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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16

Beale. Mr.. Leland declares these
journals to be identical in tone and
style with thatof Hoei-Shin. Scholars
also regard thete journals as undoubt-
edly genuine and authentic. Itappears
that some Buddhist priests went west
at the same time that Hoei-Shin went
east towardst the western coast Of
America. 1t is conjectured that all
of these were sent by pious Chinese
Dowager- Empress, somewhere about
the close Of the fourth century of the
Christian era. Such particulars will
be of interest to the world of science.
The public will look at the whole
matter in rather comical light. The
idea of the "Heathen Chinee" discov-
ering America will be thoroughly rel
ished, especially as coming from the
humorist, Hans Breitmann. 1t will
be suggested next, we fear, in some
comic Journal, that America should
ndt, in the future, be called "Colum-
bia, seeing that Columbus, it is said,
did not discover it; but seeing it has
been made plain that it was discover
ed long before, posteriori, by
Hoei-Shin, it should be henceforth
known as "Hoei Shindia y
We have felt that the subject OF
which we have treated has also its
grave side, and one fitted for the SER
ious consideration of Americans, and
chiefly for this reason we have written
an article, not a review, upon Mr..
Leland's fascinating book. Let us
throw aside, as enlightened Americans,
the fustian of paltry traditions. What
matters it who really discovered
Understandable he was cannibal
from the Sandwich Islands, an Ice
lander, Chinaman, or a chivalrous
European, like Columbus? Let us
look less at the past, except merely
as history, and look more to ourselves,
as we are. AS an historical investiga-
ton, Mr.. Leland's volume is intensely
interesting; but even if the old arch
enemy himself discovered America,
freeborn, patriotic, enlighted Ameri-
cans would be Americans still. In all
proba bility, Britain ESQ Darwin tells
us) was discovered by an apo; but,
Notwithstanding, Englishmen are
Englishmen still, and what else mat
ters ?-American Register, Paris, May
Sth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
ABOUT TO GET MARRIED.

1t is said to be q serious thing for a
girl to leave mamma, and entrust her.
self to the keeping.of the man of her
heart. No doubt it is so, but we pro-
pose to show that even the sterner sex
cannot surrender up their singleness
without some misgivings and trepida-
ton. In the first place, then, the VIC
tim of matrimony feels that he must
surrender up the companions with
whom he has long held close commu-
nion. His evenings, instead of being
spent at the club or the engine house,
must be devoted to charming young
creature, whose guileless heart must
find very different entertainment from
that to which he has been accustomed.
But this is not all. He knows that
after he has become bound in the silk
en- cord Of matrimony, he is no longer
welcome visitant in those circles
where, while free, wreathing smiles
and glowing eyes strove to wreath a
net for his feet. He kno VS. that while
"bachelor is welcome wherever he
goes" married man is regarded as
one dead, and crossed off the books as
no longer "avaiable" to the fair. In
addition to all those unhappy circum-
stances, he has become the head of
family. Then
'"rhrons the busy shapes into his mind
of silks, and calicoes, doctors bills, and
duns of debts that he never reaped the
benefit Of Like the horse in the mill,
he has task to perform for others.
He is no longer free to embrace power
ty or wealth. No wonder that the
young bachelor looks sad, when the
hour of his enthralment approaches.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
CATCHING A CANNON BALL.

A singular exhibition was sgiven at
theJardin Mabille, Paris. There has
been performing here at the Folies
Befgeres, man named Holtum, an
American, who has cannon fired at
him and catches the ball in his hands.
This prodigious feat was witnessed
nightly, and although the actors pres
enQavowed that there was no trick,
Pierre Vernon, of the Monde Ilt,tstre
woAld not believe it. He said that
tn cannon ball must be thrown to
HoEum from the stage. The latter
made bet of 5000 francs that he
would perform the feat under condi-
tions which left no room to doubt, and
when the bet was taken, Vernon desig-
nahd Mabille as the place for the trial.
All the journalists of Paris were IN
vited, and they found Holtum there
before his cannon. 1t WAS examined
with minute care, and the heavy ball
was passed from hand to hand. 81 am
no longer in my own house." said
Holtum; "you are master here, and
you must watch over all the arrange
hents." Having carefully aimed and
lashed his cannon, it was charged, and
Holtum took his place against a plank
target some ten yards away. This
was to show that the ball was solid,
and the force of the power great enough
to send it through the plank. Holtum
got the aim Of his gun, and then
placed his head in certain position
against the plank giving the command
to fire. The ball Just grazed the hair
and broke through the plank, rolling
some twenty yards further on. The
same ball was picked up by the jour
nalists, who again charged the cannon
and sent home the ball, and this time
Jloltum caught the ball in his hands
as neatly as he does nightly upon the
stage. He won his bet, and no one
seemed disposed to accept his offer of
5000 francs to any one who would
perform the same astounding feat. The
physical force required must be enor-
nous, but Holtum showed his strength
by tossing up cannon balls as if they
were SO many oranges. The only pre-
cautions taken are very simple; he
wears very thick leather gloves, and
covers his breast with many thick
nesses of thin paper to form a sort of
cuirass. This looks to me like very
dangerous feat, and particularly the
first part of it, where Holtum places
his head against the target half an
inch below where the ball will proba-
bly, strike. If the powder should
chance to be defective, some day there
might be an accident. 1t is like the
foolhardy trick of putting ones head
into lions mouth. One day | fancy
that ball will snap his head very neat
ly of.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16

"What's this crowd around here
for?" demanded policeman the 9TH
er night as he came upon a dozen boys
grouped near the gate of the house on
Second street. "Keep STILL" replied
one of the lads, "there comes old
John, tight as brick, and we're wait
ing here to see his wife pop him with
the rolling pin as be opens the front
door,"
A lady who had been teaching her
little four year old the elements of
arithmetic, was astounded by his run
ming in and propounding the following
problem: "Mamma, if you had three
butterflies and each butterfly had q
bug in his ear, how many butterflies
would you have?' The mother is still
at work on the problem.
"Latin and Greek are all right"
said a Delaware farmer as he halted
his team, "but gimme man who can
plow around an apple tree 'thout
touching the roots"
A traveller called for mint-sauce at
a hotel the other day, and the waiter
said that they had none, adding: "Our
cook makes all the minse into pies,
not sauce"
A letter-carrier might swear by the
horn spoon that he hadn't read your
postal card, and yet you'd have an In
ward feeling Of distrust.
One can get a piece of bologna
three feet long in Hamburg for four
cents, and yet Germans will immigrate
to this stingy country.
We've often heard of smallpox in
lambs, and now they've got it in
Lyons, Iowa.
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n. II. l..

DSYCHOMANCY, or Soul Charming.
l. How either sex may fascinate and gain
choose, instantly. This simple mental ac-
quirement all can possess, free, by mail,
for % cents together with a Marriage
Guide, Egyptian Grace. Dreams. Hints to
Ladies. A queer book. 100000 sold. Adj
dress T. William q Co., Publishers, Phil
adeiphia, 7 1t
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16

A lumberman out West being poor
ly provided with materials of susten-
ance for his men, fed them with pork
cooked with the rind upon it. A young
man Of the company, not liking that
outer portion of the food, was observ-
ed by the host to be removing the out
side covering, whereupon mine host
said, "Young man, we eat rind and
all here" To which the youth replied,
"All right, old man, I'm cutting it of
for you"
The bridge which is to be construct
ed over the Firth of Forth, Scotland,
will be the largest in the world. The
height will be $50 feet, and number of
spans nearly 100, The largest span
in the centre is to be 1900 feet, or
nearly one-third of mile in width,
and the smaller spans $50 feet. II
will cost about s10,000,000.
An almost ridiculous use of steam
is found on Duck river, Tenn, on
which placid stream a steamboat,
drawing only twelve inches of water,
and having q grist mill on board,
wanders up and down, stopping wher-
ever she is wanted to grind a bushel
or two of corn for the farmers of the
territory.
The Maiden's Prayer-."papa buy me
new spring suit"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
Empire Hotel.

T,IDOUTE, PA. II. EWALD, PRoPRIR-
J. TOR. This house Is centrally located,
has been thoroughly redtted and now
boasts as good table and beds as any Ho.
tcl in the oil regions. Transient only $500
per day. 22-0m
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
:. HlkEBAR. r. b. SMILEY
KINREAE d SMILEY,
CENTRAL HOUSE,
Lawrence House,

TNIONESTA, PA, WILLIAM LAW
i RENEE, PRoPRIEroR. This house
- centrally located. Everything new and
we'll furnished Superior accommoda-
doHs and strict attention given to guests.
Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds served
tn their season. Sample room for Com
Snereial Agents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
C. D. Webar,s Hotel,

TNYLERSBURGH, PA. G. B. WEBER,
Il has possession of the now brick hotel
and will he happy to entertain all his old
customers, and any number of new ones.
Good accommodations for guests, and ex-
eellent stabling. l0-3m.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
TIonesta House.

M ITTEL, Proprietor, elm st. Tie
INl. nesta. Pa, at the mouth of the creok,
Mr.. Ittsl has thoroughly renovated the
TisRasta House, and re-furnished it conf
Ilstely. All who patronize him will be
we'll entertained at reasonable rates. S-ly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
DR.. j. L. Acomb,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
L had fifteen years experience in large
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and
Grocery store, located in Tidioute, near
qidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A fun assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will be sold at reasonable rates.
DIR. CIAS. o. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Druggist from Now York,
has charge of tho Store. All prescriptions
put accurately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
FOREST HOUSE,

@ A. WARNER PROPRIETOR. Opposite
-. Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just
spened. Everything new and clean and
fresk. Tho best of liquors kept constantly
ca hand. A portion of the public patron
age is respectfully solicited. 4-l7-lY
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16
NEW HARNEsssSHoP.

TUST opsned in the Roberts Building op-
y posite the Rural House. The under
signed is prepared TO do all kinds of work
i'm his line i'm the best style and on short
notice.
N E w HI A R N H. SS
A Speciality. Keep on hand fine assort-
ment of Curry Combs, Brushes, Harness
Oil, Whips and Saddles. Harness of ali
kinds made to order and cheap rs the
cheapest. Remember the name and place
81. WEST, Roberts Building,
22-1y Opposite Rural House, Tionesta.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-06-16

Kentucky farmers so far agree with
the late Mr.. Trask as to express the
utmost disgust at the deprayed taste
which lead insects to chew tobacco.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
Rule, for Hiying Bees.

Allow no one to stir or make. the least
noise while the bees are lighting. What!
Not blow horn, or ring bell, or drum on
tin pan, or throw dust or water? Not do
any thing? Yes, just exactly do nothing but
keep still. Now have followed this rule in
over eight hundred swarms have hived for
myself and others, and | tell you the broad
fact, have not lost a single swarm in all
that number. Bees will not go two hundred
feet from the hive they come out OF il you
let all be perfectly quiet and there Is not any
thing to light on. My bees not one out of a
hundred swarms go Il hundred feet before
they always light. SO it will be with your
bees, reader. So make 1t a rule to have no
stirring no noise, but keep all quiet until
they are well lighted. Then bring out the
hive from the cool cellar where IL has been
but day or two, lest it get damp or moldy
heat and clean, and as you Of course have
the strips OF l. ards or sticks, boards, hlvlng
cloth, etc, read, proceed to place your lad
der and platfo i IN the tree, or on the ground,
and other app IuCe, 50 that before the last
bee is lit you &C ready to hive them.
Never pu; warm Of bees directly into 4
hive. You a,> Why not? Because ii you do
the bees MAY .4Ot know it is hive they are
IN, but only ,nAk they have had u slight nc
cident or ia: So allie yet on their lighting limb
or place. 30 ,Ucy will leave the hive and 20
off to the woUd>, because they don't know
they are hlveG, Hence, you will place the
hive so that wnen shaken off the limb they
lit on, they will have To creep buzzins into
the hive: and all 20 voluntarily up the inside
of it. Then they all will not make the mis-.
take of thinking they are hivCd, but Will
know they have accepted a hive.
You need not be very quiet or slow about
making bees 90 into a hive. You minded
the bees till they lit, now Is the time to change
and make them mind you. So a gentle rude
ness in shaking them off the limb /, as good
as saying to them, Bees, you have left your
lighting place" If they don't go into the
hive readily, take dipper or a flat piece of
shingle or board dip up a few, Il pint or So,
and shake them roughly close to the hive, rs
II to say, There is tae hive, why don't you
see it:' Then brush rapidly, but gentle, the
rest towards the hive
AS soon as the most Of them are in, be
ready to remove them to their permanent
stand. Thus you avoid the coming out Of
second swarm, and the lightning and com
mlngllng OF two swarms. Thus you get rid
too, OF The few bees always uneasy and flying
about the swarm, and who doubtless are the
ones that md and lead the swarms off To
some hollow tree or log in the woods. These
bees are rarely over twenty or fifty IN mum.
Del, anu Clieu nor ten OF them.
Remember To shade the new hive from the
sun until the Matched brood IS in the new
COmb.-tyerWdat"rH TelegrUDL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26

Besides these essential measures the bowels
must be kept open. Az ounce oil Barbados
aloes with dram OF gentian should be Civ
en- if possible before the jaws are locked; II
not, FIVE croton beans powdered, should be
given daily, or less frequently, 50 as TO keep
the bowels acting freely. Half q dram OF
hyGrocyanic acid should be given once or
twice daily, and with this the croton may be
easily administered without exciting the
horse, by making II into pasty mass with
treacle and smearng it on the grinding tooth
that the animal may swallow il as fast as II
is dissolved.
With great care and quietness this treat
ment will often succeed, though recoyeries
often occur after the most varied plans OF
treatment. Among the most rational OF these
are injections Of two ounces of oil OF turpen'
tine in pint Of linseed Oil, and, still better,
sweating the animal by keeping him cnyei-
oped in rags soaked in hot water.
Big-head is usually due 10 ill-health, and
especially consequent impaired nutrition Of
the bones. Feed well on boiled oats and bar.
ley, allowing little hay, and tha. cut and
damped Work very moderately. Rub the
swelling with mixture in equal parts of
iodine and mercurial ointments, repeating
this daily, and suspending 1t only when there
is much irritation. Give daily tonic ball
or powder containing the following ingre-
dients: Carbonate ofiron, two drains bcar.
Donate of soda, two drains; powdered gentian,
four drams-IH-d00r and ont.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
The Chlldren's Feet,

I refer to the barcfooted children, among
whom you may count my own, on any warm
summer day when they are living in the
country. Can anybody tell me what there is
in little boys constitution which makes it
safer for him to go with cold, wet feet than
for little girl to do the same? | meet with
people who seem to suppose that is is quite
silly to have boy wear shoes and stockings
on days when they are themselves wearing
wooden stockings for comfort, and when they
would not allow their little girls to go bare.
footed So long as the boys (or girlsD feet
and hands have a healthy degree Of warmth,
feel no concern about them whatever the
thermometer may say; but when | find the
feet and hands cold, no matter what may be
the month of the year. l know that some
thing is going wrong, or will soon so wrong,
with the general health unless greater warmth
is secured. 1t is a bother to have children
wear their shoes and stockings few hours
in the morning and then take them Oft as the
heat OF the day comes on, but am not going
to let children eat their breakfasts in blue
and chilled condition.
They tell me that folks never used to take
such pains with their children, and that those
children were healthier than these. Very
likely. | noticed what "Walks and Talks"
said about his pigs. Did he not say that the
better breeds cannot endure Such neglect as
common pigs do not seem to mind? Is not
this the fact with all improved stock! Do
not such animals require more careful nur-
ture while young, and better reward good
care 10 maturity? Is not this true also Of
seed in all its higher or more improved va
rieties? There is similar difference be-
tween man in his savage and man in his civ
ilized condition. Herbert Spencer says that,
"when the constitution being sound enOu oh
exposure does produce hardness, it does so at
the expense of growth" l fancy that one
reason why our children have not such
sound constitutions as we could wish is be-
cause of hardships and exposure during
childhood of the generations preceding them.
All this may seem an out of place topic"
for June, but there are COOL rainy days and
many cool mornings and evenings in this
month, when delicate children go out in
chilly conditon.-FdiM Rochester, IN Amcri-
can .4Qr{culturiSt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
Lock Jaw I'm Horses

Prof Law says that no horse it'll lockiaw
should have hay or other food recurring
chewing. He should be carefully secluded
from every source Of excitement, kept in a
perfectly quiet box or stall, locked, allowing
no one 10 20 in except the attendant, who
must move about as nOis!eSsly as possible
Feed in such case only on gruels and thin
mashes, which he can suck up without open.
ing the mouth and for which no m9stication
is required; have the bucket containing this
Cruel placed at the same height as the ami.
mails nose, that he may need neither TO stoop
the head nor to raise for food or drink.
As the disease advances it is always advis-
able to put the horse in sings, as many die
during convalescence from lying down be-
cause Of feeling of WEAKNESS, and inducing
3 fatal paroxysm by their efforts to get up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26

Al ball lately in Paris, a very stout gen
tleman, proprietor of a bad catarrh and very
charming wife, insisted very inconycnientIy,
at the close of waltz, that madam should
return to the bosom of her family.
Never mind" she said to her partner
TASK me to dance in the next quadrillcu.l the
same; I will find way 10 stay for it
Slippin. out while the sets were forming
she went into the gentlemens dressing-TOom.
found her husbands hat, and threw it out OF
the window; then returning, and requesting
her spouse first TO find his hat and call a car
rage, she accepted invitations FOX the next
six dances, quite sure oftwo hours before the
hat could be found.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
IF YOU WANT

To doctor yourself have ali the Patent Medicines tina,
are good for anything aat SDs that clam 20 cure all III
T.. J. GRIGGS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26

An Englishman dining in a Chinese vii.
lage was greatly enjoying savOry dish, and
would have expressed his pleasure to the
waiter, who, however, understood nothing Of
English, nor could our friend utter word IN
Chinese. The smacklng Of lips indicated
satisfaction; and then came the question, IN
geniously pu:.
Pointing at the portion of the meat in the
dish, AMI which he supposed to be duck
the Enrlj,hman. with an inquirng look said
"QUack, quack, quack:'
The waiter graveiy shaking his head, Is
much Is to say, No replied:
Bow, WOW, wow"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
The Way to Stake Out bitches.

Before commencing to drain field the
first requisite is to arrange the position OF the
main drain, which should be carried through
the lowest part of the greatest hollows wher
ever they may occur, whether through the
middle or along the bottom or sides. If the
fields slope uniformly from one end to the
other one drain is quite sufficient; but if the
surface of the field be undulatcd any hollow
of any considerable extent and at any side OF
the field or at the bottom of any slope to
which water may incline to run must be pro-
vlded with its mains or leaders according to
the extent of land which requires to be drain.
ed. Sometimes an open ditch alongside OF
a hedge is converted into a leading drain,
which Is an exceedingly Objectionable prac-
tiCe, for il exposes the ends OF the drains to
frosts and other veXatiOus evils when 1t Is left
standing open and when It Is covered it Is
equally bad, as it inCurs the risk Of being
partially or totally injured by the hedge
roots. It would be wiser in all cases if the
drainer would so plan his operations as to
keep as far off trees and fences as possible,
as drains cannot be considered 10 be abSO.
lutely safe from the roots if placed within
the range OF their travels. Main drains in
no case should ever be made nearer to hedge
Ihan eighteen 20 twenty feet; and it may also
be remembered that main drain should not
be cut upon he'd re ridge where there is
much traffic, such as cartlng. Main drains
should be made a few inches deeper than the
small ones, especially at the lower end, to cx-
pedte the egress of the water out of the
smaller ones, as it often happens to be level
on each side of the leader. For example,
suppose the depth of water to be two or three
inches in the leader and the small ones on
the same lcycl, it would assuredly check
tkeir flow, and consequently water would
stand accumulated, which would make the
expected cure a baneful disease: for what
name can be givcn.to an inefficient drain but
an artificial receptacle for stagnant water :
To determine the position Of main drains is
an operation Of great Importance, when it is
understood that the smaller ones should al
ways run parallel to each other and in the
direction ofthc greatest slOpe.-N. !. Hsrald.
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Books Which areB00kS
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26

Last Monday was the birthday Of Brigham
Young OF course, the occasion was cele-
brated in due form, and each of his sixty
wives had to kiss HIM seventy-fOur TINES
making the nUnbe. o. kisses ls received
that day 4+i0.