The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-08-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Some one asks the difference betweena
small boy and glass of soda waterP
Only five cents.
For the daily supply of the British
metropolis about $500 beasts are sent to
the London market.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press estimates
that the farmers ofMinnesota willrealize
$40, 900, 900 for their wheat crop this
year.
Dentistry is not new. A four-thousand
year old mummy has been discovered
with filled tooth and the unpaid billin
his pocket.
The widow of Commodore Wander
bilt, among her other charities, is credit
ed with supporting thirty-four families
in the South.
The Emperor of Austria speaks fluent
ly nearly every one of the various IAN
guages in which the inhabitants of his
empire-kingdom converse.
A girl, getting off II train at Cape May,
was asked if she might be helped tO
alight and she replied that she did not
smoke.-NetC York Herald.
A physician says ice-cream exhausts
the vital forces. For g vital forces"
read pocketbooks. 1t only exhausts the
vital forces of the young man who, while
out promenading with his girl, is making
herculean efforts to dodge dozen ice
cream signs-NorriStoU Herald.
The potater bug idly swung in the breeze,
While he watched two farm boys with their
machine,
And said, as he adjourned to some neighbor-
ing trees,
at they think they can catch me, that pair
is green"
". j. Ldmpton, in SATURDAY. Night.
Mr.. Worth, of New Harrison, Wis,
was remarkably handsome young man.
He was engaged to marry Miss Dakin, a
wealthy girl She pointed what she
| thought was an empty pistol at him and
! shot him in the face, disfiguling him ter
ribly. She now refuses to keep the en-
gagement. saying that such an ugly
! husband would make her constantly
nervous.
I Mr.. Tom Taylor, editor of the London
! Punch, and dramatist, has house that
! is simply stuffed with pictures. There
| is hardly a square inch of wall uncover
ed. In one apartment, used as summer
room for reading, working. or painting,
! the walls are covered entirely with prints
of Sir Joshua Reynolds paintings; and
opening from this is a chamber dedicated
to sculpture, where an owl perches fami-
| larly on bust of Minerva. Chivy, as
| this bird is called, is great favorite in
the family, and very friendly with his
master, though shy with strangers.
On an average there lie in the docks ut
London 1000 vessels, carrying 5000 sail
ors The docks cost about 100000, 900,
and are constructed of solid granite, with
huge gates, which are opened when the
tide is ut the full for the egress and in
gress of vessels. When the tide begins
to fall the gates are closed, and as the
ships are always at the same level there
( is no chafing and no inconvenience aris-
ing from the action of the tide. The
warehouses surrounding these docks are
Of the pHASt colossal dimensions, and are
stored ~ merchandise from every
quarter Ofthe globe.
THE BAKERS LOAF SONG.
kneed thee every hour,
My darling sweet tart DEAR
Dough-nut dis-pies my love,
Or turnover a deaf ear.
Ii quite often do loaf,
/ surely am well bread,
And rank among the upper crust,
| am no muffin head.
Although like to cracks joke,
am pi-ous man;
At hops l make a bun dance,
As well as any can
Dough not think wish to sponge;
In your e-steam I'd rise;
Star OF the yeast but shine on me,
With love light in your eyes.
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