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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
Calamities Of Prominent Men.

James J. Wilson, of New Jersey. was
successfully Clerk of the legislature edi-
tor, state Adjutant General aud United
States Senator. His mind became un-
balanced, and one night he jumped out
of the window and was badly injured
He died two years later-July, 1924.
Congressman Robert Potter, of North
Carolina, was the husband of beautiful
woman, of whom he was intensely ieal-
Gus. His jealousy developed into insan-
ity, and he nearly murdered two of his
wife's cousins, who had called to paw a
friendly visit, on August %, 1881. He
was sent to prison aud find 81, 600 He
afterward went to Texas, where he was
killed in brawl
William S. Ramsey, of Carlisle. Penn.
was ected to Congress when only TWEEN
ty eight years old. The day after his re-
election he received letter, the contents
OF which he never revealed He became
a changed man, and ended his br ght ca
reer with bullet in a hotel in Baltimore
in October, 1S40 He was only thirty
years old.
In fit of mental aberation John
White, of Kentucky, killed himself at
Richmond, Ky, in September, 1915. He
was Congressman for ten years and
Speaker of the Twenty-seventh Con-
gress.
Congressman Felix G. Mcconnell rep
resented Alabama from December I,
1913, to September 20, 1916. when he
cut his throat in Washington hotel. The
death of devoted friend had driven him
to drink and insanity, with the result
noted.
Jesse b. Thomas, of Illinois. was a
Western pioneer, Congressman and a
United States Senator for ten years. The
secret prosecutions of political enemy
unsettled his reason and he cut his
throat at Mount Vernon, o., on February
3, 1850.
United States Senator Thomas i. Rusk,
of Texas, committed suicide at Naca-
doches, Texas, in July, 1856. He had
been a successful lawyer, brave soldier,
had fought for. Texan independence,
served as Chief Justice of the State and
was United states Senator for ten years.
Mental iniirmity drove him to the deed
which ended his eyentful career
Edward Curtis was a noted politician
in his time. He represente New York
City in Congress from s3i to lS41, when
President Harrison appointed him Col,
Iector of the Port. The treachery ofsome
political friends turred his brain, and he
died in New York, after lingering i'll
ness, in August, 1856. -GFdyhic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

The six-year-old son of a Kentucky
man is acquiring notoriety as a weather
prophet. The child is small for his age.
and cannot yet talk plainly, but has de
veloped barOmetrical powers TO a won
derful degree. Since he was four years
old his parents, who are respectable and
reliable people, declare that he has fore
told every rain, hail storm OF snow storm.
and even the light showers and sprinkles
so plentiful in the spring of the year.
One day recently, while the sun WAS blaz-
ing down with intense heat, the child
came into the house from the yard, where
he had been intently gazing at the
heavens aud predicted a heavy rain
storm, 10 be followed hy aProuse fall OF
hail. In the afternoon his prophecy was
verified by heavy storm. - Chieago
Times
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

Years ago when the New York Central
and Erie railroads were engaged in
desperate and destructive battle of cut
rates, jim Fisk played shrewd dodge
on Commodore Vanderbilt The freight
rates from Chicago to New York city
were so low that there was no profit in
transportation. Fisk seized the golden
opportunity to buy catte; shipped the
cattle er the Commodore's road. and
so blocked the COmmodore's transpoIta-
tiCn facilities that the Central was
obliged to ref sc all other freiI Fisk
then put up the price, of freight on the
Erie, and was not only able to do lu-
crative business while the Central was
carrying cows at a loss, but he was also
able to get his cows TO the market, via
the CommOdore's line, at such low terms
that he made profit on every head
ArQORdHt
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


Geogranhical-Wh is the capital of
Jay Gould2
THIS is the year when the girls leap
and the men fly.
Why is it that the rising generation
rises latel-Nelo HdDeR NeDs.
The wedding ring is woman's sphere
and also mans fear. .-Ep0ch.
They raise vegetable tallow in Aus
tralia. There's the place to laugh and
grow fat. -SVtings
Solomon, when he gave the famous
judgment, was the first man who ever
proposed to split the difference.
For the past two years everything has
been at sizes and sevens. But this year
we hope to strSen matters out.-Epock
More than 10, coo, 600 eggs are carried
into New York each week. One might
be tempted to think this an ova supply.
-BoytOn Transcript.
Agent (at the door)-'Is the lady of
the house inl" Gentleman calling to
his wife, Mary, is the cook in9"--
Burlington Free Press.
Next to bull in a china shop, strike
in glass factory would seem to be one
of the most smashing things in the
world. Boston Transcript.
When billiards biz,
An coal is rIz
An tempests temp their boldest,
We shivering shiv,
And scarce can live
For street-car stoves are coolest.
Detroit Free Press.
New York Man (smilingly shaking
hands Excuse my glove. Boston Ac-
quaintance QrigidlyJ-Ah, certainly.
Excuse my spectacles.- Chicago Tri-
bHHe.
1t is said that j. Gould enjoyed the
novel sensation of short balloon trip
in Paris. He's got the earth, and he
probably went up to take look at the
sky.-1id-Bis.
Several diamonds were found in
meteOrite which fell in the town of
Krasnoslobodsk, Russia They will be
given to the individuals who are able to
pronounce the name of the town.
a Wall FROM CHICAGO.
The big jack rose
By the sad sea blows
And the cactus buds on the prairie;
But the orange blossom blooms
Where the port trade booms-
So hustle TO the lakeside, Mary
Oh! hustle 90 the lakeside, Lucy an Jane
An hurry up, libby an Carried
Bring along your trousseau-
You'll be happy If you do so, -.---
For there's heaps OF fellers here as wants TO
marry!
Chicago Ne0s
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
THE BLOOM OF LONG AGO.

How oft along the vanished past,
Still with the lines Of youth aglow,
Spring up the llowrs that faded fast
The scented bloom of long ago
Where is the heart that would forget
The smile, the look, the warm embracei
Amid the years we treasure yet
The contour of the fitted face.
Deep in the labyrinth of time,
Mischievous shine black eyes and blue;
And fairy fingers beat rhyme
On Cupid's bow for me and you.
find letter hidden long
From summers sun and winters snow.
And TO it clings a cherished song
That keeps the tune Of long ago.
We never quite forget the joys
Recorded on life's primal page;
The laughter gay Of girls and boys
Fails sweetly on the ears of age.
Across a path still bright and fair,
A child is swinging to and fro;
And memory twines in golden hair.
The lovely bloom Of long ago.
The music sought by us to-day
In other years was grandly sung;
The face that fits across the way
We often kissed when we were Young.
1t is the hand we cannot see
That leads us, when the sun is low,
Back to the memory haunted lea
Rich with the bloom of long ago.
Confess to me, for it is true,
Icare not what your station be,
That somewhere there's spell for you--
A spell of love and fantasy.
Who has not felt a vanished hand
Touch his at twilights gentle glow,
Or seen emerge from shadowland
A sweetheart of the long agoi
Black eyes fnd bluei OF what a spell
They weave for all who own their swav
And where is he whose SON can tell
one-half the cunning they d splayl
Ihey are the milestones Of the road
We tread to where the waters flow
Between us and the yelled abode
beyond the loves of long ago.
r. G. Hdrbaugh,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
Manufacturing a Poem.

1t is usual at Cambridge University to
annually give handsome sum for the
best poem. Some years ago a waqgi h
undergraduate, for a mere lest, made a
poem by piecing together fragments of
all those which had for many years been
the winners. He expected that the COM
miltee would laugh at it and throw it
aside. What was his horror at learning
that he had been adiudged the pri e,
and that his name had been published all
over Engl0nd as that Of the victor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
Ironing.

Few of the household duties are as
exhaustive aud worris Jme to the house
wife as the family ironing. Coming, as
it generally does, imme lately after the
fatigue of washing, it appears to be
double as hard work as the former.
Many women wash and iron the same
day, which is a very unwise thing for
them to do, unless their washing is very
small, indeed. In cold weather, more
particularly, clothes need to lie out in
the air long time ere they are ready to
be brought into the house, and very sell
dom are any of the heavy clothes, such
as ilannels, re dy for ironing the same
day. Very often hne, small articles,
such as napkins, handkerchiefs, towels,
etc, are sufficiently dry to iron the sam
day, owing to these ironing better when
slightly damp than when perfectly dry.
Dish towels are very hard to press smoo h
If allowed to get thoroughly dry before
taking in, and will have to be dampened
a great deal before the creases can be
made smooth. 1t is best, therefore, if it
can be conveniently done, to bring in
from the line such sm Il pieces as iron
bost when damp. No large piece should
ever be taken in until perfe tly dry, un-
less it Is the table cloth, which will look
much better if pressed while slightly
damp. These articles should be ironed
a dry as possible, and be thoroughly
aired before being put away. To air
ma kins, handkerchiefs. etc, they should
be hung on the horse the length of the
TO d, and not. as very often done, thrown
simply over the bar just in the fold in
which they are placed away. They II
not air or dry properly if hung in this
way, and if put away from an airing of
this kind, VIII muss so easily that in a
short while they will have no appear
ance whatever of having been ironed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Cleaning Lamps.

Every now and then the lamp needs
thorough cleansing. The oil should be
carefully emptied away so as not 70 leave
any dregs in the bottom. This can he
put into bottle and be kept for clean
ing. When the lamp has been well
washed, the other oil can be poured back
again, and added to till the reservoir is
almost full. Before putting on the brass
part that holds the globe and chimney,
this too must be thoroughly cleaned. The
network that crosses 1t must be freed
from all impurities, and all pieces OF char
coal wick turned out from the edge. 1t
will then be found that the lamp will
burn clearly, giving out bright white
light.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

Canada has considerable balance in
her favor in the matter of fugitive en-
bozzlers. Canada's losses in this respect
are est mated at $4,000 O0O, while the
'penal colony" of the United States in
Canada represent some SEQ, 600, 600 in
rascalities. 1t is diiiicult, says the Bos-
ton Ad7er'i'er, to see why any hesitancy
should exist on either side Of the border
line to putting an end to this effective
evasion of law and Justice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

Mexico is making a high bid for I'M
migration. 1t is reported that the Gov
ernment has made concession to a real
estate company whereby 55, 600 acres Of
land in eleven different States is to come
into its possession, to be occupied by
immigrants. Settlers on these ira Is are
TO be exempt from taxation on the land,
and the Government guarantees them
protect on. 1t is proposed to establish
agencies in the principal cities of America
and Europe to induce immigration to
Mexico.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

A Boston woman has hit upon novel
scheme to make living. She posts her
sell thoroughly upon the news of the day.
rand read her notes to a ella of wealthy
women who are too lazy TO read. Some
other clever woman might emulate her
example in connection with literature.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

The largest Chinese mining camp in
the Northwest is at Wauel, Idaho.
Hundreds of Chinese have been at work
there for several years, and each year
from fifty to seyen;y-iive go back TO
China with from $4,000 to $50 n
fortune for them. Most Chinese miners
work over old mines, and are very expert
at cleaning up every pat ce of gold /;
but at Warren they are on new ground
and their careful system results in large
yields.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

No Russian paper dares use an excla.
nation point in an article. If the press
censor finds one he cond mns the whole
issue as likely to incite the people to riot
A Russian editorean observe, but he must
not exclaim.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

Prodigies of all kinds are spring ng up
in various parts Of the world. Ch caro-
has a linguistic wonder in the person of
Corinne Cohn, aged six. who speaks with
nueney English, German, French aud
the new universal language, Volapuk.
She IS now learning Russian and Italian.
Her father is Henry Cohn, President of
the National School of Languages.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

A patent for the manufacture of arti.
ncial nipple sugar has been issued to
Josiah Daily, of Madison. Ind. 1t is
made by adding to n gallon of ordinary
sugar syrup three tab espoonfuls of a
decoction made from hickory bark The
inventor says that this syrup cannot be
distinguished from the genuine maple
syruD.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

The Detroit Free Press says in an edi.
torial; "When we consider what fuss
the railroads made-and some of them
are still making-about doing away with
the deadly car stove, it s humiliating TO
learn that in Sweden the heating of the
Ears by steam has been universal since
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

PAX Chung Yang, the Corean Minister
to the United States, and his secretariesare
somewhat dudish in their habits. Several
wagons were required on their arrival
at Washington to move the trunks con
tanning their apparel. They change their
costumes several times a day. They
own vast variety of very tall hats which
are perforated at the top. They wear
the r hats at the table, and have a
different kind of tile for each meal.
They have heads of a very peculiar
shape The back Of the head far from
being round, is as fat as a board.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

THIS is the first time since i777 that
the year required the same figure used
'hrei times. That was III years ago.
ana the same thing will not happen
aglin ior III years, or in 1892. The
year 1000 will draw on three ciphers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

During the progress of religious re-.
vival which was recently held at West
Point, Ind, little child of seven years,
while under the influence of the excite
ment of the occasion, mounted the pulpit
and made an exhortation which is said
to have been remarkable for its power
and eloquence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

New Orleans newspaper says that
the millions of children seen around the
cotton fields of the South furnish a com.
plete refutation Of the theory that the
negro race in America is dying out.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

Potatoes are coming from Scotland to
this country in larger quantities than in
any year since 1882 The Scotch pota-
toes are Of the Magnum Bonum variety
and are of extra good quality.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07

The major portion Of the worlds tin
product is obtained from the Malay pen
insula and MALAGA, in Southern Asia. The
Chinese practically control these mining
interests
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
MATERNAL INSTINCT.

l wonder what my papa means
By calling me Miss Fidgeti
A silly goose
That has no use
A troublesome little midget.
He says always fought to laugh;
Good little girls are jolly"
What would he do
II he, boo hool
Had tored his little Dollyl
He says my Dolly's nothing but
lot Of rips and creases-
That all combined
Could never find
One half the missing pieces.
And mamma told me if it was
Made out of iron and leather
Il wouldn't stay
More than day
Securely hell together.
l know its nose and ears are gone,
1t has one leg left only;
A great big crack
Is in it's back
And one eye looks so lonely.
Its face gets blacker every day,
It's never tidy, never;
And if l rub
And scour and scrub,
II makes it worse than ever.
They want to know what makes me keep
The nasty thing" about me,
Why, don't you see
It's fond of me,
And couldn't do without me.
Now, does it matter much to them
How sick and cross 1 may bes
I'm not afraid
Mamma would trade
Ne for another baby.
&C H. Snyder, in Couyier-Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-07
The Germans are organizing a consid-
cradle establishment of falcons to catch
the encmy's carrier pigeons.

The shipment Of Florida oranges to
Europe, which wns attempted for the
first time in my quantity this winter, has
resulted most satisfactorily.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29
LESS THAN 80 LIVES LOST.
OFFICIAL FIGURES AS TO THE LOSS
OF LIFE ON THE KATE ADAMS.

The Result OF the Investigation by the
United States inspectors Of Steam
Vosseis-A Gratifying Reduction Of
Former Estimates.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29

FULL Dress Shirts a specially. FNish
equal To new. Memphis Steam Laundry,
22l Second street. Branch office, 3b7
Main street
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29

please, instead of binding your crop 10 n
commission merchant. In this manner
the big profits will be cut OF and drop into
your own baakct Once unlettor the price
OF money and its owners will compete
among themselves for the best class OF in
vestments, the result Of which, under the
inevitable law OF supply and demand, will
reduce the price year 10y wear, as II has IN
all places where II is plentiful. TnE MEM-
PHIs ArrrAI, always the farmers friend, has
been an intelligent advocate OF the proposed
change. In this il had the cooperation Of
NJ. b. Trczcvant in series of instructive
articles upon the subject. The JOlcr is
glad to bc able 90 state that many Of the
farmers oi Tennessee nre urging the adop-
ton Ut the proposed law, aud ii hopes to
see the entire fraternity in the State
united in the same way, lor in this can be
| found the commercial emancipation OF all
/ farmers Who have 10 borrow money. We
are paying now one cent per month IN
most places aud can't get II for that often.
| To lend at this illegal rate the lender
| lodges the law OF tres 90 do 50 10y taking
out the interest before turning II over Ia
YOU or by putting II in the face OF the note.
/ This lodging the law process prevents
millions ui dollars from other States, that
is being loaned at < per cent, from
! coming here, because our laws only
allow per cent Remove this
/ barrier by making conventional
rate Of 10 per cent. and money will
/ rush here 10 such an extent u will become
/ NJ plentiful We can yet Il nt per cent,
while We now pay for what We get ~ per
cent. The scarcity OF money prevents most OF
our farmers from getting cash to buy their
supplies, aud they are forced 90 mortgage
the crop To get supplies at just what the
/ merchant changes them, which II, rs We
stated often, out OF reason.
II should be- borne in mind that con.
yentionnl rate OF 10 per cent. docs not
mean that every debtor il required 10 pay
| that rate. whether he will OF not. II only
means that he may make q legal contmc,
to pay as high ~ l0per cent II he chooses.
II lac makes no contract, then the rate re-
mains q per cent
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29

THE APPEAL is pleased 10 announce that
the loss of life by the burning Of the
steamer Kate Adams is not nearly as
great as was at first estimated. 1t will be
remembered that the first published ac-
counts place the number of lives lost as in
the neighborhood OF 100, and that figure
was generally accepted ms inside. A re-
cent official investigation however develops
the facts that the earlier estimates were
greatly exaggerated owing to the absence
OF reliable data and the conflicting nature
of statements based upon pure guess
work. For the past few days an official
investigation has been in progress, con-
Quoted by Capts John J. Darragh and
Carrot f. lIus, United States Inspectors
OF steam vessels. A vast number OF
witnesses have been examined in
Guiding Capt. Mark Cheek, Chief
Clerk w. G. Banker, Second Clerk Harry
Best, Pilots Joe Barton and Vim. Hodge,
Engineer John Botto and many Others.
The investigation will be concluded today,
all the testimony being in but that OF three
1remcn, whose evidence Is necessary to
complete the examination. The conolu-
sions OF the inspectors have not yet been
made public, but THE APPEAL is enabled
10 forecast the report to the exten; Of in
forming the public that the inspectors are
satisfied, with all the lights before
them, that the number OF lives lost
will not exceed thirty, and may be
limited. These figures are based mainly
upon the testimony OF Chief Clerk
Banker, who was extensively examined
by the Inspectors aud who has accurate
data before him. by reference 10 the
books OF the boat, which lac had with
him, he knew how many passengers,
cabin, deck aud Texas, were aboard, aud
from these he deducted the number who
came up from Robinsonvile ON Sunday
afternoon and those known TO BE- dead or
otherwise accounted for. The full con-
clusion Of the Inspectors will be made in
a day or two, but the figures therein to
be presented will not vary much from
those given here.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29
nLtTT CRY ,LOIuINC uOuST.
raa ualn street.
TIE COURT

An attachment WIS susi out In tic
Chnncgry Court yesterday by Malltc.la 4
ragc against thcpwpcrty oi John Bradley,
TO satisfy a cla.mamoununy TO s2S6.
T.. McClddrn 4 Go. sued uut nn injuur-
ton cuIuiuinF e.. 5. Norman 4 Co. from
di-pUslug ul their stock oi gucruuu. dry
gu1ds. etc defendants made an assign
mcnt u few daya ago, byins ui the limo In
dvhcd 90 cOWpIuuHnis iu the sun oi
Il. sIu
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29
The nay,icn nepubI,e Indemnity.

WASHINGTON, Dec. est was stated
positively at the Department Of State to-
day that no demand for indemnity had
been made in the cise Of the steamer Hay
ten Republic. Mr.. Morse, owner Of the
vessel, recently requested Secretary Bay
ard 10 demand $4,000 indemnity. The
Secretary has informed him in reply that
there is no need OF haste In the matter,
and that the question OF damages can be
best determined after the vessel has mr..
rived at New York, where 1t is due in a
few days.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29
Transfer. ofIt.si,,.

:. A. Cmmp aud vic to ". u. lcard.
10, on the south side OF Poplar s.rcci, for
sl.sO.
!. H. anl Cora T. Roberts 10 lanc
sgt, aud Martha Tclman. forty acres Of
land boz range p. section I, lur 500.
james simmons and vito 90 BYRD Rushy
and n n Fowler tract 1T land in tho
srr0nl Civil District iUr -sll
VIM D. DuUduch aui wife 10 ". ".
llauvil, l5' lyrr Oi land la the fimt Civil
District, alec 3s u,ns la same dis,nc. iui
stsu
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29
WATER
FIRE
BEHOLD OUR PElcEE

SEQ choice Wool Suits, So
5DO Won,cd Wool Suits. so.
800 Cork Screw Suits. $40.
100 heavy Cashmere Pants, Sl2j.
4 complete suit OF iino woolcn Under.
wear, ~.
80 dozen Gents 6nc plcatcd bosom
Shirts. ~ q ch.
Gents Fur Hats, ST. former price, $3.50.
Boys Eur Caps, -, llrner price, 81.