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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder:
It is Absolutely Pure. :
All others contain alum or ammonia.
"To Rhyme With Ti:nbuctoo."

Timbuct5o, that mysterious Central
African city which has recently beea
occupied by the French. is chiefly IN
teres.ing As the subjee: OF verses sub
mi.ted for n pre- offered NAM years
ago by Punch for rhymes to that curl
Gus name. One OF the verses Was:
II were a
On the plains OF T!inoucioo,
would eat Il missionary.
SKIN and bones and h~ymn-book. too.
Another, with q more persectrhymc.
rail- thus:
AS | was hunting on the plains.
All on the plains IF T~inbuctoo.
A buck was all | cot for my pains,
And he was a sit,u buck. too
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

4 wonderful stomach rorrccfnr -BHecham,a
Pills BeeeLamts-no others. = cenfs a Inr
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

DE- RoUEIs has found a twelfth century
copy Of the Pentaseuch in San Francisco.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

Al Dauphine. frdLre. an ancient tomb has
been unearthci which contained a human
skeleton twrnty-iNe and a half feet long.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

l. sold OF a-"tartnt~-. ii..r,sI uetp-~ni Con.
sn1n!tinh.it tat T. ,1 t3. @HE Cure. 40. 10 II
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

GOOD horses have recently sold at -. so
ahnnd In the w est AZ sher.Ys sale
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

EIIvrs THorsASD Chinlmen have regis
tered on the Pacifc coast :
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

: TGz capital Of Iceland has 600 inhabi-
tAnts. j.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

Michigan produces one-tiith OF tho
iron of this country. mining 1000, 600
IONS n year. The co"nF- mines nre
the richest In The we'd, LsF,nS pro-
duccd over 500, oou, '1) worth OF
mnfHI
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

japanese Toefh Powder. Genuine
4 large bog mailed for ~ cents. Lapp Drug
On Philadelphia Pa
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

THERE is great restitution in Star County,
Texas, as a result Of the !on; drought.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-04-07

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sss'. 18th tnss taes "A.H ;sree O. TIE VT .-, are ca -.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
Poisoned Arrows.

Poisoned arrows have been in use
since time out of memory. We have
it on the authority of both Strabo and
Aristotle that the ancient Gauls. poi
soned both their arrows and the shafts
of their spears with a preparation of
vegetable poison extracted from what
is now believed to have been species
of hellebore. The Scythians went a
step farther and used the venom Of
serpents intermixed with the virus of
putrid blood, the latter being one of
the most active and incurable of the
poisons known even to-day.
The natives of Japan, the Amos,
prepare their arrow poisons from Sc
cretion of the bamboo, and the same
may be said of the Aborigines of Bor-
neo, Java and New Guinea.
In Central and South America the
"Woorara" poison was the terror of
the early explorers, as well as of the
modern scientific expeditions. Analyses
of several specimens of arrows rubbed
with this poison prove it to be mix
ture of rattlesnake venom, putrid
blood and juice from the plant or tree
which produces the strychnine of
commerce.
Among the North American Indians
the Sioux, the Apaches, Comanches,
the Bannocks, the Shoshones and the
Blackfeet were the chief tribes which
used poisoned war implements. The
Sioux obtained their supply of venom
and virus by forcing large rattlesnakes
to strike their fangs repeatedly into
the liver or kidney of deer or buff
falo, and then allowing the meat to
putrefy. When war party went out,
one of their number was made bearer
of this putrid, venom-soaked mass,
and whenever a battle was imminent
each brave would take turns at jab-
bing his arrows into the poison.
Among the other tribes mentioned, al
though the process of obtaining the
poison supply was not always inden'
tical with the above, the general mo-
dus operandi and results we're very
similar. st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
RATS or ADvERrIsIno, ,
POET AND PEASANT.

A poet and peasant, side by side,
Together dwelt within the self-same town,
The poets fame was noted far and wide.
The peasants not beyond the townships
bound.
The poet sang OF love and household joys,
But neither wife nor children made him
glad;
The peasant had n wife, two girls and boys,
Who with him lived and his small cottage
shared.
The poet mused, "what is this gift of mine?
'Tis but dream, a hollow dream Of bliss
would exchange it gladly at the shrine
or Hymen's altar for young child's kiss"
The peasant sighed while at his daily task,
Turning the furrows while he held the
plow
Had my neighhor's gift would not ask
For higher honors to bedeck my brow"
All such is life, common fate Of all,
With pain and pleasure ever strangely
bleDt;
The gifts we crave on others lightly fall,
And with our own we never seem content.
Boston Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

said she, "And have failed, Please
don't look so cruelty at me. All ask
is little money to take mo back to
Elmville. can get housework to do
there, or can work in the factory.
But oh, this cruel city is killing me"
She burst into tears but Mrs. Pier
son Garrick did not relent one whit.
''This is all nonsense, Isola," said
she. 81 have already told you that
we can do nothing for you. Why
don't you go to the intelligence bu-
reaus or the employment agencies?
Mr.. Pierson and myself have all we
can do without providing for all our
penniless relations. And 1 beg you
will go away at once. This is dear
Cornelia's at home day, and 1 can't
have her nervous system upset. /"
"Hello what's all this?" spoke
deep voice, and Cousin Ben appeared
from between the rich Roman por-
there's. ''Who is this girl? Not Isols,
Alfred Persons daughter? By Jove
1 believe she has her fathers very
eyes And what are you bullying her
for, Louisa? Turning her out ofyour
house? Then, as sure as the world,
I'll go, too. Come here and kiss me,
Isols. I've held you on my knee many
time when you were a baby. I'm
your Cousin Ben, and your father was
the best friend 1 ever had in the world.
And I've looked for you've hunted
high and low, and these people have
allowed me to believe you were dead.
Yes, Louisa, in answer to Mrs Gar
rick's pleading glance, 81 did go out,
but returned after paper had left
behind me in Persons study, and so
I heard it all couldn't believe that
woman could have been SO false and
cruel. Little Isola, will you come to
me and be my adopted daughter? 1
owe more than that to your fathers
child"
And Isola ran, sobbing, into his
arms.
That was the last of all the dark
days she had endured. Nothing was
too good thenceforward for Cousin
Ben's adopted child.
But Mr.. Pierson Garrick shrugged
his shoulders. He was one who al
ways laid the blame of things on other
shoulders.
'fYou have outmanaged yourself,
Louisa" said he. Saturday Night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
A Man With Three Legs.

OF late years have lost all trace OF
my old and oddly malformed friend,
George Leppert, whom l first met at
Tiffin, Ohio, in 1884. George was a
Bavarian by birth, and came to this
country twelve years ago, settling at
Baltimore, where he followed the trade
of a wood-carver. Should you happen
to meet him on the street you would
notice nothing peculiar either in his
gait or general makeup, unless it was
that the right leg of his trousers was
something near twice the size of the
left, and too full to wrinkle besides.
This lopsided appearance was caused
by remarkable malformation, Mr..
Leppert being the not over proud pos
SCISSOR of two right legs and one left (;
or, in other words, of three perfectly
formed lower limbs. | often remarked
that should nature, through some OF
her odd freaks, choose to increase my
normal supply of legs by fifty per
cent. would do my best to play the
$100-a-week fiddle in dime museum
before the setting of the sun on the
day following the addition of the ex-
ira member to my anatomy.
He often told me that when he was
a small boy in his Bavarian home he
had perfect use of all three of his legs,
but when saw him last in lSS7-the
extra member was slightly paralyzed,
probably the result of being bound to
its companion, an operation that was
necessary in order to get both into
one trousers leg. When l last heard
from him, in 1891, he was at the Belle
we IN. ~ Hospital, undergoing
treatment for rheumatism. st. Louis
Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The English language contains forty
one distinct sounds.
When oxygen is in liquid state it
is strongly attracted by powerful
electro magnet.
The beef extract factories in South
America make one pound of extract
from thirty-four pounds of meat.
A cubic foot of new fallen snow
weighs five and one-half pounds on the
average, and has twelve times the bulk
of an equal weight of water.
1t is strange, though true, that in
Asia and Africa, where grass will not
grow, the most beautiful flowers and
shrubs flourish TO perfection.
In filing band saws, tie string
where you begin to file, and then you
can tell when you get around, and
therefore oil the teeth will be sharp,
and you will not file any of them twice.
DIR. o. " Thayer, of San Francisco,
has successfully used the solar cautery
burning glass-in removing facial
discolorations of the skin of large area,
dibO III IolhoNAhb tdbbOO VI lhNalh lin
marks.
At the two large abattoirs of Lyons,
France, the guards protect the ami
mails to be slaughtered from seeing
anything connected with the slaught-
ering of other animals; terror is
found to have an injurious effect upon
the secretions and flesh of dumb
creatures.
Refined crystalized sugar, whether
made from the beet or the sugar cane,
is almost chemically pure and sac
charose, and is the same substance in
both cases. Few articles of food are
so generally free from adulteration as
granulated-not powdered or coffee
crushed-sugar.
The rate of mortality of London is
shown by e recent report to have
steadily decreased with the introduc-
tion and perfection of adequate means
of disposing of the sewage of the city,
At the end of the eighteenth century
the annual average mortality was esti-
mated at fifty per 1000, and in 1892 it
had dropped to 10,1 per 1000.
In South America among the noun
tains the evergreen oak begins to APP
pear at about $500 feet, and is found
up to the limit of the continuous
forest, which is about 10, 900 feet. The
valuable cinchona tree, from which
Peruvian bark is obtained, has range
of elevation on the mountain slopes
running from 1900 to $500 feet.
In the process of extracting gold
from its ores molten lead is used in
stead of mercury. The lead is melted
on shallow hearth and the powdered
ore is fed at one end and carrie for
ward as film over the surface of the
lead by means of an agitator moving
over it. 1t is thus brought to the
other end, where it escapes through a
hopper. In order to prevent oxida-
tion of the lead the chamber is kept
filled with carbonic oxide from a gas
producer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
Russia has decided 10 snond a a,

Russia has decided to spend quar-.
ter of billion in the improvement Of
her navy. This is pretty expensive
outlay in pursuance of plan to keep
the peace; but the leading powers OF
Europe are not stopping at expense.
England will have to meet these fig.
ures, and France can be relied upon
to slide several big war ships into the
water. 1t looks TO the Detroit Free
Press as though the test of modern
naval improvements was not far off,
and it may be followed by very mate
rial changes in the map of the eastern
continent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
Remarkable little Magnets.

A magnet which the great Sir Isaac
Newton wore as set in his finger ring
is said to have been capable of raising
TAG grains, or about 800 times its own
weight of three grains, and to have
been much admired in consequence of
its phenomenal power. One which
formerly belonged to Sir John Leslie,
and which is now in the Royal So
ciety's collection at Edinburgh, has
still great powers. 1t weighs but lit
tie more than Newton's curiosity
even 80 grains yet it is capable of
supporting 1860 grains, and is, there
fore, the strongest magnet of its sizs
" the H0Fld,=st, LoRis Republic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
Much Like a Man.

The Kulu Kamba is more like a hu-
man being, according to Professor
Garner, than any other animal. The
principal difference between the phys
ical organization of human being
and a gorilla, according to the same
authority, is that the spine of the
gorilla is not so regularly jointed as
that of a man, some of the joints hav-
ing seemingly gone into partnership.
The difference, or to put it more finely
the distinction, between the chimpan-
zee and the Kulu Kamba is still mat
ter of conjecture, Professor Garner
says, as he does not possess a skeleton
of the Kulu Kamba. Skeletons of
gorillas and chimpanzees are the same
to him as varied collection of pipes
are TO some men, and he expects to be
just as well supplied with the mani
mate remains of Kulu Kambas some
day. Having been in Africa on scien-
tiic exploration bent, he naturally in
tends to go again. The African fever
seldom leaves a man upon whom it has
once taken grip. Pail Mall Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

The New York journal of Commerce
aud Commercial Bulletin, which keeps
daily record of the fires in this
country, and is deservedly high au-
thority on all questions of insurance,
reports the total losses by fire in the
United States and Canada in the year
1898 at $156, 445, s75, against $780,
704, 700 in 1892. In but one month of
1898 did the total of fire losses sink
below $40. 900, and that.;was in
February, when the returns of the
Journal of Commerce place the figures
at SO, 919, 900. The same paper reports
235 fires IN December of greater de-
struetiveness than $4,000 each. 1t
says that the underwriters attribute
much of the loss to careless installa-
tion of electric light and power
plants. Under these circumstances it
ought to be the occasion of more than
insurance interest to learn that the
electric risk is being Investigated by
experts who are gathering particulars
OF ali the fires traceable to electricity.
Electricity is good servant who will
bear lot of watching.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
ON THE ROAD TO pREAMrowN.


ON THE ROAD TO DREAMrowN.
Come here, my sleepy darling, and climb
upon my knee,
And 10 all in a moment, trusted steed
twill be
To bear you to that country where troubles
are forgot.
And wen set of for Dreamtown,
Trot,
Troti
llitenl Bells OF Dreamlnnd are ringing
soft and low
What pleasant, pleasant country 1t is
through which we go;
And little, nodding travellers are seen In
every spot,
All riding OF to Dreamtown,
Trot,
Trot,
Trotl
The lights begin to twinkle above us in the
sky,
The star-lamps that the angels are hanging
out on high,
To guide the drowsy travellers where danger
lurketh not,
AS they ride of to Dreamtown,
Trot,
Trot,
Troti
Snug In wild-rose cradle the warm wind
rocks the bee;
The little birds are sleeping in every bush
and tree,
wonder what they dream of They dream,
and answer not,
As we ride by to Dreamtown,
Trot,
Trot!
Our journeys almost over. The sleepy
towns in sight
Wherein my drowsy darling must tarry over
night.
How still 1t is, how peaceful, in this delight
full spot,
As we ride into Dreamtown,
Trot,
Trot,
Trotl
--Eben Z. Rexford, in Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

The Baltimore Suns tribute to the
South is worthy of reproduction:
'.Less complaint has been hoard from
the South during the last eight or ten
months than from any othor part of
the country, but this is not because
the people of this secaion have not felt
the financial stringency, but because
they have learned to suffer and be
strong and silent, too. They are not
given to making an outcry every time
they come to rough places in the road
of life. For a people who, prior to
1860, enjoyed an exceptionally lux
urious existence, the manner in which
they bore the poverty and privations
that followed the war was amazing in
fits calm strength and quiet endurance,
and was fully as heroic as their bearing
during that conflict. The bravery and
patience with which they have since
struggled to redeem their fortunes
have been no less admirable, and their
progress toward prosperity has been
noted with heartfelt interest by then
fgisRae u other lsctiQaA" ~--.-'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

from racking headache, but in this
promising dry goods firm headaches
were not "business, and no allow
anoes were made for them.
"Why, mamma" whispered a tall,
red-cheeked young woman, in a seal
coat and a velvet toque, nodding with
Jets, "it's Cousin Isolal"
"Hush-shl" said the other lady,
who was stout and short, with gold
eyeglass and big diamonds in her ears.
"We are not supposed to recognize
her now. No"--to the young girl be-
hind the counter-"this is not the
right shade. This is violet, and 1 in.
quired for heliotrope. Some people
seem to be absolutely color blind!"
Isola looked wistfully at her aunt.
Surely--surely she could not intend
entirely to ignore her
But Mrs. Pierson Garrick's gaze
was wholly unrecognizing.
1--WE have heliotrope also, said she.
taking down another box.
But the tall young lady tossed her
head impatiently.
''It isn't the right color at all I"
said she. "Come away, mamma"
The foor-walker administered sharp
rebuke to Miss Garrick, when the Gus
toners were gone.
Really" he said, sit would seem
as if sale might have been made"
Isola's eyes brimmed over with tears
which it would have been "unbusi-
ness-like" to shed. Six months ago
she had come, a timid, inexperienced
orphan to New York, and naturally
her first idea was to go to her fathers
brother, Mr.. Pierson Garrick.
That gentleman, however, was not
at home--he generally contrived to be
out of the way when any embarrassing
circumstance occurred--and his wife
gave Isola to understand that it was
quite impossible to do anything for
her.
In the old Connecticut farmhouse a
generous hospitality had always pre-
vailed, and the girl cpuld hardly be-
lieve that she was un'Telcome to these
relatives.
81 dare say" said Mrs Garrick, alb
sently, you can get something to do,
for satan finds some mischief still -
Oh, no, that isn't the right quotation
Where there's a will, there's a way,
was what meant to say. But your
uncle isn't at home, and Cornelia is
Just going out, and the house is full
of company"
81 could wait little while" haz-
srded Isola, glancing at an inviting
easy-chair.
at would be of no use, sharply ut
tered the lady. "We really can't un-
dertake to open a hotel for all our
country cousins"
Isola rose, with burning cheeks and
MISUNDERSTANDING eyes, and bade
her aunt good morning. Where to be-
take herself she did not know, but OF
one thing she was quite certain-she
would be no burden on these super
cilious people.
A kindly country neighbor had a
daughter married and settled in a
confectioner's shop on Third avenue,
and here she took refuge.
Surely" she argued within her
self, "my good education must stand
me in stead here !"
But she was destined to be speedily
disenchanted, and after various inter
walls of siokeniRg suspense, was finally
OyeFiOyed 10 SECURE Q situation IN the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
The First Iron Bridge.

The first iron bridge ever erected
in the world, and which is in constant
use at the present time, spans little
river to the County of Salop, ON the
railroad leading from Shrewsbury to
Worcester, England. 1t was built in
tho year l77S, is exactly ninety-six
feet in length total amount of iron
used in construction, 37S tons.
Stephenson, the great engineer, in
writing concerning it, said: 'When
we consider the fact that the casting
of iron was at that time in its infancy,
we are convinced that unblushing
audacity alone could conceive and
carry into execution such an under
taking, st. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

Says the New York Observer: ''The
poor We have always with us-and the
lazy. To discriminate between them
is somewhat of task. In some cases
the wood-pile marks the division.
They go to the right or left according
to their disposition. Some of the
hungry go right TO work, while by
others the opportunity to labor, and
so earn breakfast, is left severely
alone. If the newspapers are to be be.
lieved, and we see no reason for doubt-
ing their statements, then while in
Chicago the unemployed number tens
of thousands it is hard to get men to
labor at fifteen cents an hour on canal
work. When men were recently asked
for from Milwi Akee by Chicago busi-
ness firm, ths swer came that while
there was pls of steady work in the
Wisconsin woods for willing men at
fair wages, the men were not to be
had. There was work, and there were
workers enough, but the men were shy
and refused to be introduced"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07
Emects OF Electricity on Lunaties.

1t is said that when the electric cur
rent was turned on the circuits at
Long View Insane Asylum, at Cincin-
natl, Ohio, for the first time, the in-
sane patients were much affected.
They tossed their hands about, tell
into each others embrace, danced with
glee aud displayed an exaltation such
as irrational animals sometimes do
when stirred by emotional music. Im-
provement in many of the patients
has been noted, due, it is believed, to
the buoyant effect on the system OF the
surprise, New York Telegram
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

~ w AMI i u Q Q
counter II shouted
the foor-walker.
IN SIS Garrick,
what are you think
ing of? Show these
ladies heliotrope
chiffon and be
quick about it'll"
Is ola Garrick
hurried to her post,
with one hand
pressed to her fore
head. All day long
she had suffered
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

An English widower returns thanks
to choir for their sweet singing at
his wife's funeral, "thereby enliven-
ing and Frightening up the dullness
and monotony which not unfrequently
characterizes funeral service"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

The new programme of public in,
strucbon adopted in France devotes
more time TO the study of English and
less to the study of German.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

Iu thirty-six State prisons in this
country solitary confinement is used
as punishment, and in twenty the
prisoner is handcuffed to the wall.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

! Australia isa country without or.
phans or an orphanage. Each waif
is taken to receiving house, where it
is kept until country home is found
gor -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

The Sultan of Turkey has issued a
decree that three copies of every book
and pamphlet issded since he assembled
the throne must be sent TO his new j,
brary at constsntinople,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-07

The average time spent by the
British House of Lords in the Nations
work, according to a contemporary, is
fifteen minutes per day.