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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-25

Services will he held at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning at the usual
hour. Rev. f. b. Harris has been returned
for another year.
The village grammar school began last
Monday, taught by Miss NJ. s. johnson Of
Thetfurd. The primary will begin May .,
teacher. Miss Jewell The school in dis
trict No. 3 will begin next Monday and he
taught by Miss Addie Potter Of Halifax.
W A. Brown has gone to Fort Payne,
Ala. on a ten days excursion.
Mr.. j. Thompson began running daily
stage from Jacksonville to CharlemOnt,
Mass, last Monday. The people on the
route pay the bills to July |, when the gov
eminent will have control.
Interest is increasing in the contemplated
stock company, and it promises to he a
success, aud if 80 will promote the interests
Of butter aud tub makers, and dealers in
lumber, etc.
D. g. Taylor has more orders in mechan-
zeal business than he can fill.
H. g. Porter aud S. Easton are at work
on the hotel at Wilmington.
Fred May Of Readsboro has moved into
Mrs Porter's house, formerly owned and
occupied by Dea. L. A. Warren.
y. II. SlepdTuSOn mas RETURNED from
market with fresh supply Of goods.
Fifty thousand feet of ash lumber is be
ing cut at the Putnam mill for a man from
Massachusetts,.
Alice Butterfield has returned from Boz,
ton where she has been attending school.
Israel L., son of Perry Hall, soon leaves
for Roulette, Pa.
Our villagers are intending to soon fit up
a place Of pleasure resort at the Roberts
pond.
c. NJ Fox has moved into the tenement
which he bought of his father.
Stage-driver Thompson has moved into
the house opposite Jared Briggs.
Jamaica.
W II Joslin and bride arrived last Thurs
day evening.
Maj Vim. H. H. Holton Of New York
was here over Sunday visiting his sick
mother and other relatives
Mr. Geo Shaffner is still alive but very
low
The friends of P Allen aud wife gave
them a surprise on Wednesday evening, it
being the Goth anniversary of their we'd
ding. Many valuable presents were given.
II. 5. Sherwin and r. b. Mclean have
bought the stock Of goods of Daniel Sherwin.
Mr. Mel can has gone to market this week
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-25

August is the date when the Repub
Leans hope the business Of Congress can he
completed aud an adjournment made.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
A Lucky Shot.

A few days ago as James Knight of
Shelter Point, near Nanaimo, British
Columbia, was working in the woods
close to his own house and barn, he heard
a series of squeals from a litter of little
pigs which were running about the gar
den. Going in the direction of the sounds
he discovered panther of very large
proportions carrying off one of the pork
ers. Running to the house with all pos
sible speed, he secured his gun, his dog
in the meantime chasing the marauder,
which took to the trees. Taking aim at
the beast, whose glistening eyes shone
through the foliage and whose growls
made it impossible to mistake his where
abouts, he brought the animal down, pre-
venting him making dying charge by a
well-directed shot into his brain. This
brute, and several others of his kind,
with the assistance of the bears in the
neighborhood, have latterly made consid-
erabIe havoc among the smaller domesti-
Gated animals, and it is proposed ere long
to organize shooting party with the OBJ
ject of exterminatiug them. Victoria
(B. CO. COl0aist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
A FrOlic OF Fashion.

A prominent dealer in leather, from
London, says that never before was there
such a craze in London for queer leather
as at the present time. He says also:
"All kinds of skins, from the tough,
thick hide of an elephant to the thinner,
.enderer frogs, are pressed into service to
meet the demands of the fashionable.
Some of our shops are stocked with a
supply of fancy articles that are made
from the skins of all sorts of beasts, rep
lilies and fishes. These singular objects
are exhibited in the windows, where
heir appearance proves a great attraction
10 the crowds. Made up into various ar
ticles are yellow pelican skins, lion and
panther skins, buffalo skins fish skins,
monkey skins, and the coverings of al
most every living thing known. They
are tanned and sometimes dyed with diff
terent colors. i think it looks hideous
to see a pretty girl walking along the
streets swinging porte-monnaie made Of
the scaly skin of boa-constrictor. But
it's fashion, you know, and reminds one
Of the old story of beauty and the beast. ="
-CommerciaL Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
MEMORIES.

When twilights hush is drawing nigh
And thwart the blue the shadows lie,
Fond mem'ries cluster thick and fast
Around the dear old buried past;
'Tis then dream of rosy hours,
Faith, hope and love in wooded bowers,
And merry voices low and sweet,
And converse fraught with joy complete.
Still brighter visions round me cling,
When song birds brown are carrolling,
How that we pledged our hearts pure VOWS
Beneath the apples crimson boughs,
And strolled the Svoodlands through an,
through
For clovers red and vi'lets blue,
And smiling, laughing lily BELLS
The pride Of moss entangled dells.
These vanished years they come aud go.
Like spectres gliding to and fro
Across my weary, songless path
That lies along life's aftermath;
But soon, beyond the sun-kissed hills,
When freed from earthly cares and ills,
I'll meet the loved and brave of yore,
And yearn the perfect past no more.
Philadelphia Telephone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
Smuggling Jewels From Mexico.

Commenting upon evidence in a re-
cent smuggling case tried IN San An
tonic, Texas, District Attorney Evans
told his experience in the trial Of men
charged with bringing goods across the
border without having paid duty.
"The Government, he said, "might
as well abolish the duty on jewelry and
precious stones, so far as its value along
the Mexican border is concerned. Great
quantities of such are brought into this
country, but it is very seldom that duty
is paid upon them. OF course, the
smaller an article is the easier it is to
escape detection. Fine jewelry and pre-
cious stones are safely smuggled on this
account, and quite number of the
smugglers are known to the Custom
house officials, who, however cannot be
detected.
"Men and women almost known to
have jewelry in their possession are
stopped and searched, but nothing duti-
able is revealed A thousand dollars
worth OF precious stones might be hid
den under a plaster False pockets in
clothes and wearing apparel are common.
l do not believe that as many precious
stones as formerly are brought from
Mexico, but there is plenty Of Mexican
jewelry smuggled into the United States. "
Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
Famous Old Giants.

At all times and in all countries, says
the Irish Times, kings and mobiles had
fancy for including among their retainers
either a giant or dwarf, sometimes both.
Frederick the Great had his corps of gi-
gantic grenadiers; and in the Tower of
London may be seen a lance aud some
enormous armor of sixteenth century
work, which, doubtless, belonged to some
giant, knight OF trooper of the kings
body guard. James /. had attached to
his person porter named Walter Par
sons, commonly called the Staffordshire
giant, handsome, brave, and strong
young man, who had begun life as a
farrier. His height was seven feet, seven
inches, and his portrait exists, engraved
by Glover. Parsons lived on into the
reign of Charles l., and was succeeded
by another giant, William Evans, tive
inches taller than his predecessor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The Boston Cultigator believes that
''men of purely scientific training are of
less assistance in practical affairs than
their education would suggest. The
man of science has little faith in new
methods or new inventions. He is sell
dom an originator. His knowledge is
that of tradition. lie frequently scouts
at new ideas as impraeticable, because
they are not recognized in books. The
inventor seldom travels in the same road
with the scientist. The inventor needs
to leave the beaten path and press on to
the unexplored forest of possibilities.
He is often handicapped if he endeavors
to conform to rules already laid down
by pure science. Few college-bred men
have proved inventors. Original
thought, bold action, patient persistence,
knowledge of natures laws are prime
factors in the successful career of the
inventor"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

1t is noted by the New York Sun as
something remarkable that Maryland
colored man dreamed he was to die the
next day, and sure enough he died.
"When a Pacific Islander wants to die,
he sits down and dies himself: just
naturally, dies by force of will. He is
more likely to be three days about it
than one day. Then one of the Difficult
tics in bringing African slaves to the
coast is that they will turn their tongues
back into their throats and go off like
lambs"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The Tonquin pirate who recently
cleaned up $50, 600 as ransom for the re-
lease of the three captive Frenchmen has,
observes the San Francisco Chronicle,
evidently become cnamored of the lucra-
tive business. He now offers standing
reward of 500 to the native who will
deliver Frenchman into his hands or
500 to one who will warn him that troops
are approaching. In country where a
coolie works the whole year round for So
this noble reward ought to insure the
enterprising pirate rush of business
until he has made living in the interior
of Ton&iin too expensive for the Euro
pean
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
sYcAMOREs IN BLOOM.

Like hame-wing'd harps the seed blooms lie
Amid the shadowy sycamores.
The music of each leaflets sigh
Thrills them continually,
The small harps Of the sycamores.
Small birds innumerable find rest
And shelter midst the sycamores.
Their songs (of love in a warm soft nesD
Are family echoed east and west
By the red harps O. the sycamores.
The dewfall and the starshine make
Amidst the shadowy sycamores
Sweet delicate strains; the gold beams shake
The leaves at MORN and swift awake
The small harps of the sycamores.
sweet earths music everywhere,
Though faint as in the sycamores;
Sweet when buds burst birds pair;
Sweet when as thus there wave in the air
The red harps Of the sycamoras.
-Willidm Sharp, in Hdrper's Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

head with camphor. He saw that the
lamp on the table was lighted,
oval, he amt hurt bad that's the
point" said Abner. ats that tunk on
his head knocked him under"
"He'll come round" said Mr.. Bald.
win, cheerfully. you've been keeled
over for half an hour" he remarked to
the lineman. "You can be thankful you
are here. A man going along there in a
wagon saw you lying there dead-that's
what he reckoned-and picked you up
and brought you back, knowing this was
where you was putting up. Land alive |!
You might a laid there all MI int. Eunice !
| do believe that girls sniveling.
Eunice, march yourself here! Your fel.
ler's all right-right as triggeri"
Fiducia demonstrated; but Eunico
came.
That was all the lineman was conscious
of.
Was it'by preconcertion2 Abner and
Fiducia and Mr. Baldwin somehow got
out Of the room-Fiducia gracefully,
Abner awkwardly, the fat grocer lum-
pSiihSiJ uhu VhS hhCAhdH was "iOhC WIN
Eunice.
In spite of his Jared lameness he sat
up--sat up and groped for Eunice's
hands. Yes, Eunice had been crying.
"Eunice," said the lineman, "let me
hold your hand just this moment, while
II tell you. 1t was my own fault get
ting my head bumped, and deserved it.
/ nat arI Y
man enough to face what knew I'd have
to face. l didn't want to come back
here and see you-and him together. l
didn't feel as though could stan it. So
went to working on tnat pole and fell
down, just as I'd ought to. There!
wish you well, Eunice. He's a good
man and he's rich, and-and you'll be
happy. l know you will. There, l
won't say no more. was kind o. des-
pcrate, Eunice; but want trying to
kill mysely. No, I-I'lllive right alongl"
Though she was crying again, Eunice
did not take her hands away. They
seemed to nestle in the lineman's.
"Wnat do you mean?" she cried, half
Indignantly. "Do you mean Silas Bald
winw
"Why, yes" the linemau stammered.
"Silas Baldwin," said Eunice, with
amazed eyes on the lineman's upturned
face. "I've known him all my life.
He's about forty, Silas is, and he's
married man, but his wife's off visiting
her folks in Illinois. He runs over here
oftener now t he's all alone"
Then Eunice removed her hands to
wipe her tears.
"Wal, the lineman gasped, dazed,
humiliated, strangely happy, "I've been
tarnal fooll"
The lineman got well, though it was
discovered that he had fractured one of
his ribs. He said he was glad of it; he
took it for judgment upon him. Besides,
being nursed to recovery by Eunice was
far from being an unpleasant state of
affairs.
He and Eunice were married as soon
as ever he was able to be, and Sammy
and Molly, in high feather, stood up with
them.
The tall, silver lamp, presented by FL
ducia's cousin, Silas Baldwin, and his
wife, was the finest of the wedding pres
onts by all odds,-Sdturday Night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The Hartford Conn., Times remarks:
Horses don't last long in New York city.
The pavements are very trying to their
feet. Some give out in six months,
while others last as many years. The
average life of street-car horse is about
two years. Many partially disabled ami
mails find their way into the country, and
often recover and become of good service
ON farms.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The story Of Stanley's wooing is grad
ually being disclosed He first met Miss
Tennant when last in England, and for
ness which usually characterized the
ladys reception of attentions from gen.
tlement. But the indomitable courage,
energy and wonderful powers of descrip-
ton possessed by the explorer gradually
won the heart of one who possessed sim
liar traits in so marked a degree, and
when Stanley managed to pluck up suf-
fcient courage to propose she tainted
with mingled delight and excitement.
She promised to wait until he returned
from his next African trip, and insisted
that their engagement should be kept
secret.
The letters which have passed between
"Stanley Africanus" and Miss Tennant,
if they ever see the light of publication
-love-letters of eminent persons are now
included in the printers prey-will be
truly curious stories, for no doubt the
explorer told more to his lady love than
he will ever confess elsewhere of the
awful tribulations of his march through
the African swamps and forests. His
brother explorers were aware of their
commanders love story, and many tree
in the strange lands visited has "Dolly"
deeply cut into the bark. The natives
used to think it the sign of the white
chiefs fetish and often prostrated them
selves before it. In one of his letters
Stanley wrote such narrowing account
of the sufferings of his band and gave
such a vivid picture of the death of gi-
gantic negro slowly swallowed by huge
serpent that Miss Tenant swooned after
reading it Commercial AdUertiSer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
Adiusted the GIft to Her Mouth

Ahmed Effendi, the former Turkish
ambassador in Berlin, when entertaining
company, was in the habit of distributing
sweets among the ladies present. On
one occasion he gave a certain lady tw,
or three times as much as the rest. She,
vain of her triumph, got an interpreter
to inquire the reason Of his preference.
because her mouth is twice as large as
that of the other ladies, was the reply.
-Arg0HGut.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The Philadelphia Press enumerates
these instances to prove that modern
commerce has curious effects on price
lnd on the lives of animals; Camphor
Nhas gone up in this country from sixty
TO ninety cents pound because it is
wanted in Europe for smokeless pow
ders. Rubber has advanced from fifty
five to ninety cents a pound because so
much of it is wanted in electrical opera
tions. Copper, besides being wanted in
telegraph, telephone and electric light
wires, has advanced because sulphate of
copper has been found to be the only
sure cure for phyloxera. Young male
elephants are being hunted out in Africa
because their tusks make billiard balls,
and this, faster than any other demand,
is likely to extinguish the elephant. The
fancy for alligator leather is making alli-
gatora extinct; the muskrats multiply
and honeycomb the levees, aud hence a
great Mississippi flood.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The National Horse Breeder thinks peo-
pie who are talking about the coming of
the twc-minute trotter will be interested
in learning that to trot mile in the time
named ahorse must get over the ground
at the rate of fQrty.four feet in second,
which is trihe fast for tIotting gait.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
A Curious Ear of Corn.

An ear of corn ON exhibition at San
Luis Obispo, CAL, is described as being
in the exact form Of a human hand; the
wrist, palm, thumb and fingers being all
perfect. 1t is covered with small grains
to near the tips of the fingers, which are
bare prongs of cobs, giving the hand ths
appearance of being clad in mitt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06
Odd SnnYenirs.

Many capricious New Workers are hav-
ing souvenirs, such as ladies slippers and
locks of hair, covered with thin de-
posit Of silver and displayed in their
homes as mementoes. The substances of
the articles-thus treated are not injuriously
affected, and they attract considerable at
tention wherever shown.-ArgoHaut
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

"The business tact OF women has again
been demonstrated, says the New York
Sun, ain the matter of taking the cen.
sus. Women who were appointed as
enumentors are said to have done their
work better and mole carefully than the
males. When another census comes to
be taken the women will have a better
chance"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

Steps have been taken to establish in
st. Petersburg, Russia, society for the
insurance of crops against climatic mis-
haps. The Agricultural Society of the
metropolis has initiated the movement.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

There are more social clubs in Denver,
Col, asserts the New York World, than
in any other city of the country, not
withstanding the fact that Philadelphia
has been called the city of homes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

An international beauty show was
opened at Rome, Italy, lately, with i'm
posing ceremonies, but, the beauty not
being up to the standard, the ladies were
savagely hissedg and the exhibition had
to be abandoned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The Chicago San AYERS that the cree.
tion of electric light plants is of such
common occurrence in the South as to
cease to be of general interest.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-08-06

The railroads Of this country have
killed only 1928 persons during the past
twelve months and injured 26, 300.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-06-02

She'll in elmer Mii6ung nit psu BeiBen
aufgeben tperoeit. Sore 13dbL betragt ettua
$1,000.
sSSn ber eriten Sdlite unieres Sabrbuns
Oerts lpraden pbilolopbiide 0eograpben
un0 6iitorifer germ init Sarl Sitter BON
Der u@rbe ais Dem @rstebungSbarle Des
Menl6en." Qber MIR bis 5l einem sclptl>
len @rabe lit ibr @eOantengang rthtig,
bann seigt es ii0, baB Die @eidthte
Sic piel mGd)tigere 9ebrmel1tertll TT, l1no Dap
oud) ibre @rtolge CONS. Ooit Dem Wfaterlol
o%bbGuaen, bas ullter tDren 6Gttoen 1T.
gSel6' aeipaltige &ultltr blibt liz gtoroz
amerifa auf. oaS NIT all Ietten gtatur7
ldldBen in pielen sSubrbun1erte1t Die SnDids
ner nidt iber Die Stuie Ser Sdgeru0lfer
DtnGusgebra6t bate! WelGen @egenlaB
oasu biloet anberieitS Die Griebutg Der
cipiliiirten Staaten auf ben l6o6ldnbern
bon D}ittelz uno Sloamerifa bur9 Die MIR
langiam Der t60be unierer 3eit auitrebenoer
romanilAen Staatengebtloe! llno DIe
traurig miiroe Auitralieu I'M Serglet6 gu:
ben an6ern GrDtbeilen baitebeu, tpern leire
Wfenidbeit nidbt iibcr oe: 3uitanb binauss
Qefomnen tDGre, Der ba5 Jtelultat Der @r>
5iebua9 bur6 feline gtQtllrbebingungen mar!
0eiuii, mar eS benz ~fitnften gSelttbetl am
Observation-Disclosures, Dag tbm enG SDetl oer>'
ieuigen 3tpeige Der Wtenldhett 5ultrprnte,
Die bent vGrSicbungsbaule" l0n91t ent7.
ipu6ien upo ,fdbig itno, ibrerieits su, err
Siebcn uilD ft6 bas "l0aus o~ns5ubalen n1o.
SIT perbenern-lotpett tbre Sratt reI9t.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-06-02
m6dentIde 5Iinois Staats5eitune nortae a85uni 1890

felt gegeniber, 2ebenSfrogen, tpel0t Der
&rtcg birausidieben, ober nielnals l0ien
fam. Sd CLAUDE, Dab aIe N%egierungen
aufri6tig beinii6t limb, ben Srteoen ST. balz
ten = fraet it6 nur, oh ie fart genug ietn
perben, I'M es gu %f0nnet, Sd CLAUDE, oaB
lit alien 2dnoern Die BET pettem ibcrlpies
genbe Wfalle Der 8ep0lferung ben Srieben
mill, II baB nidt iie, ionbern Die Barte;en
Die @tttideiDung baben, ipel6e ftb an iDre
Spibe geitellt baben. Wteine 6erren, Die
frieOIi0en 8eritherunsen %unierer beiben
Na1barn in Sit unb Q8eft - pdbreno
iibrigenS lire friegerii6en Borbereitungen
unausgeieBt fortl6reiten = biele frieoltfet
uno alle iibrigen &unogebuheeu ftnb geniB
ieDr ~nertbpnl =; aber 6 iderbett "
ben IN / nur be uns leIbit.