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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

According to writer in a foreign
paper, animal oils are unsafe to use in
air compressors, as they take fire spon-
taneously in compressed air, or, IN other
words, they create an explosive gas.
A specimen Of vegetable wool is On
exhibition at Amsterdam. 1t comes
from Java. When it is freed from its
leathery covering and the seeds, through
a very simple process, tits worth between
sixteen and seventeen cents pound.
Baron Mueller asserts that palm trees
reach their extreme southern limit in
New Zealand, where noble species
extends as far as forty-four degrees south
latitude. The most southern American
members of the same tribe-Kentia
sapida--ceases in La Plata, in latitude
thirty-four degrees.
Germany has 500 mills for the manu-
facture of wood pulp, and such degree
of perfection has been reached iii its
manufacture that even for the better
qualities of paper it is complete
substitute for rags Wood pulp consti-
tutes seventy-fve per cent. of the paper
stock used in that country.
The difficulty of dealing effectively
with leprosy in India is that it is heredi-
tary, and it was not until late years that
a rational system of treatment was
adopted with the lower order of natives.
Now the isolation which had been prac-
ticed with this terrible disease since the
days of Moses and proper hospital care
may in generation abate the evil.
Recent investigations at Hochst-on-the-
Main, where no fewer than 672 persons
are employed in the aniline color works,
go to prove that though aniline is ad-
mittedly poisonous, none of the men who
became i'll died, and those engaged for
eighteen years in the magenta house, al
though Redeemed with dye even to the
inside of the mouth, suffered no serious
bad health.
"The best quality Of charcoal" says
the Engineer, "is made from oak, maple,
beech and chestnut. Wood will furnish,
when properly charged, about twenty per
cent. of coal. A bushel of coal from
pine weighs about twenty-nine pounds.
A bushel of coal from hard wood weighs
thirty pounds. About 100 parts of oak
make twenty three of charcoal; the same
quantity of red pine 22.10, and of white
pine twenty-three."
S. r. Canestrini has been experiment
ing upon the effects Of decapitation upor
insects. Butterflies were able to use
their wings eighteen days After they had
lost their heads. Crickets 1eaped on the
third day after they had been beheaded
and the praying -mantis showed signs
of life on the fourteenth day after the
head had been separated from the body
! He gives still more singular observations
tending to show that the head in insects
cannot be subject to the same perpetua
strain as the head in mammals in guiding
the motions of the body.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05

Emory, you remember the doctor said
she must be kept quiet"
1t was Jack Crawford who spoke. The
younger man arose.
Yes" he assented, huslSily, " she
cannot bear agitation. Perhaps you can
soothe her to sleep.n
he turned away and the next moment
was striding up the mountain as if hop
ing to escape the torture that filled his
heart.
"Good God, is it possible that that
child has learned to care for me-" he
asked himself "And have done aught
to win her love. No, God knows never
dreamed of such thing. l looked upon
her as a cbild-a guileless child to whom
the sentiment of love was unknown"
Dave Poole was the first man he met
when he returned to camp an hour later
How is Clipper" he asked, glad
that it was too dark for the man to OBJ
serve his agitated air.
Son the home stretch, reckon, poor
little gal She's been asking for you"
he responded, blowing his nose vigorously,
hoping thereby to keep the tears from
his eyes
Emory stepped softly into the tent
where she lay Death was dealing gently
with her-aye, even more gently than
life had. A drawn look about the mouth
was the only visible trace of his presence.
Seeing her lips move, he drew near.
Bury me-out on the hill-where we
went one day--to git flowers. 1t is
higher heaven up there" was what she
said.
The day that she was laid to rest on
the hill that was nearest heaven the
miners gathered around the grave and
sang "The Sweet BY and By" for
her requiem. 1t was the only sacred
song they knew, and they sang it with
fervor as if each hoped to meet poor
little Clipper again con that beautiful
shore"
Clip rather enjoyed the excitement,
probably for the reason that he did not
comprehend his loss. The miners spoke
more gently to him The best of every
thing in the way of food was given him,
and taking it all together he had very
good time.
In the years which followed, Emory
tried, for Clippers sake, TO make an
honest man of her brother, but, as the
poor child expressed it, "he'd steal every
chance he got" and at last reports Clip
was serving, gratuitously, the State OF
| California,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
A Chinese Passport.

If you intend to proceed to the interior
of that country by river, writes CORE
spondent from China, you must get
"house boat IA sort of monster gon-
dola built in junk fashion-you must en-
gage a cook and interpreter, and you
must finally obtain a passport, without
which you may be turned back by any
little mandarin's representative who may
chance to challenge you. The house
boat and cook were found for me by the
energetic manager of the Hotel des Colo
nies at Shanghai; the passport owing to
tic. care of the esteemed English consul
came Just in time to allow me to avail
myself of a fair wind and good strong
tide. The passport would have made "a
first-rate sheet for bed, both in point
of size and toughness Of material. What
it said / shall never know. The man
who inscribed it will carry his dread
secret to the grave for all / can decipher
Suffice it TO say that il contained upward
of 400 large Chinese characters, two
alone covering nearly six square inches,
and that by a Chinese gentleman Of my
acquaintance it was pronounced "Welly
can do, which was satisfactory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
A "Trouble.Man's' Life.

The life of a telegraph company's line
man is laborious and dangerous one,
and at times entails great hardship and
exposure. In Philadelphia the Western
Union company has five men whose
whole duty is to repair damages to the
line in or within few miles of the city.
One of these is George Riley, who went
to sea for eleven years of his life and who
has been in the employ of the company
for the past fifteen years. In speaking
of accidents in telegraph work he said
"There is some danger, of course, in
linework, but as a rule it can be avoided
if one is cool-headed and careful. The
trouble with most men is that when
they get accustomed to climbing they
become careless and reckless and some
times get bad falls. The only man of
our line that has been killed in my time
was thrown to the ground by the break
ing of a cross-bar. There are very
narrow escapes. though. have climbed
a pole that | thought was sound and
found when near the top that it was soft
and rotten Once l fell about twelve
feet, and only saved myself from falling
to the ground by grabbing some wires.
In Philadelphia the company has about
fifty poles that are from seventy to 100
feet high, Formerly we used to climb
these like the rest, but of late years the
monsters are fitted with iron steps, and
going up them is nearly as easy as going
upstairs. The steps were adopted be-
cause the poles are valuable and the
climbing made holes in them and caused
them to be exposed to the weather.
One of these poles is eighty feet high.
Formerly we had either to climb this pole
or to get to it from the roof. The Jump
from the mansard roof to the fourth
cross-bar was fully five feet and the cross
bar, seventy feet above the ground, was
only three and half inches broad. You
can imagine that this was a small foot
hold for such jump, and yet we never
missed it. The jump back to the roof
was somewhat more dangerous, there be-
ing space of only sixteen inches to land
on and wall to bump against l took
the jump several times but liked it less
and less at every jump.
"The best and boldest climber know
is Dick Penn, of Baltimore. He has
climbed old poles that broke under him,
but, like a cat, he always falls on his
feet. He doesn't use any monkey wrench,
as others do, in getting out the two-and
seven-eighths-inch bolts that fasten the
cross-bars to the pole, but pulls them out
or kicks them out. A climbers outfit is
generally pair of climbing-irons, pair
of nippers to break wire with and sec
tion of wire-say ten pounds. / have
seen Penn climb forty-fve-foot pole
with 100 pounds of wire thrown over his
shoulder. James Grace, also lineman,
was the only other man who could climb
with this weight
They call us at the Office trouble
men, for whenever there is anything
wong on the line we are sent TO fix it. -
Philadelphia Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
SOME DAY.

Some day shall be dead,
Some day this tired head,
With ell the anxious thoughts it n0w doth
know,
Shall be laid low.
This body, pain-racked, i'll,
Shall lie at length, and still,
Under the clover and the wind-swept grass.
Nor hear you. pass
That were, indeed, strange sleep,
When even you might weep,
And come, and go--even you--Enheard Of me
As bird OF bee.
Nay, sweetheart, nayl believe
Here is no.cause to grieve.
One so wayworn, of trouble so opprest,
Is glad Of rest
Perchance, when that release
Hath wrought its spell Of peace,
Ger this unquiet heart long yext with woe,
Heart's-ease may grow.
Who loves me will not weep
When that / lie asleep,
But rather Joy to think such sorrow may
Have end some day.
Isabella Grant Meredith.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Among the oldest of smokers--Chim-
neys.
When the giraffe wants drink he
knows what a long-felt want is.
The shoemaker should know more than
the doctor about the heeling art.--Pica-
gutne.
When your husband has the malaria
ask him to go out and shake the carpet
Hartford Journal
Emerson said: "There is always room
for man of force" He had probably
met Sullivan in a crowd. d.-The Judge.
The following is extracted from a
smart boys composition on Babies"
''The mothers heart gives 4th joy at the
baby's 1st 9th"
The general introduction of oatmeal
mush as breakfast dish causes stir in
many a.household in the morning when
only the cook is astir.
Nothing is more common than ingrati-
tude. Notwithstanding the comfort we
derive from fire, it is the first thing to
which we turn the cold shoulder.
1t doesn't hurt mans back half SO
much to bend over at bowling, when he
rolls twenty-pound bails, as it does TO
bend over to black his shoes. -Pstck.
She knew music, and painting. and style,
And possibly knew how to flirt;
But Saints of the Kitchenl she asked for
A gridiron to iron shirt.
--Merchdnt- Traveller
Why is it that if man loses his night
key he never discovers the fact until he
} arrives home after every one has gone to
bed, and wants TO open the door
Puck.
A valuable exchange publishes an
article headed Surprising Minister"
Some one, perhaps, dropped whole quar-
ter into the contribution basket. Bis
mdrck Tribune.
Augustus, she said, "why is there
so much confusion in that stores" ~
know not, dearest, - he simpered, un-
less it is caused by that hustle in the
window Fire Press.
Beneath the leaflets yellow,
In the garden lone and murky.
The most unhappy fellow
Is the turkey,
Who knows he won't be living
One day after Thanksgiving.
Before Young man can court Mexi-
| can girl ne mas 10 ltil AVi poiOueo "a e--
door-steps of the house what his pros
poets in life are. If he says he is a curve
pitcher for champion baseball club, the
old folks say ''go in
We have every reason TO doubt the ex-
istence of the Giants Causeway and the
wonderful cliffs which are said to hne
the northern and western coasts Of Ire
land. as the island is well known to
abound in shamrocks.--Judge.
''Will there be hop tonight" asked
boarder of another who had loved the
stock market "not wisely but too well. "
"Don't know about the hop, but there
will be a skip if can get my trunk
out, " was the reply.-BostOn Butteth.
The North american Repieio has an ar
ticle on early Man in America. " Oh,
yes; but there's nothing scientific about
him. He's the man that comes in at 3
O'Clock in the morning singing q In the
morning by the bright light. ~ Ha'okeye.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
The Riches of Arizona.

Governor Tritie, of Arizona, has made
a report upon the progress and develop
ment of that Territory. The Territory
now claims population of $4,000 and
$50, 000 600 in taxable property. The
dangerous and disturbing elements
which have been such forcible factors in
checking progress are now well under
control. The value of the gold and sill
yer products for the year ended Decem.
ber 81, 1882, is $9,29s, 267, against
IS, 1913, 766 in 1881. The yield Of copper
in 1882 was 15,OO0, 900 pounds. The
combined value of the silver and copper
product for 1888 will be between fifteen
and sixteen millions of dollars. This
will place Arizona second ON the list Of
bullion producers. Figures are given
showing that herd of 100 head of cat
tie viii in five years, by natural increase,
number 302 head. The number Of sheep
in the Territory is placed at 300, 600,
producing 2,4O0, 900 pounds of wool
yearly. Congress is asked to provide for
the boring of artesian wells, for a geo
logical survey, for the erection of a capt
tol, for an increase Of pay of territorial
legislators, and for fourth United
States Judge
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
MIning.

John w. Mackey, the California bo-
nanza king, said to reporter for the
st. Paul Pioneer Press Mining is the
most precarious business in the world"
"You can well afford to say Il" the
reporter retorted with $50, 600, 600 to
your credit. But did you think so in
1869, when you were pushing an ore car
in the Ophir mine z"
- knew it then only in theory; for
my salary of 81 day was always sure,
and my wants were simple. Yon always
hear Of the successful miners. The men
who disappear and are lost in Pa1per
alley are not so often quoted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
Dinner Gratis.

Cocobal, the famous French sponger,
throws off all restraint when he sees any
chance of getting what he calls good
blowout" The way he invites himself
to your table is as simple as it is irresisti-
bic. The other evening he called on
friend who was just sitting down to
simmer What, Gustave, you are not
having dinner alone, are your he ex-
claimed, on entering. / am, as you
see." " All. but it is a bore to have TO
dine alone. III tell you what, I'll sacri-
fee to you my evening for oneelo
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
coNsrANcY.
HE SAID

HE SAID.
And leaned as he spoke on the pasture bars,
That he vowed by the heavens blue
Bytho silvery moon and the shining stars
To ever prove leal and true.
Men change, It's true" he said, "but OH
Believe me, my own dear love,
Affection like mine, as time will show,
Has strength that no power can move.
SHE sAID
"So fear or doubts beloved, have I,
For deep in this heart of mine
is a loge that viii never dim or die,
Butwill last for aye--lile thine p
He gave her ring and a fond caress,
While her tears like torrent fell
AS with falt'ring words and in sore distress,
Hebade her a long farewell.
But the man IN the moon, who had often
viewed
Such tender scenes, ween,
Winked knowingly then, as the lovers stood
Beneath, in the silver sheen.
Two summers with. blossom and bud were
gone,
Two winters with frost and snow
And again, the man in the moon looked
down
On the whinling world below.
And what did he sec why, the lover had
won
A widow with wealth galore,
While fhe maiden Ind wedded that very
morn,
The clerk of dry goods store.
Quoth the man in the moon: cts exactly
now
As II was when the world began
No weaker thing than womans vow,
Excepting the vows Of a man."
These things have given the man in the
moon
Such cynical views of life
That this is the reason he lives alone,
And never has taken wife.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
BROTHER AND SISTER.

"What is your namea"
"Clip.n
Rather appropriate, fancy" OBJ
served Jack Crawford, eyeing the dwarf
ish figure of the lad before him. "Who
do you belong tor
"Nobody."
"Well where on-earth did you come
from9n
"Clipper Gap"
Crawford indulged in a hearty laugh.
"You want to know if you can stay
here, eh9 Yes, you may, but warn you
that you won't get either fat or rich very
soon unless you have better luck than the
rest of usp
Can Clipper come tooG" inquired the
boy with an upward glance of his sharp
black eyes.
''Who in the name of all the gods is
Clipper2 Your dog, eh2'
. No, she hain't dog, she's q gal, my
sisters
"Where is she now2p
"Down by the gully washin' her feet
cause they hurt. y
How old is she9"
Don't know; bigger'n me, though"
''Concise and explicit, - remarked Gran
ford, with an amused smile "You had
better run along and bring herup to camp.
II is growing dark and you may get
lost. !"
Clipper never gets lost, she can go
anywhere . he asserted in tone which
bespoke the utmost confidence in his
sister
CRAWFORD watched the boy as he
bounded nimbly down the hillside.
'Hi-eh- -hi-eh-hi, - he sang at the top of
his voice. A musical g Ho-eh-ho-eh-ho"
resounded through the hills and the next
moment slim girl darted forward,
caught Clip in her arms, kissed him and
then gave him a sharp slap on the cheek.
"Ye hateful little toad, thought ye
was lost, . she said by way of explaining
the dual reception she had given him.
",Where ye bin9n
Clip rubbed his face and muttered
resentfnlly:
Cup there, found camp, the man
wants We to come too. D."
"Oh, Clipln she cried, not needing
his answer ~ was scared-I thought
they'd caught VEL wish We wouldn't
run off like that" The exclamations
were uttered in breathless sort of way,
and she placed her arms protectingly
around him. A very pretty picture she
made rs she stood there. The golden
red rays of the setting sun glimmering
athwart the live oak boughs, threw
fantastic shadows overher gypsy like face.
Her scant costume, consisting of a brown
petticoat and sack, and a gay colored
Mexican shawl draped Spanish fashion
around her head and shoulders, gave her
q quantity picturesque air. Jack Gran
ford, who had strolled leisurely after the
boy, appeared in view on declivity q
couple of yards above them. .aCatching a
glimpse of him she started back few
steps, then lifted her dark, half-terrified
eyes to his face.
ats only the miner, whispered Clip,
in on assuring tone.
and in hand they advanced to within
a short distance from where he stood.
Just then group of men appeared on
the other side of the camp clearing.
The girls sharp eyes discovered them,
and in an instant she was at Cranfords 8
side, grasping his arm
"Don't let them touch himP y she cried,
her dusky face growing almost white.
Nobody shall harm either Of you,
said Crawford, laying his hand on her
shoulder
"Hello, Jackl" called out one of the
party, who are your visitorsi"
"Clpper and Clip, Of Clipper Gap,
he responded. Then to the girl, You
needn't be afraid they all belong to ou
camp"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
A Trick Of the Trade.

William Petty was most successful
gambler but by queer trick. AS he sat
at inc table with a pile OF coin before
him there lay at his hand twenty-doi-
lar gold piece that was followed out and
contained mirror BY holding this at an.
angle Of forty-fve degrees behind stack
of coin in front of the dealer he could
see every card held by his opponents.
He was recently arrested at Portland,
Oregon, with three false pieces in his
p0ssession.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements colle0ted
quarterly. Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work, cash ON delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05

Within ten years, writes a Western
man, thirty California millionaires have
died, and not ono OF them was dis
tingushed in life for anything but his
mopey,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-12-05

In a contest in the Milwaukee postolhce
one Of the clerks distributed 900 postal
cards in thirteen and oas-half minutes
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-04
Heart Disease
CUREDl by
Dr.. RasA's Regulator


VIM. G. Osgcodby, the well-known safe manu-
facturer of Buffalo. Philadelphia, Pittsburg, New
ark, and Atlanta, Ga, says:
OFFICE OF OsGooDBY's IMPROVED SAFrsl
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October II, 1881.
DIR. RCsH's MEDICAL ASSOCIATION:
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am, gentlemen, very respectfully.
WIN, G, OSGOODBY.
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