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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Rev. DIR. Stevenson, who, In 1890,
went to Point Barrow TO establish o
school and missionary station under
the auspices Of the Presbyterian board
Of home missions, returned from the
North recently and is stopping at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel He is accom-
panied by three native children he is
taking East to be placed in school
for advanced education.
"The school was established the
first year 1 arrived here" said DIR.
Stevenson, land it has continued with
the most gratifying results. The ma
tive took great interest in it and, in
fact, in every thing we tried TO do for
them. They are an intelligent people
and it did not take them long TO real
ize that our efforts were for their ben
eft and they became attentive and apt
scholars. The school had an average
attendance of forty daily Along with
the school religious services we're held
aud on Sunday mornings from 100 To
40 were at the meetings that were
at the meetings that were held in Q
room not over sixteen feet by twenty
five feet. At the evening services
there would be about 100 of the ma
tives, and at the Wednesday night
prayer meetings from 1876 to 140
"The Eskimos," he continued, 'art
the most honest people that can bt
found, Locks are unknown among
them, and, in fact, such articles are
not wanted there. 1 often left my
house for days at time, leaving the
door wide open, and, though the ma
tives walked in and out as they pleased
and examined articles that were valu
able in that country aud lying about
none of them we're taken. / was al
ways well treated by them, even b,
the tribes that were said TO be orue
and fierce. carried no weapons anC
never had occasion to use one. "-SaI
Francisco Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
TRICKY FALCON ISLAND.
1t Has Way of Disappearing Soon After
Its Annexation.

Far away out in the deep Pacific
Ocean exists a small strip of land
which shows that it has decided
spirit and sweet little will of its own,
for it will not undergo allegiance to
any country. Governments often ex-
perience considerable trouble in pre-.
serving the allegiance of peoples they
have conquered, but as a rule piece
of property or real estate has been
looked upon as likely to remain in the
same place for q considerable period
of time.
This little island, which has received
the name of Falcon Island, proves an
exception to the rule, however. No
sooner has it been annexed than it
disappears off the face of the globe,
leaving only dangerous reef to indi-
cate its former whereabouts, and COM
ing up in a few years time, when the
country which has performed the an
nexation has given up all claims.
Our old friend, John Bull, always
on the watch to increase the imperial
empire, was the first to encounter it,
In 1889 the British corvette Egeria
was sent on cruise among the South
Islands, with orders from the British
Admiralty to seize upon any islands
or coral reefs that had hitherto been
unclaimed, and to take possession in
the name of the Queen. Cruising
around shecg gnoticed from afar off a
prominent island, toward which she
sailed. Tall palm trees were growing
on its southern extremity, which was
commanding bluff, rising $50 feet
from the level of the sea.
Having reported the results of his
voyage to the Admiralty, next year
they sent out a transport ship with
orders to make further discoveries
and reports. What was the dismay OF
the Captain of the Egeria, who hap
pened TO be in command of the trans
port, on arriving at the place where he
had the year before left the island
sporting the union jack, TO find that il
had disappeared from view! Instead
of the beautiful island standing out Sc
prominently from the ocean, was q
low and dangerous coral reef, with the
sea beating and surging up against it
Two years later France, also seized
with the inordinate desire of annexin(
new territory, sent the cruiser Du
chaffault TO the Pacific. Cruising
around she found her way to Falcon
There, instead of finding a sunke1
reef, whitened with the foam of tn,
breakers, the vessels crew discovered
an island the exact shape of tht
island found by the English corvette
in 1889
Scarcely two years had passed ava
when a brig sent out by France t
revisit her possessions found her wa,
to Falcon Island. 1t had again dis
appeared, it being simplya reef dan
gerous to navigation Whereupol
France was obliged to give up al
rights of possession. New York Hel
aid
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Hoods Pills Safs Soaanas: naGssa iPPatsGsson PFas St.
A Cooking Boz of Wood.

The various experiments made with
solar engines by the French in Al
geria, where the sun shines at all
times and with great power, have
been attended in some instances with
marked success. The best apparatus
is stated to be a simple arrangement
of boiler and concave mirror, the
steam generated being condensed in
. coiled tube rurrounded by water,
this being intended for distilling
water merely. But in India an in
ventor named Adams has contrived
some machines by which more varied
results are accomplished One of
these is what is termed a cooking
box, made of wood and lined with re-
hecting mirrors, at the bottom of the
box being a small copper boiler COW
cred with glass to retain the heat of
the rays concentrated by mirrors upon
the boiler. In this contriyance any
sort of food may be quickly cooked,
the result being stew OF boil if the
steam is retained, or, if allowed to
escape, it is a bake. The heat, with
this device, may be augmented indef
nitely by increasing the diameter o.
the box.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

ring in meal. fed several pigs
through the winter wholly ON this,
with the exception of daily throwing
in of uncooked Hubbard squash. The
animals did fairly well under this reg.
linen, but the gain from the invest
ment was not sufficient to warrant a
repetition. The beans, after soaking
for twenty-four hours, we're so i'm
proved in appearance that with very
little hand picking they were usually
in good condition for family use, the
defects being mostly but stains on the
surface, which were removed by the
water When, therefore, beans are
high priced, the poor man might save
a penny when he can buy this class by
the barrel at the usual price at which
they are sold, viz, about one cent a
quart The pea waste which is left
from those raise for seed purposes, q
mass of halves, small sized, skin
cracked or rotten peas, have been
able to utilize with results that were
much more satisfactory; for whereas
hogs, if not brought pretty near to the
borders of starvation, will not eat
beans unless accompanied with other
food they always welcome peas.
My way of preparing them is first to
soak, or rather sink them in water,
when the rotten ones rise to the sur
face and are easily skinned of. By
pouring the peas into the water rather
than water on to the peas, and in
either case giving them little stirring,
| find 1 am able to secure large pro.
portion of the rotten ones. After soak.
ing the peas twenty-four hours the
water is drained off, aud boil them
to n soft, pulpy condition. In the
pea-growing countries 1 understand il
is the practice to feed after they are
soaked and swollen without cooking,
but as the waste am handling is old,
and as 1 utilize heat that would other.
wise be wasted, Iprefer to cook them.
My hogs, which average 200 pounds
live weight, eat heartily six quarts
each of this waste, measured when dry
daily, aud grow like weeds, weighing
considerably more than one of the
same lot kept by my neighbor, who
feeds his on the mixture of cornmea
and shorts. AS the peas fed would
otherwise be thrown on the dung heap
the cost of feeeing them is merely the
labor attending it.-J. J. H. Gregory
Marblehead, in New York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Drawing Sand on Gardens.

That the texture of heavy soils may
be greatly improved by intermixing
them with sand has long been under
stood. 1t is not much practiced, how
ever, because even where sand can be
had near the field to be benefited by
it the work of loading, drawing and
spreading it is enormous in proportion
to the benefit. Most of the advantages
of making clay soil more mellow and
less retentive of water are secured by
running underdrains through the
piece. Yet it is a fact that melons
will grow much better in sandy soil
than they can be made to do on clay,
however mellow the soil be made. A
half load of sand brought and dumped
where a melon hill is to be, and prop
erly fertilized, will bring better melons
than can be grown without it. Whether
this will pay is more doubtful. We
saw it done once, the man making the
experiment having plenty of sand
thirty rods away from his garden,
which was heavy soil. The work was
done mostly in the winter, and each
load of sand was spread into two
squares of seven by eight feet each,
in the middle of which the melon hill
was planted the following spring. But
though good many loads were drawn
into the garden, the addition of SC
much sand did less to make the gar
den soil friable than did the good un.
derdrain which the farmers son after.
wards put under it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Ixeenlnr Mineral FcrtIlIser..

There ought to be no trouble in
keeping mineral fertilizers until spring
in good condition for drilling or put
ting in the hill if you put it in a dry
place. So far from losing its effective
ness we think the phosphate will be
more effective than when it came from
the factory. We have often used new
phosphate and have generally found it
so moist that it is hard to drill, but
when kept six months the phosphate
will be dried out, and while less in
weight will for that reason have its
fertilizing properties in more concen-
trated form. We usually kept bags or
barrels of phosphate in a room adioin-
ing the horse stable. No doubt the
sulphuric acid in phosphate united
with the ammonia from the horse
manure. But if we had this to do
over again we should mix the phos-
phate with either COW or horse manure,
trusting that its sulphuric acid would
unite with the ammonia of the manure
pile and with the lime of its original
compound. 1t is possible every win
ter, we believe, to thus mix phosphate
and manure together and reduce them
both to a condition of fine powder.
Such fertilizer will, we believe, be
more effective on any crop than either
the manure or the phosphate used
separately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

A lady writing to Canadian paper says,
81 was appalled, by the terrible drinking
habits INDUCED in by the passengers while
coming over on an Atlantic liner from
Liverpool TO Montreal. and the method OF
the stewards and stewardesses and other
steamship employees In inducing them to
drink. For instance, in speaking from q
woman's standpoint, when lady first suf.
fers from seasickness liquor is at once sug-
gested as a remedy, and usually tho poor
victims fall into the trap, and, supposing
she has the money, she will bo kept In that
condition for days. The stewardess, it is
said gets a good margin OF the PROFITS for
what she procuros az a great favor Tor hef
sick ladies, and the prices on all drinks
are more than double those usually charged
on shore. English bottled pale ales were
the favorites, next to stouts, as common
drink on the boat, not to mention the more
expensive liquors, wines and other mixtures,
which were served even to men in their
cabins when wanted. 1t is very hard to OBJ
tain any temperance drinks, and even then
a small bottle OF ginger ale cost sixpence-
twelve cents.
"Two days before landing one poor woman
out OF the steerage excited tho interest and
compassion OF many as she lay stretched
on deck for two days and one night, wrapped
In blankets. Poor thingp and other ex-
pressions OF pity accompanied the placing
OF many bit OF dainty food or fruit before
her, of which she took not the slightest
notice. Later on 1t was discovered, that
she was SOLDERING up, having been placed
there to hasten the process by the doctors
orders.
CHOW can such things bo countenancedp
Unfortunately. was told, on good author
lty, the actual tslxings at the bar on every
trip across averaged from $4,000 upward.
This was told to gentleman by tho bar
tender himself. The ship was a floating
saloon, open all day Sunday, there being
no perceptible difference on that day in re-
spect to the liquor drinking.
much indignation was caused too, by
the taking OF a sitting room, advertised for
the use OF lady passengers, and devoting 1t
to purposes of gambling. Though an
nounced on land as a ladies room, 1t was
known on board as the card ROOM In
passing the half f-curtained door frequently
saw stacks of money being gambled for
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
TN MANY WAYS.

self-Conquest - A Floating Saloon - A
Lady's Observations of the Drinking
Indulged in by Passengers In the At
lantic Iines-Captain Crawford's Toast
You may win your way II you will, my
friend,
You may conquer as others did,
You may storm the citadel still, my friend,
Where fortune and fame lie hid.
The heroes whose names you read. my
friend,
Are commonplace folks like you,
And they never have done n deed, my
friend,
That you may not also do.
But there Is a knowledge OF right, my
friend,
In which you must needs be versed
That 10 you would win in the fight, my
friend,
Yourself you must conquer flrst.
And here is n thought to think, my friend,
And ponder on day by day,
You must conquer tho habit Of drink, my
friend,
Before you can win your way.
Sacred Hart Review,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Captain Jack Crawrord's Toast.

The following is a reply made by Captain
Jack Crawford, the poet scout, to young
lady at banquet who had asked him "to
drink a toast to the ladies':
"Miss -, you little know what dihi-
cult task you have given me; nevertheless,
II can recall toast that l once heard de-
livered by reformed man, will try to
give it to you. 1t was n toast to woman,
to be drunk, not in that which may bring
her husband reeling home to abuse where
he should love and cherish, send hor sons
to drunkards' graves. and, perhaps, her
daughters to lives of shame. No, not in
that, but rather in Gods life-giving water,
pure as her chastity, clear as her intu-
itions, bright as her smile, sparkling as the
laughter of her eyes, strong and sustain
ing as her love. In the crystal water
will drink to her, that she remain queen
regent in the empire she has always won,
grounded deep as the universe in love,
built up and enthroned in the homes and
hearts OF the world. will drink to her
who in childhood clasps our little hands
and teaches us the first prayer TO the
great Father; who comes to us In youth
with good counsel and advice, and who
when our feet go down into the dark
shadows, smooths the pillow Of death as
no other can; to her who is Gods last, but
Gods best, gift to mani drink health in
Gods own beverage, cold, sparkling
water"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
A Word of Advice.

In sermon delivered in st. Andrew s
Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Mich, recently,
the Rev. John A. Schmitt spoke as follows;
"Do not have liquor in your home in sight
OF the children. You may say that you
need 1t as a medicine, but the drug stores
are near enough in case OF necessity. You
do not need to make a saloon out Of your
homes for fear Of possible emergency.
Give good example to the young. Take
the pledge yourself, and let the most
prominent place on the parlor wall be
given 10 your framed pledge Of abstinence.
"Let everyone lend his influence to
stamp-out this terrible evil lofiHtemperance.
Do not merely bewail the general ruin
wrought by the curse. Take an active part
In preventing, or at least opposing, the
evil. Say not, 4 can't You eau and must
Every word, every effort. helps, 1t is only
by united and continual effort that any
good Is accom- plished in this world"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.

10 SUN y NONAs
For the stufiing Of six-pound fowl
use n quart of stale crumbs OF bread
rubbed into fine crumbs and seasoned
with tablespoonful of salt, scant
teaspoonful Of pepper, one each of
summer savory and chopped parsley,
and half one of powdered sage. Rub
half cupful of butter lightly through
the bread crumbs. Fill the bowl with
this stufing at the vent and crop and
truss it into shape. Rub it rather
thickly with butter, dredge it thickly
with flour, and roast il on a rack in q
hot oven or in rooster. It will re-
1uire two hours roasting if it weighs
six pounds. Baste it every fifteen
minutes with the liquid in the pan,
and dredge it lightly with -four and a
mere dash of salt and pepper.
To make the giblet gravy place in
a quart of water the neck and tips of
the wings, which are usually trimmed
off; the skinned legs, the heart, the
liver and gizzard, and let them sim
mer while the fowl is roasting. When
the liquid is done it will be reduced in
quantity about one-half. Strain this
in the dripping pan after the fowl has
been removed and add it TO the giblet
water
All the giblets except the liver are
properly the portion of the cat or dog.
The liver should be chopped and ad-
ded to the gravy with two even table
spoonfuls of -four mixed to thin paste
in cold water. Stir the gravy after
adding this thickening and let it boil
for five or six minutes; then pour it
into sauceboat and serve. New York
Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
holding tho Fort,

Paris, the home Of unique happen
ings as we'll as unique ideas, has r.
Gently been treated to q laugha,
little contest between an agent end\
tenant, in which the latter was fortul,
nate enough to win.
The owner of large block Of fats
decided to tear town the structure to
make way for new one. He notified
the tenants to vacate by October 18th.
but later decided to shorten the time
to July 10Th. All the occupants Of
the building consented to move upon
the payment of 5000 apiece, with the
exception Of one man in the rear Of the
third floor. This tenant resolutely
held out to the original date, October
10th, as his just right.
The gas and the water in the con-
demned structure we're cut OF, aud all
the floors above the third were
demolished; the complacent man pro-
tected his damaged ceiling with tar
paulin. When the staircases were re-
moved a ladder answered for the obsti-
nate gentleman's means Of entrance
and exit. To add to the humor of the
the situation he inscribed Comfort
able fiat to sub-let" across the front of
his fat.
Finally the contractor was obliged
to stop work and the proprietor was
forced to come to the tenants terms,
by the payment of over $2500, which
sum was claimed for the breach Of the
original contract.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
utilizing Waste Beans and Peas.


We seed dealers at the beginning of
every season have more OF less of
beans and peas ON our hands, whose
percentage of vegetation is too low to
make them of any value for seed pur-
poses, while they are too good to
throw away. These are usually util-
lied either by selling them to the
grocerymen, who handle them as col
ored beans, or to the farmers to feed
to sheep. In my own disposing of
them l have usually had them ground
and then fed to my COWS and horses.
As beans are apt to cling to the mill
stones $50 my miller tells me), they
are ground with two or three times
their bulk of corn. My horses will
not eat the bean meal, while the cows
relish both bean and pea meal. Either
of them is exceedingly rich feed, hav-
ing a larger proportion of the flesh
forming constituent (protein) than
corn, while peas are also valuable for
fattening animals, as our Canadian
neighbors we'll know, though inferior
in this respect to corn. The fat made
from peas is winter in color than that
from corn, as can be readily seen by
comparing. Canada fattened turkeys
with those raised in the States. As a
milk producer, bean meal is a great
favorite with those dairymen who are
so fortunate as to be able to obtain a
supply of old beans at as low a figure
as corn sells at. Like all very rich
foods, bean meal should be fed with
discretion; a wise proportion, incline
to believe, is but little more than car
be safely fed of cottonseed meal if the
feeder intends to keepa good COW.
There is another kind of bean and
pea waste which / have been using
more or less for the last forty years
that believe is but rarely used t.
the best advantage; indeed, in many
signed to the dung heap. L refe,
TO the waste from new beans ant
peas. That of which have spok Ell
previously is the waste caused by age
the peas and beans being as sound a
ever, but simply too old; that which
now speak of is the was g picked
riddled and winnowed out a. them {
make them in condition to be sold a
seed. This waste is made up of tn
half beans and peas, and that small
grade which passes through the wire
of the sieyes used in racking and win
moving, and the sprouted, ski
cracked, rotten or otherwise defectiv
ones whioh are hand picked out. Thi
class of waste is confined mostly t
the growers and the Wholesale dealer
in beans who contract for the GRO
just as winnowed, and do their ow
sorting and hand picking. Sue
waste cannot be ground, as there
too much foul stuff among it to mai
it healthy food.
There are two ways by which it CO
be utilized, by feeding to sheep Just
it is, leaving it TO the instinct of Il
animal to reject the rotten peas, or |
feeding it to pips, in which case it I
quires some manipulation My fir
experience in utilizing beans was wi
the hand-pieked waste of the wholesa
grocers. Purchasing about TWEEN
bushel of these at about twenty-fi
Gel IS a bushel, L put the quaint
nee led for the next days. feeding
soa, over night, the next day cook
them with a quantity of beef scrap II
til they were soft, and while the ma
was sealding hot thickened it by sti
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

simultaneously a young Cornish
lady had three suitors, representing
the church, the army and the navy.
The reverend gentleman had a great
advantage over his rivals, being al
ways con the spot" Referring to his
rivals in conversation with the lady on
one occasion, he made the highly
interesting observation that there
we're '1and rats and water rats" 'And
cu-rats," retorted the lady. Need
less to say the parson had to look else
where for a wife.-London News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Although the slave trade is not
tolerated in the British Empire, it
would appear from statements in the
Cape Times that something very like
a "slave mart" has been definitely es-
tablished at Cape Town. The Bechu-
ana prisoners are offered their free
dom on condition that they will work
on farms, and consequently these
prisoners are examined just like bales
of goods or herds of cattle, and the
farmers quite enter into the spirit of
the thing and 60 around the market
scanning the men, and Sorting out
those of the larger size"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Temperance News and Notes.

Love of God and love of drink do not
agree.
Drink makes necessary great number
OF our orphan asylums.
If soeiability endangers your temporal
aud eternal welfare, don't be 50 foolish as
to be sOciable.
Australia has ruled out barmaids. Those
now in service may be registered and IL
eensed, but no more can be engaged.
Drink destroys the happy home life
which Is part of the joy OF childhood
What child can be happy whose home Is
cursed by the blighting influence OF drunk
ennessl
One hundred persons took the pledge re-
Gently, at a meeting OF st. Peters Tota
Abstinence Society, Oshkosh Wis. More
than sixty OF them took the pledge for life
and none for less than year.