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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
An Ancient Alligator.

An alligator has just been killed in
Louisiana that is known to have been
l20 years old. In l773 the great great
grandfather of the present owner OF
the plantation on which this alligator
was killed purchased the plantation.
His first work was TO rid it of alliga
tors, He raided family of alligators
and killed all but one, who escaped,
leaving portion of his tail This ALI.
gator was seen from time to time and
recognized because part of his tail was
gone. The alligator was never tanned,
but in a general way received the care
and protection of each member of the
family through the four generations
A visitor 10 the plantation saw IL great
alligator lying on the bank. lie raised
his gun, but it required several shots
before the animal was killed. He was
delighted with the success, when his
host came up and showed his sorrow
at what his guest had done. The ALI
gator was buried on the banks of the
stream, the entire family attending
the obsequies New York Observer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The warden of the Central Prison at
Toronto says in his report to the
Ontario Government that "of 25, 900
children brought to Canada by Miss
Macpherson, DR.. Barnardo, Mr..
Quarter and others, from Great
Britain, only three per cent. have
lapsed into crime" These children
we're nearly all homeless waits gathered
in London and other great cities
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The "'baby King" of Spain has
ceased to amuse and entertain his sub
jects by his infantile graces, hears the
Argonant, and has become a weakly
and uninteresting child of larger
growth. As he becomes more mature,
he gives evidence that he has inherited
the weaknesses of profiigate ancestors.
Officially he is Alfonso the Thirteenth,
and the croakers think there is an
omen in the unlucky number.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The steamer John Hancock, which
was wrecked a few weeks ago, by q
gale while tied up at the wharf at
Standpoint, Alaska, has an interesting
history. During the troubles between
the United States and Japan the Han.
cock carried the pennant of Commo.
dore Perry, and it was in her cabin
that the treaty between the countries
Was signed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

America has always been liberal in
her educational expenditures. Chief
Harris, of the Bureau of Education,
estimates that con an average the
youth of the land receive each seven
teen weeks schooling annually for ten
years, and he says that in the nine
teen years prior to 1889 the value of
property owned by public schools in
creased from $3.50, 900, 900 to 1923, 900, q
900, and whereas in 1870 the amount
expended on education was $164 per
capita for the whole population, the
expenditure in 1889 was So. per
capita. Here, however, it would be
well for the optimist to stop figuring.
In 1870 the total of 500, 900, 600 was
spent for the education of If, 900, 900
of children between the ages of six
and twenty, an average OF 1918 for
each child, while in 1889 there were
$l3S, 900, 900 expended for 20, 600, 600
of children--an average of S6. go for
each child. Thus, while it sounds
well to say that the annual expendi-
ture more than doubled in the length
of time under conls leration, the real
increase per child was small and
hardly kept pace with the demands Of
educational progress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The London Industries is consider
ably worked up over the way this
country is taking away Great Britain's
locomotive trade with South Africa.
During the first quarter of the present
year England shipped only about one
third as many locomotives to South
American countries as she did during
the first three months of 1890 and her
sales in South Africa were reduced
from 1892, 800 to $4,000. These coun-
tries are buying just as many locomo-
tives now as two years ago, but they
are buying from this country instead
of from England.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

1t appears that during the ten years
from 1881 to 1891 the population of
India increased from 253, 900, 900 to
2S7, 10000 The enumeration of
tracts previously neglected and the ad-
dition of Upper Burmah to British ter
ritory accounts for nearly 5000, 900 o
the increase, but the actual population
of the area enumerated in both years
shows an increase of over 27, ZOO, 600,
or about eleven per cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Time fies-Seventeen-year locusts.
Barking dogs sometimes bite the
dust.
1t is the man who beats that is will
ing to let by-gones be by-gones.
The camel is lucky brute. 1t never
has to hump itself. Troy Press
A lawsuit wears out sooner at the
pockets than at the knees. Puck.
A skeptic is man who doubts the
accuracy of his own watch. Puck.
Talk about women being highty
Look at bank cashiers. Texas Sift-
ipgs.
1t is probably called pin money be-
cause the husband is stuck for it,
Troy Press.
Our uncle, the pawnbroker, may not
have pleasant ways, but we have to put
up with him. Puck.
Nearly all the men who have in
vented flying machines are residing in
our cemeteries. Statesman.
That many men have many minds
Proverbial law astutely finds
To me it oftener seems % fall
That many have no mind at all.
Life.
The mite that the Anarchist is will
ing to contribute for the promotion
of his cause is dynamite. Detroit
Free Press.
81 didn't know it was so late" said
the volcano, awaking from its long
slumber; 81 must start my fire.
Chicago Tribune.
When Fogg has run upstairs and ar
rives at the top out of breath, he very
properly refers to his pneumatic tire.
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Slimdiet Don't you find it
little lonesome sitting down to luncheon
all alone?" Bordaire-"Oh, no; the
cheese is here. Truth.
'I've got it in for you, my friend"
soliloquized the mosquito, sinking it
little deeper in the sleeping victims
nose.-Chicago Tribune.
We are oil willing to acknowledge
that we have our faults; but mighty
few of us are willing to acknowledge
the faults our friends see in u.s. Puck.
Wealth does not bring contentment,
And none gets what he axes
For If he did, he'd want the earth,
And growl about the taxes.
Judge.
"From what I've been reading
suppose boarding g-houses must have
been found first in Turkey" "Will
you explain why?" "The best variety
of prunes grows there"
(Which of us would You rather
have?" asked one of the two men run.
ming across the field. 81 don't care"
replied the bull; ''it's toss up be.
tween you. Washington Star.
Don't you think Mrs. Stanton's
opinions are very much biased?" Mrs.
Latestyle - 'Mercy, 1 am not sur
prised, for she hasn't any more idea
of style than Il heather. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
"Ihey amputated his leg after all,
eh? What made the doctors wait so
long?" 'Judgin' from their bills, it
must have been to give 'ema chance to
pull it before they took it of. "--Buf-
falo Courier.
Jack-'I don't believe all that
stuff about women always wanting the
last word" " Dick why don't you?"
Jack-"Well, last night l told Miss
Checkbook that l knew that / was not
worthy of her, and she did not say
word in reply. Inter Oce can.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

Says the New York Post: We hear
more and more every year about the
growing difficulty of obtaining work in
this country as it becomes more thickly
settled. Yet there is one important
department in which the supply of la
bor falls constantly further short of
the demand. This is domestic service.
The complaints are universal, and they
become all the while more vehement.
The Watertown Conn. correspondent
of the Waterbury American writes
''There is a great demand for good and
honest servant girls in our town. Ser
want girls, as general rule, do not
like to come into the country towns,
as there is little society and but few
theatres, etc.-for them here. No
matter how good the pay and the treat
ment is here, they had rather be in Il
city where they will get less pay and
have to work harder than to go into a
country town. 1t is almost impossible
if any one is in need of woman help to
find any one who is willing to work for
any price. A few good women who
understand house-cleaning, washing,
and that sort of work could find work
here the year around at good wages.
There is nothing exceptional in the
condition of Watertown, adds the Post.
Hundreds of country towns are as
badly of, Moreover, the difficulty of
obtaining good service in the city in
creases all the time. Meanwhile we
are constantly importuned to bewail
the condition of women who are work
ing for starvation wages" in other
employments, but who would rather
keep on than earn good pay as laun-
dresses or cooks. It is one of the most
extraordinary phenomena of modern
civilization.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
Colonel John A. Creighton,

Colonel John A. Creighton, OF
Omaha, Neb., ten times millionaire,
has a semi-National reputation as a
philanthropist. He has given S3,-
600, 900 at various times to the city OF
Omaha, TO be devoted to charitable
purposes. One of his gifts was a hos
pital 1t has an ironclad rule to the
effect that the applicant for relief shall
be asked no questions as to his race or
color or religious beliefs or morals or
politics. All that the physicians are
required to know is that he suffers and
needs attention. If he is able to pay
he pays, and if he is not his treatment
does not cost him cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The New York Post announces that
war between Corea and Japan has
been averted by the mediation of Sec
retary Gresham. The trouble arose
on account of a Corean decree prohib-
iting the expectation of beans and pulse,
the country being threatened with
famine. The Corean Government has
agreed to pay s11O,oOO indemnity to
settle the claims of Japanese mer-
chants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
The Niles Annual Overflow.

The Nile has a fall of but six inches
to the 1000 miles. The overflow com
mences in June every year and con
tinues until August, attaining an ele-
vation of from twenty-four to twenty
six feet above low water mark, and
flowing through the "Yalley of Egypt"
in turbulent body twelve miles wide.
During the last 1000 years there has
been but one sudden rise of the Nile,
that of 1929, when 80, 900 were people
drowned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

Five thousand little graves are dug
each year in Philadelphia for little
babies, says a medical paper of New
York City, and 5000 little headstones
are yearly set up over their graves, all
due to deaths traceable to the diseases
which spring from wrong feeding. In
the overwhelming majority of instances
the poor food of which the babies die
is bad milk, diseased milk OF SKINNED
milk
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
A WATERMELON SONG.

o, the Georgia watermelon-it's a-growin'
cool an green,
AMI soon be pullin' heavy at the stem
An the knife--it needs a whettin', an tho
blade is gittin' keen,
o, the Georgia watermelon Is a geml
Melons cool an green
Jes' the best you ever seen!
See the sweet juice drippin'
From them melons cool an greenl
o, the Georgia vutermelon-wit the purtiest
sort o. stripe!
1t amt a streak o. fat an streak O. lean,
You thump her with yer fingers, an you hear
her answer "Ripew
Q the Georgia watermelon cool an green
Melons cool an green
Jes' the best you ever seen!
See the red juice drippin'
From them melons cool an rreenl
Atlanta Constitution
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The gavel presented by the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange to Judge
Chrisman, who defed the mob in Mis-
sissippi and protected prisoners, IL
flnnked with SO d plates of gold. In
accepting it the Judge made modest
and a model speech. The Chicago Her.
aid states that his conduct is univer
sally lauded in the South by press and
people.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

In San Francisco fifty thousand
Cinnamon are allowed to huddle to-
gether in an area OF something like a
dozen blocks Puck presumes that
the San Francisco Board of Health
permits this state of affairs because it
is a novelty as picturesque as it is
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS.

Last night there toiled till late a little spin
ner
From leaf TO Se6f her silken threads she
swung
Now, dew-ensllvered in the morning sun
shine,
The finished lace is hung
conquer,
And strongest bars to break with dauntless
pride,
To spare the nlmy web across his pathway,
Pausee, and turns aside.
-Olara W. Bronson in Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
Japan is taking most enthusiastically
TO the kindergarten.

The Government of Mexico has
issued an official circular calling the
attention OF the Mexican people to the
necessity of immigration in order that
the country may be developed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The Madrid Epoca expresses the be-
lief that Great Britain will ultimately
cede Gibraltar TO Spain if indemnifled
for the cost of the Notifications which
Great Britain has constructed there.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The rotation of crops now most
commonly practioed in Egypt Includes
wheat, generally followed 10y barley,
dhoura, beans, on lentils clover fol-
lowed by wheat, satllower by lupins or
peas, sugar cane 10y dhoura. the latter
bg HnN, and they again by indigo,
which lasts for three years. In the
Fayoum district, the rose crop 's
grea. industry, $4,000 ounces OF Itse
essence heiug exported yearly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

During all the thousand years in
which the Pekin Gazette, the organ of
the imperial crown in China, has been
in existence, only seventeen of its edi-
tors have been beheaded. So says
Joe Howard in the New York Recorder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

According TO the New York Post
there are encouraging signs that pub
lie sentiment throughout the country
is coming TO recognize more clearly
than ever before the necessity of in
telligence in the exercise of the suf-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

On the far northwestern waters of
Puget Sound there are SO many dead
trees always floating that none but
screw steamers or stern wheelers can
navigate. A side-wheeler would sooner
or later strike n log, perhaps weighing
many tons, which would knock her
paddle to splinters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

The New York Mail and Express
claims that il was the first TO use the
expression "Old Glory" as applied to
the Stars and Stripes, the former APP
pellation being not almost as common
us the latter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

Dvorak, the BohemianN composer,
who recently conducted some of his
own music at the Worlds Fair, de.
clares that the possibilities of an
American school of music lie in the
Southern melodies He believes that
American composers should study
these songs and build upon them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

Tho Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion in England, started forty-nine
years ago in a small room at st. Paul's
churchyard, has attained such growth
that last year 2126 new members were
enrolled.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
THE FOURTH AT KA BOB.
BY FORREST cR1ssEY.

II f Jay h a W k
family was in a
state of intense
excitement, which
increased as the
Fourth f July
approac h e d.
Nothing had oc-
Cured since the
birth of Jehial,
the only scion of
that rural house.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

Kansas has school for every 1856
pupils, Massachusetts one to 600,
Pennsylvania one 60 400.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19
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Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements conegtpd
quarterly. Temporary advertisements nE1st
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-19

GusnQ has been in use in the United
States for the last sixty years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-25
OUR PRIZE PUZZLES.

These puzzles will appear weekly. once
month we will publish at the head OF
this column a picture Of the girl or boy
sending TO this Office the greatest number
or correct answers to the puzzles which
nave appeared during the month; or We
VIII give to the winner any one of the
books or articles mentioned belox which
may be selected. Any single work by
any Of the following authors: Charles
Dickens, ]. Fennimore Cooper, Charles
Reade, Sir Walter Scott, Bulwer Lytton,
Miss Mulock, Louisa NJ. Olcott f. Mar
lon Crawford. W. ID. Howells, Jane G..
Austen; Vanity Fair" or Henry Es-
mond." by w. NJ. Thackeray; Adam
Bede.' or mill on the Floss" by George
Eliot; Prince and Pauper." or 'Huckle-
berry Finn" by Mark Twain; "All
Aboard" and BOAT Club" by Oliver
optic; Lorna Doone," by r. d. Black
mere; Nights with Uncle Re nus" by
Joel Chandler Harris; Giovanni and the
Others" by Mrs. f. III. Burnett: "Rud-
der Grange" by Frank r. Stockton;
AN Humble Romance" by Mary T..
wilkins; Next Door," by Clara Louise
Burnham; Boys own Outdoor Book"
by g. A. Hutchinson: 10000 Leagues
Under the Sea-" by Jules Verne: Alice
In Wonderland" and Through the Look
ing Glass" by Lewis Carroll: ben Hur"
by Lew Wallace: Fifteen Decisive Bat
ties OF the World" by r. S. Greasy;
North In Mexico" by Fred A Ober;
''Boyhood In Norway" by Hjalmar
H3orth Boyesen: or q volume OF any OF
the standard poets. or any one Of the fol-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-25
Tho English Mater.

The devotion OF children. especially Of
sons, TO their mothers, is one of the most
charming phases of English home life.
The mater" is n goddess to her boys
From his earliest years he is taught
by his father to yield implicit and in
slant obedience.
AS soOr as he can reach the door ham
die, he must run 10 open the door for
her when she enters or leaves n room.
He must provide here with the most
comfortable chair. he must fetch and
carry for her. look after her comfort
and anticipate he. every wish.
A hint of the service OF an English son
renderd to his mother may be had from
the printed accounts OF the conduct OF
the Prince of Wales when on state oc-
casions he appears with the Queen. II
might be supposed to be mere court eti-
quette. but II is, in fact. the Difference
Of an English gentleman for his mother
New York Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-25
Cats I'm Russia.

1t may be a source Of consolation TO
the British Tom cat 10 know that, what
ever his ultimate destiny may be, II can
not possibly take a worse form than
that which follows In the wake OF his
Russian brother All along the banks Of
the Volga are colonies OF hard hearted
men who make a business OF breeding tom
cats and Tables TO sell TO pedders at
three pence or four pence each. And not
only is pussy subjected to this indignity.
but also TO the further and greater one
OF being fiayed alive, and then killed.
But, TO give him his due, the pedder
does not torture his victim in this man
ner wantonly. 1t is the outcome OF ne
cessity, and fashion demands the perpe-
tration of these heinous cruelties. The
skin is rendered more pliable and soft
when taken from the body OF the living
animal. and consequently fetches a high
er price In the fur centres Of Russia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-25
THE WEEKLY LETTER.
Father Times Has Word for the Chill
dron.

THE TINES"
My Dear Children
Very many of you are looking forward
with bright anticipation 10 summer,
which is TO be spent at the seashore,
among the mountains, or At the pleasant
country home while not n few expect to
have good time right here In the heart
OF the city. To one and all OF you, how
ever, I want 10 say that / hope these
summer months are not TO be mere times
Of fun seeking and idle, purposeless frolic.
While II rs true that
"All Vcsk and no play
Makes Jack a dull boy" or Mary
dull girl, II Is quite as certainly true
that IAN play and no work" makes
either Of them something very unlovely
and undesirable. and useless. We never
quite get rid OF the results OF bad habits.
The idleness INDUCED in now will surely
tell upon you ali your future years so
take care TO form I'm these early days Of
your lives only habits that may render
you more attractive, more useful and
more beloved. / must tell you just here
that Master James Cabell sent me a very
pleasant little note OF thanks for the copy
OF Vanity Fair" 10 which he was en-
titled as a prize, and have IT here on
my file now. l shall always be glad to
hear from you.