The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-07-23
NEWSY NOTES.
GRAB.

Black ice cream is a new fad. II is col
ored by the addition of charcoal and the
juice of the Turkish prunes.
An exchange has discovered that the
population of pound of mature cheese
Is greater than that of the world.
Some unknown minute insect is destroy
ing the foliage on the maple trees in some
localities. Their work is as rapid as it is
thorough, many trees having been COM
pletely stripped of their leaves in one day.
At last Nellie Bly,, who flashed around
the world like a meteor, and then sank
quietly out of sight like rocket stick, has
been re-discovered. She is writing a
book, and if the public does not forget her
in the meantime, it may fill the usual long
felt want.
DR.. Talmage receives SIS, 900 year from
his Brooklyn congregation, sl2,5CO from a
firm for the advance publication of his
sermons, $4,000 for his contribution to
religious journal, besides what he earns
on the lecture platform and from general
literary work.
The Delaware peach crop is de1nitively
done for; and peaches will be scarce and
high this year. The peach crop prophet
has set an example to Virgins and the
Weather Bureau by his persistence in
predicting a failure of that crop for a
dozen years until he struck it at last.
A recent decision of the court holds that
if man is travelling on the road and
wishes to go faster than the one in front
of him he has right to pass, and If he is
prevented by the other and an accident
should occur, the man obstructing the
road will be liable for all damage done.
Punxsutawney is underlaid with beds
of coal, aud the fact that some of the coal
has been sold to operators is making the
parties who own the lands above it not a
little apprehensive as to the stability of
their domicils when the work of mining
under their feet is commemorative Ridgwdy
Aduocdte.
Out in Mineral township they are talk
| ing about a black snake that is an old res
ident near Raymilton. Persons who have
seen it this season judge that it is 10 feet
long. Samuel Williams has had second
look at the serpent and says it is fully II
feet long and inches through the waist,
This last view was probably taken since
the 4th of July.-Frdnklin Neps.
In Conemaugh township, Cambria
county, on the farm of w. q. Grif1iths, q
turkey gobbler is sitting on a nest of eggs
He has been sitting nearly two weeks and
a half, and at the end of about ten days
more it is presumed the eggs will hatch
He acts in all respects as hen. If dog
comes in the neighborhood he gets off the
eggs and drives it away. He has sever
eggs under him.
The fire losses for the first half of til,
year in the United States and Canad;
amounted to only $47, ,sll, PAS, while thos,
for the corresponding part of 1889 wer'
$64, ,2S5, 900 and those for that of 1855 wer,
SG7, $50. $50. 1t is a remarkable fact alsC
that the last Fourth was onesof the leas
costly to fire insurance people for years
not one largo fire occurred. The insur
ance people are to be congratulated oil
their good fortune. 1t came at a gooC
time, too, because of the unusually sever
losses they experienced during lsS9.-Er
"One Thing at a Time" is a good motto
the wisdom of which is exemplificd by
striking picture in the August number o
Peterson's Magazine. A girl stands will
broom in her hand, so completely alb
sorbed in a newspaper that she is oblivious
of the fact that the kettle is boiling owe
on the stove, the toast burning, and disor
der generally reigning in the kitchen
The number is rich in fine illustrations
fashion-plates and needle-work designs
There is wide variety of choice reading
matter and miscellaneous articles, timely
paper on "Cholera' aud its treatment by
Miss Elizabeth Scovil, Superintendent o
the Newport hospital. Terms, two dollar
year, ono dollar for six months. Ad
dress, Peterson's Magazine, Philadelphia
Pa.