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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
The RIcrcle AS a Courler.

The bicycle is coming into favor in
military circles aud its use is being
seriously considered for courers in place
of the horse. The horse has to be
watered, fed and rested; he may become
sick or restive, and the noise of his
galloping, his size and his proneness to
neighing are great objections, as betray-
ing the whereabouts of the courier to
the enemy. On the other hand, the
bicycle is less tiresome TO the ricer Its
pedal motion rests the knees. 1t re-
Quires neither water, feed nor rest; 50
the rider may push to the top notch Of
his own endurance without thought Of
his steed. It can be taken across streams
easier than the ordinary horse. 1t is
small and noiseless and will run until
worn out. It is considered that one
man on a bicycle would outdistance re-
lays Of cavGlymen at thirty mile intervals
for 300 miles. An important considera-
ton is whether the bicycle eau carry
food enough for the courier, and another
point which would have to be definitely
settled by series Of contests is the kind
of man TO be enlisted in bicycle corps
EwhetheF he should be light aud slim
a. &al cavalry soldier, or a large
= muscle and Drawn Of tho
N..aa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
Improved Fruits of the Future.

In comparing the earlier descriptions
OF fruits with modern accounts it is we'll
to remember that the high standards by
which fruits are now judged are Of
recent establishment. Fruits which would
once have been esteemed excellent would
to-day be passed by as unworthy of re-
gard.
1t seems probable that the list of seed
less fruits will be materially heightened,
provided our experimental horticulturists
make use of the material at their COM
mand. The common fruits which have
very few or no seeds are the banana, pine
apple, and certain oranges. Others
mentioned by Mr.. Darwin as well known
are the bread-fruit, pomegrante, azarole
or Neapolitan medlar, and date palms.
In commenting upon these fruits, Mr..
Darwin says that most horticulturists
"look at the great size and anomalous
development of the fruit as the cause and
sterility as the result, but he holds the
opposite view as more probable-tha is,
that the sterllity, coming about grad
ualIy, leaves free for other growth the
abundant supply of building material
which the forming seed would otherwise
have. He admits, however, that ''there
is an antagonism between the two forms
Of reproduction, hy seeds aod by, buds,
when either is Carried to an extreme de-
gree, which is Independent of any in
cipient steriKty." = Popular Science
MOathlU,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

1t is reported from Russia that the
Car is both enraged and depressed by
the official corruption which could no
longer be concealed when the famine set
in. He was under the impression that
there was an ample reserve of corn in the
village magazines, but it was impossible
to keep him deceived on this point, and
his Ministers we're compelled to tell him,
at last, that not only had the contents of
the village granaries been sold, but that
the military granaries had been depleted
also in the effort to cover up these
peer &ys, 0 His enlightenment upon
tb' a, @ said to have filled him with
sAEs. .Eions as to the actual condition
of the military stores, and to question
the truth OF the reports of the amounts
of ammunition, forage, clothing, food,
etc., in actual existence. Being ma tur-
ally man of timid disposition, this un-
certainty is likely to make him anxious
for peace, and, in this way, the famine
may prove a not wholly uumixed evil.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
An Apple orchard Twenty Miles Long.

In the wild district Of Hawaii. be-
tween Hama and Haiku, during July and
August the most beautiful and largest
apple orchards in the world can be seen.
The Wilderness of Koolan, as the dis
trict is called, contains a forest of native
wild apple trees, countless in number,
stretching from the sea far up the mount
ain sides. The trees vary from forty to
fifty feet in height, aud in the harvest
season, from July to September, are
loaded down with fruit, some white, but
mostly red.
A Ierson standing in the midst of this
orchard can look around him for miles
up the mountain and toward the road,
and the only thing in view will be one
vast grove of apple trees literally red
with ripe aud ripening fruit, the branches
of the trees bending to the ground with
the bounteous harvest. The crop Of this
extensive apple orchard which nature
planted In the solitary waste would fill
a fleet Of ten steamers.
The orchard stretches over a country
from five to ten miles wide by twenty
miles long, and many of the larger trees
bear at least fifty barrels apiece. The
fruit is delicious for table use, and will
appease both thirst and hunger, but as
yet no one will take the trouble to make
any commercial use of the apples. When
ripe they will not keep more than a
week, but they make excellent jelly and
jam, and simply for the lack of little
American enterprise millions of apples
are permitted annually TO fall to the
ground and rot Chieag0 Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

An American lawyer, who is also an
English barrister, says that II is money
thrown away to subscribe to any fund
for employing counsel to obtain a new
trial for Mrs. Maybrick, because after a
criminal conviction in Great Britain sthe
procedure.of new trial or Of appeal is
utterly unknown to English law. The
case of convict, after judge or jury
have done with him or her, is then ex'
clusively at the mercy of the crown.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

The fox that lost his tail in trap
afterward explained to his brother foxes
that 1t was fashionable to go tailless, and
he suggested that they should follow his
example. Something like this appears
to have happened in the comet world,
observes the Chicago Herald. When
Biela's comet appeared in 1872 it was
found to have been split in two and to
have lost its tail. Professor Barnard, Of
the Lick Observatory, in California, has
now discovered tailless comet, which
would indicate that Biela's erratic trav-
eler had been more successful in setting
the fashion than was Esop's fox.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
Saws the Atlanta 0onstituti0n. .sHum,

Says the Atlanta Constitution: "Humor
has its fashions. The funny men of the
past generation do not please the read
ers Of to-day. Mark Twain realizes this,
and he is trying to strike new vein.
The Danbury Neios man, Bill Nye, Eli
Perkins and host of Others have found
their popularity waning, and they are
working bard to adapt themselves to the
change in public taste. Their failure is
inevitable. The average humorist has
only one career. When the public drop
him he is at the end of his row."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
RArss OF ADVERTISING:
A. LITTLE MAID.
I used to know a little maid,
In-. -

used to know little maid,
A blossom fair,
With eyes laughing, brownish shade,
With lips tsat seemed for kisses made,
And finer than an old brocade
Her silken hair.
Her frown and smiles she threw on all
Like an expert,
And though but ten years old, and small,
A host Of couriers she could call,
To hold her fan, her glove, or shawl,
The littlefirtl
used TO be her willing slave,
Ah, happy lott
She scolded, did misbehave;
Ehen turned at once and quite forgave,
Because she had some boon to crave,
The cunning totl
And we were just as chummy then
AS chums should be.
Often do remember when
She wished that were only ten,
Because, she said, she hated men-
All men but mel
But time passed by, and year by year
We both have aged.
She's now eighteen, or very near.
A reigning belle, calm and severe;
Then, too, what makes it seem more queer.
She is engaged.
Sometimes wonder If she thinks
OF days when she
And l were mates in childish jinks,
All, mol she's now Trojan sphinx;
And she's engaged, the little mink,
Engaged to me.
Sam S. Stinson, in Mtnseys Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
II is stated that within short time al

It is stated that within a short time an
entirely new mode of using the current
of rivers having no waterfall, when the
current runs from three to ten miles an
hour, with depth of two to four feet,
will be brought out. The proposed
scheme involves the use of new water
wheel, which, it is said, will practically
and effectually settle the question of util-
izing the natural current of rivers and
will be especially advantageous in power
transmission for mining districts.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

Our agricultural colleges deserve the
favor and hearty support of our farmers,
declares the New York O6seroer, for,
taken as whole, they are doing much
good to the cause of agriculture. There
are some individual schools that as yet
have not fallen wholly into line with
what should be the main purpose Of
their existence, but that is no reason why
all should be condemned. The report of
one. of these colleges now before us
shows that thirty-six per cent. OF all its
graduates are practically engaged in
farming, while four per cent. are
engaged in the other industrial pursuits
for which the college fitted them, and
seven per cent. are Presidents or Pro-
fessors of other agricultural schools.
Thus forty-seyen per cent. are engaged
in the line of work for which the college
especially trains. We doubt If many
technical schools can show as good an
average. Aud 1t is to be presumed that
time passes a larger number will be
~~Aia agriculture, as many Of the
aompellad -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


weldless steel chains are here.
Some insects are in state Of maturity
thirty minutes after birth.
A French beekeeper has experimental
with his bees as carriers of dispatches.
The average length of life is oonsid
erably longer in England than in France.
Recent calculations show that the suns
light is 600, 900 times that of the full
moon.
Some naturalists assert that a rattle
snake placed in circle Of half ash
leaves and half hot Goals will cross the
Goals rather than encounter the leaves.
So convinced are the officials of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail.
road Of the value of creosoting ties that
they intend to erect plant for that pur-
pose.
A valuable antiseptlc soap is made by
adding twelve parts Of sulphate of cop
per to eighty eight parts of any good
soap. It will readily heal sores aud
scratches and is devoid of any irritating
action.
With steam at the full boiler pressure
of 120 pounds the engines of the new
screw ferryboat Cincinnati, making
100 revolutions minute, have indi-
Gated 1016 horse power, giving speed
of fourteen miles an hour.
The new Maxim flying machine will
be propelled by light screw making
$500 revolutions per minute. Its sus-
pending power will be kite 10 feet
long by forty feet wide. The motive
power will be petroleum condensing
engine.
Recent observation throws doubt on
the existence of the so-called fatigue Of
metals. Two large iron links, one used
for forty years iu suspension bridge
at Kieff, Russia, and the other kept in
store since the building OF the bridge,
were tested together, and were found to
be of partically identical strength.
When the atmosphere contains eighty
five per cent. of moisture it is satuated.
The amount of humidity is calculated on
the eighty-fve per cent. scale, so that
when we are told that there
is seventy-fve per cent. of humidity
it does not mean that the atmosphere is
only ten points away from saturated, but
that it contains seventy-five per cent. of
the humidity necessary so saturate it.
The degree of delicacy which has
been attained in the application of the
radiomi crometer for measurement of
radiant heat-viz: from the candle, fire,
the sun, the moon, the stars, or anything
else which radiates heat in space-is
pronounced marvellous by scientists, a
single illustration of this power bein 3
afforded by the fact that really appreci-
able effect is produced on that instru-
ment by candle placed two miles away.
A kind of bituminous rock which is
found in several places is California is
being extensively used for streesspave-
ments in that State. Thes5 pavements
are very like the asphalt pavements in
New York and other eastern ciues, such
as that in Wall street. The only differ
ence between the two materials is said to
be that asphalt is a manufactured article
made of bitumen and sand, while the
rock has practically the same elements
naturally combined.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

The Supreme Court of North Carolina
holds that a railroad company becomes
liablo for punitive damages in wilfully
falling to stop for passengers at regular
station and cannot escape liability on the
ground that there was not sufficient
roomin the train if it appeared that by
reasonable diligence it might have pro-
vided extra cars.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
NMercury Mine.

The San Antonio Express says that the
discovery of a mine of quicksilver is re-
ported in the mineral region of Texas,
known as the Llano district. The metal
issues, it says, ftom spring that flows
from a fssure In the rocks on hillside,
and is found IN siderable quantiti
I'D Of n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

The London County Council has de-
cided to purchase such of the London
street railways as have a purchase pro-
vision in their charter. The roads are
to be leased to operating companies by
the Council.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
WITH A LAUGH AND AJEsr.


Even as a shadow
Over waving grass
As an image straightway
Fadeth from glass;
With laugh
And a jest
Young Love doth pass.
As IL ever endeth
With a tear or sigh,
An empty world It leaves
And an empty sky,
Why
With laugh and jest
Bid Love Goodbye.
--Nct0 York Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06
AduIterated Honey.

"They are now making honey out Of
sugar, mineral acids aud water. II both
tastes aud smells like honey, and is said
70 be wholesome. The time seems 10 be
when many articles Of food will
chemists out Of stranae snh-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-06

Official statistics show that Colorado
has over 1000 square miles of coal'
and the products of 1890 was 100000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
Odds AND ENDS.

Spearing fish is becoming profitable
pastime.
The demand for coal Mt the county COM
missioner's Office is still increasing, bat
many are sent away without it,
1t is said that quite a heavy real estate
deal is in contemplation by the representa-
tive of one of the religious denominations.
Five DRINKS were disposed of in the po-
lice court yesterday. The majority of
them will spend Christmas behind the
bars
1t was definitely settled by the poll
ticians yesterday afternoon to get the
railway commissionership for Wichita
and leave the wardenship of the peni-
Tertiary 90 somewhere else.
Mrs Maude Crawford, nee Terrill. has
been granted a divorce from her usband,
o. T. Crawford, son of l. NJ. Crawford,
owner of the opera house.
Will Smith of the West Side was thrown
from his horse on the hard ground yester-
day and broke his arm above the elbow.
DR. Shultz set the fractured member and
the patient is getting along all right.
Conductor Elliott of the Wichita and
Western road was compelled to ride bare
back on a mule over four miles few days
ago to get orders at the next station for
his train, which was stuck in snow bank.
He says the riding was not pleasant, but
but be was glad to get even that means of
reaching the station.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

Sandusky Is to have a musical treat on
Friday evening, Jan. l, of nature so un
ike she ordinary entertainments brought
10 our town, which are justly termed
shows, that we are glad Of the privilege Of
telling our citizens of he real worth OF the
company which now comes 20 US in the
modest guise which only real artists
affect.
The Mendelsshon Quint4tta club is not
entirely unknown TO many OF our music
loving citizens, Tor It has performed here
on TWO occasions, aud those VINO
have heard their remarkable worii
viii not require much urging
20 be present on Friday But Il il % thnas
IF our readers who do NOT know tue clgh
that we wouid say 20 and hear what art
music IS when rendered by skiiiful musi-
clans TIE bts' ~ can guiy judge Of
anvthinz by cliu ,1fis0f II car hears
habituHll yonly tle second or thlrt class
rendit!oBs OF music, one = ap; % have =
poor opinion OF the essential nature Of
music a. an AT. Therefore, we consider
any opportunity OF bearing Or seeing he
best 10 music or pIcfgTes IS biShly
educatjve. AID no wise parent WHO
has sons or daughters studying ia
eth branch az the Eue arts -
doing his bess for the future O., the ycuus
student, II be does not puSh him Fof ward
70 SUCH opportunity - be would toward
the taking OF n .es~oa. Tits famous club
Of players fsoiu Boston. e.iclts, a remark
once fiorn = s51s h-rn etstar 20 tass ch-c'.
that il b -toa never eot 3#ttf more
than this musical club FOR lie Z s,i ~
humanity. ~ c.su ave ilvr May sl1s p
The cluB has dose msrs 70 pgpg -. -
coau music E4sroE-ssoft oar cauatFy theta
any olEer people - can ustn< fsou 49,
ssnsIl sd complete oF-1HfEF .ol. D. b<$
been R55s r. v-sla the sEns5.~-t Il fcW -
and cities a. w-s. ~ 2 br .sFkr.f. an4 there
= scarcely . t3gs8 q cYer f9lIr tn5f2s
aud people fggm Msine - California
which u GAs not visited. and. ~ many
cases. repeatedly. The cut La psTes DE-
arc.ei fIous if~ hl-a sgaDsi4re O. grsrtosfsl
4nce or IL TIE q zality 81 Is pTp-r- Fns 81
5as really pa *. tae peopie up - - -eFei
ia sstl - slaa.nz q tbs Jewel u tse pro-
| ple.--Sal1 asks 10 R~-sssr-
At TIE Crawford 5Fsad opera ho1ss
( Christmas "a EEs- s~aSs are ns~ q So
a. t.ox Office 4ad a. Rlchi'. drag s'oEs. =
{ East DoUglz. aveuar-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
PERSONALS.

George F. Kellogg of Sterling is at the
Manhattan.
A NJ Vanwinkle of St. John is at the
Manhattan.
W. H. Carter of Belle Plane was in the
city yesterday.
H. A White of Augusta is at the Man
haitian.
II. NJ. Ives of Topeka is at the Manhat-
tan.
Ed HAYS, a member of the city council
OF Wellington, is III the city.
Alex Nelson of Marion is at the Man
haitian.
q. s. Whitlock Of Kansas City is at the
Metropole.
s. S. Robinson of Hazelton is at the
Metropole.
Mss. B. S. Spooner, Of the SpooDer
Comedy com Dany, Is guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs George Bowen at the Metropolis.
Mrs F. A. Dwight of Mt. Hope was ct
the Metropolis yesterday.
W A. Daily and wife of Mt, Hope are at
the Metropole.
George Berry of Oklahoma City is at the
the Occidental.
W. c. McGrew OF Oklahoma City Is at
the Occidental.
J. e Wallace of Trinidad, Col, Is at the
Occidental
Johu o. Miles of Conway SPRINGS Is at
the Occidental.
f. 0. Popanoe of Abiline is at the Carey.
Charles p. Elliott. manager OF the
Tootle opera house at st. Joseph, was IN
the City yesterday.
Major J. x Hudson of the Topeka
Capital was visitor in the city last night.
Ben Hutchiugs Of Wellington was at
the Carey last night.
Dr. Martin and wife Of Harper were
visitors in the city last night.
Harry j. Bone of Ashland was at the
Carey yesterday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
TEACHERS MEETING.

The thirtieth annual meeting of the
State Teachers association takes place on
the 27th, 2Sth and Goth of December mt
Topeka. a note from Superintendent
Winaus says that it now looks Ms though
no better rates than one and one-third
fare for the round trip will be granted by
the roads entering Topeka. Some of the
other roads have promised an open rate of
one fare for the round trip. Persons liv-
ing on the line of snch roads will find it
necessary to buy two tickets, taking re-
ceipt from the agent of the road entering
Topeka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
Herman & Hess

The old proverb says:
Scatter with one hand but
gather with two" and that
is exactly what you will be
doing if you invest in one
of our 50 all wool Beaver
Overcoats. They will give
you in wear and service
twice as much as you can
reasonably expect for the
price.
One Of our Turban or
Alexis shape genuine Fur
Caps would make a suita-
ble Xmas present for the
''men-folks." The price is
nominal; 81 for choice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22

The stems q grass and cats arr 49,
ally hollow and The knots q nodes
which occur AZ intervals AMI wh.ea
have peculiar degree - 8rmnsss. &C.
rived from tbs intSrlsoiuz q 2 hs-rs. 2. -
them = hrnnsss and strength ssh.ch
they w0uld o.h=rSass iac<. II the ma
tsrial Il wheat AtrGw we're ia = ~ {
form ~ ~oald H1Az- bat a thin uirT
stem. which seoaid saap witA great
eas@. but IN the hollow form. viii ths
intervening knott. ths n.ossss.sT sup-
port - Afforded BrDoklya EzE Z.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22

Hon. George w. Gardner, of Cleveland,
Ohio, was in the city yesterday for the
first time. He arrived late and couse-
quently has not seen the city thoroughly
but what he has seen o. it he likes very
well. Twenty-Five years ago, Mr.. Gardner
was in Kansas trapping and hunting and
thinks he must have been somewhere in
this locality. He appreciates the changed
aspect of the country since that time aud
"a liz IL uhenomenal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
LODGE oFFICEKs ELEcrED.

The following officers have been elected
for Wichita lodge No, 90. A. F. and A. NJ.
for the ensuing year: L. G. Whittier, w.
NJ; c. A Cartwright, S W; W. A. Reed,
j. w; l.. d. Skinner, treasurer; George NJ
Whitney, secretary; board of trustees
w. S. Corbett, j. H. Alley, Q. NJ. Jones, j..
2. Allen, j. II. Mccall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
TWO MORE ROBBERIES.

And still the pickpockets are getting IN
their work Two ladies who were out
shopping yesterday were robbed in broad
daylight, one of purse containing $3o
and he other OF SIG. There Is no doubt
but what there is an organized band OF
picllpockets in the city, and something
should be done to bring them to Justice or
rid the city Of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22

Commencing Dec cath, 25th, Goth and
S1st, and january LIST, '93. the Rock Island
will sell excursion tickets to all points
within 200 miles at a rate of one and one
third fare for the round trip, good for re-
turn up to and including January 3rd. 1898.
W. H. WIsHART
City Tk't aud Pass'r Ag't,
21-1ht Wichita Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22

For Kansas City, st. Louis and all points
east take the Missouri Pacific railway
The shortest line TO st. Louis by IS miles
No change of cars of any kind between
Wichita and st. Louis. Only fifty hours
between Wichita and New York City via
the Missouri Pacific railway. City ticket
office 224 East Douglas Ave. Jolt u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22

Walter j. Palmer, aged 2 years, died
yesterday at 40 North Wichita street
The remains will be shipped away today
for burial.
Christian. the infant son OF George
Plattner and wife, died yesterday and will
be taken to st. Louis today for burial.