The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-03-23

fashion, water Will be scarce west OF
Chicago.
According to the Boston Economist,
the total production of gold in 1880
throughout the world amounted to
$11s, 100000 1883, 100000 of which was
produced in America); of silver, $94,-
100000 (of which $76,000,0 900 was pro-
duced in America); total of both, $212,-
100000. The largest production in any
one year was in 1853-of gold, 1885,
100000; silver, $49, 100000 total of
both, 1886, 100000. Since that year the
annual product of gold has diminished
one-half, and that of silver has nearly
doubled.
Some cavalrymen near the Cape of
Good Hope were in a heavy thunder
storm. A flash of lightning flung sew
enteen horses with their riders to the
ground, killing ten men and five horses
on the spot. Those who were not killed
were all seriously injured, and it was long
before animation could be restored in
the case of seven of the men. All the bits
and stirrup-irons were blackened, and
many of the men, though personally un-
injured, had their clothing rent by the
force of the electric discharge. The
greatest difficulty was naturally expert
enced in preventing a general stampede
among the frightened horses.
Paul Boyton, the celebrated swimmer,
is believed to have fallen victim in the
war between Peru and Chill. The Pitts
burg (Pa.) Commercial says: Last
fall he entered into a contract with the
government of Peru to superintend a
torpedo service, for which he received
q magnificent remuneration. Nothing
has been heard from him since Christ
mas, although previous to that he wrote
weekly to an intimate friend in this city.
In his last letter he inclosed his will,
and said that the enemy were advancing
and that he believed he would not sur
vive the impending battle. The long
silence has filled his friends with alarm
He is believed to have been killed.
The protection which common law
affords to trademark property has again
been exemplified in the suit brought by
John W. Carroll, tobacco manufacturer,
of Lynchburg, Virginia, against Philip
HI. Ertheiler, cigarette manufacturer
of Philadelphia. Judge Butler, in the
United States circuit court at Phila-
delphia, granted the plaintiff a per-
petual injunction restraining the de-
fendant from using the formers trade
mark, "Lone jack" as a brand for
cigarettes. Carroll adopted the brand
for smoking tobacco in 1868, and proved
continuous use since that time. A
curious feature of the case is that the
court has decided that cigarettes are
"only form of smoking tobacco" The
defendant was ordered to pay the
plaintiff $4,000 as compensation for
profits diverted from him by reason of
the infringement on his brand.
A French chemist claims to be able
to create thunder-storms at pleasure,
each one having an area of six miles
square. 1t is hoped he will be sup
pressed before his secret is made known
to the public. If the people generally
were to possess such gift, the thunder
storms would average at least one q day
all the year round. A Sunday-school
couldn't have a picnic without some
mean member of an opposition church
bringing down a thunderstorm upon
their heads. This wouldn't be so bad,
however, for Sundey-school picnics are
accustomed to such things; but imagine
how it would be during a presidential
campaign 1t would be impossible to
have torchlight procession without hav-
ing thunderstorm at the same time.
The Democrats would make it rnpleas-
ant for the Republican turn-outs and the
Republicans would drench the Demo
cratic demonstrations. The French
chemist can't be swept out of existence
a minute too soon.-NmristO,Dn Herald.
The report of the Massachusetts COM
missioners of prisons shows that there is
a steady decrease in the number of per-
sons confined in penal institutions in the
Bay State. The population of all these
institutions-State and county-includ-
ing prisoners waiting trial, was A, 400 al
the close of September, 1879, and only
1891 on the, same date last year. The
average for 1879 was 4, 444, and for 1880
4,107. This reduction is chiefly due tC
! the operation of the new law for the
punishment of drunkenness. The re
port says: "About ninety per cent. O.
the persons committed to all the prisons
] are incorporate. The entire number o.
commitments for 1880 to all the prisons
on sentences were II, 053. OF these, 10,
434 were sent for drunkenness and 52S
as common drunkards-a total of 10, 962
Deducting these from the total shows
, 6,09l persons committed for other of
| fenses. About ZOO of these, or nearl,
? twenty-eight per cent, were temperate
! and the remainder We're intemperate.
, A table is given showing that there hai
\ been a decrease in the net expenses q
the county prisons from S276376 il
1S76 to $500. 723 in 1890