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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Referring to the common statement
that electricity is still in its infancy,
Professor Dolbear recen ly said I:
"Electricity is not in its infancy.
Despite what has been done there is
nothing in the present use of cleo
tricity that has not been known for
many years. Arc lights were known
eighty years ago; the telegraph is sixty
years old, the telephone thirty, and
the incandescent lamp ditto. We are
not at work with new things or on new
new principles. If you are running
a motor with electricity, it is not a
new discovery in electricity to apply
the same power to the operation of a
lathe or street car.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Most of the States have had a sys.
tenn of communication for good behavior
OF prisoners. Massachusetts, is just
putting that kind of ticket-of-leave
law in force. The first subject for
clemency is a man now in the thirties,
splendid specimen physically, who
fourteen years ago was given an
eighteen-year sentence for burglary.
He has been n model prisoner and
means to begin life anew.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Cities in Norway do not grow quite
so rapidly as some of those in the
West, muses. the New York Tribune.
Tromso, in that country, has just cele-
brated its 1O0Oth anniversary. In
that time it has grown from sixty peo-
pie to 6000! The inhabitants are
chiefly devoted to fishing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Z. b. Bolton, of the Royal Society,
has been conducting some interesting
experiments to show the effect of en-.
vironment on animals. The pepper
moth was the particular insect he
studied. He found that if an egg was
put into pill box lined with gilt pa
per the caterpillar produced would be
be golden in color. When the box
was black the caterpillar also became
black. And lastly, when he mixed
different colors the caterpillar became
notified.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19
RArzs or ADVERTISING,
"DUT1Es I PUT AWAY"

Duties I put away;
My heart keeps holiday.
I fee the fervent heat
And seek the cool retreat,
Where 1 can see the blue a
And silver river now,
And green and distant woods-
Sweet silent solitudes.
Here all is calm the grass
Scarce rustles es pass.
One works hear his boon
In honeysuckle blooms.
Go, brown bee, 60 away;
love not work to-day
But with white clouds abo1S
That rove, my thoughts would rove
In random luxury,
Through earth and air and sky.
Even the birds are still,
And the wind upon the hill, =,
Seen through the tremulous afr,
All things look calm and fair;
And I with them would cease
For this delicious peace,
Letting the world go by,
With for It all an eye.
w. F. Barnard in the Chautauquan.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

NhEoo bnere was
a horse-trade or
something of equal
i m pc r tance on
hand, Lyman Tars-
ney W as pretty
sure to be found
at the postoHfce at
mailtime; not be-
cause he expected
n letter, but be-
cause the post
Office was in a gro
cery store 'plenti-
fully supplied with
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

There is great CONSERVATION among
the lovers of bull-dghting in Spain be-
cause Guerrita, the only remaining
great fighter, has declared his unal-
terable decision to retire from the
ring. The reason given is that he is
worth over 5000, 900 and that his wife
suffers terrible anxiety every time he
FIGHTS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19
A South African Home.

A typical Southern Africa house
hold described by Olive Schreiner had
an English father, half Dutch
mother with a French name, Scotch
goyerness, a Zulu cook, Il Hottentot
housemaid and Kaffir stable boy,
while the little girl who waited on
the table was Basuto. New York
Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

OF tle 5000, 900 inhabitants of Lon
don more than 1000, 600 have to live
on less than SO a week for each family,
while more than 800, 900 arc in chronic
poverty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Nine. Blanc says that Bret Harte is,
of oil the American authors of the
times, the most popular in France and
TINT Howells is not generally liked by
the French.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

There is boy in Sing Sing IN. "
Prison who was sent up for six years
and half, for stealing $1.50. 1t has
just been discovered that he did not
steal it, and there is talk of his de-
manding an Indemnity from the State.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

It seems to the New York Adver.
tiser as though in many ways the au-
thorities of Great Britain were adopt
ing American methods. The latest in
stance of this is shown in the investi-
CATION now progressing of the cruel
ties perpetrated upon prisoners con-
fined at Dartmouth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

If America we're as densely popu-
lated as Europe it would contain as
many people as there are in the world
at the present time, estimates the De-
troit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Whenever murder is committed in
Argentina it is customary to put every
possible witness in prison and keep
him there until tho real culprit is con-
victed
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

According to recent article in the
Railroad Gazette the steam city rail-
roads of London earn only $751; q
mile, while those of New York City
earn $500, 900 mile per annum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

That Americans have "sweet tooth"
is shown to the New York Mail and
Express by the fact that they consume
25, 900 tons of candy a year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

''Fugitive trains" was added TO rail
road nomenclature during the big
strike. 1t applied, explains the Chi
cago Herald, to freights that started
out for a certain destination not know
ing whether they would "git there"
or somewhere else.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

The peasants of Pergine, near
Triente, are using electric light in
their houses, as they can get it cheaper
than kerosene
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Wheat, cotton, iron and many other
things which are produced in vast
quantities in the United States are at
wonderfully low figures.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

There are more paste diamonds and
Artificial stones of all kinds made in
Glasgow, Scotland, than in any other
city in the world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

The Chinese Government levies o
regular tax on beggars, and gives
them, in return, the privilege Of beg
ging in certain district
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

With the additions recently nm
nounced the number of members Of
the British House of Lords is 572.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

The coldest place in the world is
Yakutch, Russia; the thermometer
sometimes falls to seyenty-taree de-
grees below zero,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19
'he sugar palm of South America is
d rival of the New England maple.

Australia has more places of public
worship in proportion TO population
than any other country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19

Almost one-twentieth of the popula-
ton of the United States is widowed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-19
TARSNEY'S TEMPTATION.
BY TOM p. MORGAN.

On MESS there was
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Clipper Chestnuts.

That's what | call hush money" re-
marked the daddy when he planked down
the cash for a bottle of paregoric to take
home for use among the infantile portion of
the family. Brooklyn Life.
Being asked the name of the world great
est composer, a smart university man said,
"ChlOroform. ''-Siftngs.
A Somerville man who has been doing
some family shopping recently for his wife
has made the startling discovery that the
"salesladies" in the dry goods stores are a
great deal better natured and more accom-
modating at 8 i'll the morning than they are
at p. m.-Somerville journal.
Some one who believes that "brevity is
the soul of wit" writes: Don't eat stale
Q-cumbers They'll w up. "-Tit-Bits.
A summer boarder inquired at the local
bookstore for the Letters of Jane Welsh
Carlyle" and was snappishly informed,
This amt no postotlice youths Com
panion.
Every man feels certain that he would be
very much more orderly than he is if he
only had more time-Somerville journal.
Life is full of narrow escapes" said the
life insurance agent to his victim. Even
the Turkish bath is a close rub."-Boston
Herald
When man runs into extravaganza, it
makes his pocketbook limp.-Boston Tran
script
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
An ANGEL UnaWares.

An insurance agent, albeit useful aud
at times attractive person, is not always a
welcome visitor. To some people, indeed,
he is decided bore. One of this class owns
a handsome residence, and even the thought
of an agent provokes his ire. One evening re-
Gently he was enjoying his otIum cum dig.
when a man walked in on him very uncere-
| moniously The visitor was total stranger
to him, and before he had time to throw an
inkstand at him or 10 ask him to sit down
he began quite calmly and in a most bust
nesslike tone to talk.
Have you any insurance on this house,
said he.
Well, Mr.. Otium-cum-dg was afire in a
minute
What do you mean, sir" he stormed,
"by breaking into my house, sir, in this
Misunderstanding into my house with your
Internal insurance business? 1t is no con
Germ of yours, sir, whether this house is in
sured or not. Get out, or I'll throw you
out"
The visitor was as calm rs May morn
| ing
1T is no concern of mine whatever" he
replied, but Thought
You have no right to think about what
doesn't concern you, sir interrupted the
house owner Il want no insurance agents
forcing themselves upon me, sir"
II understand that perfectly, and am no
insurance agent. | was merely passing your
| house, and observed that it was on fire in
| the rear, and it occurred to me that if you
| had no insurance on it perhaps you did not
| wish it to burn down"
| That's what the visitor said, but Mr..
| Otium-cum dig didn't hear it all. He had
| gone to the fire, and the visitor smiled and
| followed him.-Detroit Free Press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Curious Woman

He was showing them the various pic
lures hanging ON the wall. They were
gems, for he really had excellent taste III
art. They were choice bits Of land
scape, lovely ideals Of humanity, studies
of still life and hints from the impress
sionist school. The ladies viewed each
with admiration, but none with especial
interest until they came to huge frame
with its face turned toward the wall.
Immediately they were all interest.
What Is that asked one of the la
dies.
The young man assumed an air of
mystery and shook his head as though
he would like to tell, but could not.
Aren't you going to let us see it, said
one in surprise.
I'm sorry, but you can't" began he.
But. really. we'd like more to STE
that than any Of the others. Wouldn't
we. girls:
The girls said they would.
Well" said the exhibitor, "if you
must see it, | suppose you must.
The young ladies conjured up all kinds
of beautiful visions as they looked with
expectancy on the mysterious back OF
the frame.
1T is called Curious Woman said
he OF course that only increased the
zeal Finally he turned the frame and
disclosed--a mirror. Were the young
ladies disappointed:-Philadelph ia Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

All strange tongues hold pitfalls, but
the English language seems to be rather
more provided with traps for the I'M
wary than almost any other Nassar
girls had private laugh not long ago at
the eulogy bestowed by a French gentle
man whose .tdmiration for the young I'M
dergradua 5 considerably exceeded his
ability to eak it in English. He had
met they. ing women at one or two day
festivitie, nd was sufficiently impressed,
but when ut an evening reception, they
burst upal him in the bravery Of full
dress the admiring Gaul felt at once the
handicaps of his vocabulary. Il cannot
say" he conhded to one of his hosts,
chow beautiful the young ladies appear
in their nightdresses. Her Point OF
View i'll New York Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

Bishing Says lie Is Very Much Alive.
John Bisbing, of London, o., sat in
the public square this morning near the
soldiers monument reading over the
list of dead inscribed on the shaft
When he found his own name among
the list he halted and tried to refresh
his memory with a view to recalling the
time and place Of his death. This he
was unable to do, and arriving at the
conclusion he was still living he told a
reporter that on July /, 1861, he enlisted
in Company &. Captain John r. Briten-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
A Landlords Little Message.

Saratoga hotel keepers are modest,
and they like their guests to be modest
too. They do not of course mind the
regulation decollete dress, but they do
object to real baroness. Saturday night
there came floating into the dining room
If one of the largest hotels III Saratoga
girl who may be temporarily called
Ophelia, clad in a gown which Ophelia
would not have worn even after sh@
went mad. Ophelia, you remember,
lost her reason and tore her hair, but
she did not take off her clothes. This
Saratoga Ophela had ON dress out Of
which the sleeves We're completely cut.
1t was awfully low and had dip in the
back, so that it showed Ophelia's back
bone as plainly as it showed her back
hair. As soon as the proprietor got
wind of the panorama which was going
around in his dining room he sent one
of his maids to her with the message,
"Shawls obligatory at dinner,"-Cor.
New York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
No Opposition Likely.
,oy-Whats the NATTER

Little Boy-What's the natter
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
ing. Just-er-thinking, that's all.
Has sis told you that you must speak TO
papaf"
Yes"
well, you needn't get scarced. PAPA
wont be mad. He'll look surprised and
hem and hawa little, and then jump up and
say, Bless you, my children
Are you sure?"
THAT'S the way he did to all the others
that sis sent to him. Good News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

You ought to be ashamed of yourselfl'
she exclaimed to the tramp, who had stop
ped at her door. you ought to have some
steady calling"
81 have me perfession, he replied, with
quiet hauteur.
well why under the sun don't you go
to work at it? You're right in the prime
of life"
81 know it, That's jes' what the matter
is. Pm an infant prodigy, an I've got ter
wait fur me second childhood before l kin
resume business. w Washington Star
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

A really polite Frenchman can be COM
plimentary in the face of unkind remarks.
Such man, who had been bestowing
upon lady many compliments, asked her
why she kept large and apparently saw
age dog which had just entered the room.
II bought him only yesterday" she an
swered flippantly, "and | am going to keep
him in my front hall to eat up my admir-
ers."
"Ah, re poor animal" exclaimed the
Frenchman; ito die of indigestionr'-
Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

During recent severe rainstorm
lightning struck the barn of John
Specie, near Whiteland., Ind, and al
though the boards on the four corners
were loosened and wide swath was cut
through the hay NOW, neither contents
nor building took fire. Two horses were
in the barn, and the halter strap of one
was cut in two, but the animal was not
even stunned.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
The First to Greet Columbus.

Tie FIRST To Greet columbus.
When the feast is spread in our couutry's
name,
When the nations are gathered from far and
When east and vest send up the same
Glad shout, and call to the lands, Good
cheer
When north and south shall give their bloom.
The fairest aud best of the century born,
Oh, then for the king of the feast make rooni
Make room, we pray, for the scarlet thornl
Not he goldenrod from the hillsides blest,
Not the pa'e arhutus from pastures rare,
Nor the waving wheat from the mighty west.
Nor the proud magnolia tall and fare
Shall Columbia unto the banquet bring.
They, willing of heart. shall stand and wait;
For the thorn, with his scarlet crown, is king.
Make room for him at the splendid fete
Do we not remember the oden tale,
And that terrible day of dark despair,
When Columbus, under the lowering sail,
Sent out To the hidden lands his prayer
And was it not he CT the scarlet bough
Who first went forth from the shore to greet
That lone grand soul at the vessels prov,
Defying fate With his tiny feet?
Grim treachcry threatened above below,
And death stood close at the captains side,
When he saw--oh, ioy.--in the sunset glow.
The thorn tree branch DER the waters glide.
Land. Land ahead" was the joyful shout;
The yesper hymn DER the ocean swept;
The mutinous sailors faced about;
Together they fell On their knees and wept.
At dawn they landed with pcnnons white;
They kissed the sod OF san Salvador;
But dearer than gems on his doublet bright
Were the scarlet berries their leader bore;
ThornF and sharp, like his future crown;
Blood red like the wounds in his great heart
made,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

From Connecticut comes a tale of a
young woman who has attained the age
of twenty-five without being permitted
to come into contact with any human
beings save her unnatural and perhaps
not quite sane parents.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

A barber of North Adams Mass, adver-
Used as follows: hysiognomical hairdress-
er, facial operator, Uranium manipulation
and capillary abrdger Shaving and hair
cutting ambideXtrously done. Shampooing
on physiological principles. New process of
smuggling artstically performed. Diminu-
tive craniums a speciality. Detroit Free
Press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Time to Consider.

"Will you be my wife,"
81 cannot answer such question as that
without taking time to consider"
Pardon my impetuosity. How long
must watt"
II think there will be time for you to close
the doors and turn down the light a little"
Puck
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
A Pet Dog and a Husband.

II can't understand how Mrs. Smiley
can waste SO much of her time with her
pet dog. j."
We'll you would if you had ever met
her husband. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

A Norristown Pa.) mother, learning
that her son intended to elope, raced
him for several squares with a broom,
and so made one less marriage ceremony.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
The Race Trouble.

Wife-Oh, horrors! That stupid reporter
has made perfect failure of the write up
Of our party.
Husband-Full of mistakes, is it? I
Wife-Heavens, no. He has written it
up exactly as it was. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Obviously unsonhisticated.

"Why do you think Amesye is not a
man of experiencei'
Because last night he asked one girl II
she didn't think that certain other girl
was pretty. Chicago Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Too Much of the "Giftie."

He-Why do literary people bore literary
people soi
She-They each show the other how lit
srary people bore other persons.-Life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
The Man For the Place.

Visitor-How did it happen that such
an unpopular man AS Grumpy got elected
road inspector by such an unprecedented
majority?
Host-Grumpy rides bicycle.-Good
News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

Brown-That will be "a great debate be-
tween Yale and Harvard.
Jones-On what subject
Browu-"Should the Pitcher BE Placed
Back Five Feety''--Puck
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

A mouse started across the room
in Il North Atchison house and girl
screamed so loudly the mouse fell over.
On picking it up it was found to have
died of fright.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08

Toni like your new house. What a
charming vista one gets through these par
Tors into the library
Kitty-Yes, but my brother says I'll new
er have any luck until the portieres are up.
Il life
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-14
TEACHING THE CAT A LESSON.

The man who always has a cure for
every ill and a remedy for every evil
showed one of his strokes of genius the
other day. His wife's cat had acquired
fondness for one of the bathtubS in the
house. Of course, this tub was in the
room next to the dressing room of the
master of the house. OF course, the
house doesn't like cats.
Fannie" he said, II found that cat
snoozing in my bathtub again to-day"
''pm sorry, DEAR" she said. 81 have
tried to break her of that habit, but 1
don't seem to succeed"
''Well, we must have that cat
drowned" he said, fiercely.
His wife protested mildly.
THAT is the only annoying trick she
has" she said. SIT would be pity to
kill her."
"Then," said the man of the house,
I'll take this thing into my own hands.
Now, I'll just explain to you how I'll do
it. You know how she gets into the tub.
She takes run, leaps to the edge and
goes in without stop. I'm going to
run about three inches of water into the
tub, let it stand there and let her get
sousing. You know how cat likes wa
ter" he added significantly.
He put his plan into operation at once.
That afternoon pussie did her little
hurdle race, as usual, over the side of
the bath tub. The plan worked to per-
lection. There was a loud cry, streak
of cat through the dressing room and
wet flash into the sewing room. Near
the door of this room stood a perch on
which rested in peaceful sleepiness a
dignified parrot. The cat tried this hur-
die but missed it, and the parrot, knocked
to the floor, added to the force of the cy-
clone which went raging around the
house. A table was knocked over and
statue of the Venus of Milo, already
short of arms, was made legless. The
adored baby of the house was frightened
into spasms, the parrot scolded and
screamed herself into fit and afterward
the dripping cat, having made ligh'-
ming tour of the house, was found tremb-
ling and subdued, on her mistress JAG
ket, price S65.
81 hope" said the lord of the manor,
when he had surveyed the scene of wreck
age, 'that this will teach your cat les
son.
81 hope So" said his wife, soothing
the baby and looking at her jacket with
mournful eyes.
"There is only one way to go about
such things" said the husband, with
satisfaction. II pride myself on being
able to handle animals" And his wife
discreetly said nothing.-New York Tri-
bune.