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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-12-09
c- n- Wnher,s IIotel,

TNYLERSBURGH,P PA. G. b. WEBER,
Il has possession OF the new brick hotel
and will be happy to entertain all his old
customers, and any number OF new onos.
Good accommodations for guests, and ex-
eellent stabling. l0-3m.
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A DVERTISERS send 25 cents to Geo.
n z. Rowell e Co., Al Park Row, N. Y,
for their Eghty-page Pamphlet, showing
cost of advertising. 1874
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-12-09
CENTRAL HOuSE.

DoNNRR a AGNEw BLOCK. /.
ID AaNBw, Proprietor. This is new
horse, and has just been fitted up for the
accommodation OF tho public. A portion
Of the patronage Of the public IL solicited.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-12-09
DR.. ]. L. Acomb,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
L had fftoen years experience in n large
and successful practice, win attend all
Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A f,,il assortment OF Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
win be sold at reasonable rates.
DIR. CHAS. o. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Drugs ist from New York,
has charge OF the Store. All prescriptions
put up accurately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-12-09

MIR. SMITH has fine machinery for
WI making all parts OF a watch or clock
that may be missing or broken. lie war
rants all his work. The patronage of the
citizens OF Forest County is most respect
fully solicited. All he asks is a fair trial.
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w. p. Mercilliott,
KTNNEAR e SMILEY,

= AtserRsys 81 Law, Franklin, Pa.
nRACTICE in the sovercl Courts OF We
L mango, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin-
as.6 oountiaa 29-ly.
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III. G. HARLTN,
MFRS. &. M. HEATH,
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.

MRS. HEATH has recently moved to
Itl this place for the purpose Of meeting
u wGutwhich the ladies of the town and
county have for long time known, that
of having a dressmaker OF experience
among them. am prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in the latest styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
ing and embroidery done in the best man
ner, with the newest patterns. All | ask
is fair trial. Residence on Water Street,
in the house formerly occupied by Jacob
Shriver. l4tf
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03

" 81 q viz e q -7TsI
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
A Gigantic Project.

The project of converting q portion of
the Sahara Desert into an inland sea
continues to find favor, and it is under
stood thorough surveys with view
to determine the precise mode of &C.
complishing this object are under way
by The French government. AS to
whether the result aimed at is desirable
or not is at present question of con-
siderable discussion. On the one hand,
the replacing of a large amount of de.
sert waste by water, and making sea-
ports of interior points in Algeria, and
the expected restoration of an. ample
rainfall to various parts of northern
Africa, are viewed with favorable an
ticipations. On the other hand, it is
maintained that the sea will be simply
an immense evaporation basin, which
Will soon be clogged mp with salt: or
that q serious interference will take
place in the amount of heated air car
ried across the Mediterranean, which ut
present prevents the extension of the
Alpine glaciers. Should this be inter
rupted, it is feared that increased glaci-
alton will ensue, possibly restoring q
large portion of central Europe to its
condition during the reindeer epoch.
Whatever be the result of this great
engineering operation, it is extremely
probable that twill be attempted by
the French authorities.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
Recent 'Assyrian Discoveries.

We may see numerous black stones
in the British museum, which record
the sale and purchase Of particular
lands, aud the most terrible curses are
invoked upon the heads of those who
should injure and destroy these evi-
dences of the ownership of property.
One of them. lately found by Mr..
Smith, tells us that the ground men
toned in it was bestowed by the king
upon, a sort OF poet-laureate, on ac-
count of some panegyrics he had writ.
ten upon the kingdom. Still more
plentiful than these are private con-
tract tablets. often in an outer coating
of clay, on which m abstract of the con.
tents of the inner tablet is stamped.
Many of them are pierced with holes,
through which strings vera passed ut.
tached to leaves OF papyri. The latter
have long since perished The papyrns
was used by the Accadians as a writing
material Mt n remote date, although the
more durable clay tablets were prefer
red. The mercantile class seems to
have consisted chiefly of Semites, rather
than OF AccRdams; and if we want to
find the fnliest development of business
and commerce we must come down to
the eighth and seventh centuries b. c..
when Nineveh was a bustling centre of
trade. Tyre had been destroyed by the
Assyrian kings. and trade had transfer
red itself further to the east. Car
chemiah, which was favorably situated
near the Euphratea, was the Meeting
place of the merchants of all nations,
and the "manch of Carohemish" be-
came the standard of weight. Houses
aud other pro ertTT, including slaves,
were bought and sold and tho careful
ness with which the deeds of sale or
lease were drawn up, the details into
which they went. and the number of at
tending witnesses, were quite worthy of
a modern lawyer. Money, too, was lent
at interest, usually at the rate of four
per cent, but sometimes, more espe.
cially when goods like iron were bor-
rowed, at three per cent. Security for
the loan was often taken in houses or
other property. The witnesses and
contracting pa ties generally affixed
their eeals but where they we're too
lpoor to possess any, n hallmark was
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
a New Weapon.

The New Orleans Picayune gives the
annexed description of the neatest in.
strument for street fight that has vet
been produced It is weapon with d
sinister and cynical appearance that
would make even the bravest man trem-
BILE. It consists first of an ordinary
pair of brass knuckles, rather sharp, in
order to produce telling effect. To
one end is attached gimlet knife, to
the other revolver, whose trigger
forms one of the divisions of the brass
knuokle. Thus armed man might
defy nm army. II he were to get hold
of one individual man, the effect is ap-
palling; every blow he strikes with the
knuckles would not only break the as
saulted PERSONS skull, but lodge O half
dozen bullets in his heart, while the
gimlet attachment is cutting away at
his throat. A man who had been Treated
to that weapon would be killed at least
q dozen times before he knew what was
the matter; not only killed, but 30 bat
tered. bruised, and out to pieces, that {.
sardine box would prove roonly coffin
for his remains. Somebody ought to
name the weapon; it, deserves a name.
1t is small, but telling in its effects.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
Detroit Police Court.

81 don't think this world has any
further use for yon," remarked his
honor after taking long look at the
prisoner. :" see you haven't any get
up-and. vote'twice in your nature, and
your character has been allowed to
tumble around until you feel like an
old omnibus horse" ssDon't abuse
me" replied the prisoner in mournful
voice. Z" But it annoys me to see big,
fat hulk OF loafer idling away his life
and chewing apple-rinds to keep from
starvation. I'd get under pile driver,
go to sleep on railroad track or walk
off the wharf beforeT'd drag ont such
life. However, ipa'no use talking TO
you. Consider yourself elevated fol
three months, and wien that's out come
back for some mor.,."-- Ffce Press.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
ImpfoVement oflthe English Railway
-: 4s=s I = System, .,,I.j iI9

:
TIE Midland railway company, whose
fordBhire, Mott tinghamshire. Der byahire
Laneashire and Yorkshire to iScotIand.
was she first last year to attach third
sequence of which ID that the Receipts
frora third,class traffic hare risant anof1
Moyssy but on the other hand, the sec-
ondsblns have conBide derably yU Udsctre eased.
30 the company is about TO try 10 great
scheme, no less than the abolition of
second -class carriages and the III eduction
OF frHs, class fares. This, at first sight.
seems great boon to the, travelling
community, but on looking into it &c is
found 10 be virtually the abolition of
the arst- GLASS The people who have
been accustomed to; ride second-olass
will now be compelled to use tho issthpe-
rior carriages, more especially assthey
can do 80 ut o comparatively small III
crease OF expense, and thus the great
boo5Sof frst-elass travel, tho space, the
quiet, and the freedom from intrusion.
will be entirely done away with. Euunll
ity 10 nowhere more out Of place than in
travelling, and 30 long as extrh comforts
and snxuries can be had by paying for
them there viii be plenty only too Wills
ing to secure thenh. The sintroduCtion
of drawing cars, on, the, American
lines and the great use made of these
cars by the wealthier portion of the
travelling public is proof of this; It
,is to be; hoped that our other railway
COMPANIES will not follow the lead Of
the Midland, but if they do it will in
evitably lead TO the introduction of
palace cars or their equivalent. !
Another alteration in our railway
mana cement is the establishment on the
Metropolitan railway of carriages for
ladies only" This ID an adoption of
the danes 8eutes idea with which we
ere all familiar on continental, railways,
and is, said to have been necessitated by
the Behavior of men who make it q
praeticei of travelling by the UNDER
ground line for the purpose of Offering
Offensive familiarities to women, It is
not pgobable that the plan will succeed
here for the underground trains scarce.
Fly sop more than q minute at each
p ard thera is enormous d ifficillEy
In selecting the carriages of the class
for which you have ticket SO great is
the throng and confusion; the selection
OF n special compartment will therefore
be almost impossible. One will be curl
ous to see the style of ladies who avail
themselves Of the new regulation. In
the carriages for danes 8e,fles in France
/ never recollect seeing any but the
Oldest, the plainest and the most unin-
viting of the sex.-London Cor. ~. Y.
Herald, ,
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
A Pleasant Little Farce.

The Tower of London is locked MP
every night Mt eleven O'clock. As the
clock strikes that hour the yeoman por-
ter, clothed in long red cloak, bearing
bnnch of keys, and accompanied by o
warder carrying alantern, stands at the
front OF the great guard-house and calls
out, "Esoort keys" The sergeant of
the guard and five or six men then
turn out and folloy him to tho gate,
each sentry challenging as they pass
with "Who goes there2" the answer
being Keys" The gates being care
fully locked and barred, the procession
returns, tho sentries exacting the same
explanation and receiving the same an
swer as before. Arrived once more at
the front of the main guard house, the
sentry gives loud stamp of his foot
and asks, Who goes there2" "Keys." {"
Whose keys? 2" "Qneen Viotoria's
keys" ::"Advance Qaeen Viotoria's
keys and all's WE'LL" The yeoman por-
ter then calls ont, "God bless Queen
Victoria" TO which tho guard re-
spends "Amep." The officer on duty
gives the word, "Present arms" and
kisses the hilt of his sword, and ha
yeoman porter then marches alone
across the parade and deposits the keys
In the lieutenant's lodgings.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03
. THE OLD HOME.

NJ Bf WILL WALLACE HAnsEY.
An outsloer 1tiIet Ie,si tte lsy
r. Beneath the winter moon
!he Cricket ehirped in cozy ,nsirth,
. And the kettlecroonet UPON the HEARTH.
NtsfAS "A sweet, pld- -fashio ioned tune.
De The old cloct ticked. q drowsy race,
With the Clicking OF the cricket,
anu rSa GOALS In the chimney-place
Peeped out, with many o rosy face,
Like berries In .thicket.
ahe cranes arm, empty. stuck out stiG,
And tinWAre ontbe shelves ~ ~ Y &
Iwinkled and winkedl ut every glifr, Nsi
III tne nickefing 6rc-lgtt, as If
They whispered to tncmselves.j
Tie good dame, III her rufled cap
counted her stitches slowly,
nhd ihe old IMAM, vii iliii many yap, -, =
heau from the big book on his lap,R ( ~
The good words, wise and holy.
Tho old clock clicked; the old man read.
- HIS deepHoice pa,ising, lowering:
Inc good wife nodded, dropped her head
.Aea Ihe lids Of both were heavy as lead n
Ihey were sound asleep and snoring.
Oh, hale old couple! sweet each dream,
While all the milk-pans titinu-
FUSS paints her wl,!skars lnthe cream,
TIL John and the belated team d u
Bring Maggie from the quilting
May time u pray, wi. So. iy years
80 Make thin my voice au .thrapplc,
Find my last days of life liz theirs
,f3 Assweet with clil'irenslo and prayers, Z
And like winter apple = = '
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03

No. bub, we've always made it a
rulo never to buy barrel of flour I'M
less there are four red KS on each head,
with thirty ono stars in q circle,
and q chrome picture in tha cen.
ter, and our cook has good lNik with
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03

considered sufficient. All this lappreci.
alton and interohanging of property led,
as We Nigh suppose, TO testamentary
'devolution, aud no less document than
the private will of Sannacheribi i'd now
the British museum. - Ffaser's Nag. s
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03

The duke of Brunswick, whose age
is eighty.six, Is going to marry girl of
eighteen. He'll probably do just as he
pleases about it, but it's some satisfac.
tion to call him blamed old hootiack,
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-03

The Chicago Times describes an
ofiice-holder as collector of the port
OF Ararat, when Noah arrived there
with his ark, and has uninterruptedly
held Office ever sipce.H
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-08-26
The Wise Choice Of a Wife.

Ho that fndcth q true wife, .fndeth
q treasure whose beauty and lustre
not even the shadow of death can
dim. 1t has often seemed strange to
me that men are so blind in their
choice of companions. In this they
sometimes seem to be the weaker sex,
for they yield to deliberately planned
schemes, and in the face Of an un-
happy lot, take painted dolls Or artful
women to share the s'better OF
worse"
And yet, after all, as the response
hility rests more on him, it may be a
harder thing than we are aware of,
to find one whose price is above ru.
bies. There exists such an artificial
state of society. Beauty is ranked
30 high, and the graces are SO indis,
pensable, that homeIy, indoor life
loses it's chieftest charm, and woman
becomes creature Of waywardncss
and prettiness, that must be dressed
up and petted, in order to keep hel
in smiles and decent humor.
Most young men think Of Can es
tablishmcnt," and somebody must
preside of whom they are proud
They love to hear their friends say
"Well, Il has Q, fine wife-a wo.
man worth having; she plays anc
sings, sho talks agreeably, and alto
gether, makes sensation"
But when trouble comes, where is
the strong helper-the courageous
spirit? Those modest homo bodies
who seem so timid and backward
who oversee the humble household
and ask nc praise but that of the
husbands heart-who shine but little
at parties, but who are the stars Of
home-these are the wives for the
trials of earnest life. Their love is
the rock never shaken by the tenn,
pest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-08-26
Mushroom Cities.

The Baltimore Gazette says: "To
o resident of a large eastern city or
to the European it is a most singular
sensation to come, in America, upon
one of those deserted mushroom cit
les which spring up in q night and
disappear in morning. Through
the mountains of Pennsylvania there
are many of them generally mining
villages, after the mines have run
out. Perched often on the top of a
high mountain, the gunner or the
curiosity-hunter comes suddenly upon
them out Of the densest solitude.
There stand the houses in q clearing
filled with wild raspberry bushes and
vines and small shrubs, bleak, bare
and desolate, with hingeless doors
and paneless windows-with small
trees growing up through the floors,
and The gnawings of wild animals
visible wherever tho floor or walls
were formerly grease-stained. On
the line of the western railroads these
temporary towns appear and disap-
pear, and in the oil regions probably
moro strikingly and pretentiously,
the fall being more disastrous than
elsewhere. Such was Pithole City,
Pa, according to an exchange.
Within one month from the compile
ton of the first house this city had q
telegraph office and hotel, costing
the owners $4,000. In one month
there was a daily paper established,
and in the next theatre, in another
month another theatre, and then an
academy of music. In six months
thero wero seventy-four hotels and
clearinghouse; in tho seventh
month the city had reached its high
est prosperity. 1t had then about
$1,000 inhabitants, elaborate water
works, a city hall, and an expensive
city government. Its fall was quite
as rapid. Only fifteen inhabitants
now remain"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-08-26
Perspiration..

The amount of liquid matter which
passes through the microscopical
tubes of tho skin in tweEIy-touI
hours, in any adult person of sound
health, is about sixteen fluid ounces.
or one pint. One ounce Of tho sixteen
is solid matter, made up Of organic
and inorganic substances, which, il
allowed to remain in the system for q
space of time would cause death
The rest is water. Besides the watc,
and solid matter, a large amount Of
carbonic acid, q gaseous body, passes
through the tubes; SC we cannot fail
to understand that they are active
workers, and also we cannot fail to see
the Importance of keeping them in
perfect working order, removing oh.
structions by frequent application Of
water, or by some other means.
Suppose we obstruct the functions
of the skin perfectly by vanishing a
person completely with a compound
impervious to moisture, How long
will ho live? Not over six hours
The experiment was once tried on q
child in Florence. Popo Leo, The
tenth, on the occasion Of his accession
to the papal chair, wished to have q
living figure to represent the Golden
Age, and so he gilded a poor child all
over with varnish and gold leaf. The
child died in q few hours. If the ful
of rabbit or the skin Of q pig be
covered with solution of India rub
Der in naptha, the animal ceases tc
breathe in two hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-08-26

HAND-SHAKINa. - How did people
get in the habit of shaking hands?
The answer is not far to seek. In
early and barbarous times, when every
savage or semi-savage was his own
law-giver, judge, soldier and police
man. and had to watch over his own
safety in default Of any other protec-
ton, two friends and acquaintances,
or two strangers desiring to be friends
and acquaintanccs, when they
chanced to meet, offered each to the
other the right hand, the hand alike
of offense and defense, the hand that
wields the sword, the dagger, the
club. the tomahawl, or other weapon
of war. Each did this to show that
the hand was empty, and neither war
nor treachery was intended. A man
cannot we'll stab another while he is
in the act of shaking hands with him,
unless he he double-dyed traitor and
villain, and strives to aim q cowardly
blow with tho left while giving The
right and pretending to b. on good
terms with his victim. The custom
of hand-shaking prevails more or less
among all civilized nations, and is the
tacit avowal of friendship and good
will, just as a kiss is Of warmer pas
sion. Ladies', every one must have
remarked, seldom or never shake
hands with tho cordiality Of gentle
men, unless it be with each other
The reason is obvious. 1t is for them
TO receive homage, not to give it..
They cannot be expected to show to
persons of the other sex a warmth OF
greeting which might be misinter-
preted, unless such persons are very
closely related to them by family or
affection, in which case hand-shaking
is not needed, and the lips do moro
agreeable duty.
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THE RURAL CARoL1N1AN FOR Au-

The RURAL CARoLINIAN FOR AU-
GUsT.-There are two particularly
striking features about the present
number of this leading Southern ag-
ricultural periodical. The first is .
very handsome frontispiece, giving
the first and only engraving of tho
celebrated Eucalyptus tree that has
ever been published in this country.
The second is an able article from the
pen Of that distinguished agricultural
writer, G. ". Howard, of Georgia.
The Eucalyptus tree represented i'm
the frontispiece was planted in 1868,
and was not six years old when the
photograph was taken from which
the engraving was made. is, new,
erthcless, fifty-six feet high, and the
engraving shows it towering above
the roof of q two-story house, while
q man ho stands in it's shade near
the trunk looks very diminutive. Mr..
Towards article treats of "The Tur-
nip, Sheep Husbandry, and Soil I'm
provcment" at the South, and is
characterized by the vigor of style
and thoroughness Of knowledge that
always mark his writings. While
these are the two leading features Of
this number, and we cannot help con-
graduating the Rural Carolinian on
securing the cooperation Of so valua-
| bio and influential O writer as Mr..
Howard, it contains, moreover, o
great variety Of articles and informa-
ton, all of interest and Importance.
Col. D. Wyatt Aiken is short, on
"Small Grains" in reply to "Book
Farmer" while writer calling him.
self ga Lover Of Flowers contrib
utes an article on IA Southern Home
and its Surroundings" that he might
we'll be proud to publish over his own
signature. The literary department.
besides many other good things, con-.
tains thrilling narrative, entitled
"Summerfclds Secret" which shows
how the world, not many years ago,
escaped destruction by fire.. This
story alone is worth years subscrip-
ton,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-08-26
The Predatory Musksto.

On balmy wings Of starry night,
by summer breezes blown, there
comes q voice no ear can slight;
feathery monotone of awful potent.
Whirling round our poor devoted
ears, the echo of that goddess sound
awakens all our fears, and makes us:
cuss the summer night, with all its
shadows Of delight All useless fall
our vigorous blows, to mash the sharp
intruder: for when We smite away he
goes beyond our reach. Seclude our
selves as best we may, or draw the
netting close about us the 6end is
sure to find 9 flaw, through which to.
bite and rout US from our dreams that.
might be passing sweet, but tor his
guile and base deceit.
For in the silence Of the room ho
Silly sits in waiting. He peers
athwart the lonely gloom, his secret
soul initiating, with ghouldish dreams
of human blood. He waits to hear
our snoring, then goes for his noctur-
nal food without delay. Exploring
our poor prone bodies DER and Ger,
he revels in prospective gore. At
last with instinct as sure as sin, he
finds nice blue vein and rips his lit
tie dagger in and pulls it ont again,
until he gets his baggy paunch as fnlll
as it can be. And then he sits upon
his haunch and chuckles. Gaily he
then squirts some poison in the
wound, the while his lullabys resound.
The pang goes shooting through orr
nerves, till, wakening with Q sense OF
pain, we seek the nearest thing that
serves, and seek the predator. In
vain! Upon the distant chimney pot
he sits serenely whetting his CORY
bayonet, red-hot for the next days
.blood-letting, and gently spoons an
artful chorus, to warn US that he
means to bore us.