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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02
An intoxicating Palm.

The Missionary Herald gives an account
of an inland tour lately made by the
Rev. DR.. Richards, a missionary Of the
American Board, stationed at Imam
bane, on the east coast of Africa, from
which the following in relation to the
Amakwakwe tribe was taken;
They have no gardens at all. They
arc so frequently robbed by Umzila's
impis (soldiers) that they have become
quite discouraged. Another reason is
that the native fruit is capable of sus
tanning life, and is abundant; and, again.
the palm wine flows freely all over the
country. This palm tree is four or five
feet high. seldom ten feet. 1t manifests
little life, save at the top, where few
leaves appear, looking like flower pot
on a stump. These leaves are all cut off.
and from the cut each tree yields daily
about a pint of delicious juice, but
highly Intoxicating when allowed TO
stand for few hours. There seems to
be no limit to these trees, and we were
surrounded on every hand by drunken
men and women. Even little children
were staggering about as ingloriously as
their parents Ii was difficult to avoid
trouble with these people, yet our guns
were respected, and a ball fred care
lessly at near tree would produce quiet
for half an hour. They were coarse,
rough. drunken fellows, often plunder-
ing, often plundered, and accustomed to
quaTels aud fights not altogether blood
less. One could scarce expect to find
pleasure in passing amcng them"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02
LUCKY DAYS.

When May with apple blossoms
Her loving cup is brewing,
With beams and dews and winds that get
The honey from the violet,
With hopes ON which the heart is set,
OH then's the time for wooing,
For wooing and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooingl
When August calls the locust
To sound the years. undoing,
And, like somo altar dressed Of old
In drapery OF cloth OF gold,
High pastures thick with broom unfold,
oh, then's the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing
Dear lad the time for wooingl
When brown October pauses,
The ripened woodland viewing,
And all the sunny forests spread
Their fallen leaves, as hearts blood red,
A carpet ct for brides to tread,
OBJ then's the tins for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooingl
Oh, listen, happy lover,
Your happy fate pursuing:
When fields are green, when woods are sere
When storms are white, when stars are clear
On each sweet day OF each sweet year,
Oh, thens the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooingi
--Hdrriet Prescott Spo6ord, in Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02

follow carefully close behind, guns
cooked and ready for use.
Down goes the dog as though shot
dead, and this time he does not dare to
look back, the tremor of his body giving
warning that ne can 90 no further with
out walking into the covey. The men
take one, two steps-whiz. whirr three
birds rise, two to the left, one to
the right Bang bangl bang
The man on the right kills his bird, the
man on the left kills with the first
barrel and misses with his second barrel.
Neither hunters nor dog stir step. The
left-hand man breaks his gun, draws cut
the discharged shells and slips fresh ones
in their places. While he is loading, up
rises fourth chicken, this time to the
left. The right-hand man knocks it over
and at the discharge of his gun the
chickens rise on all sides. The left hand
man gets in both barrels and knocks
down two birds. They reload, and the
dog is told to 'hunt 'em up" If the
birds are plenty and the stubbles in good
condition, the chances are that covey
will be found in each stubble.feld.
Hunters often 'draw a blank, -" as they
term it, and sometimes two coveys are
found in one field. The coveys vary
widely in size; sometimes as many as
thirty or forty birds are found together
and sometimes an old cock is found
alone with a field all to himself. The
chickens in different coveys also behave
differently. At times they will get up
singly, and in such a case two shooters
will get nearly the whole covey. At
other times the whole covey will rise to-
gether, and it needs quick and skillful
shooting to make each of the four barrels
count. If the country and fight of the
birds allow, it is sometimes possible ia
''mark covey'' and follow them from
field to field, unless they fly into the corn,
when pursuit is hopeless.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The golden mean-The Iniser.

The golden mean-The miser.
A dead beat.-The muffled drum.
Inquirer asks What must / do to
make my hands soft? Do nothing. B1s-
ton Courier.
An exchange says that there is a mis-
sion in this life for dudes We hope it
is foreign mission. u burlington BFco
Press.
An Iowa veteran draws a peusion be-
cause ten years ago his wife struck him
with broomstick. Burlington Free
Press
"Attend your church. the parson cries;
To church each fair one goes;
The old 90 there to close their eyes,
The young TO eye their clothes
-Goodalps sun.
"You are bound to read, l see, said
Mrs. S. to her husband, who. with novel
in hand, was busy among its pages $50
is this book, he replied, without look.
ing up, and his talkative wife collapsed
Merchant 1Faceler.
SHE COMPLIED WITH HIS REQUEST.
pray call me pretty namen said ne
One night to his darling Carrie,
The girl he had courted so long that she
Up from his bosom she raised her head
Aud her cheeks grew red as roses,
81 think will call you man. she said,
For they say that man proposes
-BOdOn Courier
eff you should allow nle fourteen dol
lars per week on which to run the house, Z"
she said, as they sat together in the twi-
light, 'and l saved three dollars per
week out of that. what would you sayl'
"Sayl Why, I'd say you ought TO run
it on 'leyen, he growled, a. he lighted
the gas. - Detroit FSee Press.
OH for girl with bright blue eyes,
A girl that knows how to love.
A girl that caffmake good squash pies
And is sweet as the angels above.
Oh for a girl that win not iirt,
A woman kind and true:
wife 10 sew hnttons on your shirt
Nhen she's nothing else 10 do.
-LBaA U,iio3l.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02
Medical Virtues of Dogs Tongues,

Nj. Reimach having recently called at
tention to the mention, in the recently
discovered inscriptions at the Temple of
Eseulapius, in Epidaurus, of children
having been cured of blindness at that
sanctuary by having their eyes licked by
the sacred dogs. NJ Henri Gaidoz states
that he has discovered the faith and
practices of the dog-cure among several
peoples and in a number of religions.
The Hindoos believe that the English
kill dogs TO obtain possession of SOW
ereign remedy which is found in their
tongues. In Venetian legend, St. Roch
was cured by balsam distilled from the
tongue of his dog. Dogs tongues are
considered to have medical virtue by
many people in Portugal, France and
Scotland. In Bohemia they let dogs lick
the faces of new born children for good
luck" A belief in the existence of di-
whites issuing from dogs, whose Office
it was TO lick the bruises of the wounded,
once prevailed in Armenia In scene
in one OF Aristophanes' plays Putus re-
covers his sight in the Temple Of Esclla-
Plus after being licked bv two serpents
which the god sent Tor that purpose ia
answer to his prayer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02

Little Johnny on being asked by his
school teacherif he knew what was meant
by at par, +" replied that "Ma was al
ways at Pa when he came home late ~
lire.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-12-02

And NOW Chicago claims that pork il
a brain food being a produe. OF thous
ands Of pens. ~ Lopou Citisep.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
Xenia Bank Case Argued.

A Washington special to the Enquirer
speaks as follows Of a case at law which has,
in the various stsges, attracted considerable
attention in this part of the State: 1.-THE case
of the First National Bank Of Xenia, Ohio,
against Stewart, executor of McMillen, an ap-
peal from the Circuit Court OF the U nited
States for the Southern district of Ohio, was
argued in the Supreme Court of the United
States ty Congressman-elect John Little for
the bank and Edgar N. johnson for Stewart.
This is the second time this case has been to
the Supreme Court, the original judgment in
the Circuit Court in favor of the executor
having been reversed. At a second trial be-
fore Judge Sage, Stewart again recovered a
verdict, to reverse which the bank again pros
ecuted an appeal. The claim q ;he executor
is that the bank converted to its own use,
after it had knowledge of the death of Nc
Millen, thirty-six shares of its own stock
which il then had in its custody belonging to
McMillen, of the value of $4,000, and applied
the proceeds arising from the sale thereof to
the payment OF an unsecured Indebtedness oi
McMillen to the bank. This the bank denies,
but the jury having found verdict agains,
il, the bank now claims that there were er.
rors in the admission of testimony TO its pre-
judice, and now seek to have the judgment
again reversed
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
College Expenses.

Although the difference IN the
amount of money which students at
different colleges spend is very great.
there is not such disparity in the nee
cssary expenses as many people sup
pose. At the city colleges. snch as
Harvard. Yale. and Columbia, the nee
cssary annual expenses may be 500
more than at amherst, Dartmouth. or
Williams; but this slight increase Is
more than countcrbalanccd by the aid
which the larger colleges offer TO IN
iiyept students. Harvard has At her
disposal l22 scholarships, varying il
amount from SIS to $3.50. averaging
about S225. In the Freshman year
there are two assignments made, and
il is possible for hard student to re-
ccive 5000 in scholarships during his
first year-a sum more than sufficient
d to pay all his expenses. Here aid is
given 10 students who are needy, and
who stand high in their classes: but in
almost all other colleges those who in-
tend TO study for the university are the
favored ones, and at some colleges it
is impossible for any Others TO receive
tnt sllgntcst assisidnCe.
Room rent. board. and tuition are
the principal items in the necessary ex-
penses; and of these room rent varies
the most. At Amherst. student pays
$40 to S125 for single room; at Will
Jams. S25 to 500; at Yale, $50 to $40;
while at Harvard the rent varies all
the way from S44 to $500, with very
few desirable rooms for less than $3.50.
Of course. if two students room to-
gether the expense is reduced one-half.
The difference in the second item,
board. is not nearly SO great, the large
numbers at the city colleges rendering
cooperation much easier, and enabling
the students to procure better board at
less cost. 1t is possible to get as good
board for 81 week here at Memorial
Hall as could be got at Amherst or any
other college for IS or So. Tuition
ranges all the way from S12 per year
at 0berlin, Ohio. to $500 at Columbia;
at Brown, Bowdoin, Princeton, and
Williams. it is s75; at Amherst, 500;
at Yale. $40. and at Harvard, $3.50.
BY adding to the main items of expense
other necessary items, such as clothing,
fuel, washing, books, ETC.. we can ar
rIve at what may be called the mini
mum expense at the various colleges.
Statistics have been carefully prepared
at this point, and the following may be
said to be the very least annua! expen-
diture which will carry q student
through the several colleges: Harvard,
S475; Yale, 1925; Amherst. Williams,
and other colleges of the same stamp.
about S375.-Hdrrdrd Crimson.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12

Individual trotters of the first-class
have as yet sold for more money than
any PAGER. But allow me to predict that
the time will come when frst-class
PAGER will bring as much as trotter of
the same degree of merit. You over
hear men talking nowadays aboat at
tending meeting, many of whom can
not leave their business more than one
day perhaps, and nine out of ten of
this class will ask, What day do the
PAGERS go? l want to see the side
wheelers." Any day at a race meeting
where large field of PAGERS are adver-
tised to start there will be good at
tendance. You can no longer ignore
the PAGER. he is bound to come to the
front; the public demand it.
There have been more genuine sur
prises in the pacing races of the last
two years than in any other. The
general verdict is, mo man can pick
winner at pacing race" Some men
would sooner own fast PAGER than be
President of the United States, in so
far as fun and money are concerned.
Until quite recently, fast PAGERS were
very Scarce. can now name a num-
ber who can almost break a watch with
their speed, number yet to hear from
not yet distinguished.
A PAGER moves a side at time, or
the fore and hind legs of each side of
the animal move simultaneously. All
that is necessary is 20 have a level
head and a disposition to "go on"
without which no horse is worth q dol
lar as race-horse. He should never
be allowed to trot. A double-gaited
PAGER is fraud and a delusion. The
time is not far distant when some PAGER
will do a mile in two minutes. And,
moreover, l believe there will appear
on the turf within the next three years
a double team of PAGERS that will wipe
out all previous records. any way of
going; in other words, no running
mate to be employed. They must be
handled by good men, and have the
brain power requisite to accomplish it.
Chicago Journal
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
Women Who Won't Marry

A Pit,sburg woman, in the Despatch
of that city, bluntly and somewhat
andaciously says:
Men marry the rattle-b brains of So
ciety. They choose the pretty. good.
for-nothing girls, for that is the kind
they like; they run after and marry
the liyeiicst girl at picnic or bali.
though she may be ''holy terror" at
home; they rush after the belle and
the hciress. though she may be selfish.
spoiled and silly; they pass by the
jewels and take 1.-The snide,' for that
is all they know. and then, like Adam.
they blame the fruits of their own folly
on the woman. Twas ever thus.
But. brethrcn-we wish to break il
to you gently-there are women. right
here at home who have their own
money 10 spend as they please; who
have their own pleasant homes and
congenial occupations; who can, if the
fancy seizes them, pack their trunks
and take jaunt to New Orleans, slip
off to Washington for few weeks,
take in the cream of New York, or the
balmy airs of Florida; in short. have q
royal time in any way they choose,
who cal! no man master, and who
wouldn't marry the best man that
ever stepped in shoe leather"
This will be shock to you, beloved
brethren. but is none the less true.
Women find pleasure and comfort and
happiness outside of matrimony. 1t is
not flattering to men, but there is a
growing disincination to marriage
among women. They are growing
more critical as to the measure of q
man. He will have to come up to a
nobler, higher standard, or, in the
poetical parlance of the day, he will
get ..left.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
Springfield Republican Club.

The Springfield Republican Club, an or
ganizatiou of colored men founded upon
sound Republican principles, met last night
in their hall, 81 East Main street, third floor
over Squire Smiths Office, to adopt their
constitution and elect officers. The officers
elected are as follows: President, George W.
Leach; Vice-president, D. E. Smith; Secre-
tary, c. W. Reynolds; Assistant Secretary,
Ollie Morgan; Treasurer, s. E. Eufman; Ex-
ecutive Committee, Edward Garrett, Ander-
son Wilcher, E. T. Foster. This organization
will meet Wednesday evening, 18th of this
month, at which time the books will be open
for membership.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12

Thander is said to awaken snakes from
their winter sleep. Whether the thunder of
las; night awakened the snakes j. is, as vet,
impossible to say. II did, however, seem to
have the effect of waking up .'the boys and
starting them IF for good old time such as
they used to have before these hard times.
Nine new guests arrived at the station house
in the course OF the night and things in that
neighborhood assumed something of their
pristine liv.liness. James Hutchinson was
first to make his appearance, and. after his
name, the charge o: disorderly was entered
on the slate. Another gentleman soon ar
rived, kindly assisted by Hughes and Wilson,
and Joseph Quinn, ID. and d.. appeared upou
she slate. The letters following his name do
not signify Dcctor Of Divinity by any MEANS
Drunk and dis1rderly is the true meaning.
William Burgott, for lettering, and William
Waskey, arrested On a warrant, were the next
arrivals Waskey was one OF a gang OF
toughs who knocked man down
Q week ago last Sunday. In
deed, it is thought that waskey was the
one who did the knocking. He was arrested
yesterday, but his trial was postponed because
Of the non-appearance of witness yester-
day afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Nc
Kenny now appeared to grace the festive as
semblage with their presence and were as
signed to commodious and convenient quar-
tiers for the night Tom Miller, for lettering,
was soon followed by John Maloney, for
lettering and carrying concealed weapons.
Chas. Smith, plain drunk, was the last to
arrive, and completes the list which appeared
upon the station-house slate this morning.
This is better nights business than has been
done for weeks
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12

As matter of rather more personal inter-
est to his readers than to some others who
might be mentioned, the enterprising editor
of the new Springfield Transcript has been at
the pains to dig out the list OF Clark county
postofices of which Charlie Constantine is to
have the disposal when be gets his appoint
ment, aud the salaries of postmaster at each.
There is not likely to be much Of a scramble
for the Forgy Station Office. The list is as
follows: Bowlusville, $so.37s Catawba,
$l94.l5; Dalton, $7l.3l; Dodo, -; Don
nelsville, $l47.O2; Eagle City, 1878; Epon
$23o.46; Forgy, $4.ol; Lagonda, s2sl.2o;
Lawrenceville, $l53.47; Mad River, $s4.l6i
Midway, $l6s 80; New Carlisle. ss7o.ss
New Moore6eid, sl23.74; Northampton
$ll25l; Pitchin, -; Plattsburg, Sll3.56
Selma, $256.s4; Seth, -; South Charles
ton, $sls.l6; Springfield, $4,000; Tremon
City, 1888; Vienna Cross Roads, sss.o6
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12

Is OF refinement ana luxury? Some
times, Tor several nights in succession.
there will fall light film OF snow. not
adding. practically, to that already
upon the ground, vet suilicing to re-
move all stains and blcmishes of the
day. Thus Nature takes care of her
complexion in winter, so renewing it.,
from morning 20 morning, that it still
presents an infantine softness and
smoothness of teXture.-EdiM ~
Thomas. IN March atlantic.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
Snow.

There is great variety in the quality
and fibre Of the snow as it falls at diff
ferent temperatures. in quiet, or cease
lessly worried by the wind. Hail is
the toldest corn," declares an ancient
rune. However that may be, by the
chaff that is driven in our faces we
know that they are threshing up yon-
der this afternoon. At some other time
it is not chaff. but heavenly grain (such
as the horses of the Homeric deities
may have munched), that is lavishly
scattered abroad. To walk upon such
snow is very like attempting to walk in
bin of wheat, and a dry, craunching
sound attends each footstep. Some
times it SHOWS not flakes, but little
fasces of crystalline fagots; sometimes,
also, miniature snowballs, well packed,
ready made for the sport Of the invisi-
bic sprites of the storm. Again. by
the fineness and softness of the flake, it
appears that the old traditional goose
wife, who lives in the clouds, is pluck
ing only the down from under the
wings OF her flock; she is not SO pains
taking and fastidious at all times. DC
casionally l am reminded that there is
lapidary in Heaven, who takes the
rough gem of the snow, and by secret
dexterity-cutting, polishing. and en-
graving-causes it to wear thousand
lovely forms and devices. Perhaps
these are the
beautiful things made new, for the surprise
OF the sky children"
which Saturn promised there should be
on his regaining the empire OF the
skies. Or 1t may be that these crystal
stars and wheels, in all curious and
fantastic variations, are experiments in
pyrotechnics,-froze fireworks, In
which the rockets are made to take on
ly descending curves. / sometimes
please myself with imagining that when
these exquisite fragments come to a
common resting-place on earth. by
some recondite law of attraction or cor
respondence they fit themselves togeth-
er, point locking into angle and side
matching side. Might not an ear di-
vinely gifted detect faint musical re-
| port when these morning stars OF the
snow celebrate their union? ''And
they all sing, melting as they sing, oi
the mysteries of the number six. six,
Six" With unadvised haste the Muse
gave out the following
"Six petals has the lily stainless white,
| And six the wandering blossom of the snow;
/ IL these their constant order could fOrego,
Sun. moon, and stars would break their sacred
l plight"
But Science appears, raising the ques,
ton whether the snow crystal invaria'
bly sings the song of skies, invariably
follows the law Of the lily's inflores'
cence. The snow which falls in these
obvious crystalline patterns is OF the
lightest and most diaphanous quality
A broken branch lies upon the ground
completely covered with this delicate
counterpane, yet every twig and bud i:
still plainly defined. l have fancy
that l would like to see half-blowr
crimson roses inclosed, but not con
cealed, in such cool white shrine
The season which most regard as for
biddingly sscetic, has it not lbs touch
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12

Urbana Citizen: sword comes from Spring
field by way of the Globe-Republic that a
pocke,-book belonging to Mrs. Mckinlon,
formerly OF Urbans, had been stolen. 1t also
charges that man named Owens, OF this
city, wss the suspected thief, and Officer
Colwell was telephoned to be on the lookout
be Miles Owens. The probabilities are that
if pocket-book was taken from the above
parties, somebody else than Owens got il, as
nobody here ever suspicioned him of being
that kind of a man. We will venture the
prediction, however, that the man and woman
were engaged in domestic trouble, and il
the pocket-book was taKen there was not 6
fortune in it."
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
LOCAL NOTICES.
A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, OF Newton, Iowa, says:
my wife has been seriously affected with g
cough for twenty-five years, and this spring
more severely than ever before. She had
used many remedies without relief, and being
urged TO try DR.. Kings New Discovery, did
so, with most gratifying results. The first
bottle relieved her very much, and the second
bottle has absolutely cured her. She has moi
had so good health Tor thirty years."
Trial Bottles Free at Charles Ludlow
Drug Store. Large size Sl.00.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-12
Suit for Divorce.

Mention has been made OF the double arrest
of Theodore Harris for abusing his family,
Harris being fined in Mayors court. The Sc
quel to the affair occurred last evening in the
fling by Elizabeth Harris, the wife of Theo-
dore, of petition for divorce from him and
for custody of two minor children. Defendant
is accused of gross neglect, habitual drunken
ness, and extreme cruelty toward plaintiff.
The parties were married in this City sep-
tember 20, 1874.