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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
A Japanese Baby.

When Kline, the little japanese baby,
was one hundred days old she was car
ried to the temple, just as some Ameri-
can parents take their little children to
the church to have them christened,
though Kine's parents do not know or
worship the true God. The priest wrote
a prayer on a piece of paper and put it
into the prayer bag, which was small
and made of red Grape, embroidered in
white flowers and drawn together by
silk cords. This bag containing the
prayer was the 'guard from evil, and
it is devoutly believed by all Japanese to
have the power of keeping children from
evil spirits, from delusion by foxes-for
the people think that foxes can cheat or
enchant people--and from all dangers.
This little red bag was attached to the
girdle behind. After bestowing a gift
in money upon the priest, the parents
and relatives returned home with the lit
tie girl and held great feast in her
honor. Kline was carefully nursed, and
carried on the back of faithful servant,
who fastened her there by long string
or bandage drawn around the waist and
legs of the child, and crossed over the
neck and shoulders of the maid. Her
little head and bright eyes would bob on
every side as her nurse walked or ran,
and here she would go soundly asleep, or
play as any baby would. She was never
carried in any persons arms. japanese
babies seldom are. When Kine's aunts
or cousins wished to coax her away from
her nurse or mother, they would hold
their backs invitingly, and she would
put out her little arms and go to one or
another as she chose. Clasping tightly
the neck of the favored one, and held
there by the feet or legs, she would be
as happy as if cuddled up in the arms.
AS the baby grew and began to walk,
little sandals made of straw were put on
her feet. These were fastened on by put
ting the great toe through a loop. When
she was year old her hair, which had
been shaven, was allowed to grow lit
tie, and then tied on the top in very
funny fashion. Every year it was worn
differently.-lS Nicholas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
The Care of Watches.

A few remarks on the care of watches
are made by writer in the Popular Sci
0ace Monthly. A good watch should be
oiled once a year and cleaned once in
three years. If a jeweler tells you that
there is some very serious trouble OF
break in your watch, which will cost
several dollars to get repaired, ask him
to take the watch 'down" and let you
see the trouble. 1t is better to wind
ones watch in the morning than in the
evening, since, if you wind at night and
expose the watch to the cold, the chilling
of the tightly wound handspring may
break it, Frequently empty out the
dust that accumulates so quickly in your
watch pocket. 1t will not injure a watch
or clock to turn the hands backward.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
A Land Of Scenic Wonders.

Leaving Wrangle to battle with its
fogs, says n letter in the Portland
Transcript, we sailed through Wrangle
narrows, and later into genial sunshine
and past pleasant coves and by the side
of steep cliffs, over which fell streams
of water, and above which lowered peaks
of snowy whiteness, glistening in the
sunlight far away. There on the shore
a fish cannery lay nestled among the
trees, or a group of Indian huts was Wis
ible, while at times the native canoes
were padded out TO us to enable their
inmates to offer bits of native manufac-
ture. 1t was never cold, and fortunate
ly long succession of pleasant days
greeted us as we moved laziG along our
way. The air was soft, yet exhilarating,
the channels were filled with water as
smooth as glass, the coloring was rich
and the vegetation rich and abundant.
Alaska, so often considered bleak, and
bare and cold, appeared in its true light.
Whatever it was elsewhere, here IN the
south at least it was warm and sensuous,
picturesque from guarded cove to dis
tant peaks of snow which lighted up the
blueness that existed, but threw no chill
upon the region. The country is Switz.
erland enlarged, full of sharp contrasts
in color studded with mountains of vary
ing shape and size. And here at Chll-
cat, near the sixtieth degree of latitude,
there are serrated ranges with whitened
heads shining above the forests that
press down upon the waters of Pyramid
harbor, where we lie at anchor. Truly
Alaska is, whatever it is not, land of
scenic wonders.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


A boil in the pot is worth two on the
neck.
Limburger and Schweizer are the kiES
of kases that circumstances cannot alter.
Puck
The young woman who is just learning
the wavs of the rink says she knows why
they call it roll-her skating.-Merchdnt-
Zrageler.
A Madison street girls answer to the
current conundrum, =" Will the coming
man work?" "He will if get him. "
Wilmington Star.
The youth who woes and wins girl
at the rink will find it but few steps
from roller skates to the rolling pin
Neao York Journal.
The man who has no music in his sole
never distracts the attention OF worship
ers by walking up a church aisle with
squeaking boots. Boston Courier.
AS we allow our thoughts to wander
back to our boyhood, we find that many
a train of fond recollections has been
wrecked by switch. South and West.
''Man wants but little here belowp
The statement causes mirth;
It might have been in earlier times,
But now he wants the earth.
-Merchdnt-1rdUeler
A German scientist has counted the
hairs on his wife's head, and quotes her
at 1913. 900 to the inch. We don't see
how he could tell which was switch.
Life.
If there is anything more ungainly
than a fat man on roller skates, it is a
thin woman, loaded to her eyebrows
with packages, rushing against time to
board street-car that won't stop.
A scientist has discovered that drunk
enness is a contagious disease. When a
married man goes home at midnight with
a demoralized pair of legs he is liable to
''catch it." we've been told.-Norrist0aon
Herald.
A Chippewa Indian boy, twelve years
old, is a fancy roller-skater at Chicago.
People who are familiar with roller-skat-
ing say that he is by no means the first
red skin that mas been developed in the
rink.-BostOn Transcript.
It is said that person ''can do almost
anything he wants to on roller-skates
with sufficient practice" The trouble Is,
however, that he does so many things he
doesn't want to do in acquiring the
practice. .-NOrTistoWa Herald.
A shrewd old lady cautioned her mar
ried daughter against worrying her hus-
band too much, and concluded by say
ing My child, man is like an egg.
Kept in hot water little while, he may
boil soft; but keep him in there too long
and he hardens. "-BOst0R Post.
There is probably no better illustra-
ton in this world of the terrible weight
of grave responsibility than a five-inch
dog standing on box with his fore paws
on the tailbOard of four-horse express
wagon, alertly guarding its passage
through the streets of crowded city
S0merOill6 Journal.
ALWAYS TOOK HIS PART.
Whener at school some bigger boy
Would pound me till I'd smart,
My brotherd jump into the fray,
And kindly take my part.
Whener at home our mother gave
To us each half tart,
My brotherd get me off alone
And kindly % take my part"
-EodnSviile Argus
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
Soap That Grows on Trees.

There are a number of soap trees
growing in Tallahassee. In the yards of
DIR. G. w. Betton and Mr.. Philip Sulli-
van, the former on McCarty and the lat
ter on Duval street, fine specimens of
this tree. in bearing, NAV be seen. They
are prolific fruiters, the berries being the
size Of an ordinary marble, having a
yellowish soapy appearance, with a hard
black seed, from which the trees are
propagated. Parties here boil the fruit
to make soap, but Judge Van Valken-
burgh says in China and other tropical
countries the berries are used as a substi-
tute FOR soap Just as they are taken from
the tree. - Tallahassee FLoridiap.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
The Potato as a Luxury.

The potato, originally South Ameri-
can plant, was introduced to Virginia by
Sir John Harvey in 1929, though it was
unknown in some counties of England
$50 years later. Potatoes were served.
perhaps as an exotic rarity, at a Harvard
installation dinner in 1907; but the plant
was only brought into culture in New
England at the arrival of the Presby-
terian emigrants from Ireland in 1718-
Five bushels were accounted large croI
of potatoes for a Connecticut farmer; fol
il was beld1that if man ate them every
day, he could not live beyond seven
wears.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
THE STORM.

All day long the snow has fallen gently,
softly downi
All night long the snow is falling over
city, vale and townl
Gentle snowi
The windi
A winter wind comes tearing, bowling from
the northi
In his arms be gathers up the snow and
rushes forth
Cruel windl
The snow fendl
All day long he blows and sweeps the now
drift DER;
A demon wind, he howls and shrieks from
door to doorl
The snow fendl
A tempestl
The world lies buried meath the fallen,
drifted snow;
Death is abroadl The tempest and the cold
ride to and fro
A tempesbI
At lastl
The storm is DER, and silence reigns upon tho
snowy deep;
The shrieking, moaning wind has sobbed
itself to sleep
At lasti
The world awal1esi
From out your 'prisoned homes behold the
awful wreck
But nature and its God now holds the storm
in check
The world awakes
Carthage (IlL.) Republican.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
LIFE.

When violets bloom and soft winds play
When hecsless skies float DER the EARTH
When all is youth, and joy, and mirth--
iife's aim is happiness, we say,
When violets bloom, and soft winds play.
when summer joys have all gone by
When frowning skies hang DER the world
When Hopes gay banners all are furled-.
Life's aim is usefulness, we sigh,
when summer joys have all gone by.
--Emma Carlton, in the Current
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15

There are in England over 300, 900 cy-
clists. and the capital invested in the
manufacture Of bicycles and trieycles is
$40, 600, 900, employing eight thousand
persons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15

It requires 81, 800 worth of quinins q
month 70 keep the French troops in
Tonquin ID health.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
RA1Ea on AnvER1IsIMo.

One square, one inch, one inssrtion.........t %
One Square. one inch, one month........... 3 %
One Square, one inch, three months. ......... 6m
One Square, one inch, one year ............. 10 %
Two Squares, one year. IS 90
Quarter Column, one year.. so 90
Half Column, one year. ar...................... 80 90
One Column, one year. "
Legal Advertisements ten cents yer line each In
sertion.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly Advertisements collected quar-.
terly. Temporary Advertisements must be palu in
advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15

Women are becoming commercial
travellers in England.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15
AT THE MINES.

AS the adverf lrous traveller turns from
the narrow strip Of prairie land, and fol-
lows the Old Rolton Shaft road, where it
winds in and out among the snow
decked cedars of the mountains, he will
come unexpectedly upon small white
wooden cross, standing, as if on guard,
over grave close beside the trail. its
only surroundings being the moaning
pine trees and the endless waste of snow.
or that simple cross, rudely carved by
knife in some friendly hand, is the
name and date:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-15

That is Phil's grave out yonder, by
the trail. with the white cross and the
snow-covered cedars standing silent
guard above it, and somewhere in the
years, think, God has wiped away the
trouble, has covered up the roughened
hands of toll, and rewarded the boy &C
cording to his deeds George r. Parrish.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
How 10 Cut Glass.

Many persons may not be aware
that glass can be Gus under wafer
with greatest ease, to almost any
shape, by simply using a pair of
shears or strong scissors. In order
to insure success two points must
be attended to--frst and most i'm
portant, the grass must be kept
quite level in the water while the
scissors are applied and secondly,
to avoid risk, it is better to begin
the cutting by taking off small
pieces at the corners and along the
edges and to reduceltne shape grad
ually 70 that required, for if any at
tempt is made to cut the glass to
the shape as we would cut a piece
of C, c,.rd-bOagd, it will be most likely
to break just where it is not wanted.
! Some kinds of glass cut much bet.
ter than others ; the softer glass is
the best for this purpose. The
scissors need not depend on til e
state of the edge presented to the
glasA When tire operation goes
on well the glass breaks away
from the scissors in small pieces in
straight line with the blades.
This method of cutting glass has
often been OF service When a dia
mond has not been at hand, for cut.
ting oyals and Segments, aud
though the edges are not as smooth
as might be desired for some pur-
poses,it will answer IN many cases.
The two hints given above, if strict
ly followed, will lways insure sue
opSS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
VOL. IS.
RICHMOND on THE JAMES.

A soldier Of our army lay bleeding ON the
field,
When the battle shock was over and The
foe was forced to yield;
lie fell. a Youthful hero, before ihe Toe
mans aim,
On the blood red field near Richmond rear
Richmond ON the james.
But there stood beside him, his comrade in
the fray,
They had been friends together in boy
hoods happy day,
And side by side bad struggled though
fields of blood and flame,
To part that day near Richmond near
Richmond on the James.
lie said, 81 charge You, comIade dear
friend in days of yore.
To those far distant dear ones, l never
shall see more,
Though scarce my lips can mention theif
dear and Wcllloved names,
Go bear 20 them nay blessings, from klch'
m0nd on the James.
" Bear my good sword to my brother and
the badge upon my breast
10 lNf UldNt NNN A'Nti' 0i.''- "N ~
love the best;
One lock from my forehead 10 the mother
dear that dreams
OF her soldier loy near Richmond near
Richmond ON the James.
Il wish tlat mothers arms were t"ineo
around me now,
That her gentle hand could lngcr, one mo-
ment on my brow;
But know that She is praying Where our
blessed hearthsiOne CLEANS,
For her soldier boy near Richmond, near
Richmond on the james.
"And ON my breast, dear c0nrade, doth
Law those nut brown braids
OF her who was the fairest of all our Wiz
lage maids;
We were to have been married, but death
the bridegroom claims,
And she is far, that loved one, from Rich
mond on the James.
o. does the pale face haunt her, dear friend
who looks on thee
Or is she playing, laughing, in g'tiish
childish glce2
Ii may be she is joyous, and loves but Joy
Gus themes,
Nor dreams her love lies bleeding, neal
Richmond on the James.
The land is filed with mourning, from hal
and cot left lone,
We miss the well-known voices that used
to greet our own.
And shall wives and daughters, and ike
wise titled danes,
Weep 10 hear the name Of Richmond, o.
Richmond on the James.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
A Sisg Of Two SplnsteTs.

There resided in the town of
Franklin two old maids by the
name of Abbott. They were sis.
ters and occupied the same house.
Everything was held in common
and what one owned the other also
owned, Of conrse. One night Oh
going after the cows they had
found they had strolled a long way
of. They followed the trail aud
after long walk heard the tink-
ling Of the bell. AS they drew
near they were startled by sud
den rush of the cattle, followed by
a loud believing.
Mistrusting that something was
wrong, they ran on as fast as they
could and TO their dismay discover
ed that a large bear had caught a
favorite heifer, which he had
thrown between two logs and was
pounding numerically with Is big
paw. Armed with clubs they
rushed upon the savage brute,
yelling with yell that such occa-
.l0us will bring ont. Bruin left his
prey and squared himself for bat
tie, bat our hcroincs continued to
advance. He was cowed and NOV
ed slowly away, stopping now and
then to show certain amount of
ivory which was not very pleasant
to behold.
One now kept guard over the
PROSTATE heifer, while the other
ran for home to procure help. All
was still and nothing was heard
save the distant tinklingof the bell,
which showed that the frightened
cattle were fast nearing home. She
was just counting the minutes that
her sister would probably be gone
when, looking up, she saw that the
bear was again approaching.
Nothing daunted, she beat the
ground with her club, and, assist
ed by small dog, that now and
then sprang up and barked furious
| ly, the bear was kept at a distance
till help arrived, when he suddenly
decamped.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17

Attend to your business.
BE punctual.
Consider we'll before you promise.
Dare to do right.
Envy no one.
Faithfully perform your duty.
Go not the ways of the wicked.
Have respect for your character.
Initiate the good and the great.
Judge not.
Keep yonr promises.
Live within your income.
Make few acquaintances.
Never choose evil companions.
Occupy your time in usefulness.
PostpOnenothlngyou can do now.
Quarrel with no one.
Recompense every man for his
labor.
ScOrn to do a mean action.
Treat everybody with kindness.
Use yourself to moderation.
Villify no persons reputation.
Watchfully guard against idle
ness.
Xamine your conduct daily.
Yield to superior judgment.
Zealously pursue the right path
& never give up to evil.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
OLD EGYPTIAN SKILL.

The ancient Egyptians excelled
in nice mechanical work, and it
might puzzle some OF our masons
and stone. workers to equal them
at the present day. Mr.. Kendrick,
in speaking of The easing OF the
great pyramids, says "The joints
are scarcely perceptible, and not
wider than the thickness Of silver
paper; and the cement is so tena-
eiOus that fragments Of the casing
stones still remain in their original
position, notwithstanding the lapse
OF so many centuries and the yio-
lence by which they were detached.
All the fine work of the interior
passages where granite is not ex.
pressly mentioned is of the same
stone, and finished with the same
beautiful exactness. But the skill
in quarrying was displayed more
in the extracting of the huge
blocks out of which obelisks and
colossal statues were hewn. Obe-
lisks ninety and statues forty feet
high, each fashioned out of one
stone, were not uncommon things
and the blocks selected from these
monuments were not chance splln.
tiers from barbarous efforts OF
splitting and smashing, but clean
slices separated secundem artem,
from the native rock, after being
selected and accurately defined
Aud how was this done-by driv.
ing in huge iron wedges? No, in.
deed. that would probably have
split the stone. By infinite labor
4
then, in chiseling and saving
The old Egyptians knew a trick
somewhat cleverer than that; they
cut a small groove along the whole
length of, say, one hundred feet
aud in this inserted a number o
i
dry wooden wedges then thel
poured water into the groove, anC
the wedges expanding gimulta
neously and with great force, ,brok'
away the large fragments as neatl.
as a strip ofglass is taken off by
diamond"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
A GlrI's Dreadful suffsrIhgs.

A letter was received at. the
Office of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children, in New
York, on Sunday, stating thatthere
was a case in BIorrisania which
demanded immediate attention.
Agent Barley was sent to investi'
gate it.
At No. 93l East 15Oth street,
near Robins avenue, be found
Annie Debris, aged four years,
who had evidently been the victim
of gross neglect and perhaps abuse
also, for months past. The child is
said to be the illegitimate daughter
of Elizabeth Debris. The mother
went TO Philadelphia on December
Z last, leaving her child in charge
of her brother Conrad and his wife
Elizabeth. who are stolid looking
Germans. NeighbOrs say that the
couple beat the child that they
had seen Conrad beat with heavy
stick, and that frequently they saw
the child limp out into the yard in
the coldest weather with no cover.
ing but a pair of stockings on her
feet.
When found by Agent Barkley
the child's feet were in horrible
condition, having been fir )zen, aud
modification extending nearly to
the instep. All the toes Of the
right foot had disappeared aud
nearly all on the left foot we're also
missing. The great toe, which re-
mained, was almost destitute Of
flesh and the bone was exposed.
Mrs. Stout, a tenant OF the house,
told Agent Barkley that it was only
with the greatest difficulty that she
succeeded in removing an old pair
of stockings from the girls feet,
and that flesh and some of tue toes
came of with the coverings.
Annie was removed to the socie.
tvs rooms and from there to the
| New York Hospital, where she is
at present. The surgeons sent a
certificate 10 Justice White at the
Harlem Court Monday, stating that
it would be at least a month before
the child's injuries would be cured,
and that the loss of the childs toes
had evidently been spontaneous,
or, in other words, they had rotted
of, Conrad and his wife were ar.
rested, and Superintendent jenkins
and Agent Barkley appeared
against them in the Harlem Court,
Superintendent jenkins said il
might be- necessary to amputate
both ofthe girls legs, and that il
blood poisoning should occur her
I injuries might result fatally. The
prisoners said they did not consid.
ef themselves to blame, because
the child's feet were sore when the
mother left her with them, and
that they had written several times
to her about her daughters condl'
ton, but could not get her to re-
turn l.fI.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17
what You Want 20 Know.

Every body wants an honest answer to
this simple question:-What Is the best
medicine to regulate the bowels, cure cos
tiyeness and billiousness, help the diges-
tion and gives strength to the whole
system People ask us this every day.
We answer, Parker's Tonic. IL is pleas
ant 10 the taste. All the children like It.
Mothers all praise it. IL will save
thousand times its cost in every family
Editor WesterR Arqas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-17

'How is Johnnie doing at school 2
asked q lady of JOhnnie's mamma
during a call. 'Splendidly. He
talks in two languages now 'Dear
me. What are they, French or
Germanp 'Oh, no. English aud
pr0fane.'