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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05
A Delicate Operation on a Lioness.

Yesterday morning Keeper Havens, of
the Gress Zoo, performed a very delicate
operation.
The silver lioness, "Mollie," chewed
up piece of raw beef, which the butcher
had chopped up with cleaver, leaving
some fragments of bone in the flesh. 1t
is not the custom of the keeper to give
the animals flesh that contains any bone
at all. In this instance a sharp silver of
bone pierced the lioness' gum on the out
side of the jaw, next to the cheek, just
below the left eye. The place swelled
up and festered, and the animal suffered
great deal of pain. Her head was
swollen, and she was unable to eat.
Yesterday morning Keeper Havens
went to the cage, and by coaxing the
lioness, he got her to lie down, and then
he slipped ropes over her fore feet,
stretching them to either side of the
cage and tying them securely. "Mollie"
kicked and struggled until the keeper
fondled her awhile. After she was Sc
cured he entered the cage all alone, and,
taking her head between his knees, he
cut a small incision in the cheek, took
his lance and drew out the silver, an inch
in length.
He did the work all alone, and no one
else was present during the performance
of the operation.
Yesterday afternoon, after she had
been released several hours, he visited
the cage, and she met him with graft
fed look, holding the wound up to the
bars of the cage as if she were glad that
he had performed the operation that re-
lieved her, and she appeared as docile
and kindly as a kitten, although she had
been fierce and resentful before.-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05
SWEET wAFERs.

Beat half cup of butter until creamy,
then add gradually one cup of powdered
sugar. Beat six eggs without separating
until light, add them to the butter and
sugar, add the juice of a lemon, and
sufficient flour to make a stiff batter.
Heat the waiter tongs over a clear fire,
grease with piece of suet tied in muslin,
and put in two tablespoonfuls of the
batter, close the tongs, turn frequently
and when a light brown carefully lift
out the wafer, dust it with powdered
sugar and quickly roll it about a smooth,
round stick. Remove it when cold.
We usually use our ladylock sticks for
this purpose. If you do not possess a
wafer iron batter a sheet of foolscap
paper, drop the batter by tablespoon
fuls-drop it out thin and bake in a
slow oven. Roll the same as directed
above Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05

A Daniel has come to judgment in
Montreal, where man has been con-
demped to pay one dollar damages for
having called upon person in a factory
with the view to collecting debt. The
court held that the domicile of the debtor
is the proper place at which to demand
money that is owing. 1t further declared
that to ask on the streets for money that
is due constitutes an assault.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05

The mild weather in the early part of
winter during the past two seasons, has
led many to suppose that the Gulf
stream, whose influence upon the wealth
er is considerable, is approaching nearer
TO the Atlantic shore. The photographic
bureau of the Navy Department is max
ing efforts to discover whether or not this
is true, and captains of Atlantic vessels
are being asked to take observations of
the temperature as they cross the ocean.
The influence of the Gulf stream proba-
bly, does not extend west of the Rocky
Mountains, however, and the present
winter has been unprecedentedly warm
as far west and north as Lake Superior.
Some other influence is probably causing
the change.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05
or the position Of fireman. Good-d day,

for the position of fireman. Goodday,
sir"
That's all there is to my story. Molly
and l were married, and went TO Chicago
TO live. l took the new train, and have
brought her in on time every trip I've
run; so you can see I've pretty good
record with the company. I've never
seen Billy since, and l don't believe he
wants to see me; for Bob told me last
time l saw him that they all called the
old man "Martin's Fireman." that he
knew it, and naturally didn't like
it. There's my mate signaling for me
now, sir, and 1 must go.-NeO York
LeIger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05
J Last year Germany granted only 1921
patents, while England granted 9779,
and the United States 20, ,420.

From the year the patent Office was
established up - the present time $500
patents have been granted to females.
The first woman patentee was Mary
KEGS, who invented machine for weav-
ing mixture Of silk and thread.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05

A squirrel was killed recently on its
way from grain field in San joaquin
County, CAL, and on examination of its
pouches they were found to contain S19
grains of wheat, which goes to show how
much damage few of these animals
rnn do
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05

Where would Snowman Barnum be if
all the YaEia.sad the same opinions of
IS the Chinese have2 en-
sqnires the London Figaro. A woman in
the Fukien province recently gave birth
to boy with four eyes. The mother
was very much frightened and wished to
have the child killed, but the husband
would not allow it to be done. 1t was
finally agreedto exhibit the child for few
days to prevent such an unfortunate affair
ever occurring again in the family. The
Chinese believe that such deformities
are caused by evil spirits. After it had
been on view for some time the mother
put an end to the ehild's existence by
drowning it in a tub of water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05

If young woman's disposition is gun
powder, the sparks should be kept away
from her.-TRe Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
A Natural Gas Field.

In a narrow rocky gorge only a mile
from Nordhof is burning a steady, IN
extinguishable flame, which would IN
most places be the cause Of much ex-
element in financial circles. Large
cities and immense manufacturing en-
terprises have been built up on such
resources as are here wasting themselves
in natures wilds. Down the steep rocks
flows a tiny stream, covered with oil
wherever a pool is formed, andits rugged
bed is covered with asphaltum. A rough
trail leads a half mile up the canyon to a
barren ridge, where, amid the calcined
rocks and crumbling shale the gas oozes
out of innumerable c~revices and burns
with a steady flow that shows a large sup
ply behind somewhere. It has now been
burning some two weeks or more and all
efforts to extinguish it have been failures.
We are glad to say that prospects are
good for a development and utilization
Of this discovery. The working of
valuable gypsum deposit on the Ryerson
ranch is also under consideration, and
other enterprises which, if carried out,
will bring about material progress in th'
valley.-Nordhef (Cat.) V5eD.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
Rights on Other Mems Lands.

A paper by Mr.. Hyde Clarke, on S'Ine
Rights of Property in Trees" on the land
of another. relates to a curious custom OF
primeval times whica still survives In
some lands. The author first met 1t as a
land Judge in Asia Minor in 1852, when ne
was called upon to grant compensation
for olive-trees belonging to one or more
persons on the lands Of others, and for
honey-trees or boards of wild honey In
State or communal forests. Papers read
bv the Rev. DR.. Codington gave lnfor-
nation of the existence of a like system
in Melanesia. It likewise prevails, &C
cording to Mr.. Croker, OF the BRITISH
North Borneo Company, In Borneo, IN re-
spect to the katapang, or h~oney-tree, ana
also in the case of caves containing q ]
Bile bird's-nest. Sir Spencer st. John
also observes that in Borneo the land
nominally belongs the State or tribe, but
the ownership is not a private property
in land in our sense of the word. He mad
observed that certain of the tapang, on
which the bees construct their nests,
often belonged to special families, and
were not touched by their neighbors.
Sir Thomas Wade has found 3 similar
right in China, where, when hill arms or
gardens are leased, the tenant viii pay
the proprietor q yearly rent. All fir-trees
or bamboos OF, the ground before it is let
belong to the proprietors, and the tenant
Is not free to appropriate them. Il there
were no such trees on the ground when 10
was let. and such trees were subsequent
" planted by the tenant, they would d
at this disposal. Separate property IN trees
i also traceable in India, particularly In
Chota Nagpore, where Dir. J. !. HeWiI'
has frequently found that fruit-trees
growing on land are owned by persons
other than the owners or cuitivators O
the soil. The mhowa-trees, which arr
exceedingly valuable, are frequently a
vided among the inhabitants OF the vi
| lagos near which they grow. The ma
yidual property in trees is not ID TURKEY
confined to Asia Minor, but prevails as :
General law in the empire. Miss Pauhn'
| Inbv found it in Bosnia, and bought q
interest 81 the kind in D certain estate
], Il seems also to have ancientiy existed u
the British Islands, and is recognized u
the Brehon records Of Ireland. But there
and in most European countries, %.
vestiges of the separate rights nave ceases
10 exist.-P0paLGr Science Monneey-
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
Tasting Cocoanuts.

Far down on the East River front you
NAV see cocoanuts unloaded from the
hold of small iron steamers plying be-
tween this port and the tropics. they
are brought up from the hold in stout
baskets and transferred to large coarse
bags. The cocoanut handler takes a nut
in each hand, cracks the two together
counts them, and drops them nto the
bag. When half a dozen men are hand-
ling the nuts in this fashion, the crack
ing process sounds like the click OF very
large poker chips. The cracking is done
to test the shells, and if one is found UNI
sound it is cast aside. The slightest
touch reveals a defect. When one OF a
pair is found defective the sound one Is
retained and touched very quickly to the
nut that is substituted for the one thrown
away. The defective ones are gathered
ND to be sold to small retailers for lmme-
date consumption. There are usually
three or four men on the pier munchlng
the meat of such cocoanuts as are too
badly damaged to be sold.-Ns" York
Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
/. star. in this world. And an honest

: start in this world. And an honest
penitent can never be damned until he
laekslades from his penitence. Broth
yr, did you mean what you said wher
you stood up in this audience and
gave me your hand? If you did you
are as much a prisoner of hope as any
minister on this platform. Again
here is another class of prisoners Of
Eopo here tonight. They have not
made a move !; they have not stood up.
Down in your nature you want to be
cod. Brother, do you know [ be-
jcye with all my heart that God never
aimed u soul to sink down to hell an
Ill that soul came and said !: | sur
render a chance to get to Heaven.
President Garfield looked at the
loetor and said Is there any chance
Of my life? Yes. There is a chance,
Then. said he : I'll take that chance !:
md he grappled with death for ninety
lays. | tell you you are a prisoner of
nope.
Then there are three classes Of pris-
nners without hope. The first class
without hope are the angels who kept
not their first estate and sinned against
God, and are now chained down III
everlasting darkness, and in those
chains of everlasting darkness they
await the final judgment day. 1t Is q
horrible picture for a mind to contcm-
plate without a ray Of hope for the
Judgment. But there is another class
Of prisoners without hope. 1t is a class
of men and women who live and die
without hope. It may be that your
father, mother, husband or son lived
in this gospel land and despised mercy
and died without repentance. That
father, mother or son is a prisoner
without hope forever. Mother, hear
ME, you pray for your o right up to
his last breath, but have you prayed
for him since he has been in his tombI
! II the Bible teaches anything it teach.
es that there is no repentance beyone
the grave. It may be true that
while the lamp of life holds out to burr
The vilest sinner may return
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
A Cunning Thief.

Speak of the "spendthrift Yankee" to
a London pawnbroker and the cold chllLs
will 90 down his back in ~squadrons. He
and his brethren have reason to remern-
Der the man. Mr.. Leighton, as the
American was known, dropped into a
loan Office enc day aud desired an ad
vance on his diamond ring until he re-
ceived remittances from home. The pro-
prietor examined the jewel carefully and
accepted it as a pledge for $3.50. 1t was
redeemed and again pawned, then put in
pledge once more, and the process kept
up until the money lender grew well &C.
ouainted with the ring and its owner.
One day "Mr. Leighton" sauntered in
"same thing, same sum-" he remarked
in his usual manner. "All right, SIR
was the reply, the pledge was laid aside
without scrutiny and the cash turned
over. This time no redemption followed
and the ring, on examination, proved t.
be paste. It afterward came out that tht
"spendthrift Yankee had disposed
of eighteen other limitations else
where by adopting similar methods
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
Europe Plastered with Mortgages.

The real estate of Great Britain n
Ireland is ~mortgaged for fifty per cent.
of it's value; the farm lands OF Denmark
are mortgaged for f%orty-one per cent. OF
their value, and the real estate of Copen-
hagen for seventy per cent; the real es-
tate of France is mortgaged for s3,O00,-
900, 900, or S25 an acre for every acre, in
Guiding mountain tops and rivers, In the
Empire; eighty per cent. of the entire
taxable real estate of Germany is mort
gagged, with mortgages" says Presser,
a German writer, scarcely redeemable.
The German farmers, according to DR..
Jaeger, pay 1926, o0o, 900 a year interest
on mortgages, and stoepel, another Ger
man writer, says it IS far above that sum.
Italy is mortgaged forty per cent. on all
her taxable real estate; Sweden thirty
three per cent, and others in like pro-
| portion. These are all old countries,
and their mortgages represent genera
tons of Improbable farming, not the
development of a great and new en-
! pire.-CLeusEand Leader.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
The Journey OF q Pen.

A rapid penman can write thirty words
in a minute. To do this ne must draw
his pen through the space of a rod-six-
teen and a half feet. In forty minutes
his pen travels a furlong, and in five
hours a-third of a mile. We make on
an average sixteen curves or turns of the
pen for each word written. Writing
thirty words in a minute, we must make
forty-three curves to each second; in an
hour %, 900, in five hours LA, 900, and
in 800 days, working only five hours
each day, we make not less than 43, 20o,'
900 curves and turns of the pen. The
man who makes but 10000 600 strokes
of the pen a month has done nothing re-
markable; there are those who make
four times that number. Here we have
n the aggregate a mark 500 miles a year.
In making each letter of the ordinary
alphabet, we make three to seven strokes
of the pen-on an average three and
half to four.-St. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
Begging Money to Get Married with

Even among the aristocracy Of Ecuado
Il i not uncommon for young people 20
% about among their friends soliciting
money 10 pay tho marriage fee. You can
sHdom % through the streets ana mar
kets without meeting : man with little
baskef. who importunes you. For tne
lave II the Virgin, most illustrious senor
a;ve he ! medic toward the payment OF
nv marrisge fee. Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

The University of Oxford, England, is
to have a leadership of the Spanish Ian
guage. Within a year slavonic and
Spanish have been added to the educa-
tional courses of the university.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

HALLS CATARRH CURE is a liquid
and is taken internally and acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system;
Write for testimonials. free. Manufactured
by Z. J. CHENEY & CO IoIedo, ".
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

FITS stopped free by Dr. KLINE's GREA
NERVE REsToRER, No Fits after first day
use. Marve'ous cures. Treatise and 90 trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline, 931 Arch st. Phi]a. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05
Better be right than president.

BFAcHAM's PILLS act like magic Oh a Weak
Stomaco.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

The author OF ''Old Oaken Bucket ~
entity did not believe In letting well eDouS
alone.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

Inc toper's motto is Give for today"
out he EMPLOYS " DIS.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

A pocket pincushion free to smokers Of
sTansills Punch &c. Cigar.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

The Japanese make artificial tortoise
shell with the whites Of eggs,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

A fool and b s monay is soon parted.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

= Cataract,
, ages on the EAE-Feaf.
Noises in, to Extract Foreign
! the II Bleeding, Ia
, Fifteen pages on the FACE,
} Cracked Lips,
: GuHa Boil, &c. Eighteen pages
.IpE-Brouchitis Diphthe-
NHnfps, liberated Sore
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

nay, Of resting place, where you maj
pause for q view of the river and OF the
7de Of traffic that pours across the bridge
xself. But the best appreciation OF the
VOlune and force of this traffic comes by
throwing ones self into the current.
Take an outside seat on an omnibus at
she Bank of England when the evening
laa of traffic Gibbs southwark. Your
sauEse lies through King William street,
Hhieh empties its current into q wide
pace just above the bridge. Into 1ais
pass three more great thoroughfares
p1ar their living tides-Gracechurch
ssrsefs Cannon street and Eastcheap; and
Attle lower down two lesser tributaries
I'D ta the moving mass. From every
aifsction streams of human beings and OF
come and go. There il . whirl-
pool u traffic. Il RACES there around
klng Willian11s statue, aud as far IS you
san sse along the tributaries each stream
y Blocked. re be drawn heedlessly
INTO the vortex would mean chaos, dis
Asf; even death.
1n the dusk the moving masses appear
Eaaee, all powerful, unaovernable.
Ast they are governed. YOU cannot see
M guiding power, but it ID here IN the
hape Of stalwart policemen. stationed In
sos and threes and fours, al every point
Npm which the streams low into the re-
which, IN turn, emptiss down
sas laiH 4 swift, fierce food, rurnbling,
aAFing pelI-mell upon the bridge. II
alating street. traffic the word of the
aon constable Is law j motion Of his
aa q instantly obeyed. Without this
kning power the passage to the
wonld rs Is deatrr stlvs 10 life and
NpeFsy as battle or food. AZ Il i, the
Eash appears to you chaotic. Il whirla
aAa ashas in inst open space. end ths
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

BlOns came 10 Inc onuieu sh" hoo
and was happily converted before
God. and went home happy in the love
Of God. Next morning, at the break
fast table, he received word to call at
he store. When he called the old
employer took him in the back 1oous
and every barrel and denijohn. thai
contained liquor had been rolled out
We have got to have you back to the
business and will give you $l0c-
Even today do | declare that I will
render double unto thee" Well, yoa
say you don't believe that. If an5
ma will forsake houses; or brethren.
IT sisters, or father, or mother, o.
wife, or children, or lands. for NJ
names sake, shall receive q hundred
fold, and shall inherit everlasting
life"
Seventeen years ago ! left one lutte
home TO preach the Gospel. God has
Given me one thousand homes just as
good as my home ever could haze
been, and I left n stepmother. and
God has given me one thousand moth.
ers uhc pray for me and say klrs
words for me, aud ] left > few frlena-
10 60 aud preach the Gospel. and too
has given me q thousand friends fer
every one I left. Thank God for IN
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-12-19

What became of Mr. Vinal Beatrix
never ascertained; she forgot about him
for several minutes and when she looked
round for him he was gone. Meanwhile
Jocelyn introduced his companion to her
as "Gen. lingo, gentleman interested
in music and Mr.. Randolph was eN-
tractcd from his retreat, into which he
had withdrawn under the impression
that more duns were after him, and was
likewise made a partaker of tho general
acquaintance. The latter appeared in
quite different light from thdtin which
we first encountered him. He had not
only been assiduously instructed by
Jocelyn as to the behavior he should put
on, but the fresh country air and scenery
and the tendency which all persons who
live in some measure by luck have to
hope for a fortunate turn in their affairs
had combined to put him III genial
and optimistic frame of mind. As II con-
trast to the gloom in which they had
lived of late this sunny mood Of the gen
erals seemed even more paradisiacal
than would havebeen> the case at a more
cheerful time. His jokes and comicali-
ties had an arch charm to the ears and
eyes of Mr.. Randolph and his daugh-
ter that would have perplexed the manu-
tacturer of them.
a feeling of security and pleasant
promise diffused itself III the air, though
rs yet there was no known foundation
for it, 1t was O'clock In the after
noon and dinner wSs over, but in con
sideratlon Of the city habits Of the guests
preparations were made for one Of those
high teas which combine the best feat
urea of all meals In the meantime the
old Nirginian rummaged out bottle
81 e4:1yet lEh,ea lh9. .ssneEal tsecrQatl.Y
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-21
TIRED OF LlFt's STRUGGLE.

Financial Troubles Prompt a Land
Agent to Commit suicide.
NEW YoKK, Jan. 20.-George E. Da-
mon, New York agent of Western
land and real estate company, whose
offices are at Caldwell, Kan.,
committed suicide today by shoot
ing himself while in Robert Faber's
gun store, 493 Eighth avenue. He
lived with his wife in a handsome resi-
dence at Port Chester, n. Y. He had
been missing from his home for the last
two days,and his friends had not known
of his whereabouts. Damon had been
staying at the Morton house in this city,
where he received a telegram from
John Blair. secretary of the land COM
pany at Caldwell, KY, notifying him
that the sum of S24, OS2.63 should have
been paid on Dec. Is, when it was due,
for the purchase of some land.
Damon, it is believed, was I'M
able to pay the money Oh ac-
count of financial troubles which it
is supposed led to his suicide. Damon
spent much of his time travelling be-
tween New York and Kansas. lie
wrote several letters before he killed
himself. One was to his brother-in-
law, E. K. Kendall. of this city.
La it he said that he was tired
of iife's struggles and wanted
rest which he would seek in the land
from whence no traveller has vet re-
turned. He left offerings of love to his
wife, sisters and mother. Another let
ter was TO his lawyer, whom he request
ed To look after his Wife's legal rights.
Damon was about forty years Ofage and
man of fine appearance.