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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The starlsh has five eyes.

The starAsh has five eyes.
Photograph cylinders are now made
of hard soap.
The telephone is about to be intro
duced into China.
Experiments in weaving by cleo
tricity are being tried in Germany.
Bailey, the astronomer, figures out
the weight Of the earth at 6,049, $780,"
900, 900, 900 tons.
Sapless cedar blocks from regions
swept by forest fires are used in paw
ing Detroit Mich. streets.
The largest comets are SO rarifed
that they never harm planets or satel-
lites by colliding with them.
Sanctorius, an italian Psychologist,
estimates that five-eighths of all the
solid and liquid food taken are ex-
hailed by the skin.
An examination of the eyes Of
many animals has shown that the
natural shape of the pupil in cats and
other members of the genus Felis is
circular.
A ton of Dead Sea water contains 1877
pounds of salt; Red Sea, 90; Mediter.
ranean, 85; Atlantic, 81; English
Channel, 70; Black Sea, 26; Caspian
Sea, IL.
The group of sun spots now visible
is nearly 200 miles in breadth. 1t
is not remarkable for any unusually
large spots, but rather for the great
number of smaller ones and for their
wonderful activity.
Petroleum is to be used instead of
coal on the locomotives of the Riga
Railway, in Russia, and reservoirs are
to be built for this purpose at five
cities, capable of containing collec-
lively 1000, 900 pools of petroleum.
A Bordeaux physician has treated
two cases of violent attacks of hyste-
ria by simply holding the tongue be-
yond the teeth fer few minutes.
The attacks were brought to a speedy
close after the usual remedies had
failed.
An interesting chronological exhibit
tion has opened on the Champs de
Mars, Paris, consisting of caravan
of the Chambaa tribe, men, women
and children, with their animals and
household trappings, brought there
by the explorer, NJ. Bruneau.
A scheme has been proposed to re-
duce the friction of salt water against
the sides of steamer, which, it is
claimed, will increase the speed fifty
per cent 1t is to force air through
the vessels plates and thereby form a
narrow space between the iron aud
water.
DR.. J. A. Gilbert, of the Yale psy-
chylogical laboratory, who some time
ago completed o series of tests regard
ing gthe mental and physical develop
ments of the pupils of the New Haven
Comm public schools, discovered
that boys are more sensitive to weight
discrimination than are girls, and that
girls can tell the difference in color
shades better than boys.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
4 Goose Plantin FnlI Bloom.

The "goose" plant in Washington
Park Conservatory is now at its best,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
One of the biggest geese is over a
yard long, aud broad in proportion.
The plant is one of the most unique,
rare and valuable known to scientists
The correct name is aristolochia gigas
Sturtevantii, and it was at the Worlds
Fair. When there it bore only one or
two flowers, owing to its being too
young to bear more. 1t is a native of
South America, and even there is con
sidered marvellous production. In
one of the green houses next TO the
"goose" house at Washington Park is
a collection of caladiums OF the most
varied shapes and colors. Mr.. Kanst.
the head gardener, says the collection
has no duplicate. Many of the plants
have leaves as delicately traced as the
finest Valenciennes laces. A newspa-
per may be read if covered with one
of these transparent leaves, The col
ors are all shades of red, pink, ma
room, crimson and yellow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

1t appears that England Is the great
est railway.travoling country on Garth.
In 1880, tho extent of lines in Eng
land being then about 1908 miles /;
the number of passengers was nearly
6O4, 200, 900. In 1890, by which timo
the railway lines had increased by
about 1915 miles, the number of travel
ers had grown to nearly S1S, 900, 900.
No other country in tho world comes
near these figures Even tho railroads
IN the United States, which measure
the enormous longth of 15s, 750 miles,
carried in 1890, only rather more than
$40, 900, 900 passengers. In Germany,
in 1880, 215, 200, 900 persons travelled
on 2o,766 miles of railway in 1890 the
number of passengers was over 1885,
900, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

The British postofIice has recently
introduced new system of notation
for its date stamps. The letters from
Alto NJ are used to represent tho hours
and also OF twelve intervals of five
minutes sach; thus A A means 1. 05,
A b 1.10, and so on. A. m. md p. m.
are expressed by A and P after an
nsterisk thus NJ CA means 10. a. m.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

Edward Bellamy shudders whenever
he hears the name OF "Looking
Backward" If you wish to mako
friend of Francis Bret Harte don't
mention "The Heathen Chinee. Will
Carleton wonders how people can read
"Over the Hills to the Poor House.,
which he considers one of the poorest
poems ne ever wrote. Mrs. f. Hodg-
son Burnett does not wish to hear
Little Lord Fauntleroy" praised in
her immediate vicinity. Charles
Heber Clarke has taken a very strong
aversion to his once famous nom de
plume of ''Max Adler" But no one
recognizes him as anyone else. "The
Opening of a Chestnut Burr, p" by E.
P. Roe, was considered by him to be
an inferior work.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

Our pestiferous friend, the bicycle,
continues to grow IN favor, and it is
being put to very practical uses, notes
the Chicago Record. In the German
army estimates for the present year
the sum of S25, 600 is included for the
supply of bicycles to the infantry.
Two wheels are assigned to each bat
TALON and an instruction has been is
sued dealing with the bicycle service.
These machines are to be used for
communications between columns on
the march and for communications
between advanced guards. When
troops are in quarters bicyelists are to
fulfill the functions of orderlies, es-
pecially where mounted orderlies are
wanting; they will also relieve tho
cavalry from relay and intelligence
duties. In great fortresses all the
duties hitherto devolving on cavalry
as me message-bearers are to be trans
ferred to bioyclists In the military
service of our own country the BIZ
cycle has already begun to figure con.
spiouously with admirable results.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
Some Remarkable Cases.

Here are some remarkable cases
The other day a wagon maker, who
had been dumb for years, picked up
hub and spoke; and blind carpeu-
ter reached out for h s plane and saw /;
and deaf sheep ranchman went out
with his dog and herd; and a nose
less fisherman caught Il barrel of her
ring and smelt; aud forty-ton ele.
phant inserted his trunk into a grate
aud Aue, Victoria British C0lumbia)
Home Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

Edward Atkinson, tho statistician,
teotihed before the Royal British Com
mission on Agriculture that one client
OF his in this country had received
one single order for 25, 200 steam
plows for the Argentine Republic.
He said that there were enough good
wheat lands on tho Paraguay and
Parana Rivers to feed tho whole
world
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

The only school in the United States
for the teaching of the art of letter,
writing is said to be at Chautauqua,
N. Y. Tho instructress, Miss Frances
b. Galloway, has pupils ranging from
the Texas cowboy to the nristocratic
society woman, and in age from four
teen TO seventy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
RATS OF ADVERTISING.
A soNo OF LOVE TIME

Sing a song OF love-time-
All the world is light;
Ripple on the river
And the stars a-shining bright. /
Sing a song Of love-time-
All the world Is sweet
RaInbows round the heavens y
Lilies at your feet :
Sing q song OF love-time--
Sorrow in eclipse
Rosy children climbing
To the leaning of your lips!
Sing q song OF love-time--
Sing it-slng it, birds
Set the sweetest music
To the sweetest human words!
Sing a song of love-time-
All the world made new,
And a heaven that IS nearer
Than the heaven in the blue
IF. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

The islet of Massown, in the Red
Sen, where Italy is sending its An
archists, is one of the hottest places
in the world, and escape from it in
that sterile region would be very diff
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
kim Of Grabs.

A soft shell crab weighing twenty
four ounces and measuring twenty-one
and IA half inches from tip to
tip of the extended claws, was re-
oeived in Baltimore few days ago
from Deals Island, Md,--New York
Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

Ballington Booth says that the Sal
vation Army has grown in twenty
eight years from two persons to over
a million.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
DOCTOR BARTON'S PATIENT
by HELEN FORFEIT GRAVES.

ND you don't even
know her name %
8 q | d Mrs. Rem
wick. "My dear
Kenneth, til er @
never was an y
thing SO ridic-
ulous?"
The captain of
artillery shifted
his feet to q more
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

Tho great canned goods center Of
industry Of the world is Baltimore,
Nd.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

The Odd Fellows OF Mississippi have
decided TO build q home for the help.
less ones Of that Order,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31

The army worm has cost this coun-
try more than the Revolutionary War.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-31
CHEAPEST AND BEST FOOD,
INSTRUCTIVE BULLETINS BY THE
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

Great Waste in Buying and Cooking
Food-The Nutrition In Various
Kinds of Food-Man's Need.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14

would be eight and five-eighths miles
long, including IL 800 feet of tunnel.
The total cost, with approaches
formed by dredging, would be but
S4S, ,OOO, 900. On the Pacific side San
Miguel Bay would be the harbor; on
the Atlantic side the Gulf of Garien
would serve that purpose.
EUCLID AVENUE. Cleveland, Ohio,
which is already widely famed as the
finest residence street in the country,
is TO be still further improved in the
suburban portion by widening TO 100
feet, under the provisions of recent
act Of the legislature. In the centre
will be the electric car tracks, with a
broad grass plot with trees on each
side, separating the cars from the
carriage roads. These are twenty
feet wide and bordered on each side
by row Of hitching posts. Between
the hitching posts and the sidewalks
there will be on each side Of the
street fine bicycle path three feet
wide. Then comes another grass plot
five feet wide, and finally the side
walk of the same width. Each half
of the street will be exactly the
same.
HISTORY repeats itself in the south
western territories in the recent
building of great storage reservoirs
for the turning of the desert into
arabic land through irrigation. These
things were done in the same region
in days before Columbus, by race OF
Aztec kinship, now surviving only in
few scattered villages. Traces OF
their old reservoirs, canals and bitches
are still visible in tracts now being
again developed by town and irriga
tion companies. The town of Eddy,
Lincoln County, New Mexico, and
the productive country about il is
one Of the best examples of the re-
suits of this modern application OF
old modes of agriculture. The con-
struction of dams with proper escape
ways for the carrying away OF floods
and silt has passed the experimental
stage and has been reduced TO a
practical and profitable science APP
piled on vast scale. The cost OF
the dam recently built at Eddy,
which is to form distributing reser-
voir, was $l25, 600. Above this a
great dam costing 5000, 600, built for
reserve storage of the rivers flow,
expands in II lake larger than Lake
Chautauqua. These reservoirs are
indispensable to the agriculture of
that region at all seasons, for alre dy
the farmers and fruit growers are
preparing to irrigate their wheat,
alfalfa and orchards.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
LULLABY.


The moon burns soft behind the hill I;
Sleep. little rosebud, sleep.
hear the plaintive whippoorwill;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
Its throat is mellow with lay
/ never knew before to-day;
/ wonder what grieves its heart
away?
The night winds rustic on the hill;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
The stars are signing for the morn;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
The night another morn has born;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
The stars gleam on another grave,
The dews another tombstone lave !;
Where larkspur bloomed but yester-
day;
The night hangs pressing on the
morn;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
The winds have sobbed the stars to
rest;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
The whippoorwill sleeps within its
nest;
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
Two little teeth begin to show,
Two little eyes give back the glow
That beamed on me one year ago.
Baby's sobs would break her rest,
Sleep, little rosebud, sleep.
i Alfred Bryant, in New York Ad-
vertiser.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
A DESERTED CITY.
Beautiful Buildings Diseovered by .
Miner in Mexico.

Malvern w. Cresworth, an English
mining man well-known throughout
Southwest Mexico. arrived at Ma
pima, Mexico, recently from long
overland journey through the Sierra
Madre Mountains his starting point
being Culican, near the Pacific Coast,
in the State of Sinaloa. He claims,
according to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, to have visited a section of
country never before visited by a
white man of the present generation,
and that he discovered u large and
beautiful deserted city. He states
that the wonderful city is situated
about eighty miles west Of Lake Col
orado, in the very recess of the Sierra
Madres. 1t occupies "A basin about
ten miles long by eight miles wide.
Perpendicular cliffs surround the
basin on all sides, rising to a height
Of hundreds of feet. The only en-
trance to the city is through deep
canyon, which has width Of about
thirty feet. Mr.. Cresworth states
that he stumbled onto the secret en-
trance quite by accident. He gives
vivid description of TIE deserted
city. The buildings, he says, are
constructed of red stone blocks, re-
sembling granite. The business
blocks are two or three stories in
height and are entirely different in
architectural designs from the struc-
lures built by the Aztecs and Span
iards. The streets are very narrow,
but are laid out in regular order.
In the city is small park which is
overgrown with rare flowers and trop-
ical vegetation. He entered the busi-
ness houses and decaying residences,
but found very little Of value except
some remarkable and strange orna-
ments made Of stone. He believes
that the city was looted at the time
that il was deserted whenever that
may have been. No records or writ
ings OF any kind were found, nor did
he discover any skeleton that would
give an idea as TO the race OF people
who at one time inhabited the city.
None Of the natives at that section
Of country had ever heard Of the de-
serted city. Mr.. Cresworth is MAX
ing diligent inquiry of them. Mr..
Cresworth's story is very startling
and remarkable, but it is believed by
those to whom he has related his ex-
perience. He will organize an ex-
petition TO make thorough explora-
ton OF the city.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
A BRAVE LITTLE GIRL.

Soon after the foreign war vessels
arrived in the New York harbor local
newspapers told the story OF a brave
little girl who carried telegraphic
dispatches from the Jersey shore to
officers on board the cruisers. Her
name is Lizzie Doyle, and, although
il is not now so famous as Grace
Darling, yet there is no knowing but
that it will be some day. Lizzie's
father is the telegraph operator at
Fort Lee, and one stormy night some
important messages came for Adj
miral Gherardi on board the United
States flagship Philadelphia, and
Admiral Sir John Hopkins, OF the
British cruiser Blake. The wind was
blowing gale, the water was rough
and the night was dark, but Mr..
Doyle took the messages and started
TO deliver them to the admirals. On
his way sailboat ran into his skif,
capsized il and sailed on in the dark
ness. There were only two things
for Mr.. Doyle TO do. One was to
swim ashore and the other was to
uTON1l. I1t W sNlll uSIiol'
and finally reached the telegraph
office very much exhausted. Then
it was that Lizzie rose TO the occa-
sion. She obtained another rowboat
and started out to deliver the mess
ages herself. She reached the Phil
adelphia and Blake in safety and Ad-
miral Hopkins when he heard her
story said that she was little heroine
and himself handed her down to her
boat, in which she returned alone to
the shore. On another occasion
when Lizzie was delivering a message
to the cruiser Chicago, her boat was
overturned and she had to be pulled
out Of the water by sailor who saw
her. Nevertheless, the little girl
was very happy and proud to be Of
service on so important an occasion.
She can swim like duck and does
not mind wetting. The Life Boat
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
Meteoric Dust In the Sea.

a meteorite-or an acrolite, for
they are convertible terms-passcd
over central and westera Connecticut,
going south, soon after dark Saturday
evening, attracting much attention
by its brilliancy and its bright train.
AS usual i'm the case OF such phe-
nomena, when it exploded and fell,
each observer, whether in Hartford,
New Haven or Bridgeport, saw just
where it fell, and could locate the
exact spot. This is an optical illu-
sion. The object, in reality, proba-
bly, fell hundreds OF miles from Con-
necticut. But SO strong is the con-
viction OF every bcholder that he can
90 right TO the place lor very near it)
where the meteor fell that nothing
but the equal confidence OF others,
fifty miles away, that they can locate
the very place, will convince him that
he is mistaken. I'm the case Of the
meteorite OF last Saturday evening,
IL probably fell into the sea-where
for ages most OF these visits from
outside space have fallen--at some
point nearer the West Indies than
Connecticut. Deep-sea dredging
brings up from the dark and almost
motionless abysses OF the ocean n
great deal of one or another kind OF
oozc, and with it great deal OF more
or less microscopic matter which
clearly once belonged TO these plung-
ing meteorites. A great many OF
them, of course, also hit the solid
land; and these unlike the rest, are
apt TO be heard from. But IL Is n
very rare occurrence that IA house or
a human being is crushed by these
visitors from regions outside the
earth. This fact Qikc the other,
that gives most OF them TO the sea-,
is in harmony with the law OF
mathematical chances; for only
relatively small area OF the land OF
the globe is occupied by human habit
ations-and the sea is three times az
large as the land.
Another interesting fact about
these aerolites il that none Of them
reveal any element not before known
on earth. They are made up OF iron,
nickel, cobalt, etc, but in proper
tions wholly unknown in any earthly
mineral Il Hartford Times.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
THE STORY OF THE LEAVES.

ooh, cried the leaves, as "a gust
of wind whrled them away, why
can we not rest in peace :"
Because the wind is angry with
us, and will not let us rest, sighed
green and gold leaf, as it went
scampering away with its forlorn
companions.
1T is a mad wanderer. said an
other, "and would have us for COM
pany. Oh, for some quiet place TO
rest ~
But the wind was in "A merry mood
and only whistled louder at these
complaints. Far and far away it
waited the shivering leaves, over hill
and valley, and its merry whistling
drowned their frequent sighs Some
times il would pause where the birds
were singing the last songs Of the
faded summer and let the leaves rest
n moment in the soft and mellow
sunlight. Then it would take them
up again and continue its journey,
carrying the melody OF the bird
songs, too.
At last the wind came TO a valley
and in the heart OF the valley there
was lovely spot, where children
were at play, and the wind paused
moment TO toss their golden curls
and play at hide-and-seek with them.
II forgot the leaves, and they fell in
golden masses at the children's feet.
And they laughed and said "See
what the wind has brought US, Let
us make a playhouse Of the leaves :"
The poor little leaves were glad 10
rest, and the children made merry
with them. But by and by the
mother called the children home and
they left their playhouse in the
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14

The subtnGt OF the above portrait In a
prominent and much respected citizen, Mr..
Robert Manson, Of West Rye, y. II. Where
Mr.. Manson In known "his word IL as good
a. his bond" In n recent letter to DIR. X. V.
Pierce. Chief Consulting Physician 10 the
1nvalids Hotel and Surgical Institute Buff
falo, N. Y, Mr.. Manson says:
"Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tho
best pills ever took for the liver. All my
friends say they do them the most good"
This opinion is shared by every one who
once tries these tiny, little, sugar coated pills.
which are to be found In all medicine stores
The u. n. Inspector Of immigration mt Buff
falo, N. Y, writes of them as follows:
From early childhood I have suffered
from sluggish liver, with all the disorders
accompanying such n condition. Doctors
prescriptions and patent medicines have
used I'm abundance they only afforded tenn
pornry relief. ! was recommended 90 try
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets / did 80, TAX
ing two nj night and one after dinner every
day for two weeks. have reduced the dose
70 one Pellet every day for two months.
] have In six months Increased ia solid flesh
tWenty-t,co pounds. ] am I'm better health
thnn j have been since childhood. Drowsi-
moss and unpleasant feelings after meals have
completely disappeared
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14
Acting Congressman"

A new profession has been estab-
lished in Washington. IL is the pro-
fession Of acting congressman, and
"a large number OF men are following
it with profit 10 themselves and,
apparently, satisfaction TO their en-
ployers. Whenever the house re-
lakes its rules 30 that members are
not kept on hand by fear Of arrest
there is an exodus Of representatives
10 their homes. These gentlemen
can only be called back 10 the city
by the mandate Of the sergcant-at-
arms. and they come complaining Of
the fate that makes them attend to
their business. In their absence,
however, their business il not alto
gether neglected That is where the
acting representative" comes in.
While the congressman is at home
looking after his personal interests
his representative in the form Of n
secretary stays i'm Washington and
looks after everything the member
cares for. answers letters and in all
ways is a representative pro tempore.
except that he cannot vote or attend
the meetings Of committees. There
are fully fifty men in congress who
practically delegate their duties 20
a secretary, and who have seldom
been seen at committee meeting
since the present congress met. They
appear 20 consider that they should
not be called upon TO do any work
except where their personal interests
or the interests Of their districts de-
mand IL. They draw their salaries,
however, with the same regularity as
those who attend congress and occupy
their time daily with the considera-
tion OF public affairs Washington
News.