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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

credulously inquired the mate, staring at
his rough dress.
yes, responded Duncan, his eyes
assuming a surprising brightness
"'And will pay the captain for his
trouble if he goes in shoreF
eyes
"Tll speak to him, and he went be-
low to return in five minutes time with
the captain, small, wicked. looking
parsonage. The skipper was the first to
speak.
Whats all this nonsense Mr.. Cody's
been telling mep he asked, looking hard
at Duncan. How do / know you're
telling me the truth9 Any one of those
snoozers forward there might come aft
and tell me a like yarn. You say you
have money and will pay me if land
you. Perhaps you have and maybe you
will; but when 1 go duck shooting
want to see some ducks about. We are
now too far at sea to warrant my running
back. Beside, l never trust or believe
anybody, and while you may be all right
I'll stick to the opinion that you're all
wrong And he went below.
''It is no use relating how Duncan
swallowed this pill or how he passed the
following four months of his life. 1t was
approaching November when the mer-
chant reached the Golden Gate, and he
was nearly dead from worriment and
overwork. He deserted the ship shortly
after his arrival, and telegraphed to an
acquaintance in Philadelphia for advices
as to his wife and child A fortnight
passed before he received reply, and this
came by mail. 1t nearly killed him when
he read it. His child was dead, it said :;
his business was thing of the past aud
his wife was striving to become free
woman, having instituted divorce pro-
ceedings. He was too angered at what
he considered and styled her perfdy to
humble himself by sending an explana-
tory letter; so with curses on her and
Captain Donaldson, who, he said, was
the cause of the whole affair, he resumed
his drinking habits spending in few
days all the money he had received for
his many tedious hours of labor on ship
board. When his funds were exhausted
he secured berth on bark trading be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu, and
for two years he retained the same. After
that he shipped on big new clipper
ship bound here and arrived without ac-
cident. Since that time he has done lit
tie or nothing, except to drop down
lower and lower, until to-day he is a
mendicant. Yes, that man over there is
George Duncan never heard what be-
came of his wife or friends, but 1 guess
even now, if they heard all his sufferings,
they would hesitate at reclaiming him" "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

An episode of Swiss heroism is to be
solemnly commemorated near Lucerne
this July--the sacrifice of Arnold of
Winkelried, who at the battle of Sem
pach threw himself upon the Austrian
spears to encourage his tagging compan-
ions, and whose bravery secured the vic
tory. The quincentenary of the battle
will be kept by erecting a commemorative
monument on the field, and the neigh
boring cantons will furnish grand his
torical procession in the costume of Win
kelrieds times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

A Washington letter to the Louisville
Courier journal says that ''since Mr..
Cleveland entered the White House he
has gained forty-two pounds in weight.
His rapid increase in weight, considering
his already great physical proportions
when he became President, and consid-
ering also the great mental strain that
his official duties necessarily keep him
under, has led to the remark frequently
of late that he was peculiarly subject
OF apoplectic attack. He greatly resem-
bles Mr.. Manning in physical proper
tions, barring the dissimilarity in their
size. His neck is very short and thick,
and his breathing is at times labored.
Local physicians have been saying since
Mr.. Manning's prostration that the Presi-
dent is almost an ideal subject of apo
plexy and the opinion is common that un-
less he shall relax the tension of his exec
utive duties he will within another wear
become the victim of apoplexy. This
view had been represented to Mr.. Cleve-
land before Mr. Manning's prostration, but
was treated rather lightly by him. Now,
however, he is reported to be in more
serious frame of mind about it. 1t is not
considered likely, though, that these ad-
monishers viii have great weight Work
is second nature to the President, and as
long as there is anything undone which
ought to be done, gentleman who
knows a great deal about his private life
says he would suffer more mental tension
than would be caused by the performance
of the work. The President takes no
exercise whatever, except such as natur-
ally falls in his way in his daily rou-
tine"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

Judge Dyer, of the United States dis
trict court, at New York, in suit to re-
cover $4,000 insurance on the life of a
man who committed suicide while insane,
insured in the Accident Insurance Com
pany of North America against injuries
effected by external, accidental, or vio-
lent means" suicide being especially ex-
cepted, decides against the company,
holding that in this case the act of sui
eide was no more the mans act in the
sense of the law than if he had been i'm
PEELED by an irresistible physical power.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
A HUMAN WRECK.

''Do you see that beggar over thereY'
asked Operator Charles Smith, of the
Battery Ship News office, of New York
Mail and Express reporter, as he pointed
to an old, long-haired tramp, who was
standing under the elevated railroad
station. 'Pll tell you his romantic life
as heard it from an officer of the police
boat Patrol IL 1869, man named
George F. Duncan was the proprietor of
four hat manufacturing establishments
in Philadelphia. He was about twenty
seven years old, married to a well. known
lady of Baltimore, whose maiden name
was Estelle Griffiths, and had two chill
dren-the brightest, prettiest and han
piest boy and girl in the City of Broth
erly Love. He owned his own home. n
beautiful structure, on Spruce between
Eighth and Ninth streets, and his busi
ness paid $15, 900 year.
''lt was in May of 1869 that an end
came to the happiness of that household.
On the 18th of that month pretty little
Amy Duncan died Both children had
been loved dearly by their parents but the
little tive-year-old girl was the idol of
the father. While she lived he was the
gayest domestic man in the world. When
she died, the ambition, love and good
ness of George Duncan also expired.
Prior to his young daughters demise he
had denounced drunkenness. He was a
regular crank on the subject. Imagine
the surprise of his friends when one
evening toward the latter part of May he
was drunk. Then the whole story came
out. The death of his daughter was too
much to bear and to bury his sorrow and
forget his trouble he resorted to drink.
A fortnight passed, he was still drunk
and had not seen his wife, son or home
during that time. Friends innumera-
BILE sought and interrupted him In his
wild travels about the city. but though
hey begged him to abandon his lately
acquired vice and prayed him to return
nome to his loving mate, who was fast
breaking her heart, he paid no heed to
hem. One Monday morning he learned
ais wife was securing the city to find
him. He went to his principal manufac-
tory, which was on Chestnut street, /
think, and in a drunken voice com
manded the head book keeper to draw
and have cashed a check for 81, 600.
This was done, and showing the
money in an inside pocket Dun
can walked out. That afternoon he
staggered aboard Pennsylvania train
and came here to New York. What he
did or how he spent his hours the fol-
lowing ten days is unknown, but at the
end of that time he was arrested by an
oiicer Of the Eighth precinct and locked
Up for disorderly conduct. He gave a
fictitious name, and said he was stopping
at the Stevens house The sum of 81, 15O
was found in the lining of his hat, and
when the police asked him what he was
doing with such large amount about
his person, he promptly told them it was
none Of their business He never di-
vulged his real name TO tbs Judge, and
upon being fined $40, or thirty days, he
paid it and left.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
The National Canitol.

The southern cornerstone of the cap
ltol of the United States of America was
laid September 18, 1898, and the north
wing finished in 1900. Congress inn
mediately occupied it. BY 1874 the cap
itol had expanded into an imposing ed
ifice Then the British troops fired
both the north and south wings of the
structure, but the walls were saved,
thanks to heavy rain. For years after,
Congress met elsewhere than in the cap
itol, which meanwhile was being pre-
pared for renewed occupancy. BY 1867
the capitol had been enlarged externally,
and made to appear precisely as it does
to-day. Thirteen million dollars had
been expended on it. Its magnifcence
place it among the greatest structures
of either ancient or modern times. II
covers more than three and a half acres,
and is surrounded by grounds having an
area of forty-siX acres. Standing on the
brow of a hill, it can be seen for many
miles, and the view from its dome is in
efTably grand.
The main building is 352 feet and
five inches long, and 1876 feet and six
inches deep. A portico ON the eastern
facade measures 100 feet wide, and the
projection on the western side measures
eighty-three feet, forming a portico OF
ten columns.
Congress sits in the wings, the Senate
in the north wing, and the House OF Rep.
resentatives in the south wing. Each
of these wings has portico/ of twenty
two columns on its easterH facade, and
one of ten columns at itSje and western
facade. Philadelphia .NCaU.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

"You break me all up" said the pota-
toes to the masher.
The nick of time-The piece broken
out of the ancient crockery. Rambler.
''Did you hear the lecture last nlght2''
asked Williams of his neighbor Beasley.
mo" relied Beasley, 'my wife wasn't
at home. - It'd Bits.
Many a man doesn't realize that he has
had swell time at an evening party untiI
he tries to put his hat on the next morn
ing.-Ne0 York Graphic
Zone of George Washington's body
servants" can now take a rest. He is
succeeded by the 'flast passenger to leave
the Oregon. .'-StateSman
A man named Knapp was arrested in
church in Baltimore the other day. There
is something familiar about this taking
a Knapp in church. -BiR9hGmtOB Re
public
The Maternal Instinct -'Iook ere
now, Sall' yelled Travis county, Texas,
woman to the oldest girl, 'dont bend
over that well so fur You'll fall in there
some of these days and then we'll have to
get our drinkin' water from the creek"
-IepaS lSittings.
Bob slipped in to see Miss Mary,
Just back from the seminary,
Just missed her pa, old and contrary,
AS the clock struck 8 p. IN.
Her pa missed Bob and loudly swore
AS he barked his leg on the big front door
That was banged in his face, with an au revoir
As the clock struck a. m.
-GeImdntolOn Independent
Coming into the station: Brakeman
"Paw-tucketl Paw-tucketl" Train boy
Cat other end of car)-"Car-amels Car
amels !n Troublous old gentleman (un-
familiar with route) )-"Dear me, dear me,
did you understand what station they
allied l"-P PrOgideRce Journal
A woman cannot get up in public and
say ten words before dozen people, but
she can get up before one man-if he
happens to be her husband-and she can
say more in ten minutes than book
worm could find in college library in
two years of constant search Chicago
Ledger.
A lawyers brief is very long,
And Mr.. White is black,
A man is dry when he is green,
And when he's tight he's slack.
A fire is hot when it is coaled.
A lamp is heavy though it's light.
A shoe is bought when it is soled.
A man can see when out of sight.
-Merchdnt-Trdueler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
Satisfactory Moner.

The following story, says the London
50. james 8hfstte, has not, we believe,
before Scared in print A traveller Just
at the close of the revolutionary war was
crossing the Fishkill mountains ut the
time when it took about hatful of Con-
tinental money to buy breakfast He
had no money, but he had copy of
famous little book-one of the earliest
printed books in America-called "The
New England Primer,n which contained
the shorter catechism of the Scotch
church. 1t was little book, but it Ind
pictures with rhymes, such as.uy N
Adams fall we sinned allnn He .cG, moss,
out a number of these pa,d.,oo Az bono
his breakfast, and hand ~
old lady who had served
know much about readi' 'ialueI'
them, looked at them cl w MOiltoW'
few pions words and IRWIN AdJt
right; am so glad that
last 20, some money
in it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
THE CHAPEL IN THE HEART.

Thrice blessed is the man who keeps,
From other things apart,
A secret room, a holy place,
A chapel in the heart
For there, when all the world without
Grows dark upon his sight,
He may retire and find within
His chapel full of light.
AMI there, when jangling sounds of earth
Fall, discords, on his ear,
He can repair, and undisturbed.
ne eternal music hear.
And there he hastehs when the world
Loud praises, to confess,
With sad and true humility.
2 His own unworthiness
Thither, when with golden snare
Temptation hems his way,
He quickly turns, with trembling lips
And bated breath, to pray.
Thrice blessed is the man who keeps,
From other things apart
This sacred room, this holy place,
This chapel in his heart.
--Ne,o York Graphic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
THE sToRM-KGNG.

Stand backl Stand back
From my giant track
Sweep the gray dust from the wayl
See the pale grass bendl
See the great trees rendl
Hurrahl l am Lord of the dayi
am Master and King
Over everything
am monarch, and earth must obeyi
Weave me gown
OF that clouds black frown,
Which shall keep me warm as 1 20.
Pluck me whip
From the spars Of your ship,
And a staff from that forest below.
And this tall church spire
Is the tip desire
For the arrow set in my bow.
am King 1 am Kingi
The whole world shall ring
My mad coronation belll
Cities are shaking;
Mems hearts are quaking;
Twill govern, oh strong and welll
am coming, l come!
Beat, beat the drum!
Let the trumpet my advent tell
Hurrahl Near and far,
Beneath moon and star
How will revel at night
/ will build me fire
Where hills stand higher,
And scream and exaltin its light,
And write out my name
Inred letters of flame.
In covering mortals' sightl
hiss and mutter;
And none knows if | utter
Or blessing, or curse, or prayer.
None knows what l speak,
Though storm and shrek,
None interprets the message bear.
rave and rage,
And earth's wisest sage,
Hears no more than the brute in his lair
am King 1 lam Kingl
And TO me one thing
Is beggar or courtier or pope.
/ thread into rags
The proudest of flags,
Orth end of the hangman's rope,
scof in lords faces:
jeer in high places;
shout on the graveyard's slope.
Oh, delight! Oh, joyl
The world is my toy!
Hurrahl I am Lord of the Dayl
| rule all alone
Onmy self-raised throne,
And none may dispute my swayl
Then stand back Stand back!
Sweep the dust from my track
lam Monarch, and Earth must obeyl
Grace ID. LitchfeId, in Independant
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

OF United States Senators in the pres
ent chamber, New York State has fur
nished eight; Ohio, Virginia and Ken
lucky, six each; Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania, five each; Tennessee
Georgia, North Carolina South Carolina
and Vermont, three each Delaware,
Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Maryland and
New Hampshire, two each; and Missis-
sippi, Alabama. Iowa, Connecticut, Lou
isiana, Michigan, Missouri and Rhode
Island, one each. North Carolina, Penn
sylvania, South Carolina, New Hamp-
shire Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Mass
achusetts, Virginia, West Virginia, Yer
mont and Tennessee furnish their own
Senators. There are three of foreign
birth-one each from England, Scotland
and Ireland There are none of pure
German descent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

Edward Atkinson, the statistician, pre-.
sents figures showing that the railroads
of the United States give employment to
O5O,0OO people and transport 400, 900, 600
tons of freight annually, one half of which
is food and fuel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

The use of the steam-plow is said to be
diminishing in Great Britain, not be-
cause it does not give good satisfaction,
but because the large farms are being di-
vided, and the steam-plow can not be
employed advantageously in small fields.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
OrthOgraphlcaI.

II an s and and an o and a u, with an at
the end, spell 'Su,n
And an and y and spell 81 pray what
is a speller to dOi
Then if also an and an I and a 2 aud an
he'd spell "cide,
There's nothing mu' b left for speller to do
but 10 60 aud commit Siouxeyesighed
Chicago Meas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19

Nearly $4,000, 900, 900 would be due
were all insured Americans to die at once.
Nearly 81, 900, 900, 900 have already been
paid on death losses in America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
The Ir.fth AbOut Ii.

Spring, sang the poet, "budding Spring.
Alas the boughs were bare;
He was himself the one green thing,
For ice lay everywhere
Hail SpriRg, with breezes soft and sweet
The Sprthg returned his hail.
ere cSYhe a shower of snow and sleet
\ pom tAyintTy gale.
Hssdschs. III .shieh A,sh and tree.a
cause cOnvulai0ns
since he commenced ln he,
MRS. b O. Boa
| II Orange, Luld Ad to sing.
lg,
Century
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-05-19
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One Square, one inch, one lnsertion..........s 90
One Square, one inch, one month. ........... 90
One Square, one inch, three months ........ 90
One Square, one inch, one year. ............. 10 90
Two Squares ono year.............,,,...,..I Is 90
Quarter Column, one year. % 90
Half Column, one year. ar.............,...,..sO 20 90
One Column, one year. 100 %
Legal advertisements ten cents per line each In
sertion.
Marriage and death notices pratia
All bills for yearly Advertisements eo,esaed aner
terly. Temporary Advertisements mast b piad 10
advance.
Job woHk-eash on deliverY
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18

THE MARKETS.-[Chicago, Mon
day evening. Dec. IS i There was a
good attendance upon Change, but a
dull set of markets within a narrow bat
lower range of prices.
Wheat was dull all through the session,
and prices closed 10 lower than on Sat
urday. There was not much disposition
to buy or sell. December closed at 1880
January sold at 781s down to 777sc and
closed at 781sc. February closed at 100.
May opened at SEC, fell to $500, and
finally closed at $500.
Corn was dull, weak and declined 2Sc
from the opening figures before noon
After that period the market braced up
and exhibited moderate animation. The
close at o'clock,was steady at 10 lower
than Saturday in May, but steady in the
near features. May opened at 1870, sold
at 43c, declined to 4212@425sc, advanced
to 1870 and closed at 4218c. January
closed at BIC.
Oats we're dull, in company with other
cereals, and we have to note decline OF
%@4c. December 254@26c closing at
25%c. January 257S @261S, closing at
26c. May 3056c@31, closing at 30Sc.
Rye was very dull but prices were
without quotsble change. No 2 in store
sold at 54c and by sample on track at 55c.
December nominal at sac. January NOM
inal at 541zc. May 6Oc bid and 6O1sc
asked.
Barley was easier and dull, owing to
the larger stocks. No2 in store 53@54c,
according to the location. December
nominal at 53c.
Provisions we're slow and the market
uninteresting, with huctuationsl narrow
with the general tendency toward a low
er range. The receipts OF hogs we're am
pie, and the market about steady. There
were less buying orders received, and
the bulk of the bushes transacted was of
a scalping nature. Mess pork for Janu-
airy opened at $l1.171s, declined TO
| S11.1215 and closed at ! o'clock $11.1212.
May closed at S11.55. Lard was slow and
a shade lower. Packers were selling
moderately as stocks we're increasing:
February sold at $6.20@62219 and closed
at S6221S. Short ribs were neglected
February sold at $500.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18
THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

AS the Sunday Lessons for December
are found in this Book, Officers and
Teachers will find The New COVENANT,
Vol 2, the Translation of the Acts, the
Epistles and Revelation, by Rev. John w.
Hanson, d. D., an admirable help to
them in their Studies
1t is rendering of the oldest and best
Greek Texts, the recension of Wescott
and Hort, on which the Revisers relied in
making the Revision, and is far closer to
the original than any version yet made,
enabling the unlearned reader to know
exactly what the authors said and meant.
In the comments on the Apocalypse
the achievements of modern scholarship
are freely drawn upon, and the obscure
ties that to many minds make riddle of
Revelation are so cleared away by an
accurate translation and accompanying
notes that the Apocalypse is plain book
whose meaning is transparent. In fact,
it is demonstrated that the illusions and
references in Revelation are to contem-
porary persons, events and places, and
the great catastrophe announced by the
Seer of Patmos is not "the end of the
world" but the over throw Of Jerusalem,
just before which the apocalpytic vision
was written. No dozen volumes throw so
much light on the teachings of the New
Testament as this work. The translation
of the Notes in REVELATION are worth
all the great labor that the entire work
must have cost the author.
This is new and improved Version Of
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Extract Translation, Chronological Ar
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18

The House passed without division
Saturday Land Forfeiture bill restor-
ing to the Government 1856, 900 acres in
Michigan granted in 1856 to the Onton-
agon & State Line Railroad. The lands
have valuable pine, and are now claimed
by the Ontonagon and Brule River Rail-
road Company. The ten years within
which the road that had got the land
grant expired in 1866, and not stroke of
work had been done. In 1880 the pres
ent corporation was formed and an at
tempt made to confer upon it the forfeited
grant. The Public Lands Committee,
however, based its recommendation chief
ly on the ground that any grant made by
the State after the expiration of the ten
years would necessarily have been sub
ject to the right of the United States at
any time to declare forfeiture.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18
UNIvERsALIsT GENERAL CONVENTION.
RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER.

ANNUAL CoNTRIBUTIoNs.-Before 81, 90
Church of the Redeemer, Chicago, 100.; Nor
way, Me-, 20; Provincetown, Mass, g.; Mar
shalltown, Ia, $50; Corfu, N. Y. q; Alstead
N. H. 4.A; Skowhegan, Me-, g.; Cooperstown
N. Y, 20. Total, 1.3lS03.
MISSIONARY BoxEs.-Before. s46.15; New
Hampshire. Convention, 323s; 24336; 2.70. To
tai, 8123.
Young PEOPLES MISSIONARY ASSOCIATIONS
As before, SIS.
THEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.-Before
1925 80; Returned Loans, Me-, 3d.; Me-, 49,; Pa
TO-. Total of these. $410.]; Interest, H.. 4.20
3D.; l75. Total, 956.03.
MURRAY CENTENARY FUND.-Before, $2SS. $50;
Income, S75.; 140.; g.; 1862; $50. Total
1,745.12.
CHURCH EXTENSION FUND.-Before, SO. %;
Income 1880; SO, Total 77.03.
GUM MINISTERIAL RELIEF FUND.-Be-
fore, $1l903; Wisconsin Convention Fund
25.; Communion Offering. New Hampshire
Convention, 49,; Communion Offering, New
Jersey Convention, 10. Total, 17003.
FOREIGN MISSIONS FUND.-Sunday School,
Stamford, Ct, $l7,73.
In all, two months, $4,3S020.
G. L. DEMAREsr Secretary.
Manchester. ". II.