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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-10-03
Making Gross. Eyes STRAIGHT.

A medical expert described to Ne,
York Times reporter his method of
making cross-eyes straight as follows:
"The operation TO be undergone by the
patient is simple and practically pain,
less. For the convergent cases there
is no pain whatever, only little an
noyance while the operator is reaching
the little muscle which has to be di-
vided. / have performed the opera
tion hundreds of times on other people,
sometimes giving anesthetics, and
often with no such aid. The patient
is stretched on the table. / draw
apart with my fingers the lids of his
eyes and insert between them a little
steel instrument shaped like the letter
0. The sides of this expand by a
spring and force the lids open. dis
closing the eyeball and the network of
muscles holding it in position and
directing its movements. When this
expansion is accomplished lift up the
muscle with small pair of tweezers
and divide it with my instrument.
When it is cut it feels to the patient
as if small band of rubber was being
snapped. There is no pain at all.
Very often. however, painful opera
tions are performed. The muscle has
sometimes been divided too much, and
the error has to be rectifed. This re-
quires some stitches to be taken and a
new cut to be made. The patient must
be made unconscious while this is going
on" "Can you cure any case of stra-
bismus?" "I can benefit any ordinary
case, even when it can't be entirely
cured. l have often wished that 1
could operate on Ben Butler. I think
I could give him as straight eyes as ]
have in half an hours time"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-10-03
Clearing Stump Land.

A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman writes from Michigan
We have here thousands of acres Of
what is called "stump land"-land
from which the pine timber has
taken by lumbermen. The term
" stump land" is no misnomer, for
there are often hundred pine stumps
to the acre. From field of eight
acres in sight Of me as l write, 500
stumps have just been pulled. When
exposed to the weather pine decays
very rapidly, and one would suppose
that few years after the timber was
cut the pine stumps could be easily
pulled; but such is not the case. Long,
stout roots are required to support
pine tree 100 OF $50 feet high, and ma
ture strengthens the roots by saturat-
ing them with resinous pitch. This
saves them from decay, and a pine
stump. forty years after the tree has
been cut, clings to the ground with al
most the same grim determination as
when first cut. But in spite of this,
stumps from twenty to forty inches in
diameter can be pulled with good
machine at a cost of fifteen or twenty
cents each. A man who owns a good
stump puller here has just finished
job of 1900 pine stumps at fifteen
cents each for pulling, and the same
price for burning. These stumps were
all standing en- thirty acres of land,
and many of them were from thTee to
four feet in diameter.
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The stimulus Of Necessity.

DIR. Carpenter writes as follows in
the New York Medical Journal: What
can be in stronger contrast than the
sluggish life Of the Orinoco Indian
for whom one days labor Tin the
planting of a banana grove) is said by
Humboldt to be sufficient to provide
food for the whole year, and who di-
vides his time between sleeping and
smoking-and the hardy activity Of
the Swiss mountaineer, who tolls
throughout the summer and autumn
in the cultivation of his small patch
of grain or potatoes for the needs Of
his family, and scales heights that
most men would deem inaccessible to
collect their scanty herbage as win
ter's food for their beasts, using the
lone hours of his enforced confne-
meilt in some kind of skilled handi-
work which may enable him to pro-
cure additional comforts for his homo
or educational advantages for his chill
dren? And SO, in the higher grades
of society, those who are born with
silver spoon in their mouths too often
fall into habits of mere dilet-
tanteism, while those who enter
upon their career with good
educational preparation for it, but
without any other means Of subsist-
ence than what they can themselves
earn, are, as large experience shows,
those most likely to succeed. l need
not call to your minds cases so familiar
to you as those of some Of your own
presidents; but would rather draw my
illustrations from the fact well known
in my reputedly aristocratic country
that many Of the men who have
risen to highest eminence in the legal
profession, and have thereby gained
seats in our house of lords, have begun
life upon nothing, while those who go
to the bar with an income that places
them above the need of exertion, are
regarded as almost sure not to "get on"
The autobiography of the late Lord
Campbell and the biographical notices
that have made us acquainted with the
early years of the late Lord Justice
Lush are most instructive when re-
garded in this aspect, showing what
steady determination may do without
any brilliant ability, when nerved in
the first instance by the "stimulus Of
necessity" And so it is with the most
of Us. In proportion as our path Of
life is smooth we tend to fall into an
automatic routine; but obstacles arise
which require some extraordinary ex-
ertion to surmount them, and then
only do we become conscious of our
real strength-that which lies in vigor.
GUS determination.
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Tie Infuence of Forests.

The influence of forests upon eli
mate and fertility is as yet but poorly
understood by even the more pro
fessional class of farmers. 1t Is a
problem that can be solved only by
observations extending over consider.
able periods of time. But the influence
is plainly observable and its explana-
tion simple. Strip the hills of their
protecting forests, and the thin cover.
ing Of soil which oYerlays their rocky
slope will shortly be washed down into
the valleys and into the beds of streams
and rivers. Periodical freshets win
result which will eventually carry
away the best soil from even the val.
leys. One authority declares that if
the destruction Of the hill forests be
continued in Ohio, half the area of
that State will be sterile in fifty years
Bosioa Courier
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A HAPPY MISTAKE.

"No, life is not fair. It's troubles
are given to the many; its pleasures
only to the few r. mused Mrs. Mer-
riam as she stood in her cottage door
looking after the fine carriage of an
old schoolmate that had Just dashed
by. "She has so much, and 1 so little
And yet, i once had the opportunity of
accepting that rich husband Of hers,
and she would have given her eyes, in
those days, If Tom Merriam would
have cared for her as he cared for me |
/ wonder how it would have been if
had taken Jacob Marabout. instead of
telling him thatI was engaged to Tom
and seeing real tears in his eyes as he
listened / wonder If Tom But
what am / thinking of? 1 am quite
sure that Tom could never have cared
for her-never
Mrs. Merriam's set face softened a
little as her memory went back to the
days when "Tom" wooed and won her,
and when she was so glad to secure
him after her long fear that Hermione
Macy would be his chosen brid
But the next moment the br Il sun
light fiasheappon the highly-y; pished
panels of rmione's pony carriage
far up the forge road. She turned
away from the open door with heavy
sigh and entered the plainly-furnished
sitting-room where her two little girls
were getting ready for school.
"Put it awayl Hide it under your
apron, Rosy, OF mamma win see it r
she heard her twelve-year-old Inez say
in frightened whisper as she laid
her hand on the latch of the door.
Rosy was shutting something out OF
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pKspoNpENcv.

tThis sonnet was written by " shefyood Bonner"
ony short time before her DEATH
A soul which, anguish-snitten, sought releass
From its own thoughts through weary hours
Of night
Turned with new life to greet the morning
light,
And read in golden lines the longed-for peacas
When suddenly, mid all the fair increase
OF hope, the new-found joys that round u
pressed,
There stood, reproachful-eyed, q fauiishsd
guest,
Whose wan, set look bade all delight to cease.
WIN it be so hereafteri Shall we gain
The heaven we sought through LIES long
night Of care,
Only to find some word, once heard in vain,
Some duty, in sheer exercise Of prayer
Left unfulflled, start up to meet us there,
Bidding us back to old remorse and paint
-Haspesss Weekly
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as she passed she saw with surprise
that the materials for the birthday
feast had vanished.
A confused murmur Of voices
sounded from the parlor. The dining
room door stood wide open. There on
table beautifully decorated with hot
house flowers were the lost dainties
in company with cakes, ices, fruits
and creams such as she had never seen
before; while on an improvised side
board stood the heavier viands-cold
roast fowl, a ham, in paper frills,
and dressed with parsley, and a tongue.
Speechless with astonish1nent the
farmers wife crossed the hall and
speeped into the parlor.
A beautiful rosewood armchair,
covered with crimson velvet--a chair
such as she had always secretly longed
for, but never hoped to possess--stood
near the open fireplace. Over the
carved and arched top Hermione
Marabout was arranging wreath Of
golden-rod and field-daisies, while Tom
Merriam was fastening above the
wreath finely-executed inscription,
painted in colors upon tinted paste
board.
"Oh, do hurry, papa, pleasep' cried
Inez, dancing up and down in her Sun.
day slippers and best muslin frock
Rosy and saw her just now coming
out of the woods, and-oh, here she isl"
There,aEaEe two screams of delight
from the lips Of the children in their
Sunday attire; and Tom Merriam
also dressed in his best-turned from
the chair and added his embrace to that
of Inez and Rosy.
= "Welcome, dear motherp said the
glowing letters on the tinted board.
"Welcome, dear wife" whispered
her husband as he kissed her.
4" Inez painted the letters and made
the WREATH cried Rosy, capering about
like mad thing. "And we were so
afraid that you would see them both
this morning"
"And papa bought the chair and hid
it out in the barn all last night"
chimed in Inez. Sand dear Mrs.
Marabout has brought you-oh, such
a lovely new black silk dress, and such
lots and lots of nice things for sup
perl And it is just the happiest birth.
day in all the world-now isn't it,
mamma?"
81 congratulate you, dear; and ]
am afraid envy you," said Hermione
in low tone, as she kissed her friend.
81 married for money, you know, and
have it; but that is ali. Never once in
all my life, Esther, have I known the
least tithe of Joy that you feel this day.
You are avery happy woman, my dear.
May God keep you sop
With light hearts they all sat down
together to share the birthday feast.
But in the twilight Of that evening,
when they two were alone, the wife
confessed to her husband all the evil
thoughts that had beset her that day
Never again did they trouble her
Never has she forgotten the silent
lesson taught her by that momentary
glimpse of the two sides that may ex.
ist in the most fortunate Of human
! liVes.-V. r. Benton.
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rIIE orc RnAplNa oLAss.


xcannot tell you, Genevieve, how oft it comes
TO me-
That rather young old reading class in Dis
tricb Number Three,
That row ofelocutionists who stood so straight
in line,
And charged at standard literature with
arniable design.
We did not spare the energy in which our
words were clad;
We gave the meaning of the text by all tho
light we had;
But still fear the onos who wrote the lines
we read 20 FREQ
Would scarce have recognized their work In
District Number Three. -
Outside the snow was smooth and clean-Nthe
winters thick-laid dust;
The storm it made the windows speak at every
sudden gust;
Bright sleigh-bells threw us pleasant words
when travellers would pass;
Tho maple trees alcIg tho road stood SILVER
ing In their class;
Beyond, the white-browel cottages woro nest
ling cold and dumb.
And far away the mighty world seemed
beckoning us to come
The wondrous world, of which we conned
what had been and might be,
In that old-fashioned reading class Of District
Number Three.
We took ahand at History-its affairs, spires
and flames
and uniformly mispronounced the most i'm
portant names;
re wandered through Biography, and gavc
our fancy play,
And with some subjects fell in love-"good
only for one days"
In Roncrco nnd Philosophy we settled many
APPOINT,
And meda whnt poems we assai,ed to creak at
every joint;
And many authors that ~, you with me
viii agree,
Wcse first time introduced to us in District
Number Three.
You reeollect Susannah Smith, the teachers
sore distress,
Who never stopped at any pause-a sort Of
day express
And timid young Sylvester Jones, Of incon-
sistent sight,
Who stumbled on the easy words and read the
hard ones rightl
And Jennie Green, whose doleful voice was
always clothed in blacka
And Samuel Hicks, whose tones induced the
plastering all to cracki
And Andrew Tubbs, whose various mouths
were quite a show to sect
Alas! we cannot find them now in District
Number Three
And Jasper JenclSes, whose tears would flow
at each pathetic word
lie's in the prize-fght business now, and hits
them hard, I've heard;
end Benny Bayne, whose every tone he mur-
INJURED as in fear
(His tongue is not so timid now: he Is an auc-
tioneeI];
Z And Lanty Wood, whose voice was Just en-
- deavoring hard to change,
and leaped from hoarse to forcely shrin with
most surprising range;
Also his sister Mary Jane, so fun ofIprudish
glee.s
Alasl they're both in higher schools than Dis
trict Number Three.
SO back these various voices come, though
long the years have grown,
And sound uncommonly distinct through
Memory's telephone;
And some are fun ofmalody, and bring asense
Of cheer,
And some can smite the rock Of time, and
summon forth a tear;
But one sweet voice comes back to me, when
ever sad grieve,
And sings song, and that is yours o peer
less Genevievel
1t brightens up the olden times, and throws a
smile at mo
a silver star amid the clouds of District Mum
Der Three
-IYiH Carleton, IN Harper's Magazine.
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loss from this cause win not be consid-
cradle this year, but no one knows its
cause or how TO successfully contend
with it, and no little anxiety is felt
lest it reappear next season.-Ne,o
York Sn1l.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
luarterly. Temporary advertisements must
be paid.in advance.
Job vori, cash on delivery
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1t Is aurnurrauvery ugcTafeu vuar

there are $50 900 persons in New
York and Brooklyn who receive char
table assistance. and that a few
these are entirely dependent uponc'
ity for the necessar es of life,
larger part of this quarter ola
Of semi -paupers are children,
The daily gazette., 1883-05-04
REPRlNrgp IRON YEsrERoAY
rHomPsoN INDICTED.
COngreaaman Phil B. Thompson Jr'' Held
to Trial for shooting Walter Davis.

Congressman Phil B. Thompson Jr'' Held
to Trial for shooting Walter Davis.
CINCINNATI, MAY "A dispatch 10 the
Commercial Gazette from Harrisburg, KY,
says the Grand Jury has indicted Congress
man Phil B. Thompson, Jr., Tor killing
Walter H. Davis on April "a. The wit
nesses named for the commonwealth
are j. T. Chinn, X. y. smith,
j. VI. Wilson, K. E. Coleman and
John Maurer. Thompson will be arrested to-
morrow. Under much-prevaillng custom
he will probably be let out Of prison, being
nominally under arrest In charge OF q
guardian, whose salary is paid by prisoners
then habeas corpus proceedings will lead TO
preliminary trial to determine II he can be
bailed. The indictment creates surprise,
though 1t is generally approved.
The prisoners father, one OF the ablest
lawyers IN Kentucky, will be counsel for his
son. The sentiment is growing that the kill
ing Of Davis IA to be classed as an assassinar
ton. There is a disposition to criticise the
conduct of Miss Buckner, upon whose state
ments 1t is supposed Thompson made his at
tack on Davis. 1t is said that when Misc
buckner, some years ago, was In trouble
Mre. Davis dh not stand by her friend.
There are other witnesses who contradict
Miss Buckner With reference to Mrs. Thomp.
sons drunkenness. Mrs. Davis protests
that Justice has not been done her husband,
that he was q good, loyal husband and thai
the testimony against him was all con.
cocted and Miss Buckner had sworn TO have
revenge on her. ]. G. 8. Blackburn arrived
tonight to assist In the defense of Thomp
son.
The daily gazette., 1883-05-04
A New Enterprise.

The Smyrna Times mentions that Horace
r. Mustard and A. Lee Cummins are about
starting basket factory in the old Mustard
tannery building, which has been idle for
several years. The main building is lOOx
SO feet. The ground floor viii be used for
the heavy machinery and the upper for the
basket makers. The tan watts, as many
of them as may be needed, viii be used
as steam boxes to prepare the blocks oil
wood for the stave cutter, and the rest
will be filed with water and all con-
nected with force pump that will throw
300 gallons of water a minute, and to hight
of 55 feet. The engine is of so horse power,
which with ample boiler capacity will afford
all the mechanical force likely to be needed
They are expecting to have the mill In work
ing order by the middle of June.
The daily gazette., 1883-05-04

washington end all points south. T.4o q. N.
All points on the Peninsula, $50 q. m.
Supplementary mail for the Peninsula, 600
Baltimore, washington and all peints south,
Newport, stanton, Newark. Elktsn and
Havre dc Grace 12.30 2. m.
Points on baltimore Central, between Port de
Posit Northeast and Ohadd's Ford. II 30 y. n.
Baltimore md BAY Lime steamers, 10 p. m.
Peninsula nortn of Harrington, including
Delaware Citt and st, Georges, 800 p. m.
Baltimore, closed pouch, $50 y. IN.
Baltimore, Washington and all points south
11.00 p. m.
NAILS ARRIVE AND READY ron DnIlvERr.
From Wilmington & Northern Railroad,
From New York, Philadelphia Washington
and all other points, 6.3J p. IN.
From Philadelphia, New York and points
north. east and vest. $40 q; N.
Erom PENN Sula and all north OF Harrington
g.1b q. m.
From BAlt more and way mail, $50 a. m.
From Baltimore, 1880 p. m.
From Peni iu5ula mail, II 80 p. m.
From Phi tdelphia, Now York and points
north and east. l.SO p. m.
From Baltimore, Washington and points
From Delaware Western Railroad, 22o ,. N
From Philadelphia, New York and points
From BsItimorc, washington and potnts
south and southwest, $40 D. m.
Carriers deliveries as follows ESQ .. M, gen.
eral; 1000 O. IA, partial l.So p. m, general; 400
COLLECTIONS from street boxes are made By the
carriers 1T ESQ and 1000 M, 80 and 400 p. m
An additional collection viii be made at 7.S(
p. m. from ell boxes between Jefferson ans
Lombard and Water and Thirteenth streeti
inclusive. On Sunday full collection will be
made at 500 p. m. Local letters for carriers
delivery should be deposited in the Post Once
ten minutes before the hour Of delivery.
W. Y. SWI}HETr. Postmaster,
The daily gazette., 1883-05-04
.e4sa!. aEnHINIEo FROM yesrren1;
THE NEW oHARrrn


Points of Dispute Ar,s,nn
vision. ""ard Of Ia
City Solicitor Turner has a.
Oesleged or official oplniona a''ealy beeu
various portions OF the new ci,, Ioheeminq
IL Is very probable that he I'M IInssrler, aLd
upon by City Council for AN "r m oe called
nlght's meeting, and tha. Cnunan,h ulgh at ID
70 night IN relation to tho 'els siIls actiOA
Board OF Revision will call sV,oo t1 Of I
opinion without delay' "H Tor a1Othe
lhe nrst open dispute CROWN, III.
new charter is between Cbief oGV O thd
hawkins and Auditor Bali Tho roIleq
provides that all fees accruinc ~ ~ ~ eharteiI
departments Of the city sLaIl ,nt yaTl0u$
deposited In bank. tn nlealIer q
OF the City Treasurer Iue h.s. cTede
Hawkins contends that this % uut Chleo
not go into effect until june iI'Islsion doe
inc cisauon oi the Municipal Court '@S
Auditor Ball, who is an excellen, ,..
hoids 70 the letter of the charter wbiah! iiSS!eI
vldes ior this disposition Of otiirio %%,ya m
Immediately, and will send ls
munication to the City CounSI Sc9l
evening, asking that body to iuIn, iu.t,u,,. ~
Slty Soncitor 70 give an official or,,,
upon the point in dispute, so that that tbo bOp,alo9
accounts of the Chief of Police aug o:Ap Apil
audited without delay. The ra.,'a. vSu
awaited with considerable interest '
The election by Council this eveD,r. :,
full Board Of Revision will also InS noa..,. u
some dispute. The present Board T.'a'lOl "oSsi
OF Gilpin B. Underwood who has a NCua'1 vaa. !
serve, Milton Lackey, who has two = ,VSa Sa.1
TO serve, and Edward P.! !ea1
whose term has exnired a'UlsI Tl
CITY Council, or at least the Renuh,iaa
members, hold that under the new 'S1 aS.S1
an entire new Board must be elected s1',I a, ~;
time, while the members whoss - ,..a .4
have not expired are of the "'u
tray opinion The opinion of 'yl ~
CITY Solicitor will be asked upon tbs Don y
and there Is possibility that in any rSu sya,
the incumbents will resist displscems'
through the courts. ~'''u''
At a Republican caucus held few ava,
ings since VIM. H. Foulk and .Josenb !
Adams, Republicans, and Harry Lane bam
crat, were selected as members of tbe Boa,
of Revision. DO''
The daily gazette., 1883-05-04
228-MOORE-228
aa-sInIa
A NEW SUIT.

1t is one Of the topics of con-
versation at this season of the
year, and what is the thing for
me to buy. Now we will help
you solve this query if you will
visit our Clothing House, at
Fourth and Market streets, and
we will interest ourselves in
your case and show you some
thing that will be suitable for
you to wear and what is the
most stylish garment of the
season. 1t may be a Sack
Coat will fit your form better,
or if Four Button Cutaway
we will tell you, or it may be
an Evening Coat will be best
Tor your wear, and if SO we
have them. To sum it all up
If you will give us the chance
we will help you out of your
trouble with the best-ftting
garment and what will please
you. Wilmington Clothing
House, Fourth and Market
streets.
JNo. w. DIEFENDoRF & Co
The daily gazette., 1883-05-04
BLOOD OR BONE SPAWN,

klngbone and will remove all Swellings and
without lnJuring the growth of the hair, Has
proved a sure cure. For
Epizootic and Distelnper, use from one to two
tablespoonfuls in bucket of cold water for
their drink when watering, and battle the throat
until IL blisters, then put cloth around the
throat TO keep IL warm, 80
Inc above invaluable medicine has gained for
ITSELF fame to be envied by hundreds of manu-
iactulers OF Crude OH Liniments that fail to per
IorIn cures as recommended to do, and they re-
sort TO many false recommendations 10 hahn
them OIL on the public. The II. II. H. Medicine
Is prepared from the very best essential oils and
costs as much as ten pounds Of any crude oil that
IS put In ordinary liniments, and the proprietor
cannot possibly advertise to the extent maj
class OF linlments do as all the profit We uid moi
pay the expense; so that those who have anv
knowledRe of the difference between 6Tst-cIa.s
medicine and an inferior article, Will not sutfer
themselves to be humbuRged, s'