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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
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Then she stopped short. Something
in Owens face filled her with confusion.
But outstreched hands were already
within his clasp, and his low murmured
words of love were sounding in her ears:
81 am as glad as you that have done
something to please you for, oh, Annis,
love you so dearly that would do or
dare anything for your sake"
And then, she never knew howit came
about, but his arms were about her and
his kisses were upon her lips. and she
found that she loved him so we'll she was
willing to promise to be his wife, when
ever he should be able to earn enough
to make a home for her
They were both young, and it would
not be hard to wait, and they were so
sure of one another's love.
The prospect was at first that several
years must elapse before their marriage,
but suddenly all was changed for them
as if by magic.
A letter came from abroad within a
twelve-month. It was addressed to the
minister of the little seaside village, and
asked for information as to the person or
persons who had kindled beacon light
in answer to signal of distress from a
sailing vessel on the night of =, giving
the correct date and time when Owen
had sacrificed inclination to the dictates
of duty and humanity.
That light had saved a valuable car
go from being lost, and the writer pro-
posed to give goodly sum to the
parties who had been instrumental
in the matter. Also, a medal was
to be struck off commemorative
of his gratitude that the lives of
all on board had been thus preserved to
their families.
Owen became at once the boast Of the
village. For when a mans fame has
reached foreign countries his own towns
people are always sure to re-echo it.
The wedding day was set for the first
anniversary of the evenings when his
good fortune came to him in the guise
of disappointment, and Robert Hunter
was the first to congratulate the young
couple.
"Who'd have thought" he whis-
pered to Owen, "that the tables would
have been so turned2 Truly, There's a
tide in the affairs of men which taken at
the flood, leads on to fortune, and you
took it, my boy. ."-PhiLddeLphid Call.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
A Cat Mesmerizes a Mouse.

One Of our well-known citizens is the
possessor of cat, which is great pet in
the family. Indeed, it is doubtful if the
family could keep house without that
cat. A few evenings ago the cat came
into the house bringing mouse, no un-
common thing for the cat to do, as it is
a good mouser. But the cat played
with the mouse for an hour and half,
then set it up by the wall and crept into
bed and went to sleep. The mouse,
though still alive and apparently unin.
iured, remained Just where the cat put it
for so long that the family became inter
ested in the mouse, and the gentleman
proceeded to stir it up. The little animal
started to run, went a short distance and
returned TO the very spot where the cat
had left it. Then the gentleman tried
to entice the mouse away with bit Of
cheese. This succeeded only so far that
the mouse would leave its position, get
the cheese and return. This was tried
again and again, and always with the
same result-the mouse returned to its
former position as if under orders which
it dared not disobey. Later the cat
awoke and also the mouse.
Now the family are very much inter
ested in the question. "What did the
cat do to the mouse to make it so anxious
to remain Just where the cat left il until
the former could look after it! Was it
animal magnetism, or was there some
subtle means of communication between
them, and the cat told the mouse to remain
there, and the mouse did as it was told,
except when interfered with by more
intelligent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jsar-
nal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
CONTRASTS.


Tte gaunt lamps fare in the Windy street.
Flare on her shivering, shrinking form;
Pelting pitiless fingers Of seetA
Shake her soul to an inward stotn--
Wandering, wandering by.
A sweet child stands at alighted paSe,
Watching with innocent, love-lit eyes,
1t snites like blow She has rallied Again
A poor hurt thing, with her smdthered
cries,
As memory wanders by.
Was abe once fair, with baby-face
That gazed from shetering, fire-lit homel
Measureless, chill in her deep disgrace,
The gulf between, as her tired feet roam,
With penitence wandering by.
The hours of the moaning night slip past
Drearily counted, one by one;
Like pearls from string, they are dropping
fast
IN the lap Of dawn--while the swift sands
run
OF the sad lifo wandering by.
Restl And the grief-wrung hands are
stilled
Sleepl And the pain-bound forehead
CLEANS
Burning eyes, with your salt tears filed,
Close ON life and its fevered dreams
For peace goes wandering by.
Helen r. Clark.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
He only Wanted TO Sec.

Judge Gerald Cummings Is a respected
resident of Fort Worth, Texas, notwith-
standing that he is immensely stout and
member of the legal profession. He
tried many anti-fat remedies to reduce
his weight, but without any satisfactory
result. He finally went to the Hot
Springs in Arkansas, and much to his
Joy he lost considerable adipose tissue,
and returned to Fort Worth in most
happy frame of mind. He thought and
talked of nothing else except his loss of
flesh.
He went to market one morning re-
Gently, and said to the butcher:
"Cut me off twenty pounds of pork. "
The request was complied with. The
Judge looked at the meat for some time,
and then walked off.
"Shall l send the meat to your house,
judge9" asked the butcher.
"Oh, no." was the reply, 81 don't
want it. 1 have fallen off just twenty
pounds, and l only wanted to see how
much it was. ."-iS1tingS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
The Right Sort of a Tenant.

"Oh, yes, l have all kinds of tenants"
said a kind-faced old gentleman to
Chicago Herald reporter; but one that
/ like the best is a child not more than
ten years of age. A few years age got
a chance to buy piece of land over on
the west side, and l did so. i noticed
that there was an old coop of a house on
it. After q while man came to me
and wanted to know if l would rent it
to him."
"What do you want it for7" says I.
"'To live in, he replied.
"'Well, l said, you can have it.
Pay me what you think it is worth to
you
"The first month he brought 50, and
the second month a little boy, who said
he was this mans son, came with So.
After that saw the man once in awhile,
but in the course of time the boy paid
the rent regularly, sometimes 81 and
sometimes So. One day [ asked the boy
what had become of his father"
"'He's dead, sir, was the reply.
"'Is that so2' said l. How long
since2
"'More'n a year, he answered.
"I took his money but | made up my
mind that would go over and investi-
gate, and the next day l drove over there.
The old shed looked quite decent l
knocked at the door and little girl let
me in. 1 asked for her mother. She
said she didn't have ary.
"'Where is she, said /.
"'We don't know, sir. She vent
away after my father died and we've
never seen her since"
"Just then little girl about three
years old came in, and | learned that
! these three children had been keeping
house together for year and half, the
boy supporting his two little sisters by
blacking boots and selling newspapers,
and the elder girl managing the house
and taking care of the baby. Well,
just had my daughter call on them, and
we keep an eye on them now. l thought
l wouldn't disturb them while they are
getting along. The next time the boy
came with the rent l talked with him
a little, and then said:
"My boy, you're brick. You keep
right on as you have begun and you
will never be sorry. Keep your little
sisters together and never leave them.
Now look at this"
81 showed him ledger in which 1
had entered up all the money that he
had paid me for rent, and told him it
was all his with interest. You keep
right on, says ], and rll be your
banker, and when this amounts to little
more I'll see that you get a house some
where of your own That's the kind
of tenant to have"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
A FLAVOR OF HUMOR.
SOME sKETcHEs OF A CoM1CAL
CHARACTER.
why He Didn't Fall He Only
Wanted To See Eat With Their
Hands-An Iowa Invention.

why He Didn't Fall - He Only
Wanted To See Eat With Their
Hands-An Iowa Invention.
Last spring an Indiana man started a
bank in town in Dakota, and about the
1st Of October, having secured deposits
to the extent of $23, 600, notice was
one morning posted on the doors of the
bank, reading:
Temporarily closed-hope to pay the
depositors in full"
The banker wanted to test the temper
of the public previous to big scoop. In
the course of half an hour the doors were
kicked in, the office gutted, the banker
stepped on until he was seventeen feet
long and only two inches thick, and the
chap who had held revolver to his ear
jovially remarked
"Now, then, my friend, we give you
Just five minutes to unlock that safe and
count out the slugs to the depositors in
full"
The depositors were paid in full, and
the banker has come East in search of
more civil people. = Wall Street NeOs
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
Eat with Their Hands.

A lady who had married a farmer re-
turned to visit her friends in the city,
and one lady was anxious to know about
farm life.
'Don't you get lonesome away out in
the countr. she asked.
"Oh, no." was the reply, ''farmers'
wives are always busy and don't have
time to he lonesome.
'I3 there anybody about the houseG"
"Of course; we employ quite a num-
Der of people, especially in harvest and
see them at meal time every day."
"You don't have to be very stylish, do
your
"Oh, no; all of the people are just
plain country folks, and you know farm
ers always eat with their hands"
"You don't say so; is that really
trueW
Certainly it is"
"What do they do that for9 Can't
they get knives and forks in the coun,
try"
! The farmers wife gasped and choked
and stopped talking. Merchant 1ra0eler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
HAVE FAITH TN TIME.

There's a quaint and curious proverbs
The years have handed down,
You'll hear it In the village street,
You'll hear it in the town.
You read it in each blade Of grass,
And in the rivers chime.
All natures works, with one accord,
Proclaim, ''have faith in time"
''Have faith in time" B" impatient one,
Go watch the roses grow,
Silently, imperceptibly,
No change your eye can know.
But now there's borne upon the air
A cloud of perfume sweet,
A flush as of a sunset cloud,
A rose is at your feetl
Have faith in timen Thy future life
Thou may'st not seek to know.
'Tis yelled from thy too curious eyes,
For God has willed it SO,
Yet heed the moments as they go
Ere they are lost to thee.
For each one, as it passes by,
Is big with destiny.
-E{iza M Sherman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
The Extra nay For Leap Year.

Smith d Jones are in the flour business.
This is not their real firm name but il
will serve the purpose in relating the
predicament they have been in for some
thing over month-in fact ever since
the trial balance was taken off for 1884.
Over two years ago Smith q Jones got
an order to supply five barrels of flour a
day to one of the big hotels uptown.
They thought their luck had really come,
and celebrated it by champagne lunch
at Delmonieos. When they came to
foot up their accounts and take account
of stock for January /, 1885, they found
themselves five barrels of -four short.
Smith looked at Jones, and Jones looked
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
An Iowa Invention.

A farmer from Iowa travelling toward
Chicago was inquiring for the address of
an electrical manufacturing concern in
the city. ''Have struck big thing, and
an going down to Chicago to have it de-
veloped."
Electric lightY"
"No."
"TelephoneY"
''No, none of them things My inven-
ton is agricultural, and will be bless
ing to every farmer in the northwest.
You see, years ago when we had no
fences on our farms our hired men had
no place to sit down and rest, there
bein' no stuns or stumps. When the
wire fences come in stylewe chuckled
to ourselves and said the barbs on 'em
was good not only to keep stock from
scratchin' or rubbin' of 'em down, but to
keep the hired men off. Well, the hired
men have beat that all to pieces. They
sew leather strips on their pants and
seem to delight in sitting on the barb
wire every time they come to the end of
row or furrow. They think they're so
smart, you know. Now calculate that
the farmers of the northwest lose 500,
600 every summer and fall by hired men
wastin' time sittin' on the fence. But
I've fixed emmy new invention will
stop that"
"New kind of barb on the wireG"
"No. There hain't no barb-wire on
earth that hired man won't contrive to
sit down on at least two hours a day.
Just wait till next spring when l con
meet my ten-horse power electric battery
with the wires on my fences. Won't il
be fun2 The wires will look nice and
inviting as usual, but about two seconds
after the hired man has sat down you'll
see him jumpin' clean over the mules in
his anxiety to get back to the plow,
Whoop, but won't it be funl County
rights for sale. - Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
The Pine Wood treatment.

AT some of the watering places of Ger
many the very simple prescription OF the
physician is that the patient should spend
several hours a day walking or riding
through the pine wood. This simple
treatment is said to be sometimes sup
plemented by the taking of pine baths,
and in the case of kidney diseases, and
for delicate children this is claimed to
be highly beneficial The bath is pre-
pared by pouring into the water about
half tumblerful of an extract made
from the fresh needles of the pine; this
extract is dark in color and closely re.
sembles treacle in consistency, and when
poured into the bath gives the water a
muddy appearance, with a slight foam
on the surface, AS an adjunct to the
daily bath this infusion of pine extract
is said TO induce a most agreeable sensa-
ton; it gives the skin a deliciously soft
aud silky feeling and the eject on the
nerves is quieting.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-08
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Paris generally leads in the fsshions,
but Niagara cannot be equaled for fall
style. IeraS SVtings.
Beginners with the roller skates usual
ly complain that the wheels are too
round.-BufdLo Times.
Somebody has noticed that woman
who shakes the door mat on the side
walk fills the public eye. Lynn Item.
A policeman is curious creature. He
knows rogue when he sees him, but
very often he doesn't seize a rogue when
he knows him.-Judge.
Oscar Wilde has been so toned down
that he can fall off the hind end of
horse car in as plain fashion as any
other mortal.-Pittsb1trg Chronicle.
Misfortunes never come singly,
whined man meeting his friend.-
"What's the matter now2" Why,
last year got married, and last night
my house burned down"
A Queen City girl, eating souse
Caught aglimpse of a beautiful mouse,
When the note that she reached,
AS she stood up and screeched,
Would have drawn 81, 900 house.
Boston Folio.
eyes" said the Scissors to the Paste
Pot, ''frst there was the Golden Age,
then came the Silver Age and the Brazen
Age, and now comes the Mucil Age"
whereat the Paste Pot went into convul-
sions. Boston Globe
"Did you enjoy the party, Emma9"
"Ever so much, mamma" II hope you
were good little girl and listened to
what was said to your 81 did, mamma,
listened all the evening to one person
talk" "Who was talking2" II was"
An exchange has an article on "Char-
acter in Walking" This just suits us.
We can tell in two minutes by the char
acter of mans tracks in the mud
whether he is bow-legged or has been out
celebrating all night.-Burlington Free
| Press.
''How do you like your boarding
| house. Crimsonbeak" said a friend to
that individual when they met on the
street. "First rate !" answered Crimson
beak. "Any life down therem Lots
of it; but it's all confined to the cheese" f"
Statesman.
ODE TO A BLIZZARD.
! Oh, thy breath is as bitter and biting
As the sting of a serpents sharp tooth,
/ And fiercely thy force we are fighting,
For we reckon thee reckless of ruth
! Though sweet and serene is the summer
That borrows her breath from the rose,
Yet the coachman and cold-hearted plumber
Beam blithely when Boreas blows.
-NelU York. Journal
Lieutenant-There is nothing like
presence of mind. One day in battle
soldier near me had four of his teeth
knocked in by rifle ball, which would
have surely passed through his spinal
column and killed him had he not with
rare presence of mind quickly swallowed
the ball FLieQende Btaetter
whats the reason you didn't speak to
Jones when he passed us just now" "He
iusulted me the other day" "What did
he say to you2" ''He called me an old
ass.n " Called you an old ass How
ridiculousl Why, you are not old; you
are just in your prime. You will not be
an old ass for ten or fifteen years yet. =
Sytings.
There was court martial held on a
young officer who had gone on a spree
ana had fight in barroom. The bar
proprietor was brought before the court
and put in the witness box. The pris-
oner was placed in full view. "Witness,
do you recognize the prisonerp ''Yes,
your honor, and most of the court. -
San Francisco Chronicle.
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II you keep all pleasure out of home
when your children are young, they will
continue your example when YOU are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-25
TREASURER MILI.ER'S BOND.
A List of His Sureties, and the Value of
Their Real Estate.

The official bond of County Treasurer elect
Hiram W. Miller was presented to the County
Commissioners yesterday for approval 1t is
for $6o0,0 600, with the following sureties The
taxable value of the real estate of each in this
county is also given: W. T. McLain, Sc. ESQ., J.
f. Helms. 81, $50; Jacob Emrichs ST, $50; Sam
pie Loftin, $3.50 John J. Cooper, 500, 600;
jackson Landers, $2s, 422; George W. Stout,
$114'355; John Landers, 5000; John E. Sulli-
van, $500; James Shower, So, 235; Sterling
r. Holt, $1,000; William johnson, $25. 595;
John johnson, 500, 275; James johnson,
$l7375; W. F. Christian, $13 1876; C.
Christian Myers, So, l25; Flavius j.
Myers, S., $50; Morris H. Myers, 81. 1885, Maria
McClain, 81 900; Smith Ii. Myers, 81, 975; Oliver
Klingensmith, So 1885, l.. P. Harlan. So 145 Mr..
Milers real estate is valued at $20 465, but in no
case are the holdings of suretles in other counties
of the State and elsewhere included. Mr.. Loftin
has large farms in Illinois, and Jackson Landers
real estate in several places in Indiana So with
others that might be named. The commission
ers took no action on the bond, as they wish to
have the signers before them to acknowledge
their signatures which will be done in a few
days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-25
Inhuman Cruelty tn a Child.

CHICAGO, Aug. PA frail girl named Mercede
Cosus, otherwise 1.-The Cuban Wonder" who for
the past week has been performing nightly at q
variety theater State street, at the
Desplalne street police station yesterday The
child was made to go through a series of move
ments on the trapeze, and her diminutive stat
ure and the agility and skill with which she ex
ecuted some difficult feats made her desirable
attraction. Her.age is about twelve, though she
looks Iully two years younger. After her per-
romance at the theater, recently, the little girl
met man in the audience who conversed with
her IN Spanish. She tod him that on that after
noon She was beaten with a whip till the blood
flowed from nose and ears She was at rehearsal,
ana tailed In difficult act that was being taught
her by Belletta Du Crow, a French trapeze
performer, The child said that this woman took
her from her parents, who worked on planta-
tion IN Cuba, promising she would educate the
little Mercede. The woman and her husband,
Daniel Du Crow, also performer instead OF
educating the child at school, taught her to per-
form on the stage and used her as their principal
attraction. This gentleman reported the facts
to the Humane Society. The child was found
to be in a pitiable state. Her right hip was
swollen to double its natural size and it seemed
as II the little one was to be crippled for ever.
The malformation, she explained, was the result
OF fall she met with while performing one day.
After that she became strangely timid, and the
man was in the habit of beating her cruelty to
get her to 60 the stage. The Du Crows have
been arrested, and will be prosecuted for cruelty
to children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-25
An Unexplained Death.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. "a The Record
this morning says: Charles A. Cambria, a
wealthy Baltimore merchant died suddenly at
the continental Hotel last evening, under pecus
liar circumstances. Mr.. Cambria arrived at the
hotel on Friday last, and since that time is said
to have been drinking heavily. A number of
empty bottles were found in his room, one of
which had contained spirits of ammonia, and
other had been filled with valerian. Both these
were empty, and it is thought that the deceased
merchant took an overdose of one or the other,
and died from the effects. The greatest reserve
was displayed by the employees of the hotel in
speaking of the matter and even the name of
the physician who attended Mr.. Gambrill was
kept secret. This, it was learned was DR..
Woodford, and it was stated tlAe he had author
lied the hotel clerk to say that death had result
ed from heart disease. The matter will no
doubt be rigidly investigated today by the cor
onero