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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

In the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea
a curious phenomenon is in progress.
The Kara Bobhaz is an estuary nearly
separate from the main body of the sea
by bank through which there is an in
let. The evaporation from this gulf is
80 great that current continually sets
in from the Caspian; and as there is no
return current, the water of the gulf be-
comes more and more saliferous, and a
deposit Of salt is in course of formation.
In time this gulf will be cut off from the
Caspian, and will then be dried up and
become an extensive salt-bed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A sling at beauty means jaw forever.
Lo,oeu Citizen.
BARRIERS, like editors, dos considerable
gram.
The man who goes around the streets
with a scythe is looking for mower work.
Merchant TraoeJer. W
An exchange asks: "Where are we to
look for our rising young men2' Not in
the street car, anyhow. Philadelphia
Call.
"TIamp-'T have lost an arm, sir;
will" Passerby lin great haste)-
''Sorry, but l haven't seen anything of
it."-NesO York San.
"Pitch your voice in low key" says
a writer on etiquette. But how about
when one is shouting to stop the last car
at night, Boston Courier.
By some remarkable oversight the
views of Mr.. John l.. Sullivan on the
proper management of mills has not yet
been reported. boston Post.
1t is very strange that a boys hands
blister so much sooner when he is WELD
ing hoe than they do when he swings
baseball bat.-Teras SVitin0s.
"Papa," asked little Johnny, "what
does embodiment of unmitigated asinin-
ity mean2' at means the other fellow"
replied his pa, who is politician.-Aer-
chant IraceLer.
"a cucumber four feet long is on ex-
hibition at Waterloo, Iowa." The man
who undertakes to knock out this verdant
esculent in a dozen rounds will meet his
"Waterloo. ."-Norristown Herald.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. can 1 do for
you, MADAME" Old lady displaying a
pendulum of a olock)--"This pesky
thing won't go, an l thought I'd bring
it around an have ye fix 1t. ."-Neto York
Sun.
''Come with me, little maid, /"
/ Said dude on parade
"We'll have love in cot.
am very fond of tea,
And that sort of thing, you see."
81 will not
Sir" said she,
"Fly with thee;
You're too much of a poodle for me"
-NeiO York Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10
Eelfnre.

Lady Campbell says in her work, 'Book
of the Running Brook; The greater
number of cells visit the sea, and the
passing up" river of the young cells is
one of the most curious sights of natual
history. In the Thames this eelfare
takes place in spring, in other rivers in
the summer, and some idea of the num-
ber of these young eels, each about three
inches long, may be gathered from the
record of DR.. William Root, who lived
at Kingston in 1882. He calculated
that from sixteen to eighteen hundred
passed given point in the space of
minute of time. In large and deep
rivers, where they probably find the
current strong, they form themselves
into a closely compacted company, "a
narrow, but long-extended, column.
The perseverance of these little crea.
lures in overcoming any obstruction
they may encounter is quite extraordi-
nary. The large flood gates, sometimes
twenty feet high, TO be met with in the
Thames, might be sup osed sufficient to
bar the progress of fish the size of
darning needle, but nothing can stop
them. As one writer says, speaking OF
the way they ascend flood gates and
such like barriers: "Those which die
stick to the posts; others which get a
little higher meet the same fate, until at
last a sufficient layer of them is formed
TO enable the rest to overcome the diff
Guilty of the passage. The mortality
resulting from such 'forlorn hopes
greatly helps TO account for the differ
ence in the number of young cells on
their upward migration, and of those
who return down stream in autumn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

The worlds blind are computed to
number about 1 1000, 900, or about one
sightless person to every 1,4OO inhabi-
tants. In Austria, one person in every
!, ,7S5 is blind; in Sweden, one in every
1,41s; in France, one in every 1,191; in
Prussia, one in every III; in England,
one in every 1,OS7. The proportion is
greatest in Egypt, where, in Cairo, there
Is one blind person to every twenty in
habitants; while in New Zealand it falls
to one in every $3.50 inhabitants. Ger
many has the greatest number of Insti-
tutes for the blind, thirty-fve; England
has sixteen; France, thirteen; Austria
Hungary, ten; Italy nine; Belgium, six
Australia, two, while America, Asia and
Africa together are said to possess only
six.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10
BATES OF ADVERTISING.
DEVOTION.

lust as the hill-crowned lake reflects the sky
That DER it bends-shines blue when IL is
blue.
Is gray when dim and hoary clouds float by,
And bright when sunset limns a gorgeous
hue
The tapestries Of eve with crimson dye,
And CLEANS when nights soft dusky hands
renew
The heavens star-studded diadem on high,
Whose million jewels glisten clear and
true
So is reflected in a maiden's eye,
Through lashes long or dropping eyelids shy,
Each changing mood CT him whom she
loves best;
Whether in sorrow dim or gladness bright,
Love shines with constant and devoted light
Through her souls windows, ever self-con.
fessedl
John M Cameron, in Curreut,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10
The YOWeIs of Laughter.

Different people sound different
vowels when laughing, from which fact
a close observer has drawn the following
conclusions; People who laugh in A
pronounce ah) are frank, honest, and
fond of noise and excitement, though
they are often of a versatile and tickle
disposition. Laughter in + pronounce
ay) is peculiar to phlegmatic Und melan-
cnoly persons. Those who laugh in
pronounce ee) are children or simple
minded. obliging, affectionate, timid
and undecided people To laugh in o
indicates generosity and daring Avoid
all those who laugh in U, as they are
misanthropists. .-Alisee dGs Families.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

The American Exhibition, to be held
IN London next year, will be of great
importance TO this nation commercially,
opening, as it will, the eyes of English
men to many resources of this country,
and leading to an increased sale of our
productions. The time of the exposition
Is especially favorable, as next year
marks the half-century festival of Queen
Victorias reign.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

Captain Lawton, Of the United States
Army, gives it as his opinion that the
Apache Chief Geronimo is fifty years of
age, though the old reprobate will con-
ess to but forty-five. He is purely a
self-made man. That is, he is an accom-
plished murderer and a crafty cut
throat, and is not hereditary chief.
The Captain says he is bright, intelli-
gent, a good talker, crafty, cruel and
treacherous to wonderful degree.
During the past eighteen months Gero-
nimo and his followers are credited with
having murdered no less than 400 per-
sons, majority of whom were Mexicans,
on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.
Captain Lawton has himself seen four
teen of the victims after death.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10
Making Mexican Bread.

At certain hours of the day sound OF
slapping is heard in every house, says a
letter from h / paso del Norte, Mexico, to
the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is made by
the wife at her daily task of manufactur-
ing tortillas, the .lexican staff of life,
which an ancient author designated as
"buckskin victuals.n ~ Like her cousins
on the Nile, the Ganges and the Eu-
pirates, she feeds her family on un-
leavened bread 1t is made by simply
soaking the corn in lime water and crush
ing it into paste on a stone metate with
a stone roller; then small Jumps of this
putty like mixture are nodded into thin
cakes by patting them between the
hands, after which they are baked quick
ly on a heated stone or griddle The
"kitchenn Of the low-class Mexican
woman is the most primitive that can be
Imagined, any convenient spot-gener-
ally out of doors-answering for the
purpose.
Lawyers dress pretty well, notwith-
standing the fact that they occasionally
lose a suit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

'rNo, it is not" said Milliman, reas-
suringly. "About our being engaged,
dearest-that's not a mistaken"
''No, that isn't mistake; but"
"Then don't care straw about any
thing else," said Walter, rapturously.
"And it is a consolation, too, isn't it, to
think that after all old Silber is not such
a fool as we took him for7"
eyes" said Narcissa, in low voice,
II think it is."-Helen Forrest GrdUes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10
New uses for petroleum are being dis

New uses for petroleum are being dis
covered almost daily, but the novelty of
nsing it for fuel on locomotive has been
introducedupon the London and Brighton
Railway. As yet its use is only nm ex-
pertinent to test the economic and eff
cient properties of this means of gen
Grating steam. Some objections to it
have not yet been overcome.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10


A most remarkable freak of nature has
been secured by Mr.. William Holland
for exhibition at the Albert Palace, in
London, in the form of an infant boy, aged
twelve months, who weighs upward of
ffty-eight pounds, and stands three feet
high. This phenomenal child, Ernest
Middleton by name, is the offspring of
healthy parents living in Porlock, viii
lage in Somersetshire. The child is we'll
formed, and although fat, is not abnor-
mally SO when his size is considered.
His chest measures thirty inches round,
his arms eleven and one-half inches at
the elbow, and his legs span no less than
twenty inches. There is nothing what
ever repulsive about this gigantic baby,
and Mr.. Holland is to be congratulated
on his latest acquisition, which will
doubtless add to the already numerous
attractions of the Albert Palace. Mr..
Hollands baby was born on August 10,
1885, and he is exhibited by his mother,
who vouches for the child's age by the
production of his certificate of birth.
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What is known as the Great Southern
Cross Pearl is one of the curious things
exhibited at the Colinderies, or Colonial
Exhibition in London. This object is
one of the most remarkable freaks of
nature as it is also one of the most beau
tiful and valuable. The jewel consi. is
II nine pearls naturally joined together
n the form of cross, and was found at
Roeburn, Western Australia, in 1884, by
man belonging to the schooner Ethel.
The owner, "Shiner Kelly" and Clark,
the man who found the pearl, were filed
with amazement, and, thinking it was
some heaven wrought miracle and with
a certain amount of superstitious dread,
buried it for some time. 1t is valued at
10000, and is now the property Of a
syndicate of gentlemen of position in
Western Australia, at whose solicitation
Mr.. Streeter was induced to bling it to
England. It has changed hands many
times and each time it has done so the
seller has made 100 per cent. profit on
the price paid. 1t naturally attracts
great attention at the Exposition.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

To be happy, the passion must be
cheerful and gay, not gloomy and melan-
choly. A propensity to hope and JOY is
real riches: one to fear and sorrow. real
poverty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-10

A double-shell race-Clams and oys-
ters. Hartford Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
EVANSVILLE.

The report that oil had been found
on Whites Creek. about eight miles
north of here, was not altogether a
hoax, as we have it from reliable au>
thority that oil in small quantities
has been found. The managers of the
company are very much encouraged,
and are running their drill night and
day.
Emanuel Hershberger has made,
during the season just closed. $4,000
gallons of cider on his steam cider
MILL Making 500 in cash. This is
1900 gallons less than last season.
when he made $4,000 gallons.
Cornelious Beachy has the cham
pion hog so far, netting him 4S5 lbs.
of pork. Frank Spicer is second on
the list, his weighing 377.
Michael Nathan has just flushed a
fine new sugar house for Henry Wag-
ner, Sr.
The Fuller Bros, assisted by Thos.
Stacey, have almost completed fine
arched stone cave for Eli J. Miller.
u. s. Marshall Cunning was here
last Wednesday on business connec-
ted with his Office.
Deputy Collector Morgan was here
also on the same day. Rumor says
he was looking for crooked whiskey.
Our impression is he did not find it,
as we generally took ours straight.
George Smouse of Scott Dale, and
l.. Gnagey, of Illinois. are home on
visit, and expect to remain for some
time.
A bouncing boy at Cyrus Younk-
ms who will call Cyrus Pa. Makes
him smile broad smile, and keeps
Cyrus at work until late at night.
However he says it's a Republican
and weighs 10 pounds.
OCCASIONAL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
Sound Advice.

DIR. Crosby, in the Christian Id
vocate. gives the following excellent
advice to the young, and explodes
some of the foolish, hurtful ideas
that are sometimes expressed and
carried into practice. He says:
"A phrase has been long in common
use which has wrought great evil.
1t is that of Sowing wild OATS 1t
implies that youth must have time
of wickedness. the defying of author
ity, after which all will come right.
Never was there a more diabolical
lie. That which you SOW you shall
reap if you SOW wild oats you shall
reap wild oats. Not one instance
can be found in all humanity where
the evils INDUCED in in youth do
not mar and scar the soul through
life. y There is a penetrabiIity
and permanency in the virus of in
diligence that defies every remedy
for removal while we are In the flesh.
y The indulgence in sin is di-
rectly contrary to the manliness
which is 80 conspicuous in youth,
and which we desire to make endur-
ing and hence, in order to meet this
difficulty, We are apt in our youth to
modify our notion of manliness, to
eliminate from its definition many OF
its most important elements, and so
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
SunnySide.

IS Mr.. Dan Yoder, of Kansas, was
visiting relatives here, as is also Mr..
Daniel Gnagey, of the same State,
and Mr.. Thomas Moon, of Ohio.
Some time since Mr.. VIM. Moon
accidently cut his hand with mat
took whilst at grubbing frolick.
The wound is painful but net dam
gerous. He is now visiting at ST.
George.
Mr.. George Roth died Sunday
night at his home on Back bone
mountain, near the w. Va. line. He
was useful citizen and good Chris
tan.
A school was started here on the
22d, and will be continued at the ex
pense of the patrons until the public
schools open. Maj. Charles Best is
the teacher.
There was an appointment at Sun
-pyside school house by Mr.. Daniel
'Gnagey for last Thursday evening, but
owing to the iDclemency of the
weather there was no attendance.
He will speak next Sunday morn
ing, Dec, 9th. He is a good speaker.
G. B.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
Real Estate Transfers.

The following is list of real estate
transfers filed for record in the office
of w. H. Tower, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett county, for the
week ending December LIST:
George Ruckle and wife to Jonas
Bittinger. part of military lot No.
1851, 90 acres 5000.
Mahlon Glotfelty and wife to F. j.
Glotfelty, military lot No. 3O23-5O
acres $3.50.
Chauncey Bittinger and wife to
Chauncey E. Ellithope, part of a tract
of land called "Briar Patch" con-
tanning 2 acres and perches so.
David j. Slabaugh and wife to
Louis Gortner body of land oppo-
site Gortner's mill S33.75.
John G.. G. Riley and wife and
Others to Sarah j. Spiker. all their
right, title and interest in part of mil
itary lots Nos. 1893. 2lh and part OF
tract of land called Bear Range, -
containing 100 acres; S. and other
valuable considerations.
Sarah Wright to Benjamin f.
Michael, all that piece of land com
monty known as the "Reckner
Farm" containing 200 acres 50, 985.
Francis B. Ross and wife to Bar
ney Reynolds, lot No, 1903, in Will
sons 1st addition to Oakland $500.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04

to reduce it that it will allow the
otherwise prohibited indulgence.
We hold on, for example, to the doc
trine that manliness forbids lying
it would be a disgrace TO US to be
found stating what was not So
but we permit the look or the silence
that is the same as the lie. We hold
on to the doctrine that it is unmanly
to harm the honor of woman, but we
permit the low jest and the vile story
to he circulated in our company. We
hold on to the doctrine that any
mans person is sacred, but we count
it manly to strike the blow of re-
venge or to varni5h over the venge-
ance by challenge to mortal combat,
and so we narrow more and more
our definition to manliness, until we
at length get it so narrow, that it
Will not be in our way when temp
tation to sin calls us.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
The M. E. Church Wednesday

The M. E. Church Wednesday
night last was crowded to its utmost
capacity. The occasion was the mar
riage of Mr.. M. w. Crane, of Terra
Alta, w. Va, and Miss Katie Town
shend. daughter of S. L. Townshend.
Esq, of Oakland. The ceremony
was impressiveIy performed by Rev.
w. j. Sharps, pastor of the above
church. There was but one brides
maid, Miss Mary, sister of the bride,
and the groom's brother acted as his
best man. The ushers were Messrs.
Ellsworth and Robert Townshend i,
brothers of the bride. The church
was handsomely trimmed with ever
greens and flowers. The bridal party
left on the 1884 train the same
night for Terra Alta. The presents
we've numerous and valuable, a list
of which we hope TO give in our next
issue.
1t is very often the case that
those men who complain the most
about the times are the ones who
never let the world know of their
existence. The Washington Repnb
Hcdn takes them off in this style {:
Most of our merchants are doing a
good business-quite as good as they
have eXpected-but there are some
who do very little but croaking.
These unhappy citizens sit all day
long in gloomy stores looking for
customers, who do not come, and
cursing the dizziness of the times
We shall not call their names. nor
will the readers find them in any of
the newspapers"
-Thefollowing appointments were
made by the School Board for the
Oakland public school: Vice Princi-
pal Miss Lilly Brown; Assistants,
Misses Mary Weber. Mollie Kepner
and Dollie Keller. A petition signed
by large number of the patrons of
the school, and by all of the trustees,
asking for the appointment of Mr..
E. J, Fringer as one of the assist
ants, was presented TO the Board, but
was dis, egarded in the appointments.
This action of the Board, we think,
was unfortunate, as Mr.. Finger has
given such general satisfaction as to
warrant his continuance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
Meeting Of School Board.

A meeting of the School Board
was held Tuesday and Wednesday.
present Commissioners Miller and
Glotfelty, and DR.. Bartlett. Secretary.
DIR. Glotfelty had rendered his
resignation, but withdrew it at the
earnest solicitation of Judge Hon'
man, Mr.. G. NJ. Miller and others,
and will continue to act as a member
of the Board, very much against his
own inclination.
1t was determined to oren the pub
lie schools January ION, for one
term of SO days.
There will be no change in text
books.
Dulaney's physioIogieS were adopt
ed.
The compensation of teachers will
remain the same as heretofore ex.
cepting the Oakland school where
the salary of Principal will be $3.50
per term, and that of Vice Principal
S,25
Assistants will be paid according
to certificates.
Examinations will be held as fol.
lows:
Oakland, Monday Dec. 9th.
Accident, Wednesday Dec. Goth.
Grantsvilie, Thursday Dec. 30th.
No certificate will be renewed
without examination.
Teachers will be promptly paid at
the end of the term.
All Indebtedness, due bills, &C.,
will be paid before the end of the
fiscal year, July 1st. 1887, and a sur
plus to start with on the new year
can be safely promised.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
FfIendSyille.

Since our last, nature has put on a
new suit, and the world stands out
before us wrapped in sheet of snow,
and the little boy is glad. On We'd
nesday night we looked upon an
almost cloudless sky, but on Thurs.
day THANKSGIVING morn,
1--WE looked upon a world unknown.
The old familiar sights of ours
Took marvellous shapes; strange domes and
towers
Rose up where sly or corncrib stood;
Or garden wall or belt of wood;
A smooth white moand the bush pile showed,
A fenceless drift what once was road.
The bride post an old man sat
With loose flung coat al high cooked hat
The well curb had Chinese roof;
And even the long sweep, high aloof
In its slant splendor seemed to tell
OF Pisa's leaning miracle
Our merchants. Steele and Friend,
on east side of river. and VIM. Ry-
land on west side, are doing IA very
good business considering pressure of
hard times.
Friendsville was visited by follow
ing travelling salemen the past week,
r. @. Patterson, for Colvin, Atwell
q Co., Pittsburg. Pa; Mr.. Moneyer,
for Bindley Hardware Co., Pitts
burg, Pa; r. R. Beachy, for G. M.
cambridge d Co., Cumberland. Nd.
Miss Mollie Friend, daughter of
r. E. Friend, returned home from
Uniontown, Pa, not long since.
Miss Laura Rumbaugh returned to
her home in Westm0reland county,
Pa, on Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. Andrew Beckett and another
party of Uniontown, Pa, were the
guests of Mr.. Joshua Friend few
days this week.
Messrs. Archibald Casteel, Tine
Friend and James Kisner each have
succeeded in killing wild turkeys.
Mr.. Kisner reports that he killed
three at one shot-the three weigh
ing over fifty pounds.
There have not been many wild
ducks upon the river this Fall.
The Messrs. Fredricks are doing a
good business with the "Yough"
mill.
Mr.. VIM. Friedrich is still on the
sick list without any indication of
change for the better.
Mrs. A. Welch has also been indjs-
posed for few days. S.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The best Salye in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter. Chap
ped Hands, ChilbIains Corns, and all
Skin Eruptlons, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, OF
money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by w. d. Nydegger,
Druggist, Oakland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
LOCAL N EW S.
LODGE MEETINGS.

OAKLAND LODGE, 1. o. G. T., meets in
Sturgiss' Hall every Tuesday night.
LOCAL BRANCH, No. IS, of the Iron Hall,
meets in same Hall LIST aad Sd Saturday nights
of Teach month.
ALTA LODGE, No. 574, K. of H., meets in
same Hall I'd and 4th Thursday nights of each
month.
SHEALTIEL LODGE. No. l22, I. o. o. F.,
meets in Legge's Hall every Monday night.
PATMOS COUNCIL, No. 1856, A. L. of H.,
meets in same Hall LIST and I'd Thursday nights
of each month.
The Y. NJ. C. A. of Oakland meets in the
Pritchard Building Friday night of each week
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
Notice TO Our Subscribers.

We are now sending out statements
to oul delinquent subscribers. These
statements are not made out and sent
because we have nothing else to do,
but we do it because we need all the
money we can get, and need it noU.
Let every one who has received, or
may receive statement, send at once
the amount of his Indebtedness. A
man will starve to death on book
accounts. and they won't pay our
printers or paper dealers,