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The Republican journal., 1883-11-29
Memorial to Congress.

TO TIE HONORABLE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE UNITED STATES
IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
We, the undersigned, American Shipmasters
in port at San Francisco, believing that the
present navigation laws are in many respects
unjust, inadequate for the protection of the
American Mercantile Marine and largely re-
sponSibIe for the present depressed condition
of our carrying trade. do therefore respectfully
lay before YOU some of our grievances, praying
that you will grant relief through appropriate
legislation.
We believe that captains should be allowed
to make their own bargains with sailors with
cut the intervention of Shipping Commissions
en-. a privilege not denied employers on land
We believe that to the system of advance
wages is due the deplorable condition of the
average sailor, who by this means is at all
times a pres TO The sailor boarding-holIse keep
cr.
We believe the arbitrary and unjust locn
pilotage laws, notably at this port, are the
cause of unnecessary burdens to shipping.
These and other evils, growing out of the
present nav igation laws, and the absence of d
general piIolrge law. can in our opinion be OBJ
Waited by adopting the following changes fol
which we pray,
First Abolition Of consular fees.
second The limitation of personal liability
Of owners 70 value Of interest owned
Third rhe abolition Of tonnage dues. and
the reduction Of the hoSpitai tax.
Fourth The privilege Of choosing .ubordi-
The Republican journal., 1883-11-29

we take me 1uiIOWlng from thanksgiving
story in last weeks issue Of the Woman's Jour
nal: Only those who have kept Thanksgiving
in true New England fashion have any idea of
the magnitude Of the preparations required.
Mrs. GrisWold and her daughters and Amy
NeWal put on cooking-aprons, and spent morn
ing after morning in the kitchen. preparing all
kinds Of dantics for" the coming feast The
great brick oven was heated again and
again. and from its capacious recesses came
forth pies, in endless variety and profusion-
nincc. apple. custard, squash and pumpkin
with light. faky pastry enough to drive an
epcure wild. Cake. from the large loaNes of
"black fruitcake," which it was Il part of Mrs
Gri>Wold'> religion to bake at the Thanksgiving
season. and hich lasted moist and fresh, dur
ing the whole year, through all the gradations
of sponge, pound. composition and Jelly cake,
with many other kinds, down to the pans of
sugar gingerbread. which Jane. the help. eX-
ccllcd in compOunding: not emitting to men
ton the loaf cake" pride of the Old New Eng
land hou>ckeeper, made upon basis of some
Of the freShly-riscn dough for the breud-bak ing
beaten with sugar and eggs and butter to an
incredible degree of lightness melting in the
mouth i, one ate it,"
The Republican journal., 1883-11-29

During the past year quite extensive i'm
provements have been made along the line of
the Knox Il Lincoln Railroad. All the station
houses have been repaired and repaimted. the
ferry and its landings have been thoroughly
oyerhaulcd, 800 ions of steel rails have been
laId, an expensive trestle near ThOmaston has
been left by changing the track a short distance
TO the north, and treste near Warren is now
being filled in to make solid roadbed. A
large portion Of the track has been reballasted
and all bridges put in first class order. The
balance sheet for the year will show larger
gross earnings than ever before except in 1874
At the present time the Rockland newspapers
are discussing the building of "a narrow gauge
railroad from Rockland 10 Liberty through a
prosperous section of Maine. If built ii would
probably add considerably to the freight and
passenger traffic of the Knox & Lincoln
The Republican journal., 1883-11-29
Thanksgiving.

The day our forefathers in New England set
apart for fasting and prayer has come to be a
day Of feastng well as of religious observ
anccS. and the custom has extended over the
whole country. The proclamations of the Presi-
dent and of the Governor of Maine, appointing
this day. Thursday Nov 29th, for the people
to rest from their accustomed labors and meet
in their several places of worship. have been
published in the journal, aud will be generally
observed.
Happy whose hearth is spared by fate,
Whose calmer pulses do not tingle
As musing by his lonely CRATE,
He minds him of "a d,aror ingle,
Around whose fires with glowing hearts,
Ills blood and name were wont to cluster
An, Wcil, that kind of wound still smart-
Beneath The balm of many luster,
shall we give thanks that strangers sit within our
hHiluWtd places,
Or praise that the dust OF death uushTouds the
dear lost faces;
The Republican journal., 1883-11-29
A NURSERY FOR BOSTON MEN.

TOOK.
a series of meetings held by Mr.. Howe of
Auburn, III the towns of Washburn, Caribou
Pressure Isle, and Fort Fairfield, has been at
tended with wonderful success. About 1000 in
all these towns have signed the temperance
pledge, many of whom have been addicted to the
excessive use of alcoholic drinks. deep feel
ing on this subject prevails in our community,
Il feeling which amounts to popular uprising
against the sale and use of alcoholic liquors as a
beverage. We trust that permanent good NAV
he the result; that the individual and social
life of our communities which have suffered 50
much in the past from this cause, may be last
ingy benehIted by the Reform movement now
IN progress. Republican.
SANDY RIVER RAILROAD.
At the annual meeting of the Sandy River
Railroad Nov. 2lst, the reports showed as fol-
lows for the year ending September Both
Gross earnings $22,9S3.94; net earnings So, 2S3.-
% an excess of II! per cent. over the CORE
spending months of 1882. Twelve thousand
dollars has been expended for new rolling stock
and $1,000 for permanent Improvements. The
surplus credit foots up 81 1927. The road is Is
miles, 2 foot gauge and two trains are run
daily each way; 1920 passengers were carried :;
16,S4o tons of freight; average earnings per
passenger per mile 7-10 cents; freight per
ton $40 per mile.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
SELECT sIFTINes.

The Scriptures are published in 25(
languages or dialects.
A Dresden artist has made n watch
entirely of paper which keeps goot
time.
A silver dime was found in the yolb
OF an egg recently broken at the Plank
inton house, Milwaukee.
French policemen in Paris are paid
rewards of from 81 to $5 for making
arrests and capturing offenders.
About forty-five per cent. of the
land of the United Stltes remains un-
surveyed to this day, very nearly ,000,-
100000 acres in ali.
The museum at Reading. England.
contains among its curiosities bride
formerly used to stop the mouths of
scolding women in that town.
Investigation has developed that the
game of draw poker was invented
somewhere about 1916 or 1S47, by Mr..
kirkman, of Tennessee, turfman of
some note.
The block from which was cut the
peuestal Tor the statue of Peter the
Great at st. Petersburg weighed about
I'9Oo tons, and yet it was transported
four miles.
Mucilage is handy thing to have
in the house. But if the bottle is
empty,and the stamp or envelope does
not stick, probably not one in a
hundred knows that honey is very
good substitute.
Persons who tell of the marvellous
speed of railway trains should bear in
mind the engine moving at the rate of
sixty miles an hour passes over eighty
eight feet of ground each second. A
horse trotting at a speed of 2:10
covers more than forty feet per
second.
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Making a Nose.

III an OBSCURE part OF the Bellevue
hospital yard there is a photograph
gallery which has become an important
adjunct to that institution. The photo
grapher is o. G. Mason. He has
long beard which, with his round
velvet cap and apron, gives him the
appearance Of an alchemist of the
middle ages.
II have been here since 1868" said
the photographer. Before that time
rare cases IN the hospital were photo
graph01 by amateurs, but the results
were not satisfactory. The use of
photography in making permanent
records of the various stages of diseases
and of their treatment has become a
very important feature of surgery-so
important, indeed, that it would not
now be easily dispensed with. Not
only are patients suffering from
various forms of disease brought under
the camera, but also the surgical
instruments used, their construction
and the method Of their application
Mr.. Mason showed the reporter a
series of photographs illustrating the
successive stages of an important
operation. The first picture shoNAd
the condition of boy who, when
brought into the hospital, had no nose.
His mouth was distorted and partly
absorbed and the flesh beneath the
eyes was drawn down upon the ch aeks.
"The boys face was in ! al shape,
as you see," the photographer contin-
ued, " and the surgeons began to make
his face over for him. The next pic
ture shows how they build up the
lower borders of the eyes, which then
have Il natural appearance. The next
illustration shows the fleet of the Op-
Grafton that was made to bring theS
llEs into proper position, and widen
item. Now the next to be done was
to make Il nose. The surgeons made
a pocket at the lower part of the fore
head, betwC en- the eyes. and after re-
moving the nail from the middle fin
ger Of the left hand, they inserted it
in the incision and bound his hand to
his face. This picture here shows the
position of the hand at this stage of
the operation. AS the hand was
across his mouth so that he was un-
ape TO breathe freely, an opening was
male, as you see, in the trachea, and
tube inserted After some days the
finger was amputated just above the
middle joint, the new nose was
trimme and made to unite with the
flesh on the cheeks on either side.
Quite respectable nose, is it not 2
That young man is now an assistant
In, Of mt,
persons would imagine that he was
wearing one of his middle fingers on
his face"
The hospital photographer also
takes photographs of all the unknown
dea who are brought to the morgue.
He places the CONN containing the
dead body in an upright position in an
angle of the morgu, building, and
makes a photograph of the face
NeID YOTE Tvlb3luf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Did ye ever see a Gallapas turtlei
No. Well, there's terrapin for you
Land turtles four feet l. ng and three
feet high thatll to;e along man or
three Of EN-, just like horse. |
landed on the islands in 6l, and
brought away half dozen of EN-.
The whole island is marked with their
traSks leadin' from the water up into
the cones. They're the biggest au-
turdes alvin, but there amt mu h
call for 'em except for curiosities, Th3
biggest sea turtle to-day is the leather
turtle, sometimes weighin' 1000
pounds. The lack is made up of one
piece, hayin' no scales like the others.
They are pretty rare bein' found only
out to sea
The Galapagos turtle mentioned by
the skipper is from gigantic stock.
Several years ago some workmen
were making excavations in lower In
dla, when they came on to what was
evidently a house; at leass such the
natives considered it. 1t was care
fully unearthed, and turned out t. be
the shell of an enormous turtle that
lived during the tertiary period. 1t
was fourteen feet long and nine feet
high, and competent naturalists ex-
pressed the opinion that when alive it
must have been twenty-five feet long.
1t was a land tortoise, and crawled
about like our common wood tortoise
of to-day, making footprints as large
as those of an elephant. In the West
ern country known as the Bad Lands
hundreds of fossil turtles have been
found, their interiors filled with solid
rock, once the sand or muddy lake or
sea bed in which they lived.
On one of the government expedi-
tions turtle, perhaps thirty feet in
length, was found, which, curiously
enough, had rudimentary character
istics, showing it to be missing link,
as it were, connecting other forms.
1t was forefather of the great
leather turtle of to-day. It's length
from tlipper to fiipper was over seven
teen feet, making it the largest turtl
yet known.
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Suffered for Twenty Yenrs.

Hon. JOSHUA TUTHML of East Saginaw, Mich.
says; Count me among the enthusiastic friends
of Hunts Remedy. 1t has proven in my case all
you claim for it, Having suffered for about twenty
with severe disease of the kidneys (which our
local physician pronounced Brights Diseasel,
made journey East TO consult the eminent DR..
Haven. of Hamilton, New York, of whose fame in
this specially had heard much. DR. Haven exam
ined me carefully and simply said Go and get
bottle of Hunts Remedy and take according to di-
recuons.' After having travelled so far for treat
ment, il struck me rather funny to be directed
to take medicine which L might have bought
within a stones throw of my own door, hut l was
in the doctors hands, and OF course followed his
advice, and rghC glad was l that did SO, for be-
lore had taken Hunts Remedy half a dozen times
found immense benefit from it, and by contin-
uing the use ot il for limited time | recovered
from my trouble entirely, and am to-day, L think
one of the most rugged of rugged Michganders
The world is indebted to you, sir, for the promul-
cation Of such u medicine, and hope you may
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
Rough ON the Police.

Sometimes the easiest things sup
posedly prove the most difficult. A
country clergyman who visited the
police headquarters in Brooklyn can
testify to the truth Of this fact. Being
desirous of seeing the Boston rogues'
gallery he seemed to be satisfied with
frame containing Photographic busts
of the police captains. Having exam
ined these portraits carefully, he re-
marked, says the Journal, with an air
Of conviction, "It's easy to tell crimi-
mails; there is deprayity in every line
of their countenances."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
No GOngs, No Banners---" A Summer Idyl.i
Ernn n PrnVIhnnra NInrchnnf

Mr.. GEoRGE II. DAVIS a fruit dealer at 297 West
minister street. bears his grateful testimony TO the
unequaled excellence of the production Of one Of
our most skillful Providence Pharmacists. Mr..
Davis says; " Last spring was very greatly trou-
hled with severe Inflammation of the kidneys, and
it became so bad that at times urinated blood. and
my sufferngs were intense. My condition
painful that for while scarcely able to attend
to business, and the severe pains would come
suddenly and severely that l would be obliged to
leave a customer whom might happen TO be wait
ing upon. During part of the time 1 was unable
to walk and scarcely knew what to do or which way
to look for relief At this time friend recon-
mended Hunts Remedy. 1 took two bottles of it,
and it took right hold of my disease and cured me
very speedily, and have experienced no trouble
with my kidneys since.
Furthermore, Hunts Remedy has strengthened
me very much, and since began to use it have
been able to attend to business. and am all right
now. heartily recommend it to all. What it has
done for me it will do for you who are afflicted"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
A Fire Turning Fifty Years.

A friend sends your Jack an account
of fire at certain place in the State
of Pennsylvania which has already
burned for more than fifty years, and
is likely to continue for years to come.
The story goes on to say that, about
halfa century ago, some men opened
mining drift" Cor passage for an
underground road) into a mountain
about four miles from PottsVille, and
that it was usual, at that time, to build
a large fire at the mouth of the drift
in midwinter to prevent its being
blocked up by snow and ice. One
Saturday night in 1885 the fire was
left unguarded, but Monday morning
disclosed to the miners the result of
their folly, The timber of the drift
had ignited and the flames had been
communicated to the coal in the mine.
The mine had to be abandoned, and all
efforts to quench the fire, which con
stantly grew more intense, were
soon given up. The underground
fire had its own way, and in time
turned the mountain into a burning
mass. a few years ago, when
the flames were nearer the sur
faee than now, the sky was lighted
up with ruddy glare at night, while
rain and snow disappeared in clouds
Of vapor as they fell On the hot,
parched surface. People who endeaY-
ored TO open mines in the same vicinity
have been repeatedly driven out by the
iire.-St. Nicholas.
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so you see when Sunday morning
arrives he has not the required
dime with which to pay for a shave.
The next week, by denying himself a
pair of socks and by upending
his cuffs, he saves a dime and
meets his barber bill. We, of course,
are careful never to trust young man
of this class for more than one shave,
for were we to do so it would be ut.
terly impossible for him to ever catch
up, and then we would not only lose
the twenty cents but the patronage as
well. l often advise young fellows to
cuCthemselves loose from buttonhole
bouquets, Shines candy and such
luXuries, but they would invariably
tell me that they would be no good as
mashers if they were to do 50. You
ask what a 'dickey' is, why bless my
heart, you are green one. A 'dickey'
is Il paper bosom, made so that it can
lie easily mistaken for SO shirt. Oh,
yes, many gentleman wear them. [
venture that half the young men of
Cleveland are slaves TO the terrible de.
ceptive 'dickey." CIeUeIand Leader.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
Stat. : Of a Masher.

"Charge that" said we'll dressed,
Observation-Disclosures young man
to one of the BARRIERS in a prominent
Superior street shop yesterday morn
ing. The barber yelled "next," the
young man passed out, and a Leader
reporter took a place in the chair. "Do
you often get swindled by men like
the one whom you just shaved p"
asked the reporter. Every often" the
barber answered, as he began laying
on the lather. "You see it amt con-
venient at all times for gentleman to
spare ten cents on Sunday morning,
and he is compelled to ask for credit.
As a usual thing these pert young
things one sees in the streets making
mashes, are hard up, especially after
they pay their weekly bills. For in
stance, the average corner pet gets
about S5 per week. When SaturI lay
night comes he makes the following
expenditures
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

The Lowell daily Courier speaks of Hoods
Sarsaparlla as fast growing into USE and do
ing much good. The testimonials are bona
fide from parties who have used the prepara-
ton, and cheerfully give their testimony as to
its worth. Those afflicted with Scrofula, Bill
iousness or General Debility, should try this
remedy. Hood & Co. are careful and expert
enced pharmacists, and their preparations
can be relied on. Sold by druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
The Testimony orn Physician.

James Beecher VI d., of Sigouney, Iowa. says:
For several years have been using Cough Basam
called DR. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs, and in
almost every case throughout my practice 1 have
had entire success have used and prescribed hun
dreds of bottles ever since the days of my army
p,actce tS63, when was surgeon Of Hospital No 2
Louisville. Ky"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Dr. Pierce's "Favorlte PRESCRIPTION for
all those weaknesses peculiar to women, is an
unequaled remedy. Distressing backache
and " bearing down " sensations yield to its
strength-giving properties. By druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

PORTABLE paper houses are coming into
vogue in England. 1t is said that they will
be used 10 extend the accommodation of
seaside boades.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Hoods SarsapariIIa

There mas never been
an instance in which
this sterling inVigor,
ant and anti-febrile
medicine has failed 10
ward off the com.
plant, when taken
duly as a protection
againstmalaria. Hun.
dreds of physicians
have abandoned all
the ofhcinal specifics.
and now prescribe
this harmless vege.
table tonic for ohills
and fever. as well as
dyspepsia and nervous
affections. Hostel.
tors Hifta,se aa th.
specific you need. For
sale by all Druggists
and Dealers generally
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

I~ALY and China divide three-f -fourths of
the silk production of the world, India and
Japan divide one-seventh, Spain, Persia and
the LeVant have the rest.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

The North American Indians, especially
the Seneca tribe, made such frequent use of
petroleum that for many years 1t was only
Carboline, the Wonderful Hair Renewer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

NEwIEsN, N. O.-Rev. G. w. Ofiey says:
81 have taken Browns Iron Bitters and con
sider il one Of the best medicines KNOWN
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Is past, and DIR. pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery" win not raise the dead, will not
cure you IL your lungs are almost wasted by
consumption. Il is, however, unsurpassed
both as pectoral and Alternative, and will cure
obitinate and severe diseases of the throat and
lungs, coughs and bronchial affections. BY
virtue of its wonderful Alternative properties
il cleanses and enriches the blood, cures
pimples, blotches and eruptions, and causes
even great eating ulcers TO heal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

TWENTY EIGHT mining explosions occurred
last year, of which fifteen we're fatal!
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Remarkable for overcoming diseases caused
by impure water declying vegetation, etc,
is Browns Iron Bitters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Mother SWANS Worm syrup.
Infallible, ,tasteless, harmless catharticfever-
ishness, ,restlessness, worms, constipation. 25c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13
Mothers. Attention!

Chas Jones, of Elizabeth, Spencer county, Ind,
says: II have dealt in medicine number of years,
and will say that DR. Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup
is the most valuable medicine l ever sold NV Gus.
toners are well pleased with its effects"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

The largest vessels in the English navy cost
81, ,250,000 to build, and nearly $1,000 a day
TO keep them at sea afterward.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Much sickness attributed TO dyspepsia and
chron di rrheais occasioned by humor inths
stomach. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the remedy
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

DR.. Pierce's PELLETS hEthe original " lit
tie Liver Pills" (sugar-coated) )-cure sick
and bilious headache, sour stomach and
bilious attacks. BY druggists,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

You would use st. Patrick's Salve if you
knew the good it would do you.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

A LONDON physician says that the English
sparrow is subject to smallpox and can spread
the disense
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Rock HnL, s.. C.-Rey.-J. s. White says
" / used Browns Iron Bitters for general de
bilt,. Ii restored me to strength and vigor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

The average consumption Of postal
cardl is l,250000 a day,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

The Quick, complete cure, annoying Kidney,
Bladder, Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

Chrolithion collars and cuffs, while thor
oughly waterproof, feel as soft as velvet
around the neck and wrists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-06-13

OF the LOG members of the Texas legisla.
tpre only twelve are natives of the State,