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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
Gypsies.

An article IN the New York Herald
on "Gypsies" gives interesting details
concerning the mode of life and general
habits of these nomads. The following
is an extract:
''Do any of your people ever leave you
and go to live in towns and citiesr
''Not in the sense you mean, mister.
Once gypsy always gypsy. But
you'll find gypsies in the cities just as
often as you will in the woods When
winter comes gypsies must live like
other folks, and when they've got trifle
of money together they're just as likely
to buy houses and land with it as they
are to invest it in any other way. But,
though they may go to live in the cities,
they remain gypsies to their lives end,
and love the gypsies' life better than
that of city folks"
"But how about their childrenl Do
they remain in the cities or join their
fathers tribes"
There's no fixed rule. Very rich
gypsies spend mint of money on their
children's education, and it's only
natural that such children should not
care to live like gypsies. Still, many OF
lliCn uo NOiilt DdCh W lu6ll AulucAa
tribes, and live and die with them.
have tNo daughters in convent now,
aud when their education is finished
will let them choose between living with
me here OF with an old aunt of theirs
who has half a dozen good houses in
Newark. They're gypsies TO the back
bone, so | suppose they'll spend their
lives wandering like their forefathers.
"YOu are Roman Catholic, thenp
"No, mister, I'm not; but my wife
was, aud the children take after her |
come from the New Forest, in England,
and my wife from Yorkshire There's
hardly town or village in Great Britain
that she and haven't tramped through,
We did our best for the children, a, in
deed, all gypsies do, and when poor Mary
died, eight years ago, in a Connecticut
village, | sent the children to school,
and paid handsomely for them ever since
Not that I'm rich, for I've no home
very few gypsies have-but I've some
money saved, aud am strong aud healthy,
aud can pitch my tent almost any
where | please, so I'm perfectly happy
and contented and ready to go 10 III,
next world when my time comes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
FOREVER.

They sat together in the sun
And Youth and Hope stood lowering near
Like dropping bell-notes one by one
Chimed the glad moments soft and clear;
And still amid their happy speech.
The lovers whispered each to each,
''Foreverr'
Youth spread his wings of rainbow light,
"Farewelln he whispered as he went,
They needed not nor mourned his fight,
Wrapped in their measureless content:
And still they smiled, and still was heard
The confidently-uttered word.
"Foreverln
Hope stayed, her steadfast smile was sweet,
Until the even.time she stayed;
Then. with RELUCTANT, noiseless feet
She stole into the solem shade;
A graver fate moved gently by,
And bent and murmured warningly
''Foreverln
And then--where sat the two, sat onel
Novoicespoke back, no glance replied,
Behind her, where she rested lone
lowered the spectre, solemn-eyed;
She met his look without thrill
And smiling family, whispered still
"Foreverln
o, sweet, sweet Youth o, fading Hopel
o, eyes by fearful mists made blindl
o, hands which vainly reach and grope
For familiar touch and kind,
Time pauseth for no lovers kiss;
Love for its solace has but this
"Foreverln
Susan Coolielne
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The bride never disposes of such
duplicate wedding presents as thousand
dollar checks
The latest society game is progressive
angling" 1t is said to be very catching.
--C1iuaJw D'spateh
A Kentucky jury has acquitted man
named Pendulum ofsmurder, and so he
won't swing = Chicago Tri6une.
Music, with some people, is like
measles. They have it in them, but it's
hard to bring it out. The Epoch.
A poet sings: ''Two Chords Struck"
Perhaps he struck because he was too
lazy to saw them. philadelphia Call
Dr. Koch says the cholera germ is in
the form of a comma. When it lays hold
of man, however, it is, generally found
to be full stop.-Syracuss Herald.
1t is one thing for person to know
good thing when he sees it, and another
thing for him to seize good thing when
he kno MS il. t.-~BarltHFton Free Press.
It has been discovered that the Irish
tenants do not pay any quicker when
charged by the police than when charged
Dy the landlords. Pitts,ayg Chr0nisle.
He GOULD talk the art of artists
In manner quite intense;
He could draw perfect lily,
But he couldn't paint fence.
Washington Critic.
Russia has placed a tax of one kopeck
each on every egg sold in the kingdom,
and the hens kopecking around with
every mark of dissatisfaction. u The
Epoch. sasls1a
,''osophers tell us that =. fSiesssna'
know Neoae oaaee thiEg .welr:--~a3S 3SiIions itodMnsi1y
medical fraternity, however, it phys
better TO know many thirgs ili.-BostOn
Transcript.
''It's an ill wind that blows nobody
good" said the Christmas goose, as a
cyclone whirled him from under the farm
er's uplifted hatchet into the next county.
lid Bits.
Father-"Come, Bobby, you are all tired
out so hurry of to bed" Bobby with
a slow and reluctant movement)-"Pa,
you oughn't to tell boy to hurry up
when he's all tired out"
After a while it may occur to the
French Government to do away with the
Legion of Honor decorations, aud do
what decorating is necessary with red
paint. Rochester Post cypress.
Hypocrisy Ethel. Mamma, l am
writing to Nellie Lee; shall say any
thing for your" Misunderstanding to
that contemplate person again9 Yes,
give her my love. How detest that
girl to be sure lp-Harper's Basar.
"Wheu you are tired, y said one young
man 10 another, do you ever lose com
mand of words aud ideas2r " No." said
the other young man, "I can't say that
do; but have felt that way sometimes
when got home very late at night
SOmeroiUe p0RfRai.
How Providence does temper the wind
to the shorn lamb Twenty years ago it
cost $40 to telegraph ten words to Cali
fornia. Now, during the California land
boom, the words ''Send me cash enough
10 get home on. Am busted, cost only
| $1.-DetrOt Free Press.
The report that short sealskin jackets
are the fashion abroad is evidently
started by some interested paterfamilies
with desire to save enough money from
the cost of the long ones to pay the
butchers bills for a year or buy paid
up insurance policy. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

''Six and half tons of diamonds
surely even slndbad the Sailor never
ventured to compute his diamonds by the
ton--yalued at about $40, O0S,9OO, have,
we are informed been extracted from
four African mines alone in the course of
the last few years, says the 81. James's
Gazette "The other great diamond field
OF the world is India, also a British pos
session. Everybody knows that AmsJer-
dam has hitherto been the centre Of the
diamond cutting industry of the world I;
and IN former times there was a good
reason for this, as in London, at least,
the industry was extinct. But every
body probably does not know that of
late years efforts have been successfully
made to reintroduce diamond cutting
here in England, and that English cut
ters have beaten the Dutch in several re-
cent prize competitions Considering the
esormous value the trade the United
States alone, it is calculated, requires
$4,000, 900 worth of cut diamonds per
annum-.we should take care that English
diamonds stop here TO be cut and are not
sent eiiherto Amsterdam or to Antwerp
md Paris, VII ch have lately endeavored
Oseeure portion Of the Dutch trade
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
TMo WaYs Of Snrlng nd.

Those who live among books, and
have withal the gift of language, are
apt to be bo0kish in their expressions.
One of this class, Miss Eliza Robbins, of
Boston, was visiting her friend, the poet
Bryant. She happened TO be alone in
his library when cabinetmaker brought
home chair he had altered.
On MIR. Bryant's return, he said; "Miss
Robbins, what did the man say about
my chairf'
"That the equilibrium is now admi-
rably adjusted, she replied, not lifting
her eyes from the book she was reading.
what a line fellow" said Mr.. Bry-
ant, laughing. II never heard him talk
like that Now, Miss Robbins, what
did he say"
"well. he said 1t joggled just right, ."
she replied, - Youths C0mpaaioa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
At the recent Baptist Congress

At the recent Baptist Congress in In
dianapolis, Robert j. Burdette, the hu.
morest, spoke about the alleged ten
dency of the daily newspapers to enlarge
on the worse side Of human nature and
to say little about the better. He ad-
mitted there was some truth in the
charge, but defended the practice by
saying that if newspapers should make
il practice to record only the good
deeds of men. the editorial sanctum
would be beseigcd by men claiming to
have lived sanity lives and demanding
10 be written up. OF course this state
ment was only humorous exageration,
but the brethren smiled as though there
might be something in it,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

The corn canning industry in Maine
is a great one. Eighty factories have
been running there this year, and more
than Il, 900, 600 cans of sweet corn have
been put up, besides large quantities of
apples, beans, tomatoes and other vegc-
tables and fruits. The sales amount to
upward Of $4,000, coo, most of which
goes into the pockets of the farmers aud
workmen. The farmers make specially
Of raising sweet corn, and it is said that
the Maine variety is sweeter. than any
other
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

Lieutenant Cushing, the man who has
for years studied the habits and tiadi-
tions of the strange zuni Indians of New
Mexico, has been devoting himself to
Chinese subjects during visit to San
Francisco. Some nights he spent in the
Chinese theatres. He is astonished at
the discovery he has made and says that
the Chinese mythic language is the same
as the Zuni, and further says he will
agree to translate any myth represented
on the Chinese stage by means of his
knowledge Of the Zuni myths.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
pArra on ApNERrIaIMo.
THE FARMERs sEvENrY YEARS

Ali there he is, lad, at the plough;
He beats the boys for work,
And whatsoe'er the task might BE-,
None ever saw him shirk.
And he can laugh, too, till his eyes
Run DER with mirthful tears,
And sing full many an old-time song,i
In spite of seventy years.
'sGood morning friendsl tits twelve O'CLOCK;
Time for half hours rest
And farmer John took cut his lunch
And ate it with a zest
"a harder task it is" said he,
THAN following up these steers, -
Or mending fences, far, for me
To feel my seventy years.
''You ask me why I feel so young;
I'm sure, friends, can't tell.
But think it is my good wife's fault,
Who kept me up so WE'LL
For women such as she are scarce
In this poor vale Of tears;
She's given me love, and hope and strength
For more than forty years
Sand then my boys have all done well,
As far as they have gone
And that thing warns an old mans blood.
And helps him up and on;
Ny girls have never caused pang,
Or raised up anxious fears;
Then wonder not that feel young
And hale at seventy years.
"Why don't my good boys do my work
And let me sit and restl
All friends, that wouldn't do for me;
like my own way best
They have their duty / have mine,
And till the end appears,
Imean to smell the soil, my friends"
Said the man Of seventy years.
Hartford Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

From the report Of T. A. Nash, Su.
pcrintcndent of the Railway Mail Ser
vice, we are able to deduce the ratio of
danger in that services During the year
4,403 mail clerks travelled 1O7, 7,O67, 643
miles over 1853, 900 miles of railroad.
There were ~ railroad derailments or
wrecks, in which clerks were killed,
~ seriously and 72 slightly injured.
Hence it follows that the risk of death is
one in about /, 500, and of injury about
one in 40. There was one accident for
every A, 600 miles travelled.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
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HOUSEHOLD AFf4
Some Vegetables.

Spinach has been called by a FrefcA
physician the 'broom of the stomach,
and if the busy housewife would only use
This broom as often as she does the one
neatness requires, there would be less
stomach troubles in the land, and advcr-
tisements of stomach bitters would not
greet one on every side. Spinach as it
is often served, is far from inviting, but
properly prepared it is a delicious vege-
table. Have the water boiling very
strong before you put the spinach in it,
and keep stirring the spinach OCCASION
ally, so that it will not get into lump.
A very few minutes will suffice to cook
it. AS soon as the stalk is soft take up
the spinach, press every drop of
water out of il, then put it on a
board and chop it with very sharp
knife until it is almost pulp. Then sea
son it with salt and a teaspoonful of
sugar, moisten it with little cream or
milk, add small piece of butter, and
place it where it will get hot, but not
boil. The chopping is little tiresome
and takes some time, but nothing is ac-
complished without some trouble. 1t is
not generally acceded fact, but cooks as
class are very unselfsh, and unless they
are, success never really crowns their eff
forts. Unselfishness is as necessary as
skill, because the cook rarely or ever
can eat the viands she prepares, and all
the labor is for those more fortunate ones
who have only to enjoy them.
A large per cent. of iron enters into the
makeup of carrots, and those whose
vitality is low, and those who suffer
from poverty of the blood, should eat
this vegetable in season and out of
season. 1t is very palatable way of
obsorbing iron into the system, and it
will not necessitate visit and a conse-
quent bill from the dentist, as iron in
variably does when taken in liquid
form.
Celery cooked, or uncooked, is a
specific against rheumatism, and toma-
toes for purifying the b. ID have no
rival. Asparagus helps, and in some
cases prevents kidney trouble
10 preserve the flavor and appearance
of vegetables, they should be keep in a
cool, clean, dark place, but in any house
that is heated by furnace, cool, dark
place is somewhat very difficult to find.
Even il you have not very good place
TO keep vegetables always buy them by
the bushel; this quantity will certainly
keep and will save you many penny.
Look them over carefully from time to
time, and as soon as any of them show
signs of decay remove them, and use the
one nearest to them for the next meal
No matter how cool place you may
have, constant supervision is necessary,
because an apple may have been bruised
by falling. and unless it is thrown away
in time it will be source of oontagion
to the rest. The same holds good with
all other vegetables. = Brooklyn Gi'i,tn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

The Electrical World says that so great
success has attended the schlesinger
electric system in the Lykens Valley
PENN coal mine railroad, that it is
hereafter to take the place of the steam
locomotive. This is interesting as being
the first instance in America, if not in
the world, in which the electric motor
has replaced the steam locomotive en-.
gine in the railroad service.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

Several of the doctors who crossed the
ocean to attend the recent medical con.
ference in Washington suffered so Sc.
verely from sea-sickness that they have
nfsebeen able to summon sufficient cour.
't<z2to undertake the voyage home, and
have decided to locate in this country.
Two have settled in Boston, one in New
York, another in Philadelphia, and Others
are vet undecided where to locate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

II win be surprising to many people
to learn that they may be blind not only
in the eyes but in the ears. Recent in
vestigations have givena certain class of
phenomena the name Of ''sound blind
ness. This designates the apparent in
ability which exists in many persons to
distinguish between the sounds of GER
tain words or letters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

Every now and again we hear Of a per
son ejecting some monster from the
stomach The latest case was that Of a
young woman who threw up turtle.
But on further examination it was found
to be simply piece of orange peel. We
suspect other tales of the same sort would
have q like explanation if properly ex-
nniuesl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04

A Detroit customs officer says that i'm
mense quantities Of dutiable goods are
smuggled into Canada from that port
every year. Much Of the smuggling is
done by Canadian people of social po-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
The Upper Hand.

Regarding mans supremacy
The youth and maiden quarreled,
+" The hand that wields the pen, said he,
" Is the hand that rules the world.
Then quoth the maiden clipper.
While her red lips She curlod,
" Sir, the hand that wieids the slipper
Is the hand that rules the world
'-Bosio,t Courier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
HAM LIN
LIN COLIN

Read up and down and then across.
There's something in that, isn't therel
Now, again:
ABRA-HAMLIN-COLN
Can you find two other names of two
other men whose official lives and whose
names combine as these dol- Washington
Critic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
A Curious Combination in Names.

whats in namel" has been ques-
tion sufficiently unanswered for centuries
10 still remain subject for discussion,
and what is in two names should have a
double interest. If you don't think so,
take two names as we'll known as any in
American history and look at them.
They are Lincoln and Hamlin. Nothing
peculiar about them as they stand, but set
them up differently and see what they are.
For instance:
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-12

oolors chosen. Miss Margaret Win
slow, OF Brooklyn, editor of "Ou,
Union, " the official organ Of the w
4. i. IT,, made "A telling speech IN
favor OF adopting the simple knot o
white ribbon worn by the Massschu,
sets w. G.. T. o., aud this was agreed
upon. Tie minute. OF this meeting
were the frat U be published IN
pamphlet form.
In the convention OF 1873, at Balti-
more, liz delegates were present rep.
resenting 10 staies, aud Sl.047 were
the total receipts ~ shown 10y the
Treasurer report. A discussion which
covered more thyn a days session was
tue prominent feature al Ibis assembly.
The question was in two parts. First,
snail we endorse the ballot for "A won.
ell as a temperance measure? Second,
shall our official organ publish ac-
counts OF work along this line? The
first was decided in the negative, the
second la the Affirmative, and n col
umn headed HONS Protection" Was
Introduced INFO "Our Union,u the
national organ. This great debate
y mingled courtesy aud
eogency that astonished the public.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-12

While csrelessly handling q loaded
revolver at Johnny Cosgriff's saloon
on Park street yesterday afternoon,
Ralph Bailey, a 10 boy formerly In
the employ Of the Leseur outfit, shot
himself through both legs. He waa Ia
the act OF putting the pistol in his hip
pocket, cooked, when thu hammer fell
and the big '45' exploded, the bullet
tearing through his right leg at an
angle and lodging in his left leg just
above the knee joint. A fracture OF
tile bone of the left leg resulted and
the Injuries are OF "a most serious
nature.
The unfortunate young man was
carried on u stretcher to his room In
+. M. Sch wartz's house and Drs. Fish
and Lebcher dressed the wounds and
put the broken member In splints. II
is hoped they may be able TO save the
young mans leg and amputation will
only be resorted to as an extreme
measure.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-12
The Luck of the Maenneen House.

The season ofiires has begun but the
blaze which carried CONSERVATION to
the people in the Macqusen House
last evening, just before dark, was not
caused by carelessuess in the handling
of a stove but oy the explosion of an
oil lamp in the annex. Mrs. Rpbt.
Neal, wife of an employe of the house
has a o 10 the annex and had Just
lighted a lamp preparatory to dress.
ing for supper when she discovered
that II was not acting right and i'm
mediately picked it up intending to
throw il out of the building before an
explosion occurred. 1t was but a few
steps to the house of the building and
she hastily attempted to cast the lamp
from the doom but woman like her
aim was bad and instead of falling
harmlessly out upon the ground the
lamp struck the door casing, exploded
and in a moment q sheet of flame
sprung up. The hotel fireman was
coming down Park street and seeing
the bl"ze gave the alarm and in five
minutes the danger was over and the
blaze extinguished.
In the interval the usual comic
side of such an occurrence was taking
place within the building. There is
but one door, and . sheet of flame
guarded that effectually. ard the
windows are all closed in with wire
screens. Within the house there were
four persons; Mrs. Neal and her baby
and Frank Foote and Night Clerk
Becker, the two gentlemen having
Just finished putting on their
clotbss-they sleep in the day time
when the fire startled them. In q mo-
ment they threw up a window and
broke out the screen and the baby was
passed through carefully, next the
mother and then Becker and Foote
began scrapping a. TO whose trunk
should be put through the window
first. Before the dispute was settled
the danger was over and the fire out
but Foote'S trunk took precedence and
he was still arguing about the matter
when a reporter discovered him on
guard, keeping Becker inside the
building.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-12
Liberated From Their retter,

by the helpful. genial action Of that most benef-
cent Of sperienis, HOstetter's Stomach Bittsrs, the
bowels soon throw of the burden that paralyzed
and weakened them, and resume their normal
freedom Of action The action eff the Bitters, I'm.
like that of average pursatives. involves no grip.
ing or drepcHing, IL IL did ii would. like them -,
be ~valueless for ordinary use. There is nothing
ungenile or unnatural attending its operation.
Upon the liver, no less than the bowels. its action
Is most denign, promoting a healthful bilious Sc.
erection, and directing out Of the wong and into
the right channel. Conformity with costiveness,
other bilious symptoms disappear when il is sys.
temstically used, and the stomach is STRENGTHENED
as we'll as regulated by Il, Malsrisl complaints,
rheumatism, debility, nervousness aud kidney
troubles are completely cured by it. Sleep and
appetite are invariably promoted by 1t.