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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
CAKES FOR THE CHILDREN.

Plain Cup Cake-For two sheets
of cake use one cupful of sugar. half a
cupful of butter, one cupful of milk,
two cupfuls and three-quarters OF
sifted -four, the rind and juice of one
lemon, three eggs, one teaspoonful OF
soda and two of cream of tartar. Mi1
the -four, soda and cream of tartar
and sift the mixture. Beat the butter
to cream. Gradually beat in the
sugar. Beat the eggs till light and
beat them into the butter and sugar.
Now add the milk, and lastly the flour.
Beat vigorously for half minute.
Spread the mixture in two buttered
shallow pans. Sprinkle with powdered
sugar and cook for twenty-five minutes
in moderate oven.
Raisin Cske-Take two and one-half
cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter,
one-half cup of sour milk, two spoon
fuls of cream, one cup of chopped
raisins, one teaspoonful of snda, one
half tesspoonful of cinnamon and a
bit of nutmeg. Flour enough to knead.
Roll out an inch thick. Cut into OBJ
long pieces. Bake quickly.
Soft Gingerbread-Stir two tea.
spoonfuls of soda and one of ginger
into one cup of molasses. Add one
third of a cup of butter and one cup
of warm water in which one teaspoon
ful of cream of tartar has been dis
solved. Add three small cups of flour,
mix together and bake.
Plain Spice Cake-Take one egg,
two-thirds of cupful of sugar, the
same quantity of molasses and of but
ter, a cupful of milk, two cupfuls and
a half of flour measured generously,
one teaspoonful of soda, one level tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful of vinegar or lemon Juice,
and one tablespoonful of mixed spice
Beat the egg well, and after adding to
it the molasses, sugar, spice and but
ter-the latter being first melted
beat again. Mix the soda with the
milk and add to the other mixture the
cream of tartar with the flour, and stir
into the butter, and finally add the
vinegar or lemon juice. Pour into two
shallow pans and bake for twenty min
utes in a moderate oven.
Cookies-Two cups of sugar and one
cup of butter beaten together, two
eggs, yolks and whites beaten sepa-
rately; one-half cup of sweet milk,
one-half teaspoonful of soda, nutmeg.
Flour to roll.-New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
A Ticking Tombstone.

There is a tradition that tomb
stone in the graveyard of an old and
uncompromising little stone church in
Louden, Penn, gives forth ticking
sound, and it has long been locally
famous rs the ticking tombstone, The
noise is not loud enough for tho stone
TO be located by stranger, and il the
ticking is really ever heard, it comes
doubtless from the trickling of water
through the limestone formation not
unusual in the region. The old church
dates back to about the middle of the
last century, and is surrounded by
gravestones, some of them consider
ably older. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
HINTS ABOUT MEND1Ya,

Nothing keeps Aannels and stock
ings and other underwear looking SO
we'll as darning and mending and re-
pairing material that matches per-
fectly. A hole seems almost prefer
able to gray stocking darned with
blue, or black undershirt bound with
red, or a brown patch where there
should be black one. Buttons, all
kinds of mendiug threads. in cotton,
linen, silk, and wool, bindings in taf.
feta ribbons by tho roll, aud white
cotton tape of all widths, and oven
webbing by the yard are to be bought
at most reasonable prices for making
old things rs good as new, and for
keeping the new in perfect condition.
It also seems to be an economy in the
same direction to buy the same makes
and colors in flannels and hose from
season TO season, so that one may
have material to reinforce weak places
without buying it.-New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
TEMPERANCE REFORM IN RUSSIA,

A Temperance Reformer writes: "Teeto-
tallors in this country are continually de-
vsing methods for the suppression of drunk
enness among all classes OF society, which
turn out one after the other signal failures.
Could not they induce Sir Edwin Bradford,
our Commissioner of Police for the Metropo-
lis, TO adopt the new tactics which General
Wahl, tho Governor OF st. Petersburg, has
devised TO shame the tipplers of the Russian
capital into sobriety2
''There is good deal of drunkenness
goes on among high and low, who consum
enormous quantities of richly-sugared cham
pagne, cognac, vodka or kyass, and after
ward experience much difficulty in finding
their way home. In order to encourage the
spread OF temperance General Wahl has is
sued peremtory notice that tho names and
address OF all people found In the streets in
u disorderly or intoxicated condition shall
be printed on large posters and publicly dis
played at certain points OF the city and also
printed in the official journal.
"This rule is to be without exception, No
prayers, no sntreaties by tho guity-even
though from fair lady whose temporary
alteration OF judgment has been punished
with terrible headaches-can obtain mitiga-
tion of sentence. The General is inexorable.
Tho name must go on tho board. Already
much perturbation has been caused by this
singular drink-cure, especially as the names
OF many ladies and gentlemen whom one
would not expect TO find in such "a position
have already, been posted The ordinary
moujik, of course, does not care pin about
the new punishment, but other classes = .
society think differently, and are already
either joining temperance societies or pri-
vately abjuring vodka.-London Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
1T WILL BE WISE.

To rub spotted lamp chimneys with
salt before washing them.
To clean steel beads by laying -tbeps-
ior seyeS9t-h1SeitiiT in oil; then wipe and
6iish with chamois.
To restore gilded picture frames by
first removing the dust with q soft
brush and washing the gliding in
warm water in which an onion has
been boiled. Then dry quickly with
cloth.
To wear well-itting shoes about the
Homework they will be less fatiguing
than loose, untidy slippers that are
supposed to be worn for comfort.
To remember that the usual
methods for removing paint spots
from clothing will not be satisfactory
if the paint has become hard and dry.
In this case use equal parts OF
ammonia and turpentine, saturate the
spot as often as necessary and wash
out in soapsuds.
To cut doughnuts out an hour or
more before they are fried and allow
them time for rising. They will be
much lighter than when fried as soon
as they are cut. Try cutting them at
night and frying them in the morn
ing.
To prevent hair from becoming
prematurelY gray by taking one ounce
of glycerine, one ounce of bay rum
and one pint of strong sage tea; mix
thoroughly and add few drops Of the
| oil of berQamot,
To clean carpet by wiping it off
with sponge wet in water, to which
a tablespoonful of turpentine has been
added. This should be done about
once month, after the carpet has
been thoroughly swept; and it will
keep it wonderfully bright and fresh
looking.
70 use melted alum for a handy
cement. 1t may be quickly prepared,
and may be used for mending any
thing which will not come in contact
with heat and water.
To keep the ironing board and table
firmly and evenly covered with thick
blanket and sheet, with quantity of
holders convenient, so that the towels
will not be burned out in their service.
New York Recorder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
WHY BIG PORK IS REST.

Roast pig is generally from young
animals that have barely passed the
sucking age. 1t has sweetness and
tenderness that the animal never can
furnish when killed at any later pc
riod of its life. But an immense deal
depends on the way the hog is fed.
Contrary to the general impression,
the pigs digestion is not naturally
strong. 1t is almost always, while be-
ing fattened, fed with too concen-
trated nutrition. This creates fever,
and digestion becomes weaker, rather
than stronger. The meat from
an animal that has been thus stunted
in growth is always inferior to that Of
one that has had a thrifty growth from
the first. We have known pork from
well-fed, thrifty old hogs to be more
tender and of better flavor than that
from young pigs that have been
stunted in their growth. The great
practical point is to keep pigs always
thriftily growing until their fattening
is completed. We can thus have
sweet, well-havored pork, and yet
have it thick enough to not fry away
to strips when cooked. 1t is COM
monty objected to pig pork that it
cooks away too much. There is rea-
son in this objection. But there is
no reason why, if properly fed, hog
$50 to 800 pounds may not be as
sweet and well-favored as one that is
smaller. It's fat may not be quite so
solid, for this solidity is sometimes
due to the fever from over feeding,
which makes the meat unhealthful. =
Boston Cultiyator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Cleveland, Ohio, has one saloon to every
l75 inhabitants.
Sixteen towns OF California have secured
prohibitory ordinance.
The daily receipts OF Chicago saloons arc
estimated TO be S192, 500.
"a drinking woman is q social criminal OF
the worst type. "-National Baptist.
recent dreadful murder in Connecticut
was committed by man who was drunk on
hard cider.
The annual liquor bill of the United States
is over one-ffth OF all our expenses and be-
tween fifth and sixth of all we produce.
The W. @. 4. U. of the District of Colum-
bia have passed resolutions highly commend
ing Mrs. Cleveland for her firm stand against
drinking.
The New York Tribune says; "The liquor
trafllc is to-day the heaviest clog upon the
progress, and the deepest disgrace, of the
nineteenth century.
Indiana's liquor bill is $40 ,000, 900 a year.
In silver dollars placed fat edge to edge 1t
would cover the entire boundary line OF the
State, including its tortuous river lines.
The California Voice says ''That $40, 900
of the $4,000 recently paid as pensions to
the soldiers found its way into the tills OF
the fifteen saloons that curse the town OF
San Monica.
Inc stare conventions oil the w. u. II. this
year have been unusually large, and 1t is be-
lieved that the National Convention at
Cleveland viii be the largest in the history
OF the organization.
The Melbourne Sportsman is responsible
for the statement that "drunk and incapa-
BILE" was the charge brought against 800
children under ten years Of age In Christian
London for one year.
The Lancet says sin 1000 grains of beef
there are 10756 grains OF nourishment. In
1000 grains OF wine only H." Invalids make
great mistake in taking wine instead OF
nourishing foods to regain strength.
Professor August Forel, who is connected
with the University at Zurich and is one OF
the foremost scientists OF Europe, has been
made Chief Templar of the Grand Lodge OF
Good Templars recently instituted In SWltz-
erland.
AS the saloon prospers iS any community,
the Church declines, and as the Church
prospers, the saloon declines. Tho death OF
the saloon may not always be the life OF tho
Church but the life of the saloon is, so far
as II controls men, the death Of the Church
Presbyterian Messenger.
The National Soldiers Homo at Dayton,
Ohio, Is surrounded by saloons aud dives in
tested with robbers who, by means often re-
sulting in murder rob the veterans OF their
pension money. The Supreme Court has
Just rendered a decision that the mile and a
half limit law, providing against the sale OF
liquors within that distance from the home,
is constitutional, and many prosecutions
will follow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Plow your garden in the fall.
Less feed is required in sun-lighted
stables.
One specked apple is sure to infect
its neighbors.
Jerking the horse will ruin the
finest mouth.
After hard drive the horse should
be allowed to rest before feeding.
1t is economy to feed a little less
hay and some grain to all the horses.
Light, pure air and cleanliness are
as necessary in the stable as in the
house.
Teach the colt to stand until you are
in the wagon and not to start until you
give the word.
Swine fever is unknown in France.
Its absence is attributed to the use of
green fodder.
The ammonia from the manure in
the stable is very injurious to the
eyes and lungs of the horses.
The power and longevity of the
horse are in exact ratio to the intelli-
gent care and feeding he receives.
Whey mixed with underground
wheat makes an excellent feed for
hogs, either for growth or fattening.
A longer time is required to prepare
leaf mold or rotted leaves. The leaves
must be raked up when they fall in
October.
1t is said that 100 pounds of hay
will make 172 pounds of manure I;
oats, 204 pounds, while grass will
make but forty-three pounds.
In training a colt the safest rule is
to teach him one thing at a time, and
be sure that it is learned thoroughly
before attempting something else.
A potting soil suitable for most
plants is made of four materials
old sods, well-decayed COW manure,
rotted leaves or leaf mould, and sand
Some farmers pit their apples as
they do potatoes and roots. Care must
be taken to prevent the SOL washing
through and affecting the flavor of the
! fruit
In the fall is good time to set out
both rhubarb and asparagus plants,
and there ought to be good bed of
both on every farm and in every gar
den, and well established and given
good treatment they will last for
| years.
The amount of winter wheat being
fed is very much larger than is gem
orally supposed. If only one-half the
amount is being fed that is reported,
there will be no trouble at all to use
all the surplus wheat of 1894. Every
body is satis6id with its use.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12

An address was delivered recently In
Washington, before tho Temperance Society
OF the the N5ftff Presbyterian Church, by DR..
~. ". Godding, Superintendent cf the Gey-
ernmcnt Hospital for the Insane lie maos
q strong plea for the establishment in this
city IAN inebriate asylum, and spoke OF the
efforts he had made to induce Congress to
take some action. He said that one Of th6
burning questions of the day was the proper
treatment of the inebriate. Ho referred TO
the mistake made by so many young men in
supposing thnt alcohol is n food. When the
evil that alcohol has wrought in the world
is considered, said the lecturer, the conoiu-
sion is that II it is nutriment then II is fit
only for DEVILS food. Referring to drunken.
ness as n disease, he said that 1t is a disease
OF which sin may have laid tho foundation,
but the pathological changes In the brain,
the lecturer said, lies outside OF the plane OF
moral accountability, and are in the nature
St the wages of sin, rather than the sin itself
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
WHEAT As A FEEDING GRAIN.

The reason why wheat has not here
tofore been the leading feeding grain
has been its high market value and the
cheapness of corn and oats. But now
that it is the cheapest of all grains, in
qulries are making into its value both
as to its price and the nutriment and
digestibility. 1t is true that all these
three points are to be taken into ac-
count in estimating the feeding value
OF any food. Good feeding must neces-
sarily be that which is conductive to
health, for there can be no thrift
otherwise. Hitherto no experiments
have been made in feeding wheat ex-
cept to a small extent with damaged
grain. Lately, however, attention has
been turned to this matter, and as
might be expected from our scientific
knowledge of wheat, it has been
shown without exception, that it is
now the cheapest grain food on the
whole list.
In feeding poultry, it is especially
profitable, and the experience of care
full and intelligent persons goes to
show that barrel of wheat, worth
about $3.50, will make a barrel of
eggs, worth, at fifteen cents a dozen,
not less than SO. This ought to be
very satisfactory, seeing that corn is
not healthful food when given to
fowls altogether and without a large
addition of other foods. The result
of feeding wheat to pigs has been pre-
cisely similar, and with respect to both
profit and health. There have been
many instances that have proved this
grain to be excellent for cows, for the
bran and middlings have always been
one of the most favored grain foods in
the dairy. 1t has been found excel
lent for sheep, and, as highly-nitro-
genous food is reasonably proper for
wool bearers, considering the large
quantity of nitrogen in the fleece, this
result should reasonably follow. For
horses its equal value may be consid-
cred as doubtful, except as an addI-
tion to cut fodder when the grain is
coarsely chopped. But as barley diff
ters but little from wheat, practically,
as "a food grain, and as barley is we'll
known to be one of the best foods for
this animal, it may be taken as almost
certain that, when fed judiciously,
wheat will be at least better than corn.
The writer of this note has been feed
ing rye to his horses and mules since
harvest, and with every possible sat
isfaction to himself as we'll as to the
animals. Thus, if the present low
price of wheat continues, tho surplus
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12

When Adam frst planted tho vine Satan
came and killed peacock over 1t, and tho
vine drank its blood. When tho vino grew
and put forth its leaves Satan came again
aad killed an ape over It, and the vino drank
the blood OF the ape also. When grapes first
formed on the vine he killed q lion over II,
and the vine drank up tho blood OF the lion.
When tho fruit was iully ripe Satan came
once more and killed a pig over II, and tho
vine drank up that blood also.
Hence, he who drinks OF the fruit of tho
vine imbibes these four qualities. When he
first tastes the wine, and 1t begins to crawl
in his limbs, the color blooms in his face,
and he becomes gay as peacock. When tho
first signs OF drunkenness come upon him ho
plays, claps hands, aud dances like an ape.
When the vino grows stronger within him
he grows violent like the lion, and ohal-
lenges every one else. AT last he wallows
like pig in the mire, desiring only to sleep,
and his strength is gone.-Translated from
the Arabic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
TRANsPLANrrNa ruRN1ps.

Rutabaga turnips are excellent to
follow crop of early peas, says the
Massachusetts Ploughman. We have
had the best success by transplanting
the turnips. After the peas have all
been picked, the land is plowed and
q cultivator is run over the piece to
level the surface and to scrape off part
of the weeds and rubbish. The land
is then drilled eighteen inches apart,
with moderate application of phos-
phate in the drill. The young plants
are set four inches apart in the row.
The work of transplanting may be
done very rapidly by skilled work
man. Care is taken to bear heavily
on the soil about each plant after
pricking out. The after work is not
very great by this method, the ground
being kept loose with wheel hoe.
For a large field, or where wheel
hoe is not to be had, wider rows and 9
tine-tooth cultivator would be pre-
ferred. The transplanting method in
sures a regular stand of turnips and
quick growth to good size.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12

John Flynn, aged six, OF Amlty street,
Brooklyn, was arraignei in tho Myrtle Ave-
nue. Court, Brooklyn, for being druuk. Ho
and some other children stole halt a dozen
bottles Of whisky and drank II. Tho child
was accompanied by Michael MaoNamara,
they were placed In front OF the desk In tho
clerks room, Flynn said;
Say, Mickey, don't say nut'n,' will y'2'
Then he told the wholestory. MncNamara
was sent to the Truant Home, and Flynn
was taken in charge b. his father. Ten-year-
old Jimmie Brown, eleven-year old Michael
O'Connolly, and seven-yoar-old Thomas
Ahearn have not yet recovered from the
effects OF imblbing tho stlululants.-New
York Witness
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12

There if a big insulated wire in telegraphy
which transmits the bulk OF daily in
telligence; there is a big insulated nerve in
the human system which can bear the bur
den of more pain than all the rest OF the
nerves combined, and Is known as the sciatic
nerve Sometimes the wire is cut to cut OF
ifs current sometimes the surgeons knife
Is used 10 cut the nerve 10 relieve eNcruciat-
ing pain. But there Is one thing which avoids
this radical treatment one cure which
penetrates TO the pain-spot, and scatica
has been cured almost without fail by the
use OF st. Jacobs Oil. It reaches misery's
seat and dothrones It. Thus attacked aud
routed in its hidden ambuscade, pain seldom
returns to annoy. The great remedy does
its work WELL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
How To Malk.

Tho chief muscles concerned in
walking arc those in the calfand bnck
of the leg, which, by pulling up the
heel, also pull mp the bones of the
foot connected with il, and then the
whole body, the weight Of which is
passed on through the bones of the leg.
When walking, the trunk is thrown
forward so that it would fall down
PROSTATE we're not the right foot
planted in time TO support il. The
calf muscles are helped in this action
by those on the front of the trunk and
legs, which contract and pull the
body forward, and, the trunk slant
ing forward when the heel is raised by
the calf muscles, the whole body will
be raised and pushed forward and up.
ward. This advancement of each leg
is effected partly by muscular action,
the muscles used being (1) those on
the front of the thigh, bending it for
ward on the pelvis; (2) the hamstring
muscles, which slightly bend the leg
on the thigh; (3l the muscles on the
front af the leg, which raise the front
of the foot and toes, preventing the
latter, in swinging forward, from
hitching in the ground. When one
foot has reached the ground the nc
tion of the other has not ceased.
There is another poirtin walking.
The body is constantly supported and
balanced on each leg alternately, and,
therefore, on only one at once. Hence
there must be some means for throw
ing the centre of gravity over tho line
of support formed by the bones of
each leg, as it supports the weight of
the body. This is done in various
ways, and hence tho difference in tho
walk of different people. New York
Telegram.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
KEEP THE LIVE STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION.

KEEP THE LIVE STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION.
Animals should not be allowed to
fall back in flesh or production. II
costs considerably more to replace a
pound of flesh or a certain amount OF
strength, than TO retain it. While
the animal is losing the pound of flesh
and also while it is regaining it, the
food Of support and all the care and
sheltering given the animal are lost /;
for when the animal has regained flesh
or strength il is just as valuable, and
no more, than before. Also, the food
of support is very nearly as great
when the animals production of milk,
tor example, is reduced one-half.
While the total food consumed is re-
duced only one-fourth, what is re-
ceived in payment for that food is re-
duced one-half; and the cost of caring
for and sheltering the animal is the
same. 1t is plain that this reduction
may wipe out all the profit and moro.
A little carelessness and inattention
in autumn may sacrifice all the gain
from the summers feeding and care.
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-12-12
A Seli.Taught Florist.

James Warburton, the "Sage of
Cressbrook Cottage" is a self-taught
florist, and grows better and rarer
roses than anybody in the Old Bay
State. His rosehouses are perfect,
and his greenhouses are planted in a
garden which is paradise of cultured
growth. And yet, until he was fifty
years old, Jimmie" worked in a fac
tory as a common spinner. Chicago
Herald.