The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04


Ties estimate the annual loss TO honest
people by their operations at the enor-
nous sum # $25,000,0O0. Many of
these evildoers are brought before the
magistrates from time to time, but
both judges and juries are accused of
administering too mildly even the mild
laws OF Germany against vagabond-
age. The evil has become so great that
the government is understood to be
prelWing severe law for bringing
scoundrels Of the vagabond class to
justice.
The Chicago Tribune calls attention
to the fact that "wheat belt" of the
Northwest is of wonderful extent. It
cites in proof the report of Colonel
Taylor, United States consul general
at Winnipeg, who exhibited before the
agricultural association of Manitoba
specimens of Red Fife wheat sowed
May l, and harvested August 20, 1882,
at Fort Dunvegan, in latitude fifty
seven degrees, longitude 11S degrees.
on the banks of the Peace river, 1,200
miles northwest of Winnipeg. It's
product was forty bushels to the acre,
with corresponding weight, and Mr..
McDougal, who had been in charge Of
the post since 1877, assured him that
there had never been a failure in
equivalent crops of barley, oats and
vegetables. This makes the wheat belt
some 1000 miles long from southeast
to northwest, and the northern por-
tion OF it is settling up very rapidly by
colonies of well-to-do farmers from
Great Britain.
John Hartwell, alias Anna Ress,
the seeress of New York" alias "Me-
thratton, the great seer of England"
alias the philosophical Astrologer,
Grand Master of the Mysteries, En-
chanter, Sorcerer and Dealer in Magic
and Spells was arrested again the
other day at Birmingham, charged
with defrauding large number of
persons by pretending to possess SUI
pernatural powers. In his defense
the prisoner calmly remarked: al
have always noticed that my being
imprisoned has been attended by great
national disasters, and / am informed
that unless l am discharged this coun-
try and its rulers will be ruined and
that too forever" But this frightful
picture evidently did not produce the
desired effect upon the court, for the
seer was forthwith committed to the
sessions as an incorrigible rogue. and.
having been previously convicted on a
similar charge, he was ordered to be
kept at hard labor pending his trial,
The latest thing in paper is paper
falls' 1t is claimed they are superior
t. steel or iron in almost every point
the cost per mile one-third that of
steel, and they will last much longer
oeing almost indestructible, there is nc
contraction from heat or cold, conse.
quently no loose or open Joints, and
being SO much lighter than steel OF
iron, the rails can be made longer and
connections perfectly solid, making
The road as smooth as one continuous
rail. The adhesion of the drivers OF
Tie engine to this material will be
greater than that of steel, conse-
quently the same weight engine will
have larger load. There will be a
great saving of fuel the smoothness
OF the rail win lessen the wear and
tear OF rolling stock, and to say nothing
Oh the difference in first cost, the re-
uuctIon in machinery aud repairs will
oe big item. The rails will neither
rust nor rot, and there will be No
danger OF accidents from broken rails
In frosty weather. Paper car-wheels
have been in use for many years, and
we have paper houses. paper table
cloths and napkins, paper boxes, paper
mats, paper soles to our boots, and paper
money. The inventive genius of the
country seems TO be set in the direc-
ton OF making paper ill the greatest
number of uses possible.
The ghastliest example of red-tape
thus far recorded is reported from the
Russian town of Samara. A local GOV.
ernment clerk, named Tichenow, after
drinking heavily for some days, ut
terly collapsed one night, and to all
appearance died. IL is not the Russian
custom to keep a body long above
ground, and as burial can't take place
during the holidays, the relatives of
the dead man decided to have the fu-
neral forthwith. When the body ar.
rived at the church the priest noticed
that there was moisture on the fore.
head, and suggested that it might be
perspiration; but the relatives quickly
explained that it was nothing
more than melted snow which bad
fallen there while hey were on theiI
way to the church. This simple ex.
PLANTATION satisfied the priest and the
body was buried. A few hours after
ward some men who were digging an
other grave near Tichenow's heard
cries of agony which seemed to pro
eeed from the ground. They ran off ir
terror To tie priest but he said that