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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
Marriage by Proxy.

A curious custom among the rulers o
the Old World is marriage by proxy.
For instance, Francis H., the ex-King
of Naples, was welded by proxy in 1859
to Maria, n duchess of Bavaria. OF
course the marriage by proxy goes no
further than the ceremony. Exactly
why it should be done at all is not clear
by past or present history, unless to save
the Prince the trouble of going after his
wife aud give her a decent excuse for
coming to him.
In the case of Francis, he had never
seen Maria, aud their first interview is
said to have been attended,with consid-
cradle disappointment. In fact, if the
young man had not beel already married
by proxy he would probably have never
married the lady at all.
Leopold, King of the Belgians, also
married his Austrian wife by proxy,
but he knew what he was about, having
met her a month previous during visit
to Vienna. At the time of the marriage
he was but a mere STRIPPING, and his
wife was chosen for him by his royal pa.
rents, who, however, gave him the priv
ilege OF seeing her in advance.
On his return from Vienna Leopold
was sick for about a week, and, accord
ing to general report, not love sick, at
least with his appointed wife. Their
married life, however, has not been un.
happy, so far as the world knows, except
through the extraordinary misfortunes
which made Carlotta and Stephanie
widows of the house of Austria
brakes Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

It is time, opines the New York Sun,
for the Congress of these States to give
attention to some of the things that are
doing abroad Tor the safety of ships ap.
proaching coast line. Besides the yer.
tical light which is to fash skyward in
foggy weather, there is no doubt about
the efficiency and value of the socket.
rocket, which is by far the best fog sig
nal know 1t is discharged by car
fridge aud rises 1900 feet, carrying a
bursting charge of half a pound of gun
cotton. Not only is the sound more au-
dible overhead, but the light is also fire.
qucntly visible when nothing can be seen
horizontally; for it commonly happens
that the iog is quite thin above while
very thick below. The siren is a very
clever invention and a very useful thing
in its way; but for ships befogged the
rocket is confidently pronounced to be
worth dozen sirens. Why should not
both be usedl And why should the
United States lag behind any people IN
appliances for the security of naviga,
tionf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

He went carefully, carefully over the
ledge, carefully up the stopper, till his
eyes were taking in the crest of the pin
nacle, the first in all the world to get
sight of that uplift. There was the
rope on which he hung; he saw that one
loop was caught over little rocky une-
venness about two inches above the gen.
eral level.
Over the rim of the stopper he passed,
rose to his feet, aud saluted the cheer
ing throng below.
The shouting grow uproarious as he
held up to view the red and yellow mys-
terry, though the people didn't yet know
what it was.
What did Govanu find there on Bottle
Pinnacle2
There were square rods of surface on
the crest that had looked from belew
like point. He found an eagles nest
from which the bird was then absent,
and en- the nests edge, fronting the
settlement, forming part of the nests
embankment was the red and yellow face,
held in place by sticks and other build
ing material, gathered by the bird that
can stare the sun out of couutenance.
Hugging the mystery with one arm,
the hand holding on the waist band of
his trousers, Govann slid down the rope,
backed down the ladder to the treetop,
climbed down the Indian stairs and
swung down on a pile of feather beds
which the women had provided against
q fall.
Then the boys helped him off the
feathers TO the stump of the big tree,
and there he held up the mystery in
plain sight-a bundle of clothes with a
mask face tied on 1t.
''It's George w. Gillet's scarecrowW
The proud bird of the sun, instead of
being scared by the mocked sentinel,
had captured it and carried it to the pin
nacle's crest.
Govann secured the purse, married his
sweetheat, and founded one Of the first
families of his State. Its coat of arms is
an eagle perched on a misshapen bottle.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
A MYsteri0ns Fnngns.

The scientific men in this capital are
much exercised over a fungus that has
recently made ITS appearance upon the
olive trees which are one of the principal
features in the country around Chalco.
1t has the appearance of reddish blotch,
and plays the very deuce with the trees
in question. The scientists are not vet
decided either upon the nature of the
fungus or the remedy for same. They
are also exercising their wits upon mys-
terious disease which is attacking the his
torical expresses Of Chapultepec. In the
year 1877 there were 4S1 of these noble
sons of the forest, in good condition. At
the present writing forty of them are
already dead, and sundry others are in
very bad way The scientists Of Mexico,
with a zeal for the welfare of the public
favorites which is beyond all praise, are
seriously taking counsel as 10 the best
means OF saving the balance. They think
that want of the necessary water has a
good deal to do with it,-City of Mexico
Two Republics,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
THE HAPPY LAND.

The happy land
Studded with cheerful homesteads, fair
TO see
With garden grace and household symmetry: 1:
How grand the wide-brow'd peasants lordly
mien,
The matron's smile serene!
o happy, happy land
The happy land
Half bid in dewy grass, the mower blithe
Sings to the day-star as he whets his scythe;
And TO his babes, at eventide again,
Carols as bllthe strain.
o happy, happy landi
The happy land
Where in the golden sheen of autumn eyes,
The bright-haired children play among the
sheaves
Or gather ripest apples all thu day.
As ruddy-cheeked as they.
o happy, happy land.
o happy land
The thin smoke curleth through the frosty
air,
Tho light smiles from the windows; hearlten
there
To. the white grandsire's tale of heroes old
To fiame-eyei listeners told,
o happy, happy landl
happy, happy land
The tender-foliaged nldcrs scarcely shade
Yon lettering lover and glad blushlng maid.
. happy land the Spring that quic,ens thee
Is Human Liberty
o happy, happy landl
w. J. Linton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
Parisian Beggnrs.

Professional beggars in all countries
must heartily hate NJ. PaubaIr, the
French gentleman who has taken on him
self to expose them and their tricks.
Some time ago, it may be remembered,
he published a book on the subject, con.
tanning the most extraordinary revela.
tions, and this is shortly to be followed
by another work on mendicity and men.
dicants, which will be published stimuli
taneously in France, England, and Amer
lea, for in the two last-named coun-
tries the author is aware, he says, that
mendicity and imposture flourish the
same as in France. NJ. Paubair believes
he has found Il remedy for the evil, the
nature of which he will divulge in his
coming work on the subject; and 10 the
meantime he continues to hunt up the
beggars of Paris, and cleverly disguised,
to go about as one of them, thus learning
what they pocket per day, what their
tricks are, and so forth. He calculates
that there are over 10000 professional
beggars in the French capital, whose
takings daily, at the very lowest figure,
are eighty cents per head. This gives
the fabulous total of $3.50, 600 given
away annually in charity in the streets of
Paris and he is very likely right in adj
ding that at least four-iifth9 Of the money
finds its way into the pockets of impos-
tors, or Of people who could work for
their living if they chose. NJ. Paubair
says he has choice little collection of
threatening letters which he has received
and is constantly receiving. He is not
the bette noire Of the professional beggar.
Standard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A hop picking machine has bSen in
vented in Australia.
Electric tanning is likely, it is said,
to be taken up and vigorously pushed
here.
Hard rubber handles for Bicycles are
being replaced in great numbers by the
more popular cork.
Thunder is noise caused by a discharge
Of atmospheric electricity-why or how
is not clearly known.
The circumference of the earth's orbit
Is about 612, 800, 500 miles, that Of tho
moon about 800, 493 miles.
The sanitary condition Of the Capitol,
at Washington, is to be examined by two
eminent experts, in order to ascertain
whether it is healthy structure.
Sufferers from neuralgia are warned by
a medical writer not to drink tea, but to
drink freely of coffee into which the
juice of lemon has been squeezed.
The workmen employed on the exca-
vntions at Sparta, Greece, by DR.. Wald-
stein, of the American Archaeological
School, have discovered the circular
building at that place mentioned by
Epimenides.
In distance the moon is 240, 900 miles
away from our earth, around which she
gravitates like satellite. Her diameter
is about 2153 miles; she has a solid sur
face of 14,60O,0 900 miles, and solid
content of about 10, cubic miles.
The scientific reason for cooki ug
spinach aud other green vegetables, such
as tops of beets, dandelion, kale Brus.
sells sprouts, and caulifower, in salted
boiling water, is that the first contact
with the boiling water closes the cells
of the vegetable and prevents the escape
of the coloring matter and the flavor.
One of the features of electric lighting
work, as compared with gas.lighting, has
been the absence in the former of all
"residual products" that might consti-
tute an element of economy and profit.
1t has now been pointed out that for
mauy local companies chance to in
crease revenue can be found in the
utilization of exhaust steam.
a novel application OF TIC electric
light is now to be witnessed in the
vehicles of the London (Englan1) Gen
eral Omnibus Company. The inspectors
have been provided with an electrical
apparatus, which, from case about the
size of hunting watch fastened to the
waistcoat, throws steady, mud aud
effective light on the dirtiest and most
tattered tickets.
Steam should never be put into a brick
or cement sewer, as it has IN Injurious
effect on the same, causing disinte IRA.
tion aud collapse within q very short
time; neither should it be led into
brick chimney, for the same reasons.
The Stationary Engineer points out that
in some places it is the practice of en-.
gineers to turn the exhaust from the
pump or small engine into the sewers,
but this is bal practice. 1t ought to be
an illegal act in cities, for it will de.
;troy the sewers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
Making Pearls.

1t is reported that French savaut, NJ.
-Baroudely, has devised
method for the artificial manufacture of
real pearls. The process adopted is
simply ia bore holes in the shells of a
pearl oyster with a gimlet, introducing
through these perforations little balls OF
glass, aud stopping them Theoretically
with corks. After four weeks time the
oalls OF glass are found to be covered
with thin layer of pearl. In six months
the layer has become of a sufficient
thickness to be permanent, aud the big
ness of the jewel thus manufactured is
in proportion to the period allowed to
elepse. OF course, this has its limitation,
inasmuch as the mollusk will not deposit
nacre indefinitely, its only object being
to protect itself from irritation by the
intruder. The expert quoted believes
that pearls can be made of various ooloTs
to order by selection, ,-Picayune,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
The Great RedWoOds.

Thc Eastern lumbermen who are here
are much interested in the great rod
woods, Of which they have seen few,
and in the monster trees of Santa Cruz,
aud the sequoilas of the Yosemite and
other California parks. The great pines
aud fur of the North fillel them with
surprise, but the trees they have seen
here they say have aroused their credul-
ity as to what California can pro luce.
Nevertheless, they have not seen the
really great trees, like those of the high
Sierras, including the Kings River and
Yosemite products.
S. f. Holcom, one of the discoverers
of the grove of giant se1uoias in Fresno
County, IN what John Muir has doni-
mated the New Yosemite, is at the
American Exchange. He says no words
can describe their grandeur, nor the i'm
pTcssions created upon the visitor when
beholding them for the first time.
"They are trees that astonsh and
am ze, " said he, sand the effect is last
ing. 1t lasts for all time. At least, |
do not think l shall ever get rid of the
effect which they had on me, nor do l
wish to do so. If to Bryant such groves
as he saw were temples, what must these
be considered2 | leave all this to the
poets, but there are some points that l
doubt not will be of interest to the lum-
bermeu.
"There is tree there with the aston.
ishing circumference of 127 feet, and a
diameter 10 the narrowest place of forty.
two feet, while the trunk reaches almost
400 feet in the air. Then there are trees
there twenty-elght feet through aud ba.
bies of twelve feet and so on. To see
them is an object lesson wnica carries
with it astoLishment forever. To stand
in their shadow is something worth do
ing at almost any cost. Could the lum.
bermen of the pineries behold them
never again could they view the ordinary
tree but they would be impressed with
the fact that they were but mere saplings,
cuttings set in the grounu, and only
these. San Francisco Examiner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
Sacred Feathers Among the Indians.

Feathers figure very prominently in
the religious customs of most aborigi-
mes, and remarkably so in the Southwest.
Among Navajos and Pueblos alike those
plume symbols are of the utmost efficacy
for good or bad. They are part of al
NEST every ceremonial of the infinite SUI
perstitious of these tribes. Any white
or bright hued plume is of good omen
"good medicine, " as the Indianwould put
it. The gay feathers of the parrot arc
particularly valuable, and some dances
cannot be held without the, /,
Indians have to travel hundreds of miles
into Mexico to get them. A peacock is
harder to keep in the vicinity of Indians
than the finest horse-those brilliant
plumes are too tempting.
Eagle feathers are of sovereign value;
and in most of the pueblos great, dark,
captive eagles are kept to furnish the
coveted articles for most important oc-
casions. If the bird OF freedom were
suddenly exterminated now, the whole
Indian economy would come to a stand
still. No witches could be exercised,
nor sickness cured, nor much of any
thing else accomplished.
Dark feathers, and those in particular
of the owl, buzzard, woodpecker and
raven, are unspeakably accursed. No
one will touch them except those who
"have the evil road, that Is, are
witches,-and any Indian found with
them in his or her possession you'd be
officially tried and officially put to death.
Such feathers are used only in secret by
those who wish to kill or harm an enemy,
in whose path they are laid with wicked
wishes that ill fortune may follow. st,
Nicholas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A bad reputation is hard thing to
lose.-Boston Transcript.
AS soon as we form habit we have a
master.-Detrolt Free Press.
The strictest railroad about issuing
passes may occasionally pass dividend.
Lowell Gazette.
Dancing masters are generally posted
as to the latest movements on foot
Philadelphia Record.
When you are asked to hold the baby,
it will never do to "shoulder the re-
sponsibility. Truth.
Britannia rules the wave, but she
doesn't control the tide. That all
moonshine.-Chicago Tribune.
Briggs-"Do you think that Robinson
loves herr" Griggs-"He went shop
ping with her. ."-Cloak Review.
When a big corporation is reorgauized
the small stockholders are generally dis
Observation-Disclosures American.
Smell o. woods a-fre-
Creakin garden gate;
Poet with a Tyre
Liar diggin bait!
Atlanta constitution,
How much more affectionate the mem-
bers of a family group are in their photo
graph than they are out of it.-Atchison
Globe.
The reason that the average man is
unable to "put himself in your place" is
that he feels altogether too big to fill it.
Washington Star.
That school teacher who put pepper
on the tongues of refractory pupils cx-
plains that her ultimate object was to
make them smart.--Phiadelph Times.
Young man, when you escort q young
lady to the piano be sure that the music
is done to a turn before you turn over
two leaves at once.-Detroit Free Press.
You say that Pm your shelteriny oak
Ihat VIII not yield when tempests crash;
But am SO consumed by love,
should in truth be called an ash.
Puck.
The two-headed boy may not have SO
mary corns in proportion to his size as
other boys, but he must have great deal
more Observation-Disclosures Repub-
lican.
Young Lady-"Havs you a Heart
That l Can Call My OwnYn Music
Clerk-"Well-er-aw-not Just now,
mss; another has claim on It."-De-
troit Free Press.
Oh, l love the sweet old poets
Who sang of love so true.
But wish they'd left little ,a
For me to sing of, too.
Puck.
"What luck did you have when you
were out hunting yesterday" "The
worst in the world. It's very strange
that the birds never fly where ] shoot"
Texas Siftings.
One of Her Pets: She-"I always have
a great many pets about me-" He
(tenderly)-"Am one of them2" She
-"Yes. You are my pet aversion."-
New York Herald.
Ere he was wed his heart was light,
And he would sing from morn till night,
But since his blessed babe was born
He's got to sing from night till mornl
-Goolalrs Sun.
"Why, jackson, this isn't bit tho
kind of house l supposed you would
build" "No; Pm rather surprised my
self, but the architect is very well salts
fed. London Tid-Bits.
A damsel of twelve who dlslikes boys
wrote an essay upon them, in which she
said, "If had my way half the boys in
the world would be girls and the other
half would be dolls. Modern Society.
"The last time l saw you, Bill, you
were complaining about the wolf at the
door, and now you simply walow in
wealth. al know it. / caught tho
wolf and exhibited him. New York
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

A bill which recently passed the
United States Senate has been vigorously
assailed by newspapers all over the coun.
try as an attempt to infringe upon the
rights of citizens enga yed in business. The
New York World says of this measure:
at is known as the Paddock Pure Food
bill. ltauthorizes agents of the Agri-
cultural Department to call for and au.
alyze or have analyzed samples OF all
foods or drugs Or drinks or patent med
iciues, OF anything else that a man can
swallow, which may be offered for sale
IN any other State other than that in
which they are produced, aud it makes
it a misdemeanor to send or take from
one State to another any food or drug
which is adulterated or improperly
branded. The measure is bad ell over
aud clear through. 1t directs Federal
bureau interference with a matter which
properly belongs to the several States. It
opens up an opportunity for endless ex-
tIavagancc in the multiplying of needless
aud costly analyses. 1t institutes
bureau Of inquisition which, in dishonest
hands, will become bureau of black.
mail pure and simple. 1t gives to this
bureau practically the power to prohibit
tae sale of any article which is not an
absolute simple, to csll any combination
of substances an adulteration, and to help
one mans business by destroying the bus.
iness of his competitor with an arbitrary
ruling. If the bill becomes law the
bureau may at will select baking DOW.
der, for example, aud accept its compo-
stion as the standard, forbidding the
sale of all baking powders made in any
different fashion by ruling that to call
them baking pcwGers IS TO brand them
improperly. 1t may favor one ketchup
in the same way, and so on through the
whole list of foods and drugs and
drinks. There is no public desire for
such measure. There is nc occasion
for it, and no sense of justice in it. 1t
is an arbitrary, tyrannical, paternal i'm
pertinence at best; at worst it is some.
thing very much more Objectionable than
that"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
RATES or ApvgRTIsIRog
LOVE.

Bright are the jewels of the nina
And rich their radiant CLEAN.
When wrought in many a quaint device,
They fash their fiery stream.
A thousand charms are in their hearts
Our senses to enthrall,
With gold and silver they are bought
But love is worth them all!
Sweet are the blossoms we behold
In summers glorious prime,
The dear companions that enhance
The joys Of summer time;
In wondrous beauty they appear,
In sadder beauty fall
Our darlings for a few brief hours.
But love outlasts them all
Beyond the present treasures lie,
And flowers perfume the way;
The air-looms of an ancient house,
Whose glories neer decay.
A whisper from the promised land,
Inspires the earnest soul:
"Eternity is thy reward,
And love shall win the goalp'
Josephine Pollard, in the Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

One OF the curious aspects of our com.
p!ex nationalities resulting from the
number of foreign emigrauts, notes the
New York Sun, is the liability of Italians
to become counterfeiters. The English
speaking races, the Germans and tho
French, seem inclined to regard counter
letting us not worth the trouble at the
risk at which such a pursuit is engaged
in. But the lower class of Italians, for
some mysterious reason, regard counter.
feiting as an easy way of earning liv.
ing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
Africa's Population.

According to the latest and most re-
liable estimates the population of the
Dark Continent is placed at 1853, OOO 900,
or fourteen inhabitants to the square
mile, while the population of the Three
Americas is given at 123,713,O ,O9O, OF
eight Inhabitants to the square mile. 1t
must be remembered that while explorers
tell us of large districts in Africa that
are scantily populated, there are also
vast regions densely populated, of which
but few persons have ever heard. It
may in fact be said that only the fringe
OF the Dark Continent has as yet been
reacaed after 1000 years of intermittent
eXpioration.-New Orleans Picayuue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

Plaindeld, N. j., boasts of vast un.
derground river which supplies moro
water than the Inhabitants can use. Iu
an attempt recently made to test tho
capacity of the stream, more than 4 ,0O0,-
ooo gallons daily rau to waste, but the
river was apparently as full rs ever.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
The District Of Columbia.

The District of Columbia was origin
ally ten miles square, 100 square miles in
area. OF this siXty-four square miles
was ceded TO the National Government
by Maryland in 177S aud thirty.s.x
square miles by Virginia in 1883 an
1916 the portion of the District west
OF the Potomac was ceded back to Vir-
giria, leaving its present area sixty-four
square p '"'otiou by the last
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

1t is said that Canada is the only
country in the world in which the mill
tary force is armed with the old Snider
rifles. Military men of the Dominion
are urging the adoption of more modern
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
THE MYSTERIOUS FACE ON
BOTTLE PINNACLE.

T may be you have
seen the pottery bot
ties made by the Zuni
and Pueblo Indians
Of New Mexico. They
are never tine, are
always crank SIDED.
The Pinna,la was
about as symmo rical
as are Indian pottery
bottles. 1t has a we'll
fitting stopper. You
felt like climhinu ,,r
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

Professor Geffcken, of Hamburg, docs
not consider 1000, 900 too high an esti-
mate to represent the number of Ameri-
can citizens of German birth or parent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18

The development of electric railroads
in this country has been extraordinarily
rapid.