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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Barbarism in the Nineteenth Centu-
rv.

A fearful sentence was carried out
last month, under the majesty of the
executions that elsewhere we are ac-
customed to hear and read about seem
mild and merciful measures in COM
parison. AS far back as April the
house of respected farmer in that
province was found broken into, and
the proprietor, with his wife and chill
dren, brutally murdered. The author
tiles set to work at once to trace the
guilty authors of the outrage, and
found Two men in a forest some four
miles away, Sebastulos Alexiry, nom
com mmissioned officer in the Sultan's
army, and Moses Werthstein, an Aus
trian jew, who had some of the far
mer's money about then, and were in
other respects suspicious. They dis
claimed any knowledge of the affair,
but fifty lashes upon their bare backs
soon extorted a confession from the
Jew of all the hideous details, though
nothing could unseal the lips of his
accomplice. The evidence was ample
and overwhelming, and to the loudly
expressed satifaction of the multitude
they were sentenced to be broken on
the wheel, a punishment nowhere
practiced except in Servia. The Jew
tore his hair and cried for mercy, but
his companion was immovable. On
the day Of execution vast throng
assembled to see the punishment car.
ried out. Alexiry was first stripped
and bound to st. Andrews cross, while
the executioner raised his iron club
and crushed his right shoulder. A
shrek of agony followed, and another
as his knee-pans were struck, after
which he was unconscious. The Jew
did not die SO easily, but lived for five
minutes as his bones we're crushed one
by one, and only by three strokes or
the abdomen did he cease his cries
and satisfy the cruel rigor OF Serviar
law.
A striking execution was that o
the murderers of M. Greco, at Mar
seilles, which has been recently an
nouced. The doomed men were Moor
ish Jews, and were brought from All,
10 Marseilles in a prison van, a rabb
attending upon each prisoner. Th'
guillotine was sent down from Pari
on its wagon, strange looking vehicle
strapped on ordinary carriage trucks
The prisoners were then taken to .
house near by where the legal authori
ties were waiting for them. They ask
, ed permission to write, and this bein,
! granted, each wrote letter in thei
native tongue which they confded tC
: their spiritual fathers. The execution
ers then cut the shirt collars Of tn
convicts and bound them with leath
ern thongs, after which they set ou
for the instrument of death. The aid
took of the hats of the condemned
and before they could recover iron
their surprise the youngest was behead
ed. The eldest involuntarily jumps
back, but the next instant he too was
. corpse, the double execution thus end
: ing forty-fve seconds from the tim
the gullotine was reached. The exc
cutioners travel disguised in falls
boards, which are at no two time
alike, thus enabling them to preserv
incognita which lets them into goo
, society.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Shooting the Apostles.

After the city of Mexico had sur
rendered to General Scott, it is we'll
known that the troops were obliged to
win their way from house to house,
and street TO street, until they expelled
the remnant of the Mexican army,
which disputed every inch Of ground
from the gates Of the city to the pal
aces. The Second regiment United
States infantry, under command of
Colonel Riley, were gaining ground
step by step, under a hot FIRE from
house-tops and church.steeples, when
Pat Mullony, private in Company
F, made dash and intrenched him
self in doorway (the doorways are
large, with heavy projecting jams)
full halfsquare in advance Of his COM
pany, and commenced a spirited fire.
When he had fred five shots he was
joined by comrade just as he was
preparing for the sixth round, who
asked him what he was firing at and
desired "chance in"
"Histl" says Pat, "wait till 1 fetch
another of the pla'guards. / have
done the business for five of 'em and
there is another waiting to be served
the same sauce."
Bangl went the sixth shot, when his
comrade, together with two others who
had now Joined them, exploded with
laughter.
"What in the DEVILS name be yees
laughing at, at allf" says Pat. "Sure,
didn't l fix his flint nice enough? and
6y the power there is another spalpeen
just stepped in his place, and waiting
for a dose," ramming his carriage
home with energy.
"Stop, Pat" said his comrade
"don't you see you are firing at the
apostles ?"
can is it the apostles, is it2 Now
may the howly st. Pether fergive me p
exclaimed Pat, his eyes opening like
two saucers as he made the discovery
that he had been firing on two life-sized
statues of st. Peter and st. Paul, which
stood on each side of church-door
about musket-shot down the street,
Pat had hit st. Peter six times. II
was a standing joke against him, and
he never heard the last of it as long as
be remained in the regiment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11

The first divorce suit ON record in
Virginia was decided short time ago,
and the Judge, in delivering the opin-
ion of the Court, referred to the ex.
treme rarity of such cases in Virginia.
He said: "Happily for the interests
Of society, and the sanctiiy of martial
rights and relations, suits of this char
acter are not of frequent occurrence
in this State. And, in these modern
days of so-called social progress and
social reform, it is a fact worthy of
record, and one which fitly illustrates
the purity of social life and the invio-
liable sanctity of the marriage bond 10
this State, that there can be found but
two reported cases in all its judicial
history, from the foundation of the
Commonwealth down to the present
time, touching questions arising out of
the separation of husband and wife.
And the two cases referred to were not
suits for divorce, but for alimony,
brought by the wife after desertion by
the husband"
An Arkansas local soliloquizes thus :
"Some of our exchanges are publish
ing as curious item a statement to
the effect that horse in Iowa pulled
the plug out of the bunghole of bar
rel for the purpose of slaking his
thirst. We do not see anything ex.
traordinary in the occurrence. Now,
if the horse had pulled The barrel out
of the bunghole and slaked its thirst
with the plug, or if the barrel had
pulled the bunghole of the plug and
slaked its thirst with the horse, or if
the plug had pulled the horse out of
the barrel and slaked its thirst with
the bunghole, or If the bunghole had
pulled the thirst out of the horse and
slaked the plug with the barrel, or if
the barrel had pulled the horse out of
the bunghole and plugged its thirst
with a slake, it might be worth while
to make some fuss over it.
A Leavenworth editor doesn't now
spend time watching the little busy
wasp that gathered lint in his sanctum
to make its nest. He came in one day
and did not observe that the wasp was
sitting in his chair.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11

A party of male passengers got on
a train recently at Utica, N. Y, who
were unable 10 find seats. Among
them was a lawyer, who proposed to
the rest that they all decline to give
up their tickets until they were furnish.
ished with seats. The agreement was
made, and when the conductor came
around he found twenty-three gentle
manly but very obstinate men who re-
fused to give him either tickets or
money unless he would show them a
place 10 sit. The conductor replied
that there were plenty of vacant seats
in the next car; on inquiry it was as
certained that this was drawing
room car, for which extra charge was
made. So the tventy.three declined
to bulge, and matters remained in
this unsettled condition until the cars
had gone long distance. The con-
ductOr finally induced two dozen per-
sons who had seats to 60 into the draw.
ing-room car, without extra charge,
and then made a place for the obsti-
nate twenty-three, who then gave up
their tickets, as they had said they
would do.
Alas that there should be so many
poor souls who in this world and that
which is to come, look forward to moth
ing that is substantially comfortable
and satisfyingl Here, for instance, is
a veritable defendant of st. Martha,
who came into neighbor's house in
Buffalo, few days since, downcast,
wearied with many cares and cum
bered with much serving. so much
to dol cleaning, working, cooking,
washing, sweeping, and everything
else No rest? never was, never will
be, for mep
'Oh, yes said the good woman she
addressed, there will be a rest for us
all some day-a long rest
Not for me! not for meP was the
reply, Whenever l do die, there will
be certain to be resurrection the very
next dayl 1t would be just my luck p
Nearly three millions of letters went
to the Dead Letter Office last year.
They are partly classified as follows:
Fifty eight thousand letters had no
county or State direction; more than
four hundred thousand wanted stamps,
and three thousand were put in the
post Office without any addresses at all.
Ninety-two thousand dollars in cash,
and over three million dollars in drafts,
checks, ETC., were found in these let
ters. 1t appears that, on an average,
every letter that is misdirected, or
goes to the Dead Letter Office from
other causes, contains one dollar.
The Danbury Ne,Os having untruth-
fully said Boston proposed to get up
stupendous gift enterprise, with
Rhode Island for the principle prize,
the Providence Herald says that the
lowest prizes are to be the busts of the
principal Connecticut editors, the
heads doEe in wood, after the model
of the never-to-be-forgotten wooden
nutmegs, which made the reputation
of the State in foreign countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
A MIR ACLE E!

Mr.. Samuel Bell, of w. Z. Schmertz &
Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Manufaelur-
ers, 81 Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa, has
been afflicted with chronic rheumatism for
thirty years, from his right hip to his foot,
having TO use a crutch and cane, at times
so painful as to utterly incapacitate him
from attending 10 his business. Having
tried every remedy known, without effect,
except Gilliland's Pain Killer, he was
finally induced TO try it. A second applica-
ton enabled him to lay aside his cruteh,
and a third effected permanent cure. Mr..
Bell is popular and well-known citizen,
is living monument of the effacacy of
that great medical discovery, Gilliland's s
Pain Killer. The afflicted should ask their
grocer or druggist for it, and try its won
derful power. Mr.. Gilliland, we under
stand, wants a respectable agent in every
town and county for it. The principal of
flee is at 72 Third Avenue, Pittsburgh Pa.
3l-4t
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Bringing Down a Horse Thief.

Colonel Putney favors us with the
following particulars of an occurrence
at Benton on the 4th: A desperado
named Edward White, recently Of
Cerro Gordio, appeared there that
morning with young horse which he
desired to enter for the races of the
day. Mallory, of Bishop creek, rec
ognized the horse as one that had been
stolen from him and laid claim to him.
White denied the claim in a very in
sulting manner, but we believe, gave
the horse up, nothing more being said
about it until about six o'clock in the
evening, when he approached Mallory,
standing in store, and commenced to
abuse him. But few words had pass
ed, when White jerked out his revol-
yer, and aimed shot at Mallory, they
being about FIVE feet apart at the time ;
but bystander knocked the pistol up,
and the ball went thorugh the ceiling.
He fred again, but with no better sue:
cess, Mallory having retreated inside
of doorway close by. White then
jumped into the street, brandishing his
pistol, and proclaiming that he was
''on it. Eff you don't believe it just
pitch in. The click of revolver is
music to my soul-d-n you all p
Sheriff Hightower tried to arrest the
raving scoundrel, but was told to stand
back or he would get his heart blown
out. Hightower, not being armed,
was forced to do so, but started after
his shotgun, standing unloaded in a
room short distance away. White
meantime, walked leisurely off down
the road and soon after met DR.. F. G
Smith riding along. With an obscene
oath he ordered the doctor to "Get of
of that; 1 want to ride awhile right
now." AS the doctor had been cele.
brating considerably during the day il
took him some to clearly understand
the exact nature of the proposition
and was finally saved the necessity o
compliance by the interference of al
acquaintance of the desperate, who
came up and pesuaded him to let the
doctor alone. Shortly after Mallor,
aad the sheriff mounted and armed
with shot guns. As there is no music
i'll the click of these things, the des
perado decided at once that he wa
mot on it" SO very largely after all
and surrendered without more ado
He was committed, and sent to Bridge
porS on three several charges of hors,
stealing, an assault to commit murder
and attempted highway robbery. A
he didn't actually murder anybod.
his prospect of spending few sum
mers at the seaside are exceeding fiat
tering.-Inyo (Cdk) Independent, July
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
DR.. ]. I. Acomb,

physician AND SURGEON, who has
L had fifteen years experience in large
Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, and fine Groceries, all of the
best quality, and will be sold at reasonable
rates.
H. r. BURGESS, an experienced Drug
eist from New York, has charge of the
Store. prescriptions put up accurately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11

The man with his lung-.ester, who
accompanies Barnum, and ma kes an
honest penny by testing the wind of
the multitude, came 70 grief at Terre
Haute the other day. A healthy far
mer's boy with a chest on him like an
emigrant's valise, drew in mouthful
Of the atmosphere, wrapped quarter.
section of his lips over the nozzle and
breathed. An explosion followed, first
of the machine, and then Of the by
standers, and the professor" was
heard to say, as he gathered up the
fragments Of tinkling brass and springs
"He had been eating onions that's
what made his breath so strong"
According to the Eondout freeman,
there a,e hundreds of ladies from the
city boarding in the mountains Of
Shandaken. The country is complete.
ly overrun by women, one boarding
house having no less than forty School
ma'ams." 1t is said to be nearly as
much as a young mans life is worth TO
pass through that locality. One who
has tried it says he never had such q
greeting. 1t was q perfect ovation.
Young ladies crowd the pia22as and
wave their handkerchiefs, and all the
romantic walks are fairly lined with
them. Go west, young man, go west
as far as Rondout.
The accomplishments of sightless
man are next in order. Reading, Pa.
has him, but doesn't appreciate the
phenomenon, and leaves it for Berks
County German paper to irnmOrtalize
him. He is German, 80 years of
age, keeps a tavern (Which is known
as Blind Hartman's), is expert in the
handling of money, and battles all
attempts to cheat him with spurious
currency. He walks out alone, can
point to any piece of real property in
the town, and TO crown ell, mends
clocks and repairs instruments.
Once on a time, at the fune.a Of a
wife, the undertaken arranged for the
husband and mother-in-law to ride in
he same carriage. "Must ], ,"said the
0roken.hearted man, "must | lide with
hat awful woman 2" 81 think you will
have TO" answered the undertaken. " t
will disturb every carriage of the pro-
ce'sion to make a change, and you
must ride here" well, IF l must,
mus, said the stricken man; "but TO
ride with her destroys all my pleasure
ca this OCCASION"
Harriet Beecher Stowe commences
her readings in Springfield, Massachu-
sets, September 13, with scenes from
Uncle Toms Cabin-"Black Sans
Stratagem, or it's best to be on Missis
side," ELIZA escapes on the Ice,"
"Black Sam a Politician" "Uncle
Toms Trial, Temptation Victory and
Death" and also selections from her
ater works.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
National Hotel,

JRvINEToN, PA. w. A. Hallenback,
Proprietor. This hotel is NEW, and is
.ow open as first class house, situate at
ne junction of the Oil Creek q Allegheny
sRlver and Philadelphia q Erie Railroads,
pposite the Depot. Parties having to lay
yer trains will find this the most conven-
ent hotel in town, with first-class accom-
nodstions and reasonable charges. If.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Syracuse House,

rTlDIOUTE, Pa, j. & d MAaEE, Propie-
i tors. The house has been thoroughly
refitted and is now in the first-class order,
with the best of accommodations. Any
Information concerning Oil Territory at
this point will be cheerfully furnished.
-ly j. IL ID. MAGEE,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
FOREST HOUSE,

N BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
IL. Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just
opened. Everything new and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion Of the public patron
age Is respectfully solicited. 4-I7-ly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11

The Choctaw ViadicatOr Qndian
Territory was unable 20 get out an
issue last week, because the entire
"force," editor and all, took to the
woods after a robber.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Exchange Hotel,

T OVER TIDIoUTE, Pa, DIS. RAMS
IL DEEL & Son Props. This house having
been refited is now the most desirable stop
ping place in Tidioute. A good Billiard
Room attached. Ally
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Holmes House,

1NIoNESTA, PA, opposite the Depot.
L G. d. Mabie, Proprietor. Good Sta
bling connected with the house. If.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
Tionesta House.

nj ITTEL, Proprietor, Elm st. Tio-
lVls nesta, Pa, at the mouth Of the creek,
Mr.. title has thoroughly renovated the
Tionesta House, and re-furnished 1t COM
pletely. All who patronize him will be
well entertained at reasonable rates. 20-ly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-11
j. n. HARRIS,
w, p, Mercilliott,

A TToRNEY q COUNSELLOR AT LAW
n Tionesta, Pa. Office on Elm Street.
The professional services of the Hon. 8.
p. Johnson can be secured through me IL
desired in any business entrusted to me in
Forest Co. Collections promptly attended
TO. Also Real Estate Agent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-08
From the Columbus (Ga.) sun.


| II must be plain to every intelliscn
observer and thinker, that 0ilicc.Scck
ing and the means by which office !
now generally secured aud held, is th
great cancer eating upon the vitalS o
our so.calIcd Republic. Our youth ar,
taught from earliest years, that poIitica
positions and promotion are the noblcS
objects Of wealth and ill-iudgca ambi
ton. TO obtain these ends, Il life o
honest labor in some useful trade OF
profession is wasted. and oilimcs hone,
are disappointed, hcnlh destroyed aud
character aud honor utterly wrecked
While we mourn over these fallen hu
man ruins (saddcr than ever Egypt
Rome or Greece can cNhibiD they car
act as bcaCOus to warn Us against tn,
hungry whirlpools and sunkcn rock,
where thousands of brave hearts. clcal
heads and strong arms have uulimcN
persisted.
II half we hear about the elections in
Pennsylvania and elsewhere is true. we
IN the infancy Of our nation. have reach.
ed Il dc"rce Of corruption not cquallcd
even by hcarhcn civilizations in thou.
sand years. Not until after n lapse OF
nearly two huulrcl ypnrs did Cvcn thp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-08

Nehemiah Jennings. a butcher
port, Conn, held the fortunate ticket
which drew the Wooster House mt Dan
bury, Connecticut, last Thursday, in Il
lottcgg. which had been in progrc,, r,r
two weeks previous. He was in the
audience at the time the successful, mum.
Der was announced, when he lcapcd up,
and slapping himself upon the breast
said: "Gen,lcmcn, here, the man tin,
owns the Wooster ilousc.' Almost
wild with excitement. he ,praug upon
the stage, and from 81 bundle Of one
hundred aud scvcnty-iyc tickets pro-
duccd the number 39.9jI. aud wa, de-
clarrd by the committee the owner o.
the hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-08

Il is said That the senior editor Of the
New York OjSyrcr laid the tounda-
lion Of hi fame as u writer by single
article. which he WAS persuaded to re-
write aud coudcusr two or three timcJ.
after he had oncrcJ it for publication,
and which, thus prepared. was copied
al over the country. The Observer
give, the following good adYirc to wri-
tcrS:
Omit the beginning Of your essay
Most writers, not accustomed To the
press, imagine that newspaper article.
like an Grafton, should have an cNordi-
um,, an argument, and coucusion.--
Not at all. The argument i, all that is
wanted. That Is. state Your ease. say
your say, and stop, DO not take time
and space to get into the subject and
to get ont Of it, but come to it instant
Iy, and stop when You are done.
BE short. The time is short, the world
is very fast now, aud readers OF news
papers do not want ION" articles. Pack
your thoughts into short words. 'Cntcn-
ccs and short ESSAYS. II YOU never do
Il great thing. never do a long thing.
Come TO She point. If Won have no
point. lay down the pen, and do some
thing else rather than write. 1t j. not
every one who can write for cdicution,
and YOU may not be one who can.
Write the article two or three times
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-08
A ErCnch A.itntOr.


NJ. Henri Hochctort is the modern
man with the iron mask. Like the ira
ditional brother Of French king he is
brought into prominence only To be
Withdrawn into darker srclu,ion. lie
stood over the body of Napoleon. and
as another ANTHONY hanging about the
bloody remain. Of Cesar. coninrrd the
people To be lou9 suffering while ne
meant 10 iucitc them To muIiuv. lie
scnt his revolutionary L0RioUc. fired
with icrrc and dangerous light in
10 the very precincts % the pal
nee. He stood the embodiment Of a
French Ncm-i-c IN the midst. Of the
terrible bombarlmrnt Of Paris. and
handed iu III, co-iruurcrS torch after
torch TO send 'hc inurintc fumes crack
linz. >corclim". and dovouring the We.
nv heart ~ the metropolis w. pro ,rd
to love it'll the drvu'iou ai - woman.
bcGaurl, rr-i-'iu" M, Nrrnii.c. Gov
rrlrmcii. hc found himself prisoner of
the energetic old man who had chiefly
devoted his life To the grace. oi historic
literature. And to-day. Il convicted
man, Rochefort il no more seen by the
French people. The prison on which he
Eliminates by day and sleeps by night
is unknown to his cOnCcres who have
the good fortune 10 escape n convict's
cell and the swift vengeance of the sue
cessiil party. The French Government
and the iailcr alone know the present
habitation of NJ. Henri Rochcfor;.