The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-14
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Harriet BCCChcr Stowe continues to
receive l,500 year in royalties on
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
Sacramento City has voted to send
TO Florida for 5000 wild orange trees
and plant thcmin the streets for shade
trees.
A new beverage has been invented
in France intermediate between beer
and vino, and which is to be sold un-
der The name of barley wine.
A rauchman urar Phoenix, CAL, inn
portcd two ostrirhrs from Africa at
cost of $2,5OO. He now has n thriving
flock of sixteen big birds
Aluminium resembles silver in APP
pcarancc, is stronger than steel. will
not tarniSh aud is superior TO silver for
all purposes for which that metal is
used.
The Oldest pupil now attending
school in the United States is past the
age of Co. lie is Crazy Head, a former
chief of the Crow Nation, and is en-
rolled as pupil in the Carlisle Indian
School.
A correspondent writing from San
Francisco says that ladies of that city
wear scalsllin cloaks the year around.
and that the sight Of heavy fur wraps
and overcoats ut times during the sum.
mer is NOT all uncommon.
There are four matronsin Media, Pa, +,
who are the mothers of cighty-fOur
children. Mrs, William Wright boasts
of fifteen, Mrs. Samuel Field of tweH+
ty-cight Mrs. Joseph Chandler of
twenty-five, and Mrs. Barrett of six
/ teen,
A young child of Mr.. and Mrs. Reoul-
brault, of Manchester, n. H., has two
perfectly formed heads, joined to the
body by two short but well-formcd
necks. The child is otherwise, Of nor
NAL development and enjoys good
health.
A nugget was recently found in the
Sierra Azul District in Sonora, Cal,
that weighed 5 pounds 5-S ounces,
and contained $3.50 in gold. 1t was
from the old placer digging which
have been worked for many years by
the MeXicans.
A. d. Johnston. of the Walton House,
Clayton, n. Y, has a dog that will
catch a ball with all the experience OF
a league player. His owner keeps Il
soft rubber ball for him. If the dog
misses the ball at first he never fails to
catch it on the first bound.
The Maine Executive Council recent
ly visited prison where was woman
under life sentence for numbering hel
husband. She made an appeal to the
visitors for pardon, and the first ques
ton asked of her by one of the honor
able councillors was whether she had /;
husband living.
A sliding telephone is the latest. l
is a movable telephone that can be rur
up or down to any floor of largt
building, so that person on one stor,
/ who is wanted at the telephone neeC
not come down or go up to auOthe
, floor, but can pull the instrument NJ
or down as is required.
: 1t is related of British Museum Off
= Ger, who was tired to death of the ques
tions put by the visiting public, that h
burst out one day in answer to tn
query, "Why is the museum closedP
!. with the remark, Because one of til
mummics is dead and the officers ar
attending the funeral"
. A Pittsburg oplician makes the state
. ment that gum chewing has a harmfu
= effect on the eyes. and when carried I
excess is apt to cause blindness. Th
= constant moving of the jaws affect
the nerves that lead from the spine
: the optic nerves and strains the latte
a until they give out.
A Portland, Ne, man has invente
:. bicycle engine. The machine COZ
v tains one large ground wheel, whic
e will run on two rails, one on I'll
IF ground ana one suspended over tn
70 engine. The inventor thinks n spec
T of 100 miles an hour can be obtained
il and he intends to put the engine to
)t prictical test.
lie NJ. Kergovatz. a chemist of Bres
a. electrotypes bodies after death.
M his process the body is incased in
skin of copper, which prevents furth
)r change or chemical action. If desire
m this may again be plated with gold
at silver, according to the taste or veal
S. of the friends of the deceased p'
ss son.
- =, A drum owned by Horace Thom;
" of Visalia, Cal. was carried by his
- ther in the battle of New Orleans, n
a. tlltlMuIu SOuuhtu lAb nblAb VI hlo
u. at the battles of Tippecanoe and r
re ing River. 1t was made from sy,
more log, the heart of which had be
st followed out, and both heads are gol
IN IN but it is highly priced as a relic.
of Cats as a general thing do not i
No water, even though they are &c
nd swimmers. A man in Clayton, N.
Le has a large Maltese that is an exc
do tion. The animal takes to water e'
ed more kindly than spaniel He v
rer 90 into the water on his own accol
m and seem to enjoy it hugely. Lik
be dog he will bring back a stick thro
IRE in the water
ii- Little girls who don't like to &C
oil, school should live in China; little b
be who don't like to go to school sho
'or keep away from the Celestial emp
in There the girls do not have to g
.od all, and the boys begin when they
Get six years old School begins at d
re- light, and closes when it is too darl
or read. There are no vacations, no
by holidays and not much fun of
sort.
its Charles Bradshaw, a barber of '
mr. tertown, n. Y, was, until a few
cen ago, the owner of a remarkably !
-tle cocious spaniel. The animal had b
at taught so that on the call of "n6
or he would jump into a chair, lay