The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-10-05

no distant day to become the dominant
people of the South American republic
as the English-speaking races are of the
United States.
Some people have such odd ideas of
a Joke A man on board an Australian
steamer just leaving Plymouth Harbor
shouted "Man overboardp The life
boat was lowered, but became entangled,
and two men were drowned. AS nobody,
except the two, were missing, it was be-
lieved that somebody shouted "man
overheard " for " the fun of it." Again,
peaceable man was walking the streets
of New York, when he heard a man say
to another in an excited manner "Let
me 90; I'll have his hearts blood"
Breaking away from his companion, he
approached the peaceable citizen, raised
his clenched fist, and then whipped out
his knife. The citizen cut his hand in
struggling with the rufiian, but finally
knocked him down. Upon being taken
before magistrate, the rowdy explained
that he was "only fooling little"
The American express company has
introduced into New York the system
| of Harvesting three horses abreast, after
| the fashion of the London omnibuses.
The change has been made on two of
| the wagons for an experiment, with very
! satisfactory results. The wagons are
supplied with two poles instead of one,
and each of the three horses is attached
| to q separate whiffletree. This is found
| l.. L. "a
system sometimes used of putting one
horse in shafts and another at each side.
The harnessing is practically the same
as with two horses, with two poles in
stead of one. The experiment is tried
upon the wagons that deliver goods in
the upper part of the city, not only be-
cause the loads are frequently too heavy
for two horses, but to enable the driv-
ers to make up for lost time with an in
creased rate of speed, when from any
cause they are delayed from the start.
Garheld's wonderful power of endur-
ance under the operations performed
upon him recalls other instances of the
kind even more marvellous, as having oc-
Cured in days when surgery was fal
/ lGBS bhlll1ul anu luludA4S phel4 tOW
Lord Peterborough, the conqueror OF
Spain under Queen Anne, underwent
the most frightful operation known tc
science when past sixty, and a week
later started on journey across Europe
with post-horses, feeling no i'll effects
whatever. Nelson, naturally sickly
and having already lost an eye and
arm, was struck at the battle of tho
Nile by an iron splinter, which literally
ripped from the bone the entire fesI
of his upper face, leaving it hanging like
a veil over his eyes and mouth, yet hC
not only preserved his consciousness
during the dressing of this horrible
wound, but actually continued to direcf
the course of the battle. Luigi Oornaro
the famous Venetian senator, nephew
OF the celebrated Doge of that name
having broken the bone of his thigh a
eighty-three, bore the setting of j
J without finching, and subsequently re
covered the full use of the limb. Equal,
resolute, though less fortunate, wa
Duke Albrecht, of Austria, who, whel
the court surgeon shrank from operating
upon his diseased limb, placed the edg'
of battle-ax on the joint, and with on,
blow of his mace drove it right throug
He survived this primitive surgery onl,
three days.