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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


The Germans now make from paper
pulp the most delicate wheels for
wa tches.
A very thin coating of glycerine will
prevent frost or steam gathering on a
window-pane.
In France symtoms Of poisoning have
followed the eating of vegetables grown
on soil which had been treated with
chemical poisons to destroy the phyl-
loxera insect of the grapc-vines.
A writer in Science reports discovering
within common pumpkin some of its
seeds already germinated. The cauli-
cles were from one to three inches in
length, while some of the rootlets were
over seven inches.
Late Belgian experiments have had the
object of preserving wood 10y exhaustIng
the air from the pores and causing liquid
gutta percha to take its place The
gutta percha is liquetied py being heated
with paraffine, and it hardens on cooling
after being introduced into the wood.
According to Sir Trevor Lawrence, NJ.
P there is a collector of orchids in Eng
land who employs fourteen pers rs
nearly all German naturalists, and each
costing about $4,000 year-to search
for new species and varieties in different
parts of the world. He has two acres of
the plants under glass, and his total an
nual expenditure on orchids is nearly
100000.
1t has been demonstrated by DR.. Hans
Molisch that the roots of plants may be
detected from their normal direction by
exposure on one side to certain gases. If
such gases are in moderate quantities
the roots bend away from their sources !;
if in proper quantities, toward such
source. The side of the root exposed to
the action of the gas grows more strong
ly than the other.
NJ. A. Haman saws that lead pipes
ought to be entirely disused as conduc-
tors of drinking water, The water takes
up particles of lead, not only by the me.
chanical action of friction, but, by affin-
ity of some of its constituents, attacks
the metal itself, and lead carbonate re-
suits. These minute particles of lead
introduced into the system causes ane-
mia, and consequently defective nutri-
ton.
Some remarkable illustrations of the
power of plants to adapt themselves to
diverse conditions have been furnished
by the observations of Senior Ledislao
Netto, of Rio Janelro. One plant
Strychnos triplienervia- found grow
ing in an open space as bush about six
feet high, while another specimen of the
same species was seen in the shade Of
some woods only few yards away as a
vine sixty feet in length Other plants
we're allowed to become vines of consid
cradle length in the dense Brazilian for
ests, and at once began to change their
appearance to that of shrubs on being
given free exposure to the sunlight.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
A Great singers PRECAUTIONS.

On damp chilly afternoon this week,
says a recent New y ork letter to the Bos-
Ton Herald, | was in a Central Park res
taurant. simultaneously two other
riders sought the same surcease from the
wet diversion. They were Nicolini and
his famous Patti; and you are wondering
what the great singer could have to pre-
sent her in new phase, considering
how many columns have been filed with
descriptions of her personally. The
fresh point which this view enables me
to make concerning the only woman in
the world whose wages are thousands of
dollars per day was the care which she
took to keep herself from damage.
Without her voice, Patti would be
handsome little matron of forty,
but of no public value. Therefore,
her very consequential throat was
wrapped round and round with a
silk scarf, which she removed on
getting into the house. On the way
from the carriage she had held a
handkerchief 70 her mouth on saying
something, 80 that no raw air should
reach her yoca, organ. Her feet in Arc
tic oyershoes, her ankles in baby-like
leggins, and her mantel enveloped her
figure from neck to hem. But the odd
est protection against catching cold was
a wad of cotton in each ear.
She must have had earache, / said
to a physician who makes a speciality of
throat diseases, who has some of the
grand opera singers for patients, and of
whom l subsequently inquired on the
subject.
Not at all, " he replied; ''she seldom
goes out of doors in winter without
plugging her ears 1t is strange fact
that the vocal cords are susceptible to
the slightest chill entering through aural
passages. There isn't any affectation in
PATHS extraordinary precautions. You
wouldn't marvel at the fiddler who
owned an old treasure of a violin, and
carried it in cotton for fear of breakage,
Isn't it sensible, then. for prima donna
to guard jealously the only voice she's
gotln
Judge, however, that PATHS stomach
is composed of sterner and not less able
stuff, for the beefsteak ard onions that
she washed down through her rarely
sensitive throat with bottle of ale were
astonishing in quantity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
Great Men and GastronOmy.

DR.. Fordyce, the distinguished Eng.
lish surgeon, ate but one meal day.
DIR. PAR confessed his love for hot
boiled Holsters with profusion of shrimp
sauce.
Pope says:
One loves the pheasant's wing and one the
leg;
The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg.
Dryden said that chine of honest
bacon pleased his appetite more than all
the marrow puddings.
Sir Isaac Newton, when writing his
Principia, +" lived ON a scanty allowance
of bread and water and a vegetable diet.
DR.. johnson was partial to new honey
and clouted cream, and all his lifetime
had voracious attachment for leg of
mutton.
DR.. Paley, having been out fishing for
whole day, was asked on his return if
he had met with good sport. ''Oh, YES. "
he answered, 81 have caught no fish,
but have made sermon"
Beau Brummel, speaking of a man and
wishing TO convey his maximum of con.
temptuous feeling about him, said Z" He
is fellow, now, that would send his
plate up twice for soup"
Pepys, of Charles II. g reign, having
company at breakfast, mentions: II
had for them a barrel of oysters. dish of
neats' tongues, and dish of anchoyies,
with wine Of all sorts and ale"
Pope, who was an epicure, would lie
in bed for days at Lord Bolingbroke's.
unless he were told that there were stewed
lampreys for dinner, when he rose in
stantly and came down TO the table
Franklin at one time contemplated
practicing abstinence from animal food,
but having seen a cod opened which CON
tanned some small fish, said to himself.
=" If you eat one another / see no reason
why we may not eat YOU He accord
ingly dined ON the cod with no small
degree of pleasure. BoStsa Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
REN EATH rHE EARrH.

When beneath the cold, red earth am sleep
ing,
Life's fever DER,
WIN there for me be any bright eye weeping
That I'm no moref
VIII there be any heart still memory keeping
OF heretoforel
When the great winds through lea6ess forests
rushing,
Like full hearts break
When the swoll'n streams, DER crag and gully
gushing,
Sad music make
Will there be one, whose heart despair
crushing.
Mourn for my salel
When the bright sun upon that spot is shining
With purest ray,
And the small flowers, their buds and bios
SONS twining,
Burst through that clay
win there be one still on that spot repining
Lost hopes all day9
When the night shadows, with the ample
sweeping
OF her dark pail,
The world and all its manifold creation sleep
in5-
The great and small
win there be one, even at that that dread
hour, weeping
For me--for alll
When no star twinkles with it's eye Of glory
On that low mound,
And wintry storms have with their ruins
1tsl lloneness crowned,
VIII there be thkn one versed in misery's
story
Pacing it roundl
1t may be so-but this selfish sorrow
To ask Auch need
A weakness and a wiclaedness, to borrow
From hearts that bleed
The wailings of to-day, for what tomorrow
Shall never need.
Lay me then gently in my narrow dwelling,
Thou gentle heartl
And, though my bosom should with grief be
swelling,
Let no tear start;
1t were in vain-for time hath long been
knelling-
Sad one, departl
-William Mother1Ueu
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
An Oyster Mhins a Dnck.

A rough-and tumble combat between a
wild duck and an oyster occurred here
the other day. The duck was large and
full grown one that had recently come
down from the north to enjoy our winter
climate. 1t was of the diving species,
which inhabit the bays till the spring,
when they return north. When the oys-
ter feeds it opens its shell wide till the
full oyster is plainly visible. A sight of
such a morsel was too much for the
duck. He made headlong plunge in
serting his bill between the OYSTERS open
shell. Like fash, and with the power
of wise, the shell closed on the ducks
beak. Then came the struggle for life.
The oyster, which was quite large one,
was dragged from its bed, with three
smaller ones clinging to it, the cluster
being heavy enough to keep the ducks
head under water In this way the duck
drowned. Its buoyancy was sufficient to
aoat with the oysters, and thus drifted
near the dock, where it was captured.
When taken out of the water the animal
heat had not left the duck. The oyster
still elung to the ducks beak. - Corpus
christi (Ie1as) caller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The beautifuls no-A bellies frigid
negative.
If silence be golden dumb people
ought to grow rich.-SVtings.
Remembering the poor is well enough;
but it is much better to give them some
thing. Picayune.
The ice man may not be much of a
skater, but he is able to make fancy fig
ures on ice.-BoStOn Post.
Il must shake off this bad habit"
said tramp, as he gazed at his tattered
coat.-Nelo York Journal.
When trotting horse diesit is always
one day after his owner was offered a
fabulous price for him. Free Press.
Contempt of court-Tbe way the old
man feels when his daughters lover lin
gers into the small hours = Boston Star.
The camel is the only bird we yearn
to hear warble after listening to man
learning to play the violin. Fall RiUer
Adoance.
An exchange asks "Will the coming
woman work" That will depend upon
how lazy her husband is. s.-MsU York
Journal
Reporters, like poets, are born
The writer might also have said the same
of shoemakers tailors and grocers. Most
men are usually born. - Graphic.
I" The wicked stand on slippery places,
The righteous only wear a CROWN
The preacher spake, and on the pavement,
Like weight Of woe, sat down.
Merchant Traveller.
A poet sings: 81 miss you my dar-
ling, my darling; the embers burn low
on the hearth" It's an awful thing not
to have wife around to attend to the
fire.-CdH.
81 would like to treat-n began a
Congressman, one day last week, and
then all the other Congressman grabbed
their hats and ad djourned the meeting by
a rising vote. .-NelO York Dispatch.
She held my heart in willing thrill,
She held my ring ON her finger small,
She held my respect, this maiden young,
And she also knew when TO hold her tongue.
Boston Courier
When you hear the old veteran with
head like an oyster bowl, telling the old
story of the weather back in the TWEEN
ties, you perceive that, in spite of the
progress of invention there has been no
improvement in lying worth mentioning.
-L010eH Courier.
Science marches steadily forward with
the torch of progress, clearing up the
mysteries of yesterday, and bringing
those OF tomorrow dimly into view, but
she stands palsied in all her efforts to
make out what it is that chews off the
brim of boys hat Chicago Ledger.
"Here's a whole ball of twine, " said
the irritable old gent TO his musical
niece, land now l want a stop put TO
this thing of settin' down in the parlor
hull hours at stretch, raisin' the neigh
bofs, yellin' about The Lost Chord. "
She is now learning a new song.-Aer-
chNat- Ifdoeler
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25

The sun dial was the first time meas.
urer.
The Romans used water clocks in 100
B. c.
The hardest clock to keep wound is an
eight day one.
Charles Harris, of London, invented
the pendulum in 164l.
Clocks which keep excellent time may
be bought for one dollar.
Ia 1920 the first striking clock was in
vented by Cisterican monk.
The style of modern fashionable
clocks is that of our grandfathers.
The first wooden clock made in this
country was by james Harrison in
1890.
In 1864 Henri de Wyck built a clock
in the palace of King Charles v OF
France.
The highest priced parlor clock in
America is owned by Wall street man.
1t was made in New York and cost SS4,
OOQ
Ypung ladies now. wear scarf pins silni
lar tp the men,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
Taken at His Word.

II was one of the genus tramp. He
knocked at the door of a house, and
when a kindly-looking woman opened II
he said
MADAM, | am very hungry. l have
had nothing for a week back
"Why, you poor soul, said the good
woman, ''wait o moment and Ill1hnd
something for you
And she gave him an old porous plas
ter and closed the door before he had
finished thanking her, Free Press
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25

lie IN his sober solemn Way-tO mako
jokes 1t was surprising indeed. They
called each other Karl and Lucia, and
sometimes brother and sister. So things
went on, till suddenly Marcia fell sick.
Lucia stayed by her bedside 90
much as her work would allow. Tha
lessons must cease till Marcia grew bet.
ter, for she had no other chaperone, and
Of course it was impossible for her to 90
without one. The days seemed to drag
slowly aleng, and the night watching
tegan to tell on her She grew paler
and went about sad and musing.
AS for Karl, the first time that Lucia
missed her lesson he became rather angry.
"She thinks she has learned every
thing, perhaps, and is through with me, "
he muttered.
He tried to feel injured and Danish her
from his mind, and for awhile he thought
he had succeeded. When the long even
ing came and he found himself alone, he
became restless and uneasy, and imagined
himself only anxious that nothing might
have happened to Lucia. He took up
his violin, but soon put it aside. and
then he went out to the opera house.
The prima donna was out of voice and
the orchestra vile. Coming home he
met one of the servants.
"Where is Marcia 2" he asked
Every sick, signor."
So that was it. He went gloomily up
stairs and went straight to the mirror
and began to apostrophize his image.
maestro Berger, you are an ass" he
said quietly. "However poor she may
be, she is still contessa and you are only
Karl Berger" and he took up his
violin and commenced to play. But
with all his elfrestraint he found the
days merry long and tiresome.
One night Lucia sat alone in the room
when she heard Karls violin. He was
telling his story of love, unconsciously,
hide it. AS the girl sat there in the
darkness, holding Marcia's hand, she felt
strangely happy and quiet. Suddenly
Marcia opened her eyes.
"Lucia, she said, 81 am ever so much
better"
The proud contessa bent over and
kissed the wrinkled face of the servant
and said, gravely:
"That is we'll; but you must sleep,
Marcia, and not talk"
"Play for me, Cara, ," said the old wo-
man, drowsily.
And Karl Berger heard suddenly from
Marcia's room the answer to his violin's
confession. Sweetly and softly it came
to him at first, but soon it swelled out
into full volume. 1t told all to him that
was necessary. And when the girl ceased
playing and sank back in her chair,
blushing rosily red, there we've two peo-
pile in the house who were perfectly
happy.
When Lucia awoke the next morning
and found Marcia better and the heavens
and the birds in harmony with her happy
mood, the first thing she did was to kiss
her violin, and when she had dressed and
was coming down the stairs, singing like
lark, she saw at the foot Karl Berger,
his face flushed and looking very happy,
indeed.
"Tell me, little Lucia, he said, eager
ly, didn't the violin speak truly"
l don't know what she said, for l
didn't hear it; but do know that Milan
was surprised to hear that very winter
that one of its contessas had married a
music teacher. - Washington Hatchet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25

Our powers are limited No one ever
saw the whole of anything, however
simple it may appear; and the more com
plex the object, the smaller the fraction
that we behold If we but realize this
fully, it will 60 far toward dispelling
prejudice and broadening our outlook
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25

" A person can do anything on these
eoller skates that is possible to do on the
ice, explsined the attendant at the
skating RINK the other day. Yes,
believe thqt is so, " replied bystander.
al knew imam TO break his nose tho
other day Statesman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25

IN
yinter,
lblastl
eet us all,
zes fast
gathered up
tof snow,
men shall trace
ou go.
III, alacli
train
inging winds
zen rain.
lud blazing hearths
may scorn,
Aeer win reign supreme
we TIL morn.
ii.
er, hol Winter,
10 Poorl
nghold against the cold,
r sinecure
he stinging day,
down the night
thickening window-panes
ling hearts alright
cir babies close and sing
-vering lullabys,
nd dream of steaming feasts
mger-sleep supplies
morn with shuddering sense
thened fast and cold,
at gaunt-eyed Want hath wrought
&c within the fold.
Winter, no, Winter,
your reign on these;
'uchl and dRnd warm hearts
who stal've and freeze.
rid Ba,Tot Butler, in the Current.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25
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Legal Advertisements ten cents per line each
sertion.
Marriage and death notices gratis
All bills for yearly Advertisements collected qua
terly. Temporary Advertisements must be paid
advance.
lob work-cash on delIverH
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REPUBLICAN,
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-02-25

YPung ladies now wear scarf pins simi
lar the men,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-28
Tennysonian "Freedom."

Il
got that poem, Jack, you sent; Amandy
1 liked the title: Freedom always was .
theme that drew me,
An then, SEE "Hcrc's sonethin' now that's
wuth that cockney's jingle"
Then Mandy reeled her on-she's sot on Ten
nyson, the critter-
An hun-ty-tum she went along till I'd mind
For forty foot Of rhyme she slune, an metre
An never fetched the text, I'm blowed! q
bony-fide abortion!
"Thats so like Tennyson," seq she, with man.
ner rather dawdlin';
Its good as Maud" SEE I, you're right;
it's positively maud-lin.''
"of course sez She, ''his iddyuns are what
I d call eczotic!"
"You can EN- iddyums?" seq I; 81 call 'em i'd
dyotic."
Why, Jack. just take the stars an stripes, the
goddess an the eagle,
An sot 'em down beside them lines that's writ
by poet regal
dOOmsday war hxtur,
An never reco'nize hair O. freedom In the
mixtur.
Pshawl Eff the mess of balderdash that poets
sot to write for
War the only sort of freedom that our fathers
had to fight for,
Their f1int-locks would have gone to rest as ST.
An Bunker Hill iii woSSid never bulged frao-
ton from our histry.
But tharl s'pose ALT. amt to blame; he has
some rhymes to furnish
For Vic, an like enough she sot the text for
him to FURNISH.
An livin' whar the views o. freedoms awful
microscopic,
He couldn't do no other than Just monkey
with the topic.
Wade Whipple.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-28
How Steel Pens Are Made.

First the steel is rolled into big
sheets. This is cut into strips about
three inches wide. These strips are
annealed; that is, they are heated to
red heat and permitted to cool very
gradually, so that the brittleness is all
removed and the steel is soft enough to
be easily worked. Then the strips are
again rolled to tho required thickness.
or, rather, thinness, for tho average
steel pen is not thicker than a sheet of
thin letter paper. Next, the blank pen
is cut out of the flat strip. On this tho
name of the maker or of the brand is
stamped. Next, the pen is nodded in
form which combines gracefulness with
strength. The rounding enables tho
pen to hold the requisite ink and to
distribute it more gradually than could
be done with fiat blade Tho little
hole which is cut at the end of the slit
serves to regulate the elasticity, and
also facilitates the running of the ink.
Then comes the process of hardening
and tempering. The steel is heated to
a cherry red and then plunged sudden
~ into some cool substance. This at
once changes the quality of the metal
from that Of soft, lead-like substance
to brittle, springy one. Then the
temper of the steel must be drawn, for
without this process it would be too
brittle. The drawing consists of heat
ing the pen until it reaches a certain
color. The first color that appears is
straw color. This changes rapidly to
blue. The elasticity Of the metal
varies with the color, and is fastened at
any point by instant plunging in cold
water. The processes of Sitting, pol
ishing, pointing and finishing the pens
are operations requiring dexterity, but
by long practice the workmen and
workwomen become very expert. There
have been few changes of late years,
and the process of manufacture is mich
the same that it was twenty-years ago,
and the prices are rather uniform,
ranging from seventy-five cents to 81 a
gross, according to the quality of the
finish.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-28
bel, coldly. ''How very stupid of Craw.

bel, coldly. "How very stupid of Craw-
ford
Crawford is not to blame" cried
Horace quickly; "but since am here
may l not make one Of your happy
partyp''
He spoke very humbly, with his
hand on the door, as if expecting that
his plea would be refused.
Mabel's anger evaporated as she
looked at his besecching face.
1T is the children's party-ask
them" she said with smile.
But Horace did nothing of the kind
He was quite satisfied with the per-
mission he had gained, and drew a
chair up to the hearth with the greatest
alacrity.
1--WE must make Mr.. Ray tell US q
story, children" observed Mabel, with
mischievous sparkle in her beautiful
eyes.
But Horace managed to escape the
infection, although he told a pretty lit
tie story to one pretty blushing pair of
ears before the evening was over-a
story ever new in the endless succession
of lovers.
Mr.. Chesterton always believed that he
had brought about the match between
Mabel and Horace, and would have
laughed at the idea of '.Mabe's wild
over" and his olive branches having
anything to do with it; but Horace
knew it if he did not, and showed his
gratitude in many ways. He feels
that, but for Mabel's kindness to those
motherless children, he would never
have seen beneath the surface, or ap-
preciated at her true worth, the wo-
man whom he had made his honored
wife,