The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-12-13

.taAo t0hhOO w
nsumed by boot and shoe manufac-
gsrs id, every portion of the United
ates, as we'll as exported to London
d Hamburg. The alhgators former
came from Louisiana, and New Or
ms was the great center of business.
10 Florida swamps and morasses are
" the harvest fields, and jackson
le, in that State, the great depot.
ligators often attain length of 18 |
20 feet, and frequently live to a
y old age. The hides are stripped |
land the belly and sides, the only |
rtions fit for use, are packed in bar.
9, in strong brine, and shipped to
rthern tanners, who keep them un-
treatment for from ak to eight
nths, when they are ready to be cut
So far the leather has been main
used in the manufacture of boots
Ishoes !; but handsome slippers are
made Of it.. s.FEes
\ new prison chaplain was recently
lointed in certain town. He was
. ian who greatly magniied his Office,
| entering one Of the cells on his
trOund of inspection he with much
( nposity thus addressed the prisoner
} occupied it.: "Well sir; do you
w who / am2' "No; nor dinna
O." was the nonehalant reply
y ell, I'm your new chaplain" "Oh,
n lrei Weel, I Ihae heard O. ye be.
"a ."--"And what did you hear ?"
rned the chaplain, his curiosity
ID ing the better of his dignity.
h eel, heard that the last twa kinks
r Fere in ye preached them bath
= ty.; but I'll be hanged if ye find it
a an easy matter to do the same VII
anel"
iss Clara Morris has that excellent
"a g lin woman. a soft low, and pa
10 voice. 1t has so impressed a
aspondent of the Boston Gazette
O. he writes :"I believe that if Clara
u ris sheuld simply say, May l
II Die you for another piece of that
>; lteakr / would burst into tears.
e is something in the quality of
'oice that unloeks the foodgates,
q le slow, peculiar, pronunciation
by ives to every word.
r. Edward Everett Hale Gays that
ab is"within six months talked with
on hly cultivated American woman
i'm did not know the difference be-
~, a Senator aud a Representative
W ngress." And he went into a
PSr 9 school Que day and asked a
q ion about the battle of the Bran.
of ne, to find that the class had
orc heard Off it, and was only anus
&c the drollness of the name"
Grf Khedivs of Egypt has obyiated
psa ause for disagreement in his Cab
az, y removing his Minister Of FL
and appointing his son, Prince
4 IN, to the vacancy, The ex- Min
then who had been very insoleRt to
here hedive, was exiled and soon af-
thew rd died Of excessive drinking
nao. the Spectator says, is probably a
rsN ~. tic way of stating that he has
litiei ,lrowned in the Nile.
OS McCosh having protested against
mon pse, the trustees of Princeton Col
sion ave ordered the removal Of the
Ar d tables lately presented to thai
,.,.d tion. After while the Presi-
80 of our American colleges vii
uAyt ! against bOat-racing, and ther
Dllse viii be no inducements left fol-
thoug ung men to enter cOllege,
aeeve Irish gentleman of a meehani
citize, n took OF his gas meter to re
anpea himself, and put it on agAir
a. = down. At the end ofthe quar-
~. was proved with arithmetica
lpAt tness thai the gas company OweC
adyisl rs Sd.
TIr..- oT Jacks victims in Savannah
SiA~i ar number 940.