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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
LOVELY HOMEMADE RUGS.

A rug for the parlor can be made by
stamping or tracing pattern upon q
material in tan. This looks like the
common oats and bran sacks, only it
is more closely woven aud substantial.
1t is called sacking, l believe. Work
in cross-stitch with bright-colored
worsteds, lining the same with cotton
flannel to keep from slipping if placed
upon a carpeted floor. Sew together
all but one side, turn right side out,
and catch the open end by hand.
Finish the edge by raveling out a
brigh-colored shawl, or buy fringe
which costs but little.
y very pretty and warm rug may
be made as follows Gather together
all pieces of cotton aud wooden goods,
having an equal quantity of bright and
dark colors. II same pieces are faced
and dirty, wash and dry them. Then
select your favorite colors to dye, fol-
lowing the directions carefully, using
woolen dye for some aud cotton dye
for the cotton scraps. Old rose and
black, gray and pink or blue, cardinal
and seal brown, pale green or olive and
pink. are pretty combinations. Still,
all depends on the color of the pieces
used, as in dyeing shade darker must
be used. When all is ready, cut up
strips three inches wide, if the goods
will allow. Gather the strips through
the middle, or fold together and
gather, leaving the folded edge, to be
up when sewed on the foundation. A
very good and substantial foundation
can be made of old ticking, or even
oat sacks. II something very nice is
wanted, it can be lined with any col
ored material in contrast with the pre-
Vailing color on top. Sew alternately
the bright and dark colors. You will
be surprised at the beauty.
Some lovely designs can be made to
represent pond lily, using dark
green for the leaves, cream for the
petals, with little dash of pink un-
der the petals, and little yellow or
raveled worsted to form the pollen.
Roses and pansies in their own colors
are grand and quite easily made
New England Homestead.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
crRn Youn owN rnArHrns.

There are few things that give n hat
a more rumpled and shabby appear
ance than an ostrich feather limp and
detected, looking almost as forlorn as
when il and its fellows arrived here
fresh from ostrichland. Any one see
ing an ostrich feather then would
think it only fit for the ragbag, but
series Of brisk scrubbings in warm
soapsuds on washboard, iudicious
patching together and elimination of
ragged places where Sir Ostrich has
preened himself too vigorously, a
curling and combing, soon make of
the ostrich feather thing of beauty
and Joy forever it gets wet -
when the process of reiuvenation again
becomes necessary.
Ii taken to my lady milliner or the
less pretentious feather renovator
every time this duty becomes impera-
tive, tho ostrich plume becomes meta
morphosed into something OF an elo-
phant to one who bears not Fortu-
natus's purse; but the restorative
process is so simple. when ono knows
just how, that every woman can readily
become her own "feather artist"
Have teNkettle full of boiling
water; shake tho feather vigorously
through the escaping steam, taking
care that it does not get too damp
This livens up the plume and restores
brilliancy if it has become dull and
dusty. Next take a silver fruit knife,
and, beginning with the feathers near
est the quill. take small bunch be-
tween thumb and forefngor and draw
gently over the blade of the knife un-
til they curl as closely as desired. Fol
low this process up each side of the
tip; then take very coarse comb,
comb out carefully, and you have
your plume as good as ever.-New
York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
RECIPES.

Minced Veal Sandwiches Chop up
the cold veal left from dinner, season
well, add one tablespoonful of butter
and juice of one lemon, rub TO a
smooth paste. Spread bet woen home.
made raised biscuits.
Potato Omelet-Three eggs beaten
separately, one cup of mashed pota-
toes, one-half cup of milk, one tea
spoonful of -four, little salt aud some
chopped parsley mix and pour into a
hot puttered pan, brown it lightly
and serve hot.
Wilted Lettuce-Fry piece Of ham
or bacon until brown. Cut into
small pieces and add one cup of viue.
gar. When boiling pour over two
heads of lettuce laid in a deep dish.
Cover until wilted. Garnish with
slices OF cold boiled eggs.
Potato Fritters--Beat up very LIGHT
some cold mashed potatoes, add a little
salt, two eggs, half a cup of milk and
flour enough to make it the consistency
of pancake batter. Beat very smooth,
then drop by spoonfuls into hot lard
and fry to a light brown.
Ginger Drop Cakes-One cup of
molasses, one-half cup of brown sugar.
one-half cupful of butter, one tea.
spoonful each of extract of ginger and
extract of cinnamon, two teaspoon
fuls of soda in one cup of hot water,
two eggs and three cups of flour.
Mock Oyster Stew-One cup of
shredded Goldfish. Let simmer fifteen
minutes. One pint of milk thickened
with one tablespoonful of butter. Add
a little pepper. Cook over hot water
until thick. Put two cups of oyster
crackers into a dish, add the fish and
pour the thickened milk over it.
Satisfy Fritters,-Scrape and put
into cold water to prevent discolora.
tion. Cut into pieces and boil thirty
minutes. Drain and put through q
colander. Add two well-beaten eggs,
one tablespoonful Of flour, one tea.
spoonful of salt, pepper to taste mix /;
drop a teaspoouful into hot butter and
fry on both sides.
Stuffed Cucumbers-Select good.
sized, fresh cucumbers, pare them and
cut them into halves. With a spoon
scoop out the center or seed part, put
one eupful of fine breadcrumbs into a
bowl, add one tablespoonful of melted
butter, a tablespoonful of grated
onion, teaspoonful of salt, and, if il
can be had, green pepper chopped
fine. Put this mixture into the Gu
cumber, stand in baking-pan. Put
into the bottom of the baking-pan a
tablespoonful of butter and halt cup
ful OF water. Cook IN quick oven
thirty minutes, basting several times.
Serve very hot.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
DWARF LIMAs.

All the varieties Of dwarf lima beans
are valuable, since they are from two
weeks TO month earlier than the pole
varieties. They are SO productive that
1t is possible TO secure n greater total
yield per acre from them than from
the other kinds, as the plants require
less room. Hendorson's is the earliest
of these beans, the most productive
and continues longest in bearing. The
pods also escape the mildew, which is
often serious upon the late thick-pod-
ded sorts. Its white beans are infer
ior IN quality to the true lima.
The Cornell Station found the Thor
burn, Kumerle or Dreer Dwarf only
moderately productive and rather
late. Its white beans have the excel
lent qualities of the potato lima.
Jackson's Wonder differs from Hen
derson's in having the beans brown
speckled. The Burpee has fiat seed
as large as those of the pole lima. 1t
is two or three weeks later than the
Henderson. Tho Dreer is the best
bean in quality, but the pods grow so
closely together and so near the
ground that there is danger of rotting
and soiling before the beans are fit to
use, New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
CELERY.

Celery is one of the neglected vege-
tables that should find place in every
garden great or small. 1t comes SO
late that it may be grcwn as an after
crop where early potatoes or sweet
corn has been grown. The seeds
should be sown in seed bed, that has
been made perfectly fine and the seeds
must be very lightly covered. The
best way to sow them is to make very
shallow burrows in the bed and cover the
seeds after they have been drilled in
the furrow, by sitting fine soil over
them. When the plants have grown
to be an inch high 1t is a pretty good
plan to clip the tops off as this makes
the plants stocky and vigorous.
Celery delights in a moist soil and
to do well it must be watered if the
weather is at all dry. The common
custom is to set the plants in trenches
six or eight inches deep. These
trenches should be deeply dug and
thoroughly fined in the bottom and
made very rich with fertilizers of
some kind, as it is rank feeder and
must be furnished abundant plant
food within a short distance as the
roots are short. Set the plants dur
ing damp weather if possible, and as
they grow draw the earth into the
trenches. gradually filling them as the
plants grow higher, taking care to
keep the soil from getting into the
centre of the bunch. This can be
prevented by holding the tops with
one hand and drawing the soil around
them with hoe, or preferably, with
the other hand When the trenches
are filled the banking up begins and
at every working the soil should be
banked little higher until the plants
stand IN a ridge reaching as high as the
stem of the plants. This makes them
white and crisp. At the last working
the ridges should be patted into firm
ness with a spade so they will retain
their shade.
A new plan that has been tried with
some success is to set the plants only
a foot apart each way and let them
grow in this shape; they will be SO
thick that they will half blanch them.
selves, and when they are fully grown
they can be taken up and put in o
dark cellar in boxes with a little soil
around the roots to finish the blanch-
ing process, or reset in trenches and
left there to hlanch.
The old plan we think is best for
beginners, and we should have a lot
of them in this country, for there is
nothing that is better for vousness
than to eat literally OF celery. AT.
lanta journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
TEMPERANCE.

THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE.
Henr the voice OF Temperance calling
In her cloarost. sweetest tones.
Clear as sparkling waters falling
Over flowers and precious stones
Chorus.
Like somc holy inspiration,
sweeping down the heavenly plains,
Temperance comes 10 save the Nation
Free her slaves, and break their chains
Eyerywhere her armies rally,
Everywhere poor victims wait
Thronging avenue and allev,
Hovel door, and palace gate.
Chorus.
List, the holy inspiration
-. Sweeping down the heavenly plains,
temperance comes to save the Nation
FREQ hcr slaves aud break their chains.
Men and women, youth aud maiden,
In the tempters tolls are found,
Weak and helpless, sorrow-ladeu,
Demon-led, and horror-5ound.
Chorus.
List the holy inspiration.
Sweeping down the heavenly plains,
Temperance comes to save the Nation,
Free her slaves and break their chains.
Sec Gods image, Scared. degraded,
Roeling through the tempted street,
Meath the sacred spires paraded
Where the dens OF misery reek.
Chorus.
List the holy inspiration,
Sweeping down the heavenly plains,
Temperance comes to save tho Nation
Free her slaves and break their chains
Soul Of manhood! heart Of woman
With the Chr,st-lovo which constrains,
Cast this hydra-headed demon
Out OF man, and break his chains.
Chorus.
List tho holy inspiration,
Sweeping down the heavenly plains,
temperance comes TO save the Nation.
Free her slaves and break their chains.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
DRINKrRs AND cnILnREN.

The Sanitarium for May has this almost
astounding paragraph astounding it GER
tainly would De II we had not become fa-
miliar with the facts of this nnture) under
the heading OF DRINKERS and Children:
"A distinguished specialist in children's
diseases (quoth the American Practitioner
and News) has carefully noted the difference
between twelve families Of drinkers and
twelve families of temperate ones during a
period OF twelve years. with the result that
he found that the twelve drinking families
produced in those years flfty-seven children,
while the temperate ones were accountable
Tor siNty-one. OF the drinkers twenty-five
children died in the first week OF life, as
against six on the other side. The latter
deaths were from weakness, while the form.
er were attributable to weakness, convulsive
attacks, orUdemA of the brain and men,
branes. To this cheerful record is added
i've who were idiots; five so stunted In
growth as to be really dwarfs, five. when
older, became epileptics; one, boy, had
grave chorea, ending in idiocy; five moro
were diseased and deformed, and two of the
epilepties became by Inheritance drinkers.
Ten, therefore, of this fifty-seven only
showed during life normal disposition and
development OF body aud mind. On the
part OF the temperates, as before stated five
died in the first weeks Of weakness, while
four in later years OF childhood had curable
nervous diseases. Two only showed inherit.
Ell nervous defects. Thus fifty were normal,
IN every way sound in body and mind
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Every piece of ground put into ear.
ly vegetables should produce at least
two crops year.
In France, chickens are not raised
for the market; eggs and Young fatted
fowls are the ends kept in view.
See that the hens have plenty oil
sand or gravel. They have no teeth,
and must have gravel to grind the food
in the gizzard.
AS the peas, radishes and early DO.
tatoes are taken of, do not let the
land lie idle and grow a crop of weeds.
Set out cabbages, celery, or SOW tur-
nips.
In the precise meaning of the term,
there is no poultry farming in France.
But there is poultry keeping" and
very generally followed by peasants
and small farmers.
As hay is made when the the sun
shines, SO is money increased to that
dairyman who manages so that his
cows yield milk abundantly when
dairy prices are high.
Space, air, sun and pure water are
essentials to success an poultry rails
iIg. In yards where trees cannot be
raised, few shrubs will repay plant.
ing; in summer these Will form G
shade, and in the event ofsudden rain
a shelter.
To preserve eggs it is not absolutely
essential to to pack them in anything,
If you have cool place and can, place
them on shelves where they can b,
turned three or four times a week
Eggs from hens not with males will
keep where fertile eggs will not.
Many amateur growers plant tree.
with enthusiasm and then grow dis.
couraged over horeIs and rabbits
over spraying and pruning; over
curculio and knots, and lice and mice
and grubs. They are the growers n?
who will never glut the markets.
They are great help to the nurseries
and give the progressive orchardist
chance to sSll his superior products.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21

Highest OF all in Leavening Power-Lae U. s. Govt Report
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ARSOLUTEEY PURE
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A Topsy .TnrYY Junk.

There are three Chinese junks in
San Francisco Bay engaged in tho
shrimpinR trade. A reporter who Wis
tied one of them, the Lund Sune.
found everything arranged contrary
to nature, according to Western no
tions. The planking of the deck ran
athwart ship, The anchor hung over
the stern, the rudder had large num-
Der OF diamond.shaped holes in il,
and the batwlng-like snil was hoisted
with an uncouth windlass, though it
would be quicker and easier TO give
the halyards few pulls. Then the
ribs came up few inches above the
deck and the side planking ran beyond
the stern, as if the ship carpenter had
forgotten to come back with saw
and finish his job. Nevertheless, the
captain of tho Lund Sune regards her
rs clipper, and wants to enter in tho
regatta. New Orleans Picayune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
FEEDING SOFT Fonn TO HENS

To keep hen in good condition for
laying, she should never have q full
crop during the day. 1t is not wrong
to give light meal of mixed food,
warm in the morning. in the trough,
but such meal should be only one
fourth the quantity the hens require.
They should go away from the trough
unsatisfied, and should then seek their
food, deriving it grain by grain, en-
gaging in healthy exercise in order
to obtain it, and in such circumstances
the food will be passed into the giz-
zard slowly and be better digested.
Gradually the hen will accumulate suf-
ficient food to provide for the night,
going on the roost with a full crop,
where she can leisurely forward it
from the crop to the gizzard. Feeding
soft food leads to many errors on the
part of the beginner, causing him to
overfeed and pamper his hens, and by
1t they will reach a condition that is
entirely y antagonistic to laying. 1t is
much better to feed hard grains only
than to feed from trough, unless the
soft food is carefully measured. A
quart of mixed, ground grain, moist
ened and in crumbly condition,
should be sufficient for forty hens as a
starter for the morning, but two
quarts of whole grain should then be
scattered in litter for them TO seek
and secure for themselves. Farm and
Fireside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
Superstition in Bicycling.

A cycling paper recently told of a
man who selected a wheel but after
ward, without any apparent reason,
refused to take it. He wanted another
one, and was satisfied with machine
that was an exact duplicate of the one
he had rejected. The agent puzzled
his mind to discover what the obiec.
tion was to the first wheel. The two
were alike in every particular except
the number. This gave the clew. The
number of the first wheel was $40, 05l,
and the total of these individual fig
ures was thirteen. That was the ex-
PLANTATION, as the customer admitted,
There is a sequel, however, and now
the superstitious man asserts that he
has been fully vindicated. On his
thirteenth mile he picked up pin
aud got puncture. If he had been
riding No. 340,051 he believes he
would have had his wheel smashed or
limb broken. Therefore he con-
graduates himself on his shrewdness.
New York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21

1t is n common idea that alcohol produces
warming effect in cold weather; this feel
Ing OF warmth depends, in the first place, on
the fact that the paralysis OF the central ncr-
Vous system causes an increased blood-sup-
ply to the surface OF the body; and, secondly,
In all probability on the bunting Oft the sensi-
biltty OF the central organs which are con-
cerned in the sensation OF cold. The stimu-
lating action which alcohol appears to exert
on the physical functions Is also only par
alyttc action. Again, there is n strong belief
that alcohol gives new strength and energy
after fatigue has set in; the sensation OF
fatigue is one Of the safety-valves OF our ma
chine To stille the feeling of fatigue, In
order TO be able 90 work on. is like forcibly
closing the saiety-valve 80 that the boiler
may be overhcated and explosion result.
Tho belief that alcohol gives strength TO the
weary is particularly dangerous to the class
OF people whose income is already INSULT
cient to procure subsistence and who are
misled 10y this prejudice into spending "a
large part OF their earnings ON alcoholic
drinks, instead Of purchasing good and pal
ataHle food, especially meal, cheese milk.
meat and other nitrogenous food-stuffs,
which alone can give them strength for their
hard work. 1t is commonly thought that
alcoholic drinks aid digestion, but in reality
the contrary would appear to be the case,
Tor Il has been proved that meal. without
alcohol, is more quickly followed by hunger
than when II is taken.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
Tho --latest i'm Soan DubbIos

Make fluid in this way: Get n
cake Of palm oil soap, shave its par
ings as thin rs possible and drop in n
big bottle filed with distilled water.
Shake the mixture very vigorously,
then filter through gray filtering
paper and mix the remaining fluid
with one-third of its bulk of pure
glycerine. Before using shake we'll.
Get small glass funnel about two
inches in diameter, says the st. Louis
Globo-Democrat, connect it with q
tube of India rubber, and you can
blow bubbles with this apparatus that
will surpass tho rainbow itself in
brilliancy and beauty. Yes, there is a
lot OF trouble in getting your scientific
pipe and liquid ready, but think of
the sport in the end. Just imagine
n bubble twelve inches across You
can blow them in thus way by putting
them upon big iron ring-very care
fully, of course-while the metal is
wet with the prepared solution. Get
ring that is quite rusty-that as
sures a good result. A string of bub-
bles two or three inches in diameter
can be kept intact for ten or twelve
hours
M. Izern has communicated to the
Academy of Sciences new method for
obtaining soap bubbles lasting much
longer time than those obtained from
the soap water generally used. He
has recourse to q resinous soap made
by the following formula: Pulverize
together ten grammes of pure resin
and ten parts of carbonate Of potash
add 100 parts of water and boil until
complete solution; we obtain in this
way thick solution, which may be
kept in stock to be diluted for use
with from four to five times its volume
OF water. 1t can be kept indefinitely,
even when exposed to the air. The
bubbles produced are very persistent,
and, consequently, can be made use
tul in the study of the phenomena re-
lsting to thin laminae and in making
photographs in which soap bubbles
play q part,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21

A crowd of men recently went into n
saloon at Shamokin, Penn, with Joseph
Swartz, to see him drink quart Of whisky
Tor wager, and they emerged in little
while bearing his corpse. 1t was a tradition
that Swartz could drink two quarts Of the
reddest liquor at one time, and the question
arose as to whether he could swallow the
quart, Joe shrugged his shoulders con
temptuously, Without ceremony he ordered
the fiery liquid. Down his throat coursed
the stun and his eyes sparkled. Finally the
last drop was down and Joe east
triumphant glace at his companions. Then
he sang song and danced a jig. His brain
had been turned, and he said his nerves
tngled as though a thousand needles We're
priekinG him. Faster went his feet, until he
suddenly threw his arms in the air and grew
deathly pale. He groaned, dropped TO the
noor, and the merry shouts Of his comrades
died into exclamations OF alarm. They
rushed to his side, and he seemed in awful
agony, but unable 10 speak. He became
senseless in few minutes, and then died.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
CURING NAY.

So much depends upon climate, sun
shine and wind that no definite rules
can be laid down for cutting and cur
ing hay. If possible, hay should be
housed on the day of cutting, but this
will only answer if the NOW is large
and the amount to be stored limited.
Those who grow the crop on a laI ge
scale adopt the plan of cutting it late
in the afternoon. There is no mois-
ture on the grass at this time, and il
is SO late that II does not wilt at all
that night, and therefore is not in.
iured by the dew The next day after
the dew is OH it should be tossed twice
by the tedder, and, after it is thor
oughly wilted, it should be raked up
aud put into good sized shocks, COW
cred with waterproof hay caps to pro-
tect II from dew or rain, aud left to
cure, Exposure 20 the sun for few
hours just before drawing 10 the barn
will complete the process.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21
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