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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-08-14

The country from Canyon City to
Pilot Rock, Oregon, over which the In -
dians recently swept, is desolate waste.
Not building is standing; hundreds of
starving colts were whinnying beside their
dead dams; all the cattle were killed for
the sake of their tongues, and the Indians
have chopped off just below the knees
the forelegs of every sheep they could
catch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-08-14

A convict at Auburn, N. Y, escaped
hard work during his confinement of
two and half years by feigning paral-
ysis. He was so successful in the fraud
that he was lifted about by attendants,
and on his release had to be carried to
the depot in a chair and placed in the
cars. An hour afterward he visited the
prison officials and astounded them by
his speedy and full recovery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-08-14

Lockjaw is one of the most terrible
diseases to which mortals are exposed.
A California exchange asserts that no
one need be in danger of such an attack
from wounds caused by rusty iron. The
worst cases of infamed wounds may be
cured by smoking the injured part with
burning wool or woolen cloth. Any
thing that produces safety from such a
fatal disease is worth recording.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-08-14

American girls will learn with interest
that the value of a French girls nose
has just been iudicially valued at 81 200.
Some time ago a Paris omnibus horse
became frisky, there was a collision, a
window was smashed, and a passenger
young moiselle-received some OF
the broken glass in her face. 1t was at
first thought the hurts we're trihing, and
her parents declined the proffered ser
vice of the omnibus company's doctor.
But the scratches did not heal as they
were expected to, and the girls father
brought suit against the company, alleg-
ing that her nose had been permanently
marred, and that this seriously diminish
ed her prospect of establishment in life
in other words, of getting a'husband.
He obtained $500 on the first trial and
81, 900 on the second,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
Herr. Driesbach.

The Schoharie Republican gives som,
"reminiscences of the great lion tame
who died not long since on his farm il
Ohio, at the age of seventy, "poor bu
contented." Driesbach's earliest charac
teristics were marked, daring and an un
comfortable love for animals. From hi,
uncle's farm, near Schoharie, he gradu
ated as an apprentice to the shoemakine
business in that village, under one Christ.
ian Keyser. He found nothing in the
making and mending of shoes to conform
to his restless, daring spirit and fondness
for adventure. He left Schoharie, went
to New York and obtained an appoint
ment on the police force of that city.
While acting as policeman he daily
visited menagere there, and his old
fondness for animals revived. This was
noticed by the managers, and Driesbacb
was induced to resign his position on the
police force and become an obscure en-
ployee of the menagerie. He soon showed
such tact, talent and daring--such per-
feet absence of fear-that he was at once
promoted, and afterward became re-
nowned throughout the world as the
"great lion tanner"
He undoubtedly was. No one disputes
the title of pionship of Herr. Dries
bach. He visited Europe and received
the plaudits of crowned heads in all the
monarchial centers of fashion and folly.
He induced his caravan Cat that time
traveling) to come to Schoharie. The
management laughed at the idea Of COM
ing to country village with such an ex-
pensive establishment. But they acqui-
esced. The result was an immense
throng and money in the treasury. An
instance of the daring courage in his ma
ture is given in this adventure. Dries
bach possessed favorite leopard. He
was tame, gentle and docile as child.
Driesbach carried him in his arms, on
his shoulders and often laid down with
him and slept together. One day Dries
bach left the door of the cage open and laid
himself down under the shade of tree
and soon fell asleep AS soon as the leopard
perceived that his keeper was wrapped
in the arms of Mr.. and Mrs. Morpheus,
he sprang from the cage and grasped
Driesbach's throat. A death struggle en-
sued, DriesOach coming off victor IN the
death of his favorite pet. Aud this, too,
without an implement. Driesbacn with
his own hands choking the leopard to
death.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
fearless Madness.

DR.. Richard 5. Dewey, of the Illinois
Insane Asylum, writes: "fhe BRITISH
Hedledi JournaL, your authority for the
statement, is certainly not au auth prity
regarding the insane of the United States.
who, | can assert, Ii ON considerable cx-
pelience, both can and do weep. This il.
one of those generalizations, simple and
sweeping, which it is easy but unsafe 10
make. SO far as male insane persons are
concerned, | am positive have seen more
insane men weep than ever | saw sane
ones; and very frequent concomitant of
insanity is an intensity Of emotion and
weakness of self-control, which leads to
constant display of tears. | have in mind
at this moment d religious melanchOhic,
whose !unacy Is quite hopeless, and Is
marked by belief in his certain damna.
lion, who will talk with copious flood OF
tears streaming from his cheeks rs long
as any one can wait to listen to him.
Among female patients tears are, per-
haps, not more frequently encountered
than in ordinary lite, Out certainly not
less 50, and it /. not n specially happy
sign as regards recovery to see the insane
weeping, either. There is said to be a
marked difference in climatic Influences
between this country and England, but
80 far as moisture is concerned the al
vantage is all in the latter. A most com
mon idea met with among the vulgar is
that insanity is caused by the suppression
/ of some natural secretion, which accord.
| ingly strikes to the brain, and this fancy
with regard to the tears of the insane
seems to partake OF the same folly"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
Rapid Locomotive Building.

The most rapid feat on record in loco
motive building is noted by the Detroit
Free Press at jackson, Michigan. The
gangs of workmen numbering fourteen
men each attempted to put two locomo-
tves together in the shortest time yet
made.
The jacks were applied, the huge
boilers were raised and bolted on their
frames, then they were placed on their
wheels with all possible expedition, while
simultaneously work was progressing on
every portion of the machines, which
were rapidly assuming perfect form. Wa
ter was let into the boilers, and even
while men were working at the CRATES the
fires we're kindled and the "inlants' be-
gan to warm up for their work. At last
one OF them is ready for the smoke stack,
and is pulled along the track until she
stops beneath the one designed for her,
which hangs above her.
Lower away, cast off your tackle, go
ahead" and the yard engine pulls her out
of the house aud 10 another shop for
completion, her constructors working as
she moves, and busy hands being en-
ployed in fastening the bolts which hold
the smoke stack in its place. \ few mo-
ments more, and the last screw is turned,
the last bolt is fastened, the engineer
stands in his place, and in just two hours
and ffty-five minutes from the time the
signal to commence was given the throt
tie is pulled and the first of the twins
moves OIL completed, followed moment
later by her mate
All the pieces of machinery connected
with the locomotive had been finished
and ready for use beforehand, but none
had been fitted. On the same day, the
two new engines made trips of seventy
six miles each and worked nicely.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
An Awful Night on Mt. Washington

| Inc Hartford Times says: special re-
ports from the Mt Washington Signal Ser
vice Station-which are sent to us as reg
ularly every month as that winterisolated
and inaccessible locality will permit
have told of the fearful gale on the night
of January 10 and IL, but the entire
scene, and its heart-appalling character,
can never be told. The New York Herald
now has letter from Littleton, giving
some further account in addition to the
facts sent week ago to the Tunes. Ii
seems that the gale-from the east and
northeast, singularly enough-must have
attained the trightful maximum velocity
of 200 miles an hour, the highest that
has ever been recorded in any part of the
world, and equal to typhoon in the
China seas. The men (Mr. Murphy and
his assistanD have to thrust out The ane-
mometer from the root and hold 1t 10y
main strength, for a few moments-for,
to tasten it, would be to have it snapped
off in a minute. Necessarily the full
force of great gale cannot thus be en-
tirely marked; but it marked up to 1856
miles an hour-and how much more is
not known. The Herald's letter says:
The ice and sleet dritted 50 frightfully
that eight panes of glass were broken,
rendering the adjustment of the storm
shutters a work of unusual danger and
difficulty. The timbers creaked and
strained, and such was the deafening roar
of the tempest, and the rafting OF the
ice against the building, that it was i'm
possible to be heard, when shouting at
the top of the voice, at yards distance.
The record showed that during the night
the wind blew thirty-tive miles more rap
idly than ever experienced on Mount
Washington, and the highest velocity in
the world.
During the storm, which lasted twenty
hours, the barometer fell 1.130 inches, the
greatest change ever observed since this
station was established there. The mar
rator likened the storm to gale at sea.
There would be ull for few seconds,
then terrific roar and rush Of ice and
snow and sleet against the building, which
threatened its existence. While the gale
was at its highest point of fury the men
prepared themselves for the worst The
unusual severity of the storm led them to
believe that the little building in which
they were stationed would be raised from
its foundation and sent spinning into
Tuckerman's ravine or the yawning gulf
below. Each man wrapped himself
tightly in furs and blankets. The ropes
and chains were made doubly secure, and
every precaution taken to guard against
accident.
The supposition is that the velocity of
the wind at one time was greater than
that given, being, according to the opin-
ion OF the officer, up to 200 miles an hour.
In exposing the thermometer the danger
was so great that the exact figures could
not be obtained. The quantity of snow,
sleet and hail which fell during the
twenty hours of the storm equaled $50
inches of water. The cold was so intense
that basin of water, within two feet of
the fire, was frozen, and the men had the
utmost difficulty in keeping themselves
from freezing to death. The officers
speak of their experience with shudder
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
Her Logic.

And so you would read me sermon,
And flirting, know, is the text.
All, well! will own the impeachment
And promise | will not be vexed.
But first, dear, wish to assure you
It's us eless before you begin;
You will never convince me I'm guilty
or any objectionable sin.
My husband? Well, how have wronged him
By Willing an evening away
With one who is eager to tsrry
Where he cares so little to stay.
Tn trihing with happiness' Nonsense!
We're happy as married folks go;
And, where I've one harmless Irritation,
He's dozen to match it, know.
We read metaphysics together;
l confess it was dangerous ground
Such weird and mystical fancies
And theories there may be found.
For treatise on mutual attraction,
1t certainly does pave the way;
Those old German books are the mischief
At leading ones fancy astray.
But, entire nous, does it follow,
Because am married, my dear,
must straightway renounce all enjoyment,
And fall down and worship Monsleurs
But still have SoupcOn of honor;
All thanks for your kindly advice!
l will own to a penchant for flirting,
And it's naughty, but still it is nice!
Lizzie Clark Hardy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

CITIzENsuIP.-Tne youth of America
carly assume the august duties of citizen
ship. Under their appreciation of the
principles which the struggles of ages
have woven into our beautiful national
fabric depends its success or failure. A
democracy of ignorant people, swayed
by demagoguos who appeal to their preju-
dices and passions, is the worst of human
governments. A republic, of calm,
thoughtful men, ever ready to speak, to
live, or, if need be, on the battle field OF
principle to die for that which makes a
government like ours to differ from On
AFFECT despotism-this 10 tho idea of per
feet 6tate.-Biskop He6os5.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

STANDING FOR HIS MoNUMENT.-It is
not uncommon to hear of man order
ing, while still living, his own coffin, or
arranging for his funeral. But 1t is sell
dom that man designs his own monu-
ment, and stands as model for It's figure.
Yet John Downe, who died Dean of st.
Pauls in 1881, did both. He was an
earnest, cody man, to whom the epithet,
the "poet-preacher,' has been properly
applied.
During his last sickness he was urged
to give directions for his monument. lie
consented, and ordered marble urn to
be carved, which, when 1t was brought
to his room, he stood upon, wrapped in
windng-sheet. ale stood,' said his
biographer, with his eyes shut, and SO
much of tine sheet turned aside as might
show his lean, pale, aud deathlike face,
which was purposely turned towards the
East, from whence he expected the Sec
ond coming of his and our Saviour Je-
sus." In this posture picture of him
was drawn, which he caused to be set by
his bedside, where il remained until his
death. From that picture the monument
was made after his decease, which now
stands in st. Paul's.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

THE Mexican ladies dress in the most
vivid colors and striking contrasts. They
combine the handsomest articles of at
tire with the commonest and the poorest.
In the intervals of dancing the women
retire to the dressingroom and refresh
themselves with wine or beer and cigar
cites. Even the youngest girls smoke.
The dancing is similar to ours, except it
is much slower. They only had one ma
tional dance, which is called the "danza."
This is danced in the slowest possible
manner, and is we'll adapted for warm
climates. A young lady, in describing it,
said sit was the easiest thing in the world
to lesrn-you only had to stand still and
be Rugged. st. Paul Pioneer Pres.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

A DREAM AND BREACH OF PROMISE.
In last July Mr.. John A. Plttsford, Su-
perintendent of the Mount Blanchard
Union Schools, Ohio, was married to Miss
Josie Smith. Miss Lena NJ. Howard, of
Morrow county, commenced proceedings
against him in the Hancock Common
Pleas Court for breach of promise of
marriage, laying her damage at $4,000
The case came up for trial last week,
and, by his own letters,it was proven that
he had promised to mary her sometime
before, and that he WAS engaged to her
up t. within less than "a month of his mar
rage with another girl; that he visited
her frequently; that he gave suggestions
as to her bridal outfit, aud examined and
inspected part of the same; that he
vowed often he would marry her, "God
being willing and that he finally broke
the engagement on the ground that he
had dream, in which notion came into
his brain that it would not be good for
him to marry her, ana then in less than a
month he went off and married the other
girl. His letters further showed that he
offered to purchase the bridal trouseau
of the girl he had thus cruelty cast Off
The case occupied nearly day in its
trial, and the jury brought in verdict of
So, 800 damages. Findiav Courier.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
Some Very "Tall" Stories.

"He was the orfullest liar l ever SEEM"
said Cooley O'Leary, as we returned from
| his friends funeral. "Why, he told me
once that he lived on a small island in
| the Pacific Ocean, on which there was q
volcano. And he said there was an &C
tive demand out in that region for wa
termelons, so he went into the business
of raising them. And he said one year
his whole crop failed except one melon,
and that kept on growing at such rate
that it crowded him off the lowland and
up on the side of the volcano, which gen.
Grated steam and caused an explosion
which blew up the whole concern to at
oms and shot him 400 miles out to sea,
where he was picked up by whaler. He
used to tell that the one great mistake of
his life was that he didn't drive a plug
in the crater of the volcano, so as to
make it water-tight, and then slice open
the watermelon and come sailing home
on the half shell.
"He would lie. He said that once he
was cast away on an iceberg, with no bag
gage but pair of skates and fishing
pole. But he skated around until he
came across a dead whale, frozen into
ice. so he took off his shirt - it was
night for six months that year up there
tore it into strips for wick, run the
strips through the bamboo fishing rod,
stuck the rod into the fat of the whale,
and lit the other end He said it burned
splendidly, and the iceberg reflected the
light so strongly that it was almost as
bright as day for about forty miles
around, and one vessel ran into the ice
berg thinking it was lighthouse. He
said he sold the iceberg to the captain
for $4,000, aud the captain split it up
and took 1t home and made 200 per cent.
profit disposing of it to ice companies.
"Llef well, sir, he beat any man | ever
came across. Told me that once, out in
Nevada, a mountain lion attacked him,
with his mouth wide open. He had pres
ence of mind enough to grab it by the
tongue and pull. The lion roared with
pain, but he did his level best pulling,
and pretty soon the tongue began to give
and the tail to shorten, and directly out
they came, the tail and the tongue in one
continuous string. He said he had em
at home, and he showed 'em to me, but
my belief is they were only three or four
cowhides and bulls tail dovetailed to-
gether.
ale was astonishing as truth crusher.
Said he served on gunboat during the
war, which was very small and light,
while the mortar on the deck was large
and heavy, and he said the first time they
tried to fire tifteen-inch shell, the shell
remained stationary, while the recoil was
so great that it fired the gunboat four
miles up the stream and landed it in
tree He was liar, but now he is dead
| reckon he'll ketch it,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

A GREAT congress of the Methodists of
the world will take place in New York
next month, with view to restore the
Church to its primitive simplicity and
unworldiness. The subjects of fashion
able dressing, costly church building,
street-preaching, dancing, etc, will be
fully discussed and acted upon. Bishop
Simpson is arranging the preliminaries.
-Courisr Journal
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

THERE is great deal of grown up
theology as defective as that of the bow
who, when asked If he knew where peo.
Pile went who told lies, replied, cts a
place where there is fire, but I don't
Just remember the name of the town"
The name is forgotten by men who once
blew the bellows.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

A SUCCESS AND FAILURE.-A capital
story is told of the famous Scotch preach
er, DR.. Guthrie, which shows that the
same expedlent may sometimes carry O
popular audience by storm, and at other
times excite shouts of dersive laughter.
DIR. Guthrie WAS once replying to Dr..
Richie, an eloquent speaker, who in a
public meeting had attacked the minis
tiers of the Established Church, as idle
and luxurious men, clothing themselves
in soft raiment, and faring sumptuously
every day.
Guthrie saw his opportunity and made
the most of it. He had walked into town
in heavy boots, over a muddy road, and
boots and trousers were spattered with
mud. Advancing to the front of the
platform, he held up one foot, and said,
with comical tone
"Dr. Richie calls us set of dandies.
Is that the foot OF dandy ~ The effect
was irresistible.
The audience were in commissions of
laughter, and he had gained them before
beginning his speech. DR.. Richie
marked the effect, and attempted SINH
lar stroke on another occasion. His par-
ty had been charged with showing the
"cloven foot" Extending foot, dressed
in the height of the fashion, with silk
stocking and dress shoe, he asked, tri-
umphantly, "Do you call that a cloven
foot 2"
A shre"d mechanic in the gallery
called out, TAX aft the shoe, sir, and
we'll see The shout of laughter that
followed spoiled his speech.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
A Pathetic Story About Dead Hen

A John street man not only keeps hens,
but the family takes pride in them, aid
the slightest noise in the back yard at
midnight arouses every inmate of the
house. A morning or two since tramp
called at the door with dead hen in his
hand, and said to the lady of the house ::
MADAME, as was walking down the
alley just now boy jumped over your
fence with this dead hen in his hand.
am hungry, but am honest. This hen
belongs to you. She will make you a
beautiful dinner. | ask for no reward,
madam, though the smell of coffee al
ways makes Inc crazy with delight.
at is sin to murder young and
healthy hen in this manner. | could
have taken the body and sold it, but
would not do so base thing. | am as
hungry as wolf, but am honest. There
is your hen, and though l need food
will not
He laid the hen beside the door and
was going away when she asked him to
come in and get breakfast. He accepted
the invitation, cleared the table and had
been gone about five minutes when the
girl called to her mistress:
"Why, this hen is frozen as solid as a
rock, and only about half of it is herer'
The lady investigated, saw that it was
CORPSE" which had been kicked
around for days, and as she rushed for
the front gate there was bright red spot
on each cheek, but the man was out of
sight.-Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

He who has ceased to enjoy his friend 8
superiority has osased TO love him.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04

A MAJORITY of the people of Louisiana
are Catholics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-08-24
American Iron.

While our American food-crops have
been achieving such prodigious results
in Great Britain and Ireland and taking
permanently the leading position in the
worlds markets, American iron has
quietly and almost unnoticed, effected
the entire conquests of the home mar
kets, so that our importations of foreign
rails have ceased, the whole domestic
consumption of railway iron being sup
piled by our own mills. In other forms
of iron our progress is steady and re-
sistless, while at the same time we are
exporting large quantities of iron in all
forms. So sweeping has been the Brit
ish decline in iron exports to America,
that their iron-masters regard our mar
kets as hopelessly lost to them. Atten-
ton has been called to the subject in a
fragmentary sort of way, and some
journals in this country have repre-
sented this as only the effect of hard
times, which would pass away with the
return of general prosperity. But the
loss of the American market by the En-
glish iron-masters seems to be final
and its magnitude may be seen by the
fact that our railway mileage is but lit
tie inferior to the aggregate of all
Europe. With the revival of prospect
ty the demands of such a market must
give ample employment to all our iron
mills and diffuse general gladness.