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IT is propably uukn)wn to most OF
our readers that tho whipping-post-
an institution for whose oXistinc1 with
in her borders Delaware is 50 much
blamed-oxists in Englanl, A most
rovolting account comes 10 us OF Il
lato whipping at Nowgatc Prison 1,
Lcndon. The criminals, two in num-
ber, were placed in stocks aud whip
ped with the cat-o-uine-,ails, lu
addition to this punishment they were
to receive seven years penal serritule
and seven years police supervision,
their offence being robbery, in one case
aggravated by assault Even this
does not excuse the inaiction of such
barbarons punishment, particularly
in q country so proud Of its enlishten
ed civilization us England. The alb
surdity Of this punishment becomes
more apparent when it Is known that
much moro revolving crimes than those
mentioned are not visited with it..
Certainly seven years banishment te
a penal colony and q like time Of po
lice supervision arc enough without
resorting to the cruelty of tho lash.
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Hand. Shaking,

iiVW uiu PoVplV BcV III Wv "so'' W
shaking hands? The answer Is not far
to seek. In early and barbarous times,
whom every savage or semi savage was
bis own law-giver, judge, soldier and
prlicemap, and had TO watch over his
own safety, ia default Of all other pro
lection to friends and ecquaiutances,
or two strangers desiring to be friends or
acquaintances, when they Glanced to
meet, offered each to the other tho right
haud--thc hand alike of offence aud do.
fonco, tho hand that weilds the sword
tho dagger, tho club, the tomahowk, or
other weapon Of war. Each did this to
show that tho hand was empty, and
that neither war nor troachcry was in
tended. A man cunnot well stab another
while he is in the act Of shaking hands
with him unless ho be double-cyod
traitor and villain, and strives to aim
n cawardly blow with the loft while
giving tho right, and pretending to be
on good terms with his victim.
Tho custom OF htnd>shakiug pre-
vail. more or less among all civilized
nations, and ia the taoit nvowal of
friendship and good will, just as a kiss
is OF warmer passion.
Ladies, as svory one mist havo re-
marked, seldom or never shakcs hands
with the cordiality Of gentlemen, un.
les, it be with each other. The rea-
son is obvious. 1t is for thcm to ro-
csivo homage, not TO give it. They
cannot ba expected to show 10 persons
Of the other sex n warmth Of greeting
which might ba misintcrpcted, unless
such persons are very closely related
to them by family or affection 10
which casos hand shaking is no, need,
Cd, aud the lips do moro agreeable
duty.
Every man shakes hands accoriin <
to his nature, whether it bo timii or
aggressive, proud or humble, courteous
or churlish, refined or vulgar, sincere
or hypocritica enthusiastic or iodiff'
ereut The incest refinement and i'd
losyucracics O! character may not,
perhaps, bo discovorablc in this fash
ion, but the salient points OF tcmpera,
mcnt and Individuality may doubt
less be made clear to the understand.
ing Of most people by better study
OF what may bo cNl'od tho phys iology
Of haud-shakinS.
To present tLo loft hand for tho pur.
pose Of friendly greeting il peco Of
neutrality-suspicious. intentional on
tho part Of sapOriors in rank to their
interiors, an act that no true gentle.
man will commit. There is no reason
why it should be considered moro dis
courteous than it would be to kiss the
left cheek instead of tho right; bu,
doubtless, tho custom that makes the
right hand imperative sincere sauta-
tons, dates from those early times
whom hand. shaking first began, and
tho hand that shook or was shaken il
friendship was Of necessity weapon
less.
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Mormon wives.

George Alfred Townsend writes to
the Cincinnati Commercial from Utah
Brigham Young's most noted wife
is called Amelia sho is n vivacious,
spirited women, about thirty-two
years old, American born, aud with =
out children. Another Of the Prssi-
deet's wives is Mrs. Decker. who re-
taios indications Of much former beau.
ty, aud her daughters are tho hand
soonest Of Brigham's children. The
old gentleman looks out woll for avo.
cations for his sons.iu.law, aud il is
said that in his will he has divided
all bis property into seven hundred
shares, giving the bulk of il to the
church, and distributed tho rest
equally among his families.
saw Brigham, at tho Social Hall,
on the occasion Of my last visit hero,
bid four Of his wives adicu. Tho old
gentleman had been dancing, bat had
iatigucd the legs Of seventy years, and
ho approached tho cluster Of his holp
mates, buttoncd up 10 blue over.
coat with white vest underneath, a
red woolen comforter around his mock
and q worn silk hat in his hand. llc
looked very large, square, and bland,
aud ho said with tenderness and dig
nifty, shaking each by the hand.
my dear, | bid you goodnight !"
The wives, crowlins up with ap.
parent emulation, asked If it was his
wish that they also should accompa-
ny him homo.
"No,' said Brigham, "stay as long
as you please. will have the car
riage come back and wait for you at
the door below. Goodnight ~
Thoy wcro all midlle-agci wom,n,
commonplace, but cheerful; Brigham
is said to object to his wives dancing
round dauccs. 1t is wonderful that n
Mormon with half q dozen wives car
DO jealous or fastidious about each OF
them, aud yet | have hoard people
here fly into passion because thoir
wives were spoken to on the street by
strangers, or stared at. The only
case oil assassination, cEargcablo with
any degree of probability so the
Mormons, was that of Brassfc'd, n
teamster, shot dead in the streets of
Salt Lake, for selling Morm,n's S
furniture, and proposing to elopc up
on tho proceeds of it with wife,
Godbc, who hates brigham Young
sincerely, has four wives, besides one
divorced. Slnco ho has boen "cut of
from the church, ho has contemplated
letting tho example Of radical mono
gamy. "And yet" says Godbc, 81
love all my wives 50 equally, and they
all love mo so tremendously, that
cannot pick out the ono to stay or
those who must CO."
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There is q needle factory in New
Haven whore the whole process Is
done by a single machine, without the
manual labor of any person. A coil Of
steel wire is put in; tho machine cuts
it of at the required lengths it cuts
tho steel pieces consecutively, punches
the eye-holss, counter sinks tho eycs
and grinds tho points-and in fact,
docs everything until the needles
drop out completely formed. Another
ma chine picks them up and arranges
them heads and points together, and
third pieco Of mechanism puts then
into papor. One of these mac hines
occupies no moro space than an Or
dinary table, and each of them turns
out from 10000 to 10000 needles
day. Most of the needles were im
ported from England, until = few year
Ipast.
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JUDICIAL hoggings arc still cou-
tinusd in Delaware, tho whippiug'post
having been put into use in Now
Castle q few days since. One man
was logged for the third time, and
said that, having had all the manhood
logged out Of him, "hc didn't care for
anythipg" Eight others were pun
ished with twenty la,h's each, and
several in addition stood for au hoir
in the pillory. The ofSnos Of caea
was petty larceny,
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RE-VAcCINATIoN.-On this sub
jsct, now so important, Prof. George
B. Wood speaks as follows 10 his
Practice of Medicine, Vol. |, pages
464 81, edition Of 1866 This op-
Grafton should be employed in every
case which has not been tested by
exposure to small pox contagion du.
ring an epidemic prevalence Of tho
disease. 1t may be asked whether
vaccination should be employed in
persons previously affected with the
small pox. ] should uuhcsitatingly
answer the question in tho Affirmative.
1t has been before stated that, though
fewer persons, arc attacked with vari-
oloid after incubation Of natural small
pox than after vaccination, yot a
greater number perish. The same
protection that a second vaccination
extends in one case will probably be
extended by vaccination in the other
and is even moro needed, at least SC
far as life is concerned. 1t is generally
stated in the books that vaccina'
ton after small pox produces little o,
no effect. My own observation has
been exactly the rcversc. In conclu
ding this subject l would again strong
ly urge the propricty Of universal ro
vaccination, as the means not only o
promoting tho comfort and possibl.
Of saving the lito Of the individual
but also of preventing tho spread oi
small pox and Of ustimatcly er'dlca
ting 1t, if not from the globe, at leas
from extensive communities
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FOaEsr LEAVES FOR TANNING

FoREsT LEAVES FOR TANNING.-A
Vermont tanner has invented and sue
sessfally tested a new material for tan
ming, which is nothing else than dye
from forest loaves. The leather treat
ed by the new method is said to bs
more smooth aud flexible to retain
moro fully tho strength OF the raw
hide than when bark Is Ssa d. 1t IL
further stated that ono ton OF leavo'
will tan as much leather a. five cords
Of hemlock bark, and in one half tho
time.
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rOck ner, crOoninS out ulsWai pnrouy
on lullaby song. Probably I am
not a good singer--I havo bcon ac-
cused Of singing the "Star-spangled
Banner to the tune of "Old Hun.
drod )" but be that as it may, there
was something 10 my voice that night
which utterly dissusted and drove
frantic the small female in my arms.
arose and paced Tho room, wa.
wing the bowling chsrub up and down
in distressing msnucr, in awkward
imitation Of the way in which I had
seen babe, handled. Perhaps / did
not do it right. | am certain that tho
effect W. not good ; for even as
walked, aud sung high aud wild
above tho musical tones Of my voice
pealsd the clarion notes Of that good
baby" Good babies are frauds.
ell stop this somehow" / said
'Rock-a by (ba wah.h-h.hD- oh,
shut up! shut up! shut up! Your
mamma has gone to an internal ball
aud sho won't come homo till morn
ing-she won't Oh, suffering Mo.
ses what's tho matter with you now?
| think III take her to bed. Hush-a
by-1 believe she is going to slocp."
The cyclids were dropping, and she
lay silent, with her head upon my
shoulder. | started for tho crib, and
was laying her gently down, when
her eyes and mouth flew opon at the
same moment, and sho uttered one Of
tho most unearthly yclls | ever heard
and | have heard Blackfoot war.
whoop. O.c)urse there was nothing
for it but to walk again, AMI the
Dead March in Saul was not more
mournlul than mine. Tho ayo1es of
that oventiul night | cannot set down.
My brain rocls-l 30 wild Four
times did think | had lullcl that
unhappy infant to rest, and rs many
times was disagrceably disabuscd Of
tho idea but at threo O'Clock in the
morning, | was tompted to throw her
out upon the charities Of a cold world
and foe the country. | have passel
hours Of agony, Of fear, of grief, but
all combined were uual loyed happiness
to my distraction during tho last
evcntful night. At four O'Clock, |
wus sitting up in bed, rocking tina,
squalling chcrub, and singing:
"Thec have loved dearly,
| Yes, mally, sincerely,
But thou hast nearly
Made heart grow gray"
Tho long night of agony passed. |
could have endured it all but that
a,rocious rascal Of a baby, the mo-
mcnt il was in its m ,ther's arms look
ed up and laughed. am down on
babies, aud those who call them Can
gels, ducks and chcrubs," would
change their mindsif they knew them
well. My lesson is not cheaply pur-
chased, but il will last mo through
my life--or, at least, until | have ono
of my own.
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CAMUEL ALLEMAN,
~ ATTORNEY AT LAW,

~ M lOhNbi NJ bhW,
Selinsgrove Pa
Offers his Professional services 10 the
public. All business entrusted to his
care will be promptly attended 10. Col
leclions made in all parts Of tho State.
lIs can speak the English and German
language fuenily. Office between Halls
and the Post Office.
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" ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Selinsgrove Pa,
Offers his professional services TO the pub
.ic. Collections and all other professiona
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-06-27
SEASON OF 1901.
MASON & HAMLIN CABINET
ORGANS.
Important Improvements. S.

Patent June 2lst and August 23d, 1870.
REDUCTION OF PRICES.
The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., have
the pleasure of announcing important i'm
provements in their Cabinet Organs, for
which Patents were granted them in June
and August last. These are not merely
meretricious attachments, but enhance the
substantial excellence of the Instruments.
They are also enabled by increased facil-
tiles large new mandatory, they hope
hereafter 10 supply all orders promptly.
The Cabinet Organs made by this Com
pany are of such universal reputation, not
only throughout America, but also i'm Eu-
rope, that few Will need assurance of their
superiority.
They now offer Four Octave Cabinet Or
gans, in quite plain cases, but equal accord
ing 10 their capacity to anything they make
for $50 each.
The same, Double Reed, sos. Five Oc-
tave Double Reed Organs, Five Stops, with
Knee swell and Tremulant, in elegant case
with several of the Mason and Hamlin
improvements, Sl25. The same Extra
with new VoX Humana, Automatic Swell
etc., $3.50. Five Octaves, three sets Reeds,
seven stops with Euphone; a splendid in
struments, S225.
A new illustrated catalogue with full
information, and repuced prices, is now
ready, and wiIl be sent free, with a testi-
monial circular, presenting great mass OF
evidence as To the superiority of these in
struments, TO any one sending his address
TO MASON Il HAMLIN ORGAN CO., l54
fremont Street, Boston, os 500 Broadway,
n. Y. 30-4t
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The following passage presents q
picture as comic, perhaps, as that Of
MIR. Dickens, where two Southerners
are represented as sitting opposite each
other at dinner, with weapons by the
sides of their plates:
"Arch," sez he, "do all the people
round here carry weapons about um
like them you got on ?" ooh, no, seq
|, "exeeptin that they tote a pair of
navy revolyers and knife to pop a
niger with occasionally, they all go
unarmed. But I've just bin to church
with my family, an Deacon Ballbust-
er, who sets in the next pew. to me, guv
ME some sass at the last vestrY meetin,
and went prepared for him. Sure
enuff, thar he was, with his wife and
four darters. When the preacher got
up, and the congregation was bout
half through singin one of the finest
sans | ever heern, sort throwed my
left pepper over to whar Ballbuster
sot, and blast my hide if l didn't see
him with a pistol in his hand, and hit
cooked, ready to let fly if | made the
least sign of tachlin him. What does
do but sneaks out my barker too, and
thar we sot with our fingers on the
triggers, like two tom cats, till the
meetin was over. Durn them Sunday
night meetins thar's been five of the
brethering killed at um last year, and
young preacher had all his front
teeth Knocked out last Love Feast"
Two young lovers attempted suicide
in Lawrence, Mass, on Friday night.
William II. Scott had for some time
been paying his addresses to Miss
Emma G. Thorn. The old folks Of the
lady looked with disiavor on their
love for each other, which opposition
sadly disheartened the pair and they
resolved to die together They pro-
cured two ounces of arsenic, repaired
to prospect hill and took the fatal
dose. The girl died, but Scott will re-
cover.
The fact that Peoria, Illinois, is to
be honored by the presence of Mile,
Nilsson there as resident is now no
longer questionable. Her agent writes
that she has decided to spend the sum-
mer in America, and also that she de-
signs having erected, on the building
site in Peoria, purchased by her during
her first visit there, beautiful resi-
dence.
After reading Darwin, monkeys
should always be spoken Of as mem
hers Of the "oldest families
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--When the emancination If fou,

when the emancipation of four
millions of slaves was first mooted,
the Democrats sent up fearful wall
of despair. They alleged that the ne.
groes, as soon as they would receive
their freedom, would all come North,
and the Southern plantations would be
turned into barren wilderness. They
predicted that white men would be
turned out of rolling mills, foundries
and workshops, and that no place
would be found for them in which to
ply their honest toll, except at starva.
tion wages. The results do not verify
the prediction. The cotton product
of the South bids fair to be much
greater than ever it was before the
liberation and enfranchisement of the
slaves. The price of labor has not
been reduced in consequence of their
emancipation, nor have they shown
any disposition to work for lower
wages than white men. A few day;
ago the negroes of Washington struck
for higher wages, which were refused
and, wonderful to relate, white men
were easily obtained who willingly
took their places at fglres which they
would not accept. This journal labor.
ed with all its ability to show that the
feared consequences would never take
place, and that emancipation would
not result in disaster to the interests oi
the white laborer. The recent events
in Washington have demonstrated
that we were not mistaken in our
judgment. The whites have been the
first to show disposition to work at
low wages. The black men are apt
scholars. They seem to be making
great progress in all the arts and
tricks in trade of the whites. There is
not much danger of their cutting un-
der" if the Washington case may be
received as a test sample.
The Democratic journals are Ell.
deavoring to make political handle
out of the Washington strike. But
surely they will not claim that the
colored laborers have done more in
this case than white ones have fire.
quently done in others. We are not
by any means, the apologists of any
violence in word or action that may
have been committed by the colered
laborers. In all cases we are opposed
to strikes. They never result in any
good to the strikers. The demand for
labor will regulate its price, and il
employees do not wish to work at the
wages offered, they should quietly
withdraw, create no disturbance and
seek for more remunerative employ
ment somewhere else. Our only dh,
ject in referring to the matter, $50
show that the predictions of the DenA,
cracy have not proved true, and that
the fear that the emancipated slaves
would work for less wages than white
men was utterly groundless. We. dc
not think there are more colored men
in our workshops and factories now
than there were before the war. They
generally prefer the South, and are
likely to remain there.-Pats. Gazette
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The managers of the Adams Ex-
press Company when they are robbed
alwaysrefuse to negotiate for the re.
turn of the plumber, unless it is accom-
panied with the arrest of the robbes.
The consequence is that they usually
succeed in securing both man and
money. They have been very success
full in detecting those who have under
taken to commit depredations upon
the valuables in the care of the compa-
ny, and thieves are beginning to un-
derstand that it is dangerous to meddlo
with them.
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A New Haven paper says "there is
a horse chestnut tree in front of the old
General Green place, on Water street,
which blossoms only on the Forth side
one year and the south side the next,
while every seventy year it blossoms
freely on all its branches" This year
the blossoms are ON the south side.
The most learned woman in the
world is said to be Princess Dora
D'Istra. She reads and speaks fifteen
languages, has written novels, historical
and philosophical works, is an honora-
ry member of ten learned societies
and is, Notwithstanding, quite good
looking.
A local report of the period: "BIr.
Collins Of Hartford bought ferocious
Watchdog, Mr.. Collins came home
late that night. His wife says that his
trousers can't be mended. The dogs
skin is for sale cheap. Mr.. Collins
hopes to be able to sit down in a few
weeks"
Doubtless the reason why the Jews
caught their fish mostly by nets was
because Moses expressly stated to
them before they crossed the Jordan
that they could not have any Moabites
there
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CRY GIRLs.-The girls in the prin
cipal cities in this country are noted as
follows:
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intellectual.
Pittsburgh, the best. fa
New York, the gayest and most ex'
pensive in dress.
Washington, the airy and superb,
cial in dress.
Philadelphia, the most refined and
lady like.
Chicago, the fastest and most dissi,
pated.
Toledo, the biggest feet.
st. Louis, the most reckless.
New Orleans, the most travelled.
CINCINNATI, the greatest firts.
Louisville, the proudest.
Detroit, the widest.
Cleveland, the most graceful and en-
tertaining in conversation.
San Francisco, the most Indifferent
Richmond, the most anxious to be
loved.
Mobile, the most liberal entertainers
Hartford, the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair.