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where guests more or less privileged are
received by the Presidents family. The in
trusion of impertinent strangers into the
private apartments of the Presidents family
Is a source of great annoyance to the ladies
of the family, and it is prevented to as
great an extent as possible. The lobby.
which is the best known to the public, fills
up entirely one end of the lower floor of the
mansion. A magnificent feature of this
lobby is an enormous partition of jeweed
glass made by Tiffany & Co. Of New York,
under instructions from President Arthur.
1t cost $3.50, and is so arranged that during
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A LITERARY CURIOSITY.
A Poem of Three Four-Line Stanzas
Devoid of the Letter "E."

A Poem of Three Four-Line Stanzas
Devoid of the Letter "E."
The following poem of three stanzas Of
four lines each has often been alluded TO rs
one of the most unique of literary curiosties,
says the Chicago Tribune. Each stanza
contains every letter in the alphabet. ex-
cept the letter "e." which all printers will
tell you is one of the most Indispensable of
letters, its relative proportion of use being
100 times to j 4, s. z II and 40. The one
coming next to ''e" in number of times in
use is "a which is used so times while
the letter in question is being used 100
times. The poem which has caused the
above depression is entitled:
THE FATE OF NASSAU.
Bold Nassau quits his caravan
hazy mountain grot to sean:
Climbs jaggy rocks TO spy his way.
Doth tax his sight but far doth stray.
Not work Of man sport of child
FINDS nassau In that may Wild;
Lax grow his Joints, limbs toll in vain;
Poor wight! why ddst thou quit that plain7
Nainy for succor Nassau calls
Known Ziilah that Thy Nassau falls;
But prowllng wolf aud fox may Joy
To quarry on thy Arab boy
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ness. greenhouse and the purchase of fuel,
the printing and binding done by the Presi-
dents orders, and other things. Our Presi-
dents do not as rule carry away much of
their salary with them.
The main lobby and the east parlor are
absolutely free to the public, and it is here
that sight-seers from all over the Union and
from all parts of the world gather-that is
to say, at reasonable hours. The private
parlors are more difficult of access, but the
ushers take particular pains to fully de-
scribe every apartment in the mansion, eX-
cepting the bedrooms. Tie red parlOr is
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SINKING SHAFTS IN QUICKsANDs.
1t Can Easily Be Done by Using Frozen
Brine.

1t Can Easily Be Done by Using Frozen
Brine.
An interesting application of cooling by
means of brine has lately been made in
mines. One of the greatest difficulties which
can occur in the operation of sinking a
shaft, says knowledge, is that presented by
stratum of sand saturated with water.
In more than one case this difficulty has
been overcome by freezing the SAND and
water into a firm mass and then continuing
the sinking operations as if the material
were solid rock. The shaft having been
sunk to the upper surface of quicksand,
number of small bore-holes are made to the
bottom Of the stratum, and in these are
placed tubes closed at the bottom, through
which cold brine is circulated from tank
at the surface, which is cooled by an am
monia machine.
In the course of a few DAYS the quicksand
is frozen to a solid mass and the boring can
be proceeded with. 1t will thus De seen that
the production of artificial cold is an indus
try which, though still in its infancy, has
already attained considerable importance.
1t appears likely that the next ten years
may see a development scarcely less rapid
than that Of the last decade.
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DR.. Lloyd, the late Assistant Superinten-
dent of the Kings County On. " Insane
Asylum, was undoubtedly killed by James
Dougherty. the crazy admirer of Mrs. Ma
varro, in part because either he or the sub
ordinates in his charge commonly pointed
out Dougherty to visitors as MARY Ander-
sons NASH
DIR. Lloyd's successor, DIR. Tracy, quiet
young man, full beaded, with singularly
dark and heavy eyebrows shading eyes of
sun ~ blue, told me the other day that if
Ire had his way not one-tenth part OF the
people VINO now visit the asylums would
do so.
"They are mere curiosity-seekers +" he
said, land have no business there. Their
presence does great deal of harm. Insane
people. as rule, know that they are insane,
that they are in the asylum and Just why
they are there. They are just as keeuly sem
sitive to il-treatment and to sighting re-
marks as any one else, and suffer acutely
under ridicule.
"Dougherty? think he is responsible /;
not more insane than dozens of people who
go about every day attending to their bust
ness. He's just a thin-skinned crank. He
said on his trial that lie had marked me also
for vengeance. but 1 haven't the remotest
idea for what One can't be too careful in
dealing with cranks."
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Hoban were again called into requisition,
and four years later, in 1918, although stlll
incomplete, the building was occupied by
the President and his family. Meanwhile
the house which was afterwari used as the
Photographic Office. corner of New York
avenue and Eighteenth street, was used as
the residence Of the President Meanwhile
carried on. and in 1929 It was declared lin
ished. At that time il presented about the
same appearance that it does now. For the
maintenance of the executive branch of the
Government the people really pay less than
$4,000 year This includes the Presi-
dents salary Of $50, 900; the V!ce-Presdent,
$4,000; the Presidents private secretary,
5000; the purchase Of furniture carpets.
etc. care Of the office, carriage, horses, har-
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A RAY OF LIGHT.

Why was my being ever fraught
With dissipation, bunting thought,
Which passion, binding, fighting. fought
And soon undOne
All nature, reason teaching, taught
Me should shun?
Why is oppression cast upon
Poor, humble mOrtais, lowly born,
Unmeriting the naughty scuFn,
And worldly hate,
From those whom opuience adorn
In pompouS state?
Thus thought l, cropping into night,
When, 10, saw halo bright
Approaching till its golden light,
Rejecting cut,
EEwound and gave me second sight
OF things without.
Merced, March 20, 1891 c. J. PRESTON.
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receptions it can be thrown open, bringing
into view the long hall that runs from the
door OF the east parlor to tile conservatory.
This magnificent hallway opens into the
suite of rooms which comprise the private
parlors, and which are designated as the
green parlor, the blue parlor and the red
parlOr. Adjoining the conservatory is the
state dining room, where distinguished
members of Congress, Justices of the SUI
preme Court, diplomates and other high Off
Gals are entertained by the President
These, together with the east parlor, are
y
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moved into it that the mansion was un-
doubleday grand and superb one, but that
there were no bells. and that although the
place was surrounded by forests they could
get no wood, and they could not use coal
because they had no CRATES. The great
audience room," the same as is known at
this day as tie east parlor, was unfinished,
but Mrs. dams had no use for sentiment,
and she utilized it by making it a drying
room in which 10 hang her washed clothes
on wash-day Think of that when you enter
the east parlor.
In 1914 the British fleet sailed up the
Potomac, bombarded the town and de-
BtrOyed 1.-THE Palace" The services Of
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A young Brooklyn benedict recently pur-
chased sIatuette representing a little girl
with Two charming dimples on her cheeks.
His wife went into eestacies over the pretty
work OF art and few months later pre-
scented the delighted husband with daugh-
ter possessing features perfectly resembling
those of the plaster cast, dimples aud all.
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WHAT MORE?

To dream, and meet the dead:
To wake, and Wish you dreamed:
To sift friend and learn that he
Was not the friend he seemed.
To work, and long for rest.
To halt, and wish you moved:
To scan your words aud feel that you
Have wounded where you loved.
To meet. in time to part.
To part, and know tits best;
To live the earnest OF your youth
Into mirthless jest.
To smile. and bleed at heart,
To weep and find it bliss;
On those sad days when hope falls sick,
What mole seems like than this9
april, 1891 MARION HILL.
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LA FEUILLE.

Translated from the French OF Arnault.l
From thy stalk broken,
Poor tiny leaf, a whitening token,
Tell me thy fate, for do not know;
The Storm King has twisted the oak,
Alas for me It protected me so,
And with tickle breath and look
The signing zephyr and keen north wind
Since that day have carr. ed M, in pain
From the shadowy forest to the plain.
And from the mountain to the valley kind
: follow where the dancing winds deign
To take me, without tears or fright,
go where every thing goes.
Zen where drops the leaf of the rose,
And the laurel, in Its might.
iprit, 1891 ALMA ALDEN
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POETIC THOUGHTS.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL
LOVE, HAND AND HEART.

a-<A-s HY love. to me a holy thing
liz To cherish In my inner soul,
az Sof llfe's bright hope aud pregnant sprln 8,
OF ecstacy the upper goal.
Thy hand! to me a sacred prize.
The climax of my highest dream,
To thee to give, though sacrifice
To me were happiness supreme
Thy hearth to me q royal realm,
In chaste affection there to rove.
Where loyalty would hold the helm
And every passion blend in love.
Chicago, March IS, 1891 CHARLES J. BEATTIE.
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the rooms in which the President holds Off
cial receptions, Of which four are given each
season; the first to the diplomates; the sec
ond to the judiciary and members OF Con-
gress; third to the army and navy, and the
last to the public. The special guests of
the first three of these receptions do not
constitute the entire number present, and
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Hoban's design was accepted in July.
1892 and the cornerstone of the palace was
laid October Is Of that same year. 1t was
eight years before it was fiji for occupancy.
President John Adams was the first execu-
tive officer to move into it, and Mrs Abigail
Adams-the only wife of a President who
raisei a son to succeed his father in that
office-a plain New England woman so far
as her tastes and good sense were concerned,
was inclined to grumble at its magnificence
She wrote to a friend shortly after she
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At Avondale, Ohio, in transferring bodies
TO a new cemetery. the remains of four
year-old girl. which had been inferred thirty
five years, were found completely preserved,
the features resembling those of child in
healthy sleep, even to the rosy hue on the
cheeks.
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enlarged version of the same tale, with the
same title, appeared in Blackw woods Maya
zine, in London. Whether the second YER
sion was a clean steal. or whether the author
of the first himself rewrote and republished
it, l don't know; at any rate 1t was an un-
commonly good story.
The gist of 1t was that company of
young men of birth and education in Paris
were in the habit of assembling periodically
for certain mysterious purpose. An out
slider having secretly obtained admission
saw. from his place of concealment behind
a curtain, handsome square room, with a
bare polished floor and without furniture,
brilliantly lighted by gas-jetS along the
cornices. The company of young men, in
evening dress, stood round the room in
circle with hands Joined and chanted some
sort of incarnation. AS it proceeded
species Of excitement was infused into
them-an electric sympathy of will and
definite purpose. The chant grew more in
tense; at length they Frustrated themselves.
and bending forward, Kissed the polished
floor simultaneously. Whereupon the on
locker became aware that another figure
was standing ID the center of the circle. He
was very tall, of stately figure, clad like the
rest OF the company in full dress; his hair
was black and crisp and his countenance re-
fined, polished and naughty. He glanced
down at his worshipers with an expression
of eondescension, of scorn. of satanic COM
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A deadly conflict hetween a shark and AM

a utaulS CuuHlCt utLWttH SHuIk anu au
alligator was recently witnessed by party
of surveyors on the ST. Sebastian River,
Fla. The man-eater was rapidly getting the
better of the gator, when one OF the spec
tat0rs Of the battle shot them both.
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1NCREDULITY.


1NCREDULITY.
(After the German of Heine.)
When look deep within thine eyes
Then all my woe and sadness dies.
And when thy lips softly kiss
Then doth my soul o'erfow with bliss.
And when lean on thy dear breast
Kind heaven sends unto me It's rest.
But when thou saySt ~ love but thee"
My bitter tears flow silently.
Oakland, Mdrch 50, 1891 NJ c. g.
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MY SUPERNATURAL
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
A Satanic-Like Figure Appears in a
Partisan Club.
A Clandestine 0nlooker Seized and Hurried
Away-Planchette Will Perform Other
Feats Than Writing.

Written and Copyrighted for THE SUNDAY CALL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-07-22
Argument Court.

Yesterday Judge Noyes, with Asso.
ciates White and Clark held argument
court here, when a number Of matters
we're disposed of.
A petition was presented asking the
appointment of viewers for the purpose
of vacating and supplying the road
leading from the Hunter grist mill 10
short distance below Jameson sta
tion, running along the railroad track.
The court appointed Messrs. Henry
Kiser and VIM. B. Heath as such
viewers.
MIR. Ritchey presented u petition
asking for the appointment of com.
mission to inquire into and report
upon the avisabiity of re.unitipg the
Borough of Tionesta as a whole, and
doing away with the ward line. The
petitioners prayer was granted, and
as such commission the court appointed
Messrs. John Thomson, and r. O.
Carson, Harmony township; w. B.
Heath, Kingsley twp. They will
make report at next term Of court.
Ever since the ruling of the court
on the license question at May term,
in which the question of the division
of the Borough into wards was raised
as an objection to the granting of the
same, there has been some little doubt
as to the legality of the election of the
present officials Of the Borough. To
set matters right the Burgess and
Councilmen offered, through their
Clerk, P. M. Clark, Esq, their resig-
nations 10 the court, in order that the
court might fill the vacancies by ap.
pointment, thereby removing all
doubt. The court was of the opinion
that such a course was unnecessary,
and that the present officials were off.
GERS de factO, and therefore their acts
were valid so long as they we're not
legally Vusted. And SO the matter
was pressed no farther, and the officers
will 60 on about their business as
usual.
Mr.. j. G. Confer, of Marienville,
was appointed Jury Commissioner,
vice John Muenzenberger, resigned.
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The New Oil Field.

There is no abatement in the ripple
of excitement caused by the recent
developments 10 the new field south of
Little Hickory creek, and the hunt
for leases is getting quite brisk all
along the line, extending some dis.
tauce in advance of any developments.
Patterson has two good wells, one on
the Furnace and one on the Smith
tract. The latter started to pumping
at rs barrels, and will not drop below
% or 80 barrels very soop, say the
experts.
WOlcott & Sons strikes are still
showing up we'll, and they have made
several runs of oil through the pipe
line, which has already been connected
up to the new field. Their best we'll
is on the Pownell farm and is a nice
20 barrel pumper. They are putting
more rigs up o. the latter place, and
also on the Vockroth farm which lays
we'll to catch future developments. In
fact Messrs. Wolcott have a full mile
of territory that seems to be right sin
it,"
Patterson is putting up more rigs
on the Furnace aud Smith tracts.
Nicholson, of Oil City, is rigging
up on the Charles Albaugh farm and
will soon have the drill started.
The Grove & Shields we'll on the
Chris Cropp farm will be drilled to
the third sand. 1t had only gone to
the second sand heretofore.
j. II. Hardison has secured lease
of the Diekrager aud Winker farms,
and will commence a rig on the latter
forthwith.
There seems no question but that
the field will be a prolific one, with
perhaps no great gushers, but nice
paying bumpers, afiording a handsome
revenue to both owners and operators
The distance from Tionesta to the new
field by road is between three and -four
miles, on an air line perhaps two and
one. half miles.
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East Hickory.
July 21.
CITIZEN.

Derrick correspondence
T. j. Fleming, Of Salmon Creek,
was home over Sunday.
Mrs. Eli Berlin, of Wing Hill, was
in town on Saturday.
Mrs. Green, an old inhabitant of
this place, died last week, aged SO
years, of heart failure. Deceased
leaves a large circle of friends to
mourn her loss.
Employees of the government were
here on Friday laying out the location
Of wing dam, to be built at Green's
Island. Work will be commenced in
a few weeks.
Wheeler & Dusenbury changed their
feed on the mill, and have considerably
increased its daily output.
A colored camp meeting will be
conducted on Whig Hill, beginning on
Saturday, July 25, and lasting over
two Sundays. Colored visitors from
Pittsburg, New Castle and Franklin
will be present to assist at the meeting.
@. Hall has set his mill on Wing
Hill, and is now cutting out his stock
of white oak.
In the case of Beckett vs.. Douglass,
before Squire Foreman, for surety of
the peace, the defendant was bound
over to court under 800 bail.
Warren Bean and wife returned
from Smethport, on Saturday; also
Mr.. and Mrs. McCray.
Smith Sutley & Bros. are drilling
four wells on Poverty Hill.
Charles Burns is rejoicing over the
arrival of a 10 pound boy at his house,
as is also George Copeland.
Phil Boarts has gone to housekeep.
ing in his house near the bridge.
Geo. Slower passed here last week
in boat, accompanied by four COWS
and other young cattle, four hogs and
two dogs. He will stop at Oil City,
where he will engage in the dairy
business.
Editor Muse, of the Vindicator, was
in town on Monday.
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A DAY AT NIAGARA FALLS.

The first grand excursion this year
to Niagara Falls, under the manage.
ment of the w. N. Y. & P. Railroad,
is booked for Thursday, July 30th.
A special train of through coaches
will leave Tionesta at $50; Hickory,
SAB; Trunkeyville, 6:57, stopping at
all intermediate stations between here
and Oleau. Fare for the round trip,
only 81 80, which is certainly as low
as any reasonable person could desire.
Tickets will be good to return from
Buffalo on the following day, so that
excursionists can stay all Dight in the
latter city thus making the trip much
pleasanter and less fatiguing. This is
one Of the incest features of the out.
ing. To those who have never seen
the great falls this excursion will
afford an opportunity to do SO at an
expense that is within the means OF
any one. The train will stay seven
hours at the Falls, which is plenty
long enough to view all the sights Of
interest. Returning will leave at
500 p. m. Excursion Agent Newton
will be with the party and see to the
personal comforts of all.
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REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RULES.

RULES GOVERNING THE REPUB-
LTCAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS OF
FOREST COUNTY.
1. The candidates for the several offices
shall have their names announced in one
or more of the county papers at least three
weeks previous to the Primary Meetings
stating the office, and subject to the action
of the party at the said primary meetings.
2. The voters belonging to the Republic
can party in each township and borough
shall meet on day to be designated by
the County Committee, at the usual place
of holding spring elections, at 2 o'clock p.
NJ, and proceed to elect one person for
Judge, and two persons for Clerks who
shall form Board of Elections to receive
votes and determine who are the proper
persons to vote and who shall hold the
polls open until Z o'clock p. NJ. After the
polls are opened, the candidates announced
shall be balloted for; the name of each
person voting shall be written on a list at
the time of voting, no person being allow
ed to vote more than once for the same
Office.
3. After the polls are closed the board
shall proceed to count the votes that each
candidate has received, and make out the
returns accordingly to be certified by the
Judge and attested by the Clerks.
4. The Judge Tor one of the Clerks ap-
pointed by the Judgel of the respective
election district, shall meet at the Court
House, in Tionesta, on the Tuesday follow
ing the Primary Meetings at o'clock p.
Nj, having the returns and list of voters,
and the person having the highest number
of votes for any office, shall be declared
the nominee for the Republican party.
5. The Return Judges shall be compe-
tent to reject by a majority, the returns
from any district where there is evidence
of fraud, either in the returns or other
wise, and shall reject them where there is
evidence of three or more persons voting
at the Primary Meeting who are not Re-
publicans.
9. Any two or more persons having an
equal number of votes for the same office,
the Judges shall proceed to ballot for
choice, the person having the highest
number to be the nominee.
Z. The Return Judges shall appoint Con-
ferees - Representative, Senatorial and
Observation-Disclosures acceptance of said
appointment shall be a pledge to support
the person who may receive the largest
number of votes cast for that Office.
8. The Return Judges may at any time
change the mode and manner of selecting
candidates as they may be instructed by
the people at their primary meetings, due
notice being given by the County Com
mittee.
Q. The Chairman of the County Com
mittee shall be required to issue a call in
pursuance of the action of the County
Committee.
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draw large attendance. There is
not in this part Of the country a more
comfortable, healthy and beautiful
spot for camp. Able and exper.
fenced camp meeting conductors and
revivalists will be in charge. Many
Franklin families will camp on the
grounds and make their summer outing
within sight of the home nest.
No little excitement, as we'll as
considerable amusement was occasion.
ed last Saturday in an effort to re-.
capture Mr.. Brennan's valuable parrot,
which bad escaped day or two pre-
vious. All the boys, and a goodly
share Of the men of the town Joined in
the chase, which extended nearly the
entire length of the town, the bird
being able to fly quite a stretch, and
generally managed to find the highest
tree and the highest limb on the tree.
The heavy and steady rain finally told
on Polly and she was at last obliged
to take to the tall grass where the
capture was made. 1t cost the Squire
ten or twelve dollars to settle with the
boys, but the satisfaction of getting
his pet back was ample compensation
for the outlay.