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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The invention OF Alabastine marked n new
era IN wall coatlngs, and from the stand
point OF the building owner was most I'M
portant discovery. II has from q small bo-
ginning hranched out into every country OF
the civilized world. The name "kalsomine"
has become so offensive TO property owners
that manufacturers OF cheap kalsomine
preparations are now calling them by some
other name, and attempting TO sell on the
Alabastine company's reputation.
Through extensive advertising and per-
sonal use, the merits OF the durable Alabas-
tine are so thoroughly known that the peo-
take no chance OF spelling their walls for a
possible saving OF az the most but n few
cents. Thus It is again demonstrated that
merit wins, and that manufacturers OF first
class articles will be supported by the people.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
Total Abstainers the Best workmen.

A. one place in England, where a large
amount OF brickmaking is carried on and
where the amount of each mans work, the
number Of days lost by sickness, or other
wise, and the deaths were made matters of
record, the rules Of the service allowed to
every man a mug Of beer at each meal.
But there were among the workmen quite
a number who wholly abstained from the
use of beer and every other Intoxicating
drink. An examination of the record
done per annum by the beer drinkers was a
large percentage less than that done by
those who wholly abstained, while the mum
Der of days lost by sickness was greater.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
The Choice of Floor Coverings.

For housewives of moderate means
with one servant, living in small
house or apartments, rooms can be
kept clean with less labor if the floors
or margins of them are stained and
the centre covered with rug, which
can be lifted every few weeks and
taken to the yard or roof and shaken
and thoroughly brushed. A good
Smyrna rug will stand hard wear for
ten years-longer than the best carpet
will present a respectable appearance.
For bedrooms, whether for city or
country, it has long been conceded
that mating is the best, cheapest and
most sanitary and artistic substitute.
Good mating will give satisfaction for
three years if turned once during that
time and wiped once month with q
cloth wrung out of warm water con-
tanning little soda.
1t is more than possible, however,
that mating, which has so long held
the field, will be superseded by COM
paratively new material called "hoor
fibre" 1t is as flexible as the best
Chinese mating, is neat and unob-
trusive in design, comes in many soft
colors, and can be sewed together and
bound like carpet. 1t forms one of
the best backgrounds for rugs, and, it
is said, will be largely used for dadoes
as well rs for ceilings. For hammock,
floor and piazza cushions it is cool,
durable and unrivalled from any point
of visw.-New York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The following is taken from the Christ
church paper;
After four years connection, l have come
to these conclusions:
l. That Il is bad business, morally and
physically, for those that engage In it.
2. / believe, from observation, that most
crimes are the direct results of indulgence
in liquor.
8. am convinced that more misery is
caused by drink in the home than by any
other agency.
4. | believe and know that drink degrades
a man, and eventually brings him to the
gutter.
liean.
q. liking for drink must lead to moral
decay. This l know from observation.
That the drinking customs of the people
are to blame for nine-tenths of the CONNER.
cial depression Thomas Stagpoole.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN
MANY WAYS.

Interesting Statistics Concerning the Use
OF spirituous Liquors During Hard
Times-Consumption of Beer Last Year
as Compared with Previous Years.
will, kind reader, your attention claim,
To show how drink affects the human frame.
II swells the liver to enormous size,
And gives the topper jaundiced face and
eyes;
The stomach also gets diseased by drink,
Its coatings thicken and its foldings shrink;
The gastric fluid soon its strength doth
lose
And bilious topers solid food refuse,
Till tremors strong their feeble members
seize,
Relax their nerves and lead TO heart dis
ease.
But most Of all does drink affect the brain
And often ends by making man insane.
What would old Socrates and Plato say
Could they return to enjoy the light OF day
And see us Christians, Natures gifts abuse,
Indulge the beastly appetites, and lose,
For vile indulgence, health and wealth and
life
Exchanging peace and happiness for strife?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
ReclDes.

hetiDess
Stewed Cherries-Wash half
pound of pitted cherries; then let them
soak all night; covering them with
cold water; in the morning put on to
cook, and when nearly tender add one
teacupful of granulated sugar; let sim
mer until the juice is rich; serve cold.
Rice Omelet-One teacupful of
boiled rice, pinch of salt, three eggs
beaten separately and then together,
and four tablespoonfuls of milk; have
your skillet hot, with melted butter;
pour the omelet in; as soon as it
browns fold and serve at once on a hot
platter.
Rye Breakfast Cake-One coffeecup-
full rye -four, one cupful wheat -four,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, half
teaspoonful of salt, half cupful mo-
lasses, one cupful of sweet milk. Sift
flour and yeast powder twice, then add
the salt, milk and molasses; beat light
and put in creased pan; bake in a
hot oven thirty minutes.
Gingerbr bread-One teacupful of
molasses, one teacupful of boiling
water, three teacupfuls of flour, one
tablespoonful of ginger, two table,
spOonfuls of butter melted, one tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in one
tablespoonful of boiling water, added
to molasses; then butter, seasoning,
boiling water, and lastly add the flour,
sitting slowly in, and beat all hard
bake thirty minutes.
Picnic Biscuits Dissolve a half cake
of compressed yeast in one cupful of
thin cream, add two cupfuls of warmed
flour and beat very thoroughly. Put
in warm place until well risen, then
add sufficient -four to make very soft
dough; divide into portions; roll each
portion to about one-half inch thick
ness. Spread one sheet of dough with
chopped figs or raisins, cover with the
other; cut into biscuits of fancy
shapes; allow them to rise until very
light, then bake.
Maple Sugar Drops-Maple sugar
drops are made by melting a pound of
maple sugar with a cup of water and
boiling the water until it is a creamy
ball Let it cool when the syrup
reaches this stage, and when you can
bear your finger in it begin stirring it.
When it is about tide consistency of
lard, knead it on marble board or a
platter until it is an even, smooth fon-
dant. Melt it by letting the bowl in a
pan of boiling water, and drop it by
the spoonful on buttered tins.
Raised Biscuits-Half pint OF
tepid water, half a pint of milk luke,
warm), one teaspoonful of sugar, hall
a teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoon.
full of melted butter, one-quarter of d
yeast cake dissolved in two-thirds of q
cupful of tepid water, three pints Of
-four; sift the -four, add salt, sugar
and yeast Then gradually beat in the
water and milk. 1t will make a stiff
batter, and should be beaten ten min
utes hard; let rise over night; in the
morning roll out and cut with biscuit
cutter; let rise one hour in the pans
and bake.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

An old cat loves a sunny corner and a long
nap, and this is natural and wise. The
genial warmth Of the sun lulls TO rest, and
while asleep, it may be curative TO the cats
few ailments Soreness and stiffness come
upon us suddenly and put the machinery Of
the body out Of gear. st. Jacobs Oil goes
suddenly to work upon the trouble, and with
its warmth, like warmth to the old cat, IL
bulls the pain to sleep, drives out the cold,
sotens the stiffened muscles, lubricates the
machinery, and in a short time puts the
whole body in good working order. Sore
ness and stiffness are not much 10 cure by
the use of st. Jacobs Oil, but, IL neglected,
they take the form OF rheumatism, which
gives a great deal more pain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
paris POLICE nrummcrs.

A corps of police drummers is to be
found in Paris. It's functions will be,
when riots are apprehended, to supply
to each Police Commissioner and In
spector drummer or drummers. The
beating by any of these men of the
drums will be equivalent to the read
ing of the "riot act" They are TO be
taught by the drum major of the Re-
publican Guard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

If you have rented property out for
whisky you had better get out of the bust
ness quick. The man that let's his property
for that is just as bad as the man that
passes the whisky over the bar. l believe
the curse of God rests upon that business,
and believe the time has come when the
church of God should come out and keep
itself unspotted from it. We do not want
to be allied to it or to anything else that is
not Legitimate or right.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
A vnst sum wor.e Thnn wasted.

temperance orator says that $685.
600 600 was expended for beer alone In the
population Of the United States was TO-
900 600 in 1886, this would be more than S12
per capita for every man, woman, and
child In the United States aud we all know
that there are lots Of children in the United
States who didn't have any beer at all last
year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, aud In
stantly takes the sting out of oorns and bum
Ions It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-ft-
ting or new shoes feel easy. IL Is a certain
Ing feet. Try IL to-day. Sold hv all druggists
and shoe stores. Bv mail for 25c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olm-
sted lie Roy n "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The horses of German cavalry regi-
ments are to be entirely shod with pa
per shoes, recent experiments as to
their durability and ightness having
proved very satisfactory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re.
Gently there has been placed in all the grocery
stores a new preparation called Grain-O made
The most delicate stomach receives 1t without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
It does not cost over quarter much.
Children may drink il with great benefit. 10
cts. and s5 cts. per package. Try it. Ask for
Grain-O.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02


Estimated cost in 1891 on the
same basis is................ 1884, ,913 ,3l4
The Grocer attributes these results to tho
hard timos which have, in its judgment,
made the people more abstemious than for
nerly; and It cites the fact that there has
been at the same time with the falling off
ing off in the consumption of tea and coffee.
II does not lay stress enough, however, we
think on the chance in the popular estimate
Of drinking. While there Is still n great
consumption Of ardent spirits, an1 fairly
good patronage of the numerous drunk
cures with which the country Is dotted,
II certainly is not as fashionable as It was
twenty Fears ago to drink TO excess. Dur
Ing the war and for some years thereafter
II was scarcely considered disreputable for
Il gentleman to get drunk on occasion; but
II certainly is so considered now. We find
this view of the matter indorsed substan-
TALLY, by the Boston Transcript which re-
produces most OF the Grocer's article and
says:
Hard times may have slight. effect
upon the drinking habits OF the people and
there are things, notably the bicycle, which
sxert a beneiicent influence; but we believe
that the habits of the people are vastly inn
proved upon what they were only few
years ago, and immensely better than they
were twenty-five or thirty years ago. The
fact is, as il seems to us, that the trend Of
sentiment and of practice is toward Austen
tion from intoxicants. There is still liquor
enough and more than enough drunk by
our people, but it is as nothing to what
they used to imbibe."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

During 1896 only one passenger was
killed for every 100, ,O00,00 miles OF
travel. The number Of railway en-
ployes killed uring the year was larger
than usual, being 31S.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
No-To-I,ac for FIttv Cents.

Over 10000 cured. Why not let No-To- Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Cure guaranteed. 90 cents and Sl.00 at all
druggists
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The DEVILS fastest friend and most help
ful ally is the liquor traffie.
Il is the high-liecnsed saloon that makes
the drinker, and the drinker makes the
dIunkard
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
leethin6, softens the gums. reducing infammR-
lion, allays pain cures wind collie. 25c "A bottle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

NJ. l.. Thompson & Co, Druggists. Couders-
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell Il, 75c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Some one recalls the fact that Caleb
Gushing would never wear dress suit,
as he said it made him feel uncomfor-
table.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Setrial bottle aud treatise free
DIR. X. II. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The Canadian Senate passed bill maxi
ing May "a a perpetual holiday, to be
known as Victoria Day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The following remarkable epitaph is
from tombstone in one of the rural
districts of Georgia:
che kept grocery in the woods
Until by death surprised;
His patrons always found his goods
just as he advertised"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The library of the late Secretary Of
the Treasury, William Window, has
been presented by his widow to the
free library of Winona, MINI.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02
A HEALTHY WIFE
Is q Husbands Inspiration.

A siclSly, half-dead-and-alive woman,
especially when she is the mother Of
family, is n damper to all ioyousness
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

The cinnamon tree has been successfully
introduced into the Biscayne Bay region Of
Florida
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Just try l0c. box OF Cascarcts, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

! could not get along without Piso's Cure
MoULToN, Needham, Mass, October %, 1891.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

CAscARETs stimulate liver kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; lOc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

When bilious or costive, cat Cascaret
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; l0c., CSC.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

Ifaffiictedwith sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at CSC. per bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

feeling of suffocation and alarm, she
must at once regain her strength.
IL matters not where she lives, she
can write n letter. Mrs. Pinkham,
of Lynn, Mass, will reply promptly
and without charge. The following
shows the power of Lydia f.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, accom-
panied witlNa letter of advice:
Dear Mr Pinkham:-I have suf-
fered for over V>Sp years with falling,
enlargement anR liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such n
weakened condition, caused me to flow
for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, / wrote to Nou
for advice. After using the treatment
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

in the home.
l sometimes
marvel at
the patience
OF some hus-
bands.
Ifawoman
finds that
her energies
are tagging
and that
everything
tires her,
her sleep is
disturbed
by horrible
dreams,
and that
she often
wakes sud-
denly in the
nfnhf xsyif1, N
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-02

II is a trite saying that "there is no great
loss without some small gain" and its truth
is Illustrated by some facts and figures
which the American Grocer publishes in a
recent issue. The loss I'm the case is due TO
hard times and the gain, according to the
Grocer, is in the diminished consumption
of all kinds of beverages, especially spiritu-
Gus ones, The Grocers figures show that
II ,2G3 900 people used less spirits in 1896
than 5S. $50 600 did In 1887, the amounts
being, respectively, for 1896, n ,05l ,S7T gal
Ions and n ,O64, 1888 in 1887. About II, ,0O0,-
900 gallons are used annually in the arts,
manufactures and medicine which leaves
about GO 000 900 gallons for use as a bever-
age
There was n falling Off. too, last year in
the consumption OF beer as compared with
1891 and 1892 equal TO about one gallon per
capita. In domestic wines there was fall
ing of as compared with 1888 OF about one
half, though the population had meanwhile
increased more than IL SOC, 900; while in inn
ported wines the falling of, as compared
with 1893, was fully one-half and as COM
pared with 1898 more than /, 500 900 gallons
The Grocer tabulatcs its results as follows:
Beer (domestic). )......... .... S53S, 662, ,S57
Beer Qmported) .............. $500, ,531
Whisky exclusive of quantity
used in nrts) ................ 27O, 900 900
Wines (domostic) ............. 29,199,5l4
Wines Imported. 20, $50, $50
Grand total. ....,.......... 1851, ,693, ,632
Estimated cost in 1892 on the
same basis. ................s1, 900, ,ss4 ,277
Estimated cost in 1891 on tho
same basis ................. 1884, ,sls ,Sl4
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-28

talned, the bank will avoid the APP
pointment of receive. and the ex-
pensos and delay attendant upon a re-
Ownership avoided.
Il have studied the plan submitted
with care, md am of the opinion that
the creditors of the bank. the trust
company, and MIR. Singerly Will be bet
ter cared for than by any method
which can be devised in which all the
assets represented by his various inter-
ests are handled under different
agencies. Such n division of RESPONSE
bility and of assets, would necessarily
entail disputes and result in expensive
litigation, as the rights of this or that
one in the property interests represent
ed by him. II would also jeopardlze
the value Of the assets which is most to
be looked for for the payment of the
obligations due from the institutions
with which he was connected and
from himself. The Importance of
whatever action the creditors take be-
ing quickly determined, arises from the
wisdom of not permitting any asset to
he unnecessarily dissipated or any of
the good will of the valuable property
In which Mr.. Singerly Is interested, lost.
The situation is now In the hands of
the creditors, and / believe that In
following the plan Outlined. the end nNl
fully justify their relying upon con-
sentative management OF those VINO
have heretofore been successful in I'M
dertaking large financial matters"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-28
WILL sTARvE THE DEER.
That is What DIR. Nansen Says of the Plan
to ship Them to AIaska.

Bnghampton, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-Dr.
Nansen, the Arctic explorer. was asked
what he thought of the plar of bring
ing reindeer for taking relief to the
Klondike miners. He said If the rein
deer We're taken overland across the
country they would probably reach
Alaska In time to accomplish the de-
sired object, and If they could reach
Alaska they would be of great assist
ance In the relief work. The difficulty.
however, would be to get the deer
transported DIR. Nansen said the
moss on which the reindeer fed was
about the only food they would eat,
and they would stnrve before they
would eat much of anything else. They
had sometimes been trained to eat
bread, but not very successfully.
While there was an abundance of
moss in Norway, he thought 1t would
be impossible to gather 1t in such
quantities as would be necessary for
the feeding OF 500 deer in transportation
from Norway to Alaska. The deer
themselves seemed to know how to
gather II better than human beings. He
believed that IL 500 reindeer were
shipped from Norway 1t would be i'm
possible to keep more than small
percentage of them alive until Alaska
should be reached. According to his
opinion Iceland horses would be better
for this work, for they would subsist
on the moss of the Arctic regions and
also on hay or other provender. They
were also hardy and would do the
work after they reached Alaska almost
as well as the deer. 1t would be
much easier to transport them. he said.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-28
BoorH-TUOKEn COLONIES.
The Commander Coming West to Start
Those in California.

New York, Dec. 2s.--Commander
Booth Tucker has started forCalifornia
to complete the work of founding the
first of the Salvation Army colonies in
this country at Soledad. near Monterey.
Most of the cottages have already been
built and the work of cultivation is well
under way. No families have yet
been installed on the farm of 500 acres,
but numerous applicants are ready to
start the moment Booth Tucker
reaches San Francisco The COM
mander said that there was no doubt
that the experiment would prove
great success Claus Spreckels. he
said, IL erecting a million-dollar beet
sugar factory in the Immediate neigh
borhood. which will be able to con-
sumo all that they can produce and as
many more farms as they may care
to start in the neighborhood
Il shall spend several weeks In the
West and take look at our Colorado
farm in the Arkansas valley before
/ return" continuedCommander Booth
Tucker "A delegation Of men con-
nected with n timing establishment in
Chicago recently came to me and asked
that ] establish a farm near that city.
They We're not out of work. but said
they would rather go into something
that promised n permanent occupation
than be where they Were"