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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
A Great PhllanthrOpist.

The new Peabody Institute, recently
dedicated at Danvers, Mass, was neces,
sarily built Of wood, but as long as II
stands 1t will be very worthy memorial
of the gift of the philanthropist to his
native town. George Peabody was born
IN Danvers, February 18th, 1898, and
died in London, November 4th, 1859.
In 1856 he donated $40, 900 for an insti-
tute in his native town, and in 1855 he
endowed it with $4,000, but unfor.
tunately tho original structure was
burned in 1890.
The present structure cost but S2S, 900.
The architecture is colonial, and the
dimensions are fifty-two feet in width
and ninety-two feet long. It stands ia
q beautiful park, which is bordered by
Sylvan aud Pond streets and Peabody
avenue, and is finished in fine woods,
with the usual rooms of such building,
as library, main hall, etc. The latter has
a seating capacity of 100, with large
stage fitted up with scenery for plain
theatricals.
The library has shelves for 10000
volumes, and the reading room adjacent
is very coy and pleasant place. In
one room hangs the portrait, six by ine
feet, of Mr.. Peabody, which was saved
with great difficulty when the original
building was burned. Its cost was
$500. The structure is designed for
library, museum, social hall and general
gathering place for the Danyersites. -
New York Advertiser,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

Says the Boston Transcript; "Few
biographies mention the district in the
South known as the 'Poor Mans Belt.
1t is a tract of country generally very
sandy and producing little timber save
the long leafed pine. 1t begins not far
south of Richmond, Va, aud extends
along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts into
Texas. Its length is not far from 1900
miles, while it is from so to $50 miles
IN width. The soil is poor, but the
forests produce not only lumber in
abundance, but also large quantities of
pitch, tsr aud turpentine. 1t got bad
name during anti bellum days because
no cotton was raised in it, but, since the
South is beginning to look elsewhere
than to the cotton field for its wealth,
the Poor Mans Belt promises to be-
come one of the richest parts of the
Southern States"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
Novel Climbing Device.

A French inventor has devised novel
and practical arrangement for use by
firemen and others 10 facilitate rope
climbing, and, at the same time, to per-
nit the climber to have free use of his
hands. The apparatus consists of two
boards joined by hinge, hole passing
through both the hinge and the boards,
and the extremities Of the latter are pro.
vided with straps, which can be fastened
TO the feet of the man using the appara-
tus. The method of climbing involved
in this arrangement is simple. When
the feet attached to the boards are lifted
the rope is free, but the moment the feet
are pressed down on the two boards the
rope is firmly gupped. 1t is only neoes-
sary, therefore, to lift the body with
both hands as far as possible, aud it can
then be held by the hinged clamps until
another lift is made. BY the use of a
belt to hold the body close to the rope
the hands may be lett free for work.
Fire and Water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
MarveIs of shOemaking.

The Boston Globe says that in a pair
of fine shoes there are two sewed pieces,
two inner soles, two stiffenings, two
pieces of steel to give a spring to the in
step, two rands, twelve heel pieces, two
sole Innings, twenty upper pieces, thirty
tacks, twelve nails in the heels and
twenty buttons, to say nothing OF thread,
both silk and fax, but the wonder is
found in the rapidity with which these
multitudinous pieces are combined in a
single completed work, for, as an exper
iment, some shoe factories have from
the leather completed pair of shoes in
less than an hour and a half, aud, as a
test, single pair OF mems shoes have
been finished IN twenty minutes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
Millions Of Quail,

There surely will be an exodus from
some sections of the world fake up its
line of march for the Mohawk Valley in
Yuma County. The children of Israel
were at one time fed by the number OF
quails that focked around them and
mama from heaven. If they were in
Mohawk Valley to-day they could do
equally as well. The quail literally
cover the ground, and can be caught by
hand, Those who are pro6ting by catch
ing them and shipping to San Francisco
catch more than they can bag. Hun.
dreds of dozens are shipped daily by ex-
press. They have used up all the lum-
ber for boxes and have about used all
the barley sacks in the county shipping
them in that manner. The children
make from seven to twenty dollars day
catching them, and their numbers do
not seem to diminish. Similar reports
of their numbers come from Aqua Cali
ente and Gila Bend, and their slaughter
goes daily along. You fun-loving
sportsmeu, the world over, If you want
to have a genuine good time shooting
quail now is the time to get pleasure.
There are millions upon millions of
them, and no let up to their numbers.
When a band is routed the sound of
their wings is simply deafeuing, re.
sembling distant thunder roll. There
is no telling what Yuma climate will
not uext produce. Yuma (Arizona)
Sentinel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
Tracing the Name "Chess. "

The word "chess" is said to be a cor.
ruption of the Arabic word "sheikh, "
meaning chief or king. The game came
westward by way of Persia, where the
word sheikh became shah. 1t was the
gaNe of the king. The term "check"
is merely TO give notice that the king is
attacked, and "checkmate" means ''the
king is dead;" the verb matR being from
the same root as the Spanish matador, the
slayer of the bull. The word check,
whether verb or noun, may be traced
through several curious ramidcations
back to the Persian and Arabic. Even
the word exchequer is curiously tangled
up in this verbal network. rk.-ChuTchma
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
PhOtOgraphing Vowel Sounds.

At the recent International Congress OF
Physiology at Liege, Professor Herman
demonstrated his method Of photograph
ing the sound of vowels. The vowels
were sung out before one of Edison's
monographs. Immediately afterward
they were reproduced very slowly, and
the vibrations recorded by microphone.
The latter was furnished with mirror,
which reflected the light of an electric
lamp upon a registering cylinder, covered
with sensitized paper and protected by
another cylinder with a small opening
which gave passage to the rays of light
from the reflector. By this means was
obtained very distinct Photographic
traces, and the constancy was remark
able for the different letters.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

One of the most remarkable schemes
CT the day, in the opinion of the New
York World, is the plan of Sir Cecil
Rhodes, the Premier of Cape Colony,
South Africa, to build telegraph line
from the Cape to Egypt. Sir Cecil, it
is said, is now on his way to Cairo to
look after details, and the project, CHI
merical as it may seem, has been indorsed
by many public men ip England. Sir
Cecil's proposition takes the British
fancy, because his telegraph is intended
chiefly as the first thread upon which &
great British empire in Africa is to be
strung. 1t is believed in England that
the Germans will yet get out of Africa
and leave their extensive possessions on
the east coast to the Union Jack. Then
England will have the unbroken right of
way from the Cape to Cairo, by the way
of'Zanzibar and the district of the Great
Lakes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL


Metal money is bacteria proof.
London omnibuses are to be lighted
by electricity.
It is twelve years since Pasteur began
his notable experiments in germ culture.
The atmosphere, If compressed, would
make sea thirty-fve feet deep around
the globe.
A case of bleeding through the sound
skin is the subject Of European med
ical report.
The moon, whether full or not, has
not the slightest effect either upon food,
the weather or the mental condition Of
insane persons.
The English Board of Agriculture has
classed CHAMBERS and fsrcy as one disease,
and any animal suffering from which is
to be slaughtered at once.
Statistics in London show that In that
city the consumption of gas is steadily
increasing, notwithstanding the more
general adoption Of electric light.
Some Of the English pumping engines
perform work equsling the raising of
120, 900, 900 gallons one foot high by
the consumption or 100-weight of coal.
Experiments with bi-sulphide of car
bon show that it will destroy all stages
Of the insect known as bean weevil
eggs, Larvae of all sizes, pup@ and adults.
The moth has a fur jacket aud the
butterfly none, because the nocturnal
habits of the moth require it; the
diurnal movements of the butterfly do
not.
The Queen of the Belgians has just
ordered two or three monographs, the
purpose Of which is to record her maj.
esty's extempore compositions on the
piano.
Comparison of results OF the sunshine
recorder at Greenwich, England, for
fourteen years, shows that throughout
the year the average daily amount of sun
shine is little more than three hours.
The first hospital in America devoted
exclusively to the treatment of dogs was
opened December 30th, as an adjunct
to the veterinary department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Compressed air for cleaning cars is
used on the Union Pacific Railroad at its
Portland (Oregon) shops. The air, uu-
der pressure of fifty pounds per square
inch, is delivered from a flexible hose
with small nozzle, and is used as water
would be.
Ice one to two inches thick will bear
men. Two inches thick is estimated fit
to bear infantry; four inches thick to
bear cavalry or light guns; six inches to
bear teams with moderate loads or heavy
field guns; eight inches teams with
heavy loads.
Charles H. Peck, the New York State
botanist, claims that thirty new species
of fungi have been found during the
year. Of the ffty-nine edible species
illustrated in his annual report, he states
that at least forty have been used as food
by him. "The more experiment IN this
direction" he further saws, "the more
firmly 1 am convinced that the number
of really poisonous or dangerous species
of mushrooms is very small"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
fHE SONG OF THE ICE.

Sing no sing hoi for the skater, ohl
For the flying feet and the winds that
blowl
For the blood, that runs to theN cheek, to
glow
Like the western skyl
Sing hoi once more for the flying shorei
And the great long cracks in our icy hoorl
And the tree tops that wall Of the sad no
more
OF the days gone byl
Sing hol sing hoi as we glide and go
Where the pines on the edge Of the shore
bend low,
Over the ice and the streams still dow
AS in times gone byl
Sing hol once more while the pine tops rosr
With song that they sing to us DER and
Ger
As the old sun walks through the great red
door
OF the western skyl
Charles G. Rogers, in Outing
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

The sweet, sad years, the sun, the rain.
Alasi too quickly did they wane,
For each some boon, some blessing bore;
OF smiles and tears each had its store,
It's checkerod lot Of bliss and pain.
Although IL idle be and vain,
Yet cannot the wish restrain
That had held them evermore,
The sweet, sad yearsl
Like echo Of an old refrain
That long within the mind has lain,
keep repeating DER and DER,
Nothing can eer the past restore
Nothing bring back the years again,
The sweet, sad years"
Rev. Charles d. Bell.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A cha6ng dish-Crow.
Cold feet-Two feet of snow.
Creature comforts-Household pets.
A partial payment-The favorite's
salary.
An -timer--Your great grand
fathers clock.-Troy Press.
The editor may enjoy good health,
but,he is always ''in a critical condition"
Puck.
Talk about your transformations We
have seen a square man turn round
Statesman.
Some philanthropic women seem to
work everywhere except at home.-
Somerville journal.
Great wit may be allied to madness,
but the stupid man need not brag of his
superior sanity.-Puck.
"Here's another case of kidnapping,
said the messenger boy who found a
comrade asleep.-Washington Post.
A man may be superior to false social
standards, yet it makes him uncomfort-
able to be cut by his barber. Puck.
A young man never thoroughly
appreciates his own insignifcance until
he attends his own wedding.
In Missouri they sell Shetland ponies
by the perpendicular foot, and the pur-
chaser has to pony up.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Mincer-"What brought about all this
trouble between Morgan and his wife7
Is his mind unsettledl" Parsons--"No,
| it was his coffee"
Mrs. Singer-''Patti has a diamond
ring worth S5000." Mr. Singer-"Oh,
well, wager she got it for mere song"
Jewellers Weekly.
Mrs. Trolley-"Do tell me, Mr.. Kan
vass, which is the greatest work OF art9"
Mr.. Kanvass-"Selling the paint
ings. New York Sun.
"Jenny, do you know what miracle
isG' "Yes'm. Ma says if you don't
marry our new parson it will be a
miracle. ."-Brooklyn Life.
Martin-"How we'll Miss G:eenbough
keeps her ageI Ms. Grinder-"V y,
of course nothing would induce be
give it away."-Inter- Ocean. "
az really feel that l am public
example of pole-lightness, said the
carbon as it was put in readiness for the
electric current.-Washington Star.
sour gardener will make a good vii
LAIN in a melodrama." "Why sol"
"Because he is always laying out plots
that amount to nothing in the end. -
Boston Gazette.
Eleanor-'Don't you think Miss
Noyes plays with great feelingi" Tom
(dryly)-"Yes; she does seem to feel
about for the notes a good deal. ."-Har-
yard Lampoon.
On the Ocean Greyhound: Captain
Saylors-"Pm sorry to say, madame,
we're delayed. The vessels broke her
shaft, ma'am." Mrs. j. 8. (sympatheti-
cally)-"Oh, dear! Can't you fix it with
this hairpinl"-Chicago News Record.
1.-THE great problem that have to
deal WITH" said the keeper of the i'm
beetle asylum, sis to find some occupa-
tion for the people under my charge"
"Why not set them to inventing college
yells," asked the visitor.-Buffalo Ex-
press.
Old Lady Ito chemisD-"I want box
OF canine pills" Chemist the
matter with the dogl" Old Lady Tin
dignantly)-"I want you to understand,
sir, my husband is a gentleman. "
Chemist puts up quinine pills in pro-
found silence. c.)-Philadelphia Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

The Society for the Protection OF Birds
appears to be making headway in Eng
land. According to ITS second annual
report, which has just been issued, the
number of members has increased from
1900 to $500. There is evidently plenty
OF work for them to do if they wish to
preserve birds of bright plumage from
the humiliation threatened by the de-
mands Of fashion. 1t appears that even
so common, hardy and prolific bird as
the goldhnch is in danger of extinction.
The fashion of mounting whole birds on
hats and bonnets has been peculiarly
fatal. What the society is anxious to
bring about is the extension of the wild
birds protection act, the operation of
which begins too late and ends too soon
In the year to be of much practical ben.
eft. The report points out that it is
not only the direct slaughter of birds
for which fashion is responsible. There
is an enormous demand nowadays for
real winter berries for the purpose of
feminine adornment. AS result good
many birds which escape the snare Of
the fowler die of starvation for lack Of
their natural food. Artificial berries last
longer than the real and look just as
pretty, while the manufacture of them
would provide employment for many
destitute women,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
A Curious Spring.

Three miles north Of Aurora, in Al
bany County, Wyoming, a stone bluff
rises abruptly from the plains to hight
of 600 feet. Thirty feet from the ground
the rock has q torn and jagged appear
ance as If il had been struck by light
nlng. From the clefts thus formed there
gushes forth spring, or springs, Of
magnificent water, the volume being
quito large. American Farmer,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
They Eat Dog.

It is said that dogs are slaughtered at
Munich for gastronomlC purposes in
large and increasing numbers. They
are openly sold in the markets with no
attempt at disguise, and there is an in
creasing demand for the meat, which Is
openly bought and served at table just as
any other meat. It is said that the Gus
tom of eating these animals was intro
duced iuto the Bavarian capital by the
Italian laborers who have settled there in
large numbers. New Orleans Picayune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

1t is curious fact, muses. the Chicago
Herald, that the father OF Alexander
Grahame Bell once devised an alphabet
of "visible speech" to represent all the
sounds of which the human voice is
capable, aud that his son, from teaching
deaf mutes, should have enlarged the
possibilities of sound almost to in
hulty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

A food enthusiast has arisen, who says
that the banana is the universal food and
clothing of the human race. He claims
that before long bread, mullins, por-
ridge, soup, pies, and sausages will be
made out OF bananas. Besides that, ali
indelible ink can be made out Of the
skin, and beautiful cloth can be made
out OF the fibre.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

A woman writer for an Eastern pub
lication attempts to explain why so many
rich American girls marry titled
foreigners, 1t is, she says, because the
young society men of this country ape
foreign manners, and the girls prefer the
genuine article to the imitation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

The Rural New Yorker says: The
day is coming when every milk dairy.
man will be compelled by law to have a
veterinarian examine his COWS regularly
and give them a character for health.
Why shouldn't we know there is health
10 our milk as well as wealth in our
fnrfili1ar2
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

Lord Dunraven values the English
''pleasure feet" at $50, 900, 900, aud
says it fnds employment for six or seven
thousand men at sea, besides those on
shore.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

According to life insurance statistics
the average of mans life has increased
five per cent. during the last twenty-five
vooru
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
DITALLA.
BY HENRY NJ. STANLEY.

HILE proceeding
to Zanzibar in
February, 1879, in
{ h e hartered d
steamer Albion, we
stopped at Alden to
take in coal. Pres
sently a bright
Somali youth, who
had padded his
own canoe, swung
himself aboard our
ship, aud, after
making fast his lit
tla craft With n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

The Chinese postal service, which is
slow and crude, is controlled by many
private companies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

The historic chateau at Grey, France,
has been sold to rich manufacturer tOr
$500, 900. 1t was once the home OF Vol
taire.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

like to hear first whether you can re-
member what 1 said" And Dualla,
with his wonderful memory, repeated
the operation word for word as I had de-
scribed It. After that Dualla was left to
himself for the day, and when 1 retired
for the night had heard no word.
The next morning, while was taking
my bath, heard a great shout IN the
station, and looking out of the window,
l saw the Zanzibaris rushing frantically
to the beach. They were shortly after
seen marching In procession to my house
with Dualla hoisted high, aud seated like
hero on their shoulders. At the door
met them, and, gravely taking off my
cap, said, "Good morning, Mr.. Dualla." +"
Dualla leaped smartly to the ground,
and saluting, said, "The boat is at the
beach, sir"
"Thank you, Dualla; there are three
cheques for you, for e25 each. One is
from Lieutenant -, who was the cause
of the great danger you have been put
to; the second is on behalf of the Inter
national Association, for saving their
property; the third is from myself, for
your bravery.
Out of the jaws of death,
Out of the mouth Of hell.
Thank Godl"
Duslla performed many other brilliant
feats, but after six years. service with me
on the Congo he had 9400 pounds in
Bank of England stock and complete
kit. He subsequently took service
with Captain James in his expe-
dition through Somaliland, and later
was employed by Mr.. G s. Mac.
kenzie, Of the l. b. E. A. Company,
in East Africa, at salary of Els
per month. He is the same Dualla who
is mentioned so often and so creditably
in Captain Lugard's dispatches as having
assisted him so Loyalty and so cleverlY
in his negotiations with the Mahomme.
dams of Uganda. Pail Mall Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-22

Philadelphia has $4,000 more women
than men.