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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

The New York San believes that no
ope in New York who has not been out
in the far West can understand the lone
illness of those Minnesota farmers who
have written to Mayor Grant to send
them women for wives. There are re-
gions on the plains in this country and in
Canada where men go mad from lack of
human neighbors, where kittens can be
sold for IS, where almost the only wo-
men are Indian or half-breed squaws, and
where bachelors tame wild birds and try
10 tame wolves for company.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06
The Curve of Health.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes has made
a discovery. 1t is that of the law of the
curve of health. sit is a mistake" he
says, ''to suppose that the normal state
of health is represented by straight
horizontal line. Independently of the
well.known causes which raise or deprcss
the standard of vitality-there seem to
be, I think may venture to say there is
ID Thy ythmic undulation in the flow of
vital force. The dynamo, which fur
nishes the working powers of conscious
ness and action, has It's annual, its
monthly, its diurnal waves, even its mo-
mentaTy ripples, in the current it fur.
nishes. There are greater and lesser
curves in the movement of every days
life--a series of ascending and of de-
scendiug movements, periodicity de.
pending on the very nature Of the force
at work in the living organism. Thus
we have our good seasons and our bad
seasons, our good days and our bad days,
life climbing and descending in long OF
short undulations, which | have called
the curve of health. From this fact
spring great proportion of the errors of
medical practice. On it are based the
delusions of the various shadowy systems
which impose themselves on the ignor-
ant and half-learned public as branches
or schools of science. A remedy taken
at the time Of the ascent in the curve of
health is found successful, The same
remedy taken while the curve is in its
downward movement proves failure.
So long as this biological law exists, so
long tire charlatan will keep its hold on
the ignorant public So long as it eX-
lists, the wisest practitioner will be liable
to deceive himself about the effect Of
what he calls, and loves to think are, his
remedies
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

According to Losdon Truth the order
against extravaganza N the German Army
has led to the resignation of nearly all
the wealthy officers, and the Emperor
now has no regiment at Berlin or Pots
dam which can afford to entertain "dis-
tinguished foreigners" in the Old fashion.
Formerly, a foreign guest VINO had Wis
tied the barracks of a crack regiment
was invariably invited by the officers to
dinner; but now there are no entertain
ments, and the Emperor has tardily dis
covered that he had better not have
neddled in the matter, for all the Rus
sian, Austrian aud Italian visitors leave
Berlin eNclaiming at the poverty of Prus-
sian officers, to the infinite modification
Of His Majesty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06
A CITY Paved with Gold.

"This is the city of streets paved with
gold" boasts the Folsom (Nev.) Tele-
graph, "as is proved by the fact that on
Monday morning after the big rain sew
eral specimens were picked up IN the
streets where the rain had washed away
the mud and gravel. One nugget,
found in front of the Telegraph Build
ing, was valued at 50. After every
heavy rainstorm there aIe searchers for
the precious metal and good finds are re-
ported"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

According to the st. Louis Republic
the japanese Consul at San Francisco,
CAL, appeared before the Trades Council
to ask that no boycott be made on the
japanese houses. He said that Japan.
ese workmcn would never affect Ameri-
can labor, and that instead Of sending
their earnings home they spent them
nth Caucasians.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

The Atlanta Constitution learns that
"the Mormons in Utah are still receiving
new members from all over the world.
They stick to their old-time religion and
live up to their faith as closely as the
Federal authorities will permit. They
have no intention of moving to Mexico,
and instead Of abandoning their mission
airy work, they are pushing it more nc
lively than ever. They expect several
large parties from the South.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

A writer in the Southern Farm makes
a strong argument in favor of female ply
sicians for women. He says that certain
specialties were in the hands of women
practitioners in all countries and all ages
until comparatively recent times. In
support of his position he quotes from
the Old Testament.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

The farmers in the Northwest who
burned nearly all their hardwood timber
when clearing land have now cause to
regret it. A Michigan paper gives a
case in point. A man at Riverton is
selling hardwood logs to mill men at
good prices, and supplying what is un-
marketable to his neighbors who have
cleared off their land and are forced to
buy fuel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06
The Thermometer.

Hero Of Alexandria, who liyol about
1870 years b. c., is said 20 have been the
inventor of ana instrument for measuring
the heat or cold of the atmosphere,
which instrument continued i'm use until
about the close of the sixteenth century.
IL was then reduced TO a more convenient
form by one Sanc-ouio, AN Italian, and
was afterwards considerably improved,
especially by Fahrcnhei,, who, ia 1920,
affixed the graduated scale and added
other details which chialy tended 10
render the thcrmometer the instrument
OF practical utility which IL now is. -
81. Louis R,pu5iic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

The Philadelphia Inquirer is scared
and is trying to scare Others over the re-
ported discovery of bacteria in imper-
fectly refined sugar. 1t declares that
samples show an analysis that $50, 900
of these dangerous creatures are con.
tanned in some qualities; but whether
this is the census of pound, of a ton or
of cargo is not stated.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06
a ehild il EnpIand Stole ! 3

literature valued at less than one shilling
and was sentenced to three months in
Jail. Then, when a hostile mob ad-
vanced upon the temple of justice, the
sentence was annulled and the child
set free.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

The. Chicago Times alleges that some
Of the missionaries Of the North Iudia
y confeEencs have had their hands grow
tired in baptizns the Converts VINO are
a aoeking to the gospel because Of their
abors a. 80. .s
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

The shad fishing industry in Com
uecucut is threatened with destruction.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

kssWomen are excluded from the galleries
Of the Japanese Parliament ''because,e
saysa Japanese newspaper, .they might
be meyed W che debates to further
political AGITATION in the empire"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

IN Amcrica puns the Boston Traas
ssriRtl that family which is becoming
more and more widely known is called
bacilli; in Paris, parasites; in Germany,
germs, and in Ireland, microbes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06

AN N ,Sg.. sSSs.spsss. asn;S received for .Ao sro,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
GIVE Us WATER ROUTES.

Certain newspapers are now striving to
make 1t appear that the interests of the in
terror Of the State are opposed to those OF
san Francisco in relation to freight charges
by railroads, steamboats,. etc. The CALL
takes it for granted that the farmers, or
Chardists, vineyardists, etc. are interested
in having reasonably cheap freight rates.
In other words, we believe that these inter-
ests will be benefited when they can send
freight to market without paying to trans
par;a;ion companies nearly all their prod
acts will bring II our farming products
could be marketed so as to enrich those
lay NJ them tor sale, there can be no aues-
t.pn, we imagine. but that it would be a
good thing for tue interior Of the State as
we'll as for san Francisco; and If the
FARMERS, vineyaydists, orehardists, ETC.,
c5uLI receive good income from the sale of
1heir products, it is not doubted that inte-
:rto5 merchants would be benefited as we'll
as the merchants in San Francisco. We do
not believe there is any necessity to try to
convince the inhabitants Of California that
1t would be better for every interest in the
State-cities and all-if we could transport
IRE ght to and from the Eastern States at
reasonable rates. The Record Union and
LIF tNIDNfCtt are ltA iub " lilhhC slio lundD-
.ants Of California believe that the mer-
chants Of San Francisco are striving to do
something which will greatly injure the in
terror. If farmers could send their products
10. market for one-half or two-thrds of
what they now have to pay. surely it would
not injure them. And if farmers could, by
obtaining lower freight rates, secure more
profits, it IS pretty certain the farmers
would be better able to purchase imported
goods from interior as well as city mer-
chants. l. is not probable that such twad-
die as the Record Union and the Chronicle
puts forth can deceive any one as to what
these papers are working for. Our mer-
chants, and indeed all interests in the State,
have been laboriBg for years past to make
a few men twenty, thirty and even fifty
times mtllionalres. Nearly every avenue CT
transportation has been blocked against US.
Even the Canadian Pacific Railroad has had
10 share in the spells obtained from the peo-
ple of California. The subsidized Pacific
Mail Steamship Company will not take
freight for US at reasonable rates. The mer-
chants of this city and the merchants of
the interior must utilize steamships for the
transportation Of heavy freight. Every
portion of California ought to receive heavy
merchandise by waterways for less than
one-haf Of what it costs US by rail- and
many Of our products must go 10 market by
the same means
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.

The Chronicle of Wednesday says that the
Record Union is ''the chief fugleman of
the papers urging perfect union between the
city and the interior towns in the present
movement to secure better treatment"
The Chronicle is disappearing. 1t cannot
be mistaken, because it followed the Record
Unions lead in urging the interior not to
act with this city. la its issue Of October
18th the Record Union said: "In any
movement led by that city (San Francisco
the leadership will be away from the high
est interests of these through points"
meaning San jose, Stockton. Sacramento
aud other interior cities reached by water
That journal continues, Cuisines men Of
the interior will wisely consider their own
interests by each taking care of the com
municatlOn with their own locality in their
own way" Columns Of editorials from the
Record Union to the same purport might be
copied from the files of that journal for the
past three weeks. We have given enough to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
FREE TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

NEE IN II Il -
The Massachusetts Democrats have come
out squarely for free trade in raw materials.
They are content for time to retain duties
on foreign goods of the kind they manufac-
ture, but they demand the right to buy their
raw material in the cheapest market. An
evidence of the fact that they accept the
free-trade policy is the invitation extended
to Mills of Texas to take hand in the can
vaSs. The Boston Journal intimates that
Mr.. Mills was not invited until the Demo-
cratic leaders were convinced that the can
vaSS was going against them. Be that as it
may, Mr.. Mills gives the people unadulter-
ated free-trade doctrine. New England, he
informed his New England hearers, has the
cheapest labor on the market. He does not
claim that it is the lowest priced, but the
cheapest because the best lie puts forward
the old claim that one Yankee would do the
work of two Europeans. On this point the
testimony Of an employer who Is familiar
with the labor cost of his especial branch of
work in Europe and in the United States
becomes interesting Mr.. A. c. Durham,
Nice-PreSdent of the Willimantic Linen
Company, wrote as follows to Western
correspondent in relation to the SpoOl-cott0n
industry:
III 1851 our wages averaged ABOUT 81 per
week for each man employed. Now Our wages
average about So per week. The wages paid in
Great Bri ain have also been raised in The thirty
years and are now about One-half what Is paid
for this class of labor in this country. We have
the pay-r0lls Of the principal manufacturers OF
spool cotton In Europe and find the above fair
statement. In the manufacture of spool cotton,
and indeed of all textiles. the labor on both
sides OF the Atlantic produces about equal re-
suits per hand. Ii the la6Orer is paid 81 per
week IN Europe and SO per week here, the &C
tual labor cost will be double that IN Europe.
The same machinery is used both here aud
there. Ii is run at the same speed and with
the same attendants. visited last May several
col the best mills in Manchester, England, and
became fully convinced GU this point.
The only answer to this testimony is to
assert that it is not true. If the foreign
laborer does as much work as the American
for one-half the money, it would be only
question OF a little time, under free trade,
when the foreign manufacturer would do
the greater part of the work. There is but
one way by which the American manufac-
turer would be able to retain any consider
able part OF his present business. That
would be by tbs reduction of wages to the
European standard. Practically the voters
of Massachusetts, will decide next Tuesday
whether they will continue to work for IS
per week or voluntarily reduce wages to 81
nor ,yppk
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
THE REPUBLIC BUREAU,
Room 146. TINES BUILDING,

NEW YORK. OcI- %, 1871
A story comes all the way from San Francisco
to the effect that the Farmers Alliance caudl-
date for President Will not be farmer at
all. but lawyer. In addition to being lawyer
lie Is railroad president, railroad JoOber and
n multi millionaire. His name is Leland Stan
ford, and he is an amiable old fellow, who SITS
in the Senate from the Slate Of California ana
nurses deluslOn that he is a statesman. In his
fertile brain some of the widest financial
schemes OF the century have been propagaied.
The san Francisco dispatch says: 1t is
learned from sources wholly reliable that Senator
Leland stanford is tile power back OF the FARM
ers' Alliance movement Bill Stow, a noted
lobbyist and wire-puller from the Southern
Pacific Railroad, IS engineering the scheme to
have stanford nominated for President by the
National Farmers Alliance. President l.. l..
Polk of the Alliance party, who arrived on the
Pacific Coast few days ago, has been address
ing the farmers OF Southern California. lie
came to the State upOn invitation OF Senator
Stanford, who was anxious to increase, II pos
sible. the Alliance movement In Southern CALI
iornIa, see ion OF the State where Stanford IS
rather unpopular
The Senator has his plans for the Alliance
nomination well laid. The ticket will be stan
ford aud Polk or Stanford and Morgan. The
Senator is determined to get the nomination,
and money Will be used layishy among tue lead
ers OF the new party TO this end He has al
ready IN his interest some OF the best political
managers and manipulatOrs in America. These
viii be backed with millions If necessary.
The plan Of the managers to nominate Stan
ford Is urged on account Of his 2 per cent GOV
ernment Loan Land Bill. The new party is
without funds, and 10 give II any show OF success
in the election II must have candidate who can
furnish the stnews OF war. 1his is where Stan
ford comes in. II pressed upon the attention Of
The granger delegates Stanford viii likely prove
q winning card.
If SlanIord's managers could have eXacted
their own way about matters they would first Sc
cure for him the Alliance nomination and then
urge his claims upon the Republican National
Convention as sure road to Republican VIC
tory. This is not idle talk, but embraces a
scheme that is IN active working order through
out the United States. There are able and skill
ful politicians who are only TOO anxious to
serve tile SenatOr-sO long rs lie foots the bills.
Senator Stanford Will not pose d seeker after
lie nomination. lie is TOO astUte for that and
has too much pride to wish TO appear before the
country I'm Iue attitude OF a rejected candidate
He will cause his boom to be worked up from
him in the guSe OF a mighty uprising OF the
farmers OF America in his behalf. II they fan to
come shouting the Senator viii then say he was
never 4 candidate nor INDUCED the dream Of
being one. But he is dreaming OF II DO by day
and by night all the same. II VIII be no fault OF
Senator Stanford nor of bis millions il lie is not
the candidate OF the grangers for President in
1892
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
PAVING THE STREETS.

Supervisor Burling threw some light on
the street-pavlng business on Monday night.
He said that contracts were being taken at
less than cost with the intention Of cheating
in the performance Of the work. The
Mayors testimony on the matter was to the
effect that there was little or no obstacle in
the way Of doing the cheating. Inspectors
are appointed at 81 a day to see that
the work is properly done, but these in-
spectors are seldom on the ground. The
NJ y0r had visited blocks in the hands of
ntractOrs and ascertained that although
inspectors were paid by the city to inspect
none were visible. Among the members of
the board there was difference OF opinion
as to the remedy for the evil complained Of.
Mr.. Burling thought it would be better to
let ont contracts by tie Board. The Mayor
did not see his way clear to holding the
Street Superintendent responsible for the
inspectors because the Street Superintend-
ent had so much to attend to. Supervisor
Ebert thought that the Street Superintend-
emit should be held responsible for the in.
competency or neglect Of the inspectors. If
lie would appoint honest men they would
not draw pay fer work they failed to per
form. Mr.. Heyer agreed with Mr.. Ebert
sponsible for The inspectors he appointed.
The work of reform should begin at the
beginning. Contractors should be informed
that they would be held to the specifications
of their contract. Theirs would beno taking
work at a loss if there was not an expecta-
ton that the work could be sighted. Hav-
ing given contractors due warning inspect
ors should be notified that an hours absence
from duty without notice would be cause
for their discharge. Any property-owner
on the street would be a competent witness
TO the fact Of such absence. The argument
that all street work must be done through
the board does not seem TO rest on substan-
tial foundation. At the beginning of such
contracts for street work would be the cost of
advertising in the official organ of the board,
which cost Is large percentage of the total
expense. The trouble probably lies in the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
"MAMA'S DEAD!"
The Startling Discovery of a Little Mid
dIetown Schoolboy.

The Startling Discovery of a Little Mid
dIetown schOolboy.
"Mama's dead" was the startling an
nOuncement which Arthur. eight-year-old
son of Noah Gregory, prosperous farmer,
living about two miles from this city, made
to his father, Gays a Middletown special to
the World. The boy then told how on re-
turning home from school he found the side
door open as usual, but there was some
thing pressing against the door leading
from the kitchen to the sitting-room. lie
pushed the door open and found his moth
eT's dead body lying on the floor, while the
carpet was saturated with blood and blood
spattered all over the walls of the room.
Mr.. Gregory and his other son, Wilbur,
had left the house at 3 o'clock to do some
work in one of the fields, and it was barely
AS when little Arthur told the shocking
story. They hurried TO the house, and Mr..
Gregory entered the sitting-room and, lift
ing his wife's body, which was still warm,
discovered that her skull had been beaten
ill., "She's been murdered" was his cry to
the frightened boys in the other room. He
sent the younger boy to arouse the neighbour
hood and the older one to notify the Coro-
ner and Middletown police,
NeighUOrs flocked to the scene and the
police soon reached the house. An exam
ination of the premises showed that rob-
berry was the motive of the crime. Mr..
Gregory was Collector OF Taxes for School
District 10 in the town of Waikiki, and had
over 500 Of school money in the house.
This he kept in a closet in the bed-roo off
the sitting-room, while Mrs. Gregory kept
her money in bureau in the same room.
The contents of the closet and bureau were
scattered all over the room. All the school
funds, few dollars belonging to Gregory
and quite a sum of Mrs Gregory's money
were missing.
DIR. Struble examined the body and found
that the skull had been so pounded with
piece of crockery that the brains had run
out on the floor. Powder burns were on the
face and there were too bullet holes in the
skull.
Mrs. Gregory was large woman Of very
strong physique, and it is supposed that in
trying to prevent robbery she met her death.
A few hairs were found tightly clenched in
her hand and this may prove an important
clew, for when examined under a micro
scope some of them were found to be short
and stubby, like those from mans beard.
A man named Mcguire, living in the
neighbOrhood. was arrested on suspicion,
but after examination was discharged.
The generally accepted theory is that the
crime was committed by some one who knew
that Gregory had school money in the house
and who was acquainted with the premises
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
HAD A FATAL FALL.
Death of Christopher wiegand From
Fractured Skull.


Christopher Wiegand, a German tailor,
aged O. years. died yesterday morning IN
der such circumstances as to necessitate an
investigation by the Coroner. On Monday
night he was found lying unconscious at the
corner of Third and Stevenson streets, and
taken by Officer 2. O'Donnell to the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
There was confusion on his forehead
and the left eye was discolored. The next
day Wiegand rallied sufficiently to leave the
hospital and return to his home at 3 Central
place. He told the people there that he had
been injured by falling down in the street.
He died at O'clock yesterday morning.
DIR. A. p. 0'Brien made an autopsy and
discovered that cerebral hemorrhage was
the cause of death. During the treatment
at the hospital the brulse on the head was
so slight that no one suspected that there
was a fracture of the left temple bone be-
Meath