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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
ElectrIcity for Health.

The value of electricity in fastening
the growth and maturity of certain
vegetable forms, and in bringing out the
vivid colors of flower, promises to be
supplemented by value more directly
useful to humanity. When Pasteur pro-
posed to bring young animals up on
sterilized milk and food he opened the
way to the idea that the water supply OF
cities could be improved, and be made
perfectly harmless, by applying the
death-dealing agency of electricity to
millions of Injurious germs floating In it..
The sterilization of water sources by
means of electricity may be far in the
future, but the fact that the work is
practically demonstrable is sufficient to
show that great advances have been
made IN the direction of solving the
question OF water supplies in cities. Not
less important is the agent IN destroying
life in the sewers Of the cities, and in
the great mass of garbage and waste
which scatters around every city whole
cordons of threatening diseases. An'
other popularity of the powerful agent
is that 1t has results upon the general
health of people similar to those of the
sun, In crowded quarters of the cities
where the sunlight is seldom admitted,
electric light is far more conducive to
health than any other mode of lighting.
Il is still a mooted question whether it
cannot be made to force growth in the
individual as il does ia the plants and
flowers of the hothouses where the light
is applied night and day.-Yankee
Blade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Total Ecllpsos of the Sun.

Every year there must be two eclipses
Of the sun, aud there may be five. There
are partial eclipses, however, except in
the comparatively rare cases in which
the moon passes nearly centrally over the
suns disk and produces total obscura.
tion of his light. Since the invention OF
the spoctroscope in 1860, there have been
barely a score of total eclipses, aud a
number of these could not be observed
because the belt of totality fell at the
earth's polar region or upon the oceans.
The belt Of totality is narrow strip
never more than a hundred and seventy
miles wide-where the point Of tho
moons shadow falls upon the earth
Total eohpses rarely occur, therefore, at
the same point of the earth. At London,
for example, there has been no eclipse
since the year 1140, except that of l7l5,
and there will be uone during the next
osntaxy. y.-Century.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

Says the Louisville Courier-J Journal: (:
"a good deal moro gold coin would be
in circulation il it were not for the fact
that many persons hoard small amounts
of it, though they are no more benefited
by this saving than if it were silver or
paper. These hoarders are chiefly
women, many who keep every gold piece
they find in the pockets of their husbands
and hold on to every one that comes to
them in any other way. 1t is just as
well that this should be so, as handlers
of much money prefer paper to any kind
of coin. The ladies may as we'll keep
their gold pieces out of circulation as
long as possible"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Helpfulness of Wives.

Hundred of fortunes that have been
ascribed to the industry of men bear upon
them the marks of wife's hand, declares
Rev. r. De Witt Talmage. Bergham
the artist, was as lazy as he was talented
His studio was over the room where his
wife sat. Every few minutes all day
long, to keep her husband from idleness,
Mrs. Bergman would take a stick aud
thump against the ceiling, and her hus-
band would answer by stamping on the
floor, the signal that he was wide awake
and busy. One. half of the industry aud
punctuality that you witness every day in
places of business is merely the result of
Mrs, Bergham's stick humping against
the ceiling. New York Observer,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
How a Lion Attacks.

An Englishman from Bombay, India,
says that the popular pictures of lions
bounding at their victims misrepresent
this animals mode of attack. Like other
fierce animals the lions as a rule endeavor
to avoid the sportsman until wounded,
when, like the tiger, they charge with a
coughing roar. When he does at ack
you, the lion goes at great speed close
to the ground and knocks you off your
legs. He speaks from experience, as he
has killed many lions, and was nearly
killed by one that he had wounded. He
was dreadfully lacerated, but says that
the lions claws aud teeth did not hurt
his flesh so badly as he supposed they
would. The really painful part Of the
operation was the crunching Of the bones.
New Orleans Picayuue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

Several farmers near Wapakoneta,
Ohio, have been made the victims of
two very smooth fruit tree men through
a very ingenious scheme. A well dressed
man, driving through the country sell
ing fruit trees, would stop at a farmers
house. While there he would be taken
very i'll and ask the farmer to hand him
a bottle of medicine out of grip,
which, however, the latter would not
find. He would then ask him to go or
send somebody to town for a prescrip-
ton, giving him fountain pen aud a
fruit tree blank Oh which to write the
prescription, and as the medicine was of
such a nature as to require the pur-
chaser's signature the uususpecting farm
or would sign it. just here stranger
No. 2 makes his appearance from the
opposite direction, going to town. Tie
stops for a drink of water, and as he is
coming back at once aud is visiting in
the neigborhood, he is asked to take the
prescription to town. Shortly after he
has gone No. finds his medicine, re-
covers, and goes to town. In few days
the farmer has note to pay aud the
description never comes back.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

What the New York Independent
calls "a most timely article" appeared
recently in japanese vernacular paper,
lamenting the strong inclination which
young men display toward political life.
Men without any aptitude for politics
waste their energy in discussing current
questions. Such persons are urged to
turn their attention toward some other
spheres of action equally important and
noble. Such advice Is greatly needed by
the young men of japan to-day, aud a
careful following of it would conduce to
the future safety of the country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
R6TEs OF AuvaRrIsIHoi
RECLAIMED.

Like the notes that stir and die
When harp string snaps'in twain
Like fading sunset sky
After driving wind and raiAs
Like sound within shell,
Like an odor in the air,
Like an echo in a dell,
Likea star, remote and fair,
o my child, thou art 10 mel
And thy soul is linked to mine,
As the pale moon draws the sea,
Or the sun lifts up the vine.
In the passion of my tears
In the blindness Of my grief,
Through the melancholy years
eschewed the sweet relief;
And stretched my vearning hand
Through the dark, to clasp thee near
But to bind me in the bands
OF an ever haunting fear,
/ smiled on those beside me,
And deemed 1 did thee wrong,
And dreamt thou mighst deride me
For sharing joy or song.
Now thy face comes back 10 me,
All free from tear or stain;
A brighter image of thyself,
Triumphant over pain.
l sought it not, for needless,
l nursed my own despair;
And so hold it likeness
OF reality most fair;
No opcture could unfold it
To any strangers eye;
'Tis like starlet shining
Within a winter sky.
Good Words
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

Protection from the contagion of
leprosy is becoming serious source OF
concern in Louisiana. A young lady,
connected with one of the old Creole
families of Louisiana resident in Iber
vile, recently died of the disease at the
hospital for lepers in New Orleans, to
which she had been brought barely a
month ago. Cases Of leprosy, it seems,
are not uncommon In the parish of Iber.
vile, and there it was the girl, who was
only twenty years of age, contracted the
loathsome disease. Local treatment was
of no avail, and as last resort she went
to the hospital in New Orleans, where
her case was found to be past human
relief.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

The poultry products of the United
States last year amounted to nearly $780,
900, 900; no less than 16, 900, 900 dozen
eggs were imported at cost of nearly
80, 800, 900, while the annual importa-
tion for the past four years has been $2,-
PIG, 1926. With these facts before them,
marvels the New York Independent,
some still call poultry raising a trifing
occupatiop.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
TWO CITIES.

Side by side they stand,
These cities two,
But breath of land
Between them lies;
Above, the self-same skies,
Serene and blue.
One is full of strife
And veal and woe,
Quick with restless life;
The other fair,
Yet Of its joy, or care,
No one may know.
Never word doth pass,
Nor any signs;
It's streets are soft with grass;
The light winds blow
Like murmurous voices low
Amid the pines.
And silence falls,
Profound and deep;
Though the sad heart calls
In its despair,
No answer comes to prayer
For those who weep.
know not which is best
Wherein to dwell
Life's strife, or Deaths calm rest;
Not /, who stand
One side this breadth Of land;
/ cannot tell
Henry G. Wood, in Frank Leslie's.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

The opening of the graduate course in
philosophy at Yale to students Of both
sexes is an important step in the higher
education of women. 1t will certainly
lead to similar privileges at other uni
versities which have hitherto denied de-
grees to women, predicts the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
eight

Charles A. Berry, prominent railroad
man of st. Louis, Mo-, believes that the
time is not far distant when railroad
colleges will be established, as the rail.
road business "requires as much technical
knowledge and skill as law or medicine. I"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

Secretary of War Elkins has amended
regulations so as to contiuc the enlistment
in the United States Army of boys be-
tween the ages of sixteen and eighteen
years to the grade of musicians or to
learn music, and then only to fill a
known vacancy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

The number of students now registered
at the University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, is 1891, the largest number ever
attending any American institution of
learning, aud leading Harvard by twenty
oiohe
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

One of the finest possibilities of uni
.versity extension in the United States,
argues the Washington Star, is in the aid
IL will give to ambitious workingmeu.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
ALL D0LLYS DOING.
DY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

HE yellow sky
barred with lines
of dark cloud,
the ground tight
frozen like o
mask of IRON
a windy March
sunset-this was
the time. The
old nursery at
PeakHill, lighted
by the flicker OF
a wood fre-this
was the place.
Two girls, seated
on q dilapidated
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

In Algiera, North Africa, twelve mill
ION acres of barren land have been re-
claimed and planted in vineyards.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

George w. Cable says that the Ameri-
can literary taste is rising.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-01

Both the method and results when
syrup Of Figs is taken; ii is pleasant
ard refreshing 10 the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clesnses the sys-
tenn efectuAlly. dispels colds, head
aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup OF Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
dueed, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
is action and truly beneficial in it,
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it
many excellent qualities commend il
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro
cure it promptly for any one whC
wishes TO try it. Do not accept ar J
nbstitute.
CALIFORNIA Fie syrup co.
saR FRANCISCO. cal.
LOUISVILLE. "a. asa Iohx M
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-01

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B4E t1a1e fed s.a0Sls~S iIsser
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n1it4tugies en1cn ncne. can u9Eoo-r.
AL ilac Lord Ciod 3 thefr aa,hl %
--AzlZaes Lang IL Longulals Az.z.zma
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-01

A Vernon street man frequently starts
a FIRE In his back yard as n means of get
ting rid Of rubbish and leaves. As his
back yard sdloins the side Of another
house, tho smoke fills this, much to the
annoyance OF the occupants. One morn.
ing he started his Ore, aud the smoke rose
grDcefully and circulated through the
house. the mistress Of which opeusd toe
window and said. Good morning" at the
same time throwing a pailfal Of water
upon the flames. Before the man had time
20 recover his surprise toe iedy living up
stairs followed suit with another pail OF
water The bootlre man led and dida {
renew the FIRE Springfield Homestead.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-01

The laziest boy IN school Ia always closest
20 tho bead of the proocssion when thu cir
Gus = ia town. Audin tie procession OK
life he zcts there. too. This Ia not said TO
encourages lRziness. but 70 suEEsst too put
ting x i,tsis mere ciTcus ia cur manner
Of teneainc --Shi2Poasburg News.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-01
"nnn,t Wnrrr Ne

WITH your complaints about your
teeth, SAID An annoyed father 10 hrs
sweet sxteener' 81 told vou TO
huy rhe Sozudout and use it. but YOU
q dat ant you deserve 20 suffer. 80
And 81 she did. and sll other sw eet-
sIKteeners who act ike her.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
Strange Stories About Animals.

Here are some animal yarns that are just
gaining currency:
A colt with cloven hoofs was born on
farm near Allentown, Pa. A lion in a
country circus showing at Norristown, Pa,
bit off the tail of his neighbor, the tiger. A
Houston county (Ga.) man has SOW six
years old that has been the mother of l12
pigs and now has litter of eleven The
best cow owned by William Stillwagon, at
Schoenersville Pa, ate forty cakes of soap
that Mrs Stillwagon had made and had set
ont to dry. Half an hour later the COW was
found with IA stream Of froth pouring from
her mouth, and she was suffocated. \ man
at Burlington, y, c., has dog and cali
that have formed a strange attachment.
Lately the dog has been given bread as
diet, and as soon rs he gets his ration he
hunts up the calf and gives il the bread,
which the calf eats and seems TO relish.
When the calf IS fed the dog receives
share Of the meal or bran. The only ex-
PLANTATION for this attachment is that they
have been kept in the same stall tor some
time
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
The rlucky Rcdheadcd Man.

Il was one Of n party OF eight once held
up 10y lone highwayman," said p. J.
Martin, a bridge contractor. to Il st. Louis
reporter the other day. IL was travelling
by stage in Montana. The party consisted
of two army officers, "A sppculator, four
miners and myself. The stage had been
held up pretty frequently, so we all went
fixed FOR trouble. Every man had brace
of six shooters and we were just aching TO
have the road agents tackle Us. 1t least
we talked that way. We commented very
unfayorably upon men who yielded TO the
demands OF the freebooters without strug-
gle, and promised them a warm time If
they tackled us
"One man had little to say. He was the
speculator, a redheaded man with a sguint
Finally one of the army officers asked him
what he would do il the robbers attacked
us, and he replied that he did not know
As we swung around sharp bend in the
road the stage pulled up with a jerk the
driver threw up his hands and almost be-
fore we knew it we were looking into the
barrel of Winchester. Well. sir, that
lone robber marched us out and stood us
up in line with our hands above our heads.
Then he threw each man small sack and
made him pull it over his head. We all
complied but one. The redheaded specu-
lator pulled his gun and shot the bandit so
full of holes that he died before he could
touch the ground. Then he climbed up,
knocked the driver off the box and drove
the stage into the next station with the
most crestfallen lot of braggarts aboard
that ever wore guns and neglected to use
them
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29

What is the cause of the scarcity in
the west. and south: More currency
proportionately is needed in these rural
communities than in the east because
there all payments are made in cash,
while here the great majority of debts
are paid by bank checks. And yet they
cannot keep their currency. 1t is all
drained toward New York or some other
city. The reason is that what is usually
called the balance of trade is against
these communities. They buy more
than they sell and have TO pay the diff
ference in cash. If q man has wheat
crop or cotton crop TO sell he finds no
difficulty in getting cash for it. All the
marketable products will command
cash, but if it takes all that the cotton
crop or wheat crop fetches to pay the
fertilizer bill. the bill for shoes. cloth
ing, blankets and irunware in the city,
no cash comes back TO the farm.-Balti-
moro SIM
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
Ben win Garry Out the Deal.

President Harrison has withdrawn the
nomination of DR.. W. d. Crum as post
master at Charleston from the files of
the senate. This probably means that
the president will wait until after the
senate adjourns, when he will issue q
commission TO DR.. Crum without the
consent and approval of the senate. AS
we understand it, had the senate refused
TO confirm Crum's appointment the pres
ident could not have reappointed him
during the recess Of the senate, but now
that he has withdrawn the appointment
he will be IN position to carry ont his
part of the Minneapolis bargain. But
we shall see what we shall see.-Charles-
ton News and Courier.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29

The Mckinley bill is doing its own
talking" said the author of that in
famous measure at Minneapolis, and
"the Mckinley bill is doing its own
talking" have harped, parro,like, the
Republican editors all along the line
about six times each issue since. Yes,
the Mckinley bill is doing its own talk
ing" at Homestead. The boom of can
non and the crack of Winchester rifles
in the hands of the Pinkerton Hessians
at Homestead was the "McKinlec bill
doing its own talking" 1t talked"
there so that not alone Mckinley hut
the workingnen coald understand it,
Oskaloosa (Ia.) Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
A Big Game of Pluokipr.

In Pennsylvania the robber tariff
brings a rich booty into the Carnegie
establishments, and the workmen, il
whose name the tariff was demanded,
naturally want rs large a share Of the
Doodle as they can get. But the tariff
barons object, first. because they want
Il all themselves, and second, because,
as they have infcr5ntially admitted. if u
iair share DE paid to the workmen it
would make their wages out of all rea-
son too high-so high indeed as TO at
,ract general attention TO the little game
Soing on at Homestead The game is
lot the schoolboy prank OF "two pluck.
ing one" buJ the serious business of
one pluckins G0,oOO,00O, ,-Lynchinrg
Virginian.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
Penn.ylvanla is Not "saro. I"

But the great srate of Pennsylvania,
With its thirty-two electoral votes. be-
aomes an object of intense interest with
Us 25O idle mills ana from $4,000 10 75,-
200 anxious worEingmen disgusted at q
sham protection of labor. That state
rave Harrison plurality of 79,45s over
Cleveland in 1888. but it is by no means
certain that these figures will not be
more than overcome this year by the
lamentable failure OF the Republican
party to fulfill its promises rs TO wages
under protection Boston Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
The Tariff Must he Changed.

But for the immense export of Ameri-
can grain, which was caused by the short
crops in Russia and other European
countries, grain would be cheaper in
this country than cotton. That is,
wheat and other cereals would he lower
than ever before known. AS the crops
of Europe are not likely to fail again
this year the tariff system must be
changed. or the north and west will
suffer as the south is suffering from the
low price Of cotton, n,-Vicksburg Com
nerc.al.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
THE CRoNIN WHITE HORSE.

1t was this horse the assassins used on
their midnight trip to Lake View, May 4,
1889. when they concealed the corpse of the
murdered DR.. Cronin, and hundreds Of
people have since visited the stable to see
him. Strange to say, however, no one
wanted to hire him, and he has lived life
Of honorable retirement. He is sixteen
years old and id splendid condition. 1t is
an odd illustration of human nature that
while no one wants TO ride after this horse
thousands will pay trine just TO look at
him
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
Has Led an Easy Life,

The famous white horse that cut such a
figure in the Cronin trial was almost
ruined for everyday purposes by the pub.
lie curiosity, but has obtained specula.
tive value and will probably end his days
in a circus or side show. Mr.. Dinan. the
liveryman who owned him, has died since
the trial. and Mrs. Dinan, being obliged to
sell everything, has very reluctantly parted
with the old white horse
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29

skeleton keys in
broad daylight
and carrying Off
plumber In n very
quiet and gentle
manly way. And
80 far ut least S20,-
0r worth Of miss
ing property has
been traced to his
deft fingers.
He was an ex-
convict, too, well
married and liv-
ing with his wife's
folks In pretty
good style. When
he was brought in
Superin tendent
RXries rpcnrnizel
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-29
Making tho Money Fly.

a young man in New Castle, Del, having
inherited $500 or $4,000, astonished his
neighhors by spending 81, 100 in three weeks
and starting off with another 81 900 in his
pocket. He bought among other things
two bicycles at SEQ each, u diamond ring
for s215, eight salts OF clothes and several
l,o00mile tickets on various railway lines.
In addition tc all this he hired box for
the summer at an opera house in Phila'
delphiA.