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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
How TO Visit the Queen.

Should you be invited by Queen Vic
toria to dinner, the following, according
to Edmund Yates in the New York Tri-
6ane, is some of the etiquette that you
will have to observe:
Guests are expected to arrive in time
to dress for dinner, and they leave after
breakfast the next morning. The rule
is for guests to repair to the corridor in
full dress at $3.50 o'clock, the dinner be-
ing S:45, and the Queen in from
her W apartments just as the clocks
chime the quarter, bows to the company
and proceeds into the oak room, where
the meal is served. The dinner is al
ways excellent and the wines are superb,
but the conversation at.the table is OF
course most vapid and conventional. At
ter dinner the company usually stand
about the corridor, or go into one of the
three drawing rooms which adjoin it.
The Queen speaks a few moments to
each person in succession, then %retires,
and the guests see her no more, as she
never appears in the morning; so that a
visit to the Castle does not involve much
personal intercourse with her Majesty.
After the Queen is gone to her rooms,
the company remain in one of the draw
ing rooms for music or whist, and when
the ladies retire the men adjourn to the
smoking room, in which is a billiard
table, a very comfortable snuggery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
The Indian Witch Dance.

The Indian witch, or medicine dance,
is very different from the performances
before described. It is really a weird
affair, and almost as difficult to witness
as the celebrations that New England
witches we're said to indulge in in the
olden time. II must have some religious
meaning, although the writer was never
able to get exactly at what the meaning
was. The medicine men Of the Sioux do
notseek publicity in their incantations,
and it was entirely by chance that /
came across three Indians going through
some peculiar operations, at a point re-
mote from their camp. A stick about
three feet in height was stuck in the
ground, and from 1t hung out in the
breeze a long-haired scalp. The hair
was dark, and looking on from a short
distance l could not tell whether the
scalp was that Of a white woman or an
Indian. Itmight have been either. The
three Indians were leaping and gesturing
and at intervals mumbling something,
not a song apparently, but disconnected
words. Occasionally they would point
toward the scalp. Then they would
humble again and jump about. They
were not painted, and their attire was
different from that of the ordinary
braves. They noticed me, and, while
they made no demonstration of hostility,
their expression meant plainly hat they
would rather be left alone. The shades
of evening were falling on prairie and
hill and river. The Missouri stretched
like a mighty serpent below, its yellow
waters tinctured with aruddy stain by
the final CLEAN of the setting sun, and
here on this hill, away from the painted
tents and the silent cottonwood, these
children of nature were ~enacting their
strange enchantment to move in some
way that supernatural power which
seemed to have deserted the Indian race.
With eerie feelings l withdrew, leaving
them to their superstitution, and
conscious that perhaps its parallel might
be found among more enlightened
nations. - Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
THE wAYs1pE WELL

He stopped at the wayside well,
Where the water was cold and deep,
There were feathery ferns 'twixt the NOISY
stones,
And gay was the old well sweep.
He left HIS carriage alone;
Nor could coachman or footman tell
Why the master stopped in the dusty road
To drink st the wayside well.
He swayed with his gloved hands
The well sweep, creaking and slow,
While from seam aud scar In the buckevs
side
The water FLASHED back below.
He lifted it to the curb,
And bent down to the buckets brim;
No furrow Of time or care had marked
The face hat looked Jack at him.
He saw but a farmer boy
As he stopped DER the brink 10 drink.
And ruddy and tanned was the laughing
face
That met his own DER the brink.
The eyes were sunny and clear,
And the brow uudimmed by care,
While from under the brim Of the old straw
hat
Strayed curls Of chestnut hair.
he turned away with a sigh;
Norcould coachman or footman tell
why the master stopped in bis ride that
day
To drink at the wayside well.
-Wdlter Learned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
Race Changes.

Professor George Barbour, in his work
on the u of Florida, describes
the strange race of bipeds which isola-
ton and abnormal climatic influences
have developed on the border of the
tropics, in the next neighborhood of en-
terprising Yankee-like communities.
But it is not possible that those COM
munities, too, will by and by experience
the influence of a winterless climate2
Thus far their energy has been sustained
by a constant influx of Northern immi-
grants, but that influx will cease after
the population of the North and South
has reached the equilibrium of its DIS
tribution, and the "cracker" of the hum
mocks will then com TO form the type
of a new race. Strange metamorphoses
have happened in Southern Europe, and
only the incontrovertible testimony of
historical records can persuade an eth.
nologist to recognize the present in
habitants of Sicily as the direct descend,
ants of athletic Grecian ~colonists and of
the heroic Normans who followed RoBert
Guiscard acros the Strait of Messina.-
NetO YOrk Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
Whore Coral Comes From.

The largest quantity and the hand
soonest corals come from the Algerian
coast. These coral grounds have been
worked since the middle of the sixteenth
century. Other coral grounds are found
on the coast of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia,
Spain, the Balearics and Provence. More
than 500 Italian banks and over 4200 per-
ons are engaged in the coral fishery.
Beside these, French and Spanish banks
are engaged in the same occupation. The
Italian fishermen pay a high royalty to
the French Government for their right
of fishing for corals on the Algerian
coast. There are more than sixty work
shops in Italy, forty Of which are in the
little town, Tore del Greco, at the foot
of Vesuvius. These shops give employ
ment TO about 5000 persons, mostly
women and children.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
A Mexican Farm,

"On one farm in Mexico 1 saw enough
Of the luxuries of life produced to make
any man happy" remarked G. F. Wood,
of El Paso, Texas. "The farm was not
large as some farms go in Mexico, it was,
to use a slang phrases sumner 1 don't
think the mind of man could Imagine a
vegetable product that could not be pro-
duced on that farm. At any rate l saw
growing there coffee, sugar, rice, potatoes,
rye, wheat, oats, corn, berries, cabbage,
tomatoes, apples, bananas, cocoa, figs,
%cochineal, and a dozen other products.
On the upper end of this farm you could
find gold, silver, sapphires, onyx, and
other precions stones. Some of these
articles were not produced in quantities
large enough TO pay to market them, but
they were all found there, and all at the
service of the owner of the land. Oh, 1
suppose the farm contained 10, 900 or
20, 900 acres of land, but it extended
through all temperatures and all eleya-
tions. "-Rdnsas City Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
Manhood.

On the large islands in the delta of the
Amazon River there are banana gardens
which have continued to produce enor-
nous crops fornearly a hundred successive
years, though the cultiyators never use
any kind of fertilizers or think it neces-
sary to practice irrigation, or rotation of
crops. Two hundred bushels of fruit
per acre is considered only a moderate
yield, while on the Irish potato farms in-
cessant toll and the use of all available
fertilizers fails to insure the tenth part
of that produce, and too often even fails
to prevent complete degeneration of the
plant of which millions have staked
their hope of survival. 1t is rue that
the potato is not indigenous to the soil
Of the British Islands, but would it be
possible to substitute any perfectly re-
liable food-plant, and might il not, after
all, be the best plan to adopt Paul
Courier's suggestion TO devote the colder
ATTITUDES to pastures aud factories aud
raise our field crops in the tropics9-
NeO York Poies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
RATES OF A-pvERrrs,r~.
A STORY.

"Auntie, will you tell a storyg' said my little
niece of three,
As the early winter twilight fell around us
silently,
So I answered TO her pleading: ''Once, when
l was very small,
With my papa and my mamma I went out TO
makea call;
And a lady. pleased to see us, gave me quito
a large bouquet,
Which I carried homeward proudly, smiling
all along the way.
''Soon l met two other children, clad in rags
and sad Of face,
Who grew strangely, wildly joyous as /
neared their st~anding-place.
Twas so good to see the fiowersl Give US
one-oh, oneT' they cried.
But l passed them without speaking; Left
them with their wish denied.
Yet the mem'ry of their asking haunted me
by night and day.
Give us oner 1 heard them saying, even in
my mirthful play.
'Still l mourn, because in childhood l re-
fused to give a flower;
Did not make those others happy when had
it in my power"
Suddenly 1 ceased my story. Tears were in
my niece's eyes
Tears Of tenderness and p~ity-while she
planned a sweet surprise:
81 will send a flower tomorrow to those little
children dear"
Could l tell her that their childhood had
been gone this many a year?
Mary j. Porter, HaTper's Bazaar,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

Having crossed the threshold, he
hastily demanded in a joyful voice,
while theoretically rubbing his hands:
"Brigitte, my girl, where have you
put your ticket9"
"What ticketG"
"Your lottery ticket, No. 34f"
"What lottery9"
"You know very WE'LL" he cried, i'm
patiently. "The mt you bought with
my twenty-sou piece, that 1 gave you'll"
The bride began to laugh stupidity.
"Ahi the twenty sousi Listen, Mas
ter. One seldom wins in those lotteries.
1t was very cold last winter. very cold.n
"Well, well9" Intercepted Landry,
who began to grow very yellow.
ooh, indeed" she concluded, az did
not buy the ticket. With the money l
bought me some good fur-lined slippers,
which l was sure would do me good.
Yes, indeed. From the French, in
american OultSuator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
How She Impressed It on His Mind.

Have u readers ever tried to remind
themselves to attend to something OF i'm
p%ortance by tying a knot in their hand
kerchiefs and then when they came to
take it out, racked their brains in vain
to ~recollect what the knot was intended
to recall to theml The housewife in the
subjoined anecdote was evidently de-
terminCd to take no chances in the mat
ter.
A wife recently gave her husband q
scaled letter, begging him not to open it
till he reached his place Of business.
When he did so he read:
81 am forced TO tell you something
that know will trouble you, but it is
my duty to do Sc. am determined you
shall know, let the result be what it may.
l have known for a week that itSsas
coming, but kept it to myself until to-
day, when it has reached . crisis, aud
l cannot keep it any longer. You must
not censure me TOO harshly, for YOU
must reap the results as well as myself.
l do hope it won't crush YOU
By tins time cold preparation stood on
the husbands forehead with the fear OF
some terrible unknown calamity. He
turned the page, his hair slowly rising,
aud read;
The coal is all used upl Please cali
and ask for some to be sent this alter
thought by this method you
would not forget it."
He didn't,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
HUM0R OF THE DAY.

A peck of trouble-Henpeck.
Can't be cured-The stage ham.
Brevity is often a sign of the poverty
of wit.
The gilded youth is simply fashion
plated.
Losing caste-An operation for stra-
bismus.
Sunshine is molasses on the bread OF
nature Washington Star.
We hate to see girls throw kisses. The
average grill is such a bad hot.-MercurS.
Take love and taxes out of life, and
not much is left.-hdianapOgiS Journal.
The man who can't sing and has a baby
if usually made to sing.-Elmir0 Ga
sette.
The hand that rocks the cradle is the
hand that yields the slipper u few years
later.--LVe.
People who live in glass houses should
raise early vegetables for the New York
markets. Life.
The New Theory: "Do you believe
in a single taxa" "Not a single taxi
--LOOeu Citizen.
You cannot tell from the number of
its feet how long a run q poem will
have.-Norristown Herald.
Funny, when a man starts out on a
business career the more checks he re-
ceives the ooner he gets there. big
hamton Leader.
1t is one of the ~curiosities of natural
history tina. a horse enjoys his food most
VIXEN he hasn't a bit in his MOUTH
Texas Sytings.
ut seems that 1 I'm not in it," said
the boy to the shark. 'No," replied
the shark, picking its teeth, ''you're out
of sight. - Chicago Mews.
What is more pathetic than to see the
simple faith with which a bald headed
man will buy an infaliible hair restora-
tive from a Sald- headed barberl
Canine Person-'I am extremely sorry
my dog has bitten your wife, sir. " Affable
Old Gent-"Don't mention it, l pray,
sir; l like a dog to be a dog Judy.
The kiss l stole from Eulie,
With my choicest poonr ranks
Because, to tell you truly,
1t was, Returned with thanks"
Judge.
Barker-"She didn't return your bow,
did she2" Parker-"No. The next time
| meet her 1 will explain to her the rea-
son was with you."-Nuasey's Weekly.
''That Sallie Harkins is the greatest
girl for getting bargains at sccord
hand" 'Isn't she2 l understand she's
going to marry a widower ."--Nev York
Sun.
A lady who advertised for a girl "to
do light housework," received a letter
from an applicant who said her health
demanded sea air and asked where the
lighthouse was situated.
Mrs. Homeseeker-''These apartments
are charming and the price is certainly
reasonable. Are you sure there are no
%nuisances connected with tho buildingl"
Honest Agent-'FWell, mum, it has a
janitor."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

With regard to Germany, who can
wonder, asks the st. Louis Republic, at
the increase there of socialism in view
ing facts like these: In saxony 70. 81
per cent. of the population have an in
come Of less than 5000 a year; and of
this number 45.49 per cent, are
wretchedly poor, having an income of
less than Sl25 per annum. The middle
class embraces 23.47. Even these have
less than $500 a year. Only O.G0 pos.
sess over $4,000 per annum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
Invention Of POplin.

The original invention in poplin is
claimed by Avignon, France, once a
Papal See, on which account it was
called papaline, in compliment of the
reigning Pope, at which time 0he
fifteenth century, this rich material was
produced to supply the gorgeous
ecclesiastical vestments and hangings in
use. The industry was introduced into
Dublin by French immigrants, refugees,
at the time Of the revocation Of the
Edict Of Nantes, who settled in that
part Of the Irish capital called the
"Liberties." The La Touche family
established the first organized manuiac-
tory there, which commenced operations
n 1858.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
Speed ~OfInsects.

The writer was travelling one day
in autumn by rail at about twenty-five
miles an hour, when a company of flies
put in an appearance at the car window.
They never settled, but easily kept pace
with the train; so much so, indeed, that
their fight seemed almost mechanical,
and a thought struck the writer that they
had probably been drawn into a kind of
vortex, whereby they were carried on
ward with but little exertion on the part
of themselves. But this notion was soon
disproved. They sailed forth at right
angles from the train, flew to a distance
of thirty or fOrtY.feet, still keeping pace,
and then returned with increased speed
and %buoyancy to the window. To ac-
count for this, look at the wings of ahy.
Each is composed of an upper and lower
membrane, between which the blood YES
sells and respiratory organs ramify so as
to form a delicate network for the ex-
tended wings. These are used with
great quickness, and probably 600 strokes
are made per second. This would carry
the fly about twenty-five feet, but IA sew
enfold velocity can easily be obtained,
making 175 feet per second, so that, un-
der certain circumstances it can o~utstrip
a race horse, an insect as large as a horse
would travel very much faster than a
cannon ball.-Nel0 York Commercial Id
r~eFtiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

The United States opened this year
with 167, 255 miles of railway in opera
ton-enough, boasts the Cincinnati En-
'quirsr, to go around the globe seven
times, and enough to reach more than two
thirds of the way to the moon. If it
were all in a continuous line, and in alb
solutely perfect condition, it would take
u fastest express train six months to run
over Il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

NJ. johnson, now a practic.
: Kendall, Kan, tells an in
battle in which Custer was
aud Colonel Myers, COM
roop, were riding on the
they saw a squaw prone
zen ground dead, aud be-
r or five year old babe cry
ing her to arise. Taking
apoose the Colonel ordered
cant to dismount and Sc
lgster. He did SO, and
Colonel nonchalantly and
4: "What shall l do with
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

There are 5000 indians still living on
reservations in New York. They are civ
ilized, well educated and never give
anybody any trouble. The same is true
OF the cherokees in the Indian Territory.
The Indians Of the Northwest and ias
Southwest give us more trouble than all
Of the others.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

The New York Mail and Express al
leges that one Of the great railroad cor
porations paid $500, 900 last year for
towing car hoats around the harbor. The
amount paid by the five great trunk lines
would equal the interest on $50, 900, 900
enough to construct two o. three
bridges and tunnels.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

In the death Of Baron Hausmann,
Paris loses the architect who, with the
assistance Of Napoleon ILL.,, made her so
beautiful. 1t cost a great deal of money,
remarks the Cincinnati Enquirer, but in
the long run it paid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

cement that the Duke of
johwerin wanted Prince
President of his Council
utiieient to prompt EN-
to abandon a pleasure trip
ow comes the news tha
Bavaria decidedly object
heir army by the German
ugh that army is an IA.
he defense of the Empire.
1 of Germany signs are
rves the Sc. Louis Star.
he Bismarckian fabric Of
ates under Imperial rule
IS it was on a certain
$50, when its founder
p down and out.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

At the recent convention Of strcct-car
men in st. Louis, Mo-, It was shown by
statistics, AYERS the New York World,
that after fifteen fares have been rung
up on al ordinary horse car all the re-
mainder of the money taken in for that
trip is profit for the company.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

Within the past thirty years, estimates
the Atlanta Constitution, the population
Of our cities and towns has increased PSI
per cent, from Q, 1000, 600 to 10, 00O, 900,
while the rural population has increased
less than onc-third as rapidly, or about
seventy per cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

cit viii not be long at the present rate
Of progress" believes the Washington
Star, until the oyster will have Joined
the buffalo in the happy hunting
orounds~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

A significant educational tendency Of
the day, thinks the Chicago Post, is the
increased interest in the study Of history
and politics at Johns Hopkins University.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

Ohio ol~eomargarine men want natural
butter inspected, claiming that three
fourths Of it isn't as good as oleomar-
carine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04
America is ereaIted with many lab

ca is credited with many labor
vices, but there are some of
origin, acknowledges the Boston
q, that throw our best into the
)ne of these-for the benefit of
is described in an English con-
There are persons, it says,
it'll no faculty of writing, who
sum are prepared to c~ontrive
involutions and evolutions Of
tn a full complement of heroes,
ers, heavy fathers, soheming
d all the rest of it,"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-03-04

According to the Nail and Espress the
United States now leads the world in the
production Of pig iron.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
CONSUMPTION CIfREn.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
INDIA missionary 6ne formula of Il simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per-
manent cure OF Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and ali throat and Lung
Affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands OF cases, has
felt it his duty TO make it known to his sui
ferlng fellows Act ated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering, |
viii send free of charge, to all who desire
lt, this recipe, in German, French or Eng
lsh, with full directions for prepa ing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing VITA
stamp. naming this paper. w. A. MOVES,
$50 Powers Book, Rochester, N. Y.
luly 30 1y
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
MUSIC RECITAL.

1t was my good fortune. in the
rounding up of a most p easant visit
to my nieces, in IuEa, to be present at
the annual piano recital of Mrs. Neb-
let's pupils on the 18th inst AS it
would perhaps be invidious to mention
the name of each performer, | will
say the whole was not only surprising
but charming. Mrs. Neblett certainly
has the art Of not only developing the
innate germ OF the art of music. but
has the art or tact of inducing her pu-
pills with the love OF the gift, which
the angels used to glorify the divine
giver. | congratulate the citizens of
your villags in having Mrs. Neblett as
instructress for their children, and in
har securing the services OF Miss
Hyatt as assistant, who is lately Of the
college Of Music in Cincinnati, and
permit me to say, gave me much pleas
ure by her grace of manners and hap
Ply rendering of several fine pieces of
music the evening OF the recital.
Nj. II.
Wildwood. Ala. Aug. 18th, 81.