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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

The minds of mesmerists will be
somewhat disquieted by clever in
vention lately brought out at Paris by
DR.. Ochorowicz. By means of this
little instrument the inventor asserts
that it is possible to discover the hyp-
motto propensities of any individual.
This is done by putting finger
through tubular magnet, the edges
of which have been covered by piece
of soft iron. After two minutes the
finger is withdrawn, and if the patient
is mesmeric subject, symptoms such
as involuntary movement, numbness
dryness of the skin of the finger will
at once appear, lasting for a few mo
ments. Experiments have proved that
about 30 per cent. of mankind can be
subjected to mesmeric influences. while
on the r,st the hypnoscope has no ef-
feet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

A Partisan paper has been making
some researches into the number Of
gaming houses and gambling clubs in
the Capital of Civilization" and the
amount Of money that changes hands
In them. The results are startling.
Ihere are twenty.four of these places
In Paris, and from s30,000,OOO to s35,-
ooo,o0o is computed to have been
there in the past five years. The mlLi
mum profits of the banks in the clubs
are put down at $1,000 day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

It's thought in Peru that they will
before long be able to ship to the
United States the far-famed fruit
known as the chirimoya. a species of
custard apple, which the Peruvians
declare to be the most delicious pro-
duct OF nature. A theologian in Lima
once expressed the opinion that the
chlrlmoya must have been the forbid
den fruit of the Garden Of Eden, and
he did not wonder, therefore, that
Adam and Eve were tempted to eat it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

Horses an. Carriages at all hours Persons
rnrrie,I to nll surrounding points upon arrival
oi usins. Special accommoda ions TO excur.
f'ou psi hes. Good teame and attentive dli.
,er. ly
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

Experiments recently made with
view to determining the highest tenn
perature at which fishes can exist in
water, showed that no sign of languor
was evident until the water reached
81 degrees. At 81 degrees the perch
gave out, then, successfully, the roach,
salmon, minnow, gudgeon, dace, COM
mon tench, gold tench. and carp the
latter holding out until 81 degrees. All
were revived with brandy but one dace
which died either under the hot water
Or brandy application.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

In the greater number of railway
stations in England there is a small
box on legs, painted crimson, which
may be called an automatic post-ofiica
1t is divided into two compartments
On the top are apertures admitting
penny, one being for postal cards and
the other for envelopes. You drop 4
penny through the slot and open aiit
tie drawer beneath, and presto. you
ind a postal card. Drop two pennies
in the right hand slot, open a CORE
spending drawer, and you find
stamped envelope containing a dainty
sheet OF note paper. These little con.
venlences are the property of private
company. The profit is very small
and only on the envelope and sheet oi
note paper. You can't get the best o,
1t by dropping in a bad penny, as il
not full weight it refuses to delive,
and Keeps your short coin, confscatins
that as punishment for your attempt
to cheat. 1t has golden rule that
works only one way.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-02

factured with such skill that but few
can tell 1t from the genuine article. u
is made from parafflne or beeswax, and
the honey is blown into it by machin.
cry. Another kind is put up in glass
vessels like ordinary Jelly packages
the centre Of which contains a piece
OF honeycomb, and the honey is made
by pouring about six parts of glucose
around enc part of honey in the comb
Some of it is adulterated with glucose,
some with cane sugar, with the syrup
OF inverted cane sugar and others by
heating ordinary sugar with an acid.
but it all resembles honey and to
certain extent has its flavor and odor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
A Korrohboree in Australia.

After dinner, which was at p. NJ, we
went to see a korrohboree, where the
black fellows were encamped at a short
distance from the house. There were
two tribes of these, and about two hun
dred of them in all. They were painted
with white and black streaks across the
face and chest, and got up in correct
style with skins and spears and boomer
angs, and by the light of the fires which
were kindled in a circle around they
looked sufficiently hideous.
The tribes danced alternately, and the
watchwords of their songs appeared TO
be half English, half native. A great
deal of the action of the dance consisted
in striking the ground at the same mo-
ment, so as to cause an echoing thud
with their feet. One of the repeated
actions was to cause the muscles of tho
leg and thigh to quiver simultaneously
from toe to stomach in a most extraor-
dinary manner At the end of each
figure they brought themselves up with
a strange, deep toned sound, half hur-
rah, half grunt, "Wir-r-r-wuhl
They would then wheel right across
the inclosed space in line, chattering as
fast as they could, upon the women who
were sitting upon the ground, and also
singing a sort of chorus of few notes
the line would then wheel back, break
up in twos and threes, brsndishing their
short sticks and clubs over their heads,
each man vociferating quickly to his
mate, then all of sudden these inco-
herent sounds would all coalesce together
into chorus, and the band, again
united. would cause the ground once
more towibrate to the reiterated cadence
of their STAMP. Primes Eauald and
Ge0rd8. IS ~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
Birds and Their Feathers.

The best time for seeing perfect feath-
ering is in the winter, or onward to the
spring; then, after very short honey
moon, the birds settle down to domestic
drudgery with exemplary ardor, with the
result that at the end of few weeks
their tail-feathers are rough and irregu-
lar, their pinions worn and ragged from
constant contact with the nest in sitting
and by the time their new suit comes at
midsummer they are more than ready for
it. The spring, of course, is the climax
of a birds life. With scrupulous care
he arranges hourly his feathers, all their
markings are seen to perfection, and
many peculiarities of decoration are
then and then alone displayed. The
heshy combs and protuberances become
scarlet and enlarged, and any one who
has not seen pheasant or cock grouse
at this season of love would be aston
ished at the alteration from his
normal state. The cock pigeon
swells that part of his body
most adorned with iridescent feathers to
make the grandest show he can; and
every humble finch and small bird
brushes up his modest finery. 1t is said
that not single bright-colored feather
ON any birds body is left idle or undis-
played. If birds have bright colored
tails they raise them to their highest and
fullest and abase their heads; if bright
heads, then they shake out their plumes,
their eye distends, and their wattles
swell; and if, as in some cases, they have
large tippets of feathers falling on both
sides of the head, they contrive the be-
wildered hen shall see all the glories of
both sides at one glance, and so drag all
the feathers of the far side round to the
near side, making such huge mass that
the face is nearly hidden, and the pro-
jecting beak alone shows where the head
must be. All this done for the hens
benefit, and it is only done when she is
near; it all turns on her existence, and
ceases if she be absent. -Magasine Of
Art
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
RArEa or ApvERrlalMo.
SONG FROM nrHE MIKADo."


As some day it may happen that a victim
must be found,
I've got a little list--I've got little list
OF social offenders who might well be under
ground,
And who never would be missed-who
never would be missedl
There's the pestilsntial nuisances who write
for autographs
All people who have fabby hands and irrita-
ting laughs
All children who are up in dates and floor
you with 'em, flat
All persons who, in shaking hands, shake
hands with you like that
And all third persons who on spelling tste-
a-tetes insist;
They'd none Of 'em be missed-they'd none
Of 'em be missedl
Chorus-He's got em on the list--he's got
'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed
they'll none of 'em be missed.
There's the midnight serenader and the
others Of his race
And the piano organist-pve got him on
the listl
And the people who eat peppermint and puff
it in your face
They never would be missed-they never
would be missed
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic
tone
All centuries but this and every country but
his own;
And the lady from the provinces, who dresses
like a guy,
And "who doesn't think she waltzes, but
would rather like TO try;''
And that singular anomaly, the lady novel
ist-
don't think she'd be missed-rm sure
she'd not be missed
Chorus-He's got her on the list--he's got her
on the.list;
And don't think she'll be missed
I'm sure she'll not be missedl
And that nisi prius nuisance, who just now
is rather rife,
The judicial lhumorist--rve got him on the
liste
All funny fellows comic men, and clowns Of
private life
They'd none of 'em be missed--theyd none
of em be missedl
And apologctic statesmen of a compromising
kind,
Such as what dye call him-Thing- lem
Bob, and likewise Never-Mind,
And 'St-'st-'st-and Whats-his name, and
also You-know- who
The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather
leave to you.
But it really doesn't matter whom you put
upon the list,
For they'd none Of 'em be missed.-theyd
none Of 'em be missed
Chorus-You may put 'em on the list-you
may put em on the list;
And they'll none of them be missed
they'll none of 'em be missedl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04

He had gone into stock speculation
with the cashier of a bank across the
street, and turned over nearly all the
large money orders he received for the
bank to cash, until it held So, 00O
dollars worth of them against
the postoffice. He failed in his
speculations and could not meet the
orders. / offered to help him make up
the deficiency, and advised him to 60 to
friends to borrow and prevent
exposure. He confded his case
TO one man and becoming
discouraged because he refused to ad.
vance the money, did not have the face
to 60 elsewhere. The man had lost o
leg in the war, was a prominent member
of the leading church and
was greatly respected in the com.
munity, so that when / ex.
posed him at last the public would not
believe he could have done wrong. !
was denounced for running his reputa.
ton, and it was not until the bondsmen
were called on to make up the deficiency
that people began to find out that 1 had
made no mistake. The exposure led to
the prompt discharge of the cashier.
have become accustomed to such abuse,
however, and do not mind much about
it. One would think that this expert
ence would harden me, but it doesn't.
I hate to expose man more than you
can realize, and have more sympathy
for human nature the more know about
its 'failings."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
SILENT MUSIC.

Melodious silence reigns from hilI to hill,
For there may be sweet music without
sound.
The wistful autumn, gold.and-russet
gowned.
Both oil our souls with rhythmic feeling fill
On winter days, when oil is bleak and chill,
And each bare limb is with a snow ridge
crowned
In that white prospect melodies abound
Strains we hear not, but which our senses
thrill;
On still, spring days, when the buds bedeck
the trees,
And bright green leaves shine through a
blossom Storm
And in the lstless, dreamy, summer days,
Nature is rich with silent harmonies.
Beauty is music in whatever shape,
1t smiles ON US in natures mystic ways.
r. X Munlittrick, in Good Cheer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Established on sound basis-A brass
band.
The tooth of time--One extracted on
credit.
"The battle is not always to the
strong" said the judge, as he awarded
the butter premium at county fair
ST. Paul Herald.
The latest craze in fancy note paper is
a distressingly bright red tint known as
FL Mahdi. 1t is unruled, same as Ell
Mahdi was. Boston Post.
The man who made the mosquito bars
Should with the angels stand,
And float around among the : -,
A harp within his sasz-
A learned doctor says: "Keep your
infants warm" Yes, warm them up
even if you have to wear out ten pairs Of
old slippers Providence Star.
"Circus Soap" is advertised. We sus-
pect its manufacture is controlled by a
ring, and the article is used principally
for washing "tumblers. NOyristoson
Herald
HIS ALWAYS on HAND.
When aid to anyone you lend
And you are cheated, lo
How quickly comes along friend
To say, +" told you sol'
Nautical Husband Gokingly) I'm
the malnstay of the family. Wife-Yes,
and the jibboon, and the-and the
Small boy (from experienced e)-And the
spanker, too, mamma. Worcester Ga
zette.
"Whenever l sec you, Herr Muller,
cannot help thinking OF the thirty marks
l lent you year agoln "Strange how
people differ forget them regularly
every time | meet Bliegeade
Bldetter.
An Augusta, Ca, man is training
monkeys TO play baseball. The beauty
of monkey baseball PLAYER is that If he
muffs ball with his first pair of hands
he can catch it with his second. Bur
lingtOa Free Press
Mrs. Fresh-Won't you please favor
us with song, Miss Porterhouse2 Miss
Porterhouse- Really, Mrs. Fresh, am
in very poor voice tonight, and fear l
cannot give satisfaction. ''Oh. never
mind that Everybody is so duh to-
night, and / have noticed that singing
will always start conversation. No one
will listen TO you at all. Philadelphia
CAR
Now doth the maiden forthwith go
Through autumn fields to roam,
To gather parti-colOred leaves
And bear them to her home.
Hour after hour she picks them up,
Until she weary grows.
And in her back there comes q craak
And wind-nipped is her nose
Then she the leaves doth press between
The pages OF scme book,
Anc at them from this time henceforth,
Doth never take look.
Boston Gazefte
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
Nine Ways to Commit Suicide.
Wear narrow, thin shoes.

/. Wear narrow, thin shoes.
2. Wear snug" corset.
3. Sit up in hot, unventilated rooms
till midnight.
4. Sleep on feathers in small, close
room.
8. Eat rich food rapidly and at ir.
regular times.
q. Use coffee, tea, spirits, aud tobacco.
z. Stuff yourself with cake, confec
tionery, and sweetmeats, and swallow
few patent medicines 70 get rid of them.
8. Marry fashionable wife and live
beyond your income.
8. Employ fashionable and needy
doctor to attend you in every slight all
ment. - Dio Lewis's "Nuggets" +"
Candor in an advertisement Board
ers taken in."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04

II am just as much opposed to tip
pling as anybody" said Henderson; !;
"but, nevertheless, liquor rightly used
is blessing to humanity. When l was
i'll last winter actually believe il saved
my life." Fogg-"Very likely; uthow
does that prove that liquor is a blessing
TO humanity2"- Boston transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04

Duncan McGregor. the man who first
lived in the cottage where Grant died,
and gave the name TO the mountain, still
lives in the nelghborhood.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-04
"Hour affectionate son,
"SAUL KITTREDGE. "

"Hurry up, Maria! There's another
carriageful goin' over to Haver-
ford to hear Saul sing basso pro-
fondo," called the jovial undertaken to
his wife. ''And if it ain't-Pm blessed
if it ain'tl-the deacon and Mis- Kit
tredge settin' up as pert as lizardsw-
Harper's Bdsar.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
!. H. MERRYDAY,
H0USn AND SIGN PAINTER,
Corner OAK and Fourtt Streets,
hSsiunee's Notice.

Notice is herehr given that W =. Wot'z nas tS
tl,is a ~ ul3str to me- an assignment i''i - ~
Eanptt.' ~ his creditors, none "i Wh'iii ~
n,@ferred All persons indebted 20 san ".
II xy,!tr nrr Is rely required to make pay
,,'t g.. mo and Lis creditors are requr7tcd I"
fiia tft,..s. .,ali,n with uc for settlement
raiatt-,, Fla, July 18th, 1855
II AnAt-s INEt. Assignec.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
weNEN:S poLiTiCs
t.our Female Candidates in "a
ma ON the stump.

ma the stump
pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
At the last local election III Montana
there were four women III tue iietd run
ming for County Superintendent oi no
lie Instruction, and. like the other sex
ran on the straight political tickets
either as Republicans, Democrats "f III
dependents That canvass, when '''e
girls took the stump against the'f t''ie
competitors. was one If he most at'''--
inc things that ever happened
Miss Clark. in Lewis and CinEk conn
tv is not only il talentcs: Young lady,
but also an expert politician - the
votes of the boys she got there al FiSi'',
and left her antagonist far IN the rear Il
dazed and defeated candidate.
In Meagher county two girls were PIT
ted against each other, and the light was
ouite lively Miss Darcy was the c;hdi-
date Of the unwashed Democrats, W'''ie
Miss Nichols mustered with the Repubii-
can bows. In the fight hroomsticE5,
hairujns. l,stIes, &C., were the weapons
used an! for q Willie il was beyond the
uro,heey nf man to forcteil which des-
tructiye weapon would he the most Tor
midabEe and death dealing. it was i'hfo
ia tell which one of the young ladies was
the bandsnmest but Mt 4 distance every
body presumed that both were lovely
Well. everybody voted as every no''S
ebouId. and Miss Darcy Won the dfy'
Int her defeated rival claimed. ana J''st
ly. that her defeat reelected III no way
peraonally upon herself, as Aea9he'
conntv WAS. and always had b2cn, Dem
ocratic
In Gallatin county Miss Hamilton an
nm,nced herself as an independents can
aidate. One Of the Gailatin county pa
cara. the organ and hacker "a Miss Ham
nton, came out day or two before IN
election AS follows:
..Hamiiton enters the field against tn
odds of regular party nomination. i7'''''
;Iton has got sand. and she will stay IN
til the polls close. Hamilton should .
elected. 9h., says she isn't afraid q
road agents, and that education IS ne
fort.:aiso that il woll Ill afford her pleas
ure TO hop around from one counts
.schoo! house To another III the perform
aoee al her duty. Tile men Of GallatI
are confoundeG mean If they don't m
Hamilton in. &c.
Nevertheless. Hamilton was defeated
aud Gallatin county has = male superb
tendcnt Of Public Instruction.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
gwen OLD IL NJ
a yatented Man Who W ars s'isT"f-
ntabie Head Gear

There is quite n gathering Of lawyers
here. SAWS Il Saratoga letter to the re"
York World, to attend the meeting al
the American Bar Association. saw
the President OF this association, cE-
Senator Stevenson, of Kentucky. last
evening. He is looking the very picture
Of rugged health lie has i face WHich
very much resembles III its features.
breatlti Of outline, depth Of color and
Slasseiness 1T eyebrows. that uf isev"rdN
johnson. lie dresses like PLAIN conn
srv gentleman, and wore last evening a
hipb. yeitow-lroun Cashmere hat 81
fashion of certainly twenty-five years
ago. There. il nothing more melancholy
in life than tl.e sight Of u hat of several
generations gone by. 1t is a recuiaritY
OF We: terra and southern statesmen -
cling to these ancient hats. 1t Is an 'S-
pecial habit of Kentucky gentlemen 10
wear through life one hat Sometimes
this hat looks as ii ii had come down
from an ancestor. Mr.. Stevenson = a
rich man. He is otherviss. neatly amt
hocomiuolv dressed. But his enormous,
would b, a disgrace 10 chief Of 4 trife
on the Cannihal islands. Mir. tarliSl" Is
the only Kentucky statesman that
know of who wears hats IN fhe prevail
ing fashion and actualis changes them
twice a wear. Mr.. Stevenson is n very
conservative gentleman. au excellent
iawyer and one of the best pteaders at
the Kentucky bar. He has that ph'ioS'
ophic look of n man who has retired tron'
nolitics and is we'll satisfied with the
fortune, of busy private life lie :
we'll pleased With Mr. Cleve'"ads az
,nini~tration lie thinks that i" Is Ct"
ins ~ we'll as H. could. He says ~
Democratic administration can h.'"hn
pie.cly and thor"''Ghiy 3emocrai'" s. =
+, satisfy the extreme element ~ ti'
marty unless the administration has cen
trnl If he tn branches of Congress.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
igrfIIiiss sfttce~.


Flush. and the crowd drinks with you
Broke, and you drink alone
Provided. Of course, vou can borrow u
dime.
Or a barkeeper you can bone
Win. and vour friends all join you
Lose. ana Won are known nowhere;
1 wallet full has greater pull
Than 2 pocl1et-book filed with air.
BIv. and all men will love you
Pawn, and they turn and flee;
They're after your money as fly Is for
honey.
Bat yonr poverty they can't see
Ride. and you pay the car fare
Walk, and they n! roll by +;
They are quicI, to hear if yon sang out
Beer.
But never do they call out ''Zwe'
I.nnc!l. ana YOU settle the ticket
If you're hungry they never invite
Farm ANA spend, and keep up your ehd
Hut fnx men viil treat you right.
There is room in the gorgeous bar room
| For liuuor and cracked ice,
| p,t one hv one we must all sneak home
/ If vc haven't got the price.
Chicago Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02

An o,d lady in Wilton. Conn, mas pass
ell her t03d birthday. She Is bright anu
sensible, except for u singular de'n@ion
about her age She kept. the record
straight until she became f02, when she
insisted that she was a0o years old,
though she admitted that ''this last hnnd-
red years didn't seem near so long IS the
first hundred Since her last birthday
she has called herself 800 years OLD.
There is custom in that part Of New
England in accordance with which the
church bell is to,led at fureral-the
number of strokes indicating the age oi
the deceased person. The old lady said
to her grandson: feel sorry for the
sexton, because If | do ns&die soon he
may have to ring 400 tim
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
ne Did Not Want 10 Get left.

Il would like" said the timid lover TO
tIt.. maiden who had just accepted him,
Il would like. since we can not marry
AZ once. to keep "',, engagement secret
for The present"
..Whp?r asked the astonished damsel.
We'll. the fact H. my parents would
disown me
..Disowp YOU? Am / not worthy to
h, f,lair daughter: j. my family not as
GOOD as yours: Am | not
.Onc mcMent darling; one little mo-
mant. Nou ore mistaken.
mistaken? would not marry Fo"
stay. implnre You. You, my own,
ar. better than l. ATon ar" rich an,
POOR. My parents would d.sown me IT
got left this time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-02
frooling Her Folks, who Went "h
STYLE.

Toronto II uth.
very good story was told the othef
doy of n young man painfully concioiiS
Of an exterior scarcely worthy OF his
character. Accompanied by the young
woman he had married. he stepped INTO
a photographers and drew the artist
aside tie wanted their ''pictnrs taken
h,,t hal a special favor 10 ask. Her
folks" he exclaimed, go good deal on
style. They never saw me, ana IL Seiiu
t,an my face they'll he dead agin me. L
am a sight better than ] look, and when
peopIe come To- know me they vote me .
brick. Now. she's willing. 1ho7eoiS
whiskers yours'il take them at once
aud create harmony. hou look IKE
solid capatil-t, AMI they'd take me Tor
a petty-Iarreny thief" OF course the
photographed could not refuse favor So
| aatteringty proposed and the distant re-
arrives. no doubt, IN due time were graft
/ fed with his portrait side by side W't''
that of the young lady.