The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-06-18

My friends, if there is any man who
from the bottom of my heart l pity. il
is the man who believes that ali man.
kind are cheats and swindlers. and
who considers life merely game Of
grasping and gripping. If there is any
man for whom l feel deep regret, as
for man sure to fall, sure to live and
die wretchedly, it is the man who goes
forth into the world believing that
the only motives in this world are
selfish motives. Depend upon it that
selfishness is not the only motive in
this world-nay it is not even the
strongest motive.
DO. the people sf the United
states know that they are living un.
der a merciless, crushing despotismP ?
do they know that Grant is tyrant
and the army aud United States Courts
are tools in his hands wherewith he
means to crush out every vestige cf
freedom and ride roughshod over their
necks to imperial power? Do they ap-
preciate these solemn facts ? If they
do not, it is time they should. The
Democratic papers assure us that
such are the facts-and who ever
knew a Democratic paper to lie.
GAINESVILLE is the happy land for
burglars. A few nights since q lady
heard some one walking in her house.
She supposed it was her daughter
walking in her sleep, got up, caught
the supposed somnambuliss, but dis.
covered that it was a man and not
her daughter that she had in her EN-.
brace. The discovery only made her
squeeze the harder, and had she not
screamed for help, the fellow would
probably not have attempted to es
cape. The woman will know better
than to scream the next time.
A Norwich gentleman of broad so.
cial views wrote note to tie lands
maid whe wrestles with his crockery,
inviting her to take sleigh ride with
him. Unfortunately the slave was un-
able to read, and brought the note to
wife OF his bosom to decipher. Wretch
ed and heartsick, the miserable wo.
man awaited in agonizing suspense till
her husbands return, and the family
physician SAYS he didn't consider il
possible for delicate female to do so
much damage.
The Yale Record relates that once
when party ofstudents had invsigled
Daniel Pratt, the great American
traveller, into a small close room.
which they were vigorously filling
with tobacco smoke, he stopped for
moment in his discussion of The
fpecialties of all specialties,' or some. |
thing of that sort, and in his mild
way remarked: Gentlemen your
speaker amt a ham"
A most shameful trick was playd
upon a lover at Terre Haute by his
rival. The generous wooer had pro. |
cured package of gum.drops to pre-
sent to Angehne ever dear, but the |
other man maliciously substituted |
there for paper of white beans. 1t
was not until 3 O'Clock in the morning
that matters we're explained an a re- |
Cancellation effected.
The Young Mems Christian Asseci.
alton Of Kansas City has decided to
purchase quantity of rock and some |
hammers, ard when young men apply |
for work and say. as most of them do, |
that they a-e willing to do anything, |
give them job Of breaking stone
the Association depending on selling
the same to the city for macadamiz. |
ing the streets.
A little boy in Springfield. after
his customary evening prayer, a night |
OF two ago, continued" And bless ma
ma and Jenny, and Uncle Benny"
adding, after moments pause, the |
explanatory remark, "his name is
HutchisOn."
A Georgia editor, friendly to Mr.. |
gays of another Georgia edi.
tor who does not like him: "He may |
throw himself back on his hind legs
and bark at Mr.. Stephens until his |
iusty lungs ere as airy as his chuckle
head is."
A foolish young man in Savannah,
Georgia, fred his revolver in the bung-
hole of an empty kerosene barrel. The
barrel burst, breaking his nose, cash.
ing his forehead, and knocking him
more senseless than he was before.
The residents Of Pekin, ILL.,, are pay
ing $3.50 barrel for water, under the
impression that it is some rare and
unknown foreign beverage.
A California lady, having resolved
to commit suicide, wrOte to a friend
that sit almost killed her to think of