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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
The New Carpet. Bug,

In the fourth volume of "Entomo.
logical Contributions by j. A. Lintner, u
extracted from the Thirtieth Annual
Report on the New York State Museum
of Natural History" will be found,
among other articles, one upon the new
carpet-bug, the ravages of which have
since 1864, caused much alarm in this
country. Not satisfied with devourin9
the fibre of the carpet in spots, cases are
cited where entire breadtns have been
cut across as if by SCISSORS. In 1876
this insect was very abundant in Sche-
nectady, and on careful investigation it
was determined by Mr.. Lintner to be
AnttrenuS ScrOphulGri9, a near rela-
tive of the small Il. nlusporu1l, which
has been for many years the pest of
public museums, although much the
less destructive of the two. The larva
In its adult form is about three-sixteenths
OF an inch in length, and the adult is
very lightly coIored in bars of black,
white and scarlet. The best place for
detecting these insects is upon the
edges of carpets where they are nailed
down. Professor Lintner thinks that
should it become as abundant as some
of its allies, it is difficult to conceive
how we can indulge in the luxury of
carpets in our homes. Even now, where
it is established, nothing but frequent
overhauling aud shaking will prevent
its ravages. The ordinary remedies of
eamphor, pepper, turpentine, tobacco,
carbolic acid, ETC., are of no avail. One
method will probably be to introduce
into the rooms certain plants of which
these insects are fond, and which will
attract them, and then to knock them
off into boiling water after they have
collected upon the flowers. Professor
Lintner refers, in this connection, to
the long catalogue of injurious insects
received from Europe, and to the COM
paratively small return we have been
able to make. Among the more i'm
portant species he mentions the Hessian
fly, the cheese midge, the house fly, the
Croton-bug, the grain weevil, all the
destructive moths, the asparagus beetle,
etc. OF the very few of our native pests
which have been transmitted to Europe,
the most obnoxious is the potato-bug, -
HGTper's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
A Romance of Three Thousand Miles.

The Halifax papers contain the fol-
lowing: "At Victoria, B. c., at st.
Johns Episcopalisn Church, by the
Rev. Percival Jenns, John l.. Lord, of
New Westminster, b. O., to Isabella,
eldest daughter of Robert Brander,
N. g."
The young lady in the case had made
the acquaintance of the gentleman by
means of photography and correspond
ence. She left Halifax for her new
home, and arrived there safely. She
had not seen her intended since she was
child-at which time he, too, was a
resident of Halifax. After making him
self comfortable home in the far West
the gentleman yearned for wife, md
openeda correspondence with old friends
IN the sister province. Shortly after the
Halifax young lady bade adieu to her
father at New York. While she was on
her way to San Francisco, a young lady
boarded the train who was also bound to
British Columbia, and singularly
enough on a similar errand-to meet and
maray her lover "a lawyer, whom she
had not seen for ten years. The two
young ladies became fast friends, and
together embarked from Frisco for Vic
toria, British Columbia. Here they
were met at the steamer by the respect
i've bridegrooms to be, who it transpifel,
were intimately acquainted, and had
met, without previous arrangement,
from different points, each to meet his
intended bride. The young lady who
entered the train between New York and
San Francisco was bridesmaid to the
Halifax bride, while her lover was
groomsman, and the father of the
groomsman gave the bride away. The
Thursday after the marriage chroniclel
above the other pair were united in we'd
lock. Toronto Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
A ROld Bank Robbery.

The Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat has the
following particulars of a robbery at the
Ooncordia Bank which occurred at Con-
cordia recently: Ooncordia is town of
about fifteen hundred inhabitants in La
fayette county, on the Lexington and st.
Louis railroad, thirty miles from Seda-
liza. The principal banking business of
all that part of Lafayette county is done
by the Concordia Savings Bank, of which
j. Ii. Lohoefener is president and A.
Flicker cashier. During the afternoon.
about 80 o'clock, three men entered
the bank. One of them asked the cash.
ier, who was alone in the bank, to change
a ten-dollar bill. While he was chang
ing the bill another man jumped over
the counter and caught the cashier by
the arm and placed one hand over his
mouth. They then took what money
was in sight, and putting a pistol TO the
cashiers head, told him to open the safe.
He did so under fear of his life, and the
robbers took all the paper money in
the safe-between $3, 900 and S4,OOO-
refusing to take the silver, of which
there was between So, 900 and So, 900 in
the bank. During the robbery, a gen
tleman named Sodeman was near the
bank, and one of the robbers, who was
guarding the door, called him to advance,
instead of which he turned and ran.
The robber fired at Sodeman, but
missed him. Then they mounted their
horses and galloped on in southerly di-
rection. The whole robbery occupied
about ten minutes,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
Roundabont Mars Of Hearing

There is passage from the cavity Of
the drum of the ear TO the throat, known
as the eustachian tube. It's main pur-
pose seems to be to regulate the pressure
OF air in the cavity; but, under certain
circumstances, it serves to convey sound
to the inner ear. Writers on physiology
record instances in which persons who
could not hear through the external ear
were enabled to do so through the
mouth. Another roundabout way of
hearing is by means of the teeth. A
simple experiment illustrates the trans
mission of sonorous sounds by the teeth,
and also shows that solid bodies convey
feeble vibrations better than the air.
Lay watch, face downward, on a table,
and stand SO far from it that you cannot
hear the ticking. Now, let one end Of a
wooden rod rest on the back of the
watch, and grip the other end with the
teeth; close the ears with the fingers to
exclude other sounds, and the beat of
the watch will be distinctly audible.
Other sounds may be conveyed in the
same manner. If one end of a very
long rod be placed on piano and the
other held between the teeth, one can
distinguish the tune played though his
ears be stopped. That the sound is
transmitted better through solids than
through the air is shown by the old ex-
pertinent of suspending poker or an
iron bar by cord held by the teeth.
If the iron bar be struck the sound will
appear louder than when heard in the
ordinary way. Engineers, when they
suspect a leakage or other mischief IN
side the cylinder of a steam engine,
sometimes put small piece of iron be-
tween their teeth, press it firmly against
the outside of the cylinder and CLOSE the
ears, when the sounds produced within
become clearly audible. Journal of
Chemistry.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
Where Tin Ores are Found.

Tin is one of the earliest metals known.
which is contrary to what, not many
years ago, was the general opinion of
scientific men. The researches, how
ever, which, within the last twenty
years, have been instituted with regard
to the earliest races inhabltin1 Europe.
have conclusively shown that weapons
and implements of bronze (an alloy of
tin and copper were probably the
metallic articles earliest in use, after
those composed of copper alone, and
before the introduction of iron. In the
curious "lake dwellings," discovered in
Switzerland, not only bronze imple-
ments, but bars of pure tin have been
discovered. The proportion of tin varies
from four to twenty per cent, about
twenty per cent being the most common.
The principal present sources of tin are,
first, Cornwall, where it is now almost
exclusively procured from the mines in
stead of washing, or "stream works -
second, Saxony or Bohemia, in small
quantities, and exclusively from mines;
third, Banca and other islands of the
Malay Archipelago, the Malay PENN
sula, as we'll as parts of Hindostan and
Burmah; all the productions from these
(now furnishing the greater part of tin
commerce) known generally as "Straits
tin" being derived from steam works;
fourth, New South Wales, Queensland,
and other parts of Australia, together
with Tasmania, Spain, Bolivar and Mex
leo, also furnish (or have lately done
SOY some portion of the tin commerce.
Greenland, Japan, Finland, Siberia,
Iceland and Madagascar, and some other
localities, have also yielded tin in greater
or less quantities. Coal Trade Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
Can the Truth Overtnke n LIer


Investigation discloses the fact that the lady
reported in the Associated Press dispatches,
about August 10th, to have died in Chicago
after two weeks use of some reputed remedy
for corpulency, had not taken Allan's Anti Fat,
but had used preparation put up bya egular
physician in Luzerne, Pa. Allau's Ant Fat
is manufactured in Buffalo, N. Y, by the under
gigned. We have already told over 100 900
bottles Of it. 1t has therefore been taken by
thousands and we challenge proof that II has
ever harmed any body unless the reduction OF
obese persons from 20 to 60 pounds, leaving
them healthy and strong, is considered mis-
fortune. Furthermore, we hereby offer SO. 900
reward for evidence showing that il contains
poisonous or injurious ingredients. We also
oher $4,000 If we cannot prove that it has re-
duced numbers Of persons as stated herein, and
always without injury. 1t is said lie will out
travel the truth any time; but we trust that
those newspapers that have misled the public
by saying that physicians attributed the LADY 3
death to the use of Anti Fa: (Which is only put
up by us, the term "Anti Fat being our trade
make), will correct the false impression they
have conveyed, by publishing this refutation.
BOTANIC MEDICINE CO.,
Buffalo N Y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
Paper Statistics.

OF the 1900, 600, 600 human beings
inhabiting the globe, 800, 600, 600 have
no paper nor writing material of any
kind; 500, 600, 600 of the Mongolian race
use paper made from the stalks and
leaves of plants; 10000, 900 use for
graphic purposes tablets of wood; I30,-
600, 000-the Persians, the Hindoos,
Armenians and Syrians - have paper
made from cotton, while the remaining
300, 100000 use the ordinary staple.
The annual consumption by this latter
number is estimated at 1900, 900. 900
pounds, an average of six pounds to the
person, which has increased from two
and half pounds during the last fifty
years. To produce this amount of
paper, 200, ,000,00 pounds of wooden
rags, besides great quantities of linen
rags, straw, wood, and other materials.
are yearly consumed. Tho paper is
manufactured in $500 paper mills, en-
ploying 80, 900 male and 180, 900 female
laborers. The proportionate amounts
OF the different kinds of paper are stated
to be: OF writing paper, 800, 900, 900
pounds of printing paper, 900, OOO, 900
pounds; of wall paper, 400, 900, 900, and
200, ,O0O, 900 pounds of cartoons, blot
ting paper, etc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
When we DemoroI,z. m. s,ou,.b

- when we DemOraltze the Stomach
BY excesses or imprudencS in eating, we can.
not hope to escape the consequences for any
great length Of time. The most robust diges-
tion must suocumb TO abuses ofthat important
function. But supposing that we have been
foolish enough to enfeeble the stomach, is the
damage irrepsrable? By nc means. The dys-
peptic has only to do two things to insure his
ultimate recovery. First, he should adopt an
easily digestible diet. Second, he should use
with regularity and persistence Hostetters
Stomach Bittfrs, the leading gastric invigorant
OF the age. The multiform symptoms Of dys
pepsia, and the almost invariably attendant
disorders, biliousness and constipation, will
assuredly cease to persecute the sufferer il the
above advice is attended to. Who that has
suffered the torments that chronic indigestion
inflcts will neglect to take advantage Of a
the medical profession and the public is to be
received with due crcdenoe, is an absolute spe-
cihc for the complaint.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

Frank J. Peeters, the carrier.pieeon
fancier of Troy, was in town with a
number of birds, for the purpose of put-
ting them to trial flights. In company
with Judge Willard he sent nine of them
of on the Mohawk River bridge at the
foot of Genesee street. The birds took
flight handsomely, some rising until lost
to sight and all striking a bee line for
Troy. Mr.. Peeters and Mr.. Richardson
OF Green Island several days ago let two
birds go in this city on trial match.
The day was hazy, and the birds failed
to get the proper direction, The conse-
quence was that they returned eventu-
ally to the city. One was found on
Fayette street, and died soon after from
exhaustion. The other was found near
Bagg's Hotel, was injured while being
captured, being mistaken for wild
pigeon, and also died. Inasmuch as the
flying OF pigeons through this latitude
is likely to continue, it may be we'll for
all to note the following characteristics
of carrier birds, so that they may not be
unfortunately mistaken for those of
other specimens. The carrier pigeon is
always of uniform color, never mot
tied. There are broad white circles
around its eyes which are hawk-like in
clearness. The nose from the head
proper to the beak is unusually broad.
Carrier pigeons also bear the names of
their owners on their wings, hut the
other characteristics mentioned should
enable all to tell them at distance and
thus them no harm. Mr.. Peeters says if
the weather is not hazy any match for the
distance OF hundred miles should be
successful. Misty or rainy weather does
not obstruct birds vision so much as
hazy weather, when it is almost always
nonplussed. He thinks that the faculty
possessed by the bird to find its way
back to its native cot is due almost en-
tlrely to its memory of places. Young
birds are trained by taking them further
and further away from home until they
have finally, as it we're, premorized a
long distance. Birds that have once
reached Troy successfully from Utica
can the next time be taken to Syracuse.
If on rising from the latter place
they can see Utica then their fight to
Troy is probable. If they cannot see
Utica, or some other place they rsmem-
Der, they circle round Syracuse, and if
they still fail to recognize any land
marks, eventually return to that CITY,
bewildered, and often exhausted. At
such times they fall prey to evil-dis-
posed persons, iand perhaps often to
well-meaning people who think they are
bagging some game by capturing them.
As the best of pigeons are apt to go as
tray, any one finding them can do no
greater favor to the owner than by
sending them to him Immediately, @. o.
D., according to the address on their
wings. If every one made it point to
do this, an impetus would be given to
a praiseworthy sport. Utica (N. "
Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
A CnriOns Hobby.

The bibliomania of gourmandize is a
queer hobby, but the manager of the
Continental Hotel restaurant in Phila-
11rd and well. He has read the Bible
elphia is firmly mounted on it, and rides
lqm cover to cover, and treasured up
Fery word about food and from
Bhakespeare's writings he collated over
thFee hundred extracts relating to dishes.
mainly salads. A Press reporter. who
had been allowed to examine this en-
thusiast's collection, found over 1O. 900
HIlis OF fare and 500 cook books. There
we're menus from every important city in
Nurope and America bills of fare
sfipted on white satin, when kings,
atesmen and heroes had been enter
ned in a word, it is a collection that
mot be surpassed in kind. The col
Nor knows how to make hundreds
pom hundreds of salads, and says that
simple a dish as Indian corn can be
f7ed in a hundred styles. He notices
Inference in the tastes of Americans.
A Philadelphian will call for terrapin or
llet de b@uf the Bostonians, although
+ sounds like satire to say SO, do actual
y want pork and beans, when away
rom home if not that, then rare roast
PEEL seems to be their favorite diet.
ae western men, too, are great beef
Iefs, and are fond of fowl and game
Ia food generally Southern men
~ a rule, vegetarians. They are
SID eaters, and can appreciate q
Ren it is well made,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

AWARDS TO AMERICA AT PARIs.-The
cable announces the prizes won at Paris
in fifteen classes of the American section
e. & I. Fairbanks & 90. receive in
Glass Is the highest and only award to
any scale manufacturer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

Gaps made in the flesh by abscesses and
ulcers speedily disappear without leaving
scar, when Henry's Carbolic Salve is the agent
employed to heal them. Thi. standard article
cures the worst sores, eradicates cutaneous
eruptions, relieves the pain of burns, banishes
pimples and blotches from the skin and has
proved to be eminently successful in remedy
ing rheumatism and soreness OF the throat and
chest. Sold by all Druggists
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
A Famous Guide,

Pike, the famous guide of the Yose-
mite Valley, has recently run down to
San Francisco, for the first time in
twenty-six years. He was born in Ten
nessee, but crossed the plains soon after
the discovery of gold in California, being
one of the few survivors of the ill-fated
party that first attempted the perilous
passage of the Deaths Valley route, He
was an associate of Peg-leg Smith, who
amputated his own leg with a hunting
knife, taking up the arteries and dress
ing the stump without assistance. This
operation was necessary inasmuch as he
had received a wound from a poisoned
arrow in a skirmish with Indians and
illustrated an important principle now
familiar to every college student-that
OF saving ones own leg off-short. Pike
first visited the Yosemite in 1852, the
year after its discovery by white men,
aud he has remained in those mountain
solitudes ever since, this being his first
excursion. During recent years he has
pursued the occupation of guide with
thrift and profit. In ascending Mount
Whitney, however, he contracted bron-
chial affection and lost his voice so that
he cannot now speak above a whisper.
He has been commissioned by hotel pro-
prietors in the Yosemite to visit Oregon
for the purpose of procuring new varie-
ties Of plants and trees for the valley.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

@. j. Van Ness, of Jouesville, Mich, writes
that he has used two boxes OF Grace's Salve on
an ulcer on his foot and it is almost well. He
wants two more. Price 25 cents per box at the
drug stores, or sent by mail postage paid for
80 cents. Seth W. Fowle & Sons, Boston, Mass.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

Some time ago an Indian burial
ground was discovered on the Genesee
River, seven miles from Belfast, near
the former site of the old Indian council
house of the Six Nations. Within these
graves were placed, at the time of burial,
brass kettles six inches in diameter,
coarse cloth, pieces of buckskin, beads
and paint, probably vermillion, gold
and copper rings, some with stone set
tings, halves of bells similar to sleigh.
bells, pieces of hollow brass, each of
which contained thong of buckskin, a
bracelet of blue beads with a triangular
pendant of agate. stone pipe with
stem three-fourths of an inch in thick
ness, and iron knives badly rusted. Mr..
Letchworth is having a collection of
these Indian relics made, to be deposited
in the museum upon Glen Irish, and
which will contain whatever is historic
and pertains to the Indian domain o!
the once powerful Six Nations Utica
(M " Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

Mrs. Simon Reiss, Notwithstanding
her great age of 105 years, worked in
the harvest field recently at her home
in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. She
bound up ten sheaves, and tells her
friends that she expects to attend the
county fair next fall-if her own sheaf
isn't garnered meanwhile.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
They don't know II.

Some people don't know that they are being
swindled every time they buy an inferior,
short-weight, baking powder. II would be far
better to buy and use the old reliable Doolev's
Yeast Powder. Every package of the Dooley
Powder is warranted absolutely pure, and
strictly full weight. Sold by grocers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

The Rev. Owen Dorsey, of the Prot
estant Episcopal church. writes that
Indians at Omaha agency are good
farmers, living in frame houses, and
that they raise better wheat than the
whites.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

Pure rich blood gives us health, long life and
''green old age, but how few pay any atten-
ton to the state of thoir bloodY Parsons
Purgative Pills make new rich blood, aud taken
one night for three months will change the
blood in the entire system.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

For upwards OF thirty years Mrs. WINSLO OW's
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never-failing success. II corrects acidity
OF the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from ething or other causes
An old and well tried remedy. 20 cts bottle,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

If there is anything in this life that will give
one a foretaste Of hell, as some represent 1t,
that thing is Neuralgia. It is the refinement
OF torture. But there is a simple and inexuen-
slve remedy for 1t. Johnson's Anodyne Lini-
ment snuffed up into the head will give instant
relief
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
TIMELY TOPICS.

The famous Viennese surgeon, Baron
Rokitansky, whose death was recently
announced, is declared by local paper
to have dissected 10000 corpses.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18
HOMES in The WEST

Excursions to Lincoln, Nebraska,
Leave New York and New England th .
Der. Excursion No . will leave TUESDAY.
SEPT. l7th. Fnrc UbOut hnlT reGulnr
Rates. Fast trains and tirst-cass AocommodAt g.
guaranteed For descriptive Land Circulars, lniorma
lion about Tickets etc. send address Postal Gard
PLINY MOORE. 3I7 BroRdwnV. NewVn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

What lot of hat stores there are in
this city kept by one Price.-M y
Mail,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

New Guinea until lately has been an
almost unknown country. 1t has not
been fully explored, but missionaries of
the London Society have obtained a
footing on a coast previously Stunned
by all vessels, and have won the con-
tidence and good will of people hither-
to supposed to be the most bloodthirsty
and treacherous of savages, and are
giving their serious attention to the
evangelization of the island. Two of
the dialects spoken on the coast have
been reduced to a written form and
printed, and twenty South Sea Island
teachers are helping the missionaries in
teaching the natives.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-09-18

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, TO sweeten
the breath, use Browns Camphorated Sapona-
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty-Five cents a hottie.