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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
A Pretty Tongh Snake Yarn.

A recent communication from Louis
vile, KY, says: Uncle Ephraim Smith
was very important parsonage in the
motley audience pres ent at the unloading
of a car of ''rat,lesnake" melons from
Georgia at the c., 0. and S. w. freight
station, at Twelfth and Rowan streets
yesterday afternoon. AS the beautiful
cucurbitaceous fruit was tossed from
hand 10 hand, Uncle Ephraim's mouth
watered. Finally a huge melon was
found with a small hole in one end.
Uncle Eph had managed to get into the
good graces of the Italian receiv ing
clerk by sundry learned remarks on
melon culture, and the fine prospects for
the market, and the melon was Accord
in9ly handed over to Eph in exchange
for five cents which he had managed to
borrow. Last night select number of
guests assembled at Eph's residence at
Fourteenth and Congress alley, and after
due preliminaries the old mans razor
crushed through the luscious fruit. and
as it opened huge diamond -backe d rat
tlesnake reared its head from the heart
of the melon and prepared to strike. AS
it coiled for leap Uncle Eph disap-
peared under the table and the rest beat
a hasty retreat. A philosophic member
of the company, aware Of the fact that a
''rattler" can only strike one-third its
length, finally persuaded two of the men
to return with him, and the reptile was
killed 1t was five feet two inches in
length and about the thickness of mans
wrist. The snake is of the venomous
kind known as the diamond back, and is
found only in the swamps of Georgia
and the palmettos of Southern Florida.
Uncle Eph takes pleasure in exhibiting
the body of the reptile.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

If he'd had fair chance and fair oppor.
tunitv he said he'd have startled the en-
tire community; and the great name of
John Alexander McCrary would have
echoed DER valley and hillside and
prairie, and from Timbuctoo to old Tip
perary his name would haunt wide on
the banners of fame
If he hadn't been rubbed out by fate's merci-
less friction, he'd have shown 'em a man
like they read of in fiction, a man of un-
questioned superb intuition, an Amalek-
giant of great erudition, and fitted to fill
any earthly position and startle man
kind with the noise of his name.
If he hadn't been so cornered by bad circum-
stances he'd have shown 'em a man like
they see in rOnances; for the bulwarks Of
fate could never resist him, for the muses.
had bent DER his cradle and kissed him,
and genius exuded like sap form his sys-
tenn, like the dew Of the night in a tropi-
cal cline.
For he felt latent forces within him propel.
ling, and geysers Of power forever up
swelling, he'd gifts, like the purse of old
Fortunatus, and his soul was possessed
by a lurid aiiiatus, and an engine of
thought was his brain apparatus which
could thunder and puff through the de-
pots of time.
Ah, to many like him tits great consolation
for the hard knocks Of life a serene com
pensation, TO brag of supreme and super
nal transactions they would have per-
form had not fate's eXactions held them
back from these hypothetical actions to
whose lofty level they surely could grow
For had they come into the world unencum-
bered their acts had been grand, and
unique and unnumbered; they'd have
startled the glooms in the Temple OF
Glory, and built up a name to grow an
cent and hoary; on the head-roll of fame
they'd have written their story and run
the whole earth If they'd had fair
show.
! Lynn Union.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

It is said that buttermilk mixed with
fine sand and applied to new woodwork
outside, will stand for many years, and
give a good imitation of stone and with
it absolute preservation of timber.
In many parts of the country there are
unusual complaints of destructiveness by
insects, but in the city of New York it is
remarked that the trees throughout are
this year remarkably free from insect Wis
itations, with green and glorious foli
age in consequence.
Among the uses to which porpoise
leather is being advantageously applied
is that of shoe leather, the resemblance
to French kid being very marked. 1t
has long, tenacious fibre, and as it will
not crack or tear is very durable and
Waterproof and makes an excellent
leather.
NJ. Hellriegel has ascertained by a
series of experiments that rye and win
ter wheat germinate at 80 degrees of
heat, barley and oats at 80 degrees, In
dian corn at 4S degrees, turnip at 80 de-
grees, fax at 35 degrees, the pea and
clover at 80 degrees, bean and lupin at
SO degrees. asparagus at 35 degrees, car
rotat 3S degrees, and the bean at 40 de-
grees.
A French geologist lately called the
attention of the Paris Geological Society
to the effect gravitation has in heaping
up sea water about the land. The con-
tinents are thus all situated at the tops
/ of hills of water; and in crossing the
| Atlantic ships have first to go down hill,
then cross valley, and finally to climb
another hill. The calculation has been
made that in mid-ocean the surface may
be more than half mile below the level
it would have if the continents exerted
no attraction.
While malaria has its ordinary habitat
in low-lying regions, it may under favor
able conditions exist at great elevations.
On the Tuscan Apprentices it is found at
a height of 1, 100 fest above the sea; on
the Pyrenees and Mexican Cordilleras,
1000 feet on the Himalayas, q, 400 feet
en- the island Of Ceylon, q, 500 feet; and
on the Andes, II, 900 feet. At present,
the elevation of entire security has been
/ thus Appropriated for various place: In
Italy,. 400 to 500 feet; in California,
1000 feet .-along the Appalachian chair
of the United States, 500 feet; in the
West Indies, 1, 400 to 1,sOO feet. In any
of theseG regions, however, malaria may
drift up ravines to an indefinite height
A curious application of the magnet il
described in a French journal, the sub
ject being clock recently patented il
France. In appearance the clock con
sists of a tambourine, on the parchment
head of which is painted a circle O.
flowers corresponding to the hour signs
of ordinary dials. On examination, tive
bees, one large and the other SMALL ar'
discovered crawling among the flowers
The small bee runs rapidly from one to tn,
other, completing the circle in an hour
while the large one takes twelve hours t.
finish the circuit. The parchment mem
brane is unbroken, and the bees are sim
ply laid upon it; but two magnets con
nected with the clock work inside thu
tambourine, move just under the mem
brane, and the insects, which are of iron
follow them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
Uncle Sam Has Got the Tin.

The arrival of shipment of tin ore
from the Black Hills of Dakota at Chi
cago is an important event in the mining
annals of the country. Precisely this
commodity has been hitherto lacking to
round out. the category of useful metals
that are Yielded by the mines of the
United States. Thee value of tin
as a factor in our manufacturing
operations has been constantly growing.
It's use in various new industries nota.
bly, that of the food-canning description
has made it indispensable, while the
cost of this metal has increased pari
passu with the demand. Last year alone
not less than $50, 900, 900 was paid out,
mainly to Great Britain, for the sheet tin
which is largely consumed in the canning
factories of this country. The discov-
cry, therefore, of large deposits of tin ore,
of excellent quality, in Dakota, and also
in Montana, is a fact of wide-reaching
consequences to the general welfare.
The tin deposits Of Dakota, from which
the first fruits have now been placed on
the market, are reported to cover an area
of more than 1000 square miles. They
are situated at Harney's Peak, and the
ore is found within a belt varying in
width from two to four miles. The ore
crops out, it is said, in veins from ten to
200 feet wide, and is very easily mined.
The geological features of the region are
not dissimilar to those of Cornwall,
England and other well known tin pro-
ducing localities. .-NeOark (M J) Id
geTttSeP,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
A Chinese Superstition.

saw Chinaman burning paper in his
doorway recently when CHANGED to be
passing his house late at night, in a back
street in Brooklyn, and had the curios-
ity the next day to ask an explanation
from an intelligent Christianized Mon
golian. He said that devout Celestials,
particularly those who have Just arrived
from China, always burn paper in each
doorway of the house before retiring at
night They believe that the progeni-
tors of the present Chinese dynasty were
dissatisfied with the Chinese customs
which grew up at the close of their dy-
nasty, of permitting aliens to enter the
Flowery Kingdom, and attribute the
success Of the Tartars to that custom.
TO mark their dispIeasure they placed in
the sky star of death dealing influence,
which, if it should shine into their doors
or upon the floors ten nights in success
sion, would cause the death Of all who
inhabit the house. he'd, which to the
Chinese mind typifes all that is gooC
and righteous is the antidote hence The
red curtains hung before every Chimes
house and Laundry. Fire, which pro
duces a red light, expels the demons
hence the custom Of burning paper in
doorways. -Aei0 York Beps.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
A Game salmon.

Colin Woods hooked a salmon in the
North Esk, Scotland. 1t was large
and obstinate fish. After Mr.. Woods
had played with it for ten and a-half
hours he gave out, but the fish was as
game as ever. Mr.. Woods friend, An
drew Brewer, took the rod, and it was
thought that the fish must yield surely,
but at the end of nine hours more the sal
mon made vigorous run, aud the hook
came out of his mouth with a piece OF
the fish attached Mr.. Woods thinks
the fish weighed sixty pounds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
Thu CnnnIcf

Between disease and health often brief and fatal
1t is batter TO be provided with cheap and simple
remedies, for such common disorders coughs colds
ETC., than TO the risk of contracting fatal dis
ease through neglect DIR. VIM HALLS BALsAM is a
and safe remedy for all diseases of the and
chest II taken In II is certain 70 cure and
may save you from that terrible disease Consump-
hon. 1t has been known and used for many years,
and Il is exaggeration TO say that It is the
remedy in the world for Coughs. etc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

Somebody's child is dying-dying with the
flush Of hope on his young face, and somebody's
mother thinking of the lime when that dear
face will be hidden where no ray of hope can
brighten it-because there was no cure for
consumption. Reader, If the child be your
mothers heart before il is too late. Tell her
that consumption is durable; that men are
incuTabIe hscsuea one 1n39 had bnon
destroyed by the disease. DR.. Perce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery" has cured hundreds:
surpasses cod liver Oil, hypophosphtes, and
other medicines in curing this disease. Sold
by druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08


Among the 15G kinds Of Cloth Bound Dollar
Volumes given away by the Rochester On. "
American Rural Home for every 81 subscription
to that great SPACE, 4s-col, 16-year-old weekly,
Call5x7 inches, from 800 to 900 pages, bound in
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Law Without Law Danelsons (dedioal
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Family Cyclopodia. Boys'Useful Pastimes.
Farm Cyolopedia. Five Years Before the
Farmers and Stock Mast.
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Poultry Yard. Universal History of
World Cyclopedia. all Nations.
What any one should Popular His Of Civil
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S1.l5 onlyi Satisfaction guaranteed. Refer
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Sample2c. RURAL HoME Co., LTD, Rochester,
N. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
A. J. GRUBB,
81 Springfield st

The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oh
in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
hvers, upon the seashore. II is absolutely pure
prefer 1t to all others. Physicians have de-
cided II superior 20 any of the other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard 81 Co., New
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

For long time we steadily refused to pub
lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion
of the public generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
parties as a means of disposing of their worth
less preparations.
That this view Of the case is to certain ex-
tent true, there can be no doubt.
At last, several years ago, we came to the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
readily discriminate between spurious and
bona tide testimonials, and determined to use
as advertisements a few of the many hundreds
sion.
In doing this '1e published them as nearly as
possible In the exact language used by our cor
respondents, oiAly changing the phraseology,
smaller space than they would otherwise occu-
Ply, put withoat In the least exaggerating or de-
stroying the meaning of the writers.
Weare gl9d TO say that our final conclusion
was a correct one-that n letter recommending
an article Paving true merit finds favor with
the people.
The orig NAL of every testimonial published
Dy us Is on file in our office, an inspection of
which win prove 10 the most skcptical that
our asser non made above, that only the facts
are glVerk as they appear therein, Is true.
But as II would be very inconvenent, II not
lmposs1lS Sle, for all of our friends to call on us
Tor that purpose, we invite those who doubt
ut ther be such), to correspond with any of
the par ties whose names are signed to our tes-
misst htements, so far as their knowledge exc
tendsA in this article. In other words IL w
have not published their letters as nearly yer
batl m as possible.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

It is said that the colored people of the
United States maintain more secret and
benevolent societies than any other peo-
pie on the face Of the earth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes photographs are
everywhere TO be seen in London shop win
dows, and the people are still talking OF him
as the lion of the year, as great a success in
ENGLAND as Dickens was in America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

The piles of old London bridge. put
down in the year 500, are still sound, the
water aud the blue mud of the Thames
having preserved them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

One among the many eminent church digni-
tAries who have given their public endorse
ment the wonderful efficacy of st. Jacobs Oil,
in case of rheumatism and other painful all
ments, is the Right Rev Bishop Gilmour,
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

.CHAPPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard a. Co. New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

MEN look slovenly with turnover heels. Ly-
on's Heel Stffeners keep boots straight 25c.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

If you have Cutting, Scaldng OF Singing
sensations in the parts when voiding urine
Swamp-Root will quickly relieve and cure
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

DR.. Plerce's "Pelletsn-the original Little
Liver pills" (sugar-coated)-cure sick and bill
ious headache, sour stomach and bilious at
tacks. BY druppists
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

in Montana.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

The only cough mixture before the people
that contains no opiates or narcotics is Red
Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty-five cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption
and pi3o's Remedy for CatRrrh

Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption
and Piao's Remedy for Catarrh.
We append a recent letter, which came TO
us entirely unsolicited, with permission 10
publish it:
DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1896.
You may add my testimony as 10 the merits
OF Piso's Cure for Consumption. ! took q
severe cold last February, which settled on my
lungs. They became liberated and were 50
painful that had no rest for two days and
nights. got a bottle of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption. and was relieved by the time had
taken half of it. Since that time l have kept
Piso's Cure in the house, and use IL as n pre-
ventive, both for lung troubles and Group, for
which can recommend IL as the best medicine
l ever used: and that is saying a great deal
for have used at least twenty others. besides
about as many physicians prescriptions.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has never failed
to give relief in my family.
A. J. GRUBB,
NJ Snrinpneld
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

SOME Chinese miners recently found a mug
get Of gold in Sierra county, California, that
weighed l6s ounces. They sold it for S36, 600.
This is the third in size of the largest nuggets
fOund IN the world
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08
We Appeal TO Experience,

SINCE 17e0 Pennsylvania has had sixteen
Governors, eight OF whom were Germans
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

THERE are now upward of 100000 registered
American patents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-08

BtWuIIIuI " uIHtn
are made pallid and unattractive by functional
Irregularities, which DIR. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription" win infallibly cure. Thousands
Of testimonials, BY druggists.
Iris seventeen years since the first railroad
across the continent was mpleted.
Baldness and dandruff can be prevented by
using Halls Hair Renewer.
Quinine relieves only temporarily in fever
and ague. Ayers Ague Cure cures permanently
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-18
KENTUCKY JUSTICE.
A Characteristic Court SCENE, Rrist-
ling With Firearms.


Special to the Globe.
CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 17.-Ludlow, Ky,
the town opposite the lower end of Cincin-
natl. was in fearful state OF exciteD:ent
yesterday. The stores were shut up be-
cause of the danger of riot, and scores of
men, heavily armed. glared at each other
from opposite street corners. Ii was all OIL
account of the love of James O'Brien, a
railroad engineer, and pretty Lizzie Brophy
OF Cincinnati. More than a year ago he
had BETRAYED her under promise OF mar
riage, and when suit for seduction was in
stituted he managed to get work on road
running out of Chattanooga to avoid a
requisition from Ohio to Kentucky. Finally
a Cincinnati officer found out that O'Brien
made occasional trips extending into
Kentucky, and caught him on Friday
and started home with him. Arriving
at Ludlow Friday night. great crowd of
OBrien's friends among the railroad en-
plOyes surrounded the car. They had an
officer with a writ of habeas corpus and Sc
cured 0'Brien. The case was to be heard
at Ludlow yesterday, and the opposing
parties were the BrOphy's and their friends,
largely from this side of the river, who
swear that either a marriage. the penten-
tiary or death shall be the expiatiOn of
O'Brien's treachery, and 0'Brien's friends,
who are determined he shall not be taken
outside Kentucky. 1t required the utmost
exercise of discretion on the part Of the
court and the officers to prevent a collision,
in which one hasty shot would have been
the signal for bloody melee and possibly a
half dozen or more deaths. The case was
not decided yesterday, but will come up for
decision on NJ )nday in CovingtOn, where
precautions will be taken against any
trouble
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-18
A WIFE FOR FIVE CENTS.
One Ohio Man Sells Another His
Spouse for u Nominal sum.

AKRON, o., Jan. 17.-Alfred NJ. Webb
of Hornellsville, n. Y, came here last
night and secured warrants for the arrest
of James Bott. an Akron saloonkeeper
who came here last August, and woman
passing as Bolts wife, charging them with
adultery. Webb says he was married to the
woman eighteen years, and had lived with
her until last summer. when she elOped
with BOtt. 1t was brought out by the ar
rest that Bott has another woman living
with him as his wife, whom he claims
he. bought from Charles Stratton a
few weeks ago for 5 cents. In proof of
the transaction, he exhibited a
crumpled piece of paper on which
Stratton for the consideration of cents
makes over to the latter his (StrattOn's)
wife. The wife, it appeared, was willing
farty to the transaction, and has ever since
lived at the Bott house, and so Ear as can
be learned dwelt in harmony with the other
alleged wife. Soon after making out the
bill of sale Stratton got into a revolver fight
with a young Akronite, and few days
afterward disappeared The woman, STRAIT
ton. sold to Bott came to Akron with him
year ago. She once lived in indianapolis
and had seen better days before she joined
her fortunes with that of Stratton. After
she and Stratton had spent their money
here they were in desperate straits and both
eagerly availed themselves of Bolts banter
ing offer to buy the wife. The trial of the
Bolts will come off in the police court to-
mOrrOu
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-18

preston" The several assemblies that
have met since have done nothing Of the
kind. The leading gamblers, however, to
avoid being harrassed and blackmailed, sent
word to the mayor some years ago that they
were willing 10 contribute a certain sum
every month to go to some worthy charity
Then Mayor Shakespeare accepted the
trust and with the fund so received erected
and supported until now an aims house,
which provided for the city's worthy desti-
tutes. at the beginning Of the new year,
the present mayor. GuillicOtte, notified the
gamblers to pay their tribute TO him. and he
now collects the gamblers fund, estimated
at $4,000 or $500 month. Interviewed
on the subject the mayor declared he did
not intend TO surrender any more of his pre-
negatives as mayor. considering himself as
honest as anybody else. and that il he, as
chief executive officer, does not collect and
use this fund no one else shall. He said
he should invest il for the best interest of
the city. Ii is given out ON the quiet that
the fund IS rendered necessity on account
of the proposed visit here at an early day
of the mayors and aldermen OF Chicago,
Philadelphia and some other Northern cities.