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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
Household Hints.

To remove paint from window glass
rub little vinegar on the spots.
Good carpets should be brushed
daily with an ordinary sweeper, and
once a week with common broom.
An excellent furniture polish is
made by mixing turpentine with bees
wax to the consistency of a thick
cream.
A stale loaf may be freshened by
dipping it in scalding water for an in
slant, and then placing it in the oven
until dry.
In case of fire quickly close all doors
and windows to check the draught, as
this may enable you to confine the fire
to a single room.
A cup of cold-boiled rice may be
added to your breakfast mullins or
waffies, making them lighter, more
easily digested and more palatable.
All cold mashed potatoes should be
saved for croquettes or potatopuff. The
latter is an admirable dish for luncheon.
One cupful of mashed potatoes will
make six croquettes or a good-sized
puff.
Stains on white flannel are hard to
remove. The best way is to mix to-
gether equal parts of the yoke of egg
and glycerine, apply it to the stains
and allow it to soak for half an hour or
so before the article is washed.
Wash fatirons occasionally with
warm water to every two quarts of
which has been added half teaspoon
full of melted lard. Wipe the irons
thoroughly and set them in a warm
place till perfectly free from mois-
ture.
To prevent colored things from run.
ming, boil a quarter pound of soap un.
til nearly dissolved; then add a small
piece of alum and boil it with the soap:
wash the things in this lather, but do
not soap them. If they require sec.
ond water, put alum in that also, as
well as the rinsing blue water.
Milk is an excellent substitute for
soap in washing dishes, 1t not only
softens the hardest water and gives
dishes a clear, polished look, but it
preserves the hands from chapping. 1t
also prevents a greasy scum from ap.
pearing on the top of the water. The
quantity of milk to use is half a cup
full to dishpan half full of very hot
water.
The drying of clothes in frosty
weather is sometimes, in the case of
delicate fabrics, attended with tearing,
because of the quick stifFening in the
very cold air A simple preoaution
which will prevent any such trouble is
to dissolve three or four handfuls of
coarse salt in the last rinsing water,
thus making it, in fact, a weak brine.
Articles so rinsed will not suffer from
or stiffen with the cold.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
Plants For The ChiIdren.

While it is desirable to have plant,
solely for the children at all seasons
they are especially appreciated during
the winter months, when the incle.
mency Of the weather necessitates
more or less confinement indoors.
Then there is the happiness of owner
ship. The gift of single plant OF
bulb to the child will afford much
pleasure, and may teach valuable les
sons in plant growth
Take, for instance, the sacred lily,
so admirably adapted for study when
grown in water, for then the root sys-
tenn, too, may be studied without in
terfering with its growth. First tiny
roots are thrown out from the bulb
The latter is sometimes regarded as
part of the root, but il is really a part
of the stem, thickened and packed
with food TO sustain the embryo leaves
and blossoms until the plant shall have
made sufficient root growth to gain
nourishment from the water or soil.
Then come the long leaves, the clus-
ters of buds, each cluster carefully
wrapped in n brownish sheath to pro-
tect it from harm, and finally comes
the crowning glory in the expansion
of the flowers, showing on an extend
ed and much more complicated plan
the tiny scales found at the base of
the petals in some plants, as the but
tercup, and concealing the supply of
nectar.
The hyacinths are as easily grown
in water, and afford as instructive a
lesson in plant growth, and as beauti-
ful and fragrant an ornament for the
room or dining table. True, growing
any bulb in water is an exhaustive
drain upon it-much more than when
grown in soil-but as teacher of sub
terranean growth it has well repaid all
expenditure, and if placed in the
ground the following spring it will in
a year or two recuperate and come in
to a good blooming condition, supply
ing numerous offshoots in the mean
time. Bessie L. Putnam.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
A Nihilist's Deanition of NihlIism,

was so fortunate as to meet an
Americanized Russian who has been
instrumental in bringing more of his
people to this country than any other
person. He had been a medical stu
dent in Russia, became connected with
nihilist plot, was suspected, arrested,
and sentenced to Siberia, but made his
escape, and came to this country five
years ago. He at once took steps to
become naturaiized, and now, as DIR.
@. @. Young, is an American citizen,
intensely proud of his adopted coun-
try, enthusiastic concerning its insti-
tutions, particularly its liberty of
speech, and is able to converse in ex-
cellent English wholly acquired since
coming here.
ga nihilist," said DIR. Young, sis
not an anarchist, nor even socialist
He is merely one who desires with all
his heart, and above everything else
in the world, the liberty of speech and
action that is the birthright of every
living soul, and which is guaranteed
to every American by the Constitution
of the United States. Oh, you Ameri-
cans should be the very happiest people
on earth, for you have everything that
the rest of the world is striving to
gain. Kirk Munroe, in Harper's
MAGAZINE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
The Philosophy of Temperance.

There is much wisdom to be gathered
from the outcome of this samo temperance
movement, says the New World Of Chicago.
IL Is this: Public wrong sentiment can be
changed to public right sentiment. An
evil, though it may be threatening and all
perVading, can be lessened through con-
slant and heroic effort. It takes long
time, whole generation, sometimes two,
possibly into the third. Agitation against
natural Vices produces little impression on
the first generation. Their disfavor Is
olearly shown. 1t breaks out In taunts,
riiicule and invective. After some years
OF lighting, the taunts, ridicule, and invec-
tive are silenced, and that is q great ad-
vance, the first telling victory. The worst
cd VIII not surrender; they think too much
OF their individual liberty to capitulate
But here the workers OF reform can take
most decided stand against the young, in
coming generation. They will listen, argue
weigh and finally consider. In them Is
wanting the prejudice OF their forefathers,
They can be talked to about blessings, re-
suits, consequences. And though many,
possibly more than half OF the whole, may
be irreformable, still the showing will be
good. Another stand is taken against the
third incoming generation, and 1t is here
that the Fighters for the right" may hope
to gain decisive victory.
People may and do say: "It will do no
good, where Is the user" the end twill
never be reached" etc. 1t will do good, IL
Is of use, the end will be reached. It may
take t~ssty. thirty, forty years, but the
nnai UAtcome is unquestionable. The
criticism OF the first generation can be ST.
leneed; the attention OF the second secured:
md the surrender Of the third guaranteed.
tbe most pessimistic can rely upon that
much gain though in many cases the gain
Is much greater.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

dicate that the hen is too fat and the
organs are crowded
The late Matched chickens should
be fattened for the table, for they
will be worthless for laying or breed
ing stock
A full feed of corn, all they will eat,
just before going TO roost, will ill the
gizzards of the fowls and aid in main
tanning animal heat.
We do not believe it pays to wait
until cold and stormy weather is upon
us before providing the proper shell
ter protection of the poultry, but many
do.
If any broilers are to be raised for
market the incubator must be brought
into use or the business cannot be
conducted on large enough scale to
make the effort profitable.
A lot of frosted combs not only
causes tie hens to look unsightly. but
is also very improbable to the breeder.
Frosted combs and eggs cannot be
found in paying quantities in the same
pen.
The best way to learn to care for
large number of hens is to start with
a small pen; then by giving them lots
of attention and carefully watching
and studying them, they will teach
you rapidly and well.
The morning ration of warm mash
always should be given as soon as the
fowls can see to eat it. At noon, two
quarts of wheat scattered in the litter
is sufficient for fifty fowls. Feed grain
literally at night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Good food is positive economy.
Milk for young ducks is safer il
boiled.
If you chop vegetables for the hens
chop them fine.
Bear in mind that in breeding, like
begets like.
Boiled oats are recommended for
making hens lay.
Pepper is stimulant and not food,
and must be carefully fed.
Millet seed in small quantities may
proftably be fed to hens.
Too much fed produces laziness and
laziness produces disease in hens.
Oil cake, mixed with corn, oats and
bran' is excellent for molting hens.
When a hen does not sit her time
out, look for lice, mites or bedbugs.
Rye is not recommended for hens.
Unless very hungry they will not eat
it.
e drinking water and clear yards
will do a great deal toward preventing
gapes.
The man who permits geese to roost
IN barn does not care much for
cleanliness.
One ounce of ground bone to each
fowl, every third day, is what our
poultryman feeds.
You cannot raise feas and chickens
m the same hen house and be success
'ul with the latter.
Blood on eggs is pretty sure to in
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
Two Potential NIarors.

The Lord Mayor of London pre-.
sides over only a small section in
about the centre of London, embrac-
ing principally the financial part, with
only 23s, 900 inhabitants, yet he is sur
rounded by pomp and state, equal
to the potentates of some countries.
Mayor Van Wyck, although he pre-
sides over 3,737, 79S subjects, sits at
his plain roll-top desk, with no uni
formed attendant save policeman.
There are virtually $4,000 employees
under him and he controls salary
patronage of nearly SIS, 900, 900 and
nearly $50, 900 will be expended
under him during his four years Of
Office. Success.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
soft-soaping the troubled waters

The steamship Gera, of the North
German Lloyd Line, which arrived
here yesterday, tried novel method
to quell the waves which were
threatening the ship during a severe
storm. Instead of pouring oil on the
angry waves a combination of oil and
soft soap was used with success. The
ship left Bremen on January ], and on
January 6 encountered strong head
gales. The waves came up to the
promenade deck. Captain Miessel
had on a board a quantity of soft soap
aud some heavy lubricating oil. He
ordered the soft soap and oil be
poured out through two three.inch
outboard drain pipes and after con-
tinuing this for three hours the re-
suit was that the sea became compare
lively calm in the vicinity of the yes
sci. During the storm one of the yes
sells iremen had both legs fractured
and two other sailors and one steerage
passenger received slight injuries.
The Gera had on board eight cabin
aud 255 steerage passengers. New
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
a Beautlful elrl,. Amlclinn.

From ne Republican, Versailles, mi
The fuckers Of Versailles, Ind. like al
fond parents, are completely wrapped up
In their children. Their daughter Lucy. in
particular, has given them much concern.
She is fifteen, and from a strong, healthy
girl, three years ago, had become weak and
kept falling of in flesh, until she became a
mere skeleton. She seemed to have no life
at all. Her blood became impure and finally
she became the victim of nervous prostra-
tion. Doctors did not help her Most Of
the time she was confined to bed, was very
nervous and irritable, and seemed on the
verge Of st. Vitus' dance.
Zone morning." said Mrs. Tucker. "the
doctor told us to give her DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, which he brought with
him. He said he was treating similar case
with these pills and they were curing the
patient. We began giving the pills and the
next day could see change for the better.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

a report recently prepared by Mr.. Bate
man, the head Of the commercial depart
mont OF the Board of Trade of the United
Kingdom, on the production and con.
sumption Of beer, wine and spirits In the
chief European countries and in the United
States, presents Il condition OF affairs rela-
tive to this country which must be salts
factory indeed to all good citizens. We
learn, among other things, from this re-
port that the consumption Of alcoholic
beverages in the United States is less, per
capita, than in any other country, and
that while in Europe the sale and consump-
tion OF alcoholic liquors increase at a
more rapid rate than the population, with
us the production and consumption Of
spirits have been for some years decreas-
Ing, and the consumption OF beer, having
regard to the increase OF population, has
not perceptibly increased. 'If this ten
dency can be maintained" SAYS one of our
daily contemporaries, "as we believe Il can
be, In the future, it cannot fail TO exercise
a tremendous effect upon the future we'll.
being OF the United States, particularly In
the competitive Industrial struggle that is
going on, and must in the future to much
larger degree go on, between our country
and the countries OF Europe"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

There is no limit to the time that
honey will keep if not abused. Thor.
oughly sealed comb honey is usually
in its highest state of perfection, and
extracted honey is just the same pro.
viding it has been sealed over before
extracted, or left in the comb until il
thoroughly ripens.
Comb honey usually remains in
liquid form, but in some instances il
graduates i'll the comb the same as ex-
tracted. 1t has been said that honey
from alfalfa is more apt to granulate
in the comb than almost any other,
and this has been my experience.
Granulation of extracted honey is
no detriment to it, and is always proof
of its purity. Adulterations, such as
glucose, etc, never granulate, hence
when You see honey ON the markets.
especially during the winter season,
that is in liquid form, you may look
upon it with suspicion. Now most
people think it the reverse of this, and
this is the principal reason that adul-
teration is practiced to such an ex-
tent.
The bee journals and producers of
honey generally, have done everything
in their power to educate the masses
in regard to this one fact, and progress
seems to be slow. Comb honey has
never yet been inflated by man, al
though it has been published that
comb honey is being manufactured by
machinery, but it is not true. Comb
honey may be adulterated by feeding
bees cheap sirups which they will store
in the combs, but it can only be done
through them.
Honey improves with age, and the
older it is the finer the flavor. Ex-
tracted honey is much easier kept than
comb, as the latter is liable to get
soiled and must be kept in tight cases
to exclude dust and insects. Extracted
honey may be kept in any quantity.
either in open or tight packages. Tin
cans are mostly used, and very con-
venient and cheap package is the COM
mon fruit can which, having a large
opening, will admit of removing the
honey after granulation and using it
in this FORM
Honey should always be kept in a
dry place, and away from a cellar, ex-
cept the same is very dry and we'll
ventilated Heat does not damage
honey but tends to ripen and improve
it, but dampness and darkness will n ot
agree with it.
Honey that remains in the comb for
some time after being stored is always
the best article when extracted, but
more pounds are secured by taking it
away as fast as well stored.-A. II.
Duff, in Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Use duck or any other meat on
hand from a previous dinner. Sim
mer the bones in one quart of water.
adding slice of onion and bunch of
sweet herbs. At the end of two
hours strain and boil down until re-
duced to one and half cupfuls. The
seasoning will depend upon the first
cooking, but it is safe TO add half
teaspoon of salt and good dusting OF
pepper. Lay in the liquor one pint OF
whatever game or poultry is used, cut
into narrow strips. Simmer for
twenty minutes. Thicken with the
yolks of three eggs, add a few drops
of lemon juice and serve.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
FRANK TUCKER.
A Cricket Thermometer,

The rate of chirp of the cricket, Pro.
fessor A. d. Dolbear notes in the
American Naturalist, seems to be en-
tirely determined by the temperature,
and this to such degree that one may
easily compute the temperature from
the chirps per minute. Thus, at sixty
degrees Fahrenheit, the rate is eighty
per minute. At seventy degrees Fab
renheit the rate is 100, change of
four chirps minute for each degree
of change. Below a temperature of
fifty degrees the cricket has no energy
to waste in music, and there would be
but forty chirps per minute.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
How Army ri.nhan,s Ar. Ed.

Elephants in the Indian army are
fed twice day. When meal-time ar
rives they are drawn mp in line before
a row of piles of food Each animals
breakfast includes ten pounds of raw
rice, done up in five two-pound pack
ages. The rice is wrapped in leaves,
and then tied with grass At the COM
mand, Attention. each elephant
raises his trunk, and package is
thrown into its cspacious mouth. BY
this method of feeding not a single
grain of rice is wasted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.


Use bag" figs which have not been
pressed. Cut a small slit in the stem
end Of each fig and work in two or
more blanched almonds. Another
mixture which is sometimes used is a
mixture of almonds, waInuts and hick-
ory nuts pounded to a paste with a
few drops Of sherry; for this a portion
of the soft interior must be removed
from each fig, using a penknife OF the
handle of a spoon and filling up with
the nut paste.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

For the child with the traditional
sweet tooth the filling of the sandwich
may be of jelly, marmalade, stewed
fruit, thickened with little corn
starch, or even of frosting made as for
cake, and mixed with canned fruits,
nuts or raisins. Dates, freed from
stones, pounded to a paste, and laid
between thin slices of unbuttered
bread, are wholesome and nutritious,
and nuts chopped or pounded and
slightly sslted or moistened with sweet
cream make a nice filling.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Baechus well his si,, % he knowsl
For he n,arks 1-Iem Oufhe nose.

Baechus well HIS siN4 he knowsl
For he marks S-hem 0uthe nose.
In these da,ys of struggle for existence
tbe yo-l,i-lg and business man cannot az
forS 70 spend money in liquor.
Pleasant, cozy, comfortable homes are
the fruits of temperance.
People talk about fraud in drink" The
biggest fraud in drink is alcohol, which Is
sold as a stimulant and acts as a poison =
National Temperance Advocate.
As seonstant dropping wears away the stoned
30 constant drinking wears away tho
Aud man, inherently to weakness prone
with every lapse grows weak, and weaker
still.
According to recent statistics, committals
TO prison for drunkenness are immeasura.
bly greater IN Scotland than in England
the figures showing that there were 2.Il
times the English number Out OF a total
OF $4,000 eommittals In one year, SO OOO
were Tor offences trseeable to strong drink.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

When Asked to Drink-A Great Deceive,
REV. DIR. Cuvler Speaks EIoquentIy
Aboutthe Deceptive Qualities In Intox
icants-The Philosophy of temperance
The Sacred Heart Review prints the fol.
lowing warning in verse, under the title
when Asked to d rink"
Think OF the thousands sleeping
In drundards' graves to-day.
Think OF the mothers weeping
Their weary lives away.
Think OF the sisters fearful,
Who mourn beloved ones,
Think OF the fathers fearful
For cherished sons.
Think OF the fond hopes shattered
Tho high ambitions slain,
Think OF the true hearts scattered
Never to meet again,
Think OF the bosOms riven.
The lives that are tempest-tost,
Think OF the souls God given
That now are lost.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

ltkrocks out all calculations Of attend.
ing to business in the right way for day
when we wake mp ia the morning sore and
stiff. The disappointment lies in going tc
bed all right and waking up all wrong.
There is a short and sure way out of it. Go
TO bed after good rub with st. Jacobs OIL
and you wake up all right; soreness and
stiffness all gone. So sure Is this that men
much exposed in changeful weather keep a
bottle OFF on the mantel for use at night
to make sure OF going to work in good fix
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
.DisappsarInE AnstralIans.

at the close Of the last century
there were supposed to be 1000, ,O0p
aborigines in Australia. Tho are
now something less than '-,J'ooo, ana
among them are still ~ome cannlbals'
The men are sa, specimens of human
itv being Indersize, with bushy
wIist - and hair, which grows to
q, siderable length, never kinky, but
Coarse and tangled. The expression
of the face is repulsive and the whole
countenanee coarse and brutal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

A singular funeral procession has
recently taken place at New Britain,
Conn. The body of Mrs. Emeline F ,
Wilkey was brought a distance oi
twenty-seven miles TO the Fa-[Flew
Cemetery in a trolley car, in W w.nich IN she
mourners also travelled. T,tlS Is the
second funeral of the same Aihu whlch
has taken place in the. 9tate within
twelve months.-New york Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Select dozen round tomatoes of
the same size, remove a piece about
an inch in diameter from the blossom
end of each tomato and take out all
the seeds; cook cup and one-half of
rice in a quart of well-seasoned broth,
with half green pepper cut fine.
When the rice is nearly tender, but
not broken, add half a cup of butter;
mix it in well, but carefully, SO as not
to break the rice. Fill the tomatoes
with the rice; put back the pieces of
tomatoes cut out; set them in baking
pan, brush over the outside with a
little olive oil or melted butter and
bake for half an hour in a moderate
oven. Remove them carefully to a
platter and pour around them a cup of
tomato sauce highly seasoned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
The Bicycle and Temperance.

wheeling enthusiast says: "If temper.
ance orators and teetotalism's advocates
iully realized to what extent they were be-
ing aided in their crusades by the eyer-in.
ereasing use OF the bicycle, they would
hasten to establish cycle academies
throughout the land. II is a weli-known
fact among cyclists that soft drinks are
the most popular among experienced rid.
ers' The thirst engendered by long spin
Is best quenched by beverage innocent OF
alcohol"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

In ninety-nine cases out OF every hun.
dred 1t Is found that when men have genu-
inely given total abstinence trial for a
sufficient time they are able to say that
they are clearer In the head, lighter IN
heart, heavier in purse. than ever they
were in the old days. Undoubtedly both
mental and physical work can be best done
under total abstinence conditions.