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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
Early Use OF Copper and Gold.

Gold, because it was found pure and
fairly tractable, was probably the first
metal used by man. Copper, it is
true, is found as metal, but only in
one comparatively restricted locality.
Occasionally gold fish hooks have been
discovered in graves in New Granada.
In mining a tunnel in Oauca a gold
hook was found in 1882 fifty feet un-
der the suriace of the ground and be-
meath what must have once been the
bed of river. Copper fish hooks
have been found in many of the AN
cielt burial mounds of Peru. Chi
cago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A scientist claims Go have discov-
cred the microbe of old age.
With preparation Of sodium tung-
state cloth can be made practically
freproof.
Babies do not hear we'll because the
bones of the ear are too soft TO convey
the sensation of sound.
The line of perpetual snow varies
both in latitude and in altitude above
the sea all over the globe.
-Four hundred and thirteen differ
ent species of trees grow in the var
ious States and Territories.
In 1893, for the first time in four
years, there was a slight excess of
births over deaths in France.
During all the wire cutting in
dulged in by sympathizers with the
Brooklyn trolley strikers not single
man was shocked.
Seventy-fve horses are used in the
anti-diphthcritic laboratory in Ber-
lin, and the supply of the remedy will
be about 100 quarts a month.
A "chaser" that is shot from a
rocket, and shoots around the heavens
for fully ten minutes, has been in
vented by man in Victoria, Austria
liza.
An electric furnace for heating iron
strips used in making horseshoe nails
has been recently installed in Mon
treal, Canada. Five feet of strip are
heated every minute.
A German has invented a small
house capable of holding four or five
persons to be used in diving and work
ing in sunken ships or valuable wreck.
age of other character.
Cases of infection have been fre.
quently traced to cats that have been
allowed to spend hours in a sick room
and then go to another house where
they have been petted.
Forage made up in the form of
bricks is being tried by the French
war office. The bricks are made of
hay, oats, and bran in cakes as hard
as board. and can be handled easily.
The velocity of the wind is contin-
ually changing, 1t varies every sec
ond, and while the average velocity
may be twenty three miles an hour
in the course of one minute it will be
altered several times.
DR.. Hermann Weber has presented
$40, 900 to the Royal College of Ply
sicians on condition that it is to be
used as prizes for the discovery of
cure for consumption. The college &C.
cepted the gifts with thanks.
The Philadelphia committee recent
ly appointed to investigate the merits
of the ''chloride electric storage bat
terry" has recommended the award of
the John Scott premium and medal to
Clement Payen, the inventor.
The most important sea-dredging
ever done under American auspices
was the United States Fish Commits
sion's steamer Albatross, under Alex
ander Agassiz. The animal life of the
Pacific was found to compare poorly
with that of the Atlantic.
According to Lord Kelvin's theory
all substances are composed of atoms,
and atoms themselves are nothing but
'vortex rings"-that is to say mere
whirls in the ether-a theoretical sub
stance SO much finer than matter that
it is as near as the scientific imagina-
tion can get to nothing at all.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
RArEs OF ADVERrIsina,
A LIFE'S EPILOGUE.

] turn the tiny key and sean with caro-
Ny reliquary's treasure unbeholdcn.
tell their tale, those boarded locks Of hair,
The sheeny-black, the silyer-gray, the
golden.
What envy yon singers, lofty-throned,
Who voice each mood in life's eternal
proem?
No sweeter love than mine their lips have
moaned.
They sang their songs-but have lived my
poem.
Grant Allen, in Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
BEFORE HER TIME.

A recently published book on rail-
way systems contains this new version
of the old story of an aged lady's first
journey by rail. As the train was
pitched down an embankment, and
she crawled from beneath the wreck
age, she asked passenger, SIS this
Stamford?"
"No, madam" replied the man who
was pinned down by piece of timber.
"lhis is not Stamford; it's a catas-
trophe /"
"Ohl" cried the lady. Then
hadn't oughter got off here. Anus
ing Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
CUPID HAS AN OPTION,

81 have come to ask for your hand,
Miss Judson, said Perkins to the Busi-
ness Girl of the Period.
"Well, I'm very sorry, Mr.. Perkins,
but it is already taken. Mr.. Wilton
berry called last evening and I gave
him the refusal of it for ten days, re-
piled the fair one. "If he decides not
to take it permanently, ] shall be
pleased to have you renew your offer. )"
--Harper's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

The sod houses in which many of
the farmers of Western Kansas brave
the blizzards are admirably adapted
TO the purpose. 1t should also be
said that they are the coolest of dwell
ings during the heated term. The
manner of construction is as follows /:
The farmer cuts the slabs of sod for
building purposes just as sod is cut
for transplanting grass. The buffalo
grass indigenous to the Western Kan
sas country grows like thick mat of
tough herbage. The slabs of this sod,
about fifteen by twenty-four inches
and four inches thick, hold together
with the consistency of felt. They
are laid in courses like building stone,
and pressed closely together, and the
roof is made Of timbers and frequently
thatched. The inside is then smoothed
with the native lime, which makes an
excellent plaster. This coat of lime is
sometimes applied outside also, but
usually these sod houses present a
natural dun color like the winter
prairie. In some cases the floor is
made by excavating few feet and
tramping the eground solid with horses !;
otherwise regular wood floor is laid.
The window and door frames are fitted
as in building stone house. The sod
house contains frequently only one
room, but some have two and even
three rooms. The sod house lasts
about FIVE years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

The Secretary of the North Caro-
lima Board of Health cites numerous
cases whore neighborhoods almost un-
lnhabitable on account of malaria be-
came healthy when artesian water was
substituted for that from steams or
surface wells.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

The students of sociology, and par
ticularly that branch which relates to
our foreign immigration, will be in
terested in table compiled by Will
liam L. Curtis, of the Chicago Record,
which shows the proportion of foreign
born citizens of the United States
who own the homes in which they
live, and the percentage of those
homes that are free from incumb brance.
The following gives the percentages
in fifty-eight cities of more than go,
900 population:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

During the last two months of 1894
the number of serious crimes reported
IN Egypt was 23i, as compared with
9s4 during the same period in 1898.
This is regarded rs very satisfactory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
PRUDENCE,

MADAME, would you kindly sub
scribe something for the missions in
Africa? The money will be used for
the conversion of heather children"
very well; you may have few
children converted, and send the bill
to me w-Fliegende Blaetter,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

''Young man" said the female ply
sician, ''you are in bad way; I'll
continue to call on you"
The sufferer raised himself on his
elbow, looked at her tenderly, and
said: 'I've no objection, but 1 would
advise you first to see papa"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
HOW TO SAVE TIME.

care you doing anything for that
cold?" asked Raynor.
And Shyne handed him a card in
scribed as follows:
''I'm taking the advice of every
blamed fool that comes along with a
remedy. What's yours? ?"-Chicago
Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
A HOPELESS CASE,

May wonder why Reggie never
married"
Jack-"He had love affair when
quite young and has never gotten
over it."
May-"Who was the object of his
affections?"
Jack - "Himself. - Philadelphia
Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
MURDER WILL OUT.

The Groom lat the first stopping
place)-"It's no use, Clara; we can't
hide it from people that we are bride
and groom"
The Bride-"What makes you think
so, George, dear?"
The Groom (deiectedly)-"Why,
here the waiter has brought us rice
pudding !"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

He looked at her, thinking how like
lily of the valley she was. She had
once given him a cluster OF the little
white bells, fastening it to his but
tonhole, laughing at the idea of his
wearing a flower.
He had worn it 10 the office where
upon, after the first moment of petri-
faction consequent upon such an ap-
partition, Lance had rushed out and
secured the largest sunhower the
market afforded and fastened it to his
coat, where it shone like n mammoth
gold dinner plate. Hal had adorned
himself with a cluster of hollyhocks of
unexampled magnihcence.
"But you are never glad, so l cam
not expect you TO be glad to see me.
Sit here where the wind comes in fresh
and cool. You must get awfully tired
in that poky old Office"
81 am a poly fellow; don't mind
it."
''But you ought not to be poky.
Mr.. Clegg told papa you know more
about law than he does"
''But law is poky subject"
Papa said it was you who won the
Moleford forgery case"
81 only did the plodding."
''Papa says it's the plodding that
counts"
''Maybe so. But anybody can do
it who is willing to spend the time.
My time is not worth much.
"How very slow it is |"
''Yes. We have one case that has
been going on for thirty years"
al shall be very old in thirty years,
sha'n't II"
81 don't know"
He could not imagine her being
old. He never remembered that he
was old except when he was with her.
Then he realized that he was thirty
seven, even by the calendar; in
reality he must be about a hundred.
1--WE won a case last week that Mr..
Clegg inherited from his father. All
the people interested in it are dead
except one. He is in the insane asy-
lum"
She sat for moment gloomily ST.
lent.
'I wish I could understand the
Mesa case.
''If you could you would be better
informed than any one else"
''Don'. you understand it?'
''No. Neither does Clegg. Nor
anybody. I'd better go now, in
stead of staying here and making you
dismal, I'm always being disagree
able"
''No, you are not. You only tell
me the truth"
"Telling the truth is the most OBJ
noxious way in which man can make
himself }, disAgFseable as a general
thing"
''Will you not stay and dine? You
never stay with us now"
t'Thank you, but there will be com
pany and 1 am dull. People don't
want dullness at dinner.
Elsie shrugged her shoulders, after
an expressive but inelegant fashion
she had
''They usually get it, whether they
want it or not"
She looked after him as he went
out, wondering why he never could be
like other people. Then she fell to
musing upon the criminal inadequacy
of the law. 1t had been evolving for
centuries and was still unable to de-
eide the Mesa land case in Wills favor.
What fossilized institution it was
No wonder Barclay was dull.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

1t is estimated by some that the
present coinage value of gold bullion
is about forty per cent. of its market
value. The remaining sixty per cent.
is the value given it by demand for
use in tho arts
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
Largest PIow IN lhe MOrld.

Richard Gird, of Chino, CAL, owns
the largest plow in the world. 1t is
eighteen feet high, weighs 5000
pounds. is run by steam, and will
plow fifty acres per day, with CON
sumption OF less than two tons of coal.
New York World
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

In Franco it is decided that the
makers of bicycles are responsible for
damages when an accident occurs
through a structural fault in ma
chine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
USED TO IT.

Tom-"Didn't the encore unnerve
Miss Twitter?"
Jess-''Not bit; she is used to
having the neighbors pound on the
floor when she sings. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

The average OF ownership for tho
whole population OF the fiity-eigh,
cities is "a IS per cent. and 81. 81 per
cent. are free of incumbrance. The
average home ownership for natives
the United States in these cities is
23. Al per cent, and 81, SO per CEN. arc
free of incumbreuce. tt will oe NJ.
ticed that the French nen are least
given to mortsa ses, an that tls
Italian, although ha seldom bays %
home, Ii accustomed to pay to- At.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

In the autumn Barclay took a vaca-
ton. He also took away the breath
of the Office. Barclay had not before
had vacation since he was gram
mar school boy.
Next thing" said Hal, "Mount
Shasta will apply for leave of absence
and go of on a yachting excursion in
northern seas.
The autumn rains were falling on
the Pacific slope. pale-green vel
vety carpet was being woven over the
wide plains The Pacific summer had
begun. bitches which had by cour-
tesY borne the. name of rivers had
suddenly put forth legitimate claim to
the appellation. Bridges were washed
away, trains were delayed and ran on
each others time; telegram went
astray. Thus it happened that the
Westward bound passenger crashed
into a freight that was numbering
along to the East, and in an instant
became mass of splintered wood and
bent metal.
When Barclay began to realize him
self he was crawling out from under
two heavy timbers that had 80 inter
fered with each other in falling as to
avoid crushing him under their weight.
He had always thought the advantage
of having few wits was that if they
happened TO be lost it would not take
long to pick. them up again. He
breathed few times to see if he could,
and in a moment was hard at work
tearing away the heavy fragments of
the wreck, helping to- release those
less fortunate than he. One after an
other he carried out, some groaning
with pain and more quite still, having
passed forever beyond the world of
pain.
He heard mans voice calling for
help. Putting forth all his strength,
he lifted away the heavy pieces of
wood from the place whence the
sounds came. The man crawled out,
stood erect when he was quite free
from his prison and gave utterance to
a succession of oaths that struck with
grim deviltry against the appalling
awfulness of the scene. Lying at his
| feet was a dead woman, her face
turned up pathetically towards the
stars. There was something fascinat-
ing about man who could give way
to tide of profanity in such place.
Barclay followed him a few steps.
"How can you say such horrible
words when you have just escaped 80
awful a death?"
"Ihe very reason l can, " hereplied,
gruffy. on hadn't escaped /
couldn't say them.
Something in his voice rang tamil-
iarly upon Barclays memory. He fol-
lowed yet further. -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
HE ENvIED THEM.

Scientists say that there are mi
crobes in kisses" said Miss Kittish to
Mr.. Hunker.
Happy microbes r' exclaimed the
young man, ecstatically Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
GOT TO COME.

Inspector looking at his watch)-
'It is time to close the polls"
Judge (of election --"Wait bit.
Two of the lady voters haven't been
back yet to change their ballots" -
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

The Japs will before long be for.
nidahlo factor among the worlds
'nval powers, predicts the st. Louis
ar-Sayings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Bread Comes, But Pie Lingers Used
TO It-He Envlcd Them-Man's
Impracticability, Etc, Etc.
man may pray for his daily bread.
And get IL by and by;
But he must hustle for himself
In case he longs for pie.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
A PARADOX.

" lost my head completely. And
then kissed her ~
81 don't quite see how you managed
it itl"-Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
MANS INTpRAcrIcAp1IIrY-

Husband-T think you'd better
save that money for a rainy day"
Wife-"But on rainy day 1 can't
go shopping Puck
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10

".5tateswomen" is the correct thing
- call tho female Australian poli-
Z iciap.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
BARCLAYS ROMANCE.

SUMMER afternoon
drowsed lazily over
the world. A breeze
came family up
from the south and
drifted through the
window and rustled
the papers on Bar
clay's desk. Then it
died away in an ex~
cess of languor.
Barclay WINS deep
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-04-10
'T know you now. I was coming

'T know you now. I was coming
to see you"
The man turned and faced him
abruptly.
Barclay, by all that's fiendishl"
He stood silent for q while as if
made speechless by surprise.
''You must be growing neighborly.
You are not used to paying me Wis
it's.
"It's the first time you ever had
anything wanted"
81 thought it couldn't be for love
you had come"
'Not for love of you"
They we're walking towards an
adobe hut that stood by the roadside.
When they reached it they entered
and seated themselves by table in
the middle of the floor, facing each
other.
"What is it you wantP You have
been long in coming for it, whatever
it is"
"You, at least, should not complain
of my lack of promptness. 1t has
given you plenty of rope to hang
yourself with. Why didn't you?"
"Perhaps should if 1 had known
that you were coming. As you are
here you may save me the trouble"
"You are the contestant in the Mesa
case?"
"What is that to you?"
''It concerns you only that it is
something to me"
He took a paper from his pocket
and laid it before him.
81 want you to sign that. "
The man scowled as he read it. II
was REIMBURSEMENT of all claim to
the Mesa land.
81 won't do it,"
''1 think you will"
'Why do you think so?'
"You will remember first the par.
ticular thing for which you are wanted
over on the Atlantic coast. Then you
will reflect upon the effect of Eastern
atmosphere upon the health of man
who is wanted as badly as you are.
After mature consideration, you will
decide to sign"
He pulled pistol from his pocket.
Barclay struck it from his hand, and
it few through the open door of the
hut. Then he drew his own pistol and
aimed it at the head opposite.
81 give you three minutes to sign.
Here is a pen with ink enough in it to
sign all the names you have. One is
sufficient-the one under which you
claim the land"
The day after Barclays leave ex.
pired Elsie came in. When she left
Mr.. Clegg's room her face was radiant.
She did not see Barclay bending over
his desk. Perhaps he did not see her.
His face was bent low over the papers
in the Jarvis vs.. Leighton corporation
suit as she went on her unconscious,
happy way"
Barclay grows more and more of
stick every day. How can man be
such an insensible machine?"
"Oh, he's comfortable enough,
dare say"
Comfortable! |" said Lance, with a
air. II suppose log in a
swamp is comfortable. 1 would rather
be little more uncomfortable some.
times, and have some life in me-"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-07
OVER SIX TIMES
As MUCH
CAPITAL PUT IN COTTON MILLS
THIS YEAR AS LAST
South Cardinals Remarkable For
ward Stride in the Industrial
World During the Fiscal
Year just Ended.

South Carolina seems, (savs the
Columbia State) from the official rec
ords. 10 have been making great
strides il an industrial way during the
past fiscal year-grcatcr strides than
she has ever made before, particularly
in the matter Of the erection OF cotton
mills. Enterprises Of various kinds
have been started in the State during
the past a:scal year with almost double
the amount OF capital invested than
was invested during the preceding
year In this State when & corpora
ticn secures charter, it must file
return certifying that fixed portion
Of lis authorized capital stock has been
paid in and that a still larger portion
has been subscribed The secretary
of State, who keeps these records, has
about completed his annual report and
it shows that enterprises have been
started n the past fiscal year with an
aggregate capital Of S5,267, roo, as
against s5,9i0,7G0 for the preceding
year 1894.
THE COTTON MILLS.
The most remarkable showing IL
made by tic cotton mill enterprises.
Mills lave been started since last No
vcmbcr ono year ago-which have
more than six times the capital in7es-
ted than did those started the preccd-
ing year. In the preceding year the
cotton mill enterprises showed an az
gregate capital OF s465, coo. In the
last - months mill have been started
with capital to the amount Of 81, 763,-
900. These figures DO not include
the enterprises to which commissions
were issued, but made no returns.
The enterprises included have nearly
Ill been pu5 into active operation utll-
izing the capital quoSed. 1t is n show.
ing that any State might feel proud OF
and Columbia, it may be said, has
about as good a showing in the matter
of cotton mill building as any city in
the whole country for the period re-
ferred to. Let the good work go on.
Surely the mills are coming to the
cotton at last.