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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-12-22

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The buzzing and humming noise of
certain insects is not vocal, but is pro-
duced by very rapid Tapping of the
wings against the air or the body. By
an ingenious mechanical device it has
been found that the wings of a gnat flap
at the rate of $4,000 times in a second.
The entire surface of the globe oc-
cupies about 200,000,00 of square
miles, nearly three quarters Of which is
covered by water, that is, the extent Of
the water is nearly three Zines as great
as that of the land. The surface of the
sea in the Southern Hemisphere is to
that in the Northern in about the ratio
of thirteen to nine.
The absorptive power of fine char
coal is about half as much as that OF
lockwood. The charcoal made from
cork-wood, which is very porous, is not
absorbent, neither is graphite. Plati-
mum, in the finely divided form known
as platinum sponge, is said to absorb
$50 times its volume of oxygen gas.
Many other porous substances, such as
meerschaum, gypsum and silk, are
highly absorbent.
Numerous examples may be cited of
the extreme divisibility of matter. The
tenth part of q grain Of musk will con-
tinue for years to fill room with its
odoriferous particles, and at the end of
that time will scarcely be diminished
in weight. Blood is composed of red,
fattened globules floating in colorless
liquid called serum. In man the diam
eter of one of these gloubles is less
than the 3500th part of an inch, and the
drop of blood which might be suspended
from the point of a needle would con-
tain about million of globules.
A paper on electricity and the an
nouncement of fire lately read by M.
Bartelons before the scientific section
of the Syndical Union of Belgium,
stated, on statistical evidence, that with
the most perfected systems serious fires
were reduced tc four per cent; with
systems of telegraph lines, but without
alarms, they still reached seventeen per
cent, while without telegraphic assist
ance they reached twenty-seven per cent.
A system of lighting railroad cars
with gas has been tried on the Baltic
railway. The gas is made on the cars
by the action of sulphuric acid on zinc,
the resulting hydrogen being carbureted
by being passed through naptha vapor.
It is said that this gas has very little
odor, and its flame is bright, white and
constant, and that it is cheaper and
gives better results than stearine can
dies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
Condition of the White House.

The sickness of Mrs. Garfield has led
to an investigation of the condition of
the executive mansion, and it will not
be surprising if the result is a rebuild
ing of that antiquated and rat-infested
structure. 1t was visited by members of
the Senate committee on public build
ings and grounds, accompanied by
Colonel Casey, late commissioner of
public buildings, and others, and q
thorough examination was made from top
to bottom. 1t was found that the lower
Basement story, which is under ground,
was cold and damp, moldy and rat
infested. Upstairs the accommoda-
tions are far from being sufficient.
Most people will be struck with Won
der when they hear that, although the
Garfield children sleep two in a room,
and the whole family is rather crowded,
there remains only one spare chamber
which could be devoted to guest If the
President were to have one tonight.
The President and Mrs. Garfield hPve
only one room each. There is a great
lack of modern conveniences, which
did not exist when the White House was
built in 1916, and which can't be intro
duced properly on the upper floors of
the present structure. Then the whole
interior is shalky and some of the floors
have sagged four or five inches.
To meet this state of things very
sensible plan is proposed by Senator
Morrill,, of Vermont. 1t is to duplicate
the present building in new structure
to be placed south Of the present one.
Let the two buildings be connected by
a broad and spacious corridor, and let
the new building be devoted entirely to
the purposes of a residence, while the
old building is remodeled in part and
devoted wholly to exeer and public
use. This plan wac s..-..yod by Sena'
tor Morrill, some years ago, and i'm.
pressed the members of the COMMITTEES
and the President himself very favora
bly,. Such an arrangement would an
swer every purpose and the expense
would not be great. General Gran
would mt commend it because h'
wanted to go to Long Branch to spen'
his summers. If President Gariel
tries he can bring it about Bosto
Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
AuF Wiedersehen.

IN MEMORY OF JAMES TIoKNoR FIELDS.
Until we meet again That is the meaning
or the familiar words that men repeat
At parting in the street.
All, yes, till then but when death intervening
Rends us asunder, with what ceaseess pain
We wait for the Again
The friends who leave us do not feel the sorrow
OF parting as VIC feel it who must stay
Lamenting day by day.
And knowing, when we wake upon the morrow,
We shall not find in its accustomed place
The one beloved face.
1t we're double grief, if the departed
Being released from earth, should still retain
sense Of earthly pain
1t were double grief if the true-hearted
Who loved us here should on the further shore
Remember us no more.
Believing, in the midst of our Affections,
That death is a beginning, not an end
We cry to them, and send
Farewells, that better might be called predic-
tions,
Being foreshadowings of the future, thrown
Into the vast Unknown.
Faith overleaps the confines of our reason,
And if by faith, as in old times was said,
Women received their dead
Raised up to life, then only for a season
Our. partings are, nor shall we wait in vain
Until we meet again
Atlantic MOntbLu
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
ODDITIES.

The bee-beetle can draw forty times
its own weight.
At Blinah, Algeria, may be seen euca-
lypti, only five years old, sixty feet
high.
In the State Of New York setting fire
to an apple tree is known as arson in
the fourth degree.
Over sixty steamers plying in West
e1n and Southern waters have adopted
the electric light, thereby greatly les
sening the liability to accident from
fire.
Iron was so scarce in England during
the reign of Edward III. that the pots,
spits and frying-pans in the royal
kitchen were classed among the kings
jewels.
Six months ago a party of hunters
tried to smoke out fox that had taken
refuge in a hole ten miles west of Som
erset, Ky. In so doing they set fire to
bed of coal, which has been burning
ever since.
The sea-cucumber, one of the curious
jelly bodies that inhabit the ocean, can
practically efface himself when in danger
by squeezing the water out of his body
and forcing himself into a narrow crack
so narrow as not to be visible to the
naked eye. He can throw out nearly the
whole of his inside and yet live and
grow it again.
The octopus has a gland which Sc
cretes an inky fluid, and this he squirts
out, making thick, dark cloud behind
him which battles his pursuer at the
same time that it helps itself to dart
away. Mr.. Darwin asserts that the oc-
topus often takes deliberate aim at an
enemy when it squirts out this unpleas-
ant fountain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
A United States Boundary Line.

The northern boundary of this coun-
try is marked by stone cairns, iron pill
lars, wood pillars, earth mounds and
timber posts. A stone cairn is seven
and half feet by eight feet, an earth
mound seven feet by fourteen feet, an
iron pillar eight feet high, eight inches
square at the bottom and four inches at
the top, timber posts five feet high and
eight inches square. There are 382 of
these marks between the Lake of the
Woods and the base of the Rocky
mountains. That portion of the bound
ary which lies east and west of the Red
river valley is marked by cast-iron pill
lars at even mile intervals. The British
place one every two miles and the Uni
ted States one between each British
post. Our pillars or markers were
made at Detroit, Mich. They are hol-
low iron castings, three-eighths of an
inch in thickness, in the form of tIun-
Gated pyramid, eight feet high, eight
inches square at the bottom and four
inches at the top, as before stated.
They have at the top a solid pyramidal
cap, and at the bottom an octagonal
fange one inch in thickness. Upon the
opposite faces are cast in letters two
inches high the inscriptions, "Conven-
vention of London and October 20,
1915" The inscriptions begin about
four feet six inches above the base, and
read upward. The interiors of the
hollow posts are filled with well-sea-
soned cedar posts, sawed to fit, and Sc
curely spiked through spike holes cast
in the pillars for the purpose, The
average weight of each pillar is eighty
five pounds. The pillars are all set
four feet in the ground, with their in
scription facing to the north and south,
and the earth is we'll settled and
stamped about them. For the wooden
posts well-seasoned logs are selected,
and the portion above the ground
painted red, to prevent swelling and
shrinking. These posts do very we'll,
but the Indians cut them down for fuel,
and nothing but iron will last very
long. Where the line crosses lakes,
mountains of stone have been built, the
bases being in some places eighteen feet
under water and the tops projecting
eight feet above the lakes surface at
high-water mark In forests the line is
marked by telling the timber a rod wide
and clearing away the underbrush.
The work of cutting through the tim
bered swamps was very great, but it
has been we'll done and the boundary
distinctly marked by the commissioners
the whole distance from Michigan to
Alaska.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
WHAT'S NICKEL?


The Material Out OF. which Our Five-Cent
Coin is Made.
Since the convenient fve-cent coin
which, in common talk, is called ga
Nickel" has come into general circula-
tiion, the question above is asked either
mentally or morally hundreds of times
every day, and but few get an intelligent
answer. In China and India q white
copper, called pack tong, has long been
known, and has been extensively used
both there and in Europe for counter
feiting silver coin. About the year 100
peculiar ore was discovered in the cop
per mines of Saxony, which had the
appearance of being very rich, but
in smelling it yielded no copper,
and the miners called it kupfer-nickel,
or false copper In 1754 Constadt
announced the discovery of new
metal in kupfer-nickel, to which
he gave the name of nickel. It
was in combination with arsenic, from
which he could relieve it only in parts
The alloy of nickel and arsenic which
he obtained was white, brittle and very
hard, and had a melting point as nearly
as high as cast-iron. It was not until
1928 that pure nickel was obtained by
analysis of German silver, which had
for number of years been produced at
Suhl, in Saxony. It's composition was
ascertained to be copper ten parts, zinc
five and nickel four. If more nickel be
used the alloy is as white as silver and
susceptible of very high polish, but
becomes too brittle and hard to be ham
mered or rolled, and can be worked only
by casting. Pure nickel is a white metal
which furnishes readily in the air.
Unlike silver, it is not acted on
by the vapor of sulphur, and
even the strong mineral acids at
tract it but slightly. Nickel has the
hardness of iron, and, like it, has strong
magnetic properties, but cannot be
welded and is soldered with difficulty.
Pure nickel has heretofore been used
chiefly for plating, for which purpose its
hardness and power to resist atmospheric
influences admirably adapt it. Within
the last year the French have succeeded
in rolling the metal into plates, from
which spoons and other table furniture
may be pressed. Nickel bronze, which
consists of equal parts of copper and
nickel, with little tin, may be cast into
very delicate forms, and is susceptible
of high polish. Mines of nickel are
worked at Chatham, Conn., and Ian
caster, Penn, and it is said to be
found at Mine La Motto, Mo,
and at several points in Colorado
and New Mexico, where but little atten-
ton is paid to it. 1t is extensively
mined in Saxony and in Sweden, but
the discovery of a new ore IA silicate of
nickeD in New Caledonia, will probably
suspend the use of the arsenical ores,
and yet bring nickel into common use.
Switzerland, in the year 1882, made a
coin of German silver, which is identi-
cal in composition with our nickel
coin. The United States made nickel
cents in 1856, and eight years later
coined the five-cent pieces. Belgium
adopted nickel coinage in 1860 and
Germany in 1878. England has lately
coined pennies for } Jamaica, but at home
she and France adhere to the clumsy
copper small change.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
A bead City.

w. H. Howells, in one of his bool
of travel, speaking of the dilapidate
walls and towers of an ancient city, IL
scribes them as "mere phonognph.
consonants dumbly representing til
past, out Of which all vocal glory III
departed" The rapid changes of hab
tation in parts of our own country leay
silent examples to justify that strikir
figure quite as we'll.
Out in the White Pine district, n
vada, stands the city of Hamilton.
1869 there We're 10000 inhabitar
there. Now there are less than q
Great brick and stone blocks sta
tenantless, and rows of wooden buil
ings are vacant.
Every family has whole block
itself, or can have it if it wants to.
Detroiter and his friend rode ON hor
back through the deserted city, and
the inhabitants turned out 70 sos
sight of live stranger
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
Archaisms i'm the Revised New Testa.
ment.

UleuIs
Professor Fisher, of Yale, contributes
scholarly and thorough review OF
"The Revised New Testament to
Sribner, enumerating all the important
changes and on the whole commen ling
the conscientious and careful work of
the revisers, although he takes exception
In some few minor instances. After
giving several examples of the changes
made by the committee, he writes as
follows:
The authors of the New Revision,
had they undertaken to exclude all ar
chaisms, would have been obliged to go
farther in modifying the tone of the re-
ceived version than was necessary or
desirable. They have wisely decided to
retain such as are perfectly Ineligible
and cannot be dropped without dispell-
ing in some degree the atmosphere
that invests the ancient translation.
There is no objection to saying that Jo-
seph "minded to put her away privily'
Matt. i. 19). Every ones sees the
meaning of minded" at glance, with,
out reflection. In some instances, how
ever, archaic forms have been retained,
which are less agreeable, and which
might have been spared without the
least harm. Why was it necessary to re-
tain the word bewrayeth -" Thy
speech bewrayeth thee" Matt. XVI.
73)?
The difference between this word and
betrayeth," if there be any difference,
readers will not discern. In the Lord s
Prayer, why do we still read, (Which
art in heaven" for "who art in heavenY'
1t appears that the retention of (which"
is due to the English branch of the
board of revisers. 1t is a remarkable
fact that the English company, with the
uprightness which belongs to the char
actel of true scholars, and with genu-
inc English boldness in matter where
truth is at stake, do not hesitate to alter
the form of the Lords Prayer, by sub
stituting 4" as we have forgiven" for " as
we forgive and "deliver us from the
evil one," in the room of "deliver us
from evil, 1T is remarkable, we say,
that the same scholars should cling to
the old (which" for the modern and
more grammatical "who." Fearless in
revising the Greek text to make
it accord with the demands of
truth, they are excessively eau
tious about modifying the English
phrases which represent it. Owing to
the same mood of feeling they hold on
TO "whiles "-"w "whiles thou art in the
way with him " "-(Matt. V. 25) as if
"while" in the room of it were not
harmless, and a better word for the
modern ear. fit be asked why (which"
is kept in the Lords Prayer and
"whiles in the Sermon on the Mount,
the solution must be found in that tena-
cious conservatism in minor things
which belong, in unison with a cour-
ageous spirit of progress, to the Eng
lish mind, and is discerned in many
phenomena of English life. Why do
the boys in the great school at Win
chester still eat their supper off wooden
plates? Why do the lawyers and judges
still load their heads with ponderous
wigs? When such questions are an
swered the reason will perhaps be found
why the giving up of dear old (Which "
and "whiles" is a thing not to be
thought of.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
His Assets.

Here is a man who smiled at his pow
erty and wrote a list Of his assets in
iocular vein as follows:
/, A. b., solemnly declare
have but little money to spare.
have
/ little house,
/ little wife,
little boys,
2little trade,
2 little land, and
2 little money TO command.
Always willing to give his note--The
music teacher
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22
TERMS, $3.50 YEAR.

No subscriptions received for shorter
p NOD tlian three months.
correspondence solicited from all parts
ihc country. No notice will be taken of
anonymous communications.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-06-22

Ostriches, when the full number of
eggs has been laid, invariably place one
or two outside the nest-the nest con-
sisting naturally of a hollow scooped
out of the land by the action of the
wings and legs of the birds. 1t has
been found that these eggs are reserved
as food for the chicks, which are often
reared in natural stall miles away
from blade of grass or other food.
Old Commodore Ericsson in New
York IS still busily engaged On his solar
engine, which is to drive a locomotive
across the desert of Sahara by means Of
heat from the suns rays focused on
mirrors and directed upon a boiler,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-29
Measuring by the Eve

A correspondent Of the Boston Tran.
script suggests that children should be
exercised III measuring by the eve. He
says that years ago, when he went to
school In little weather beaten school
house, the scholars had most exciting
contests over the teachers fayerite ex.
ercise of having them estimate with the
eye the size end weight of different Oh
jects in the room.
He would hold up his cane and have
each scholar tell how long he thought it
was, and it was lucky child that could
come within half foot of the right
length.
He would measure an urchin and then
have the scholars try to reproduce the
measure on the wall. He would mark
off an inch, Or foot, or yard, in some
conspicuous place, and then see how
near anybody could come to chalkine
the same length upon the blackboard.
And it was astonishing how wide
astray one would go. The fact is, our
eyes deceived us ridiculously, even upon
the commonest things.
At first thought which would you saw
was the tllier, a 3-year-old child or q
barrel Of -four? And could anything
but actual measurement convince Won
that the same child is half as high a.
slX-footer?
There is an old saying that q child 2
years old is half as tall as he ever will
be, and after few experiments in meas
urng one can easily believe it, but not
before.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-29
THE NEW PosTMAsTHR-GRNERAL,

This gentleman, who has been
nominated and confirmed as the sue
cessor of Postmaster General James.
was born in Maine, in 1915, and emf
grated west when he was thirty
years of age. He is "a Stalwart
among Stalwarts, as the saving
goes, and has always been an active
and discerning politician. He has
served three terms in the Senate, the
last expiring in 1879; and III his as
sociations IN the Republican party
has been q close and confidential
friend Of Senator Conkling. Before
the close Of his last Senatorial term,
he distinguished himself by a very
severe attack upon the Southern
policy of the administration Of Presi-
dent Hayes, which commanded q
good deal Of attention at the period.
As lawyer, be is a gentleman OF
great experience and consummate
knowledge. He has spent his whole
life in the profession, and was fol-
several years judge of the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-29
A Down Town Merchant,

Having passed several sleepless nights, dis
turbed by the agonies and cries of a suffering
child, and becoming Convinced that Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing syrup was just the article needed,
procured supply for the child. On reaching
home aud acquanting his wife with what he had
done, she refused t have it administered to the
child as she was strongly in favor Of H0mgo-
pathy. That night the enid passed in suffering,
and the parents without sleep. Returning home
the day following, the father found the baby
still worse; and while c0ntemplat ng another
SleepleSs night, the moth r stepped from the
room to attend to some domestic duties. and left
the father with the child. During her absence
he administered portion of the Soothing Syrup
to the baby, and said no hing. That night all
hands slept VII. and the little fellow aWoke in
the morning bright and happy. TIE mother
was delighted with the sudden and wonderful
change, and although at first offended at the de-
ception practiced upon her, has continued to
use the Syrup, and suffering crying babes and
restless nights have disappeared. A single trial
Of the Syrup never yet ia led to relic the baby,
and overcome the preiudices of the mother
Sold by all Druggists. 25 cents bottle.