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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15
AND HATS,

And in fact, every article needed in
the Household, or on the Farm, is de.
termined not to be OvershadOwed or IN.
dersold by any other merchant.
Cash advances made on all consign.
ments of cotton or country produce.
Liberal terms offered to oil purchasers Of
merchandise. The favor Of visit Il
anxicusly hoped for.
Oct. 23-tf.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

How to avoid drowning-stay at
home.
Advice to a married man Pnta safety
valve upon your self-esteem il You do
not want to get "blown up"
"I would not strike you for $40, said
j., playfully, to his friend e. well,
you would not get it if you did, replied
E.-Philadelphid Stta.
ooh. why should the spirit of mortal be proud"
Or take in its strength such boastful delight,
A single bald hornet can scatter a crowd,
And q wasp that means business can put y
to flight.
"You want o fogging, that's what
you want" said parent to an unruly
son. 81 know it, dad, but Ill try to get
along without it," said the independent
brat.
Lesson for young housekeepers--
"How can you tell young fowl from
an old one2" "By the teeth?" "But
fowls have no teeth I" 81 know they
haven't, but / have p
A newly married couple riding IL =
carriage, were overturned, whereupon q
standerby said it was ga shocking
sight" eyes," said the gentleman, ITO
see those Just welded fall out so soon.'
A clergyman remarked the other day:
"Alasl how times changel In the Old
Testament days it was considered mir
acle for an ass to speak, and now It
seems as though nothing short ola mir
acle would keep one quiet"
The cable has informed us that the
czar and the Emperor William kissed
each other when they met at Dantzig;
but it forgot to add that after the oscu !.
lation the czar gave significant sniff
and remarked in an "aside": "Great
Caesar, Bill you've been eating Linn
burgerl"
A young lady became so much els
satisfied with gentleman to whom the
was engaged to be married that she dis
missed him. In revenge he threatened
to publish her letters to him. "Veiy
well," replied the lady. 81 have no rea-
son to be ashamed of any part Of my
letters, except the address"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
A Miners Experience.

He was on his way home from Lead
Vile. He had on ragged old summer
suit, bad hat, and he had been taking
his meals thirty hours apart to make
his money carry him through.
eyes; I like the country out that
way" he replied to the query. "The
climate is good, the scenery is fine, and
some of the people are honest as needs
be. The trouble is knowing how to take
the bad ones"
az should think that would he easy"
eyes, it looks that way; but 1 had
some experience. am the original
diskiverer of the richest mine around
Leadville. Yes, I am the very man,
though you couldn't think it to look at
these clothes"
"Then you don't own it nowP p
"Not bit of it,"
/. Chow is that"
"Well, l was looking around the
hills and found signs. l collected some
specimens for assay, stabed off claim
and went off to the assayers. 1t was two.
days before he let me know that l had
struck the richest ore that he had ever
assayed and then hurried back to my
claim. Hang my buttons if it hadn't
been jumped"
"How?'
"Why, gang of sharpers had found
the spot and built up pole shanty and
hung out the sign of the First Baptist
church over the door True as shoot
ing they had, and the law out there is
that no man can sipk shaft within 200
feet of church building. They saw
me coming, and when got there they
were holding revival. There was six
of them, and they got up one after the
other and told how wicked they had
been and how sorry they we're, and
would you believeitP--t they had the cheek
to ask me to lead off in singing. went
to law, but they beat me. Three days
after came the verdict, the First Bap-
tist church had burned down, and be
fore the ashes we're cold the eongrega-
tion we're developing mine worth
$3, 100000. You see didn't know
how to take them.
"Was there any particular way to
take them?"
"You bet there was. ought to
have opened on the revival with Win
chester rifle and given the coroner $50
for verdict that they came to their
death from too much religion. Sad
Lgke Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
Witehcraft in Germany

Accusations of witchcraft and NAL
treatment of supposed witches by the
illiterate country people are still things
of frequent occurrence in Germany. A
recent number of the Danziger Zeitung
tells of an incident of this kind in the
village of Stangenwalde, where an old
lone woman was accused of having be-
witched an invalid widow, because, as
the latter was driving past the others
.hut, her horse suddenly came to stop.
This was assumed to be owing to the
old woman's occult influence, and to
prove that the widows illness had been
caused by her. The old creature, fright
ened out of her senses, was dragged to
the widows bedside and subjected to
various torments to coerce her into ex-
pelling the devil from her victim. This
mode of procedure failing, she was COM
PEELED to inhict cuts in three of her
fingers and permit the widow to suck
her blood, after which the invalid i'm
mediately began to feel better. 1t was
then proposed to hang the witch, and a
rope was fastened around her neck,
while the crowd beat her about the
head and face with slippers and shoe
makers lasts. She was finally rescued
but in dangerously injured condition.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
Fishing for AlIIgntOrs.

Fishing for alligators in the soft mud
of an uncovered lake bottom is form
of the anglers sport which probably
Isaak Walton in his most halcyon mo-
ments never dreamed of but it is pre-
cisely this which has been going on near
Natchitoches, La. Sibley lake, just
west of that city, has become almost en-
tirely dry during thesummer's drought,
and the alligators which infest it have
sought solace and refreshment by bury
ing themselves deep in the moisture OF
the lake bed. Their whereabouts are
easily discovered by the huge burrows,
the entrances OF which have been worn
smooth by the passage of their ugly
denizens. A party of men from Natchi-
toches recently visited the spot for the
purpose of extracting q few of these
alligators from their soft places.
Their method of procedure was to
thrust long iron rod with hook at
one end into one of these caverns and
stir up the occupant, who would natu-
rally close his ponderous jaws upon the
intruder. With that accomplished
nothing remained but to draw tho rep
tile to the surface and dispatch it with
hatchet. In this manner six alliga-
tors, one of which was nine feet long,
were killed in a short time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
In the ParthenOn.

Colonel John NJ Francis tells the fol-
lowing incident of the historian Ban
croft's visit to Athens in 1872, while the
former was minister to Greece and the
latter minister to Berlin. Mr.. Francis
went with him to the Acropolis by
moonlight. Standing in the Parthe-
non, on the spot where the statue of
Minerva in ivory and gold once had its
location, but where only the : latform
now remains, Mr.. Bancroft, with un-
covered head and eyes slightly raised,
repeated with spontaneous inspi-
ration magnificent passage
from Homer. The scene was inn
pressive the moonlight flooding those
ancient ruins and gliding the figure of
that snowy-headed pilgrim from our
occidental shores, august with official
honors, past and present, OF great re-
public, but more august as a citizen OF
high rank in the imperishable republic
of letters. Whole centuries OF higa
achievements and aspiration and pro-
gress, the stately march of thought and
culture and genius through the ages
and afar over the broad seas Seemed
epitomized in that one exalted momer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
White Elenhants.

A sure way to gain the favor of either
the king of Burma or the king of Siam
is to present him with white elephant.
Hence, whenever there are reports of
such an animal having been discovered
anywhere, there are always prospecting
parties who set out from both Burma
and Siam to determine whether it is
really what it is represented to be. It
is therefore somewhat surprising to find
that the agents of a menagerie have
managed to step in before the vigilant
Oriental elephant-seekers and carry off
what is asserted to be the first white
elephant ever landed in Europe. Scien-
tific observers will no doubt inspect the
new arrival and determine his right to
the description given to him. Pending
their verdict, it may be worth while
perhaps, to consider the Burmese test
points of an albino elephant.
White crows, rats, mice and hares,
are common and easily distinguished;
but it is different with white elephant.
He is not to be considered as snow
white; very far from it. All the white
elephants now existing in Siam and
Burma are of light mouse-color, some
what of the same tint as the pale freckles
to be found on the trunk of ordinary
elephants. This light gray is uniform
all over, the spots on the trunk being
white. The depth of the color, how
ever, varies greatly, and there are often
blemishes in the shape of darker patches
which would seem to ruin an otherwise
eligible candidates claim. 1t has been,
therefore, found necessary to determine
some infallible test points, which will
demonstrate the right of the ami
NAL to his title. The Burmese skilled
men fix upon two of these tests as su.
perior to all others. One is that the
elephant shall have five toes instead oil
four.
This is a good way of making GER
tain; but occasionally there are indubi.
tably black elephants which have the
sacred number of toes. These are
white elephants debased by sin, labor
ing under the evil Kharma of previous
existence, and therefore ineligible fol
the honors accorded to the real animal
The other test is considered perfectly
decisive, no matter what the precise
tint of the skin may be. 1t is this: II
you pour water upon "white" elephant
he turns red, while black elephant
only becomes blacker than ever. This
is the final test always resorted to in
Mandalay. It may be hoped that the
animal recently landed will pass these
two tests triumphantly. If he does
Theebau will tremble for his throne
and will take no more pleasure in the
monoOolies he has been institutino s(
lavishly of late.-.S. James Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
TERMS, s1.SO YEAR.
Reconciliation.

II thou vert lying cold and still and white,
In deaths embrace, oh, mine enemyl
think that If came and looked on thee
I should forgive; that something in the sight
0f thy still face would conquer me- by right
or deaths sad impotence, and 1 should see
How pitiful thing IL is TO ben
At foud with aught that's mortal.
SO, tonight,
MY SOUL unfurling hor white flag of peace
Forestalling that dread hour when we may meet,
The dead face and the living-fain would cry
Across the years, ooh, let our warfare ceasel
Life is SO short, and hatred is not sweet;
Let there be peace between us ere we die"
Caroline A. Mason, in Scribner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
A PolIce Cantain,s Rnse.

A Chicago police captain arrested a
wife murderer, but could not find the
remains of the woman, and the case
seemed likely to fall through. Knowing
that the prisoner would be speedily
discharged unless some proof was forth
coming, the captain entered the cell
with a paper in his hand, and said I:
"Your wife isn't dead, after all. She
was found alive where you left her.
She wants to see YOU" The murderer
was completely deceived. On the way
to the hospital, as he supposed, he was
induced to tell where he had shot his
wife, and there the body was found.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02
"Yours to command,
WMIRANpA STEBBINs.

On the first Sunday in December--a
bright, beautiful day-the "First church
in Buzzville" wss crowded to its utmost
capacity. The presentation had taken
place the evening before, and consisted
in the coat being sent over at the hands
of the tailor's boy, with a note contain
ing the names of the fair donors.
All eyes and ears were therefore agog
to see the parson in. his new habili-
ments, and to hear how he returned
thanks. AS he went up the broad aisle
every neck was craned to catch sight
of the new coat, and many nudges and
smiles were given to express the general
satisfaction that was bubbling over in
the audience.
After the first prayer; with few pre-
liminary "hems," the parson stood up
and began to unburden his mind of the
deep debt of gratitude that seemed to
weigh him down.
"Hem! It gives me great pleasure" +"
he mumbled; then sought relief in his
handkerchief, which being in the depths
of his left-hand pocket, required a
strong pull and long pull to get it
out. "Hemp
Whiz-rustle-w some small white
object out beneath the parsons hand up
into the air then it settled slowly, and
made its way down, down toward the
floor, when it fiuttered moment, TO
land in the second pew from the front,
directly in Deacon Higby's lap The
two boys leaned past their mother to
see the sight, and almost laughed aloud.
They didn't laugh again for many day !
The deacon heard the concluding
words of Parson Blodgett's acknowledge
ment, who, now that he had his hand
kerchief, was all right; then he slowly
unfolded the paper in his hand and
examined its contents.
Which done, he turned and took a
long, deliberate look at his two sons,
who were placidly observing the erratic
movements of belated fly on the cell
ing.
Miss Mirandy Stebbin's letter, though
not in the way she had intended, finally
reached the minister's hand, and she
had full revenge; so also was the soul
of 'Biah Williams fully satisfied.
But those "tWo noble lads" the
deacon's sons, had the iolliest whipping
ever known, and it wasn't safe to say
" sewing society" to them for one good
pell.-HarpeT's BGSar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02

We can, without hesitation, say thatDr. Bulls
Cough Syrup has given the best satisfaction.
We have sold an immense amount OF II during
the past winter. WALLACE, HILTON q CO.,
Druggists, Lock Haven, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02

81 never see such eaters, said muf-
fed voice. The remark was addressed,
in the depths of big closet full of all
sorts of family lumber and cast-of arti-
cles, to another person whc, like the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02

self, her false teeth being out and care
fully placed on the bureau. 81 never
was so insulted in my life. That little
fat chunk of Miss Bisbee, too, to do
it An Miss Highly to set by an see
'em, an never say a word! I'll be up
to 'em, WILL"
Thereupon she blew out the candle,
and hounced her thin frame down into
the middle of her feather-bed, trying to
think of something bad enough to sat
isfy her thirst fol revenge. Suddenly
she sprang into sitting posture.
"Tll git straight up now an write it
down, before forgit it," she cried, in
great excitement, "for never ii git
it into my head so good again"
And clambering out of bed, she groped
around in the dark to light her candle,
when she proceeded to slip her feet into
some flannel slippers, and herself into
monstrous bed-gown of wonderful
pattern.
"There, now, what was it? Let me
see," she said, scratching her head with
the end of a rusty penholder that she
had with great difficulty found, after
much rummaging in the bureau drawer.
ooh, yes, that was it. Yes, now,
then"
The old pen scraped its way over the
small NANCY piece of paper that Miss
Mirandy considered suitable for the oc-
casion, Antil these words appeared:
"REvEREND MISTER B1oDGETT, DEAR
SIR" On second thoughts, consider
ing the "Dear Sir" too familiar, she
had, with extreme pains, marked it
over, while blush few over her spare
countenance, and lighted up the dismal
bedgown.)
"REvEREND MISTER B1oDGETT, There
bein' an Effort started afoot to give you
coat, l wish to state out of profound
respeck to yourself and Mis-. Blodgett
an"-here Miss Mirandy, finding still
quite q stock of respect left within her
bosom, concluded to bestow it literally,
so she added, with extra fourishes-
can your whole inclusive family, that I
had the honor to propose the coat, an
should had the extreme pleasure of
presentin it in way suitable to the
ocashun, if that insidious creature Mis-.
Seth Bisbee hadn't insulted me at the
SEWN society this evenin at Mis-. Dea-
con Higbys. She started all those la
dies to talk awful about me, behind
my back, when / wasn't there; but Tom
and Joe Highly are noble lads, an they've
Jest ben an told me all about it. So
pardon my assumption in writin', an be-
lieve I would q give fer the coat if I'd
ben let to, an present my respecks to
Mis-. Blodgett and your eldest daughter
an Sarah Ann, an all the rest.
"Yours to command,
"MIRANDA STEBBINs."
Miss Mirandy couldn't help reading
this over three OF four times, she was
50 delighted with it. Then she blew
out the light, and clambered into her
feathers again.
son second thoughts" she said, as
she drew up the thick comfortable
around her spare chin, ~ won't send it
now. 1 can afford to wait, an when the
coats done, I'll jest git 'Biah Williams
to stick it in one of the pockets. That II
be most as good as helpin' give it," and
hugely tickled at the turn of affairs, she
composed her mind and fell asleep.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-02

Meantime, Miss Mirandy Stebbins,
feeling herself overreached in her effort
to be the prominent originator of the
gift to the parson, and defrauded as to
the supper she had counted so much
upon, was doing up her corkscrew curis
in anything but a sweet frame of mind,
preparatory to the sleep that wouldn't
come at her bidding.
It's outrageous !" she Missed to her
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-14
The Misery;Of the Cars Life.

The London Daily Ners says the czar,
as far as pleasure goes, might as we'll be in
splendid private lunatic asylum, Keep
ers surround him on every side, all his Wis
itors are searched, and he knows not ever
whether he can trust his keepers. The
czars position is scarcely more enviable
than, and in many respects greatly resem-
bles, that of the famous man in the Iron
Mask" No greater precautions were taken
to prevent that enigmatic captive from hold
ing intercourse with the outer world. So
different and obscure has the position be-
come that desperate men might even at
tempt to revive q famous incident in Rus
sian history. They might murder or Sc
cure the person of the car, and substitute
for him another emperor who should be
kept in the same lnviolable seclusion. If
the emperor Of Russia can be said to reign,
it is as the Lama of Thibet reigns-a relig-
ious power, mysterious, and withdrawn.
His every movement is beset with danger,
and his short journeys have the perils Of
forlorn hope The car is said to be man
OF great personal courage; and there seems
little doubt that he will determine in the
long run to face the worst, rather than to
exist in living death, to pass life like
that Of a rabbit which the ferret threatens
in its whole. He has the wretched choice
OF living on in prisoned seclusion, or of
boldly facing his enemies and leading his
own life as if they did not exist; or lastly, Of
breaking with all the traditions Of autoracy,
attempting large reforms and taking q scleap
in the dark, which cannot be more terrible
than the present state Of Russia.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-14
NEW YORK sENATORsHIP.

On July LIST, after ballot to fill Conkling's
vacancy in which Conkling had % to 80 for
Wheeler, the chair in announcing that the next
ballot would be to fill Platts vacancy, said at
Platt's request and in the interest of the repub-
ican party he withdrew the name Of Plat as q
candidate, and would, when his name was
called, vote for Richard Crowley. Platt
received only two votes In the morning Plat
sent for ex- United States Marshal Payne, and
told him he had made up his mind to have his
name withdrawn. Payne asked him why.
Plat said, on account of the scandal brought
against him. He said the whole thing WAS lie
and conspiracy, and as far as it affected him
self he could stand it and meet it in his own
way and his own time, and he meant to fully
meet it at the proper time and have the con-
spirators punished; but he deemed it best to
withdraw from the contest at the present time,
for the good of his party.
Since last report ballots have been taken
every day without special change. Rumors
are plentiful of break in the deadlock, but
none appear to be well authenticated.
On Thursday 9TH. sixty republican members
of the legislature signed call for caucus on
the 9Th. In the ballotings Wheeler had 43 to
81 for Conkling.
On Friday, 9Th, the administration or half
beeed republicans met in caucus. A letter
from Mr.. Depew was read declining the further
use of his name Warner Miller has the unan-
lmous caucus nomination for the long term, and
E. g. Lapham for the short term. The stall
warts. or Conkling men, in conference, re-
solved to stand firmly by Conkling and Crow
ley
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-14
NEWS FROM WAsHuoron.

Young Alfonso; king of Spain, is an anxious
inquirer about the condition Of the president
OF the American republic.
In regard to the removal of Arthur French,
Secretary Window stated that, without decid-
ing on the question of guilt, his indiscretion
has destroyed his usefulness as public officer
and that his removal is necessary His sue
cessor has not yet been decided upon.
The Alexandria Gazette states positively that
the president, Secretaries Blaine and Window.
Postmaster General James and Revenue Com
missioner Raum, have declared their entire
sympathy with Malone in his readjuster move
ment in Virginia, and expressed their purpose
to aid him all in their power with federal pat
ronage. The Gazette democratic paper, ia
bitterly opposed to Malone, and claims to have
its information correctly.
1t cannot but be remarked that the official
messages received from foreign governments
and princes have been couched in peculiarly
simple and expressive language. There has
been palpable absence of the ordinary forms
Of diplomatic intercourse. Strong and sincere
feeling has evidently made the Conventional
ties of official expression seem, impairment and
worse than useless. The horror and indigna-
ton of those who have deemed it their duty to
convey the sentiments of rulers and govern
ments have been embodied in language of
which every reader can feel the force. Not
OF the sympathy expressed. From Japan,
Roumania, the German capitals, from France
Italy, Spain and the Scandinavian nations.
from empire, constitutional monarchy, and re-
public alike, the terrible calamity that has
fallen upon the American people has drawn
words OF coincidence, affection, hope and en-
couragement m,.E