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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
Paint Used by Indians,

Much speculation has been INDUCED
in by theoretical writer's regarding the
source of paints and the means by
which they were originally discovered.
AS in all theoretical explanations of
simple matters, the plain facts have
been overlooked and complicated ex-
plantations have been entered into.
The earliest record of paint used by
the Indians tells of mixture of blood
with charcoal.
From this it was an easy step to the
ferruginous clays which produce yel-
lows, browns and reds. Red chalk and
red and yellow ochre are to be found
over wide areas and are easy of access.
Black micaceous iron, of graphitelike
consistency, is to be found in many
parts of the mountains, while the blue
carbonates of iron and copper furnish
many hues. Green fungus growth are
sometimes used, mixed with the white
infusorial or chalky earths to make
shades of green tinging into pure
white. The sulphuret of mercury to
be found about the mineral springs,
especially bu6 AOI OnCog lOA ms "AA "DuA
dant supply of paint, while the juice
of the choke cherry makes beautifu
red. In the Dakotas many colors are
produced from the use of plant juices
mixed with earth.
Since the advent of traders among
the Indians native paints have been al
most entirely supplanted by those sol'
in the stores. There are still some o
the isolated tribes that use their owl
paints, but these are becoming more
rare with each succeeding year. To
day the paint bag, which formerly car
ried bit of red chalk or black graph
itic iron, contains bit of manu-
factured ochre, or prepared lamp black
for which probably hundred time
its value has been paid by the NAL
who formerly obtained it through al
most minimum of labor. Globe
Democrat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

In answer to q recent inquiry made
of the Secretary of the Interior by
the Commissioner of Education in re-
gard to division of the fund to agri-
cultural colleges in the South, the
Secretary has decided that the division
of the fund as already or hereafter to
be made by the various State legisla-
lures shall be approved by the depart
ment, unless it is apparent that such
suggested division is grossly inequit-
able and that in cases where the State
legislatures have not yet proposed an
equitable apportionment that the
basis of division now in force shall re-
main till the Legislative intent regard
ing the matter is made known. In the
case of South Carolina the act of Con-
gress of July Goth, 1892, applies not
only to the sum due the State at the
time, but to all sums becoming due
under the act of August 30th, 1890.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
Where Machinery Fails.

Many attempts have been made to
supplant the glass-blower by machine
ry, but up to this time none have at
tanned commercial Importance. Eth
er the cost of production has been
found to be higher than by the time
honored method, or the work pro-
duced wss not of quality up to the
demands of the market. This is more
especially the case in the kinds OF bot
ties used to contain effervescent drinks
which must be capable of withstanding
a pressure of several atmospheres with
out failure.
This, in fact, is the critical point in
the automatic manufacture of bottles,
since the difficulty has always been to
obtain distribution of the glass form
ing the walls of the bottle as uniform
as in the hand work. The attempt has
been made to press the body and
bottom separately and to unite the
two 10y fusing them together, but the
bottles made in this manner were very
heavy and OF poor appearance China,
Glass and Lemps.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

know exactly what wanted. I guess
1 needed change of some sort. But
I'm getting over it now"
'I hope you are. I don't see how
YOU could wish to leave this pleasant
home for the hard life of sailor or
soldier"
'Do you think it pleasant?" he
asked, with sudden light of interest
in his eyes.
81 think it one of the sweetest
homes 1 have ever seen, she answered,
frankly.
And then there was moments 81.
lence.
'Dora," said Dan, slowly, 'if you
think I'd better not go, won't"
And then he blushed at his own
boldness, and strangely enough, Dora
blushed, too.
A day or two after, Mrs. Dawson said
to her son:
"Dan'el, my son, you were talking
about wantinga tonic, and I've spoken
to the minister's wife concerning you.
She says you're needing quinine and
calomel, or gentian."
"Oh, never mind, motherl guess
1 won't need it now. I'm feeling so
much better.
"But, my son, how about that feel.
ing of emptiness and all-goneness, and
not takin' an interest in anything"
"Oh," interrupted Dan, hastily, 81
think Tn getting over it'll Don't
worry about me, mother, L was just
out O. sorts, and didn't know what
wanted-that's all.
And as he hastily left the room,
Maria laughed.
81 guess, mother, Dams all right
now. He's discovered what it was he
wanted, aud I think he's found it. )"
"Why, whatever do you mean,
child?"
'I mean that he has found all he
wanted in Dora Why, can't you sec
it yourself, mother? Depend upon it,
Dan will never be discontented any
more or wanting to go away from
home. Why, just look at them in the
garden there-how happy they boil
are !"
And as the mother carefully adjusted
her spectacles and viewed the unsus
pecting lovers, a mist dimmed tn
glasses, and she murmured:
"God bless 'em Saturday Night
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

Robert Moore, Water Works Com
missioner of st. Louis, made some re-
marks at the recent meeting of the
Engineers Club of Kansas City, which
deserve more than passing attention
from the commercial men of New Or
leans. He said: "You ask me to talk on
Missouri River navigation. 1t Itreminds
me very forcibly of the chapter on
snakes in Ireland. There is no Mis-.
souri, River navigation, and conse.
quently l know you will excuse mo
from expressing my views on the sub
ject." He added that the freight
traffic on the Southern railroads was
making river navigation even on the
Mississippi almost lost art.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
When Water Boils.

Water boils at different tempera-
lures, according to the elevation above
the sea level. In Baltimore, water
boils practically at 2l2 degrees F. ; at
Munich, in Germany, at 2O9l degrees; /;
at the City of Mexico, in Mexico. at
200 degrees, and in the Himalayas, at
an elevation of Is, 900 feet above the
level of the sea, at 1s0 degrees. These
differences are caused by the varying
pressure of the atmosphere at these
points. In Baltimore the whole weight
of air Is to be overcome. In Mexico,
1000 feet above the sea, there are 1000
feet less of atmosphere to be resisted,
consequently less heat is required and
boiling takes place at lower tempeTa'
turN - Boston Cplt:yator,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
IN sHADow-LAND.

The pennon ut his prov to float
No breeze along tho islet sweeps;
But round and round the swaying boat
The indolent, slow eddy creeps.
II yester eve or yester-year
He drifted on this idle strand
Who knows2 Time has no measure here
In shadow-Land.
For one perpetual season flowers,
And knows no change Of sun or moon
To mark the nevcr-varying hours
From dawn 20 dusk, from night to noon !
Nor song OF bird, nor breath of rose.
But still and far, on either hand,
The lily blows. the water flows,
In Shadow-Land.
That soft, unceasing ripple rocks
The keel that with it seems to glide,
Aud 70 his dreaming fancy mocks
The motion ofan onward tide.
Dim shapes his halt-shut eyelids nll,
He hears the wave wash on the sand,
Nor guesses that he fingers still
In Shadow-Land.
Awake, o dalller with dream
That only In thy fancy dwells
Pusb out into the open stream
Beyond these poisoned honey-bellsl
Let the strong wind asunder rift
The drowsy fragrance round thee famed,
Or perish of its deadly drift
In Shadow-Land
Kate Putnam osgood, in Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

The polyglot character of the Aus
trian army was abundantly shown the
other day when the ancient custom of
solemnly swearing in the recruits in
the presence of the troops was re-
vived, after having been discontinued
since 1868. In Vienna alone the for
mula of oath to the colors had to be
administered and read out in nine
languages, to wit: German, Hun
garian, Croatian, Bohemian, Polish,
Ruthenian, Roumanian, Servian and
Turkish, while the religious part of
the ceremony was conducted by Ro'
man Catholic, Greek Catholic and
Greek orthodox priests, Protestant
pastors, Hebrew rabbis and Mahome
tan ulema.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
An Almost Unknown Country.

Lower California, which somebody
periodically threatens to purchase and
bring under the territorial dominion
of the United States, is the longest of
North American peninsulas. 1t is of
about the same area as Florida. Its
greatest length is about 800 miles,
and its greatest width about 1856 miles.
The whole peninsula is subtropical in
climate and productions, and its eX'
treme southern end is just within the
torrid zone. The coast line ON gull
and ocean is about 100 miles in
length. The population issparse, and
the means of communication SO unde-
veloped that it is one OF the most re-
mote regions in the civilized world.
The gulf ports are almost unknown to
the people ofthis country. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Dust is responsible for many ex-
plosions in coal mines.
Granite is the bed rock of the world,
being the lowest on the earth's crust.
Dynamo machines were in 1873
ordered by the British Government
for the Lizard light.
The planet Neptune has the longest
year, consisting of more than sixty
thousand of our days.
The young of the polype grow from
the body of the parent like buds, and
when almost grown are separated by
sudden jerk.
Two Scotch scientists have figured
out that power equal to 145 horses
would be required to propel whale
through the water at the rate of twelve
miles an hour.
Professor Dolbear says powerful
searchlight could project beam to
Mars in four minutes which could be
seen and responded to if they have the
apparatus that we have.
A current of electricity does not
always kill when it appears to do so.
1t simply produces an appearance OF
| death, from which the subject may in
many cases be restored by artificial
respiration.
In water in which decaying vege-
tables have been infused the micro
scope discovers little animals so minute
that ten thousand of them would not
exceed in bulk grain mustard. Yet
these creatures are supplied with
organs as complicated as those of a
whale.
1t is believed that whales often at
tain the age of four hundred years.
The number of years these huge crea-
lures have lived is ascertained by
counting the layers of limin@ forming
the horny substance known as 'whale-
bone" These lamin@ increase yearly,
Just as the "growths" do on tree.
The prevalence of crimson colors in
certain fishes on the New England
coast on portions of which scarlet and
crimson seaweeds abound, is explained
by Professor j. Brown Goode by the
red pigment derived by the crusta'
ceans from the seaweeds they devour,
and which in turn form the food ol
the fishes.
A Tacoma Wash. man, George r..
Cowls, is said to be the inventor OF a
process for making illuminating gas
out of wood. From one cord of wood
he gets gas and products worth $4S, so
it is claimed. If this be true, then
Washington State can use up all Its
long tree stumps in the manufacture
of gas and get SO much clear gain ou
of them.
The thinnest part of a soap bubble
is where the black, or rather gray
tint appears Just before it breaks
This thickness has been calculated by
the laws of optics to be less than one
one hundred and fifty-siX thousandtl
of an inch. From this minute amoun
the thickness of the bubble may in
crease up to quite perceptlbl
quantity.
Bricks are now being burnt by cleo
tricity. This promises to revolutionlz
the industry by greatly reducing tn
labor and cost. The kiln-drying pro
cess is entirely dispensed with. Th
, wet clay is put into sort of covere
, iron mold, which holds about 100
bricks, and n strong current Of cleo
triclty is then turned on, and in
very short time the bricks are drle
. and burnt and all ready to be turne
| out for sale.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
Deepest Metal Mine in the World.

The United States has now, we be.
lieve, the deepest metal mine in the
world. For some time that claim has
been made for the Maria shaft, at the
mines of Przlbram, in Austria, which
was 3675 feet below the surface at the
time of the great fire in 1892; and
nothing, we believe, has been done
upon it since that time. 1t has now
been surpassed in depth by the No. 8
shaft of the Tamarack Copper Mining
Company, in Michigan, which on De-
cember lst was 3640 feet deep, and lie
now more than 300 feet, the average
rate of sinking being about seventy
five feet lAonth. This makes it be-
yond question the deepest metal mine
in existence, and only one other shaft
has reached greater depth, that of a
coal mine in Belgium, for which 5000
feet is claimed. Engineering and Min
ing Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
RAr1s OF ADVERTISING,
A MODERN LYRIC.

II you could only always know
When the door-bell rings,
just who il is that stands below,
Making the door-bell jingle so,
Quite frequently you wouldn't go
When the door-bell rings.
1t isn't sure to be a friend,
When the door-bell rings;
II may be "Umbrellas to mend?'
Or some one with fine shoes to yend,
Whose fiow Of language has no end,
Which the door-bell rings.
It's always at your busiest time,
When the door-bell rings.
Your hands may be are black with grimes
In such case your language I'm
Quite sure I'd never put in rhyme,
When the door-bell rings.
But to the door you always go,
When the door. bell rings.
You see, you're curious to know
Just who is on the portico,
And so outsiders get a show
When the door-bell rings.
-Somerville Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

A Washington letter says: Surpris-
ing news has reached the bureau of
ethnology respecting the recent olsen
tombment of the conqns Pizarro,
in Peru. 1t seems thq Bcorpse ex-
hibits certain abnorH Mites which are
extremely interesting from the point
of view of anthropologists. The skull
reveals all the marks of the criminal
type, as recognized by science to-day.
As shown by it the military hero, so
worshiped and revered even now in
South America, was murderous and
bloodthirsty brute. The Uranium has
even the so-called ''fossa of LON
broso," which modern criminologists
have never discovered except in con
frmed and habitual enemies of society.
The skull is abnormally broad. An
other anatomical popularity is the in
step, which is extraordinarily high.
The latter was feature of his con-
quering race. 1t recalls the warrior
indefatigable on the march, whether
on the desert tracts of the coast, or in
the wilds of the Peruvian Cordilleras.
As to his age, reliable evidence is to
the effect that Pizsrro was a little
more than seventy years old when he
died,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

DIR. Bertillon, author of the French
system for the identification of crimi-
nails, says that, as a matter of fact, it
is impossible among 100, 900 individu-
ais to find two persons with ears exactly
alike, except in tho case of twin
brothers. This is one of the reasons
why he was able to start new era in
police science.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

One hundred domestic servants oro
killed annually in England in the pro-
cess of window cleaning. An inven-
tion recently patented is window of
which the outside may be cleaned
without exposing the cleaner to any
chance of tumble.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

IT appears that the detailing of Off
GERS of the army as instructors in col
leges is growing in popularity both
with tho educational institutions and
with Congress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

The Atlanta Constitution figures
that Massachusetts, produced SO,
poems last year, New York, 40, 1927,
and the country at large, 2,S88, 954.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
DAMS Discomfort,
ny S. A. WEISS.

don I Know what S
come over Dan, "
said Mrs. Dawson,
as she placed the
steaming coffee
pot on the Sunday
breakfast-t a b / G.
"He was always
the brightest and
best-tempered of
my children, and
now he's that
downhearted and
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

An advocate of electrical cooking
claims that of every 100 tons of coal
used in a cooking stove ninety-six tons
20 to waste.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14
Apex of Frugality.

A wealthy and very parsimonious
person who recently died in England,
and who was called miser by his re-
lations after his death, because he
preferred public charities to them in
his will, was fond of ofattending theatres,
and on account of his very great re-
gard for his health always took his
overcoat with him. But where should
he leave this garment during the per-
formance? The box-keepers would
expect at least six pence; and, should
he leave it at coifee-house, he must
spend three pence for house room for
it. His invention supplied him with
a method cheaper and equally secure.
He pledged his garment, every even
ing that he attended the play, at a
pawnbroker's near the theatre door
for shilling. This sum he carried
back at the close of the play, added
one penny to it for interest, and re-
ceived his great-coat again safe and
sound, as it had literally been laid up
in lavender. New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

Life insurance is more popular in
America than in any other country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

The army worm travels in such q
compact line that professions of them
are frequently mistaken for snakes
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

Almost five-eighths of the steamers
in the world are under the British
flag.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-14

Twenty Acres Covered with the Anil
mails Standing Thickly Together
"A Veritable Hunters Paradise.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-05-09
WORKERS 4 NON-WORKERS.
FOLLOWING UP GEN. CONEY's
BROAD TRAIL.
where Men want To Work Strik
ers Will Not Let The mike HI
cident in The Old COuntry-COl.
Kelly AnOal.

MckEEsroRT, Pa, May 9,-At 10 this
morning Col Calvin and his army, 200
strong, were escorted by squad Of po-
lice to the Third avenue bridge, which
crosses to Reynoldtonborough. The
army immediately proceeded on the way
to Elizabeth, and will follow Coxcy
route over the mountains
PlTrsHuRG, Pa, May 9.-Twenty
three OF Galvin's army were arrested at
Elrod last night and brought here and
today were sentenced to 20 days in the
county Jail. They boarded the east
bound Baltimore g. Ohio freight train
Yesterday and had practically taken pos
session.
TRorrAr, Silecia, May 9.-The striking
miners today made desperate attack
upon detachment of gcndarmes guard
ing colliery in Polish Austria with the
object of making raid upon the mines
and building in order to drive away the
men who were at work. The gendarmes
fired on the rioters, killing nine and
woundipg 20,
ALTOONA, Pa, May 9.-An order, tax
ing effect al once, issued to employees of
the Pennsylvania railroad shops at this
place, to work only four days in the
week and nine hours on each of these
days, affects 1000 men, The depression
is attributed to the present coal strike.
DEs MONIES, Ia, May 9.-Commandcr
Kelly sailed for Washington shortly
after noon. His tlotilla consisted of $50
fiat boats. About 1850 men sailed. Ten
boats were filled with provisions.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-05-09
ANOTHER SHAD
II Was Placed In the SwannanOa
Six Years Ago.

The shad fry placed in the Swannanoa
river several years ago are making
some history of great interest to
pisciculturists in the United States.
Readers of THE CITIZEN will remember
that on April IL last year a shad was
caught in 7. NJ. Porter fish trap in the
Swannanoa hear Biltmore. The incident
excited considerable comment at the
time, because OF the unusual happening.
This morning David Hall brought to
Mai. VIM Z. Brecsc another shad that
had been caught at the identical spot
where the shud was caught last year.
Maj Breese took the fish to Central mar
kct. where Mcssrs. Miller and Brown
said it was not a shad, but on
comparing it with shad it was
found to be exactly like it,
with the exception of the shape of the
mouth, the market shad's being more
pointed than that OF the one Just caught.
Some thought it California salmon
but examination of authorities showed
it was not that and made the fact almost
absolute that it was genuine shad.
Maj Brcese believes that the rounded
shape of the mouth can be accounted Tor
by rough contact with the trap in
which the Shad was caught. Mr.. Miller
finally concluded that the fish was
shad, but Mr. Brown contendcd that it
was an alcwiie. Messrs. Jno. A. Viii
Hams, jr, and a. l.. Carter pronounce it
shad.
In Nav, lSSN, an agent of the United
States Fish commission came here with
several cans of shad fry to be deposited
in the streams of Western North Caro-.
lima, the intention being to place them
near the heads of the Broad river,
the nearest railroad point TO which was
Marion. But the agent came to Ashc-
vile, and in perplcxity over the delay to
be caused by return across the noun
tains, he was referred to Col. Iohn d.
Cameron, then one of the editors of
THE CITIZEN, The result of the confer
ence was that the fish were taken to the
Swannanoa and in the presence of Maj.
Brecse, Vim. E, Breese, .jr,, Thos. NJ.
Porter, Erwin Patton, John S. Rice and
Jack Patton were placed in the river a
short distance above the bridge.
The shad Just caught is undoubtedly
one of these 1t is 10 inches in length.
Mai, Brccsc sent it to the Fish commits
sion today
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-05-09
THE WICKED MAN"
Rev. j l.. Whites Discourse AT
French Broad Church..

Last evening in the French Broad
church Rev. ]. l.. White preached to a
large and attentive audience His dis
course was founded on Job 81: 13-"This
is the portion OF wicked man with
Cod" He described q wicked man as
an unbcliever, whatever may be his
moral character, for unhclief is wicked.
1t alone merits Gods disiavor. He then
proceeded to show that the unbeiever is
Gods enemy, for he is carnally minded.
"lc is" said Mr.. White, "the enemy
of the church and all true religion,
because his influence isagainst them. He
is the enemy of himself, in that he vio-
latcs in life the laws of God and must
suffer the penalty. He is a danger Gus
man, being a stumbling block to many
honest but weak souls. He is dangerous
in his home, because the ideal of his chil-
dren Who regard his conduct and con-
veIsation as models worthy OF imitation,
The portion of the wicked man may be
pleasure, wealth, honor, but in the end
the lash OF a guilty conscience, and in
death the absence of all that is good"
A considerable number manifested
great concern in the matter of salvation,
and presented themselves as seekers OF
the Lord. Several protessed faith, Ser
vices again this evening. All are invited.