The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-04-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NJ. de Lesseps never indulges IN alco-
holic beverages.
The number of families living In New
York city is 2l3,467
A hoarse shoe never brings good luck
to foraging hen.- Wheeling Leader.
Peter Cooper has a fine collection Of
Greek and Roman coins which he has
been gathering during the last fifty-nine
years.
A slab of wood marks the grave Of
Stouewall Jackson's mother, who was
buried on an eminence 700 feet above the
river at hawks Nest, Virginia.
The proverb, Every bullet has its
billet" is said to have originated in a
superstition common among soldiers
fifty years back that their name was
written on the bullet that stretched
them dead.
He told her that be loved her
In tones SO soft and mellow;
But she said she couldn't marry him,
For she'd asked another fellow.
(This is leap-year.)
-SteubenplLe Herald,
1.-TWO sisters of Glasgow got mad 81
a plumber and threw him out of the
fifth story window" But he got even
with the sisters. He charged them
double time from the minute he left the
window until he struck the sidewalk
No1TiStolSn Herald.
In digging the Suez canal Egyptian
workmen were forced TO make hods Of
their backs, placing their hands behind
| them and clasping the left wrist with
| the right hand. Boys under twelve
years of age were made to do this 1t is
hardly necessary to add that thousands
| perished under such inhuman treat
| mel.t.
A physician at Areata, Cal, had for
| a patient girl for whom he entertained
high regard, as she was the daughter
of AN intimate friend. He could not
| cure her, however, and she died with
| out the exact nature of her disease be-
| ing discovered. Immediately on hear
ing of her death he accused himself of a
lack of medical skill, and committed
suicide. .,
There hangs in the office of the Walla-
Walla (W. To Salesman the sign under
| which the Nez Perces fought and sur
rendered to General Howard in the war
of 1877. 1t is nothing more than the
skin of red fox, with the exception
that at the base of the neck there Is
scalp lock. When fighting at Bear Paw
mountain, this was hung up on high
pole, as sign that they would use al
the cunning and strategy of that animal
while fighting.
Two gushing Boston girls were walk
| ing one day in the suburbs OF the Hub,
when they stumbled on a little old-tash-
| ioned milestone, forgotten in the march
of Improvement. One of them stopped,
and parting the grass discovered the
| half feffaced inscription, Il. m. from
| Boston," upon which she exclaimed,
ecstatically Here is grave, perhaps,
of some young girl who wished it writ
ten on her tombstone, I'm from Boston.
How touching! so simple and so suff-
cientT"
An erring husband, who had ex-
hausted all explanations for late hours
and had no apology ready, recently
slipped into the house, about two
o'clock, very softly, denuded himself
gently, and began rocking the cradle
by the bedside, as if he had been
awakened out of sound sleep
by infantile cries. He had rocked
away for ten minutes, when Mary Jane,
who had silently observed the whole
maneuver, said, Come TO bed, you
fool! the baby amt there. Toronto
Graphic.
There are at present in Europe 7l9
princes and princesses, each having o
claim more or less remote to crown
The one with the greatest number Of
titles is the Emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph. In addition to his title as em-
peror, he is nine times king, once arch
} duke, twice grand duke, eighteen times
duke, four times margrave, five times
, count prince, twice prince, and many
times count and lord. His cartes de
} visite make the fortune of photograph
ers. The King of Portugs has eighteen
first names, his eldest son has twenty
and his youngest twenty nine.