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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

"You know, Chris, said she, lower
ing her voice, ''that Peggy is getting
sitter and more rheumatic every day,
and we must do something TO help her.
Mamma knows nothing about the
housework and, besides, she is far too
delicate TO come down here J"
'T prefer some other way of occupy
ing my time" said Christine, super
ciliously.
eyes, but what?"
Rosamond had reached down the
hammer, and was now balancing the
broad end of a smoothing iron in her
lap, preparatory to the operation of
cracking.
eve have been educated for ladies, "
said Christine, "and not cooks!"
care the two incompatible, Chris?'
"And l am fully resolved one day
to be an artist. A landscapist, to i'm
mortalize just such scenes rs that y
pointing with slim, taper fingers to-
ward the burning glow in the west.
''Yes, but in the meantime?" dryly
observed Rosamond. eve must live,
and we must eat. And really I've
made rather a good thing of those
Brahma chickens, at thirtyfive cents
pound, while your picture of 'Wynd
Mill in Thunderstorm still hangs in
the booksellers window, and not d
soul has SO much as asked its price.
Christine colored again.
81 prefer to retain my position il
society as lady |" said she, with some
emphasis.
''But we have no society"
eve are asked to the Thanksgiving
party at Bramblethorpe !" exultantly
retorted Christine.
"We can't go !" averred Rosamond.
"Why can't we go?'
Nothing to wear" Rosamond sue
cinctly answered, giving a sharp, sud
den tap of the hammer to plump nu
on the edge of the hatiron.
Glow do you know that?"
Rosamond lifted her eyes in sur
prise, and Christine went hurried.
on:
"There was travelling salesman
here this afternoon with SOME lovel.
pink cashmere, at little more than hal
price. Mamma thought it was bar
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

poor old creetur, lame and almost
blind. You'd ha' done it yourself II
you'd been here. Her folks is dread
ful partial to nut cakes, and I've
promised her another batch to-mor-
row. They're expectin' company, you
see. You won't go back on old Peggy,
will you, my dear? I'll trudge up the
hill with you after the nuts the first
thing after breakfast tomorrow
mornin."
you oughtn't to have done it with
ont consulting me, Peggy, said Rosa
mond.
But she was soft-hearted little
maid, and very fond of Peggy, and so
she set diligently forth to gather nuts
the next day.
Peggy knew where the travelling
salesman put up-at wayside inn,
| kept by friend of hers-and she lost
no time in speeding thither.
"Pink is Miss Chris's color" said
she, "and | think Miss Rosamond
would look well in blue-a pale, for
get-me-not blue. If there's one new
dress in the family, there's no reason
there shouldn't be two. Only we've
got to make haste and get it made up.
Rosamond was overjoyed when the
compact little brown paper parcel
came home.
"Tm quite certain Peggy knows all
about it, " said she, Though she wraps
herself in mystery. But she's the best
| old soul in the world, ano she sha Is
lose her reward when my ship comes
! in that is, if it ever does.
rhe afternoon preceding Thanks-
giving Day she went up to Bramble-
thorpe with n pasteboard box in her
hand. Lizzie Bramble ran down stairs
to greet her,
''Have you come TO help us arrange
the chrysanthemums and ivy?" said
she. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you !"
II couldn't possibly" said Rosa
mond. my dress isn't done yet, and
I've got to hurry home and finish it.,
But I've brought you some of my nut
cakes, Lizzie they're II Thanksgiving
sort of thing, and | made them after
an old family receipt that no one has
/ but me. "
''Nut cakes !" Miss Brnmble sur
yeyed the tempting show, wrapped in
! A Fed-bordered dolly. "Why, Rosy,
we've got a lot of EN- already that
Aunt Edgeley bought! Beauties, too
You never mean that you made 'em,
dear?"
/ Rosamond colored hot scarlet. AL
OF sudden the mystery cleared itself.
She knew now where the forget-me-noI
dress came from. She put down the
box, with a murmured word or two
and few swiftly home.
II never can go to that party now :
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

A great English firm of hatte-s send
their wares all over the world, and in
doing so have a good chance to study
the distinctive features of the heads
of the various nationalities Asynop-
sis of their stu'ies is given below /:
German heads short and round, aver
age head measures twenty-five inches /;
English, we'll shaped, rather long,
average hat, It, which means head
measuring 22.77 inches; Scotch, long
and thin; Canadians exceptionally
large; average United States head and
hat same ms English. South Ameri-
cans and Australians have very small
heads, seldom measuring over twenty
inches.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

Mrs. Edgeley, won't you2 1t amt
none of your lard and-molassesy bak-
ers stuff, that can tell you'll"
"Never tasted anything so delicious
in my life, " said Mrs. Edgeley, nib
bling away at the cake with teeth that
we're still as white and perfect rs when
she was sixteen. ''You don't mean to
say, Peggy, that you made them?"
az, nam? Not II" protested
Peggy. ''Not but what call myself
as good hand at cake as most folks,
But Tn free to confess 1 hain't the
light touch and the easy knack to stir
up a batch like this. It's our Miss
Rosamond that made 'em, Mrs. Edge
ley, and I'm proud to say it, that l
am !"
Mrs. Edgeley's spectacled eyes grew
big and round. She came n step or
two nearer.
Peggy" said she, in a mysterious
whisper, "these are just what we want
for our Thanksgiving party. Aurilla
isn't much of n calculator, and I'm
afraid we're going to run short on
cake. Would you sell me this batch
And would the young lady bake me
another--as very special favor?" she
added, insinuatingly.
Peggy tossed her head.
"Wc ion't buy nor sell our cake, ,
said she. But you're welcome to it,
Mrs. Edgeley, and I'm sure my young
lady will be very pleased to accommo
date you"
"Humph humphl' commented
Mrs. Edgeley. "Much obliged, I'm
surel / called in about that setting
of Muscovy duck eggs, but I'll jus
take this baking of nut cakes instead
It's just exactly the sort of thing one
wants for Thanksgiving party
There's something homelike and home
made about it. And / can have tn,
rest day after tomorrow"
After Mrs. Edgeley had hobbleC
away on her gold-headed cane, Pegg.
found crisp, clean five-dollar bill
lying on the table.
She eyed it shrewdly.
otis no more than they're worth,
SAID she.
And she pocketed the bill.
"Yes, Miss Rosy, ] gin 'em ever,
one away" said Peggy, craftily, "to
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

M. Francisque Sarcey, the French
dramatic critic, announces himself as
a convert to vegetarianism. He has
written letter to n Paris paper de-
scribing his experiences, in which he
says that he is only moderate" veg
etarian-that is, he eschews only meat
and admits eggs, butter and cheese,
milk and fish to his regimen. He finds
that he is in much more vigorous
health and in better working condi-
tion than before. The first week, he
says, is rather hard to bear, but the
benefit is soon felt thereafter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

Since tR3 advent of Leo XIII. to
the pontifical throne he has created
ninety-two cardinals, that number
having died in the course of his pom
tifcate. The College of Cardinals,
since the nominations at the last con-
sistory, numbers sixty-three, of whom
thirty-four are Italians and twenty
nine foreigners. The foreigners are
divided rs follows, according to their
nationality; Seven French, five Aus
tro-Hungarian, five German, four
Spanish, two Portuguese, two Ameri-
can, one English, one Irish, one Bel
gial and one Australian,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
Humorous Legal Complication.

About the queerost case at law this
term was that fuss in small Maine
village, in this part of the State. Two
neighbors owned dogs. One dog got
afoul of the neighboring canine and
was chewing him TO the queens taste,
when the owner of the under dog SHE'D
a club. The club broke the belhcose
dogs forepaw Straightway this dogs
owner brought suit to recover dam
ages. He lost his case and was ordered
to pay the costs of the action. But he
didn't pay, and an execution was is
sued against his body, whereupon the
Deputy Sheriff made n funny break.
He got twisted over the verbiage of the
document and proceeded to arrest the
man who had been sued. In the hub
bub that resulted the real culprit took
alarm and, in order to save himself,
went into insolvency before the Sheriff
got unsnarled and served the execu-
ton Lewiston Me, Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

We have an idea that the United
States is n great place, with its co.
600, 900 people, observes the Detroit
Free Press, but there are 800, ,OOO,- =
600 people in Asia, and more than
200, 900, 900 in Africa. The scientific
estimate is that there are 1 1,450, 900, :
600 people on the earth, of whom not
more than 500, 600, 900 wear clothing
from neck TO sole.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
RATS OF ADVERTISING /,
AS IN THE LONG Ago.

As in the long ago, my love, y
As in the long ago
l wander O er the dear old place,
Each object there recalls thy face,
Each fragrant zephyr breathes a sigh.
For tender joys in days gone by
Now falls again the evening glow.
And calls the thrush so soft and low,
As In the long ago, my love,
As in the long ago
As in the long ago, my love,
As in the long ago
We wander slowly, hand in hann.
In young loves dreary wonderland,
Again the light Of evening skies 1
Shines in mine own from thy dear eyes.
Again the distant chimes so low,
Peal forth the hour in measures slow,
As in the long ago, my love,
As in the long age.
As in the long ago, my love,
As in the long ago
The vespers' dying e,hoes peal
Among the hill. Again 1 kneel
And moan and weep beside thy grave.
Where grass plumes in the wild winds ways
And sway in mute grief to and fro,
While calls the thrush so sad and low.
As in the long ago my love,
As in the long ago.
Emile Pickhardt, in Boston Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

The Atlanta Constitution says:
"After sixty years of restricted suf-
frage, Belgium, under her new consti-
tuition, is about to try startling ex-
pertinent. The new law gives vote
to every male citizen who has reached
the age of twenty-five. A married man
who pays taxes, or tax-paying bach
elor of thirty five, is entitled to an ex-
ira vote. A third vote is given to a
citizen of independent means, possess
ing certificate of high education, or
who holds or has held public Office of
a certain rank 1t is believed that
every husband will place his extra vote
at the disposal of his wife, thus indi-
rectly giving her the elective franchise.
Under the new constitution the num-
ber of votes in Belgium will leap from
$50, 900 to 200, OOO Awell l-equipped
Belgian will now be able to cast vote
on election day just efter breakfast,
and if he feels greatly interested in the
campaign he can stick in another vote
81 dinner time, and still another on his
way home to supper"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

body ever visits, and one sees no one
but the meat man and the tin peddler.
It's no better than being buried alive.
I don't see why mamma ever left New
York.
Christine sat in the deep window
seat, whittier she had climbed, with a
pair of shears TO cut away the cluster
ing ivy vines that dsrkened the kit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

A rattlepate--The policeman's club.
Bound to please Gilt-edged holiday
books. Truth.
b-footed-Bills paid by the
organization. Puck.
The popular pianist finds little diff
ficulty on his notes of hands. Buffalo
Courier.
It is only the women who can law.
fully hold up train. New York
Journal.
The sculptor is generally fishing for
fame when he makes cast.-Glens
Falls Republican.
THAT beats me, the drum said con-
fidentially, referring to the rosewood
stick. k.-Somerville journal.
No man is as good as he demands
the young man shall be who asks for
his daughter. -Atchison Globe.
1t is rather too much to expect Il
man on his uppers to be whole
souled fellow. Buffalo Courier.
Love is said to be blind, but it
usually gets there ahead of the old man
Just the same Galveston News.
A trunk differs from man in that
it can be completely strapped without
becoming broke. Buffalo Courier.
Everyone said he was color blind,
Though it did not seem quite clear,
That because his clothes were loud
He selected them by eur.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
When there are no hard times to
complain of some men find their oc'
cupation completely gone.-Washing-
ton Star.
Pessimist-'Don't you wish you'd
never been born?" Book Agent NO; /;
1 let other people do that for me. ="
New York journal.
By the way, why doesn't the con-
ductor punch the train robber? He
might at least give him check
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
''Is the boss at home" Housemaid
NO, Tuesday is bargain day, and
she never gets home until real late in
the afternoon Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Little stocks OF water,
II mixed with proper sand,
And 1oated on the market,
Stiff rates Oft command.
Kate Fields Washington.
Mendicant--" Cant you give poor
blind man few cents?' Banker
"No! The outlook is so bad that you
are to be congratulated. New York
Journal
Watts-"How did you come out in
your little wrestle with the Chicago
wheat market?" Potts-"I went after
wool and got worsted. indianapolis
journal.
Anxious Husband-I am afraid, doc
tor, that my wife is very sick woman.
She hasn't spoken n word all day. ="
Doctor-"Then you don't need me.
You want an undertaken. Judge.
"What makes the men love Mary so?"
The jealous maidens cry
! "Oh, Mary doesn't sing. you know,
And more she doesn't try
kansas city Journal.
'Isnt there something the matter
with the feet in this poem?' asked the
editor. "Sir," replied the naughty
man, who stood by his desk, 81 am a
! poet not a chiropodist. Washing
/ ton Star.
II am really at loss" said the
young minister, "to know why you did
not like my last sermon Did you not
consider my arguments soundY'
eyes" she replied; Exclusively. -
Washington Star.
So many ships are making knots
All through the ocean wide
OF course the sea gets tied up lots
Aud that's what makes the tide.
! Boston Courier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

One of Boston's pleasantest small
charities is the furnishing of street car
tickets in summer to poor invalids for
rides in the suburbs of that city, but
it is now asserted by the conductors
that very many of these tickets are
misused, being rendered to them by
persons who not only are not i'll, but
are, from their dress and appearance,
abundantly able to pay their own
fares
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
GIVE THANKS.

For leaf and bud andnloom
That came with dawn Of spring,
For balmy laden breeze,
For tuneful birds awning,
Give thanks.
For sun and moon and stars
That heat and light and cheer,
And mark the flight OF Time,
with day and month and year,
Give thanks.
For mellowed fruit and grain
In bounteous harvest stored
For earth's full generous wealth
Into our garners poured
Give thanks.
For love and hopo and faith
In friends both old and new,
With willing, helpful hands,
And trusting henrts, and true
Give thanks.
For life and ell its gains
From earth, and sea, and mir;
For all the great outpour
OF blessings that we share
Give thanks.
H. T. Hollands, in Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
ago.

The Chinese doctors lot is not
wholly happy one, the Courier-Jour-
nal is convinced. Four members of
the Imperial College of Physicians at
Pekin failed recently to make aproper
diagnosis of the Emperor's indisposi-
tion, and were punished by being
fined years salary.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

A Montana man has just completed
and applied for patent on an auto
matte machine that bids fair to revo-
lutionize the cutting of precious
stones, This machine can do the work
of at least twelve men.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
Disaster Invited.

Duck Its no wonder you get de-
youred at Thanksgiving; you invite
such disaster.
Turkey--"How SOP"
Duck-''By strutting about, yelling
'dobble, go5ble, gobble ="
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
A Thanksgiving Party.
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

h, yes, 1T was such
n mistake" said
Christine Colling-
wood, dreamily.
"What was a mis-
take?" said old
Peggy.
"Our coming to
live in a dreary
country place like
this, said Chris
tine. "Where no
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

Edison says that gold is not as val
liable nor ms necessary as iron OF
lead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-24
Both Sides Give Way in the English
Cotton Spinners Strike.
BOLD ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY STATION
jules Ferry Chosen President Of
the French Senate.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
BOTH SIDES GIVE WAY.
Many spinner ai Oldham, England, Re
sumo nj Reduced Wages

Many spinners NJ Oldham. England. Re-
sumo nj Reduced Wages.
LONDON. Feb. Notwithstanding the ex-
pressed resolution Of the masters ana men in
the Lancashire cotton spinning industry. 80 far
as represented BY the masters federation on
one side and the anna gamated association OF
cotton spinners on the other. 20 resist
any change from the basis assumed at the be-
ginning OF the straggls. there Was break AZ
oldham TODAY. where one quarter of a million
spindles resumed operations at a reduction %
"a per cent IN wages. or just one-han the
amount or which the masters federation hs.
insisted
The distress at Oldham on account Of the
strike. as he masters call il. or refusal TO ac-
cept reduction. ~ the operatives call IT. has
been most acute. Besides at Oldham The
artisans OF the town are largely sharehold-
ers IN the cotton mills. These work
ing class shareholders are composed Of
the artisan class outside Of the cotton spinning
concerns themselves and the peculiar spectacle
has beer presented OF two classes Of operative.
the one existing as employers and the other ~
emploved.
The former are represented in the masters
federation and have been irving TO stArve the
Others out, or rather have allowed the Others
TO choose between lden-s- and the acceptance
OF the five per cent reduction
The partial resumption OF work TODAY is re-
garded as concession on the part of the en- /.
plovers that the policy of stubborn adherence
TO the per cent reduction is not successful
and that the operatives. having borne without
yielding the rigors Of winter, would be still
better able 10 resist in the spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-24
BEATEN ny MIR. GORMAN,
Why the Senate Rejected the Nomination
of Mr.. Findlay.

Why the Senate Rejected the Nomination
of Mr.. Findlsy-
The defeat of the nomination OF ex-Repre-
sentative Findlay Of Baltimore to be Chilean
claims arbitrator is attributed to the influence
Of Senator German, who Was aided by anti
Harrison republicans. Mr.. Findlay is demo-
crat, but has been q political enemy Of Mr.
Gorman. A Baltimore dispatch, reviewing
the matter, says: During the reform cam
paign OF 1885 the most bitter things were
said Of Gorman by his opponents. but the
most cutting were those uttered on the stump
by Findlay, who went far as to say
that 1.-The only good German. was . dead
German" The regular democratic orators
and organs charged him with inciting the
assassination of German, and he published
card explaining that he meant to urge only Cor
mans political death. He continued. however
to denounce German a. . political trickster
and ''archboss," who was following in the
wake of the ship Of state for what he could
pick up
Mr. Findlay said yesterday of the rejection
Of his nomination: Il have not the slightest
Dpubt that Gorman is the man who did the
own personal ressona There are not, 20 far
as I am aware. any charges against me on
file. Only the other day saw . letter from
Senator Sherman. written to Q personal
friend Of mine in Baltimore, saying that there
was no doubt that my nomination would be re-
ported favoraoly from his committee. Had
there been charges Of any kind preferred
against me would have been Informed of
them No; German amply oppcssd me on
account Of my indepsndent stand In Narylaud
Politics; nothing more; nothing iessL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-24

Richard Olney Leaves a Big law Practice ts
Enter the Cabinet.

Richard Olney Leaves a Big law Practice 70
Enter the Cabinet.
Special Dispatch to The Evening star
BosroN, Feb. 24.-"Mr. Cleveland asked me
ard said YES"
That is the brief wsy in which Mr.. Richard
Olney. the next Attorney General, on his re-
turn from Lakewood, told the story of the
proffer and acceptance Of the cabinet port
folio. Until they learned the fact Of his &C.
ceptanc- from his own lips most OF his friends
were inclined TO believe that Mr. Olpey
would not make the business sacrifices which
his entrance to the cabinet would necessitste
He now enjoys a Law practice Of $50. 900 wear
as general counsel for the Boston and Maine,
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroads. He has ap-
peared frequently before the legislatures of
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine as
attorney for various railroad nterests
Richard Oiney, III. b. comes of the best
New England stock. On his father side he \.
connected with the revolutionary olnevs Of
Rhode Island and through his mother his an
cestry runs back TO the Sigournevs French
Huguenots, who were driven to America nbout
1882 by the edict of Nantes. His father Wlls,,n
Olney, was cashier of the Oxford Mass Bank and
in this town his distinguished ron was born in
1885. He Is the oldest of his family and has
two brothers, Peter Butler Olney of New
York. at one time assistant attorney general OF
George olney. a successful WOODEN manufac-
turer in Leicester. Mass Hrs only sister is
wife of Eben L. Stevens Of Dudley. Mass
Mr.. Olney was graduated at Brown Cniver-
sity in the class of Is56: m 1853 at the Har-
ward Law School and fitted for the bar as a
pupil OF the late Benz. r. Thomas, whose
daughter he married.
Mr.. Olncy has ALWAYS been a democrat but
has never been in politics except that in 1874
he represented the second Norfolk district in
the general court. This the wear in which
there was grand overturn i'm state politics
on account of the liquor question. William
Castor defeated Gov. Talbot by ISIS votes
There was a very close contest in the second
Norfolk representative district The returns
gave Joseph ;. Roper. republican. 5s2: Richard
Olney. democrat, So: scattering. 3 A recount
was obtained in which the committee of the
board of aldermen allowed votes cast for ''H
=. Olney and "R. Oldney" to Mr.
Richard Olney, thus making a tie between
him and Mr. Ropes. In accordance with
the constitution a new election ordered.
which resulted in the seating OF Mr.. Olney
He is a great admirer Of Mr.. Cleveland and pre-
sided at the ratification meeting i'm his honor in
Boston last summer. In the course Of his ad-
dress me said. standing in the blaze Of his own
past records. Mr.. Cleveland is his own best plat
form and in NV judgment the most effective
criticism possible upon the Chicago platform
is this, THAT with Mr.. Cleveland as q csndi-
date il is practically superfuous."
In person Mr. Olney is stslwart wears .
mustache and has the courteous manners Of ths
old school