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~ pRATT,s ASTRAL OIL.

Ne PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL.
Absolutely safe. Perfectly oderless. Al"s!s y,
form. lIuni Mating qualities superior 70 Sss' pu
In any lamp without danger Of exploding or IA'D'
Dire. Manufactured expressly TO dispisce 'ns -
volatile and dangerous oils. Its safety pno<. s',,.
possible test, and it perfect burning qua'sss
proved by It's contiuued use in over 3oo-o0o ''
les Millions Of gallons have been sofa an' ~
Internationally or indircctly-nai ever "''O
from burning, storing, or handling II.
The insurance companies and IRE com a..~ 49,,
throughout the country recommend Tie AZ "a
IS the best safeguard when lamps are peF''
Tor circular. .I
For sale st retail by the trade 2ent era ipeITr
4 co, los Eal,on street. New York.
&C 7-dSw0m
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MILLINERY.

r. MILLINERY.
GRAND SPRING OPENING OF "a
u FRENCH PATTERN BONSETS: ekSa
HATS, and all kinds Of MlLLiHEK1S ~ ~,
GOODS, on THURSDAY and FRIDAY April
18th and 18th, ut ,,,,r,, up,e
81 52S Broad street,
~ which her many friends and the public generally
are invited. aP 100.
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PROPOSALS.

\ TTENTION, CoNTRACTORS.-Pro-
n nosals for rebuilding WALKERS CHURCH
viii be received ut the church on WEDNESDAY,
Nav 3fh at II O'Clock A. NJ by
'i an 1a.W4w THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.--I have this 14tb day
~ Of April, 1874, appointed JOHN HACH my
agent TO carry on she business OF BAKER At
Rockets in the city OF Richinond; the ssAd John
Hach 10 buy and sell for cash only.
AID lS-Stk X. W. e. l4OP. MANN (.
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NXTRA HAVANA LOTTERY.

Capital prize, 100000. Draw, ne, Aprll 23d.
Reduced prizes: Whole tickets, gl20: halses,
$50; quarters, $40; ffths, SS.4 tenths, $i2 I;
twentielhs, 60, GERMAN 81 ATEs i.oTTERIEs.
Post-ofhce box 4,o7l. YfLTER & Co,
ap S-l4t '.Eg = = - New York.
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The Lieutenant. Governor in the chair.
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Dashiell, of st. Marks
ErisroDal church,
, 1874-04-02

a There is story told of gentle
man who protects himself against pique
aud sense of injury which thieves ex-
perience when they can find nothing to
carry away BY leaving in his country
house, when he goes to town for the
winter. demijohn of fine old brandy.
A note by the side Of it explains that
there is no silver in the house, that all
the drawers and doors are open, re-
quests that no unnecessary damage be
done. and that his guests shall help
themselves to the brandy.
, 1874-04-02
n John James Flourney. a colore

n John James Flourney. colore l
man of Georgia. has memofal;zed Con
sress for aid in some shape. either by
money or the use of government YES
sci, to transport large numbers of color
ed people who are anxious to go to the
rising republic of Liberia. He believes
it to be advantageous to the colored race
to be separated from that Of the Anglo
Saxon. Unless they amalganiate one
will be superior and the other inferior
to the end Of time. Amalgamation. he
hold, can never be made universal, and
it was question whether the result Of
such step would benefit the condition
of either aud hs refers to the Mexican
and Spanish races as specimens of ANAL
gamated races. f''e '''-
, 1874-04-02

! " Whenever there is an eager scram
BILE for place, as there is now, it means
that the true balance between the tax
payers and the tax-users7 is destroyed,
Iand the advantage is on the wrong side.
Whenever Office becomes SO much more
lucrative and desirable than the pursuits
of private life, we may be assured that
the taxpayers are the donkeys and the
office holders ride them, and it is high
time for revolution; which, by the
way, does not alwaysinvolve bloodshed,
as one of our contemporaries. on fors
mer occasion, seemed to think. are
, 1874-04-02

- Thirty thousand men make up
our regular army. 1t is thought that
most of these are on the plains and in
the mountains, where they ought to be;
but far from it. Only moiety of them
is there. There are 1900 men stationed
around New York; 10000 on the Cana
dian frontier; at least 10000 South, and
many around such places as San Fran
cisco, where they are 70 earthly use. :
Now suppose some $1,000 of these, now
in the States. were stationed in about
the" Indian countries, would we have
the regular annual outbreak? Not at all.
By an imposing force the Indians would
be overawed, and the soldier be put to
better uses than eating up our money
in rations. and iloafng. r,g.I.9 p, .o.j .a'
, 1874-04-02

BALTIMORE, March 27.--One man was
fatally and three seriously injured by a
gas explosion on saturday. 81
, 1874-04-02

PoRT JARVIS, March 27.- Strike of
Erie employees at the Sasquehanna de-
pot has nearly suspended through trav-
, 1874-04-02

JACKSONVILLE, Kansas, March 27.-
On, Wednesday, one Ames, was killed by
his son -in-law, Pierce, who was yester-
day taken from Jail by mob and hang
ed.
, 1874-04-02
Notice Of Assessment.

S EATTLE COAL AND TRANsPOR-
- tation Company = Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.
Location Of Works, Seattle, King County, WASH
ington Territory. Notice is hereby given that
at meeting of the Trustees of said Company
held on the 3th day of March, 1874, an
assessment of one dollar per share was levied
upon the Capital Stock of said Company. paya-
BILE Immediately in United States Gold Coin to
the Secretary Of said Company, at the Office, No.
1.201 Battery Street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which said assessment shall re-
main unpaid on Tuesday,. tho twenty
first day Of April, 1874 shall be deemed de-
lnquent and will be advertised for sale at pub
lie auction, and unless payment shall be made
before, will be sold on Tburstlay y, tn g tven-
ty-4irst day of May, Is74, to pay the de-
linquent assessment, together with the costs Of
advertising ard expenses of the sale. By Or
der of the Board of Trustees.
..-. ~ JOSIAH HAND, Secretary.
Office No. 1901 Battery Street. San Francisco,
California. 90 fr
, 1874-04-02
Course of Lectures.

THE FOLLOWING NAMED GENTLEMEN
D have been invited by the Committee ap-
pointed by the Library Association to make ar
rangements for course of lectures, to be de-
livered for the benefit Of the Library during the
present season. Some of these gentlemen have
already accepted the invitation, and the Com
mittee have no doubt but all will accept. But
in case of the inability from any cause of any
will be made to have his place supplied by some
other able speaker. Lectures to be as follows:
December 16th, Rev. Norman Mcleod; Jan.
18th, Hon.S Garfelde; Feb. 3rd, Hon. s. O. Win
guard; Feb. 18th, Rev j. r Thompson; March
3rd, Hon. r. s. Greene; March 24th, Hon. o.
Jacobs. rpti-ta d9-td FrT
, 1874-04-02

Two of the edible dogs of China
are now on exhibition at the Zoologlcal
gardens in Paris. If it be found easy
to acclimatize them. it is proposed to In
troduce this new article of food. The
dogs in question are small and hairless
and enormously fat. They are fed sole
ly on vegetable food, and regimen wnicn
i'm parts a rare delicacy to their fiesh.
, 1874-04-02

washington, March 26--In the Ways
and Means Committee to-day, Sanborn's
counsel stated that he, would submit
written statement tomorrow, and per-
NIT an examination of himself by the
committee. Simmons s, Collector Of Gus
toms for Boston, testified in behalf OF
Sanborne that he received instructions
| from SECRETARIES Boutwell, and Richard-
son to assist Sanborne in Internal Rev
enue examinations. and quoted Horton
as an instance that Sanborne had large
influence and acquaintance in legislative
matters in New England. Ho believed
that 80 per cent of the S5O.0o0 collected
| by Sanborn would not have been collect
ed through the regular channels.
+ Green and Presbury, Sanborne' S
agents, testified that the cases upon
which they were at work were unrecord-
ed in the Internal Revenue offices. They
had not represented themselves as agents
of the Treasury Departn ent, though
they had said nothing to the contrary
and had left that inference to be drawn
from the Secret Service credentialwhieh
they presented.
TIE President has nominated Moses
Hallet Chief Justice ofsColorado.
SAN FRANcIsco. March 27.-The in
yestigation into the affairs of the missing
Pension Agent, Il. Z. Bennett, indicates
that he is defaulter to large amount.
As the examination of the accounts is
not yet concluded. the exact amount of
the defalcation is unknown. His wife
is still in the city, but Bennett has not
been heard from since he left Omaha.
No news yet from the steamer Colima.
and as her delay. is protracted, pub
lie. anxiety increases. II is generally
believed that her machinery is disabled,
and that she is making her way under
sail. The Union Insurance Company
has decided thai they will take all addi-
tional policies on her cargo at regular
rates. The steamer Arizo may bring
news of the Colima if she does not ar
rive before Sunday next.
An affray occurred last night on the
Corner of Sd and Bryant streets, in which
a man named Sterling was stabbed se-
verely by man ramed Valentine. The
wounds are not dangerous. No arrests
are made yet. ...
WASHINGTON, March 81 The Senate
passed the bill to relinquish the interest
of the United States in certain lands in
San Francisco. vo5
Kelly, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reports favorably the bill to cre-
ate an additional land district in Oregon
to be known asThe Dalles Land District.
The chair laid before the Senate the
resolutions of mass meeting of citizens
of Portland, asking Congressional AID in
the construction Of the Portland, Dali es
& Salt Lake Railroad. t5.t.
JACKSONVILLE, Kansas, March 27.-
On. Wednesday, one Ames was killed by
his son -in-law, Pierce, who was yester-
day taken from Jail by mob and hang
ed.
PoHT JARVIS, March 27.- Strike of
Erie employees at the Sasquehanna de-
pot has nearly suspended through trav-
ell. eLi & iud oa-li .iro ei Ugi
BALTIMORE, March 27.--One man was
fatally and three seriously injured by a
gas explosion on saturday. g-
, 1874-04-02

u THE PRESIDENTS INVESTMENTS. A
Washington letter to the Troy Times
says: The President has just bought q
large lot in the northwestern part of the
city for his future town residence. He
pays S22, 600 for $1,000 feet and the
house is to cost;with the lot, near $780,
000. It is understood that the Presi-
dent, when he is released from his Off
cial duties, will divide his time between
his three residences-on the st. Louis
Farm, at the sea shore at Long Branch,
andiin Washington He will retire from
public life in very comfortable circrm-
stances. He has been, since he entered
the army in 1861, one of the luckiest Of
meh, and in this respect his history is
curious and interesting. Up to a certain
date his life wasunlucky-u uniformly so.
Everything he undertook proved fail
ure, till he was actually a poor nan
when he offered his services to the coun-
try in the war of the rebellion. Since
then his course has been almost invaris
ably successful as soldier, a politician
and a man of business. / am told by
those who know the facts and are COM
petent to judge of such matters, that
Gen. Grants investments have been
made with great wisdom, with the sole
exception of the small venture in the
sensca Stone Company" and even
that concern is looking up of late. His
investments here, at Long Branch, and
especially near st. Louis. have turned
out we'll. St. Louis people say that his
farm in that vicinity will alone make
him large fortund, SO rapid is its IN
crease in value.
R>luuD>b
, 1874-04-02

q Governor Shepherd was {" a poor
boy" General Butler was "a poor boy;;"
but both have become very rich by their
daily labor. Bright examples for "poor
boys, but rather hard on the country :.
, 1874-04-02
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.

A first-class house and a
chance for everybody to live
cheap during the hard times.
- The best table and the
best rooms and beds Of any
houss in the Territory. r
- Guests treated with po-
liteness and attention.
Free coach to and from the
house. sd S' -
j. COLLINS & Co., Proprietors.
Seattle, ". T., Nov. !. 1s7s,-u ~ %
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03

Directions were given by the United
States Senate the other day to have
spot designated in the Capitol
Grounds for the equestrian statue Of
General Greene, Gin conformity with
the resolution of the Continental Con-
gress, passed in 1856" There was no
occasion to hurry about it. 1t is not
a hundred years vet since the resolu.
ton was passed, and who cares con-
tinental what the Continental Congress
resolved, anyhow
"Will you have some straw berries I"
asked q lady Of guest. "Yes, madam,
yes; eat strawberries with enthusi.
asm." "Do telli Well, we haven't
anything but cream and sugar for 'sm
this evening"" said the matter-offact
hostess.
Fair damsel Quitting on new gloves)
Too tight! o, no, auntie, not at all;
besides, l like them a little tight"
Troublesome brother.-"Feels as if
somebody was squeezing her hand
don't you see, auntie 2"
Tipkins aroused his wife from q
sound sleep the other night, saying he
had seen a ghost in the shape Of an
ass. 20, let me sleep" was the reply
of the irate dame, "and don't be
frightened at your own shadow"
An affected young lady, on being
asked in a large company, if she had
read Shakespeare, assumed q look of
asst ,nishment and replied: "Read
shakspearei OF course / have; read
that when it first came out"
The title of religious article on
"Mirth as a Means of Grace" is per.
verted by a rural compositor into
"Mirth as a Means of Grease" He
was doubtless thinking of the proverb:
Laugh and grow fat"
"What do these mean p said spi.
GERS friend, pointing to the three gold
en- balls in front of shop The other
day. Indians" was the reply. "In.
diansi 7" said his friend. "Yes, Pawn
eeS," retorted Spicer.
A man in Boston, in ms hurry 70
assist fainting lady, got q bottle Of
mucilage instead of camphor and
bathed her face with it. She was a
good deal stuck up with his attention.
think of it, Mr.. Bobbs, the United
States drinks S90,000,O0 worth of
spirits every yearp Bobbs (exeitedly)
"How l wish i was the United
States!"
A cautious reporter, in speaking Of
= man both Of whose legs we're cut off
by a railroad train, says "he will prob.
ably be a cripple for life"
The three things most difficult are
to keep y secret, to forget an injury,
and make good use Of leisaEe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
TREAsURER's SALES.
uNsEATED LANDS.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursu-
ance Of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, OF the Commonwealth on Pennsylva-
MIA, passed the 18th day Of March, I is,
entitled an Act to amend an Act directing
the mode OF selling Unseated Lands for
Taxes &C., and the several subsequent
Acts supplementary thereto. The follow
ing tracts Of tnBeated lands, and in and
out lots in the County of Forest, or 80
much thereof as will pay the arrearae es of
taxes and costs accrued thereon, will be
exposed TO public sale at the Treasurer's 8
odice, In Tionesta Borough, Forest Coun-
ty, Pa, on the
SECOND MONDAY OF JUNE, (Sth) 1874,
and be continued by adjournment from
day TO day II IL shall be found necessary
10 to do:
All tracts net otherwise marked, are ad-
vortiaed for the taxes Of 1872 and 1874
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
Tionesia House.

~ r. LATIMER Lessee, Elm st. Tie
Ns ncsta. Pa, at the mouth hsoreek,
Mr.. L. has thoroughly re ed tho
Tiohssta House, and re-furnisno. it COM
ylstely. All who patronize him will be
we'll entertained at reasonable rates. 37-ly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
FOR EST HOUSE,

N BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
~. Court HIouse, Tionesta, Pa. Just
eponed. Everything new and clean and
frssh. The bost Of liquors kept constantly
en- hand. A portion OF The public patron
A9a 10 respectfully y solicited. z-IT-lY
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
National Hotel,

yTsIDIoUTE, PA. Benz. Elliott. proprie-
i tor. This house has beon newly furn-
ished and IN kept in good style. Guests
bls rates. Sly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
Rates of AdYertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements col.
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for In advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
!. II. Heivly.
Law Wrercs House,

Y'IoNEsTA, PA, WILLIAM LAW
ts centrally located. Everything new and
we'll Furnished Superior accom- modx-
tons and strict attention given TO gussta.
Vegetables and Fruits OF all kinds served
IN their season. Sample room for Com
aasroial Agents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-06-03
BUILDING FELT

(Ne Tar used), for outside work and in
side. instead Of plaster. Felt CarpetinEs,
4c3 Send tS'o s.s9nt etQmRs Tor eircuiaT
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-20

The case of Blanchard as. Mrs. John Davis
has been thrown out of court at GAINESVILLE,
the plaintiff being unable to find an attorney
who would act for him. 1t viii be remem-
bered that Mrs. Davis horsewhipped Blanchard
some weeks ago.
ShebOygan County.
William Horckmans, living in Scott, was
lately severely injured by the accidental DIS
charge of revolver.
Waupaca County.
The editor of the Waupaca Republican has
been presented with a cabbage measuring
four feet seven inches in circumference, and
weighing twenty-seven and one-haf pounds.
Winnebago County.
There is about 25,0O00OO feet of lumber in
Oshkosh at present. and there will be about as
many logs cut this winter as there were last
Lumbermen have their camp outfits and think
it is cheaper to send them into the woods and
take the chances of coming out all right when
the logs come to market than to lie idle.
The residence of W. K. Loetsch was en-
tered the other morning by burglars and
robbed of a watch and some money.
T. Mitchell & Son, of Menasha, recently
made voluntary assignment of their prop
erty for the benefit of their creditors. Liabil-
tiles $4,000; assets $4,000.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-20
An Eighty-TOn Gun.

IT may not be generally known that the
principle upon which all our guns are
now made is that discovered by Col.
Fraser. Briefly, it consists of series of
coils welded together in such a way that
the grain of the iron is best opposed to
the explosive force of the powder, and
encircling steel tube, the interior of
which is rifed. A long bar of iron-say
of eight inches square-previously pre-
pared, is slowly drawn from furnance to a
length of about 800 feet, and wound into
= double coil in the form of cylinder.
This is again heated and placed beneath
steam-hammer, where it is welded to-
gether by tremendous blows, which so
effectually do their work that a cylinder
capable of bearing the greatest possible
strain is formed at comparatively tri-
fling expense. Several of these coils be-
ing made, they are placed in order on
long steel tube which has been made in
Sheffield, and the weapon is finally turned
out at an average cost of about $50 ton,
as against nearly ESQ at Krupp's fac
tory in Essen. Upon this principle, then,
it is resolved to construct an eighty-ton
gun, which should be able to pierce
twenty inches of iron at distance of a
thousand yards, with a shot of 1000
pounds in weight, and by the aid of 300
pounds of powder The length of this
magnificent piece of artillery was fixed
at twenty-seven feet, it's diameter at the
trunnion six feet and at the muzzle six
teen inches, inside measurement. It was
calculated that such gun would be able
to deliver it's mischief working missile at
q distance of nearly ten miles, and that
it would, at the same time, be easily
placed in the turret of war-ship or the
embrasure Of battery, and worked
quickly and without difficulty Ofcourse
there were many difficulties in the way
of the construction of such weapon.
No steam-hammer, such as that which
Krupp possesses at Essen, was to be
found in England; no FORCES were built
large enough for such tremendous
"heat;" no cranes were in position to
hoist such weight. But all these diff
culties were speedily overcome by the
skiiiful officials at Woolwich. The FORCES
were built, huge steam-hammer of forty
tons weight, with double-action arrange
ment, and striking power of nearly
1000 tons, made, and very soon all was
readiness to begin the construction of
the great gun. Curiously enough, His
Majesty, the Emperor of Russia, was the
first to see one of it's coils welded, and
since that time the work has been gradu-
ally going on, till now the steel tube, the
breech- piece, one coil and the trunnion
are finished; so that it is certain that by
June next the gun will be ready for trial.
Ii will then consist of the following parts:
A tough, steel tube inside, weighing
nearly sixteen tons and measuring about
twenty-four feet in length; breech
piece coil twelve feet in length; one Gen.
trail, another coil nearer the muzzle, and
the trunnion coil. The cascabel through
which the fire from the friction-tube is
communicated to the cartridge inside the
gun is of steel and immensely strong
London DGSEu TeLeQraDh.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-20
The Boys in Bed.

WHOEVER has lifted the curtains of
boys alcoves, soon after their inmates
have gone to bed, and has looked lovingly
in, has seen pretty sight. Generally
their faces are lying most restfully, with
hand under cheek, and in many cases
look strangely younger than when awake,
and often very infantile, as if some trick
of older expression which they had been
taught to wear by day had been dropped
the moment the young ambitious will
had lost control. The lids lie shut over
bright, busy eyes; the air is gently and
evenly famed by coming and going
breaths; there is little crooked mound
in the bed; along the beds foot, or on a
chair beside, are the day clothes, some
times neatly folded, sometimes huddled
off in hurry; bullying with balls, or, in
the lesser fellows, marbles; stained with
the earth of many fields where wood
chucks have been trapped, or perhaps
torn with the roughnesses of trees on
which squirrels have been sought; per-
haps wet and mired with the smooth
black or gray mud from marshes, or the
oozy banks of streams where muskrats
have been tracked. Under the beds foot
lie the shoes-one on its side-with the
gray and white socks, now creased and
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-20
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Although much depression prevails in some
OF the great industrial interests of our State,
yet in acknowledgment of our dependence
upon Divine Providence for the manifest
blessings vouchsafed to us as people, and
in accordance with acustom long established,
State of Wisconsin, do hereby appoint Thurs
day, the 26th day of November, 1874,
as day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.
And l earnestly recommend that all persons
on that day assemble at their chosen places
of worship and render praise and homage to
the Great Oliver of every good and perfect
gift.
In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto setmy
hand and caused the great seal OF
[Seal.] the State to be affixed. Done at the
Capitol in Madison, this twelfth
day of November, A. D. 1874.
w. r. TAYLOR.
By the Governor:
PETER DOYLE, Secretary of State