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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-28
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP <1sFye
company. sst.z8sg r
FOR NEW YORK,

TT sr1yRuy W. d;spa,cn one Of their sp.eIci
~ .,rcrs--GLD DCNt&iON, WIASOkE. ItAAt
sEIl., and RlCEMoND-eyery TUESDAY
FRTD ~, and SUNDAY a. high water.
These ships are entirely new, aud we're oai4t
pressly for this route.
They ;. Nge splendid .aloons state--ooms ana bath
rooms.
Tie fare, accommodations, ald attentions are w
surpassed
of Of Beach street. ships coming south sail nom
pier 10, Nor'h river, foot Of Christopher street.
Freight received uHti =. VI. Gsily.
GreiTate FOR points Ucvond Ne'9 York forvAr.'c
" III Dispatch, ana no cnarge made exce:t actGa -
peAses Incurred.
80. ,
GEORGF ". ALLEN 4 CO., Agents,
I'D office tnfnuarv'F Whsrves. RockSlp.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-28

CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAJ wAli
RICHMOND, VA. November =, ir'''
an AND AFTER SUNDAY, nov Nv
~ BIER 9. 1879, PASSENOkR IRalN5 VII"
Run A. FOLLOWS:
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-28
DISAPPOINTMENT.

The above sale IS postponed on account OF lnc!en-
ency OF The weather Til WEDNESDAY, January
2Sih. 1T O'Clock T.. VI. FRANK ID. HILL
4, % Trustee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-28

4 connects tor 'liiol. Sc.
T. connect. iur A..lyilr and i.i p''n-a .a H ...l'
North Carolina dai'y. except sunday.
{ connects for Macon ana ali points in -'''1
Georgia.
y connects fyr ia k,onyllc ant 81. points .- f'
rida.
+ connects Tor Macon and ail po'r.- iH ~"Hi.r'l
6cnr-iJ. aud ChJ'tahol 49,. rteh'litf i.l..' Att
f. connects TOR selma, Mer.Itn. jackson. aai
Nlrkehurs.
g. come, ts for Galveston and sl ffAt, joints.
Train from fue uhsvs-uufnfH p".n.. ...... =
NfcHTa09d 81 i:i3 H. VI tuf $3.50 a. ~.
Train5 between Greensboro aAd -. I'D rlh fit
except sunday.
Trains on North Carolina diyi'i0n wa-rr.'f''.
tion at Gold, boro' WIN ihc V. y ". E. a 'I l.t
from Weldon and " Wilmington.
Pullman Palace DtaWIug-r'f4. 1Ii ~'tct''f -.
RIM through Oh Tram so. - irriH So" l.f,
eichmOnl 10 Atlanta. and from Hre1- I'.n i' All.
gusta. aud ON Tr4ia 80. - lt44 N a-..ut. ID ..'
kici InOud - Augusta.
Tickets Sold to 40 points nth. s,ri.4', 81.
southwest. aud baggage chccsc hrOulu.
No lay-oyCr checks given on ipcil g. .s...
JOHN r. MAtMl ROO.
General Passenger As.a,
7. VI. Il. TALCOgT. General Superintendent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
The Science of Kissing.

Science in the last few years, saws the
New Orleans Times, has gained a ter
rible foothold in this world. It has
ratified the dry bones of old fogyism,
made pi out of worn-out theories, and
upset ideas which have been established
for centuries. The latest and most as
tonishing fact that has been developed
is that there is scientific mode of kiss
ing. The day when young man could
grab girl around the neck and gobble
kiss in rough but comfortable man.
ner, is past. The time when he could
circle her waist with one arm, get his
shirt-bosom full of hair-oil, and pirouette
his lips over every square inch of her
countenance, is no more. Science has
proclaimed against it, and man shudders,
but remains silent. The old style of
kissing, which sounds like some one
tearing clap-board off smoke-house,
is now considered bad taste, and conse-
quently is rapidly going out of fashion,
although the majority of girls admit
that science has cruelty destroyed all
tNp comfort of a long, lingering, heart
thrilling kiss, and causes them to ex-
p ress no little regret at the change.
The improved scientific method of kiss
ing is to throw the right arm languidly
around the fair ones shoulder, tilt her
chin up with the left hand until her
nose is pointed at an angle of forty-fve
degrees, or rather until it has an aspect
resembling the bowsprit of a clipper
built sloop, then stoop slowly and gaze
about her lips in quiet, subdued sort
of way, and tickle her nose with your
mustache until she cries " Ouch!'' This
is scientific kissing, but there is no con-
ISOLATION in it-nothing to make man
feel like couple of galvanic batteries
were galloping along his spinal column.
1t is fat, lukewarm and lacks substance.
and if not stale is at least Improbable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
A Remarkable Railway Accident.

An almost incredible explanation is
given of the cause of a recent accident
to the Scotch express, near Leicester,
England. 1t is said that the train was
stopped a little beyond the town of
Kibworth, the engineer thinking some
thing was the matter with his engine.
Examination showed the locomotive to
be all right, and the engineer again
applied steam, but instead of running
forward the train was backed, and the
engineer did not notice the change until
the train had returned to Kibworth sta
tion, where it ran into freight train,
but not before the engineer had applied
the Westinghouse brake, and so pre-
vented any more damage than the
smashing of two cars and the wounding
of four or five passengers. The en-
gineer was suspended; but it appeared
from investigation that none of the train
hands knew that they were going back
ward instead of forward until it was too
late TO avert an accident. 1t is said by
way of explanation that the night Of the
accident was very dark,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

A list OF amusing forfeits, which will
make the company laugh and not offend
the persons called upon to pay them, is
herewith given
1. Put q newspaper upon the floor in
such O way that two persons can
stand on it and not be able to touch
each other with their hands. BY put
ting the paper in the doorway, one-half
inside and the other half outside of the
room, and closing the door over it, the
two persons can easily stand upon it and
still be beyond each others reach.
2. To go out of the room with two
legs, and come in with six. Not diff
cult, if one thinks to bring chair along
on his return.
3. To act the dumb servant. The
person who has the forfeit to pay must
act out the answers to the questions put
by the master of the ceremonies Chow
do you make bread ?" etc. This forfeit
will cause much merriment, if proper
questions are put.
4. Put one hand where the other can
not touch it. One can get out of this
difficulty by putting one hand on the
elbow Of the other arm.
8. Place q pencil on the floor so that
one cannot jump over it. May be done
by putting it close to the wall of the
room.
6. Put question that no one can an
swer with "nop This is not hard if
one thinks to ask: "What does yes
spell ?"
7. Push chair through a finger ring.
This forfeit is made by putting the
l ng on the finger and pushing the chair
ANY other object will do as well-with
the finger.
8. Put yourself through keyhole.
This was great puzzle to us for while,
but when piece of paper was taken
with the word yourself " written upon
it, and pushed through the hole, it was
all clear.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Marrying for Love.

The man who marries for love has
generally the vital temperament-is
combative, sagacious and independent,
and takes a general view of everything.
A life of Incidence and stagnation has
no charms, for one whose blood is
warm and whose hopes are high; he
likes to be in the thickest of the
fight, giving blows and taking them;
watching for the turn of events with
GOODNESS and foresight; pleased at his
own independence and struggles; eager
to show the world what he can achieve,
and the contest rouses all the strength
and manliness of his nature. He wins
the respect of his fellows by his own
worth. He often brings home pleasant
surprises for his wife and children
You may recognize him in trains loaded
with parcels, which he good-naturedly
carries in perfect unconcern of what
others think-a new bonnet, music,
books, set of furs for his wife; while in
another parcel, the wheels of cart, a
jack-in-the-box, doll or skipping-rope
intrude through the paper and suggests
the nursery. He never forgets the dear
ones at home; the humanizing influence
of that darling red-cheeked little fellow
who calls him father brings a glow O
rapture of the purest pleasure earth
holds; for the man who has never felt
a tiny hand clasp his will always lack
something-he will be less human, less
slessed than others. This is the noble,
the honest, the only form of life that
mparts real contentment and Joy, that
will make death-bed glorious, and love
see peace through its tears. 1t is so
purely unselfish, so tenderly true, it sat
isfes the highest instincts, it stimulates
men to the best deeps they are capable
of. By studying how to live, we mast
know how to die; and the finest life is
that which ministers to others needs
and increases the joys of those depend
ant on us, whom we love, and who look
to us for support, solace and light, even
as the earth is revivified by the sun; for
feeling is life, the pulsation of delicious
sympathy, the spring in a desert, the
mamma from the skies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
OVer-COnhdence.

Don't be over-confident, young man.
Don't carry your pet hobby too far.
Take note of the shoulders and legs of
man before you sass him. Out here
on West Hill there is a goat that for
three long years has butted everything
and everybody the broad empire of Bur
lington could send against him. He ate
the circus posters before the paste was
dry, and when the advance agent re-
monstrated, the goat just stood up and
crowded the rash man clear through the
bill stand. He once upset hay wagon;
lammed his head through the end of a
wood shed and fattened an officer up
against brick house. And one day
he wandered down into a saw-miil
and butted the hy-Wheel. Only once.
When he came down his neck was bent.
He couldn't make dent in a sack of
meal, now. Young man, be content
with reasonable victories. Some day
you, too, may run against a hy-wheel. =
Burlington Ha1ksys,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Ages of Presidents,

James A. Garfield was fortv-nine
years old the nineteenth of November
When he takes his seat in the White
House next March he will be the third
youngest president the republic has
ever had. Grant was the Youngest
president, having lacked one month of
torty-seven years when inaugurated
Franklin Pierce was four DAYS Younger
than Garfield will be next March, when
he will be inaugurated. Two other presi-
dents were in their fiftieth year when
lnaugurated-James X. Polk and Mil
lard Fillmore. The next youngest was
John Tyler, who was over fifty-one when
he succeeded to Harrison's barely-begun
term of Office. Abraham Lincoln was
tifty-two years old, and Martin Van
Buren and r. B. Hayes not quite fifty
five. Andrew jackson lacked eight
months of being fifty-seven, and George
Washington had passed that age when
inaugurated. Oddly enough, the four
consecutive presidents, Thomas Jeffer-
son, James Madison, James Monroe,
and John Quincy Adams, were each in
their tifty-eighth year when inaugurated.
Zachary Taylor and Tippecanoe Harri-
son were sixty-five and sixty-eight re-
spectively, when they took the oath of
office, and neither lived to fill out his
term. In point of age, James Buchanan
came between the two, being in his
slxty-sixth year when inaugurated. The
average age of presidents when inaugu-
rated has been tifty-seven years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Illuminated Manuscripts.

The latest catalogue issued by Mr..
Quaritch, the London bookseller, indi-
Gates that he is the possessor Of perhaps
the richest collection of illuminated
manuscripts ever offered at one time by
single dealer. 1t includes specimens
of every century from the ninth to the
sixteenth, inclusive, and represents an
aggregate monetary value of about
S75,000 The MSS. are nearly oil of a
devotional character, and some were
executed for crowned heads and pious
women of rank. The gem of the col
lection is John Lydgate's "Boke of the
Sege of Troy" executed by the author
himself. It contains seventy large
miniatures, and can be purchased for
SS, 600. A copy of Wycliffe's New Tes-
lament, written about A. ID. 1890, and
one of the seventeen genuine ones in
existence, is offered for $1,000. An
Evangelistarium written about A. d.
$40 for Charles the Bald, is valued at
the same amount. OF still greater
value is a copy of Beatus' "Comment-
airy on the Apocalypse" about A. ID.
1150, and declared by eminent biblio-
poles to be the finest MS. of the twelfth
century in existence. The price is
$4,000. Lorenzo de Medici's prayer
book, an exquisite MS. on vellum of the
best period of italian art, executed
about A. d. 1470 for Lorenzo or Giuli-
ano de Medici, is offered at the moderate
sum of $400. There are numerous
other MSS. in the collection, with
prices affixed to them varying from
$500 to $4,000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Some Facts About New YOrE Under.

b1keFSs
There are more than 175 undertakers
in the city of New York, and the mum
Der is swelled to 200 by the addition OF
coffin-dealers and furnishers of under.
takers goods, hardware, etc. The un-
dertaker's lot is not generally looked on
as happy one, but the men in the
business are not apparently gloomier as
a class than those in other trades. The
undertaker's work does not seem re.
pulsive to him, however it may appear
to other people.
What does this work consist OFF He
first makes his bargain. Then he pre-
pares the body for burial. This done
he places it in the coffin. Frequently
he is called upon to insert the funeral
notices in the papers. He furnishes
candelabra when desired he gives no.
tice to the minister and sends carriage
for him; he places the invariably
squeaking Acamp-stools in position he
seats the people he sees the body laid
in the grave; in fine, he superintends
the entire funeral. But does he weep
with them that weep? No, for he is
simply earning his livelihood. He be-
comes hardened to tears and mourning,
in fact, he is complacent and happy,
though through constant practice he
wears a long face he is earning his
money and reioices in the prospect
speedy payment.
The prices of cofins range all the way
from SO for children and $40 for adults
up to 800. "Caskets," as coffins of q
certain shape and style are called, cost
from $12 for children and $50 for adults
up to 5000 and over. The average
"casket" therefore is worth twice as
much as a coffin of corresponding ma
terial. A "casket" requires far more
trimming and work than coffin in
fact, the finishing alone of casket is
worth more than complete coffin of
the same grade. There are fluctuations
in the styles of coffins just as there are
in those of clothes and household deco
rations At present cloth-covered
" caskets are in favor. Undressed
caskets" are manufactured on q large
scale in Rochester, N. Y.
Mr.. Brown, former sexton of Grace
church, who died recently, was the most
noted sexton in the city, and his prices
were the highest He charged $500 for
"casket " which any other under
taker would have furnished for 5000,
and he always had host of customers
in spite of such charges. A certain
class of people always pay the highest
price for everything, and seem to delight
in so doing.
A large stock of shrouds and habits
is frequently to be found in some room
at the undertakers at prices ranging
from so to $25. "These are often pre-
pared with great ingenuity" remarked
one of the trade, so that in dark
ened room the most common ones will
pass for big thing. One of the tricks
of the trade is the placing of the
wrong plate and inscription upon the
coffin lid. This only occurs where great
haste must be made, and the persons
present at the funeral are likely to be
illiterate. There being no time to en-
grave plate, some ancient cast-off one
and bearing totally different inscrip-
tion and culled from pile of store rub
bish is substituted"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Didn't Want Her Skull Examined.

AS the Esquimaux at present visiting
Berlin belong to tribe that is nearly
extinct, and are consequently, from an
anthropological point of view, excep-
tionally interesting personages, Pro-
fessor Virchow, the eminent German
ethnologist, recently obtained permis-
sion from their exhibitor to subject
them to scientific inspection, involv-
ing the measurement of their skulls.
While he was engaged in feeling the
heads of the male Esquimaux, an old
woman, named Paignu, highly respected
in the tribe as potent witch, watched
his movements with manifest distrust
and perturbation of spirit. When,
however, he approached her in her turn
with outstretched hands, the conviction
that he was a white sorcerer, bent upon
robbing her of her supernatural powers,
completely overcame her sense of de-
corum, and she fed from him round the
room, leaping over tables and chairs
with astonishing agility for one of her
sex and age, and yelling out the strong
est spells she could think of as likely to
prove efficient against the professors
necromantic manipulations. Somewhat
startled by good Mother Paignu's
gymnastic feats, Virchow and his two
assistants instinctively drew back
whereupon the Esquimau Abraham, who
had been converted to Christianity, but
obviously retains respectful recollec-
tion of his former faith, grew deadly
pale, and was heard to mutter "The
gods of my country are mightier than
the Christian Diety. See how the white
magician recois from Paignu's words of
power"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

The latest official returns of beer
brewing in Germany relate to 1878. Prus,
STA and other North German States ther
had 1867 breweries; Bavaria, 6,979
Baden, 2,100; Wurtemberg, 1855
Alsace and Lorraine, 229. The pro.
duction was estimated at about 846, $780,
900 imperial gallons, which, allowing
for export and home consumption was
about nineteen gallons per head.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Almost Young Amin.

Nv mother was afflicted a long time with
neuralgia and dull. heavy, inactive condi.
ton OF the whole system; headache. nervous
prostration, and was almost helpless. Nc
physicians or medicines did her any good.
Three months ago she began to use Hon
Bitters. with such good effect that she seems
and feels young again, although over seventy
wears old. We II ink there is no other medi.
cine fit 10 use in the family.-A lady IN Provi.
dence, r I.-JGurnnL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

have suffered from a kidney difficulty fol
the past ten years, accompanied with nervous
spasms. Physicians gave me but temporary
reliet, but after using three and one-hali
bottles OF Warmers Sale Kidney and Liver
cure, my nervous spasms were entirely re-
lieved My age is seventy seven years. ]
recommend this great remedy to all suffering
from nervous troubles.
Easton, Pa. MRS. MARY REESE
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

A monument has been placed at
Litiz, Pa, over the grave of General
Sutter, the discoverer of gold in Cali
fornia. General Suffers body lies be-
side that of his wife in the Moravian
graveyard at Litiz, and it is said that
this is the first instance where it has
been allowed, as there the bodies of
men, women and children are buried
apart
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

General Meredith Read, ex-minister
to Greece, mentions an old man who
recently died in Athens, aged 112. A
son was born to him at the ago of
ninety-two. The young man is of c1di-
nary size and strength, but is entl tely
destitute of teeth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

DIR. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT In
pint bottles at BD cents; 80 years est shed II is the
best IN the world for the cue Of Collie Old Sores Sprans
POWDERS are warranted 10 cure Distemper Fever
Worms tsi give fine coat incre the appetite and
c.canss the urinary organs. Certified 10 by q ]. d.
Mcdaniel Of Of the fastest running horses
In the world AMI 1000 others AZ cents Sold by drug
gsts. Depot-i2 Murray Street, New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

Malt Bitters Company if M ALT BITTERs, a
family medicine prepared by them, does not
excel in fair competitive examination all
other compounds now before the public called
" Bitters."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

In Ohio there are 23,368 persons on
the pension rolls, of whom 2,O26 are
widows of soldiers of the war of 1912.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

The VoItaIe Belt Co, Marshall, Mich,
Will seed their klecro-Voltac Bells o the
ofilicted upon so days trinl. See their adver-
tisement in this paper headed, son 80 Days
Trial"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08

When the season tor making presents
comes, make some sufferer OF your acq aaint-
anoe present OF a bo tie OF DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup and note the benefit it will do him and
the thanks you will receive.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-12-08
Kidney Complaints.

CIScINsATI o., March 10, 1877.
II. II. STEVENS:
Dear Slr-I have used your vEaErINE for some
time, and can truthfully say It has been q great
benefit to me; and TO those suffering from disease
OF the kidneys cheer fully recommend it.
Respectfully, o. H. SMITH.
Attested to by X. B. Ashheld, druggist, corner
Eighth and Central avenues
CINCINNATI, o., April 10, 1877.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS:
have suffered several years with the kidney
complaint, and was induced to try VEaErIRE.
have taken several bottles OF your preparation and
am convinced 1t is a valuable remedy. It has done
me more good than any other medicine. 1 can
heartily recommend 1t to all suffering from kidney
complaints. Yours respectfully,
J. 8. MoMILLEN,
First bookkeeper for Newhall, Gale 4 Co., Flour
Merchants, No. Sc West Front St., Cincinnati, o.
VEGRTIEE has restored thousands to health who
had been long and nainfnl snlferara.