The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-12-06

wrote, l0qulflug now uluch tuVh0y hS
was saving, and received reply that
the Young man cleared over all ex-
penses 1895 per day. Being still in
doubt. the father wrote for particulars
as TO how he did it. The youth repli-
ed that he hung around all saloons
watching for "treats," and in this way
got 10 drinks day, worth, at ten
cents a drink, $40. lie had no ex-
pense for lodgings, as the police invar-
iably arrested him, and the next
morning the court fned him $3.50,
(which subtracted from $40, left Just
1896. tn5
II is said that nails driven into fruit
/. trees close to the ground have the ef-
feet of making such trees more healthy,
vigorous and excellent than those into
(which no nails have been driven. The
/. reason why nails are beneficial is thus
eeaxnlained Worms will not attack
sitbe e.tree-because the oxidation or the
.srusting Of the iron by the sap evolves
oiatnn1osiia, which, as the sap rises, wall,
q of course; impregnate every part OF the
foliaoe and prove too drastic dose
egfor the delicate palates of intruding
Insects. The salt of iron, afforded oy
nails is extremely offensive to the
worms. whilesit is not only harmless
bit bane6oial to the foliage and fruit
of the tree.
,d KS nother-in-law is very sick, and
x consnlts friend as to what doctor
he should call in. iShall try
honieopath or an allopath 2 my
dear fellow, it is six Of one aud bali Q
dozen of the other. The allopath kills
his patient; the homeopath lets his
die.'' "Then I will call in an allopath
+ the poor woman viii suffer less"
"People must be awful hungry in
these ere cities" lked a country
is man, as he meandered through the
streets of Chicago, the other day at
7 the hour of noon, "for nearly every
man 1 meet is chewing away like bla-
zes on little splinter of wood,
"What kind of a picture would you
prefer, miss ?" inquired Newark pho
tographer os a young lady customer
81 "Well, was the reply, stake me
with an expression as if were writ
ing poem on the Centennial"
Goldsmith Maid now has the fast.
! est heat, fastest second heat, fastest
n third heat, fastest fifth heat, fastest
Il! sixth heat, fastest two consecutive
\, three consecutive, four consecutive
heats, and the fastest time on a hal
b mile track. 2 81 sG1sYg1gE
g Said a woman speaker in New Ha
"a ven suffrage meeting adWoman is il
every respect equal to men. Her rep
% utation for heroic bravery---'. A
"a that point a mouse ran into sight, ant
the orator jumped on the table ant
screamed. aal - -+o
Some of the New York churche
IA are reported to pay their pastors week
ly, and the effect is said to be grea
improvement in the sermons and i
(, the fervor of the preachers.
c. Not bad The Norristown ,HeraI
noticing the Tribuae's remark, ths
s "Henry Watterson sometimes talk
~ pistols" says: THAT is when be
cd ihalf-cocked,' we suppose"
When three good little boys get tC
gether Of an afternoon, the chance
are that there will be either fight,
window broken, or some stray dog wi
have pan tied to his tail.
rf,5o Young ladies should not be decei'
"a ed by this moderate weather int
ta leaving off their belt buckles. Thel
- is dampDess in the air which shOul
E. , he guarded against.
% I'VE cannot tell what the Presidel
tial contest may lead to. Nel
a spriag a Returning Board" maytal
I the.plaee Of the scorer 10 base-bS
matches.-Ez. eHa
g You can never tell what boy wi
i do within an hour after you lose sig
T.; of him, but you can safely bet he wi
., not do what you want to have hi
do. 4
One of the pfoudest nloments in
fat mans life is when he can eat buc
OF wheat cakes without getting molass
o. on his shirt front.
OF "Pa" said little Allegheny ayen
q fellow to his unshaven father, ''yo
D, chin looks like the wheel in the mus
di box"
-, We may forgive aa insult and
u, injury but we cannot endure to
= bored, not even by those we love.
N The water in the Atlantic is getti
~ lsw-so much is used to ego West"
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