The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-07-03


It has been proposed to the Khedive
oi Egypt to convert into paper the cloth
ot the mummies, of which it is calculat-
ed 420, 600, 900 must be deposited in the
pits of Egypt.
Since the suicide of Abdul Aziz. in
1876, Turkey has had two sultans, five
MINISTRIES, forty cabinet ministers, one
constitution, one parliament, one war,
lost three-fourths of its provinces, and
has been forced into bankruptcy.
Any person in Massachusetts, who
permits his fowls to pass over or remain
on a neighbors premises, after being
forbidden in writing, is, according 60 a
recent excellent law, liable to fine of
$40 for each offence
The proposal to block up the straits
Of Belle Isle with the view of shutting
out a vast ice-bearing force of water.
whose chilling influences are felt far in.
land in the lower portion of the Domin-
ion excites great interest in Canada.
According to recent estimates wine ia
annually consumed as follows. per head:
Spain, 130 htres; France, 115; Italy,
109; Portugal, 10S; Greece, 81; Austria,
50; Switzerland, 58; Great Britain, 8:
Russia, 4; Prussia, 4; Sweden, 2; Nor
way, IL. The itre is little less than a
quart.
Close limitations of silver dollars are
made of block tin, bismuth, and pulyer-
lied glass. An immense number of
these bogus coins are in circulation in
the West. They initiate exactly the
true color and ring, and are about right
in weight
Ex-Governor Seymour's recent letter
TO Senator Windem, of Minnesota, on |
water routes, contained about one |
thousand words, only eleven of which |
were words of more than two syllables. |
Such simplicity of style in a public
speaker or writer is as rare as it is COM |
mendable.
William 0. Butler, who ran for Vice
President on the ticket with General
Cass, still lives in Carrollton, Ky.. and |
is about ninety years of age. His wife
died several years ago, and having no !
children, he lives alone with such re- |
trospections as are awakened by his his |
tory and useful life.
The Point Keyes estate in California
is credited as being the largest dairy
farm In the country. It keeps an aggre- |
gate OF 4, 800 COWS, whose milk is worked |
up by the thirty dairies. Among the |
Items credited to this ''ranch" is 55O.- |
200 pounds of butter, valued at S175.- |
600. 1t is quite ''cow pasture"
woman who has lived for some time |
In Nevada, disguised as a man, was |
married to another woman last autumn.
The bride has just revealed the secret. |
explaining her silence by saying that she |
did not know what course to pursue:
she was ashamed to acknowledge that
she had been 80 imposed upon, and |
shrank from admitting the truth.
The project of opening new mint at |
Hong Kong, China, is now being agitat-
ed by the British government The |
English find that the American trade
dollar has complete possession of the |
commercial field as a medium of ex-
change, and think it will be paving in.
Yestment to open a mint to coin asimilar
piece OF English money. The cost of |
the proposed new enterprise will be
$3.50, 900.
General Trepoff, the head of the Rus
sian police, was in Poland thirty wears |
ago, when the Grand Duke Constantine |
received from q man on the street a box |
pa the ear. The man fed but could not |
Pc found, but the ramor spread rapid |
ly Trepoff went to the palace and
proposed to publicly announce that he. /
Rnd not the Grand Duke, had been |
etruck. The offer was accepted. and !
xepof was created lieutensnt. That
eegan his career.
Mr. Edison, who it will be remember
~ IS somewhat deaf, writes to Boston
Hentleman that he has invented a new
Nlaphragm which, attached to his ear,
Nili so gather and condense sound vi
tzations as to enable him to hear with
1re the slightest sound, even that of the
sepping OF pin. It is his intention
the future to apply this to the phono-
eph, so that speeches or debates NAV
registered at a distance from the
9eaker. at present one may apply it
his ear in a crowded assembly and
ten the words of a speaker at an al
ost Incredible distance.
As tight as sardines in box" is a
eommon expression. Its appropriate
ess becomes apparent when we know
nere the sardines are packed, the oil in
hich they are cooked and canned is
ore expensive than the fish themselves.
ence it is to the interest of the packer
put as many as possible in the can.
he small and most valued sardines are
Fery delicate and require great care
81 handling. AS they are a migratory
Ash, Gamers sometimes have several
sactories at various points on the coast
~ as TO be near the schools. The period