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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-11-01
BALTIMORE AND CUMBERLAND
VALLEY RAILROAD.

Train arriving at Cherry Run S45 p. M. runs
through to Hancock, arriving $40 p. NJ, and
leaves Hancock $40 A. M, arriving Cherry Run
5.4h "A. M.
Additional train leaves Cherry Run at sos o.
M, arriving at Hagerstown IS p. m. stopping at
intermediate stations.
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmittsburg at 8.26
and 10.40 "a. M and 3.32 and % p m
Leave Emmittsburg for Rocky Ridge at 7.50
and 9.55 a. M, and 2 so and 5.i0p. m.
Leave Bruceville for Frederick at 1882 a. M,
and 5.U2 and 40 p. m.
Leave Bruceyille for Taneytown, Littlestown,
York, Wrightsyille and Columbia at 9.58 a. M.
and 3As D. M
r X. X. Trains leave Shippensburg at7.45
and lbs a. M, and 3s30 p M, and arrive at
Shippensburg at g45 a. m, 140 and $40 p. m
daily, except sunday.
*Daily mondays only All others daily az
cept Sunday. ssf
j. NJ. HOOD, B.H. GRISWOLD,
r. Genl Manager. Gent Pass Agent.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-11-01
KAasdssinG Masters,

John-Pm going 10 kiss you. Amy
Amy screaming --0w.wo-w.
John Great Scott What was that
forf Haven kissed you yet.
Amy But Y Thought I'd have that
part Of It over and done with Chicago
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-11-01

Additional trains will leave Harrisburg, daily
except sunday at SEE and i03b q. m, and 80
p M. arriving at Carlisle ut 9i0a. M. II 20 am
and n.o5 p. m. stopping atall intermediate Etat
tinna
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars be Ween 1lg-
efstown and New York on Atlantic ApressSnd
Night Express east and on Memphis Express and
New Orleans Express west
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Night Express and
New 0rieank Express between philadelphia and
New Orleans.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The average man has 2,sO4, 900 pores
IN bis skin.

The average man has 2,3O4, 900 pores
IN bis skin.
About eight species Of whale are
known on the California coast.
An opal weighing one pound and a
quarter has recently been taken out Of an
Idaho niue.
The Krupp works in Essen, Germany,
contain 2542 furnaces. These consume
1865 tons of coal aud coke daily.
A horse will eat in a year nine times
his own weight, a COW nine times, and
an OK six times and a sheep six times.
In speaking of the solididcation of a
body by cooling, Professor Dewar says
that water can be made to become solid
by the evaporation of quarter of its
weight.
San Francisco, CAL, has an earth
quake. proof hotel. 1t is constructed OF
iron aud in the form of two hollow
squares, one within the other, arranged
so as to brace each other.
It is said that natural deposit of
material capable of use as a polishing
powder for metals has been discovered
near Walcha, New South Wales, aud
that it is being introduced on the mar
ket.
Not earthworms but ants are the soil
tillers of parts of Southern Africa. Ant
hills exist by millions, each covered by
soil so fertile that a common saying is
that an OK can be pastured on an AMI
hill.
Sleeping in the light of the moon
when it is near the full is said to be in.
furious, especially near the tropics. 1t
has no effect where the direct rays do
not fall on the head or eyes of the
sleeper.
Among birds that have the power Of
imitation the parrot is the best; but, as
matter of fact, its voice is decidedly
inferior to that of the mynah, species
of starting. Curiously enough, the male
bird speaks in high, clear tone, like
that of child, while the female has a
gruff voice.
An English scientist has made calcu.
lation about the time it will take to ill
the world with all the people it will
hold. The present population of the
globe is supposed to be about !, ,467,
900, 900, and he estimates that the max
imum of the inhabitants that can be sus-
tanned on the entire land surface of tine
earth is 5,944, 900, 900, and that this
figure will be reached A. d. 2972.
The galloway at the Deer Park group
of mines near Descanso, CAL, was
broken in a singular manner recently.
II has single span of 445O ieet. The
tension is twenty ton, and the loads are
120-pound sacks of ore from the mines
on the mountain side to the mills below.
Just after an extra hard shake in the
series of earthquakes there it parted. 1t
is supposed that the vibrations, coming
from each end OF the line, met in the
centre and caused the break.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
The SulIen Hamster.

As the squirrel was said by the old
Norsemen to bring all the news Of the
animals to Thor, because he was the
merriest and most sociable Of beasts, so
in the talk of the Russian peasants the
hamster is the synonym for all that is
sullen, avancious, solitary and morose.
Even in color he Is unlike any other
animal, being light above and dark be-
low. This gives the hamster somewhat
the same incongruous appearance that a
pair of black trousers and light coat
lend to man; in other respects he is
like large, shaggy guinea pig, with
very large teeth and puffy cheeks, into
which he can cram vast quantity OF rye
or beans for transport.
Each hamster lives in a large, roomy
burrow all by himself, in defense of
which he will fight like badger against
any other hamster who may try to enter.
Family life he wholly avoids, never
allowing female inside his burrow, but
keeping her at good distance and max
ing her find her own living for herself
and family. The last burden is, how
ever, not serious one, for by the time
the young ones are three weeks old each
discovers that family life is great mis-
take aud sets off to make a bachelor bur
row for itself aud save up beans for the
winter. For, in addition to its other
amiable qualities, the hamster has that
of avarice in marked degree, and heaps
up treasures of corn, rye and horse beans
far in excess of his own private wants for
the winter. His favorite plan is to dig
a number of treasure chambers, all CON-
municating with central guard room,
in which the owner eats and grows fat
until the hardest frosts begin, when he
curls himself up to sleep until the
spring.
But this life of leisure does not begin
until the harvest has been gathered.
While the crops are ripening, the
hamstcrs work necessarily to increase
their boards, and as much as three hun
dred weight of grain and beans have
been taken from hamster's burrow.
After harvest the peasants often search
with probes for the treasure chambers
OF the robbers, and during the present
scarcity in Central Europe they will no
doubt exact heavy tribute from the
hamsters' stores. Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

Maine Yankee, and in less than ten
seconds she had guessed how the mistake
occurred.
"Well, now," said the captain. '1
thought il was awful funny that woman
should want to buy a sextant. Now you
have disappointed me, don't see how l
am going to sell it, unless l leave it at
the instrument makers and let him get
what he can for it.
Oddly enough, from this point this
story runs along so naturally that you can
tell it yourself.
The tall captain escorted Miss Bourne
uptown, called on her two or three times
while he was in port, corresponded with
her when he was away, and in less than
a year this notice appeared:
Sprowl-Bourne-In Kennebunk, Me-,
May 8, at the residence Of the brides parents,
Capt. Edwin r. Sprowl and Henrietta f.
Bourne.
And now my story is done.-Boston
Globe,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
Tho Power of Lightning.

On August 1, 1S46, st. Georges
Church, Leicester, England, which was
a new building, was entirely destroyed
during a thunder storm. The steeple
having been burst asunder, parts of it
were blown to distance of thirty feet
in every direction, while the vane rod
and top part of the spire fell perpen-
dicularly down, carrying with them every
floor in the tower, the bells and the
works of the clock. The falling mass
was not arrested until it arrived on the
ground, under which was strong brick
arch, and this also was broken by the
blow. The cutters aud ridge covering
were torn up, and the pipes used to con-
vey the water from the roof were blown
to pieces. Mr.. HIghton calculated the
power developed in the discharge of the
lightning which destroyed this church
with some known mechanical force. He
discovered that hundred tons of stone
were blown down a distance of thirty
feet in three seconds, and consequently
a IL, 220 horse power engine would have
been required to resist the efforts of this
single flash. Scientific American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
Apricot Paste.

Apricot paste, known as Kamar ell
Dine, is, together with dried apricots,
one of the principal exports from Damas-
Gus. The fruit, when gathered, is
crushed in a kind of large iron wire
sieve, and the thick juice which results
from this operation is collected in earth
en- vats, and then spread on planks COW
cred with a layer of oil, where it is
allowed to remain two days exposed to
the air. At the expiration of this time
the paste is removed and turned. On
the fourth day the paste is again re-
moved, and it then has the appearance
of a band of leather, very thin, and Of
reddish-brown color, about a yard and a
half long and half yard wide. This is
the finest quality OF paste. The same
operation is repeated once or twice to
obtain a second and third quality, each
time little water being added to the
residuum of the former operation. The
bands of paste are then folded so as to
form bundles of about five pounds weight,
which are sold according to quality
Scientific American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

The editor of New York weekly
paper has offered to pay Professor Schi-
aparelli's expenses to this country and
back in order to give the distinguished
scientist an opportunity to peep at Mars
through the great Lick telescope in
California. 1t is generally agreed, re-
marks the Chicago Herald, that the most
important of the professors discoveries
have been confirmed by the recent OBJ
servations of other astronomers. The
strange thing Sbout it is that Schiapar-
ELI has been able to see more with
telescope of a certain size than others
have distinguished with larger instru-
ments. This will be popularly explained
by saying that he has very bright eyes.
The professor himself says that he has
been observing that one planet for many
years, and that ones eyes derive greater
distinguishing power by becoming ac-
customed to the light of particular
star. Whichever theory is true, if Schi-
aparelli comes to look through the Lick
telescope he ought to be able, under
favorable conditions, to tell US something
new about the surface of Mars.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
OLD JOHN HENRY.
Old Johns jes' made o the cOmmOnsss
stuff

Old Johns jes' made o the commOnsst
stuff
Old John Henry.
He's tough, reckon, but none too tough
"Too much, though, IS better than not
enough"
Says Old John Henry.
He does his best and when his besss bad,
He don't fret none, nor he don't get sad
He simply lows it's the best he had
Old John Henry.
His doctern's jes' o. the plainest brand
Old John Henry.
"a smilin' face and hearty hand
- a religion at all folks understand"
Says Old John Henry.
He's stove up some with the rheumatic,
And they hain't no shine on them shoes o
his,
And his hair amt cut but his eye teeth is
Old John Henry.
He feed hisself when the stocks all fed
Old John Henry.
And sleeps like babe" when he goes 10
bed,
"And dreams o heaven and homemade
bread"
Says Old John Henry.
He amt refined as he ort to be,
To fit the statutes of poetry,
Nor his clothes don't fit him, but he fits
Old John Henry.
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
Ynnderbllt's WAY.

A writer in the Figaro throws an in
seresting light upon Mr.. Vanderbilt 5
method of buying pictures. The mill
ionaire, it seems; went once to Nelson
ier and asked him which of his works
was, in his own opinion, his chef d'ouvre.
Meissonier answered: 1.-THE Chess Play
ers." "Whom does it belong to2p was
Mr.. Vanderbilt's next question. "To
Herr Meyer, OF Dresden" was the an-
swer. That very night Mr.. Vanderbilt
dispatched secretary to Dresden, who
went straight to Herr Meyer and de-
manded to know his price. 1880, ,000,"
replied the owner, thinking that he had
efTectually frightened his interrogation.
~ take it," said the secretary to the
great astonishment of Herr Meyer, and
take it he did.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

Henry NJ. Stanley, in one of his
speeches while standing for seat in the
British Parliament, said: "Though Of
British birth and parentage, 1 nave spent
the greater part of my life in travel and
exploration in foreign lands, and when ]
returned two years ago to live in Eng
land / was a naturalized citizen of the
United States, but in all my wanderings
have seen no power so great and SO be-
neicent as the British Empire, and I feel
that my birthright of English citizenship
was privilege which l could no longer
forego. therefore resumed the allie
glance of my birth and resolved that if
ever could serve England again in any
way there should be no barrier to over
come. My one mastering desire is for
the maintenance, the spread, the dignity,
the usefulness of the British Empire"
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 characterizes them ga life
history oflGeneral Harrison. Washing
ington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

Widespread public interest is being
aroused on the subject of improving the
public highways of our country. Col
onel Albert A. Pope, of Boston, has
given great impetus to the question by
publishing in pamphlet form "a Me-
mortal to Congress on the Subject of a
Comprehensive Exhibit of Roads, Their
Construction and Maintenance at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition" The
Memorial contains letters from
President Harrison, members of the
Cabinet aud large number of other
prominent men in every section of the
country, all highly commendatory of the
movement for the improvement of public
roads throughout the United States. Be-
sides these letters extracts are given from
editorial articles favorlng road reform in
leading papers all over the Union. These
extracts show that the press every
where is in line with the laudable ef-
forts to improve and maintain public
roads all over the land.
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 stesds.
The field with thrill of fear is stirred
The startled bobolink has heard
The warning and goes in quest
OF his mate; together they fly,
Now circling low, now high
Above their rush-hidden nest.
But tho iron oppressor's work is wrought
With swift career that spareth naught,
And the tall grass, purple-crowned,
And the flowers in fragrant bloom
Go down in common doom
And lie withered on the ground.
Thus the sons Of toll their tasks fulfil,
Lightened by mans inventive skill;
But spirit Of sweetness hath flown,
That haunted the green highways
OF the old time haying days,
Ere the iron-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 toiers from early morn
Cheerily filled each hour
Ever watchful for a sign of shower,
Till the sound of the dinner horn.
Then the bobolnk might safely rest;
For shield of grass to mark its nest
BY the mower was kindly spared,
And he stays his brawny arm,
Lest some nesting 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 Queer 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, and 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
Easy Way to Remove Paint.

It is very seldom now that you see a
painter burn of old paint with a spirit
lamp or torch, though there are still
few that stick to the old method. The
easiest way to clean paint of wood, OF
even metal, is TO mix lime aud salsoda
pretty thickly in water aud then apply
freely with brush. After a short time
the paint can be scraped off without
difficulty. Amy amateur can use this re-
ceipt, Only little care is advisable, as
the mixture will remove skin from the
hands or face even more rapidly than
will remove paint from wood Or meta
New York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

pool when was second mate of the Julia
A. Smith. And now have put out a
months earnings for new one. What
possessed me don't know"
And so the captain went on.
Now, Captain Sprowl was not, as you
might think from the name, a bald
headed old man with bushy whiskers.
No; names are very misleading. In.
stead, he was tall and slender, with a
sandy mustache, and had not a 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," puffed the captain, "nothing
to do now but to get rid Of the old sex
tant. / should go ashore next time il 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 thingl" said he. "Fll 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 8
millinery store in Boston for nearly two
years. She and her older sister Annie
had learned the trade with the village
miIliner 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 a.
half price; been used less than a 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 b'
known.
The clerk was sorting the replies and
putting them in their Appropriate boxes
When he came to Eta Bourne's letter t
so. AZ" he read it 80. Al" and put i
in the pigeonhole as such.
That was a very, very little mistake
Of course, but you who have noticed
how things go in this world of ours hav
discovered that the most serious change
in the course of our lives come abou
from just such little happenings,
For it was that very day that Captain
J sprowl advertised his sextant for sale
And Captain Sprowl was SO Al"
Now the tall captain was very busy
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05
NewsbOy Sympathy.

A paralyzed newsboy sells papers from
a wheel chair at the corner of Fifth ave.
nue. and Twenty-third street, writes the
New York correspondent of the st. Louis
Republic. Visitors from the West may
have noticed him, for he is a pathetic
object aud attracts much attention. His
helplessness has aroused all the latent
pathos in hearts that beat beneath ragged
Jackets in that neighborhood. A local
writer tells pleasing anecdote concern
ing him, which l reproduce:
The newsboys all sympathize with
him. They help him fold and arrange
his papers. On warm days they take
turns tanning him, carry his little fold
ing table and assist HIM in various ways.
One day during the late hot spell
ragged urchin, with bundle of papers
under his arm, dirt-begrimed and carry
ing a tin pail in his hand, walked up to
the cashiers window in store not far
from whore the cripple sits. Rapping
on the window he attracted the attention
of the cashier, and as he stood on his
tiptoe he handed in his pail, while a
smile bewitching as any society belle is
capable of, encircled his dirty face, dis
playing set of teeth pearly white and
as beautiful as nature could form them.
His large, lustrous, sparkling black eyes
caught hold OF the cashier, aud he said;
''Say, mister, der lame blokey what sells
papers in de wagon on der corner wants
a drink of icewater."
As the man who handles the cash
passed out the pail of water the juvenile
remarked: "Tanks, mister; you know
der kids awful lame and can't walk"
The New York. newsboy is rough,
slangy, harum.scarum, devil-may care
and often mischievous individual, but
generally his heart is in the right place.
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 ]
was to buy that" F" he
thought. "Old SEX
tant was plenty good
enough, though l
had it nine years.
Bought it In Liver
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-05

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

Mynheer Hoifmeyr, 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.

Il is estimated that fully two o-thirds of
the whole amount of public money held
by the London banks does not bear ln-
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
RArEs OF AovERTIsINol

legal advertisements ten cents per linz
each insertion
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements coileoeoo
quarterly. Temporary advertisements mast
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.