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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
Soap Mines.

The natural soap mines at Ovens
Lake, California, are accounted for by
Il scientist who advances this theory,
according 10 the Cincinnati Enquirer /:
The water in the lake contains, he
says, a strong solution of both borax
aud soda. In the water II curious
specimen OF grub breeds by millions.
These grubs go through their various
transformations aud finally ome,ge as
short.winged, heavy. boiled flies, very
lat and oily. They 1.-Two but few
days, dying and falling into the lake
in such numbers as to ba frequeutlY
washed ashore in layers moro than "a
loot thick. Tue oily Substances OF thl
dead flies blends with the alkali OF ths
horax and soda au the resnlt is a
layer of pure soap, corresponding in
thickness 10 the drift strata %. tho
dead flies, II foot deep oi hies maxim
"A layer OF soap nearly an inch thick.
These strata, repeated year q ter year,
have formed the celebrated "Slap
Banks OF Ovens Lake, where for n
number Of years past "a largo body Of
men have been regularly at work.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
SUFFICIENTLY EwARpEp.

The latest joke mt the expense Of
the French Society for the Protection
of Animals is to Tho following effect !:
A countryman, armed with an i'm
mense club, presents himself before
the President OF the society, and
claims the first prize, He is asked to
describe the net of humanity on which
he founds the claim:
'I saved the life OF wolf, replies
the countryman. II might easily
have killed him with this bludgeon, ="
and he swings bis weapon in the eir,
to the immense discomfort OF the Pres
ident.
"But vhcro WIS this woli?' inquiries
the latter; "what hal he done 10
you?'
Gle had just deyourod iay wife, "
was the reply.
The President reflects an instant,
and then says: "Ny friend, l am Of
opinion that you have been sufficient
IL rewarded. New York Post
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
wANs o. THE MOON.

The icy moon hath had her day.
The moon that brought the frost to stag;
'Tis time that she were gone away
To stay away forever.
Her hands that let the frost-fowers fall
The white and velvet funeral pail,
No more have any power at all
To set the world to shiver
Rare trophy hers of frozen birds
Stabbed TO the death with icy swords,
And piteous frozen aoeSs aud herds
Amid the ice-nelds lying;
VI piteous human folk that groan
Clustered about cold bearthstone,
And unborn flowers as cold and lone.
And unborn blossom dying
Come, mild spring moon, that sweetly strays
Ger gold and purple meadow ways.
Sown like our land in rich May days,
With eowslip heads and clover;
Come with thy laild eyes like a girl,
Thy lifted gown of mother O. pearl.
Wherein the dear spring blooms unfur!
Come, make the world thy loverl
Pail Mall Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

A shaft into the earth is proposed
by NJ. Paschal Grousset as the sensa.
tion for the Paris Exposition of 1900.
His plan is an inversion of the idea of
the Eiifel tower. Elevators will carry
the public down the shaft; at inter
walls there will be restaurants and con.
cert rooms, decorated SO as to har.
monize with the temperature, which
will increase with the depth, as far as
21OO feet below the surface. Beyond
that point, as the heat will be too great
for comfort, narrower shaft is to be
driven for scientific purposes only to
depth greater than has ever yet been
obtained, possibly 5000 feet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

Chitral, in the region of Upper In.
dia, the inhabitants of which the Brit.
ish are now attempting to punish and,
perhaps subiugate, was. until the en-.
trance OF the British Army, entirely
without commerce and without money.
The people accepted the rupees given
them by the British officers for the
performance Of petty services, esteem
ing them highly as ornaments; but
they made serious objections to receiv-
ing too many of them as their use of
ornaments was limited.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
rHE ANoEL1c HusnArp.


There are husbands who are pretty,
There are husbands who are witty,
There are husbands who in public arc rs
smiling as the morn;
There are husbands who are healthy,
There are famous ones and wealthy,
But the real angelic husband-well, hos
never yet been born.
Some for strength of love are noted,
Who are really so devoted
That whene'er their wives are absent they
are lonesome and forlorn;
And whilonow and then you'll find one
Who's a really good and kind one,
Yet the renl angelic husband--oh, he's never
yet been born.
30 the woman who is mated
To man who may be rated
As ''pretty fair should cherish him forever
and n day,
For the real angelic creature,
Perfect, quite, in every feature,
He has never been discovered, and he won't
be, so they say.
II. d. Aldrich, in Boston Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
Animated Barometers.

Says an old Pennsylvania farmer:
81 always know when there is to be
windstorm by watching the turkeys
and chickens go to roost each night.
In calm weather the fowls always
roost on their poles with their heads
alternating each way; that is, one
faces east, the next west, and so on.
But when there is going to be high
wind they always roost with their
heads toward the direction from which
it is coming. There are reasons for
these different ways of roosting, l
take it, When there is no wind TO
guard against they can see other dan
ger more readily if they are headed in
both directions, but when wind is to
arise they face it because they can
hold their positions better. But the
part L can't under stand" he con-
cluded, sis how the critters know
that the wind is going to rise when
we mortals lack all intimation of it.
New York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Only one-half of children born reach
the age of seventeen years.
Coal tar is the latest Partisan remedy
for all the ills. It is taken in the
rough.
On a summer day the average healthy
adult perspires about twenty-eight
ounces.
W. @. Eagan has given n collection
of 10000 rare fossils to the Chicago
Academy of Sciences.
Twenty knots per hour is the
guaranteed speed of the new British
torpedo boat destroyer Jonus, just
launched.
number of physicians declared
that Guclein, the recently discovered
fluid, will create revolution in medi-
cal science.
An English inventor has devised an
automatic air brake, in which the
weight of the train supplies the power
to set the brakes.
Sea anemones have been known to
live for three or four years without
any nourishment save what they ex-
tract from the water.
Experiments are being made with
two ambulance wagons, the one
equipped with solid rubber and the
other with pneumatic tires.
The sound of bell can be heard
through the water at distance of
As, 200 feet. Through the air it can
be heard at distance of only 456 feet.
Freight cars in England are only
seventeen feet long, carry but ten
tons, and forty-five OF them make
train for one Of their funny little en-
gines.
Women nowadays are generally &C.
knowledged to be an inch or two taller,
and two or three inches greater in
chest development than their grand
mothers were.
! The people of tropical countries
almost invariably use some form of
capsicum with maize as a stimulant to
the stomach, maize being more diff
cult of digestion than some other
grains.
A well known electrician, s. A. VAR
ley, has expressed his opinion that a
lightning discharge may occasionally
kill birds flying in the air, but simply
from their being accidentally in the
line of the path of discharge or in
close vicinity to the path.
1t is now we'll recognized fact,
states a medical journal, that the
structures of the eye, especially tine
cornea and conjunctiva, are subject to
malarial affections, periodical in char
acter, differing from the usual af'ec-
tions OF these parts, but involing actual
tissue change, and amenable to qui-
nine or other antimalarial treatment.
One of the latest English torpedo
boat destroyers recently made sue
cessful trial, attaining a mean speed
on six miles at 27.97 knots, and for the
three hours running 81. G knots, being
more than half knot in excess of the
contract speed. Exhaustive trials OF
steering, both ahead aud astern, at
full speed we're also carried out with
satisfactory results.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

When the great Salt Pond OF Block
Island has been connected with the
ocean by the ship channel that is now
being dug, it will become an impor-
tnnt roadstead for the laagest ships
It is peifsctly land-locked, and covers
1900 acres. Of which 800 are navigable,
the depth ranging from fifteen to sixty
feet. The New York Tribune thinks
the value of such refuge, situated as
it is so near Gardeners Bay, Long
Island Sound and New York City, must
be of considerable consequence from
a naval point of view; it would surely
be worth holding by an enemy preying
ON our coasts, especially by fleet Of
warships operating against New York
City. The possibilities are interest.
ing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

Max Nordau, a German investigator,
has published a work entitled 'De.
generation" which is startling Eu-
rope. He seeks to demonstrate that
the brain of man has been put under
a suicidal strain by the enormous in
crease of activity in the last fifty
years, and that it has produced in the
upper 10000 of every great city
race of "degenerates," that is, men
who, though perhaps brilliant men
tally, are physically and hereditarily
on the down grade, and who are bound
in a generation or two to perish
through partial insanity and sterility.
In discussing this overpressure he
cites tn immense increase of mail
matter an declares that "a cook re-
ceiyes ami sends more letters nova
days than a university professor did
formerly" The increase of suicides
throughout Europe helps Herr Nor
dams deductions. 81. Petersburg, for
instance, reporting 445 successful sui
eides in the past twelve months.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

1t is question whether the Semi.
mole war Is over yet or not. Tho Secre.
tary of the Interior has asked the
Secretary OF War to tell him, as it in.
wolves question of the Seminole
lands. Most of the people who fought
in tho war arc dead long ago. Secre.
tary Lamont replying to the com.
munication from Secretary Smith in-
formed him that the first Seminole
war in Florida, from 1896 to 1912,
was officially announced as closed
August II, 1912, and that the second
Florida Seminole war began December
20, 1855, and was officially declared
closed on May 8, 1868.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
SIIGHTED.

"What is this?" exclaimed the pri.
ma donna, rs she crumpled the printed
sheet, threw it upnn the Aoor and
stamped upon it.
"What is the matter, my dear ?"
asked her husband.
"a brand of piano has been placed
on the market without my knowledge,
and have not written testimonial
saying it is the finest instrument l
have ever used. This is the first time
such thing happened and it is az in
suit. - Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
JUSTIFIED SUSPICION.

''Yes, said the landlord, who was
showing II prospective tenant through
the house, ''the fat is fitted With all
modern improvements, good santa
iion, ample heat and light arrange
ments, fine kitchen, elevator service
all night, and the rent is only S25. "
"Say no more, interrupted the fiat
hunter, sadly. 81 must refuse the in-
viting offcr. There can be only one
inference from your low reut-there
is a young lady pianist in the hat
above. "-,Chieago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
The Dnleher,s ChoppIng Bloek.

Butchers chopping blocks made in
sections are now sometimes used in
stead of the old time block made from
a section Of a single large tree. Per-
maps the seircity of timber has some
thing to do with the introduction of
the new sort Of block. 1t is made Of
maple in long parallelopipedons about
one and IA half inches square. 1t is
said that such block may be made
of uniform hardness throughout, n
thins nlt u-utllv found IN the solid
block. New York sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
A PASSION WITH HIM.

She-"And tell me now, are you
much interested in science?"
He" "1nterested IN science?
should say SO, Why, l know the his
tory of all the champions OF the ring,
and there isn't anything about any of
the big fights that have taken place in
the last forty years, that l can't tell
you. Science? The manly art is just
food, drink and lodging for me-
Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
THE LoxEAYwooD nosE coMpANY.

Citily-"I see you wear badge of
the Lonelywood Hose Company. Isn't
it pretty tough to have to respond to
an alarm on a cold, rainy night, when
you've worked hard in the city all
day?"
Commutcr (lightly)--"Pooh, pooh,
mani Why, you can stay at home
and pay a dollar fine. That'e what
everybody does except the man whose
house is sfire. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

The New York World observes:
The courts in Brooklyn are trying tho
efficacy of $50, 600 verdicts for damage
when trolley car kills person. We
predict that the death rate from this
cause viii be greatly reduced.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
"rHERE ARE TRICKS. Z"

Yisitor-"Are all these ladies wait.
ing for changer
Merchant Princeton, dear, mol
They are connected with the house.
They stimulate trade by struggling
with customers who try to approach
the bargain counter. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

A few years ago the Chinese cabinet
advised the conquest Of Japan to stop
the spread OF western civilization.
1t ssems the plan was put off little
too long.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
MS PREFERENCE.

A Milyun Haire--"My daughter re-
turns from Europe to-day, sir. Mako
arrangements for stunning reception
to her. / give you carte blanche. "
His Secretary--'I would be per-
fectly satisfied, sir, if you would only
give me Blanche. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD 3Y THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

A Sign OF Sprlng-Lovers' Lunacy-
Her Own-Limited - Conditional
-''There Are Tricks" Etc, Etc.
We know tnat spring time has come round,
For as we walk the street.
We see a shining brand-new tie
On every man we meet
Hartford Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
"ONE GOOD TURN

ROM the tiny village
of Dewhurst to Ber-
sea. a small town on
the English channel,
is eight miles by
road and nine by
river. The train
takes twenty min
utes between til e
t W o places, good
going indeed "for
one Of those South
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
LIMITED.

Patient (about to have his leg re-
moved, cheerfully) )-"Wel doctor,
I'm afraid that won't be able to go
to any more dances.
DR.. Knifer-"No. After this you'll
have to coDfine yourself TO hops. -
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

Greater New York, with BIT square
miles of territory, would be three
times as big as London an twelve times
the area Of Paris.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

In the past seven years the German
production of beet sugar has doubled,
while the home consumption has only
izcreased one-third during the Same
,,or;od
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

New York City has lost one of lbs
typical characters in the death of
Nathan Sanders, who for years sup.
piled street vendors with their wares,
and thereby earned the title Of the
liking of the Fakirs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
nEArINa Apour rnr prsH.

A.-"Whatl You called me a swim
dler?'
B.--"No; but l am prepared to
give ten dollars to any one who proves
to me the contrary"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
CONDITIONAL.

"Will you love me when Pm gone"
asked Mr.. Linger of his sweetheart.
''If you'll go soon," replied the
faithful girl with yawn. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
LOVERS LuYAcy.

She-"What effect does the full
moon have upon the tide?"
He-''Nonc, but it has considerable
upon the un- tied Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

England has 200 men each worth
over $5, 900, 600.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05

The number OF divorce cases in
France is steadily on the increase,
sixty per cent. of the suits being
brought by women.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
IIER OWN.

''The duke seems to be completely
blinded to Miss de Millions true char
acter."
Yes; she threw dust in his eyes. !"
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
IN THE G1,oAMlNe.

She pointing at star)-"Ah,
there is Orionl'
Voice from the darkness) ''Yez
are MISTAKEN, mum, it's O'Reilly."--
Life.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1895-07-09

Sine Stunoe nod isinsr Serbaitune
erlhlen Spbann Stuoen Dor oenlelben
Ma9itratsperiOnen, Wslbe I'M YrOSeiie
Wonnier, nab Grmitteluua uno Selt=
ltellung Der Sbutia6en, Urban Ser
oren Dor oas Aniiengeri6t psrluieien
batten. Der Observation-Disclosures Sos
mart. oeIleu Nnlibt bdmuls iiber Die
SbluBfOl9erunAen pes Sertreters oes
StuatsprotIratOrs %trIumpbiert bate.
entplfelte natiirli6 feline 9Gnse ener=
gle, lin ieiu triminaliliiibes Nnieben,
oas elnen 10 furbtbaren STOP erlittsn
bate, mieoer bersuitellen. Sa er wobl
wuBte. oaB Die OifentliAe Mtsinnns Ne=
gen i'm mar. 10 luollte er ieInen oama=
lisen Sebler w%eniglteus ourb Die gil=
iertigtsit pisosr gut MAIDEN, nit mel.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-25
THE SOUTH FoRipEAcE.

The Hartford Times is surprised be-
cause 1t does not find In any OF the
Southern papers any excited feeling
or jingolsm." and therefore concludes
that the South Is for peace. and 1t Is
right. The South knows what war
means and does not want to see 1t If 1t
can be honorably avoided. IT, however,
war should come between the United
States and any foreign power the men
of the South will prove their courage
and patriotism, and will not be found
tagging. This can be counted upon.
The Southern newspapers have dis
played no excited feeling. first because
it's people are not built that way; and
because they are naturally conserva-
tive. and further because as n rule they
do not believe there is any probability
of war arising between this country
and Great Britain at this time.
AS to jingoism-why there is
little or none OF it down This
way While the South will not
shirk should n conflict take place. and
does not want any improper backing
down on the part of the United States,
yet 1t is frank to say that it prefers
peace. In taking this position it does
not wish 1t understood that it dlsagrces
with the course Mr.. Cleveland has
taken in the dispute between this coun-
try and England. War means great
deal to the South. 1t has not been many
years since the Southland emerged
from the greatest civil conflict the
world has ever known. For years It
has struggled in an impoverished cnndi-
ton, and now that 1t is about TO enter
or rather is entering upon an era of
commercial prosperity. 1t would re-
greet to see another conflict which in any
way will hamper the country in its on
ward march to prosperity.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-25
CHRISTMAS ANNUAL. FROM THE
CARRIERS OF TEE NORFOI.IS
VlRGISIAS.

Again to kind patrons the carrler-boy
bends
His annual, again, lie with greeting OK.
tends,
While crash of pop-crackers. and tin
Proclaim Santa Claus and his carnival
here:
In mimicry and mirth now the gamins
engage.
All sizes and all sexes Irrespective of
age,
And as minions of Menus surround
his shrine,
Egg-nog flows freely with wassan and
wine.
Again. Spring and Summer have wasted
away.
Flowers have faded, birds have pipcti
parting lay,
Gone the gay earnings and garlands
of grcen
shrivcl,d ana sore are their signals;
of sheen;
Autumn also. has left In her once
pageant path
Sadness and scars from Winters WILD
wrath,
And the stern storm-king asserting
full sway,
Give Roreas commission to scourco
and Stay.
Now, bring bivalves from crus;aceous
cells,
Swift the Scullion's steel scnaratcs onn
cXpcls.
While fine fatted gobblers to gullotine
doom'd.
With choice cuisine, are carved and
consumed:
Rich viands and vintage cpicurcans in
wife.
Wreaths OF holly and cedar crown every
height
While, under the mistlctce. laddic and
lass
Hope happily to we'd, ere again year
pass.
Again, comes with Christmas, as in
olden time.
The FirEinian Carrier with roundeIay
of rhyme.
Again at your portals plodding many
Il street
His annual he offers. and the ncrvy
news sheet:
And now. kind I.aders, why should we
say more?
Why remind of q custom oft honored
before?
Yet eyes. no: tongue, would recall the
record.
Thus. The cheerful givcr is loved by
the Lord
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-25
JUSTICE At LAST.


The bill of Senator Hill. introduced In
the Senate last week. to repeal the
statute which prohibits eX-Confederate
officers who had previously been In
commission In the United States Army
and Navy. was passed on Its third read
Ing In the Senate yesterday. This is an
act of, justice long deferred. 1t is an,
other. link Of the chain of sectionalism
that has been broken, and It Is q strong
er binding together OF the people of the
country. The discussion of the bill.
which is found In our teleEraphlc col
umns this morning, is interesting read
ing. The country will hail the passage
of the bill as II welcome recognition OF
a country more than ever united. No
North. no South. no East, no West, but
a glorious union of coeQual States
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-25
THE JoYoys CHRISTMAS TIME.

There are those. no doubt, who find
it difficult to understand that II is bet
ter to give than to receive. but to the
cheerful giver the maxim is not
without appreciation, neither Is 1t ditti-
cult of understanding. The happy. joy
Gus Christmas time Is the season of re-
membrance. and If the truth were
known as between the giver and re-
ceiver, the happier of the two is the
former. Shakespeare has said, "One
touch of nature makes all the world
akin" and he might have added that
charity is q bond of universal brother
hood.
The star of bethlehem appeared in
the east eighteen hundred and ninety
h:e years ago. and charity had its orr
gin In the teachings of Him who was
torn on that blessed day. II was on
that day that the world was redeemed
from darkness, and error. and unchari-
tableness, and inaugurated the noble
Idea of brotherly love which makes the
whole Christian world. at least. akin
The greatest giver of all is He who gave
His only begottcn son. that peace and
happiness might be the blessing OF
man. There can be no doubt that each
Christmastide makes the world better.
1t always leaves q kindlier, a better. n
more loving spirit among men, and 1t Ia
because of this that the season lis as