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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
A Remarkable COnfederacy Of Savages

The Iroquois, as they were named by
the French, or the Five Nations, as they
called themselves, hung like cloud over
the whole great continent. Their con-
federation was a natural one, for they
were OF the same stock and spoke the
same language, and all attempts TO sepa-
rate them had been in vain. Mohawks,
Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Seue-
cas- we're proud of their own totems and
their own chiefs, but in war they were
Iroquis, and the enemy of one was the
enemy of all. Their numbers were small,
for they we're never able to put two
thousand warriors in the field, and their
country was limited, for their villages
were scattered over the track which lies
between Lake ChaIuplain aud Lake On
tario. But they were united, they were
cunning, they were desperately brave,
and they were fiercely aggressive and en-
ergetic. Holding a central position,
they struck out upon each side in turn,
never content with simply defeating an
adversary, but absolutely annihilating
and destroying him, while holding all
the others in check by their diplomacy.
War was their business, and cruelty their
amusement. One by one they had turned
their arms against the various Nations,
until for space OF over a thousand
square miles none existed save by sutfer-
anco. They had swept away Hurons aud
Huron missions in one fearful massacre.
They had destroyed the tribes of the
northwest, until even the distant Sacs
aud Foxes trembled at their name. They
had secured the whole country to west.
ward, until their scalping parties had
come into touch with their kinsmen the
Sioux, who were lords of the great plains,
even as they were of the great forests.
The New England Indians In the east,
aud the Shawnees aud Delawares further
south, paid tribute to them, and the ter
ror Of their arms had extended over the
borders of Maryland aud Virginia. Never
perhaps in the worlds history has so
small body of men dominated so large
a district aud for so long a time.
For half a century these tribes hal
nursed grudge towards the French,
since Champlain and some of his follow
ers had taken part with their enemies
against them. During all these years
they had brooded in their forest villages,
flashing out now and again in some Dor.
der outrage, but waiting for the most
part until their chance should come.
Aud now it seemed to them that it had
come. They had destroyed all the tribes
who might have allied themselves with
the white men. They had isolated them
They had supplied themselves with good
guns aud plenty of ammunition from the
Dutch aud English of New York. Tht
long thin line of French settlements lay
naked before them. They were gathered
in the woods like hounds in leash, wait
ing for the orders of their chiefs which
should precipitate them with torch and
with tomahawk upon the belt Of villages.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

"You're pals not in it this time" as he
handed him over to two of the force.
"That's him." said Kitty, "that's the
man that was lookin' for a girl as he
said was his sister. Oh, the villyunl"
He was taken away, tried and con.
victed and sent up for five years, but he
never opened his mouth as to his method
Of getting into the house. 1t is quite
safe to infer that Mrs. Bascomb DeveI
resorted again to that very common
practice of ladies who mail late letters.
Of leaving the house door Spr. And
the folding bed will remain desk tc
the eud Of its days, unless it should
again be used as burglar trap.--Detroit
Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
EpiIeptic Infancy Of Great Men.

Sir Andrew Clark is quoted as saying
at a meeting recently held in London to
promote the foundingot a colony for ep-
ileptics alt was a singular fact, aud had
been proved by specialists, that large
proportion of our great men, from New
ton TO Charles Darwin, we're sickly in
their infancy-in fact. they mad been ep-
ilepties-and yet when they had attained
TO manhood they were capable pl doing
great things. "-Cnicago Times,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE.

Ne'er tell us that all the endeavor
We make shall bring fruitage never;
That there's no such place as heaven,
That sinners cannot be forgiven,
That sin, like the wound on the finger,
May heal, but the scar will yet linger,
Nor vanish through years or tears.
The answer speaks never TO doubt US,
Eodeavor reaps harvests about us;
While happiness comes to the masses,
Aud fire may restore wilted grasses,
When wrong to the stubble fields righted.
IL blooms as It ne'er had been blighted,
A meadow of fragrance for years.
Edward S. Creamer, in New York Sun
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The French Government still has faith
10 the practicability Of submarine boats.
The delicate threads for hanging the
galvdnometer needles are usually made
Of silk.
Incandescent lamps are ridiculously
cheap in Sweden, the price of those with
all voltages up to 125 being about twen.
ty cents.
A Russian is now in Siberia prepar.
ing for the transportation Of a NAM
moth, which was discovered frozen in
the ice aud In perfect state of preser-
walton.
Professor Langley, Of the Smithsonian
Institute, is credited with having built
a mackerel shaped flying machine, which
is said to have solved the question of
erisl navigation.
An alkaloid prepared from afro.
pine ian active principle of belladonua),
which is used by ophthalmic surgeons
to expand the pupil of the eye, is said to
sell for $210O pound.
DIR. Burchard, director of the B)tani-
cal Laboratory and Seed-testing Insti-
tute at Hamburg, Germany, states that
old seeds are often bleached by pro-
cess of dioxide of sui ulphur, which robs
the seed of five per cent. of its growing
properties.
What is said to be the smallest elec.
tric light installation in the world is to
be found in the village of Bremen, near
Dormbach, in Thuringia. 1t comprises
a single arc lamp installed In a church,
the lamp being operated by small dy-
pamo driven by the wheel of the viii
lage mill.
Many of the stars are heavier than our
sun. For example, Mizar, the middle
star In the tail of the Great Bear, is forty
times as heavy as the sun. To the naked
eye there are five or six thousands Of
these heavenly bodies visible. In all
probability there are worlds revolving
around them.
A further test OF the curved plates
treated by the Harvey process has been
made at Indian Head, Md, and the Navy
Department was satisfied with the re.
suit, which showed conclusively that ves-
sells armored with Harveyized plates will
prove vastly superior in combat to those
covered with ordinary plates.
An automatic bottle stopper is a new
device. A swinging lid is connected to
a rod which runs down the side OF the
bottle. II the lid is open the rod will
project below the bottom of the flask.
Therefore, when the latter is set upon
the table, the rod is forced up. throwing
the lid down upon the bottle, opening
and closing it.
The Southern Pacific Railway Com.
pany, after many disappointments, ex
tending over a number Of years, has sue
ceeded in striking water in the Colorado
Desert. The well yields 5000 gallons an
hour, and if several more of equal ca.
pacity can be drilled not only will the
railway be greatly protited, but the des
ert itself may be redeemed.
The price of platinum recently rose,
under a speculative combination, nearly
to that of gold. Tins stimulated the
discovery of new sources of supply, and
the price OF the metal went down again.
There are now forty mines along the
course of single river in the Ural. The
! grains of ore are obtained from the sand
by washing. The metal as found i;
usually associated with gold, iron, os.
MUM, iridium, and other rare metals,
and has to be purified from them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
RATS or ADVERTISING ,
MY BABY.

awaited my baby this morning,
As wait for him every day,
To come from his early breakfast
So loving and blithe and gay.
With his books slung over his shoulder.
And his little cap in his ham,
To take sweet leave of his mother,
To look in her eyes, AMI stand
A moment beside her, smile,
As be goes through the pretty rule
OF kissing her twice, "Good-byi Good-byF
Ere he trudges away to school.
waited in vain for my darling;
l could not believe my eyes
When ! saw him bound over the threshold
Out under the bright spring skies,
So eager to join his comrades
A moment he could not miss,
He had gone away and forgotten
Forgotten my good-by kissI
It seemed as some cruel monster
Had snatche1 him away from my armsl
My childl Had his mothers petting
No longer its soothing charms1
Alasl'tis the old, old story
The mother must take her place
In his heart, In far-of corner,
With her dear old yearning face
Shrined dimly within his mem'ry
While newer, more thrilling ties
Wind in and out 'mong his heartstriugs
And cling to his lips and eyes.
Comrades, and sports, and sweetheart,
Now one thing, now another.
Alas for my boy, he's my ''oaby" no more
He's forgotten to kiss his motherl
Belle Hunt. in New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
Iron Eagle from Toxic.

One OF the most curious exhibits at
Chicago will be an IRON eagle, made by
famous lacquerware manufacturer Of
TOXIC. The eagle is two feet high,
measures five feet from tip to tip Of
wings, and weighs 1873 pounds. The
head is made to move freely. Over 5000
feathers are clearly defined, each worked
by hand. The lines on each feather may
be counted by hundreds, aud in order
that they shouli be uniform different
tool was used after every third or fourth
line. The general pose of the figure j 4
impressive. Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

Among the hopeful features in New
Mexico is the fact that the public school
system is growing in favor. While not
long SINCE there were no public school
buildings even in such cities as Albu.
querque and Las Vegas, there are now
four in Albuquerque, costing about
$40, 900, and high school building is
soon to be pus up at cost of S25, 900.
Las Vegas is not far behind. Each
county has superintendent of schools.
One difficulty arises from tho fact that
the progress has been confined to the
larger cities, the severe drought of nearly
three years duration having seriously
affected many lines of business. Four.
tifths of the population of 49, 900 are
Mexicans aud Indians.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
CrematIng Garbage.

The consumption of garbage by
cremation has been begun in quite
number of places in this country, and the
one which is an object lesson TO our
other cities in Massachusetts and New
England is the double-tire system now in
use in Lowell aud in other parts of the
country. The crematory is a brick
structure, forty feet long, ten feet wide
and twelve feet high, with a stack
seventy-tive feet in height. The top OF
the furnace is reached by a platform, and
the garbage is collected in carts and
dumped down the slopes into the feed
holes in the top of the furnace. After
the furnace has been charged two fires
are lighted. The flames pass from the
first fire to the garbage piled on the
CRATES and the gases and smoke attend
ing the combustion then pass to the
second fire, where they are consumed.
All the products of the burning of the
garbage must pass through one Of these
fires. We have not room for detailing
how this system is managed, but the re-
suits are such that it works successfully
wherever it has been tried, and its adop-
ton IN many of our large cities is appar.
entity only question of time.
Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
Hunting the Alligator IN Florida.

j. Hin gives some lively experience
of hunts after alligators in Florida. He
says the hunting Is done at night in
small boat. One man stands ln the bow
of the boat with bullseye lantern; an-
other uses the oars; while third is
ready with a rifle TO do the shooting.
The lantern shines the eyes Of the
alligator On the dark aud placid bosom
of the lake the gators eyes shine like
two balls OF tire. Noiselessly the boat
Is moved to where the balls OF fire
glisten. When within ieW feet OF the
alligator the naeman sends a ball crush
ing into his head between the eyes. IL
the shot is a good one, the gator turns
over on his back aud is hauled into the
boat. Sometimes when only badly
wounded the alligator gives mucl trouble
and is likely to prove dangerous'-At-
lanta Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

The Boston Cdltivator oxcleims: "Co.
operation is the farmers sheet anchor.
Together, a community OF farmers pre-
sent an influential aud powerful body.
Individually, one farmer couuot cope
alone with contending forces. The
banking, the merchant, the manufactur-
er and the railway king make their
profits from the farmers labor. How
important then, that such labor should
be performed uuler the best conditions
and with fair remu leration. Farmers
should seek counsel one with another.
They should hold conference on COM
mon grievances and public questions OF
the hour. Sustain those institutions
which have at heart the farmers well
fare and prosperity"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

1t is said that the strongest opposition
to the general spread of the English
language, which is rapidly forcing its
way to recognition as the universal
tongue of the world, is found on English
sOi,.. Not long ago, relates the Atlanta
Constitution, tho l"ssiieiatiUq Assembly Of
Jersey rejected by an overwhelming vore
a proposition to permit the use of Eng.
lish in the Assem- by, at the option of a
member. This action, of course, atfirms
the principle that French is the official
language. TIe'couatry parishes are re.
solutely opposed to the Introduction OF
English, although 1t has made great
progress in the towns Of lac years, and
it is said maay Of tue dc nu,leS are now
unable to express thenie.yes correctly in
French. Mr.. Gialstone's government
has been asked by several Welsh mem.
bers of parliament, az the instance of a
large body OF Weslmen, to make the
teaching of We.sa in tue public schools
of Wales obl gatory. 1t has always been
taught in the non-conformist Sunday
schools. The nun5er OF Irish people
who do not spelI English at all is still
considerable, aud in Scotland it is not
small.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

her. 1t would bring tears till your eyes,
ma'am, to hev heard him."
"Kitty, wouldn't gossip with strange
men if were you. 1t isn't safe. He
probably was a tramp aud all that story
about his sister was made up out of whole
cloth. What else did be wantr
"Nothing, ma'am, and didn't let him
inside the kitchen door. He warn't no
tramp. an Pm sure he were tellin' the
truth"
Mrs. Bascomb did not prolong the ar.
gument, but busted herself until bedtime
with some household duties, which were
really in the line Of pleasure to her wo-
manly nature. Then she saw that the
house was locked up, sent Kitty to bed
and went into her front parlor, which
was lighted aud cosy, just as il the mas
ter of the house were at home.
''I must send fathers message to How
ard" she solilIquized, aud seating her
self at the pretty little desk which had
been one OF her wedding presents, she
wrote a postal card. After giving the
business from her father, she added one
for herself. When the card was al
dressed she went to the window and
looked out, wondering why she had not
thought to write it earlier in the even
ing. There was a mail box diagonally
across the street on the corner.
"I'll Just run across aud mail it. I'll
leave the door open-it won't take a
moment"
Taking wrap from the hat-tree in
the hall, she threw it about her, saw
that no one was passing, and slipped
out. 1t took her only moment to drop
that card in the box and run back to the
house. The door was ajar as she had
left it, no one was on the street; but in
that one moment
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Dissolved in tears-Salt.

Dissolved in tears-Salt.
"Lights out"-The ab:conding cash.
ier.
"I'll just make a night of it," said
the sun as he went down.
The largest part of most people is the
wish bone.-Atchison Globe.
Can newspaper war properly be
termed scrap of paperl-Texas Sift-
ings.
If great lawyer is legal light, is
great electrician an electric hghti--
Life.
He--"It ] should-er-ask you to
marry me-" She-"You'd make
the thirteenth. Life.
He-"What can 1 do to prove my
love for you9" She-"Don't speak
about it any more. "--Siftings.
Women are not cruel to dumb ami
mails. No woman will willfully step on
Unconstitutional Recorder.
A despatch from Montana says tho
Crow Indians show fight. No doubt
they have caws.-Lowell Courier.
1t is odd that there is one thing a
self.made man was never known to do;
and that is to "fnish" himself. Puck.
"My wife" said Squills proudly, as
queen of the tea table, and she never
reigns but she pours. "-Drake's Maga-
zine.
"That's "a new way to pay old
debts,'" remarked the tailor, when
Chappy came in aud paid him in full
Truth.
A Germantown baker sent fifty big
gingercakes to the local almshouse last
week. A very nice dough-nation.
Philadelphia Record.
She-"How did the amateurs do the
trial scene last nightm He-".mmeuse-
ly. 1t was the greatest trial ever lived
through. ."-Statesman.
He--"What a beautiful picture Miss
Blanche Rouge makes besides the por-
tiere." She-"Yes, she is exquisitely
painted. Texas Siltings.
George-'l thought you were stuiy-
ing oil wells in the West" Fred-"oh,
l gave it up; it was such bore, you
know. New York Mercury.
at seems to me-" groaned old Atlas,
under the heavy burden of the earth,
"that I've got a mighty poor geographi.
Cal situation. Chicago Tribune.
"How do you like your alarm clocki"
asked the jeweler. "First rate. :" "Y0u
didn't seem pleased with it at first"
"No. But it's broken now."-Wash-
ington Star.
al don't see why you think the cook
thinks of leaving; she is well paid"
Wife-"Yes; but she hasn't brought
one of Bertha Clay novels with her,
| Inter Ocean.
JacksOn-"I met a man on the street
yesterday who reminded me of you" I"
Jenkins-"Is that so. Howi' "He,
too, has owed me ten dollars for more
than month"
Clara--''I saw Ella on the street to-
day. She was trying to travel incoguito." T."
Mamie-"You don't say so. What had
ste done to disguise herselll" Clara
"She didn't paint. Grip.
''Wil l find your husband at the
club this eveningl" sim sure you will,
for he kissed me good-by and said his
work would keep him at the office until
late. e.'-Chicago Inter Ocean.
She-"You are always sneering at
women who talk too much. Are you
hitting at mel' He-"Not at all.
There are lots OF women beside you who
talk too much. .'-Texas Siftings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
Oregon Has a Rabbit Pest.

A Westerner, speaking of the number
of rabbits in Oregon, used somewhat
startling phrase to emphasize the fact
that the State is overrun with the pests.
He said in the most serious way posi-
BILE; "There are enough rabbit tails in
an Oregon wheat field to patch Texas a
mile in its raggedest place" This is
supposed to be the language of the soil,
the deca6eace of which causes the high
literary critic to mourn. The quotation
is literal with the exception of one
word. He didn't say Texas. New
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

The New York Independent thinks
that one of the interesting incidents in
coupection with the Panama trial in Paris
is the refupdipg by NJ. Baihaut of the
damages and costs which he securad in
a libel suit in 1888. At that time NJ.
Mariotte, a 'ucna'ist, accused him OF
accepting Paua NJ money. NJ. Baihaut
denied the truth, of the accusation,
brought his accuser into curt to vindi-
cate his character, aud succeeded not
ouly in obtaining damages an costs, but
in confuiug NJ. Mariotte twenty days in
nrisnn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

Herbert Spencer, it is said, is the
most fortunate writer Of philosophy that
ever lived, so far as his income is con-
cerned. His "First Principles brought
him S27, 600; his "PInciples of Psych-
ology" about So, 900. 1t is reported
that his total receipts from his works
will not fall short OF 500, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

Tho young men ot CORN, Mo-,
formed Society Of Woodchoppers early
last winter. The object of the society,
which was constantly carried out in the
long winter evenings, was the visitation
of the woodpiles of The widows of the
town and the conversion of cord wood
into stove wood.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

On that same night belated citizen
hurrying home was accosted from the
lower window Of a house he was passing
in the residence portion OF the city.
"Sir, oh, sir!'
He stopped, for it was woman's
voice, pitched at an alarm key.
"Will you please find the policeman
on this beat and send him here in-
stantly2"
"Can l be of any assistance2"
"No. It's a burglar, and l have him
safe"
The policeman arrived, aud with him
the passer by she had accosted, whose
services were not required, however.
The policeman went TO the telephone aud
summoned help. Meanwhile he took up
position where earlier in the evening
the folding bed had stood. It was now
shut up, and looked merely massive
bookcase again.
When the patrol wagon arrived, this
desk became an object of immediate in-
terest. One blue-coated official was
stationed on either side and two at the
foot. Mrs. Bascomb aud the now awak-
ened KITTY were detailed at little dis
tance.
"Now" said the sergeant, aud he
manipulated the desk as Mrs. Bascomb
had shown him how to do, moment
before.
1t came down on the run, aud there,
limp and half-smothered, was the trapped
burglar, his forehead cut aud bleeding
from a chance incision as the bed had
shut up with him in an explosive em.
brace.
$50, Clever jim, you're at it again.
Here you are, said Que Of the policemeH
as he snapped the bracelets on his wrist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
A Novel Set of ChInaMare.

A Boston lady has had a breakfast
service Of cups, saucers and plates pre-
pared for her large family, on which are
given from photographs the likeneszes of
the m-Tabers; so that the waiter can
properly place the china to be used.
Some ono sugges's that at any me.nor-
ab'e dinner party the same compliment
ary process might be arranged for each
expcc'ei guest, in lieu of dinner cards.
scientific American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

The German Emperor uses as paper
weight on his writing desk the summit
of one 'of tue highest mov tains of
Africa. Doctor BlGhne7, n African
traveller Of some fame broke tle piece
of rock from the highest point of Mt.
Kilimandjaro, which is on German.
African ground, aud presented it to the
Emperor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

1t is said that the university extension
movement in this country has been
disappointment in one rospscs. In Eng
land, where it originated, it is intended
10 reach large class Of people who have
had little opportunity for education or
culture. But here, explains the Chicago
Herald, it has largely attracted people of
leisure and culture.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10
A MODERN INVENTION.
BIT MRS. NJ. L. RAYNE.

IE telephone rang
b briskly in Mrs.
Howard Bascomb's
pleasant home, and
stepping to it, she
received this mes
sage from her hus-
band:
"Helloi Is that
you, LottieG I've
concluded to leave
for New York this
Doon. The boy is
on the way to the
house for my grip.
You know what I'll
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-10

It is estimated tuat during the last
five years the turpcntne oatherers ol
Georgia have destroyed 5000, 900, OOC
worth of pine timber.