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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-11
Edwin Booths Success In Germany.

A London paper thus describes the
phenomenal success met with by Ed
win Booth, the American actor, in
Berlin: Mr.. Booth opened as "Ham-
let to a house crowded in every part.
The crown prince occupied the royal
box, attended by his suite, and fol-
lowed the play most attentively. AT
the termination of the piece, and after
being recalled twenty-four times, Mr..
Booth had to receive a deputation of
artists and literati who had witnessed
the performance. The crown prince
also compliWented him personally.
The performt lce of the company was
in German, and exceedingly satisfac-
tory, the play going without a hitch.
The engagement up to now has proved
a far greater success than could have
been anticipated. The papers are
unanimous in placing Booth in front
of Salvini and Rossi (both favorites in
Berlin, and it is difficult to get a ace
unless booked the day before. y he
Spectators got fourteen to eighteen
marks for siX-mark seats, pretty sure
indication of business. The crown
princess has been twice and the crown
prince four times out of five perform
ances. He was accompanied once by
his late tutor, the great German Shake
spearian scholar, Professor Werder.
Since Mr.. Booths success was an
nOunced he has received invitations
from nearly all the principal theatres
in Germany
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-11
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements oolleetSd
quarterly. Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work, cash on delivery
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18

"Weel, Bridget" SAID Margery,
show did you get along with the doc
thur?"
Bridget "Says /, "Och Docthur,
dear its my tooth that aches entirely,
and / have a mind to have 1t drawn cot,
and it PLACE yer Saws he III me, Och,
murther, can We ask me that now?'
Says !, Sure haye l slept day or night
these three days?' So tlIn the dOcthur
with as little con arnment as Barney
would swape the knives and forks from
the tables. BE aisy, Docthur, says L,
there's time enOugh-you'l not be III
such hurry when your thurn comes,
IN thinking" %, well, says the Doc
thur, and yer no ready now you may
come the morrow. 'Indade, Doethur,
I'll not stir from this safe wild this auld
tooth alive in my jaw, says 1; clap on
yer pinchers and mind We get hOUlt OF
the right one-ye may alzily see 1t by
its aching and jumping.
with that ne dabs razor looking
weapon intil the mouth, and cuts up the
gums, as If it were naught but cowld
mate for hash for breakfast. Says /,
'Docthur, what are you afther? Dye
want to make an anatomy OF living
creather?' Sit still, says he, IaInming
something like cOrkscrew into my
Jaw, and twisting the very sOwl out OF
me, sat still, because the numbering
thafe held me down with his knees and
the grip of his iron in my lug. He then
gave an awful pull, hard enough to
wiring a wet blanket as dry as gunpOw-
der. Didn't think the day of Judgment
was come till me? Didn't L see the red
fire of the pit?
81 felt my head fly off my shoulders,
and. looking up, saw something In the
docthur's wrenching-iron. Is that my
head you've got there?' says l. NO, 1t $
your only tooth, ne made answer Maybe
it is, says |, as my eyes began to open.
and by putting my hand up found the
outside of my face on, though l felt as
If all the IL side hade beeh hauled out.
L had taken a dollar to pay for the
operation, but thought I'd Just ak nm
tue price, so L says: 'Doethur, how
much may ye ak beside the trouble?
Fifty cents says he, Fifty centsl
says |. Sure I've not been submitting
three days to that tyrant of tooth fol
fifty cents. Troth, this same tooth.
pulling Is not so very expensive, ant
I'm much obleeged till ye, Docthur.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
Gliding Chinaware and Steel.

The application OF gold leaf to china
ware, is done either by adhesive varnish
or BY heat. The varnish is prepared by
dissolving IN hot boiled linseed oil an
equal weight of either amber or copal.
This is diluted with proper quantity of
oil of turpentlne so as to be applied as thin
as possible to the parts TO be gilt. Let it
stand after vanishing about twenty-tour
hours, then heat IN an oven until SO warm
as almost TO burn the fingers when handled.
The heat softens the varnish, which is
then ready to receive the gold leaf, which
may be applied with a brush or pledget OF
cotton, and the superfiuous portions
brushed of. Burnish when cold, inter-
posing a piece of thin paper between the
gold and burnlsher. Where burning In is
prscuced, the god reduced to powder is
mixed with powdered borax glass (anhy-
drous borax, moistened with a little gum
water, and applied 10 the clean surface
with camel hair pencil. When quite dry
the article Is put into stove heated TO
about the temperature OF an annealing
oven. The gum burns off, and the borax,
by vItrIfying cements the gold with great
fir,nness TO the surface.
Polished steel may be beautifully guided
by means of the ethereal solution OF gold.
Dissolve pure gold in aqua regia, evapor'
ate-gently to dryness. so as to drive oil the
superfinous acid. redissolve in water, and
add three times It's bulk of sulphuric ether,
Allow to stand for twenty-four hours in q
| stoppered bottle, and the thereal solut,or
and gold will float at top. Polished stee
dipped In this Is at once beautifully giidec
and by tracing patterns ON the surface O.
the metal with any kind of varnish, beau
iiful devices In plsin metal and gilt viii
be pi pioduced. For other metals the electr'
| process is best
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
The Great Russian Telescope.

The great telescope for the Russian
government has been completed by Alvan
Clark and sons of Csmbridgeport, Massa.,
and is ready for shipment This Insiru
ment has sn aperture of thirty inches and
local length Of fOrty-fve feet. To test it
the Clarks erected In their grounds tenn
porary tube on pier of brick tweniy-seven
Teet high. This mounting ls in the open
air. A few days ago some of the agtrono-
mers of the country were invited to view
the heavens through tins telescope before
II is sent to Europe. 1t is now the largest
telescope III the world and number &C.
cepted the invitation and visited Cam
bridgeport. Among those attracted by the
great instrument was the astronomer OF
the Providence Journa, who describes
what he saw in that paper.
The night was very cold, but still and
clear The objects viewed by the party
were Saturn. Jupiter and the great nebula
IN Orion. The view of Saturn revealed
the most delicate markings on the rings
and disc, and gave TO the moon Titan, q
perceptible disc. The planet did not ap-
pear much larger thsn in telescopes Of less
size, but the light was very brilliant,
revealing features which are rarely seen.
Owing TO atmospheric or other causes, the
definition was not as good as IN smaller
instruments. The view OF Jupiter was
exceedingly fine, the wonderful cloud
colorIng appearing In all its glory. The
moons appeared like planets of consider
able size. The definition was, however,
far from perfect and it may be said here
that there are but few nights in a year In
which the air is in snch condition as TO
give good defuItiOn in great telescope.
| The loss of definition from atmospheric
causes increases very rapidly with increase
of aperture, and the most perfect definition
Is secured IN small instruments of good
construction. The matter of definition
did not affect the seeing in the view of the
great nebula in Orion and this splendid
object came out IN all its wonderful pro-
portions. THIS Debula has probably re
ceived more attention from astronomers
than any other object in the heavens.
The naval observatory at Washington mas
recently issued large volume on II, giving
drawings by the earliest astronomers.
The great telescope objective will now
go to Russia where 1t will be mounted by
tue government for the use OF O'to Struve
IN the observatory of Pdlkowa, nine miles
south of St Petersburg. There will soon
be larger telescope in this country, as
one OF thirty-slx lDches aperture, Is being
constructed for the Lick Observatory on
slt. Hamilton, California. MIR, George
Clark while in this city last fall mounting
DR.. SwIit's telescope in the Warner oD-
servatory, expressed the oplmon that thirty
six inches was the limit for the present.
lie believed thata second refracting Ieles-
cope OF that size would not be made, but
the tendency would be to the use OF
smaller instruments that could be used to
greater advantage and on more numerous
occasions There Is reason to believe that
the ihirty-sIx inch telescope will be some.
what disapi o.niing, however perfect 1t may
be OFFICIALLY.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18

We think that the newspapers are, in
great measure, to blame for this craze for
vulgar display that has got hold OF people
of late. Every paper has its society re-
porter, and everything that Is done by
Mrs. Money bags or Mr.. Goldbond is chron-
icled IL the public prints, People pretend
that they dislike this publicity, but we
think that they become hardened and
rather enjoy 1t. There was time when
the society reporter of the daily press got
most of his information from the lead
waiter, whom he bribed with cigars TO tell
MIN the p"7es of the guests, but nova
days the fashion reporters or chroniclers
of the doings of society are themselves
members of the sacred circle, and get
their information from personal obserVa
Jon. AN entertainment was gwen few
evenings ago, in New YORK, which was
supposed to be strictly private, where
essays were read and poems recited, but,
TO the astonishment of most OF those
present, five columns of the World on
the following Sunday were taken up With
a report of The proceedings, all OF which
seems 10 me in very bad taste. We
suppose ii comes from this strange love
OF notor1ety, though 1t may not be al al
the fault OF tine hostess
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
\ Building Five Feet Wide.

The narrowesr mouse III New York
may be seen at the northwest corner of
Lexington avenue and SD street. When
Lexington avenue was cut through,
some years ago, Il strip of land five feet
Wide and one hundred feet deep was all
that was left of certain lot belonging
to person who did not own the next
lot on the street The strip. while ssOf
little value by itself. would be valuable
to the person owning the adjoining lot
on SD street. because it would not only
enable him To build house five feet
wider, but would give him windows all
along the side of his house on Lexington
avenue. The two owners, however,
could not agree as To terms, and a house
was erected on the lot adjoining the
narrow strip. The owner of the latter
had nothing To do but 10 abandon his
lot or build house five feet wide upon
ii. The latter course was perhaps
adopted because such Il house would
shut up all the side windows of the
neighboring building and considerably
reduce its value
The new building, which has been
finished for some months. is therefore
five feet wide, one hundred feet deep
and four stories high. II is divided
into two houses, each fifty feet long,
and the entrance doors are. of course.
on the avenue. as there is no room for
door at either end of the building.
The laws allows building at the
corner of Il street to have projecting bay
windows along the side, and taking adj
vantage of this circumstance. the archi-
tect has managed to plan a house
which, while peculiar in the inside ap-
pearance and probably very mcomfOTt-
able to live III, may find tenants. With
out these bay windows, or square
projections running from the fuunda-
tiOns to the roof. il would no thave been
possible to build a house at all. for no
room would have been wider than three
feet. Each house has, therefore two
bay windows, in one of which are the
stairs and in the other one room about
eight feet wide 10y fifteen feet long upon
each floor. The long passage between
the Stair-well and the room Is about
three feet feet wide. Each house con-
tains Il kitchen eight 10y fifteen feet
and four rooms, each of the SaIne size,
but on different floors. There are also
ingeniously-placed closets at each end
of the building and under the stairs.
Both houses are unOccupied. One is
offered for rent at 500 year.
If the object of the builder of these
extraordinary houses was simply to shut
out the light from his neighbOr's build
ing, he would probably have accom-
plished the same end at much less
expense by adopting Mr.. George Kemp's
device Of sheet iron shields. Mr. Kemp
did not wish the occupants of the build
ing in the rear of his house. at No. 40
Fifth avenue, to overlook his premises,
and So he built an iron Scaffolding in
his back yard, and placed iron shields
against the obnoxious openings, shut
ting out air and light rs completely as
a brick wall would have DONE This
arrangement has been for years the
source of no little comment from the
neighbors and paSSers-by.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18

That evening Dick came in.

That evening Dick came in.
"lou can forglve me everything now,
Dick, she said.
How good you have been to me all
this time.
Sydney was here this morning, Dick,
and-all is over between Us"
You mean he gave you up, because
-because-
1.-The coward"
Hush, dearp' she interrupted.
lit was l who released him
"Why, Dick, any man would be mad
to take sGch burden as / am on his
bands"
Then / am madl
'Oh, Mamie, give yourself to me,
ana L viii be happier with my cross
than any king that wears crown"
"You are king, Dick, she answered.
'Oh, my lovel would that l had
proved worthy of you before it was too
late; bu. now-now it can never be-"
And plead as he might, he could not
change her purpose.
Il love you-yes," she said, ''too
well to accept now what once ] threw
away,
For weeks he pleaded, but Mamie
was firm, until one day he brought to
see her young surgeon from the city
"a man who had gained wonderful re-
pute, and who told her that by submit
ting 10 dangersus operation she might
again walk.
''Is 1t death or entire recovery" she
asked.
He answered.
Yes"
'Then let me be your wife, Dick, :"
she whispered IN her lovers ear.
Il snail have that to give me strength
to recover, or L shall sleep better with
your name on the grave above my head. f"
But, the operation over, Mamie woke
TO lie, not death, and strong and beau
tiful as il the old days, wears only a
tiny scar upon her brow to mark how
near she missed her hfe's happiness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
I'm Not Afraid.

Mrs. Helen Williams tells the follow
ing: Not long ago stood by the death
bed of little gul, From her birth she
had been afraid of death. Every fibre
of her body and soul recoiled from the
thought OF it.
Don't let me die" she said, "don't
let me die. Hold me fast. Oh, can't
CO."
Jenny" / said, '.you have two little
brothers in the other world, and there
are thousands of tender-hearted people
over there who Will love you and take
care of YOU"
But she cried out again despairingly,
'Don't let me go; they are strangers
over there.
She was little country girl, strong
limbed, fleet of foot, tanned In the face;
she was raised on the frontier, the fields
were her home; she stunned the pre-
sence of strangers with that childish
embarrassment born of beautiful ina
gination and faith in the possibility of
unknown manhood and womanhood In
others, based doubtless upon the coming
worth of her own womanhood. In vain
we tried to reconcile her to the death
that was inevitable, "Hold me fast, "
she cried, don't let me GO"
But even as she WAS pleading, her
little hands relaxed their clinping hold
from my waist and lifted themselves
eagerly aloft; lifted themselves with
such straining effort that they lifted the
wasted little body from its reclining
position among the pillows. Her face
was turned upward; but it was her eyes
that told the story. They were filled
with the light of divine recognition.
They saw plainly something that We
could not see; and they grew brighter
and brighter, and her little hand
quivered in eagerness to go where
strange portals had opened upon hel
astonished vision. But even IN that
supreme moment she did not forget to
leave word of comfort for those whc
would gladly have died In her place.
Mamma" she was say, mamma
they are not strangers. I'm not afraid.
And every instant the light burned more
gIoriously in her blue eyes until at las
lit seemed as if her soul lesped fortl
! upon its radiant waves, and In tha
moment her trembling form relapset
among its pillows and she was gone.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
Nerve stretching.

The subject Of nerve stretching was
recently brought before tine Haryeian
SJciety. of London, by Mr.. Pye. In
tins case a patient had suffered for
years from sciatica, and had been
treated with huge doses of mOiphia
without relief. The nerve was laid bare,
and pulled backward and forward iorci-
bly,, with from eight to ten pounds pres
sure. The wound healed well, and the
pain was lost, but some paresis followed
which soon wore OF. The patient was
able to resume work. In regard to this
matter We may add TO the above that
the list of cases Of nerve stretching as
yet performed is not large enough to
settle the question of jusufiableness oil
the operation. 1t has been less success
ful IN tetanus than neuralgia, and
1t promises best where the nerve Is
compressed by an ndammatcry area.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
To Wake snfetr-,,aten.,.

Those who desire To make safety
matches which will light only by strik-
ing on the box, may do So by making
use OF the following formula. COmpo-
sitiOn for matches: Glue IL parts,
chrome yellow 2, oxide of iron :, per
oxide of manganese u, hyp0sulplate of
lead parts and chlorate of potash 36
parts. Composition for the box: HypO-
sulphate of lead 800 parts, chlOrate of
potash II, oxide of iron ., powdered
glass 5. finest glue and amorphous
phosphorus n parts. The glue is, OF
course, dissolved in water, other ingre-
dients being added in powder, mixed
until they become to the consistenee OF
paint, and applied with brush to tue
surface of the box.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
\ WINTER REVERE.

See the fern leaves and foliage briqht
Which i'll forms of fantastic disnlay
Have covered the windows by nieht
But fade at the full dawn of dav.
50 prospects and vision of hone
Which fit through my wearisome brai,
Disappear when exposed to the lipbt
Like the beautiful frost on the nam.
have dreamt many day-dreams 50 fair
In fanciful scenes full of ioy:
| have pictured future 80 rar,.
OF bliss without tinge of alloy;
But l wake TO the stern world once mor,.
And feel ITS broad glare ones again.
And my ianciful vision is Ger
Like the beautiful frost on the pane.
VIII nothing that's lovely ere lost
Save 10 mock us with hopes and f,ar.9
Is ali that is fair to glide paSt.
Like the swiftly and fast flyinc years.
Wake, wake in the world there is light.
oh, sing not this doleful refrain.
Or your hopes will soon fade out of sight
Like the beautiful frost on the name.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18

The newest trains are the yelAet
brocaded Siciliennes, four yards long,
reaching from the waist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-07-26
A Salt Lake on Top Of a Mountain,

There is a remarkable salt lake, stu
ated one hundred and fifty miles W est
and south of Albuquerque, in New
Mexico, and about fifty miles from the
Arizona, line. The lake is located on
the top of a volcanic mountain, and
evidently occupies an extinct, crater.
The lake is perhaps three-quarters of a
mile in diameter, and is so strongly
impregnated with salt that thick crust
of pure white salt of spongy consist
ency like floating ice encrusts the mar
gin. 1t is SO plentiful that it is carried
away by the wagon load 1t has long
been used by the Indians. The salt IS
white. of the purest quality and desti-
tute of sand or any foreign ingredient.
The texture is porous, ike CONCEALED
white foam. There was one specimen
inelosing the stem of some vegetable
and can be handled like an apple BY it's
stem. But the most curious feature of
this lake is tall circular column, of
monumental-shaped formation, which
rose up near the center of the lake to
the height of one hundred feet, and
which appeared to be composed of
white lava thrown up by some convul-
sion during some ancient geological
period. The outside of this singular
column sloped from the base toward
the top, and was rough enough to en-.
albeit to be assembled. On reaching
the top of the cone the interior was
found to be hollow like a tube, and at
the bottom there was seen circular
pond of water with a bright emerald
green color in appearance, probably to
be attributed to the sparse rays of light
which penetrated this huge tube, and
were reflected from the smooth, mirror
like surface of the water. A party with
some difficulty descended the projecting
sides of the interior of this bowl, and
they found no incrustations of salt on
the surface like that on the outside, but
on thrusting the hand into the water
and Withdrawing it, the hand came out
perfectly white from the particles of
salt that adhered to it. Itwas evidently
: very strong brine.z-A. Z. Morrison.
W ST Louis Republican
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-07-26
Dramatic, but Doubtful

I A story which, if true, would be
startling, and which is interesting
whether true or false, comes from the
Town of Lake View. It runs as fol-
lows: A few days ago gentleman re-
siding in that town drew three hundred
dollars from a bank in the city, with
which to meet an obligation, and
took it home with him. Before
he had an opportunity to dis
burse it he was called from home
to remain over night. His wife was
rendered quite nervous by the knowl-
edge that such sum of money was in
the house, and objected to being left
alone. 1t was suggested that q male
relative should be asked to act as guard
for the night, but at length it was de-
cided that if the services of a huge
Newfoundland dog, the property of the
landlord, who lived ON the upper floor
of the'same house, couldbe secured the
wife would consent to her hus bands
absence. The landlord consented to
loan the dog after being informed of
the situation, but was particular to eau
ton the lady that, in the event of any
burglar entering the house during the
night, she must remain perfectly quiet
and let the dog attend to the business
in. hand. The husband went away.
Sure enough, during the night the wife
was awakened by the presence of a
masked burglar in her room. Remem-
bering the landlords injunction, she
remained quiet, and was rewarded by
seeing the faithful dog spring upon and
throttle the intruder After terrible
struggle the dog was victorious, and the
man lay unconscious on the. floor.
Satisfying herself that he was helpless
the lady arose and struck q light and
was Mortified to discover that he was
the landlord and the owner of the dog
that had protected her In the dark
ness and under the mask the animal
had not recognized his master. The
landlord died Monday night, as thS
story goes.-Ghtcaoo Tribune.