The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
TImELr rOPICz.


A school for the education of idiots
has been in operation in Holland Tor
twenty-five years, with encouraging re-
suits. OF the total of Az pupils entered
upon its register since 1855, f0rty-three
have gone directly into service or
adopted trade, while twenty-five
improved condition.
The son of the Burmese King Theebau,
for whom last year a cradle of gold was
made, incrusted with diamonds, ru-
bies, sapphires and emeralds of incrtd'-
BILE value, recently died of smallpox.
! Vast sums were spent upon the lit c
| fellow, and all the people living round
the palace stockade had to buy new
cooking kettles, lest the smell of rancid
oil from the old ones might offend his
tender little nose.
There is no newspaper near the sum-
NIT of Mount Athos, but if there were
one it wouldn't print many marriage
notices. Mrs. Brassy, writing from that
point, tells an old bachelor story us fol-
lows: On the summit there live the
strictest set of bachelors in the world
Not female animal Of any kind is al
lowed within miles, so that the recluses
have to do without milk or fresh eggs
even, and travellers are not all wed to
carry even dead hens on their saddles
for provisions. A few years ago two
English ladies landed here from yacht
As most of the men here wear petticoats
and the women trousers, and the keepers
Of the summit have not much expert
ence in such matters, they did not dis.
cover the wrong that been committed
for some time, and then you may imagine
their horror and disgust
Captain George M. Cooley is a brave
citizen of Troy, N. Y, who surely de-
serves kindliest mention, since in b S
forty-one years of life he has saved from
drowning forty-six persons. His attest
exploit in this direction was the rescue
of seven young students of the Poly
tecbnic institute, whose small boat
deed the captain has received the silver
medal of the Life e-Saving Benevolent
association of New York city. 1t was
accompanied by check for fifty dollars,
and by a liberal sum contributed by the
grateful students. Captain Cooley, as
modest as he is brave, was so touched
by these gifts that tears filled his ewes,
and he could hardly speak for the lump
in his throat. A romantic incident in
his beneficent career was his rescuiug
from the river while still youth the
girl who afterward became his wife.
The first assistant postmaster-gen
has recently issued an order which is
of some interest to those localities which
are desirous of having posto ffices estab-
lished in them. He says: In selecting
names for postoffices it is particularly
desirous that the name of the town or
village in which the office is to be located
should be adopted, if such name is in No
way similar to that of any established
office in the State, or in any other State,
the abbreviation of which is similar.
Short names should be selected for post
offices. Prefxes, such rs North, South,
Center, Mount, New, ETC., are objection
able, and so are additions, such rs Cen
ter, City, Mill, Junction, and so on. as
all such prefxes and additions lead to
confusion and delay in the transmissions
of the mails. Compliance with the
above suggestions will insure favorable
action on applications for postofiices.
The contingent of new members in the
house OF commons is IDdue VI largely OF
merchants, manufacturers and those
connected with commercial pursuits
Fifty two are lawye yers, forty-four belong
ing to the bar and eight having prac
ticed as solicitors; thirty belong to the
army; two to the navy; three have be-
longod to the diplomatic profession; six
have followed the profession OF journal
lists; seven are civil and agricultural
engineers; five are bankers; two are
connected with the brewing trade
three belong to the medical profession
six are tenant farmers, or in other ways
connected with labor; four have been
printers, publishers, engravers, etc
one is a member of the royal academy OF
Scotland; one is a civil and military
tutor; one is a Presbyterian minister
and two are clergymen- of the Estab-
ished church, who have relieved them
selves of their orders under the provi-
sions of Mr.. Bouverie's relief bill. The
rest are country squires, magistrates,
deputy -lieutenants, chairmen of quarter
sessions, ex-high sheriffs, baronets, or
IONS of peers. The Oldest of the new
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