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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The mean height of land above the
sea level is 2250 feet.
An incandescent lamp without a fila
ment is the next electrical improvement
we are promised.
Mutton is more nutritious and digestl
BILE than beef, although some physicians
hold that broth made from beef is more
nutritive than that from mutton.
Electricity as an aid to making is,
it is said, in successful use at the gun
factory of st. Etienne, France. The
particular use to which it is there put is
in the tempering of springs.
A scheme, propounded by NJ. Rago-
sine, which provides for the construction
of steel pipe line from the Caspian Sea,
through Persia, to the Persian Gulf, for
the conveyance of kerosene, is attracting
attention in Baku oil quarters.
The total average efficiency of the
Frankfort Lauffen plant which trans
mitted $50 horsepower of electrical
energy distance of 100 miles is stated
in the official reports, just published, to
have been about seventy-five per cent.
At three of the large London railway
ctations-Charing Cross, Cannon street
and London Bridge--as many as 81, 969
movements for signal and point levers
have to be made every twentY-four hours,
quite apart from the telegraphic opera
tions.
Two Indian gentlemen have invented
an anti-collision apparatus. 1t is worked
by electricity, the principle being that
when one train gets on the same pair of
metals an another train within certain
distance the current so acts as to bring
them to strndstill.
Twenty-Five acres of land are needed
to sustain a man on flesh meat, while the
same amount of land under wheat feeds
forty two people; under oats, forty
eight people; under potatoes, Indian
corn and rice, 176 people, and under
the plantain or bread fruit tree, 5000
people.
Globus announces the formation of
new islet in the Caspian, near Baku, by
upheaval. 1t lies three and half miles
from shore, and measures IFS feet by
4OO iCCt, ilSluS duOuI bWCul1 lCSL uOONC
the water. Its surface is irregular and
composed of blackish gray and yellow
hardened mud.
Considerable astonishment was re-
Gently excited in zone of Sweden aud
Russia, comprising the towns of Stock
holm, Elisavetgrod, Pinsk, Kovno aud
st. Petersburg, by the appearance in the
air and the eventual deposit on the
ground of large clouds of powder of
peculiar appearance.
A French paper is authority for the
statement that Partisan laundryman
has discovered way of cleansing fine
linen without using soap or other chemi-
Gals. Instead of these, he ru1s boiled
potatoes upon the goods, making, it is
claimed, much. soiled linen, silk aud cot
ton whittier and purer than when washed
in the usual way. The truth of the
statement may be easily tested in any
laundry,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
The PAPER Age.

The world has seen its iron age and
its braSen age, but this is the age of pa
per. We are making so many things of
paper that it will soon be true that with
out paper there is nothing made. We
live in paper houses, wear paper cloth
ing, and sit on paper cushions IN paper
cars rolling on paper wheels. II we
lived in Bergen, Norway, we could go
on Sundays to paper church. We do
paper business over paper counters,
buying paper goods, paying for them
with paper money, aud deal in paper
stocks on paper margins. We row races
in paper boats for paper prizes. AS the
age develops the coming man will be-
come more deeply enmeshed in the pa
per net. He will awake in the morning
and creep from under the paper clothing
of his paper bed, and put on his paper
dressing gown and his paper slippers.
He will walk over paper carpets, down
paper stairs, and seating himself in a pa
per chair, will read the paper news in
the morning paper. A paper bell will
call him to his breakfast, cooked in
paper oven, served on paper dishes, laid
on paper cover on paper table. He
will wipe his lips on paper napkin, and
having put on his paper shoes, paper
hat and paper coat, and then taking his
paper stick Che has the choice of two
descriptions already he will walk on
paper pavement or ride in a paper car
ciage to his paper Office. He will or
ganize paper enterprises and make paper
profits. He will sail the ocean on paper
steamships and navigate the air in paper
ballonns. He will smoke paper cigar
or paper tobacco in paper pipe, lighted
with paper match. He will write with
paper pencil, whittle paper sticks with
paper knife, go fishing with a paper
fishing-rod, paper line aud paper
hook, and put his catch in paper bas-
ket. He will go shooting with paper
gun, loaded with paper cartridges, and
will defend his country in paper forts,
with paper cannon and paper bombs.
Having lived his paper life and achieved
a paper fame and paper wealth, he will
retire to paper leisure and die in paper
peace. There will be a paper funeral, at
which the mourners, dressed in paper,
will wipe their eyes with paper handker-
chiefs, and the preacher will preach
in paper pulpit. He will lie in a paper
coffin, he will be wrapped in paper
shroud, his name will be engraved on a
paper plate, and paper hearse, adorned
with paper plumes, will carry him to
paper-lined grave, over which will be
raised paper monument.-Paper Re-
cord.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

steps, an a honey suckle fell off the
vine an hit me in the face.
"Malviny," says 1, all of a sudden
'lettin' go my holts an standin' up
straight ez bean pole, ''et the plumb,
biggest, doggone fool in Hick'ry County
wuz to asst you to be has wife, what up
you say9"
She was settin' down, but when l
stopped talkin', she got up an comm
over to me, she put both her hans onto
my shoulders, an, ,lookin' me ez straight
in the eyes ez Of I wuz the Judgment
Days, she says:
"Jeems JiuSins," says she, or slow ez
m'lasses in Jinuary, ''I'd say yes, sir,
an make sensible man outen him."
'Malviny," says 1, resumin' my fust
holts, "you've done it right ncw."
That wuz forty year ago, an reckon
Malviny must have made mistake, fer
somehow the moon amt no older'n it
wuz, ner the stars no DINNER, an the
apple blossoms air jist as sweet as they
wuz that summer night, an Malviny an
me an June seems to be movin' along
with our arms around each other, an
Pm jist big enough fool to wanter die
when Malvina an June does, an go
with 'em over yander.-Will j. Lamp
ton, in Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
Fat. Tailed Sheep.

Some interest has been evoked by the
announced arrival of flock of sixteen of
the fat-tailed sheep of Persia for our
Agricultural Department at Washington.
1t has been thought that in our wide
range of territory there might be found
place for these curious but not very
valuable sheep, of which there is not
much known by the public, except
among experts, of these animals, aud
some mistaken impressions are existing
in regard to the enterprise. Sheep gen
orally have a natural facility for laying
fat on various parts of the body. Some
gather 1t on their ribs, Others on their
viscera and others on the tail. This
habit is natural to some kinds Of the OK
tribe, and other animals, as the beaver,
which Las an exceedingly large and fat
tail. One race of sheep found in Asia
Minor, southern Asia, eastern Europe,
Arabia aud in Africa, have this fat tail
enormously developed. When kept in
houses and highly fed, the tail, fastened
to little cart for protection, reaches
the weight Of forty pounds. The fat Of
it Is used in place Of butter. .-American
Dairyman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
Three Kinds of Lightning.

According to Arago, the celebrated
French physicist, there are three kinds
OF lightning, which he names lightning
of the first, second and third classes.
Lightning of the first class is known as
fork lightning. That of the second
class as sheet lightSing, which has no
definite form, but seems to be great
mass of light. 1t has not the intensity
of lightning of the first class. When-ft
occurs behind a cloud, it lights up its
outline only. Occasionally it illuminates
the entire body of clouds, aud appears
to come forth from the very heart OF it.
Sheet lightning is very much more FIRE.
quent than forlSed lightning. Lightning
OF the third kind is called bali light.
ming. Ball lightning lasts for several
seconds, and, in this respect, differs
widely from lightning OF the first aud
second classes, which are, in the strictest
sense, momentary.-petroit FREQ Psess
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
SUMMER.

Oh, sweet and strange what time gray morn
ing steals
Over the misty fats, and gently stirs
Bee-laden lines and pendulous abeles,
To brush the ew-bespangled gossamers
From meadow grasses and beneath black
frs,
In limpid streamlets or tran, lucent laAes
To battle amid dim heron haunted brakes!
Oh, sweet and sumptuous at height Of noon
Languid to lie on scented summer lawns,
Famed by faint breezes of the breathless
June;
To watch the timorous aud trooping
fawns
Dappled pke tenderest clouds in early
dawns,
Forth from their ferny covert glide to drink
And cool 1.-the limbs beside the rivers brink,
Oh, strange and sad, ere daylight disap-
pears,
To hear the creaking of the homeward
vain,
Drawn by its yoke of tardy pacing steers.
Meath honeysuckle hedge and tangled
lane:
To breathe faint scent Of roses on the wane
By cottage doors, and watch the mellowing
sky
Fade into saffron hues insensiblyi
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
eff 1 WE'RE FAlR"

I''Then she looked into her tnirror."1
II had little hands, and slender feet;
II TO my cheeks the color rich and sweet
Come at a word, and faded at frown;
If had clinging curls of burnish'd brown;
II had dreamy eyes aglow with smiles,
And graceful limbs, and pretty girlish
wiles-
III were fair, Love would not turn aside;
Life's paths, so narrow, would be broad and
wide,
If were feiri
II 1 were fair,
Perhaps like other maidens might hold
A true hearts store of tried and tested
gold.
Love waits on Beauty, though sweet Love
alone,
Il seems TO me, for aught might well atone.
But Beauty's charm is strong, and Love
obeys
The mystic witchery of her shy ways.
If were fair, my years would seem so few;
Life would unfold sweet pictures to my
view,
If were fart
IL l were fair
Perhaps the baby. with scream of joy,
To clasp my neck would throw away its toy
And hide its dimples in my shining hair,
Bewildered by the mazs Of glory therei
But now-oh. shadow of young girls face,
Uncolored lips that Pains cold fingers trace,
You will not blame the child whose wee
hands close,
Not on the blighted bud but on the rose
So rich and fair.
II were fair,
Oh. just little fair, with some soft touch
About my face to glorify it muchl
II no one Stunned my presence or my kiss
My heart would almost break beneath its
bliss.
IT'S said each pilgrim shall attain his goal
And perfect light shall flood each blinded
soul
When days flush merges into sunsets bars
-AnG night is here. And then beyond the
stars
! shall be fairi
-E lith Rutter, in London Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

settin' out on the porch steps; the old
folks wuE gone to bed, an / reckon I'd
been holdin' onto her ham fer up'ards Nv
sever'l minutes, tickled most to death
cause she didn't snatch it away.
"Malvinyl" says /, purity nigh in a
whisper.
"Yes, Jimi" says she, hitchin' up an
inch or two.
"Ain't ther some fellers you kinder
like little better'n some other fellers7"
''No, Jim," says she, an sorter felt
my gizzard drap about two feet an a
half.
"Nary oneG" says I.
"Yes, Jim," says she, "one."
That hoped me good deal; that an
the way she said it.
"Malviuy," says I, takin' a new holt
onto her han, "ef I'd throw a rock,
about now, could hit the feller you like
the best9"
"No, Jim," says she, an down went
that durn gizzard ov mine ag'in.
"Why couldn't ], Malvinya" says /,
fshin' round fer hint.
"'Cause, Jim," says she, an her han
give twitch.
"'Cause what3" says 1.
"Jis' cause" says she, an she jerked
her ham outer mine an slid over to'rds
the railin'.
"Do you reckon could hit him with
cluba" says !, pickin' up bit.
al reckon" says she.
"Could you, MalvinyG" says I.
s'Yes, could" says she, kinder quick
an narvous, an then heap softer, "but
l wouldn't"
"why wouldn't youG" says I, aggin'
her on.
81 wouldn't hit dog with club"
says she.
al amt no dog" says I, breakin' out
in the wrong place.
"Who said you wuzz2" says she,
mighty provokin'.
"You did" says I.
'I didn't" says she.
swell, you come mighty nigh it,
says l.
'I want talkin' about you, at all, I"
says she, sulkin'.
"Who wuz you talkin' about, then,
says /, gittin' ugly myself.
"That for me to know, an you to find
OUT" says she, ez sassy az a gal with
seven beaus.
Iseen wuz gittin' on ticklish ground,
an begun backin' off.
''What's the use ov us quarrelin',
Malyinyp says l, mighty forgivin', an
tryin' TO git holt on her hand agin.
81 amt quarrelIn'," says she.
''But wuz tryin' to-" says |, meetin'
her more'n half way, an she sorter let
her ham slip over to'rds mine, that wuz
reachin' round in the shadders.
/ wuz feelIn' purity shore now, an
gettin' clinch onto her han, says:
"MalviDy," says l, 81 think heap Nv
you"
"Jis' keep on thinkin' that away,
Jim," says she.
"Fer how long1" says /.
"That depen's, " says she.
"Depen's on whAt1" says l.
''How do knowl" says she, sorter
peeSish.
'tYou women air the beaten'est crit
ters, =, says I, drappin' her han.
''I amt" says she, darin' up.
"You air ali growed on the same
STEM" says l, harin' up, too,
"Well, don't keer," lays she ez
pesky ez, a stubborn calf, ~ am what
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

London Public Opinion notes that the
centenary of the discovery of coal gas
has just passed. One hundred years ago
William Murdock, Cornish miner,
studying the coal which he handled
daily, filled an iron kettle with it and
set 1t on the fire, connecting au iron
pipe with the nozzle; when the gas be.
gan to flow from the pipe he applied
light, and the first gas hight sprang into
existence. Wide as his useful invention
has spread, and great as tho blessings
that have resulted from it, how many
people ever heard the name Of William
Murdock?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
Discipline of Chinese Troops.

An English journal describes the man.
euvering of Chinese troops at review
that was held at Marking last month in
the presence of the Viceroy and a great
throng of spectators. The drill was en-
tirely on European lines, except that at
certain points during the movement the
bearers of flags leaped out before the
main body of troops, uttering terrific
yells and brandishing long fagstaffs like
spears, concluding by refolding their
flags around the stalls by dexterous
movement and leaping backward into
the ranks. The drilling was conducted
first by companies and then by regi-
ments, the various bodies being after
ward reformed and put through various
movements together. In the opinion of
one observer, the men did not keep very
evenly in line, but he saw no soldier
losing his place either in quick marching
or the rapid forming of squares and COL
umns. The bayonet exercise was also
gone through smartly, and the firing was
we'll up to the average. The men used
their old muzzle. loading muskets. New
Orleans Picayune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

To the London Lancet is due the sug-
gestIon that prizes SHOULD bc offered for
the best cup OF tea or coffee as much as
for the best show of fruit and flowers.
Here is an idea for county fairs, cooking
school competitions and mission work.
There is scarcely hamlet in Switzerland,
France, Austria or Italy where one can.
not find good cup of coffee. In this
country it is as raro as in England. Yet
there is nothing simpler or easier to
make. Perfect coffee can be made with
an old oyster can and clean rag or
horn of druggists filter paper. 1t should
be unnecessary to plead such a reason,
but the nerve-sustaining power of black
coffee, particularly for people who lead
sedentary lives, should make it at least
as accessible as bars and soda fountains.
In fact, as the Lancet says, in urging its
use: "To many OF the daily increasing
number of total abstainers a cup of
really good coffee is perhaps more
wholesome, as we'll as more palatable,
than too free use of aerated waters;
while many who are moderate drinkers
would prefer coffee in the middle of the
day, or at any other times when on
duty"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
A CurIOsltY of Digestion.

As rule, people digest most easily
what they like best. There is a dyspep-
tic in this town who suffers the agonies
of death ii he eats piece of white bread
or drinks a cup of tea, and yet he will
eat large piece of fat pork and plate
of baked beans swimming in grease,
without experiencing the slightest annoy
ance. He says he likes pork and beans,
and nobody can doubt it after seeing him
eat them, and he unquestionably fur
nishes an illustration of the maxim that
dyspepsia is an unaccountable malady.
st, Louis Globe. Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

State Geologist Smock, of New Jer-
sey, has gone to Holland to study the
dyke system of that country and to Sc
cure other information that may be util-
ized in solving the problem as to how to
save the New Jersey seashore coast. The
oceans inroads in the coast from Sandy
Hook southwark TO Cape May are many
and growing deeper yearly. In some
places indentations of mile or more
have been officially noted. The United
States GeodetiG aud Coast Survey is to
take the matter up this fall.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
ailor's goose-The dude.

A tailor's goose-The dude.
Cuts queer figure-The Chinese idol
carver.
The way to nail lie is to pin the man
down to facts.-Union County Standard.
A man is called confirmed liar when
nothing that he says is confirmed. -Bos-
ton Transcript.
Did any one ever see woman who
could look intelligent while talking to a
baby2-Atchison Globe.
Don't speak lightly of the graduate;
he knows a great deal that you have for
gotten. -Elmira Gazette.
The badge of the delegate shows you
who he is for, but it does not show you
what he is after.-Dallas News.
1t is altogether useless to try to talk
politics to the man who was married only
a week ago.-Somerville Journal.
Friend-"My, you grind out jokes
pretty fast" Humorist-"Fastl You
ought to see them come back. ."--Yankee
Blade.
After woman passes a certain age
she would just as soon get married on
Friday as on any o5hcr day. -Atchison
Globe.
Farmer Ito tattered tramp)--"Why
don't you work for livingp Tramp
"Because have dread of dying rich"
New York Journal.
Patient (who has been In railroad col
luN /
Doctor-"What2" Patient-"Damages,
of course. Yankee Blade.
There are in some soils 43, $50, 900
mosquito larvae to an acre. 1t is always
safe to count mosquitoes eggs before
they are Matched. New York Herald.
When Johnny broke his rocking-horse
In angry words his mother spoke;
But Johnny's argument had force:
"What goods horse unless iGs brokeP
Judge.
Tomly-"Does the High and Low Il.
r. pay, do you think2" Danly-"Oh,
yes. l understand that the conductors
on that road are amassiug fortunes. -
Yankee Blade.
Cobwigger-'I haven't any change
this morning; just chalk it up" Milk
man-"That's too much to ask. can't
afford to waste my chalk that way"
Boston Transcript.
Billy the Beau-''Anything new in en-
gagement rings2' Jeweler-"Yes: our
new Seaside plated goods are cheap and
are warranted to outwear any summer
resort engagement. - Jewellers Weekly.
Clara-''How we'll you looked on the
street yesterday" Maud Immensely
fattered) you really think sol
am awfully glad" Clara-''Yes, you
had on such a becoming veil. Cloak
Review.
Mrs. Van Cruger-''It strikes me, my
dear, that flirting has become almost a
science. 1t reminds me much of chess"
Edith Theodora-"Yes, mamma, that's
so. You can't get along without the
men. you know. w."-Boston Budget.
Employer-"We want man who is
willing TO work and knows the city"
Raggles the Tramp (sotto voce)
| guess | ought to fill the bill. know
the city like a book, and I've been work.
ing it for the past two weeks. Yankee
Blade.
Magistrate-"You are charged, sir,
with hitting the prosecuting witness,
McFadden, with brick. Guilty or not
guiltyl" Grogan-"Please, yer amer,
'twor very soft brick. Misther McFad-
dan is friend OF mine. indianapolis
Journal.
Servant delivering messagel- ."Mr.
Triplett sends his compliments to Mr..
Gazzam, with the request that he shoot
his dog, which is a nuisance IN the
neighborhood. Gazzam-"Give MIR.
Gazzam's compliments to Mr.. Triplett,
aud ask him to kindly poison his daughter
or burn up her piano. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

The electiol of woman Attorney
General lsamong the possibilities for the
State a Montana. where Ella L.
Knowles the only woman lawyer in the
Slate, hasVb been nominated by the Peoples
party. was thr ough the influence of
Miss Kndt les that the bill was passed to
admit women to practice law tn the
State, aud Abe was herself the first can
didate for admission under the new law.
Her practice is large aud lucrative.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
Advantage of Double WindOws.

Double windows--that is, windows
with double glass-are an advantage in
either winter or summer. In the winter
season they pay for themselves in month
or two by the diminution of coal bills,
since with their assistance not more than
half the coal which is usually needed is
required to warm dwelling. They are
just as great an advantage in the summer
season, for not only do they shut out the
dust, but by keeping them closed during
the day the temperature of room may
be kept five or ten degrees below that Of
the air outside.-New York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07
LicOriee.

The stick licorice imported from Eu-
rope is rarely pure. Most of it comes
from Spain, where it is adulterated to an
almost incredible degree. The chief
adulterant is a common and cheap gum
obtained from an acacia, which grows in
great abundance in Morocco and along
the west coast OF the Sahara and is called
Barbara gum. But this is not the only
substance used, for starch, flour and
even sand are employed in such quanti-
ties that some Of the cheap grades of
licorioe have only one-half their weight
composed of the material they purport
to contain. n.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

The present Mayor of Huelva, Spain,
where Columbus first met Queen Isabella,
is of the same name and lineal descend
ant OF the man who was Mayor of the
place when Columbus sailed to discover
the New World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

New Workers. have formed a society,
with branches in Philadelphia and other
American cities, for the suppression of
the ''intolerable annoyance created by
the frequent noisy changing of inhar-
monious church BELLS"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

1t is estimated by statisticiau in the
American Farmer that this country loses
over $500, 600, 900 a year by adulterated
food. This is more of a burden upon it
than several of the great European ar
mics are upon their countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

It is said just before his last campaign
Gladstone hardened himself for exposure
bareheaded at outdoor public meeting by
habitually sitting at window from
which,e. strong draft 'as coming. This
8 heroic device 70 a strong man, but
ID would be likely tfplay havoc with
Ils,~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-07

The telephone jstiu, to very largo
extent, an American institution. Even
in England it is slightly appreciated,
and neither in Fl Ancc nor Germany has
1t yet obtained adything like a financial
or commercial pothold. There are far
less telephones in use in London aud
Paris combined than there are in st.