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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09
The MayhOWer.

A vessel named the MayHower was rC-
Gently launched at the Pembroke dock
yard, in England, which is TO be used as
training ship for boys destined for the
navy. This event has caused the Lon
don Graphic to recall some facts con-
nected with the historic Mayhower of
Pilgrim fame which are not well known.
1t appears that before making her mem
orable voyage the Mayaower had been
employed as a war vessel, and was the
principal ship contributed by the city of
London 70 defend the country against
the Spanish armada. In the battle with
that feet the Mayfower gave a good ac-
count of herself, and played a prominent
part in the defeat Of the invaders. The
final fate Of the vessel is said 10 be un-
certain, though there is good reason TO
believe that in her old age she was em-
ployed in the slave trade between Africa
and America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09
Talking by TAPS.

"Do you know how many more ways
telegraphers have of communicating
among themselves than ordinary mortals
have3" a young female operator asked.
"No? Well, I'll tell you. Not long
ago, in crowded house, 1 saw an asso-
ciate to whom very much wished to say
a few words. Shewas within easy hear
ing distance of me, but l could not get
close enough to her to whisper what l
wished to say, and could not even
catch her eye. Suddenly l thought of
something. / noticed that the frame of
the chair in which l was sitting was
iron. 1 took my latchkey out of my
pocket and striking the frame of the
chair, tapped out her full name. Her
practised ear caught the sounds at once.
She turned and saw me. Then tapped
out my full message on the rim of my
chair. She took her latchkey from her
pocket and sent an answer in the same
way. Not word was spoken, and only
two or three persons noticed the click
ing, and these did not understand what
it meant.
"Then there are other ways in which
conversation may be carried ON between
telegraphers without a word. In fact, if
l am sitting next to an associate in an
audience room never speak, simply
tap out my message on the hand of my
friend. once sat in church directly be-
hind a friend, to whom 1 told a long
and important story by tapping on the
back of her shoulder.
"It's great fun to have so great an ad-
vantage over the curious world, and one
can tell the most profound secrets in that
way without any risk of being over
heard ."-NedO York. Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

"The Emperor of Germany has his
faults, but, the London Figaro declares,
"his resolution to put down the practice
of dueling merits the warmest praise.
OF course there is really no difference
between the duelist and the murderer,
except that the former more frequently
kills in cold blood. But it has taken
people good many centuries to learn
even this elementary truth, and in Ger
many, which is not the least enlightened
OF nations, it has been difficult to drive
the fact home. The dullest man in the
Fatherland understands, however, what
cashiering an officer means, and it may
safely be concluded that the punishment
which the Emperor proposes to infiict
upon the challenger will have the effect
of stamping out the duelists in the Ger
man Army
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

The United States Senate has passed q
resolution requesting the President to in
vite any foreign nation with which diplo-
matte disputes may arise to settle the
came by arbitration, instead of war.
There seems, to the Washington Star,
"to be no particular use for this resolu-
tion at the present time, but it shows the
peaceable disposition of our Government
and was doubtless passed with aView
of promoting arbitration in the fu-
ture. When great ships costing with
their ornaments 5000, 900 shall meet
on the ocean and in five minutes sink
each other with all on board, when forts
can be demolished with dynamite shells,
when cities can be burned from dis.
tance of ten or twelve miles, when armies
in the field can annihilate each other with
long range rifles and smokeless powder
and the many rapid fire guns now in use,
it is time to stop talking Of war and find
some means of adjusting international
differences that will not be equally ex-
haustive to the victor and the van
quished.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

The inventive genius of this country
seems never to sleep. The two latest
ideas apply to the decoration of walls.
One stamps out great sheets of metal,
which can be either polished, hammered
or grained, and which, according to the
customers fancy, may be made to resem-
bic copper, bronze, red gold, silver or
brass. 1t is fire proof, water proof, in
sect and rat proof. The other makes a
wall covering of FURNISHED and faceted
steel. The metal is one of the new iron
alloys, and neither rusts nor discolors.
One form is almost perfect lacework
while another resembles the Milanese ar.
NOR of the sixteenth century. 1t is hard
TO say which of the two systems pro.
duces the most striking results.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
DYErNG OF GARMENTS.

Pure colors upon garments can be OBJ
tanned only when the material is first per.
fectly cleansed. For this purpose brush
the stains with lukewarm, strong solu.
ton of soda, then work for half an hour
in a solution of medium concentration,
rinse well and lay down for several hours,
preferably over night, in warm water.
For bright colors, such aS red, bordeaux,
etc, boil the goods in water, in order to
remove any trace of alkali from them,
which is necessary for a good dye. To
neutrahze any remaining lye by acids is
an erroneous notion, because it dulls the
colors and shows the fades after dyeing.
The less acid is used in dyeing, the bet
ter are the fades covered.-Courier-Jour-
rdl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

The Sanitary Commission of Vicnna
has recommended electricity instead Of
hanging as a proper mode of execution
This is explained by the fact that an
execution in Austria is very ghastly
sight. The condemned man is not
killed instantaneously by the breaking
of his neck, as in the United States, but
is thrown off ladder and allowed to
strangle to death.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

There has long been tradition in
Japan that once treasure of gold bars
worth now $500, 600, 600 was buried
far beneath the earth somewhere in the
inclosure of the castle of Yulii Harutomo.
Three attempts to dig it out were
abandoned on account of accidents to the
work. Last May excavations were begun
again, and the workmen recently came to
pieces of boxes covered with plate iron
and other indications Of what was be.
lieved to be approaching success.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

Our squadron of evolution in the Med
iterranean had good deal of trouble
with foreign regulations. Spain forbade
the landing of crews anywhere on hei
shores for land practice, and Italy has q
law that more than three war ships OF
any foreign power shall not be in any one
of her ports at the same time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09
BETTER THE VALLEY.

Better the valley with peace and love
Than the desoate heights some souls at
tain.
Lonely is life on the hills above
The valley lands and the sunny plain.
What is fame to lover2 Can il satisfy
The longing and lonely hearts of men?
On the heights they must hunger and starve
and die;
Come back TO the valley Of peace againi
Eden Il. Rertord, in Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09
cH1MNEYs AND SCOT IN GENERAL.


There is nothing more vexatious than
a stove which does not perform its
duties, yet there is no more certain test
of an incapable servant or housekeeper
than continual complaint of the stove.
There are very few poor stoves. All
first-class iron moulders make good
kitchen stoves, which only require to be
set right, kept clean and treated intelh-
gently to cook well. 1t is not at all an
unco nmon thing to find the principal
hampers of stove in regular use sealed
up with SCOT and ashes, and, the fues of
the oven overhowing; and yet the mis-
tress of the house is wondering why the
stove smokes or why the oven does not
bake on the bottom. Even when every
damper in the stove is in order and the
oven fues are clean, the fue of the chin
ney may be so choked with SCOT that the
stove cannot get breath of fresh air. A
chimney in steady use in the kitchen
ought to be cleaned at least once every
two or three years to insure draft. Some
chimneys may draw well for years with
out cleaning, but they are exceptional. If
the kitchen fire does not come up clear in
half or three-quarters of an hour after it
is started there is something radically
wrong about the drafts. As often as
once month all the oven flues should be
cleansed This is not a pleasant task,
but it is necessary.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

A plague of rats in Lincolnshire, Eng.
land, is the result of the indiscriminate
destruction of vermin-killing birds and
weasels and other enemies of tho rat,
which has been going on for severa
years past, and the practice of trapping
cote
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-09

In Peterhoro, Ontario, two men watch
ing a corpse were terribly surprised by
the appearance of a ghostlyitigure at the
window. Icproved TO befa woman who
was walking in her sleep. She was half
dead from the C0ld.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
CHAPTER ~.

Five years had elapsed since the oc-
currence of the events | have just mar
rated. An unexpected legacy from a
distant relation had placed me in posi-
ton to quit the bank, hut | had not re-
turned home, but had taken prolonged
tour through the southern and northern
continents OF America. In the course OF
this found myself at the town of Little
Rock, in Arkansas. | am writing, YOU
must remember, of events which took
place several years ago, and doubtless
Little Rock is a very different place now
to what it then was At the time, how
ever. Of my visit there was
a very unpleasant preponderatlng
element of rogues OF every de-
scription - horse-thieves, professional
gamblers, "sports," as they were
termed, drinking rowdies and men who
over tho bar boosted of the lives they
had taken with bowie-knife and pistol.
| did not like the look of the place at all
and made up my mind TO leave it assoon
as possible. Before doing SO, however,
took stroll through the town. As |
turned round q street corner [ came
upon a figure which made me start
back with half-uttered cry OF surprise.
for | was standing face TO face with
Serge Petrouski, the man over whose
coffin l had read the burial service under
the giant teak-tree In Hon
duras. There was no mistaking
him-the same closely-cropped white
hair, the same heavy moustache, but
now his eyes were no longer concealed
behind dark colored glasses and glanced
upon me with look OF deadly malice,
for the recognition had evidently been a
mutual one. In moment the whole
truth flashed scross my brain. A regu-
lar manned scheme had been formed by
Petrouski to defraud the bank, and /
suddered as | thought that perhaps
Iadeslas Vanicheff had been sacrificed
in order 10 promote il more surely. In On
instant my mind was made up. Serge Pc
trouski was not man to lot O danger
Gus witness move about unframed, and
life was not held in any great value
in Little Rock. I had best affect not
TO know him az / was entirely unarmed,
and SO, with bow and half-uttered
apology. passed him by, determining
not to quit my hotel until ! was ready to
leave the town. Even in the midst OF
INV anxiety my thoughts turned to Olga,
beautiful Olga, and Q shudder crossed
INV mind as I felt that the lovely girl
must have been an accessory Of her
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16

street. During celebration OF the hou-
day Felix cut bis fathers throat with
razor. The old man fell dead Of his
sons feet, bis head almost severed rom
the body. The family concealed the
murder, saying that Rooney had taken
his ownlife. II was not until three weeks
later that the fact came ont that felix
had murdered his father. The whole
family were arrested, but tho murderer
had already made good his escape. Tho
crime was exposed by the two brothers
OF Felix, who qusrrelled with the other
members of tho family and afterwards
denounced the murderer to the Coroner.
On tho day of the funeral tho widow had
sent Felix away with fifty cents and her
curse.
HIS BhIB-BRRADTH ESCAPES.
He remained in hiding over night in
the house of his brother-in-law, in Mott
street, few doors away from police head
quarters. Tho following day he left tho
city. He followed the towpath, and later,
when the murder came ont, detectives
tracked him as far as Trenton, n. j.
1horo the trnli was Lost. rciA "ehs
South and returned TO this city Q
year later. Before the police learned
of his presence he had shipped on Q
coasting schooner. lie came back to tho
scene Of his crime three times within q
few years. The last time he slept all
night in his mothers house. He had Q
narrow escape on that occasion, but
succeeded in getting away a few hours
before the police located him. Some
time later he was heard from out West
Sergeant Deyery, Of the east Thirty
fifth station. has spent years in
search of the parrcide, and on
a number OF occasions has all
but had his hands on him. Within a
month friend OF Rooneys in this city
received letter from him ind turned 1T
over to the police, Rooney is living IN
seclusion and under an assumed name In
a small California town, The police re-
fuse to give the exact location. Ii is very
probable. however, that Felix Rooney,
the murderer Of his father, will soon be
caught and brought to trial
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
CHAPTER III.

In short time Serge Petrouski, his
daughter, and secretary went away to
take possession OF their new home, and
before leaving the old man pressed his
friends in tho bank to come mp and visit
him whenever they could get holiday,
am invitation which Olga emphasized
with shy, bewitching glance, which
made us all determined to accept it as
soon as the opportunity presented itself.
Several months, however, passed with
out any of us being able to get away,
and We heard only vague rumors
of the large way in which Pc
trouski was conducting business, and
of the army OF wood-cutters no
had engaged. The saw-mill, how
ever, was not in working order, and the
old Russian, who seemed to have no con-
iidence in English machinery, had sent
through our bank large remittances to
Kertch for circular-ssws and various
other paraphernslia necessary for his
new undertaking. he had worked his
plan skilfully with John MondaRte. and
through his means had contriyed to OBJ
tain a cash credit with the bank to the
extent of $50. O0O. the major portion OF
which he had drawn. He spoke, how.
ever, so confidently Of the certainty OF
success that suspicion was not for an III
slant aroused and every one firmly DO.
lieyed in the old mans perfect upright
ness and probity.
Only IS, coo Of the cash credit remain
cd undrawn, and one day Ladeslet
Vanicheif came into the bank and pre-
sented check for $500, which he wa
at once paid, rs he had frequently come
on similar errands.
Nothing more was heard for two days.
and then old Petrcuski came into the
managers Office and, with very per
turbed expression OF face. asksd if any
thing had been seen Of Ladeslas Vani
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
CHApTER IL

From Tho letters and other documents
submitted 70 our manager IL appeared
that Serge petr0ush bad formerly been
an officer ia the Russian service, and
that during one OF the campaigns against
the Tchorkoss he had received some in
Jury % his left arm, which had peces-
stated his retirement from the service.
After leaving the army he had betaken
himself to commercial pursuits, trading
in wheat at Odessa, Kortch, and other
Black Sea ports and, on the whole,
doing pretty we'll All at once, how
over ho wound mp his business
and LIT his native shore with
tome precipitation, while rumor
Was waited about that he was very
strongly suspected of being concerned
IN plot against the Government, in
which several retired Russian officers,
both civil and military, were implicated
II this was the case, however. undue
pressure had not been put upon him, for
be had contrived 10 get clear away with
q fair proportion of the money he had
made in commerce. He had como 10
Honduras with the idea OF purchasing
forest land in the interior OF the coun-
try, setting up a saw-mill, and after
cutting into convenient lengths the
valuable timber, such as log-wood,
teak, and mahogany float 1t down
20 the coasts by one OF the
numerous steams which pour their
waters into the Gulf OF Honduras. The
old Russian became 80 frequent a visitor
10 our bank that the strangers often fan
cied that he WAS in some way connected
with it, Not that he came in on any
particular business he would drop IN
casually, and II We were very busy would
take his seat on one Of the benches and
appear to DO greatly interested in what
was going on. tapping his born-handled
stick peculiar sound preparatory to
indulging in the rofreshment Of his
favorite snuff; II, however, on the con-
trary, there was slack time, he
would enter into conversation with us,
talking over his projects, and giving US
quaint soaps Of his life in Ruasia lie
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
r,.,,.,, Martyrs.

There are martyrs and martyrs ssms ven
v,ss IN the loft,est. son,s ere silly 10 the mes
truroy,den, sense. Ths word imprevslsns 81
sctly applies to mo is'ter CASA @se. ~
neglect 10 provide against thrssssnsd esns,s'
wo eommisora,e. but wc cannot rcspses usm'
Among tho sillissi ere martyrs TO rnsumsess'
who might have prevented daily and nixnu! -
curing tortnrs ~ the early use Q. ns -.
Gent 10 removing ne virus Of mo CON pss'n
from the circulation than any thus fas pso..ns
10 tho notice u the general community ~ -
medical profession. 10 promotes greater sc-
uyity OF the kidarYs, tho chsansi through vnsce
blood impurities. productive OF rhsnmsusm
sout. and dropsy. are principally expelled. ano
Il inparts a degree OF vigot 10 digestion ana -
simiiation which has 0 most favorable bcArne
On the general health. IL also remedies bilious
meas, Kidney troubles, and malaria
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
The Punishment Fl. the Crime.

Miss Agee to the Magistrate: 81 want
warrant for Mr.. Smiths arrest"
"What was his ofiencep" -,
"Well, he kissed me against my will
and l want him punished.
The officer takes good look at her.
swell, if he kissed you / think be
has been punished enough, and besides
he might bring in q plea OF lunacy OF
something"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
Why We Parted.
For tho Dlspatch.l


Why We parted Is the question
Always wandering IN my MIND
when the sprlugtime'e here with uowers'
When the winters bowling VINO
Whistles loud adoSn my easement,
Through tho elm trees iealiess brancn,
Nhoreier my feet do wanior-
On the street or Ia the dance.
II.
on We loved each other truly
TIL some crucl-heartei elf
Vainly hoping that she'd win bim
For her own vain, wicked seli,
Told Us both sOmo tritiDg story
Which. OF course, we thought was uue'
All was over--tnen We parted,
Though tho words We said wero row.
M.
he would gladly have forgiven,
But thought my love was dead,
That tho last spark was oxiingulshed,
Friendships ray cen now had fed.
But u hal not seen tho finger
OF cold death claspei dzhL, my prizc;
And the angels whispering pgriod
Bore him upward 20 the skies.
But know II ne mad been spared
Tho names - nj love would have started
LOi comfort my sorrowiug heart
Ihs; death was why We parted.
Lucy CHAaBLiss DAY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
WITH TIE KNIFE.

The skin over the tumor was perfectly
healthy. Taking sharp scapel the sur
geon made on incision. starting from the
lower end OF the breast-bono. This IN
cision was carried into the cavity of the
gastric region. On opening the cavity
and pressing aside the lobes % tho liver
and several intervening organs the, tumor
was found 10 involve the greater curya-
ture and posterior wall of the stomach ex-
tending from the pylorus, or lower gate
way for the organ, distance OF five or
six inches outward. At this stage OF the
operation the patient suddenly showed
signs OF collapse, and it was feared
she would die on the operating table.
She soon revived, however, sufficiently
for the surgeon 10 iudge that the opera
ton could be safely proceeded with !;
and taking the knife again no COM
menced TO dissect away the various intra-
peritoneal attachments Of the cancerous
mass. He then cut and hgated the
great artery of that part OF the
stomach which the cancer involved.
The gastro-colic omentum and the
castro -hepatic were then cut and their
edges ligated TO prevent oozing. This
done, he boldly cut into the stomach il.
self, and removed about one thirdof that
organ containing the cancerous tumor.
He now severed the pyalorous from the
intestine that proceeds from it to the abb
domen, and thus completed the removal
Of all the diseased parts. The cut end
Of the intestines which was the duode-
nun was then sutured so as to form n
blind pouch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
A SMALLER STOMACH.

The wound in the stomach from which
the cancer had been taken was brought
together and sutured. thus forming a
smaller stomach but having no dis
eased tissue i'll it. A new lower exit
was made from this newly formed
stomach and TO it was sutured the cut
end of the intestines. thus restoring the
continuity of the patients digestive APP
paratus. This completed the operation,
and after busting the exposed internal
organs with iodoform. the organs
were replaced in as nearly as pos
sihle their natural position and
the abdominal wound closed and su-
tured. Over all antiseptic dressing was
applied and the patient WAS removed to
tbe ward. The operation had lasted
three hours and half. and the patient
had been altogether four hours under the
effect of the ether. When she was taken
10 her bed her condition was very low,
INIT her fine constitution came to her
rescue. and she soon rallied. No food
was allowed TO her until the fourth day
after tho operation. In the course OF
three weeks after the operation she was
we'll and able to be around the hospital
ward rooms. She is now in good health
and at home.
TEN YEARS HUNTED MuRDERER.
Somewhere in the West New York
murderer is hiding ct the present time.
For nearly ten years no has been o
hunted felon. On Christmas-day, 1880,
Thomas Rooney was murdered in this
city by his young son Felix. The MUIR
dered man was an employee Of the Street,
Cleaning Department, and lived In .
tenement house on west Ihizty-pinth
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16

II is dangerous to neglect catarrh, for
II leads to bronchitis and consumption:
Hoods Sarsapsrilla cures catarrh IN III
formA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
DRQNCHITlS

Is an inflammation Of the bronchial tubes 49,
the air.passages leading into the lungs.
Few other complaints are so prevalent. or
call for more prompt and energetic action.
as neglect or delay may result seriously.
effective remedies should always be at
hand. Apply az once a mustard poultice to
the upper part OF the chest. and, for Internal
treatment, take frequent doses Of