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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16

What I can not tell, as never saw
him." replied Willie, ''but I've heard
that he has face that would stop a
torch-light procession, and that he is
nearly old enough to be her father.
Rear girl! When think of what iol-
~ little thing she used to be, feel like
choking the old Russian refugee that is
making her life miserable. He proba-
bly, makes her do her own washing and
cooking, and glories in his villainy,
but if ever get chance I'll give him
q piece of my mind-the old jay, that
will make him think that toboggan
has struck him. y
''You say the old scoundrel actually
locks the poor girl upP" said the stran-
ger.
"Well, don't know for sure that he
does that, replied Willie, ''but since
the day she married the old terrier, /
haven't set eyes on her. He probably
thinks somebody will steal her, and it
would serve him right If they did
Here the conversation ceased for
short time, and Willie was apparently
too disguised to begin it again, while
the stranger, with placid smile on his
handsome face drumtned on the window
sill with his fingers, and gazed about
the car. Finally the smile broadened
into a grin, and turning to Willie he
said: ''By the way, you remember OF
my speaking of a young lady in Mil
waukee, whom l am particularly inter-
ested IMP"
yes" replied Willie, his face
Frightening.
"Well, the dear little thing, knowing
how lonesome l am on the road, went
and had q leather case made, put her
picture in it and sent it to me, and got
it in St, Paul yesterday. That's her
way; always doing nice little things
like that Would you like to look at
itP"
"Indeed l would" replied Willie.
pictures, especially pictures OF pretty
girls always interest me-" The stran-
| ger luIuDieu duOuJ III Ills NdlloO tshN
finally brought to light a leather case
and handed it to Willie, who, with
beaming face, opened it. The next
moment he turned pale as a ghost
and exclaimed; "Why, bgfs Miss
PIP
"Yes," said the stranger with {
laugh, sit used to be, up to two years
ago, when she took my name for better
or worse. Here is my card-you vii
!, pardon me for not introducing mysel
sooner, but the conversation was so yer!
: interesting that l decided to POSTPONE
presenting my card
AS Willie read the name, Charlie
Jones. ON the card, his jaw dropped
! and for a moment he was too dizzy t.
see the laughing, good-natured face be
fore him, but regained his presence 0
:. mind in moment, and commenced a.
. apology which probably would hav
;. lasted all night, had not the strange
: interrupted him, by offering him
: cigar, and inviting him to call upo
. himself and Mrs. Jones when he foun
! it convenient. Willie hasn't dared t
look himself in the face since, for yer
shame, but has changed his mind in re
gard to the mar who married Mis-
P-.-Peck's Sun.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16
FULL OF GRATITUDE.
A Book-Agen VINO wns thankful fOr'Be-
ing Kicked Dcwn.staifn

A Book-A gent VINO vvns thankful for.Be-
ing Kicked DcwnsstaifA
''Good morning, SIR"
Iglanced from my desk at tall, ca
daverous-looking individual, clad in
faded brown ulster.
81 hope / dom disturb youe"
"You haven't get I observed.
"Thank you, very much. If it isn't
troubling you, would you be kind
enough to permit me to show you the
advance sheets Of our new work on
Art in the Middle AgesP"
u don't want Il
"Thank you; but don't ask you to
buy it, but merely to look at it,"
l am Of a very ohliging disposition. l
turned over few pages hastily, with
out giving him an opportunity to rccite
his usual lecture,
Yes | said, as | handed the book
back to him, sit seems to be a
pretty good book, but am not able to
bua it."
I'm very much obliged to you for
thL opportunity of showing it to you,
"Not at all, / replied, turning to
my balance-sheet
Couldn't Ioffer you some inducement
in the way of easy termsP"
81 can't afford it on any terms a
present"
81 am sorry" he said, as he started
reluctantly toward the doori "but, as |
is, owe you u debt of gratitude fo
permitting me to talk to you about it
The life of book agent, sir, is hard
and it is like an oasis in desert t.
meet man who will permit an agen
to describe his book. Good morning
SIR"
was halfway down another column
of figures, when he came back and re
marked, over my shoulder, insinuat
ingly:
"Would fifty cents month bring
within your means~
"No,n | said, with touch OF impa
tience; II can't buy it at any price. III
too busy to talk about it now, anyhow
"Well, good morning, sir. Fm sorry t
have disturbed you; but I'm more tha
obliged to you for the opportunity
showing you the work and letting yo
know what it is.
| started down the column OF figure
again, and had reached q total OF 25'
when voice remarked, apologeticall!
close to my ear:
Excuse me, sir; but would you ol
iect to my inquiring when you think
is possible that you will be likely
have leisure TO examine the work Ii
tie more thoroughlyP"
could bear no more. rose fro
my desk, and calmly but firmly toe
my visitor by the collar, and led hi
into the hall and to the head OF IL
stairs. Then, with a skill derive
} from long practice, | kicked him dow
: stairs.
/ stood and watched his abrupt al
somewhat undignifed descent Fl
sound of breaking bones came up Il
} hallway. A moment later q book age
: picked himself up, slowly and paint
: ly, and called back to me in brokt
J but grateful voice as he limped away;
"Thank you, sir; am ever so mu
obliged to you for letting me off alive
Judge.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16
Little Pepi's Revenge.

"Ma, may | speak"
"You know that you are forbidden to
talk at table, my dear. "
Cant just say one thingP"
"No, Pepi When papa has finished
his paper, then you may talk.
Papa lays down his paper after break
fast and asks: "Well, Pepi, what did
you want, sayPn
81 wanted to say that the water is
running in the bath room, and the tub
is leaking over like every thing. y
Flieoende Blaetter.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16

"A Brooklyn baker whose name i
Home very truthfully adveftises Home
made bread
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16
A planter Of Milltown. Ca. v

"A planter of Milltown, Ca, wrote
note some time ago and placed it inside
a bale of cotton, asking the manufac-
turers to communicate with him. Six
months after he received letter from
Wadsworth Mills, Lancashire, England,
stating that the cotton was worth there
twelve cents pound. The planter had
sold it for eight and three-quarter
cents and he has been having quite au
instructive correspondence with tho
drm in the old country.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16
Annoying Devotion.

She had married handsome man.
She was warned against him. All her
young lady friends told her he was
flirt and gave her full account OF what
he had said to them, and how they could
have had him if they wanted, but they
would not think of confding the hap
piness of their lives to such flirt. She
was perverse and they were welded A
few months elapsed and she came to
visit one of her prophet friends one
day. "And are you happy" the friend
asked. "No, I'm not" "Well, dear,
I'm sure I warned you; but l do hope
you won't get a divorce" well, l
don't know, if this goes on" Now,
don't be foolish. Men are always a
little inconstant, you know, and tho
best husband will go off and leave his
wife occasionally and not explain"
explain! Go off and leave his wife! |
wish he would He's so devoted that
he won't go out of my sight long
enough for me to burn my old love let
ters. San Francisco Chronicle.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16
An InharmonIous Chord.

George-That is beautiful piece,
Laura. and you have played it most
soulfully. But what is that rumbling
noise l have been hearing nearly all
the time since came IMP
Laura-It must be the wind. Excuse
me moment. (Goes into the kitchen. }
Mother, can't you take that wash-tub
into the back BASEMENT It doesn' t
chord with the piano. Chicago Tri-
bune.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16

"A Coatsville pa man lately fell
heir to $11, 900 in curious way. An
elderly German visiting this country
some years ago met him and took :
fancy to him. The German returned to
Europe after a time and the American
had forgotten all about him until he
was informed recently that the old man
was dead and had left him his entire
estate.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-16

The French Canadians are quite
formal in their New Years salutations,
using this greeting: "We wish you
prosperous and happy New Year, and
may you see Heaven after your death.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
Wonderful Egypt.

The Egyptians, writes Frank G. Car.
penter, should be the richest instead of
the poorest people in the world. What a
wonderful country they have? It is
valley of guano in the midst of a desert.
The land is as black as your hat and il
now teens with crops as green as Kansas
in June. II produces from two to three
crops every year, and its soil gives out
through the ages bounteous crops with
no other fertilizer than this water of the
Nile. Egypt is the gift of the Nile and
wonderful gift it is The country
under the Khedive to-day is the narrowest
kingdom of the world. Extending be-
tween eight and nine hundred miles above
Cairo its cultivable soil is nowhere more
than nine miles wide, and below here il
spreads out in great, green fan, the
ribs Of which are each lit.
tie more than 100 miles long and
the top of which does not measure much
more than the ribs. This fan is the
famed Delta of the Nile, and with this
long narrow valley above it it makes the
Egypt of to-day. On the sides of this
valley are great tracts of desert of sand
of a glaring yellow silver, more sterile
than the plains of Colorado or the alkaG
plains of the Rockies. The Egyptian
desert is absolutely bare. The rich fields
of Egypt come to its edge on either side and
and you can step from the greenest of grass
on to the driest of sand, and standing on the
green with your face toward the desert,
as far as the eye can reach, see nothing
but the bleak, bare sand.
The whole Of the soil of Egypt has
been brought down from the mountains
Of Abyssinia by the Nile. 1t is nowhere
more than fifty feet deep and its average
depth is about thirty-fve feet Under
this soil is found the sand. The Nile
waters it as well as fertilizes it, for there
is no rain to speak of in Egypt. The
country is fiat. Here at Cairo YOU
can see for miles in every direction, and
standing on the great Pyramid, the
valley of the Nile is spread out below
you in a great patchwork of different
shades of green. There are no fences and
few trees, here and there grove of tall
palm raise their fanlike heads high up in
the clear blue atmosphere, and near them
you see a village of mud huts made of
the same sun-dried sticks that Pharaoh
ground out of the children of Israel.
This great plain is cut up by canals, roads
run here and there through it, and along
these move caravans of camels, OF
Egyptians in gowns upon donlSeys and
of droves of donkeys laden with grass
or grain. There are cattle and sheep by
the thousand upon the field and theii
fat sides glisten under the tropical sun as
they MUNICH the sweetest and juciest OF
clover. The air just now is as pure as
that of Denver. All nature seems to smile
and the only poor thing upon the scene
is man.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
LELLY MAKING.

Z The Jelly making season brings much
hard work to the busy housekeeper, yet
the wise woman will not fail to put up
good supply, for there are times when
jar of nice fruit or a glass of jelly is
''friend in need"
Select fruit of fine flavor, free from
blemishes and decay; it should be well
ripened, but not too ripe, and as freshly
picked as possible, and use the best re-
fined or granulated sugar. To extract
the juice, place the fruit in the kettle
with just enough water to keep from
burning; stir often and let it stand on
the fire until thoroughly scalded. A
better but slower method is to put it in a
stone jar set within a kettle of tepid
water; boil until the fruit is softened,
stirring frequently; then strain small
quantity at time through a strong,
coarse flannel or cotton bag wrung out of
hot water; let it drain and squeeze with
the hands as it cools; empty the bag and
rinse Off each time after being used.
Large fruits, as apples and ounces,
should be cut in pieces, cores removed
and water added TO Just cover them;
boil gently till tender and pour into the
bag to drain three or four hours or over
night.
Do not make over two or three pints
of jelly at time, as larger quantities re-
quire longer boiling. Boil the juice
rapidly ten minutes from first moment of
boiling, skim, add sugar and boil ten
minutes longer. As general rule, allow
equal quantities of juice and sugar. An.
other way is to spread sugar in a large
pan set in the oven, stirring to prevent
burning, boil the juice twenty minutes,
add the hot sugar, let boil up once, and
pour into jelly glasses Immediately, as in
this way a thin skin forms over the sur
face, keeping out the air; cover with
branded tissue paper cut to fit the glasses
closely, let cool and set them in a dry,
cool, dark place. TO test jelly drop q
little into very cold water and if it i'm
mediately falls to the bottom of vessel it
is done. If the jelly is not firm, let
stand in the sun with pieces of window
glass or mosquito bar netting, for few
days. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
A Comet Splitting Into Fragments.

Professor Edward S. Holder, director
of the Lick Observatory at San Francisco,
furnishes interesting facts in regard to
the comet discovered by Barnard last
September. He says the comet has now
lost all of its tail, and continued: 'Tht
comet was subject to much strain and
stress in passing that part of its orbit
nearest the sun and it is now showing
the effect of these forces in the following
way: Its body is evidently becoming dis
integrated and fragments are seen to be
streaming behind the comet in the form
of tail, directed not from but toward
the sun. This mass of matter was meas
ured by Barnard on July 1G, and his
measures show that its least possible
length is 430, 900 miles and its least
possible diameter is 144, 900 miles, so that
fragments which have already broken
off from this comet amount to at least
seventy quadrillion cubic miles. The
comet itself, which is 165, 900, 900 miles
from the earth, is still fairly bright, and
were it not for the fragments which are
seen to follow it would seem to be in
perfectly normal condition. AS it is, we
know it must have lost an immense guam
tity of original substance. This is an in
teresting case to astronomers, as it shows
the effect of the enormous forces to which
every comet is subject at the time of its
perihelion passage, while the phenomenon
forms an interesting commentary on the
text that comets, even the stoutest OF
them, must be short-lived things -
Wdshiu iStdy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
Why the Queen Dislikes Gladstone.

Queen Victoria's dislike of Gladstone
is explained by a recent writer, who says
that when the Grand Old Man used to
visit the regal old lady he was wont to
talk to her "about the pOlity of the Hit
tites or the relations between the Athan.
asian creed and Homer" The Queen,
perpleXed and uncomfortable, would seek
to make depression, and would address
a remark to daughter or offer a biscuit
to II begging terrier Mr.. Gladstone
would restrain himself with an effort,
wait till the Princess had answered or the
dog had sat down, and then would
promptly resume-"As | was say.
ing Meanwhile the flood had
gathered force by delay, and when il
burst forth again it carried all before it.
Victoria used to complain that on those
occasions it was Gladstone who was
rude She was probably in the same
predicament that Biddy Moriarity was
when O'Connell called her a parallelo.
gram.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
A Pigeon Decides a Law Case.

novel decision was rendered by JUS
tice Miller of Youngstown, Ohio, in a
suit before him, between John p Kirby
and John Scott, each claiming the own
ership to a certain carrier pigeon, which
was brought into court in charge of an
officer. Justice Miller, in order to settle
the ownership beyond question, ordered
the pigeon placed in the hands of two dis
interested persons, who took it four miles
south of the city and released it, After
it had started, two chasers were sent up
by Kirby, and Scott followed suit by re,
leasing another pigeon. The pigeon in
controversy flew straight to the residence
Of Scott, and, according TO the decision
OF Justice Miller, is now SCOTS property,
-Cierelo1d Lsoder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
ALL FOR YOU.


The love in my heart is as strong as the hills,
And as deep as the fathomless sea,
Yet pure as the breath Of the rose that thrill.
The sonl of summer with glee.
'Tis faithful fair as the light Of the stars
That beams in the boundless blue;
No selfish mote its radiance mars
And, Sweetheart, It's all for you,
All for you
Strong and true,
No time the tie can sever,
Till the angels doubt,
And the stars burn out,
am yours, Sweetheart, forever.
The love in my heart, know not why
Nor how it came TO be,
But the bliss that is mine no gold can buy,
Since love hath come to me.
o, love, love, love! There's nothing so sweet
Go search the wide world through
My heart is so full of it, every beat
Cries out it is all for you.
All for you
Strong and true,
10 time the tie can sever.
Till the angels doubt
And the stars burn out.
am yours, Sweetheart, forever.
Samuel M Peel, in Atlanta Constitution
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
RECIPES.

Picked Plums-One peck of plums,
seven pounds Of sugar, one pint of good
vinegar and spices to taste. Boil till
well cooked.
Boiled Rice Pudding-Pick and wash
the rice, put into saucepan with plenty
of water; let boil till soft; strain off the
water and set on the back of the fire till
the rice becomes dry; put into buttered
mold to set, then turn it out and pour Il
sweet sauce over it.
Crab-Apple Preserye-Pick large crab.
apples, and TO every pound of fruit allow
pound and half of sugar and one pint
of water Boil and skim till clear, then
to each pound of fruit add the juice an6
chipped rind of one lemon, Pat in the
crab-apples and boil slowly till tender
Fill the jars half full of fruit and cover
with the juice,
Caulifower-Cut off the outside leave,
and let stand in salt and water for an houI
or more. Put the head into a piece Of
net and boil until tender. Put pint o.
milk into saucepan, bring to a boil, ado
a lump of butter, little thickening,
half cup of grated cheese and salt to sea
son. Arrange the cauliflower on q fla
dish and pour the sauce over it.
Squash Biscuit-Onc cup OF SifteC
boiled squash, three cups Of sifted -four
one tablespoon of sugar, two teaspoons
of tartar, one teaspoon Of soda, one tea
spoon of butter; mix the flour and squash
well together, dissolve the soda in
little hot water, and fill the cup with
milk, stirring the soda we'll into it; pour
the milk over the flour and stir it in we'll,
adding more milk if needed, to form
stiff batter. Have the gem pans hot,
put in the batter, nearly filling the pans,
and bake in a quick oven. Eat warm
with butter and maple syrup.
Sweetbreads Roasted-ParbDil and ther
throw into cold water and let them stand
for fifteen minutes, change the water and
let them remain in it five minutes longer,
wipe perfectly dry and place them in the
baking pan aud roast, basting with butter
and water until they begin 10 brown,
then remove from the oven and roll them
in beaten egg and cracker crumbs, and
put in the oven for ten minutes more,
basting twice with butter, place ON a hot
dish; to the dripping in the pan add
half a cupful of hot water, one teaspoon
ful of flour, the juice OF one lemon, half
a teaspOOnful OF Worcestershire sauce,
pour over the sweetbreads and serve.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
CARE OF THE PIANO.


A piano tuner writes thus Of the mech.
anism of that instrument and its sus-
ceptibility to atmospheric conditions;
"Pianos are not affected as much by
heat or cold as they are by dryness or
dampness. OF course, if you stick one
end of a piano against stove or heater
or register and let the other come near
cold, leaky window it'll raise Ned with
it. You know the sounding board-the
life of piano-is forced into the case
when it's made so tightly that it bulges
up in the centre, or has a belly as we
call it, on the same principle as Il violin.
The wood is supposed to be as dry as
possible, but, of course, it contains some
moisture, and gathers lot more on damp
days and in handling. Now, when you
put a piano in an over heated, dry room
all this moisture is dried out and the
board loses its belly and gets flabby,
and finally cracks. Even if it doesn't
crack, the tone loses its resonance and
grows thin and tinny, and the felt cloth
and leather used in the action dry up and
the whole machine rattles and everybody
kicks. How can you prevent itl Easi-
ly enough. Keep growing plant in the
room, and so long as your plant thrives
your piano ought to or else there's some
thing wrong with it. Just try it and see
how much more water you'll have to pour
in the flower pot in the room where your
piano is than in any other room. Some
people keep a huge vase or urn with a
sopping wet sponge in it near or under
the piano. and keep it moistened just as
cigar dealer keeps his stock. They
keep this up all the time the fires are
on.n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
A $1,000 Watch.

"Talking about watches, - said a Jew.
eler, "the most expensive and compli.
Gated time piece in the city is owned by
Mr.. Peter Gibson. 1t was made to his
order in Switzerland and cost $1,000. He
sent an order to the same maker about &
year ago for another watch to cost $1,000.
This watch shows the seconds, minutes.
hours, days Of the week and month ano
the year. 1t registers the phases of tn,
moon, the rising and setting of the sun.
names eclipses of the sun and moon anc
a score of other natural phenomena which
can be determined by calculation. Lik,
the other, the watch is his own design >
- Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25

''Five million immigrants, men, women
and children, have been landed at Castle
Garden wharf with their baggage. ..
bundles and other paraphernalia, since
1873, and not passenger or piece of
baggage has been lost in all that time, 4"
was the remark made by immigration
Commissioner Stevenson in the hearing
of q New York star man the other day.
Can any other city in the wide world
match this simple statement!
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25

Even the church bells in Germany go
into mourning for their soyereigns. The
old Dutch chimes in the Garrison church
at Potsdam had their airs changed to
funeral strains on the death of William
l., and they have only just resumed their
usual lively tunes at the expiration of
the years mourning for Emperor Fred
ericS.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
famous .newsparer corresponde

A famous newspaper correspondent
has ZEN studying the peculiarities OF
great hen in this country and in Europe.
He finds that all the greatest men of the
world have big noses. Bismarck and
Pasteur have tremendous noses, but
Gladstone stands,without a rival. The
great Englishman's proboscis is big all
over. For thickness, breadth and solid
ity it cannot be matched anywhere in the
world. Napoleon always selected big
nosed men for his generals. Gladstone
would have delighted him.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25

The number of cotton mills now in the
South as compared with 1880 has
doubled, while the number of spindles
and looms has more than trebled, the
tendency being to build mills of greater
capacity than formerly.