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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Pigs are usually black in hot climates.
Horace Greeley married his wife on
the day when he first met her.
A tiger hunter in India says that tigers
in killing rarely sever any important vein
or artery.
1t is becoming fashionable for men to
shave their boards and go around with
smooth faces.
Rcady-made underclothing can be
bought to-day for about the price of
making it twenty years ago.
Berlin, the German capital, is alleged
to have been founded by the Margrave
Albert, the Bear, about 1163.
An Aurora Qn) matchmaker claims
to have invented a typewriter which can
be manufactured for three cents.
A jamestown PENN baby was photo
graphed thirty-fiv minutes after it was
born. The happy father took the picture.
In Mexico it is possible to harvest two
crops of cereals annually, and fruit and
vegetables grow in abundance the year
round.
In one small lake in Cuba containing
about 200 acres an American recently
counted 107 alligators, all fat, contented
and healthy.
A man elected Sheriff at Berrien
County, Ga, has had to wait three
months to become of age before he could
be sworn in.
Denton County, Texas, boasts of CEN
tipedcs between five and six inches long.
Wherever they come in contact with the
human body the flesh decays.
The PrusSian order of the Iron Cross
was established by Frederick William
Ill, March 10, 1913, to honor patriotic
bravery in the war with France.
If you see a man strike a hog with a
hoe-handle don't pity the hog. There is
so much fat over his nerves that he can
hardly feel pain. He squeals because he
is surprised.
The Sheriff of San Miguel County,
New Mexico, has alone and unaided ar
rested six horse thieves and recovered
$50 stolen horses since January 1. He
has been wounded three times and killed
two men in his work.
Probably the most expensive carpet
ever manufactured is that owned by the
Maharajah of Baroda, India. 1t took
three years to make, and cost 5000, 900.
1t is made entirely of strings of pure col
ored pearls, with the center and corners
of diamonds.
There is a curious law in vogue in
Switzerland which compels every newly
married couple to plant trees shortly after
the marriage ceremony. The trees or
dered to be planted on wedding days are
the pine and weeping willow. On natal
days the suggestive birch tree is selected.
The wife of Jacob Hooker, of McKees-
port, Penn, has just recovered from a
fever of a peculiar type. Her whole
body shed its skin. The skin of the
hands and arms came off like a glove,
and the hair, toe and finger nails also
came off. This is the third time the lady
has had the affiiction.
When the flood poured. into Milton,
Penn, a Western Union operator, John
Wolfnger, telegraphed Superintendent
Gill: "The water is coming in the Of
fee, what shall l do2" sect a gum-coat
and pair of rubber-boots and stay
there" was the quick reply. Wolfnger
obeyed orders and remained at his post
till the food subsidized.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Probably the queerest character that
has been received in the asylum at
Milledgeville, Ga, recently, is a young
fellow brought from Walker County.
The subject of his arrangement is spell
ing, and it is said he went crazy during
the spelling bee craze several years ago.
He uses the same letters for spelling any
word given him, and invariably pro-
nounces the result of his babbling
"asafetida." When given word to
spell he throws open one corner of his
mouth and yells at the top of his voice;
'B-a ba, va va, ga ga, f-a ia, d-i di,
asafetida." He can be seen most any
time about the yard spelling for the
amusement of the crowd, who generally
reward him with a chew of tobacco for
his effort Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
FOOD FOR YOUNG CHICKS.

In addressing a society not long ago,
Mr.. Felch, an expert poultry raiser, spoke
of the best food for the youngsters in this
style: The best food for young chicks
till two weeks old is to make a bread by
the use of sour milk, salt, saleratus and
molasses, out of a meal composed of
twenty pounds of corn, fifteen pounds of
oats, ten pounds of barley, ten pounds of
wheat bran, grind and mix, bake, and
crumble into scalded milk, giving no
water Cthe milk is all the liquid needed).
There is seldom a death in the brood if
so fed. When older than two weeks the
same can be scaldcd and fed for soft
food, giving at night cracked corn, mil
let, barley and wheat. When twelve
months old the chicks so raised will be
found to be nearly one pound heavier
than chicks raised in the old way.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
A Colossal Flower

In the farthest southeastern island Of
Of the Philippine group, Mindinao, upon
one Of its mountains, Parag, in the
neighborhood Of the highest peak on the
island, the volcano, Apo, o party of bot
anical and geographical explorers found
recently at the height Of $500 feet
above the sea level, colossal flower.
The discoverer, Dr.Alexander Schaden-
berg, could scarcely believe his eyes when
he saw, amid tho low growing bushes,
the immense buds Of this flower, like gi-
gantic brown cabbage heads. But no
was still more astonished when he found
n specimen in full bloom, five-petalod
flower nearly yard in diameter-as large
as carriage wheel, in fact The enor-
nous blossom was borne on a sort of vine
creeping on the ground. It was known
by the natives who accompanied Dr.
Schadenberg, who called it boo. The
party had no scale by which the weight of
the flower could be assertained,
but they improvised swinging
scale using their boxes and specimens
as weights. Weighing these when OPP
portunity served, it was found that
single flower weighed over twenty-five
pounds.
1t was impossible to transport the fresh
flower, so the travellers photographed it
and dried number of its leaves by the
heat of fire. DIR. Schadenberg then
sent the photographs and dried speci-
mems to the Royal Botanical Gardens at
Breslau, where the learned director inn
mcdiately recognized it as a specimen of
the Rafflesia, a. plant formerly discovered
in Sumatra, and named after the English
Governor, Sir Stafford Raffles. The new
flower was accordingly named Rafllesia
Schadeubergia. The five petals of this
immense flower are oval and creamy
white, and grow around a center filed
with countless violet-hued stamens,
thicker and longer in the female, or fer
tile flower, than in the infertile.
The Ratllesias are stemless plants, the
flowers springing Immediately from the
surface of the branches, and are immersed
among the scales which represent leaves.
Even this mass is parasitical plant
Prairie FInmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
Oil From Wood.

A new industry has sprung up in
Sweden, which consists in the extraction
of oil from wood. 1t appears that this
industry is becoming every year a more
important branch of Swedish trade. The
portions of timber and plants which used
to be considered valueless are now util-
lied. After being subjected to various
processes they yield not only oil, but tur-
pentine, creosote, acetic acid, charcoal
and pitch. 1t appears that the ligneous
oil produced in Sweden cannot be burned
in ordinary lamps, owing to the quantity
of smoke it throws off, but has to be used
in specially constructed lamps, similar to
what are employed for photogen. 1t costs
about fifty-five centimes per litre, is not
explosive, and burns much longer than
photogen. There are now thirty manu-
factories for turning out this substance
in Sweden-so rapidly has the industry
developed-and the annual production
is about 4O,0 res,-Drug, oil and
Paint Reporter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
Work of the Mound Builders.

Professor William McAdams the
archeologist, has returned from another
excursion along the Illinois river bluffs,
where he spent several days in exploring
a large ancient mound near the mouth of
Otter Greek, in Jersey County, Ill. In
the mound, which was forty feet long,
fifteen feet wide, and eight or ten feet
high, were some interesting relics. 1t
seemed to have been burial place for an
cient warriors, for most of the remains
were pierced with stone arrow points.
One arrow point still remains imbedded
in a vertebra, another in the skull, and
still others in the leg and arm bones.
The professor is greatly interested in these
arrow points, which are different from
those found in this vicinity generally.
These stone arrow points are evidently of
eastern origin, and are like those used by
the warlike Iroquois of New York. Mar
quette, the Jesuit explorer, gives an ac-
count of battle in this vicinity between
the Illinois and Iroquis. The Illinois
were nearly annihilated, and the remain
der fed across the Mississippi to the
Osages. War parties of the Iroquis yearly
made predatory excursions across the
Mississippi. They used a peculiar war
arrow, triangular quite,small and without
notches or barb, and unlike those so COM,
monty found here. The professor thinks
there is Il sort of data to be found here
and would probably place the age of
these peculiar mounds at somewhere be-
tween 800 and 400 years, and as probably
the most recent works of the mound
building tribe long ago extinct. Pieay-
URe,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
Died Reeause He had Slent.

Military discipline during times of
peace must be much more severe in
Hungary than anything ever heard of
this side of the Atlantic. A young officer
was recently put in change of bat
TALON Of men for transportation to a dis
tant point, which involved a journey by
night. The officer fell asleep and did
not awake until after the point of desti.
nation had been passed. He was 30
overwhelmed with the heinous nature Of
his offense and its possible consequences
that without further ado he wrote
farewell letter explaining the matter and
deliberately blew out his own brains
San Francisco 0irVaiels.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
PLANTING CELERY.

When planting celery, have in mind
the feet that it is plant that needs a
great deal Of moisture. Consequently
choose piece of low land which is natu-
rally somewhat damp. If there is no
appliances for watering, such as tanks,
hose, etc., good location may be found
beside an open ditch, or small run from
which water may be easily taken by means
of pump. Very good ones, such as are
sold for spraying trees, may be had for a
few dollars, which, with hundred feet
of inch hose, win do duty over a consider
able extent Of ground.-Americaa Agri-
culturiSt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

the finest butter Is produced from young
herbage of all kinds, and that when the
feeding grows late considerable help
from corn meal and cotton seed meal
is required to MAINTAIN the product In
both quantity and quality. In soiling
close succession of fresh crops produced
by weekly planting is therefore indispens-
able for the most satisfactory results
american Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
The Bites of Insects

Just now, when warm summer weather
entails a small plague of fies>au insects,
it is well to remembeF that the prompt
application Of an alkali to the bitten
part allays the irritation, and, COM
monty, at once relieves the suffering
consequent on a class of injuries, which
though small, are often exceedingly an.
noying, and even troublesome, especially
in the case'of children and persons with
sensitive skins, Soda and ammonia will
answer the purpose. .-Lanest.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

train. OF modern inventions they have
never dreamed, and they would ridicule
the man who told them the world was
round. With the tenacity of ignorance
they cling to their old traditions and
but in time they will dis
appear before the onward march of
and intelligence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
CTImale for Communities.

The several climates OF Florida, Colorado
and California have each been much prcscr bed
for sufferers from lung disease, yet thousands
OF the natives in those States die Of this fatal
malady. A FAR more reliable remedy 80 10 be
had in every drug store in the land, and one
can be used at home; a remedy which 10 sold
by druggists, under the manufac turtrs' p' 81
tire guarantee that, II taken in time and given
fair trial, 1t will effect cure, or money paid
for Il will be promptly returned. We refer T.
that world famed remedy for consumption Tor
lung-scrol lula) known as DR.. Pie. ce's Golden
Medical Discovery 1t Is the only remedy for tn s
terrible disease possessed OF such super Tor cur
ative properties as 20 warrant its manufacture
ers In selling 1t under a guarRnte"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
MAKING HAY.

The value hay depends to a large ex-
tent upon the time when the grass or
clover is cut, as well as upon the manner
of the curing. The following table gives
the feeding value of hay cut and cured
at the different stages of the plants, and
it is well worth the careful study of all
concerned:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Over co people were forced TO leave their
homes yesterday 10 call for a free trial pack
age OF Lanes Family Medicine. If your bloc
is bad, your liver aud kidneys out Of order II
you are constipated and have headache and an
unsightly complexion, don't fail to call on any
druggist to-day for free ample of this grand
remedy. The ladies praise it. Everyone likes
1t. Large-size package so cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
The Arens of Large Cities.

The following table shows the present
areas approximately of the cities named,
several of them, notably Philadelphia and
Chicago, having benefited by the annexa-
ton of suburbs:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

HARVARD COLLEGE has received $4,000 in
gifts during the past year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Maine is now a greater spruce than
pine tree State with regard to the pro-.
duction and sale of lumber.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Don't you wdpt 20 sdre money, clothes, time,
labor, fuel and henlth2 All these can be saved
II you will TIN Dobbinss Electric Soap. We
say ''trlL" knowing II you try it once, you will
ALWAYS nse II. Hnve YOUR grocer order.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

THE different manufactu ing adjustments
of Ohio produced S34S, ,5l9, $50 last year from a
capital OF Ss0o qq0 SaB
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14
We recommend "Tansill's Punch" Cigar,

COTTON SEED, which used TO bo thrown
away, now makes 100000 gallons Of oil year
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. or druggtsts.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-14

NVEsTERN RESERVE SEMINARY AND NORMAL
w COLLEGE, w. Farmngton, o. 60 years, Both
sexes. Seven departments. Board and Tuition siO0
per year. REV. i, b. WEBSTER, A. NJ President.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-28
Rescued from n We'll.

There lives an aged couple in Picking
Whose only son is married to an ami
able and virtuous lady. The old mo-
thcr like the most OF those of her
class. is Il brutal virago, and never
misses an occasion 10 abuse and beat
her daugll;erin-aw The latter bore
all her cuffs and blows with perfect
resignation. never once mentioning
licr woes 10 her own mother On the
last occasion. being provoked with
triling cause, the liendisll mother-in-
law swore she would light sticks of
incense and brand the back OF her
daugltcrin-aw The latter. dreading
the execution of this threat and de-
srairing Of all future hopes, decided to
end her existence. Accordingly, one
morning before daylight. she threw
herself into Il we'll IL the ncighbor-
hood. Fortunately Mr.. Cllao, who
was cooling himself in the street,
heard the groans OF some one in the
well. and, rushing thither, lie applied
g bamboo pole 10 discover ii any one
WAS within; and beholdl q woman
was down there. His cries soon
brouglta crowd of rescuers, who sue
cccdcd in pulling out the would be
suicide On examination il was found
that life vas no. set extinct, and after
,lanv earnest efforts she was resusci-
lated She was then taken TO her
family and news CT her desperate deed
was Communicated to her own folks.
When her mother heard of this hair
breadth escape she, in a towering
rage, collected about dozen women
and proceeded to demand satisfaction
OF the brutal mo.her-in-law, who had
driven her daughter TO commit such
q deed. Through the determined in
tcrccssion of friends and ncighbors,
however, peaceful settlement was
made, but only OH condition that the
INDUSTRIOUS n!othcr-in-law should take
Il fearful oath that she will never treat
her daughterin.l&w with severity. In
this way Chao not only rescued Il wo-
mans life. but saved two families
from having a deadly and never cnd-
ing family feud.-Pcking tChinal Ga
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-28
ODDS AND ENDS.

The Japanese are learning how to
eat meat. In 1855 only 10000 head
OF cattle were slaughtered in all ia
pan. In 1855 the number increased TO
il6. 600; IN 1856. To $50, 500; in 1855, to
300 600.
Mexican statistics show steady
growth in the national prosperity.
The exports for the first half of the
present fiscal year were the largest
ever known in the history of the coun-
try.
a minister met the colored sexton
of his church, at Il camp ground one
day, and inquired whether he would
be at his post in the city on the next
Sunday: No. sab, F." said the negro; 81
have app'ntcd my cousin to affiliate
in my place.
There is way out of every difficult
II that meets us IN life. Ii may not
be the way we like. or the way that
promises great glory. honor. pleasure
or reward, but it is way OF deliver
ancc, and we are bound to consider it
Gods way.-Joseph Owen.
y Maine boy, afterwartl million
aire is remembered as the author of
this touching aspiration: II wish |
Lad all the gold which could be con-
tanned in ali the bags which could be
made by cart load of needles. He
died rich but dissatisfied and unhappy.
Maine folks sometimes blow out the
cas. but YOU can't fool all of EN-. II
was ii Maine man living OH the back
lots who discovered that tho strong
woman who held the string of liery
untancd stccds by each arm i'll the
circus, had chain passed through
her sleeve and across her back. 10y
which the horses simply pulled
against each other
Here is u choice specimen of pig
con English. culled from The Times
of India. \ native recently sent a
present of u costing to an English
commissioner, with the following let
ter: "I1oaored sir, my father was in
Bombay the week last and he brought
two gooScs pups OF the newest fash
ion. SO beg leave TO send y0ar honor
one. They arc not common gooscs,
nuL OF SpiilcN lIstt ISSPtSl>iOiC i>tiiluS
Kindly accept.
a nine ycar-old son OF Maine, liv.
ing eleven miles from Bangor, heard
OF the electric lights IN that city, and
teaScd his father 10 take him there
that he might see them. The father
said he hadn't thine. y few days after
ward the boy was missed His father
drove straight to Bangor. and at 9
o'clock that right found him under
an electric light, gazing in open eyed
delight. He had walked all the way.
\ Maine newspaper thinks that the
boy may be future Edison.
We may we'll question the value OF
any immortality whose roots do not
strike deep into the soal of the pres
cnt lie. Thoughts of heaven that
crowd out prcscn: duties are vain and
mischcvous. The trueSt faith in the
future life is fidelity TO the life that
now is. They arc parts OF one con-
tinted existence, the quality and ten
dcncy OF which il the future will be
the natural result oflhe life now lived
B. +. Mcdaniel
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-28
Money for Princess Sophia.

Princess Sophia of Prussia, who is
to be married in October to the Duke
of Sparta, gets s1OO, 0O0 out of the pri-
yato fortune of her father, the Empe-
ror Frederick, and the Empress Fred.
ericll has given her daughter Got OF
s15.OCO. These sums are to be invest,
ed in Germany and the princess Will
draw the interest, while the capital
will ultimately be divided among the
children; or, if she dies without issue,
it will be then divided between her
three sisters and Prince Henry OF
Prussia. Princess Sophiais to receive
an annuity of 1000 a year from the
Ilohcnzollcrn family fund.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-28
All emblem to go with the six fig
Peculiar Form of Epilepsy

Professor Charcot, i'll lecturing in
Paris recently, illustrated his remarks
on special variety OF epilepsy by ex-
hibiting patient who, after having
made numerous excursions TO Paris,
started about7 o'clock in the evening.
in an excess of "ambulalory automa-
tism," and walked thus for ten days.
When he awoke he WAS on Il bridge
in Il town which he did not know. 1t
was in Brcst, where lie had arrived
during his access. NJ. Charcot also
cited an example OF an analogous case
which declared itself after fall. II
was that OF porter who was epilcptic,
and who, after this accident, was seiz.
ed with similar access and Travelled
during eight days without stopping
and without consciousness. = New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-28
Georges SlI..:.rstinn.

George" said the beautiful girl,
as the bushes chased each other over
her eloquent face papa has ordered
just the love!iest floral decorations for
our wedding next week There will
be one piece representing wedding
party CT six persons, the figures al life
size. The i.urist says they will be per-
feet, but lie thinks the bride ought to
be holding an emblem Of some kind
an anchor, or It motto, or a book. Can
you think Of something appropriate,
George!
An emblem to so with the six fig
uresl'
Yes"
How would dollar mark do2
suggested George, with Il respectful
cough Chicago Tribune
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-28
ACCOMAC STEAM FIGURING
MILLS,
Temperanceyille, Va.


and Mill Feed, Corn and Oats,)
and Chops for sale at
fair prices.
The public will please take no.
tice that the mil! property desig
mated above, which formerly be-
longed to Mr.. ID. II. Dennis, is now
owned by the undersigned who
will continue to do business at the
old stand, aud will eudeayor to
give entire satisfaction to all who
may favor him with their custom.
Thanks Tor former patronage. Flu.
ture tavors solicited.
Respectfully, &C.,
JOSEPH a. JONES.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-05-02
The Human Breath a Poison.

The Paris correspondent Of the
Medical Press and Circular reports that
the last meeting of the Academic des
Sciences, Prof. Brown-Sequard refer
red to some experiment he had con-
Quoted, with review to determine
what, il any. were the toxic effects of
the human breath. In condensing the
watery vapor coming from the human
lungs, he obtained poisonous liquid
capable of producing almost immediate
death. This poison is an alkaloid Tor
ganic), and not a microbe or series
OF microbes, as might have been inn
agined. He injected this liquid under
the skin of rabbit, and the effect was
speedily mortal. The animal died with
out commissions; the heart and large
vessels were engorged with reddish
blood contrary to what is observed
after ordinary death, when the quality
| OF blood is moderate and OF a dark
color. In conslusion, this eminent
Psychologist said that it was fully prov.
ed that respired air contained volatile
toxic principle far more dangerous thar
the carbonic acid, which was also one
OF its constituents, and that the human
breath, as we'll as that OF animals, con
| tains highly poisonous agent.