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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Teacher-'Wh is the hottest place
in the United States9" Pupil-''A hor.
nets nest"
"Whatis is you name, little girll" "Min.
ME" "Minnie whatl" Minnie Don't
mamma calls me-
A bank cashier seldom goes off until
he is loaded, and then he makes the re-
port. Citizen.
A sermon always seems short to the
woman who wears a new bonnet to church
for the first time.-Nev York Journal.
Which causes the most young men tc
attend meeting-the bell of the church
or the belle of the village2- GOodates Sun.
''There's plenty of room at the top" is
the motto of the hotel-clerk, who always
takes great delight in skying a guest
Puck.
An actor unlike other men, can some
times build up most excellent reputa-
ton out of a very bad character. Boston
Transcript
Old jokes may raise laugh at times, but
writers who are sage
Make new ones, for they know that jokes are
always bad-in-age.
In ancient Rome bundle of slaves
was an emblem of authority. Nowadays
nothing short of whole barrel will help
a man into place of power.-BoSton
Transcript.
''Here Johnny, what do you mean by
taking Willie's cake away from him
Didn't you have a piece for yourselfP
eyes. but you told me always ought to
take my little brothers part. "-Palnel
Journal
"And now, my dear brethren, what
shall 1 say nowl" thundered the long
winded minister. "Amenw came in sep
ulchral tones from the absent-minded
deacon in the back of the church.
Rambler.
/ A father was very much annoyed by
/ the foolish questions of his little son.
/ 'Johnny. you are great source of annoy
ance to me-" whats the matter, pat
'TYou ask so many foolish questions.
wasn't big donkey when l was Of your
age" No, pa, but you've grown heap
since.
They tell in Louisville of citizen OF
that town who went TO New York re-
Gently and lived at one Of the most eN-
pensive hotels there He stayed four days
and asked for his bill "Fifty-one dol
lars" said the clerk. "Guess again, "
said the Kentuckian. ''You haven't sized
my pile yet I've more money than that. "
-B0stOB Post.
THE STYLE.
Dear madam, excuse me pray,
Your hair is all going astray,
( Ii badly wants combing behind,
And it's waving about in the wind
She answers in scorn, | declare,
With a sneering and top-lutfy air,
And saws, with a lemonade smile,
Il am Just in the height of the style.
Boston Budget
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

A white gorilla is on view at the Royal
aquarium at Westminster London.
Whether the animal is a true specimen or
a highly developed cIoss-breed is ques-
tion for the naturalists Its height is
about twenty-six inches and its age prob
ably three or four years. The whole Of
its body and limbs, both arms and legs,
arc almost free from hair, and it has no
tail. The animal is very gentle and af-
fectionate, clasping its keeper around the
neck and kissing him like child. 1t
drinks ftom a tumbler aud has a most
intelligent manner. 1t is housed in a
large, handsome cage or chamber, with
an entire glass front.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14
Cardinals.

According to an exchange, the pope
appoints a cardinal in a consistOry, the
chief ceremony being the delivery of the
scarlet hat, with the words: Esto Car
dinalis, "Be a cardinal, and the digni-
tary so created is thereafter presumed 70
be a brother of the chief pontiff. At first
the cardinals hat had three scarlet
knots. fringes or tassels on each side;
these were increased to five, while arch
bishops had four of purple color. and
bishops three, of green material. During
the last two centuries, however, bish-
ops have worn four green ones, and pre-
lates. abbots and prothonotaries three OF
purple or black. Their dress consists OF
a red sou.aue, or cassoc6, with enc
ture with a tasSels of gold, red caps and
stockings, "a rochet and a large cloak,
with an crmine cappa in winter. Every
cardinal has his chaplain, who wears
purpIe soutane and cincture, surphce
and stole-like scarf, with which he sup
ports his masters miter when not actual
IL worn. When the pope oticiates, or
in "a procession, the cardinals wear white
damask mitres, red shoes, and II bishops,
a cope; if priests a chasuble; If dea-
cons. 70 dalmatc. In times of penance
the color of their robes Is velvet; and on
a few particular days rose instead oil
red. Their dress OF state when not en-
gagged in sacred functions consists OF
large purple mantle called the crooia; on
less important occasions, OF a mantelet'
or short cloak, through which they put
their arms, and worn over the rochet,
while over This Is mozzetta, or tippet,
showing only the chgiu Of pecto' a.
eros,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

1t isreported that young pike which
was recently sent from Holland to Paris
packed in ice showed signs of life on
reaching its destination, and that not
withstanding it had been three days out
of water, and frozen stifT, it was resus-
citated, aud is now swimming about in a
tank in the Trocadero aquarium. Which
goes to show, says HarpeI's Weekly, that
the theory OF Benjamin Franklin and
Others that animation may be suspended
by freezing and restored by thawing at
any time suiting the purposes of the
OPERATOR theory heretofore supposed
to have been whmsically conceived
may have something in it after all.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14
RATEs oE ApVERrIslMo.
TO A DANDELroN.
Little mimic Of the sun,

Little mimic Of the sun,
Hiding in the fragrant grass
Have you any kisses won
From the pretty maids who passi
When the sun slips down the west
Some fair girl shall come in quest
OF the secret which you lock
In your tiny golden breast;
You shall hear an airy knock,
And question, What o'clockf
At the very verge Of night,
When the summer twilight's breath
Makes you dizzy with delight,
Dance in happiness to death;
When the peaceful moon shall peep
Down from the star-lit skies that weep
Tears Of sweet, delicious dew,
Tender, gracious eyes shall keep
Quiet company with you,
Meath the heavens cover blue.
All, you dainty, snowy ghost,
See what bliss your wisdom bringsl
Tell me, pray, what angels boast
Such a zephyr for their wingsl
Just because the hour you tell
She repays your magic WE'LL
Watts you Off to paradise;
Sounds for you gentle lnell;
Lights your journey with her eyes;
Would that 1 were half so wisel
-Frank d. Sherman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

"It was down in Virginia" says a
veteran in the Lewiston journal. Il
was placed on guard over a barn and was
taking it easy when a lieutenant came
along, probably to see what his guard
was doing. l ought TO have saluted him,
but didn't Soon 1 saw a large, nice
looking man coming toward me lie
wore nice uniform, and l noticed as he
approached that he wore q lieutenant's
straps. l wasn't going to pay any
further attention to him, but when he
came quite near TO me l saw that there
were two stars inside those straps.
jumped up and presented arms as quick
" as 1 could, for saw that it was
Major General Hancock. Never mind
sat for me, said he, with wave of his
hand 'Idon't care anything about it,
but always do it for the little fellows
He passed on. ] suppose the lieutenant
had reported me, and he came down to
sec about it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

An inquisitivc American in England
asked a member of the Prince of Wales
household what the prince read. Moth
ing was the answer. The American
was incredulous, but the Englishman
went on to say that the prince never
opened book or a newspaper. Compe-
tent secretaries read everything that the
prince should know and the result is re-
ated to him in condensed form.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14
The Prisoner.

sit and watch the rain drops fall,
| gaze out at the dull gray skies,
] only see tho rain clouds pail,
Or watch the ghoSt,y mists that rise.
! do not turn NV head 70 see
The narrow room that holds me here;
] watch the rain and long u lie
Far from my prison room SO drear.
Why, laughter waits for me ont there,
Aud hearty clasp Of loving hands,
And merry songs aud faces fair
Could / but break my prison bands
But here / pine. as one in ban,
Forbidden by the iates 10 roam,
Until that laCgard taller man
Shall send my only trousers home,
.-Burdetie, ia Brooklyn Eagle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

''Like many other public men," says
the Philadelphia Telegraph, "John B.
Cough made money easily and spent it
freely. During his lifetime he earned
hundreds of thousands of dollars, but his
whole fortune is estimated at less than
S75, 0O0 He leaves house and
200 acres OF valuable ground about six
miles from Worcester, Mass. This was
his farm, and here he rested during the
breathing spells in his busy life. His
library is one OF the finest in the country.
1t is valued at $50, 900, but it is doubtful
whether it would bring that amount at
public or private sale. Some of the
books were highly priced by the great
orator. Among them were original
sketches by George Cruickshank, which
he could have sold year ago for several
thousand dollars. Beside his farm and
library Mr.. Cough owned lands and
mortgages which yielded him small in
come.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14
The AlligatOrs We're to Blame.

Il noticed some cattle here in Jack
sonville and thought that, aside from their
leanness and diminutive size, there was
something else peculiar about them. and
studied for some time, until | suddenly
discovered there were some of them minus
tails: Others looked as though they had
about half of that useful appendage cut
of. In a country where mosquitoes are
as plentiful as they must be here lshould
think it no less than downright cruelty
for people to treat the poor creatures in
this shameless manner.
My remarks were greeted with q roar
of laughter
BLESS your heart, my young friend,
the people don't do that; it's the ALI
gators
"Alligators" !" said l, astonished.
Eyes, the alligators.
"IIOw can that be!'
.'Oh, they grab them when they are
feeding in the water.
And bite off their tails, | suppose!'
eyes, they do. You see they creep mp
SO quietly that the cattle do not notice
their approach, and the first thing tine
animal is aware Of is a jerk in the rear
He tries TO get away, but it is of no use
the harder he pulls the tighter the
alligator holds on, until the append3gc
gives way, and the conqueror sTims oil
happy
''Highly interesting sight, / should
I think"
well rather, as the question of
ownership is often highly disputed,
though l never saw case yet in which
the cattle came oh victorious 49, ~,
I Present
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14
WHAT THE EARTH THINKS.

am threatened with comet.
With the all-absorbing sun;
Told that l shall slowly burn out,
As my own fair moon has done;
Warned Of coming confagrations
That will seize me unaware:
Can fear annihilation,
After what daily bearl
Pelted constantly with hailstones,
Fiercely shook by hurricanes,
Thrown by whirlwinds topsy-turvy,
Nearly drowned by constant rains,
Growled at day and night by thunder,
Pierced by lightning everywhere,
Nipped with frosts, until 1 scarcely
Knowif l am round or square.
Out all night in freezing weather,
Under tropic suns all day,
Dug and struck with plows and shovels,
Scratched with harrows every way.
Beaten down for streets and highways,
Galloped over day and night,
with steam engines burned and scalded,
Kept in a continual fright.
Deeper wounds than these ! suffer-
] am mined and bored and hit,
Torn by dynamite and powder,
Blown to pieces bit by bit.
I've seen comets without number,
And they always keep their sphere;
II is man that makes me tremble-
Restless, curious man, fear.
For know some day or other
He will find a stronger ''force,"
Wondrous chemicals discover,
And the end will be, of course,
/ shall have my shattered remnants
Blown away like any feather,
Yet have one consolation
Probably Wen go together.
Lille E. Barr, in Hdrper's Weekly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

A nurseryman Of Union county, Penn
sylyania, claims to be able to grow APP
pies without cores This theory is to
bend the twig when the size Of a small
cider, and insert the top in the ground
When the top takes root sufficiently cut
it OF near the butt, and stake it up per
pendicularly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

In England it is crime for a marriage
ceremony to be performed except be-
tween the hours Of 8 A. NJ. and 12 NJ. A
bill has been introduced in parliament
making it lawful to solemnize marriage
between 8 A. NJ. and T.. NJ.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

In Germany dogs are 10 be carefully
trained at the various garrisons and sent
out with sentinels placed at isolated
p9sts, in order 10 guard agrinst surprise.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

Dear madam, excuse me pray,
Your hair is all going astray,
1t badly wants combing behind,
And its waving about in the wind
She answers in scorn, l declare,
With a sneering and t0p-lutfy air,
And says, with a lemonade smile.
Il am Just in the height Of the style.
Boston budget
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-14

ELM STREET. T1oNEsTA, Pa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
A CARD.
CAMBRIDGE, O, Sept %, 1Ss

| CAMBRIDGE, ", SepG 20, 1ooo'
To THE PUBLIC: By concert of action
| and under the leadership of the Bellaire
Independent, the Democratic press of
the Seventeenth district, including the
Cincinnati Enquirer, published a few
days ago certain letters connected with
Col Taylor's campaign of 1884. The OBJ
ject of their publication at this late date
is to create for political purposes, the
impression that improper influences
were employed in that campaign tosecure
Taylor's election. The character and
cunning purpose of this virulent attack
of the Democratic managers and their
aiders and abettors upon Col Taylor in
particular and others in general is the
occasion and justification for this state+
ment to the public.
There is too much intelligence among
the Republicans of the Seventeenth dis
trict to be induced to waver in their
support of their candidate for eongress
"a gentleman of recognized personal
and political integrity wherever known,
simply because the Democratic press
seeks by strained constructions and
false accusations, to create distrust and
discord in their ranks, for political gain.
This is not the lrst time in the history
of congressional campaigns in this dis.
trict that the Democratic party has
sought to defeat the henored and trust
ed candidates of the Republican party.
by false and slanderous charges.
Bingham, Danford and Updegraff were
each in turn attacked by these malig~
nant slanderers, whose virulenee is un-
spsring, and yet without single excep-
tion when these false accusations were
confronted by the truth, they ceased to
he hurtful save to those who originated
them; as will the issue now sought to be
raised against Taylor, also prove, when
these letters are read in the light of the
facts and circumstances under which
they were written. To that end l shall
state the facts.
In the October campaign of 1884 MAJ
T A Beaton and l, acting on behalf OF
the Republican state executive commit.
tee, organized business mems comm it.
tee, in the various towns of this part o I
the State, for the purpose of supplement.
ing the work of the local Republican
committees. Such a committee, consist
ing of such men as r G Graves, Major
James Moore, w Fl Anderson, ] M Star
buck and others of known honor and in-
tegrity, was organized in Barnesville
with r G Graves as treasurer. For the
purpose of bringing home absent voters
and getting out the vote, we secured foI
this committee from the State commit
tee $25 that was placed in the hands OF
Mr. Graves aa treasurer, which was all
the funds he or the committee had from
any source. The object of the State
committee in thus snplementing the
work of the local county committees was
to swell the majority for the State tick
ct at the October election, for its effect
upon the presidential election, that wal
to follow in November, and at the same
time to indirectly contribute to the elec-
tion of the local county and congression
al ticket. With the organization ant
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
Church DIRECTORY.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, II; evenill
service, 2. Sabbath School, 800 am. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
u1Rev. W. Ii. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II a.m.; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all oul
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday OF
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07

V. SO. Then comes Pilates proposal-to
comply with the passover custom, and. with
out too nicely settling how this criminal"
as they said, stood, to release Jesus. His lam
guage again shows his contempt King
of the Jews" Whether it is for Jesus or for
them the contempt is most felt, we cannot
say. But
(V. 40 the prosecutors reject the proposal
They had 'cried OUT before and shown their
spirit, though he does not mention it for
mally. Now they say mot this man, but
Barabbas." With condensed meaning, but
no useless language, the evangelist shows, in
another point of view, how deep their degra-
dation. Barabbas, whom they preferred to
Jesus, twas a robber.n On his standing and
character see Mark XIV, z; Luke xiii, 49, He
was probably foe of the Romans.-Sunday
School World
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
The Duty of the Hour.

Important as is the rebuking of the frauds
and forgeries of the Democratic party, by
full Republican vote this year, there are
other potent reasons for carrying the state
this year by a tremendous majority, to
which Governor Foraker called attention
when he said: But we have more to do
than to say who shall be the next secretary
of state, or who shall fill the other state Off
ces Next November we elect also members
of congress to represent Ohio. We must not
only provide for better legislation for the
business interests of the country, but we
must begin now the work Of setting the Ma
tional house of representatives in order for
the reception Of a Republican president
You should begin to prepare to-day to put
Ohio at the head of triumphant army Of
states to sweep the country and prevent such
a calamity az that of 1884 "
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
The Two Hundred Thousand.

"At one Of my new schools this spring the
very first session gladdened me through and
through; four men in middle life expressed
their determination to lead Christian lives
and to help one another to serve their new
master. How many such points there may
be in Nebraska, 1 know not, where they are
just waiting for the starting of our schools
and the invitations to be given, before they
will give themselves to the Lords service.
The 100000 boys and girls IN our state yet
outside of the Sunday SCHOOL, How can they
be reached"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
Ellen Foster on Prohibition.

In a speech at Lakeside j. Ellen Foster,
whose devotion to the temperance cause even
DR.. Leonard dare not challenge, said:
II am opposed to the Prohibition party be-
cause l consider it a delusion and snare,
and think it a great hinderance to temper
ance work.
"The third party would hurt prohibition
in Kansas and Iowa il there was enough of
it.
The third party did nothing to secure pro-
hihition in Georgia. The people down there
don't believe in it
in Iowa. The people did it
"The third party is doing prohibition more
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
Lack of Confidence

How little confidence the working men and
miners of his county have in John Mcbride
is evidenced by their treatment of him, when
he was the Democratic nominee for repre-
sentative from the Democratic county OF
Stark in 1881. He was defeated, although
the vote of the miners and laboring men
would have elected him He was fortunate
in 1888 and in 1885, in that there were U. s.
senator's to be elected in those years and the
Democratic leaders and boodlerS strained
every nerve to carry Stark, as well as other
close counties. His record in the Sixty-sixth
and Sixty-seventh general assemblies shows
that the laboring men OF Stark knew the rea-
Son they refused to support him in 1881.
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Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
W. D. BUMGARNER, W. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
F. d. BAILEY, 81. P.
j. B. MEYER, Rec.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 54, R. & s. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
G. W. CARROLL, 7. l. M.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 90, K. T..
Il Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. ]. B. RYAN, E. @.
j. B. MRYKR, Rec.
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Lohn L. FnlIet Want.

So John F. Follett, of Cincinnati, IS to be
the Democratic candidate for governor next
year, is hei General Mike Ryan 50 de-
clared at Batavia, and John Follett, who sat
ON the platform beside him, did not dispute
the allegation. He seems to see the hand
writing on the wall, for il brother Martin
was to be elected supreme judge this year Of
course brother John would not think Of be-
ing candidate for governor in 1887. Two
of the Follett brothers in state offices at the
same time would be larger allopathic dose
than even the Democracy Of Ohio would dare
Drascrihan -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07

James s. Robinson is in favor of honesty
and purity of election, a free ballot, a fair
count, and an honest recording of the fair
count, and his party is committed to these
principles.
John Mcbride voted in endorsement Of
fraud, force and forgery at elections, by vot-
ing to retain Hamilton county Democrats in
seats to which they had no title other than
that gained by force, fraud, forgery, the
Justification of election returns and criminal
conspiracy, and his party is committed to
these methods
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-07
Belmont County omclai Director.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Isasc 81. CASTOR.
Clerk of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sheriff-Leroy c. Sedwick.
Auditor-R r. Barrett
ITreasurer-George Robinson.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. K. Kennon.
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
Commissioners-Morris Cope, VIM Berry
John G. Israel.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
COroner-P. o. Criswell
Infrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Johr
Kintner, VIM. Lodge.