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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
ITgMs OF INTEREST.

One concern in Maine has an orde
for 10000 sets of croquet.
Wilkie Collins, the novelist, says he
has earned $l50,0O0 with his pen.
Eighty-fve per cent. of the M embers
of the Utah legislature are polyga mists.
Half million people visited the
Philadelphia Permanent Exhibition last
year.
The Denver (Col) Herald says that
the mines of Colorado last year yielded
S25, 1886, ,4s3.
New York city's assessed valuation
is $946. .527, ,000,, an increase OF $2s,-
293, 900 during the last year.
The thrifty man will always put
something away for rainy day, even if
it is nothing but stolen umbrella
PScGyu1se.
A young man recently had a nose
grated in New York hospital. We
have seen noses bud and blossom, but
never heard of grating them before.
Over two-thirds of the baseballs
manufactured come from a Boston firm,
who are now making 10000 dozen an
nually. The leather for covering is
tanned by their own workmen.
Said one of society's smart ornaments
to lady friend: "This is leap-year, and
suppose you'll be asking somebody to
marry youP" ooh, no." was the reply,
my finances won't permit me to sup
port husband. ."-Derrtcb.
j. R. Holloway, of Marion county,
Tenn, grew l,5OO bushels of peanuts
last year, and considered it a very
profitable crop. Everything about the
peanut can be utilized. The vines and
leaves make most excellent fodder.
To ascertain the length of day and
night multiply the hour at which the
sun rises by two; the result will be the
length of the night. Multiply the hour
at which the sun sets by two, and the
result will be the length of the day.
1t is said in Arizona that a miner,
doubling the capabilities of certain
assayer, got an old potato, dried it
thoroughly, pounded it up fine and then
submitted the powder for assay, and the
result OF the assay gave II yield of $40
to the ton.
There are $50 varieties of grass in Ne
braska, luXuriant in growth, excellent
in quality, and they are among the
grandest resources of the State. They
are the herdman's stock in trade, and
fat steers. mutton, wool and dairy pro-
ducts are the net results.
WheelbArrows are in very little de-
mand in Brazil, lowing to the almost
universal practice of carrying burdens
on the head" Not long ago the Ameri-
can consul saw sturdy negro carrying
wheelbarrow on his head through the
streets of Rio de Janeir6.
One hundred years ago, during the
winter of 1880, the weather was so cold
that some of the harbors along the coast
were frozen over for nearly six weeks
In Marblehead harhor several vessels
were frozen in from the last of Decem-
Der to the middle of February.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
Cabinet RecreatiOns.

The members of the cabinet sometimes
dies, as the following will illustrate:
Young lady" Mr.. Secretary, have
called to see if you can tell me when
Captain - is to be ordered away, and
where he will go top''
Secretary-"I really do not know.
Do you wish him ordered awayp"
Young lady-"No, indeed " (this with
very conscious look and a slight in
crease in color); "only, if you were,
would like to know, you know; for you
see," pulling out her hand kerchief and
putting her little gloved finger in her
mouth, la Maggie Mitchell, 'you
know Mr.. -, now don't youP"
Secretary" How should IP"
Young LADY,, Then III tell you :"
(this with look of determination) }.
are going to order him off why we want
to get married before. That is ALL"
Secretary" have not thought of
ordering him away, and since he is go
ing to engage in such pleasant business
will not"
Young lady-"Oh! Mr.. =, amt you
goodP I'm so glad. Now I'll have
plenty of time to get ready"
Another young lady sends in her card
and is admitted, when the following
colloquy takes place:
Young LADY, have called to see if
you will not give permission to Lieu
tenant - to come here from A-?'
Secretary-''Any of his near relatives
sick?" scanning her closely.
Young lady-"NO, sir. His friends
want to see him so much, and you can
AEave him come if you want to-"
Secretary-"Oh! / see how it is. If
you will say you are his sweetheart, lie
shall come.
Young lady" Yes, sir, he isl" say
ing this with both hands hiding her
face.
The secretary says that he gave per-
mission to that officer to come, tele-
graphing to him to that effect within
the hour. All secretaries are not like
the one we are speaking of, so young
ladies must not presume upon the above
incidents; for they might not be as sue
cessful as our two fair friends were
Washington Letter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
A Farmer Poet.

Al farmer poet has blossomed into
song in England and publishes under
the title of wet Days" series of
poems, which give effective and graphic
pictures of nature in language at once
simple and eloquent. In 1.-The Camp
on the Hill" he writes:
There's something better than keep there tor
once on that mossy sod
You leave the world behind you and are iaco
to face with God.
There's pool by the cairn on the top, where
the wild ducks used to be,
And lark from the Roman camp used to
sing and soar over me;
thought him the hills own spirit it would
have been shame to kill;
Perhaps you may here his song ere you reach
the top OF the hill,
/ know Gods everywhere; in the city and in
the Exchange,
AS well as the hill and the moor, wherever
mortal can rangei
But ah! the pure sky yonder, no smoke OBJ
scuring the blue!
Mans not the same in the city, and God may
DC ulHeiSntJ 100
This is from another poem, called
Birds Songs"
Birds are the only happy thingsi
They sing through rain or sun content.
Our songs are prayers, not thauksgiylngs,
Fear, hope or envy's itiul vent
Impertinent regrets ior wings
We could not use, for riches spent,
For chances given and thrown away,
Or something wanting night and day.
The London Standard says of these
poems; There is in them something
more than rhyme and rhythm; they are
instinct with humanity, They have in
their way charm which will tell more
with the multitude of readers than rig
orous conformity TO the artistic canoRs
of any particular school.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04

| should not return until she sent for
me, etc., etc. She smiled sweetly, and
looked tenderly out of her pretty eyes,
and / took the train for Philadelphia,
in a terrible temper, and yet feeling sure
that l would be back again within
forty-eight hours, and was. | asked
the clerk to send up Ky card, and he
said it would be useless, as the lady,
with her father and the other gentle
man, had left the night before, for the
South, he thought. They had left a
letter for me, however, and--I snatched
the letter, and tore it open. There
were several enclosures, reading as fol.
lows:
THURSDAY.
My DEAR CHARLEY: You must par
don my terrible Irritation with you of
the past few weeks, but it was the last
| should ever have and you are the
dearest of fellows to finish upon. / dare
say you will feel little vexed, but
you'll get over it, Charley, and when
Rob and myself get settled down to
housekeeping-which trust will be a
long time yet-you must come and see
us and be a good friend to your penitent
NELLIE.
The next was:
DEAR PHILADELPHIA: You've had la
good time with my intended wife and 1
haven't interfered; YOU indorsed my
note for $4,000 and l won't cheat you
out oft. trusted you and you came
to times" you trusted me and here /
am smiling. / enclose with this my
note that you indorsed and deeds con-
veying to you the whole of the Ajax.
She's pinched, Philadelphia, and amt
worth cuss. You Sdbe now the busi-
ness that called ne East, Ell? Tia, ia.
MINERAL BOB.
l have never seen them since. /
don't want to. l went back to the old
camp the following year. The boys
don't tease me now, but / thrashed two
of them and got thrashed by three be-
fore this silence on the subject was OBJ
served Philadelphia Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
TERMS, S1.EO A YEAR.
Perseverance.

One step and then another,
And the longest walk is ended;
One stitch and then another,
And the largest rent is mended;
One brick upon another,
And the highest wall is made;
One fake upon another,
Aud the deepest snow is laid.
So the little coral workers,
By their slow and constant motion,
Have built those pretty islands
In the distant dark-blue ocean;
And the noblest undertakings
Mans wisdom hath conceived,
BY oft-repeated effort
Have been patiently achieved.
Then do not looked disheartened
On the work you have to do,
And say that such mighty task
You never can get through;
But Just endeavor, day by day,
Another point to gain,
And soon the mountain which you feared
VIII prove TO be a plain!
Rome was not builded in day."
The ancient proverb teaches,
And nature, by her trees and flowers,
The same sweet sermon breaches.
Think not OF hr-off duties,
But of duties which are near,
eAnd having once begun to work,
Resolve TO persevere.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
A Man Survives a Draining.

John Harris, who had his head split
open by a falling axe at the new Yellow
Jacket shaft, some two years ago, is
again on the Comstock. Although that
axe fell about 100 feet upon his head,
and he lost in consequence a strip of
skull-bone four inches long and two
and q half inches wide, he has taken
that head to England with him and
brought it back, and thinks good deal
of it and with it yet, His is one of those
exceptional cases in surgery of which
there are not half a dozen in the books,
and which ranks with that where a
tamping iron, blown by a prematurely
discharged blast, passed through mans
head from chin to crown, and yet failed
to kill him,
The cash made by this axe in Harris
head was large enough to kill half a
dozen men. When the bones were taken
by the surgeons from the wound the
large vein between the lobes ofthe brain
sent torrent of blood gushing forth.
1t was stanched with lint and the man
rallied. The surgeon feared to remove
the lint lest he should bleed to death,
and it remained some two weeks till it
became so far decayed as to force its
removal. Contrary to expectation no
blood followed, nor was there any sec
ondary hemorrhage from the wound
Harris has pretty much recovered from
the effects of the accident. He says he
experiences no head trouble whatever,
but he has hitch in his walk, "a sort of
jerk, a let-go-and-go-on movement,
which is the result of the hurt. He is
wonderfully good man for one upon
whom the experiment of dropping an
axe 100 feet upon his head was success
fully tried Gold Hill (NeU.) NelOs
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
What it Costs to Run Locomotive,

The New Jersey Central Railroad
Company keeps a record of the cost of
running locomotives. 1t shows that an
average days distance Travelled by a
locomotive is 100 miles. The work for
a month is 1900 miles; but some loco
motives exceed this, as in the case of
No. l2l, which in December last made
$3.50 miles. In doing this 1873 tons of
coal were used and thirty seven gallons
of oil to ke' p the machinery in Orcer.
The company says that $l2.96 is the
average cost for 100 miles for men, fuel
and repairs. In the case of No. l2l the
cost for repairs for the month was
S22.59.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
Practice What You Preach.

Advice is cheap, the markets full,
Der ready some to teach,
While DER the eyes the wool they pull,
Nor practice what they preach.
The monstrous 4" bean" is never seen,
The mote provokes their screech,
The while seductive vice they screen,
Nor practice what they preach.
Sweet charity take by the hand,
Fair Justices height to reach,
Where others slip, you firmly stand,
And practice what you preach.
Precept is good, examples best,
Be chary then Of speech,
So live that very life attest
You practice what you preach.
Quincy Modern .Hrqo.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04

Bleak, chilly March and November are the
two worst months OF the cur for those ~ fer
ing with pulmonary diseases. Keep DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup near by, and such sufferers win
be able to brave the rough weather without
DANGER Price Is aants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
Rates of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements co.,
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
job work, Cash on Delivery.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

According to the list just pub
lished by the Imperial Admiralty
of Berlin, the German navy at the
present time comprises s iron ar
mor-plated frigates and 4 iron ar
mor-plated corvettes, 16 corvettes,
2 gun-boats of the German Alba
tross class, and seven of the first
class; and 10 vessels for coast de-
fence, viz: ! iron armor-plated
vessel, s iron armor-plated gun
boats, 6 torpedo boats, and 4 gun
boats of the second class. In ad-
dition there are 7 despatch boats,
2 transport ships, and 10 school
ships; and engaged in barbor SER
vice, 9 steamers, 3 barrack ships,
and 8 pilot boats and fire ships
making a grand total of 95. They
are also building l iron-plated cor
vette, 3 iron-plated gunboats, and
4 wooden corvettes. Among the s
armor-plated frigates, the
German Admiralty, singularly
enough, still includes the Grosser
Kurfurst, which sank more than a
year and a half ago off Folke-
stone.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17
Mesmeric Influence.

Strange stories come from India
of the feats performed by mes
merizer named Buni, whose mag
netic power would appear to be
found quite irresistible by the lower
animals, upon which he exclusive
ly exerts it. He gives seances, to
which the public are invited to
bring all manner of ferocious and
untamable wild beasts, and holds
them with his glitteriDg eye. In a
few seconds they subside into a
condition of cataleptic stiffness,
from which they can only be re-
vived by certain passes which he
solemnly executes with his right
hand. A snake in a state of vio-
lent irritation was brought to BUM
by a managerial proprietor, enclos-
ed IN wooden cage. When de-
posted on the platform it was
writhing and Kissing fiercely. Bu-
nj bent over the cage and fixed his
eye upon its occupant, gently wav-
ing his hand over the serpent's
restless head. In less than min
ute the snake stretched itself out,
stiffened, and lay apparently dead.
BUM took it up and thrust several
needles into its body, but it gave
no sign of life. A few passes then
restored it to its former angry ac-
tivity. Subsequently savage dog,
held in o leash by its owner, was
brought in, and at Buni's COM
mand, let loose upon him. AS it
was rushing toward him, bristling
with fury, he raised his hand, and
in a second the fierce brute drop
ped upon its belly as though strick-
en- by lightning. 1t seemed abso-
lutely paralyzed by some unknown
agency, and was unable to move a
muscle until released from the
magnetiser's spell by majestic
wave Of his hand.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The news received from the in
terror of the Russian empire is
heartrending. Famine and diph-
liberia are decimating the popula-
ton. The provinces of Saratof
and Kief, which annually export
enormous quantities of grain,
scarcely had any crop at all last
year. The calamity is aggravated
by the want of fodder for the cat
tie, the peasants being forced to
sell them at any price. In the
Caucasus the famine is still greater.
Here people are committing sui
eide, selling their children, and
taking other extreme measures to
stave off starvation The govern
ment and private charity are do
ing their utmost to alleviate the
suffering.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

"Nassy stuff; won't take it,"
said a rebellious young patient who
thrust the healer's cup from his
lips. ais IL really so bad, doctor r.
inquired a fond father. "Oh, dear
no." said the healer; "the vermi-
fuge is only bitter, tasting like the
worm would."-New Orleans Pic
ayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The Free Press prints touch
ing little episode on what child's
kiss could do. The current be-
lief in this matter is that it could
get mans mustache all molasses,
and milk, and stuf-Syracuse
Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

Selling kisses to swell the Irish
relief, threatens to be inaugurated
by the girls. HIN; if compliment
ary tickets are issued to editors,
we favor the plan.-Philadelphia
Chronicle-H Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

Get q COW with a dreamy eye if
you want a good milker.-Free
Press. For dreamy" just read
"creamy." A nightmare is the on
ly animal that has a dreamy eye
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

"You can never wear those boots
out" said a shoemaker. "Then
do not want them," replied the
customer "do you suppose / want
boots to wear Ia the house ?"-
Boston Journal of Commerce.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The unkindest cut. Water-rate
collector.-"Well, II you don't pay
I shall have II cut off" Shop
keeper with fine irony].-"No,
you wouldn't do thati To have
had the pipes ell froze and not q
drop o water Tor six weeks Is ard
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17
The Victoria, Australia, Year

The Victoria, Australia, Year
Book for 1889 shows that in
1856, Victoria produced 2,9s5,735
ounces of gold; in 1866, 1,47s,2s0
ounces, and in 1878 only 1920
ounces, In 1856 there we're on
ly 1898 acres of land in culti-
vation, while in 1878 there were
l,6O9,27s. The population is only
900, 900.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

"Why do you make promises,
exclaimed an irate creditor, "il
you don't expect to keep them y
"Oh, cheek I" shouted the debtor
"why do you make goods when
you don't want to keep them 7"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

Las Vegas has lady so fash
ionable that we honestly believe
she wouldn't eat boarding house
butter unless it were frizzed.-Las
Vegas Optic.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

"Lenny, you're a little pig"
said fond father to his little boy.
"Now, do you know what pig is,
Lennyw "Yes, sir; hogs lit
tie boy."-Old Paper.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17
The New York Mail under

The New York Mail, under the
head line Religious Intelligence"
prints the news that ga steam -four
mill is to be started at Jerusalem"
The theologians of the Albany
Journal think a religious steam
-four mill is one without q dam.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

Speak Of a man as a whole soul
fellow and he feels complimented,
but call a woman a whole sole and
she gets mad.-Philadelphia Chron-
icle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The new Haven Register says !:
Men who do not know how to "run
a newspaper as it ought to be- are
as scarce as men born with wooden
legs.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The Chinese in California are
perhaps like clocks; when they
are run down they don't CO.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

A Pittsburgh man recently made
two unsuccessful attempts to hang
himself. He had probably been a
sheriff in his life-time.-Derrick.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

An Ohio newspaper speaks of a
man being bruised by emphatic
gestures of q mule"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17
WOE IS
illustrated Floral Guide,

er plate and 500 illustrations, with descriptions
Of the best flowers and vegetables, with price Of
seeds and how 70 grow them. All for ave cent
stamp. In English or German.
vck's seeds are the best in the world Five
cents for postage viii buy vick's Floral Guide,
telling how 10 get them.
The flower and vegetable garden, 1fs pages. sin
colored plates, and many hundred engrsvines.
In German OF English.
vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine 80 pages.
colored plate in every number and many hne
engravings. Price t1.2S q year Ave copies for
s5. Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents; trial
kddrcss. JAMES WICK.
Rochester, n. r
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

He didn't take off Melikoff, so
Melikoff took him off, which shows
the bad results of not attending
to a koff.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

A poor talker and a bad cigar
are alike; the more you draw them
out the worse they become.-Hack-
ensack Republican.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

Peru may have lost her celebrat-
ed irouclad, but she still possesses
her famous bark.-Cincinnati Com
mercial.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

Every preacher is by his voca-
ton speculator, dealing in "fu-
lures. s."-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

IL OnAA MONTH guaranteed sI2 a
CDAll lay at home made by the indnstri-
XIII Gus Capital not required We
I'D .0Vvv will start you. Men, women, boys
" ~ and girls make money faster at
work for than at anything else
The work is light and pleasant, and such as any
one can GO right at. Those who are wise who see
this notice will send us their addresses at once
and see for themselves Costly outfit and terms
free. Now is the time Those already nj work
are laying up large sums of money. Address
TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 420yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The Honorable Billy, out shoot.
ing the other day, fired into a
hedge. There was howl, and a
country pumpkin suddenly ap-
peared rubbing himself. "Are you
hurt" "Hurt? I've fifty shots
in me, if I've one. I'll have the
law on you" "Don't do that !"
pleaded Billy; "Tll give you half a
crown for every shot we find"
The man agreed, and the doctor
made an examination. There were
but two shots that had pierced the
skin. You should have seen the
good fellows expression as he
pocketed the five bob. "Is that
all 2" he asked. "Just my luck"
Judy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The porters who handle kegs of
silver in the Treasury Department
are rolling in wealth.-New Or
leans Picayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

II should always be remembered
that advertiser" rhymes with
"wiser."- York News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The Gear wears coat of mail,
and yet threatening letters got
through the mail at him.-Free
Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

In the cloak room of hand
some mansion, on the occasion of a
party given in honor of a bride,
the husband was discovered with
his feet on the fender and in state
of brown study. He had married
late in life, and was much older
than his wife. When asked if he
was shaving a good time," he la
conically replied, lifting his lack
lustre eyes to the inquirer's face !:
depends upon what you call a
good time."-The Hour.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17
ADVERTISING RATES.

line WV
Local Notices, ten cents per line each insertion.
and all notices continued for three months of
longer, discount of 25 per cent.
Advertisements unaccompanied by written or
verbal directions will be published three month
Advertisements, under contract, ordered out be.
fore expiration of time will be charged full rates.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid except at the option Of the publisher.
Transient advertisements must be paid In ad-
vance.
BsT- Terms, CASH, payable quarterly.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

"Will you have some more
beans, Johnnyp "No." "No
whatl" mo beans," said Johnny,
solemnly.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-17

The horse shoe doesn't bring good
luck when the horse applies it.
Boston Courier.