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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
Queer Facts About Beavers.

James Sherman, of Clifton, who is
trapping beaver at Knappa, was telling
recently some queer things about beaver
and beaver trapping. The animal, he
says, has the most acute sense of smell of
any animal that exists. In setting the
traps you must wait till low water, in
order to have the tide when it comes in
obliterate all traces of your presence
When beaver is caught in a trap the
other beavers at once enable him to make
good his escape by seizing him by the
tail and hauling him away until they re-
lease him, often leaving a limb in the
trap as an evidence of the struggle that
ensued. He caught beaver last winter
on Puget Island, and says that it had only
two toes on hind foot, the other three
legs being amputated as close to the body
as if the limbs had never existed.
Mr.. Sherman says there is one faculty
the beaver possesses that would be pro-
titable and Interesting study for scien-
titic men, and that is the power Of max
ing objects adhere to the bottom of a
stream without any APPARENT means of
securing them. The beaver lives mostly
on wood, which it cuts and deposits on
the bottom, where it remains, contrary to
the natural laws, which would in ordin-
ary cases cause the wood to rise to the
surface. How this is accomplished it is
difficult to decide, but Mr.. Sherman as
sures us that he triel IL time aud
again. Beaver trapping pays well where
any considerable number can be caught,
the average price of the furs being from
So. so to So per pound. - Cathlamet Ga.
zette,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
Why scotchmen Love the Thistle.

This is the way te story goes of how
the thistle brougby good luck to Scot
land; Many years ago an army of Danes
landed on the Scottish shore, anu, find
ing that their approach had been un-
heralded, determined to attack the
Scotch army by night. Approaching
the sleeping camp with the greatest
caution success seemed almost certain,
when suddenly there arose from one of
the Danes an awful scream, which
aroused the men they were about to at
tack. The screaming invader couldn't
be blamed when it was known he was
barefooted and had stepped on a thistle,
but the sturdy Scotchmen soon armed
themselves, fought we'll, and yanquished
their enemies. To show their gratitude
for the plant that had been their saliva
tion, it was determined that the thistle
should be the emblem of Scotland, and
the motto "Nemo me impune lacessit'
mo man provOkes me with impunity),
is one OF the most applicable eXtant.
However, the bride assumes it for good
luck and not because she wishes to be
aggressive. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
IF FLOWERS COULD SING.


If flowers could sing, the poets lays
Would not be needed for their praise;
They, OF which men have sung SO long,
Would sing their own enchanting song.
What fragrant accents oft would float
From out the roses velvet throat,
What soulful solace would they bring
II flowers could sing.
II flowers could sing how wofld they bles
The love that lips dare not confess,
How would they voice the secret throe
OF passionate and utter woe.
How would they thrill the maiden fair
Who wore them in her breast and hair.
What tender tidings would they bring
II flowers could sing.
If flowers could sing the birds would die;
What use were it for them TO try
By any means to e'er disclose
The charms that render sweet the rose.
They lovely colors have, it's true;
But, have they lovely fragrance, tooY
The birds W ould die from envy's sting
II flowers could sing.
Indeed, the world wcsld be too sweet
II carols sang the marguerite;
In that fond hour, when twilight's ear
is waiting WOODLAND hymns to hear,
The violet her scent ere long
Would squander in the breath of song,
And song would be too sweet thing
IL flowers could sing.
Leon Mead, in the Journalist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
nttn.Porchn is Disnnnearinr

1t appears that there exists a serious
risk of the determination of the plant or
tree from which gutta-percha is obtained,
This gum Is used in many industries,
largely in the manufacture of submarine
cables, ASH is capable of sustaining its
insulating qualities when submerged
under water at great depths; IN fact, the
insulation of Gutta-percha actually i'm
proves with age when kept continually
under water. The disappearance of the
curious tree from which gutta- percha is
obtained would, therefore, be "a calamity
of worldwide Importance, yet it would
appear from areport recently made TO the
French Academy of Sciences that we are
actually threatened with such a calamity.
Mr.. Serullas, French scientist, spent
three years in Malay and studied the
isonandra in all periods Of its existence,
acquiring a complete knowledge of its
natural history and physiology; but he
reports that there is absolutely no method
in the manner employed by the natives in
robbing the tree of its sap, and that no
effort is made to cultivate and propagate
so valuable a member of the plant world
The natives adopt the wholly barbar-
Gus custom of cutting tree at the roots
in order to extract the gum; thus each
tree only gives one yield, and is then
dead forever. No wonder gutta- percha
is rapidly getting to be worth its weight
in silyer.-Electrical Reoiec.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
The shah's Little FaYorite.

Nell Djeck Iittle Sparrow, the favor
ite Of the Shah of Persia, is hardly more
than pigmy in size, but his authority in
the royal palace is undisputed. He has
the rank of a General IN the army, keeps
an establishment that costs the Shah
nearly $3.50, 600 year, and. has horses
and a military band at his disposal He
treats the royal Princes as his equals, and
the latest rumor is that he has been he
trothed to the Shah's youngest daughter.
The boy is the son of Kurd, who
occupied humble position in the palace,
but is now a man Of authority Chicago
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
American Beef For England.

The shipment of American beef to
English markets was begun on a small
scale in 1875. The Il nsportalion was
from New York to Liverpool, and a
laborious process of tanning by hand
blowers was required to keep the meat
fresh and cool. Later on blowers were
operated by steam and currents of frozen
air were sent from immense beds OF ice to
the refrigerators in which tine meat was
stored, Large amounts Of American beef
are shipped weekly TO foreign markets
and the trade is about equally divided
between the frozen beef and the live
stock to be slaughtered on the other side.
Detroit Fise Us.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Pasteboard pulleys are made in Ger
many.
In bats the heart is aided by rhythmic
contraction of veins in the wings.
A. system has been invented by which
stringed musical instruments can be
operated by electricity.
In Belgium the white insulators on
telegraph poles are so frequently broken
that grayish brown ones are being used
to replace them.
The welding of the spokes of metallic
wheels to the hubs by means of cleo
tricty has recently been proposed and
process patented.
The submarine war boat has led to the
flying of balloons from war ships. A
balloon lowering over a ship eau detect
every movement of a submarine boat
coming to the attack.
1t has been proposed to make the up
per half of war balloons of very thin
steel and the lower portion of ordinary
balloon material, the whole so constructed
as to hold hydrogen instead of ordinary
gas.
Data of the trials of three large steam
ers, showing the comparative of large
and small screws, show that propellers
of small diameter have in each case
proved the more economical aud elIec-
tive, both increasing the speed and de-
creasing the coal consumption.
Stretton, the eminent English engineer,
hot nf ~
type can run only the least trlAe faster
than eighty miles an hour. A higher
speed is prevented by the resistance of
the air, the friction, and the fact of the
back pressure in the cylinders because of
the impossibility of getting the exhaust
steam out fast enough.
A deposit of sand has been discovered
in King County, Washington, which is
reported by experts at Pittsburg and San
Francisco to be superior to any other
found in the United States for the manu-
facture of glass. Appliances have been
ordered from the East, and it is the in
iention of the discoverer to utilize the
find as soon as they arrive.
Modern methods are changing con-
tinually towards simplicity and rapidity
in the smallest things. The Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad has introduced the meas
urement of oil by weight in its supply
| department. An odd number of quarts
can be run off much more quickly by
weight than by lading. Oil averages
about seven pounds to the gallon.
Ii is now proposed to utilize the lig-
mite coal, which lies beneath the wheat
fields of Minnesota and the Dakotas and
which can be bought for 81 per ton, and
to turn back into the fire the gases which
it throws off. Under this arrangement
there is no smoke, the heat is greater
and the fuel lasts longer. This can be
done in furnaces, ranges, or cooking
stoves.
The investigations of fire ruins show
that porous terra Gotta bricks best resist
fire, as we'll as water aud frost; after
these in fire-resisting qualities come the
various concretes and burned city work
In the most approved building work now
in vogue the iron part is incased in terra
Gotta, tile or brick work in roof, floor
and tile construction, and the hollow
tiles are faced with vitreous tile, slate
or any good weather proof coating, or
with single thickness of brick. Iron
and steel work, incased in fire proof
materials, is just now very much in
favor,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
A noctol,s "Bore neII.o

A physician who was confidential q
a visitor that all physicians with a
practice had a bore bell
"And what may bore bell bel
asked his visitor,
"a 'borc bell, ,r said the Doctor, q
an invisible bell arranged somewhere
the room, though generally in the foC
near the chair whorG a physician IS usnei,,
seated at the time he receives hi
When | feel that l have given
conner enough Of my time l qul
my foot on the secret spot in
and before any one can say 'JY
son my man has appeared andf
that | have a telegram, or thasN
wishes 10 see me Immediately.
tlent naturally bows herself outi
it is generally a womam, and by4
OF my little subterldge / ann =
course do not mean TO say laHt
obliged 20 use the bell every ,iu5'
ceiye a woman patient Bat .elY
have found it IA lucky escape .lu
II is all very well to listen 10 au ~
of the ailments and give t.e ret
amount otsympathy 10 the pGsltl
you, but when she drags in al her ta
there has 20 be stopping pHc
fore the bore bell. 'n-Atg l0lfl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
The Two.IIorned Rhinoccros.

There are very contradictory reports
as to its nature, of the two-horned rhi-
noceros, some accounts representing it
as q most dangerous beast, aud others, as
a particularly timid one. The only one |
ever saw, writes traveller had been
killed by party of Bltaks, two days he
fore, and was in such a state of dccom-
position that it was impossible to ap-
proach, but not a bit too "high" for the
hunters, who were gorging themselves
like wolves around 1t, with the merest
show of grilliug the dreadful yiands.
The horns Of this specimen were mere
stumps, eight or nine inches long; bat
Il Chinese storekceper gave tbp Bataks
$50 for one and no doubt made a good
profit by it, as the Chinese have the
trmest belief in the soapings OF rhinoce
ros horn as a universal medicine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

he American bison is nearly extinct,
many farmer las regretted the
because it has cut oil the supply of
alo robes" with which he was wont
otect himself from the winters cold
obliged to be on the road. II re-
from Illinois are correct, states the
rieda Ddiryman, a substitute, having
he advantages Of the original article,
been found in the hides of the Gallo
ay and Angus cattle. If, as seems
likely, the skins can be readily cured to
equal samples which have been exhi 5ited,
they will be Of considerable value for use
as robes, and the breeders viii have aA
argumentin favor of these ex-
cellent animals, which have long beer
noted for their bce'-producing qualities.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
Wallmg on A Submarine Line.

A novel engineering work has Just
been completed at the Duddon estuary
ON the English coast A valuable
hematite mine extended out under the
sea, aud in order to work il barrier
two-thirds Of a mile long and City feet
high for about half the length has been
constructed. The sea is thus shut out
from about twenty-six acres, on which,
it is estimated, the mining of iron ore
may be continued for twenty-five years
with a force of about 1900 lnen. -
Trenton a. d.. 4meriaaA.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

The Salvation army has money and
property in the different countries where
it is established valued at So, 213, 600.
The trade effects, stock, machinery and
goods on hand are valued at $3.50, 900.
Some idea OF the trade department may
be gathered, suggests the Chicago
Herald, from the fact that they sell 22,-
600 army bonnets every year to the
female soldiers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
HUMOR or THE DAY.

Brings tears to the dryest eyes--Horse-
radish.
"Becauso it is dog on icc."-I IEasl-
ingtoR Star.
Does things up with a bang-The
female hair dresser.
In endorsing a check the right end is
always the left end.
Systematic charity-Giying a bald
headed man a wig.
Few lawyers can beat an earthquake
at settling a landed estate
Many man is thought an intellectual
athlete when he is simply an intellectual
acrobat.
"Deaf aud dumb people are more or
less superstitious." "Why!' because
they believe in signs. - West Shore.
BriRdle (distractedlD-"I don't know
what to do; l cant meet my bills"
Litewaite (sadly)-'I wish l couldn't"
This conundrum is now epidemic in
our highest social circles-''Why Is the
terrier in a refrigerator like Il kissP P''
Maud-:'I have such terrible pain in
one of my teeth, but am afraid to have
it drawn" Cholly-''Why don't you
have it photographed"
"Has Mr.. X. gone outln asked
visitor in Paris of concierge. 81
hardly think so, was the polite answer
of the ianitor she died this morning."
Boston Journal
"Papa, won't you buy me bicycle9
Ny friend Alma has invited me to Join
the bicycle club" "Sol Well, if you
want to use your feet so much, will bu
you sewing machine. ."-Flieger
BlGtter.
"a man cawn't even wear mouste
without some cad making insulting re-
mawks, ~ said little Dudel1ins. ~ hap
pened to stand up for moment at the
theatre, and a low fellah calls out, Down
in frontr "-BoSton Commercial BulletjR.
Mrs. A.-'Does your husband believe
in corporal punishment in the house.
holdl" Mrs. B.-"Only to a certain
point He's always whipping the chill
dren, but he thinks the dust should
got out of the carpet by moral suasion."
-Chieago Post.
Druggist-"Why do you constantly
look back of you, and smile idiotically"
New Clerk-''I read the other day that
Death is always grinning over the shoul-
der of the man behind the prescription
counter, and l want him to see I'm not
afraid of him. Pharmaceutical Fra.
1t does MT pay to do mucn talking when
Vpu'ra nnl auOurh choke
Because tine word that stings the deepest is
the one that's never spoke;
Let the other fellow wransle till the storm
has blown away
Then hen do heap OF thinking bout q
things you did MT say.
The Evening of "aargain Da-."
Grump-"Bless my souL.s ,srrug
are you going to do with all th
Mrs. Grump-"O, got it all at ba
gain, and you kAow it will all como
handy some day" Mr.. Grump
day--yes-but money comes in honC
every day !"-Ierts SDiiags.
SIS there any portion Of the fowl yc
prefer, major?" asks the suffers wifi
blandly. "The lett wing, il you please
"The left wing" yes" retortei Tia
major, gazing obviously at the platter
81 believe it is always good military tae
tics to bring the left wing OF ycIort
corps into action first."-NeJo YQ
HeFdld
Sne-'Mr. Price, didn't you tell n
yesterday that the first of the Pric,
came over in the Mayaower' lIe--"Ycs,
She-''Well, here is the Geneaog.c
Societys list of MayhoSer passenger
and don't see the name Ue-"Ol
you know he was very distinguishes
man, and always travelled incog.'-
HafPer's BaEqr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

The enterprise of Austin Corbin,
wealthy New Yorker, in establishing a
game park in New Hampshire, is per-
haps as innocent a mode Of spending
money, opines the Boston Cultioator, as
millionaires usually indulge in. lie has
purchased %, 900 acres, Il part including
the home farm on which he was born,
and intends to enclose it with ten-foot
wire fence, forty,fve miles long, and
costing SIS, 200. He spends $780,
900, 900 in stocking the park with elk,
deer, buffalo and the larger game, aud
its lakes with valuable fishes. The
larger part of the tract is wild aud
covered with trees. 1t includes two
mountain ranges with fertile valley
between them About $50 large game
animals now roam through this park.
They comprise buffalo, elk, moose, black
tailed deer, white tailed deer, red deer,
caribou, antelope and wild boars from
Germany, the latter more dangerous hunt
ing than any American animal except
the grizzly bear. Such a park will in
-vo0"e from the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

where we had stopped the night before.
OF the excitement there caused by our
appearance need not speak. The near
est Justice of the Peace was sent for, a
coroner's jury impaneled, and the state
ment of myself and the wounded robber
taken down. was exonerated from all
blame, the body Of the man l killed was
buried, aud in the course of a few weeks
his wounded companion was sentenced to
a long term in prisons. S. BoyntOn, in
The Overland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28
.A1ra or ApvERrIsINo.
IN WINTER TIME.


In winter time where sleep the numerous
lives,
That will the spring and summer time
make gay,
AS pupae or in embryo, till arrives
The time to break their bonds and soar
away?
Now with blind motions only each one
strives.
The bees, we know, bile happy in their
hives
But where are all the small birds and their
wives,
That brave the snow and frost, aud near
us stay,
Where are the brooks inhabitants?-each
dives
Into what secret chambers? Whittier drives
The cold the field and woodland tribes from
day.
In air and water again will millions pla5e
The spirit that animates them all, survives
In winter time.
W. L. Shoemaker, Ia HashiHyton STAR
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

The Cincinnati Christian Standard
sarcasticaIly observes: Poor, belated
Japan has got ahead of US in providing
postal savings banks for those of moderate
means. They were established in 1875,
ourage thrift, and the first year
20)0 depositors with $15, 500 in
Last years report showed $780,
,sitors in Toxic alone, with S10,-
% heir credit, and the deposits
], an amounted to over $50, ,oO0,-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

One thing specially noticed in Maine
is the impetus given to the apple canning
business by the partial failure of the
apple crop. Fruit that was formerly
considered only good enough for cider
escaped the press this year and has gone
iutc cans to help furnish the world with
apple-sauco.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

A correspondent of the London Specta-
'1r claims that by mere suggestion of
age he can make a hypnotized youth sud.
denly look old, to the extent of his face
muscles "falling in" aud the "hue of
age" overspreading it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

Our gain in population for the decade
from 1880 to 1890 is 1900, 900, mil.
lion for each Of the original States.
"Who says thirteen is an uulucky nun.
oers" exclaims the Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

Ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son said recently: "The State Of Wash
ington has more coal than Pennsylvania,
more pine than Maine, and moro fish
than Massachusetts,.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

Experiments are about being tried in
England in the use Of the lance by
cavalry regiments. It is proposed that
The front rank of each troop shall carry
,ancc and carbine, ouly the rear rank
bearing sword and carbine as hereto
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

1t is stated that the Church of Eng
and has raised and expended over s175,-
10000 on church building, repairing,
ETC., during the twenty-five years ending
with 1884. The church spends million
dollars yearly on these objects.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

of the 5000 breweries in the United
States, foreigners have secured about
sixty, representing something over forty
companies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

Activity is the order Of the day in the
iron and steel mills Of the country, and
new works and improvements are being
added rapidly TO the present facilities.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

A European statistician tells Us that tho
Sultan Of Turkey has live wives of the
first class, twenty-four of the second
class aud 250 OF the third class.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

Statistics show that 10000 females
arc arrested yearly in New York City.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

The statement is made that England
has lost three hundred millions dollars in
South American investments.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-01-28

KLH STREET, T1oNEsTA, r.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-06-28
Tho vs. I.

The Carson Morning News says
"The V. 81. has n torco OF men mt
work ut Reno putting n new roof on
tho Asylum" Az the Asylum is sun.
ported by tho taxpayers OF tho State
it is not impairment to ask why every
mechanic In tho State vas not given
an opportunity to compete with tho
V. Il Il. corporation for the work at
tho Asylum!-lReno Journal.
Didn't tho people Of Nevada by
their votes last Fall turn over tho
State TO the coa.so! OF the corrcra-
tons? Which one has II better right
to tho loaves and fishes than the V.&
TF The mechanics and laboring men
who voted to place tho V. & II. rail
road in the Executive Mansion have
no rights that our Governor is bound
to respect. Tho V. X II. is only got
ting back some OF the Doodle expended
last Fall to enlighten tho voters Of
Nevada. Great is the V. & Il. and our
State administration is its prophet!