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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

pool when I was second mate of the Julia
A. Smith. And now have put out a
months earnings for new. one. What
possessed me l don't know"
And so the captain went on.
Now, Captain Sprowl was not, as you
might think from the name, bald
headed old man with bushy whiskers.
No; names are very misleading. In.
stead, he was tall and slender, with q
sandy mustache, and had not gray
hair in his head. He came from Maine,
and although but thirty years old, he
had been for SIX years captain or the
Edna Dunn, now lying at Constitution
wharf, in Boston, discharging her cargo
OF sugar.
"Well," pulled the captain, "nothing
to do now but to get rid Of the old sex
tant. should go ashore next time if l
had two sextants to navigate by. Must
work the old off on some landlubber or
somebody"
The package was lying on an old news
paper which he had read through and
through on his last trip out.
"The very thingp said he. "Pll put
a notice in the paper-'Sextant for sale,
cheap and if somebody don't bite at
it, miss my guess"
The next morning the only thing the
captain could see in the paper was this !:
Sextnnt for sale by ship captain; near
lyn ew and in perfect order; will be sold
cheap. Address o., Al Globe Office.
And now my story's begun.
Eta Bourne had been at work in a
millinery store in Boston for nearly two
years. She and her older sister Annie
had learned the trade with the village
milliner down in Kennebunk.
But Annie, who had long been the
belle Of the village, got married, and
Eta concluded to try her fortune in
Boston.
She was full of ambition.
So it fell that in her two years in the
millinery store she studied shorthand
and typewriting, with the intention of
fitting herself to be a confidential clerk.
On Sunday she saw this advertise
ment:
For Sale-Jones's Premier Typewriter at
half price; been used less than mouth; in
perfect order. Address O., AZ Globe office,
Eta Bourne, being Maine Yankee,
knew bargain when she saw it. She
wanted to own a typewriter, aud so she
wrote brief note addressed to 60, AZ
Globe Office, ;" asking where the machine
could be seen, aud dropped it into the
letter box as she went to work Monday
morning.
Now, said at the beginning that the
advertising clerk was to blame. Per-
haps the mistake was partly that of Eta
Bourne. At any rate it will never be
known.
The clerk was sorting the replies aud
putting them in their Appropriate boxes.
When he came to Eta Bourne's letter to
so. AZ, he read it so. Al" and put it
in the pigeonhole as such.
That was Il very, very little mistake,
of course, but you who have noticed
how things so in this world of ours have
discovered that the most serious changes
in the course of our lives come about
from just such little happenings,
For it was that very day that Captain
Sprowl advertised his sextant for sale.
And Captain Sprowl was so A."
Now the tall captain was very busy
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
Microscopic Picture of the President.

A microscopic pen picture of President
Harrison by NJ. Diamond, an artist of
New York, which is a marvel of in.
genuity, has been received at the Exec.
utive Mansion from the artist. The pic
ture is about twenty-four by eighteen
inches, and is an excellent likeness of
the President. The face is surrounded
by the American flag pendant on either
side, The features, even to the ears, the
flags, the body and the buttons on the
coat are all filed in with extracts from
speeches made by General Harrison dur
ing his long public career. Those
speeches contain IL, 600 words, aud the
artist fittingly oharacterizes them ga life
history oflGeneral Harrison. "-W Washing
ington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
THE HAVING TIME.

Click, click, clicki goes the moving ma.
chine
With its shields of iron and falchions keen,
As over the plain it speeds,
Like proud triumphal car,
Like chariot of war.
With foaming, painting steeds.
The field with thrill of fear is stirred.
The startled bobolink has hearl
The warning and goes in quest
OF his mate; together they fly,
Now circling low. now high
Above their rush-hidden nest.
But the iron oppressor's work is wrought
With swift career that spareth naught,
And the tall grass, purple-cro wned,
And the flowers in fragrant bloom
Go down in common doom
And lie withered on the ground.
Thus the sons of toll their tasks fulfn,
Lightened by mans inventive skill;
But a spirit Of sweetness hath flown,
That haunted the green highways
OF the old time haying days,
Ere the eiron-wrought mower was known.
When the summer days with song were
blithe,
And the sturdy mower whet his scythe,
And the best man, never 10th,
Led the haying crew with pride
Through the fields sweet-scented tide,
Turning the double swath.
Close followed by boys barefoot and
brown,
Joyously spreading the winrows down;
Thus the toilers from early morn
Cheerily filled each hour
Ever watchful for sign of shower,
Till the sound of the dinner horn.
Then the bobolink might safely rest;
For a shield of fgrass to mark its nest
By the mower was kindly spared,
And he stays his brawny arm,
Lest some nestling suffer harm,
For they his friendship shared.
We will honor with song our modern ways,
But dearer, tenderer, strain of praise
Is echoed in memory's chime
OF the days so glad and long,
When the hopes of youth were strong,
In the sweet old haying time.
st. Louis Repub lie.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
A Hens Oueer Freak.

Hop Whitney, Of Monroe, Ga, tells a
strange story OF animal life. A cat Sc
lected the fodder loft as the home for
her kittens. A sitting hen was near her
neighbor, and had the misfortune to be
broken up. She at once ousted the cat
from her bed and appropriated her three
kittens. When Hop went into the lott,
he was surprised to see the nanny cat
lyingwithout her kittens, aud when he
attempted to take the kittens from the hen
he found he had considerable row on
bis hands, Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

The Boston Herald would like to have
the European custom, of selling fish alive
in the markets, introduced into this
country. "Our fashion of selling fish
in the Market" 1t says, "would fill
German with disgust. In the German
cities fish is almost invariably sold alive"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

The Austrian Emperor, in order to ac-
knowledge a singular display of loyalty,
accepted the sum of five horins, equal to
about two dollars, which had been be-
queathed to his majesty by poor peas
ant, recently deceased in the Austrian
province of Carniola.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
A FORTUNATE MISTAKE.

S Captain Sprowl
threw his hat on the
bed and sat down in
his easy chair In the
cabin he looked rue
fully at a neat pack
age that lay on the
table.
"What a fool I
was to buy that" p" he
thought. "Old SEX
tant was plenty good
enough, though 1
had it nine years.
Bought it In Liver
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

According to the latest census bulletin
the native population increased twenty
three per cent. between 1880 and 1890,
the foreign thirty-eight per cent. and
the colored fifteen per cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

The English of our day is considered
by high authority almost perfect, alike
for the purpose of the orator, the philoso.
pher, the lecturer and the poet. The
purest English is said to be spoken in
Lincolnshire.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

Mynheer Hoffmeyr, one of the most
astute politicians in South Africa, has
commenced fierce agitation against
English control at the Cape.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
Twenty-seven Of the States and Terri
tories have compulsory education laws.

It is estimated that fully two thirds of
the whole amount of public money held
by the London banks does not bear In-
fnreat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

Clusters of clover, if hung in a room
and left to dry and shed their perfume
through the air, will drive away dies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

The Salvation Army are about to build
a headquarters for ireland at Belfast, to
cost $40, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23
DISASTROUS FIRE.
New Orleans Suffers the Worst Fire of
a Decade.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 18.-The
most disastrous fire of decade swept
New Orleans last night. More than
81, 600, 600 worth Of property is in ruins.
Al 10 80 the alarm was sounded for a
fire that was discovered in the i'm
mense dry goods house of A. s..
Schwartz, on Canal street. Bv the
time the fremen arrived the flames
were bursting through the roof. The
Schwartz building was doomed and all
efforts we're directed to saving adioin-
ing buildings. At one time the fire
seemed to be under control and con
fined entirely to the building In which
it started, but the flames burst through
into the piano house of p. W. ErIein,
and then across to Bourbon street. &,
q. Runkles' dry goods house was next
and was Don a roaring furnace.
Ungers beer garden and the Variety
theatre adjoining Runkles' we're swept
away as if they were finder boxes
The Bourbon street entrance of Holmes
large dry goods store caught fire and
was also soon In ruins. Kerugers dry
goods house on Canal street burned
next; a total loss. The entire loss will
exceed $1,250, 600; insurance COW
cred mostly by foreign companies.
Local companies wil4ose about $780,
600. Thousands q people visited the
scene to day. Bourbon street is so
blocked with debris that travel is i'm
peded and street cars cannot pass.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 10 Col J. B.
Simpson who so many people in Dallas
thought hal fed the coun rF re urned
from Hot Springs vest I'd Y and IN an
hour after his arrival Sheriff Lewis ar
rested him on the charge of embeZzling
S26, 600 from the Scotch LoanCompany
Of Edinburg. The Colonel went to the
sherif'S office and was released on a
5000 bond.
JACKSON, Miss Feb Is A fire this
morning at the lunatlc asylum de
strOyed two thirds of the main build
ing and damaged the remaining p0r-
ton badly. The new wing, just com
pleted, was not injured. The loss is
about $3.50, 600. Only patient is
known to have been burned. Several
slight casualties and narrow escapes
are reported.
DENVER, Col, Feb. 17.-Robert Ford,
who acquired widespread notoriety by
killing Jesse James, the Missouri out
law, in 1882, was shot and killed to day
in a saloon row at Creede, a new min
ing town. For some tune Ford had
been drifting among the miners camps,
He had been in many quarrels, but
until the tragedy of to-day no serious
results came from his fights.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 16-One
man was killed and two others fatally
injured by anfexplosiOn this afternoon
at the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
The men were working in the dome of
an engine, using benzine to removethe
corrosive substance that had gathered
about the bolts, when one of their num-
Der lowered a lighted lamp into the
dome. An explosion followed with the
above result.
TRENTON, Feb. 16.-William Van
aitken, the 1 3-year old son OF William
T. Vanaltken, a painter, Of LambertOn
street. was found strangled to death
in his bed room tonight, being sus-
pended by a cord from the window
casing. The parents say death was
accidental. occurring in play, but
others think it was a case Of suicide.
The boy was reading down stairs till
within half an hour Def 1re his death.
Houston, Tex, Feb. Ian engine
on the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
Railway jumped the track six miles
from here yesterday. Half a dozen
friends of the engineer were on board
taking a ride. The engine yurnec com
pletely over. The killed are Joe Gil
lespie, engineer, Tom German, wiper;
fireman Scott, wounded; Mrs. Joe Gil
lespie, badly scalded E. Wilcox, right
leg cutoff VIM. Bradley, coiored, scalp
wound.
MURTRA, Ark, FEB 16-This village
was almost completely wiped out by
fire yesterday, which broke out in an
old lumber yard. AMI, owing to the
stiff breeze. spread rapidly to sur
rounding buildings. About two thirds
# the buildings in the town were
burned, including a stave factory and
millions of slaves piled about 1t. The
loss on he stave factory will reach
$50, 600. and the total loss is estimated
at about 1925, 600.
MOB LIE, Ala, Feb Is The brake
men on the Mobile and Birmingham
Road from Mobile to Selma, a branch
Of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Rod, struck Sunday fer $50
per month, an advanco Of SO. Their
places have been filled with negroes.
Only one white man attempted to &C.
cept q place and ne was induced by
strikers to quit, The negroes havenot
BEEN mOlested, but the strikers say
they have no intention Of giving up the
road to them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23
TYPHUs FEVER IN NEW YORK.

New YORK, Feb. 16.-Typhus fever
is spreading in New York to an alarm
ing extent and threatens to become
epidemic. There are now eighty five
cases in the hospital and two ship loads
of Hebrew em'grants were quarantined
this morning. Nine cases Of the disease
are reported from Lawrence county,
Pa. Twenty cases were unloaded from
Trenton into New York during last
NIGHT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23
BREAD FOR THE STARVING.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb. Ito NOR
row the Duluth Imperial Milling Com
pany will ship from their warehouse to
Samuel Bell & Sons, Philadelphia, a
train of fifteen cars of -four. The train
is to be decorated with banners bear
ing the following inscription: This
train of -four for starving Russians,
will be sent by citizens of Philadelphia
on the American Line steamship India,
sailing under the American flag, Feb
ruary GOTH"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23

electromagnetic fndenville. VI
last Tuesday nErnng 1gis.ered 81 be,
low zero. ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25
PHIL4DELpuI.a aFEAIRs.

James Altman, IS years old, died on
Sunday Of injuries received by falling
from ladder.
Three cows on the farm of John Line
han at llolnesburg We're struck by light.
ming sunday and killed.
Mrs. Josephine A. Shoemaker, 3S
years old, was fatally burned Saturday,
by an explosion Of gasoline.
Essie Cascaden, II years old, died on
Sunday Of burns received Saturday by
her clothing igniting from gasoline
stove,
Frederick Drawer, Z years old, fell
into the SchuyllIill river Sunday, at
Spring Garden street wharf, and was
drowned.
David Morris, colorcd, sailor, fell
from the schooner Wild Pigeon into the
Delaware river, Sunday, and was
drowned.
Constable George b. Mcclellan was
held Oh saturday TO answer charge Of
sending dunning postal card through
the mails.
BY the fall of an embankmcnt at
Taccny, Saturday, three men were
buried in gravel One of them. an I'M
known Italian, was killed, and another
! was severely injured.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25

and the foreign born 9,S0G,0S2, or 21.2l
per cent. The total native born in 1890
as whole represented 1928 pcr cent,
and the total foreign born l4.77 per cent
Of the aggregate population for the
United States.
The males of voting age in 1890 num-
bered 1G,940,3il and increased during
the past 10 years 4,l09,0G2, or 1903 per
cent, the whole number returned in
1880 being 1880, $40. For the United
States as q whole 74,33 per cent Of the
males Of voting age were native born
and 1857 per cent were foreign born.
The whole number of foreign born adult
males in the United States in 1890 was
4,34s,459. OF this number 1,1G0,2l4, or
1868 per cent were returned as aliens;
2,546,037, or $3.50 per cent had been
naturalzed; 5000, or 5.43 per cent,
had taken out their first naturalization
papers, while for 406, l39, or 9.34 per
cent, no information regarding citizen
ship was obtained.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25
BALTIMORE mar B0ATS.
Delightful Rides Down Chesapeake BAY
and Up the Peninsula Rivers--The trip
From Hnltimore to Sanford.


and Up the Peninsula Rivers--The Trip
From Baltimore to Scaford.
One of the pleasantest ways of OBJ
tanning brief trip of recreation, en-
bracing rest, n delightful salt water ride
ana journey through some of the
many interesting waterways of the Della
ware Peninsula, is by the steamers Of
the Maryland Steamboat Company start
ing from Baltimore
II was the pleasure Of the writer to
recently make one of these pleasant
summer iaunts, from Baltimore to Sca-
ford. The boat was the steamer Chowan
IA stanch craft turned out by the llar-
Ian q Hollingsworth Company of this
city in 1S75-commanded by Captain l..
NJ. jackson. The start was made ut 8
o'clock, and the change from the sitting
heat Of the city TO tile cool breezes Of
the bay was delightful. For more than
two hours clear daylight enabled a
view Of the most interesting objects Of
Baltimore harbor and Chesapeake bay,
including Forts MclIenry and Carroll,
and rs the shades Of night fell the reilec-
ton Of the brilliant lights Of Washing
| ton, nearly 80 miles inland, could be
seen like another milky way lighting up
the western horizon.
At 2 q. III. the first stop was made at
| Deals Island, at the mouth of the Nanti-
coke, and then followed an interesting
ride up the tortuous stream, with land.
ings at Tyaskin, Vienna and Riverton,
and stops at dozen places of lesser
Importance. On certain trips, also, the
steamer makes dctour Of 20 miles up
the north west fork of the NanticOke
to Walnut Landing, Eldorado and
| l'rookview, returning Immediately and
continuing on to Seaford.
| This is only one Of the routes, by one
of the boats, covered by the Maryland
Steamboat Company, and the others arc
even more interesting and attractive
The steamers Joppa and Ida run tc
llastcn, Oxford, Cambridge and Denton
making all the intermediate stops. Tho
ERoch Pratt runs the Wicomico rivcl
route TO Salisbury and the Avalon make!
scmi-weekly trips as far down as Free
port Va, on the western side of the bay
All. these steamers are fast, well
conditioned boats, and although large
quantities Of freight are carried, III,
accommodations for passengers arr
ample and satisfactory iii every 70
spect, with comfortable state rooms anC
meals that meet all the demands Of III
appetite stimulated by the invigoratin!
sea air. The regular travel by thes
/ lines is always large, and year by yea
they become more popular with thos
who Gun spare but Il few hours ut
time from business in search of plcasur
and recreation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25

That wrinkles are democratic and ilatter
nobody, The same may be said Of all
blemishes Of the skin, whether caused by
sickness, age or accident. "Glenn's Sul-
phur Soap" will at least retard the time
when wrinkles make their appearance by
keeping the skin Of u velvet sOttness, i'm
proving its elasticity, and preserving its
healthful appearance. 1t gives 4 pcarlH as
poet to the skin which cannot be ,listn-
guishcd from the natural line Of a pure
blonde complexion. Beware Of counter
frits. Sold bY druggists. Among the
Hair Dyes Of the period, stands conspicu'
Instantaneous Hair bye" Like Glenn
sulphur Soap, it is exempt from all dele.
FERROUS substances,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25

water and the creek beds are dry. The
very next day there is violent ram
storm and the dry creek bed is trans
formed into II raging torrent which APP
pears one hour and totally disappears
the next The water Is wasted for there
is nothing to retain IL.
On the other hand 1t is claimed where
streams are found flowing through
regions not denuded of their natural
timber growth the water-ilow is con-
tinuous and steady. The region ia not
subjected to these sudden and hurtful
transitions of flood and aridity. The
springs and streams hidden in the forest
recesses conserve their supply. The
thick over-arching tree branches vail the
sun from the ground which also retains
the moisture. The timber region acts in
its natural function as an agency for
water storage which is then doled out in
a gradual temperate fashion as only
Mother Nature knows how.
Probably there exist extensive re.
gions in the lower counties, Kent and
Sussex, which are well suited to the
production Of fast-growing pit timber.
With judicious management of careful
and discriminating selection it should
'pe possible OF DelnB constituted pro
ductive commercial staple.
Were there some scientific and respon
sible agency governing and directing
here and restricting the unnecessary
cutting down of timber, we probably
would not so often witness each season
such spectacle as the Brandywin
"freshetn which comes rushing ant
tearing along, inundating farm lands
and carrying down cattle and timbe
from the upper reaches of the stream
The sudden violent rains, instead of be
ing of any service are most harmful i
sweeping away the most valuable SUI
face deposits which cover the lane
This is all driven into the turbid foo
which carries out to the sea the goide
riches which nature had placed on III
farm lands. And this is not all III
damage done. The water itself whic
under other circumstances would hay
been retained and stored by the timbe
covered lands, to be paid outin turn whc
needed, is all cast away wasted an
without having performed the functio
intended for it by nature.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25


Both the method and results
when Syrup Of Figs is taken;
it is pleasant and refreshing to
the taste, and acts gently yet
promptly on the Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels, cleanses the system
ctfectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures
habitual constipation. Syrup
Figs is the only remedy Of its
kind ever produced, pleasing to
the taste and acceptable to the
stomach, prompt in its action
and truly beneficial in its eff
fects, prepared only from the
most healthy and agreeable
substances, its many excellent
qualities commend it TO all and
have made it the most popular
remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in
soc. and 81 bottles by all lead
ing druggists. Any reliable
druggists who may not have it
on hand will procure it promptly
for any one who wishes to try
it. Do not accept any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK, NY.