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The Evening critic., 1884-09-29
BELvA's CORRESPONDENTS.
Some Letters She Receives ana som
Answers Tharato

AnsWerS bnerbtO.
Below are some OF the letters that Mrs. Delya
A. Lockwood receives. She answers prompt y
But she wants TO know how she can identify
that member OF the Smith family.
WESTMINSTER, MD, Sept. 25, 1891.
Hon. Bdra Lockwood, Washington, d. o.,
MY DEAR FRIEND: II has been currently re.
ported In the newspapers OF this State and OF
our county, especially, that Mr.. n. 8. Davis, OF
washington, has signlned his acceptance OF
the second place on tho ticket with yourself.
We learn from Washington that Mr.. Davis is
the paid attorney for the Liquor Dealers Pro-
tecuve Association OF that city, and he is
county as an Irish agitator OF tho o'Donovan
Rossa type.
We wish to be enlightened upon this point,
and In Justice 10 yourself and our cause, we
aek IN immediate and public explanation.
Very truly yours,
The Evening critic., 1884-09-29
secy Temperance Union No. 10, state
Maryland.

To Hon. Selya Lockwood, Washington.
P.S.-In order that this may reach YOU a.
quickly as possible, Mrs. Havenmeyer is good
enough to take II with her tonight, and viii
mail II from either Rockville or Washington
whittier she goes this evening.
L, II, DODsON,
The Evening critic., 1884-09-29
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD

fur.o T, ,,,,, General Passenger Agent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
WISE WORDS.

Be deaf to the quarrelsome and dumb
to the inquisitive.
Do not be too generous with your
temper. Keep it.
Contacts with the world either breaks
or hardens the heart.
The world is a comedy to those who
think, tragedy to those who feel.
Great things are not accomplished by
idle dreams but by years of patient
study.
A thorough scholar carries key with
which to unlock every door in the man
sion of knowledge.
The mistakes of women result almost
always from her faith in the good and
her confidence in truth.
Experience shows that success is due
less to ability than to zeal. The winner
is he who gives himself to his work,
body and soul.
To tell our own secrets is generally
folly, but that folly is without guilt; to
communicate those with which we arc
intrusted is always treachery, and treach-
cry for the most part combined with
folly.
True repentance consists in the heart
being broken for sin and broken from
sin. Some often repent, yet never re-
form; they resemble "a man travelling in
a dangerous path, who frequently starts
and stops, but never turns aside.
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$l.OO PER ANNUM.
SELECT sIFTINGs.

A grain Of strychnine win embitter
600, 900 grains of water.
In winding up the clock in the tower
of Trinity church, New York city, the
crank or handle has to be turned round
$50 times
A painting of the Lords Supper made
by French artist of the revolutionary
period represents the table as ornamented
by tumbler filed with cigar lighters.
The name of Agate is derived from
the river Achates, in Sicily, near which
these stones were found in abundance by
the ancients. They are now found in
Scotland, Saxony, and Hungary and are
also brought from China and the East
Indies.
The thimble was originally called
"thumb- bell" +" because it was worn on
the thumb, as sailors still wear their
thimbles. Though first made in Eng
land, in 1895, thimbles appear to have
been known to the Romans, as some
were found at Herculaneum.
From the army and navy diet scales of
France and England which, Of course,
are based upon the recognized necessities
is inferred that about two and one fourth
pounds avoirdupois of dry food per day
are required for each individual. OF
this amount three-fourths are vegetable
and the rest animal At the close of an
entire year the amount is upward of 800
pounds.
The Norwegian shoe, or skee runner,
is used in Colorado for long journeys
over CLASSY snow, or when going up or
down a steep mountain. Every one has
pair of those ungainly shoes-men,
women and children. Those who have
mastered the art of snowshoeing can go
very rapidly on them. There is Nor
wegian there who is willing to wager
that he can travel fifty miles across the
country in ten hours, but that is much
faster than the majority of skee runners.
In this country city is municipality,
having local government and mayor
as an executive; a town is q municipality
comprising one or more villages. In
England, however, a city is usually a
corporate town, which is bishops see,
and has a cathedral church; town is an
assemblage of houses, usually having a
market, or a subdivision of a county In
early times the word town was applied
only to such collection of buildings as
was surrounded by wall. A village is
the same in England as in this country.
The larvae of butterflies and moths
are called caterpillars; those of beetles,
grubs; those of flies, maggots, and those
of mosquitoes, wigglers. The term
larva, pupa and image are relative only.
While the grub and caterpillar are quite
different from the pupa, the bee state is
reached by very gradual change of
form, so that it is difficult to say where
the pupa ends and the image ends. In
fact, large number of insects reach ma
turity through an indefinite number Of
slight changes. The humble-bee molts
at least ten times before arriving at the
winged state.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
POETRY IN ILLINOIS.

'1want to see the poetry editor" said
young lady, who stepped very briskly
into the room--"the gentleman that puts
all those lovely pieces in the paper every
Saturday. Don't you think they're sweetg'
The horse reporter nodded acquies-
cence in the saccharine character of the
efforts alluded to.
81 would like to see him personally,
continued the young lady, because
would be so nice to talk with him about
Tennyson and Longfellow, and all those
other dear old things, wouldn't it2"
The personal friend of Maud S. again
inclined his head.
"You don't think he'll be in again this
afternoon, do you9 I'd like awfully to
see him. But perhaps you can help me,
Pm in an awful fix"
''What's the matterl" asked the horse
reporter.
"Why," continued the young lady, 81
live over on the West Side, and we've
got a literary society. and at the next
meeting pm down to read a paper on
Poetry as an Art, and"
'Is poetry an art2" asked the horse
reporter. 81 thought it was an affliction. "
"Well, don't know about that" said
the young lady, "but, anyhow, I've got
to get up this paper, and it occurred to
me that perhaps one of you editors could
assist me. want to get some extracts
from the works of our best-known poets
to illustrate what l shall say. Now,
there's Mr.. Tennyson, tor instance, he's
written some fine poetry, hasn't he2"
Eyes. Aft has occasionally shot some
pretty fair verses athwart the literary
horizon"
''Could you give me specimen OF his
style9" eagerly asked the young lady. 81
never read a line of those big poets in
my hfe-nothing but what the Tribune
poets write"
We have got some daisies from Daisy
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
rAYlNo rHE cHuRcH pEnT.


"Ohl husband, heard such a sermon to-day,
BY dear Mr.. Stiggins, who said we would pay
Next Sabbath the debt on our church, and,
said he,
'Whoever subscrfbes-Ohl how happy he'll
be-
And ali may this glorious privilege share
BY naming the sum ne surely can spare;
You just sign slip and you weekly can
pay
Oil can you imagine an easier wayl
"And dear Mr. Stiggins said all can afford
To give back what only belongs TO the Lord,
Who win repay treble--besides IL we should
just sacrifice something, we'd feel the more
good.n
"Yes wife, Of that privilege all should par
take,
A sacrifice for such cause we must make;
], being ulselnsh, will let you, guess,
Feel good-so wen sacrifice your new silk
,A.Ass dress"
"oh husband, couldn't, Ny six won't
suffice
Our pastor meant you would with Joy sac
riico
A few of your pleasures thought you'd be
glad
To give up your pipe and your papers so
: bad" ~
--NorTistotcn Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
ONE YEAR AGO.

What stars have faded from our sky,
What hopes unfolded but to diet
What dream so fondly pondered DER
Forever lost the hues they wore
How like death knell sad and slow,
Tolls through the soul zone year ago.n
Where is the face we loved to greet;
The form that graced our flreside seat.
The gentle smile, the winning way,
That blessed our life path day by day;
Where fed those accents, soft aud low,
That thrilled our hearts Zone year ago."
Ali vacant is the fireside chair.
The smile that won, no longer there;
From door and hall, from porch and hau
The echo Of that voice is gone;
And we who linger only know
How much we lost "one year ago."
Beside his grave the marble white
Keeps silent guard by day and night;
Serene he sleeps, nor heeds the tread
OF footsteps DER his lowly bed;
His pulseless breast no more may know
The pangs of life lone year ago."
But why repinel A few more years,
A few more broken sighs and tears,
And we. enlisted with the dead,
Shall follow where his steps have led;
To that far world rejoicing go
To which he passed one year ago.
Mrs John III. ContCdn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
Twilight Phenomena at the Equator

Twilight phenomena of similar char
acter to the appearances lately so preva-
lent were, according to letters, observed
in the island of Mauritius. This is es-
pecially remarkable as in that island,
situated twenty degrees above the equa-
tor, night, as a rule, follows the day
without any noticeable transition. On
several evenings, however, there was a
splendid glow in the west quite half an
hour after sunset, and when night had
fairly set in this glow soon extended over
the whole sky being reflected on the
clouds and covering the island with a
purple tint. The sea is described as ap-
parently on fire, the vessels and their
masts looking black, and standing out in
bold relief. The same phenomenon was
observed before sunrise.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
Italian Az Made to Order.

A very remarkable discovery is report
ed on the authority of a fellow of the
Royal Meteorological society, to which
the attention both of the faculty and of
the society cannot be too speedily direct
ed. DIR. Carter Moffat, cousin of the late
DIR. Robert Moffat, claims to have in
vented, after nine years study an instru-
ment known as the ammoniaphone, which
contains an absorbent material saturated
with peroxide Of hydrogen combined with
condensed ammonia and other ingredi-
ents, through which a current of air is
drawn into the lungs This is said to be
in reality highly concentrated artificial
Italianized air, in an extremely portable
condition. DIR. Carter Moffat's voice was
originally very weak, harsh, and destitute
of intonation. By the use of the ammo
niaphone it has now become pure tenor
of extraordinary range. He noticed that
after experimenting on himself for only
fourteen days an expansion of the chest
took place TO the extent Of over half an
inch, with feeling of increased lung
space and power Of voice, which has since
been maintained. Experiments have been
made upon ehoirs in Scotland, with ex-
traordinary results. As there are Il good
many choirs in England, TO say nothing
of the opera companies, which stand in
great need of improvement, the ammonia
phone is certain to be in great demand. -
Pal Mall Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
swELLs BECOME MORE SWOLLEN.

He was a fit subject for guying. His
pants were put on in such way that the
hip pocket was most convenient. His
coat, of ancient cut, had lost one tail, but
two brilliantly polished buttons still
adorned it. Through the holes in his
quasi Panama hat the cold wind was
playing with his long gray hair. En-
tering a brokers' office, he said, quietly /:
won't some of you young gentlemen
help an old soldiers" The boys let out
on him.
''By Jove, donchew know" said one,
CLOCKS as if he'd fallen off the elevated
tramway."
81 say, old chappie, " drawled another,
"fa-ancy brandy is the only enemy-aw
you've evaw faced, " and so on through
the crowd.
The old fellow suddenly Strengthened
himself up. The memory of days long
passed seemed to rejuvenate him Draw
ing off tattered glove from one hand
and stocking from the other, he sailed
in. One swell went through the glass
partition into the private Office, another
smashed the ticker in his flight, q third
tried to hide himself in the tape basket.
AS the old chap walked out he pickedup
a pocket-book some one had dropped,
and muttered:
''It's funny if man who fit with An
drew Jackson can't git away with people
who only pertend to be British. "7Neto
York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
A RATTLE FOR FREEDOM.

The subjoined account of an incident
alleged to have occurred on a Missi ssippi
steamboat a short time before the war is
from German sketch of American travel.
/ assembled the Mississippi says the writer,
on steamer, on board of which were
Judge J-and General X, of Pennsyl-
vania. with both of whom was slightly
acquainted. "a hard set, these Natchez
men," said the captain, who met us on
the cabin stairs. 'There's some of them
down in the saloon playing high game.
How men can be such fools, could never
see" "Let's go down and look on
awhile" suggested the Judge. In the
saloon we found four men seated at
table, around which crowd of specta-
tors were gathered. The four were the
''heavy players. The game was 'poker, -
and the money changed hands rapidly.
We had not been looking on long, when
one of the players, middle-aged man,
who, / learned, was a cotton planter, bet
his last dollar against the hand of one of
his antagonists. The latter showed four
kings, while he had only four queens.
He was ''cleaned out, and rose rs though
he were goiag to leave the table. ''Are
you broke, colonelgn asked one of the
men. 'Deadl !" was the laconic reply.
"Never mind; I'll lend YOU" mo; /
can make a raise, l reckon. Here, Pompm
''Here, massa ~ responded an old negro,
as he emerged from one corner of the sa-
loon. Bring that girl and her youngster
here that l bought in Natchez. Wait a
few minutes, gentlemen, Til raise some
money! The old negro went on his err
rand, and soon returned with the ''girl
and her youngstern The "girl" proved to
be a stately mulatto woman, about thirty
Eve years old Her "youngster" was
a fine, intelligent-looking boy, eleven or
twelve years old, whose complexion
showed him to be much more nearly
allied to the white race than the black
''Here, gentlemen, said the planter, as
they entered; "You see this girl and her
boy-two as fine niggers as you can find
anywhere. paid eight hundred dollars
for them yesterday in Natchez. Who
will give me six hundred for themp'
"Wil you sell them separator asked
some one. ''No, can't do it; promised
not to. The girl swears she'll take her
life if she's separated from her boy, and
her old master said that he was sure she'd
keep her word. But don't you all see
that the girl is worth more money than
/ ask for both of them2 Come, who'll
give me six hundred for bothY" The
planter waited for a reply, and then said
'sWell must have some money. Come,
what say you to a raffle-thirty chances,
at twenty dollars chance9 Out with
your cash, gentlemen. The first on the
hist has the first throwW This propo.
sition created a decided stir among all
present The three players at the table
led off by taking three chances each,
Their example was followed by the
spectators, and -twenty chances were
taken as rapidly as the planter could
write down the names and take the
money Then there was slight pause
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
HOPES soNo.

The golden dreams Of youth
Assume guise Of truth
Which age keeps never,
For Hopes voice singeth ever.
ooh, youth and strong endeavor,
Can win the highest good forever
Loves subtle intuition
Divines life's glad fruiion,
Distrusting never;
And sweetly Hope sings ever
''True love and sweet endeavor
Shall hold the highest good forever
Loves sacred tryst is broken,
Heartbreaking words are spoksn
Her bonds to sever;
But still Hope singeth ever,
"Brave heart and strong endeavnr
Must find the highest good forever
Pale hands are crossed in death;
Gone is the quivering breath;
And still low voice never
Stops echoing, echoing ever.
''Brave heart and strong endeavor
Have won the highest good forever"
Helen M. Winslodc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
A Lady Made a Citizen.

Mrs. Emily S. Smith, a widow, has
been made a citizen of the United States
in the municipal court at Milwaukee.
Mrs. Smith was born in England in 1910,
and came to America when eleven years
of age. She has resided in Milwaukee
for the past twelve or fifteen years. The
lady went to Dakota last spring ana
took up a homestead near Harold, and in
order to acquire a perfect title to the
land she was advised to renounee for
ever all allegiance to Queen Victoria and
become naturalized citizen of the
United States, her husband having neg
lected to take out his second papers.
The clerk of the court says this is the
second instance of the kind during his
incumbency of the office-six years.
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vile on our staff, ;" said the horse reporter,
"but If you want few gems from the
old masters l suppose you can have them
Tennyson's May Queen is one of his
most popular poems Want some Of
that2
"Why, yes. / should think two or
three verses would be just the thing"
"Well," said the horse reporter, cit
goes like this"
" You must wake and call me early, call me
early, mother dear;
To-morrow'll be the boss old day for pop and
ginger beer;
And when they strike the pie, mother, I'll say
my little say
For I'm to be Queen Of the May, mother, I'm
to be Queen Of the May.
" There's many nifty girl, they say, but
There's Margaret and Mary, and cross-eyed
Lucy Lee;
But you bet your life take the cake, and of
biscuit sweep the tray;
So I'm 10 be Queen of the May, mother, I'm
to be Queen Of the May"
'Do you think that is enough3" asked
the young lady.
ooh, yes; those verses will give 'em an
idea of Alf's gait. Variety is what they
want, you know. You ought to have
something from Bryant. His Indian
Girls Lament is pretty we'll thought Of"
''Is it2 I'm sure don't know. / shall
leave it all to you"
"Well, can give you chunk of it."
''Do, if you please"
''This is the way it Starts"
utAo Tvd;o,, .-;rl 49,. e;.4;,,,. ,,,lo-o
Her lover, Walking Flea Patch, lay;
Beside her stood spawned horse
That sadly chewed some musty hay.
Upon stump herself she flung,
Aud then this simple lay she sung:
I've placed the bottle at your head,
Oh Walking Flea Patch, so that when
You strike the town and painti it red
You will not miss your Laughing-Hen,
Who, sitting in the wigwam will
Adore her noble warrior still"
''Now, you see," said the horse re-
porter, "those selections cover the child
ish glee and loving trustfulness rackets.
What you want to finish with is some
thing pathetic-something that will make
the young women snifile. Hoods Song
of the Shirt ought to do that nicely.
Suppose we sling 'em few lines of that. I"
Every WE'LL" said the young lady.
''You know 1 depend wholly on your
Judgment in this matter"
!, "Well. here it is"
"fWith fingers weary and worn,
In little five-room fiat,
A woman sat with eyelids red
Trying to trim hat
Rip, turn, twist
Then give it a spiteful fiirt,
| While beside her lies like ghostlv thing
Her husbands buttonless shirt.
Oh, girls with brothers dear
Oh girls who hope to be wives
Remember that shirts with bHttonsare
The dream of mems hard lives
Rip, turn, twist,
Till your hands are weary and worn
But the wind will sweep with wailing sigh
Through the pants that are ever torn ,"
''You're very kind" said the young
lady, going.
'Don't mention it. Come in again
when you think we are all out. - Ckica-
90 Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
The Fremont Family.

A New York letter says of John G.
Fremont and his family:
The residence of the Fremonts is a
modest white house, perched high on the
inside of the broad road that winds
through trees along the New Brighton
beach, and its front windows command
wide reach of the New York bay and
the estuary of the Kill Won Kull. There
are two sons and daughter in the house
of Fremont. The eldest son, John
Charles, or "Jack," as he is familiarly
called at home, lives, with his handsome
wife and two sturdy boys, up the Hud-
son. He is in the navy, and his duties
are connected with the arrival and de-
parture of ships in this harbor. His
younger brother Frank, is lieutenant
in the army, stationed up in Montana
Territory, whittier he has taken the young
wife he recently captured in New York
"a daughter of John ID. Townsend, the
lawyer. Both of the boys closely resem-
BILE their father. ''When Frank went
West, said Mrs. Fremont, 81 suggested
that he stop and call on General Sibley,
in Minnesota, who had never seen him.
He did it; called in citizens dress, and
Sdlus cIdl piDlty, VIM am IL Ou
are F'fV4sAnt, said the general; there's
,ho mistaking you. How is your fatherF"
The sons are both tall, black-haired,
black-eyed, and "bearded like Il pard,
and they both, like their sisters, show
strains of their Gallo blood-the infu-
ence of their grandfather, the poor,
scholarly French gentleman who came to
Virginia at the beginning of the century
and found their grandmother in her
teens. Mrs. Fremont, that "Jessie Ben
ton, " the mention of whose name notable
in the campaign of 1856 always evoked a
cheer, holds her own remarkably well.
1t doesn't seem possible that she could
have made her famous runaway match
nearly forty-three years ago. She was
handsome blonde when she ran away
from the headquarters Of "Old Bullion,
in Washington, and joined the fortunes
of the young explorer; now her hair is
as white as snow, but she shows few in
dications of ageing, and talks as brilliantly
as ever
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
WORSE THAN MoRMoNIsM.

."Talk about Mormonism," said Bull
ger; 4" / don't see what right people have
to howl about it when such things as this
are permitted in Pennsylvania, and he
pointed his finger to an item in the paper
he had in his hand.
"What is it9" inquired Sucker.
"Why here it tells of one man who has
married no less than 1, 500 women"
credible."
"But it is so. His name is Mayes and
he marries a new woman every few days
and yet the authorities don't interfere"
Horrible! How does he evade the
law2"
"He doesn't evade it. He is Justice
of the peace, and his place is sort of
Gretna Green for Ohio and West Vir-
ginia runaway couples"
"Ohp said Sucker, and then went off
muttering something about people being
too smart.-SytingS.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
SUFFICIENT CAUSE

One fine morning Adolphus is observed
upon the street deporting himself in a
manner becoming gentleman of elegant
leisure.
81 thought you were selling goods
for Catchem and Clothem," remarked a
friend.
81 was, but I don't stay there any
more"
"Why, what's the matter7"
"They cut down my salary, and re-
fused to remain any longer"
"How much did they cut down your
salary2"
"nh, they cut it all down"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-02
The Value of the Farms.

The farms of the United States are
worth $40, 1877, 900, 900, while all other
real estate, including the dwellings and
warehouses of the city, the capital en-
ployed in business and the water power
besides, is but SO, 1881, 600, 600; railroads
and their equipments are worth but
SO, $50, 900, 600; and mines including
petroleum wells and gold and silver
bonanzas and stone and other quarries,
are worth but $3.50. 600. 600.