The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-08-29

Personal ITEMs.-Max Strakoscb
sailed yesterday for Europe-Cyrus
W. Field sailed the day before-Ole
Bull and his new wife are visiting Mrs.
BIS father-in-law at Madison, Wis
Ralph Waldo Emerson aud Miss
Louisa Alcott have arrived at their
home in Concord, Mass, the former
from California aid the latter from
Europe; she is Inundated" with gush-
ing letters complimentary of her Little
Mea-Nilsson and her atfianced go to
Newport next month, and Miss Kel-
legg will also go there, and both will
sing-Miss Agnes Ethel (Frou Frou)
sailed yesterday for Europe, taking
the big Saratoga trunk and Al dresses;
she goes to "recuperate Madame
Anna Bishop sails for Europe on the
23d.
Few of the masculine gender have
any idea of the intricacies of the fe.
male toilet, while its cost is a marvel
even to the most astnte. There is a
conundrum which explains that ship
is always sken of as being of the fem.
inine sex, "because the rigging costs
more than the hull :" and this contains
profound philosophical truth. A
hair.dresser in New York has on sale
double braid of pure gray hair,
twenty eight inches in length and of
about the thickness of ones wrist, on
which he places the modest price of
$4,000, and expects to get it, too.
Truly, we are fearfully and wonderful
ly made.
A fish boat coming into Michigan
City was suddenly seen to disappear
about four miles out, when a rug going
To look after it found it bottom up,
with three men clinging to it. There
had been four on board, but after cap.
sizing the boat would sustain only
three, and the fourth, John Olvany,
saying that rs the others were men Of
family he would give them the chance
of rescue, and himself try to swim
ashore on board, had started, but
the empty board floating back soon
had indicated that he was drowned.
A Paris correspondent says: "You
wish for the latest social news, and the
very latest fashions from Paris, am
you shall have them, such as they are;
but, alas Paris is in allegiance. The
bloody hand of revolution has crack
ed the glass and cast down the mould;
and, III truth, neither fashion or form
are much needed. The fashion to-day
is metaphorically y sack cloth, with ashes
on the head--actually the deepest
mourning that millners can imagine.
"Come here, my little Eddy" said
gentleman to youngster of seven
years of age, while sitting in the par
lor where large company was assem-
bled "do you know me?"
"Yes, sir, | think | do"
"Who am | then ? let me hear"
"You are the man who kissed sister
Augeline, last night, in the parlor."
Angel,ne tainted.
A Gentleman asked a lady known
w 'S httNiil iShoidhb VI iahShhBt,
"How did you get along when abroad
20 make yourself understood?" She
replied, with quite French air, "we
had the interrupter with u.s." The same
lady, having ranged some statues in
All adjoining room, requested thu same
gentleman To step into the next "im-
partment and see the antics"
1t is mentioned as an extraordinary
event, that last week car containing
six tons of twenty dollar gold pieces,
and a million dollars in mutilated cur
lency, passed from San Francisco to
Omaha without Il freebooting hand be-
ing raised against it.
A boy fifteen years old, while look
ing through his fathers machine shop
in Philadelphia, on Wednesday of
last week, was caught by the main
belt, aud dashed against the ceiling 50
ioleutly as 10 kill him instantly.