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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
wATER-CREss CULTIVATION.

In answer to inquiries, the Farmers
Voice gives the following directions
for growing water-cress: Water-cress
requires clear running stream and a
gravelly soil. The roots should be
planted in the spring of the year in
slow-running streams, where the water
is from three to eight inches deep.
When the roots are well established
the plants will rapidly increase, and,
by their natural process of seed-sow-
ing aud spreading of the roots, they
will soon cover the surface of the
stream. When planted the rows
should be planted with the course of
the stream and about eighteen inches
apart. The plants should always be
cut, not broken off, as breaking them
off is injurious to the plants. After
they have been cut off two or three
times they will begin to stock out or
thicken out, and then the oftener they
are cut the better. When raised from
seeds they should be sown on the mar
gin of the stream, and when of suitable
size transplanted into it, where it is
an inch and half or two deep. The
most suitable time for sowing is in the
months of April, May and June. There
are said to be three varieties of water
cress-namely: the green-leaved,
which is considered to be the easiest to
cultivate; the small brown-leaved,
which is thought to be the hardest,
and the large brown-leaved, which is
said to be the best for deep water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
SAD ANn suaaEsrIyE sronY.

A sad and suggestive story OF the evils re-
sulting from the presence Of the drinkshops
in this city is thus related for US by a we'll
known mission worker. A Greek by the
name OF Theodore Leonis arrived In New
York from Pittsburg, where he had accumu-
lated about Ave hundred dollars, aud en-
gagged passage on board of a steamer for
Athens. where he has II wife and four chill
dren. During the day he met with two TIA
lians with whom he visited saloon and took
a social glass. While under the influence of
the drink, or possibly some drug which was
given him, they succeed in relieving him Of
$3.50 in gold which he had strapped about
his body. When he came to himself and dis
covered that his money was gone and that
the steamer with his baggage on board had
sailed, the poor fellow was almost insane
with grief and excitement. and made his case
known TO the officers, but with very little
prospect Of recovering his lost treasure. lie
finally disposed OF his ticket to procure lodg-
ings and meals. In the course OF two or
three weeks, through the kindness of parties
to whom his misfortunes were made known,
means were provided for his return TO Pitts
burg, where he said he could again obtain
employ ment. His case is one OF the saddest
we have ever met with, and is striking IL
lustration OF the evils of the saloon, and OF
the dangers to which men are exposed
through that system of highway robbery
which Is so prevalent in all large cities, known
as the confidence game. ."-Christian at
Work
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
now 10 FEED MEAL TO A COW

The best way to feed meal to a COW
is to cut hay and wet it only as much
as to make the meal adhere to it, and
mix this with it, adding small hand
full of salt with each feed. The meal
is then more completely digested than
If it were given by itself, in which
case it is apt to pass on to the third
stomach and miss the rumination,
which is necessary to the perfect di-
gestion of cows food. Fire pounds
of cut hay and three quarts of corn
meal will make full single feed for a
COW giving ten or twelve quarts of
milk a day. 1t is not desirable to try
to feed COW for milk and fat both. as
the food is then apt to be diverted to
fat only, and the milk may decrease
in any but a specially-gifted butter
or milk animal. Some cows will shrink
in milk as soon as they are fed dry
meal or shorts, and turn the food TO
flesh and fat. Such COW is not profit
able in dairy. The best milk and
butter COW is one that is not easily
fattened, but turns the food to these
most-desired products, and keeps thin
as long as she is milking. New York
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
Transparent Leather.

According to the Magasin Pittor-
esque, Transparent leather can now be
made. Before the hide is absolutely
dry it is placed in a room which the
rays of the sun do not penetrate, and
is saturated with a solution of bichro-
mate of potash. When the hide is very
dry there is applied TO its surface an
alcoholic solution of tortoise shell,
and transparent aspect is thus OBJ
tanned. This leather Is exceedingly
flexible. 1t is used for the manu-
facture OF toilet articles, but there is
nothing to prevent it from being used
for footgear, and perhaps, with fancy
stockings. shoes made of it would not
prove unpleasant TO the sight They
would, at least, have the advantage of
originality.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28

During the prevalence Of cholera in Gin
einnati a gentleman, a member Of n church,
and, up TO that time, a rigid teetotaler de-
sired his wife 10 put tablespoonful of brandy
In his glass every day at dinner. The wife
was surprised but deeming II the result of a
wise professional council, she complied, and
the husband filled up the glass with water
and drank il. week passed by and he said
to his wife while at dinner, "My dear, you
have been cutting of my supply OF brandy.
This has lost its taste Ii does not produce
the same effect as at first
His wife assured him she had given the full
amount, and he said no more.
Another week passed by, aud he repeated
10 his wife the conviction that she had less
ened the quantity OF brandy. II did not pro-
duce the same effect rs at first. He could
scarcely taste it, and the effects on his stom-
ach were not perceptible.
MY dear, said his wife, you have been
taking two tablespoonfuls every day, for a
week past, since you found fault with me for
stinting you"
He was thunderstruck. He sat few mo-
ments in deep thought then desired the de-
canter OF brandy to be brought 10 him. He
seized il and shook it, as much rs 10 say, II
am your master. and then hurled II from
the window.
He had been playing with a serpent which
was fast winding its deadly coils about him
He did not suspect his danger at the begin
ming. but fortunately for himself, he saw II
before it was too late. A little is sure 10 lead
to more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
pITs OF LAMP LORE.

Lamp wicks should have the charred
part rubbed off with rag kept for that
purpose. They should very seldom be
cut. They should not be used so long
that the webbing becomes tight and
non-porous. t
Lamps should be kept filed with
oil 1t is bad for the wick and burner
when the oil is left over from one even
ing's reading and is made to do duty
a second time.
The tank should be filled again.
About once month the wick should
be removed, the burners unscrewed
and boiled in little water in which
common washing soda has been dis
solved. This will remove the almost
imperceptible coating of dust and
grease that forms on the brass.
The lamp chimney should be washed
in warm, soapy water each day, mop
made especially for such work being
used When dried it should be pol
ished with soft newspaper or chamois.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
SMALL FRUITS.

Now it is time to apply manure to
blackberries, currants, raspberries and
other small fruits. 1t should be scat
tered broadcast at the roots of these
plants, which should run over consid-
erable territory. Autumn and winter
are the most favorable seasons for
spreading the manure, since the rains
and SHOWS of winter can distribute the
fertility through every portion of the
soil much more cheaply and effectively
than man can with the best of tools
for the purpose. With the so-called
hardy varieties of fruits winter pro-
lection, even in quite northern lati-
tudes, does not appear very general,
and yet, without doubt, this is the
true plan.
If eultiyators could but see how
their crops are oftentimes diminished
by severe winters, even when plants
are not killed outright by the changes
OF temperature, protection would
more regularly be given. 1t is quite a
simple thing to cover the roots of
plants several inches deep with leaves
or hay just after the ground has begun
to freeze, and thus prevent the alter
nate freezing and thawing which prove
80 injurious. In addition, raspberry
vines should be bent down and Gov
cred partially at least. Winter winds
harm the canes to considerable ex-
tent.
Opportunity is offered 10 establish
new plantations until the ground
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28

"Them's good cider apples" said the cider
miller. "Aint nothin' the matter with
them"
"But they are windfalls, for the most part.
all knotty and dried up Miserable things.
Make tiptop cider, them applies will,
persisted the miller.
"But look at the rotten ones. Half OF the
apples that can see are touched with de-
cay, while great many of them are rotten
from skin to skin. Look at that" said the
correspondent, pokng his cane into one Of
the apples. "There isn't a sound spot in
it,"
"That don't hurt EN- none for cider" an
swered the miller. makes the cider all the
better, some folks says.
'How about wormy apples? Are they fit
10 make into ciderY'
The miller had talked long enough, and so
one OF the hangers-on about the place vol
unteered a reply
Guess you wasn't even into cider mill
fore to-day, was ye? IL you had been l
reckon you wouldn't ask no questions about
worms. Worms don't hurt cider none"
The correspondent looked incredulous.
"Dont you b'lieve It Well, tell We what
{ do. When you 90 home tonight. Just try
an experiment. Wait till it's dark, an then
take two apples an go down int the cellar
an see IL you kin tell the din renee 'twiXt the
one with worm into 1t an t'other one2"
What do you mean2 Why do you tell me
TO go down into the eellarY'
''Why, that's the most darkish place bout
the house, amt II? Don't take no light with
ye.'
But how am to examine the apples in
the dark2 or course J shouldn't know which
was which just by feeling OF them.
You didn't s'pose ] wanted ye { go down
there an set round a-feelin OF the apples, did
| ye? That want what meant What l meant
was this You jest take wormy apple an a
sound one an go down int the cellar an eat
EN-, an I'll bet ye ashilin' you won't know
when you eat the worm"
The correspondent shuddered.
"Don' that prove it?' ran on the man.
/ 'Course it does. We put the worms right
/ int the Crater. long with the rest. How many
! OF EN- they is we don't know All we know IS
] that they all turn into cider, an the man ain {
l livin' that kin tell when he's drinkin' the
cider what parts apple juice an what parts
worm juice.
Then, agin, we couldn't do diff'rent il
we tried We couldn't send every wOrmY APP
! pie to a hospital and doctor II with yermi-
fuge till we'd killed OF the live stock No,
sir, the worms has to CO. an they'll keep on
goin', s'pose, till one OF them cruelty to an
imile fellers shuts down on il an makes US
gree 10 dose the worms with choryiorm fore
We grind EN- up. New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
raw MEAT JUICE.

Raw meat juice is prepared by
mincing the best rump steak very fine
and then adding cold water in the
proportion of one part of water to
four of meat. Stir the mixture thor
oughly and let it stand in cool place
half an hour. Press through muslin
or course napkin. This process is
recommended by physician, who
gives it as result of many expert
ments for obtaining meat juice that
has the greatest nutritive value. 1t
is one of the foods often found excel
lent for children four or five years of
age, who have not yet learned the art
of chewing we'll enough to get the
nutriment from meat. New York Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
4 pANeuEr wIrnour w1Nr.

AT banquet given in honor OF Bishop Wat
terson, Roman Catholic Bishop. cousin
OF Henry Watterson, distinguished Jour
nalist, at Columbus, Ohio and attended by
Governor Mckinley, the Mayor of Columbus
and others, no wine was served. Explaining
the absence OF wine from the menu, tho
bishop took occasion TO say
II will say in reference TO the banquet to-
night that it was the only thing in the cele-
pration OF the silver jubilee that was Mt all
consulted about, and was consulted only
about what we should not have at the ban
quet. /, as you know, have tried 10 be n
consistent advocate OF the virtue of temper
ance, even going so far as to advocate the
propriety and the need OF total abstinence on
the part of our clergy and our people for the
sake OF example at least, even though the
practice OF total abstinence might not be al
together necessary for their individual well
fare. am not a fanatic on that point, but L
asked the committee that there should be no
wine or intoxicating liquors at this banquet,
and did that in order that might In some
way or other preserve tho consistency OF my
police and my teaching for the last thirteen
years"
All honor TO the Bishop for his praise
worthy and timely precedent and example. -
National Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
POTATO COOKERY.

It seems a pity to the New York
World that when there are so many
delicious ways of serving potatoes,
they are ever sent TO the table in the
unappetizing lump form which is most
prevalent. Here are few substitutes
for the everlasting "boiled" potato.
Potatoes in Jackets-Bake as many
potatoes as are needed. Cut a small
piece from one end and a larger one
and rub through a sieve. Put on the
fire with half an ounce of butter and
one ounce of grated cheese for every
four potatoes. Add boiling milk, salt
and pepper as for mashed potatoes
Fill the skins with this paste, sprinkle
tops with grated bread crumbs and
cheese and put in the oven to brown.
Potato Souffie-Boil six good-sized
mealy potatoes. Rub through sieve
Scald teacup of sweet milk and three
teaspoons of butter. Add little salt
and pepper and mix with the potatoes.
Beat to a cream. Add one at time
the well-beaten yolks of six eggs. Beat
the whites to froth and stir lightly
into the mixture Pour into we'll
buttered baking dish and bake for
about half an hour in quick oven.
Potato Balls-Mash some potatoes
with salt, pepper, butter and little
chopped parsley. Roll into balls, dip
in beaten egg, roll in bread crumbs
and fry for few minutes in hot but
ter.
Texas Baked Potatoes and
season with pepper and salt some good
Irish potatoes Mince a large onion
fine, mix thoroughly with the potatoes
and bake in brisk oven.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Trotters have too much energy for
farm work.
Horses differ in intelligence almost
as much as men do.
Drive the colt the first time with q
fast-walking horse.
After choosing place for the bee
stands do not change it.
A little drive every day aids the
development of young horses.
Don't neglect to replace the roll OF
salt in each stall as soon as it is gone.
Italians produce larger number of
bees than blacks, and so, indirectly,
more honey.
The French stuff their fowls with
fresh butter before roasting them, and
baste them continually.
Fertilizers should be applied broad.
cast around the trees and not in imme
diate contact with them.
To leave the bees a reasonable supply
of honey for the winter is better than
attempting to feed them.
Mating for the best results in vigor
and fertility requires careful study
and practical observation.
The goose-raising English and Irish
counties are those with very thick
pastures with short grass.
Ducks should never be yarded with
other poultry, as they will pollute the
water and cause sickness.
If young pigs are allowed to run
with fattening hogs they will lay on
too much fat to grow well.
Feed and shelter the COWS well this
winter and you will be surprised at the
increased amount of butter.
The color of the shell is no indica.
tion of the quality of the egg, but
simply shows the breed OF Gowl.
Experience counts for good deal
in managing poultry. 1t is on the
little details that success depends.
Sell from the young stock, and do
not sacrifice fowls and turkeys which
have proved satisfactory, unless very
old.
Give the fowls all the skim milk
and buttermilk you can spare. They
will return it to you in the form of
eggs.
Rolling or hilly land is the best stu
alton for the poultry house. Sandy
and gravelly soils are also to be pre-
ferred.
The more familiar a man becomes
with his orchard and other trees the
more quickly will he observe their
wants.
Cocks should not be kept in the pen
with the layers, as an producing
diet will fatten them and ruin them a.
breeders
The Dorking is the most popular
fowl in England There are three
yarieties-the colored, the silver-gray
and the v hIte.
The moth miller is much to be
dreaded enemy of the bees, but if the
stock is kept strong they will not
allow it to deposit lis eggs on the
comb.
1t pays to keep the best stock OF
bees, as well as other good stock Oh
the farm, and by careful selection
great Improvement is possible.
1t doesn't pay to keep COW for tn,
chance of calf alone. Corn and grass
are milk producers. Butter and chees
factories are the order of the day now
The highest natural bridge is a
Rockbridge, Va, 200 feet from th'
| trafar fn the hnfinnn Of the nrrh
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
A Church Made of Paper.

There is church at Bergen, Nor
way, made of paper, which can accom-
modate nearly 1000 persons. Its ex-
terror is octagonal, while in the in
terror it is circular in form. The re-
lievos without and the decorative
statues within, as well as the vaulted
roof, nave and Corinthian capitals,
are made of papier mache, which has
been made waterproof by soaking in a
solution of quieklime, curdled milk
and white OF egg San Francisco
Call.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28

temperance and exercise are the besl
means OF preserving health. Murray.
Temperance is health intemperance T.
rather disease than a crime, but the world
does not excuse It, and only dogs and angels
pity. Salmon T. Chase
temperance In eating and drinking IA n
cardinal virtue the majority OF mankind
saturate their own death warrants with th0lr
cups and dig their graves with their teeth. -
Magoon.
Temperance and labor are the two best
physicians OF man labor sharpens the appe-
ute and temperance prevents him from In
dulging in excess.--Rousseau.
Health, temperance and repose slam the
door on the doctors nose e--Longfellow.
There Is no difference between knowlelge
and temperance, for he who knows what ..
good and embraces 1t, who knows what .
bad and avoids II, Is learned and temperate.
but they who know well what ought to b,
done aud yet do otherwise are ignorant and
stupid. Socrates
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28

Some writer very aptly likens the nerves TO
electric wires, and the general working OF
their system to that Of electric cars. A man
who "slips his trolley" like Mr.. jeremiah
Eney, 1912 W. Lombard ST., Baltimore, Md.
will need something better than even gal
vanic battery TO set him all right. Mr.. Eney
found that something in the following way.
az suffered, he says, "a long time with
neuralgia in the head. gave st. Jacobs Oil
a fair trial and am entirely cured.' in this
way the great remedy acts as motorman to
restore broken wires, and set the system TO
perfect notion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
no ESTIMATE HEIGHT.

To estimate the height colt will
grow to: Take colt at any time be-
tween six weeks and one year, put him
on level surface so that he will stand
naturally, then measure the distance
from the hair of the hoof TO his knee
Joint, and for every inch or fraction
thereof he measures he will be hands
high when mstured If he measures
fifteen inches, he will be fifteen hands
high; if 15i inches, he will be 15}
hands high, and so on. New York
World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
Legal Recipe tor Treating Burglar

The story of great man and a very
learned judge is related by an earwit-
ness to the following effect: Justice
Willos was asked, eff look into my
drawing-room and see burglar pack
ing up the clock, and he cannot see
me, what ought to do?'
He replied, as nearly rs may be:
'My advice TO you, which l give rs a
man, as n lawyer and as an English
Judge is as follows: 'In the supposed
circumstances, that is what you have
a right to do, and L am by no means
sure that it is not your duty TO do it.
Take double e-barreled gun, carefully
load both barrels, and then, without
attracting the burglars attention, aim
steadily at his heart and shoot him
dead. Saturday Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
500 Reward. s1OO.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure in ali its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
stitutonal disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
stroying the foundation Of the disease and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hum
dred Dollars for any case that il fails 10 cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, o.
e1B- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
ABSOLUTELY PURE
welImgton's Charger Was a Chestnut.

The celebrated charger ridden by
the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo
was chestnut, but it figured in Sir
u Twin Lundseer's picture as gray.
The reason for the incongruity has
Just been disclosed. IL seems that
Lady Charles Wellesley, who at one
time owned the picture, had strong
feminine fancy for gray horses, and
employed an artist to change the chest
nut to her favorite gray. And this is
why the popular engravings of the
horse and ducal rider display u gray
steed New York Recorder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
TEMPERANCE.
BECAUSE or DRINK.

Archdeacon Farrar writes as follows ir
have known boys and girls grow up. because
Of drink, into felons and bad women. have
known children fly from the horror ofdrunk
en- parents at midnight TO hide themselves In
the chimney OF n nelghbor's house, or TO
sleep till they are stone cold In collar with
the rats. have seen them condemned be-
cause of drink, 10 childhood without inno-
cence, manhood without self-respect, and old
age in which the hoary hairs were ~ crown
otinfamy."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
Grnss mud Glover seed.

The largest grower OF Grass and Glover Seeo
in the world is Salzer, La Crosse, Wis. Over
80 hardy varieties, with lowest pricesl
Special low freight to New York, Pa. and the
East.
lFYou WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T with
1lc postage TO the John 4. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive eleven packages
grass and clover sorts and his mammoth farm
seed catalogue; fun Of good things for the far
mer, the gardener ard the citizen. A
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
nRou,INa MEAT.

To broil properly there must be
bed of clear GOALS. The meat must be
placed in double broiler and held
near the clear GOALS for about one
minute, then be turned and cooked on
the other side Continue this until
the meat is well scared on both sides.
Lift the broiler few inches away
from the great heat. Keep turning
until the meat is cooked. New York
World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-02-28

To make it apparent to thousands, who think
any disease, hut that the system simply needs
cleansing, is 10 bring comfort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition Is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig SyrupC Co