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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

The balance sheet of the Suez Canal
Just issued cannot fail in the opinion
of the New York Tribune to be most
satisfactory to the English nation,
which, thanks to the foresight of Lord
Beaconsfeld, secured a controlling
voice in the management of the prop
erty. The aggregate of nearly 5000,
600 tons of shipping that have passed
through the canal during the fiscal
year that has just closed exceeds even
the most sanguine estimates of Ferdi-
nand de Lesseps, and in view of the
fact that the vast majority of the yes
sells passing through the canal were of
English register, there being nearly
5000 British ships as compared with
10 French, the British directors have
done the right and graceful thing in
moving for and securing a vote maxi
ing adequate and generous provision
for the wife and family of the now
moribund and completely ruined orig
inator OF this magnificent enterprise,
Ferdinand de Lesseps.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Captain Moore, Of the sailing ship
Mary Gibbs, tells suggestive story of
his last voyage. He was from Boston
to the gold coast of Africa, and his
cargo consisted of New England rum.
Oddly enough, he also took out as pas
sengers two~komen missionaries, who
had been sent out to exert q civilizing
and Christianizing influence on these
benigted people. The brigantine
stopped at thirteen ports to unload the
cargo of rum, which was received with
wild enthusiasm by the natives, while
nobody seemed to want the mission
aries. The latter seemed discouraged,
but nevertheless went stOutly to work
to counteract the effects of the rum.
Before he eould tell what success they
were having the Gibbs sailed for
home
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01
GOatsklns or SeaIsklns.

1t is said that sealskins are going
ont of fashion, and perhaps the United
States are going to n great deal of
unnecessary trouble and expense in
guarding the preserves of the sealskin
monopoly in Bering Sea. Certain it is
that last winter II great many of the
fashionables of Europe, who formerly
never appeared out of doors in cool
weather unless arrayed in sealskins,
appeared in other furs, notably the
skins of the thibetan goat, which is
very handsome fur. 1t is limited
that the parsimony of the North Amer
lean Commercial Company is largely
to blame for this fact. While the
Alaska Commercial Company con.
trolled the output of Bering Sea, it
was accustomed, it is said, TO make its
wares popular by making sure that
the royalties of Europe, the opera
queens and other people, who set the
fashions, had sealskin sacques and
overcoats of the finest skins anl latest
cut, and all for nothing. The past
year, under the present management,
the free list was entirely suspended,
and it is assorted that not single
complimentary jacket was received at
the Court of St. James. Ladies of
fashion waited IN vain for their Gus
tomary tip, and in revenge for the
neglect proceeded to array themselves
in goat and other furs. 1t seems rath.
er hard to have to give expensive furs
to the people who are best able topay
for them. But it is the way, the
world over. Those best able TO pay are
the ones that do not have to. New
Orleans Pieaynne.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

United States Consul Penfeld. at
Cairo, says that Egypt is aggressively
comparing in small way with us, not
only in Europe, but at home, in sup
plying raw cotton, and the consump-
tion of Egyptian cotton by New Eng
land spindlers has grown from moth
ing, ten years ago, to more than go,
900 bales, and valued at $4,000, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01
THE CLOVER.

Some sing Of the lily and daisy and rose,
And the pansies and pinks that the summer
time throws
In the green, grassy lap of the medder that
lays,
Blinkin' up at the skies, through the sun
shiny days;
But what is the lily and all OF the rest
or the flowers to man with a heart in his
breast,
That has slipped, brlmmin' full OF the honey
and dew,
OF the sweet clover blossoms his boyhood
knew2
I never set hevey on a clover field now,
Or fool round a stable or climb in a NOV,
But my childhood comes back just as clear
and as plain
As the smell OF the clover I'm snifln' again
And wander away, in a barefooted dream,
Where tangled my toes in the blossoms that
CLEAN
With the dew OF the dawn OF the morning Of
love,
Ere It wept o'er the graves that I'm weeping
above.
And so love clover. II seems like part
otthe sacredest sorrows and joys OF my
heart;
And whenever 1t blossoms, oh there let me
bow,
And thank the good Lord as Tn thankln'
Him now,
And pray to Him still for the strength, when
die,
To go out in the clover and tell it good-by,
And lovingly nestle my face in its bloom,
While my soul slips away on breath oi
perfume.
james Whitcomb Riley
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

A triumph OF art over nature was
illustrated recently when a well-known
English artist made painting of some
old beech trees in Kent pasture,
which he sold for $l400. The owner
of the pasture sold his land and the
trees together for $500, and called it a
good sale at that.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

There has recently been some dis
pute rs to the authorship of the song
THE Vacant Chair" which has been
sung all over the world for nearly
thirty years. The Watchman, of Bos-
ton, says it was written by the Hon.
Henry S. Washburn, in memory OF
Lieutenant j. William Grout, who
was shot in the retreat from Balls
Bluff. The song was first printed in
the Worcester Mass Spy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Henry Labouchere says in London
Truth; "The reading public may be
divided into three classes: Those who
read and remember; they are few.
Those who read and forget; they are
many Those who read little or moth.
ing, and they are most. The original
writer OF to-day belongs to the first
class, and, it may be said, he writes
for the others"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

The Secretary of the Interior has
given up the experiments which the
Government has been making for some
years past to indlce rain over arid
tracts. The railroad companies opera
ting in New Mexico and Arizona will,
however, continue experiments along
this line. Getting blood out of a
turnip would not be difficult opera
tion if the plebian vegetable contained
blood, and 80 artificial methods might
precipitate moisture in the form of
rain if there were any in the atmos-
phere, but there are places where the
air is as moistureless as live fish in a
lime basket, and neither powder nor
dynamite can shake out of it what it
does not hold.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Our tIade with Japan is falling of.
In 1891 1926 per cent. of the goods
exported by that country came to the
United States; but in 1893 only 81. 40
per cent. In 1891 1887 per cent. of
all the goods bought by Japan came
from this country; but in 1898 only
6.91 per cent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

The United States maintains in
China one hundred and thirteen mis-
sionary stations, quite forgetting the
fact that China maintains, in Califor-
mia alone, forty heather temples.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Competent authority, even in Eu-
ropean countries, is unanimous in the
view that the wild flowers of America
are the finest in the world, yet, Ia
ments the Detroit Free Press, Ameri-
cans know practically nothing about
4han,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Mark Twain asserts that there are
less than fifty original jokes in exis-
tence, all the others being simply
notifications of these. There are
only seven notes of music, but we get
great variety of harmony out of
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Twenty -four carat gold is all gold
twenty-five carat gold has twenty-five
parts gold, one of silver and one OF
copper eighteen carat gold has eight
cen parts OF pure gold and three parts
each of silver and copper in its som
position; twelve carat gold is half gold,
the remainder being made up OF 81
parts OF silver aud s parts OF copper
st, Louis Republic,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Forty-four ont of every hundred
persons in the United States are
agriculturists; fifty-six in Canada,
forty-eight in France, seventeen in
Germany and seven in England.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

But the original proprietor of the com
pany was one of class OF men to
whom many wealthy man Of to-day
owes his sudden rise to riches and
affluence. He had energy and perse-
verance and unbounded faith in the
possibilities of his claim, and kept
working away long after his fellow
stockholders, having wasted their
money, had given up in disgust.
At last the labor of years had been
rewarded, and he had struck vein of
ore so rich in quality and capacity
that the stock which had long been
valueless leaped at once to par and
began steady climbing. The papers
we're filed with accounts of the rich
find, and the Stock Exchange was
crowded with eager, excited men,
anxious to buy the long. neglected
stocks. Daily we eagerly scanned the
reports and noted the rapid rise of
Tuolumne Mining Company's stock.
At last when it paused and stood still
at seventy five above par we sold and
found ourselves each seventy five
thousand dollars richer than we had
been one month before. Bob seemed
but little elated by his sudden rise to
wealth and only thought of the happi-
ness it would bring to those whom he
loved. The modest little cottage which
he had rented was given up and q
handsome mansion purchased and
fitted up with the utmost care. Then
he wrote for his mother and sister to
join him. A month later they came,
and no happier group could have been
found in all the West than the four
who sat down together on the night of
their arrival.
Many years have flown since the
FTuolumne Mining Company" made
its president and stockholders rich in
single day. Loving care and most
skillful medical aid could not win
back the health of the good old moth
er and she long since passed to her
home above. Robert Harris is man
we'll known in the business circles of
Sacramento. His hair is now gray,
and pretty, bright-eyed children
climb upon his knee and call him
papa" The friendship began in
Lone Horse Gulch so many years ago
has not diminished, but has grown
stronger with the fight of years; for
the lady who sits opposite to me
while write and whom 1 call wife,
is "Monte Bob's" sister.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

The Protestant population of all
Europe is about $4,000, 900, or equal
to that of the United States but while
continental Europe has only about
eight per cent. of the Sunday schools
of the world, the United States has
forty-nine per cent, or nearly one
half
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Our trade with the Hawaiian ISL
ands twenty years ago amounted to
onl y 81, ,631, $50; but for the last fis-
cal year exports and imports were
valued at nearly twelve million dol
L..
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01
MONTE BOB.
BY GODFREY oUAR1Es.

OBERT H A R r I S
was his right name,
but in honor of his
calling we all called
him "Monte Bob. /"
l we'll remember his
advent among the
citizens of Lone
Horse Gulch. 1t
was in '57, just after
a rich find had
made the heretofore
isolated and lonely
gulch famous in a
day, and caused the
eager gold-seekers
to pour in from all
quarters. He was
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01
The marriage rate in England is
lower at present than ever before.

A geographical expert estimates the
fertile portion of the earth's surface
at 1890, 900 square miles and the
barren region at 22,960,0O square
miles.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Russia is the only country from
which there has been an increased inn
migration into the United States dur
ing the last ten months, notes the
Rochester Post-Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

The Custom House receipts in Gust.
elnala amounted during the year 1898
10 Sl,30l, ,8lS. The tax on the expor-
tation Of coffee produced 81, 1876, SO7,
which gives a total for all resources
from the Custom House, exports and
imports included, of nearly So, 800, .
900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

There are nine Yale men in the
House OF Representatives and four in
the United States Senate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

The mining regions of Californ; IA
cover a belt of country about 22J
miles long by IRON forty tO 100 wide,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-01

Almost seventy-fve per cent. of the
men manning the British mercantile
marine are foreigners.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17

Washington except the senate, and
the Wilson bill is an exact reflec
ton of his inability to grasp either
the temper of his party or the true
principles OF tariff REFORM
"You spoke of the money ques.
tion?"
"Certainly. That question is yet
in its infancy. We have executed
one of our platform promises by re.
pealing the Sherman act. The twin
sister of this was a pledge to secure
the bimetallic use nj money by some
safe guards of legislation or by
international agreement This re
mains to bs fulfilled. If there is
any chance to rehabilitate silver we
are committed at least to the
attempt My faith may not be
large, but the party word was
given at Chicago and it must be
kept. You will observe that bimetal.
lism is not a dead letter--even in
England. The United States should
give. Its moral support to every sug
gestion, aud should pro nptly CO
operate with every meovent looking
TO an end which if it can be com
passed will undoubtedly relieve the
debtor class without depressing the
creditor class, and restoring the
lost fiscal equilibrium will stimulate
commercial activities all over the
world
GLOW would you go about this?'
"By sending abroad an embassy
imposing in it's personality, EN-
bracing the friends, not the enemies
of silver, headed BY the secretary
of the treasury
"What do you think of the pop
ular loan ldea?'
"1t is a most excellent idea anc
worked to a charm in France.
happened to be in Paris during The
period when it was taken by the
French people, and | never saw
anything finer in its way
than the substantial evinence o
patriotism it brought forth. 1t
adoption by us would 90 far to stol
TIE gold-bug blather. 1t would b.
step toward the popularzalion o
the bon led debt, which has Away
been a target for demagogues Il
howl at.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17
THE HUMAN MAGNET.
WONDERFUL Exhibition Given by
Miss Annie Abbott.

The performance given by Miss
Annie Abbott las. night at Goggan
hall was one Of the most wonderful
and mystifying exhibitions of occult
power ever witnessed by this or
any other people. Of what the su.
pernatural power Of which she is TO-
doubtedIy possessed consists, The
News will not attempt to explain. 1t
is not muscular strength, for that
she has not, and did not attempt to
exert. Whether it is mesmerism
or magnetism by which she compels
others TO use their strength TO do
her bidding, or whether it is some
mysterious comm and of the hidden
forces of nature which she harnesses
TO the chariot of her thought and
drives to do her will, the reader and
observer must work out for himself.
Suffice it to say that the marvels
performed last night by this won.
derful girl, in full view of an audi.
ence of intelligent people, and with
out artificial aids Of any kind, were
beyond the understanding or ex-
PLANTATION OF anybody who bsheld
them.
After explaining what she in
tended to do, Miss Abbott invited a
number of we'll known gentlemen
upon the stage to assist her. These
gentlemen were Judge j. G. West,
w. A. Williams IN, Stark West, W.
ID. Jackson, DR.. +. T. Cranfli, Nj. A.
Sullivan, Frank Finks, j. K. Ben
nett, John Sargent, DR.. Barker and
Au.tin Rogers.
I She had Or, b .rker sit in a chair
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17
!. NJ. c. A. Entertainment.

The first quarterly meeting of the
Y. Nj. {. "A. was bel in their hall
on Friday evening with good num-
Der of members present. There
were reports from the com nittees of
the association, and musical and
Literary programme. Mr.. Barnes
read selection from Tennyson. The
Junior Y. M. G. A. qusrtette sung.
owe shall stand before the King"
and MIR. Bryan, of the Lone Star
school of oratory, recitei "My Elk
perience in Elooutiop," which was
received with bursts OF applause. The
special feature of the evening was
the membership therm 1meter, pre-
pared by the committee for the pur-
pose Of keeping before the members
from week to week the exact mum.
Der Of members of the association.
1t Is The pnrpose OF this committee
to have this thermometer register
500 10y May Is, 1894. AT the close
of the meeting Mr.. Charles Boyn-
ton and w. j Foss brought in
box of Florida oranges and the
whole company discussed them.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17
PERSONAL.

J &. Webb, of ltaska, is in the
city.
w. O. Trlmble, of Dallas, is at
the Pacific.
J. w. Bretney, Of Lebanon, Ky,
is stopping at the Royal
s. S. Sweet, of Belle PLANE, Ia,
ls stopping at the Royal
John A. Manson, of New York,
is autographed at the Royal.
Hugh Brewer came from Dablin
last night and is quartered at tho
Pacific.
Hon. Joseph Male, ex mayor and
leading business man of Austin, is
in the city.
Mr.. b. F. White, of Wichita
Falls, is visiting MIR. and Mrs.
Van Daugherty,
Rev. Or. 5 A. King has returned
from Nov Orleans, where he was
called by the illness Of Rev. DR..
Markh am.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17

and then with one hand lifted him,
chair and all, from the hoor. Then
four or five other members of the
committee climbed upon DR.. Car.
ker, to hold him down, and she
lifted, with seemingly light touch
Of one hand, the whole aggregation.
DR.. Barker put hand on either
side of her waist ana easily lifted
her from the floor several time
Then she lightly touched him on the
cheek with one hand and said:
CHOW lift me-" He struggled till
he was red in the face and couldn't
bulge her.
she stood on one foot and invited
the brawniest man of them all to
push her off her balance lie could
not do it. Three others lent their
aid and all combined could not over.
come her apparently immovable
equilibrium.
A number Of other things were
done, the last and most wonderful
being the transmutation of her power
or influence. She asked little girl
in the audience to stand out in the
ai-le, and when one responded a
great big, powerful man tried to
lift her, and could not.
Miss Abbott will give matinee
exhibition at l 80, and will appear
for the last time in Waco at 7:3C
tonight.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17
RELIGIOUS.

St. Paul's Church North Fifth
street, Rev. Frank Page, rector.
Services at II a. M. and 7:45 p. III.
ST. Paul's Mssion-Corner Fifth
and Jackson streets. Sunday school
services tomorrow afternoon at 1880
O'Clock.
Rev. DR.. S A. King returned on
Friday from New Orleans, after an
absence of several weeks. He will
occupy the pulpit at the First Pres
byterlan church TO morrow al l a.
IN. and $50 p. IN.
Scandinavian Lutheran church.
Services to morrow at 3:3o p. IN.
by the pastor, L. q. Opsahl.
Tomorrow at the Young Mems
Christian Association junior depart
ment 3 O'Clock Gospel meeting the
subject: "What was done at the
Conference. Toe lesson for the
boys Bible class tomorrow at 2
O'Clock p. m is: &C asslticat on of
books of Old Testament" All boys
are cordially invited to atteni Bible
class and Gospel meeting
Owing to the storm last Sunday
there was no meeting. Prof. Geo.
Rowe will ad iress the meeting At A
p. nj. Sunday on the "Power Of
Music" He will illustrate the sub
ject with selections on violin.
Fifth Street Methodist church
Sunday school at $3.50; Rev, X. e..
Armstrong will preach at a. M.
and 7:45 y. M, on Baptism. The
pastors OF First street and Moro y
street have called in their appoint
ments in order to give their people
an opportunity to enjoy these doc
trinal sermons. DR.. Armstrong is
well posted on those doctrines, and
every body interested in these themes
ought to hear him. Ep~orth League
at 6:45 Everybody invited.
Ed, J. r.. Lane, of Chiffon, will
preach at the Christian church at
Edgetled, Sunday morning, Feb
IS. Subject: "Type and antique
of the Church of Christ
Young Peoples Society of Christ.
ian Endeavor meets every Sunday
evening at 800. Cumberland Pres
byterian church prepare for the
state convention May 30, 30 and 81.
Trinity Methodist church
Twelfth street, between Columb bus
and jefferson, Quarterly meeting
service. Love.feat 10 a. m. Preach.
ing at | a. m. and 1880 p. IN. by the
pastor, w. J Bassett. The morn
ing sermon will be f.. owe. ~ G
administration of the sacrament OF
the Lords supper. Sunday school
at $3.50 p. m. Everybody cor
daily invited to all these services.
Church of the Assumption-Rev
A. Badelon, pastor; second Sunday
Of Lent Low mass at 8 a. IN.
high mas at 10 a. IN. Morning sub
jet: "The effects of the confess
ional upon society" Sunday schoo
at p. IN. Evening service at 7,3(
p. IN. Lecture first, subj 4ct: ''Re
ligion, the essential basis of civil 10
erty." Next Friday service al 7:3(
p. M, subject: "Stations Of tn
Cross"
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17
For Sale.

! pair OF large horses, wagon and
harness, cheap, for cash, or on time
with good security
p. G. KIRKPATRICK,
sos South 9th.