The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-24


TN China there is strange pro.
fession for ladies' 1t is carried on by
elderly ladies, who go the round Of
the hest houses, announcing their
coming by beating drum, and offer.
ing their services to amuse the
lady of the house. This offer
accepted, they sit down and tell the
latest scandals and the newest stories
and on dts, aud are rewarded at the
rate of shilling an hour" We have
heard of few ladies in this vicinity
who could make a good living at the
same business.
Eggs for Matching ought to be
washed IN warm or at least tepid
water before being set. This removes
obstructions that may have closed the
pores of the egg Whenever the egg
is broken in tho nest the thorough
washing Of all the remaining eggs
should be attended to at once. If
the albumsn remains over the egg.
shell even a short time after the germ
has started into life, the egg will
quickly be added. Chicks in the
shell need the air which comes to
them through their covering. If the
broken egg is smeared over an egg
which contains a living chick, the
latter quickly dies. .-Eg.
"A school director in Preston
county while visiting a school re.
Gently was asked to make some re.
marks to the children, and said :
"Children, | am glad to see YOU have
ciphered clear through the 'rithmetic,
beginning at addition and going
through substractioD, perditioD, ad.
monitiou, Jurisdiction, hallucination,
derivation, creation and amputation.
You went through the 'rithmetic liky
cyclone goes through Kansas. You
made clean shuckin' as you went
I'm much obliged to you for your at.
tention during my predatory re-
marks" "
Nothing quite so entertaining as
phouograpic concert where a good
machine is used The entertainment
10 school hall, Friday night, will not
disappoint you, but is sure to please.
The machine is especially adapted to
large audiences, and in view of the
fact that the entertainment is under
the auspices of the Y. p. S. c. E.,
there ought to be a large audience in
attendance The pbonograph is en-.
tirely new with all the late improve.
ments, with new selections of music
aud said to be one Of the best on the
road. All who come may expect a
rich entertainment,
The Pitlsburg Times again comes
TO the front with something new aud
useful to It's readers Beginning last
Saturday it sent out with its regular
edition a complete explanation of the
international Sunday school lesson for
the day following These papers are
the fruits Of the best minds in Amer.
lea devoted to Sabbath school work.
They are broad and .sectarian in
their treatment, aud the Times feels
confident that this new feature will
commend itself strongly to that large
and constantly growing class which
devotes its energies 10 good works.
The papers will come with the Times
every Saturday hereafter.
--"Whenever you hear a mau find.
ing fault with his local papers, open
them up and ten 10 one he has no ad.
vertisement in them; 6ve to one he
never gives them n job Of printing TO
do three. to Que he does not take the
papers; two to one that, if he is a
subscriber, he is "a delinquent; even
odds that he never does anything in
any way that will assist the publish.
ers to run their papers, and four to
one that If the papers are good ones
and full Of life, he is the most eager
to see them when they come out.
Then he goes to saloon to borrow
and read one Of them; spends ten
cents on his drink, and says he is toe
poor 10 subscribe for a paper,-Er.