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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-06-10

laughter, at another a deuser crowd
tempted us TO press forward to see the
object of special interest, and, lol it was
Chinese Punch and Judy, of much the
same character as our own.
At an early hour the open air cook
shops ply the busiest trade Some are
shaded by huge umbrellas, beneath
which are spread the dressed dishes, for
which a thick sprinkling of dust does
duty instead of pepper. There are street
ovens wherein all manner of pies are
baked-strange compounds of unknown
animal and vegetable substances, which
nevertheless smell rather inviting; at
least they would do so were it not for
the ever present all-pervading fumes of
tobacco and opium, the one coarse, the
other faint and sickly. Bean puddingin
a crust of mashed potatoes fried in oil
seemed TO be in great demaud, as also
little pies of vegetables, and nicely
boiled sweet potatoes. We watched the
owner of a portable oven dlspens-
ing these to q hungry circle on
receipt of some absurdly small coin while
many other men supplied them with hot
tea. Various preparations of Indian corn
nun NClC dlSO III ldNOAy CopCSldllJ WhCh
baked in the form of tarts, with little
dab of treacle. There was also an enor-
nous consumption of cakes of ground
millet, sprinkled with scorched millet
seed. AS to what we understand by
bread, it does not exist, the substance
being heavy dumplings of -four, which
is steamed instead of being baked. They
are not so bad, however when toasted.
The favorite food here is q cake made of
bean-curd. Common small beans are
ground between two granite millstones
like a hand quern. AS the upper is
turned water IS poured on, and a creamy
white fluid doses out, which flows into
tub, and is boiled with salt. The
froth is SKINNED off, and the curd is
tied up in u cloth, put under pressure,
and so formed into square cakes, which
really taste much like our own curds.
There is also an immense consumption
of macaroni, which is made by knead-
ing thick dough of wheat flour, rolling
it into very thin, stiff sheets, and cut
ting these into narrow strips, which are
then boiled. This is eaten hot with
chillies, and you see men swallowing
yards of it, very much like the Neapoli-
tan beggars, except that the Celestials
use chop-sticks instead of fingers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-06-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A pair of pants-Two tired dogs.
Man is like potato--never sure when
he will get ''into hot water"
When the ironclad was invented then
came the tug of PicGyatne.
Many a dandy before marriage be-
comes sub-dude after it.-Boston Budget
Great feat on the rollers-Those that
require No. 12 skates.-St Paul Herald.
Can the tailor's nag be properly called
a clothes horse. .-RoStoB Commercial But-
letin.
Miss-fortunes come to some men when
they get married, and they don't mind 1t
a bit.-TeTas SVtings.
ga soft answer turneth away wrath,
but stout kick frequently annihilates
it.-PittsblSrg Chronicle.
Aeronauts are often very much taken
up with their profession, like tramps and
housebreakers. rs.-BOStOn Times.
A new magazine is called the WomGn's
A0e. This is unfortunate. 1t will never
become generally known.-Ne'O York.
Journal.
"Only match box" remarked Fogg
at the theatre the other night, referring
to the seats where the young lovers sat
Boston Transcript.
A poet says: ''Tis more brave to
live than to die" That's the reason
poets send their illusions by mail to the
editor.-New York Journal.
ga good name is better than tons oil
gold" says Cervantes. We don't know
about that. We have never had more
than one ton of gold at time Graph'c.
"Were you at the ball last nightG"
asked Jones of his friend Brown. You
bet | was at the bawl," replied Brown,
'and l stayed all night. Baby had the
collie. "-Tegas Sytiags.
A farming exchange says: ga fair
average profit for hen seems to range
from 81. 90 to 50 a year." If hen can
make profit of $40 to 50 year she
ought to be able Co lay up something
brakes Magazine.
Japanese dentists use only the thumb
and forefnger in pulling teeth, ana II
they drag their victims around the room
half an hour before the molar comes out
they don't charge anything extra
Norristo1on Herald.
we uau QulJt ulSSuSSiOh az etAS SAAS
last evening" said Henderson; 81 made
the closing speech, and think / made
myself clear ''Ahp' returned Fogg,
''then have been misinformed. | was
told you made the others clear. "-BOst0n
Transcript.
Chow did you feel" man was
asked, after telling how he was caught
by the cowcatcher of a locomotive and
thrown over the smoke stack into the
tender. ''Well, didn't like it, although
l must say was very much taken up
with it at first, " he replied-NOW Y0rk
Journal.
When the philosophic gentleman
Attends the roller rink
And pensively sits down, my son,
Does he sit down 10 Think
-Hatchst
She was miss of summers ten
And did not care a snap for men,
But only loved her poodle.
And when she got into her teens
She did not care for men of means,
But loved a slckly noodle
She's thirty now and has more sense,
And knows what money is, and henc
Her love must have the doodle
--EoansUtle Argus
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-06-10

Some years ago, owing TO illness and
long residence in the tropics, became
morbid, sensitive to noises of every kind,
and procured complete relief in the fol
lowing way; l placed some spermaceti
ointment in the center of little square
of thin, limp cotton, brought the corners
together, tied them with thread, and in
serted one of the little plugs well into
each ear, and after a little kneading and
gentle pressure found that l was abso-
lutely deaf to all ordinary noises, such as
the loud barking of dogs and the loud
rumbling of heavy carriages in the street.
A couple Of points must be carefully at
tended to. The ointment must not be
too soft, the quantity about the size of
small pea, and the little bag must be
somewhat larger than its contents, TO al
low the plugs to take the shape of the
auditory canal. If the bag be too small,
or its contents larger in size than pea,
it cannot be inserted into the ear, and if
applied only to that orifce it entirely
fails in its object This little experiment
is easily tried. and daily experience Of
over twelve months warrants me in say
ing that it will be found invaluable in
the sick room. London Lancet.
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sharp, he added, contemptuously, "but
fortunately we escaped the trap he bait
ed so nicely"
"Why, what is it all about, RobertT
"Why, only this, mother: They arc
going to run new railroad through our
farm"
"Whatp exclaimed the old lady. in
dismay. "Cut our farm in two with a
railroad and spile it completely2 So
that's what's those men were after when
they came trespassing on our place yes
terdayl But I'll see whether they'll ever
venture to do it againl Surely, Robert,
you'll not submit to see the farm ruined
and"
flush, hush, motherp he said
"Calm yourself. and let me explain"
And when he made it all clear to her
how the passing of the new railroad
through their farm would make them
comparatively rich--and how there
would probably be station established
in their neighborhood, and even perhaps
on their very land, which would ten-fold
increase its value-and how in that case
he might establish a store there, and
after awhile postoffice, already needed,
with various other prospective advau.
tages his mother could scarcely realize
the idea of such good fortune.
But her first words showed how much
she had the happiness of her son at her
motherly heart, when she said, with mois-
tening eyes:
"You and Lefty can marry now, Rob-
ert!"
Some few months after this time, Mr..
Robert Langly stood with his mother on
one side, and his wife leaning on his arm
on the meadow-slope, watching from a
distance the busy laborers throwing up
clay embankment, where the new railroad
was to be laid.
The sun was slowly sinking to the
horizon, and his almost level rays shone
redly on the yellow clay, freshly turned
up and cleaning in long, bright line
against the green fields beyond.
Dear me !" said Mrs Langly, 81 never
knew there was so much clay on the
land; for all fathers talk about clay
substratum over there, and his plowing
it looks and how that long line of wet
clay shines in the sunlight, like streak
of gold"
At this, Lefty turned with bright eyes,
full of a sudden surprise.
"a streak of gold9 Oh, Robert, how
strange! Can this be the streak of gold
luck that your fathers Uncle Alick fore
told2"
Mrs. Langly sank on the grassy bank,
quite shaken" as she declared, with
this realization of the fulfllment of the
prophesy.
''Maybe," she said, presently, che did
rally see it by the gift O. second-sight; /;
or maybe, being a clever, far-sighted
man, he might have got an idear that a
railroad would have to run from G.
to l. some time, and pass right
through the farm, or maybe, he might
have heard somebody say as much, when
he was speculatin' round the country.
I'd like to know which it was"
And to this day she has not made up
her mind on that point. IS. 4. Weiss.
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UNDER A CRAZY QUILT.


He slept, and dreamt that the kangaroo
Had given fancy ball;
The elephant came with the festive gnu,
The mouse with the ostrich tall.
A funny giraffe, that did nothing but laugh,
Dropped in with centipede;
And cricket and flea, that had Just been to
tea,
Waited round with remarkable speed
A wasp and bumblebee had chat
Just over his little nose:
And a boa constructor, upon the mat,
Dressed up in his Sunday clothes.
A crow and a raccoon, in a fire balloon,
Paused over his bed to sing;
And neat armsdillo crept up on his pillow
To dance the Highland fling.
Then ALL ere they left, made graceful bow,
And out in the moonlight sped;
Except ponderous brindle COW,
Which stopped TO stand on its head.
The little boy woke, and grinned at the joke;
Sprang out of bed with a lit
al will dream it all over" said he, " If they
cover
Me up with crazy quilt"
George Cooper
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RemnrkahIe Grnttnes.

The Fish River caves, near Sydney, in
Australia. are among the most remarka-
BILE limestone grottoes in the world. and
take rank with the Mammouth cave in
Kentucky, and the Luray cavern in Vir-
ginia. The Fish River caves, which
have been recently explored, are remark
able for a kind of filigree glass work and
stalactic drapery, which hangs like arras
from the walls and roofs. In one part
of the cave a pond of clear water was
found, "its bottom glistening with
pearls and other concretionary forms
like nodules, marbles, birds eggs, etc.,
interspersed with patches of diminu-
tive coral forms" In the Shawl cave
there are curtains from ten to twenty
feet long, some nearly white, others
striped with pink, yellow and brown.
A fresh grotto has also been discovered
quite recently at Dargai, in Sardinia.
The grotto commences with a large hall
with sixteen columns rising from the
alabaster floor and apparently sustaining
the pure white roof, which Is wreathed
and festooned with flowers and figures
of animals in limestone. The most won
derful thing in the hall was, however,
the petrifed skeleton of a majestic stag,
which was partly destroyed by visitors,
and the spine of which has been sent en-.
tire to professor of natural history in
Cagliari. The grotto consists Of six
other large chambers full of natural curl
Osities.
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THE BALLAD OF THE BABY.

Bald OF head and red in the face,
I'm only baby, weak and small:
A bundle of flannel and bib and lace;
But don't, / beg, into error fall,
For there's not thing on this earthly ball,
Or big or little or old or new,
That holds the world in completer thrall;
Come, list 10 the deeds that I can do.
can shrek a shrek 10 rend all space,
Can choke myself with my broidered
shawl
Can send my nurse on n frantic chase
For pins that were never there at ALL
/ can make my pa, so brave and tall
Say curious words, just one or two,
As he walks the floor TO hush my squall;
Come, list TO the deeds that / can do.
lean coo and COO with tender grace,
And bring my subjects at beck and call
With cunning smile and soft embrace,
While into mischief I straightway crawl;
My mammals anger can forestall,
can patty-cake and can peek-a-boo,
can charm, enslave, delude, appal;
Come, list TO the deeds that l can do.
With my tiny hands can build life's wall
As true and strong as the skies are blue;
am the monarch OF hut and hail.
Come list TO the deeds that 1 can do.
-CdrIottd Perry
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Wild Game in Arghanistan.

In the valley of the Kushk Rud we
saw deer of various kinds, wild boar,
and the goorkal, or wild ass. A large
drove of them passed our line of march
one morning, but we saw little of them
except the great cloud of dust they
turned up as they hurried off to higher
ground. l understand that there is little
difference between the goorkal and the
kyang, or wild horse of Tibet. Marmots
are also very plentiful, they have bur
rowed their holes into the ground every
where, and it is dangerous to horses, as
their feet sink into the honeycombed
earth. These marmots may be said to be
now the real possessors of the land, for
there is scarce a yard of it which is not
occupied by them.
Partridges are also in considerable
numbers, and in the Kushk valley some
of our party found pheasants plentiful,
and wild pigs are still more numerous
there than on the higher ground. There
are large spaces on the side of the stream
covered with tall reeds, and the pigs
find cover in them. One morning on the
march saw drove of about thirty pigs
led bya large boar, walking up the side
of the hill. They had been disturbed
by the baggage animals passing. They
went up the hillside, and about half a
mile to the north they descended again
into another bed of reeds. They came
down in Indian file, forming a long
straight line, led still bv the boar, and
as they descended their speed became
greater, till they disappeared in the
reeds. While watching the drove as it
came down hill, it was impossible not to
recall an event described in the Gospel
of St. Mark.
The boars are ferocious, as some of our
party found who had attacked them, and
were attacked in return, and not having
the right kind OF pig sticking spurs,
flight was deemed necessary. Not being
able to deal with the boars has in some
instances interfered with the pheasant
shooting, for it would be awkward to be
caught by one of these huge tuskers in
Jungle of tall reeds with only fowling
piece in your hand.-LOadon Telegraph.
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When the man told his landlady she
fed him wooden biscuits. she didn't get
mad. oh, no, she smiled aud told him board
was so cheap that the story is too sad
to conclude. Merchant TFausler.
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Boiling Water In a Sheet of Paper.

Take piece of paper and fold it up,
as school boys do, into square box
without lid. Hang this up to walk
ing stick by four threads, and support
the stick on books or other convenient
props. Then a lamp or taper must be
placed under this dainty cauldron. In
a few moments the water will boil.
The only fear is lest the threads should
catch fire and let the water spill into the
lamp and over the table. The flame
must therefore not be too large. The
paper does not burn. because il is wet,
and even if it resisted the wet it would
not be burned through. because the heat
impaired TO it one side by the fame
would be very rapidly conducted away
by the other. Nature
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All bills for yearly advertssemsats esllected quar-
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PRESIDENT AND SENATE.
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The ice cream festival at the residence
Of Mrs. Quarterman, on Tuesday eve
ming, was u great success. socially ana
financially, large number attending,
and a handsome sum realized for the
benefit of the parsonage. The cream
was excellent and the fruits and cakes
were all that could be desired, Other
festivals will follow for the same object,
which will, no doubt, be as literally
patronized.
There is considerable complaint On tile
part Of the people residing on the
Heights along the liue Of J. 4. < <. ".
r. r., on account Of there being 10 road
way open along that road. As the roads
now are, they are compelled to 80 a
considerable distance out Of their way to
reach their homes, and they viii bring
the matter to the attention OF the county
commissioners at the meeting Of ,he
board ON Friday.
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One of the good indications of Thurs
day wds that number of respectable
eoiored men voted openly the straight
democratic ticket. They have generally
voted the republican, sometimes for per-
sonal favorites ON a democratic ticket,
but this time they voted the straight
Ticket. This is a straw that is light, but
it shows which way the wind is blow
ing. All the real sensible, weiI-inform-
Ell. negroes see that their advantage.
their prosperity lies in mixing in with
prosperous white people in business af-
fairs, making friends with those who
have and control the capital and bust
ness Of the country. Following corrupt
and worthless demagoguas does not pay.
A few offices given to control men viii
not pay for the loss of custom, credit.
labor and real business friendship which
fraternal political relations gives
Lynchburg Advance.
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VIII Never Have the Trcmcns.

Detroit Post,
Did you ever nave the tremens p
was the laconic inquiry made yesterday
by one Detroitcr Of another
'The what :"
The tremens, snakes, Shakes, trian-
giles, jim-jams, side-jumps, or whatever
you choose to call them
''Oh, ! see you mean the jerks. Nc,
[ never had them, and Inever viii. I
went through an experience once that
convinced me I had NJ use for any ncr-
vous disturbance Of that character.
was roonling with a capital young fell
low at a hotel. He was southcrner;
came from Texas, and had ali that gem
erous, impulsive nature that is at5ribu-
ted to the best class of southeners. But
that follow would set on The most hiial-
ious batter5 Of The most pronounced
type. He'd get blind. bowling drank,
and keep it zap until nature would bring
/ in her bills and send Linn to bed because
he couldn't meet them. Ho'd spend al
the money he had, all he could borrow.
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AGENTS ZOE NE NEWs.

The following gentlemen are the authorized
agents Of THE PALATKA DAILY AND WEEKLY
NEWS, in their several localities:
w r Dewitt, San BIateo.
w q Valentine, Nashua.
G Packard, Welaka.
x NJ Bard NoPWalk.
J T. Marshall, Fruitland, Fia.
J McCailum, Orange Mills, Fla.
A b Bartlettc, Georgetown,
Daniel Darling, DTaytOn Island.
Il l. HigIy, Lake George.
] l. Burton, Crescent City.
j G Strickland, Interlachen.
A MunrOe, McMeekin.
VIM Braddocl1, Seville.
} Cewdon, st Augustine.
Il IL Nogelbach, Melrose,
Charles Moore, Lake worth, Fla.
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THE DAILY NEWS.
COERFSPONDENCE

Solicited ON all interesting topics throughout
the state. We will be especially grateful for
all local items of interest 10 the public. News
sent by wire should be Abbreviated when prac-
ticablc, and sent after 6 O'Clock p m, addressed
to PALATKA DAILY NEWS.
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Reading Notices.

A fine piece Of city property for sale, SLIGO
less than price Of u month ago. Apply at the
office Of J. II. HIBBABD.
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The Office ofTHE DAILY NEWS is located on
Water street, in the Iron Building. next to
Heid's brick store.
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The DnilV News

PALATKA, FLA, JUNE 4, 1885.
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Maud $. VS.. EIlcn---N.
Maud S. is in the nine holes.

lH1tIN -, - III NC IIII1V III'I-7-
Calamity striving, now and then
To catch the mile q minute record
OF her fast friend Elien-N.
While the ease loving travelling pub
lie compIacenHy smiling, purchase tick
cts that read via Louisville and Nashville
railroad, secure through CHECKS for ,heir
baggage, eusconcc themselves in through
Pullman Buffet Sleepora, and are quick
ly transported in feeling and person to
destination points,
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WANTED reliable Iuiddle-aged white
man who understands the care of stock, and
who has worked in oranges. Good wages Will
be paid. Apply at this Office.
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JUST RECEIvED-Large lot fresh hams and
shoulders. Also full line Of fresh family
groceries. Give me a call and examine goods
and prices. H. +. BARKER.
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NC TScHk.s Omcc.

Can be purchased at F CCOCHRANES.NEWS
STAND, at the postofIice building.
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For sALE-Houae and lot, 50 by 13O on Kir-
by ST. cheap Address FRANK B GAY.
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The National Bank of the State Of
Florida at Jacksonville has been desig-
nated+y Hon. Dannin5 Manning, secre-
tary of the United States. as depositary
and financial agent for the government
in Florida.
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Bartowites are making another effort
to organize a military company.
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DRESS MAKTuG-W Walking suits from - up
wards silk suits IS upwards, tirst-class work,
and perfect I'll guaranteed. Mrs. A, 4, Capcn,
Dodge St., between Kirby and Hawkins,