The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-19
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Hungary SO,O0O.
Ruby Valley, CAL, boasts Of snow.
drifts fifty feet deep.
A young lady at Dayton, Tenn, has
died of hydrophobia from the bite OF a
cat
A Philadelphia shoemaker's dog died a
day or two ago from swallowing piece
of sole leather in mistake for beefsteak.
A seventy -nine-year old woman, con.
fined in the Steuben County House, Ny,
has read the Bible through fifteen times.
An agreement without consideration is
void; note made on Sunday is void;
contracts made on Sunday cannot be en-
forced
Levi Williamson, of Ansonia, Conn,
has hog that is seven feet long and
weighs 1000 pounds. 1t is so fat that 1t
is unable to get up.
A Chinese laundryman at Bristol, Penn,
rents all the places in the city available
for laundries, so that he can enjoy
monopoly of the trade.
A hen in Meiggs County, Ohio, Matched
out some turtle eggs that were placed
under her lately, and treats the little
creepers as tenderly as she would chicks.
Never buy diamonds except on a clear
| day. The least mist or fog in the atmos-
phere will prevent you from discovering
the flaws in them. Damp, murky weather
practically kills the diamond business.
Lydia Bacon, of Sudbury, Mass, who
has Just been cut off in her 1O3d year,
attributed her longevity to hard work,
plenty of exercise, plain living and read
ing enough to keep the mind in peace
with the body's vigor.
An artesian we'll at Woonsocket, South
Dakota, poured out its waters in such
profusion before it was brought under
control that a lake of forty acres was
formed. A dense fog is continually rising
from the warm water.
Unreasonable freaks are plentifully re-
ported IN Connecticut. Mrs. Avis Ross,
of Danielsonville, opened the front door
of her house after church service one
Sunday, and big black snake tied itself
into knots for her edifcation. She got q
club and killed it.
A remarkable little animal has beer
added to the London Zoo. 1t is deer,
though in size but trihe larger than q
full grown cat. The cloven hoofs pro
claim its position in the mammalian
world beyond doubt, but it has no horns
In the male two long canine teeth pro
ject from the upper lip, and these, per
haps, serve in their stead.
The twenty six letters of the alphabe
may be transposed $40, 44S, 401 ,733, ,239,
: 439, 800, 600 times. All the inhabitant
of the globe, on rough calculation
could not, in thousand million of years
write out all the transpositions of tn
twenty-six letters, even supposlng tina
each wrote forty pages daily, each G
, which pages contained forty ditIerer
transposition of the letters.
. Bosworth Smith, in report on tn
: Kolar gold field in Southern India, RI
cords some finds of old mining implC
ments, old timbering, fragments {
bones. an old oil lamp and broken piece
=. of earthenware, including crucible. ii
: expressed astonishment at the fact thl
the old miners were able to reach depth
: of 100 or 300 feet through hard roc
: with the simple appliances at their con
mand.
q A fine female pigeon belonging to
;. citizen of Shenandoah, Penn, was rC
n Gently shot. For three days and night
, her mate walked to and fro on top of th
I pigeon house, mourning constantly. I'll
/. female pigeons that had no mates alighte
$ in his pathway every little while, but a
5 the notice they got from the mourn'
was a thump that sent them kiting frol
the roof. Then the females fought or
another. The widower watched II
: fight, and soon after made one of the
, his second mate.