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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

Gents lsauZe and H.isle l'ilrcuu
Shirts.
4 full line, at 14l ID. h. MEGINNIss, JRs
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-07-31

Infants ChiIdrens' and Misses
Slippers.
A new lot jus: received, at d. B. heginniss,
Jr IS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Invariably shown up-Banners.
Always open to conviction - The
penitentiary.
The cheapest way to purchase coal
Buy the yard
Whenever a dentist takes the stump
he draws well.
Men should keep their tempers like
their rshirts-UnruAled.
Even wagon wheel can't go on
forever without getting tired.
There is this difference between
money and tannin: Money is stringent
and tannin is astringent.
Gas we charged" says a war cor
respondent, "the bugle blew" 1t must
have been a trumped-up charge.
1t is now in order for the youth who
smoke cigarettes to form league re-
fusing to kiss the girls who chew gum.
The old saw ''fne words butter no
parsnips" is now rendered elegant
diction oleomargarines no pastinaca
edulis."
A millinery house in Toronto has
failed for $150,000. How the concern
came to have two spring bonnets left
on its hands is not known.
"The best conductor of electricity
at present known is silver" The best
conductor into "society' at present
known is gold. 1t used to be brains.
Hens scratch up flower beds only
when they are barefooted. Our agrl-
cultural editor says that is why wo-
men run out and "shoe" the hens to
keep them from doing damage.
When Il cowboy goes into u Western
newspaper Office to demand satisfac-
.tion the editor always explains that
the assistant who wrote that article
Yhas just gone out to kill man, but
will be back in a few minutes" The
peowboy never waits.
Mary had a little lamb
With mint sauce on it, OH
| And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
II went with her to school one day
Within a sandwich white,
Which made the children laugh and say,
"Oh, give us ALA bite"
| "A BOOu-IOOklnS young lduy IldS OeeA
confined in New York State asylum
for long time because she labored
under the delusion that several men
desired to marry her. If all the good
looking young ladies who were afflicted
with that particular delusion were in
carcerated very large increase of asy-
lum accommodations would be re-
quired.
The. following explains the differ
ence between "luck' and "chance." :"
You take Il girl out to the theatre and
Rdiscoygr that you haven't a cent in
| your pocket. You are, of course, COM
l pelled to invite her to an oyster saloon
after the performance. She refuses for
some reason; that's "luck," but the
"chance" is a million to one that she
will accept
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
Momen Ia ana EnglIsh MilIs.

Married women seldom think Of for
saking the mill while their family is
increasing, unless, indeed, the number
Of little children-who must not be left
altogether without some one to take
care of them-should be so large as to
make it as cheap to stay at home as 20
pay a substitute, and their only hope
OF release is from some of TIE elder
children being able to supply the
mothers place. I could name more
than one case where the aggregate
yearly earnings of the family are nearer
$500 than 900. Still, the mother
trudges off TO the mill daily along with
her husband and her grown-up sons
and daughters. The other day, in my
pastoral rounds, / called on a woman
who had lost her daughter from dys-
pepsia-a very common ailment among
the families of the mill hands-and in
the course of conversation it came out
that her age was forty-eight, of which
forty had been spent in the mill, and
that the death of the girl had disap-
pointed a long-cherished hope of re-
lease from her lifelong drudgery,
which was now indefinitely postponed
until at least a little girl of ten had
grown old enOugh to take her place
GOOD Words
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

and 1 need not be separated, for he
would hardly dare venture into cold
climate yet. And it will be so nice for
him to take charge of that ranch you
have bought lie viii soon be as. strong
as aver, 1 know. l can't think how
yen ever canae TO fancy such plain
Little mortal. ASH am, Wallace" The
i'ttowp eye! ldAIed. up to his with a
ST&rn of 1Sye 54sd 6onlldence in them.
"a" 1t was that midday call which did
it," laughed Wallace, 81 liked your ap-
pearance before, but that finished me" :"
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
prOwgss oF Captain Myles standIsh.

.AlVhtSs W OdpCulh ngles otahulsns
DR.. Edward Eggleston describes the
famous Puritan soldier in an article
IN the CeRtuyy-"The Planting Of
New England las follows The iron
hand u. the colony in dealing with the
Indians and with evildoers along the
coast f.was their intrepid captain-gen-
eral, Myles Standish, a small man, who
was sneeringly dubbed by one who
had felt the weight of his authority,
Captain Shrimp" He was agile, in
domitable and hot-tempered. A York
shireman of gentle family, he had
been soldier in the low countries,
where he fell in with Robinson's con-
gregation. Liking them, he settled in
Leyden without joining the church.
lie came to New England in the May
flower, and led in all the military ope-
rations of the colony, going foremost
in every dangerous undertaking. He
was quick of decision and prompt to
act. He terrified Courbitant's. hostile
faction in Massasoit' tribe by surround
ing village in the night and taking all
the inhabitants prisoners. A merchant
named Weston having planted a col
ony of reckless English on the side of
Weymouth, who had rendered them
selves hateful to the Massachusetts,
tribe, some of the latter conspired to
destroy Plymouth colony and Weston's
settlement with the same blow. Mas
sasoit gave information of the plot to
the English, and even directed who
must be executed by sudden surprise,
in order to cut off the heads of the con-
spiracy, and so prevent the attack.
The danger WAS imminent, and Stand
ish set out for Weston's colony under
color of trading, though some of the
Indians reported that the little cap
tain was evidently angry inside. In
the insulting carriage of the Indians
Standish easily saw their intention to
surprise and cut him off. Pecksuot, a
.stalwart chief, had~ shGrpened his
knife on the back as well as on the
edge. "This knife" said he, -"has a
wOman's face on the handle. ! have
another at home; it has a mans face
on it, for it has killed an enemy.
After while the two shall
get married" Standish and his men
fell suddenly on some of the defiant
ringleaders, whose names Massasoit
had given, and killed them with the
knives which the Indians wore about
their own necks. The little captain,
with his own hand, stabbed to death,
after desperate struggle, the power
! full and insolent Pecksuot. The
measure was harsh one, but the
peril was very great, and Standish had
few men. The mode of execution was
that by which the Indians were ac-
customed to deal with such offenders
it was what Pecksuot intended, nc
doubt, for Standish and his COM
panions. 1t is to be remembered, too,
that the slightest reverse would have
brought the whole power of the savage
tribes upon the English. Robinson, in
Leyden, was deeply grieved at this
slaughter, and wrote: "Oh, that you
had converted some before you had
killed any" Standish carried the
head of one of the Indians back to
Plymouth. and stuck it up as q bar
barous trophy. In eXtenuation, it is
necessary to remember that, more than
a hundredyears later than this, TEMPLE
Bar, in London, was decorated with
human heads. .''
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
{ MINERS FLAT.
X CLARA spAID1Na BROWN.
) old gentleman.

BY CLARA sPALDING BROWN.
was broiling day in midsum-
Iiltr at MineEs Flat. The scorching
favs of an Arizona sun mercilessly
ought out elery nook and corner of
Ethe camp. unObstructed by shade Of
|any kind. : Alice Mariner thought of
rtlle hills and dells, the leafy nopks and
rfbpling waters of her old home1n New
| ENGLAND rs she paused for a moment
IN the kitchen door, and looked out
upon the broad and sterile plain where
not a single tree relieved the mOnot-
ony of the landscape. 1t was dreary,
nninSiting spot for a home, and the
quick tears sprang to Alice's eyes rs a
wave of longing for something differ
ent-something better-than this in
life swept over her. But they were
speedily brushed away, and the girl
turned back to her work in the swell
tering little kitchen. "How foolish Of
mel ~ she thought. Haven't l one
4 of the very best brothers in the world ?
4 And doesa't he toll from morning till
night to give me a home, and deny
himself many Il pleasure that he could
4 ehiE but for me? What right have l
TO complain because we don't live in
the pleasantest'plac in the world and
have all the mXuries of millionaire ?
Aid Mariner. thank your lucky
staf hat things are no worse, and
hui 5 np with your dinner. Henry
vi Sc here in thirty-iiye minutes as
hR f@ry as a bear"
\ }, with deft, quick movements,
Alice set the potatoes over the fire,
gave the savory-smelling roast in the
oven a good baSting, and was cream
ing the butter and sugar for the pud-
ding sauce when tap, Zap, came a
knock at the front door.
my goodnessl tWhos that, / Won
der?" exclaimed Alice, hastily substi-
tuting a clean white apron for her
floury kitchen one, and shutting the
stove dampers thatnothing might burn
in her absence. She crossed ting little
sitting-room, which also served as din
ing-room and as Henry's bedroom-f0A
this was the land of cot-beds and
'blankets-and opened the outer door
"Te-he-he| giggled Miss Laura
commonly and appropriately called
Lolly-Fayette. "Was passing by and
thought I'd call" with a glance that
was calculated to be bewitching at heI
companion, tall, broad-shOuldered
young fellow IN white suit and
Panama hat
"Tm glad to see YOU" said Alice
politely. walk in, please. Take this
rocker, Lolly; and Mr.. Harwood, al
low me to relieve you Of your hat.
Distressingly warm, isn't it?" Ian
guished Miss Lolly, plying her fan
with as much vigor as she could mus
ter. 81 never should have ventureC
out in such a sun, only Velma Sykes
is going away on the noon stage, anC
/ was positively obliged to see hei
about some things she is going to gei
( for me in san Francisco. / met Mr.
\ Harwood. ana he was good enough Il
walk along with me and carry my um
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

A Montreal man sent several bar
rels Of Canadian apples to Queen Vic
toria, Gladstone, Lord Dufferin and
General Wolseley. He received letters
Of acceptation from all except the
queen, whose secretary wr6>e: ~Her
majesty commands me to say that she
fully appreciates your kindness in send
ing the apples, but it is rule that
favors of this nature shall not be ac-
cepted. However, on account of their
perishable nature, the apples cannot be
returned" What became of them was
not explained.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
A 0oetor,s CurIous Conclusions.

Amongthe papers left behind him by
a German physician who died a short
time ago is one containing notes of
certain conclusions he arrived at dur
ing professional experience of more
than fortysyears. In one of these notes
he expresses an opinion that at least
one-third of TIE eillnesses of the patients
who sought his advice were purely
imaginary. lie found it not only
against his own interest, but against
that Of the self-alleged sufferers, to de-
stroy the illusion by informing them
that there was really no cause for
anxiety. III health was TO them a
matter of vital importance To destroy
the pleasing belief that they possessed
this blessing was an absolute cruelty.
In the few instances in which he broke
TO them the terrible truth that they
were quite well he found that the re-
suit was genuine illness. For the pa
tients, all interest in life departed with
their fayorite occupation OF nursing
themselves, and their health became
seriously affected by nervous depres-
sion. He also found that, as a rule,
weakly persons live longer than strong
ones. Without going so far as TO say
that the best lives are those rejected
by insurance offices, he thought never
theless that persons with "screw
loose" more often attain longevitl
than those in whom no trace Of disease
can be detected
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

In the course of a few years the
Northern Pacific railroad will run
through an avenue of shade trees
uhllndreds of miles in length. This ex-
tensive tree planting is being done to
protect the road from storms and snow
drifts. In addition to having large
gang of men at this work between
Fargo and Bismark, in Dakota, the
officers have distributed immense
quantities of seedlings and cuttings to
the farmers settled on the land grant.
and offered prizes for skill in forestry.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
King Winter.

Now in the crystal palace,
Far in the frozen North,
King Winter blows his bugle,
And sends his couricrs forth.
They rush, a mighty army,
In heecy garments dressed
And every hill and valley
They claim from East to West.
They hang their icy pennons
On shrub and bush and tree;
They spread a snowy carpet
Faras they can see.
And under this soft carpet
The flowers will sleep till spring.
So let us warmly welcome
The snow-fakes and their king.
Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
.MdGrtnNe.

IA. g.. Oreene bsru iuS Proyidencs, r. /.
February 10 1902. and 4euucAted at .BtoWl
unfyetsfiy, N, tlfat pity, Died 1858, was tn
apiifqf Of the fpmous so9p,, t'Old Grimes,
90 taldomtcotfeet publiehed, but as popu
lat ps any in the English language Th
follo~ingis Gcorfect yerstohJ ,sts
oid Grincsis is dead, that good Old man,
rs We meier shall see him fnprej
& lie used to wear a long block cont g 3. :,
All buttoned down before.
HiA heart was open as the day.,
His feelings all were truei 's ..
f1is hair was some inclined togray,
He wore it in aHueus
\ When e'er he beard ks Voice of pain, +
His breast with pity hairnedi
Tho large, round bQad rpon his cane
From ivory was siilped,
Kind words he ever had for all,
n Ho knew no base design;
a His eyes were-dark and rather small,
His nose was aqualines
/ He lived at peace with all mankind,
Il In friendsbip he was true;
4 His coatbdd pocket-holes behind,
His pantaloons were blue.
Tpharmed the sin which earth pollutes,
m \ He passed securely DER,
n And never wore pair Of boots
4 For thirty years or more.
But good old Grimes is now at rest,
y : Nor fears rnisfortune's frownF
y Hewore donble-broasted vest,
A The stripes seisup and down.
Ilf He n,odetemerit sought to find,
4 And pus II Is desett;
4 He had no Ddpce IA his mind,
No rdfles on his Shirt.
His neighboss he did notatpse,
d Was sociable and gay ;t<
4 He wore large buckles on his shoes,
And changed them every day.
His knowledge hid from public gaze,
II He did not bring to view,
Nor makea noise town-meeting days,
As many people do. a.
His goods he never threw
IN ortune's chances,
10 N his brothers do),
II'bas stances.
4 ThdkRuiIi By anxious cares,
HlpSacefdl pments ran,
a And trybody said he was
bss e old gentleman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

The largest well in the worlds now
being dug in Wilmington, Cal. it is
twenty-five feet in diameter, and is 50
built that the bottom is much wider
than the top. There is room in it for
some thirty men to work. The water
supply is so abundant that the whole
town Of Wilmington is supplied. and
there is enough 10 spare to supply the
ships in port near by. California is
the land OF big things.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
RATES OF ADvERT1s1NG.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly. Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work, cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

Some one has formed l,05l English
words of not less than four letters from
the letters in the word regulations"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

Luke Sharp says in the Detroit Free
Press that the London rufiian is the
most ruflian ruflian in the world He
has great deal of sympathy from
philanthropic societies and philan-
thropic people. Lately, however, the
judges have caused, us Colonel Sellers
remarked, "the hand of afiliction to
come down heavy" on the ruiiian.
Judge Stephen sent two young men,
Regan and Trowbridge, to penal seryi-
tude for fifteen years for robbing a
lady. Trowbridge knocked her down
TO prevent pursuit. This was an ex-
empliGcation of "rhe Yag2bond by
Trowbridge. The judge said: "You
are not only yagabond and thief,
but a cruel brute and since you in
ficted grieyous bodily pain on this
lady viii give you taste of what
bodily pain means" SO he ordered
him to receive thirty lashes from the
cat. In the second case where "a man
was knocked down three times and
robbed, the same Judge senteaced the
criminal to twenty years and thirty
lashes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

1t is not in America alone that the
locking of the. stable door is post
poned until the horse is stolen. They
have been doing the same thing in
London. Ten years ago the chief en-
gineer of the fire brigade in that city
estimated the necessities of his depart
ment at 900 firemen, sixty-siX steam
engines and 264 hand engines. But
although the city has increased twenty
per cent. since that time the equip
ment has never been brought up to
the demand then made. At the time
of the recent fire the force numbered
only 500, with fifty steam engines and
120 hand engines. The loss by that
fire would have paid for the necessary
increase many times over; and now
that the loss has been incurred there
is serious talk of putting the brigade
in such a condition Of efficiency as to
men and machines that a repetition
will be impossible.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

The distinguished American dead of
the year 1882 are Henry w. Longfel-
low, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Geo. p.
Marsh, minister to Italy and a scien-
tifc and pathological author, ThHrlow
Weed, General Governeur X. Warren,
General Casey, Admiral Rogers, Gen
eral FitZpatrics, General Hurlburt,
Clarkson n. Potter, of New York, and
Godlove S. Orth, Of Indiana, Senator
Hill, Of Georgia, Josiah Quincy, Of
Boston, Richard Henry Dana, DR.. John
w. Draper, historian and scientist, and
his cousin Henry w. Draper, also a
scientific man, the Rev, DR.. Bellows
and Henry James, ST., President Lin
coins widow, Daniel Websters widow,
Adelaide Phillips, the singer. In
Europe among the distinguished dead
of the year are Charles Darwin, DIR.
Pusey, the Archbishop Of Canterbury,
and Louis Blanc, the historian and a
leading French Republican, and Leon
Gambetta.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

1t was 1 serted in the recent Mis-
sissippi c Ae growers annual conven-
tion at ST. Louis the other day that
the sorghum industry would keep
$60,000,000 to $S0,000,000 in the coun-
try if its culture proved to be success
full. Director Sturteyant, Of the New
York agricultural experiment station,
says that "the case with which
sorghum cane can DE grown, the large
crops which can readily be raised, the
abundance of sugar and the value of
the refuse for feeding, all indicate the
Importance it may assume, and that,
perhaps, right soon, in our husbandry."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14

Those who have been close observ-
ers of emigration to the United States
for many years think it has reached it's
maximum. 1t is believed there may
be an influx of Russians in the present
year, and they are said to be the most
enterprising people who come, going
Immediately to the West and estab-
fishing new homes. Their powers of
endurance are wonderful. The tide of
emigration which has set in from the
mountain districts Of Hungary is occu-
pying the attention of the Hungarian
government. The emigration from
Germany showed a material falling off
in 1882 as compared with the arrivals
in 1881.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-04
Death of an Old Citizen.

Mr.. Joel Sturdeyant, a respected
citizen of Freedom, died Dec. 80, 1882
at the residence of his son, Henry A.
Sturdevant, in his 9lst year.
He was born at Norfolk, Conn.,,
March IA, 1871. With his parents he
moved to Bath, N. Y, when a mere
child. About three years after the
family moved to Hartford, Susque-
hama county, Pa. Here he resided
until his marriage with Miss Diana
Capron. In 1919 the young couple
moved to Bath, Medina (now SummiD
county, Ohio, where they remained
till 1884, when they moved to Free
dom, Portage county, and settled on a
new farm, on or near which he has
ever since resided. His wife died JAN
uary 18th, 1868. OF ten children-ive
boys and five girls-one boy died in
infancy, and the rest all lived to marry
and settle in life. Four sons and two
daughters still survive.
He was a quiet, peaceable citizen, a
great lover of home, man of excel
lent disposition apdstender sympathy.
or him many cherish pleasant memo
ry.
After an illness of five days he ex-
changed this earthly house for one
that is immortal. His funeral services,
conducted by Rev. Andrew Wilson,
were held on Monday, January l, 1883,
at the residence OF his son Henry, and
were very largely attended.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-04

The Young Peoples Association
take great pleasure in announcing that
their third entertainment of the course
will be lecture by Hon. VIM. Parsons
of whose eloquence there is but one
opinion, viz: that it is unsurpassed.
The subject of this lecture, which was
prepared during special visit to Troy
and Greece, is The Heroes of the
Homeric Age" and, as the Marshall
town (Ia.) Republican says: = 1t is a
suggestive title, but the wealth drawn
from it was of bewiIdering fu1lness,
and the cultured audience was, for
two hours of its delivery, fairly en-
tranced, intellectually. 1t was in it.
self "a summary of ofconcentrated thought
expressed in words chosen by an adept
linguist, with a view to expressing
ideas in the very shortest limit, and
yet it was so beautifully constructed,
and moved along from the beginning
to the final eloquent period in such
graduated scale that it was history in
i self, X Homer's heroes
were enshrouded with glory Of char
acter, simple grandeur, that came to
many restless Americans in the audi
ence like a revelation, and inspired
sudden thirst for more OF this enter
tanning knowledge.n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-04

GARRETTSVILLE, Dec. q, 1882.
ED. PRESS Noticing an article in
your paper of Nov. Is, 's2, headed
Hiram Correspondence, relating to the
importation of Freisian cattle, you
speak of Mr. L. G. Payne & Son buying
an interest in the herd lately imported
from Holland by II. L. Bancroft, of
Nelson. The article gives a wrong
Impression to the public. Regarding
the importation of these cattle, it con-
veys the idea that Mr.. Bancroft was
the only real importer of said stock.
The facts are Mr.. l.. G. Payne & Son
and Mr.. H. l.. Bancroft wishing to
procure some of said breed and wish
ing to get those of the best milking
qualities possible, procured the services
of Mr.. Cornelius Baldwin, of Nelson,
considered one of the best judges of
the milking qualities of COWS in the
State) who, with L. G. Payne, went to
Holland and made the selection.
Payne & Son taking thirty-one and
Bancroft taking six. P.