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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
A Sceptic as to HydrophObia.

Recent alleged cases of death by hy ydro-
phobia moves c. j. Peshall, who is one
Of the greatest authorities living on
canine lore, to again lift his voice against
a belief in the existence of the much
dreaded disease.
II do not believe, " he says, "there is
any such disease as rabies. Dogs, like
other animals, must pay the debt of ma
tuTe and die from disease. A dogs brain
may become affected from disease, and
when SO affected the animal may even
bite his own master, but if the wound is
properly treated by physician no bad
effect will follow. History teaches US
that for thousands of years the dog has
been dOmesticated and has become the
almost constant companion of man.
That man has made the most extensive
use of this animal in every way, and /
now think it is time we should begin to
give the dog his dues, and do justice 70
him and his race. .- Graphic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRs
The Kitchen Table.

Among the very necessary things in a
kitchen is a good-sized, substantial table
OF white wood or pine viii h is needed
Tor ironing and baking days. 1t should
have three drawers; large one for hold
ing the shirt boards, ironing sheets and
holders, and two smaller ones for spoons
and knives used in crockeyy. It is also a
good plan to keep the cook book in one
OF these drawers. Above this table can
be fastened hanging rack for ironing
days. This can be closed against the
wall when not in use, but will be found
great saving in time and labor as no one
can quite estimate the number of steps
taken from the table to the clothes rack
when one finds it necessary to hang up
each article as soon as it is ironed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Some acrobats are fresh, and somer-
sault. LCircus tickets go with this.
The difference between an epicure and
an anarchist is that ones a mighty diner
and the others dynamiter.- Waking
ton Critic.
At the museum-Mrs. N.-'My dear,
wish you to observe this beautiful
statue of Apollo; and this is his wife,
Apolonaris.
The man who says ' told you So"
At each mischance, has been laid low
We knew that he'd get killed; you know
That we have often told you SO.
lid Bits.
There are lotsof men in this world
who are born to rule, bus the other fell
lows are such a pack of ignoramuses that
they can't be made to realize it.-Me4'-
chant 7ra0eier.
An all-round has placed the following
placard over his coal-bin: mot to be
used except in case of fire." The cooks
relati es are in CONSERVATION. .-BurLinS-
ton Free Press.
Mrs. Chargeitplease-"Good morning,
Mr.. Takemeasure. | should like to see
something in the way of a small check"
Mr. Tapemeasure Qervently)-'So should
I."-DetroH Free Press.
Very Sick Husband Ito weeping wife)
-" 1t may come out all right yet, my
dear; so don't cry" Weeping Wife-"I
can t help il, John. You know how easily
| am moved to tears. ."-Ns'O York San.
A Mud river Indian was mistaken for
a deer the other day and shot. AS they
picked him up he dech.- si1t~aiT the
pain was assuaged by the evidence that
somebody had some use for him.-T.d-
Bits.
Country Minister Ito deacon)-"Dea-
con, you have a reputation of knowing
some. hing about horses. I've got an
animal that's balky. What do you do in
such a casem Deacon-'I sell him."
accident Necs.
There is one thing woman can do
which man cannot, and that is set
hen. All the softer parts of her nature
vanish in the contemplation and per-
formance of the act-she sinks her sex
beyond Amazonian possibilities. .-PhiLa-
deiphit Ledger.
'Joseph, said the merchant to the
bright young man with the best of refer
ence, "the book keeper tells me you
have lost the key of the safe, and he can
not get at his books" "Yes, sir, one
of them; you gave me two,
you remember" Hes, I had du-
plicates made, in case of accident. And
the other onep "Oh, sir, | took good
care of that. was afraid / might lose
one of them, you know" "And is the
other all rightln Eyes, sir. put it
where there was no danger of its beng
lost. 1t is in the safe, ir.'-BostOa
Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
Brain DEVELOPMENT.

The man who possessed the heaviest
brain yet weighed was an American
blacksmith, who does not seem to have
been otherwise remarkable, even for the
excellence OF his iron work. Since that
time, however, though great pains have
been taken to ascertain the brain weight
of celebrated men, not one record exists
of the brain weight of famous women.
The brain of George Eliot was specially
remarkable. The following passage oc-
ours in her life: "Mr. Bray, the enthu-
siastic believer in phrenology, was so
much struck with the grand proportions
of her head that he took Marian Evans
up to London to have cast taken. He
thinks that, after that of Napoleon, her
head showed the largest development,
flom brow to ear, of any person re-
corded. - WomaR's Worid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
THE HsTHETIc OWL.

The owl sits perched on the hemlock tres
As wide awake as an owl can be,
The sky is clear and the air is still,
And he boots to the night as long us hs
will.
Obi the light of the sun is no light for him,
Give him the moon and the starlight dim,
For all the hours Of the garish day
Deep in the thicket he blinks away.
To-witl to whool there's another shout,
From the midst of the forest the cry breaks
out;
It comes from the heart Of the doddsred
oak
And he knows full well the voice that spoke.
'Tis the signal shout that his mate has
made.
Away it is time for their nightly raid.
Softly and slow through the gloom they go,
Wnging their way over field and wood,
While their eyebali stare with a fendisb
glare
At the thought Of blood
Woe to the mouse that is out Of his hole,
One squeak and the victim is swallowed
whole,
And struggling and raw in that ravenous
NAV
He lies by the side of the delving mole,
The little songsters are all at rest
In leafv covert or cosy nest,
Not thought or care or dream of fear,
Though their deadly foe is lowering near.
One blow and the sharp beak drips with
gore
And the hapless minstrel sings no more.
Savage Of heart with show of sense,
Made up Of feathers and sheer pretense,
Light-hating creature, moping and dull,
Mere glimmerings of thought in his muddy
scull;
What title has he to wisdom's cresti
Outon the own he's fraud at best
But when at last he has met his fate;
Like many a spoiler men call great,
Aloft and mounted his praise is heard,
And aesthetics say: "What lovely bird"
Hartford Courant
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

The Albany AIyU says that crusade
against cigarette smoking has been in
angurated along the Hudson River, and
what is termed IA moral boycott" is the
instrument used to bring about the de-
sired result. Physicians say the number
OF cases Of serious illness traceable to the
pernicious effects of cigarette smoking is
very large, and that it is high time to
call halt. Results of the crusade can be
seen in Kingston, Poughkeepsie, New.
burg, etc, where signs are displayed /:
"NO Cigarettes Sold to Boys Here" 4" The
movement is being warmly indorsed by
clergymen, educators and others.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

Cremation is rapi lily pushing to the
front in Europe. The new crematory al
Stockholm, Sweden, burned its first
body, that of the late rendant of the
Observation-Disclosures cremation So
cietO Kjellerstedt, on October IS. From
that day to December nineteen corp ,es
were incinelated. A crematory is in
course of erection at Zurch, Switzer-
land. Another is to be built at Basel
on the same plan. At Hamburg, Ger
many, the erection of crematory will
commence next spring The cremation
society at Berlin has secured the ground
for erematory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
Another Task for Explorer STANLEY.

The Nouremeat Geographigue, of Brus.
sells, says advices from Zanzibar are to
the effect that the British East Afr can
Association has concluded treaty, under
which the sultan of Zanzibar cedes TO the
association for fifty years sovereignty
over the territory between Port Wanga,
at the mouth OF the Oumba River, aud
Vitu, distance of over thirty-fye
kilometers. This will facilitate tine open
ing OF routes TO Victoria Nyanza, and
shows that Eng and is desirous of found.
ing colony which will extend her in.
tluence to the source of the Nile. 1t is
probable that when Stanley returns he
will be asked 10 undertake this work OF
extending civilization.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
Mlmlons Owe Him Gratltnde.

Argaud, poor Swiss, invented lamp
with wick fitted into hollow cyliu-
der, up which current Of air was per
milted to pass, thus giving a supply Of
oxygen tl the interior as well as the eN-
terror of the circular flame. At first r
gaud used the lamp without lja.s
chimney. Ono day he was busy in his
work room, and sitting before the barH-
ing lamp. His little brother was anu ing
himself 10y placing bottomless oil q, K
over different articles. suddenly he
placed it upon the flame Of the lanlh
which instantly shot up the long neck
of the flask with increased brilliaucy.
II did more, for it flashed int Argand's 5
mind the idea OF lamp chimney, by
which his invention was perfeet-Sat
Lake I'riLVHs,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
He Erred.

And are you angry sweetP
He whispered soft and low;
But still she turns her face away.
And not one little word will say
To mitigate his woe.
Her tiny eyes grow pink
He plainly sees il now.
She lifts her little hands in shame
To cover DER face ahame
From dainty chm 10 brow.
Her stately head droops low;
lt makes his young blood freeze"
Hi . ne by kiss .ng Que fair cheek
Caused her this shame, 50 real. 50 deepl
pause, fearful sneezn.
Il, L. EdasiV, IA Philadslphia Press
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

They continued their old ways, making
money fast and spending il foolishlyG
even giving it to monte dealers. But the
Armstrong firm was never broken in that
way but once. After that, whenever he
saw one of the peculiar signs: "Robbers'
Roost," "Fleecers' Den," or " Fools
Last Chance" Armstrong would shake
his head with knowing air and say to
himself as he passed along: "Oh, yes.
Armstrong, you've been there; you know
all about that; you don't buck your
money away at three card monte-not
much. - O5erlanL Monthlv.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

Albert NJ. Thompson has arrived in
this country and is going to study medi-
cine in the Medical College of Indiana.
The interest of this announcement is in
the fact that he is full blooded vey
neg o, the son of Dowanna, King of the
Upper eron County, and sandymanda,
Queen of Jarbacca His African name is
Momora. He is twenty years old and
well educated, having studied at Cape
Mount, West Africa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
Treatment of Owls.

A rural friend of mine, who enjoys
trifiing with old superstitions, has a pair
of owls which he keeps on his piazza
Summer and Winter lie enjoys the
strange noiCes which they make at night /;
and instead of attr buting them to weird
influences, assumes that they are due 10
hunger or indigestion on the part of the
birds of wisdom. AT all events, he
claims that by supplying the owls with
raw meat and Jamaica ginger hey re-
lapse into silence for the night, BOs.0H
Post
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

Bush Otter, young Sioux, is the only
full-blooded Indian who was ever en-
ployed by an Executive Department of
the United States Government. The
Geological Survey has for some time past
employed Otter, who is well educated, to
prepare for publication series of Indian
legends which he learned in his fathers
Yigwam when a child. Otter repaired
to Hedgesville, W. Va, last summer to
pursue his literary work in that quiet
town. There he met a charming white
g RI with whom he fell in oye. His pay
of u a month did not seem sufic ent
TO him in the light of contemplated mat
rimony and he struck for higher wages.
The Geological Blu eau refused TO raise
his salary and Otter became man of
|1isure,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
MY LIFE.

o life, my lifel
Child Of the deep, unfathomable night
Thou child of terror, child of Joy and light,
OF peace and strife,
o thou, my lifel
o life, my lifel
Begot In passion, and in sorrow borni
By warning doubts bewildered and torn
With tumult rife
Art thou, my life.
o life, my lifel
BY shadows vainly vexed, by shadows joyed
Vain hands outstretching to'ard the unan
swering void:
With silence rife
Art thou, my life
Htaimdr Hjorth Boyesen, in Independent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

Alabama is going ahead fast, accord.
ing to the reports OF correspondent,
who writes that in ten years the State
has increased her ia aIable property from
Sl25, 600, 600 to S9l5, QUO, 900; and in the
past year Jefferson County, of which
Birmingham b is the county seat, has in
creased Sso, 900, 900 in tax value. The
total increase in the State for the year
was S41, ,6gl, 1O3.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

saxony and Thuring'a are the home
and paradise of dolls. The annual pro.
duction of dolls stockings alone in
Saxony is 35, 600 dozen. Thousands of
shoemakers find constant employment in
making dolls shoes. The export of dolls
TO England, France aud America is very
large, aud increasing every year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

Indiana is proud because she claims to
be the first State to adopt daily weather
service. The headquarters are to be at
indianapolis, from which one hundred
teleSrams will be sent out each morning
early. giving the probabilities for twenty
four hours in advance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
rerms. sI.oo per Year.

1t has been recently shown by stats.
tics that the difference between the
wages of men and women in this city
who do the same work is from 81 to $12
a week in favor of the men.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

. During the last season on the great
lSSes, it is estimated, more than two
hundred lives were lost and So, 500, 600
worth Of property destroyed. Seventy
six steamers, forty-three schooners, six
tow bargcs, aud eight tugboats were
lost or damaged.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

Dr. Gross, of Geneva, Switzerland.
has lately experimental with himself in
hanging. His experiments established
that the sensations were only warmth and
n burning in the head, without convul-
sions. OF course his experiments didn't
60 very far.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22
Prairie Dog Towns.

There is a chain of prairie dog towns
along The Texas and Pacific kailroad
for distance of 100 miles; some of the
villages cover five acres Of grOu d
Hunters say it is almost impossible 70
kill one OF the dogs and get his body, SO
quick y does he dive into Ms hole al the
explosion of gun. Deluging Their
holes with water will not drive them out
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

San Francisco has more representatives
in the United States Senate than any two
other cities in the country. The Cali.
fornia Senators, Stamford and Hearst,
have residences in San Francisco. rs
have also the Nevada Senators, Stewart
and Jones. Stewart practices law at the
San Francisco bar, and 'oues is mem
Der OF the San Francisco Exchange.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

The New York Herald thinks ut is more
than probable that De Lesseps' Panama
ditch, If it is ever finished, will not be
big enough to hold all the poor fellows
who have died while digging it,"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-22

The E'dtflcai Reoieto says that the
uselessness of the lightning-rod is be-
coming so generally understood that the
agents end their vocation trying one
Fewer and fewer rods are manufactured
each year, and 1.-THE day will come when
Lightning rod on house will be re-
garded in the same light as horseshoe
over a mans door,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Laid to Rest.

At two o'clock Thursday the re-
mains of Mrs. Ray Rozell were car
ried to their last resting place from
the residence of her brother, Mr.. G.
H. Hulme Notwithstanding the dis
agreeable weather a good number of
the old friends of Mrs. Rozell accom-
panied the remains to the cemetery,
and there bid farewell for all time to
one whom all loved who knew her.
The deceased was i'll but few days,
and her relatives here were not aware
that her illness was dangerous. Mr..
Hume had just started for Hutchin-
son, the home of Mrs. Rozell, when
he received telegram stating thar
she was dead. Three of her children
are buried here, and it was her wish
that she be laid beside them. In
famation of the kidneys was the cause
of her death.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
ELLINWOOD EARMARKS.

From the Express.
j. Farrell returned last week
from his trip east.
Mr.. John Retzel is visiting his
brother Henry in this city.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Carr was buried yesterday,
(Feb. 29th).
Mr.. Schrapel is erecting new dwell
ing on his property on main street.
Messrs. Christ and Joe. Sauer left
Tuesday morning last for two weeks
visit to Kansas CITY.
We are pleased to learn that Mr..
T. A. Steckel who had the misfortune
to break his ankle few weeks since,
is able to be around again.
There will be a grand bail at the
State Center hall on the evening of
March 8. admission fifty cents. Evey-
body cordially invited.
The third annual of Couer De Leon
Lodge, number $50. OF Knights of
Pythias, will be given on Monday
evening, April End, 1888, i'll Mrs. +.
81. Parker's hall. Arrange ments will
be made at the Star Restaurant for
those who desire supper. Ali are cOrdi-
ally invited.
The Sons of Veterans now have
enough members to organize a camp
at this place and a meeting for that
purpose will be held in Rohlfng's hall
on Saturday Mar. the 10th. All
those who wish to become members
should come on that date prepared to
give the rank and company to which
their fathers belonged in the army;
also money to pay their initiation
fee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
1t will be a Rather.

The year 1888 will be a memorable
one in our national history. From
afar the din and noise of political
warfare can be heard. Already the
chiefs are marshalling their forces in
silence and girding on their armor.
Magnificent will be the spectacle of
this conflict. In adroit generalship
it will eclipse anything in the past, and
in strategic movement it will chal-
lenge the admiration of all. With
every town and village and hamlet
ablaze with the fire of enthusiasm,
with every eloquent tongue pouring
forth stream of thoughts that breath
and words that burn, the year Of 1885
will indeed be a memorable one il
political history.-Er.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
PAWNEE ROCKETS.
From the LEADER.

From the LEADER.
J. w. Ockerman returned from
Hodgeman county Saturday.
DIR. S. j. Shaw, of Great Bend,
was in town, Monday, in consultation
with DR.. Daniels, on the case of
Reuben Denton, who is very low with
consumption.
A merry throng of Masters and
Misses gathered at the pleasant home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Smith, We'd
nesday night. Music, dancing and
games passed the time pleasantly un-
til the ''wee sma' hours"
Little Willie Miller, son of Josh
Miller, was severely scalded, yester-
day. He was playing beside the
kitchen stove when in some manner it
was overturned, throwing the boiling
contents of tea-kettle over his right
arm, side and leg. While very pain
full, the scalding is not dangerous,
and with careful attention he will
soon recover. 1t is believed that the
little fellow removed block which
supported one leg of the stove, thus
causing it to overturn.
The latest sensation south of the
river, in Stafford county, is the Gear
rying-on" of William Adams, a here
tofore much respected farmer, "a Sunday
school superintendent and "deacon
in the meetin- honse" Not long ago
this sanctiloquent individual was sus'
pected, by a neighbor, of stealing
twenty-five bushels of corn, and care
fully watching, confirmed the sus-
picion. Adams was arrested and
taken to St. John and locked up.
About a year ago very poor family
in the Adams neighborhood lost a
COW, presumably estrayed, but the
rascality of Adams caused an invests
CATION in this case, and it has been
proven that he stole the COW and sold
it In Great Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
ConsOiing Thought.

While our less fortunate neighbors
in eastern Kansas are wading through
mud and slush, and are hauling their
wagons knee-deep through the mire,
we of the western part of the state
rejoice in clean crossings and solid
roads. The gummy, sticky, soil of
the east doesn't exist here, and al
though we are frequently visited with
heavy rains, mud is thing unknown
two hours after the rain ceases.
Southwestern Kansas is certainly a
fovored country in every respect
Seward County O0aTdRt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
Card OF Thanks.

/ wish to thank the many friends
of my late wife and myself, for the
free courtesies and kindness extended
to myself and family upon the oc-
casion of my late bereavement.
CHAs. RozELL.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
City and County.

The man who moves a down lifes path,
And finds it strewn with sweet surprises,
Is he whe knows just how it's done,
And keeps a store, and advertIses.