The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-04-25

A romantic incident, showing the
power of an earnest love to overcome
the most formidable difficulties, in re-
ported in the Colorado papers A
Chicago youth fell in love with a Col
orado maid, whose father was SO much
opposed to the proceedings that he
drove the young man from his house
with wrath and a revolver. Upon
this the earnest youth had the stern
parent ARRESTED for threatening his
life, and when the old gentleman was
safely locked up by the judicious use
of ten dollar bill, he induced the
same Justice of Peace who had i'm
prisoned the father to marry him to
the daughter. This done, the old man
was brought up for trial when he con-
cluded to swap forgiveness with his en-
terprising son-in-law, who thereupon
magnanimously withdrew his com
plant.
A certain undergraduate at Cam
bragg was under an examination, and
among the questions in one of the
papers was the following: "Why will
not pin stand on its point" The ex-
aminee was not very strong in his sub
Jects, but as there was nsthing like put
ting Il good face on the matter, he set
to work to answer the question in as
formal a way as possible. The inter-
esting result stood as follows 81. A
pin will not stand on its head, much
less is it possible that it should stand
on It's point. 2. A point, according to
Euclid, is that which has no parts and
no magnitude. A pin cannot stand
on that which has no parts and no
magnitude, and therefore a pin cannot
stand on its point. 3. 1t will if you
stick it in"
A London paper thus describes the
process of roadmaking now generally
adopted in the larger places of both
England and France: "The road is
first prepared by being loosened with
pickaxes, then covered with ordinary
granite; above this dressing of sand
Is laid the whole is then watered. An
immense roller, propelled by steam, is
then moved slowly over the prepared
surface. 1t exerts a pressure of TWEEN.
ty-eight tons, and the result is that, in
an unusually short time, a firm and
Macadamized road is termed,
SO smooth that the lightest vehicle may
be driven over it without injurlng the
springs"
The German Imperial crown is a
foot high, of twenty-one karat gold, |
and heavy set with pearls, The scep- |
tire is OF silver gilt, and two feet long. |
The globe carried in the hand is of |
the finest gold, three and seven-eigths
inches in diameter-encircled by two |
rings, one perpendicular and half COW
cred by jewels, and the other horizon
zontal and entirely covered with gems.
On top is a cross, which fairly blazes
with precious stones. These insignias |
have long been kept in the Hof bourg |
at Vienna, and will brought forth for
Kaiser Welhelm's coronation.
Mr.. Greeley says the reason there is
a scarcity Of maple sugar this spring
is, that the farmers didn't more than
half manure their sugar seeds as they
planted them last fall, He says for
every seed you plant you want a whole
pile of manure, when the vines will be
fairly weighed down with little scol-
loped cakes. Farmers never will
learn anything if they keep on fooling
away their time as they have the past
year.
In Louisville, on Monday last, two
men were killed by a large rock fall.
ing on them two men were murdered
an editor committed suicide printer
was found dead in his bed, and two
casses of cowhiding by women occur
red. All of which made up program
me of horrors unequalled in ono day
anywhere else we have vet heard Of