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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
A White Annche.

The Tombstone (Arizona) RepubH-
can of recent date says: A few days
since Hermosillo dispatch announced
the wounding and capture of a white
man, supposed to be l.. n. Streeter,
while heading an Apache foray.
Streeter is about fifty years of age and
was born in California, his father being
captain of an English merchantmen
trading on the Pacific coast and his
mother a native Californian. Of his
boyhood or early manhood very little
is known, he first com ng into notice
in Arizona by mis- connection as clerk
with the San Carlos agency during
Governor Saffords administration in
this Territory. While there he had
some difficulty with the officials, caused,
it is said, by his giving aid and comfort
to hostile Apaches. He left there
suddenly and went straight for the
camp of Juh and Geronimo, which
was then near Janos Pass, on the line
between Sonora and Chihuahua. 1t is
stated that while he was at the agency
he became enamored Of squaw be-
longing to the tribe, and it was this
fact that induced his leaving clVlllZa-
tion to cast his fortunes with the
Apaches. Governor Stafford offered a
large reward for his apprehension,
some stories placing the amount as
high as $4,000. He was not appre-
hended, however, and has never re-
turned to Arizona.
He is said by those knowing him
- l., fvt oil nd
well educated, and manuscript now
IN the hands of the writer, written
while Streeter was at Grenadols, goes
to prove it. He speaks the Apache
dialect huently, and is said to have
great influence with them. His stand
ing among the sayages, by whom he is
known as Don CaSsamario, may be
seen when it is known that the eide t
son of Chief Geronimo is named for
him
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A man in Pittsburg, Penn, has In
vented a potato-digger which, it is
claimed, will do the work of twenty
men.
At recent reception given by NJ.
Louis Rau, in Paris, each Of the lady
guests about TO take part in dance
was presented with bouquet in the
middle of which shone miniature
electric lamp fed by batteries devised
by NJ. Trouve.
The worlds largest animals are dis
appearing. The elephant is said to be
rapidly approaching extinction, and in
the interest of science it is suggested
that the British government interfere
to prevent the further destruction OF
this gigantic creature in India.
Nature creates by the million, ap-
parently that she may destroy by the
myriad. She gives life one instant,
only that she may snatch it away the
next. The main difference is that the
higher we ascend the less lavish the
creation, and the less sweeping the de-
struction. Thus, while probably but
one fish in a thousand reaches ma
turity, of every 1000 children born,
GOA attain adult age That is, nature
filings aside 999 out of every 1,OOO
fishes as useless for her purposes, and
two out of every five human beings.
Dogs, rabbits and Guinea pigs were
kept by M. Poincare in an atmosphere
resembling that which is usually
breathed by persons who use petro-
leum. The Guinea pigs alone sue
cumbed after remaining from one to
two years in this medium. The other
animals appeared to resist indefinitely.
He nevertheless recommends persons
employing petroleum as a source Of
heat or light, or who treat it indus
triously, to keep their stock in closed
vessels, TO attend to ventilation, and to
execute the operations of rectification,
etc., under draught-hoods.
From observations made in New
York and neighboring cities, DR.. A. A.
Julien concludes that the various
stones used for buildings will retain
decent appearance in walls for the
following periods: Coarse brown
stone. from to Is years; laminated
fine brown stone, from 25 to 80 years
compact fine brown stone, from 100 to
200 years Nova Scotia stone, prob
ably from 80 to 100 years; Ohio sand
stone, 100 years Caen stcne, from 81
to 40 years; coarse dolomite marble,
40 years fine marble, SO years; pure
calcareous marble, from 50 to 1OJ
years granite, according to variety
from IS to 200 years. Among the
chief destroyers of the stones are sol
vent substances washed from the all
by rains, and the heat of the sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
AR .tcatcher,s Methods.

In an interview with a professional
ratcatcher a New York Sun reporter
asked
"How do you clear a house of rats ?"
"If the house has a soft cellar floor
l can get the rats out, but 1 can't keep
them out. If it has hard founda-
tion, l hunt out all the holes leading
from the sewers and stop them up
with sand and cement. That prevents
any more from getting in and those in
the house from escaping. You see, q
rat is always on the move. He is
never still, but goes from the sewer to
the house and back again very often.
Having made the cellar tight, 1 find
the runways by which the rats go
from one floor to another. These are
generally along lead pipes in the walls.
A rat will run up lead pipe as easy
as walk along the floor. You can see
the marks of their feet on the runway.
| nail small square piece of tin over
part Of the runway and l grease the
outside. Now, rat can't run up this,
and he slips down when he comes to it.
"If l can't get at the runways l find
the holes, and fix this wire door on it.
Y You see, it is made of four pieces of
short wire laid parallel, held together
by crossbars, and sharpened at the
ends. This is suspended by the top
over a rat-hole. Coming from the hole
a rat can easily lift it up and get
through, but he can't go back, as the
gate falls and the sharp points prevent
him from lifting it. Now / make a
rat trap of the whole house. 1 so fix
the gates and tin sides that the rats
will all be led into one room in the
basement. There they are securely
caught, as they cannot possibly get
out. l go among them with dark
lantern and pick them up with my
tongs. can catch them as quickly as
a cat would a mouse. If they get in
places where 1 can't reach them ]
shoot them with this long target
pistol. 1 use these litJle target cart
ridges. and it kills them every time
"When the rats get in ceilings ]
smother them out with cayenne pep
per. l have fumigator here which
works like an air pump. l burn rec
pepper in it and pump it into the CELL
ing. The rats can't stand that, anC
they get out as fast as they can.
That is better than a ferret, as ferretS
are expensive and the rats often kill
them. Ferrets are scary things tC
handle. If they bite you once you
have to pry their jaws open. When
want to catch rats for dogs 1 sci
traps. First remove everything out
of their way, so that they will gel
very hungry. Then l set the traps
Then have another way of catching
them. l wear rubber shoes into q
slaughter-house at night and carry {
dark lantern. 1 move softly about
and catch the rats with the tongs
before they have a chance to get
away. In this way have caught
103 rats in two hours and half. II
you ever get bitten by rat, put the
wound in hot water and makeit bleed
Then bathe it with arnica or spirit:
Of turpentine."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
A Shower of Birds.

The most remarkable phenomenon
relating to Iowa storms occurred at
independence not long ago, when the
people at night were aroused by loud
pelting against the windows, which
could not be account ID for until the
morn ng, when thousands Of birds
were found dead all over the city. 1t
had been literal shower Of birds, and,
stranger still, nobo " had ever seen
such birds before. In size they were a
trine larger than snowbird and their
color much like a quail. 1t is sup
posed they were drawn into vortex
way down South and rushed through
the atmos2her those thousands of
miles.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
A WOnd rfuI Cavern.

About a mile from the market town
of Adelsberg, in Austria, and three
miles from Trieste, is to be seen the
most wonderful cavern in Europe, and
possibly in the world, called the Adels-
berg cave, and which has been explored
for a length Of nearly three thousand
yards, as far as a subterranean lake.
This cavern consists of several grottoes,
from sixty to eighty feet high. The
interior resounds with the noise of
water, as a little river runs completely
through it. forming many cascades on
its way, and being finally lost to view
in a fiSSure. I his river continues its
subterranean course for about eight
miles, and after a time it disappears
into the CayernS of Laase, whence it
emcrges as a navigable river called the
Laibach. The entrance to the cave of
Adelsberg is Illuminated by hundreds
of candles, and transparent curtain,
composed of large sheets of crystallized
limestone, is seen hanging from the
roof. The vast hall or ballroom is
about le0 yards from the entrance. 1t
is three hundred feet long and one
hundred feet high, and is adorned with
transparent stalactites of every kind Of
fantastic shape and form. Until the
year 1919, this ballroom was the only
part known; but at this date the wall
of stalagmite was broken through, and
a series of chambers exposed to view
possessing a cathedral-like appearance,
from the stalactites in many instances
forming vast columns, by meeting the
stalagmites below In the Adelsberg
cavern, numerous specimens are found
of the proteus, kind Of lizard that
dwells in the bottom Of the cavern
! lakes,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
CHAPTER II,

Knee-deep, apparently, in the golden,
full-eared wheat, Edith and her sisters
sauntered idly along, Eva first, gather
ing the brightest Of everything, till
her basket was full to overfiowing
scarlet poppies, Marguerites, graceful
clematis, rich leaves mellowing with
the first early autumn tints, long trail
ing sprays of amb 2r-veinel ivy, and
holding golden grasses-au sorts of
wayside and woodland treasures. They
were returning from Hazeldell farm,
where the children had rested for half
an hour, and eaten homemade bread
and butter. and drank milk with the
yellow wrinkled cream on it, and
helped themselves to the remains of
late amber gOoseberries that bordered
the garden path. 1t was always a
treat to go to Hazeldell farm, but had
Edith known that there were seven
children ill in the next farmhouse she
would have chosen some other direc-
ton. She had tried to think DR.. Ash l..
by's proposal over calmly, and it Ger
tainly seemed a safe and easy way out
of all their difficulties. He was rich
and willing to undertake the children's
education; ha would make an addition
20 Mrs. Bertram's income, which would
enable her TO live in comfort at some
watering place Though Mrs. Bertram
meant to make the Dingle her home ;
everything he proposed was kind and
thoughtful, and she was very grateful,
but in heart she felt she did not love
Seymour Ashby, and, what was more
than that, she never should love him.
Friendship, esteem. affection perhaps.
she might in time b. able to give him,
but no second growth Of love would
ever spring up in her heart. Edith's
was an intense, patient, faithful ma
ture, giving much and exacting little
in return. She was willing to wat. as
she had promised Jack Clifford, to Wsit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
STAND LIKE THE ANVIL

"Siand like the anvil" whom tho slrolSes
OF salwart men fall fierce md fast;
Storms but more deeply root the oak,
Whose brawny arms embrace the blast.
Stand like the anvil" when the sparks
Fly far and wide, n fiery shower;
Virtue and truth must still be marks
Where malice raves its want Of power.
Stand like the anvil" when the bar
Lies red and glowing on it's breast
Duty shall be life's leading star,
And conscious innocence its rest.
Stand like the anvil;" noise and heat
Are born of earth and die with time;
The soul, like God, its source and seat,
Is seldom still, serene, sublime.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
THE Man WHO NEVER ADvER-
TISES.

Sing. business muse, the dark and dolefu
fate
OF him who labors but that he may wait:
Thepiles of goods heaped up within his store;
Which can't be less, and never may be more,
The man whose life has lost all fortunes
prizes:
In fact, the man who never advertises.
Sing of his start, his great ambitic--a~~AanA-
The capital that gave him cause to hcpS1
His creditlarge, his full and ample stock,
His bank account as solid as rocki
Then fell the doom to which the man was
fated
Who never advertised, but simply waited
So simply and so vainlyl Splendid signs,
Which basement art irradates and refnes;
Plate glass show windows, elegantly dressed,
Such lively clerks, cashiers, and all the rest,
Served but to show him how the public sizes
The style of him who never advertises.
He waited, and all waited; clerks, cashiers,
Statesmen, saleswomen-such delightfu
dears-
Impatient waited all the season through,
With precious little for the crowd to do.
The public saw-that fact there's no deny
ing
But passed the store without thought Of
buying.
Business was dull, but salaries and rent
Went on till cash and credit both were spent;
The silly ymerchanthoped his luck would turn
Until the sheriff closed the whole concern.
Now, at a pittance which his soul despises,
He works for one who always adverhses.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11

The SAFETY of railroad travelling is
forcibly illustrated in the statement
that OF the 4l,l20,2S5 passengers car.
riad by railroads terminating in Boz
t0p last year bat eight were killed,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-11
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements colleetse
Quarterly. Temporary advertisements nust
be paid in advance.
job work, cash ON delivery.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-05
6ltl1es Of September Skies.
Journal September Est

The planetary aspect of September, while
not marked by any striking INCIDENTS, Is
rioh in topic for astronomical study. :Ehe
harvest moon will food the earth with its
serenS light; and for few nights eclipse
the beaming stars: But their turn to shine
will come when her short lived glory wanes
and then, too, the commencement OF the
crisp, frosty nights may be an tfHcipated
when planets shine With defnahon deaf
to the hearts Of astronomers. Six OF the
seven biahets are on the western side of the
sun. and fail hAtQ, the ranks as morning
stars. Saturn, Fcptuhe, Jupiter, Mars,
Venus and Uranus give Che order in which
thew rise, though; Nept une ara Uranus are
invisible. Those who have access to tefe.
scopes will possess treasures of enjoyment
in views of the pale-t:nted Neptune, OF
the peerless ringed planet Saturn, and OF
the fascinating belts and moons OF Jupiter
Those WHO can only watch the stars in their
courses with unaidsd vision will enjoy the
superb picture that is rightly unfolded be-
fore their wondering eyes. Two comets
slowly fading into invisibility; Sat1'rr, IN
brilliant phase induced by triple Gems
binatioh of favorable conditions, his wide
opet rings, his great northern decllnatlon,
and bis apbbbfench to perihelion; Jupiter In
the magnlhcence ef BIS heaI aPPiooon,
Mars slowly increasing ID Harlfke hue; and
Venus, though waning, still the fairest OF
the brotherhood. This is indeed season
of exceptional planetary activity, and those
observers are wise who improve this oppor-
tunity fox intimate acquaintance with the
brother and sister spheres that, with the
esrth; moons, Comets and meteors make up
the sofst family, system with which life on
this planet is ii,separablv linkea;a system,
too. whose extent our finite powers can
scarcely fatholn, although the sun and his
Whole retinue of worlds are but shining
point in the great universe of infinite space.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-05
A Great Master of Sty1e-and
Nothing Else.


There is told the story ofa phenome-
nal young man who turned up In Bostott
thirty years ago or more and sought
work in a lawyers Office. He obtained
it and was set at copying. One day his
employer had been preparing the rough
draft of an Grafton which he was to de-
liver on some public occasion, and r.,
the voting tt1afl referred to, was told to
copy it. When the copy was feturned
there were certain blanks, and the law
yer asked for an explanation. "I:thought
SIR" said g., timidly, "that I would
suggest slight alteration there" The
lawyer looked at him in establishment,
but listened attentively, nevertheless.
And R. did suggest ''slight alteration"
an alteration that was SO obviously an
Improvement that the lawyer
adopted it then and there, And
he made 2ther suggestions az to change
OF form of expressions, which were also
his employer asked him when, where
ledge Of style. He explained that he
was brought up in the country, that his
parents was very poor, that he had al.
ways be fond of reading, and that the
only books in the house were the Bible,
Shakespeare and the Spectator. These
he had read through from six to ten
times each, and he modestly supposed
that in this way he had acquired know
ledge ofstyle. He certainly bad. But
mark the result His study had been go
exclusively devoted to style that, al
though great men and great scholars
were not above coming to him for. critl-
cism and suggestions. he was practically
good for nothing else, It was case {,
where reading did not make full
Boston Budget. "a.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-05

covered with emDrolrdered Persian carpets.
PILLOWS and. couches, of. elegant forms,
were Scattered. about the room, which were
perfumed WITH frankipeense There
were whispering galleries f0f tbs ,stnuse-
ment of the women; labyrinths and r1sqb1e
play courts for the children; for the master
himself, grand libraries. The Khaif Alba
kem's was SO large That the catalogue alone
filed forty volumes. He had also apart
ments for the trahsctimpe, binding, and
ornamenting of books. Ecross, the
Pyrenees, literary, philosophical, and mil:
itary adventures, were perpetually passing;
and thus the luxury, the taste, and. above
all, the chivalrous gallantyy and elegant
eo1rtesies of moorish society found their
way from Granada and Cordova to Proverbs
dhd tahguedoc. The refined society Of
Cordova pfided itself on It's politeness. A
gay contag1on also spread from the beauti-
full Moorish miscreants to their sisters be-
yond the mountains. The south of France
Hes full of the wltcheries of female fascin-
akg1s: atd Of dancing to the lutte and man
d0lifl. Even III Italy and Sicily the love
sofg became tie favofite composition; and
oat Of these genial but not orthodox Begin
nings the polite literature Of modern
Europe arose.-Draper'5 intellectual d.
q,ezODment"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-05
Games and Doctors.

The Pursuit, perhaps little unduly,
of new game has at last developed a
new disease. Even in our amusements
nature seems to warn us against excess.
When skating Kinks We're at their height
of fashionable Supremacy, 5edns SIR
geons got to be quite adopts in dealing
with what ia technically known as collis's
fractures; and there are certain doctors
who, each succeeding month of May,
recognize the familiar symptoms OF
academy headache" The newest
grievances is q little more acute In It's de-
lay. There are dalicate, sheaths which
which may be wrenched and distorted
by special exercise. Lawn tennis IS
peculiarly favorable 10 this result, and
"a lawn-tennis elbow" is added to the
Ills which nineteenth-century f1eeh in
merits. The cure is peculiarly disagree
able, as "perlect rest is one of the
Items in the doctors programme. A
confirmed tennis player can no. more
lake perfect rest than confirmed glut.
ION can dine on cold ifest.. But he can
,'lay with his left hand while he rests
The right, and thus if tennis elbow be.
comes anything like as usual an ailment
as tennis playing is an accomplishment,
We shall find the number Of left-handed
people sensibly increase.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-05
FARMERS COLUMN.
Artioultural Notes.

The Blue Grass farmers Of Kentucky
are buying largely of Jersey cattle now
adays. -
A mad dog bit 500 sheep in Reno
county, Kan sas, and died In the CORE
In a week, the sheep showed every
symptom of hydropobia and 2oo died Of
A herd of $50 shorthorn cattle. valued
at over 500, 900, was shipped from ster'
ling, Ky, to Chicago, Wednesday
where the cattle will be sold June q
and %: They we're owned by Senator
Williams; tile. Hamiltons; ana Cqfnlng
Anderson. This Is the largest and most
valuable shipment Of the kind ever
made.
Farmers who think there is no money
in little things would do we'll to visit
places where: small industries consti'
tute The only source Of gain on, farms,
New England might be instap ced;;,
Beans, supposed to be beloved by
Boston, have found an earnest advocate
in German student. He says: ".Among
Americans it is common to hear one per
son tell another that he "'don't know
BEANS" I have for long time Thought
that none of you know beans very well.
My young friend, take it for granted
that you know beans. You know, then,
that they contain about IS per cent. of
starch, and of albuminous matter-the
muscle maker-no less than % per cent.
or much more than is contained in your
beefsteak.
The Western Rural's directions for
keeping cows teats clean may not be new
to all dairymen:
"Let the mixer, on a three-legged
stool, crowd himself inst as far under
the COW as he can possibly get: Then
bore his head into the cows side. Theii
commence stripping tho milk into bis
hands until he gets The teats thoroughly
wet. Then as soon as the froth COM
mences to accumulate on the milk let
the mixer dip first one hand and then
the other into the ftoth and keep the
teats smudged all the, time he is milking.
The teats may not be thoroughly clean
when he commences milking but reckon
they will be by the time he gets
DONE"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-05
THE MOORISH RULE IN SPAIN.
The Magnihcence and Luxury of AAcfen
C0rdnv0.

The Magniacence and Luxury Of Ancient
Cordova.
From Diapers Intellectual Development
On the north Of Africa settled the lurid
form of the Arabian crescent, one horn
reaching to the Bosphorus and one point:
ing beyond the Pyrenees. Scarcely had
the Arabs become firmly settled in Spain
before they commenced q brilliant career.
Cordova, under their administration, at
it's highest point Of prosperity, boosted of
more than two hundred thousand houses,
and more than million Of Inhabitants.
After sunset, man might walk through it
III straight line for ten miles by the light
Of the public lamps. Seven hundred years
after this time there was not so much as
one p6blic lamp In London. It's streets
were solidly paved. In Paris, centuries
subsequently, whe ever stepped over his
threshold on q rainy day stepped up to the
ankles in mud. The Spanish Moham-
medans had brought with them all the lux
uries and probabilities of Asia. Their resi-
dence stood forth against the clear blue sky.
OF were embosomed in woods. They had
polished marble balconies; overhanging
orange kardens; courts with cascades of
of slumber in the heat of the day; retiring
rooms, vaulted with stained glass. specified
with gold, over which streams Of water we're
made to gush. The floors and walls were Of
exquisite mosaic. Here q fountain of
quicksilver shot up in q glistening spray, the
differing particles falling with tranquil
sound like fairy bells; there, apartments
into which cs,ol air was drawn from flower
gardens, in summer by means of ventilat.
ing towers, and in the winter through
earthen pipes, or caleducts, imbedded in the