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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25
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WS. L. L. HTLDEBRAND. II. D.
 Nlr- and Residence. 2t4 Stone avenue.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25
The House Committees.

WASHINGTON, December 20.-Speaker Keller intends to announce the House committees next Wednesday, although the list Is not fully completed in all the details It Is practically certain that Page of California will be made Chair man of the Committee on Commerce and Pacheco on Private Land Claims.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25
Congressional

WASHINGTON, December 20.-Under supplemental call of the States in the House yesterday Berry introduced bill to restrict Chinese immigration, the main features of which are substantially iden- tical with other bills heretofore intro duced by Miller and Page. Berry also introduced bill to create new collec- tion district, with Humboldt as its port of entry, and appropriating S500,OO0 for the improvement of the bar of Hum- boldt bay. By Oury, for the appoint ment of a commission to ascertain the losses sustained by Arizona by reason fba Indian daDre6ationa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
scandiuayian Hospitality.

The most striking quality OF Scandi-
nayian character seems to be hospitali
ty. Throughout Norway, Sweden and
the far North the author was heartily
received by ever7 one, from the klpg IN
his palace to the Lsplander in his ten6.
During five years OF almost lncessant
travel. in the course of which every
mart of the peninsula was visited, Mr..
Du Chaillu was coolly treated Only once
The Swedes and Norwegians nave the
reputation of being reserved and COLO,
but this is true of them only when tney
meet strangers OF the class best sug-
cested by the word "tourist." 10 any
one whose interest in them cannot pe
measured by stare or two and rev
impertinent questions they are unsus-
nicious and communicative, es We'll as
cordial TO the verge of affection. Mr.
I'm Chaillu went among them freely,
conversed with them in their languages
wore garments like their own, and TOOK
| mart in their labofs, sports and ceremo'
pies The treatment he received IN re-
tnrn causes him to speak most eninu-
siastically in praise OF their sociH0iAisy
and kindness. - .4.;.,
Az in ali other countries that retain
nrirnitiyg habits, hospitality in scandl-
payia always implies eating ana drink @
inc inc The poorest farmer or fisherman
aI9avs has something to offer the visi-
tor. and lack of appetite Is genera.ly
construed as slight. The aRthor men men
tinns one decision on which, to ayolu ,l
hurting any ones feelings. he ate thirty 1.
times in two days, and drank thirty loIi 1
cnns ofcoffee Often strong cheese 20 %
feIed lust before a meal TO provoke ap
netile and in the cities formal dinner
!, ureceded by smorqas or lunen' AZ
toble crowded with alleged appetlz1seIss = >
On single smoygas table the aa.nIi no
noted smoked reindeer meat raw sal.
, mon with poached eggs, raw SAM, .in'a
! freshly salted, hard-boiled eggs, esviale aas :
fried sausage, anchovy, smoked e9os
hreast. cucnmbers, raw salt neIrlps : :
several kinds of cheese and as many
! bread. and a salad made OF piokleG, ne nei
: r;ng boiled meat, potatoes, eggs Dee'
= and onions. There We're also tnIe
> Iinds Linz of spirits on the table, ana l irol
I Al thaee and the various dishes the CUES
p beIned themselves bouniifuliy, 81
. then did Justice to an exeehent oinn'
: H1r,,e,'S Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A fish is a dependent creature, and it
never comes out of the water on its own
hook. .-iSteuben0ilIe Herald
"How does that SCOT you?" asked
the chimney. "I think that you are
thing of fues habits, 4 answered the
poker.
II is not strange that when the sexton
peals the wedding bells the contracting
parties should be paired off, Toledo
american.
A boot and shoe shop hangs out the
sign: +" Cast iron lasts" We ali know
it does, but we don't want any boots
made of it.
When the ruined physician placed his
door.p plate in pawn he was heard to re-
mark: CHAD I signed the pledge, |
would not now have to pledge my sign.
A church choir consists of one ac-
complished musician and lot OF other
folks who are densely ignorant OF music.
The accomplished one is the one you
are talking with.
An old man who had been badly hurt
in railroad collision, being advised to
sue the company for damages, said
"Wal, no; not for damages. I've had
enough of them but I'll just sue EN-
for repairs"
A group of superstitious folks wero
talking over charms, amulets, fetiches
and the subject of luck generally. AN
old uncle of mine." says one OF them,
finally, "when he died, bequeathed me
a talisman, thanks to which l have al.
ways got along well in tho world" "
"And it WASP" FIFTY thousand a
year." ),
clay off your overcoat or you wont
feel it when you go out" said the land
lord of Western inn to guest who
was sitting by the fire that's WHAT
I'm afraid Of" returned the man
esThe last time / was here | laid oil my
overcoat. I didn't feel it when ] went
| out. AMI I haven't felt it since. - Ct'a-
} cinmoti Saturday Night.
A MATTER OF PRONUNCIATION.
: Said Master Jones, 'Now must we go
7 without delay to the dee-pot."
] Laughed sweet Miss Jones, :" should say So
Let's start at once to the day-pot."
Smiled Mrs Jones, "In quick rtep, oh,
a Well all run down to the dep-Pot."
5 Groaned Mr.. Jones, " It's mighty hot
To drive you all to the dee-pot."
i. These conflicts of pronunciation
Would not be if they'd call it !" station"
-NorTistoton Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
Enbalning.

The origin of the practice OF en-
balming is lost in antiquity, and Oh the
many suggestions offered as to the
motive for it the most plausible one,
and the one still active, is the desire
to preserve from the natural processes
of destruction the forms of those
specially worthy of honor. Whether or
not any views of the immortality of the
soul or of the resurrection OF the pouy
may have originally led to this practlce
we cannot pretend to discuss here. IL
is custom singularly at variance with
the operation of natural laws, but quite
as obviously in harmony with the nat
ural desires of the bereaved. 1t has ex-
cited but small attention in this country
of recent years, though so great man
as William Hunter made strenuous et-
forts to perfect system of embalming.
At the present day the Italians are the
great proficients in the ant, which is
mainly practiced by professors OF an
atomy, who endeavor to keep their par
ticular mode profound secret, and let
mystery screen from view the compo-
sition of the ingredients used. One
element commonly employed is salt
of zinc or arsenic. The objects to be
aimed at, in addition to the prime one
of the delay or entire prevention OF de,
composition, are the maintenance OF
the natural contour and cclor and the
smallest possible disturbance OF the
corpse. The italian professors EN-
balm without evisceration, injecting
their fluids into the aorta, and by theil
preparations they are able to preserve
the features quite unaltered, or rather
with all the wrinkles aud burrows OF age
OF disease obliterated; the body assumes
a pure white color, and in few hour
the hardness of marble, and is thel
} practically indestructible. We have no
} yet heard what method of embalminI
was employed in the case OF Genera
Garfield, but from the fact that tn
features had changed color we pres I'M
8 1t was not the Italian, nor one so pertec
: in its results The Italians still Prae
tice in some cases a process OF petrlfa6
: ton, by which corpses become so mar
e that they can be submitted to the sculI
t tors chisel and preserved as articles
: furniture or vertu.- London Lancet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
An Ark Built in Fear of Another Deluge

A few miles below Ohio, Ala, there
is an old negro named Moses, who
claims he had revelation from the
Lord. in which he received information
that the world would again be destroyed
Inv water. He was so convinced that
the destruction would be by water that
he at once began the work of building
an ark. He has thus been engaged Tor
several months, and the result OF his
labors may be easily seen from the
river. This ark is very unlike the rep
resentations of the one built by Father
Noah. and would doubtless not with
stand any severe gales, such as might
be expected in cruise of forty days
and nights. The oddly construeted
vessel or house is placed on high HILL
ready for the rising water. 1t IS com
posed of several apartments, about five
feet wide and ten feet long, which aiC
placed on top of each other. Each has
small portico, and spires, with feather
as ornaments. Approaching the dwell
ing of the negro, one has to pas
through q very elaborately decorated
arbor over the entrance to which ar
the words: Welcome, peace, rest ant
happiness" - Columbus Inquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
Man.

Like to the falling of star,
Or as the flights Of eagles are;
Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue.
Or silver drops of morning dew !;
Or like wind that chafes the Hood.
Or bubbles which our water stood;
Even such is man whose borrowed light
Is straight called in, and paid to night,
The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
The spring entombed in autumn lies;
The dew dries up, the star is shot;
The fight is past--snd man forgot.
DR.. Henry King
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
TERMS ti.So YEAR.
The Deserted Mill,

The Deserted mill.
Drip, drip, drip
The eager flow is still,
And only drops of water fall
Beneath the unused mill.
All moldy are the bags Of meal,
And moss is grown upon the wheel,
So silent and so still.
Drip, drip, drip,
Upon the fruitful fern;
Tho silent timbers Of the wheel
Are powerless to turn,
And where blade of grass is seen,
The gaping joints 1t grows between,
Parted, will not return.
Drip, drip, drip,
Into the stagnant pool
Where glides the spotted water snake,
Among the crosses cool,
And, silent in his coat of mail,
All Shiny creep the cautious snail
Upon the window stool.
Drip, drip, DRIP,
Upon the oakon floor,
And broken from its rusty lock,
Hangs, silently, the door,
Save, when gust Of wind goes past,
It groans upon one hinge still fast,
Then silent as before.
Drip, drip, drip,
Upon the rotten deal,
Between the timbers in the roof
The shadows softly steal;
And from q corner of the house
Slyly peeps forth the cunning mouse
That cats the moldy meal.
Drip, drip, drip,
Upon the well-worn stone,
While blucllies at the window buzz,
Monotonous in tone.
No moro the miller grinds his corn,
For he, good man, is dead and gone,
Tho mill is lot alone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
TWO SECRETS.

LoNd Sutton, good-lookipg, manly
yo ing fellow, leaning on the halI-open
field cate, looked earnestly il the face
OF tn, Young girl on the opposite side
of the fence.
She shrank from meeting his eye as
she answered:
Al am not accustomed to saying what
don't mean,p
indus;riously with a bit OF wiid-rose
stem upon the trunk OF the beech tree
which overshadowed them. Suddenly
she discovered that she was uncon.
sciously tracing over the initials LIS.
and "H. W."-the latter her own-cut
in the beech bark. She hastily with
drew her hand and threw away the rose
stem.
UDo YOU remember what you said to
me. Hetty, the day cut those letters r
asked the young man.
Something foolish, dare say" she
answered, with affected carelessness.
"You told me you loved me" he
said, in low voice.
Hetty stopped and plucked sprlg OF
clover.
"Perhaps 1 thought SO, then," she
sad, intently examining the blossoms.
"And only discovered your mistake
when this rich popinjay from the city
made his appearance" said Lloyd, bit
terly.
She looked up with fash at hel
dark ewes. She knew very we'll that she
was doing something unworthy OF her
and lowering herself in Loyd's opinion
=, HIM min and his re
proach stung her.
st have right to like or dlslik
whom please" she said, haughtlly.
He seized an unlucky grasshoppe
which at that moment lighted near hi
hand and sayagely crushed it to death
Hetty looked at him in surprise.
was SO unlike Lloyd to deliberately hun
"You are cruel /" she said, indiG
nantly.
,'Not half so cruel as you. Hetty,
had no idea you were so heartless an
mercenary."
The word escapedl him unaware
Hetty flushed hotly.
off that is your opinion OF me yo
ought to be glad to have found me Of
in time," she said.
Perhaps ought" he retorted, bi
terly.
fThen hope you will be satisfied
as am r. -,
She gathered up the skirt of her bl'
lawn dress and turned away. Lo,
passed through the gate and walked
her side along the grassy meadoW-pat
81 didn't mean to offend you, H'
ty." he said, in more subdued tone.
az am not offended. don't in t
least care for your opinion of me"
piled Hetty, biting her lip and turnl
away her face that he might not see
tears in her eyes.
They had reached point where
pathway branched right and left, a
coming along the latter was port
fashionably-dressed, middle-aged M
twirling a cane, with which he was
capitating the tall weeds and te
daisies. On catching sight OF Hetty
quickened his pace.
Mr.. Frisbee will see me home.
won't trouble you further, MIR. suite
said Hetty, with an air Of great dlgnl
as she took step to the left.
Now, this left-hand track was
most direct and frequented way
Hetty's home; but the right hand pi
way, leading along the little stream
alder hedge, had ever been the favo
with herself and Lloyd.
The young man paused now,
standing just where the two dlyerl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

Mr. Mulhan, leading Eagi9IG I,,i.a5 s.s,
tistieian, estimates that InS - tbe
a'seos aso % nt least So 500, coo day, er IN
round numbers, at yoo,Vo0,0ooi ',lo''s ,,,int
year, and that all the iaalc"iSps oas ;tion ''
~ continuance Of this conai'son'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

A Southern journal says this years
rice crop in the Gulf states will reach
one hundred and fifty million bushels.
It is predicted that the rice industry
will soon rival that OF sngRr growing ~
Louisiana.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
FACTS AND COMMENTS,

A convention of humorous paragraph
ers is talked of. The unfortunate city
upon which this somber affection will
fall has not yet been named. .sAa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

It is found that the effect of the elt No
trio light in conservatories is stimulal :
ing 20 the vitality of the plants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

Thousands of families have had occasion to
trv the neyer-failmg qualities of Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup, and they all unite in the praise
Of this wonderful prescription
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

though open-air life is so favorable TO
health, yet it has the apparent effect OF
stunting the growth in early youth.
Thus. while the children of well-to-do-
parents, carefully housed and tended,
are found to be taller for their age than
the children of the poor, they are not
SO strong in after years; the laborer 8
children, for instance, who play in the
lonely country roads and fields all day
whose parents lock their humble doors
when leaving for work in the morning,
so that their offspring shall not gain
entrance and do mischief, are almost in
variably short for their age; the chill
dren of working farmers exhibit the
same popularity. After sixteen or eigh-
teen-after years of hesitation, as 1t
were-the lads shoot up, and become
great, hulking broad fellows, possessed
of immense strength. According to
these statements, it would seem that in
door life forces the egrowth at the wrong
deriod, and thus Injuries. is it soP
An old lady in Montreal is in a posi-
tion to sympathize will King Lear. She
some time since divided her property
among her children with the under
standing that they should support, her
One of them has refused to contribute
and she has been compelled to BRING
suit against him. No doubt she now
thinks that it would have been wiser Il
she had kept possession of her property
until her death, and then left it for hes
heirs to fight over. She made the mis-
take SO common to parents OF thinking
that her children were all that wa
good, upright and honorable. 1t il
proper and fitting that men and womel
should love and cherish their own, bu
parental affection should not blind peo
ple to the faults of their offspring. III
easy unconcern with which it is assumes
by many that their children require n
restraints that they are incapable
wrong-doing-has often been prodIuti
tive Of most calamitous results. Th1
fact is accepted without question; ye
: the lesson it teaches is to great exten
lost.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23
Rates Of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements eol-
lseted quarterly. Temporary advertise
r.ents must be paid for in advance.
JOB work. Cash on Delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

a foreign scientific journal remakrs,
"a ,s curious physiological fact, that al
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

Widowers will be in the ascendancy
in Washington this season, as the
President is widower, the new British
minister is also, and 80 is Mr.. Allen, the
Hawaiian minister, now the dean OF the
diplomatic corps. There are also sew
eral yidowers in each house of Con-
gress. Among the senatorial widowers
are Anthony, David Davis, and Jones, OF
Florida. Senator Ferry is a bachelor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

A Chicago correspondent, looking
over a mercantile directory for 1872,
finds on the black list the entry: w
Guiteau, Charles J., lawyer" Turning
to the definition of the letter ~" he
finds: ''Z-Income uncertain and often
precarious. Defer indefinite the pay
ment of debts. Lawsuits to collect
same would be useless. No credit or
favors should be given"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

The English postofice authorities are
trying the experiment of supplying
postmen in country districts with
bicycles and tricycles. This has been
done particularly in Ireland, where the
distances to be traversed by foot-mes-
sengers are longer than in Great Britain.
The authorities are watching the ex-
pertinent with a considerable degree of
interest, owing to the fact that not a
few casualties have occurred in the use
of their new means of locomotion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
Sounding for Alligators.

1t is q very rare occurrence that Sib.
ley Lake, just west of this city, be-
comes dry. During the summer months
there have always existed holes which
became the resort of alligators. This
year the continued drought has evapo-
rated even this customary moisture,
leaving only few slush spots So
Last Saturday q party of citizens re-
paired to, the lake. armed with long
rods of iron and ropes, for the purpose
of destroying the alligators which.
from time immemorial, have infested
this place. These reptiles had buried
themselves deep in the moisture of the
lake bed, and were easily discovered
by the huge burrows in the ground, the
entrances to which,were worn smooth
by the passage of the ugly denizens.
The modus operandi of catching them
was to thrust long rod, with q hook
formed at one end and turned down.
ward, into ono of these caverns and
stir up the occupant. 1t would inv:Hi-
ably snap at the object of the disturb
ance, and a jerk fastened the hook in
to the soft part of the lower jaw. when
it was drawn forth and dispatched with
hatchet. The party killed six of the
amphibious reptiles, one measuring
nine feet, two about seven feet, two six,
and one five feet. m
A number of loggerheads of the ma
rino species of turtles were also killed.
These were found buried in tho mud by
sounding with rod, and then hooked
and dragged to the surface. One of
the party declared that there was
layer of them beneath the surface, they
were so numerous. and the sport of
killing them was too tame and lahori-
Gus to afford any Observation-Disclosures
t0ches Tt,tdicdtor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
The Fall of the Steam Engine.

The steam engine has been coming
in for some disparagementa at the meet
ing of the British Association. Accord
ing to some leading members of the
body the steam engine has had its day
Its part is played. Itsswin. before
long, we are assured, be seen only in
museums. 1t is needless to say, how.
ever, that the scientific men of the
British Association do not speak lightly
of the steam engine for the same
reasons which induce Mr.. Ruskin to
condemn and denounce it Mr.. Ruskin
objects to all inventions and appliances
which bring crowds of uncultured per-
sons to interfere with the meditative
seclusion of the cultured few. or the
cultured one; which enable rude in
quiring tourists to roam over hillside
and lakeside. and Ito spoil for him the
earth and the skies.'' Inc scientific
men object to the steam engine, and
talk slightingly of it. because they think
it is not up to the work which the age
requires; because it spends too much
force with too little result They want
a better force than that which drives
the steam engine, more locomotion,
quicker travel, involving. of course,
greater diffusion than ever Of the un-
cultured among the scenes hitherto
claimed by some as sacred to the cul-
tured. For ourselves we have no rooted
prejudice in favor of the steam engine.
We are quite willing that it should 90.
if only something better. swifter. safer.
and less noisy should come to take its
place. II had its merits, undoubtedly,
and was a very useful piece of ,nechai,-
ism in its day. But if its day be done.
We are quite ready to welcome the COM
ing guest. and speed the parting one to
its place in the Sonth Kensington Mu-
Daily NcWs. agf.,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
General Custer.

A recent letter to the Chicago Jour
nat says:
General Custer hoped to have sur
priscd the Sioux. and supposed when
he struck the first blow that he had
done so. but on the contrary Sitting
Bull had scouts out watching his ap-
proach all through the forenoon of the
fatal day on which the fight took place.
who frequently reported to their Chief
the progress of the column, SC that the
Indians, as already seen. were fully
prepared for their enemy when he
arrived,
Many of the facts stated here have
only lately been obtained from the
Sioux who surrendered last Winter
with Sitting Bull, and have never been
published. Some of them were also
obtained from Crow scout namc'l
"Curley," who was with Custer up 10
nearly the time the action began. but
who then deserted the column, skulkcd
out of sight. and watched the fight
from a safe distance. For long time
he refused to talk, but through repeated
questionings has at last told what he
knows of it.
The monument that has lately been
erected in compliance with an order
from the Secretary of War. stands upon
the top of q hill overlooking the entire
field occupied by both forces during
the action, and is within few feet OF
the spot where the body of General
Custer aud those of seven of his men
lay in heap when found by the troops
who arrived upon the scene the next
day.
It is Of Vermont granite. and is in
the form of low obelisk in two blocks
resting upon q step. 1t is in three;
pieces, weighing respectively 10. 600.
IL. 200 and IA. 600 pounds. The step or
base is six feet square aud the obelisk is
four feet square at the base. tapering
to two and half feet at the top. The
total height is thirteen and half feet.