take
cut flowers from the vases at night
and place them in washbowl, keep
ing the flowers above water. Put them
in the cellar, or cool room where
they will not chill. They will freshen
up and keep much longer than if left
all night in hot room. Never leave
flowers at night in sick room. 1t is
hurtful for the sick person and the
flowers. Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
Power.

The recent record breaking perfor.
mances of ocean-going steamships
have been done ON American coal from
Pocahontas, Va.
1t would take 72O, ,030 rowers, work
ing at their oars in eight-hour shifts,
to develop as much power as the steam
ship Lucania's engines.
The first electric railroad for coal
carrying purposes has just been COM
pleted from Buck Mountain to Eek.
ley, Penn.
The initial installation of the Nj.
agara electric power arrangements
provides for 10, 900 horse power. More
can be obtained almost beyond limit.
The Tivoli waterfall, which provides
light and power for transmission to
the Rome of the dead Caesars, fur
nishes as yet only 2600 horse power.
New York Recorder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
c1fRr For ROARING.

A new operation for the treatment
of roaring has been introduced to the
public bya prominent English veteri-
marian. The principle involved is that,
roaring being originally a disease of
the nervous system, the proper treat
ment would be TO put the left recur-
rent nerve, which had lost its function,
on to a sound motor nerve; suture it
there, and endeavor to effect thereby
union, and, if possible, to get motor
power supplied to the originally para
lyzed larynx.
To this end, the left recurrent nerve,
having been divided, was sutured to
branch of the spinal accessory, and as
the result of the operation, when the
time for exercising the animal arrived
the amount of noise was comparatively
slight, and in few weeks the defect
in the breathing was so trifiing as only
to be detected by an expert, New
York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
CALVES IN WINTER.

Give calf proper start the first
year. II poorly fed and housed no af-
ter care will ever make up the loss
from the unthrifty habits of body and
poor digestion which wrong treatment
at that stage is sure to bring on. The
housing should be good and warm,
without being stuffy and i'll ventilated,
and above all things chinks and drafts
are to be avoided. A large stall in
which about ten can move around free
ly is best and most convenient every
way.
The best fodder on the farm is none
to good for them. A handful of oats
or chop at present prices will add to
the future profit of the calf. Salt
should be provided in some form and
water as often as they care to drink.
To drive calves a quarter of mile on
a cold day to water hole will bring
certain harm and they will go faster
back than forward. The shed or house
in which they are kept should face the
south and have plenty of light, for
sunshine is as essential to animal as to
plant life.
If the calves are of equal size they
should be sorted into different lots,
and if any show signs of unthriftiness.
they should be separated and have ex-
ira care, aud if possible a bit of oil
cake. Oil cake is both food and med
icine, and if at all within reach every
farmer should lay in ton every fall.
II an acre of flax is grown at home
and little of it soaked in hot water
for an ailing beast of any kind it will
be found a good investment. Cut when
the seed is green, unthreshed flax will
do quite as well, and keep money al
home. There is nothing very new
perhaps, in this advice, but it is still
worth thinking over, and putting il
practice all along. Canadian Agricul
| turist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
Barteriuv for Furs.

The system Of trading az all the
posts Of the Hudson Bay Company is
entirely one of harter. The standard
of value throughout all the territories
of the company is still -as for CEN
turtles past skin of the beaver, by
which the price of all other furs is
regulated. Any service rendered by
the Indian is paid for in skins, the
beaver skin being the unit of compu-
tation. To explain this system, let it
be assumed that four beavers are
equivalent in value 90 silver fox
skin, two martens 20 beaver, twenty
muskrats 60 marten, and so on. An
Indian wishing TO purchase a blanket
or gun from the company would give
say three silver foxes or twenty beaver
skins, or 200 muskrats, or other furs,
according TO their proper relative po-
sitions of worth in the tariff.
For very evident reason the trap
per price paid for furs is not fixed in
strict accordance with their intrinsic
value; if this were SO all the valuable
r-bearing animals would soon become
extinct, rs no Indian would bother to
trap cheap fur while high-priced
one remained uncaught. He may pos
sibly have TO pay five silver fox skins
for blankets worth about $l5, the
value of the skins paid representing
5000. still he can if he chooses buy the
same article by paying for it in musk
rat, yellow fox, or other furs of in
ferior worth. Chicago Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13

on hand, and when the horses come in
at night their feet and legs can be
carefully washed and dried. If this
work is done while the dirt is soft, il
will be much easier than if delayed
until the next morning when IL will
have become dry and hard A good
supply of curry combs and brushes
with which to cleanse the hair and
skin are essential. A large quantity of
waste matter is thrown off through the
pores of the skin and if these are al
lowed to become closed up, the health
of the animal is affected
Good bedding, properly supplied,
adds much to the comfort of the
horses and at the same time aids in
keeping them clean. So it is an i'm
portant item to have all of the bedding
dry. 1t will be the best to lay a sup
ply and store it under shelter so as to
have it on hand when needed. Good
managers for feeding hay, and tight,
convenient boxes for feeding grain
will lessen the waste.
Closets should be arranged in which
to hang harness as having it behind
the horse in the stables is, to say the
least, very injurious. In arranging
their closets care should always be
taken TO have them near by in order
to save time. AS the feeding must be
done two or three times daily, and as
on many farms the horses are har-
messed once or twice every day, con-
venience in arranging is an important
item. Every horse should have its
place, with halter and convenient
place to tie to. Making the horses com
Portable will lessen materially the
quantity of feed necessary to keep
them in good condition.-St. Louis
Republic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Rushes are degraded lilies.
Soapsuds are excellent manure.
Stunted animals never fully recover.
Starving the animals is starving the
land.
Corn can be fed cattle without
shucking.
A coat of manure is one of the best
mulches for anything of a tender char
acter.
If fruit tree is of full size for bear
ing and does not do so it should be
root-pruned.
Care in all the details is required in
handling stock in order to make a
profit on them.
Clear up all the trash in the garden
and burn it if you would keep free
from cut worms.
Hogs which are being fattened
should not be overfed or allowed to
get sour stomachs.
All bearing apple orchards should
be given a broadcast mulching with
barnyard manure.
In the fall it is always best to unite
all weak colonies and get all as strong
as possible for winter.
Generally at this time empty combs
and section boxes should be removed
and preparations be made for winter.
ing.
Black bees may be changed to Ital-
ians by removing the black queen and
Introducing an italian queen in her
place.
At the close of the honey season
every colony should be inspected to
see if it is supplied with a laying
queen.
1t is well to remember that the flavor
of the butter depends largely on the
sweetness and the flavor of the food
given the COW.
Tainted milk does not always have a
bad odor. 1t is in this respect like
sewer gas. The more imperceptible it
is the more deadly.
An experimental shipment of oaten
hay-oats cut when rather green and
unthreshed-has recently been made
from Australia to England.
If your animals once run down it
will cost much trouble to get them
thrifty again, and it will also cost
double to make up the lost gain.
Parent stocks that have swarmed
must depend upon young queens
alone for their existence. If anything
happens to them they cannot raise an
| other.
When you see a nest of caterpillars
destroy them. That is the time, and
that is what you are there for. Wait
ing for some special time does not
| count.
With the present demand for lean
meat, instead of carcass loaded with
fat, it is comparatively easy to keep
pigs in condition to market at any
time. A little grain with the grass will
do it.
A man who takes pains to have his
fruit of uniform quality throughout
gets more for his wares than he who
mixes the different grades and sells
them at as high price as he can get
for them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
rEMpERANcE NEws ANp NOTES.

The Bishop Of ZuluIand is a Good Tenn
plur
Scotland has a band of sO.4l1 Juvenile
Templars.
You can sometimes tell where man stands
by his breath,
There are now 1918 licensed places for the
sale of liquor in Jersey City, n. J.
There are in the world 81 900 brewerles
Germany leading the list with 26, 240.
Putting screens in the saloon doors is tho
DEVILS way Of saying that he IS ashamed Of
himself.
There are people who claim not to believe
in a hell who live in plain sight OF a drunk
ards home.
Nine drunkards out Of ten are so to-day
because they did not resolve in youth to lead
a sober life.
France now has 44s. 900 places for the sale
OF liquor, an increase OF nearly 10000 in
twenty years.
The man who is not against the liquor
traffic with all his weight Is in favor OF Civ.
ing the devil a license to do business on
earth.
The Pail Mall Gazette says 5000 900, 900
gallons of beer were imbibed in Europe las;
year, Of which Germany consumed l,O5l,'
100000 gallons.
Hon. Carroll d. Wright, the well-known
NAdtlSllcldls Ie'tullg Hldltd Nll"N la'lS ShoN
that ''for every dollar the people receive
from the saloon they pay out twenty-one."
The W. g. r. L. coffee house in Menomo-
nee Wis, is now ,he only public eating
place in the city without bar attachment.
1t is gaining favor and doing a goo 1 busi-
ness.
Miss Alys pearsall Smith. daughter OF Mrs.
Hannah Whitall Smith, has just been ap-
pointed General Secretary of the Young Wo-
mans Branch OF the British Womans Tenn
perance Association.
Alcohol is poison. So is strychnine so
is arsenic so is opium. Il ranks with these
agents. Health is always in some way or
other injured by il benefited by il, never
Sir Andrew Clark, NJ. d.
Alcoholic insanity is twice as common in
France now as il was fifteen years ago, and
the number of persons placed uuder restraint
on account of il has Increased twenty-five
per cent. in the last three years.
The thirty-fifth Report of the Reiormatory
and Refuge Union states that in Great
Britain and Ireland 145, 900 persons are every
year committed 10 prison as drurkgrds, II
whom ll2,0QQ are men and the rest women
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
Hardy Mountaineers.

There is in Denver peculiar class
of men. They are essentially men of
the mountains. They may have their
weaknesses, but cowardice is never one
of them. They are men with a pecu-
liar development of certain faculties.
They handle money as u farmer handles
seedcorn-only as a means of produc-
ing more. They are always spend
thrifts. Misers do not live a mile
above sea-level, where the ether in
toXicates, and hysteria of hope dis
turbs the emotions of even the best
poised. Physically, these men of the
mountains are remarkable. Their
chests average four inches more in
breadth than those of the men of the
East. They do not become giddy.
They can climb anywhere. They can
walk all day. They can sleep any
where and they can eat anything, but
are naturally luxurious, and the miners
cabin frequently knows finer viands
than the dining-room of the eonyen-
tional and pretentious citizen. Omaha
World-Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
STABLE coNvE uENcEs.

It will save time in feeding and car
ing for the horses during the winter if
necessary conyenlences are provided.
The horses can be groomed much more
easily, while they will enjoy their
nights rest much better, if they can
be carefully cleaned when they are
first brought into the stables. To do
this IN the best manner good foot tubs
for washing the feet and legs are nee
essary. a supply of old rags that are
good for nothing else should also be
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
TEMPERANCE.
THE crRsE OF nRINE.

THE CURSE OF DRINK.
Would ye shrink from the vile haunts OF
disgrace
And see not the agony in friends loving
face2
Would ye turn from the dens OF iniomy and
woe
And mingle not with the degraded and
- low2
Then shun the cup. and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse Of
drink.
would We seek honest face and feature
And most admired be by fellow creature2
And fearless stand before great and high2
Then shun the cup, and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse Of
drink.
Would We be pure and free aud great,
Crowned with honor's high estateP
Would We strive to others burdens bear,
And rescue them from the tempter's snare2
Then shun the cup, and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink.
Would ye save from deep and dark despair
mothers heart, and her sweetest bless
ings share2
Would ye hear a fathers noblest praise
Ever ringing to your latest days2
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink.
Would ye serve your home, your God, your
race.
And share in the rewards OF infinite grace2
Would We care to have a part in the endless
love
OF God and angels in the realms above2
Then shun the cup, and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink.
Would ye wish a mansion in the city OF gold,
Prepared by the Master with grandeur un-
told?
Would ye rest meath the shade Of liie's tree,
Clothed in the robes OF Immortality
Then shun the cup, und turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse Of
drink.
Would ye wish kingly jewel to wear,
A scepter to WELD, a crown to bear2
Would ye dwell In the realms bright and
fair,
or which we're told, "No drunkard is
there2"
Then shun the cup and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink.
H. S. Irwin, in Ladies' Home Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-12-13
The Last OF Professional Duclis,.

The Last Of a Professional Duelisi.
81 was standing here Yesterday
lafternoon," said De Winnie Nicklin,
down in the Bowery, wondering how
pnany tons of swords and pistols and
fho like I had stacked mp in the back
of my shop, when slender figure,
robed in black and thickly veiled, en-
tered the door and laid upon the show
case in front Of me an ebony case con-
tanning the finest pair of hint-lock
dueling pistols | ever saw. Convulsed
with sobs, the lady in black. who drew
aside her veil TO let me see that she
was of transcendant beauty managed
to inform me that the pistols which I
saw before me were the last and most
sacred relic of once princely fortune
that had belonged TO her husband He
was a professional duelist, she said,
but had been out OF work for long
time AMI was utterly unable TO find
employment on Manhattan Island.
One by one his black couts and beauti-
full gray trousers--implements of his
art-had been pawned, and now there
WIS uobuluB lelb bul INC DaDN ana the
pistols. They had prayed for heavenly
direction in their decision as to which
of these they should hypothecate, and
although her heart misgave her sorely
rs to the result, her good husband had
finally decided that the pistols should
be 'spouted. They we're something in
the nature of family Bible to her, she
said, because the birthday of her in
FAINT boy, the date of her marriage and
other interesting domestic events had
been neatly nicked with bowie-knife
IN the ivory handles of their beautiful
weapons. In the little silver-clasped
cavities, always provided in the butt OF
dueling pistols for caps and the like,
she had instead been accustomed tc
keep lock of hers aud her husbands
hair, neatly intertwined. ] bought the
pistols from her, of course, being
much moved by her suffering, and she
left me with bright smile upon heI
face, promising, when these funds ran
out, that she would bring round the
baby. New York Recorder.