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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

AS q result of his Investigations, Pro-
fessor McCook estimates the army of
tramps in the United States at 40, S45.
Practically all of them are in the prime
of life and in good health, with moth
ing to prevent them from earning a
livelihood, three-fifths of them having
trades by which to support themselves,
and nine-tenths able to read and write
And yet they are loafers and non-pro-
ducers, refusing TO assume the obliga-
tions of citizenship, and are mere
burden to society. At a conservative
estimate, their maintenance costs the
public SO. 80 week, eighty-four cents
of which is spent for spirits and to-
bacco and if to this is added police
and hospital charges, the expense is
increased to 81. 40 a week, as much as
it costs to support the most dangerous
criminal. The aggregate sum thus
required to keep the tramp army in
motion is so, 169, 600 a year, sum
double the cost of the Indian bureau,
and more than one-quarter of the an
nual interest of the public debt
Worse than this, the army is con
stant menace to public morals and
public health, the greater that it is al
ways in motion, in that of those who
are i'll by far the larger proportion
suffer from exceedingly loathsome and
contagious diseases. The tramp evil
is thus most pressing one, not only
because of its demoralizing effects up
on industry, but because of the moral
and physical dangers to which it ex-
poses the working population.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Not long ago there was dug up in
Ashland IA curious stone with some dim
and crude inscription upon it. 1t be-
ing shown to an old Oregon pioneer
he pronounced it Il temanewas stone,
worn as a breastplate by the ancient
Indian priests.
1t has holes in the upper corners by
which it may be hung upon the priest s
neck 1t carries upon it a picture of
the sacred wigwam, and at one end of
the wigwam stands the totem pole, on
the top of which little flag was hung
that warned the evil spirits off while
the priest performed his divine func-
tions in the sacred house or wigwam.
This temanewas may coincide with
the breastplate of the Ephod, worn by
the ancient Hebrew priests, 80 that
the picture of the wigwam on this
stone may represent the primary an
cestor of all The temples ever dedi-
Gated in the world, and all flags and
liberty poles of all ages and countries
may possibly oe the lineal descendants
of the original totem represented on
the stone, Probably this Ashland
stone is the only one of the kind now
in existence. Ashland (Oregon) It'd
ings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

you loved and married---Eva Chesney.
Your daughter found it a few days ago
among some old letters and papers in
the attic closet"
The squire looked over the faded
and torn sheet as one in dream.
81 would not have believed that /
could ever have written in a style such
as this" he said, in a strangely sub
dued voice.
"And yet you were a devoted hus-
band and made your wife happy
woman"
He read the letter through, and a
moisture gathered in his eyes.
"We are apt to forget-apt to for
getl" he muttered, as he refolded it.
just then Eva entered the room.
81 must put away my work, " she
said, apologetically, and there were
traces of tears in her eyes.
Her father put out his hand, and
drew her gently to her former seat.
''Sit down, dear, and finish your
ribbons. | will take you over TO
the Rivertons this evening""
And Eva never knew until after her
marriage to Jack Riverton what had
caused so sudden a change in her
fathers views and sentiments in regard
to that subject
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Says the New York Tribune: '1t
may not be fattering to our vanity,
but it is a fact, nevertheless, that
Europe does not take nearly as much
interest in America as America takes
in Europe. This has long been indi-
Gated by the paucity of American
news in the European press; and it is
now forcibly brought to our attention
by the indifference of Europe to the
greatest Exposition that has ever been
held. The average European classes
the United States with Australia,
Madagascar, South Africa and other
out-of-the-way countries, whose do
ings can have no possible interest for
him. This being so, the wonder is
not that there have been 80 few Euro
pean visitors to the Fair, but that any
one in this country should have ex-
pected them to come.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

The Chinese are the most lightly
taxed people in the world. They have
no Chancellor of the Exchequer wor-
ried over budget-making. All the
land there belongs to the State, and a
trihing sum per acre, never altered
through long centuries, is paid as
rent. This is the only tax in the
country, and it amounts to about 50
per head yearly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Prince Bismarck made suggestive
statement i'll his address to an organi-
zation of schoolmasters. He drew n
comparison between the French and
the German systems of education,
showing the bearing of the latter in
the unity and strength of the Nation.
He dislikes the French system because
it inculcates National vanity and
ignorance of the geography and history
of other Nations. No Nation excels
Germany in its educational system, and
the ex-Chancellor well knows the ad-
vantage of making the German school
"a specific institute, like a corps OF
officers"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

The beauty Of the elm is more than
skin deep, says the New York Post, and
a high light of forestry gives it the first
rank as shade tree, both for streets
and parks, because it is likewise strong,
vigorous, and can be grown in so many
places. The leaves are SO tough that
dust has little effect on them. Certain
kinds of naples also have good stand
ing for shade, beauty, and rapid
growth, though the soft maple is use
less for heavy shade. Oak trees, the
English and the Turkish, though rarely
seen as shade trees in our streets, take
high rank for that use.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Two little girls, Gertrude and Ethel
Hedger, who are wards in chancery
and heiresses to 800, 900 each, were
recently arraigned as vagrants in Il
London police court Their fortunes
are so securely locked up in chancery
that by no process of law can any of
the money be obtained until the chill
dren are of age. They are at present
practically destitute, and unable to
procure decent surroundings, clothing
or education.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
FOR LOVES SAKE.

Aye love me, sweet, with all thy heart,
Thy mind, thy soul, and all thou art
And hop'st to be-love me with love
That naU. 1t beneath the heavens may move
Yet say not wherefore say not why
Thou lovest-since in these do lie
The seeds Of death TO Love- but say,
Thou lowest, and must love alway!
For shouldst thou love some witching grace
OF word or manner, form or face
Should thy hearts worship thus be bought
By any gift that Time hath wrought,
SO art thou false to Loves pure creed,
And like to fail in sorest need
But love for Loves dear sake, pray.
Then shalt thou love me, sweet, Away
-zitella Cooke, in Lippincott's.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
SWING HIGH AND SWING LOW.

Swing high and swing low, while thebreezes
they blow
IT'S off for sailor thy father would go:
And it's here in the harbor, In sight Of the
sea,
He hath left his wee babe with my song
and with me
"Swing high and swing low,
While the breezes they blown
Swing high and swing low, while the breezes
they blow
It's oh for the waiting as weary days gol
Aud IT'S oh for the heartache that smiteth
me when
sing my song over and over again
"Swing high and swing low,
While the breezes they blown
''swing high and swing low''-th sea slngeth
80,
And It waileth anon in its ebb and its flow;
And a sleeper sleeps on to that song Of the
sea,
Nor recketb he ever of mine or OF mol
"Swing high and swing low,
While the breezes they blow
'TwGs of for a sailor thy father would 20 r.
Eugene Field, in Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

The wheat outturn will not exceed
443, 900, 900 bushels, according to the
American Agriculturist's own reports,
and of its Interpretation of Govern
ment returns, compared to 614, 600, e
900 as the average for the last two
seasons and 400, 900, 900 bushels in
1890, Nearly 1900, 600 less acres
were devoted to wheat than last year,
and the bulk of this decrease was in
the surplus States, which bid fair to
have 7s,000,O00 fewer bushels than
last year, and 125, 900, 600 bushels un-
der the surplus States product of
1891.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

The park policemen of San Francisco
use the lariat to stop runaway horses,
and all are experts with the rope. The
Captain of the Golden Gate Park squad
says his men "can stop horse within
a distance of fifty yards without the
slightest danger to themselves" and
he implies, though he doesn't distinctly
say so, without danger to the runaway
or its rider.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The average woman lives longer
than the average man.
All medical authorities hold that
fruits are essential to prolongation of
life
Attempts have been made to coun-
terfeit meteorites, because they are so
valuable, but without success.
According to the tracks found in a
stone quarry in Connecticut, a bird
with foot eleven inches in length in
habited those parts.
DIR. Brown-Sequard says that press
ing in the neighborhood of the ear, es-
pecially in front of the right one, will
stop a fit of coughing.
The photographic Office at Washing
ton is disposed to attribute the heat
and drought in Europe this season to
the scarcity of icebergs in the North
Atlantic.
The Chicago Common Council has
empowered the Mayor of the city to
negotiate for the erection of garbage
crematories of capacity of 100, 900
tons day.
Criminals are usually of weak phys
ical organization. In 1885 sixty
seven per cent. of the men in French
prisons and sixty per cent. Of the
women were sent to the hospital at
some time during the period of incar-
ceration.
The narrowest part of the Strait of
Florida, through which the Gulf
Stream flows at the rate of five knots
an hour, is fifty miles wide, and has a
mean depth of $50 fathoms. If this
were stopped up the climate of this
country in winter would be totally
changed.
A recently constructed submarine
boat, destined for the French Navy, is
moved by electricity, carries crew of
twelve men, and can remain under
water for two hours. 1t is planned to
lodge under an enemy's vessel a tor
pedo powerful enough to break big
steamer in two.
A. D. Risteen, in a recently pub
lished paper in the Astronomical Jour
nal on a new method for determining
the direction of the suns motion
through space, concludes that he has
obtained results which not only show
the reality of such motion, but that
its rate is 1919 miles per second.
after two years trial with pine, oak
and greenheart in the Suez Canal Com
panys arsenal basin at Port Said, it
has been found that while the pine
and oak are almost entirely destroyed
by the "taret," or borer worm, the
greenheart has suffered no injury
whatever. This wood is native of
British Guiana.
Experiments with bicycle fitted out
with "A small chemical tank and fire axe
are being made by South Boston fire
company. The bicycle has cushion
tires and with its whole outfit weighs
about sixty pounds The tank holds
about two gallons of chemical, which
amounts as an extinguisher to about
twelve pals of water.
1t is popularity supposed that the
sudden downpour which usually fol-
lows bright flash of lightning is in
some way caused by the flash. Me-
teorolc gists have proven that this is
not the case, and that, exactly to the
contrary, it is not only possible but
highly probable that the sudden in
creased precipitation is the real cause
of the flash.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Once in st. Paul, Minn,, 81. 50-a-
day laborer had lung trouble. He
went to Southern California and began
keeping bees. Inst year he sold
$40, 600 worth of honey. Bees do well
in Southern California, for flowers
bloom at all seasons, and they keep on
laying up honey for the winter that
never comes Great joke on the bees,
isn't IL?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Great excitement prevails in France
owing to the discovery that, of the
twenty-eight companies which own the
various submarine cables which en-
circle the globe as with an iron net,
no less than nineteen are English, and
that during the recent troubles in con.
nection with Sinm the dispatches ad
dressed TO the French Government
from the far east were read aud known
at the English Foreign Office several
hours before their delivery in Paris.
France is, in fact, entirely dependent
upon English companies for cable COM
munication with her various colonial
dependencies, including even Tunis,
and actually goes so far us to grant a
State subsidy of $50, 900 per annum to
the English african Direct Telegraph
Company" whose lines she is obliged
to use in order to reach her possessions
on the west coast of Africa. OF the
twenty-eight cable companies only two
are French, one Danish, three North
American and three South American
Indeed, of the 125, 600 miles of sub
marine cable which constitute the sub
marine telegraphic system of the world,
more than three-quarters are in the
hands of the English, who are placed
thereby in a singularly advantageous
position with respect to other nation
alities.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Weather forecasts in Great Britain
grow more accurate every year, and
the meteorological council announce
with pride that eighty-four per cent.
of those given last year were success
full. Three years ago nearly seventeen
per cent. of the storm warnings were
not fulfilled, but now the rate has
fallen to seven per cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
Proper Sitting Position.

"a proper sitting position, " says
somebody, requires that the spine
shall be kept straight, aud that the
support needed for the upper part of
the body shall be felt in the right
place" " Therefore, sit ns far back as
possible in the chair, SO that the lower
end of the spine shall be braced at the
back of the seat. New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

The Western Tobacco Journal adj
duces figures to show that the annual
per-capita consumption of manufac-
tured tobacco in this country, on a
basis of $4,000, 900 population, is five
and one-third pounds, costing not less
than So at retail. No other country
approaches the United States in the
amount and value oftobacco consumed
per capita.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
Big California Roses.

N, w, Scudder has upon his desk II
mammoth rose of the Houcha Coucha
variety. 1t measures six inches across,
while exactly two feet of tape is re
quired 10 find the circumference.
This extra large specimen was grown
upon bush which has yielded some
forty blossoms almost as large us this
one. --Petaluma (Cal Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Venice is in hopes of reviving her
ancient maritime prosperity. I'm
portant .harbor- works have been going
on for the last twenty years to form
the 'Lido Port, which probably will
be ready for vessels next year, although
the works will not be concluded till
1895.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Handkerchiefs we're first made for
the market Mt Paisley, Scotland, in
1743, and sold for about 81 each. Last
year it is computed that $4,000, 900
dozen were sold in the United States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

An English woman of great wealth
claims that the clergy pay so much at
tention TO the poor that she could not
get one TO attend her husband when
he needed spiritual consolation. She
admits great deal, is the comment of
the Atlanta journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Many Germans are leaving Kansas
and settling in Maryland. The great
West has been ver-boomed, and thou
sands of people want to get away, says
the Atlanta Constitution in explana-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Labrador, "A country which we al
ways associate with Arctic snowdrifts,
icebergs, etc, has 900 species of
towering plants, fifty-nine ferns and
over $50 species of mosses and lichens.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

Old English silverware is much in
demand in the United States Just now,
and genuine pieces, especially those of
historic interest, fetch high prices.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
A LOVE LETTER,
BY s. A. WEISS.

QOlhE MADDOX
sat at breakfast,
reading the leading
county newspaper,
and choking with
toast and indigna-
tion at n fierce ed
itorial attack upon
his own political
party.
&c o n f oun d Q d
nonsense an d d :
iocy !" he exclaimed,
at length, as he con-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

The Forestry Department of India
is successfully naturalizing the mahog-
any tree in Bangaloro.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

From Chicago comes a loud protest
against street parades, which are char
acterized as q nuisance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11

OF the 2O6, 900, 900 natives of India
but 1900, 600 can speak English, the
language of the rulers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-10-11
RATS OF ADVERTISING,

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One Column. one year 80. 100 10
Legal advertisements ten cents per ura
each insertion
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements coTlosesd
quarterly. Temporary advertisements mast
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-27
MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
Indictment Against Coiey Brown That Will
Keep Him in Jaii.

Indictment Against COley Brown That Will
Keep Him in jail.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
DANvIILE, Ind. May s6.-Late this after
noon the grand jury returned bill against
Coley Brown. the slayer of Samuel Wes-
ner, charging him with murder In the first
degree. The jury had considerable discus
sion and some wrsngling before agreeing
on the bill. A warrant was ct once issued
for Brown. but he will not be informed of
the grand jury's action until morning. 1t
will be sad news to him. as he confidently
expected an indictment that would allow
him to give bail. ID. 4. Hill, the prOsecut-
ing attorney. said tonight that the State
was ready for trial at any time. Hogate
and Clark. Browns attorneys. say they
have given no consideration as yet to their
proceedings N the matter. and they cannot
say whether they could DO ready for trial
at this term. special Judge will have to
be secured. as Judge Hadley is witness.
Judge Hadley tonight said circumstances
wonld govern the time of the trial Ii
both sides were ready and Judge could be
found tile case might be called this term,
but he could not now say about that. Con-
fipement does not agree with Brown, who
has been quite sick to-day with stomach
trouble. Brown will probably be arraigned
In court III the morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-27
The A. p. A. ard the Cstho,,os.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis JoIirnaI
i have expected some one TO answer what
you lately said, edItorially, about the new
order of A. L. A., but have not seen any
thing so far. Maybe the members are not
allowed TO discuss il. and 1T might be wise
for an outsider to keep his hands off. We
are told. as an inducement TO join. that
many Inunicip and railroad corporations
employ none but Catholics. Spokane Falls
Chicago and baltimore are given as ex-
smples. IL such reports can be successfully
refuted why doesn't some man take it upon
himself To co iti
An ex-county commissioner came to me
during the last campaign, and said: Mr.
ID. Will surely be defeated. because he is q
member of the Il. .. :. of Il. There won't
one Catholic in the county vote for him." |
admit that this exc. T.. may DO fool
friend" of his church, but how are We to
known He went to the Democrats and Re-
publcans alike with the same story,
threatening them with a secret organiza-
ton within the Catholic Church. Nobody
denies it-and what are we TO do! Must
the tact OF mans being a patriot and in
favor of American institutions debar him
from running for Officer A few years ago
the Prcsby terrain minister at WavelaDd re-
fused TO Oftciate at the funeral ssrvices
held in honor of President Garfield. He
said: 81 never knew Garfield. and don't
understand the sentiment that makes peo-
pie want 10 hold O funeral service here in
Waveland when the dead mans remains
are in Cleveland. o." Asserting an example
that has since been followed by a dis
tinguished person. he went 6shin<
and left the Methodist minister 60
preach the innerai. Then his fear was
that the congregation had no further
for him. ond bo left. having learned n good
lesson In patriotism. He wac an Irishmap.
and might have been excused for not re-
vering the memory of his dead ruler. but
must the patriotic people of Waveland be
accused of conspiring against the Presby-
terrain Church because they did not con-
sldcr its minister suitable person TO in
struct them and their obildrenR
The condemnation Is against such men,
wherever found. and not against any
branch of the great Christian Church. That
there are. and always have been. patriotic
Americans in the Roman Catholic Church
is well known. but they should assert
themselves. and, like rhe Presby terians at
Wayeland. have nothing 10 do with men
who propose TO Europeanize America. It
is tight for patriotism that is on. and not
one N and of religious persecution.
I. L. LEIGH.
CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ind. May %.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-27
Lutherans viii No. Boycot. tie Fair.
HOWL FROM BRITIsHERs.

London Newspapers Evidently Don't Want
the FAir to BE IA Success.
LONDON. May 26.--The Daily Telegraph
says editOrislly this morning: 1.-The relin-
quisbmeDt of the jury system of awards
at the Chicago worlds fair tor Mr..
Tbatchers plan will be regarded with
the utmost snspIcion and repugnance by
foreign exhibitors. 1t would be innocence
closely approaching fatality 10 imagine
that the political and municipal precedents
of the conduct of American affairs viii be
wholly ignored by the experts whom
MIR. Thatcher proposes to send wandering
about the far In order TO report TO the Chr
nese sounding bureau of awards. Unless
the poor attendance at the fair be In-
creased by European invasion. there
Is melancholy reason to fear tho
failure of the lar will DO az colossal as it's
inception"
The Standard says: Altogether. the
worlds fair within a mouth has caused
much unpleasant friction. 1t cannot DO de-
scribed as in any way o success"