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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16
Millions of Gallons Of OIL on Fire.

Nca 70 Fight ne FnmSs Hgtiuiay tyofa all
Psrfs efihS Oti = eldI.
BEspTnHn, Ps. Feb. l2.-This even ng
sparks from locomotive on the Buffalo,
New York and Philadelphia railroad
set fire to little pools of oil in the low
ground near Olesn. y. Y, whore th"
United PIPE lines have a number of
large iron tanks located. In a few min.
utes the flames we're communicated TO
three of the tanks. containing IN all
los OO0 barrels Of oil. which is now burn.
ing. Pipe line men from all sections of
the oil regions were summoned by tele.
graph to the scene OF the FIRE. Superin.
tendenIs Snow and Smedley left here
with large force of men by a special
fast.runntug train. They took picks.
shovel. a cannon and a chemical FIRE
eXlineuisher. Trenches and embank.
mPnt- will he formed to prevent the
.Itpad ul the burning oil when the over.
flow occurs. which will be at . or ,
o'clock in the morning. Olean creek
fnus near the scene Of the hre, and
strong fears are entertained that the oil
will strike the surface Of the stream and
destroy a number Of railroad bridges
and houses near the hanks Of the creek.
The oil will he drawn off as rapidly ss
p ssihle hy peiforating the tanks with
cannon ball. The night is as bright as
day for -everal mIie- ~ ound the tanks
What the result will be cannot be on.
ieciured.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

A California man worth nearly half
million dollars. recently attended The
funeral Of his son. Just before the
coffin was lowered he unscrewed the
silver handles, and taking them back
TO town, cold them 10 en- undertaken.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16
A Prominent Citizen Of NJ. Louis In
Trouble.


ny the Associated Pres
ST. Lorrs, Mo-. Feb. Edward N.
Kirkland, son Of the senior member OF
the firm Of Kirkland, Humphreys & Co.
prominent manufactures. aud n clerk
in the house, was arrested at the Union
depot last night as he vas stepping
aboard Missouri Pacific West bound
train. lie is charged with forging the
firms name to a check for $3 900 dol.
lars, aud collecting that sum from the
st. Louis National Bank. yesterday. All
the circumstances in the case point TO
his guilt. When arrested he was &C.
companied by n woman named Williams.
Only about fifty dollars was found on
Kirkland hut twenty nine hundred dol.
lars and Kirtland's gold watch and two
tickets for Albuquerque, y. NJ. we're
found on The woman, and which she
said were given TO her by Kirkland. The
woman also had new dress and other
articles Of wearing apparel which she
had purchased with money given her
by Kirkland Kirkland l. y years old
and hasa wife and two children, and
has moved in the best circles Of society.
IL was concluded this evening not 10
prosecute young Kirkland. and he will
probably be released 10. morrow.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

LONE JACK. No, Sept. II, 1879.
have been using Hop Bitters, and
received great benefit from them for
liver complaint and malarial fever.
They are superior to all other med.
.cinee.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

NELLIE has four.ye rear old sister Mary,
who complained 10 mamma that her
"button shoes" we're hurting" "Why.
Matte. you've put them on The wrong
feet" Puzzled and ready to cry, she
made answer. "Whatll do mamma
They's all the feet I've got"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

wRIrE 10 Mrs. Lydia T. Pinkham. No.
233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for
pamphlets relative 10 the curative prop.
critics Of her Vegetable compound In all
female complaints.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

HAD Chronic Catarrh badly, took
PgRusA. am very much better.
]. WILLIAEs, Midway, Pss
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

I WAS miserable with Chronic Calarrh.
PERuNA IL my remedy and no other.
VIZ. BoYD, PIttsburg.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-02-16

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
Rarnnm and the Bnnko MAN.

An old gentleman strolling leisurely
up Broadway, New York, was accosted
by well-dressed young man, who
slapped him on the back, saying
"Why Mr.. Williams, how are you +?
How are all the friends in Scra nton ?"
'My name is rot Williams" was the
reply, ''and 1 don't know anything
about Scranton" The young man in.
sisted that he could not be mistaken
and followed, talking volubly, till the
elderly gentleman turned round and
said "Look here. My name is P. T.
Barnum, and unless you clear out i'm
mediately I'll have you behind the bars
in the nearest police station in less
than five minutes. was resident of
this city before you were born. Now
CO." And he went.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22

The cat IL frankly and undisguisedly
selfish; there Is no denying that. II
lives for self and compasses its ends
without scrupie, patient 10 wait, ekill-
ful to feipn aud rcheme and utterly
pitiless and unrelentipg. But should
sportsmen be very severe on the crea-
ture that evidently enjoys with q gusto
keen as their own the pursuit of the
helpless prey which it hunts and toys
with, often as much for diversion as
hunger2 One hopes, for the sake of
the sportive birds and needless mice,
which it fascinates with basilisk eyes
and captures with cruel paw, that there
may be some occult provision of nature
to disarm their fate of its terrorist
Perhaps the theory propounded by
DR.. Livingstone when he records his
feelings while in the lions clutch
that the sensations of the prey are
rather pleasing than otherwise-may
be true. We hope so, but it must be
confessed that appearances are not in
its favor
In early youth cat nature appears at
its best. Once having emerged from
the pulling, sightless stage of its first
nine days, the kitten becomes win
some and attractive creature. Scat
like" is a leproachful epithet aptly
applied to women of the Becky
Sharp type; but it is not considered
derogatory to the most fascinating girl
to be credited with kitten-like ways
for the kitten is the embodiment of
playfulness and grace. The cruel in
stincts of its tribe are not, however,
slow to assert themselves, and it is
comical to hear the mimic growl of
puny thunder with which the tiny crea
ture gloats over its first mouse.
In the pages of fable. Puss has ever
figured largely, but rarely after fiat
tering manner. His guile and subtlety
form the salient points in the repre-
sentations, and his character is painted
akin to that of Master Reynard, the
master of craft. He is depicted as a
demure hypocrite, a false hermit, a
deceitful counselor, the ensnarer of the
unwary, the ally of wizards and
witches Rats in council debate vainly
hcw to battle him. 1t is hopeless, they
find, to dream of "belliny the cat. !"
Noiseless himself on his Gloved feet,
his keen ear is not to be caught nap
ping. Bar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22

M. T. Van Buren, United States CON
sui general at japan, presents in q
blue book some interesting facts in
regard to the food OF the Japanese peo-
pie. With population Of 30,000,000
people, there is to be found in the
whole country but little more than
/, 600, 900 head of cattle. or these only
600 600 can be considered fit for food.
Therefore there are but two head of
cattle for each one hundred people,
whereas in che United States we have
for one hundred mouths seventy-three
cattle to fill them. Japan slaughters,
however, $4,000 head of cattle, more
than one.half Of which is eaten by the
foreign population, the rest being con-
sumed by the Japanese army and navy.
Mutton and pork are, outside of the
treaty ports, almost unknown.
Fish enters largely into the food of
the people. Mr.. Van Buren mentions
that cod, salmon, herring, mackerel,
salmon trout, carp, cells, skate mullet,
catfish and plaice are plentiful and
cheap" IL is known that the govern
ment has taken active measures in
regard to fish culture, and endeavors
in every way to increase the products
of the sea, sending for all American
publications on these topics. The con.
sui states that one-half of the people
eat fish every day, one-quarter two or
three times q week, and the balance
perhaps once or twice month" It is
their habit to eat great many vari-
eties of fish raw. But the Japanese
are more essentially vegetarians than
even the Chinese, and all the land
marine plants, with the tubers, seem
TO be placed under contribution.
Among exceptional food plants Mr..
Van Buren mentions an acorn which
grows on a small bush from three to
four feet high; it has less sugar than
the nut from the chestnut tree of
America, but has the merit of being
free from astringent and bitter quail
ties. Large quantities of these nuts
are gathered, dried and eaten by the
people in various ways. We. hear a
great deal about glucose and dextrine
in the United States, and we find from
Mr.. Van Buren's report that the jap
anese use in large quantities sub
stance which they call ame. "This is
a preparation made from matted barley
and rice or millet, the malt covering
the starch of the rice or mullet into
dextrine and maltese, and the product
varying from a thick sugar or honey
up to hard candy" This anne is sold
at q low price and its consumption is
very large.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
SeaIskin Sacoues.

A sealskin sacque costs fifty per cent.
more than it did five years ago. Seal
skins have not been worn more than fif-
teen or eighteen years. Fashion and the
discovery of new methods of preparing
and dyeing, or first the latter and second
the former, brought them into use.
The seal fur, as seen hare, is the
inner coat. When on the back of the
seal this fine fur is hid by coarse hairs,
which are removed by process of pairing
down the other side of the skin. The
color of the fur as known to wearers is
artificial. II the government had not
taken measures to protect the seal new
wearers of fseal sacques would be few in
a short time. The Shetland seals were
once numerous, but have been exter-
minated. The Newfoundland seal is in
the market, but is inferior to the sesl
of Alaska. The islands of the Behring
sea are the only ones in the world
where seal catching has great CONNER
cial Importance.
From 1851 to 1870 the scientific
world knew nothing in regard to the
history of the seal. The Smithsonian
Institution did not possess a perfect
skin and skeleton of the seal, although
thousands of men and millions of dol
lars have been employed in capturing,
dressing and selling fur sealskins fol-
the last hundred years. The vast
breeding grounds bordering on the
Antarctic have been entirely depop
ulated. Between the years 1897 and
1921 1, 1882 374 sealskins were taken or
the Pribyloy islands; between 1921 and
1842 458,502 skins, and from 1842 tC
1861 $4,000 skins. In the year 1865
the number of skins taken was 242, 900
In 1870 only 1906 were captured
During the last ten years the catch ha,
been little less than 100 per year
The whole number taken between 179(
and 1880 was 1861, ,051 skins. The
seal catching is done in June and July
After that time the fur begins to "shed,
and is worthless. The natives are pai(
forty cents skin for their labor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
Law ExnensAs.

Twenty eight years ago citizen of
New York, who died in that city, left an
estate worth a quarter of million of
dollars, which he bequeathed by will TO
his son Of the same name. But the will
was disputed by the usual course of
law, and the suit has just terminated in
favor of the heirs, the son being dead.
What remains of the estate appears to
be worth about $4,000. All the rest
has been swallowed up in law expenses.
This is not by any means an excep-
tional case, but it fairly illustrates the
rapid increase of the expenses of liti-
cation, especially in reference to prop
erty rights, and how much chance the
average public stands of bettering it.
self by resorting to protracted legal
contests for the settlement of property
rights, which could and should be ami
cably adjusted by compromise.
A still more striking case has recent
ly made the rounds of the American
press as having occurred in one of the
law courts of the Middle States. A
sharp trickster appears to have taken
advantage of some legal technicality to
institute suits before q local maeis.
trate against large numbers of non-resi-
dent property holders and business
men upon bogus claims for small sums
Of money. In all these cases the par
ties-very well knowing that they owed
no such money neglected to appear
before the magistrate to plead in the
cases. OF course judgment was given
against them by deiault. Then the
game was to permit these judgments to
remain unnoticed until after the time
had expired for taking appeals. When
that was done the claims were put into
the hands OF the regular judicial au-
thorities for collection, and OF course
had to be paid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
The Great Retivals.



While Mr.. Beecher and DR.. Talmago arc
making special efforts this spring to save the
souls Of the people, the Great German Remedy
is supplementing the good work by preserving
and restoring health. The two influences are
widely different yet strangely alike II is one
Of those rare occasions where the spiritual and
physical meet on common ground both oper-
ating differently, yet each working toward the
accomplishment Of the same purpose, viz, the
happiness Of mankind. Thus moralized the
reporter after visiting the great Brooklyn re-
viyals and subsequently interviewing several
citizens Of New York upon the work OF the
Great German Remedy, Calling upon Mr..
John s. Krem, agent for the New York and
Baltimore Transportation line, pier 7, North
river, the reporter asked that gentleman il he
or any of the employees of the company had
been using the st, Jacobs Oil this season. Mr..
Krem promptly answered that the Great Ger
man Remedy was well known by those doing
business at the pier. He had used the Oil, and
had recommended it to several Of the men, and
1t had never failed to perform all that was
needed. He was attacked with lumbago this
winter, and seeing the many good words
spoken by the citizens of New York in favor of
the st. Jacobs Oil, he concluded to give it a
trial. 1t acted like charm, subduing his
trouble with almost magic celebrity He had
not anticipated such rapid restoration, and
confessed that the wonderful action OF the great
healer surprised him. He had never found
such quick relief in all his previous experience.
and, since using the Oil, he has never had occa-
sion to employ the services of any liniment for
the reason that it had radically cured him OF
all rheumatic pain. The gratifying action of
the st. Jacobs Oil in his own case gave him
unlimited confidence in its great curative
power, and he freely advised the men in the
| employ of the company to use it Whenever they
had occasion to need a liniment. II had given
relief in several instances TO the employees.
The most pronounced instance of its power
was in the case of a commander of one of tho
| company's barges, Captain Samuel Jarrett,
who wa severely afflicted with rheumatism.
Captain Jarrett Ind suffered considerably with
the rheumatism, and complained that he could
not secure relief. He was told to try st.
Jacobs Oil. The captain applied the Great
| German Remedy and found relief. He was
then in Baltimore in his vessel. Mr.. Krem
also stated the ianitress Of the rooms he ocou-
pied was also healed by st. Jacobs Oil. The
woman is subject to rheumatism Of severe
type. She did not seem to get relief from any
Of the remedies she was usng so he gave her
bottle of the German Remedy. She usod it,
and afterward said it had relieved her. and she
was loud in its praise. Mr.. Krem said that
| his experience with the St Jacobs Oil iustifc
him in pronouncing it superb remedy and he
emphaticslly recommended its employment by
his friends and acquaintances.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
How an Alligator Eais.

An alligator's throat is an animated
sewer. Everything which lodges in his
open mouth goes down. He is q lazy
dog, and instead of hunting for some
thing to eat he let's his victuals hunt
for him. That is, he lies with his
mouth open, apparently dead, like the
'possum. Soon bug crawls into it,
then a fly, then several gnats and q
colony of mosquitoes. The alligator
don't close his mouth yet He is wait.
ing for a whole drove of things. He
does his eating by Wholesale. A little
later lizard will cool himself under
the shade of the upper jaw. Then a
few frogs will hop up to catch the mos
quitoes. Then more mosquitoes and
gnats light on the fiogs. Finally a
whole village of insects and reptiles
settle down for an afternoon picnic.
Then all at once there is an earthquake.
The big jaw falls, the alligator slyly
blinks one eye, gulps down the entire
menagerie and opens his great front
door again for more visitors. ~ Florida
Letter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
He Did Not Mince Matters.

A representative of the Lynn (Mass.)
Item in late rambe throughout that city,
gathered, among other scraps of interest and
information, the following: The first place
visited by the reporter was the fruit store of
Mr.. j. Levett, No. 81 Market street, in
response to a rumor that the proprietor had
been cured of the rheumatism by the great
remedy. Mr.. Levett not being in, the re-
porter had talk with his son. Mr.. Levett
stated that his father had been cured of an
exceedingly bad attack of rheumatism by
the st. jacobs Oil. He had the disease in
his right arm and shoulder, which became
perfectly helpless after being affected few
hours. His pain was SO great that he could
not rest in comfort or attend to business with
any degree of satisfaction. After enduring
this sort of thing for some time he pur-
chased a bottle of the Great German Rene
dy and began to apply it. He did not
mince matters at all, but just used the Oil
for all it was worth. After pursuing this
mode of treatment for three days the pain
was banshed and his father was in a per-
fectly healthy condition. He has never
since felt any rheumatic pain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The use OF the telephone is making
rapid progress in Germany. Berlin
alone has now nearly LOCO miles Of
telephone wires.
DIR. Hartig states that a strong man
working a hand fire engine with his
utmost strength for two minutes can do
work amounting to O.403 in the highest
nd 0.227 of one horsepower in the
owest maximum at tainable.
DIR. Siemens, speaking at recent
meeting of the Society of Arts, referred
to the open fireplace as possessing high
sanitary qualities. 1t did not, like
radiating hot-water stoves, warm the air
of q room, but it heated the walls and
furniture. If the air of aroom is hotter
than the walls moisture condenses on
them, and mildew and fermentation are
set up, to the detriment of the occu-
pants.
G. Fl. Darwin has taken pains to esti-
mate the stresses caused in the interior
of the earth by the weight of continents
and mountains, and ne concludes that
either the materials of the earth have
about the strength of granite at 1000
miles from the surface, or that they
have much greater strength nearer to
the surface. He confirms Sir William
Thompson's theory that the earth must
be solid nearly throughout its whole
mass, and he attributes the lava of vol
cSnoes to the melting of solid rock
which exists at high temperatures at
points where the pressure is dimin.
ished, or to the existence of compare
lively small vesicles of molten rock.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
The TnY Bridge.

The ill-fated Tay bridge in Scotland is
about to be rebuilt, or rather replaced
by new one of similar structure. The
Tay is about mile wide, and subject
to sudden and violent storms. The
new bridge will run alongside of the
old one, whose remains can be utilized
to some extent. 1t will begin, starting
at the south end, with four brick arches,
each of fifty feet span, and be followed
by girder and truss spans, as follows:
One of lis feet, ten of 129 feet, thirteen
of 145 feet, eleven of 245 feet, two of
227 feet, one of 162 feet, ten of 129 feet
inches, one of 1877 feet inches, and
twenty five of II feet. The long
central spans will be seventy-seven
feet in the clear above high-water
mark. The trains will run between
the girders of these spans, and
on top of those on either hand, as in the
old bridge. The foundations of the
piers are to be iron cylinders filled with
concrete, upon which brickwork will be
built up and surmounted by wrought
iron pillars. Before travellers trust them
selves to any great extent on this new
piece of engineering, they are likely to
want their nerves quieted with definite
assurance that it won't blow over in a
gale, train and all, like its predecessor.
The water of the Tay beneath the bridge
is 100 feet deep or more, so that it is
sure death to be plunged into it in
tightly-locked railroad cars The pas
sengers who went down with the himsy
old concern proved this conclusively.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22
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