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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
Novel Solution of Bimetalism,

General Berdan has proposed q novel
solution of the silver coinage problem.
His scheme Is to make q dollar of gold
and silver, mechanically combined, by
first making silver coin worth twenty
five cents, with hole in the centre, and
then pressing into the centre plug Of
gold worth seventy-fve cents. On the
face of it, this seems good idea, as il
would do away with the objection raised
by all to the size and weight of the
silver dollar and the minuteness of the
gold dollar. In other words it is an
average-a concentration of advantages.
But the point of the matter lies in the
mechanically combined" detail, which
is more important than at first sight
would appear. 1t will be delicate and
difficult task to so join the gold and
silver parts as to enable the coin to stand
the wear and tear to which metallic legal
tender is subjected.
As usual, electricity, goddess of power
and progress, can lend her aid and assist
to practicability the germ of a good idea.
If, instead of mechanically combined" J"
we SuOStllulC Tue WOTuS 'clSCJIlCdlly
Welded" the scheme becomes more
practical and the coin more beautiful and
cheaper to produce. By electrically weld
ing gold and silver together and then
subjecting the composite piece to the i'm
preston of q die, coin with slightly
concave surfaces could be produced with
the great advantage that the welded joint
would be the strongest portion. Cou-
caving the faces of the coin would throw
the maximum wear on the outer ring of
silver. Such scheme brought to per-
fection would be bimetalism with a
vengeance.
As a design for the diverse of this new
coin we would suggest an ideal repre-
sentation of the Goddess of Electricity.
Columbia would thus be given we'll
earned rest, and the coming power wonld
be symbolized and immortalized, although
such actions might offend the pretty
Philadelphia girl who posed for the pro-
iSe of ColuDbia.-NeU York Electrical
Rsgisln
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
Chocolate Nuts OF Beans.

Chocolate nuts or beans from which
the chocolate of commerce is made arc
the seeds or fruit of a small tree, native
of tropical America, but now widely dis
tributed and cultivated in most tropical
countries. The trees are Of small size,
rarely more than twenty feet high, but
with broad, thin, pointed leaves. The
flowers are small and produced on the old
wood, and are succeeded by pod like
fruit six to ten inches in length, each
containing fifty or more seeds. When
the fruit is ripe the seeds, which are
covered with thick mucilage, are re-
moved from the pods and placed in
heaps, where they undergo a slight fer
mentation, after which they are spread
out in the sun to dry. When thorough
ly dry they are packed in sacks and be-
come the chocolate bean of commerce.
Upon being roasted the beans split open,
as seen in the common coffee bean, and
when ground to powder and made into
paste and pressed into cakes it is called
chocolate, which is generally favored
with sugar and vanilla. As for the
healthful properties of chocolate, much
depends upon the person who uses it.
With some persons it appears to agree,
but with Others not, for it is an old adage
that "what is one mans food is another
mans poison" Chocolate, however, is
considered a very nutritious beverage by
the medical faculty.-Ne,0 York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

their vanity and selhshness, and their
lack of moral culture. 1t is evident that
this girl is good and pure, unless her face
very much bellies her-such a girl, in
fact, as any man might safely trust with
his purse or his honor. The tone of hef
letter is modest, and evinces con-
siderable degree Of culture; much more
than l should have expected from one
condemned by circumstances to q life Of
toilj but her being the daughter of d
elergyman-and doubtless a very worthy
and conscientious one--will explain that.
1 will have my photograph taken at once,
and send 1t to her, with my warmest
thanks. l will dress IN d very modest
and tasteful manner, so as not to shock
her sense of propriety. feel more and
more anxious every minute to make the
first impression as favorable as possible"
Agreeably to Fannie's request, he
wrote warm-we had almost said lover
like--reply to her letter, inclosing the
much looked for picture. Leslie was a
very handsome man, and would have
looked well In any garb, no matter how
commonplace.
Space will not permit of our entering
into a detailed account of the delightful
correspondence that now ensued between
the really interested young millionaire
and the modest, warm.hearted country
girl, whom he had never yet seen except
in miniature.
Suffice 1t to say, 80 constant and unin-
terrupted had this correspondence been,
that one month later found him, by Fan.
nie's permission, on his way to the rural
home to visit her. To admit the truth
they were already much in love with
each other, and this eagerly longed for
meeting, as might be expected, fairly
! capped the climax; for our hero and
Fannie were affianced in less than an
hour after his arrival in Epping.
He kept up the delusion regarding his
humble circumstances till after they were
married, and he had removed her to pre-
side as mistress over a palatial abode on
the Hudson. He was more considerate
and obliging than most sons-in-law, for
he gladly seconded Fannie's request that
her mother should accompany them; and
what is more unusual still, she has never
attempted to make herself bone of
contention between them.
Leslie, every one says, is justly proud
of his young wife, and has never re-
gretted the day that he purchased that
hat. He intends to keep it as a heir
loom in his family.-NesO York Weekly,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
A Big Crop From One Barley Head

-Four years ago Miss Lena Woodard,
living on Thorn Creek, Washington,
sowed the seed from one head of barley.
She harvested the crop with pair Of
shears and sowed the amount received the
next year, again harvesting it with her
shears. The third crop her father cut
with a grass scythe, getting enough bar
ley from this crop to SOW forty acres last
spring, which averaged forty bushels to
the acre when threshed, making a total
yield of 1900 bushels from one head of
barley in four years.-Saa Francisco
Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
Needle Works MOnstrOsities.

In the garrets of old country mansions
are great hair trunks that hold the relics
Of the past. Examining the contents,
one can see what hideous monstrosities
grew beneath the fingers of the ladies of
the day, says Mrs. Dallas. What crude
horrors in "cross stitch" what fiat,
wishy-washyn slower paintings" what
alarming baskets Of wax fruit, what
queer shell grottos. The fashionable
girls of this generation are artistic even
in their 'fancy work" They under
stand the principles of decoration, they
have systems of color, and where the
girl of the past daubed and tinllisd they
"study art" and learn music thoroughly.
Women are educated to day; THEN they
were accomplished " Is not the pres
ent system betterl ! think so.---Bostop
Transcript,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

There is man in New York, alleges
the Commercial Adpertiser, who has the
magazine fever in its worst stage. His
idea-which he is going to carry out, he
says-is to start local magazine in each
of the large cities of America, with local
writings by local authors, and a cyrps of
editors at each post. al shall have
twenty magazines in oil, " said he recent
Iy. He will certainly have his hands
full. One magazine is about a very
comfortable plenty for any ordinary
man
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
soNcE ON A r1MED
'Onoe ON q time.n

''Once on a time"
How fondly falls that phrase
Upon our fancy, like far-of chime
OF half-heard bells In some forgotten cline,
Pealed from the kingdom of dead yester-
days,
'Once on q time"
The tale we loved always
Began Just so, and every fairy rhyme
Our mothers crooned commenced; "Once on
Time"
And ended with burst of childish praise.
As one who, in lonely twilight land,
Is startled by the wrath Of some love voice
Long since that joined the silences sublime,
SO l, amidst the shadows where 1 stand,
Ringd with dim dreams of unreturning
joys,
Awaken at the words; "Once on a time"
-James Nei0ton Matthetcs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
Hin Tribes Deserving the, Caucasus.

The mountain tribes OF the Caucasus
are emigrating in large numbers to Tur-
key. Russian settlers are not slow to
take possession of their lands. The Gov
ernment has been petitioned by such set
tiers to divide the lands that were va
Gated by the Caucasians into regular set
Elements and to establish proper Judiciary
circuits there. But the Governor of the
Kooban district has informed the petit
tioners that their demands cannot be full
tilled-that the time has not come yet
for the central Government TO take into
possession and to dispose of the lands OF
the aborigines. Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

To marry in haste and repent at leisure
has been o common fault in most fault in
most communities. 1t is satisfactory to
ind that it is becoming less common in
England. The proof of this, which is
lound in the registrar generals annual
,eport, is about the most welcome piece
of news the document contains. There
has been a steady rise, it appears, in the
verage age at which men and women
IKE upon themselves the responsibility
contracting matrimony ever since
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
A NEW CATECHISM.

He
What IS it makes this life worth living,
Tell me, when all has been said and donei
1t is the rapture of forgiving,
When you yourself are the guilty one.
What makes us all so opposed to dying, q
When so much Of heaven we all have
heard?
sbo- d
Because when we're dead there's no replying,
And woman must have the final word. =
He
What is your own idea of heaven
OF heaven on earth, perhaps mean9
She
A place where the men are all twenty-seven
And am the only girl, just eighteen.
He
What's your idea of perfect poet.
One to whom all should bow the knee?
How absurd you arel Well, if you must
know it,
The poet who writes of love and me.
-SomerUiIle Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

What the world needs to-day is not
more medicine, but less of it. Not new
methods of shutting out sunlight and the
only true elixir of life, but more pure aiI
to breathe, pure water to drink, pure
food to eat, less overworll and overworry,
more rational methods of labor with many
toilers with brain and hand, more whole.
some exercise and a calmer, more cheer
full frame of mind, Tens of thousands
die before their time through consuming
fear of unseen and purely imaginary foes,
and other tens of thousands through false
teaching, the influence of false ideas, and +,
in consequence, of senseless violation of
natures plainest laws. Instead of losing
our grip on life, we of this generation
ought to be getting tirmer hold. OuI
boastful modern ways are pitifully weak
and unreliable, asserts the Philadelphia
Telegraph. 1t will take hundred Kochs
TO lift us above the ever-swelling tide
that is sweeping mankind so helplessly
along toward the end of all things hu-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
A Strange Feathered Monster.

A strange feathered monster, supposed
to be a gigantic pelican from some trop-
ical land, wss killed in Livingston parish
recently by August Heiss. The bird
was snow-white in color, except the
wing tips, which were black. Its body
was as large as that of full-grown
sheep, its llesh was blood-red, its bill two
feet in length, with an enormous sack or
pouch attached with the capacity of
small dip net.--Nelo Orleans Time5-Demo-
crdt
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
A Curious Writing Habit.

One curious habit of the venerable
Jules Simon is that he does most of his
writing in bed. For many years he has
pursued this practice; he lies fiat on his
back, holds tablet Of paper above him
and does his writing Overwhelmingly
an impossible thing. Yet the old gen
tleman's chirography is a marvel of neat
ness and exactness; it is as prim and tiny
as a schoolmarm s,- 0hieag0 AeDs,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

Some idea of the immense transporta-
tion facilities Of the United States can be
gained by the fact that the Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadelphia
turned out on an average three locomo-
tives per day during last year. These
engines are worth $4,000 each, and
represent the output of but one among a
score of prominent shops, very small
percentage of the machines manufactured
going to foreign countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

All accounts from British India concur
in stating, notes the Philadelphia Record,
that the rapid extension of railroads and
telegnphs is working prodigous social
changes in that country. At last the
Hindoos are shaking OIL their supersti
tions, their sloth and their inveteratc
system of caste, and are preparing to
enter on a new civilization.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18
Something New in Flower Beds.

The largest advertisement in the world
is that OF the Glasgo,o Nei0s, cut in the
shape of flower beds on the side Of a
bill back of Ardenlee, Scotland the
words "Glasgow News" can be seen and
plainly read adistance of four miles; the
length Of each letter is forty feet; the
total length of the line 1928 feet; tho
area covered by the letters 14,s45 feet,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

The Minister of Instruction in Bavaria
is giving much consideration to the mode
of writing adopted by the students in the
schools. Instantaneous photography has
been used to obtain Illustrations of diff
ferent methods, and Won Muller, the
Minister, has taken course in writing
in order to correctly inform himself.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18


hen see," says a retired physician
New York Tribune, "that more
1000 medical students have grown
.hedged physicians in the United
;ing the last two years, am in
20 rejoice at the fact that am no
r practicing. The extraordinary
taerease in the number of doctors, the
evolution of the patent medicines from
absurd quackery to scientific remedies,
and the growth of the prescribing habit
among druggists make it hard work for
the doctor to earn living. OF course,
the specialist makes a big income, but
there are many really clever physicians
to- day who find ii hard work to make
both ends meet"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

A cynical Italian journalist has been
telling his countrymen how to make
their fortunes. All they have to do, he
says, is to go to America, work as labor
ers until they have saved Si0O or $500,
and then return to Italy, buy title and
again go to America and marry an
heirasst
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

A correspondent writing to the Atlanta
Constitution from Pensacola, Fla. says
that the yearly consumption Of timber is
something appalling. There is little left
on the water courses, and logging rail-
roads are pushed into the interior to sup
ply the demand. Old lumbermen say
that in twenty years there will not be a
froa Iaft
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

India and Ceylon are increasing their
production of tea to such an extent that
it is expected that they will furnish
seventy-fve per cent of the amount con
sumed in Great Britain this year. China
is great sufferer from this change.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-18

The tramp is product Of our civiliSa-
ton, asserts the New York World. There
are about 1000, 900 of them in this coun.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-11
SURRENDER OF THE ITATA
Information Received at the Navy
Depart

The navy department received Off
cial information June eth. OF the peace
full surrender of the Chillim insurgent
steamer ltata AT lquique. The informn-
ton was contained in u dispatch from
Admiral Mccain. The ltata arrived
from Tocopilla and was placed at the
disposition of Admiral Mccain. She
had on board, the dispatch says, 5000
rifles, and also ammunition, taken from
the schooner Robert and Minnie, of
the port of San Diego, Cal. She had
no other munitions of war than thoso
belonging TO IA ship and transferred
nothing TO the Esmeralda, with whom
she communicated of Acapulco, Mcxi-
60. Admiral Mccain says the cruiser
Charleston arrived AT Iquique and the
Pensacola is expected. The lta,a will
now be sent back to San Diego, prob
ably under convoy of II cruiser. She
will be delivered to the United States
court officials at San Diego and
proceedings against her be resumed.
Secretary Tracy gave TO AN Associated
Press reporter the chain OF circum-
stances that led up TO the peaceful sur
render TO the United States Of the
ltata. The secretary said that the de-
sire for surrender came from tho lead.
ders of the insurgent party AT Iquique.
Shortly after the vessel illegally cs-
capedfrom the custody of the marshal
at San Diego tho government was in
formed by the leaders that they dis.
approved the action Of the officers OF
Of the vessel and made offers through
Admiral McCann To peacefully sur.
render her TO the United States AZ soon
as she arrived in CHILEAN waters.
These offers were communicated u
the department ut Washington and in
due time accepted by the government,
without, however implying any recog.
milton on the part Of the United States
of the insurgents as belligerents. Al
soon as the offer was accepted, q tcle.
gram authorizing him TO cease thu
chase was sent to Captain Remey. 81
Charleston, but the steamer had nj
ready sailed when the telegram reached
Acapulco. Secretary Tracy said IN,
ltata would be sent up TO the Sar
Diego.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-11
TO SAVE GIBSON.
TechnicaIities Cleared in the Fed
eral Courts.

An effort was made in the federal
court OF Chicago to save Geo. j. Glib
son, ex-secretary of the whisky trust,
from the wrath of the federal laws by
"a motion to quash the indictments
against him. GibSon's attorney argued
the indictment charged that Gibson at
tempted to bride DeWar internal
revenue officer, to do some act CON
trary to his duties as an officer of the
government. TO blow up u distillery
was no violation of DeWar's duties as
a federal officer II DeWar had of his
own mind gone into the distillery and
blown it up he could not have been
held by the federal court and tried by
it. There was nothing in the federal
statutes that covered the case, and
consequently Gibson coeld not be pun
ished by the federal court for crime
the federal statutes do not cover. The
distrist attorney argued that it would
be "a violation of DeWars duties to
blow up II distillery. Judge Bloigett
took the case under advisement.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-11
CHARGED WIFI MURDER
A Huma, Slaughter House aud It's
Victims.

A dispatch from Omaha OF May 50,
says: At 1880 o'clock this morning the
patrol wagon laden with officers quiet
~ left the police station and drove to
the residence of DR., j, A. Williams, Of
the Omaha Medical Institute. A ring
of the door bell was answered by Mrs.
Williams. Detective Haze and Ser
geant Ormsby stated that they had
come TO arrest DR. Williams. The
officers woro admitted and the doctor
was Immediately taken into custody.
After leaving DR. Williams u. the sta.
ton the wagon drove TO the Omah,,
Medical Institute on Ninth street aud
placed DR. Isaac Sinclair aud President
A. 4. Mclaughlin under arrest
All tie parties were booked at tho
station and charged with murder. Tho
facts are:
In February last Miss Isabella Bea-
YER n young lady living AZ Platts-
mouth, Neb,, was brought TO Omaha
to have II criminal operation performed
by the faculty of the instituta, Miss
Beaver die at the institute on the Sec
ond day Of her illness. February \,
DIR, Sinclair signed tho death certih-
cate, stating tho cause Of death as the
amhasis omhaliSen. The remains were
taken to plattsmouth for burial. Last
evening Detective Haze and Coroner
Hurrigm procured IN engine and
made II flying trip to Portsmouth.
With the aid of n couple OF laborcrs
the grave WINS opened, the body taken
out and an investigation made by DR..
Harrigan. Tho Investigation showed
that Miss Beaver died from the effects
II criminal operation performed at
! the institute by the doctors named.
II Is claimed that the institute peo-
pie told the unfortunate woman that
u criminal operation was absolutely
necessary to save her life, Upon tina,
/ statement, which she believed To be
true, Miss Beaver consented TO be
! placed under the knife. She died from
| the effects Of the operation, and on ac-
| count Of the cause stated in the death
certificate no investigation was ever
made.
When arrested DR.. Williams mani
Tested no surprise, going quietly with
the officers. Drs. Sinclair and Me,
Laughlin were dragged from their
beds and were exceedingly 10th TO ne
company the officers. None of the
party would speak about the case and
were locked up without making any
explanation or defense.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-11
THE LAST suRRENpERs.
Confederate sold or. Who Didn't Know
the Wur WnS Over

the war NaS over
According TO n story in Albert Law
sons War Anecdotes, the last con.
federate did not surrender until fifteen
months after Appomattox. The story
is that on the morning OF Fourth OF
July, 1866, the secretary OF war, who
had planned fishing excursion al the
falls OF the Potomac, received tele-
gram from the provost marshal at
Richmond, saying that squad OF con-
federate soldiers were ut his Office
ready to deliver up their arms and be
amnestied. Knowing that joking OF
that sort would subject the perpetrator
TO court martial the secretary fastened
10 the white house 20 consult with
President johnson. Tho result was a
telegram TO the provost marshal;
who are they and where aid they
come frompn
Answer was prompt and to the
point:
Sergeant Tewsbury and guard from
Dismal Swamp, Did not know the
war was over"
After good deal OF laughter the
HlpNuNN lluisliul WIS oINtl'h w iNiViNc
their capitalization, which was conduct
cd In due form. Tewsbury, an old
Nirginian, ordered his squad, couple
OF Georgians, to give up their guns and
sign tho papers, reserving himself
~ tho last man Of all the confederate
forces TO surrender The old SER
geant's description Of the way he found
out the war was over was amusing.
He and his companions had been
posted on the edge OF the swamp to
watch movements Of tho union troops
from Norfolk, with orders TO remain
until relieved, lIo was never relieved,
and subsisted ON fish and game for
three years. At last he met an old
negro who told him the war had been
over for about n year. which 'tickled
him better than u he had been kicked
by mule, ~ he expressed it.--New
Orleans Delta.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-11
A mon,en, WI. A.op.

The Wolf and the Lamb. "A Wolf
and Lamb were drinking out OF the
same Purling Stream when the Wolf
angrily blurted out:
II say, you! You are Rolling the
Mud all up
''Let her roll, returned the Lamb
nonchalantly. Whereupon the Wolf
Leaped across the Stream and fell upon
the Lamb The Fierce Creature had
hardly attempted TO Tear the Lambs
Shoulder, however, before his teeth
broke off Short and fell to the Ground.
.'Bahr' said the Lamb what "a
Fool you are to try your Fangs on u
Hardened old Tough like myself!
Can't you see that | am Spring
Lamb?"-Puck.