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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The school question-Please, may
g'wout2-LoreI Citizen.
Men who are a great deal run after
fugitives from justice. Lotion Courier.
The fireman of locomotive generally
has a ''tender" disposition. -RocaeSter
Post Erpress.
Cant you workl" asked lady of
tramp. II don't know, maam. l used
to, but I'm out of practice. "-Nereaaat-
IrareJsr.
Maud S. is said to have stride of fif-
teen feet. How a prize fighter must
envy her when the police are after him.
Neto York Netos
"Why do live2" is the title OF re-
cent poem. A perusal compels US to give
up the problem as unanswerable. e.-BUr-
HRgtOn Free Press.
1t would be the most natural thing in
the world for the Young business man to
put the letters of his 'dove" in his pigeon
holes. -Burliagtoa Free Press.
Raspberry jam is now made of stewed
tomatoes and hay seed. Give them lit
tie time and they will make white clover
honey out of bone phosphate.-DmsCiAe
Breeze.
"How are collections to-day2" asked
man of bill collector yesterday.
"Slow, very slow; can't even collect my
thoughts" was the reply.-P'tt'burg
Chronicle.
A South Carolina paper tells of
farmer in that State who has been at the
plow for sixty eight years. 1t is time to.
call the old man to dinner.-SdR rfGn-
c,s Alta.
| "Johnny." said the Sunday-school
teacher, what is your duty to your
neighbors2" ''To asked them to tea as
soon as they get settled" said Johnny.
| -LeloistOn Journal
/ Landlord-"Come, Sepp, that is the
| tenth match I've seen you strike. What
have you lost" Sepp-"pm looking
for a match that I've dropped on the
| floor. - German Joke.
/ The public look upon the college yell
as a useless accomplishment, but in later
years, when some of the boys get into the
ilinerant fish business they find it comes
in powerful handy.-StatesBalR.
More drummers than ever are out on the
road
This season, the papers inform us;
And We rise To rem Ark, in "a mild sort OF way,
That the chestnut crop is enormous.
-HOtet Mail
''Your bill has been running a long
time" insinuatingly remarked the
butcher TO Slopay the other morning.
"That's bad, remarked Slopay, sympa-
thelically. "Why don't you let it walk"
- Washington critic.
Mrs. Youngmater-"Do you know,
Emily, l think baby has inherited his
fatLer's hair Mr.. Y. tprematurely
bald)-"Tm glad to hear somebody's in
herited it, my love- for | have often
wondered what became of it. Tezas
/ .SifiHgs,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
Proner Care Of Closets.

Closets are not only useful but a neces-
sary part of house. Many housekeepers
think that there cannot be too much
closet room provided. There are miny
things which are properly put into
closets, and other things which should
never go into closets. OF such are all
soied undergarments. Clothing that
has been worn should not be hung away
until properly ventilated In this way
two fertile sources of bad odors in
closets may be excluded. Many hang
their night clothes in the closet during
the day. This also should be avoided
unless they have had thorough airing
before being hung. If the closet does
not admit of window, the door should
be left open for II few hours every day to
admit pure air. Some persons have
ventilatoIs placed just over the door, but
the outside air. if admitted for short
time every day, will purify a closet
where only clean clothes are hung. No
matter how clean the clothing in the
closet may be, if there is no ventilation,
the clothing will not be what it should.
-DctrOH Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

A block of mSdel tenement houses
has been opened ON Cherry street, New
York, which is the result of the enter
prise of a number of praetical-minded
metropolitan philanthropists, and which
it is to be hoped will have a long line of
successors. The houses, says the EpOch,
have been built to pay a moderate re-
turn on the capital invested, and all that
the skill of the architect and the sani-
tary engineer could do to render them
wholesome and habitable has been done.
A room for a kindergarten, conducted
under the auspices Of the building com
pany, is a special and certainly not the
least admirable feature of each group OF
six houses. The open courts separating
the houses of each group, the well-yen-
tilated halls and corridors, the basement
laundries, and other new characteristics
OF these houses, mark a distinct advance
in the building OF tenement houses 10
New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Georgia Boiled Rice.

The boiling of rice is not always we'll
done, and yet it is the simplest of mat
ters; that il should be dry is doubly inn
portant when the intention is to serve
it as an addition to another vegetable
dish witha sayory sauce. After washing
the rice, put it over the fire in plenty of
actually boiling, salted water, and boil it
fast for twelve minutes; then drain off
all the water, place the saucepan con.
tanning the rice either in the oven, with
the door open, or on d brick upon the
back of the stove, and let it steam for
ten minutes longer, or until it is tender
as desirable; every grain will be distinct,
and the rice quite free from moisture.
Rice boiled too long is watery and
soggy. When it is tender, it may be
seasoned with salt, pepper or butter, oI
served plain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
Reckoning an Income.

4 capable domestic servant in our
cities may annually lay by sum equal
to the income upon S 900 in govern
ment bonds; and an industrious mechan-
ic, in steady employment, earns a sum
equal to $50, 900 at 4 per cent. A team
ster in Montana, or cowboy in Colora-
do, finds that his strength and skill are
worth to him, in money each year, as
much as would be $40, 900 invested in
the same lands, even if he could buy them
at par.
The lawyer or physician in county
town who earns his 50, 600 annually, if
suddenly debarred from practice, wou d
require sGj, 600 in bonds to yield him
the same income; and the editor-in- chief
of "A great c ty daily has power in his
brain worth to him, in hard cash, the
capital of 5000, 600. O.-Bost.n C0H ir
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
All the Letters.

One of our exchanges calls attention
to a queer contest that ma, been taking
place recently, and ends with a challenge
which, as representative of young folks,
we 'cept:
''The idea is to see who can produce
the shortest grammatical sentence con-
tanning all the letters Of the alphabet. 1t
resulted in the following: ohm quickly
eXtcmporized tivetow bags I his SEN
tence contains thirty-four letters. Can
any OF our young folks make shorter
OneIn
Yes, we can. Evidently, while good
grammar is nece sary, sense is not re
quired. Accordingly we offer this: My
,Iabez quickly veXed the wrong fops,
Tn rty-one letters, aud no consonant re
peated and we believe il may be posi-.
ble 10 accomplish the feat with thirty
letters. - KHih's Comldaion
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

hunt He had killed with his own
hand over thirty men. He had fired
dozens of plantation buildings, helped
torture many planters, and, he killed
negroes so often that he did not cut
notch for their death. He had the
characteristics of tiger. He would kill
where other men would spare.
He had had many hand d-to-hand fights
with the regular troops, and no ten of
them would have dared attempt his cap
ture. On one occasion he put squad Of
thirteen Spanish soldiers to fight, and on
another he captured a squad of five who
had been left to guard path, and cut the
throat of every man. l visited him lin
Jail in company with the British Consul.
Although he was loaded down with
chains and kept behind bars which an
elephant could not have wrenched away,
everybody was afraid of him. lie was
reckless and defiant to the last. and de.
lighted to call out the names of his vic
Tins and relate how he had disposed of
each one.
got permission to be present when
the guerrilla was shot. He was taken
from the prison in the gray of the morn
ing by large body of sold.ery and con-
Quoted to the military target shoot, over
a mile away. He was roaring defiance
when he came into the open air, and he
kept it up until the place of execution
was reached. Then he suddenly grew
calm, and he had no sooner been placed
in front of his coffin than he broke down
and begged and pleaded in a way to
touch the heart lie offered to betray
his comrades, do anything on earth, to
preserve his life, and he was groveling
in the dirt when the bullets of the firing
squad put an end TO his life.-Ne,O Yorl
Sun
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
Each Shop in Paris Has Its Color.

Business people in Paris have long
since formed color speech by which
certain trades are easily recognized.
First of all the color shops are distln-
guished b. being painted outside in
squares and stripes OF the most brilliant
colors. Niennese leather, bronze and
triuket shops have begun to use the
Austrian colors, yellow and blackr then
the Spanish wine shops use yellow and
red the Italian, green, white and red.
7 he business places where furniture carts
for removal are kept are painted yellow,
as well as the wagons-why, not even
the rroprictors know. Pastry shops are
light brown outside, and within white
and gold, SO that one is reminded OF the
pastry itsc T.
Mix shops are white and blue, both
inside and out. The washerwomen now
begin To paint the outside Of their IRON
ing shops bright blue, while the carts
that take the linen to the wash houses in
the country are bright green. Wine
houses are an painted brown, or dull
red, which is exactly the color of the win
ordinaire mixed with cranberry Juice and
logwood. Still darker IS the color Of the
charcoal shops, which the dust soon reD
ders completely black. Rakers are fond
of light brown and white, with much
gliding and large mirrors 80 Court
Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

Recent annual agricultural returns in
Great Britain show that the area of wheat
has increased by 30, 900 acres during the
past year, and that of barley has de-
creased by 17S,O00 acres. Broadly
stated, there is less land in grain by 143,
900 this year than 1886, reduction of
$500 acres in green crops, and a reduc-
tion of no less than 6, 400 in hops. There
appears an increase of nearly 3, 900 acres
in fax. The extent of arabic lands now
out Of cultivation in England and Wales
is less than in 1881 by upwards of 25, 600
acres. Neare 4, 900 acreas of decreased
acreage in hops is in the county of Kent,
where much of the land has not been
otherwise utilized. Hops have been
grubbed up in consequence of the unre-
munerative character of the crop from
the prevailing low prices, due to foreign
competition.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

Physicians pronounce cigarette smok-
ing as the cause of many troubles. 1t is
stated upon undoubted authority that an
unusually large number of young men
have been committed to the Michigan
State Insane Asylum during the last
eighteen months, and that the discovery
has been made that nearly all of them
smoked cigarettes to excess. In many
cases it is said to be absolutely certa Il
that cigarette smoking was the cause oil
the insanity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
JOarleying by Raft with His Family

A strange craft was that which came
down the Missouri River early yesterday
morning and tied up short distance
below Harlem. 1t consisted of primi-
tive log raft, upon which was piled up
chaotic mass of poor furniture, bad
clothing and half broken queensware.
The craft was about twenty feet long and
not half that wide, and upon it man,
his wife, and tve children, have tloated
down the Missouri all the way from
Northern Nebraska. The mans name is
julie Tillson, and his destination is Ar
kansas, whence he emigrated year ago
to what is known as the Niobrara coun-
try, an unsettled region in Northern Ne
b aska. He squatted on claim, hut
was forced off when the legitimate set
tiers came along. This lett Tillson
without means, and, gathering his few
effects together he put his family on
the little craft, viii h he has christened
the Arkansaw Traveller, and started on
his long voyage The family has been
on the water over six weeks, and the
trip has been without incident, except
the death of one of the little ones. The
child was about six years old, and prone
to somnambulism. At a point near sioux
City the child was found missing, when
the family awoke one morning, having
walked into the water during the night.
The family will continue on its journey
TO-DAY. .-hdHSaS City journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

New York State has had twenty-eight
Governors, only three of whom were
bachelors, namely, Tilden, Cleveland and
Hill. But while Samuel j. Tilden was
a confirmed bachelor he was, neverthe-
less, fond of the society of ladies. That
MIR. Cleveland had no strong prejudice
against the gentler sex his marriage
clearly proves. But Governor Hill, the
New YORK World says seems to be en-
tirely devoted TO the society of his own
sex. He is the most uncompromising
bachelor in the State, and though he is
repeatedly urged TO contemplate matri-
mony by his friends he always turns a
deaf ear to such suggestions
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
WINTER FRIENDS

As winds that howerets scatter
To gain their perfect scents,
As pools that softly hatter
The gazer's lineameutsl
As bumble-bees who gather
Sweets with a ruthless sting,
Then leave the bloom to wither
A torn and bleeding thing;
AS Autumn skies all smiling
Which turn TO sudden frost,
AS seas in smooth beguiling
Soon high are tempest-tossedl
As some false gem doth glitter,
And Folly's sparkle lends;
So-and alasl-so bitter,
Like these are "Summer friends
Like gifts Of noble giving
Like earth and fire and sky,
Like sunshine for all living,
And peace for all who die;
Like poets wondrous pages,
Like music's mystic power;
Like deeds OF other ages
Grown greater to this hour;
Like Charity, forgetting
And loving more through pain;
Like JOY with no regretting,
And sorrow not in vain;
Like some strong word that, flowing
Straight to the soul, transcends
All others in bestowing
True good--are winter friends
Then no! ye friends of Summer,
Be pledged in froth of winel
To love trifling conner,
As lightly go from mine
But, friends of Winter, never
From my true soul depart,
But drink with me forever
The nectar of the heart
Cora Linn Ddnie
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

The number of people who speak Eng
lish has increased seven-fold during the
last century and now amounts to u
hundred million. At the same rate of
increase the end of another century there
will be seven hundred million English
speaking people, says Mr.. Gladstone in
the North Anerican Reoieo.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
Books That Have Helped U.s.

Among the books that help usall
Along lifes dreary track,
In summer, winter, spring and fall
None beats the Almanac.
Its weather prophecies are true,
Or nearly, il not quite,
And knock the Signal Service Blu
Relus higher than kite.
From day TO day with confidence
We TO its pages go,
To find fogs-C ld-cold-intense-
Hlgh-wnds-''Loo ook-out-tor-snow.'
But better far than heat or cold,
Snow, hail, rain, thunder showers,
Il gives us Jokes that Adam told
To Eve in Edens bowers.
Boston Courier,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

There is variety of posts aud poles in
New York streets. There are lamp
posts, jewelers. posts surmounted by
clocks, Fire Department poles, Western
Union Telegragh poles, electric light
poles, and poles for the electric light
wires, BARRIERS poles and police signal
box poles. The Tribune says facetiously
that ''all that is wanting now to com
plete the equipment of our streets is the
North Pole, and then the average New
Yorker ought to be satisfied"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

The French Academy, by its recent
annual distribution Of "prizes of merit, "
has proclaimed Jean Adolphe Delannoy,
Calais pilot, the most heroic Of French
men. He has risked his life twenty-one
times in saving shipwrecked crews and
Is loaded with medals. lie also wears
the cross of the Legion of Honor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

\ The city of Lecompton, Kansas, which
thirty years ago was one of the most
promising towns in the West, is to-day a
striking example of "busted boom. y
Town lots that sold readily for 81 900
each in 1854 cannot now be disposed of
at $50, and the half a million dollar
State House then under way is now a
mass of ruin,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

A novel sight witnessed near Mount
Vernon, Me, lately was that of man
moving on the ice. A portion of his
farm is in swamp-land, which is too
wet to NOV in summer, but by waiting
until it freezes he is enabled to harvest
"a large crup of hay from it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

The people of Chicago will furnish
free to the National Republican Com
mittee next June everything necessary
for the conventions use. This will in
clude the hall, committee rooms, ushers
for the meetings, stenographers, all
necessary printing, decorations and car
riages. The cost will be at least $4O,-
ano
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

Nevada Is about as proud over the
fact that a big vein of fine anthracite
coal has been struck as it is of its silver
mines. There's about as much money in
the coal, too, as in the silver.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
RATES OF ADVERTISING
GID SAYINGS.
As poor as a church mousN

As poor as a church mousA
AS thin as a rail-
AS fat as a porpoise,
As rough as a gale;
As brave as lion,
As spry as q cat;
As bright as a sixpence,
AS weak as a rat.
AS proud as a peacock,
As sly as a fox;
As mad as a March hare,
As strong as an OK;
As fair as lily,
AS empty as air;
As rich as CFpsus,
As cross as a bear,
As pure as an angel,
As neat as a pin;
As smart as steel-trap,
As ugly as sin,
AS dead as a door-nail,
As white as sheeti
As fat as a pancake,
As red as a beet.
As round as an apple,
As black as yottE hat;
As brown as berry,
As blind as bat;
As mean as a miser,
As full as a tick;
As plump as a partridge,
As sharp as stick.
As clean as a penny,
AS dark as pail;
As hard as a milestone,
AS bitter as gall
As fine as fiddle,
As clear as a bell;
As dry as herring,
As deep as a well.
As light as feather
AS firm as rock;
AS stiff as q poker,
As calm as a clock;
As green as a gosling,
As brisk as bee;
And now let me stop,
Lest YOU weary OF me.
-Nelu Orleans Times-Dsmocrd
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25
On Dangerons Ground.

Auckland, New Zealand, is lively
and cntcrprising city of 10000 inhabit-
ants. 1t is situated near the crater of a
la.ge extinct volcano, which, according
o. -cicuti,ls, may resume active opera
tila, ut any moment The Aucklanders,
however are not terrified at the prospe T.,
aud in fact are going TO cement the bo
tom Of the crater aud use il as a res servo
for their water supply.--Flrs aad Wa er
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-25

Intellectual pleasures are nobler kind
than any others They be ong TO things
Of the highest order They are the in
clinations of heaven, and entertainment
of the Deity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-28
%esterdsy's Quotations Produce mt the
Two Great Commercial Centers.

%esterday's Quotations Produce @t the
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, March 2z.-Flour--Receipts
B6, 500 packages; exports, g. 81 brls, and 10 900
packs. Sales, %. 900 brls. Market steady; COM
mon 10 good extra Western and State, s. SIS 3. 35
good to choice Western and State. So 40 So;
common to choice white wheat Western extra,
s4.251 so; fancy white wheat Western extra,
@460G5; common to good extra Ohio, 81. SIS a
40; common to choice extra st. Louis. s. $50
40.
Wheat-Rscsipts, 2, $50 bu; exports, 90. TO bu;
sales, 4376000 bu futures, $4,000 hu spot
options variable aud irregular, opening strong
and soon advanced a &c, later lost most OF the
Improvement. closing firm at about the best,
after moderate business Spot grades a 10
better and fairly active; No: Chicago. sssc, to
arrive; No Milwaukee, SIC. in store; No. L
Northern. 522c; ungraded spring. SAFE; ungraded
red, 81 a 921c; No. red. So a zoe In store and
elevator. 90a collie Delivered NO. red. 95c.
nominal: No. white, este I. o. b.; No. red,
March, 500 S9Bc, closing at s9Ac; April, S95 q
69sc, closing at 69sc May. S94 a soc, closing
~ s9sc bid; June, IS 5I60ss4c, closing at S8sc;
July, ST. o ssc, closing at CSC; August, 81 a
674c. closing at site; September, 874 d SIZE.
elosing az size; December. 9009O5c, closing at
90ie.
Corn-Receipts. %. 800 bu: exports, 81. 293 bu;
Gales. 720, 600 bu futures. and O. 600 bu SPOT;
options advanced 1sc on March, and on others
1 Gbc closing firm with fair speculation. Spot
No. z, u 02e higher others dlo better, closing
firm. Uneraded mixed, COT q 624c; No. 3, 60c;
steamer. 60 06O3c in elevator: No. 2. 613c
store, 63 a 633c delivered; March, 6l5c closing
Gle; April, COL collie. closing at 6l1c; May. 60
1Gl4c. closing 60sc; June. SO 059sc, closing
e. 59ac; July. SO 594c. closing at 59sc; August,
bgs Sole, closing at sole: September, 594 59ac,
closing at 59zc; October, 80 059sc, closing a.
b9se; November, 57E a 5ssc. closing at 58ac; De-
gAmber, 56tc. closing at 56tc.
Oats-Receipts. So, 900 bu; exports, 800 bu;
sales, 100000 bu futures 139, 600 bu spot; about
a. higher and fairly active; mixed Western. 80
@4tc; white Western. Al a Ace.
Hay quiet and steadily held shipping, 300.
Hops unchanged and dull.
Coffee Spot fair Rio steady at lac; options 10
90 points higher, but very quiet; sales 3s, 500
bags; March. 1885 10 soc; APRIL 10 10 10. S5c;
May 1913 a. 10 Soc. June, 10 65 a l0. 75c; july
10401 TO 45c. August, 10 Is q 10 25c; September,
s0.05ci October, 9.95c; November 9.95 10000;
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-28
Anctinn snla or Draas Goods.

NEW YORK, March 27-An auction sale Of
Arlington-mills dress goods was made here to-
day, at the instance of Harding, Colby s. Co.,
the selling agents. large number of buyers
was present The Offering comprised about l.
900 cases cotton warp fabrics and 5000 pieces
allwool dress goods. AS whole the prices
very low. when compared with prices rul-
ing at private sale. The cotton warps, however,
did much better than all wool. The latter de-
veloped a shrinkage of more than 80 per cent.
Among the principal buyers Cincinnati.
John Shillito Dry-eoods Company, Louis Silk &
Co., George McApiue & Co., Aims & Doepke:
Chicago, Storm & Hill and James H Walker &
Co.. St. Louis Rice Silk & Co. and the William
Barr Dry goods Company; Indianapolis Murphy,
Hibben 81 Co.; Memphis B. Lowensten g Bros;
Louisville, Bambereer, Bloom q Co.; Cleveland,
Boot & Mcbride Bros; ST. Paul, Lindke, War
ner Sc Schermeyer.