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National Republican., 1878-12-07

TAEE Ayers sassaparilln to purify the blood and
which ore merely cniblens of the rotteness within.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
- ROYAL Female Gambler.

Princess Souwarof, during a recent
stay at Saxon les Baines, happened one
evening to have an extraordinary run of
bad luck while gambling. Her neigh
Dor, retired tradesman, sympathized
with her, and begged to be permitted to
place his purse at her diaposal. She
refused at first, but the desire to continue
play was strong enough to overcome all
her scruples, and she finally accepted,
borrowing $2,0 900. The money was pune
tually repaid, and the lender, M. Della
grange, was delighted to find that the
princess had condescended to make use
of him, and that she invariably spoke to
him when he met her in the Casino.
He thought he had acquired the privi-
lege of being considered among the init
mate friends of the princess, and when
she again asked him for an advance of
50, 400 he complied with alacrity. This
sum remained unpaid, and an arrange
ment was made by which the lender was
to call on his fair debtor in Paris at
stated time. The princess, on her re-
turn, refused to receive as one of the
habitues of her receptions the retired
tradesman, who, Vexed at the apparent
slight put upon him, began to clamor
for his money. He wrote to the Princess
Basilewsky at st. Petersburg, to COM
plain of the treatment he had received
from her daughter, and receiving no
reply, began an action against Princess
Souwarof, who has been ordered to pay
at once under pain of seizure.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
Fashion Notes.

Lawn ties are embroidered profusely
with variegated silk.
mother Goose is the new style of
children's bonnets.
Silk sun shades bearing the owners
monogram are novelty.
Queen Anne and Japanese styles of
furniture predominate.
Fashions demand for Jet still con-
tinues, and it will be worn more than
claire de lune.
Swiss neckties, with the end braided
in colored silk, will be worn with sum-
mer dresses.
Burlap mats are made with successive
square bands of colored merino. cat
stitched down with colored floss silk.
For watering-places are dressy cos
tunes of damask silk of light quality
combined with plain silk often Of con-
trasting color.
Unique scarf pins in Japanese designs
are shown ; one composed of two small
canes with fan of cloisonne enamel at
Tackled.
Satin will be much used for trimming
summer dresses. Some of the new gren-
adines are trimmed entirely with black
satin.
The new colored embroideries are
used for trimming children's white
dresses. Those with scallops of blue or
cardinal red are prettiest.
The little Marseilles coats are made
with carrick capes and the. cloth coats
finished with little vests like the gar
men of grown folks.
For evening dresses garlands are made
in all styles, and, as the combinations
are such that diversity is allowable,
all tastes are easily satisfied.
The prettiest sacques with carrick
capes, omit the middle seam in the
back, and none of these English gar
ments have long seams from the shoul-
ders.
For costumes to be worn in the MORN
ing very thick linen that is at the same
time light and fine is used, and trimmed
with frills embroidered in high colors,
in red or blue with black.
The Scotch and Madras gingham
dresses are charmingly cool and fresh
looking. The bars and stripes are of
two or three colors on a white ground,
and the new combination Of colors are
adopted.
Large collars and cuffs of white lace
are sewed on the dark silk dresses that
will be used for summer, and the neck
and wrists of the dress are finished with
a row of loops Of narrow ribbon the
color of the dress.
Very few dressy wraps are made in
sacque shape. There are, however,
some of heavily repped silks or of
Sicilienne make in the simplest French
sacque shape, single-breasted, medium
long, and smooth over the tournure.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
HoUsE-oLEANING.
Curious Habits Of a Curious Bird.

A naturalist (M. Velain) accompany
ing the French expedition to the islands
Of st. Paul and Amsterdam, in 1874, for
the purpose of observing the transit Of
Venus, has lately published an account
of the fauna and fora of these islands.
In the description of the birds that were
met with, the penguin has large space
by reason of it's very curious and always
entertaining habits. The penguins be-
gin to lay in the month of September.
and countless numbers annually assem-
BILE upon the islands of st. Paul and
Amsterdam at the time of breeding. M
Velain observed the birds at their nest
ing stations with the deepest interest
aud came to the conclusion that, instead
OF being the stupid animal they are pop.
ularly considered, they are really gifted
with uncommon powers. A synopsis 81
M. Velain's account, which is given u
Nature, says:
"At the time of the arrival of the ex|
pedition (October), the birds were pre-
pairing to hatch. Each pair kept en-
tirely to themselves. Each nest bad
two eggs-large, nearly round, of
dirty white color, but marked here and
there with n few russet spots. Bos
birds partOok of the cares attendant b
the incubation and took turn about o
the nest. The bird off duty would
once make for the sea, faithfully return
ing at the appointed time, and nevoI
failing to waddle direct to it's own nest
though no human being could see
difference between the thousands that
were strewn about. Sometimes tho
whole camp of birds would have to be
traversed ere the nest sought for would
be gained, and bird trying to make
short cut would be sure to be attaekea
by those whom it disturbed, fOI they
are not at all tolerant of one another
and in this they also prove that thNg ere.
not stupid, for surely neither stupid
people nor stupid birds ever quarrel
On M. Velain arriving in their midst.
they would one and all set up an im.
mense and beyond-all-measure stunning
cry, soon they would calm down and
seem not to mind his presence. Il.
incubation lasted for Ave weeks. Ihe
little ones made their appearance coz
cred all over with O fine, close down
aud looked like balls of fine, gray-col
ored wool. They soon got tired OF thN
comforts of their nests, and began to ~
semble, together with their little broth.
ers and sisters of the same colony, ln
large infant schools, which are presided
over by some of the sedate old bird
Many times q day, at stated interval
they are fed; the other portions l|
spend in sleeping and talking and
tie fighting. Space will not perm
to refer to many curious details
their swimming lessons.
Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
A IeMeIer,s Inke.

Mr.. Smiley, the undertaken, got it
into his head the other day, that his eye
sight was not what it used to be, and
that pair of spectacles would be bene-
fetal to him as we'll as to make him lock
more venerable. So he proceeded to
Mr.. Karat's jewelry store, in the next
block, to purchase the desired article.
The obliging Mr.. K displayed his
whole stock of spectacles for his GUS
TONER'S inspection. Mr.. Smiley would
try on pair, elevate his head, then
lower it, then look over the tops OF them,
meanwhile holding newspaper before
him.
One pair was for younger eyes ESQ he
said); another pair was for older eyes,
and so on until he had tried on all of
Mr.. Karat's spectacles. Not one pair
could he find that was suited to his
sight.
Now the patient Mr.. Karat was at
times fond of a joke, and informed Mr..
Smiley that he had pair that he used
himself sometimes, and he might try
them on, and perhaps they would suit
him. Mr.. Karat took from the drawer
pair minus the glasses, and after
carefully wiping them inside and ont,
adjusted them over Mr.. Smiley's pro-
boscis.
After going through the usual per-
formance with his head, Mr.. Smiley
said
"Why, they seem better. I can see
as we'll with them as I could without
them twenty years ago. I'll take these.
They just suit my eyes"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
A Nav Railrnad Pass.

A new style of railroad pass has just
been patented by railroad man which
is something of a novelty. The idea is
TO provide pass which can be used by
none save the person to whom it is
issued, and the pass seems to meet the
requirement. Around the pass proper
is margin, with a description which,
by the use of punch, may be made to
ct anybody. After the word "age !"
appear series of figures out of which
the person issuing the pass punches the
figures corresponding with the age of
the one to whom the pass is issued.
Then after the head "shape follow the
words "slim," medium" stout, >"
F" corpulent." After color of hair ,
come the designations "black.'
" brown" gray" light, "auburn. "
After "color OF eyes" come "black. {"
"brown, ""gray," ''blue, ''hazel;" and
after "beard" the terms "none," "full, "
'' side, " chin, moustache." Thus,
supposing the man to whom the pass is
issued be dark. slim man, with black
eyes and beard a LaNaPoleon, the issuer
OF the pass would punch the word
"slim under "shape, black under
"eyes and chair, moustache " and
"chin" under "beord." The pass
could then be transferred only to man
CHANGING to answer just the above de-
scription. This idea is certainly novel
one.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
TERMS, $500 A YEAR.
Irish Song.


On Innisfallen's fairy isle,
Amid the blooming bushes,
We leant upon the lovers stile,
And listened to the thrushes
When first sighed to see her smile,
And smiled 10 see her bushes.
Her hair was bright hs beaten gold,
And soft as spiders spinning,
Her cheek out-bloomed the apple old
That set our parents SHINING,
And in her eyes you might behold
My joys and griefs beginning.
In Innisfallen's fairy grove,
hushed my happy wooing,
To listen to the broodlng dove
, Amid the branches cooling
Bat oh how short those hours Of love,
How long their bitter rueingl
Poor cushat thy complaining breast
With woe like mine is heaving.
With thee mourn fruitless quest
For ah with art deceiving
The cuckoo-bird has robbed my nest
And left ne wildly grieving.
The Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01

There is no doubt that walking is a
healthy ezercise-no doubt, except in
the mind of the boy who is sent on an
elrand. He believes in sitting ON the
fence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01

The oldest living man in the world is
near Bogota, South America, and he
claims to be $50 years of age.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
Items Of Interest.
ga want of the age Hair.
Matters of interest-Coupons

n Whub VI lu6 aSo -ualr.
Matters of interest Coupons.
Beautiful lie of the Sea'-whale-oil
"Time out of mind |" is the oldest
lunatic on record.
A fashion writer says: Patched trou-
sers will be much worn this season.
There is no necessary connection be-
tween serial tale and q monkeys tail.
simply because both are continued.
Cats can't live at q greater elevation
than 5000 feet above the level of the
sea; but they thrive splendidly on a
ridge-pole.
The New Orleans Picavune saws:
Love cannot live on bon-bons." "
''No," says the Boston savant, "but
love can live on beans"
The entire alphabet is found in these
four lines:
God gives the grazing OF bis meal,
He quickly hears the sheep's low crv:
But man who tastes his finest wheat,
Should joy to lift his praises high.
Even the life of paragrapher has it's
bright spots.-P Pittsburgh Dispatch.
And well it is for him, when they do
not concentrate upon his nose. Detroit
Free Press.
The horse will eat ten hours ont of
every twelve; and the hog never knows
what it is not to be hungry. The crow
flies six miles, and the wild pigeon sixty
an hour, but the humming bird beats
all things on the wing. The wild turkey
can run faster than he can fly, and any
man who is a good walker can tire deer
out in twenty-four hours. The fox is
the hardest animal to catch in a trap.
and q muskrat the easiest, and the
meadow lark is the shyest of all the
birds IN the air. The spider is the only
creature that catches its food in trap,
and sheep will live without water
longer than any other domestic animal.
Wehave in Hart County, KY, man
by the name of William Bowman, who
was thrown away in the Appalachee
Mountains, North Carolina, when an
infant, and was found by an old bear and
adopted as a cub. At the age of about
ten years he was captured, tied hand to
foot, and then his captors found that he
could not tall, nor could he be persuaded
to take any food but milk, which he
sucked from bottle, showing that he
had lived solely by the nursing of the
bear. Bowman is now farmer hear
Omega, and any one doubling the truth
of this statement can have it verified by
seeing him. = Hart County Three
Springs.
HOUSE-CLEANING.
The housekeeper giveth cheerful hop,
And we hear the musical f1ippertyfop
or the moisty, misty, maddening mop.
And 10, the maddening horrors rush
Athwart our souls at the soapy gush
or the slippery, Shiny sorubbing- brush.
From early morn till evening gloom
We hear the scratching in hall and room
OF the boisterous, busily bobbing broom.
And now there cometh woesome vail
That augurs centrally gusty gale
From man with his leg in the scrubbing-pail.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
Resale of Market Lease.
TREAsURER's OFFICE,
DONALDsOSyILIE Feb 3 1878

OONALDsONfILLE, rep. o. 1873.
! Gotleib Seifried having become the adiu,
dicatee at sale made by the undersigned
ON the End day of January, 1878, of the lease
| OF the Market-Honse for the year beginning
the 9Th of January, 1873 and having failed
to comply with the terms of the adjudication
by refusing and neglecting to furnish within
three days thereafter his u promssory notes
and bond and security for the faithful per-
torrance of his duties as such, as provided
by Sec. lis of the code ordinances of the
town of Donaldsonville and amendments
thereto;
Notice is hereby given that by order of
the Mayor and in obedience to the ordi-
nauces of the town of Donaldsonville, will
offer anew for sale to the highest and last
bidder. at the Courthouse in the town of
Donaldsonville. on
Wednesday, February 20, 1878,
at II o'clock NJ. at the risk of the said Got
ielb Seitried and according to law and said
ordinances, the unexpired term of the lease
OF the Market-House ending january 9, 1879.
Terms and co'lditions-The purchaser to
furnish his ten promissory notes, with good
aid solvent security, payable to the Treas
urer at his office ut the end of each and
every month, to-wit: March 81, April 30.
May 81, June 80, July 81 August 81, Septem
Der 80, October 81, November 80, and De-
cember 81, 1873
The purchaser shall besides furnish bond
with good security in the sum of one hun
dred dollars for the faithful performance of
his duties. The sureties on notes aud bond
to DC accepted by the Common Council.
FRANCIS VICKNAIR,
Town Treasurer
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Gard.
New ORLEANS, Feb. l, 1875

NEW ORLEANS, FED. /, 1873.
Received of the Piedmont and Arlington
Life Insurance Company, of Richmond, va,
through G.. w. TERRELL, it's General
Agent in New Orleans, La, twenty-five
hundred dollars, t$2509) in part payment of
the within policy, No. "a, 293. on the life of
my deceased husband, F. A. Truxillo.
CORNELlA TRUXILLO,
Natural Tutrix.
JN0. T. WHITAKER,
JOHN Monsoon,
ROBERT ESPY,
Witnesses.
Mr. F. A. Truxillo made only one pay
ment on the above policy before he died of
smallpox. G. w. TERRELL,
General Southern Manager.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Succession Notice.
State of Louisiana,

State of Louisiana, Succession
Parish Court, of
Parish of Ascension. ALEX. MEYERS.
WHEREAS, LEVI SPILLER, of the
w parish of Livingston, has applied to
this Hon Court to be appointed Admins
TRAITOR of the Succession of Alexander Mey-
ers, deceased;
Public notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern to show cause within ten
days why the prayer of said petitioner
should not be granted.
Clerks Office, parish of Ascension, this
9th day of February A. D., 1878.
(SEaTN L. Z. BENTLEY,
W. Clerk of Court.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

The Wood Comedy Company ar
rived by Sundays train, and gave
performances in the ID. S. G. B. Hall
Sunday and Monday nights, accord
ing to advertisement. "The Two
Orphans" was passably well rem
dered, though the play was marred
by the blunders of several actors who
failed to commit their parts to mem
DRY properly. Exempted from this
category are Miss Woods and Messrs.
Mcbride, Negrotto, West and Gray,
who sustained their several roles very
creditably. The audience was much
smaller than we had anticipated, be-
ing about the size of that which as
sembled to witness " Fanchon on
the occasion of its first production by
the LeC0mte combination two weeks
before. The variety performance of
Monday night was only mediocre, a
slim audience tending to dampen the
spirits of the performers and add to
the confusion arising from insufficient
rehearsal of the programme. Reeeiv-
ing such poor encouragement, the
company decided not to perform
Tuesday evening aud to forego their
projected visit to Plaquemine. They
returned to New s0rleaus.. Tuesday,
per steamer Rapid Transit.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
New ORLEANS, Feb. i, 1873.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. j, 1873.
Col. G. W. Terrell General Manager of
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance
Company, New Orleans, La:
Dear Sir-Perlnit me to return my thanks
to you, and through You to the Piedmont
and Arlington Life Insurance Company. for
advancing before it was due, (s2500)
Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars on the policy
taken out ia your excellent and prompt
company by my deceased husband, +. A.
TRUXILLO.
Allow me to express wish that many
others may be induced to take out policies
in your liberal company, and thus give a
sacred protection to the bereaved widows
and orphans, from whom they II ay be taken
by sudden death.
Very respectfully,
CORNELIA TRUXILLO.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

The bill introduced by Senator Lam
dry changing the terms of our Dis
trict Court, passed the Senate, Satur-
day, and is now before the House for
concurrence. We can imagine no
objection to the measure, and urge
Representatives Fobb and Hill to &C.
cure its passage at the earliest day
practicable.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

The proceedings of the sessions of
the Police Jury and Town Council,
held this week, embrace divers mat
tiers of public interest, as will appear
from a perusal of the minutes pub
lisiled in this number of the CHIEF.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

Posters are displayed about town
calling upon the tax payers of Don
jacksonville to assemble in mass meet
ing att o'clock this evening, for
the purpose of memorializing the Leg
islature, and petitioning our Hon.
Senator and Representatives to intro
duce and to exert their utmost efforts
and influence in urging the speedy
passage of such amendments to the
present act of Incorporation of said
town as will relieve its already over
burdened property holders from the
further payment of any taxes to the
parish of Ascension, provided that
said town shall thereafter be exclu-
sively bound and liable for the ex-
penses of all criminal cases origina-
ting within the corporate limits, and
it's just pro rata of all other expenses,
costs or burdens" The call is signed
by Mayor Duffel, Aldermen Ricard
and Claverie, constituting the COM
mittee appointed By the Common
Council at its meeting of Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Duffel is the main
sping of this movement. and if the
citizens of the town are relieved from
parish taxation, the fact will be
largely due to his exertions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09


The General Assembly is expected
during its present session to pass an
act repeating the law enacted in 1870
granting to private individuals a
twenty five years. lease of the Bayou
Lafourehe ferry at this place. 1t is
considered gross imposition that q
valuable public franchise, yielding a
revenue of $4,000 to $4,000 annually,
should be diverted from its legitimate
purpose of bene6tting the many, to
the illegitimate one Of enricling q
few. The. town receives from the
holders of this forced lease pitiful
stipend of $40 per month-the parish
nothing. Here is an opportunity for
our law makers and unmakers to give
us measure of substantial reform by
restoring this ferry to tire control of
the municipal and parochial autllori-
ties.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

Rev. Edward Lewis of the Episco-
pal Church at this place will preach
in Christ Church, Napoleonville, to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock, in re-
spouse to an invitation from the ves-
try of the latter sanctuary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
~ f. EMMETT.
NJ.
Veterinary Surgeon,

Is stopping in Donaldsonville for limited
period to treat
ALI Diseases and Lamenesses to Which
Horses are Subject.
Castrating specially. particularly of ridg-
lings. Best of reference given if required.
Terms reasonable.
All orders left at NITCHELL'S STABLE
will receive prompt attention. jySn
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
LOCAL JoTTINGs.

Insure your life in the Piedmont
and Arlington, the staunchest and
most liberal of Southern companies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

Phoenix Fire Company's monthly
meeting has been postponed from this
TO next Saturday evening, on account
of the mass meeting of town tax pay
ers tonight.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

An account of that duel, pre-
pared for insertion in our last issue,
but crowded out by matter of more
importance, shares like fate this
week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09

the pockets of Paul Lewis. Accused
claimed jury tlial and the case was
sent to the District Court. Bond wal
fixed at 5000, but there is little prob.
ability of any property holder risking
the amount on George.
State Us. Ellen Burnside, informa-
ton for assault and battery. Accused
notified to appear for arraignment.
State rs. Henry Cook, information
for assault and battery. Accused
plead not guilty.
State as. Francis Willis, informa-
ton 70: assault and battery.
CIVIL MATTERS.
S. Weinscbenck Us. Casimir Martin
and Widow Sarah Martin. Confess
sion of Judgment in favor of plaintiff
for Sis. Stay of execution for one
year granted.
Helene Dupuy ct ais. rs. Henri
MONTE. Judgment for plaintiffs, upon
an act of lease, for $40; provisional
seizure of certain property maintained
and property ordered to be sold. Mrs.
Clara Chauffe has filed third opposi-
ton in this case, which has been fixed
for trial on Monday next.
Jules 0. Ayraud Us. Henri Montz.
Judgment for plaintiff for $500; pro-
visional seizure maintained, etc., as
in case just cited.
John Ashby as. Nazarene Baptist
Church answer of defendants fled.
Felix Desnoyers as. Alex. Mar
chaud suit for 5000 on notes given
for lease of land. Answer filed.
Andre Suarez Us. Anaise Acosta, suit
for divorce. Defendant deserted her
husband and is living in open concu-
binage with another party. Judg-
ment decreeing dissolution of mar
riage and granting plaintiff custody
of his minor child.
Milly Warner as. John Francis, suit |
for divorce. Francis is a fugitive
from justice, and has not been heard |
of for over three years. Judgment as
in Suarez as. Acosta.
Samuel Williams Us. Ellen Wire,
suit for divorce, is fixed for Monday.
During next week court will be
mainly occupied with examinations
10 criminal cases and with civil bust
ness. The week after, the remaining
cases on the docket will
probably be disposed of.