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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
Mutton Growing in Popularity.

The rapid increase in the consump,
tion of mutton in this country is large
ly due to improvement in the quality
of the meat. People who formerly
objected TO what they termed the
"woolly" taste soon lose their preiu,
dice when persuaded to try really good
mutton.
The disagTeeable odor which is apt
TO accompany this meat can be avoided
if, as soon as the animal has lost sulii
cient blood to render it insensible, an
opening be made in the abdominal
cavity to allow the gases to escape, and
and the wool then rapidly removed.
The carcass should be quickly cooled
and washed out with cold water
The sheep should be kept without
food for several hours before killing,
and the later operation should be per.
formed out of doors, as fresh meat is
peculiarly susceptible to bad odors. A
little more attention TO these two
points would go far toward still fur
ther popularizing mutton among CON
sumeTs. New York World,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

Development of the coal beds in
Western Texas promises, according to
the st. Louis Republic, to add very
materially to the wealth of that por-
tion of the State. Fuel is very scarce
at present in the surrounding coun-
try, but that is because of the lack of
roadways from the coal fields. The
best road there Until recently was
a burro path. A wagon road was
finished last year and railroad is now
being built. 1t is to connect with the
Texas and Pacific at Van Horn and the
Southern Pacific at Haskell. The
State Geologist of Texas has just made
his report ON the conl in Preside
County: ''On account of it's quality
and extent rs well MS from its location
in a region otherwise practically desti-
tute of fuel, this deposit of coal must
prove, he says, ''to be a prominent
factor in the development of the west
ern portion of the State" Western
Texas lis to be congratulated on the
prospects, as are also the gentlemen
of st. Joseph, Mo-, who recently in
vested in some 1876, 900 acres of land in
Preside County.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
Dogs Spread COnsnmptiOn.

The medical profession in France ia
much stirred up over the great in-
crease of the deaths from consumption
shown by recent statistics. This dis
ease carries off five persons out of each
1000, or ITO, 900 year, in France,
while in England the mortality from
this cause has fallen to two per 1000
The scourge is worst in Paris, where
one death out of every five is due to
consumption. At Marseilles it is one
out of six, and at Dion and Nancy it
is one out of seven. DIR. Gilbert, q
specialist on the disease, says that
drunkards are specially susceptible to
the disease, and that the tenement
houses, where the poor live, are very
hotbeds for Itsspread. In such places
five out of twelve deaths are due to
consumption. Professor Cadiot, a
prominent veterinarian, says that there
can be no doubt that dogs very often
communicate the disease He says
that a microscopic examination has
shown that many dogs are infected
with it. He has held post mortem
examinations of large number of
dogs, which were supposed TO
have died of cancer, and in every case
found that tuberculosis was the cause
of death. He says that people who
keep infected dogs about them are
almost sure sooner or later TO contract
the disease. New Orleans Picayune
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

In the effort to prevent the supply
ing of firearms TO natives of the Pacific
islands regulations have just been
made by the British High Commits
sioner for the Western Pacific pro-
hibiting British vessels from carrying
more than one rife and one pistol for
each member of the crew and each
bona fide passenger not native. 1t
has also been made an offense, punish
able by fine and Imprisonment, for
any person to supply firearms, ammuni-
tion, explosives or Intoxicating
liquors to the natives of any of the
Pacific islands under British control
or protection. Inscriptions traders
have recently supplied the natives of
several of these islands with Win
chester rifles and ammunition, with
the result that the natives so armed
have made raids on neighboring islands
and slaughtered the inhabitants A
British war vessel on a recent tour of
the islands found that party of these
armed marauders, notorious cannibals,
had visited nearby island and
butchered the inhabitants of a large
village, leaving every evidence of sub
sequent horrible eannibalistic prac-
tioes,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

Authorship and book publishing are
in bad way in France, according to
q number of experts who have been
figuring ON the situation. 1t is said
by Nj. Albert Gin, and corroborated
by other experts, that there are
scarcely six novelists in France who
can count on receiving equal to or
above 10000 francs year for their
literary work. An examination of the
books of a prominent publisher of Paris
showed that two-thirds of the accounts
opened for works of fiction, verse,
travel, domestic economy and military
science showed considerable losses.
A volume of reasons are offered in ex.
plsnation of the situation, but the
facts are admitted
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

The British training squadron,
which consists of four training cruis.
ers, and in which about 1900 young
officers and seamen have annually been
trained in the management of vessels
under sail, is TO be abolished. The
Admiralty evidently assumes that it is
unnecessary to teach an art which, in
these days of steam war ships, might
never be practiced.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Sweet meets--Lovers' appointments.
Never strike man for five dollars
when ne is down.
Life is so short that man is but paper
collar on the neck of time. Puck.
Ihe worn-out clock usually comes to
an untimely end. --Glens Falls Repub-
lican.
Yes, Minerva, there is vast differ
ence between fast days and fast nights.
--Elmira Gazette.
Delsarte was nowhere alongside of
dogs tail in the art of expression.--
Boston Transcript.
When money talks, even the deaf
mute can get on to its meaning with
out the aid of signs.
'"The modern servant doesn't know
her place" ''She can't. She changes
it too often. Puck.
When n friend turns out not TO be a
trump, then is the time to discard
him. Boston Transcript.
There are some friends who can't be
good to you unless you will let them
own you.-Atchison Globe.
A girl may be almost pardoned for
throwing herself at man If he is a
good catch. Albany Press.
"'There is a time for everything"
when the boarding-house cook makes
hash. -Binghamton Republican.
Woman may be the weaker vessel,
but it's always the husband that's
broke. cleveland Plain Dealer.
You can always tell the boy who has
no skates, by his industry in breaking
the ice. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bakers ought to make good friends.
They can always raise something for
you in time of knead. Hartford
journal.
"With bloodless lips, the villain
glared at her" His eyes, doubtless,
were otherwise occupied Boston
Transcript.
''The great trouble with Duff is that
he doesn't know anything" "Oh on
the contrary, that doesn't trouble him
at all. Puck.
Be careful of your language when
talking with the elevator boy; he is
apt to take you up very quickly
Boston Bulletin.
"How did you discover she was q
woman masquerading rs MANI" "She
sent me a letter with two postscripts. "
Yankee Blade.
Hicks-"Snider says he hates a hum
bug" Wicks-''Well, there nothing
egostical about Snider, is there?"--
Boston Transcript,
She-"This is so sudden" He
That's where you are mistaken. I've
been thinking about it for a whole
year. New York Press.
A scientist, who is probably still
owing his tailor, claims that all the
diseases of humanity are due to wear
ing clothes. Hartford Journal
Wife--"What would we do without
doctor?" Husband--''We we
might get along, but what would the
druggists do?"-Texas Siftings.
That Nicetown man who named his
hen 'Maeduff' has neighbor who
called his rooster Robinson, because
he crew SO. Philadelphia Record
"Have you gained her fathers con
sent TO your marriage?" 81 cant
tell e" Hes away, eh?" "No; her
mother is. "--Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Mrs. Hicks--"Thatg girl broke only
one dish to-day. Hicks" How did
that happen?" Mrs, Hicks was
the only one left. New York Herald.
"You cannot Judge man by the
umbrella he carries. "Why not 20
because the chances are it belongs to
somebody else, New York Journal
Uncle Well, Robbie, how did you
stand at school last term?' Robbie
Sometimes with my face in the cor
ner aud sometimes up at the teachers
desk. Chicago Inter'Ocean,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

M. Martin Conway, who is locturine
ut the Royal Institution in London on
his recent exploration in the Hima-
laYas, has traversod more ground in
those perilous regions than any other
explorer. Although his iourneyings
there have covered over 5000 miles.
he says that the section of country
which he explored compared with the
mountainous region that has not vet
been touched is as the size of post
age stamp to that of large- quarto
page
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

Mrs. Eliza Archard Connor's sermon
TO young women, which won the prize
among more than 1000 submitted, was
elaborated under the following heads !:
"Do some useful work, and do it with
enthusiasm. Lay up some money.
Be sincere. BE helpful to others. BE
neat. Stand by your own sex. Up
hold forevermore the purity, dignity
and worth of womankind.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
A Marvellous Tale.

Mr.. Coonrod Stiwinter, our esteemed
fellow-townsman, caught a swapping
turtle, carried it home, cut off its head
and threw the head over into the back
yard and ate the turtle. A day or two
afterward some chickens came near the
turtles head, and one was caught by
the jaws of the head and the head held
its grip until il thundered. Gave
Spring (Ga. Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
The SIN Hat Still on Top.

The silk hat continues to hold its
ground in London, but in the prov
inces it has lately been almost entirely
displaced by the hard felt Derby.
There is a brisk and increasing demand
for rescusitated chimney pots in South
Africa and Australia, whether by tho
natives or the whites is not apparent.
Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
A Great Lake state.

Florida is one of the greatest al
lake States, if the number of its lakes
and lakelets emile il to be so classed
1t has n half score Of considerable
lakes, including Okachobee, with moro
than 600 square miles, and many
scores OF small lakes and ponds at
tered over an area forty OF fifty milss
vide and several hundred miles loa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

F. @. Selous, the celebrated African
hunter, says the flesh of tho lion is
capital eating, lion pie being almost
as good as veal pasty and quite as
whita
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

England is TO have no poet laureate,
not, at least, until one arises of sufIi-
cient distinction to be worthy to sue
ceed Wordsworth and Tennyson.
Gladstone thinks that there is no such
man in England at the present time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
THE FLOWER OF SORROW.

Summer comes and summer goes,
But all months OF all years
There II falling OF tears;
Summer comes and summer goes,
All hours are griers, and the sower sows
To-day and tomorrow
The Flower Of Sorrow
Buds and blows.
John Vance Cheney, in Century Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
RUNNING AWAY FROM MAMMA

Running away from mamma,
Bareheaded up the street,
Kicking tho dust into yellow smoke
With little rogulsh feet.
Tossing It over his clean white dress
Into his stocking heels,
Checking the little wooden horse
That trundles along on wheels.
Dreaming away with wide blue eyes,
And speculating why
God won't give him the golden ball
That drops in the qulverIng sky.
What is the use fthat pretty pink cloud,
Sailing away so high,
II he can have ride in it2
And it's no use totry.
Ifthat woman grew with glasses on,
II this house is papa's;
Why that nice red COW won't talk to him
Looking across the bars.
Into the neighbors' gates and doors,
Under their cherry trees,
Into mischief and out again,
Wherever he may please.
Wandering at last to the old church steps
Little horse and all,
Climbing up laboriously--
Too bad II he should fall
Pushing in with dimpled hands
The great doors strong and tall,
Letting the warm, sweet summer light
Slide down the shadowed wall.
Standing still in the solemn hush
OF chancel. nave and dome,
Thinking it is prettier
Than the sitting room at home.
Not bit afraid, ah no, indeed,
OF the shadows vast and dim,
Quite at home, and sure it was made
All on purpose for him.
The old, old story comes up to me
Written so long ago,
About the heavenly temple,
Where you and must go,
The beautiful waiting temple,
That has no room for sin
Something about little child
And the way of entering in.
Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
AUNT TABBY'S UMBRELLA.

WO of the three
Fosdick girls as.
pired TO wealth and
social position.
They claimed a
few rich relatives,
who visited them
occasionally and
raved over the
'1ovely fields" and
darling COWS. -
but nevertheless
would have suf-
fered the pangs OF
hunger before they
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11

China 10 furnishing n chain of forts
along her seacoast with Krupp guns.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-11
RATS OF ADVgRTIsinu /,

One Square, one inch, one insertion. 4 70
One Square, one inch, one month";. 500
One Square, one inoh, three months, %
One Square, one inch, one year ..... 10 %
Two Squares, one year ............. 10 o.
Quarter Column, one year....,......- ~ %
Half Column, one year............. % %
One Column, one year. -. ...s.. IOlfB
Legal advertisements ten cents per hna
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices grstis.
All bills for yearly advertisements consueBd
quarterly. Temporary advertisements n<ast
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
THE JAeeRsFoNrelN DIAMOND.
Emperor william Wants the a5,oOo,ooo
spnrkier For His New Crown.


learn from London that the emperor
Of Germany is eager TO purchase the
big diamond found at the Jagerslontein
mine in July last This monster gem
turns the scales at 971 carats, and there
seems good reason for believing that it
is the very biggest in the world. II has
been christened the Jagersfontein Ex.
cesior.
The Jagersfontein mine, which is sit
uated about 80 miles from Kimberley
and within the territory of the Orange
Free State republic, is owned by com
pany, many of the shareholders of which
reside in England and few of them on
the spot. For some time they have sold
the yield of diamonds by public tender
in advance. The contractors for the
purchase of the diamonds in July were
Messrs. Wernheim & Belt, and their
contract expired on the very day this
famous stone was found. Had IL been
handed to the manager only a few hours
later 1t world have fallen into other
hands.
The Excelsior was found by ma
he could easily have seCreted it, rs has
been done in thousands of eases, no
doubt, because it happened that he was
working at the time at Il place where
no diamonds were expected TO be found
However, ho promptly placed it in the
hands of the manager, who did not for
a considerable time realize It's enormous
.,N L.. a
encouragement to zeal and honesty, are
allowed small commission upon The
diamonds they find, and Jonas share
was about ESQ This sum to an African
native is quite small fortune, and rs
the bonus was supplemented by the gift
of a horse, saddle and bride the BasutO
left for his home very proud man.
On the spot the diamond was valued
by the official government inspector at
G25, 900, but when 1t reached Kimber.
ley a bid of e25O, 900 was made for 1t.
The offer was declined, and the 'Ex-
celsior" was shipped to Europe 1t was
curions sight to see the parcel guard
ed to the Cape Town docks by squad
of cavalry and a detachment of police.
1t reached England safely, and imme.
diately the value went up, until now the
owners decline to part with it for less
than e1 900, 900. II has been lodged in
the Bank of England for security, and
at the present time negotiations are pro
ceeding for its purchase on behalf OF til,
German emperor, who is having new
crown constructed and has an idea ap
parently that this particular gem vii
add luster TO the diadem. He is Eut
however, the only bidder in the market
and it is quite uncertain what viii b'
the gems ultimate destination. jew
/ elers' Circular
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
Aphi,o,lclpl,ia Incident.

The easy and comfortable attitudes as
sumed by most men riding in street cars
have frequently been a source Of irrita-
ton to women, and one feminine pas
senger had the courage to publicly con-
denim the practice. a Sixteenth street
car was scudding up town with many
masculine passengers and one woman,
who sat in an upper corner and whose
physiognomy stamped her as a school
ma'am.
Another woman entered the car at
Poplar street, and finding no vacant seat
was proceeding to grasp a strap when
the voice of the schoolma'am piped OUT
"If these men would put their legs to-
gether, there would be plenty of roomr'
A dead silence was followed bya stealthy
shifting Of neither limbs until sufficient
red cushion was visible to accommodate
the standing passenger Philadelphia
Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07


The following rules Of conduct for
servants are said to be found in Liv-
erpool household:
Servants who have the good fortune
to reside in my house must cooperate
with the following rules:
They must be up punctually at O.
Have all meals punctually to time.
Must DO clean and tidy in their per-
sons, and at their work must not be
spoken TO.
Must not speak at tho doors to any
of the tradespeople.
Must not sing.
Must not wear heavy boots.
Must close doors quietly.
Must stand meekly while being re-
proved.
Must not answer back.
Must be obliging and cheerful.
Must be willing to stay in any Sun
day or day out when required, and when
asked to do anything to do it quickly
and we'll and show no impatience or ill
temper, al Mr.. - hates that.
Must put up with fault finding and
complaining whenever Mr.. - wishes
to fault find or complain.
Mr.. - likes to be called at z.
Takes tea at 30 past z, towel at go to 8
and breakfast at 8 prompt, and will not
wait minute, and no nonsense.
By order, Mr.. -.
-I.ondon Million
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
A REMARKABLE CASE.
A Bullet Passed Through n 81. Louis Mans
Brain, and Yet Uc Ecrovered.

A Bullet Passed Through 81. Louis Mans
Brain, and Yet iic Recovered.
Emil Witzl,y, after occupying cot
at the City hospital for over two months
with a bullet in his BRAIN is now walk
ing about nearly as well as any one and
will be discharged "A cured man In the
course of few days.
Witzky's case is one of the most re-
markable that ever came under the mo-
tice of st. Louis surgeons. II is much
stranger than that of the man lesson
who attempted to commit suicide In
Forest park year ago. lesson fingered
between life and death about month
but finally died from the effects of the
bullet, which lodged In the center of
his head lesson never got up from his
bed after sending the leaden pellet into
his brain, and for that matter was un-
conscious nearly all the time. Witzky
Is as rational as any man walking the
streets. He shot himself over the left
eye after having trouble with his wife
and mother. in-law
From the paralysis it caused In his
right leg DR.. Marks decided that the
ball lodged in the back of his head on
the left side. The jagged hole in the
forehead finally healed over, and after
remaining in half dead state for near
~ week Witzl,y came TO-. He was not
able TO move for fully month on &C.
count OF the paralysis, No sensation
was in the right leg whatever. Needles
could be thrust into it, or 1T could be
pinchod or burned without his feeling
the pain. Three or four weeks ago the
paralysis began to disappear 1t was
thought strange indeed by Dr. Marks
and the other physicians, for the bullet
had not been removed, and no reason
was apparent for the deadness" to dis.
appear. Yet go away it did, and since
that time his recovery has been steady
as clockwork. How that 3S caliber bull
let plunged through six or eight inches
Of his brain and remained resting among
.he tissues without causing instant death
or perpetual idiocy passes the compre-
hension of every scientific man who has
heard of his case. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
WANTS TO BE CUT UP.
There's Money Inside Him, He Thinks, lie
sides n Strange Disease.

There's Money Inside Him, He Thinks, he
sides n Strange Disease.
A poorly dressed old man walked into
the reception Office at Bellevue hospital
the other afternoon and surprised the
clerk by hauling thick roll of green
backs out of one of his pockets. He fol-
lowed this up by taking more bills out
of the lining of his hat.
It's all mine," he said gleefully,
"and know where can get more"
He said he was Bernard Bergen, 90
years old, a peddler; that he had been
all over the world. and that he had
money to burn.
III tell you how it is" he went on.
Il decided last night to become mar
tyr to medical science. have discov-
cred that have strange disease which
has never been heard of before. When
the doctors cut me up, they'll learn
something"
A doctor pronounced the old peddler
crazy and committed him to the insane
pavilion. In his pockets were found
$270 in bills and handful of small
change. He refused to tell where he got
The money.
when they cut me up" he added,
you II find a lot more"
He said he had no friends, and that
all people wanted was to get away his
money. New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
A ROYAL TRAIN.
The Sort of Cars Which Are to lie Provided
For the Czar's Convenience.

The Sort of Cars which Are to lie Provided
For the Czar's Convenience.
A new imperial train for the czar Of
Russia is at present being built at the
Alexandrowski wagon manufactory at
st. Petersburg. 1t consists of II car.
riages, of which one is reserved for the
railway officials, kitchen carriage and
two luggage vans. With the exception
Of wheels and the axles, which have
been supplied by Krupp, at Essen, the
whole of the material is of Russian or
igin and manufacture. By means of a
very powerful automatic brake the
train can be brought to standstill in a
minimum OF time from every one of the
carriages. The interior of the carriages
is appointed with much taste. The win
dows are different ON both sides. The
side with the corridor has windows of a
uniform size, while the windows on the
other side are made in accordance with
the requirements of the various com
partments. The passages between the
various cars are vestibuled.
The carriage of the car and czarira
is connected directly with the dining
room; then come the large saloon car.
the carriages of the grand dukes, etc.
The carriages will be sent ON trial
trip to Copenhagen. Some of them have
already been sent to Vienna and back
Railway Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-03-07
New Years Cards Tn France.

The custom in France of sending ones
visiting card to acquaintance on New
Years day is rapidly increasing. Even
the establishment of society tor the
suppression of complimentary visiting
cards has been powerless against the
progress of fashion. The French post
office officials have made an interesting
calculation on the subject. 1t is reck-
oned that in the department of the Seine
alone, which of course includes Paris,
3,750, 900 visiting card were delivered
by postmen on the LIST of January, 1881.
The following year 1t had risen to
$500. 200, the year after to 5000, 900
and finally, in 1894, it reached nearly
15,500, 000.-Paris Journal.