The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-21

Mrs. Agnes Bullock, Virginia la
dy, recently cut a new set of teeth,
though she is niiiety-six years old. She
was splitting kindling-wood, when tho
teeth-which we're worth sixty dollars
fell out of her mouth and the axe
dropped on them. Her husband says
it will be great many years before
she gets another set to cut.
A smart lad in San Antonio, Texas,
recently took his stand by the side of
blind organ grinder, and hat in hand,
solicited aims. When his tile was
nearly filled by the sympathetic pass
ers-by he walked off, leaving the or
ganist grinding away, utterly ignorant
of the whole transaction.
A Chinaman in Wcatherville, Cal,
whose life was insured for large
amount, was seriously hurt by falling
from q wagon. There was some doubt
Of his getting better, and at length
one of his friends wrote to the insur-
ance company, Charley half dead
likee half money"
A lady who loved Bulwer entered a
bookstore just as one of the clerks had
killed large rat. "I wish to see
What He viii Do with It." said she
to boy behind the counter. "Well,"
said the boy, "if you'll step out to the
window you will probably see him
sling it into the back lot"
Kansas advertisement: Engaged
Miss Anna Gould to John Candall,
Marshal of Leavenworth, KS. From
this time henceforth and forever-un-
til Miss Anna Gould becomes a widow
all young men are requested to
withdraw their particular attentions"
A "woman Of business" in Arkan-
sas has Just tarred and feathered her
husband. If fellow is to be "Ku-
Kluxed," how much nicer it must be
be to have it done by the wife of his
bosom than by the cold, rough hand
of hooded stranger.
A set Of paper car wheels on one of
the Pullman cars running to Jersey
City have run over 100000 miles of
track, and worn out one set of steel
tires, which have been replaced. The
ordinary wheels, it is said, will only
run sixty thousand miles.
Edith O'Gorman, the escaped run,
and "Prof. Aubrey" the he nun, her
husband, demonstrated their escaping
abilities at San Francisco the other
day, taking precipitate departure
and leaving considerable unfinished
kusirass n ,ho pO1;oa fOurf
A machine at New Haven performs
the whole process of making needles,
l and turns out 10000 to 10000 of them
, daily. Another machine picks them
r up and arranges them heads and points,
> and the third put them into papers.
The London Spectator is strongly
, in favor of woman's university in
! England 1t thinks that on many of
the most delicate questions of modern
Z civilization, we need the fine judg-
, ment Of educated women.
e 1t is stated that there are in the
4 United States 261 soldiers who lost
| both eyes, 11S who lost both logs, II
f who lost both feet, 5 who lost both
: hands, 80 who lost both arms, and 10
who lost an arm and leg.
A good-natured traveller fell asleep
in train and was carried few miles
beyond his destination. "Pretty good
joke, this, isn't it 7" said he to fellow
E passenger eyes, but little too far
fetched" was the rejoiner.
/ Ohio has q law providing that the
. standard weight Of a bushel of coal
j shall be so pounds avoirdupois for BIZ
luminous and go pounds avoirdupois
for camel, and shall contain SO cubic
inches.
e There died recently in Austin Co.,
] Texas, n native of Pennsylvania,
+ named James Jones, who was among
h the earliest settlers in the "Lone Star
e Republic" having gone there in 1922.
; Connecticut is credited with the lazi-
q est fisherman. The individual in ques-
ton is Fifteenth Amendment, who
4 ties his fsh.line to his dog, and when
n he gets bite kicks the dog.
g The Wyoming journal publishes
: the following in its advertising rates :
"Fees of marriage notices as high as
the ecstacy and liberality of the bride
/. groom may prompt.
h Germany is to have but one execu-
S toner after the 1st of May. He will
k reside at Berlin, and receive 5000 for
If each execution.
y The light house on Montauk Point,
7 eastern extremity of Long Island, rises
= to a height of 161 feet above the level
" of the sea.
1t is estimated that China will be a
- market for American butter and cheese
to the amount Of 5000 tons annually.
IS A Montreal man of IS last week