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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-11-27

Capt. Bundy, a Chicago Methodist,
has fitted up boat to travel as an evan
gelist. He makes landings. at places
along the shores of the lakes, holds
revival meetings, andpis said to be high
ly successful.
In the republic of columbia there
dwells a man by the name of Miguel
Soils. He is said to be the Oldest man
in the world. Miguel declares that he
is only 1S0, but his neighbors say he is
past 200 and lies about his age as per-
sistently as an old maid.
While on his way home from Talla-
hassee, Fla, q colored man named An
drew Wilson was run over at Bel Air
hill and killed. Four years ago his
father was killed on the same spot in
precisely the same manner; one of his
brothers broke his neck last year while
playing ball, and in 1873 another was
killed by fall.
To rapidly extinguish a fire in
chimney Put about three ounces of
the sulphuret of carbon on the hearth,
the sulphur being t1rst turned into one
or two broad hollow plates, so that the
combustion may be produced on a rela-
lively large surface. In one quarter of
Paris fremen have thus extinguished
251 of 319 fires, the extinctions in many
cases being instantaneous, without the
necessity Of mounting the roof or in any
disarranging the apartments.
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Russia, during the war of 1769-1774,
had nearly 200, 600 men in the field, and
the medical staff, including apothecaries
and dressers, consisted of 156 men.
"The loss from fever and plague" I"
reported. the director, "was greater
than from foes wearing turbans. Dur
ing the recent war Russia was able for
the first time to do without the aid of
foreign surgeons. During the Crimean
war the military authorities had been
imposed upon sadly by scores of quacks
with bogus diplomas from Germany and
America, some of whom would not touch
the sick or wounded with anything but
walking stick as they strolled through
the hospitals.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
Important to Smokers.

We yesterday received the following
communication from a well known Ger
man physician of this city. 1t will bear
careful thought:
MEDICAL ADVICE TO SMoKERs.-Having
had great deal of lips and throat COM
plants among my gentleman clients for the
last six months, / have made it a study to
find out where the evil lays, and came to the
conclusion that it is the injurious color with
which some of our cigar dealers darken their
cigars. In a conversation with prominent
cigar dealer in this city the other day, he
admitted that, as there is a great deal more
demand for dark cigars than the tobacco
yields, therefore most of the dealers are
naturally forced, in order to please their
trade, to use the unhealthy stuff so as to
produce the desired dark cigars. Smokers
take the advice of an old medical man, and
smoke medium or light cigars only, as these
the dealers and manufacturers can not doe
tor up. b PHYSICIAN.
A reporter of the Enquirer interview
ed number of retail cigar dealers last
evening on the subject, and mt with an
almost universal assurance that the
aforementioned system of coloring
cigars exists to certain extent. Vs.
"Why,'' said one dealer, "nine-
tenths of our customers call for dark
cigars of late. When tell you half of
the tobacco raised is of light color, you
will recognize the necessity for coloring
it, 'A 1880
Another dealer said that producers
could laise dark tobacco if they wished,
because the color came from the amount
of nicotine in the leaf, and not from the
manner of curing. Still another dealer
held that the reason there was an unu-
sual demand for. dark cigars this season
was because the Havana crop of last
season all cured light, and cigars made
from it were not sufficiently strong to
suit the usual smoker. All but one,
however. admitted that the coloring
process was practiced by many dealers
of late, owing to the increased demand
for dark, strong cigars. Dark cigars,
made from dark tobacco, may be distin-
guished fromth colored material by the
light veins and spots on the wrappers of
the former Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
The Meat-Mines of Siberia.

Tt has often been stated that the in
habitants of Polar Siberia feed their dogs
on mammoth meat preserved in natures
ice-house and sliced off at the conven-
fence of the dogs. How these tropical
animals came to be so near the pole is
AN unsolved problem of the worlds his
tory. There are various theories intend
ed to explain the conditions, but none of
them are quite convincing. The most
reasonable one is that countless ages ago
there must have been . change OF tenn
peratpre at the poles from torrid' to.
frigid, The animals were caught ont of
their 'latitude,,s frozen and buried in iiee-
Arecent traveller in Siberia relates that
happening to drive in sledge alongthe
base of one of the monstrous ice cliffs
that oyerhang the estuary Of the river
Lena, he came upon q pack Of wolves
devouring the frozen flesh OF mann
moth. The breaking away Of portion
of the cliff had exposed the monster pile
of preserved meat, and at the hands of
nature the wolves were helping them
selves. So nature, brings arecompense
for her freaks and takes care. of her own
The meat-mines of Siberia have not been
developed, and no one knows what
riches they may contain, or how they
may yet be utilized in the economy of
the world. The search may discover
the delicacy of flet de s,sananaosttls war
ranted fresh from Siberia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
A Cure for Drunkenness.

The Scientific american contains an
account OF an experimental test of Lie
big's theory for the cure of habitual
drunkenness. The experiment consisted
of a simple change of diet, and was tried
upon twenty7seven persons, with salts
factory results. The diet proposed is
farinaceous, and in the cases reported
was composed of macaroni. haricot
beans, dried peas and lentils. The dishes
were made palatable by being thorough
ly boiled and seasoned with butter or
olive oil. Breads OF q highly glutinous
quality were used, care being taken to
prevent their being soured il course of
preparation. In his explanation of the
theory, Liebig remarks. that the disin-
clination for alcoholic stimulants, after
partaking of such food,4is due to the
carbonaceous starch contained therein,
which renders unnecessary and distaste-
full the carbon of the liquors. Ii this
plan proves successful, it will be the
medium of effecting a more thorough
reform than years Of Legislative enact
ment or spasms of social work can pos
sibly accomplish. & gfaf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
The Honest Alcalde and the Wicked
Lipan Indians.

A noble Lipan Indian, who resided in
Mexico, near the border, on account of
his health, and in order to raise up his
children among genteel people, was re-
turning froma moonlight Excursion into
Texas, driving before him several horses
he had taken from the rancho Of a Tex
an whom he had murdered, when, on
crossing the sacred stream that divides
the celestial land from that of the out
side barbaric Gingoes he met one of the
noblest works of God, an honest man, in
the shape of a Mexican Alcalde. !" This"
said the AlcaldeWith severe frown, sis
an internal outrage and shame''
81 know it, - responded the noble LII
pan Indian, g but these were all the
horses he had. | had been there before,
you Sect atst .wo.5 sisGJ y .as
"Wretched dcaitiff,'' responded the
honest Alcalde, g wouldst thou plunge
all Mexico into war for few sore back
ponies. thief that thou art?'' 6.ss.-9.t.S
"God forbid!' responded the intelli-
gent catspaw; 's in taking these horses
| am simply carrying out the policy of
President Diaz, who directs tina, all
causes for local irritation on the border
be removed The causes for irritation
are these Texas horses, and am remog-'
ing them as fast as / cam And the
yarlet winked suggestively at the no
blest work, who threatened to report
the matter to the nearest Mexican Off
Ger, whose duty it was to arrest raiders
from Texas.
He is the very hons5re,' retorted
the Indian middle-man, /" who for every
head bring has agreed to pay dol
lar'' a.ssssesss
GA dollar didst thou say, heroic de-
scendant of Guatamoc?" asked the hon
est Alcalde, examining the horses teeth.
"Only a dollar head am offered
going going" responded the noble
Lipan.
ssAnd a quarter bid the nobiest
work. IT'S
"Gone,n said the Indian; ssbut you
ought to set 'em up on them fgures,'
as the honest Alcalde poked off Mexican
dollars on him at 90 cents.
Moral-The Indian thief is better
than the Mexican receiver Galveston
(TeI.) Neaos. ST
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
Fighting a Whale.

A correspondent of the Raleigh o.
sfrrer, writing from Moorehead City,
coast of North Carolina, says: On
Tuesday there was the most exciting
whale fight that has ever occurred on
this coast. 1t was with some difficulty
that the Captain of the crew could get
his men to obey orders. When the first
bomb was fired into the whale it failed
to explode. This made the whale
furious, when at this instant he struck
one of the boats and knoeked it some
feet above the water. The Captain then
fired another bomb; this failed of ex-
plosion; the fig ht.was still getting more
furious. The third bomb was fired and
exploded near the heart. This conquer
ed the. monster. The blood spouted
some ten feet high, and, as the crew
rushed up to stick their lances in him,
the blood fell in showers upon them and
their boats. The fight was witnessed by
another crew stationed about seven
miles above them. They looked on
with delight, only wishing they could
get into such bloody contest. The
whale was AZ feet long and extremely
fat: This fish will probably bring about
5000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
Baptizing Condemned Murderers.

A special from Nashville, Tenn, 18th,
says :e~ 1t having bes n announced that
the Baptists would baptize the Brazil
brothers, to be hanged at Cookerville
on the 9th inst, for. the murder Of Rus
sell. Allison, at O'Clock this afternoon
an immense crowd gathered before the
jail, partly through religious zeal and
partly through curiosity. The police
had to be stationed at the entrance to
keep the swaying crowd back. Only a
few we're admitted at time until the
yard of the jail was packed with peo-
pie. Nearly 200 ladies were present
when the two prisoners were brought
from the cell. An open space had been
provided. Many ladies wept during
the administration Of the oaptismal rite.
The greatest stiffness pervaded The
crowd, The prisoners manifested the
deepest concern, and at the close ex-
pressed the hope that they would meet
all in Heaven.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
Driving Rats Away Without p.,..'

E#ssss a. -@ss%s a = . @s rs sisel
We Know ofthree fliethod 4. .
old French, plan. This i I'M. !
chiefly in Paris, by men Who t,s nm
special business. Fhey-take. ! L. |
with water on the tafisin an : n =
elevation ilthe middle like, a. 4 81 "
on which is only a. laee al insf ~ MI
to sit on. This trap Is coyersd |.
has a large balance-va open;s J rs
ward. On the nnddlesof Ill. NJ u
piece of fried pork or cheese i Il, q
and when the rat walks On ii L Il /
the cheese the valve goes down Il
the rat into the water, and moves I!
in position. A road is made M \
rat-hole to the topofl the tub ~ ~ ~
OF pieces Of board rubbed with ~
so as to make the walk more MI ss
to the rats. In the course Of, H. \
some ten, twenty, or even more ~ /
go down, and If the island VA M, n
they would be found most an al;s !
the morning, quietly swimmino aross
but the provision Of the littls isl'J
saves the trouble of killing than =
cause their egotistic instinct 81 ~
walton causes them to FIGHT for NJ !
elusive possession 81 the Island n ws]
in the morning the strongest III isies
in solitary possession, all tn sa.'
being killed and drowned around n
Second, the New York plan, iny, !.
by one Of the Friends The Haur Il =
the rat-hole is covered with I'm II \
of a most eaustic potassa. VIVA A
rats walkson this it makes their a. 4
these they lick with their tongues 4, s.:
makes their mouth sore, and stbe,ss
is that they shun the locality. natals.
but appear to tell all the rats M
neighborhood about it, and sgssnt 4
the house is entirely abandoned bytl.'
notwithstanding the houses around rom I
full of rats. Third, the Dutch NM
This is said to be used SUCCESSFUL
Holland. We have, however. n,
tried it: A number Of rats left Is m Il
selves in very large trap 81 cage. \
no food whatever. Their crsyine +
ger will cause them to fght, aSd /
weakest will be eaten by t6e strouss
After q short time the fights rcpasl
and the next weakest is the victim |
SO it goes on till one strsng rat d I
When this one has eaten Tie I'll,
mains of the others it isset loose Il
animal has now acquired such iii
for rat flesh that he is the terror Il
ratdom, going about seeking Win /
he may devour. In an incrsdibIYsa
time the premises are abandoned N,
other rats, which will not come baofb
fore the cannibal rat has left or disd
Exchange. ''s'l'sH ses &
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
An Old Arctic Continent.

The study of the tertiary formation of
the Northern portions of Asia and
America shows that these countries once
formed a continuous land surface. The
stratum has two main divisions, the
lower of which Is a continental miocene
Containing few fossils of recent origin)
deposit, with coal seams, such as that
from which the English Arctic expe-
dftion @replenished its supplies. The
climate of that ancient land is supposed
to have resembled that now prevailing
in the central parts of the United States.
The beds of the lower formation extend
from the middle parts of the Amoor
basin through Kamschatka and 9 Alaska
to Vancouyer's Island, and near the
Mackenzie River, in Greenland, and in
Spitzbergen are found the remains of a
flora similar to that of the Western
region, SO that no doubt can exist that
at one period the whole of that vast
region formed q joint. territory, and
with semi-tropical temperature. How
that district,could have been so warm
has greatly puzzled biologists, but the
conclusion now generally accepted is
that the state of things referred to oc-'
Cured at a time when the earth was
still giving off enormous quantities of
internal heat, and before frost or snow
had appeared on the globe. The upper
beds of the Asiatic series are a marine
pliocene Containing large proportion
of recent species) deposit. They are
found in California, Oregon, the Aleutian
Islands, Alaska, and Saghalien Islands,
but are wanting in Siberia, fact which
shows that the separation of the two
continents must have taken place at a
worry early date, anSthat while Northern
America was submerged, Northern Asia
remained above the sea.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
Attractions of Paris.

Paris is a continual resort and CON
slant abiding place of strangers of
every nationality, particularly of the En-
gllsh speaking race, and especially the
American. There are whole districts
filled with these temporary soiourners !;
they form the principal guests of the
best hotels, the most desirable custom
ers of the leading cafes and restaurants,
their patronage is eagerly sought by
the enterprising proprietors of the finest
shops, who get their names and adj
dresses from the arrival lists in Galig-
mani, and send them printed or litho-
graphed circulars requesting them to
call and examine the wonderful stocks
and to purchase at the astonishing
prices. These letters, awaiting him at
the breakfast-plate, astonish the newly
arrived visitor who has no correspond
ents on this side the ocean, and who
marVels at his sudden Partisan celebri-
ty. The city is so attractive to the
American tourists, it is so brilliant, gay
and lively; there is SO much to be seen
and such an endless variety and choice
OF amusements, all so easy Of access;
they can buy such delightful things and
spend their money so charmingly, that
it appears like a terrestrial Paradise.
Hundreds of them live here during a
part of their transatlantic tour; scores
OF them, once having tasted of its pleas
ures, ind them so seducing that they
change all their we'll matured plans Of
travel and never leave the city until they
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
ss THE hand that rocks the or

"THE hand that rocks the cradle, -
paints jugs. When we began this we
were going to say something real mean
and sarcastic about the concentration of
all the womanly intellect and ambition
in the United States, upon the labor of
painting vague atrocities on jugs and
things, when we happened to remember
how many women's brothers and hus-
bands we had seen wasting their brain
tissues and devoting long, patient
months to the coloring of meerschaum
pipe no bigger than a cork, and we
hastily dropped into the lame and harm
less conclusion noted above. --Hawkege
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
So one meets crowds

start for home. So one meets crowds
of ones countrymen everywhere in
Paris, and while the great majority of
them are ladies and gentleman, who
will compare well with the travellers Of
any other nation, there are some who
are so obtrusively and Extensively dis
agreeable, vulgar and ill-mannered, as
to make one, when thrown into their
company, carefully conceal the national
ity which they SO constantly, loudly aud
defiantly trumpet. -Dgtron Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18
: s. 81 - 4 7
A Miser's Wealth.

An inventory has been taken Il u
property of the late JerfJ n
lis, an eccentric old bachll
who died near Cincinnati recent
in circumstances of actual want, NIL
fully bears out the stories that Wers d
rent as to his great wealth. He 4
titles to about 500, 600 acres OF landb|
Gated in different States Of the Westa|
South. In Cincinnati alone be 0vh|
40 houses, 10 of them in ONE bl0ek, I
in Hamilton County, outside Of Gs1
natl, he had not less than zoo sc1e
valuable land. He had 41;000 sna]
Kentucky, late purchase, worth ~
800, 900, and $4,000 acres in Iowa
which he was lately offered $l2 ~
He also had large amount in Cow
ment securities, investing at one
100000. His taxes in Hamilton cOa1
last year amounted to $4,000. Few n
pie in Cincinnati were awaIeo ths4
istence of such person as lullis.
lived in a small house in an 0utlJl
township, and practiced most
economy. 1t has been stated thst1
death was due indirectly to insumd.
and ill-prepa1ed food. Nothing
known as to the disposition be No.
his property. He has . nephew
other relatives living there, and III
lieved he left will, but search upiH7'
present time has failed to discos6
document. It's expected that liilg ~
will follow, and the lawyers are T.
for fat picking: bus
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18

WAS Calico subjected to torture by
the Inquisition? is the principal histor-
ical question agitating scientific circles,
and the burden of the evidence goes
to support the opinion that he was.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18

IF you want to keep your boy q b \
make it pleasanter for him 1sn ! I
street.-Eachangs. Certainly WV i
hopscotch in the hall, put q hogsae1.
molasses on tap inlthel kitehah, -
dog-ight in the back. yard, ma.t|
" bully slide on the cellar door, nlls
hand organ andsm monkey ain tils ~
ton ROOM, and a German band it q
stairs. Hire a. Geevis 2 70 % ~
ed. Let the boy chalk callers Il /,
on the first of April, .thfow bis nass !
through the windows, ring E1f j,
and run away and "plug tne 4
with fish-balls Sunday n1eFnins J
even then you will have q ene ~
circus or 9 great moral show ..' Y y y
through the premises two erth,ee -
in the season, to make n Pie
than the street. "-Eoston co'a'ss's'
Bulletin. sss ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-18

THE sudden unpopnlarify y
monograph in Rome Is all owl ".
Bubbins. He bought the hfss p'iI
graph ever owned In this cry y
came by express Friday ssen's5s |.
took thunder his arm and sfopp
several places to discuss poA
things. and when he got home A 8.
tempted to exhibit the phonos IsIs
his wife, that depraved instrdInep. u
marked in severaf different tone ~.
'em up for the boys, barkeepef ~, 49,
hoorav! Yer,s luck. Fill ffls ~ ~
fowl. Who's afraid Of the old " n
No more phonograEhs ill Kane
SentiaeI. eE a#a
Garrett WAsHING. -Wash ye NJ n
en- carpets on the#fioof~ first VIZ ~ 3 I
warm weak soap-suds, wf'l'sl' 'sb
your cloth pretty dry al.' II
with bucket of clear waLei, @ss .s..s 4
you rinse il. Leave opes q -
dows and let it dry quickly.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1878-06-26
DR.. McMaster attended the Sta

DR.. McMaster attended the State
and National Eclectic Association at
Detroit last week and took an active
part 10 both. He has been having a
lively correspondence with the off
GERS OF the University regarding the
admittance of pupils who are grad
uates of Eclectic colleges, and have
been practicing pHysicians term OF
years, and this he laid before the
meeting. In order that the question
of the seeming partiality might be
fully tested, he offered the following
resolution which was adopted:
Rtsolved, That special committee of three b,
appointed by the chair on legislation, whose dut,
| it shall be to procure, by every just endeavor
either the abrogaton of this arbitrary rule or tn
withdra wal of all support from the department
of medicine and surgery in the University, ant
Hls6 to secure an appropriation for the establish
meht of at least one eclectic chair of medicine il
the University.
Drs. MGMaster, Baker and Peter
were appointed. The next meeting
will be held in Niles, next June.
At the National convention tn,
Doctor spoke Of the University; b.
thought there was no excuse for tina
institution buying up the products 0
desecrated graveyards. He was will
ing that his bones should hang in tn
office of a reputable physician. HI
also entertained the company presen
with paper on "Monstrosities," re
ferring to an incident in his practic;
which proved interesting to all. Th
next meeting of this body will b
held at Cleveland.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1878-06-26

uuuassuming, while tie clown. Mr. JoEn Foster,
is PLAT, phair and phorty. and man of more
than ordinary intelligence. Not one of Ills jokes
but were cracked i'd the most polite and judicious
manner, and not one that had nseh worn out by
use-they were original, made up from the cir
cumstances that surrounded him. At times, too,
he assumed tragic attitude that would have set
Forest to blush, and relieved himself of burst
of rhetorical cloquehce equal to the star OF the
Recommending it, always, with nub that
brought down the house and made the tears flow
in the fat mans eyes, and the lean to squeak
with nirth. Foster is trump. The Langlois
BROTHERS are marvels in their specialties-excel-
lent, and the wonderful performance OF Harry
Lamkins, with his dancing bsrrei and magic
table, is alone worth the price of admission. The
club swinging by William Ducrow, the crystal
pyramid act by F. Charvat, and other wonderful
feats are truly astonishing. But the equestrian
ship of Signor Sebastian, on a bareback horse,
eclipses all We have seen in the arena, not except
ing the great Robinson. Mr.. Sebastian is proba-
bIy the best rider in America, and is a winning
card in Van Ambergb's show. But Ne cannS!
further particularize. The show is well worth
the patronage of the public, and no doubt they
were fattered with the brilliant reception they
received in Dubuque. Another redeeming foa-
ture is the absence of that pest of annoyance :
the lemonade ard candy man. You are not bored
by them during the performance, and when they
do solicit dime, it is done in such polite
suave manner that you cannot resist going FOL
your pocket book.