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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-23

One result of an unusually bright in
tellect is apt to be inattention to physi-
ca! requirements and the overtaxing Of
the physical energies A really sound
mind can only exist in sound body
Our greatest men have been great phgsi-.
cally as well as mentally. And sound
mind can only exist IN conjunction with
sound morals. Therefore true education
should give attention to the physical
and moral nature of the child as well as
to the mental requirements. The we'll
balanced nature, that Of the slow and
thoughtful mind, coupled with vigor-
ous physique is least apt to be inclined
ID moral obliquity. Indeed this maybe set
down as rnle-subject Of course, to the
exceptions that mark all rules not de-
pendent upon mathematical calculations.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
Cookery In China.

Our kitchen certainly is not so cosy
and neat as American kitchens usually
are. The smoke goes out through the
| skylight and wherever il finds an outlet.
! The walls are black with the accumula-
tion of years of SCOT. That large stove
in the corner is built of brick. On the
top of this stove is a large round iron
spider about three feet in diameter. In
this rice is cooking. Straw, being
cheaper, is burnt in this stove instead of
wood, and some one is required to feed
the fire constantly. Turning to the left
we see little clay stoves, on which food
is frying in spiders or boiling in earthen
pots over wood fire. Vegetables are
cut into bits and boiled with pork or
mutton, making soup. Greens are
boiling. Fish is steaming, frying or
stewing, with or without vegetables.
Meat is cut fine; when the spider be-
comes heated lard is put in it, then
pieces of onion, then the shred meat, and
sll is stirred till we'll embrowned; then
turnips, potatoes, and sometimes other
vegetables are added, and after boiling
water is poured in the whole is left to
simmer and stew. All food, we observe,
is cut in pieces before being cooked, or
else before serving, for no knives, no
forks, are used. At ten A. NJ. the tables
are set; those for men either in the
wings or in their rooms, and those for
the women in their common sitting
or parlor. Each table will seat eight
persons. No table linen is used Chop
sticks and spoons are laid before each
place. The food is brought In large
bowls or plates. Rice is carried to the
table in a wooden pail or wicker basket,
from which it is served in small bowls.
The servants summon the inmates to
breakfast. The younger ones do not
presume to sit til their elders are seated ;
then, after making a show of asking
permission to eat, when the elders
gravely nod assent, the breakfast begins.
Soup is taken first; then each person,
holding the chopsticks in the right hand
and the bowl of rice in the left, lifts his
food to his mouth and pushes the Jumps
in with the sticks, alternating this mo-
tion with picking meat, fish or vegeta-
bles from the dishes common to all.
! One must take only from that side of the
! plate which is nearest to him, however; !;
it is breach of etiquette to reach over
to the opposite side. When one finishes
he bids the rest ''eat leisurely," which
is our mode of saying "excuse me-" The
Chinese invariably wash their hands
and faces after every meal. Tea is
drank about the same time. 1t is taken
without milk or sugar. Coffee is not
common in China, and we are not ac-
customed to drink cold water Tea is
the national beverage, and is
taken to assuage thirst at all times and
occasions, as water is in America. At
noon lunch of cakes or pastry may be
served. The majority of people are sat
isfed with two meals day. Supper or
dinner is served at P. M.-YdR Phoa
Lee an Wide Aaoake.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
A Captured Devil Fish.

Immense crowds of people gathered at
the beach at Galveston, Texas, one day
recently to see devil fish that was cap
tured on the previous day. For some
days past school of marine monsters
had been seen disporting in the gulf
short distance from the shore, aud all
efforts to harpoon or capture them proved
futile until one was caught in a fishing
seine. Ropes were thrown aronnd the
monster, and, with horses, it was dragged
ashore, IL proved to be a specimen of a
very rare fish, the "Cephaloptera Vampy-
rus, also called devil fish and vampire
of the ocean. It's weight was about two
tons, and as it lay spread out on the
beach dead, it had every appearance of
an enormous bat or vampire. 1t was
fully sixteen feet wide from the extreme
edges of the pectoral fins and fourteen
feet long, The mouth was four feet
wide, and was protected on either side
by formidable appendages resembling
horns, with which it seooped in food.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23

dered Mapleson. From the very mo.
ment Of the confession he began to i'm
prove, and soon became so well that he
was taken to prison. After a short trial,
during which he did not attempt to make
defense, he was sentenced to be hanged.
The execution took place last Friday,
and was witnessed by large crowd OF
people. The public deeply sympathizes
with young Debson, and should he ever
come back to the State he will receive an
enthusiastic ovation.
| cannot describe my sensations. ]
hurried to my place of business, and
after relating to my partners, the expert
ence through which l had passed,
showed them the Arkansaw paper. My
partners were rejoiced. They declared
that such a vindication was worth half
lifetime of trouble.
/ Immediately set out for Arkansaw.
indeed received an ovation. Mr.. Gray,
the old minister, took me by the hand,
and said:
81 was intimate with your father and
l did not see how his son could commit
such a crime, but the proof was so strong
against you. Your earnest protestations
of innocence caused me to call upon
the governor and intercede in your be-
half"
l purchased the farm where 1 had
spent happy childhood. Every one
was desirous of bestowing honors upon
me. and the governor himself, came out,
and in the presence of a great crowd
thanked the Lord that great
wrong had been averted. During
all this time 1 had not ceased
to think of the little girl whose
beautiful face had banished my inten-
tions of becoming an outlaw. l had
gone to the house where l had seen her,
but her father, Mr.. Miller, had moved
away, and no one in the neighborhood
knew his place of residence. One night
at theatre in Little Rock, / saw that
face. knew it in a moment. At the
conclusion of the performance, l fol-
lowed the girl, who in company with an
old man, went to q hotel. introduced
myself to Mr.. Miller and he introduced
me to his daughter Ida
81 have seen you before, somewhere, 1"
she said.
"You have seen me.n
"When?"
81 will tell you when we become bet
ter acquainted"
/ did tell her-told her one night when
she had promised to be my wife. Sew
eral years have elapsed since our mar
riage. We live in New York most of
the time and old man Miller lives with
us. l have built monument above Mr..
Gray's resting place. e.-ArkanSaw 1rao-
eler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
MAN,S 4 KICKER.


Give to him power and friends and wealth,
Give 10 him love and home and health,
Give to him ease and peace and rest
Give TO him all that makes life blest,
Give TO him what the heart most Graves,
What makes the freeman more than slaves.
What makes the patriot tried and true,
What lifts the martyr to the blue,
What molds the hero from the dust,
And shapes him for the noblest trust;
Give him his choice OF youth or age,
The manners that do most engage,
The poets fire, the painters art,
That burns the brain or moves the heart;
Or give him all the things to eat,
The ripe, the luscious sour or sweet,
And add to these flesh, fish or fowl,
TIJn listen and you'll hear him growl-
For mans a kicker,
Give TO him sorrow, grief and care,
The sorest crosses man may bear,
The toughest paths, the biackest woe,
heaven in which there is no bow
OF promise, and in which the clouds
Enfold the light like funeral shrouds;
Let Sickness death and every ill
Which makes earth bitter lay their chill,
Cold hands upon him. Let his life
Be one unending hideous strife,
A wilderness where jackals how'll
It's all the same. You'll hear him growl-
For mans a kicker.
Merchant Traveller
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
CHAPTER II.

I succeeded in making my way to New
York. In the great city was compare
lively safe. Under an assumed name l
went to work in manufacturing estab-
lishment. bent my every energy to the
work, and, from time to time, l was pro.
NOTED. Three years from the time | en-.
tered the establishment, Twas the super
intendent of the entire works. My SER
vices became so valuable that was ad-
mitted as partner. saved my money
and became wealthy, yet, not for a mo-
ment did forget the crushing fact that
l was a convict.
One day, while on ferry boat, took
up newspaper which some one had left
on a chair. Opening it, saw that it was
an Arl1ansaw sheet. The next moment
was thrilled. Below startling head lines
appeared the following:
Several years ago, highly respected
young man named Henry Debson was
convicted of the crime of numbering one
of our most prominent citizens, Mr..
Maples0n. Debson was sentenced to be
hanged, but the governor commuted his
sentence to Imprisonment for life. Deb
son escaped and went, no one knows
whittier. Now comes the real tragedy.
About month ago, man named Evans,
who swore that he bad seen DebsOn strike
Mapleson and who found, near the scene
of the murder, knife bearing the ini-
tials of Debson's name, was taken vio-
lently i'll. Believing recovery to be i'm.
possible, and fearing to die with such
burden on his heart, he confessed that
he, inspired by bitter enmity, had muir
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Is hotel waiter girl made to order7
'How sleep the bravel" asks poet.
This depends largely on the number Of
cats in the neighborhood.
A bar in the river and bar on shore
have the same name, because water il
scarce in both places. Merchants TrdU-
eLer.
The difference between the human
race and horse race is disappearing.
You can't bet on either, nowadays
PHILADELPHIA Call.
'NIoire antique sashes siS or eight
inches wide are becoming more popular"
but they should not be worn by the more
antique ladies. --NoTistOwn Herald.
Mamma, want some raisins."
very well, take a handful "a hand
fula Oh, won't you give them 10 met
your hand is larger. - German Joke.
An exchange says that there is large
falling off in the population of the west
ern part of Massachusetts,. The bicycle
is bound to make its way everywhere
Burlington Free Press.
A boy will eat, and boy will drink
And boy will play all day;
But boy won't work, and boy won't think,
Because he amt built that way.
Chicago Ledger.
The story that the site of Chicago was
bought for pair of boots is not sur
prislng when we consider the size of the
accepted boot in that locality. This
probably gave rise to the remark that
corporations have no soles.-Lye.
The Afghans eat onions as we do ap-
pies. TIE cause of the recent attack by
the Russians can therefore be easily
understood. They were obliged to use
their guns to keep the Arghans from
coming within hailing distance. .-New
York Sun.
In the days chat are wintry and chilly,
When with bills we are driven nigh daft,
We're panied on rejecting how lily
We honor draft.
But in summer when all wonder sadly
Why no cooling breezes should watt,
It's worthy of notice how gladly
We honor draft.
The Rambler.
A poetess asks, ooh where does beauty
linger9" We think that we are breaking
no confidence when we reply that in
these artistic times it generally fingers
on the toilet table until the girl puts it
on with brush and powder puff
THE Rambler.
"Did not the sight of the bound
less blue sea, bearing in its bosom the
white-winged fleets of commerce, fill
you with emotionp eyes, replied the
traveller, "for while it did, but after
while it didn't fill me with anything. 1t
sorter emptied me. "-SJtingS.
The farmer leads no L z life,
The ID sows will rot;
And when at Z V rests from strife
His bones all A X lot
In d d has to struggle hard
To Il K living out;
If G frosts do not retard
His crops therell b A drought
The hired L has TO pay
Are awful A a. too;
They Q X rest when he's away
Nor any work will do.
Both n cannot make to meet
And then for A ID takes
Some boardeTs who so r I eat
81 L no money makes
OF little finds this life;
Sick in old a G. lies;
The debts he o u leaves his wife
And then in Z q dies.
H c. Dodge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
AMID THE WHEAT.

Amid the wheat, amid the wheat,
AT morn the sturdy cleaners greet
What time the meadow-arlS upsprings,
On buoyant wings, and scars and sings.
The reapers whet their scythes in tune,
Till dies the sunlit afternoon,
Then homeward thread the laneways through
Where grasses CLEAN with shimmering dew
While birds their vesper songs repeat
Amid the wheat. amid the wheat.
Amid the wheat, amid the wheat,
The poppies find shy retreat;
With every breeze that blows is blent
Their aromatic, drowsy scent
That watts the weary soul away
Across some wide, aerial bay,
Where shoreless realms Of dreamland lie
Beneath an iridescent sky:
Such vistas ope TO those who meet
Amid the wheat amid the wheat.
Amid the wheat, amid the wheat
Who strays with frolic-loving feetl
A little maid that comes to sec
Where dwells the braggart humblebee;
A little maid Of summers few,
With laughing eyes of pansy hue,
Whose heart is like morn in May,
Whose life an endless holiday:
Ali may it ever seem as sweet
As now to her amid the wheat!
Clinton iScoUard
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
The King of Dudes.

Berry Wall is the king of dudes, says
a New York leteer. This sovereignty in
the matter of dress is the unique means
the young man employs to dispense with
an income of over $500, 900 year. A
gentleman, who has known this eccen-
trio spendthrift for years, met him at
Saratoga recently. During the past
month he has replenished his wardrobe
with the most marvellous variety of gar
ments ever made for mans back. 1t is
said that, after long career among the
toilers of the world, this fastidious
dresser has finally decided that no one
can excel the fit and style of the clothes
made by New York firm. Poole, by
special permission, allowed to refer to
one of us-H. NJ, the Prince OF Wales
as customer, if superseded by this ar
rangemeut. Mr.. Wallis happiest mo-
ments are when he is astonishing a gap
ing crowd by his attire. Just to give
them something to wonder at he will
change his costume three or four times
an hour. When conscious that he is
being pointed out as the beau of the
fashion plates, he will excuse himself
from his friends for space of five or
ten minutes to return in a spick, and
span outfit of an entirely different de.
sign. The transformations in dress are
made by two Wallets, who are always OF
duty in his apartments to strip and re-
habilitate him as they would a dummy
model in a millinery store. The fellow
is not bad at heart, as liberal as profit
gate prince and nobody's fool by any
means. This penchant for clothes is
simply an expedient for spending money
and killing time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
Grant as a Smoker.

The general, in speaking of the popu-
lar idea that he was lifelong smoker,
said that prior to the battle of Shiloh he
rarely-very rarely smoked; and that it
had never been a habit, much less a
pleasure. At the battle of Shiloh he
CHANGED to smoke cigar while riding
over the field, and the newspaper CORE
spondents, seizing upon the incident,
described 1t graphically in their accounts
of the battle to the papers in the North.
The idea of victorious commander of a
great army, in the midst of frightful
scenes of carnage and destruction, sur
rounded by the dangers of battle, with a
nations life hanging on the result, look
ing on calmly and serenely, ,complacently
smoking a cigar, when most men would
be overcome with excitement. if not
nervousness, was something that appealed
irresistibly to popular admiration. Grants
admirers and friends, reading the ac-
counts of the battle, supposed him to be
a great smoker, and almost deluged him
with cigars. Every express brought
boxes of cigars as presents from his
Northern friends. AS the general said /:
"There were always two or three boxes
on the tablein my tent or headquarters
free for the use of my staff and visitors.
Having them always at hand, it was but
natural that l should every little while
take a fresh cigar, and in that way the
habit grew upon me so that it became ir-
resistible, and the people no doubt are
right in calling me an inveterate
smoker. - Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23
Squatters in the MetrOpOlis.

On the eastern side of this city, says a
New York letter to the Philadelphia
Press, there is a village OF squatters, who
have taken temporary possession of un.
used sites on hill, and have erected
shanties which serve at once for pigpens,
hencoops, bedrooms and living rooms.
They enjoy the privilege of squatters in
having no rent to pay, but they are ex-
posed to the penalty of being, at any
moment, turned out from their dens and
losing land and house at once. Usually
they remain while the quarrymen who
are opening the streets almost undermine
their shanties, and then, if the buildings
are not blown away, they pull them down
and pack them away like tents to another
dwelling place. The village is filled
with snarling dogs, which aid in draw
ing the swill or coal carts, for the chill
dren are mainly employed in collecting
swill and picking Goals through the
streets. The shanty family are never
quite so poor as the tenement house fam
lily, as they have no rent to pay
But the filth and wretchedness
in which they sometimes live
are beyond description. The peo-
pie have very little regular occupa.
tion, many being widows who do occa-
sional ''chores" in families; others live
on the sale of the coal their children
gather, or on the pigs which share their
domicile; others keep fowls, and all
have goats, though where the profits
from these latter come l could never dis
cover, as no one seems to buy the milk,
and l never heard OF their killing them.
Money, however, in some way they do
procure, and one old red faced swill-
gatherer who died left, it was said,
large deposit in the savings bank, which
no one could claim; yet one corner Of
her bed chamber was filled with a heap
of ll-smelling bones, and the pigs slept
under her bed
There is another old ragpicker whose
shanty is sight to behold, all the odds
and ends of a great city seem piled up in
it-bones, broken dishes, rags, bits of
furniture, cinders, old tin, useless lamps,
decaying vegetables. ribbons, clothes,
legless chairs and carrion all mixed to.
gether, and heaped up nearly to the cell
ing, leaving hardly room for bed on
the floor, where the woman and her two
children sleep. Yet all these are maryels
of health and yigor, far surprising most
children in the comfortable classes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23

The man who owns IL started the bust
ness three years ago, with a capital OF
just $25. He has now 1000 laying hens
and his present buildings cost him
SO, 900, oil of which he made out Of the
business. Yet, all this time he has been
engaged in regular business in this city
and has come in every day."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23

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sertion.
Marriage and death notices Rratla
All bills for yearly Advertisements collected ouar
terry. Temporary advertisements must be paid in
advance.
job work-cash on delivery
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23

Nel Buntline has written four hun.
dred serial stories.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23

Horses trot best when the temperature
is eighty degrees.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-23

Old St. Louis families use negroes az
pail bearers.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-05-08
Muerlet.
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tpobl au9 ermDgen mer6en.
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Der Srau SOispb s. Stein na6seiu9te
gbef6eibung bemilligt.
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graunfels 1T in ber gesen i'm anbdns
gig gema9ten &lage unter $500 8iirg-
f9aft gefellt uorben.