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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13

entering on an uncertainty; and as l
was about to turn away, leaving the ex-
pertinent untried, when glancing up at
the roof, the novel idea occurred to me
TO crawl up TO the chimney and listen,
If petchdnce the children might have
their requests to profTer to Santa Claus.
81 did so, and heard first Eddie's,
then Nellie's voice, but no word OF re-
membrance or desire for the wanderer; I;
and with all the old bitterness sweeping
over me afresh, was about TO turn
away from you once more, when again
her sweet voice came floating up to me,
with its loving petition for uncle Ed
die. In my JOY and excitement l an
swered her. and then hurried away TO
fulfill her requests. / have returned
again, will you bid me stay"
Once more Mrs. Martin threw herself
into his arms, with burst OF grateful
tears
"Stay," she repeated; ''that was the
sound heard, then, outside of the cot
tage. Oh thank God, who put it into
my darling's heart to speak those blessed,
blessed wordsl"
"Amen" echoed the brother, fervent-
~; "but for her loving appeal l should
have been a second time a wanderer
through the world. And now, my dear
sister, bid farewell to poverty and want
from this hour, for l have enough for
ALL"
1t was a joyful Christmas morning that
dawned upon that little household.
Nellie and Eddie gazed with wide
open eyes of delight upon the brimming
stockings and the mysterious bundles
beneath them; and then as their eyes
wandered from them to Uncle Eddie,
who had stolen near by unperceived,
she flung herself into his arms with a
scream of JOY.
"Oh, mamma, mamma, didn't l tell
you so2 Santa Claus has brought Uncle
Eddie back to us, and all of these beau
tiful things besidel"
Nellie has had firm faith in the pres
ence and efficacy of the good saint ever
since then; and peace and plenty has
flowed uninterruptedly in the train of
that joyful night, when so welcome a
Santa Claus came to the Martins.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
A Winters Tale.

The winter days are near at hand
When silently through all the land
The snow will fall;
Its dazzling whiteness all around
Will drift above the frozen ground,
Deep over all.
Then the young lover haste will make,
And in a narrow cutter take
His girl to ride;
And she will laugh, blithe and jocose,
Beneath the buffalo smuggled close
Up to his side.
Meanwhile at home his aged faith
Er will. to shovel out a path,
The drifts attack;
And while Love holds the youth in thral
The poor old man at home will al
Most break his back.
--Somsrvills Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
How to Catch Cold.


Sit in street car next to an open
window.
Leave off your heavy underclothing
on mild day.
Take hot drink before going out
into the cold or damp air.
Let the boys romp at school during
recess time without their hats.
Sit in the passage or near an entry
after dancing for half an hour.
Sit in barber shop in your shirt
sleeves while waiting to be shaved
Wear your lightweight summer
hosiery through November.
Put on pair of thin shoes in the even
ing when you call upon your girl.
Fail to change your shoes and stock
ings after coming in on very rainy
day.
Have your hair cut and shampooed
just as a change takes place in the
weather.
Wear one of the new ladies' outaway
coats without chamois or flannel vest
underneath.
Throw your overcoat open on blus-
tering winter day to show of your nice
new necktie.
Send the children out in autumn for
exercise in short, thin stockings and
skinny skirts.
Leave off your rough overcoat when
you 90 driving, and wear your nice thin
one to look swell.
Go to the front door in a cobweb
dress, and linger, bidding good night to
your favorite young man.
Take hot bath in the evening and
sit up in your room to finish the last
pages of an exciting novel.
Throw OF your heavy coat when you
reach the office in a hurry and put on
your thin knock-about.
Go down to breakfast without wrap
on chilly morning before the fires have
got fully started.
Put the window of your sleeping room
up before you go to bed, especially if
the window is near the bed
Run square to catch street car and
take off your hat for a few moments to
| cool off when you catch 1t.
Go out into the lobby during a theat-
rical performance and promenade around
without your overcoat.
Do your back hair up high when YOU
have been accustomed to wear 1t low and
go out on a windy day.
Come in from rapid gallop on horse
back and stand talking in the open air
to a friend for five or ten minutes.
Go to an evening party in dress suit
without putting on heavy underwear TO
compensate for the lightness OF the
cloth.
If you are bald headed or have a sus-
coptible back, sit during grand opera
near one of the side doors in the Acad
emy of Music.
Wear 3 thin vest of fancy pattern that
protrudGs a little below the coat ana
allows part of the body that should al
ways be. warm get chilled. -PhHadslPaia
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
MY JOHN
We loved the birds and babbling brooks,
IL. LII.

We loved the birds and bsbbling brooks,
John and I, my John.
In meadows and in shady hooks,
Ger lake and farm with wondering looks,
We saw what ne'er was told in books,
John and ], my John.
We found a maid with golden hair,
Alb, Johnl my happy Johnl
The wonders of the earth and air
Were but reflections made moro rare
In her blue eyes and face so fair,
For John, my happy John.
Lo. birds and books and brooks have fed.
For John, alas, poor John.
The night winds come and smite her dead
Alone in Natures realm tread;
He followed where her footsteps led,
Ny John, alas, my John.
Hosea Ballou. in Home Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The famous electrician, Bell, says the
problem of seeing by electricity is so
nearly solved asto give much encourage
ment to those at work in that field of
science.
Paper of proper thickness is rendered
transparent by soaking in copal varnish.
When dry it is polished, rubbed with
pumice stone, and layer of soluble
glass is applied and rubbed with salt. 1t
is stated that the surface is as perfect as
glass.
A remarkable illustration of wind
fertilization of ground is found by Mons.
Alluard in the fertile French valley of
Limagne. From the chain of the Domes
the wind brings vast quantities of vol
canic dust-rich in phosphoric acid pot
ash and lime-the annual deposit in the
valley being estimated at about three
fourths of pound per square yard.
In response to some thousands of cir
culars, DR.. Sophus Tromholt has re-
ceived the testimony of 144 persons in
Norway concerning the emission of
sound by the northern lights. OF these
persons ninety-two believe in the aurora
SDulu, anu nlNf-lhlGG dSSOlb bhbb hiAN1
have heard it themselves The sound is
variously described as sizzling, kissing,
whizzing, cracking, rushing, rippling'
rolling, tapping, creaking, roaring,
etc.
The diameter of trees is said to vary
not only from summer to winter, but
from day to day. They are larger from
noon to twilight the next morning than
from twilight until noon; they are
smaller in the winter than in summer.
Water and the sap Of trees expe,d not
only in proportion as they go below the
freezing point. Low temperature as we'll
as high promotes evaporation, and the
trees evaporate from their branches in
winter, and so the colder the weather
the more they shrink.
Attention is called by the Coal Trade
Journal, in an elaborate article, to the
fact that the value of water as an aid to
blasting. when used in connection with
explosives, is rapidly becoming Eecog-
nized in this country, as well as IN the
larger mines and quarries of Europe.
! Among the favorite points pertaining to
/ this process, special mention is made ol
the fact that the powder, in exploding,
bursts the tube containing the water, and
careful estimates showing-with In
creased power or explosive violence
this is because the rending force is ex'
tended through the water, in accordance
with certain well-known principles OF
hydrostatics, over the enlarged interior
area of the bore hole, due to the space
occupied by the water tube. A much
larger quantity of the material to be
mined or quarried is thus brought down
sor loosened with smaller quantity Of
the explosive used. Again, the hea
given off by the burning of the powde
and surrounding gases converts large
proportion of the water into steam tn
elastic force of which assists in the opera
tion of blasting, and the steam and re
naming water together extlngulsh IN
flame and flash of the powder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
Light and Life at the Oceans Bottom.


A writer IN the New York Slut says
that ''the results of deep-sea dredging
tend to show that the ocean bottom,
which has long been supposed to be in
absolute darkness, is lighted by 5rilriant
phosphorescence. / believe that if we
could find ourselves upon the bed of the
sea in 1000 fathoms, we should see
brilliant white lights, casting intense
shadows, illuminating the bottom in an
elTectual manner. The groves of coral
would shine with this light, shrimp and
fishes would dart about, sceptre-like,
over an illuminated, pathway, each car
rying his own lamp, and the whole
ground would be one glow Of phosphor-
escent light. The bottom animals have
eyes, and hence they have use for them,
for nature supports no useless organ.
One thing that is certain is that there Is
practically no glimmer of sunlight in
these great abysmal depths; and unless
we admit that there is some such light
as l have mentioned, the presence of
eyes cannot be explained. Certain ami
mails retain phosphorescent lustre even
after being brought to the surface, and
il seems natural to conclude that IN this
way the ocean bottom is lighted.
"The dredge comes up laden with its
precious load of deep-sea treasures, and
the enthusiastic naturalists crowd around
to explore the contents. Mixed up in a
mass of mud are brilliant red starfishes,
deep purple sea pods, delicate pink sea
anemones, pure white holothurians, and
ugly black fishes, all peculiar in many
rcsrects While the naturalists are busy
getting the animals ready for US to see,
let us take a bit of the mud into the
laboratory and examine it through the
microscope. 1t will be found to be COM
posed of countless numbers of microsco-
pic shells, the testg of Foraminifera.
They are usually composed of carbonats
of lime, but there are siliclous species
also, and, in the shallower waters, sandy
forms. Some are as smooth and glossy
as the best glazed chinsware, showing
beautiful cOncentric rings of different
hues, while others rough and lobed in q
manner which detes description. Still
others are the most beautiful shade OF
pink, and some present in color most
delicate chocolate brown. We find them
tubular, coiled, crown shaped, spherical,
and oval, and in masses Of lobes upon
| lobes."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A swell sffair-the soap bubble.
Is corn-popping an agricultural re-
portl
An open ouestion-Are you going to
let me iE2-BoSt0n Courier.
A desirable bargain in silks--a pretty
girl with a million. - Goodatrs Sun.
The tattler is the missing link, for
they all bear tales. Waterloo Observer.
Window sashes on trains. are more
fashionable than ever ECdnsUiLtc Argus.
The bald headed mans favorite dress
material is mohair. - Burlington Free
Press.
The right hand is the cleverest mem
Der of the body. 1t never gets left
T'eraS Figaro.
A California man keeps five thousand
hens. 1t is surmised that he also keeps
his next door neighbor IN hot water dur
ing the gardening season. - Chicago
Ledger.
THE BEST ROLE.
Every man has a role in life,
And has had since time began,
But after all the bakers roll
Is the best for q hungry man.
Boston Courier.
"What do those letters stand forp
asked curious wife of her husband, as
she looked at his Masonic seal. 'Well
really, my love-" he replied, encour-
agingly; II presume it is because they
can't sit down" She postponed further
questioning. Merchant 1raUeLIer.
Della had little bonnet
Just as big as Georges hand
Horticultural fairs upon it,
Like rose gardens in the sand.
Oh, it was so neat and little,
Jaunty, dainty, ''made to killh-
But that charming little bonnet
Cost a fifty dollar bill!
Lynn Union.
"Offagain CharleY7" eyes; Pm going
to Chicago" SCOT your grip along as
usual BY the way, what an odd look
ing thing it is" THAT is Scotch plaid,
dear boy. IWouldn't travel with any
other kind" "'Why notF Because l
am sure this is always checked. -PhiIa-
| delDbil CALL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
CHRISTMAS DAY.

The Christmas chimes are pealing high
Beneath the solemn Christmas sky,
And blowing winds their notes prolong
Like echoes from an angels song,
Good win and pescs peace and good win
Ring out the carols glad and gay,
Telling the heavenly message still,
That Christ the Child was born to-day.
In lOwly hut and palace hall
Peasant aud king keep festival,
And childhood wears a fairer guise,
And tenderer shine all motherleyes;
Tho aged man forgets his years,
The mirthful heart is doubly gay,
The sad are cheated of their tears,
For Christ the Lord was born to-day.
Susan Coolidge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13

reach a given point, how soon it will
pass over, how great win be the rainfall,
and how violent the wind. .--Nsso York
IelegrdDh.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13

A writer from the tea districts of
northern India defines the different va
rieties of tea as follows The very coarse
tea remaining after the first sitting
(Which ends the 'making'D is called
Bohea, and the second quality Souchong.
Ffowery Pekoe is the very young shoot,
with a down on it, called the flower
Facing" tea is simply cooking it in an
iron pan, by which means principally
green tea acquires its color.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13

There are 1, 900 white people in South.
eastern Alaska. Vegetation is abundant
and luxurious, the cattle sleek and fat,
and the mining industry assuming large
proportions. These facts appear in 40
official report to Washington.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13
A Fruitful Five.DoIlar Bill.

A little money sometimes goes a great
way. As an illustration OF this read the
following, founded upoI an incident
which is said to have really occurred:
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02
a Negro Hugs a Panther.

While 4 gang Of negroes On q construc-
ton train on the Mississippi Valley Rail
road was repairing the track about two
miles south Of Shelby Station, q panther
came from the woods and attacked a negro
lahoreT, springing upon his shoulder. The
negroimmediately grabbed the panther IN
his arms and gave him an old-fashioned
bear hug, o forgetting at the same time
to yell for his life. The panther evident
Il became more frightened than the negro,
changed his taetics and tried to escape, but
the negro was too much for him, ashe held
him until Conductor Caldwell could get
his gun end come to his assistance, when
Caldwell Shot the panther in the negro's
arms. General Manager j. NJ. Edwards
came along in his car shortly afterwards
and took the animal aboard and brought it
to the city. It Measures six feet from tip
to tip and is g ferocious specimen. Maj,
Edward is authority for the veracity of the
above.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02
The Moss Den5eIY Populated.

The Island OF Barbados is the most
densaly populated part Of the earth. This
island, with All area Of 10000 acres, con
tains a population Of e 115,ooo souls,
thst--i5 il say. ~ average u no less than
1904 people to each Of is 1865 squire miles
Of territory. The Chinese province of
acang-su, which was At q time ignorant
" imagined to be the nos intentionally
crowded district under the sun, contains
but 800 moon-ered celestials to the square
mile, while East Flanders, in Belgium, the
mo thicsly populated ~neighborhood in
Europe, can boast Of only 1o5 Inhabitants
70 the square milo. Coming nearer home,
Ncstcllester county, y. j., with 4 territory
three times Us large, has only four-seyenths
as many people as are packed upon this
fArongel. man-ridden Carrihee island. Il
The ElDire state were a. thickIy settled as
Baroa3oes it would boast q population Of
Gn,010.00a. Of the 10000 souls in tnis
Island 8 per cent are whites and 81 per
ces3t are black or mixed blood.-Et.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02

husband had to 50 North, he gave her
the choice of staying at home with her
mother or going with him. She stayed
with her mother and a legal separation
followed soon after. Mr.. Elliott married
again, and by his seconl wife had several
children. His first wife smarrieGs Com
modore Vanderbilt a few years before he
died. Mr.. Elliott went to Texas and be
came the editor Of tile Dallas Herald.
lie sold out about q year ago to the Sal
weston News syndicate. Al odd incident
il his life occurred one day when n OF
his boys was talking to his father, saying;
''iIow I wish we were rich" This was a
few years ago, when Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbi!t was living and a widow, The sec
end Mrs. elliott at the time had been
dead several years. The boy id:"Father
why don't you go to New York and mar
" Mrs. Vanderbilt" The answer -
this pertinent domestic question is not on
rpcorI-Ae3r T0rlb. World.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02
Solitude.

Il tell you,7 said a prominent Hermit
in conversation the other day s'these are
tough times for men ia our line. | Rave
been driven from the primeval forests Of
the distant West by Raymond Excursion
lists, and from tie trackless wastes of the
great Alkali Desert by the agents OF the
seven per cent. guaranteed Western Farm
Mortgage Company, in search Of loans,
offering peculiar inducements to Eastern
capitalists. It-has got 50 now that | can't
find solitude anywhere outside of the die
tionary.'
Il think | can fix you said the manager
of the Cynosure Theatre, thoughtfully
Come down to our house text week and
buy al orchestra-chaif.''
DO roa call that ~solitudeg" replied
the Hermit, scornfully.
.sNcll, the young and talented Miss
Adele Smithje IS to play Camille during
the week, supported by ~ amateur com
pany," said the manager: IF you don't
strike a better opening, look us up
Puck.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02
a Poser for Papa.

John w. Elliott is one of the clerks at
tached to the staff of the House. He has
been in the employment of the house for
nearly a year. He was formerly the lus-
band of Cornelius Vanderbilts second
wife. Elliott married her in Mobile.
They separated three days afterward.
They split on the question of the mother
izalaw. It is said that Mrs. Elliott did
not want to leave her mother, and, as her
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02
Sedwick at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Sedwick ar
rived at the state department this morning
and awaited the coming of secretary Of
state. He declined to be interviewed,
either in regard to his business in Mexico,
or the statements which have been pub
lished regarding his personal conduct
there.
Upon the arrival Of Secretary Bayard
Sedwick formally reported his arrival in
Washington and the completion Of his err
rand to Mexico. He was cIoseted with
the secretary an hour, after which he left
the department, announcing to the inquirer
his intention to return to New York to-
night. and he declined to be interviewed
with regard to his mission. Secretary Bay
ard said that Sedwick had not yet made
his report and that its completion would
require several days. He declined to dis
close the nature of Mr.. Sedwick's verbal
statement.
Ahaby was seized as security for rent BIZ
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-02

Ababy was seized as security for rent by
an irate landlady in little Pennsylvania
town the other day.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-02-09

Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary
Of State, died in Washington City
on the LIST inst. Mrs. Bayard
has been an invalid for years, but
the immediate cause of her death
was congestion of the brain, superin-
duced by the shock of her daughters
sudden death three weeks ago.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-02-09

Southern papers say an exodus Of
more than ordinary magnitude is go.
ing on among the negroes. tine
movement is in the direction of Ar
kansas; another and larger one from
the Carolinas to California, and q
third general movement is under the
auspices Of the United Transatlantic
Society for the colonization of negroes
in Africa. A convention is to be
held this year in Kansas City to fur
Their perfect Its plans.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-02-09
No More Bank Currency Wanted.
New York Sun.

No More Bank Currency Wanted.
New York Sun.
The National banks are making eff
forts to secure an increase of the
amount of circulating notes allowed
them on the bonds dep, sited a. se-
curity. At present they get notes for
only 80 per cent. of the face Of the
bonds, and they ask for 100 per cent.
A bill authorizing the increase has
been reported in the House Of Rep
resentatives, and will shortly come up
for debate there.
So far as respects the public con-
venience, the measure is entirely un-
called for. Upon the bonds now on
deposit in the Treasury there have
been issued to the banks nearly 5000
600, 900 of circulation, 50 that the pro-
posed 10 per cent. addition would
amount to s3O,OOO,OOO. This is less
than the surplus living idle in the banks
of this city alone, and less than one
half the surplus Of silver dollars
against which certificates could be is.
sued if there were any real need Of
more circulating medium. Besides,
If legitimate demand for the money
existed, the banks could supply IL UNI
der the law as it stands simply by des
posting more bonds. At the present
rates of interest this would not be q
profitable operation, whereas If $780,
100000 could be had for nothing, all,
that would be made by lending it
would be clear gain.
The proposed bill is, therefore, en-
tirely for the benefit of the banks, and
not at all for that of the people. The
country is paying these institutions
some $l0,O00,000 annually for paper
currency which the Government ought
to supply for nothing; and any change.
in the system ought to be in the direor
ton of diminishing rather than of en-
larging the franchise. In very few
years we hope the whole national
bank circulation will disappear by the
extinction of the bonds on which it is
based, and we may as well begin now
as at any time to provide for replace
ing it.
Besides this, there is danger to
the national finances IN this bank mon
ney which oughtn't to be overlooked.
The bill just reported is the work of
the same Senator Mcpherson who a
few days ago, in a speech delivered
in the Senate Chamber, threatened
that if the coinage of silver were con-
tinued, the banks would surrender
their circulation in order to withdraw
their bonds and sell them for gold,
We do not suppose that there is any
concerted purpose of doing this among
bank officers, but they are VIGOROUSLY
the most easily frightened set of men
IN the country, aad are quite capable
of panic which would leave them to
commit any imaginable folly. The
control of $500, 900, 900 Of currency is
of too much Importance to be lodged
in their hands, and the sooner it is
taken away from them the better. 1t
is no part of the legitimate business
Of banking, and should be reserved
10 the national Government excln-
svely.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-02-09

A living frog has just been found
in the heart Of solid rock, where it
must have been Tor ages. 1t is need
less to say he never advertised, or he
could mot have remained so long un-
noticed. Dansville Breeze.