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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
PREPARING THE PICNIC HAM.

Ono of the important kitchens du-
ties at this season is the preparation
of extra dainties for picnic parties, and
there are few housewives who escape
this rather doubtful pleasure during
the picnicking sea5ou. The bill OF fare
may be varied indefinitely, but one of
the .indispensables of the picnic din
ner is the cold ham. Various sugges-
tions concerning the best methods of
boiling tho ham whole will be found
among the recipes of the practical
housewife, but few seem familiar with
this plan of baking it, which was pro-
nounced most satisfactory on a recent
picnic occasion.
1t does not tako "a'l day to coob
the ham whole wnen baked, and some
may find it more convenient thar
boiling in bag. Trim the ham care
fully, saw off the bone which protrudes
on the flesh side, wash well, and rinse
thoroughly in clean, hot water, and
wipe dry. Make q sti4f-dough OF corn
meal and eold water cake it en- inch
! thick all over the skin of the ham.
Place some clean sticks OF some taste
less wood across large baking pan !;
put the ham in the pan, resting it on
the sticks so that it will not touch the
bottom. Then place the pan in hot
oven, and after it is in the oven, pour
into the pan mot on the ham) enough
water to cover the sticks. Bake slowly
for five or six hours, or longer, accord.
ing to the size of the ham. When done
take the pan from the oven, place the
ham on a dish, and remove the corn
bread cover, and let the ham become
perfectly cold before beginning to
slice it. The clear grease which re.
mains in the pan should be poured of
while hot, and allowed to harden, to
be used as other clear dripplngs for
frying purposes. Home Queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Rancid nutter Mnde Fresh.

DR.. Jean Coumeigt, in collaboration
with Mr.. r. A. Gutter, says they have
just discovered q process by which
they can convert rancid butter into
butter of the freshest kind.
Everybody knows" DIR. Coumoiet
said, "that butter is composed OF q
mixture OF fat, oleino, margarine,
stearine, palmitine, butyrene and the
fatty acids known as caprio, caproic,
butyric, in neutrality-suspicious., which
give the color and tasto of butter.
"The cause Of the rancidity of but
ter is the action of tho oxygen OF the
nir, which sets the fatty acids at lib.
erty. need not go into this peculiar
chemical change. Since tho discov-
cries of Pasteur on the subject OF fer
mentation everybody knows that il is
microbes which fix the oxygen OF tho
air on the alcohols and cnscine matters
of butter to transform them into com.
pound ammoniacnl and fatty acids,
which set at liberty, cause the rancid
ity of the butter.
''Mr. Gutter and ] cot ourselves tho
task of finding means TO neutralize
the buthyrilamines and fatty acids
which cause tho rancidity, and our Of
forts have met with complete sue
cess. After having melted tho butter
and having neutralizod il with an ap-
propriato base, it ia submitted to sev-
eral washings, after which il presently
becomes as sweet and clean MS whom il
first left tho dairy,
"You would ask me, Docs il lose any
fits original properties by this opera
tion? answer, No. On the con
tray, by our process We can tell i'm
mediately whether butter is natural
OF artificial. And the loss incurred
is so insigniGcant as TO be almost i'm.
perceptible. New York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
FEEDING THE CALF,

As soon us discovered, let the calf
be removed out of the cows sight and
put in perfectly dark place this will
prevent it from bawling and fretting
the COW. Let it get little hungry,
then take some milk, warm from the
COW, back it up in o corner, wet two
fingers in the milk and let the calf get
a taste of the milk. The principal
trouble will be to get the calf to suck
with its head down it must be accom-
modated in that respect all that is
possible, for il is instinct with it to
reach up. After it has learned to suck
the fingers, N55SSEiiae u wooden trough
about two feet up from the ground,
and mil TO the bottom OF it o tough
rag or leather strap for the calf to
suck. This is much better than to
allow it to drink. In drinking it
swallows the milk in gulps, and it does
not become mingled with the saliva,
and this is very apt to produce in.
digestion and diarrhoea. In sucking
the strap the working of the jaws
causes an abundant flow of saliva, the
milk is swallowed slowly, and it will
not sicken the calf. A calf which
once gets it's stomach SO disordered as
to have diarrhma will cause q great
deal of trouble, if it does not die ont
right. And on no account let it re.
ceive the milk cold. Ohio Farmer,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

White spots upon tarnished furni-
ture will disappear if hot plate be
held over them.
If O filter cannot be obtained for
the household it is safer to boil all
the water used for drinking purposes.
A hot bath taken on going to bed,
even on q hot night of summer, Is
better cure for insomnia than many
drugs.
The inside of the skin OF the ba.
mana rubbed on the leather of tan
shoes will clean and polish them as
well as a regular dressing.
If an upper pie crust is brushed
over with little milk or egg before
placing it in the oven it will brown
quickly and have better color.
A little powdered borax added to
cold starch tends to give the linen
extra stiffness, and little turpentine
put into the boiled starch adds lustre.
A handful of lpet tacks will clean
fruit jars OF bottles readily. Half fill
the jar with hot soap suds, put in the
tacks, cover, give vigorous shaking
and rinse VOL.
Put lump of camphor in the case
with the silYerware when packing it
away for the summer months. If this
is done the silver will be less liable to
become discolored.
raw egg swallowed Immediately
will generally carry fish bono down
which cannot be removed from the
throat by tho utmost oxertion and
has gotten out OF reach OF the saving
finger.
The correct way TO drain Q wet nm
brelly is to stand it handle down. II
put the other way the dampness re.
mains in the centre, where oil tho
water collects and very soon rots the
covering.
Rain water will keep,the skin soi
and smooth and should best be useC
for the face but if it cannot be had
a handful of oatmeal thrown into hare
water or q little powdered borax dis
solved in the water is the best substi
| tute.
Have you ever tried cooking pota
toes in lard like doughnuts? Selec
the smaller potatoes and peel and drol
them into boiling fat. They will COM
to the surface when they are cooked
and should be drained on brown paper
The potatoes may be rolled in beatel
eggs and bread crumbs before cooking
| them if desired.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Shnro The Same Nesi

W. Q. Adams relates an interesting
circumstance touching tho domestica-
tion of the quail. Up at Milo, in the
Tule River mountains, Postmaster
Richardson has barn in which q
mother quail has for two seasons built
her nest. This nest is shared by q
domestic hen, with apparently no OBJ
lection from tho quail. Tho hens
eggs are removed from tho nest by
Mr.. Richardson's boys, but the quail's
eggs are allowed to remain. Last year
the quail successfully raised family
of birds in this nest. She is back
ngain, and has deposited several eggs
for this seasons crop. Tho boys say
that after tho young birds appear tho
mother bird w';i! ar.tcr of tie nost n
short distance when tho nest is APP
preached, and allow them to cntch her
in their hands. Tho quail has learned
that no harm will bo done to her or
her little ones. .-Visalia (Cal.) Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

bors, and they must be watered and
shaded until they have taken to the
new soil.
Red spider attacks violets which suf-
fer from drought, and the plants will
not only need watering in hot water,
but mulching Il. e., placing q layer
around them), with good soil and leaf
mould, to protect their roots. SCOT
water Tor other liquid manure) will
make them strong towards autumn,
aud all weeds must be destroyed nt
once. Runners, too latter the first
set, which can be pegged down around
the central plant, should be removed
so as TO concentrate the strength OF
the plant on the bud producing. Thus
treated, plenty of violets will be avail
able from August till the following
spring, and few flowers are more de.
lightful both for personal wear and for
scenting a room. OF single varieties
the new violet, ''Princess OF Wales"
is the largest, and it is also very fra.
grant; the "Czar" still holds its own,
however, Eas the most reliable and
hardy single violet in winter.
For cutting, the new aqulleglas are
now most useful, especially the yellow
variety "a, Nchrysantha\, which is ex-
cellent for fable decoration. All these
aquilegias have long spurs to their
petals, which give them an orchid.like
effect they stand we'll in water, and
only need little of their own pretty
foliage, with grasses. and few fronds
OF hardy ferns to make an ideal
bouquet. A grandiAora alba is pure
white, mixing well with the scarlet and
gold of A. Skinneri, and the violet and
creamy white blossoms of A. grandu-
losa are exluisitelY beautiful. These
plants will grow almost anywhere;
they do not require rich soil and aro
quite hardy, SO that everyone should
cultivate them for their quaint love-
illness. The Gentlewomen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Merchants, Marks.

These marks appear to have been
initiated from the Flemings during the
roign of Edward Ill, and became
very common during the fifteenth and
carly part of the sixteenth century,
both on seals and signet rings; they
offered n somewhat curious field for
research, and are often very useful in
identifying the persons by whom do
mostic and parts of ecclesiastical edi-
fees on which they occur were built.
They were more generally used in the
great scaports of England than in tho
South, fnct which is readily account.
cd for by the frequent intercourse be-
tween those parts and Flanders. 1t
may be observed also that such marks
belong chiefly to wool factors or mef-
chants of the staple. Archaeological
Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Hood pills arc cas- ytotal,c, easy to operate
A Noisy Ball OF Fire Comes Aboard.

Captain Dickson OF tho British bark
EudOra reports an unusual electrical
display during storm in the South
Pacific. The Eudora left Juniu, Chile,
on February29 and while beating down
tho coast toward Cape Horn the stol IN
wos seen approaching the vessels
stern, swapping and sizzling like a
wall of fire, but travelling only at a
moderate speed, tho wind being light
OF that time.
When the storm struck the vessel
it blew with the force of hurricane,
and for n time it looked as if the masts
would be blown out. There was great
electrical display all over the rigging,
and great ball of fire foated near
the mizzenmast and exploded with u
report like that of a Krupp gun. The
crew were dazed aud nearly blinded,
but fortunately no one was seriously
hurt. The vessel labored heavily in
tho sea, and tho wire rigging was
nblaze with electricity. The storm
soon cleared away, and the sea at once
became us calm as before. .-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
yLo1ETs Foa NEXT srAsoN.

No time should be lost iu planting
q bed of yiolets for next winter, if the
best results are TO DO secured. For
double violets (such as "Parma, +"
"Neapolitan," "Mario Louise" and
"Conte di Bra2za, white), it is q good
plan 70 mako tho border the size of
the frame which il to cover it. for in
this way the plants receive no check
;n transplanting, and the blossoms are
early. Yiolets love cnle leaf mould /;
and plenty of this. with little SCOT,
old hotbed stuff, aud SOME crushed old
mortar TO keep the soil open, should
be dug into thoir bol before plant.
ing.
The runners from last season make
tho strongest plants, but yiolet3 in
pots may he divided INTO "croWnb"
Tor separate root-), choosing the
sturdiest aud refusing tho older por-
tionr. Each little plant should 10
dubbed into tbe border 1T distance
Of foot or more from its next neigh
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29


The following graphic portrayal OF tho
evils which follow in the train OF intemper-
auce is taken from an article written by Rev.
Stephen j. Lyons, OF Mount Holly, n. j., for
the Index. "Intemperance," says the row
erend gentleman, "injures health, destroys
peace, causes dlscord, quarrels aud blood
shed, breeds poverty, misery 01d woes, Ills
our jails and penitentiaries. furnishes victims
TO the gallows and drags down countless
human souls every year to eternal perdition,
II relentlessly iuvades the homes OF the poor
aud the rich and transforms them iuto RbOdes
of misery, wretchedness and woe. 1t robs
human beings OF reason and degrudes them
beneath the beasts of the field. Three-fourths
OF the horrld crimes detailed by the press each
day are traceable directly or indirectlyto tho
excessive use OF Intoxicating drinks. In
temperance furnishes inmates for the insane
asylum, .necessitates n larger police force 70
quell disturbances and quarrels and Ills our
orphan homes with fathehess and mother
less little ones. II brutalizes man and causes
him to imbrue hts hands with the blood OF
his fellow man. 1t heartlessly steals the
hard. earned wages that should be employed
to procure clothing and food for wife and
children, and hands them over the dram
shop bar for the inebriOting glass. 1t
crushes the ambition OF the husband, breaks
the heart Of the wife, paralyzes parental
love and destroys family peace aud happi-
ness. IL drives lnnocent ones away from
home into all the devious ways OF shame aud
disgrace. 1t generates nliai irreverence,
nerves the sons arm to strike the mother
that bore him and the father that toiled TO
raise him. 1t blasts the fairest and brightest
parentalho hopes an imercllessly drags down Old
age in bitter disappointment and sorrow to tho
grave. 1t weakens physical strength, under
mines the most robust constitutions, breeds
disease, shortens human lives, and yearly
drags down countless thousands TO prcma-
ture graves. 1t is the prolific cause OF ours
ing, blasphemy, vile conversations, dishon-
esty; therefore, bloodshed and murders.
People are seized with CONSERVATION and
alarm at the appearance OF cholera, yellow
fever and smallpox, because these nrinR
death. But the vice OF intemperance is
slowly, yet surely, carrying away its miscr-
able victims to untimehy graves every day
and people arc not alarmed. How sad to
contemplct ctsr1he helpless widows and pitt
able orphans left to the cold charity Of the
world by drunken husbands and fathers.
How heart-sickening to behold the wrecks
and ruins of manhood and womanhood,
strewn along the pathway leading from the
| saloon down to premature graves. More
frightful still to reflect is the fate of the un-
repentant inebriatcs In the next world. God
has declared that no drunkard shall enter
the kingdom Of heaven"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
TWO WAYS TO MAKE CHEESE srRAws.

TWO WAYS TO MAKE CHEESE sTRAws.
Here are two ways OF making these,
according TO whether you are making
them fresh or with q piece of paste
left over. Rub together equal weights
of butter, grated cheese aud flour till
it is all like crumbs; season with ca.
yenne or coralline pepper; add as
much raw yolk of egg rs will mix it
oil to q stiff paste; roll it out thinly,
being careful not to break il; then cut
it in strips three to four inches long
and quarter of an inch wide. Bake
in a good, but not fierce oven till
nicely colcred.
Or roll out some puff or'short paste
as thin as possible; allow three ounces
grated parmesan to every six on noes
paste; sprinkle the paste when rolled
out with few drops of lemon juice,
the grated cheese and q pretty good
seasoning of cayenne aud salt. Fold
it over and roll out again twice, then
cut it into straws; place these on a
slightly wetted baking sheet, pressing
them we'll on to il. Bake in good,
but not too fierce oven, and serve hot.
Unlike the first, these strawo are not
SO good cold, and should always be re.
heated before use.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
A Curious Monument.

In Lowther Church a curious monu-
ment is erected to the memory of Sir
Richard Lowther, who lived in the
time of Queen Elizabeth. The monu-
ment. after proceeding to give an ao-
count of the public services and pri-
vale worth of Sir Richard, concludes
by saying that he died in 1907, cut
tering with his last breath these verses
following" But no verses follow, and
upon this circumstance a late bishop
of Carlisle gave utterance to a good
thing. He and one of his archdeacons
were looking at the stone, when the
latter asked tho bishop what was his
opinion of the poetry.
'It is, 1 think, said the bishop, 80
very good specimen of blank verse; ,
-PeRrson's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

The devil never likes to have a man read a
temperance page.
License money Is blood money.
.Cowardiee is despieable, and q moral
G1ward is the worst Of all.
Out of 5000 persons engaged In the liquor
business in Philadelphia, 1896 are women.-
Charleston Messenger
According to the statistical abstract OF tho
United States, the total cost Of the liquors OF
all kinds consumed in this country Is more
than sixteen dollars per capita, about eighty
dollars year for every family, twice as mucl
ss the total amount Of the Federal revenue.
Otto Olsen, charged with numbering the
little girl OF Mrs. Mary Ayres. Of Eureka. by
making her intoxicated. has been arrested
and is now undergoing his preliminary trial
Olsen has been q har4 drinker.-PaclaC
Ensign.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Asbestos for Boots.

Every DAY brings out some new use
for asbestos. Now it is proposed to
use it in the soles OF boots. Asbestos
wool, pressed by hydraulic force into
thin sheets, waterproo'ed on one side,
is TO be inserted as the middle sole.
Asbestos is n nouconductor of heat
and cold, and in conjunction with a
waterproof material will have the Of
feet of counteractiug the influence OF
heat, cold and moisture. 1t is said
that asbestos-hned boots cannot creak
in wear, and are much more flexible
then ordinary boots. 4 mau wearing
asbestos boots can walk over live cleo
trio wires ip)Fafety, as it is nopcoD
ductor,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
ECONOMIC REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES.

In an able article under this caption in the
Christian Herald, Mich, Rev. Fred c. Brit
ten has this to say OF strong drink rs ono OF
the causes of hard times:
SHOW much waste does 1t cause2 Directly,
81, 500 ,0O0, 900 annually. The figures show
that In 1892 the annual liquor bill OF the
United States was 81 200, 900 900, aud It was
increasing at the rate Of from one or two
hundred millions every year. Do you know
what 81, 200, 900 would do2 II would
build 200, 900 homes at $4,000 each, put $500
worth OF furniture in each OF them, add
$1,000 each to the salaries Of all the gospel
ministers In the land, and leave a 50 gold
piece for every man, woman and child in the
United States!
"There is an indirect waste Of vastly more.
There are COG, 600 vendors whose labor is un-
productive. There are 60O, 900 victims who
are incapacitated for labor by drink. A
waste of the labor of 200, 900 menl Suppose
these men were set to work at u productive
INDUSTRY. They would earn, at S1.60 per
day. 81 5000 900 in one day. They would
produce more than that, ese tho employer
would make no profit. There are 800 work.
ing days In year. Hence they will earn
S540, ,000, 900 year. Hence there Is a waste
OF this sum every year because Of this unpro-
ductiye lator. Add $540. 900, 900 to 81 ,200,-
000, 600 and you have Sl,740 900, ,0C0 annual
waste. The figures show that over ninety
per cent. OF the inmates OF penitentiaries are
IuOTc DcNduSo VI GOllllAllcu Mullt ull-
der the influence Of drink. Add to this waste
ninety per cent of all the taxes paid to sup
port. In all the States, penitentlaries, police
courts and jails. Who can count the waste
ceused by drink
"The decalogue has been for centuries the
great test Of morality. The saloon breaks
and causes others TO break every command
ment. Nothing so transgresses divine law
Nothing so communicates society. In North
Carolina there is great breathing cave. ="
In the winter a violent wind rushes into it,,
carrying all before 1t. 1t is impossible, at
times, for man to walk against that wind.
Cattle seeking shelter frequently come too
near the cave, and perish. In the spring the
wind changes and blows out hairs and bones
and horrible stencil, making the atmo-
sphere unbearablo for miles. The saloon is
the great breathing cave Of society. 1t draws
In our boys and girls, the flowers Of man-
| hood and womanhood. IL breathes out de-
stroyed bodies, ruined characters, putretled
csrcasses and woe to eontaminate society.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
Tho Rlrrest Water PING.

The big water tube which is to con.
duct the power for tho new paper mill
at Quinnosee Falls is a wonderful thing
in its way. II is sixteen feet in diam
eter and will conduct an eighty-foot
head OF water 10 play against the hori-
zontally laid water wheels Il is made
OF steel flanges half nm inch thick, and
lies at an angle of forty.ave degrees.
The water will pass through IL at the
rate Of two feet second, aud every
inch Of the tube is caloulated TO stand
600 pounds pressure. Its cost is
$40, 200. The power it eau develop
will DO but little short OF tho energy
wasted in Niagara Falls. - Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29
THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST FLIES.

THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST FLIES.
To keep Off dies, rub the horses oars
with elder leaves, one farmer writes
us. Oil of tar, mixed half and half
with cottonseed oil or linseed oil, is
very repellant to flies, mosquitoes,
etc. olive oil is used when this mix
ture is applied to the face by hunters,
to keep of black flies. The horn fly,
the worst of all flies that attack COWS,
may be kept of by applying with a
large brush to backs and sides of ami
mails, and especially about the ears and
horns, a mixture of two parts OF any
cheap oil and one part OF thin tar
(the latter is cheaper than oil of tar and
almost as good, to which add little
crude carbolic acid. Professor Weed
of the Mississippi station, who has
made q special study of the horn fly,
recommends daily spraying OF in
tested cattle for eight days with kero-
sene emulsion lone part of sour milk
and two parts kerosene, thoroughly
mixed with q spray pump and then
diluted with nine parts of waterl. II
the Job is thus thoroughly done in
June or July, ordinarily it will so ex-
terminate the hogn flies that they will
not return during the season in sufl.
cient number to require repetition of
the treatment.-American Agricul.
turist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-29

1t would be impossible to lay down
rules for cutting hay that would suit
every imaginable condition. But cut
ting more hay at one time than can
properly be cured is to be avoided.
Whether hay should be cut in the
morning or afternoon or during all
the day must be decided by tho con-
ditIons. The aim should be TO cut in
such way that the hay will not DO
much exposed to the dew after it has
begun TO cure. When freshly cut it
takes but little harm from dew, but
when partly cured heavy dew will
injure it materially, and the more ad.
vanced the curing process the greater
the injuIy.-Silver Knight.