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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Black spots broke out all over the
surface Of a California man, after he had
heen bitten by spider, and he looked
like d checkerboard The spider is dead.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

"DoctOr, my daughter seems to be go
ing blind, and she's just getting ready
for her wedding, too On, dear ne,
what Is to be done ?" Let her go I'sl,S
on with the wedding, madam nS al
means. II anything can open ne' . e''
marriage will"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

People learn wisdom by experience
a man never wakes up his second baby
to see 1t laugh.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

"You are as pretty o. 20 piei' r. is "'
longer the correct c"inp h+n ~ i','
lady. Simply say, "A14 Tsin-lI - -
a chrome"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Two friends, just married, were dis
cussing rapturous!y, as they eOugratu-
lated each other, the merits aud charms
Of their spOuses. Said one: "My wife
has got the loveliest head of hair l ever
saw, even on the hair-renOvatOr labels.
When she lets her hair down, the ends
fall 10 the floor" That's nothing"
replied the other; ''wheu my wife lets
her hair down, it all falls to the floor"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04
Gbe aeaa Mort5DeSt.

A Journal for the People.
Devoted to the interests of humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive to ali Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
Of the Masses.
Correspondence writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names 10 the
Editor, or no attention viii be given TO their
communications
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
In Distress.

policeman was passing down Rich
mond street last Wednesday afternoon
when he heard woman's voice lifted
in high lamentation; opening the wicket,
he strobe up to the door, where a wo-
man was lying prone on the steps, be-
dewing the rubber foot-mat with her
briny tears.
"What is the matter, mann ?" he said,
gently.
"Ooh, boo, OOH ?" said the stricken
female.
"Now, don't take on SO, said the club
carrier, with tremulous gentleness; "tell
me what is the matter"
"Oh, /, I'm, a---a-OOh, OOH !" aud
she wept afresh and copiously.
Why, my dear. dear madam, said
the officer, "what great sorrow has
blighted your life and drove the sun
shine from your happy home? Where
fore are you thus cast down into the
depths of anguish Why are the foun-
tains of your being broken up, and your
beautious eyes become springs from
which the aqueous fluid
"Get ont, you brute ooey, ooh, o.
Oh, boo-hoo."
The sympathetic officer was non.
plussed. He backed off step or two,
and, as his great heart throbbed in
sympathy with SO much suffering, he
could but make one more effort at COM
fort.
Madam" said he, and as he spoke
Ills Voice grew husky with emotion;
"madam, sympathize with you from
the. bottom of my heart, and, while you
do not seem disposed to trust me, yet if
there is anything in the round world 1
can do to lift this sorrow from your
heart, let me do it. assure you it is
no idle curiosity. / would be your
friend. will avenge your wrongs, and
the services of one loyal and true are
yours if you will accept them. 1 would
not pry into that which does not con-
Germ me, but I know that some great
sorrow is upon you, and gently, tender
ly would l raise the pail that hangs
about your life, dress the wounds that
have been opened in your tender heart,
and pour the balsam of consolation over
the
He did not notice in his vebemence
that the woman had stealthily risen,
but she had, and, launching the foot
mat full in his face, she said:
"Get out O. this, you mean old
blatherskite You're meaner than that
old guardian in this dime novel who
wouldn't let his niece marry the hand
some trappeL If 1 want to cry about
what read it's none o. your business. I"
Two blocks away the policeman ficked
bootblack off the sidewalk by the ear,
aud muttered:
eff women amt the curusest- built
animals in the world, kill me for fool. "
- Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
Divorce i'm Other Lands.

An Arab may divorce his wife on the
slightest occasion. So easy and so COM
mon is the practice that Burckhardt as
sures us that he has seen Arabs not
more than forty-fve years of age who
were known to have had fifty wives, yet
they rarely have more than one at a
time.
By the Mohammedan law man may
divorce his wife orally and without any
ceremony he pays her portion, gener-
ally one-third of her dowry. He may
divorce her twice and take her again
without her consent, but if he put her
away by a triple divorce conveyed in the
same sentence, he cannot receive her
again until she has been married and
divorced by another husband.
BY the Jewish law it appears that a
wife could not divorce her husband
but under the Mohammedan code, for
cruelty and some other causes she may
divorce him.
Among the Hindoos, and also among
the Chinese, husband may divorce his
wife upon the slightest ground, or even,
without assigning any reason. She is
under the absolute control of her hus-
band.
The law of France, before the revolu,
ton, following the judgment of the
Catholic church, made marriage indis.
soluble, but during the early revolution.
airy period divorce was permitted at the
pleasure of the parties when incompati.
bility of temper was alleged. The Code
Napoleon restricted this.liberty. On the
restoration of the Bourbons law was
promulgated, May s, 1916, declaring
divorce to be abolished f; that all suits
then pending for divorce by mutual con
sent should be void, and such is now the
law of France. Albany EGl0 Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
SIcillan Brigands.

The Sicilian authorities have no easy
task in attempting to suppress brigand-
age, even after they have caught their
brigands. At Palermo recently twenty
three bandits were put upon trial, being
cooped up in an iron cage. So frightened
were the people of the neighborhood
that only twenty jurors out of panel
of fifty appeared, and when eight Of the
convicted prisoners were being removed
in van, the van by remarkable coin
cidence broke down at lonely place on
the road, and the three most formidable
ruffians escaped, two of whom had been
sentenced for fourteen crimes, including
murders and kidnapping.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
TERMS, $500 A YEAR.
Thanksgiving.

The beaded frost at early morn
CLEANS Whitley DER the stubble,
And past the caves at night is borne
The north winds wall Of trouble;
But shines the earth with ruddy light,
The board is gay and CHEEKY,
And household mirth is flowing bright
Round hearts forlorn and weary.
How dark soe'er the world path be,
How vexing earthly clamor,
To-day the sunbeams goldenly
Pour down a heavenly glamour.
The warning voices cease, or blend
In chords Of solemn sweetness,
While harvest anthems seek the friend
Who gives the year completeness.
For tender spring, for summers wealth,
For autumn's royal splendor,
For homes Of peace, for joy and health,
Thanksgivings full we render
Aud age with winters sifted snow
Meets childhood's sunny weather:
The seasons come, the seasons go,
Aud all are glad together.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
Items OF Interest.

Ode to fve-hundred-dollar sealskin
cloak "Thou art 80 dear and yet so
fur."
The Waco Examiner estimates the
wheat crop of Texas this year at II, ,000,
900 bushels.
A lisping young lady said she hoped
to get married before she was old as
NTH Thuthelah.
Lawyers are never more earnest than
when they work with a will-that is, il
the estate is valuable.
A boy who went after chestnuts on a.
Sunday, broke the Sabbath, his right
leg and his suspenders.
Sam" John, do you think my poetry
makes music ?" Johu-" Don't know,
Sam, but it makes me sick. :"
To a young man struggling with
a still younger mustache, the darkest
hour is just before the down."
will listen to any ones convictions,
but pray keep your doubts to yourself
have plenty OF my own.-GOetbe.
In a discussion on cremation at a
London club a member is credited with
the argument: "We earn our living,
WHY puOulu VIC uOb urn OuI OlSdu
A sewing machine agent, who was very
i'll, being told that he must prepare to
pay the debt of nature, wanted to know
if it couldn't be paid on the monthly in
stalment plan.
SIS your master up2" asked an early
visitor of nobleman's valet. "Yes,
SIR" answered the valet, with great inr
nocence "the butler and carried him
up about three o'clock"
Twelve thousand different works have
been published in regard to the Amer
can war. A good deal OF this war litera
ture first saw the light in Europe, but
the bulk appeared in the United States.
A chamoie, with red eyes, white horna
! aud boofs, and q snowy-white fleece, ia
among the curiosities of the Zooplastic
museum at Soleure. 1t is the second
specimen found in the Alps in thirt
years.
Not over one person in three has lea4
of equal length, and every man should
be posted on the relative length of hie
limbs that he may know which one n
nse for short and which one for lo1o
kicking.
n JOuIS uubObuN WIZ NdS dNANinCtt fa|7
his wife to put on his overcoat to weNs
down town one cold morning, compli1E
with her request by pinning paw
tiaket on the lapel of his undercoa
She could not see through it.
"What," asks correspondent
"causes the hair to fall out? ?" Befon
we answer we must know whether VI
are married or single. This is imports
to true understanding of the case
HeOkttk Constitution.
French papers state that Gambetta
about to marry a widow with fortun
$S,O00,000. If the right.angled
everlasting truth were told it wc
probably be that he was about TO rn.
a fortune of SO, ,0O0,O 900 with a widon
"Do you make any reduction
minister ?" said Young lady to a 81
man. always. Are you a minisI
wife ?" "Oh no, 1 am not marrie
said the lady, blushing. Daugh
then?" "No." The tradesman loo
puzzled. 81 am engaged to theo
cal student" said she. The reduc
| was made,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
IAdian SpIrIiuaIists.

The natives Of the Marquesa islat
are reported to be spiritualists Of
most uncompromisiPg sort. They ilil
that they are always surounded
spirits, which, or whom, they d6
fear so long as it is daylight. AS
as it is dark, however, they are ia
tai dread of ghosts, never venturin
alone. Then they go in pairs, ot
fours, fves or skies, imagining thar
alone, bad spirits may seize upon 9
carry them off easily and suddenly.
is supposed that such spirits are
search of human sacrifices which th
were unable to procure while in
flesh. When a native dies, his spi
turns into a ghost, it is thought, and
turns to the place where he has nv
If he-or- it-can find no human
fee, he is obliged to depart to u
nique, the widest and most sterile
the islands, and from theLeleap into
sea. AS he can never COZ back to oe
this is the close of h hosty cal
The natives also haveNmediums
claim to have power to summon and
troll spirits, Ind as they are inle
superstitious, the mediums thero
here, do a good business. The pt'
are usually tho mediums, and they i1
pref all the mysteries of the inyi
world TO the ignorant laity. They
great professions of .sanctity, n
the poor savages exactly as they &
and are never exposed as ara
posters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
The Old Maid Of Athens.

Rome where you will and man is false
His Spain may be most dire
When once he has Belfast, he
Will shortly OF her Tyre.
Pekin this Brest aud you will SEQ
That Isle OF Man most dearly,
Aud yet Issy this Dublin plan
Will Rouen us quite clearly.
Heed not, oh, maid, the sighs and Wales
or man, or else forlorn you
Will rue the time, when feet erect,
He'll puff his Sweden soorn you.
Though you be Hungary for love,
There's Norway that you can
Havana thing that's safe to do
With such brute as man.
Eugene Field.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
Burglars and Deraulters,

The New York correspondent of the
Troy Times says: The amount of loss
inflicted ON our banks by burglars is
really small when compared with that
due to internal fraud. There has been,
indeed, during my own memory, 0series
of defalcations in the banks of AS city
which would make a burglary mouth
water, since in but one case was there
any punishment. Here are few figures:
American exchange bank, pay'g teller. 8 10000
Fulton bank, cashiers son. .......... 65, 600
Ocean bank paying teller. ........,.,.. 10000
Grocers' bank, assistant cashier ...... go 600
Trademarks bank, bOok-keeper ..... 40 900
Merchants e1chang, bank, cashier 600 600
City bank, book-keeper. .... ........,.. 1000
The entire capital of the Atlantic bank
($300, ,000) was embezzled by its cashier,
and this was the only instance in which
q sentence was incurred. The bank of
the State of New York lost $500, 900 by
the fraud of its officers, who retained
the plunder with perfect immunity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04

Every blade of grass in the field is
measured the green cups and the color
ed crowns Of every flower are curiously
counted the stars of the armament
wheel in cunningly calculated orbits !;
even the storms have their laws.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04

One Square Il inch, one insertion
One Sduare " one month 0
One Sduare " three months 81 {
One SQUARE " one year 10
Two Squares, one year 10
Quarter Col. 20 d
Half so &
One lOO
Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements col
lcctcd quarterly. Temporary advertise
meuts must bc paid for in advance.
JoD work, Cash on Delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04

Up into the village raced Belden. He
had missed his man on the road. At the
drug store, at the tavern, at the grocery,
he demanded" Have you seen 'Lef-
tenant Jim p" No one had seen him !;
but few, apparently had heard of him.
At the postofice the crowd of loungers
were just as ignorant, just as Indifferent
than that, some OF. them asked for in
formation as to the officers identity.
It was then that BeldeR became an inn
age of wrath, that he glared with fierce
eyes, that he smote his hands and snap
ped his fingers in indignation.
Who is Leftepant Jim ? Nice men
you are. I've told you forty times, but
I'll tell you again. I'll tell you who he
was and-and, thanks to a grateful
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-11
The Chief of the RannOckS.

Buffalo Horn, the Bannock leader
who is at the head of the new Indian up
rising in Idaho, is as remarkable speci-
men of the red man as Chief Joseph, who
a year since so skillfullyled the..Nez Per-
ces. The hereditary chief of the Ban
nocks seems to be that object of utter
contempt to indiana, "a. squaw man, -
and they have given in their allegiance
to Buffalo Horn as their real captain.
The latter is described as small, grace
fully-built Indian, with eyes that partake
both of the ferceness Of the eagle and
the tender genrleness of the antelope.
The hair on one side of his head is
wound with threads of brown bark,
which, resembling buffalo horn, is sup
posed to be the occasion of his name.
He has all the qualities calculated to win
savage admiration. He is perfect dare
devil on horseback, crack shot, intelli-
gent and exceedingly proud. Buffalo
Horn has strain of white blood in his
veins, but he speaks very broken
English. He is widely known through
all the Western Territories north of the
Pacific railroad, and has hitherto courted
the friendship of the whites. In the
Black Hills campaign of two years ago
he was Gen. Crooks chief scout he has
also lately been much in Gen. Towards
camp, and is thoroughly familiar with
the habits OF the soldiers and the regular
army tactics. Altogether, report makes
of him as dangerous foe to the white
man as any Indian leader of recent years.
But, although their chief is so superior,
his followers are said to be an inferior
crew, and not able to s' hold candle
to the Nez Perces for fighting quality.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-11
London Atmosphere.

London, England, has most delight
full atmosphere. There is nothing fiimsy
or gauzy about the air of London. In
the language OF slang it is not too
thin. There is something real and
tangible about it something you can
see, and feel and realize; not the trans
parent stuff we have in Detroit. It
must be seen and felt to be appreciated.
1t has such a reality, such substance,
in fact, that if it surrounded Chicago it
would undoubtedly be heavily mort
gagged. London's atmosphere owes its
consistency to the fumes arising from
the many coal fires of the city. In a
paper read before the Society of Arts it
was estimated that the coal annually
consumed in London is over 5000 600
tons, equal at l per cent. of sulpher to
$4,000 tons, or as oil Of vitriol to 245, 900
tons. This is more than five times the
amount given off from all the sulphuric
acid works in the country Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-11
An Anti.Frieti0n Continuance,

William Tucker, of East Brookfeld,
has invented for vehicles of all kinds and
shaftlng an anti-friction roller which
does away with lubricants and saves, it
is claimed, 100 per cent. in wear and tear
andpower expended. The continuance is
perforated ''sleeve' made up of Sec
tons, riveted together, and extending
the length of the bearing. Each section
holds numerous small rolls projecting
radially on both sides from 1872 to /
inches according to the size of the sleeve,
and they are arranged spirally SO That no
two of them come in direct line of bear
ing at the same time. The whole thing
is of hardened metal, of which is also
function of these rolls is the same as that
of oil, which is subdivided by the action
of the gearing into minute globules and
by rolling between box and shaft or axle
prevents friction. La testing, buggy
equipped with the invention, and holding
two men, weighing in all 900 pounds,
was drawn across barn floor by force
of eight pounds, indicated by spring
balance which registered sixteen pounds
with the rollers removed. With little
impulse 40O-pounds wheel runs eight
or nine minutes upon one of these roll
ers, and j. G. Avery, manager of the
patent, says he has run his unoiled buggy
on these frictionless rollers for six
months. Mr.. Tucker is making rollers
for testing on the Boston and Albany
road, and it is thought that an annual
saving of $50, 900 will result to the COM
pany by its adoption. Springfield
Mass. J Republican. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-11
The Man Who Walked to New Orleans
and Back.

A correspondent, who writes from
Emlenton, in this county, has been talk
ing with the old settlers of that part of
Venango concerning old times and GUS
toms. In his researches he has ex-
tracted the following bitof early history
from our genial old friend, Hon John
Heating, one of the Oldest living resi-
dents of the county: ....
Talking about big walks reminds me
of a story Judge Heating told me at EN-
lenton on my last visit there. The
Judge is one of the old settlers of that
region, having laid out the town and
acted as the first Postmaster of Emlen-
ton in 1887. He came to the neighbor-
hood, however, in 1912. Hugh Lee had
been Justice of the Peace for nearly
twenty years in that township, to the
satisfaction of almost everybody, but
somehow Or other he had offended a
man named John Vanderline, who re-
fused to be cornforted in any ordinary
manner, and said repeatedly to his
neighbors that he would get even with
Squire Lee yet. There had often been
a question raised as to Lees citizenship,
some contendirg that Lee had merely
produced an old passport, obtained when
he landed in New Orleans about the
year 1900, and that he was holding this
then very important office without the
formality of his naturalization papers.
John Vanderline ran the story down,
and found that by going to New Orleans
he could get the official copy of all
papers issued, and if it turned out as
supposed. he could break Lees commits
sion. This he resolved to do. He told
Heating that he would never rest until
he had got even with him; SO one even
ing he passed Keating's settlement on
dog-trot, the gait an Indian adopts
when on long journey. Vanderline
had bought himself three pairs of In
dian moccasins, and was on hi; way to
New Orleans. Think of chat for walk.
From Emlenton, ninety miles above
Pittsburgh, on the Allegheny river, to
New Orleans and back, in that early
day, when most of the distance was
literally flowing wilderness.
In about six months Vanderline re-
turned, leg-weary and foot-sore, but
determined as ever. He had got the
papers he wanted. The supposed nat
uralization papers were nothing but
passports. Hugh Lee had never been
naturalized, his commission was broken,
and Vanderline was even. The descend
ants of these two men are all in the
vicinity OF Emlenton, and Judge Keat-
ing says they often laugh at the foolish
ness of their grandfathers. = Veasongo
(P1) Spectator.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-11
THAT POLITICAL WOMAN.
Mrs. jerks Will Run Another Louisiana
Campaign-Butler just Lovely.

Mrs. JenkS Will Kun Another Louisiana
Campaign-Butler just Lovely.
Interview in the Washington POSI-
The jerks is handsome, well-pre-
served lady of 35 or less Git is proper to
state in explanation that the interview
ing splinter is an unspliced one, and,
therefore, not initiated in SO occult
mystery, with full, round face, bright,
sparkling eyes, and piquant, dashing
expression. Her gay, vivacious manner
and ready command of language pro-
claim what her accent would betray, a
French origin.
What is the Post going to say about
me?" she asked, looking up saucily out
OF the corners of her eyes. st know
you are regular bulldozers, but still you
are good Democrats and speak your
mind. I hate these independently papers,
neither one thing nor the other. Down
South, you know, /" she continued, laugh
ing merrily, "you have to belong to one
party or the other, and desertion from
the party means ostracism. But poll
tics is farce; this whole thing il a
farce
!" What do you mean-Louisiana poll
tics ?" asked the Post, slipping in word
edgewise.
eyes; that's what mean. The idea
OF woman being at the bottom of the
whole affair / have quite talent for
drawing, and [ mean to make picture
some day. On one side will be the Re-
turning Board, visiting statesmen and
the prominent men of the country; on
the other will stand Anderson and
Weber. Twill stand in the middle, hold
ing in one hand the Sherman letter and
in the other mace. Twill have fresco
of it put On the walls of the Capitol by
a special act Of Congress.
The Post suggested that it could be
made part Of Brumidi's "First Cent
ury of the Republic" Mrs. jerks
laughed heartily at this, and said it
would be a good idea, adding that, cal
thoug b it would be last, it would not be
the least important of the series"
"What do you think Of Ben Butler %
asked the Post, breaking in upon her
dream of artistic renown.
"Oh!' she exclaimed, "he's just
beautiful, and when he smiles he is per-
1eCt1y lOVely.
The Post smiled, too, and, what might
seem Incredible, a skeptical smile, on
hearing this glowing eulogy. "Oh,
well, you know" said the jerks, quickly,
noticing the look, "when he sits up
straight and tries to look important,
then he is simply horrid. He has treated
me very politely, however, and I rather
like him."
care you going to return to New Or
leans?"
Certainly; that is my home; and
then will be ready to run another cam
paign, you see; although" she thought
fully added, "the Democrats have I'M
covered all our old machinery, and it
will take some time to get the new pro-
cess in working order"