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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
Seventeen Kinds of Bears.

Zoologists used to maintain that
there were but three kinds of bears,
the polar or ice bear, the grizzly bear
and the common black bear, while lay
hunters have always contended that
there are several local varieties of the
Two Glasses last named. DR.. @. Hart
Merriam, of Washington, who is the
most indefatigable and pain stalking
naturalist we know Of, now comes
around to the vilcst of the laymen,
and has formulated list of no less
than ten full species OF Urcid@, based
almost wholly on study of skulls and
teeth; craniology being nowadays
the most important factor in differen.
tiation. OF these ten varieties four
are of the black bear group, two OF
the grizzly group, three of the brown
group, and the polar bear which,
alone, has not been subdivided. Now,
in all his reckoning the doctor has
failed to enumerate the roach back,
silvertip and cinnamon of the Rocky
Mountains, which old hunters claim
are different, while in North Carolina
the natives recognize as different
varieties of the same type, the cattle
bear, hog bear, persimmon bear and
sinnaker bear. The latter is jet black
and is always designated by a white
spot on it's breast. 1t is large, for
midable, and has the reputation of be-
ing O man eater. The hog bear noses
around barnyards, while the cattle
bear flings himself from limbs OF trees
upon the shoulders of cattle passing
underneath, and sucks the blood from
their jugulars after the fashion OF the
panther or oatamount. Skulls of these
when examined might yield still fur
ther information. Forest and Stroam
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
RECIPES.

Baked Pears-Pare andsscore five
large, sweet pears without dividing;
place them in a baking dish and fill
each pear with teaspoonful of sugar
add little water and bake until per-
fectly tender. Serve with sweet cream.
Goldfish Salad-Salt Goldfish salad is
very nice for luncheonin hot weather.
Soak about a pound of fish over
night, boil and set away to become
cold; Just before serving time flake
the fish, removing all the bones and
skin; arrange on a bed of tender
lettuce and pour over q mayonnaise
dressing.
Almond Cake-Cream one-half cup
of butter, add gradually one cup OF
sugar and one small Tablespoonful
of almond extract; mix and sift one
cup of flour, one.half a cup of corn
starch and one level teaspoonful of
baking powder; add alternately with
one half cup of milk to the first mix
ture; beat the whites of three eggs
until stiff; add and stir in carefully.
Bake in a moderate oven.
Hygienic Muffins-Grease the muf-
fin rings and put them in an oven to
get very hot. Put two cups of ice
water and one teaspoonful OF salt
in large bowl; take three and one
half cups of Graham -four: take it up
by handfuls, holding it high over the
bowl, which should stand in current
of air, and sprinkle slowly into the
ice-water, beating all the while; then
pour into the very hot rings, put at
once into very hot oven and bake
about thirty-hve minutes.
Baked Bananas-Strip off one-third
of the skin OF each banana, and with
a spoon loosen the remainder from
the fruit; arrange in a baking dist
the stripped sides uppermost; OF
each lay one-half of teaspoonful o
butter in bits and sprinkle with ont
teaspoonful of sugar and one-half o
teaspoonful of lemon juice. Bak'
twenty minutes in a hot oven. Th'
bananas may be entirely stripped, i
desired, but the skin contains consid
erable pectin, which it is well to have
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
CHANGES OF LINEN.

Among people of limited means
there is popular superstition that fire.
quent changes of underclothing is a
gross extravaganza. On the contrary,
if properly managed, nothing is more
economical in hot weather than to
wear a fresh suit of linen every day.
When one walks much, it is a matter
of sheer necessity to have clean stock
ings every morning. Nor is anything
easier than to rub out pair of hose
in basin kept for this purpose, with
CASTLE soap and two changes of water I;
the Job is competed in five minutes,
and, pinned where they catch the
breeze, the stockings dry Immediately.
With half a dozen pairs of hose and a
determination to be tidy, the poorest
woman can be charmingly dainty as a
bondholder's wife.
Nor is it impossible to follow this
same plan with cambria garments. II
left to soak in lather of soap and
water every night and rinsed in the
morning, they are as fresh as need be.
OF course, they must be thoroughly
laundered once a week, and such per.
fuctory washings only apply where
clothes are not actually soiled but fee
sticky and awry. No scrubblng OF
injury to the hands is necessary, and
run through a small mangle they come
ont smooth and delightfully."- fresh in
feeling.
Each and every one OF these sugges
tion means a saving of money, a
clothing from which the perspiration
is quickly yemoYed last longer stock
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
"AN OBJECT LESSON"

Rev. J. L. Brant, presiding elder OF the
Fort Scott (Kansas) district, furnishes to the
Monitor OF that city au Instructive and sug-
Gestive contrast in tho following brief CON-
munication:
"Bourbon County, Kansas, and Vernon
County, Missouri, lie side by side, about
equal In popu alton.
Last week Bourbon County had three
pr sOners IN jail In Fort Scott. Vernon
County had twenty-three prisoners in Jail at
Nevada. This week ten OF those prisoners,
all under twenty-one years OF age, were sent
to the penitentiary, and Others are to fol-
low.
Fort Scott has few outawed whisky
joints; Nevada has plenty OF legalized
saloons. VIII some OF our business men
who want open saloons, and who condemn
those who insist upon the enforcement Of the
law, explain the reasons for this discrepancy
as TO the number OF criminals In Vernon and
Bourbon Counties2 Has the saloon anything
to do with the matter?
"Some say that the saloons invite enter
prise and business. WE'LL let US be more
enterprlsingi open up the saloon and fll up
tho jail and penitentiary."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
TIE PASSING OF THE PIANO LAMP.


Something to be cause for thank
iulness is the reaction from the piano
lamp craze. Those who encumbered
long, narrow rooms with full half
dozen of these awkward furnishings
and many we're guilty-had something
20 answer for in educing sotto voce
profanity from much enduring men.
Not that the craze has subsided it is
only lessened. One piano lamp is use-
lul; but to multiply them and stand
them about as if they had walked out
TO take their places in n waltz, or to
see how many intruders into half
larkened room they could trip up in a
day, is rather too much, Then, their
pagoda tops of nonstrous girth de-
.uged the room with boistrous color
and put everything else out of coun-
tenance. If anything, they are more
perverse and ungainly than the corner
sasel.
The banquet lamp modestly rears its
light at the right place upon table, or
piano, and may be clothed in a manner
at once simple yet distingue. With a
standard of japanese bronze or terra
,otta, and delicate shade. the ban
luet lamp is beautiful. But a new hor
ror threatens us-that is q tall candle
stick, generally made of enameled
wood and profusely decorated in col
ors, often of the Dresden style. It is
made to stand either on the floor or
Tie table. Hester M. Poole, in House
hold News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
A Muod ADMIRED COSTUME.

A costume that has been greatly ad.
mired and has been extensively copied
is made of velvet and brocade. The
skirt is of velvet, and is cut after the
rather contracted fashion of the new
style five-gored skirts. II is entirely
plain and just comfortable walking
length, The fullness is gathered into
the back, and there are few gathers
at the sides. The waist is of striped
,brocade. 1t has full front and French
back, and there are Etou- jacket fronts
of the velvet with elaborately EN-.
broidered edges. The sleeves are In
lego mutton shape, but the fullness is
drawn in by fancy buckle and bow
of velvet ribbon. The collar is of
plain velvet, and a wide plait of velvet
extends from collar to waist-line and
disappears under belt. The hat worn
with this dress is OF black fancy braid.
1t is faced with shirred lace, and
trimmed with fans and ruchings of
lace and velvet and cluster of ostrich
tips. New York Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

"Whisky never misses fire" said man
the other day. No, 1t never does. 1t is sure
to bring down its victim sooner or later,
whether he be high or low, in the social or
intellectual scale. And futtering all about
him will always be the Wounded hearts OF
mother, father. wife. sister. children, sisters,
brothers, and friends, while beyond and be-
hind all this is too often trail Of ruined
virtue and contaminating influences. At
least six hearts on an average carry life
long. overshadowing, dreary sorrow for
every victim alcohol brings down. The un-
dertow OF all family and social life is largely
silent sorrow and dreary heartache over the
victims of alcohol, Nc, whisky never misses
FIRE, never.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

A friend OF temperance, says the Christian
Herald, puts upon our table an advertising
card from q restaurant In Philadelphia 1t
proposes to regale and refresh the people In
the "City Of Brotherly Love" The liquor
shop thus advertised is very near Independ-
enco Hall, and persons visiting that patriotic
spot can take It in their excursion IL they are
very dry 1t is we'll for those people who
never drink, to understand what privileges
they miss, and also what phiianthropists the
rum-sellers really are.
Time tables a. M, "Eye Opener" 9
q. M. "Appetizer;" Q n. M, "Digester;" 10
a. m, "Beautlarr;" II a. M, "Big Reposer;"
II M. "Stimulator;" p. M, "Ante Lunch;"
2 y. M, "Sett err" 8 p. M, "Oharmer;"A p.
NJ, "Sympalhizer;" p. m, "Socinl Drink"
G p. NJ, "Invigoraior;" p. M, "straight-
Out" 8 p. M, "Chit-Chat;" Q p. m, "Fancy
Drink" 10 p. M, "Entre Acte;" II p m,
"sparkori' l2 M, "Rouser;" a. m, ''Night
Cap"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
GOSSIP.

Topeka, Kan, has lady train dis,
patcher.
The new woman is devoted to rod
and reel.
Queen Margherita of Italy is said
to be writing a drama.
Queen Victoria has given consent
to eighteen marriages among her
thirty-two grandchildren.
The remains of Kate Field will not
be brought to this country, as was at
first intended, but will rest perma-
nently in Honolulu.
"Ouida" is said to have taken her
peculiar de plume from the incorl ect
pronunciation of the correct name
-Louisa-by a baby sister.
Viennese society women have taken
to swimming in public in the Danube
to the great delight of the populace,
which watches them from the quays.
Miss Marie Cornell, the novelist, is
entertaining a party of lady grouse
shooters at Killiecrankie, Perthshire,
Scotland. They are all said to be hav-
ing good sport"
Nearly go, 900 women voted for the
first time at tue recent general cleo. Il.
tions in South Australia. The exact
figures are 80, 066 women, which com.
pare favorably with II, AGA men.
There is a demand in Germany for
thoroughly trained female horticul-
turists as superintendent of the gar
dens on large estates, and to meet it a
school was established two years ago.
1t has been Adelina PATHS annual
custom to sing at benefit for the
Swansea Hospital, but she will not take
part in it this year because the ad-
mission price has been set at half a
guinea instead of guinea.
Nine. Hoshi, the accomplished wife
of the new Japanese minister, is about
thirty-three years of age and of the
most pleasing personal appearance.
She is short, probably four feet Ten
inches in height. Her dark hair is
very abundant.
Mrs. Scott, wife of the Sheriff OF
Mojave County, Arizona, is herself a
Deputy Sheriff. The other day she
brought an insane prisoner from a
neighboring place to the county Jail,
and experienced neither trouble nor
fear while doing it.
The mother of Parnell, who has
lived many years in New Jersey, has
sailed away to Ireland for an indefinite
period. Her health is badly broken.
and it is probable that she will spend
the remainder of her days with rela-
tiyes on the old sod.
The eldest daughter of Eugene Field
is to enter the field of public readers.
She is a girl of seventeen, and is known
to her intimates by the name OF
"Trotty." bestowed on her by her
father. Miss Fields repertoire will
include her fathers writings only.
Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria
Fedora, widow of the late Prince
Henry of Battenberg, is the greatest
photograph collector in England. She
has 800 photographs placed about her
various rooms, while she has thousands
safely stored away. She has been an
assiduous collector of photographs ever
since she was little child.
Nine. Hanna Korany, the beautiful
Syrian woman who visited America as
a representative of her country to the
Worlds Fair, has started at her home,
near Beirut, Syria, a woman's club,
the first in that part of the world. 1t
is growing fast, and great Importance
is attached to it by the influential peo-
pie of the place.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

The report of the chief fire warden
Of Minnesota has been published, and
contains many statements of interest.
As part OF the precautionary measures
adopted. about IS, 900 placards, warn
ing against kindling fires in forest or
prairie, were distributed. Twenty
seven fires in forest regions, including
those III brush land and marshes, are
reported. They burned oyer an ag.
gregate area Of S265 acres and did
damage to the amount Of S9l26. The
wet weather of last year greatly re-
duced tho losses. In the prairie re.
gion OF the western side Of tho State
dry, windy conditions were conducive
to the spreading OF fire during the
period from August TO November, and
los field prairie fires occurred, burn
ing over about 70, 900 acres, and caus.
ing damage OF Ss4,277. In the samo
territory in 1884 about 400. 600 acres
were burned over. Tho local wardens
controlled md extinguished many
fires. The State Warden had consult
cd manufacturers of locomotives in
the United States and England with
reference to the best spark nrroster.
1t is learned that no such device is
wholly efficient, as fine sparks arc Ol.
ways likely to escape.
The warden says that the 1000 Chip
pewa Indians that arc scattered
throughout Minnesota forests nre
more careful about extiuguishing their
forest fires than white people. Tho
greater number of fires are caused by
locomotive sparks, but the careless
farmer, burning over folds before
plowing, and the thrAshing machines
are also n source Of danger
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
"DRiNK AND PRAY"

The story is told of Highlander who built
tavern near Abbotsford and called 1t "The
Flodden Iun." He applied to Sir Walter
Scott for a motto for the sign board. The
novelist suggested "Dink, weary traveller;
drink and pray" The man objected TO his
house becoming kirk, arguing;
"The more praying there is, the less drink
ing there will be, and don't want that"
Sir Walter suggested the omission OF the
letter "r" In pray so that the motto might
read, Drink, weary traveller; drink and
pay" With this the "mine host" was de-
lighted, and hundreds OF his customers
found out to their bitter sorrow that whilst
drinking and paying go hand In hand, drink
ing and praying have not even bowling ao-
quair'ance.
The same is true everywhere.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

ings wear better when frequently
changed, and so on.
These selfsame rules apply to care
of the person. One who rinses her
mouth with listerine once a day, who
uses a clean, stiff brush freely on her
scalp every morning, who never fails
TO do her exercises beforea big plunge
bath, is sure TO have smaller bills with
the doctors and dentists than the wo.
man who neglects such details. None
of them are costly or difficulty, aud
they all mean increased beauty, ele-
gance and physical robustness. New
York Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
Seasickness Test.

Many people have a genuine curios-
ity to know if they should be seasick
in case they should take an ocean voy'
age. An easy way to put the matter
to a test is to stand before the ordin-
ary bureau mirror that turns in its
frame and let some one move it slowly
and slightly at first and gradually
growing faster while you look hxedly
at your own reflection. If you feel no
effect whatever from it the chances are
that you can stand an ordinary sea
voyage without any qualm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
Importance Of Forests.

Keeping up ft proportion of
forests TO arable land ia the prime
condition OF human health. II the
trees 60, men must decay. Whose
ever works for the forests works for
the happiness and perm anence of our
civilization. A tree may be an OBJ
struction, but it is never useless. Now
is the time TO work il we arc 20 be
blessed and not cursed by the people
of the twentieth and twenty-frst cen
turies. Tho Nation that neglecls
it's forests is surely destined to ruin. -
Hon. Elizur Wright.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

The Duke of Marlborough's first
gift to his American wife after their
homecoming was little Benheim
spaniel. 1t is traditional in the ducal
house of Marlborough that every
duchess shall possess, as her constant
companion, one of these small dogs.
The reason for this is that at the
battle OF Blenheim the first Duke was
attended by pet spaniel which never
left his heels for single moment
throughout the fight, and that after
tho battle, Sarah, the Dukes cele-
brated wife, adopted the brave little
animal, and would not be parted from
it again.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

Archdeacon Farrar gives in the London
Humanitarian some appalling facts In regard
to the effect and prevalence Of drunkenness
In England: "The number OF drunk and
disorderlY persons for twenty-five years is
no fewer than 4,26s, ,022, though not one In
twenty Of the drunkards are arrested.
Pauperism has extended enormously. but
the Chairman OF the Coventry Board Of
Guardians has never seen an abstainer come
10 the wOrkhouse for relief; the same is true
OF fifteen other workhouses."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
DooroRs LARGELY RrsPoNsIBLE.

American physicians are largely response
bic for the increased use OF all kinds OF
liquor among American women, says one OF
our contemporaries. They prescribe stimu-
lants In large number OF cases Of invalid
ism among women, with the inevitable re-
suit that, whether sRlutRry or not for tho
SICK the habit grows among the healthful.
1t is not a long step from hops to corn, from
the brew to the still.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
BRAVE SPANISH WOMEN.

The women who are fighting for the
Cuban cause are not the first women
who have fought the Spanlards in
battle. During the iniquitous op.
preston of the Netherlands by the
Spaniards in the sixteenth century it
was no uncommon event for the wo-
men to fight in defense of their native
town. When in 1872 Don Frederic,
at the head of large army, besieged
Haarlem, among the garrison that
defended the town were 30n women,
ga most efficient corps" says Motley,
EARNED with sword, musket and dag
ger. Their chief, Kenau Hasselaer,
was q widow of distinguished family
and unblemished reputation, about
forty-seven years of age, who, at the
head of her amazons participated in
many of the fercest contested actions
of the siege" Seven years later, at
the siege of Maestricht, the wome n were
of great assistance in making mines,
enrolling themselves into companies
under the direction of officers, or
"mine mistresses," as they were called
The service they rendered was inestl-
mable. At the repulse of the Span
iards from the walls of Alkmaar wo-
men, aud even children, exhibited q
like courage, assisting their husbands
and fathers in the desperate defense,
while at Antwerp "multitudes of wo.
men of all ranks were at work upon
the lines marked out by the engineer. y
History, indeed, gives many examples
OF such heroism, among which may be
mentioned the brave conduct of the
women at the defense OF Saragossa il
1908, when they took the places o.
their slain husbands or brothers a
the cannon side.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14

There l. moro Catarrh IN this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together
ana until tho last few years was supposed TO Z
inoura6le, For great many years doctors
pronounced IL local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing ic
euro with local treatment, pronounced IL In.
durable. Science has proven catarrh 20 be a
const tuttOnal disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by Il. j. Cheney a. Co.. Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the mar
TO q teaspOonful. IL acts directly on The blood
and mucous surf aces of The 81 stem. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case IL fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address h. J. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, o,
I Sold by Druggists, 75c.
1 Halls EumilV Pills ara The host
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
TO SCATTER ANTS.

II is said that when you are molested
by ants they may be destroyed by TAX
ing a quarter of pound of flour of
birthstone and two OF ounces OF potash,
putting them in an iron or earthen
dish and standing it over the fire until
they are dissolved and mixed together.
When cold rub the mixture into
powder, put little of the powder in
water and sprinkle IL around. Tho
ants will leave and not return.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
pRoD1EM OF WEIGHING EASILY so1vEr

PRoBLEM OF WEIGHING EASILY SOLVED.
Those who would like to test some
new recipe not infrequently ind them.
selves perplexed to accurately do the
measuring and weighing required.
The following schedule of equivalents
will in such cases be found very help.
full.
Wheat -four, one pound is one quart
Indian meal, one pound two ounces are
one quart; butter, when soft, one
pound is one quart; loaf sugar, when
broken, one pound is one quart; ten
eggs are one pound; flour, four pecks
are one bushel sixteen large teaspoon
fuls are one pint eight large teaspoon
fuls are one gill; four large teaspoon
fuls are half gill four gills are one
pint two pints are one quart; four
quarts are one gallon; one common
sized tumbler holds half q pint; COM
mon-sized wine glass holds half gill (;
teacup holds one gill; large wine
glass holds one gill a tablespoonful is
half an ounce; ten drops are equal to
one teaspoonful; four teaspoonfuls are
equal to one tablespoonful.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-10-14
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
. Krrp rur runNrrunr rRrsu.

TO KEEP THE FURNITURE FRESH.
An excellent furniture polish may
be made by thoroughly mixing one
part of raw linseed oil with two OF
turpentine. Apply vigorously with a
piece Of soft flannel after the furniture
has been carefully busted, Ladies'
Home Journal.