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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

HONEST JOHN SHERMAN was in Philadel
phia last Monday, inspecting the Revenue
Gutter, Hamilton. In the evenining he
made speech In the morning he left for
Long Branch.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Two Mormon missionaries are at work in
Alabama. They are trying to get up a
colony, and propose to depart for the land
of many wives in October.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

THREE mad dogs and a sun stroke made
their appearance in Baton Rouge, La, in
one day last week. That's rather crowding
the thing. Too much sensation for one
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

VERMONT and New Hampshire were Wis
tied on the 14th by severe hail storms.
Hail fell as large as hens egg. Buildings,
crops, ETC., are greatly damaged
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The report that Miss Lee, daughter of
Gen Lee, is to be married to an English
merchant is without foundation,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

SINCE the announcement of tho fever in
Memphis, the common council of Oincin-
cinnad voted $4,000 for sanitary pur
poses.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19
Lorne's Fishing Experience.

+" am the piscatoral Govern0re
OF the Dominion New;
But be II understood
It's very good here, too.
Yet when we camp at night
Thegnats begin to bite
And the wOod-ticks climb up the le-iinbs OF my
pants,
And 30 do the beetles, the skeeters and the ants
The skecters and the beetles
The devils darnng-needles.
And the ants !"
From the New York World
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The black measels are raging in Southern
Mississippi.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

A ooLoRED drummer is representing q
New York House. His territory is confin-
cd to North Carolina.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

THE Democracy of Washington county
has nominated Mr.. w. Shields for the
Legislature,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

A Pitt-burg policeman wants his rank
and paw rlistl hacIu~. his wife had tIipiuis.
II that isn't the cheek " a man Tie, lie
have his pay RAISED; By Jove. promote the
woman that what s. b. Anthony
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The Woodville Republi can wants tar put
on the top rails of the G ourthouse fence at
that place to keep parties from sitting on
the fence.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

NJ. b. RICHMOND, of the Democrat Star,
has sold his interst in that journal to M. A.
Dees Mr.. Richmond still remains in
Editorial charge.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

THE Mississippi Stock Breeders Associo
alton has located two fairs-one at Aber-
deem, and the other at Meridian.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

A CHILD twenty months old fell from
four story window in Cincinnati. 1t did
not hurt it. In an hour it was over the
fright, and Richard was himself again"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

GqoRGIA has stall sycamore" too. 1t
is 12S feet high, 5S feet in circumference,
and 10 1-3 feet in diameter. But it is not
on the "Wabash."
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

As AN evidence that John Chinaman is
becoming Americanized, he is getting to be
an expert at doging his taxes.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

GARDENS have suffered severely in North
Alabama, on account of the drought Rain
is badly needed
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Manton Marble, ex-editor of the N. Y.
World, was lately married to Mrs A. Will.
liams Lombard
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Two colored children in Washington, N.
O., found some snake eggs; thinking they
were partridge eggs they cooked aud eat
them, and died.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Ten white and five colored persons died
in Charleston, South Carolina, one day last
week from sunstroke.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

CoTFEEyILLE speaks of having rousing
barbecue.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

A STERN necessity-the patch on a boys
pants.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

MOST every newspaper in the State chows
Jacksons best.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

RAILROAD tickets to the amount of $l0,
900 were sold in one day in Memphis last
week.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Hon. J. r. Chalmers is at Orkney
Springs, Va, where he will spend the
summer.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Old lady-"Ah, You bad boy, dragsin'
your little brother along like that. S'posiu'
you was TO kill him?" Bad boy" Don't
care; got another indoors. "-Littel's Liy-
ing Age.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

On the 10th, in Des Moines, Iowa, the
thermometer was up to 1919 in the shade.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

JUDGE RAY, of Memphis is dead. He
was good man and an impartial judge.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

THE Prince Imperial Bonaparte left all
his property to his mother. Dutiful son.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

FIVE Lincoln county bulldozers have been
bound over to the Circuit Court.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

THE U. S, Marshal is making seizures of
logs in Hancock county.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

CHAs. A. DANA, late editor-in- chief of tho
New York Sun, is in Europe.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

THERE were two cases of sun stroke in
Memphis the other day.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Col. L. A. HANSON, the well known agri-
cultural writer of Bay st. Louis, is dead.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

IT is hot in st. Lous. Sun strokes are of
daily occurrence.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The bold bad Texas banditti is again at
work. The last robbery was that Of a
stage near Fort Clark.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The contractor has begun to make brick
for the A. & M. College.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The Capital of Louisiana is to be re-
moved to Baton Rouge.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

The Mississippi Baptist State Convention
met at Sardis on the 18th inst.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19

Have care" said Quaker 10 an abus-
i've young man; thee mayst run thy face
against my fist.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-19
VOL. III.
BOLIVAR county has got the exodus.

The jail door of Rankin stands ajar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
Rates of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements eol-
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
A ReYengefnI Son.in.LaM.

The German criminal code contains
some laws that have no counterpart in
American statute books. Such is that
which prohibits, under heavy penalties,
the use of insulting language about the
emperor, law under which there have
been very many prosecutions in the past
prescribing punishment for behavior in
violation of the respect due the dead.
This law is said to have been rarely
made the occasion for prosecution, but a
case has just been before the circuit court
at Berlin in which it has been applied.
Several months ago the widow I4angen-
helm was inferred in the churchyard at
Weissensee. She had been possessed of
ample wealth, but her numerous chill
dren, with one exception, were greatly
disappointed in their expectations, the
bulk of her property having been be-
queathed to one daughter. Unable TO
restrain the rage and disgust aroused by
this discovery, one of the sons law of
the widow, provision dealer named
Hackmeister, presented himself at the
interment, and as the grave was about
to be closed stepped up to it, and, in the
presence of the priest and the assembled
mourners, with loud expressions of con-
tempt, spat upon the coffin. He was ar
rested and prosecuted, the attorney for
the government demanding that he
should be sentenced to six months inn
prisonment. The court was merciful,
however, in consideration of the rarity
of such an offence, and imposed fourteen
days confinement.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
Words OF Wisdom.

1t is always safe to learn, even from
our enemies; seldom safe to venture to
instruct even our friends.
A quarrel, nine times out of ten, is
merely the fermentation. of misunder-
standing.
Every man throws on to his surround
ings the sunshine or the shadow that ex-
lists in his own soul.
1t is extraordinary how long a man
may look among the crowd without dis
covering the face of a friend.
There is a great deal of unmapped
country within us which would have to
be taken into account in explanation of
our gusts and storms.
Honorable age is not that which
standeth in length of time, nor that is
measured by number of years. But wis
dom is the gray hair unto men, and an
unspOtted life is old age.
Good intentions are at least the seed
of good actions; and every man ought to
SOW them, and leave it to the soil and
seasons whether they come up or no, or
whether he or any other gathers the
fruit.
Nature seems to exist for the excel
lent. The world is upheld by the ver-
acity of good men; they make the earth
wholesome. Life is sweet and toler-
able in our belief in such society; and
actually or ideally, we manage TO live
without superiors.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29

which met some of his impassioned sal
lies: She was far more attractive to him
In this phase. He became piqued, inter-
ested eventually he fell In love, as he
would have termed it. Aimee had her
revenge, if she wished it, in the mortifi-
cation with which he received the gentle
butt decided mo" which ended his suit.
Butt he never heard from her or from any
one else the tale of the organ-loft adven-
tur1. That she kept for the husband
no. other than Ralph Challoner-who
three years later visited remote Nova
Scotia and bore away bride. To him
she confessed that the dear love which.
to his surprise and rapture, met his so
fully and completely, was born in the
1ttl lie curtained space, the reward of his
manly interposition on her behalf; and
knowing this, the chapel is still the
Me cca of his imagination, the place to
wh ich his memory goes back to pluck
thatt fairest flower ofromance which is
the recompense of all true and Happy
MA anhood and womanhood, whether
clerical or lay,i Eng and or in America,
or elsewhere.-HdTper IS BazGr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
How A Dog Fooled his Mnster.

A newspaper that is printed in the
town of Palmyra, Wisconsin, the Enter
prise, tells story about dog which it
says is true, every word of it. The dog,
whose name is Tiger. belongs to a sur
veyor, now at work in theservice of the
United States government in that part
of the country. One day not long ago
the surveyor saw that Tiger was asleep
near the edge of thicket, and he thought
he might have some fun with him. So
the surveyor shouted out Catch him,
Tiger; at him, old dog" and jumped
into the thicket, as if deer, or at least
arabbit, had been seen. Tiger, ofcourse,
went bounding and barking in, but very
soon returned with his tail between his
legs, seeing that trick had been played
upon him. Now comes the good part of
the story. Tiger made believe that he
was going to sleep again. In ABOUT three
hours he all at once sprang up, set his
ears and eyes in the direction of the
thicket, gave a loud bark and leaped
forward. The surveyor followed, think
ing that Tiger had found some game.
When Tiger saw his master parting the
bushes curiously, he gave a peculiar
" All woOh," and went back to his
sleeping place waggIng his tail, and
satisfied that he had paid the surveyor
back for fooling him.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
life i'm Sweden

A correspondent of the London Times,
travelling in Sweden, speaks of the gene
raj well-to-do condition of the country.
Each of a dozen small towns which he
visited had its school house, its church,
its newspaper and most of them had its
public garden; the streets were paved
and lighted with oil lamps swung across
rs theyi were in old Paris; the houses
were trim and neat. The people were as
neat as their houses. He did not meet
half a dozen beggars since he had been
in the country Even in Stockholm he
saw no signs of poverty, while a crowd
ed opera house, overflOwing cafes and
brilliant shops betokened an easy opu-
lence. There is a general level of COM
fort in Sweden without any violent con-
trasts. The army and navy of Sweden
cost only trife. The national debt is
only $50, 900, 600, and has been solely
employed in the construction Ofr;tilways.
All the children go to school and over
ninety per cent. of the people can read
and write. The subdivision of property
is such that in the country the greater
part of the population own their own
farms. Near GOthenburg friend point
ed out from hill near his house forty
properties, thirty-six of which belonged
to present owners, themselves the culti-
VatorS of the soil.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
Sleep.

In a recent work on "Sleep," Dr.
Mortimer Granville objects, without re.
serve, to the use of narcotics in order to
produce it. They produce not sleep, but
counterpart of it. When a man says /
will take a sleeping draught in order to
get a quiet night, he speaks in parallels.
What he really says is, 1 will poison my
self little, Just enough to make me un-
conscious, or slightly paralyze my nerve
centers, not enough tokill. He declares
that if peoplel troubled with sle9pless-
ness would resolutely set themselves to
forming the habit of going to sleep at a
particular time, in a particular way,
they will do more to procure regular
sleep than by any other artifice. 1t is
not so much matter what person does
to produce sleep, but he should do pre-
cisely the same thing, in the samessway,
at the same time, and under NEARLY as
possible, the same conditions, night after
night, for a considerable period, say
three or four weeks at least.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
A Great Engineering Work.

A few years ago an American engineer
directed the attention of the Russian
government to the feasibility of connect.
ing the Caspian and Black seas by ca
nal, and the important results that
would follow its execution. Russia has
had many matters to occupy her atten-
tion of hate, but this project has been
duly considered, it appears, for recently
works have been commenced by M.
Danilof, an eminent Russian engineer,
by which it is intended to unite the
Black and Caspian seas by the aid of the
Don and Volga rivers. The Caspian
Sea is located in a great basin below the
ocean level, and for ages the great rivers
Volga and Ural have deposited in the
Caspian the soil of The vast regions
which they drain. Hence the dimen-
siOIIs of the sea have become contracted,
and large areas of what remains are
growing unnavigable. Moreover, the
surrounding country is, in consequence
of the diminution of the water-space
available for evaporation, becoming
sterile, and commerce diminishes, AS
the Caspian sea is much lower than the
Black and Mediterranean, ifa communi
cation were opened between them, the
water rushing in would eventually
raise the Caspian to level with the
Black sea, and in the former there
would be a magnificent harbor, secure
from enemies. Thus, also, there would
be opened direct highway for steamers
from Odessa to the northern shore of
Persia, greatly to the commercial ad-
vantage of Russia. This enterprise will
be one of the vast engineering works of
the age, and will require many years for
its completion.-Hcrper'S BGzdr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Japan has fine macadamized roads
on which the bicycle is coming into high
favor.
The pain of a boil can be endured
when some other man gets it in the neck.
-PScdgat11e.
Statistics show that of the 96S, 900 900
people inhabiting the globe, 1900, 900
die each year of consumption.
The ordinary life of a locomotive is
thirty years. No doubt it would live
much longer if it didn't smoke so much.
In Massachusetts recently, a frog was
found on the top of church steeple 1SO
feet from the ground. 1t was the most
aspiring eroaker ever heard of.-PiCG-
ySt1le.
st. Louis has just found out that Mary
Duffy, an insane pauper supported at the
poor-house for the past four years, has
81 300 on deposit in one Of the
banks.
A sportsman was boasting yesterday
of having shot rabbit. "But it was
not in season." said friend. ooh.
yes" was the reply, '''twas seasoned
after peppered it, oil city Derrick.
A new temperance movement in Great
Britain takes the form of joint stock
company, with a capital of $4,000, 600,
open temperance houses al over the
kingdom.
or an experiment in Bristol, England,
for the lighting of the streets by the en-
ployment of refectors for the gas lamps,
the result was the production of fifty per
cent. more light with less than half the
number of lamps.
Mr.. Sommerville of Manchester, Eng
11S A,, rz1 1al,o g.. n..A-
ing France and England by means of
tunnel made of cast iron, which would
be foated and sunk in sections to the bot
tom of the channel.
Much interest has been felt in Florence,
Italy, at the discovery of over six hum
dred paintings belonging to the masters
of the sixteenth century, laid away to
rot and perish in government buildings;
the authorities intend placing them in
the royal gallery of the Uffizi.
A party recently visiting the DAILY
river, North Australia, appear to have
met with an alligator far larger than
anything hitherto seen. Nothing but
the head was visible, but this is de-
scribed as being about four feet in length
and two feet six inches in width. On
being fired at the monster disappeared.
A gallant act was performed recently
by the daughter OF the illustrious Italian
patriot, girl of twelve years of age.
She was taking bath at Civita Vechia,
when a young man who could not swim
got out of his depth, and at his cry for
help the girl swan toward him, caught
him as he was sinking, and brought him
safe to land.
Herr Johann Boch, a welI-know
painter of Germany was killed by stroke
of lightning some weeks ago while tax
ing a walk in the neighborhooG of
Bavarian village, where he had been
passing the summer. 1t was beginning
to rain, and he opened his umbrella,
which almost Immediately thereafter
was struck by a thunderbolt that killed
the unfortunate artist instantly. A
black mark, extending from the head
downward, showed the course the cleo
trio fluid had taken The gold chain
that Boch wore could not be found, and
is supposed to have been consumed; the
coin about his person was scattered in
all directions, and his clothes were torn
to bits. He was about fifty years of
are.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
TERMS, sln A YEAR.
Ups and Downs,


One day, MS have heard it said,
1t ohanoed a rag and bit OF lead
Lay in the kennel snug together
In very wet and muddy weather.
The rag was spoiled, and old, and torn;
Tho bit of lead was bruised and worn;
Two waits, whose worth, at full account,
Was of such very small amount
They we'll together might remain,
To bide the pelting OF the rain.
Yet, low as was their present state,
They both had known better fate.
The rag had once been whole and white,
In every way had pleased the sight;
And, in lis time, had helped adorn
A bride, upon her her wedding morn;
Lent to her figure and her face
An added, though unnoeded, grace,
Nor thought such parting and distress
Could Ger beiall n wedding dress!
Tho piece of lead could not forget
Its fortunes had been noblcr yet;
For, nodded well, for use OF one
Who was his country's faithful son.
IL had--though that was long ago
Been sped against that country's foe,
And, guided by unerring hand,
Had stretched him liteless on the sand.
There came man, with hook and bag,
Who bore away the lead and rag,
And both were to q shop consigned,
With many others ol their kind.
When winter passed, and summer camo,
The former rag had changed its name
To paper, and it might avow
1t no'er had been so white rs now.
Meanwhile, the lead, so long despised,
Was altered soitwas highly priced;
For, meltet, purified aud cast,
1t was printers type Mt last.
They now, in this, their new condition,
Were put into their old position;
Drawn closer than before, TO kiss,
And find their apothesis.
What greater immortality
Than helping genius not to die
-Scrtbner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29

The total amount of anthracite mined
in Pennsylvania during the coal year,
ending September 6th, was II, 1913, ,275
tons, an increase of 6,60I ,043 tons over
the product of the previous year. The
bituminous coal mined was 2,372, ,56s
tons, an increase of l56,o73 tons. The
total coal product for the year was l9,-
495,643 tons, against I2,73s,727 tons for
the coal year 1878.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29
A Girls Awful Fate.

The horned stinger of the Staked
plains is one of the most deadly snakes
in the world, though luckily it is seldom
to be met with. 1t is very quick in its
movements, and is said to be provided,
by way of defence, with a sharp, venom
Gus tail, which it brings in contact with
any object which arouses its anger. OF
this reptile the Fort Bend (TeX.) Si1dg
tells an awful and improbable story, one
too horrible to be repeated were it not
for the circumstantial account given,
The facts as stated are these While
gathering berries, a young woman Of
eighteen, daughter of David Slicer, of
Dutch Cross roads on the Little Big
Sandy, was attacked by one of these
snakes. Terrified, she fell to the
ground, when it fastened itself to her
face, and vibrating its deadly stinging
tail compelled the persons who had now
come to the poor girls assistance to keep
away. The reptile is then stated to
have then made its way, right in the
presence of two or three hoTOr-stricken
people, into the girls mouth and rapidly
disappeared down her throat. or course
death ensued in "A few minutes.
Scarcely has the warm breath OF summer
died away, when coughs and colds, those avant
couriers OF dangerous disease, show them
salvas nr Rullis Ciouph SVruD ALWAYS cures
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-29

In a barber shop comb and brush
always play the leading parts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-12-25

The Sunday laws in France are quite
rigorous, and their repeal is demanded
by certain element of the population.
This class comprises, perhaps, ma
jority of the French people. In accord
ance with the prevailing desire, the
National Assembly has voted by large
majority to abrogate all the laws per-
tanning to Sunday. The real fact is
that France knows no Sunday such as
is found only in England and America.
In France all the elections, chief horse
races, hippodrome performances, hunts,
and special occurrence, take place on
Sunday, and have done SO since the
days of Napoleon I. The only police
regulation now enforced in Paris touch
ing Sunday is that all amusement places
cannot open until noon, which allows
the churches fair chance to compete
with the circus.