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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17

"And whereof" 1 asked, scarce in surpise,
ooh, anywhere, where they advertise"
Our beloved President is criti-
cslly worse.
Mics Emma Hilands, of Franklin,
Pa, is visiting at d. w. Clark's.
st. Mary's yearns for a circus.
But it has diPbtheriR, which is as bad.
Don't forget to Register before
Sept. 1st, if you want to vote this fall.
Postmaster Mckay has rented and
moved into Miss S. A. Dale's pleasant
cottage.
oil is beginning to boom little
now. The market closed on Monday
at 782c.
Miss Laura Calvin, of Brookville,
Pa, sister Of Mrs. L. T. Ritchey, is
paying her visit.
-Efie Clark, who suffered so terri
bly, from diphtheria for several weeks,
is again able to be out.
Call and see Mr.. Fulton, the
harness maker in his new quarters.
His place is as neat as wax.
Farmer Lawrence, across the
creek, is the first on deck in this neigh
borhood with new sweet cider.
Hon. w. r. Coon and wife ol
Claringtou, are spening few days
with Tionesta friends this week.
Fred. Morgan, of st. Petersburg
son of our worthy old townsman, Geo.
Morgan, is visiting his parents at pres
ent.
ICY" Bradbury is building new
dwelling house on his lot back of thu
house now occupied by Harvey Fore
man.
Democratic candidate for Sheriff
j. S. Hood has repainted his house
which makes it very beautiful to lool
upon.
Mrs. DIR. Wallace, accompanied
by her daughter and mother.in law, o
East Brady, Pa, is visiting her sister
Mrs. j. II. Derickson.
Painter Doutt is crippling arounc
with one of "Job's comforters," of irn
mense proportions right or his kne
cap; also one on his wrist.
The M. Z. Sunday School is prac
ticing for another concert to be giveI
in two or three weeks. The proceed
to 90 to the missionary cause.
&C. M. Logue, of West Monterey
Clarion county, has been appointed a
a cadet TO West Point, from this Dis
trict by Congressman Mosgrove.
The Free Methodist campmeetin
commences in Mercer, Pa, day, an
will last Que week. Quite IA numbe
from this county are in attendance.
Mrs. Jas. Clark, Of New YorE
and Mrs. A. j. Davis, of Warrer
sister and sister.inlaw of Hon. E. 1
Davis, are visiting at his residenc
I, this week.
Mrs. Clara Williams, and siste
! Miss Lulu Thompson, of Franklin
returned home last Friday, after
pleasant visit of two weeks with HoI
Z. L. Davis family.
The carpenter work of Smeal
baugh & Co.'s new store building
rapidly progressing, and the buildin
= will probably be sided and under roc
by Saturday night.
Maud S trotted mile in 2:1C
+. at Rochester, N. Y, last Thursda
thus beating her Pittsburgh time on
quarter second. Truly she is tt
"Queen of the Turf"
Our old friend Frank D. Smile
is now the Franklin representative
the Derrick. We opine that Frar
will not allow the interests of Il
. paper to suffer in that section.
Peter Sawrey, Orve and Gree
r. Benedict and j. P. Crosley, came ov
from Pleasantville on Saturday la
and enjoyed a glass ball shoot with o
(. local clusters" These gents all knC
how to hit a glass ball and mash it
A fine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17
M c. CoDURN, NJ. D.,

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Has had over fifteen years experience in
the practice of his profession, having grad
uated IegdiIU and honorably May 10, 1865.
Office and Residence in Forest House,
opposite the Court House, Tionesta, Pa.
Aug. 25-lSS0
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17

Mrs. F. Simmering, Millersville,
Pa, had Ozena and Chronic Catarrh.
Perana cured her entirely.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17

lob WORK of every description eNecu
} ted at the REPUBLICAN cllice
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17
T w. MORROW. NJ. D.,

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Late of Armstrong county, having located
in Tionesta is prepared TO attend all pro-
fessional calls promptly and at all hours.
For the present will have his Office oppo-
site the Lawrence House. may-lo 81.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17
TRUNKEYvILLE.

The Grove & Wolcott well opposite
Trunkeyville, was down 800 feet on
Saturday last, at which depth it was
cased. The we'll is expected to be in
on Friday of this week, and the oper-
ators are confident of getting a good
strike. We hopo SO.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.


Preaching in the Presbyterian
Church next Sunday morning and
evening, by Rev. Hickling.
Rev. Brown will preach in the F.
M. Church on Sunday evening next.
Rev. Hill will occupy the pulpit
Of the M. L. Church next Sunday
evening.
--Presbyterian Sabbath School at
8 a. m. M. e. Sabbath School at 10
a. M, f. M. Sabbath School at IL
a. IN.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17

Mrs. Charles Diley, Piltsburg,
soys, she had Chronic Catarrh badly,
Peruna cured her perfectly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17
BLUE JAY.

In the Blue Jay field everything
seems to be quiet at present the wells
that are drilling are going down with
out much fuss. 1t is likely we shall
hear something definite next week.
We learn that the Fox, Hill & Reed
we'll was torpedoed, but the operators
had not succeeded in getting it cleaned
out when we got the report.
MARIENvILLE.
DR.. Towler's we'll, which has been
progressing so quietly that we had al
most forgotten it, was shot with 40
quart torpedo on Friday last, at
depte of 1000 feet. 1t is supposed the
shot was to great, as the hole be-
came clogged, and at last accounts
they were engaged in cleaning it out.
Several quarts of oil were taken out
with the bailer, and the gas was very
strong. They expected to have the
hole cleared yesterday, but we have
not heard what the. result was. This
we'll is located on the headwaters Of
Salmon Creek, about quarter of a
mile from the village of Marienville.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
The Defendant Paws. Of Course.

A novel point was recently raised at
ThOmpsonville in this wise: A man
was sued, and OH the day designated
in tie writ for trial the Justice forgot
about the matter and neglected to at
tend. Both plaintiff and defendant APP
peared and waited the full hour. As
the law provides the Justice issued no
tice, had the case reopened. and after
a hearing by a jury. judgment was rem.
dered for the plaintiff for the debt and
all costs. The query was whether the
defendant was liable for the extra costs
of service for notice. The case was
submitted by only the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT. and ably argued on both sides.
A decision was rendered that as be.
tween those two the defendant should
be held liable. If the Justice had been
included as a party to the arbitration,
no doubt the extra cost would in equi-
ty have fallen upon him. Hartford
COuTunt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Coffee Culture in Mexico.

The culture of coffee in Mexico is be-
coming q more extensive and profitable
industry than is generally known.
There are now many large coffee plant
atiOns in the country. and the amount
of capital and labor invested increases
largely with every year. The land can
be purchased for about $40 per acre.
and the work required to clear and
prepare it for the coffee plant is slight
in most localities. The plants, from
six months to q year old, are set in
rows from eight to ten feet apart, and
about six feet apart in the row. COT
fee is often produced two years from
tho planting of the seed, but profitable
bearing begins only when the plant is
four or five years old. At the end of
seven year the field will be sufficient
to repay the owner for all previous out
lay aud labor, and the land does not
require replanting for many years.
Another advantage in favor of coffee
culture is that the raising of many
other varities of tropical fruit can be
combined with it by planting between
the rows. The coffee tree, when left
alone, will grow to a height of from
fifteen to twenty feet feet, but it is usu-
ally nipped about six feet from the
ground. thus giving more vigor to the
branches and stock. The berries
while growing are of a grassy green,
but when ripe turn to a bright red
Though the plant is continuously iow-
ering and developing fruit. the actual
harvest season is from November to
April. The berries when gathered are
spread to dry in the sum-, after which
they are hulled and stored away. COT
fee, when ready for the market, is
worth from 10 to II cents at the place
where it is raised. Rochester Demo-
cyut and Chronicle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Why American Goods are Preferred.

Tho growing reputation of American
manufacturers IN the markets of the
world has alarmed competitors abroad.
Whatever Americans undertake, wheth-
er it be machine tools, cutlery, silks,
flour, cotton, cloth, or any other mer-
chandise, they make their brands the
leading ones, selling for the most
money, and universally sought after.
The reasons for this arc plain. It is not
on account Of tho better and more d.
rect processes employed; it is not by
describing workshop traditions and
Old-time methods; it is not by such adj
ventitiOus aids that we have achieved
so great an eminence that u trade
marks are cOunterfeited and foreign
goods are represented as of American
make. 1t is because our manufacture
crs have found that mercantile honesty
is the only policy, and that when they
attempt to adulterate or lower the
standard the criticism Of competitors
exposes them ut nce
American machine tools of first-class
makers are not cut in weight or in
workmanship. II is a race to see who
shall discover q weak part that can be
made stronger. or a detail exposed to
wear that can be made more durable.
The same is true of cotton goods and
silks. The senseIess weighing of both
with adulterants of one kind or anOth-
or is not practiced here. for experience
teaches u people that the best is the
cheapest Mechanical Engineer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Touching Evidence Of Instinct.

One of the most touching incidents
on record illustrative of animal instinct
and affection occurred during a recent
bear hunt in this vicinity. The parties
who vouch for the truth of then arrative
are all we'll known at Santa Barbara.
One of them shot q small cub through the
head. killing it instantly, the ball enter
ing the skull just back of the eyes.
Something called the attention of the
hunters away from the spot, and when
they returned q half hour afterward.
they found the mother bear standing
over her lifeless cub. apparently en-
gagged in licking and caressing its head.
A couple of well-directed shots soon
stretched the she bear by the side of
her dead offspring, and the hunters aP-
preached to secure their game. To
their surprise they found the bullet
wound in the cubs head partly filed
with finely chewed grass and leaves.
The mother had evidently een tho
blood oozing from the wound and had
endeavOred to do what she could to-
ward stanching the ow.-Santa Bar
LQya (CNL.) Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
The Mystery of Color Photography.

From q detailed account of the
method Of producing colored photo
graphs. given in the Photographic
Ne,rs, it appears that two impressions
are taken from the negative, the first
being a weak impression in order to
give the outline for guiding the appli-
cation of the coloring, and the second,
after the colo rs have been applied, be-
ing an impress sion of sufficient strength
to give the Gle al drawing. lights and
shadows, and details of the picture.
The first impression is colored with q
hair pencil in vegetable colors, the
various colors being laid on smoothly,
fatty and tightly. without any regard
to shading or soflening off, but bright
than they are intended 10 be finally.
Tho colors are specially prepared. and
contain a large proportion of albumen,
which enables them to be fixed by i'm
mersion in alcohol. This picture is
az ain albumenizcd and sensitized, and
undcrgoes a second exposure under the
negative (Which requires careful I'D
justmcnt), IL much stronger impression
being obtain ed, and the picture is then
finally fixed. and a be enameled if
desired.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Chinese Pirates.

The towns contain u due amount of
tame cheats, but the bold hectoring
highwayman, the truculent sea-robber,
must be sought elsewhere. All along
the Blue and Yellow Rivers are found
retail buccaneers, who hawk ut a tri-
fling quarry and fatten on slender prof
its. These poor rOgucs do not aspire
to q ship of their own; they come pad
ding out of muddy creeks in the small
est Of sampans, i'll Harmed, ill-clad, but
plentifully smcared with iish-Oil. Ii
m%anfully confronted, they fly; if Crap
pied by the crews of the fourth-class
junks, which they select rs prizes, they
slip like SO many eels through the
hands that grasp them, and their
swimming makes amends for their lax
courage. Seldom do any very sinister
results follow of these attacks. Ii
the fresh-water pirates prove victorious
they are mild cOnquerOrs, and only too
eager to be ashore again with their
booty of rice and corn, stray garments,
odd fragments of chain, bits of copper
and brass hastily ripped from the poop
aud cabins, and perhaps the glorious
trophy of u few rafting strings of cash.
The dollars and silver bars are gener-
ally too well hidden to be detected by
such hurried searchers; food. rather
than fortune. is the object Of the fOray;
and, except in rare Eases Of remarkable
temptation, no life is attempted and no
torture ~resOrted to, with these amphib-
ious petty-larceny rogues the magis-
trates deal mildly. according to the
traditions Of Chinese justice. Three
hundred strokes of the bamboo may
be- endured by the human frame. Four
sleepless weeks in the .''cangue," Or
bamboo pillory, may fail TO madden a
stolid, unimaginative cOOlie. A few
minor tOrtures need only be added to
these two tirst-named infections, and
the culprit is thought to be tenderly
dealt with. Pilferers in q fair or the
streets of u town are considered as still
more venial offenders. A vigorous
bastinadO and a week of the pillOry is
the laws award in such trivial cases.
Petty assaults are rs %leniently disposed
of, but f~ire-raising is u sin of deeper
dye; and the malicious piercing Of .
neighbours dixie, to let in devastating
flood, is punished with extreme rigor.
Murder and reasonable practices,
Wholesale piracy, and armed brigan-
dage, all cry aloud for death, more or
less slow and painful, and parricide
evokes the sternest chastisements Of the
Chinese, as il once did of the Roman,
law.-AH the Year Round.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Strange Phenomena.

Many strange sounds, real or imag-
mary, have been heard in the working
of Natures processes. There has been
reported to exist on a distant island in
the Bay of Bengal a phenomenon
known as the ''Barisal guns" which is
often heard at the beginning of q rain
fall, and is like the sound Of the firing
of q cannon. An observer has decided
that these sounds are atmospheric and
in some way connected with electrici-
ty. Mr.. Horne. reporting on the viii
lagos of the Himalayas, describes ex-
ceedingly powerful noises heard in the
highest mountain peaks, to which the
natives can ascribe no cause. Above
the town of Koimbatur, in Madras, is
a pond which the natives carefully
shun because frightful noises issue from
its depth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Hints for Housewives.

Parsley eaten with vinegar will re-
move the unpleasant effects of eating
onions. So will u pinch Of green tea.
To cure warts, cut a slice from Il raw
potato and rub the hand each night:
let the water dry on the hand. 1t will
need but few applications.
II q little vinegar or some cider is
mixed with stove polish, it will not
take much rubbing TO make the stove
bright, and the blacking is not likely to
fly off in fine dust.
When washing fine laces do not use
starch at all; in the last water i'm which
they are rinsed put u little fine white
sugar; dissolve it thoroughly and the
result will be pleasing.
Ten cents worth of coculus Indicus
berries, stepped in a pint Of cheap whis-
ky and applied by a feather in every
crack or corner of the infected bed
stead or walls will prove too much for
the bugs.
Gargle for sore throat: Take one
teaspOOnful of cayenne pepper, II
teaspoOnful of salt, One pint of water,
two tabiespoonfuls of vinegar; swceten
to tasto with honey or loaf sugar. Mix
together and bottle.
Silk neckties can be washed i'm rain
water TO one pint of which add Il tea
spoonful of white honey and one of
hartshOrn. DO not squeeze but let them
drip and when nearly dry press between
folds of cloth.
After buttering your cake tins seat
ter q little flour over them and the cake
is absolutely certain not TO stick 10 the
tin. Ii your oven is likely to bake
hard at the bottom put a paper in the
bottom of the tin. Butter it well first.
Nothing is better TO clean silver with
than alcohol and ammonia; after
rubbing with this take a little whiten-
ing on y soft cloth and polish in this
way; even frosted silver, which is so
difficult to clean, may be easily made
clear and bright.
To emove proud flesh pulverize
loaf sugar very fine and apply it to the
part afflicted. This is a new and easy
remedy, and is said to remove it with
out pain; o burnt alum pulverized and
applied is an old reliable remedy.
For the violent internal agony termed
collie, take II t%easpOonful of salt in Il
pint of cold water; drink it and 90 to
bed. 1t is one of the speediest reme-
dies known. Tho same will revive Il
person who seems almost dead from q
heavy fall.
For hOarscncss take the whites of
two eggs and beat them with two tea
spOOnfuls of white sugar, grato Il little
nutmeg, then add a pint of lnkewarm
water; stir we'll, drink often, and il
will cure the most obstinate case of
hOarseness in u short time.
BY using syrup or molasses for mus
tard plasters, they will keep soft and
flexible, and not dry up and become
hard, Us when mixed with water. A
thin paper or fine cloth. should come
between the plaster and the skin. The
strength of the plaster is varied by the
addition of more or less ilour.-N. \.
Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Growth of the Traffic in Frogs.

In spite of the prejudice existing
against the frogs, ~frOg-eating has now
established itself firmly as an Ameri-
can institution. For q time it was con-
fined to the Eastern States, but soon the
hardy Westerner succumbed to the Gus.
tom Of effete Europe, and Chicago and
San Francisco are as deeply in the miro
US Boston and New York. At Elgin,
IL, there is q man who found it SO
profitable that he went into the BUSH
ness q few years since of raising a pc
culiar kind of frog for the Western
markets. While here in many cases
they are sold under fictitious names, it
is said that in the West they are served
up as fried frogs. A considerable inn
prOvement has taken place in this trade
recently, and o dealer says there is a
good demand for all that can be Sc
cured. Many restaurants and most OF
the hotels have the delicacy, though
not on the regular bill of fare, only
serving to order. A large part OF the
frogs sold here are native, but there is
u curious competition on the part of the
Canadian article. In Canada the BUSH
ness is conducted on a large scale and
the industry, which lately received con-
siderable encouragement by the in
creased demand, is at present very
promising. Numbers of boys who have
become quite expert. spear the frogs in
the country ponds and streams and sell
them in the city to the commission
dealers, from whom they receive B to
10 cents a dozen. The commission men
skin, pack in ice. and ship them to the
Northern and Western cities, where
the delicious tidbits bring them a hand
some profit. In this city the frogs are
sold generally by the dozen. and bring
from 20 to so cents, according to quail
ty. As the demand increases the busi-
ness will furnish quite a source OF rural
income. and thrifty Cape Codders might
consider this suggestion, as from per-
Fsonal observation it is known that vast
numbers of frogs are there which now
live to q respected, serene and honored
old age. The subject of canning frogs
is now being talked of. and efforts are
being made to discover q good process
for this purpose.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Do Herrings Migrate,


When they have reached the matte
stage the behring's, which are at all
times gregariOus, associate together in
conspicuous assemblages, which are
called shoals. These are sometimes of
prOdigiOus extent indeed. eight or
nine miles in length. two or three in
breadth, with an unknown depth, are
dimensions which are c%reditably assert
ell to be sometimes attained, In these
shoals the fish arc closely packed, like
a flock of sheep straying slowly along
a pasture, and it is probably quite safe
To assume that there is ut least one fish
for every cubic foot of water occupied
by the shOal. II this be so, every
square mile of such a shOal, suppOsing
it to be three fathoms deep. must cOn-
tain more than 500, 900, 600 herrings.
And when it is considered that many
shoals approach the coasts, not only Of
our own islands, but of Scandinavia
and the Baltic, and of East North Am
erica, every Spring and Autumn, the
sum total of the behring's which people
our seas surpasses imagination.
il you read any old and sOme new
books on the natural history of the her.
ring, you will find a wonderful story
about the movements Of these shoals;
how they start from their home in tho
polar seas, and march south us q great
armada which splits into minor divis-
ions one destined to spawn on the
Scandinavian and one on our own
shores; and how, having achieved this
spawning raid, the spent fish make
their way Us fast as they q back to
their Arctic refuge, there to repair
their exhausted frames in domestic Sc
curity. This story was started in the
last century, and was unfortunately
adopted and disseminated by our cOun-
tryman Pcnnant. But there is not the
least proof that anything of the kind
takes place, and the probabilities are
wholly against it. 1t is, for example,
quito irrecOncilable with the fact that
herring are found in Gods stOmachs all
the year round. And the circumstance
to which l have already adverted. that
practical eyes distinguish local breeds
Of behring's. though it does not actually
negative the migration hypothesis, il
very much against it. The supposition
that the herring spawn in tho North in
the early Spring, and in the South In
the Autumn, fitted very well into tho
notion that the vanguard of the mi
grating body of behring's occupied the
first spawning-grOund it reached. and
obliged the rest of the horde to pass
on; but as q matter of fact, the North
ern behring's, like the Southern, have
two spawning-times; or perhaps it
would be more correct to say that the
spawning-time extends from Autumn
to Spring, and has two maxima-One
in August-September and one in Feb
ruary-March. PROF. HUXLEY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
Thu MoaGuito in England.

A correspondent writes to the 81.
James Gazeffe: "a somewhat unnec-
cssary fuss has been made on the sub
ject Of the mosquito in London. Tho
presence of this insect in certain parts
of England Warrington, for instance
has long been admitted. Consider
able experience i'm the south of France,
in Portugal. and in Italy has led me
to the conviction that the mosquito
which is such a torment in those cOun-
tries is indistinguishable from tho COM
nor English gnat. As far south as lati-
tude 40 degrees there is 10 difference
appreciable to the ordinary vision. and
the venomo of the bite is in exact pro-
portion to the heat of the climate and
of the season.