The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-10-16
TIMELY TOPICS.


Boys under sixteen who smoke in the
streets of Ooblentz, Saarlouis and Ire
YES are fined or imprisoned.
The Chinese in Nevada are becoming
as good stock gamblers as any "Meli-
can " members Of the fraternity.
The Cincinnati Commercial says !:
"Last year a family Of seven persons,
living near Wilmington, Ohio, by actual
count consumed 1,165 pies. This is
fact and can be substantiated.
In the "Court News" OF an English
paper recently appeared this remarkab BILE
item: "The queen drove two COWS yes
terday TO visit the king and queen of
Denmark at the Lisburne House." For
"two COWS" read through Cowes."
Miss Roe, of Dublin, had a wedding
cake eight feet high and weighing 300
pounds. It was ornamented with the
arms of the Roe and Gordon families
/ and six bannerets with arms and mono
grams, and strewn with orange blossoms
and myrtle.
In case of robbery tried at Aberdeen,
Scotland. recently, the prosecutor identi-
fed .e1 note by the following couplet
which had been written by previous
owner on the back of it:
This came to me in time of need
And went away with railway speed.
An exchange states that Hachette &
Co., Paris, is the largest publishing
house in the world. It employs five
thousand persons, turns out a book
day, aud does business of 50, 600. 900 a
year.
A monument has recently been erect.
ed in one of the Edinburgh cemeteries
by Miss Burdette- Coutts, of London, to
the memory of a faithful dog. It ap-
pears that this dog followed his masters
body to the grave, and after seeing it
inferred, took his position by the side of
the grave, and could not be persuaded
to leave it. For fourteen years he re-
mained in the churchyard, his favorite
resting place being the foot of his mas
ter's grave. Food was furnished him by
the members OF the family, and one
morning he was found there lying dead,
and his history being we'll known he was
buried by his masters side. Miss
Coutts, on hearing of his singular his
tory, ordered the erection of monument
over his remains closely resembling the
faithful animal.
OF the eight hundredpersons suddenly
submerged in the river Thames by the
Princess Alice disaster, scarcely dozen
saved their lives by swimming. The
reason is that at that place the river is
little better than n mass of sewage. It
regularly carries away the liquid refuse
OF the city of London, and at the instant
of the collision there was being poured
into it near the fatal spot the contents of
two great cesspools. The immediate
effect of immersing person in sewage,
say the chemists, is asphyxia, and the
eight hundred excursionists must have
become numb, and incapable of any
effort. The bodies, when recovered, had
undergone strange changes. Identi6ca-
ton was difficult. Clothing had changed
color, and the decomposition had been
swift. Everything pointed TO the action
q some powerful chemical substance.
The "telegastrograph is hypothet-
ical invention of startling novelty. By
its aid people can eat and drink at several
miles distance from food and beverages
at least they can enjoy whatever deli
cacies are served, and even become ex-
hiIarated with stimulants. The mOdus
OOerandi is supposed to be something as
follows: A dainty dish is placed in re-
ceptacle connected with powerful bat
terry. Wires are attached, corresponding
to the number of guests invited, and OF
sufficient length to reach their respec-
tive abodes. At the appointed dinner
hour each guest places the wire in his
mouth, and Immediately the full flavor
of the dish is transmitted to him. More
over, a sense of repletion is experienced
proportionate to the quantity of food
consumed-or rather the length of time
the wires are held in the mouth. But,
unfortunately, as soon as the wires are
disconnected from the battery, the feast
remains only pleasant memory, and
the guest is as hungry as before the
banquet, and as thirsty as ever. Whether
viands and wines are consumed or not in
this process is not on record. Such is
the inventors dream.