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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
sOnOma's Seven Moons.

There have been many explanations
offered in times past as to why the name
of Sonoma was given to this valley by
the native tribe of Indians, who, upon
the advent of the white man over 100
years ago, peopled this section of the
country by thousands. OF course we all
know that Sonoma valley in a~boriginee
means "Valley of the Moon" but just
why that name was bestowed upon it is
another question, and one, too, which
we believe has never been satisfactorily
answered. Recently, in talking to an
aged Indian who has resided on the old
Nick Carrigan ranch for mnny years,
and who was an old man when General
Vallejo settled in Sonoma fifty years ago,
and must now be something over 100
years of age, he stated the reason the
valley was called Sonoma was because it
had ''heep muchee MOON" translated
into good English, many moons). Fur
Their inquiry developed the fact that be-
tween the town of Sonoma and the Bella
Vista vineyards, a distance of four or
five miles, the moon, when it is full, can
be seen by the traveller to rise seven
times in succession over the mountains
in the east, owing to their peculiar for
nation. This phenomenon has been wit
messed by many old residents in the
early evening at the rising of the full
moon. This, no doubt, has been OBJ
served by the Indians, and hence the
name, ''Valley OF the Moon. "-S0nOnaa
(Cal.) hdsr- Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Physical Peculiarities Induced by
Various Occupations.


A carpenters right shoulder is almost
invariably higher than his left, in conse-
quence of having to use his right arm all
the time in planning and hammering.
With every shaving his shoulder rises
with a jerk, and it finally becomes natu-
raj to him to hold himself in that way.
The right arm of a blacksmith, for
the same reason, is almost hypertrophied,
while the left arm, from disuse, become
atrophied.
A shoemaker is almost always round
shouldered from continually bending over
the last between the knees as he sews and
hammers.
The head of a bricklayers' laborer is
held aloft with a naughty, self reliant
air, from his habit of carrying a bod on
his shoulder and looking above him as
he climbs up the scaffolding.
All good orators have most abnormally
wide mouths. This is the direct conse-
quence of their habit of using onorous
words and speaking with deliberation
and correct pronunciation. If one prac-
tees this before the glass one can see
that the muscles in the cheeks are
stretched more than ordinarily, and the
mouth is extended a great deal more than
in everyday conversation. Then, too,
nature has something to do with it. A
large mouth, like a prominent nose, is a
sign of power. But all men with big
mouths are not orators. Thank heaven
for thatl
Cowboys and cavalrymen are usually
bowlegged. But all bowlegged people
are not cowboys-for which they should
be grateful .-DetyOit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Between the North and South.

The Mason and Dixon line rum along
the parallel of latitude t%hirty-nine de-
grees and forty-three minutes, twenty-six
degrees and three minutes, separating
Pennsylvania from Maryland. 1t was
drawn by two distinguished English sur
veyors, Charles Mason and jeremiah
Dixon, who began their work in 1868
and finished it in 1867. The line is
marked by stones set at intervals Of five
miles, each having the arms of Lord
Baltimore engraved upon one side and
those of the Penn family upon the other.
Besides these large stones set to mark
each fifth mile, smaller stones were set at
the end of each mile, these having a
letter p engraved upon n side and a
letter NJ on the other; these intended as
initial letters of Pennsylvania and Mary
land. All of these stones were engraved
in England. The Mason and Dixon line
was not the line separating the free and
the slave States. The line settled on in
the compromise of 1920 was t~hirty-six
degrees, thirty minutes. The Mason and
Dixon line as shown above, run along
the parallel pf thirty-nine degrees, forty
thre Isl Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Cut on the Fair Patients Wig.

There is a story told of a young physi-
clan Of this city, who was connected at
n time with the Emergency Hospital.
1t has caused many a smile at his expense.
He had not been long stationed at the
hospital when a woman was brought in
suffering from b severe scalp wound.
The blood was yelling out in great jets
and was fast dyeing her golden ourls a
rusty red, and the doctor was engaged in
hastily clipping her hair, when his pa
tient exclaimed, "Oh, doctor, dont!'
Thinking he might have hurt her, he
said: ooh, never mind that's all right"
''No, it's not" responded the lady with
some warmth, "for you are cutting my
wig" And SO he vas Washington Posi-.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
THR PORT OF PLEASANT DREAMS

/ sailed in the good bark Fancy
Down the still 5,sp river of sleep,
From the lands 81 deep December
To aport that the sunbeams keep;
While the GLAD winds followed after,
And sang with a happy zest,
And / heard them Groom DER the infant
moon,
Ash lay on the nights broad breast.
And the port of the good bark Fancy,
A port that the sunbeauis Keep,
Is called Pleasant Dreams; like an opal it
CLEANS
Der the strange, DARK river Of sleep.
There, flushed with the wine of laughter,
The voyager sings queer sons,
And, borne in a car of the sunset,
Rides oft with the elfn throngs
Up up through the rosy cloudland,
Where the round little mistmen stay,
To the stars abloom in the cool, soft gloom
OF gardens far away.
There are mono too poor for a voyage
To this port that is centuries old;
Where hunger e'er finds a banquet,
And poverty revels in gold;
Where, robed in the garb Of morning,
The earth in new beauty glows,
And the amulet of the summer
Is worn on the heart of the rose.
Oft from the fields Of sorrow,
To the brink of the river Of sleep,
Wan toilers come, and, %restful,
They sail on its waters deep;
Till clear through the gates of shutdown
The past, like a beacon beams,
And love, sweet mariner, anchors
In the port Of Pleasant Dreams.
Ingram Crockett, IN Frank Leslie's.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Obesity Cure.

Never eat more than one dish at a
meal, no matter what that dish may be,
and a person may consume as much as
the stomach may bear, and satisfy the
appetite without the least reserve. New
ertheless, nothing but the one dish
should be taken; no condiments, no
soups, nor supplementary desserts should
be allowed. This system was recon-
mended by the author of the note to a
lady who was slightly obese. and who
put it into practice with the best results.
The lady observed that she suffered no
inconvenience whatever from this diet,
and the result obtained by severel othels
may be we'll understood, as she found by
her own experience that the partaking
of only one dish, whether it be meat,
fish OF vegetables, brought on a sense of
safety much sooner than if she had par
taken Of a variety of dishes, whence the
effect of a relative abstinence .-Pharma-
ceuticql gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Germany makes hollow cast-iron

NSihhahI m@hSS UNIV" SosO-hVh
bricks.
Twenty-one electrical clocks are run.
ming at Msrshslltown, Iowa.
Small drills can be tempered by heat
ing over a small gas jet, then dipping in
water or oil.
There are now Is, 900 electric motors
in use in the United States distributed
among 200 industries.
An Italian savant claims that injecting
a current of electricity through milk de-
LAYS its souring for several days.
Utilizing scrap steel rod by welding it
and drawing it into fence wire is one Of
the recent successes of electric welding.
Those lands, which in Continental
Europe are devoted to the grape and
produce the best and most costly wine
are remarkable for the great amount of
phosphoric acid they contain.
The most astonishing novelty in Paris
is a calculating machine, invented by NJ.
Bolle, of LIE Mans. BY simply turning
a wheel it adds, multiplies or divides
any number of figures up to lines of ff-
teen, and with amazing rapidity.
Chief Engineer Inch of the United
States Navy, has recently made a valu.
able discovery in the shape of a compo-
sition that will prevent the adherence of
%corals, barnacles, or other destructive
fauna or fora to sea-going vessels.
An Italian claims to have invented a
~life-saving belt that a traveller can wear
continually on shipboard, and which
Will instantly expand if the person falls
into the water, and will hold him upon
the waters surface for forty-eight hours.
Some practical improvements have re-
Gently been made in diving apparatus.
Instead of the heavy electric hand lamp
hitherto used, light but powerful glow
lamps are now affixed to the top OF the
helmet, leaving the hands of the diver
free.
A travelling testing room, or ambu-
lance laboratory, has been in successful
use for several months for repairing the
cables of one of the electric lighting
companies of Paris. 1t is fitted with q
battery and testing instruments, and
carries two persons.
In North America the phalangide,
v%ariously known as harvest spiders,
harvest men, daddy-long-legs, etc., in
cludes but twenty-five known species.
France has a list of fifty-nine of this
family, and those of other European
countries are proportionately large.
France is said to be the only country
which has made careful experiments
with carrier pigeons on war vessels. 1t
now has a pigeon service connecting the
fleet and the shore, while Germany,
Austria, Rusaia, Italy, Spain and Portu-
gal each has a military pigeon service.
In a car wheel foundry in Detroit,
Mich, a very ingenious system for han
ding the molten metal from the cupolas
to the TASKS, and carrying the wheels to
and from the soaking pits has been in
troduced. The work is done by ma
chinery entirely, a series of overhead
trolleys moved by a wire rope connection
carrying the ladies, TASKS and wheels.
The foundry has a capacity of 400 car
wheels per day, and about 100 tons of
metal can be handled in six hours by
the new system.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

WHEN THE NEW WEARS OFF

BE was a youth, and she, a maid,
Both happy young and gay,
They loved-and life TO hem was fair
As N continuous May.
The croakers saw this happiness
And said, "Ah, love is blind;
You're happy now, but care will coma
When the new wears of, you'll find"
They married, and then their life grew rich
With calmer, ripper joy;
They we're as man and wife more fond
Than when as girl and boy. y
Their friends" could not endure the sight,
And said, with worldly wit,
at will not be so bright and fine
When the new wears off a bit"
All, well the new wore off, Of course,
Aud then, what did they fnd9
An oldness which was better far,
For love is not so blind
As selfish care, and loving hearts
New joys will always meet,
So, when the new wears off, they'll find
Old love the more complete.
Myrtle x. Clergyman, in Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

some wild grapes, and, coming to a
spring on a hillside, father knelt down
to quench his thirst. He was hardly
down when a large male panther sprang
on him from a limb about ten feet above
the ground. The yells Of surprise father
gave reached my ears and l fastened my
footsteps. 1 came up to find him bat
Ting bsrehsnded with the beast. l had
my gun, but, for fear of killing father,
was obliged to stand by as a spectator.
Father had leaned his rife against a tree,
but, owingto the activity Of the panther,
could not reach it. He had a hunting
knife in his belt, but declared afterward
that he totally forgot its presence. The
panther snarled and father shouted, and
they seemed to be whirling in a circle
most of the time. The real situation was
this: The panther aimed TO spring AID
pull father down, but father ducked and
lodged, and at every opportunity got in
a kick or a blow. Had the beast re-
NAMED quiet three seconds 1 could have
put a bullet into him, but he was NOV
ing about like creased lightning. Once
father caught him by the tail and flung
him ten feet away, but he gathered him
self up and was back before / could fire.
My presence was known, and pretty 500
father called out:
"Dont frel Get my gun and stand
off a bit and be ready for this fellows
mate when she comesl"
l carried out this order, and there
fore did not see the finish of the fight.
Father got the panther by the back Of
the neck and the tail, and carrying her
to a rock thirty feet away he beat her on
the stone until she was dead. The mate
did not show up. The combat lasted
fully twenty minutes, and fathers home
spun suit was cut to pieces, as if with a
knife. He had thirty eight claw marks
on his body, each of which drew blood,
but none of them was serious, and he was
not laid up for even a day.-NeU York
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
The World Supplies EngIand's Heritage

English farmers ransack the world for
heritage plants. Italy has yielded a
variety of rye-grass long naturalized and
universally priced in u country. From
the far-od shores of New Zealand are
brought large quantities of the seed Of
the Dactylis glomerata or eocksfoot grass;
and timothy grass seed OF meadow cats
tail, as well as the seeds of the f~escues,
come in thousands Of bags from America.
Alsike, a hybrid clover, is imported from
Canada and Sweden; white and red
clover seed from Austria aud France
Boston CultiVas0r,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Pet Wash.

We have heard of training almc
everything, but we were surprised VIII,
we read in the Christian at Work son
time ago of a lady tanning . wasp. 81
found n on her window which Il
peared to be dead, but il was %
chilled by the frost, and when she Ia.
it upon a piece of paper and put it /
the fire, as soo as it became warm
few to the window again, where
stayed all day. The next morning
was again chilled, 50 it could not moy
aud she put it near the So
where it did as it had done tg
fore. So she continued tte
morning for some days.
she was surprised to find thati
on her shoulder instead Of col
window. She put her fing
head aud it crawled upon it.
time she began to feed it wits
apple, pear, aud after that il
to the lady many times durins
and the two became great
Chicago Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

At a recent meeting in Berlin OF the
Geographical Society, Chief Forest
Master Kessler called attention to tine ex-
trayagant waste of timber in the United
States. Among osher interesting details
Mr.. Kessler spoke Of the tremendous dc.
struction Of forests il the United States
during recent decades OF years. Quoting
from the tenth census, he stated that in
1880 the rs, 708 saw mills then IN opera
ton converted $500, O0O, 900 worth of
raw timber stock into various kinds Of
lumber, and he asserted that at the same
rate there would be no good-sized timber
left in forty years. He spoke of the
m waste of wood through forest
fires, which are the result, for the most
part, of carelessness or a desire to clear
land for cultivation, aud declared that
the planting of new forests, which has
of late years received some attention in
the Eastern States, cannot begin to offset
the waste of forests. lie said that there
is every reason TO fear that America will
Dol be a country impoverished for tree
property. Mr.. Kessler made the striking
comparison that, while the United States
had but eleven per cent. of its area
covered by forests, the empire of Ger
many has twenty-six per cent. of its
entire area so covered. Mr.. Kessler said
that the reckless destruction of forest
trees in America and the indifference
manifested by Americans in the restora-
ton of forests is a menace, not alone to
fha sian hut threatens
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

Poor ministers in England have a
source Of revenue which the Springfield
Mass.) Union charitably hopes win not
be accorded to their brethren in this
country. Instead of sailing down their
old sermons in barrels they send them to
70 oets q much as ST.
.opdon dealer offers
lots at this price,
en- in ga large, bold,
ring more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
HUMOR OF H DAY.

Give no quarter-Men who don't tip.
Always worn out-Rubber overshoes.
A suit for damages-The small boys.
"What do you do for a livingw
"Breathe l'--Lite.
A young man shouldn't strike his
moustache when it's down.
If a counting match is not declared off
it must end in a il .-Picayune. !.
IT'S a painful affection. 1 fear,
When farmers have corn in the ear.
Judge.
Married people, it is said, live longer
than single ones. 1t seems longer, any
way, to many.-BOstoH IraUeller.
1t is always good to look on the best
side of things; but if you are buying
them it is safer to look on both sides.
Don't heap Goals of fire on your enemy,s
head. Remember that coal is S. per
ton. Economy is wealth. Troy Press.
As down the wall the convict slid,
When he for freedom made a break
He murmured-in the shadow hid
Excuse the liberty ] takeF'
Patient-"Jehosaphat2 You've drawn
the wrong tooth" Dentist--"Well, it
will cost you only two dollars for an arti-
fetal one. "-Aunsey's Weekly.
For ali the doctors long have tried
Not one of them as found out yet
The point of death exact and true
But what about the bayonet2
Philadelphia Times. :.
"Just zee that trombone player. His
face is red as a beet from blowing hard.".
Eyes; he certainly ought to know what
Is meant by strains of music. "ZBastoa
Herald.
"Did you tip the waiter2" asked q
diner in the House restaurant of a new
conner. "No; but l felt as if I'd like to
lip him over and then step on him.
Washington Post.
THE FINISHING TOUCHES.
he went DER his speech
Some two hours after,
And put in p~arenthesss
(HearD (Cheers) and Uaughter1s
Ordinarily we are not in favor Of lynch
law, but here comes a chap who has
produced an instrument which looks like
a piano, but hidden away in the inside
are six v%iolins, two 'cellos and a couple
of violas.-PittSburgh Chronicle.
Mrs. Allow do you like our new
ueighbor?" Mrs. BIZ never met such
an ignorant woman as she is. She can't
talk about anything but paintings, books
and music. She doesn't know a word
Of gossip about anybody. "-AanhattaM
TEACHER Gin geography class)-''Ho
many inhabitants has Alaska2" Pupil
"About 35, 900" What proportion
these are whiteY" 'tAbout one-seven'
"Of what color are the remaiRo
AFTER some hesitation) l.Donts
They never wash. - Chicago TriJn
A Western man who was to
through the East, in passing a mef
heard the driver say 'sAbandon t
rect progression to the straight tn
ward, and deviate by inclinatory
lberrant deXtrogyration into a dc
In incidence" 1t was ala amateur b
farmer saying, "Gee, Buck" to his
Of oxen.-Fdrm, Field and Stockma
Miss Wellalong-'sWhat a spitef
tie thing that Miss Youngly isl
would you believe it, Mr.. CandoL.
told me the other day that / was be,
ming to look old. Now, you don'ttl
any one would take me for being old.
you Mr.. Candor2" Mr.. Candor-"W
one might just for a moment, but
tainly not after he had heard you tai
-B0stOR Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

Englishmen are to have ian auto
matte railway library" which meaas a
case Of books fitted into railway car
riages. The books will consist of short
novels and stories by good writers, and
any books likely to tempt the weary
traveller into putting the all-important
coin "into the slot"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

According to the Detroit Free Press, a
firm in New York can make you a great
big fire and burglar proof safe, with a
nice landscape and your name on the
door, for $13. 1t is a dummy, made
out of sheet iron, and is for the use of
people who want to set up offices and
make a spread Of themselves. They
give outsiders a feeling Of confidence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Large Clock.

One Of the largest clocks in
is the great Pertinent Hou
usually called the Westminst
in London. The dials are %
diameter. The depth Of the v
weights is ia feet. Weig
minute hand, two cwl. length
feet glass used ia dials, twenty
The large bell Nhesrd tea vi
small ones fopr q fse.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

The Commercial Aa0crtissr thinks that
the Argentine Republic has done a good
stroke of business by abolishing, on the
ground Of economy, its embassy at
Switzerland. Buenos Ayres needs a
minister Plenipotentiary at Berne about
rs much as constantinople needs an en-.
voy extraordinary in Iceland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
rby, the victorious rival

rby, the victorious rival
Wade Hampton, will be
among a remarkably large
c under fifty years who
The next Senate. Senator
is only thirty-sixz Delegate
cited as Senator from Idaho, is
Jrty. Other Senator'S fifty years
under are; Walcott, forty-two;
fifty; Higgins, fifty; spooner,
even Aldrich, forty.nine; Petit
forty-two; Daniel, forty-eight;
n, forty-ive; Faulkner, forty-three,
Kenna, fortS.two.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

In n California county qnyo) there
were 1900 red to 600 white skins.

Captain Meade, of the United States
Navy, says that in peace times we do not
get the best natives in the navy, and
that no wages, however high, will
bring us the best.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

Very few people realize how much the
dentist has done for mankind. To
mention one thing only, the perfe ction
TO which the manufacture of false teeth
has been carried has practically abolished
old age-that is, old age in the sense
that l used to know it, says a writer in
the Globe Democrat. You see zone of the
helpless, ~mumbling old men aud women
that you formerly did. This is not be-
cause people do not attain the age their
parentAand grandparents reached, but
because the dentist has prevented some
OF the most unpleasant consequences of
advancing years. Men Of seventy no
longer either look or feel old, because
they are not deprived of nourishing food
at the time when they need it most.
Estimates have been made showing that
the average length of life has been in
creased from four to six years by the
general use Of false teeth, and this does
not appear in the least extravagant when
one thinks of the difference in the nutri-
ment accessible to one with a fine set Of
molars and one condemned to qua il
through his declining years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04
Definition of Ingram.

Ingram is a term used in connection
with textiles dyed before being woven.
The advantage of such textiles is that
they can be washed without thereby dis
charging their colors. The cotton cloth
called Turkey red and the red marking
cotton are what is called ingram. There
are also double aud treble ply ingram
carpets. -Bostoa Cultisat0r.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-04

Breathe through nose instead Of mouth,
specially when going from warm Too0to.
da.~a cold or night Air.