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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
MOUNT VERNON.
WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON
LIVED AND DIED.
Hundreds Visit the Historic Home.
stead Daily-The First President
Was an Extensive Farmer
Relies of the Rev olution.
HE new and popular way of
making the great American
i pilgrimage TO the home and

H HE new and popular way of
making the great American
pilgrimage to the home and
9 tomb of Washington is by
way of the ancient and quaint old dtown
of Alexandria, Va. For more than q
century the only means of communi-
cation with Mount Vernon by public
conveyance has been by the river.
Steamb oats have carried their hun
dreds of thousands of pilgrims to the
sacred spot, and though that route was
pleasant enough, it was slow, and up
to recent date expensive.
The new route is by way of Alexan-
dria and the new electric railway which
lands passengers in twenty minutes at
the very gates OF Mount Vernon. And
it is beautiful and novel ride from
the quaint old town. The lne leads
out of Alexandria on Fairfax street
aud follows closely the river bank un-
til it crosses Hunting Greek, at one
time the northern boundary of the
vast Mount Vernon estate. Then it
cuts across the broad acres which
Washington cultivated before the Revo-
luton, and here and there crosses and
recrosses the old Richmond turnpike,
which in Colonial and Revolutionary
days was the main artery of travel be-
tween the North and South. From
the electric car windows the eye can
ollow the old road for miles by the
rows of ancient poplars planted on
either side.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

One of the tendencies of the age in
the way of railroad improvement,
otedby the New York Telegram, is the
increased length of rails. The Penn
sylvania has laid few miles of sixty.
foot rails, and the Lehigh Valley has
been trying forty-fve-foot rails. Now
the Columbus, Hooking Valley and
Toledo will lay a few miles of the
sixty-foot rails as an experiment. The
utility of the long rail is that it re.
quires fewer joints, and, in conse-
quence, affords smooth riding.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

They cut glass now by electricity.
A horseshoe to be affixed without
nails has been invented.
Leon Lilienfeld, 4 young chemist in
Berlin, has produced artificial white OF
egg.
An injured nail on the right hand
will be renewed ten days or two weeks
sooner than il on the left.
Parisians are introducing porous
glass for windows on account Of its al
legged ventilation facilities.
Cast-iron blocks are being substi-
tuted for granite blocks along tho
tramway rails in Paris streets.
A new application of electro-plat.
ing is the sealing of cans of fruits |
meat, and of bottles of chemicals.
A fatal fall from a great height is
said to be painless, rs inconsistencies
precedes the crash of concussion.
The extreme cold of the poles is
mainly due to the fact that the Arctic
Ocean is certainly, and the Antartic
probably, a land-locked sea.
Lord Kelvin estimates that the
running slow" of the earth i'll its
daily rotation round its axis amounts
to twenty seconds per century.
Careful computation shows that the
total capacity of generators and mo-
tors in use in railway work in the
United States aggregate half a million
horsepower.
Southampton, England has a fur
mace for burning garbage which cost
$4,000. 1t consumes from twenty
five to fifty tons OF garbage daily at an
annual expense of S1100.
Soap has been substituted for wax
on the recording surface of the phon-
ograph by a Berlin inventor. The
advantage gained is that soap is unaf-
fected by ordinary changes of tenn
perature.
An enterprise on foot is the collec-
tion of wave power on the seashore by
building conical tunnels in the rock,
up which the billows will send the
water to be collected for use in eleva-
ted reservoirs at the top.
An instrument known as the "gas-
tograph" has been constructed for the
purpose of recording the action OF the
stomach of patient under treatment,
the movements of the food while it is
un lergoing chemical action being
carefully and minutely recorded by
means of electricity.
According to Invention, building
has recently been erected by Herr
Wagner, an architect at Limburg,
solely of materials formed of ashes,
without any admixture of sand. 1t is
claimed that hard natural stones of
almost every variety have been sue
cessfullv initiated with this very cheap
material.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
Church Bats.

1t is a queer fact that in the base
ment of a certain Lewiston church live
bats that never go out, but exist upon
the mice they can catch there. The
janitor says that dozen of them will
watch for mouse, and when he APP
pears swoop down on him. and after a
lively battle is conquered. IL any of
the bats are overcome in the fray they
are eaten, too. The basement was en-
tirely freed from them once. The
furnace tender would leave the window
open till midnight, and then close IT
while the bats were outside, and they
had to find another abode. Lewiston
Me- Journal,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

cupies q site almost as beautiful rs
Mount Vernon. Wellington Hall was
built by Washington in 176S on por-
tion of the estate comprising 600
acres, and during his life it was occu-
pied by Colonel Tobias Lear, who lives
in history as Washington's military
secretary and lifelong friend. Colonel
Lear was also tutor to the Curtis chill
dren and for more than thirty years
was a member of Washington's family.
It is said the first President built
Wellington Hall for Colonel Lear's
use, but whether this be true or not,
he certainly occupied it for most of
his life. By his will General Wash
ington made Colonel Lear tenant
for life, rent free, and he lived on the
place until his death in 1916. His re-
mains now repose in the Congressional
Cemetery in Washington
After Tobias Uear's death Yelling
ton Hall passed into the hands of the
collateral branch of the Washington
family, the last occupant being
Charles A. Washington, a grand
nephew. He was barum-scarum sort
of chap, very dissipated, and under
his management the estate soon ran
down. The old inhabitants tell funny
stories about Charley" Washington
and his career as a farmer. On one
occasion he took some plowshares to
Alexandra to be sharpened, which
were urgently needed in the spring
plowing, but falling in with some
cronies he was induced to go off for q
months sojourn at the Springs" and
never came back until the wheat crop
had gone by default. Charley"
! Washington was great theorist. He
once read in farm paper that the
most profitable crop one could grow
was barley. SO he planted ten acres.
When the barley ripened he had it
''hailed" out and loaded on four
horse wagon and started it for the
Alexandria market. "Charley" went
on ahead on horseback to dispose of
the load. But barley he found was az
unknown grain in the Alexandria mar
ket and there was no sale for it; but
after whole days tramping he sue
ceeded in ira ling the load of barley to
brewer for barrel of beer, which he
sent home and stored in his cellar.
The news OF the transaction leaked out,
and the same night dozen of Char
ley's cronies in Alexandria paid visit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
The EGGS a Grasshonner LAYS.

How many eggs does a grasshopper
lay? Mahomet, according to the
Khalif Omar, said. when these insects
fell upon him, that he could read
upon their wings the words: "We are
the legions of God, and we bear
ninety-nine eggs. When e produce
hundred we shall devour the world.
In paper read before the Paris
Academy of Sciences, NJ Kunckel
d'Herculai says that Mahomet was
wrong in supposing that the locust
laid exactly ninety-nine eggs at
time, although he was quite right in
attributing to it extraordinary
fecundity. NJ. Kunckel has been
carefully watching some lo,usts for
months, and he finds that one Of these
insects will lay as many as from 500
to 900 eggs during a season of from
ten to eleven months. He points out
that il the French Government wish
to get rid of the locust plague from
which Algeria suffers, it Is particularly
advisable TO kill the insects just be-
fore the season when their eggs are
laid.-London News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

to Wellington Hall, where they made
a night of 1T with the gen ial proprie-
tor. Before morning they had dis
posed of the entire crop of barley
Charley Washington died in 1859
and the neglected farm passed into
other hands. Wellington Hall is a
frame dwelling, painted white, and
with the outbuildings is in good re-
pair. A lane, lined with poplars,
which the railroad crosses, connects
it with the Richmond turnpike. From
Wellington to Mount Vernon the dis
tance is five miles, the last station
being Riverside Park, at Little Hunt
ing Greek, which stream divided the
old River Farm of Washington's map
from the Mansion House Farm. A
mile beyond this creek the car stops
at the gates of Mount Vernon. BY
this route there is no more climbing
the steep hill from the wharf, but the
visitor enters the grounds at the foot
of the western lawn and walks up a
long tagged path through the trees to
the near side of the old mansion.
MOUNT VERNON.
1t is not given to the average visitor
to the home of Washington to see all
the beauties of the place. Much less
can he know the details of the home
life of the great proprietor, or under
stand the splendor of his former en-
vironment. The visitor goes through
the old mansion. He looks into the
little, stuffy rooms with their odd and
incongruous mixture of old and up-to-
date furniture. He gazes at the
elegant and extremely modern tinted
and gold frescoes, at the rich and
brilliant Persian rugs with which the
ladies of the association have covered
the floors, and he finds it difficult to
imagine this the home of the i'm
mortal Washington. To most visitors
it seems a great pity that there has
been such an effort made to impress
the public with 'the fact that Wash
ington led a luxurious life by means of
the rich and modern trappings they
have smuggled into the old mansion.
The splendor of Washington's life at
Mount Vernon was reflected by his
broad acres, by his great farming
operations, by his hundreds of slaves,
including artisans and mechanics of
all kinds, by the wealth of his
hospitality and the magnifcence of
his military and official career. There
we're no frescoes of gilt and tints IN
Washington's day-no wall paper,
even. There was nothing but white
washed walls and ceilings. Nor were
there any Darghestan rugs or Ak
minister carpets.
There is an outbuilding on the
grounds, which should have given the
well-meaning ladies hint as to what
the Father OF His Country usea to Gov
er his floors. The building is called
the "spinning-room, and in it is
great loom for weaving the good old
fashioned rag carpets of our forefath-
ers,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

Aside from these incongruities, how
ever, the old mansion is an interest
ing, almost a hallowed spot. There
are not so many relics of Washington
but what there are are full of interest.
The bed upon which he died, sent by
the Lee family, and the other furni-
ture contributed by various families.
have enabled the ladies in control to
fit up Washington's chamber very
nearly as it was when its great occu-
pant passed away. There are a good
many other relics on view, but not
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
George WashInglon,s DlrIhIar.

1t was George Washingtor's birth
day, The bells were ringing and the
cannon were booming in commemora-
ton Of thsFather ofHis Country. Int
tle Hthel, aged ave, wise and thought
tnr beyond her years, was gazing out
OF the window, apparently in deep
thought. Suddenly she awoke from
her reyerie, aud, turning around to
her father, said "Papa, what are
they going to give George Washing.
ton for his birthday"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A HAPPY FELLOW.


From the meadow where I sit,
See n sky o. blue,
God was six days paintin' It
Jest fer me an you
Every time It strikes my eye
l keep sayin' "There's your skyl
Blue an bendin'
An unendin ~
So sing, an never sigh.
Sunshine over hill an glen
Birds in every tree
When Col made the country, ten
Acres cameto me
Every time It blossoms fair
1 keep sayin' "That's your share,
Roses growin'-
Rivers fiowin' ~
SO I'm happy everywhere
Spring or winter-raln or shine,
Don't care where I'm at,
So much Of the country's mine
Praise the Lord fer that
Sky an meadow, high or low,
keep sayin' as 1 go:
There's your birtbright r.
Got the earth right
That's why I'm a-singin' so
Frank L. Stanton, in Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

The proposition of some romantic
writer's to put their romances to the
test by actually living through the ex-
periences described should be dis
couraged, maintains the Chicago Rec
ord. Anyone trying to live the ex-
periences of romance of the modern
sensational school would come into
contact with the police before. he had
livedpast the first chapter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

In all there are enough Washington
relics in Chicago to fit out large mu-
scum. Most OF them are well pre-
served and bear evidence to the fact
of Washington's wealth and love of
rich and beautiful clothing and arti-
cles of personal and household adorn-
n,ant
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
In Active Practice al Nlnety.eIght.

DR. Westbrook Farrier, of fBiddeford.
Me-, is said to be physician in active
practice, though ninety-eight years
old, and, still more remarkable, to be
IN the habit of visiting his patients
regularly on bicycle. He attributes
his exceptional vigor at this advanced
age to the u SO of wintergreen tea, of
which he is said TO be an ardent ad.
Vocate. Chicago Times,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
Relies OF Washington.

At the Libby Prison War Museum,
In Chicago, there are an old brown
velvet coat worn by Washington at
his second Inauguration, family UNI
brella, much out of repair, two of his
swords, some tarnished epaulets, a
rusty tield-glass, a belt and needle
case carried by Mrs. Washington.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A HISTORIC ROADWAY.

Over this road the Revolutionary
armies marched south; by this high
way the Northern cities of Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
were brought into communication
with Richmond, Charleston and Savan-
nab. Over this ancient turnpike rum
bled the coach and four of General
Washington when he set out upon his
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

Night refugees in Paris shelter the
arts. The nine establishments in 1898
were used by 1877 actors, forty three
singers, seventy-one musicians, twelve
pianists, twenty architects, 39s artists
(painters), fourteen authors and eight
cen Journalists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

The proportion of women suicides
to that of men is small whether be-
cause their moral courage is less, their
moral courage more or their woes
lighter, it would be interesting to
know. 1t may, however, be safely as.
sumed that the last named is not the
reason, observes the New Orleans Pic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

Cadetships 10 Woolwich and Sand
hurst, in England, TO ST. Cyr, in
France, to the German, Austrian and
Russian military academies, are all
obtained by open competitive examin-
ations or by appointments, tempered
bv the sama
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
hyune.

The Importance of forestry is urged
by Professor w t. Thistleton Dyer
on account of the probability that the
supply of timber may be exhausted
before that of coal. It further ap.
pears in view of our complete depen-
dence upon the products of the vege-
table kingdom for the necessaries of
our existence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
TWO LESSONS.

Papa-"Take lesson from the
postage stamp, my son.
Sonny-"Why, pa?"
Papa" Because it always sticks to
one thing until it gets there"
Sonny-"That' true, pa. But there
is another lesson ! might take from
the postage stamp, pa. "
Papa-"What is that, my sou 2
Sonny-"Neyer 10 stick to anything
until I'm licked. - Browning, King &
Co. s Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

"Well, old man, how is business?"
Booming, said the manufactures
of sporting goods. 81 have just re-
ceived an order for four million pairs
of sprinting shoes for the Chinese
army. indianapolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

Twenty years ago DR.. E. II. Dewey,
of Mesdville, Penn, wrote a book
proving that the way to be healthy
was to go without breakfast. The
cult has lived since then, and, accord
ing to the New London Conn Day,
there are more than one hundred per-
sons in that town who eat no break
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
EASY TO EFFECT.

MoSwatters-'I wish l could get
out of paying Dobson that $40 owe
him. "
McSwitters-"Wby done you go up
to him with a roll of bills in your
hand end say: 'Dobson, here's that
fifty borrowed of you?'"
McSwatters-"Bnt only borrowed
ten !"
McSwitters-"That's ali right. The
object is to kill Dobson by the shock,
and the $40 Is yours. Syracuse Post
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A Deserved Fate.

"Why did General Washington
cross the Delaware on dark, stormy
night?" asked the funny man.
Give it up, answered the crowd.
"Ho get to the other side" retorted
the funny man and then the ercR
killed him gently, buthrmly. Halo.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

Among the European countries Ger
many by far outstrips her neighbors
in the number of electric railways,
both in operation and course Of con-
struotion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
KNOWS THE TRICK.

"How is it that Polite is so popular
with the ladies?"
"He talks so we'll"
"aeavens he never says anything
but yes and DO. ="
"That's it; he allows them to do it
all. Inter Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

When Brave Men Blanch-A Frank
Confession-OfC Course She Would
Gave Him Something, Etc, Etc.
lie had faced thousand dangers,
He had bravel the stings OF Fate,
And he and Fear were strangers
Till he took his girl to skate.
Philadelphia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

Young Husband -"Are my eggs
done yet, darling"
His Bride lin ears)-"Oh, Jack 1
have boiled them for an hour and
half and they are not soft yet. -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
EXERCISE PROMOTES MI SOLE.

Virgins ."Algy, how do you ac-
count for your right hand being
stronger than your left?"
Baboony -"Aw.er (triumphantlyl 1
carwy my walking stick in my wight
hand, We know |"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A DIG AT pRosY PEOPLE.

Van Gambler-"I see the fashion is
coming in again for ladies to wear ear
rings. suppose now you'll have to
have your ears bored.
Miss Ennui--"Pm used to that"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
INDUSTRY.

Dusty Rhodes-"What have you
been a-doin' lately, Dusty?"
Fitz William Working at an ex-
change"
Dusty Rhodes-"What?"
Fitz William-'1 found a Turkish
bath coupon, and I've been a-tryin'
to exchange it for a meal ticket, -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
WENT A-GLDfIERING.

'I love you dearly, Jack, )" she said.
''You are the light OF my life"
'Tm sorry" said her father, as he
appeared in the doorway, "but l will
have to put your light out. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A STUDENT OF FINANCE.

"What is the meaning of all this
talk about an elastic currency"
81 suppose it is some scheme to
help a man TO stretch his income so as
to make both ends meet. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
HUMAN NATURE.

Miss Specs--"rve heard that Man
wants but little here below Professor.
but how much is that little?"
Professor Grump-"A little more
than the other fellows have, fancy J"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
or COURSE SHE WOULD.

Nell-"Mr. Sillicus is only an
apology for a man."
Belle-"Well, wouldn't you accept
an apology if 1t were offered?"-Iowa
Falls Citizen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

AS the year 1895 advances, it will,
in all probability, be found that man
ufacturing, commercial and agricul-
tnral interests will show signs Of re-
turning prosperity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
AN IDEAL PROFESSION.

''Sbe is studying for profession,
you sayY"
eyes; that of lecturer.
can ideal profession, should say
at least for woman. Nothing to do
but talk New York Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
GAVE HIM SOMETHING.

"Did the doctor give you anything
for your cold?"
Patent-"Yes, bill for 50. Inter
Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS.

1hb CONDlIlONS Of SOCCboo'
He-''Pray tell me the sort of girl
l ought to propose to?"
She-"Well, one who is rich--and
a philanthropist. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
A FRANK CONFESSION.

Cora-"Which of your resolutions
did you find it the hardest to keep"
Merritt-"My diary. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

was called Mount Eagle, and is still in
excellent preservation. A mile be-
yond the bridge and the road enters
the cold Mount Vernon estate, :"
which in Washington's day comprised
5000 acres of as fine land as was ever
known in Virginia. The estate was
divided into five farms, known as
River Farm, Dogue Run Farm, Man
sion House Farm, Union Farm and
Muddy Hole Farm. River Farm,
which the railway strikes first and
formerly known as Clifton's Neck, was
bought by Washington in 1850 for So
an acre. 1t consisted of 1000 acres.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
MADE PALATABLE.

"You're lmpertlnent, slr
''But you never say that to Bob
kers, who is twice as insolent as l
am.
''Of course not. can stand impu-
dence with brain sauce. Boston Ga
zette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20

New York, Paris and Berlin COM
bined lack forty-two square miles of
having as great an area as London.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
RATS OF ADVER risIno,

Legal advertisements ten Cents por tss
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices. gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements ooDpo1s<
quarterly. Temporary advertisements ns7ss
be paid in advance
Job work--cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-20
BUILT BY WASHINGTON.

The first landmark of Revolutionary
interest that is reached after entering
upon the old estate is Wellington Hall.
1t stands about four miles from Alex
andria. on the Potomac bank, and oe-