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FROM PRESIDENT TO CITI-
ZEN.
How Andrew Jackson Spent
His Last Night i'm the White
New York Time,

HEOusCs
New York Tines.
When Senator Allen arrived in
Washington, he found the city filed
with strangers who came from al
parts of the country to be present al
the Inauguration of President-eleci
Van Buren,. Among them were s
number of leading men from Ohio,
and they occupied 80 much of their
newly-elected Senator's time, tina. il
was not until late on the night of the
Sd of March that he had an opportu.
nifty of speaking informally and freely
with his lifelong friend, President
jackson. On that night, however,
he went to the White House, a Sena.
tor of the nation, to see the man who,
a little more than twenty years before,
in the Lynchburg Tavern, had
laughed over his boyish curiosity. and
wondered at his ready tongue. With
out ceremony, being well known to
the attendants, he was shown into the
Presidents bed-chamber. Chief-Jus-
tice fancy and Senator Forsythe of
Georgia, afterward Minister 10 Spain
and Secretary of State, were already
in the room, and jackson himself
active, and TO certain extent rest
less, as.usual, stood in the middle of
the floor smoking a short corn.cob
pipe. He congratulated Allen warm.
ly upon his election to the Senate. and
then called to a young Irishman who
acted as his body-servant and waiter,
turned to bis visitors and said:
Gentlemen, | think the occasion
will warrant me in breaking one of my
own rules. Let us drink little Ma
deira."
The wine was bought. jackson
took a small glassful-it was the first
liquor he had been known to touch
for several months-and then, asking
his friends to excuse him for a few
moments, h e finished writing o
letter upon which he was engaged,
sealed, directed it, and lighting his cob
pipe again, took Whit or two, and
-stopd silently watching the face of a
tall, old-fashioned clock which stood
in one corner. 1t was Eve minutes
before midnight, five minutes before
the beginning Of the day upon which
Andrew jackson would cease to be
President of the United States. Slow
ly the minutes moved round the dial.
The silence in the room became al
most painful. 1t was broken by the
clear, sharp bell of the clock striking
the last hour of a day which had gone
forever. Then jackson, starting sud-
denly and looking toward his friends,
said, with a quick, nervous laugh:
Gentlemen, ] am no longer Presi-
dent of the United States, but as good
a citizen as any OF you"
subsequently he expressed to them
a feeling of great relief at the pros
pect of escaping from the official cares
which had begun to weigh most heav-
lily upon him, saying to Allen, among
other things of the same sort, 81 am
glad to get away from all this excite
ment and bother"
That day Van Buren, was inaugu-
rated us President of the United
States, and jackson, at the end of his
second term, left tie White House
left it 80 poor that he was obliged to
borrow $1,000 with which to rebuild
Hermitage" his old family mansion
which sometime before had been
burned to the ground.
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Charlie Hunt, telegraph operator
at this place, has been discharged for
nass;ng himself Of on a citizen Of Dan
lie as Thomas w. Samuels, our
efficient and gentlemanly depot az ant'
while engaged in a very questionable
and iisreputable affair. BrO'O'''0'''e
States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-06-25
A Rich Widow and Her Adopted Son,

1t is better to be born lucky than rich,
the proverb says, and | believe it. You
may be born rich and die poor, but if
you are lucky you willnever want. A
case in point is that of Mrs. Mark Hop
kins, the widow of the California mil
lionaire. She was school teacher in
this city, and no longer a young girl
when Mark Hopkins happened at the
same clearinghouse, wooed and won
her. They had no children, so she
adopted boy Of seven years of age by
the name of Tim. He is nineteen now,
and very amiable unspoiled fellow, not
particularly bright, and not at all dull.
His adopted mother is perfectly devoted
to him, and indulges him in all his de-
sires. She is anxious to have him love
literature, and is building II magnificent
library for him. During her last visit
10 New York she bought $1,000 worth
of rare books from one importer. She
buys knowingly, too. The house she
has Just completed in San Francisco cost
S2,O00,000 and Herter fitted up two
floors at cost of 100000. MY room
is magnificent" said Tim. 81 just gave
Herter unlimited authority, and suits of
armor are hung on the walls, and he has
made it look like q castle" Mrs. Hop
kiDs travels in her own drawing-room
car like a princess, with French cook
and silver table service. Her bedroom
has large double bed in it. and there
is handsomely furnished parlor and
kitchen besides. When she stops any
where, the car is switched off, and waits
her pleasure on a side track. The last
time she was in New York it was
brought up to within a block of the
Windsor Hotel. | would not pretend to
say how many millions that the Widow
Hopkins is worth, but you may imagine
from her manner Of living that it is
goodly sum. And Tim, has he not been
Fortunate? A poor boy, picked up to be
the heir to such IA fortune. So | say
again that it is better to be born lucky
than rich, tor neither Mrs. Hopkins nor
Tim were born rich, but see what luck
has done for them !-NeaO YORK. Letter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-06-25
A Sheen Butts a Mirror.

Quite a cOmmotion occurred in far
mer's house Il short distance out of
Rome, n. Y. They were cleaning house,
and left open doors leading to all parts
of the house. In one of the rooms was
large mirror, reaching to the floor On
the premises is a sheep whose head is
graced with horns, and which is very
tame, entering the house whenever an
opportunity is presented. This woody
animal got into the house unnoticed.
When first discovered it was standing
face to face with the mirror, shaking its
head fiercely. Before it could be reach
ed it jumped back for a good start, and
then plunged its head into the mirror.
Instead of coming in contact with some
other animal, as it expected, it demol-
ished a fifty-dollar mirror. The crasl.
so frightened the animal that in its
endeavors to escape from the screams
and attacks of the women of the house
it found place of exit through a French
window.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The hair crop is very short this sea-
son.
Oil-wells vary in depth from 100 to
I,lOO feet.
Walking skirts-The gardens mar
ginal path.
Sticking to the bitter end Chewing
rhubarb root.
London has 22O dry days in The year,
and Dublin but $50.
The Japanese government has lust
purchased in New York State 200 Me-
rino and Cotswold sheep.
1t is very dangerous to make up your
judgment concerning young lady's
weight by measuring her signs.
A small boy in New Y ork was brought
to life after having been at the bottom
of the Hudson for eight minutes.
Gen. Henry Lee was the author of the
phrase, First in war, first in peace, first
in the hearts of his fellow-citizens." 1t
was used in a series of resolutions pre-
sented to the National House of Repre-
sentatives, December, 1899.
Reuben R. Springer authorizes posi-
tive contradiction of the stories circulated
throughout the country that there is
trouble between Theodore Thomas and
George Ward Nichols in the manage
ment of the Cincinnati College.
The Erie railway pays Jewett, its
president, a salary Of $4,000; Tom
Scott, of the Pennsylvania Central, gets
100000 for the same service. The
president of the Baltimore and Ohio
railway, one of the wealthiest corpora
tions in the United States, refuses to
lccept over $4,000 Chicago CONNER
nal AdUertiSer.
Her liege lord had bad cold, and she,
though she is perpetually nagging him
and even wishing him dead, goes in
tears to confde to friend the gloomy
apprehensions inspired by her poor dear
husbands hacking cough. " All, my
dear" she concludes, Il shall immedi-
ately call on the best medical talent the
directory affords, for if l were to lose
my husband l know / shouldsgo wild"
After whomP" says her friend.
The great elephant fair of India is an
nually held at Sonepoor, on the Ganges.
Thousands of horses and hundreds OF
elephants may then be seen, and the bar
gain-driving and deceit of elephant-sell-
ers seem to be fully as great as the tricks
of horse-dealers at home. The price Of
elephants has risen enormously of late
years. In 1885 the price of elephants
was 1925 per head; on the Bengal gov
ernment requiring seventy of these ami
mails in 1875, the sum of 800 each was
sanctioned, but not an elephant could be
procured at that price. Seven hundred
and fifty dollars is now the lowest rate
at which young animals, and then chiefly
females, can be bought TuskerS of any
pretensions command from $4,000 to
81, 800, but the Koomeriah, OF best strain
of elephant, will fetch almost any price;
$4,000 is not an unknown figure,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-06-25
A Blind Artist.

One of the most remarkable disciples
of art in the world is NJ. Louis Vidal, of
Paris, who is totally blind, yet models
as exactly and carves as truly as many
another who is blessed with the sense of
sight. He began the study of art when
n very young man, and lost his sight by
paralysis of the eyes when twenty-one
years old. Having received good in
suuction and being wholly in love with
his art, he would not allow his misfor-
tune to check his career, but continued
his studies until by degrees he found his
sense of feeling grow so acute as almost
to compensate him for the loss of vision.
Unlike many of his predecessors, Vidal
has executed many original works, and
has exhibited for more than twenty
years in succession and received amedal
in 1861. Many of his works, though pro-
duced slowly, have been purchased by
the State on account of their real merit,
and the Empress Eugene made the ac-
quiston of one of his productions dur
ing the reign of the late Emperor Ma
poleon III. He prefers to work at night,
when all is quiet and when friends come
to see him ut his labors he often foTgets
that they cannot see in the dark and
lets them sit without n light and unable
TO tell what he is about.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-06-25
TERMS, e1.5O A YEAR.
A Summer Mood.

We said, when wan November days
Had buried all the flowers,
" The world no longer wears the charm
OF April's sparkling hours;
A subtle change, a nameless spell
Has turned the bloom to mold
The days are dark, the nights are drear,
And we are growing old ~
But whom the vivid foliage woke
Beneath the soft spring rain,
And from the maple boughs we heard
The robins sing again,
With the first note our hearts grew light,
Our lips no longer cold,
Grew glad with kindred melodies
Can this be growing old
Rare meanings, radiant prophecies
Each day and evening gave,
All fairy land revived again
In verdure, sky and wave.
The violet on the rivers brink,
The river rs il rolled,
SparlSled in sunbeams at our ieet,
And smiled at growing old
Then listening to the woods low stir,
The rapture OF the birds,
In the warm light of natures smile
More eloquent than words,
We cried" BE ours the heritage
SO joyously ioretold-
Our youth but slept; our souls are strong
There is no growing old !"
Oh, friend, Lave cheer within the breas
Eternal summer lies,
Our childhoods vanished rose is wet
With dews OF Paradise.
The river Of our Joy runs deep
And flows DER sands of gold,
We drink the wine of youth divine,
We never shall be old
-Fraaces l.. Mace, in Portland TTanscript
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-06-25
Words of Wisdom.

A hopeless person is one who deserts
himself.
Ignorance has no light; error follows
a false one.
A fine coat may cover a fool, but never
conceals one.
There is no grief like the grief which
does not speak.
He who blackens others does not
whiten himself
Genius is sometimes arrogant; knowl-
edge is always diffident.
We are never so proud and so humble
as when we are praised.
What is styled timidity is probably
nothing but the fear ofshowing too little
merit.
A good constitution is like money
bOx-its full value is never known till it
is broken.
Good taste is the modesty of the mind ;
that is why it cannot be either initiated
or acquired.
In general, there is no one with whom
life drags so disagreeably as with him
who tries 10 make it shorter.
Ii the shoe of monarch could do as
much as the monarch himself, the court
would be divided between his majesty
and his shoe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-06-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

A Vienna journal says that when start
ing for Livadia, the Russian Gar went to
the station in an ironclad carriage, escort
ed by about 400 mounted guards. The
station was surrounded by military and
police, and entrance was strictly pro-
hibited. Similar precautions re taken
at all stations along the Ii q train
full of police and guards preceded the
emperor's, and no one for twenty-four
hours was permitted even to approach
the rails.
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Beware {!

Keep wal1etul eye and ear, my friend,
For all mankind;
Thou canst not know nor tell, my friend,
What Turks behind
The hattering speech, the gracious smile
How little truth, how much of guile,
Is hid within the heart the while.
Beware
Remember, cen thyself, my friend
Hast crafty grown;
Consider how deceit, my friend,
Erst deeply sown
Within thy breast, slow fed upon
Its kindlier nature, until won
The victory DER thy peace undone.
Beware
All, life's a losing game, my friend,
A taunting blank
When love itself is tricked, my friend,
BY wealth and rank;
Take council of thy wit, and seek
No iavors that thy feelings pique-
OF both the fawnIng and the meek
Beware
".
Trust him who makes thee pay, my friend,
And squarely, too,
For all he grants; tits he, my friend,
Alone that's true.
He hath no subtertuge, no plan
To cheat or cozen; such man
Thou canst respect, and waive this ban
Beware
-Erratic Enrique, in Puck.
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Rates of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices. gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements COLI
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
JoD work, Cash on Delivery.
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There are certain comparisons between
the vital statistics of France and Prussia,
in recent report to the Academy of
Sciences of Paris. Thus, it appears that
in France 100 marriages give about 300
children; in Prussia, AGO. 1t is also
shown that in France the annual in
crease in population (births over deaths)
is 3. 400 for each million of inhabitants,
while in Prussia it is 1900. At this
rate the population of France should
double in 170 years; that of Prussia in
forty-two.
DR.. Keith, of Illinois, asserts that diph-
liberia comes from potato eating. DR..
Keith claims this notion to be the result
of his own experience as well as that of
his father, extending over twenty-nine
years, and embracing eleven hundred
cases of diphtheria. In all of these cases
the patients were potato eaters. Persons
who eschewed the potato escaped the
diphtheria, though residing in the midst
of an infected district. 1t may be pre-
sumed that this sweeping charge does
not apply to healthy tubers, but only to
those affected by the potato rot
When the Duke Of Argyll, father of
the Marquis of Lorne, Canada's Gov
ernor-G General, arrived in New York, on
Cunard steamship, he was interviewed
before he could land by the ubiquitous
reporters, one of whom described the
Scotch nobleman and his family as fol
lows: "Then came a pleasant, somewhat
stout gentleman, with red hair, gray
whiskers and slightly freckled face, who,
it was whispered, was the Duke of
Argyll. He wore dark, mixed summer
overcoat, standing collar and black
cravat; and although he had three or
four servants in attendance, was Uttered
up with the small traps of traveller.
On the Dukes arm was his eldest daugh-
ter, Lady Elizabeth Campbell, a tall,
delicate -compleXioned blonde, with light
auburn hair and pale face. She wore a
black cloak of some plain stuff, with q
black fur collar, over an ordinary travel
ing-dress. Behind this couple came Lord
Walter Campell, younger son of the
duke, and almost an exact picture. saw
ing that he looks younger, and that his
hair is redder, of his brother, the Mar
quis of Lorne. Lord Walter wore a
blue flannel yachtman's suit, blue
checked shirt and black tie. He escorted
his younger sister, Lady Mary Camp
bell, pretty young woman of eighteen
or twenty, with wavy auburn hair, who
was dressed like her sister in travelling
dress and plain black cloak"
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The dearer and more gaudy the silk
handkerchief the further il is allowed to
stick on of the coat pocket.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-08

Commissioner Raum's letter reporting to
Secretary Sherman the condition of the In
terna revenue accounts is remarkable show
ing. During the past fiscal year, Sll3,OOO,-
900 have been collected and paid into the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-08
POLITICAL NOTES.

Mr. Kelly thinks that the old man" is tolerably
vigorous for bis wears.
The pen is mi ghter than the policemans club, re-
marked Governor Robinson. rs he put his signature
TO Commissioner Smiths walking papers.
The Maine Republicans have a rousing welcome
ready for Senator Chandler. He makes hs first
speech in their canvass at Portland next Monday.
Mr. Ewing IS a good deal of blower, but IN try
ing to blow not and co d with the same breath. TO
please both tine Groonbackers and the hard money
Democrats ue mas undertaken pretty heavy con-
tract.
'Wbat's the use Of being a boss anyhow" Mr..
Kelly may well ask Mr. Hlden waltzas his iriends
out Of Office one after another, and puts in the
sworn enemies OF Tammany.
Taken altogether We have done nothing TO be
proud o." is the final conment~,f Tie Louisville
Cosior-JswrndI on The Kentucky election. That's
exactly the way 10 appears 10 outsiders
Speaker Sloan will not be candidate for Con-
troiler. regretiully announces The AibIny Ereairg
Journal That was to be expected attor his refusal
to run for Governor, but hosts Of Republicans VIII
share in The Journals regrets.
Register Scofeld, Of the Treasury Department. has
been home to Western Pennsylvania, aud reports on
his return that the mass OF the Republicans in that
section are tor Grant Tor President.
The Democratic Controller-Goneral of Georgia
has been impeached for deposidng in bank 10 his
own credit money belonging To tho State, and for
using his position to speculate IN wild lands sold by
his official order for delinquent taxes. People
beginning TO find out down IN Georgia that one
party rule pretty result in official corrup
ton.
Mr. Ewing Publishes an old letter, written In his
Kansas days, to show that he left the Republican
party because it prescribed the Southern whites
and made the blacks rulers. If that was che real
reason, he ought to come back TO DO consistent.
The white man Is on top now. aud he has shot
gun IN his hand and a revolver IN his hip-pocket,
The blacks are so thoroughly prescribed chat they
scarcely dare vote for independent candidate for
justice Of the peace
Wanted Statesman" exelaims The Nee Orleans
Times. which pleaded in vain against the repudia-
ton rasoaty OF the recent Louisiana Constitutional
Convention, and is now appealing 10 the people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-08

heard, however, that the chief use TO
which the recipients of public docu-
mepts put them is for wrapping puf-
poses, though quantities of them were sold 10
Junk men as waste-paper. Instead, therefore,
of spelling out the titles of the documents
they sele cted those which were printed Oh
the heaviest and best material, and wrapping
them ND under Mr.. Ewing's frank for dlstri-
button in Ohio, congratulated themselves upon
having dore the proper thing. 1t happened
however. that the speeches were Repuphcah
and not Democratic, and Mr. Ewing woke
ND the other morning to find that bags
upon bags of Republican speeches have
been circulated in Ohio under his own
frank. Nothing could be more dreadful
than this. II may lose the State. 1t Is
good lesson for Mr.. Ewing, however. lie may
learn from it that though 1t may be oil no
consequence whether Government officers are
intelligent or ignorant, experienced or lrex-
perienced, he personally cannot AFFORD 10 let
his own business be managed by the Careless
negligent or incompetent. For bis own pro-
lection he will have to insist on having the
test of reading and writing applied IN detali-
ing clerks to fold his speeches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-08
OUP R1NKJYG SYSTEM.


Controller Knox has gwen evidence in
several reports that he has rare under
standing OF the National Banking system and
It's workings, and of financial problems gene
rally. His address before the association Of
bankers now IN session at Saratoga will be
read with much interest. Not the least. Of
it's many excellent points Is that with which
the address substantially begins, namely, that
there never has been, and is not at this day,
any adequate means Of getting important In
formation regarding the condition, resources
and deposits Of National and other banking
institutions and banking houses, save that
which tile present system provides. The fact
that the minute knowledge of the private
affairs OF bankers of all classes, which his
position gives Mr.. Knox, has never been
abused by him, or thought to be abused, III Il
single instance, is one greatly to his credit.
1t is a strong point against taxation of bank
ing capital and deposits that the burden falls
almost wholly upon the rural districts, and upon
the very people who are least able to bear 1t.
Congressman who insist upon the continuance Of
the tax ought to be called upon by their con-
stituents to explain why they favor Law
which increases the rate Of interest especially
to rural borrowers, for the banks Of the great
commercial cities are much less affected, in
proportion to their facilities and resources.
The prejudice against bankers, however, is
not quite so ephemeral as Mr.. Knox feels that
1t ought to De- and we can hardly agree with
him in the belief that the tax on bank de-
posts will be removed at the next session of
Congress. 1t would be wise for bankers to
take more pains to show that banks are, after
all, but channels through which loanable funds
are collected and distributed to borrowers, and
that tax upon these channels falls upon the
borrowers in the end, just rs a tax upon city
water pipes would necessarily fall upon the
people who use the supply of water.
There is justice as well as courtesy in the
compliment which the Controller pays to Sec
Rotary Sherman in connection with discus
sion of resumption. The best of 1t Is that
convincing facts are given in support of the
opinions expressed. No other nation ever has
been able to borrow on as favorable terms so
large an amount of money in 80 short time
as has been borrowed by the United States
within four months after resumption and the
comparison with the enormous loans made by
France, which we're at the time without pre-
cedent, is very clearly and strongly drawn.
Important facts are stated by Mr.. Knox In
connection with this pointI FOR example. that
not a dollar Of coin has been asked for by
tho holders of $500,OOO.000 of bonds re-