The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-10-31
HERE AND THERE.

Van Sickle, the man who tore his horses
tongue out by the roots near Port Allega-
ny, has been lately seen around that town,
and is now at his home in that locality.
Tar and feathers and public sentiment
must be scarce in that community
tSmethport Miner.
Any person in Pennsylvania who shall
pursue and apprehend any horse thief in
any county of the State, on conviction of
the person so apprehended, shall be enti-
tied to a reward of $40, and six cents for
every mile necessarily Travelled in pursuit
of the offender.-[Ex.
Rev. John Eckels, the newly appointed
minister of the NJ. +. Church at Reno,
was the victim of a fatal accident at that
place, about 8 o'clock last Thursday aitcr-
noon. While the New Castle train on the
w. N. Y. & p. railroad was passing Reno,
on the way to New Castle, Rev. Eckels
was struck, and died instantly. From all
that can be learned, this train makes no
stop at Reno, and was running at speed
of about twenty miles an hour. When
nearing the depot the engineer saw a man
lOMdEu bidChf anu ab 'llCp u
nailed. At the time this was given the
man was fully 10 feet from the track. The
man paid no attention to the signal, and
the engineer could not stop in time to
save him. He was struck by the pilot,
and the engineer thinks, was thrown
against the switch. The train was stopped
and the body of the man, for death was
evidently instantaneous, proved to be that
of Rev. Eckels. The body was taken to
his residence in the lower part of Reno,
into which he had only removed the day
before from Stoneboro. 1t is supposed
that Mr.. Eckels was either deaf or else
was in an distracted mood, and failed in
some way to notice the approach of the
train.-[F Franklin News.
Although the year 1900 will be divisible
by four without a remainder, it will not
be leap year. 1t is well to be informed oi
this in time. Twelve years must elapse
before the interesting event takes place,
but IT was just the same in 1900 and in
1900 but not in 1900 for that was leap year
and the year 1000 will be leap year also
Why this should be is as much of a prob
iSiil " thO EOuSidi do bhO SllNSl
question or the tariff issue. To explain il
in detail would be tiresome task, but il
rests on the principle that a difference ol
IL minutes per year exist between actua
time and calendar time. Thus, a year /,
computed at 365i days, three years being
1865 days long and the fourth year 366 days
In fact the year is 365 days, hours anG
40 minutes long, or IL minutes short o
1861 days. The leap year every four year,
is said to have been an invention of Julius
Caesars. To allow for this difference o
IL minutes per year, one leap year wa
dropped every hundred years. But thi
was found not to be exact, and Pop
Gregory XIII, in 1882, made an improve
ment and decreed that every centuria
year divisible by four should be a leal
year. Thus, by emitting the leap year TO
three centurial years and letting it remail
as usual on the fourth centurisl year,
system is obtained 50 close that it woult
take thousands of years to make up an
other days difference in time. The cal
endar time is still not exact mathematic
ally, but as no change will be necessar,
for 4G00 years. the present generation nee
not worry about the trihing discrepanc,
remaining Derrick.