The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-09-12

teacher who killed herself for love of
boy thirteen years old, and now
comes an account of man in Mis-
sissippi, who blew out his brains be-
cause his laundress left his shirt button
ed at the collar and sent it to him in that
outrageous condition. Poor old Mr..
Hopkins, tottering on the verge of
ninety years, got his head into the
body of the shirt and his arms into
the sleeves, and thus struggled for
awhile against fate and hnttons. He
became frisshhtfsuily enraged, cursed and
foamed at the mouth. aad at last, when
the linen gave way, rushed for his gun,
seated himself on the edge of his bed,
placed the stock of the weapon so that
he could pull the trigger with his toe,
brought the muzzle to his chin, pulled,
and blew his head off Can that laun-
dress be said to be morally resposible
for his act?
Tapioca is recommended as a cheap.
er and more nutritious article Of food
than even potatoes and rice. The cul-
tivation of the manioc plant in India,
from the root of which tapiocs is made
as starch is from potatoes, is rapidly
extending. Its advantages are that il
grows in almost any soil, requiring
but little labor, and, after the first
month, but little moisture. It. iiss very
productive, ana. is easily prepared for
consumption. The Indian government
have taken measures to test the merits
of the plant, but as the food it yields
is almost exclusively of the starchy or
fat-producing character, and contrib
utes little or nothing to the formation
of muscle, it is difficult to see what
benefit would be derived from increas-
ing its use.
A writer in one of our city papers
believes that boiler explosions are
caused somehow or other by electricity,
and, TO prove the truthfulness of his
theory, he asks us to observe there
are never any such explosions while
the aurora borealis shines. We do
not profess to understand how the au-
rora borealis induces the boilers to
hold in, but one thing is certain; that
if this mans ideas are correct, congress
ought either to make arrangements
for perpetual aurora borealis, or else
compel men who have boilers never to
use them excepting when there is an
aurora around.
The following anecdote was given at
the Edwards Reunion, in illustration
of the observation-disclosures of the great
Jonathan Edwards At one time he
rode after the cows, and little boy
very respectfully bowed and opencs d
the gate for him. "Wbose BOY are
you, my little mani" Moan Clark
boy, SIR" On his return with the cows
tue same boy appeared and opened the
gate for him. Edwards thanked the
little fellow. aud asked: "Whose boy
are your" "The same mans boy was
quarter of an hour ago, sir,
A few days ago a young gentleman
and lady from the rural districts Wis
tied Somerset, Pa, to get married.
The young couple entered the town on
this festive occasion astrde Of one
horse. They dismounted, had their
horse fed, partook of sumptuous re-
past consisting Of crackers, were then
united in the holy bonds of matrimo-
ny by justice of the peace, when they
again mounted their steed and wended
their way to their mountain home
amid the cheers of the populace.
Evening papers are called.vespertil.
! ian organs in Chicago,