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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
An AnecdOte Of DaYy Crockett.

81. b. H." writing from the "Old
Stone Fort" at Nacogdoches, Tex,
relates circumstance which transpired
there in 1886, between the late Colonel
Us. Forbes and DaVy Crockett, then a
fresh recruit to the cause of Texan in
dependence. Colonel Forbes, who was
Sam Houston's commissary general at
the battle of San Jacinto, was in a
room in the "Old Stone Fort" when
Colonel Davy Crockett. on his way 10
the Alamo, called TO take the oath OF
allegiance. Forbes was commissioner,
alealde, and recruit ng officer, and to him
appeared Crockett, coonskin cap and
all. He stood up, holding in his left
hand Betsy" his gun, his right hand
raised TO heaven. When Forbes, read
ing the oath, came to where it said, "
will support any government that may
be framed by the people," etc Crockett
Indignantly objected, and taking the
bank oath inserted publiean" after
any," TO make it read'and mean that he
would support "any republican govern
ment" that might be formed hereafter by
the Texans, but none other. lie then
picked up Betsy" and went and died
with Travis and Bowie at Alamo.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
Che Proposed Sahara Sea.

A difference of opinion exists among
European engineers in regard to the
practicability of establishing a sea, as
now proposed, in the great desert of
Sahara, in Africa, the chief problem
being, it would seem, how to keep it up.
1t is argued that, supposing the sea to
be created by means of a canal, it will
lose an enormous quantity of water by
evaporation every day, without the in
PRODUCTION of an equal volume of fresh.
The water evaporated being replaced by
a supply coming through the canal, the
whole body will soon reach the maxi
mum of saturatiOn; and thus, the
evaporation still continuing, a deposit
of salt will. be formed which, in time,
must fill up the whole space of the in
terror sea-th salinity of the water
being such that no animal life would be
possible in it, and the ultimate result
being simply the accumulation of an
immense deposit of salt. On the other
hand, the projectors of the enterprise
claim that the presence of this water,
and its evaporation, must produce copi-
Gus rains, which will in large measure
return to the sea, and thus not only ac-
complish the object referred to, but also
convert a sterile waste into a fertile
country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
The Norwegian Horse.

The horse was one of the prettiest,
most docile creatures imaginable. But
1 had done with it. loved the animal,
and like the Irishman with his cow,
could have sent it over to England in
a letter, it should have bid long fare
we'll to its wild mountain life. 1t was
grazing quietly about a hundred yards
away. Then, catching sight of US, it
knew well enough what the invasion
meant, and pricking up its ears, and
arching its neck, gave a slight neig h and
began gently trotting up and down, its
fine white name and long tail fluttering
in the breeze. 1t answered the masters s
call as obediently rs dog, and followed
gently at his heels up to the cottage.
We were soon ready and once more on
the way. Now began q long, tollsome
climb, which lasted until seven O'Clock
at night. had never yet gone through
ANYTHING of the kind on horseback. l
am not sure that [ should care to at
tempt il again. Without ever encoun.
tering actual danger-thanks to the sure
fOotedness of the horse-w5 were often
in what appeared such imminent peril
that more than once l regretted the ad-
venture and devoutly wished my self
back again. For the pedestrians there
was not even the appearance of risk, be-
yond the possibility of stones loosening
from the heights and rolling down upon
them. From the very beginning l
noticed how wonderfully the horse
piloted himself over the rough places
and through impossible difficulties, ex-
ercising skill and discrimination far
greater than that of his rider. At
length gave it up to him and allowed
him to take his own course. The
sa9acity of the animal was marvellous !
the manner in which he would pause II
moment at a troublesome spot, seem to
pick out his way mentally, and then
boldly taking it, never hesitate until 1t
was over.-IhG.ATgOSy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01

and trouble, any more than it is in the
working of the solar system. 1t will GO
on all the time, and with continual
pleasure.
Take upon yourself gradually--for the
sake of getting them in hand in like
manner if for no other need-all the
cares that belong to your own small ter
ritory of home. Get together things
for use in these cares. Have your little
.wash-cloths and your sponges for bits
of cleaning; your furniture brush and
your feather-dusters, and your little
broom, and your whisk and pan; your
bottle of sweet-oil and spirits OF tur-
pentine and piece of flannel to preserve
the polish, or restore the gloss where
dark wood grows dim or gets spotted.
Find out, by following your surely grow
ing sense of thoroughness and niceness,
the best and readiest ways of keeping
all fresh about you. Invent your own
processes; they will come to you. When
you have made yourself wholly mistress
of what you can learn and do in your
own apartment, so that it is easier for
you to do it than to let it alone-so that
you don't count the time it takes any
more than that which you have to give
to your own bathing and undressing
then you have learned enough TO keep
whole house, so far as its cleanly
ordering is concerned.-Lddtes' Floral
n1his Of
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
Cnnturing Humming Birds.

The following is an account of the
method in which humming birds are
caught: Let us follow little Dam, the
Oldest and shar pest of the humming bird
hunters, as he goes out for birds. First
he goes to a tree called the mountain
palm, which replaces the cocoa palm in
the mountains, the latter growing only
along the coast. Beneath the tree are
some fallen leaves fifteen feet in length /;
these he seizes and strips, leaving the
miC-rib bare, long, slender stem taper
ing to a point. Upon this tip he places
a lump of bird lime, to make which he
had collected the inspissased juice of the
bread fruit and chewed it to the con-
sistency of soft wads. Scattered over
the savanna are many clumps of flower
ing bushes. over whose crimson and
snowy blossoms humming birds are
dashing, inserting their beaks in the
honeyed corrollas, after active forays
resting upon some bare twig, pruning
and preening their feathers. eau tious "
creeping toward bush upon which one
of these little beauties is resting, the
hunter extends the palm rib with its
treacherous coating of gum. The bird
eyes it curiously but fearlessly as it ap-
proaches his resting place, even picking
at it, but the next moment he is dang
ling helplessly, beating the air with buz
zing wings in vain efforts to escape the
clutches Of the treacherous gum.-NG-
fU4,p
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01

and Mr.. Bently thought her even more
bewitchiug than the morning previous.
az made several inquiries for you last
night, Miss Gertrude" Mr.. Bently re-
marked, as he was once more left alone
with his young hostess; I" but no one
seemed to know anything about you.
If you had not undeceived me about
your age. l might have thought you had
gone to bed like other children"
Mr.. Bently, do you want me TO de-
spise youp" Gertrude inquired, looking
her companion straight in the eye.
"Miss Gertrude" Mr.. Bently ex-
claimed, with q start, not all assumed
Because, If you do" the girl went on,
"you can keep twitting me of the past!
have plenty of that to bear with grand
ma. don't believe you thought yes
terday morning that was twelve years
old, when you said SO, SO innocently; /;
and don't think that was very nice of
you-though, l suppose, it was quite
smart, and just what | deserved. | do
think have been pushed forward too
much, Mr.. Bently, and l do believe in
girls being allowed to enjoy their girl
hood. / shall never wear my hair
stringing on my back again, thought
Then after pause, which her COM
panjon could not see his way clear to
break. Papa said, Mr.. Bently, that
you wanted me to go to the opera with
you tonight. l should like to go very
much, thank you "-and extended her
hand" if you won't make fun of me. l
think shall like you very much; and l
don't see why we cannot be good friends,
Notwithstanding the tremendous differ
ence in our ages"
I don't think that Mr.. Bently could
very well resist kissing the fair little
hand she extended 50 frankly, and as she
didn't make any fuss about it, don't
know why we should.
A year afterward. on the young lady's
eighteenth birthday, grandma inquired,
with a peculiar smile about her still
handsome mouth, "Then you don't
think, Gertrude, you are too young to be
engaged to Court BentlyP You will
have to leave your dolls. you know"
"Grandma," said Gertrude, with the
old ominous flash of her beautiful eyes,
that is a very aged and very stale
joke. Don't you think ii you sat up a
night or two you might produce some
thing originalP"
Grandma laughed and said no more,
for, had she not carried her point?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
Facts Ahout Coins ANA Coinage.

Some facts of interest not generally
known were presented recently by Mr..
B. V. Head, assistant keeper of coins in
the British museum, in q paper read be-
fore the Bankers institute, London.
Twice only in the history of the human
race was there an effort made to intro
duce theoretically perfect system OF
weights and measures. The Babylon
ians were the first to make the attempt
to refer all the designations of quantity
and extension to one and the same unit.
Not less than 5000 years elapsed before
the next experiment in the same direc'
tion was made, and the credit of it is
due to the French. With all the agen-
cies at the command of people in the
nineteenth century of the Christian era,
the introduction of the metric system
into general use has been painfully slow,
and it may easily be conceived why the
Babylonians did not nuke their unit
standard permanent success. AS to
the coming of money, the Lydians are
believed to have invented that art about
700 B. G. The earliest coins were COM
posed of electrum, a natural com bin
alton of gold and silver found in the
washings of the river Pactolus. This
coinage lasted for about $50 years, when
Cresus introduced a bi-metallic cur.
rency of gold and silver, which became
general throughout Asia until the time
Of Alexander the Great. The ratio be-
tween gold and silver was fixed at ! 10
1876. European Greece had a silver
mono-metallic currency until the dis
covery of the rich gold mines at Philippi,
in the reign of Philip of Macedon, when
the currency of that monarch was made
bi-metallic to keep up the price of gold
as compared with silver--a device which
proved futile. Alexander returned to
the old system, but though gOId coins
were still made, they were regarded
simply as bullion, and monometallism.
hencelorth, was universal even in Asia.
The change from a double to single
standard in Asia was rendered possible
by the sudden depreciation of gold con-
sequent upon Alexander's dispersion of
the boarded gold of the kings of Persia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
Travelling insArabla.

Came.s and dromedaries are. amaz.
ingly adapted for traversing the dry and
parehed deserts of Arabia; for they are
so formed that they can throw up the
LIQUID from their stomaehs into their
throats, by which means they can travel
six or eight days without water. The
camels usually carry e00ipounds' weight
upon their backs, which is not taken off
during the whole of the Journeys; for
they naturally kneei down to rest, and
in due time rise with the load. The
dromedary is a small camel, with two
lunches on its back, and remarkably
swift. lis an observation among the
Arabs that wherever there are trees the
water is not far of; and, when they draw
near a pool, their cameis will smell at a
great distance, and set up their iast trot
until they come TO 1t.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
TERMS. sl.O A YEAR.
Lend n Hand.

Life is made OF ups and downs
Lend n hand;
Lie b made of thorns and crowns;
II you would the latter wear,
Lit eomo crushed heart from despair =
Lend a hand.
Crowas are not alone of gold!
Lend a hand;
Diadcms are bought and sold;
But the crowns that good men own,
Come from noble deeds alone--
Lend hand.
Many crowns that many wear
Lend hand;
Never in the sunlight glare;
Diamonds never in them shine,
Yet they hold light-divioe--
Lend hand.
Hold liehs that ne'er shall iade--
Lend hand;
Beauty, ant - u never made;
For these crowns that good men wear,
Everlasting are, as rare
Lend hand.
Would you own 30 bright a CROWN
Lend hand;
When you see brother down,
Lead him from the deep, dark night,
Place him in the morning light
Lend q hand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01

Begin with your own things and your
own place. That is what your mother
will tell you if you rush to her enthusi-
astic with great intentions, and offer to
relieYe her of hall her housekeeping
Don't draw that little bucket of cold
water to have it poured back upon your
early zeal. Reform your upper bureau
drawer; relieve your closet pegs of their
accumulation of garments out of use q
month or two ago. Institute a clear
and cheerful order, in the midst of
which you can daily move; and learn to
keep it. Use yourself to the beautiful,
which is the right, disposing of things
as you handle them, so that it will be a
part of your toilet 10 dress your room
and its arrangements while you dress
yourself, leaving the drapeFies you take
off as lightly and artistically hung, OF as
delicately folded and placed. as the skirts
you loop carefully TO wear, or the rib
bon and lace you put with a soft neat
ness about your throat. Cherish in'
stincts of taste and fitness in every little
thing you have about you. Let il grow
impossible to YOU to put down so much
as pin-box where it will disturb the
orderly and pleasant grouping upon your
dressing-table, or to stick your pins in
your cushion ev at all sorts of tipsy
and uncom Portable inclinations. This
will not make you fussy "-it is the
other thing that does that-tbe not
knowing except by fidgety experiment
what is harmony and the intangible
grace ofTelatiOn. Once get your knowl-
edge beyond study and turn il into
tact-whieh is literally having it at your
fingers ends-and order will breathe
ab ut you, and grace evolve from COM
monest things and uses and belongings
wherever you be; and putting TO
rights" will not be separate task-Work
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-01
Rates of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements cole
leeted quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
job work, Cash on Dolivofy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09
YEARS in BATTLE.
AND
THREE IN PRISON.
A. SHOTWELL.

Aa-Having been asked by several persons during the
past week whether the account in this column is tcti-
tious. l take occasion to repeat that every fact and in
cide:lt related in this narrative from beginning to end
actually occurred as stated tn description in many
instances being taken Verbatim from my journal notes,
made at even date r. As.
.JuIQ 20, lo6f.-Feeling weak and ready
TO take my couch, | went to see the quack
who presides at the bole in the wall, osten
sibly our prison surgeon. He did not open
the little Aperture until nearly IL o'clock.
consequently a dozen or two Of suffering
sick men were kept standing In the beating
sun for a full hour deriving more harm
than good from their attendance. The
doctor, So called, Is Il fellow whose looks
convict him Of quackery, and report adds
more than false pretenses to his case lie
was, | learn, a carpenter in Memphis, Tenn.
and possibly was carried into our service
for a time by the rage for volunteering"
in 1861. But when arrested he was specu-
lating In cotton, or goods, TO run the inland
blockade in the Mississippi River Districts.
He never had any medical education, and
is to-day the veriest empyric, as his pre-
~scriptions show. TO the man who pre-
coded me, in the line, at the Doctors win
dow" he gave some sort of pills doubtless
bread, for acute rheumatic pains, and to
me he gave a qulnlne powder for internal
disorders to which qulnlDe was about a. APP
plicable as a mustard plaster to the aching
tooth. Some of his diagnose and prescrip-
lions are so ridiculous even to the most I'M
informed mind that [ regret not having pre-
served them for mention here. Yet the
fellow is very cunning and plausible. Dur
ing his confinement inside the pen he pro-
fessed to be a strong Southern sympathizer.
Blu as soon a. given parole OF the island
with a tent outside the pen, and the title of
Surgeon to the Prisoners he assumed a
blue uniform and developed into a willing
tool of the Yankees. His manner toward
the sick is coarse and offensive, and he Will
brook no suggestion, or question, from the
sick, no matter how anxious the sufferer
may be to acqualnt him with facts essential
to correct treatment. All, well what need
to say more of the miserable fellow III
trouble him never again, though die on
my hard couch. Perhaps | may live longer
! from this determination
To BE CONIINT ED.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09
An Interlude in the Dance.

Wei. ay. said one ur rur he-t Young
meh Al 4 North Till hon the 'ihrr evening"
you know bout tins Hancock Well.
say. he aip't the SAM one lha. : urc~i.eo'
Of the insurance Compan p ur, Hute-
a~fally coarse hand you klo~t
Nav, replied the hc>: Young n - "a
dressed. ..he !. man that signed Con>flta-
tioE Of United States greet pol'ican, I
reckon Had = row with General Ws-h
ington At battle u Monmouth.
'Haw %. inIerpo>ei a third be~, man.
faint tina, fellsh. Cal he's deaf, man.
pom my spul he -.
Well. say exclaimed the hr>t best
young man, when he die;
Cant sty EN- sure" replied The third
best young nan. who appeared TO be a
young man of broad information % general
topics. '.but | know he's dead. This Han
cocks a military man-colonel 10 the army
and Governor OF some Island near New
York
The other be-, young men gathered
around him With 4 common expression OF
the liveliest interest. Finals one OF them
asked:
well, say, what's Re want 10 run for
President for If he Governor of an islandl"
Don't know said the well Informed
best Young man. but guess he has 10.
Blieve after a fellows been Governor Of an
island for bout 80 long a he has ~ retire,
an if he can get To he President he has 10 -
hasn't got pothing To do Won know. |
don know just how II is
Well, say. who's this preacher fellow
Garfield that's runnin' the Democrats for
President?' asked the first best young man,
after an intelligent pause.
Don know much absu. him ? said the
well in formed young man he's been Pres.
ident once. | know
,'Talkin' man Or dancin' mann asked tire
third best young man.
ohio man, | b'lieve they call him, said
the well Informed best Young man.
What's thatT' asked the best young
men, In intelligent chorus.
"Pon my soul, | DOM know. : replied tho
well informed young man, frankly. Some
kind Of a--er, an-er- KIND of "A man
don't know, m sure
And just then the band struck UP and
the three best walters in the room ceased
talking politics and abandoned the profound
study of statecraft to JON the giddy mask
of the dance, The glory of the land Of free
dom and the pride of society is its young
meu on the Racquet - Burlington Uar-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-09

PLENTY ~ ARSENIC A mHu armed With
= org ron hook pulls open an iron door
.u1 voa gaze with awe into the nantc<qus
hes.t If = huge hrrro furu1ra white bot
contents slowly turning roani AMI ever
ssiHn-n cascades IT yellow tirs. It u
70, Il s, the pevtn works ta.t sulphur IN
the psrfes9s tnsag 20 keep 'Ee furnace
when once heated Earning sthfpt tusE
Tie prcdact Here it's. = white heap -
II; lytnc In an open she'd. wherr rivers s.ely
pa-,e, tx. l,ls something Ike fine aoar.
Oae 81 the men dips hts thumb aui tager
INTO the p,lm Of his other hand. and brugs
i; u u 10 look n. precisely a. = miller
show, samntr e flour smoothing ~ ~itb
hi= fore finger One expects e~sry mouieu'
10 80 him test Il with hrs tooxnv = chilli
nrnhatly world but the mtner KNOWS better.
Al thi< white heap - arsenic all these
rows 81 barrels are filled sith arsenic More
than = 80 tons = year are sent osIt from
thi-ome mine. :, ~ usct MAINLY In those
brilliant moztern dyes - which oar women
anf children ,an dazzle the sunshine az a
cheap expense. Are they sale To wear NJ
chemistry books do not plainly >ay yes Or no.
But iii one book | have chanc~ei To open |
hui the folio wing rrmark.. "Ar>cnious
Acid White Oxide or Arssaic. ar White
Arsenic This subst ,ncr j. OF the highe-,
importance, as being the frequent agent Of
criminal or accidental poi>ontng
There are few substances - mach Ia be
feared. titl being almost tsstelc~s, i; can lie
mixed with articles of food and SIS ailow.d
without discovery. aud there II Nh practt.
cally efficient autidote This Innocent
looking white powder, this potent aud fatal
substance. Of which your chemist must not
sal lyou 4 dose without entering your name
AMI address IN a book OF which three grains
! weight viii Kill a man, was Wing by one OF
the ordinary roads Of the mine In open
sheds. in heaps hress: high. was assured
that no kind Of harm ever comes OF al this
(saye ska eruptionst 10 the work people, aud
| these rarely, butt give. one a shiser TO see
one Of those white mounds. Frrs,rs We
d-ius.