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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
sraMrR cARn or rHn cAnnA,

How to care for the calla during the
summer, in the most satisfactory way,
seems to be question on which many
growers of it differ, writes Eben r.
Rexford, in the American Agricultur.
ist. Some keep it growing all through
the year, and because it does comparaa
lively we'll with this treatment, they
argue that the proper way is to keep
it growing. do not agree with them,
however, because do not believe any
plant ought to be kept growing actively
all the time. There should be period
of rest. My plan is to put the pots
containing the plants out of doors in
June, turn them ON their sides under
tree, or in some partially sheltered
place, and there l leave them until
September, without any attention
whatever. After short time, the
foliage turns yellow, and very soon it
drops off, because the soil in the pot
is becoming dry. In two weeks after
putting the pot out, you would not
suspect there was a live root in the
soil it contains. But the live root is
there, all prepared. OF course the
soil absorbs more or less moisture
from the air, but not enough, in an
ordinary season, to keep it from get
ting as dry as dust. One would ma.
turally think the root would wither
away, but it does not. Although the
soil about it seems robbed of all
moisture, the root holds enough to re-
tain plumpness.
In September prepare fresh COM
post of mucky earth, some sharp sand,
and little loan. If the roots are
strong, good-sized ones, 1 use an eight
inch pot to plant them in. Good drain
age must be provided, for, while the
plant likes great deal of moisture at
its roots while growing, it does not
take kindly to stagnant water about
them. Keep the soil moist, or wet,
by frequent applications of water,
rather than by confining it to the pot
by imperfect drainage, An imper-
fectly drained soil soon becomes sour
and heavy. and this induces disease
and an unhealthy Gala seldom gives
flowers. Plant the roots so that the
crown will be two or three inches
under the soil, water well, and in
short time young leaves will appear.
Then give more water, but do not
keep the soil very moist until strong
growth has begun. If there are two
or three good, strong roots, do net
separate them, but give a larger pot, if
necessary. 1 prefer to grow two or
three roots of blooming size in the
same pot, because the quantity of
foliage will be much greater than
when but one root is used to pot,
and there will be as many again flowers.
If given proper care, pot containing
two strong roots ought to have at least
oae flower open and bud showing
nearly all of the time from January
to April,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
A CUP oF wEnn.MApE TEA.

There are few ''pick-me-ups" equal
In potency and pleasant effects to a
sup of well-made tea; few things that
will so put to flight 'the tired feel
ing" millions of brain workers are
familiar with; per contra, there are
lew more injurious compounds put in
TO human stomachs than the long
stepped decoctions, replete with
,stringent tannin, that the average
Hibernian charwoman imbibes in
boundless quantities. What is WE'LL
made tea9 To begin, the tea itself
must be good; and then the making
Of it in a heated pot with freshly
boiled water, standing just long
snough-that is fine art that can be
acquired, but only by patience and
persevering study. New York Inde-
pendent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

Perhaps the most important movement
lately undertaken In the direction OF temper
ance by the Protestant Episcopal Church In
this country has just been instituted under
the auspices OF the Church Temperance SO.
ciety' The scheme Upon which the new
movement Is based has received tho indorse-
ment OF tho most prominent clergymen and
lAymsp in the city. including Bishop II. g.
fottet Rev. Dr. William II. Huntington. Rev
Dr. Henry Y, Satterlee, Rev. DIR, David III
Greor, Rev Dr. John Wesley Brown Gene
raj Wager Swayne and Robert Graham. GEN
eral Secretary OF the Church Temperance
Society. The society is to secure total ahsti-
nence among the young. 1t will bo conduct
ed upon military basis aud has three
grades the Order OF Young Crusaders, fof
boys between eight and fourteen years the
knights OF temperance, for boys between
fourteen and twenty-ono years, and the Vet
eran Knights, for those who have become too
old to belong to the lower grade, but who
still wish to keep up n connection with tho
Legion. Every member OF company will
be uniformed, the uniforms, equipments and
insignia showing the colors OF the Legion
buo for temperance, white for purity and
red for reverence. Although the scheme Is
national in its scope, and II is expected that
It will be adopted in every diocese and par
lsh in the country, the initiative in working
1t out will be taken by the churches iu this
city and Brooklyn. York Letter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
RECIPES.


Gingerbread pounds flour,
one-half pound of butter, one pint
molasses, one-fourth pound sugar, one
ounce ginger, one-half teaspoonful of
cream of tartar.
Fried Chicken Dressing-Take halt
gallon of cold bread. Moisten with
gravy from the cooking chicken, throw
in a handful of powdered sage, tea
spoonful of pepper and little salt.
Mix well, working it like bread and
roll out in small cakes, dip in flour
and fry In lard
Honey Comb Pudding-One cup of
-four, one cup of sugar mixed with
the -four, one cup of milk, two cups
of molasses, eight eggs. Beat the eggs
Measure one cup of tutter, then melt
it aud add it to the molssses. A tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in little
of the milk should be added the last
thing. Bake three-quarters of an
hour. Serve with sauce.
Fried Beets Boil a few beets until
tender, then cut them in thin, long
pieces. Put them in stew pan with
a teaspoonful Of vinegar, the juice of
one lemon, pinch of sugar, a very
little grated nutmeg, salt and pepper
and two tablespoonfuls of soup stock
or fresh butter. Put the sauce pan
on the back of the range and let it
simmer half an hour, stirring occa-
sionally. Boiling the beets in soup is
an improvement.
Dried Beef Creamed d-Chip the beef
in small, thin slices, or, if bought al.
ready cut, pick il IN small
pieces, and CAREFUL remAPe all fat
and stringy pieces, Put tablespoon.
ful of butter into small saucepan ;
when hot add the beef and frizzle for
four or five minutes, stirring con-
stantly. Then add a cup of milk, into
which has been stirred level table
spoonful of cornstsrch; let it boil up
until it thiekens sufficiently and serve.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
LET TEE HENS SCRATCH.

The natural food of fowls consists
mostly of seeds, insects and grass. 1t
is not natural condition when the
birds have but one kind of food. The
birds that build in trees and feed their
young would be unable to supply them
If only seeds could be provided. As
the concentrated foods must be given,
the variety is also to be considered.
Such substances as grass and the
shoots Of tender herbage are intended
rs much for dilution of the concentra-
ted foods as for the nutrition to be
obtained therefrom. The work of feed
ing her young is not incumbent on the
hen by bringing the food to them, but
she is intended to lead them, guide
them and scratch for them. The feet
Of the hen perform the same duties as
the wings Of a flying bird, and her
feet are well adapted Tor providing
food for her young Hence We may
rightly conclude that scratching is a
natural function of the domestic hen.
The hen, however, performs greater
work than the birds on the wing.
Birds seldom lay more than two or
three eggs before beginning incuba-
t!on, but the hen may lay from fifteen
to fifty, OF even more. She must pro-
duce these eggs, rs well as maintain
herself. In the natural state she lays
fewer eggs, but has greater difficulty
in procuring food and resisting ene-
mics. An egg is composite substance
and cannot be produced from sin
gle article of food. The hen requires
q variety OF food in order to fulfil her
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
RATS IN A CELLAR.

Cellars should be built always with
regard to safety from vermin. Once
these get n foothold in the walls or
under the floor it is almost impossible
to dislodge them, aud if they are
poisoned the dead carcasses are as bad
as the live animals. SO that the con-
struction of the cellar is worth think
ing of. The floor should be made Of
concrete, over a layer of broken stone,
well rsmmed down. Rats canaot
burrow under such a floor and gain
entrance in that way. Then the walls
should be built up of stone laid in
mortar, and all the crevices should be
filed with small chips to make the
wall tight. The foundation of the
wall should be made at least six
inches wider than the wall outside, as
the rats will try to make their way
along the wall, and never make the
Offset outward to get under it. The
beams of the floor above the cellar
should be bedded in the wall, and the
wall built close around the ends of
them. This also Insures soundness in
the beams and prevents rotting, as
there is nothing better for the preser.
walton of the timber than lime. 1t
has been recommended that the holes
made by the rats be smeared with tar,
which is offensive to them, or to place
some concentrated lye on the bottom
of the burrows, by which the rats
feet are burned. This so disgusts
them that they leave the premises.
But there will always be trouble unless
the walls are built at the first in the
way mentioned. d.-Germantown Tele-
graph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

duties as a regular and persistent
layer.
II is not, therefore, conducive to egg
production when the hen is deprived
of her natural advantage Of soratch4
ing. She does best when she is COM
PEELED to scatch and work for her food
and she will always select the kind
most suitable for her purpose. When
hens are confined in enclosures they
may be fed too much while in a con-
dition of idleness. A hopper that is
kept full of food where the hen can
always reach it induces her TO desist
from the work Of scratching, because
the necessity for so doing then ceases
and she becomes too fat Nature
teaches, therefore, that hens should
be so fed as to compel them to scratch
and work for their food, which keeps
them. in health and leads to greater
egg production. Mirror and Farmer,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
ABOUT DRIVING HoRsEs.

The driver who thinks that because
his horse is fresh he can stand it to be
driven fast at the start for several
miles, and then given a chance to rest
by going slow, or who drives fast for
while aud then slows down to a walk
in order to rest up for another squirt,
will not get the best speed out of a
horse with the least waste of vitality,
especially in going long distances.
IT, steady gait that counts most
and Years the horse least. Give him
d4hnce to get warmed up first and
then let the gait he steaoy one.
Another item is not to feed too
heavily before driving. A light feed
of oats will be far better than heavier
feed of more bulky grain. Exercise
or action too soon after eating retards
digestion, and tie animal that must
travel at good gait with a loaded
stomach cannot but show the effects,
and if driven rapidly for even a short
distance after eating a hearty meal
there is considerable risk of the collie.
Watering properly is fully as i'm
portant as feeding. When horse is
being driven on the road he should
not at any time be allowed to overload
his stomach with large quantity of
water. So far as is possible the rule
should be to give water frequently,
and while he should have all that he
will drink, it should be given in small
doses.
The good driver can tell by the way
his horse goes the amount of work he
should have. Indiana Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effeetually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
A Rusr.REsrsr1Na VARIETY.

A new rust-resisting variety Of
wheat is reported by the South
Australian Register. It was observed
by farmer, several years ago, while
renping badly rusted field of wheat,
t'gt among it were some heads wholly
unaffected He picked and carefully
saved them, sowing the grain the next
year, 1t yielded well and showed no
sign of rust From that beginning
the stock has increased until twenty
ncres were raised last year, the crop
of which was taken at good price.
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
Two 0LightnIng CaIculators.,I

The late George Bidder, at the age
of eight years, could answer almost
instantaneously how many cents
there would be in any sum under 81,
600, 900, 900. Zerah Coburn was an
other lightning calculator of the same
generation. While yet a small school
boy he was asked to name the square
of 999, 999, which he instantly stated
to be 999, 99S, 900, COL. To further il
lustrate his powers he multiplied the
above sum by 49 and the product by
the same number. He once calculated
the cube root of Alb, 1913, ,3lS, 677 in
exactly five seconds. st. Louis Re-
public,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
GROWING WHEAT MOST oHEAp1Y.


A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer, H. Voorhees,, of Grand
Traverse County, writes that he makes
more money by extending his acreage
as much as possible, and working the
land with least labor, instead of by
concentrating his effort on few
acres. He claims that he can put in
wheat for fifty cents an acre, sowing
it among growing corn, harvest it for
Sl.25 an acre, threshing 81, market
ing fifty cents, making, with 81 for
interest and taxes, total cost of So. %
per acre of wheat. His crop of twelve
bushels per acre was sold for sixty
cents bushel, from which deducting
expenses leaves him profit of about
81 per acre, or, to be exact, $l.9
We think there are some mistakes
about the low cost of growing wheat.
He has allowed nothing for cost of
seed, and fifty cents an acre will not
pay the cost of cultivating it in among
the grown corn. The most serious
mistake is in allowing nothing for
depreciation of the soil. There comes
an end to growing wheat or other
grain unless the ground is fertilised,
thou gh the method of skinning the
farm yields apparent profits for a
time, The more practical way to
grow wheat at profit is that given by
Frederick P. Root, of Western New
York, who grew crop of nearly forty
bushels per acre, and made something
from it despite low prices. Mr.. Root
keeps up his farm and can grow such
crops so long as he lives. Mr.. Voor-
hees must come to time when he
cannot grow even twelve bushels of
wheat per acre. Boston Cultiyator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.


To clean silver first wash or remove
al the grease from the silver, then
rub with wooden cloth wet with am
monia and whiting, and polish on the
chased and filigree parts with tooth.
brush. This whiting is wet with am.
monia, and made into cakes or boxes,
and agents are around selling IL for
ffty cents q box, that, the probability
is, cost them ten cents. Il is good to
,lean glass windows and oil kinds of
glassware with. New York Advertiser,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

AA' NatAA = AAhNAM MANWn nAMNANHN
The Gar Of Russia has four sets Of
carriages and horses-the gala, the Eng
lish, the French and the Russian sets
each one composed of fifty horses.
The Russian set is the only one which
Follows his to Gatschina; the gala and
The French ones never leave st. Peters
burg, and are composed each one Of
one coachman-in-ohief, who has under
him five others, and whole host of foot
men and stablemen. For the gala set
fifty Hanoverian horses are reserved.
This race is unique, and figures on
the blazons of the Duchy of Brunswick
and the Kingdom OF Hanover, and,
according to q legend, comes in
straight line from the white horse
given by Charlemagne to n Guelph
lord who was an ancestor of the
sovereigns of Brunswick and Hanover.
These horses are of n pure snow white,
and have strange, dreamy blue eyes.
The carriages are of Louis XIV. style,
and the berline, which is kept solely
Tor the coronation and the marriage
of the sovereign, is studded inside and
out with diamonds, surmounted by an
Imperial crowd, adorned with precious
stones. Eight footmen clad in white
and gold liveries, with cooked hats,
lead the horses These splendors,
which were displayed at the corona
tion of Alexander Ill and offered a
spectacle half Asiatic, half European,
to the astonished eyes of the Western
Ambassadors, will be seen again on
the occasion of the marriage of the
Czarewitch. For daily use the Emperor
contents himself with the Russian
troika, in which there is only room
for himself and the coachman, and
which is drawn by three horAes, the
trotter in the middle under the arch
of silver bells, and the two gallopers
wearing plumes of feathers on their
heads. The Grand Dukes have only
one set of carriages, but are allowed
to sit in the gala equipages at all the
public ceremonies. New York Adver-
tiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
ErrrtNbota rrMrrrANor nnn,y1r,r,n,

srUrENbots TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION.
The railroad corporations OF this countrv
are practically promoters uf temperance and
total abstinence. Eight engineers and six
Teen trainmen OF the Big Four system we're
notified March that their services would no
longer be required. The reason Of their dis
SSna,ge was that they were recently made de-
proceedings instituted by n saloonkeeper,
who had bills for liquor sold TO the men. Ii
is one OF the rules OF the company that ON
ployes shall not frequent saloons
Men are constantly being laid on or dis
charged from all tho leading roads for such
conduct one OF the best conductors we
ever knew was put on PROBATION twice. fcIl
each time, ami then was Justly and relent.
lessly discharged. York Christian Adj.
Nocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
INTELLIGENCE Of A stallion.

During fire in stable at Pau Sec,
Province of Quebec, Canada, bay
stallion returned twice to the burning
structure and drove out horse that
WAS so terrorized rs to be unable to
make any attempt to escape. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

The Capitol at Washington has cost
more than $50, 900, 900. II covers
three and half acres, the dome is 307
feet high and 1876 in diameter, and is
exceeded in size only by st. Peters in
Rome, st. Paul's in London, the In
valides in Paris and st. Isaac's in st.
Petersburg.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
TEMPERANCE.



Six young mon Of Shelbyvile, Ky, got In.
TO drunken quarrel after drinking n kec OF
beer, and one OF them shot two OF his com.
panions. The shooter was then shot twice
IN the breast. He died soon after, and the
other W., men were also fatally wounded -
Crystal Tidings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
How the Rail Was Fixed.

To illustrate the amount of red tape
how used along the Southern Pacific
Road story is told of recent visit
of an inspection party at Benson,
comprising General Superintendent
Fillmore, Chief Engineer Hood,
Superintendent of Track Hawgood
and Roadmaster Stanton. Near by
was the section boss and his gang. A
defective rail was spotted.
"Hood," said General Superinten-
dent Fillmore, "that's a bad piece of
track there"
"Hswgood," said Hood, "that's a
poor piece of track there"
stanton, said Hawgood, 'thst
rail is bad "
"Pat, said Stanton to the section
boss, 'have that rail fixed"
Said Pat to one of his men. "Here,
Jose, FIX this rail. ."-Tombstone
lArizonia) Prospector.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

SEVERE EXPOSURE

Often results In colds, fevers, rheumatism,
neuralgia and kindred arrangements We
do not catch cold - IL we are in good condi-
tion. IL the liver is active and the system
In consequence doing its duty, we live IN full
health and enjoy lie "rain or shine" To
break up cold there's nothing so valuable
as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They keep
the whole system regulated in a perfectly
natural way. II we do not feel happy, II we
worry and grumble, II we are morbid, il the
days seem droary and long, If the weather 10
bad, IL things go awry, il is the liver which
Is at fault 1t is generally torpid" A
common sense way is 20 take DIR. PieTca's
take insufficient exercise, by means Of which
our tissue-changes become indolent and In
complete. Be comfortable-you are COM
Portable when well. You'll be well when you
have taken Pleasant Pellets
No Constipation follows their use. Put
up sealed In glass - always fresh and re-
liable
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, n. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25
A Beautiiul souvenir spoon

BIRMINoHAM. Ala, shipped $4,000 tons Of
pig iron during May.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

VIII be sent with every bottle OF d.. H0rSis's
Certain Group Cure. Ordered By mail, post
pald, ~ cts. Address. HoNse. BniIalo. y. Y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

IS q OOnsIIIutIOnaI Uure. Frlce Ioo,
THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for coughs,
Pixies Ioothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Karl's Glover Root the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness 10 the complex
ion and cures constipation, - cts 80 cts, 81
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-07-25

Hood S pills are the best family cathar-
tic, gentle ANA effective. Try box 25c.