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The railroad Hog.

'Is this seat unoccupiedH" lady tim
idly inquired.
Her voice was not very loud. 1t did
not recall the fat man from his reverie
nor his gaze from something interesting
in the brick wall of the depot. The lady
passed on as though embarrassed at the
sound of her request.
'Is one af these seats disengagedm
The question was asked in a firm, clear
voice by a young woman, who looked
steadily into the monopolist's eyes as
though she understood him. His head
turned slowly, and he coldly replied /:
"All engaged" !"
Then he resumed his study of the wall,
and the train moved slowly out of the
depot.
''OofI"
The xclamationresembled exactly the
grunt of pig. 1t was made by a young
man with a dimple in his cheek and a
twinkle in his eye, on a seat diagonally
across the aisle and behind the bald
headed man. He was absorbed in an in
teresting article in newspaper. The ex'
clamation was not noticed.
"Oof Oofl Oof"
A young lady in the seat behind the
person intended to be described by the
young man with the dimple, Uttered
aloud. The fat man with four sittings
stole wicked glance at the young man
with the newspaper, and then settled
back with determined gesture of his
head and neck as if he wasn't going to
mind it,
"Oo-oo-oofl kweekl kwe-e-eekl oofl
oofp
The passengers turned their attention
to the passenger with the four seats.
The bald spot on his head began to get
red
"Kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eek !
Oof, oof, oof, oofl"
A tittering and giggling broke out
spontaneously up and down the car.
The bald spot on the fat mans head
blazed. Then one foot was dragged
slowly off from the front seat. then the
other. A hand reached out carefully
and set one valise on the floor. Then
the other valise followed.
"Seat here, l guess, ladies'" he
growled.
Three women threw grateful glances
at the grunter and took their seats. The
grunter, who had not lifted his eyes from
his newspaper, turned it over to continue
reading, but just at that instant the train
glided into the tunnel. -Neso York Sun.
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Mexican Etiquette.

was given a lesson in etiquette by
Mexican young lady met in the train,
says a correspondent. l chanced to be
the only man in the sleeping-car when it
drew out from FL Paso, and after an in
PRODUCTION by the conductor to whose
charge the young lady had been com
mitted, she and l became quite we'll ac-
quainted. Z" / saw you eating an orange
on the depot platform, she said. sin
Mexico that would be considered un-
mannerly There it is unmannerly to
eat anything outside of a house, even
candy. And / noticed when Mr.. Ro-
nero gave you a Mexican match you
threw it away after using but one end Of
it. The other was still seryiceable, and
you should have returned the match with
your thanks. If you hand one a cigar
or cigarette to light with, you must take
a Whit from it after it has been returned
to yoa, though 1t may be 50 short as to
burn your fingers All this / received
with good grace, fpF my young lady was
but ten years OF aga
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-01
The Story Of a Love Song.


Upon one of the many hills surround
ing this old Ohio city, says letter from
GAINESVILLE to the New York Sun, is a
beautiful homestead which oyerlooks the
smoky expanse of the town and the shin
ing course of the Muskingum river.
Thirty years ago young preacher walked
down the hill from this home heavy at
heart and weary of the world. Two
wears before he had come to GAINESVILLE
fresh from the old collegian institution in
Columbus as the Rev. ii. d. L. Webster.
He soon fell in love with Ella Bloxom,
the daughter of Judge Bloxom, who sang
in the choir of his church. He was priv
ileged as pastor to call upon his fair
chorister at the home of her married sis
ter Mrs. Henry Blandy. The young, pen
hiless preacher proposed marriage 10 her,
and was rejected. The refusal was given
in a kind though firm manner, and the
young man persuaded himself that his
suit was denied because of his poverty
and the pride of the girls family. He
left GAINESVILLE, for he could not be at
peace where the woman he loved was
shining in society.
In 1856 he moved to Racine, and soon
afterward wrote a song and gave it to j.
p. Webster, the composer. This song was
the once popular " "Lorena." In it Web
ster wrote che sentiments of his heart to
the memory of the woman he had loved.
People who remember the songs of twenty
years ago will readily recall the opening
lines:
The years creep slowly by, Lorena,
The snow is on the grass again.,
The SUMS low down the sky, Lorena,
The frost CLEANS where the iow'rs have
been;
But the heart thTobs on as warmly now
As when the simmer days were nigh.
Oh the sun can never dip so low
Adown affections cloudless SKY.
In the days of the war the song took
a firm hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers
in the camps of both armies sang the
plaintiye verses. 1t was the Annie
Laurie of America. The name "Lor-
ena was given to all sorts of things,
and the young ladies of to-day respond
to the same musical name which senti-
mental mothers of that time bestowed
upon them.
When it became known that Webster
wrote the song many of his acquaintance
in Zanesville remembered his love affair
there, and concluded at once that Ella
Bloxom was the original of Lorena.
Miss Bloxom was married to William w.
Johnston. a young lawyer of Ironton,
who had been educated in GAINESVILLE,
and who is now the chief justice of Ohio
and the Republican candidate for select
man. Mr. Webster, who has drifted
about from pastOrate to pastOrate, was
recently stationed in Oak Grove. He
also is married, having now wife and
several children.
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that the bowling of dog was, nomen
ofdeath.
told him thonght so. too, especially
when the dog howled under my window,
and then went aud bought a shotgun.
But after that Philosopher seemed to
reform and lead more joyous life. He
stayed home of nights and if he was
ever sad, he brooded mostly in silence.
One day came home with basket
full of'crabs, and found Philosopher sit
ting in my yard with look of mingled
curiosity and pleasure on his open
and expressive countenance. He seemed
to be glad to see me, and when | set the
basket upon the ground and turned
aside, he went up to it in an inquiring
sort of way. AS have said, he was of
a very investigating turn of mind. He
would sit by hens nest half an hour,
waiting for the hen to get through lay
ing and adjourn, 80 that he could form
himself into committee of one and in
vestigate the proceedings. And his in
vestigation Of hens nest was always
systematic and thorough,
When he saw something move in my
basket, he appeared to grow more than
usually CuIlOuS. lie S6encu 10 DC DObu
surprised and delighted that l had car
ried home something that was alive. He
smelled cautiously around the basket,
wagged his tail with graceful easy mo-
sion, and then, growing more curious and
bold, he stuck his nose down among the
crabs and picked large one up. He did
not intend to pick it up so suddenly +;
it was all the crabs doing. 1t got one Of
its claws tangled somehow with Philos-
opher's nose, and then there was sound
of revelry by day. never before saw
a dog get so excited. He lost all con-
troll over himself His one prominent
thought seemed to be Q desire to go
away somewhere and he went. He went
with exceeding impetuosity He went
as nothing had gone before, except chain
lightning, perhaps, and he took my crab
with him.
If any traveller in Europe, Asia or
Africa has seen a yellow dog with part
of one ear bit off, and an expression de-
noting humble birth, with healthy
looking crab hanging to his nose, the
traveller will receive large assortment
of thanks by communicating with my
neighbor But l am rather Indifferent
lost a good crab, / know; but there IS
no loss without some slight compensa-
tion.-Scott WGV, IN Puck.
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Early American Coinage.

The earliest coinage that can be called
American, in the sense of Anglo -Ameri-
can, was ordered by the original Virginia
company, only five years after the found
ing of Jamestown The coins were minted
at 6omers islands, now known as the
Bermudas. For a long. while the stand
ard currency of Virginia was tobacco, rs
in many of the early settlements of che
Northwest it was beaver skins. Tie &C.
counts of the fur tradeI land pioneers in
their dealings with the es1ndians were
kept In beaver skins instead of dollars
until some years after the opening of this
century, and in some parts of the Domin-
ion of Canada they are still kept so. In
1645 the assembly of the Virginia col
ony, after preamble reciting that sit
had maturely weighed and consideredhow
advantageous quoine would be to this
colony, and the great wants and miseries
which do daily happen unto it by the
sole dependency upon tobacco, pro-
vided for the issue of copper coins of
the denomination of twopence, three
pence, sixpence and ninepense; but this
law was never carried into effect, so the
first colonial coinage of this country was
that struck off by Massachusetts, under
the order of the general court of that
colony, passed May 81, 1865, creating a
mint howse" at Boston, aud providing
for the mintage of '12 pence, pence
and 3 pence pieces, which shall be for
fohne fatt, and stamped on the one side
with N. E., and on the other side with
XIId., VId., and lid, according to the
value of each piece.p In 1862, from this
same mint, appeared the famous ''pine
tree shillings," which were two-penny
pieces. This mint was maintained for
thirty-fo years IN the reign of Will
liam and Mary copper coins were struck
in England for New England and Caro-
lima Lord Baltimore had silver shil-
lings, sixpences, and fourpences made
in England to supply the demands Of
his province of Maryland. Vermont
and Connecticut established mints in
1885 for the issue of copper coin. New
Jersey followed year later. But Con
gress had the establishment of mint
for the confederated States under .ad.
visement, and in this same year agreed
upon plan submitted by Thomas JEFF
ferson, and the act went into operation
ON a small scale in 1887 After the
adoption of the Constitution of the
United States in 1889 all the State
mints were closed, as the constitution
specifically places the sole power of
coming money in the Federal govern
ment.
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deaths from Cholera.

In 1871 there were 800, 600 deaths
from cholera in Russia; in 1878 there
were 10, 600 deaths in P0and; in 1872
73 there were l40, 900 deaths in Hun
gary; 1S72-73 there were nearly 27, 900
deaths in Prussia; in 1SB5-61 there were
l43, 900 deaths in Italy. In Paris the
mortality from cholera has been as fol-
lows: In 1852, 1884 deaths; in 1919,
10, 1874; Ia 1s53-5l, s,090; in lS65.G6,
12, O92, in 1878, $50. In England in
lS40 the deGths from cholera we've 70,-
600. In 1917 the army of the Marquis
Of Hastings lost in India 5000 men Ia
twelve days from Asiatic cholera.
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srRENorH FoR ro-pAr.

Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never win be a tomorrow
For tomorrow will prove but ansthsr ~
day,
With its measure Of joy and sorrow.
Then why forecast the trials Of life
With such grave and sad persistence,
And watch and wait for a crowd Of Ills
That as yet has no existence.
Strength for to-day-what a precious bocn
For the earnest souls who labor,
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbor
Strength for to-day-that the weary hearts
In the battle for right may quail not;
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears,
In their search for light, may fail not.
Strength for to-day, on the dewn-hill track
For the travellers near the valley
That up, far up on the other side,
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day--that our precious youth
May happily shun temptation,
And build tFom the rise to the set Of sun
On a sure and strong foundation.
Strength for to-day-in house and home
To practice forbearance sweetly-
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting in God completely.
Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never will be a tomorrow,
For tomorrow will prove but another to-
day,
With its measure of joy and sorrow.
Mrs. NJ A. Kidder.
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Some years ago my neighbor had a
dog of an inquiring turn of mind, which
he called Philosopher when he. was not
in hurry Philosopher was in the
habit of coming over upon my premises,
and trying in various ways to win my
respect and esteem; but he never sue
ceeded TO any great extent. Perhaps he
did not go about it in the right way. He
came oft in the Silly night, and sat under
my window and poured out his sorrow
to the moon. The moon seemed to stand
II. but l couldn't. / went to my neigh
Dor with protest. but he said he could
do nothing; that he didn't like to hear
a dog howl apy better than l did; but,
according divine law. that was the
only way in which a dog could give ex-
preston 70 his deeper emotions, aud he
thought man ought 70 try and put up
with It. Beside, he said, he believed
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-01

haps taking in the beauties Of valley and
stream and woodland which lay below,
but finding his fill of enjoyment in the
sheep. He was little seen at the house,
seeming not to care for anv human soci-
ETY., but he took long walks at his will,
from which he once brought home bird
with broken wing, and again stray
starved kitten, both of which he carefully
tended.
''Hear himl' said Mrs. Lynn, one day,
when she had gone out into the meadow
where her husband was at work. 81 be-
lieve he knows every sheep there"
Jacks voice came ringing down the
hill
"Hiho hiho hiho hiho 20 900 !
my baautiesl Come, Daisy face, come,
Cloud-white, come, my Trigsy-toes and
Hippety-hop and Hobbldehoy. Hilla,
hilla, hol my Hop -and-sl1ip and old
Jump p-the-fencel Come with yer patter-
patter and yer wiggle- waggle my
beauties, oh Where be you, Flax and
Flinders and Foam2 Come here, my
jolly boys, and kick up yer heels on the
grass In the mo-o-o-o-rning.
HE gets off some such rigmarole
Whenever ne goes near Jnem, sne saiu )
and I'm sure every sheep knows him. "
Jack staid for a month among his
feecy darlings, and when the time came
for saying goodbye to them, nobody
was near to hear him say it. He allowed
Mrs. Lynn to shake his hand as he
stepped on board the train which was
to bear him back to his home, or rather
to his homelessness, but with little re-
sponse to her kind farewells.
She had tried so faithfully to impress
him with the idea that there are plenty
in this wide world whose hearts the dear
Lord has filed with the tenderest pity
and love toward those whose paths
seemed laid in Swallowed places, that
she felt keenly disappointed in fearing
she might have entirely failed. How
ever, she remembered with comfort that
just as the last car was passing the plat
form, from which she watched it, she
had indistnctly caught sight of boys
face whose softened eyes seemed filed
with tears as he strained his eyes to gain
last glance at her, and she believed in
her heart it was Jacks face.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Drawing materials-mustard and wa
ter. Life.
Never dispute with woman about her
weight. She's always bound to have her
own weigh.
A wall in the southern part of China Is
said to be entirely made of fish. It ought
to be an easy one to scale. -StatesuiGn.
A Philadelphia father makes his baby
sleep with the nurse three-quartors of a
mile off. 1t must be the second one.--
Courier Journal.
''Do cats reason 2" asks correspond
ent.. Cestainly. There are two in our
neighbornood that are reasoning with
each other all through the Silly night.
Baltimore Day.
"Why am like Wall street fnan-
cier ~ asked young farmer as he re-
turned from the barn. ~ give it up"
replied his father, Because ] have
been watering the stock. Brooklyn
Times.
The old saw, "Never kick a man when
he is down" is a. good one, because to
kick man when he is down is cowardly.
Now we give another, "Never kick
man when he is up" because it is reck-
less. EcansciLl5,Argus.
The young man who wrote to his Of
Tended girl asking her to send him "a
line" informing him what she would like
him to do. was surprised to receive by
return mail clothes-line with moose at
one end of it.-Stdtasnsan.
The boy who seeks the rivers brim,
Tl,,... Ia. s,.t.. .lekx ka.l~.
But runs away
Possesses wisdom, strength and vim;
For he will surely live to swim
Another day.
-NelO York Journal.
The wise men tell us that the. whale
lives about 400 years. Since the days of
the patriarchs, however, no man has ever
taken whale from the breast and raised
it to old age. A whale would be good
thing for man to buy who hated to part
with pet after he became attached to it.
Burlington Hasckeye.
'It seems to me-" said Judge to his
daughter, "that your young man calls q
good many times week. My court
doesn't sit anywhere near as often az
yours does" "Oh, well, papa" was
the blushing reply, 81 anu engaged to
him, you know, and that entities us to
court of special sessions
Tho seats in Western church are
set ON pivots, like those in dry goods
store. This enables the fair worship.
er, who sits pretty well up in 'front.' to
turn around and count the number Of
new bonnets in the house without screw
ing her head off almost, and going homo
with a stiff neck. .-Aorristo,o Herald.
paragraph in a number Of our Ak
changes says: Napoleon was bow-leg.
ged, Alexander Pope was humpbaeked,
Hannibal had notoriously big heels and
was knock -kneed, Cicero was spindle
shanked and Alexander's left leg was
badly out of plumb One might sup
pose that these old worthless were alive
and running for a political Office. Nor
ristOpn Herald.
A-DoWN THE BAY.
She was a vision Of delight,
When first she beamed upon my sight;
/ met her in casual way
A-down the bay.
What steamer, refuse TO tell,
Enough to say she pleased me well
You bet It was a beauteOus day
A-down che bay.
She seemed so modest and discreet,
/ thought I'd asked her in 20 eat;
IL only cost me Nyo weeks pay
A-down the bay.
-BostOn Star.
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al NnrroW Eacnpe.

"Sisterlp cried little boy, running
into the room. "your little pug dog has
bit me on the leg"
"Whatw exclaimed the frightened
young lady. "Beauty has bitten you on
the leg9 Let me see."
She hastily pulled down his stocking,
and sure enough there was the impress
sion of his teeth.
you naughty boy" said his sister,
shaking him violently, "don't yoN1know
better than to tease Beauty9 Some day
he will bite big lump out of your leg,
and it might make him deathly sick. -
PHILADELPHIA Call.
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,HUMORISTS OF THE PRESS.
EENEx STORIES BY NEWSPAPER
wAGs.

Noe a Musical Ear-A Narrow Es-
cape - A Masher Routed The
Railroad HOg-DOg and Crab.
My dear, wish you would tell the
servant to stop moving that furniture
around in the parlor. Pm sure she has
broken some Of the vases and Sevres
ware"
81 hear no noise, Christopher"
"Therel She has dropped the clock |
l heard the shade smashl'
Why, Christopher, how silly you are
That's not the servant moving the furni-
ture; that's Birdie practicing a Wag-
merriam sonata. - Chicago Nel0s.
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-
= don't know about sending such
aAfdened little chap as he Is. "
That is the kind that need to CO."
f. But what if-nobody'll take him2r
Then I'll bring him back"
So said the superintendent of one of
he earliest companies of children sent
1lt by the fresh-air fund, and SO it came
hat Back joined the eager little crowd
fawn from alley and slum of the great
Hily
He is tough one.n said the super
nlendent to himself, watching Jack as
te half carelessly, half wilfully tripped
Ap one or two smaller boys in the rush
which came when they were leaving the
'leamboat in order 10 take the cars.
He don't look like the right sort, :"
said one or two farmers.
II they were the right sort they
Wouldn't need our help, % said pleasant
faced woman who sat in a spring wagon.
,'Put him in here, please. Come, my
boy, will you so home with me2''
Jack climbed into the wagon, but
made little answer TO the kindly attempts
81 draw him into conversation. His
ayes were neyeE IaiaafI toward her as he
a'ode along in doggee Hence, and Mrs.
Lynn began to conclude that she. had
'&kcn hold of very hard case indeed.
But it was quickly seen that there
fre some Things which Jack loved. Be-
b night he had made friends with
Ises, cows, chickens, ducks, geese and
f& and lying under "A tree in rapt ad.
HIntion Of a pert jay which chartered
t1eye him, and almost succeeded in
toaxing it to light ON his finger.
Come with nae, and pll show you
Something more, said Mrs. Lynn, the
next morning after breakfast. She put
q pail of salt into his hand, and they
walked up little glen, then up a steep
hill, when she called:
Nan, nan, nan, nan, nan, nan--come
nan, come, nan; come, my pretties ;
come, my pretties.n
A quiet little pattering waMheard, and
down along the path whicl "a higher
up Jack saw coming III soft look
ing white things, ~
(" What's their naT he cried, in
great interest.
Sheep. There atSz@ reat many more
up over the top of the hill, but they
don't know me very we'll, so they don't
come. We must go further.
Higher up they went to where a suany
pasture sloped more gently down the
other side, and there were hundreds of
the pretty creatures nipping the short
grass or lying under the trees. They
looked at the strangers with shy, gentle
eyes, but gathered near Is Mrs. Lynn
repeated her call.
. Jack laughed and whooped and rolled
on the ground in the excess of his de-
light at first frightening them away
But he was soon in among them, winning
them by his coaxing tones 10 taste the
salt he held out to them. The boys face
seemed transformed as Mrs Lynn got her
first full glance at his eyes, and wondered
at them. ThAy were large and clear and
soft as he laid his hands lovingly on the
heads of some half-grown lambs, and
presently tenderly lifted one which
seemed little lame.
''You may take that one. to the house, if
7ou like" said Mrs. Lynn, "and l will
|nd up its poor foot.
he did so. and when he carried il back
the flock he remained all day, only
ping to the house when called to dinner
fhe sound of the conch.shell. Aud
tfy day afterward the most Of his time
pas spent on the breezy hillside, per-
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a cHrLps FANcrEs

TIE LAND OF coUNTERPANB.
was sick and lay abed,
ad twopillows at NV head,
Esd aii my toys beside me lay
N keep me happy all the day.
notiines FOR an hour or 50
atched my leaden soldiers go,
Ilh different uniforms and drills,
sntong the bed clothes, through the hills.
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
aliup and down among the sheets;
pr brought my trees and houses out,
aud planted cities all about.
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow hill,
And sees before him field and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.
THE WIND.
you toss the kites on high
blow the birds about the sky;
around l heard you pass
lies' skirts across the grass
wind, a-biowing ali day longI
4. Wind, that sings 50 loud songi
HIw the different things you did,
t'ut always felt yourself you hid;
I felt you push, heard you call,
i could ma see yourself at all
Oh, wind, -a-blowing all day longI
+ Oh, wind, that sings so loud a songl
Rh, you that are so strong and cold,
eh, blower, are you young or oldl
Are you beast of field and tree,
Nf just q stronger child than met
on, wind, a-blowing all day longl
Hbs wind, that sings so loud songl
THE cow
friendly cow, ali red and white,
oyo with all my heart;
gives me cream with all her might,
Ao eat my apple tart.
ho wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
atl IN the pleasant open air,
Ihe pleasant light of day.
amt blown by all the winds that pass,
And wet with all the showers,
' walks among the meadow grass
|A pals tho meadow flowers.
4etrf 4. Sterenscn, in art Journal.