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

M. de Lesseps never indulges IN alco-
holio beverages.
The number of families living In New
York city is 9I3,46
A hoarse shoe never brings good luck
to foraging hem Wheeling Leader.
Peter Cooper has a fine collection of
Greek and Roman coins which he has
been gathering during the last fifty-niue
years.
A slab of wood marks the grave Of
Stonewall Jackson's mother. who was
buried on an eminence 700 feet above the
river at hawks Nest, Virginia.
The proverb, Every bullet has It's
billet" is said to have originated in
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 30 soft and mellow;
But she said she couldn't marry him,
For she'd asked another fellow.
(This is leap-year.)
-SieubenvilLe Herald.
1.-TWO sisters of Glasgow got mad st
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
Norristoasn 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
| ment.
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 n
lack of medical skill, and committed
suicide. 4.
There hangs in the office of the Walla-
| Walla wv. To Statesman 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 a sign that they would use all
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 little old-1ash-
| ioned milestone, forgotten in the march
| of Improvement. One of them stopped,
and parting the grass discovered the
/ half-effaced 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, - from Boston.
How touching so sim and SO sum
| 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
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 a
claim more or less remote to a crown.
The one with the greatest number Of
| titles is the Emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph. In addition to his title as en-
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 Portugal has eighteen
first names, his eldest son has twenty
and his youngest twenty nine.