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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
ARlzoNA's ROAD RUNNER.
Bird with Tlreiess Legs ana Deai'
Hatred of Rattlesnakes.

Hatred of Rattlesnakes.
"There's bird down in my coun-
try" said Maj. Ransom. of Arizona, TO
a Denver reporter. (which we call the
road runner. 1t is au interesting
fellow, this bird, with long legs that
never give out and which devour DIS
lance with an appetite that never
seems appeased. Generally two road
runners go togcther-for companys
sake. no doubt. They seem to be
great gossipers and do vast sight OF
talking to each other. They will chase
ahead of your horse as you ride along
the trail. and keep up the stride Tor
miles and miles and hours and hours
with steady side-to-side motion much
like the gait of packing horse. why
thew run along ahead of one i'll this in
sane fashion can only be guessed at.
II would seem to be for fun and excr-
else.
"They are gifted with great deal OF
sagacious malevolence toward the
rattlesnakes, with which crawling
brood the runner has deadly feud. |
suppose the rattlcsnalze pounces upon
the road runners eggs and makes
omelets of them; OF. gobbles up their
Young on a spring chicken theory.
Whatever the cause of hate, however,
the road runner is the deadly enemy OF
the rattlesnal1e. They wreak ven
geance ON it in this way: They espy a
rattlesnake asleep in the sun.
Mum is the countersign with your
road runner; he never says word. he
and his fellow road runner go about in
discreet silence and collect the dried,
dead joints of the fiat cactus, which
abounds in the southwestern deserts.
They build a corral about the doing
serpent with them.
"These pieces of cactus bristle with
thorns as sharp and keen as needles.
When they have their snake corraled
the two road runners arouse it with
yells and the tapping OF their little
iimcrow wings. They revile it and
scold it and appear to apply all kinds OF
hard epithcts to it. The snake gets
frightened and it's rattles buzz. But
they don't come near it. They stand at
a safe distance and rail at it. At last
the snake tries to crawl away, but can't
cross the cactus fence which the road
runners have built. The spincs prick
the snake and it draws back. Mean
while the road runners keep up their
derisive racket. With each prick OF the
cactus the rattlesnakes wrath in
creases. At last, in desperate, brain
less fury it begins to bite itself. Its
poison is as deadly to itself as to every
body else, and in short time it dies.
Great, then, is the mad triumph of the
road runners, which taunt it until its
last gasp and exult over the corpse like
savages. After the snake is surely dead
they walk off with airs of cockney sat
isfaction, and, as it were, arm in arm.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23

and sides. The veranda floor is to have
tongues and grooves loaded. There
is to be art glass in the parlor window
transom and sliding door between
the parlor and dining-room. The en-
trance to the basement is through the
chamber. There is cased opening be-
tween the parlor and hall, and a seat
in the hall. Double doors in front
of the house, one vcstibule door and
one solid door. There is neat balus'
trade and newell posts in the hall.
A bay with three windows is in din
ing-room. The rear entrance to the
basement, laundry and coal rooms
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
NOTES ON THE FASHIONS

some Fresh Fancies in Feminine Apparl
Women have given attention
dress. it is true. and have been accus|
of bestowing a great deal too mud
thought on it, but this attention h
been not so much to originate and 1
wise adaptable things as to fit and cd
form and assimilate ready-mades Al
utilize the things on hand. 1t is
though instead of using the product
the. garden to make meal Of, WON
are gradually arriving at that state
mind and intelligence where they P
pose to raise the garden stuff and ra
precisely what they want, instead
taking it, as it were, from the mark
gardeners hand to the table. II
woman wants special sortof fao
for particular use, she has learn
how to go to work to get it. II
design Of her dress does not please
she locks herself into her room
with lap-board and table, sets her
to work to make one that will. Il
ready-mades are unbecoming' she
or stands before a mirror ana wo
and cuts and tries and manlpula
un til she finds what pleases her
she does not do this without me.
and excellent reasons for every p
and plat and every bow and loop
bias.
For a good many years, dress
been run on exceedingly narrow ny
A woman bought an alpaca ~
mere. Henrietta broadcloth' can
or organdie and made 1t up accoru
TO the occasion on which she VA
wear it. If she wanted her casnn
in an evening dress, there 1t wel
she wanted a street costume 81
same, the street costume II was
broadcloth was cut and trimmer
dressy suit or it made a severely .l
tailor costume. Gradually Ger
| fabrics are coming to be used ~
| tain purposes, and there is goodrs
to suppose that the lines VII y
strictly drawn in the future 'nai
have been in the past. N;
The French woman is an arr
this respect. and always mas . liz
tunes made to suit the oco''
which they are worn. 800.
Exceedingly dressy ou'-o, ,,,' srl
Tunes are made from glace sun T.
moderately thin materials WIN ~
able effects. An attractive aress :
of canyas-woven silk fabric woa.
any bright color. Tire canvas ss : -
the natural silk fiber, and Is 'ns. d
sort Of pongee color or IN pa ,,v ID
~ an ecru. It is not gensralls , +
that some silk fiber is OF : ysa
cast while other sorts are OF .ns :,
nearly white. From these eA1 N
color there is every variation. n,
said to depend largely on w W. he
worm feeds on, and TINS ce.a . Wh
The question naturally arises M
feed the worms on some har4 aS.
ored food and produce SILKS -
| ing tints OF the rainbow. an
A great deal of exceedingly .es
is used, and embroidery anu nun, Tbs
into the makeup OF nine, ssn ths
most popular dresses o. ar are
Batiste and organdie dressssf ront
with skirts gored at the 81
side breadths slightly slopeu Mad
tbs back breadths PLAN. ,;ui1
these dresses are worn over . a,
the color of the figure; ior or ID I'd
white organdie. with PIN PIN" Or
made over pink camol ~ thid
slip. All white dresses ., -
terial are trimmed with ersm
isces and worn over color II.
white they are not 50 m 'aealIr
though they are occas'0A
IN. Y. Ledger.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23

studding are 2x4 inches: joist' @xlo
inches: rafters, 2x6 inches; beam, SXlo
inches. All floors are double. The
siding is 4-inch o. G. California RED
wood is used for ornamental shingles,
and cedar shingles for the roof Tar
paper and American glass are used
whenever needed Georgia pine is
used for finish. The painting is 2
coat work. Cutters, down spouts,
flashing and finals are of galvanized
iron. All carving is to be composition,
and all windows are to be hung with
Silver Lake sash cord and lead weights.
The sink is of gray enamel, the bath
tub is planished copper, the wash BOWL
14inches in size, has Italian marble top
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
JACKS GREAT SLIDE.

How ne Recovered snowshoe and saved
His Life. MN
Jack Gladwyn Jebb, known by his
friends as Jack, was young EngIsh-
man who had lost his patrimony md
had conc to Colorado to seek hisNor-
time in mining. Winter had set in, Nlnd
he was living in a log cabin, fypm
which. on snowshocs, he went along to
visit the three mines of which he had
the charge. lie usually travelled at
night, partly to get an extra day at the
mine. and partly because the snow was
then in a bettcs condition, with fewer
chances of an avalanche above timber
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
UNIMPAlRED VISION.
Few Simple and Effective Rules foi
Preserving the Sight

A few simple rules, carefully obeyed,
saws the Outlook, will do much to pre-
serve the eyes in health. Light and
color in rooms aye important. me
walls arc best finished i'll single tint.
Windows should open directly upon
the outer air, and light is better when
they are close together, not separated
by much wall space, not distributed.
Light should be abundant, but not
dazzling. 1t should never come from
in front, nor should sunlight fall upon
work or on the printed page. Never
read or sew in the twilight after an ex-
hausting fever nor before breakfast.
Look up frequently when at work ana
fix the eyes upon some distant ooJect.
Break up the stretch of wall by pictures
that have good perspective. THESE
rest the eye, as does looking out OF
window.
When at work on minute objects rise
occasionally, take deep inspirations
with the mouth closed, stretch the
body erect, throw the arms backward
and forward, and step to an open VIM
dow or out in the open air for mo-
ment Two desks of different heights
are valuable for a student or writer,
one to stand by and the other to sit by.
Plenty of open air exercise is essentlal
to good eyesight.
The general tone of the nervous sys-
tenn has much to do with the eyesight.
Prolonged or excessive study frequent-
lv has pain or poor vision as symptom.
The use Of tobacco may bring about
defective vision, and alcohol sometimes
destroys it utterly owing to nerve IN
flammation that it sets up. City life,
with shut-in streets and narrow out
look, favors the production of errors in
vision. When looking at distant OBJ
iects the normal eye is at rest. 70 see
near by, muscular effort is required.
This effort, when constant, changes
the shape of the eyeball. After the
eighteenth or twentieth year parts OF
the eye that earlier showed signs OF
bullying or becoming near-sighted may
acquire new strength, and those who
escape myopia up to this time are usu-
ally free from it after that. The chill
dren of near-sighted parents are in spe-
cial danger. They require constant
care 1t is best to have all children's
eyes examined for defects when they
are ten years old.
Nearsight and blindness are
barriers to the army and navy, to GER
tain fine and mechanic arts, and to
many industrial pursuits. Their early
recognition saves time and money and
often prevents the Encouragement OF
defeat.
Ounces of prevention are better than
tons of cure. There are but few forms
of partial or total blindness that were
not at one time the reverse of hopeless.
In view of this fact the dutysof parents
and guardians is clearly manifest. lg-
norance must be replaced by knowl-
edge, carclessness by enlightened fore
thought. Precautions in the way OF
type, light. color, and rest and exercise,
together with occasional calls upon the
oculist, will probably secure fair eye
sight for life.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
Purifying Drinking Water.

NJ. Fremont has proved byexperiment
that water kept for 20 minutes at 1T6
degrees Fahrenheit loses all the dele
terious germs it may have contained,
without being deprived of its gases or
precipitating the salts contained in it,
and the flavor is not modified.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
Two Victims.

Leaf lent Caddington v. After
ward we boarded the same car; he got
It changed and paid his own fare, onlyi
What do you think of that for small
ness?
Perrins-Well, don't know that it's
any worse than Fulljames' generosity.
], lent him a five, and he blew Il in
treating mc.-Puck.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
BUILDING AND SCIENCE
AIT IN ARcHlTEcTURE.
A Substantial House That cansBe buh'
Cheapiy.

A EObstanIIHI 1IUus0 800 ~--31
Cheapiy.
written for This Paper
This very substantial broom NOME
win cost, completed, $1,000.
The foundation is of rubble stone, 10
inches thick. The underpinning is OF
brick. - inches thick. The size OF the
hall is sx10 feet: parlor, IL feet o
inches by ID feet inches; dining-room'
11x.4 feet: chamber, 10x1l feet; Kitchen
n feet inches by 10 feet, and bed
room. feet inches by 7 feet6 inches
These rooms are on the first hoor'
The chambers on the second hoor
have large closets, and the rooms are
shaped as shown on the plans. The
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
A shrewd Dog.

A dog owned by a gentleman has
eyes that are not alike in color or size.
The owner says that the dog knows
this and takes advantage of it. When
there is stranger at the table he sits
at his side until he is fed. Then he
goes 20 the other side and pretends he
is another dog, and gets fed again.
Surely this dog w III never be hungry.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23

work thou for pleasure; paint or sing or
carve
Tho thing thou lowest. though the body starva
Who works for glory misses oft the goal:
who works for money coins his very soul
Work for the works sake. then. and IL may Be
that these things shall be added unto thee
kenyon Cox. in Century.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
Not for Him.

told my love to Margery
In words thought her heart would melt,
And then she told her love to me-
The love for some one else she felt
Detroit Free Press
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23
ne wa. Fnrrixen.

She-IIave you ever loved another9
He-Yes, of course. Did you think
I'd practice on . nice girl like your
Life.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-23

fruit and storeroom Is in the basement.
The first story ceiling is Q feet 6
inches; second story, 0 feet; basement.
feet in the clear. All plastcring is
two-coat work; all outside walls to be
back plastered. All hardware is to be
of a neat kind. Trim is finished with
a corner and base block. All glass is
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13
Do You Suppose.


That this world was made for YOUR
special benefit?
That your baby boy is really the
brightest child ever born?
That you would be really happy if you
had everything you want?
That an education of mind and heart
makes a woman any less the good house
keeper?
That men really believe one-half of
the ''smart" things they write about wo-
men?
That any two mothers will ever have
the same ideas about the bringing up Of
children?
That it really is so much harder to say
the pleasant thing than the disagreeable
one?
That we can give money to the Lord
acceptable while our legal debts remain
unpaid?
That the average man viii know what
to do with himself when the millennium
comes?
That taste for neatness, tidiness and
general snugness lessons oue's taste for
things intellectual
That the world would be as wicked as
it is if Satan was as indolent in doing
evil as many Christians are in doing
good?
That the time VIII ever come when an
editor does not receive every day, Oh an
average, three important letters requir-
ing am answer, but without a signature
- Womdnkind.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13
Resolutions Of Respect.

At the last regular meeting of the W.
G. T. U. committee was appointed to
draft resolutions on the death of Mrs.
Alice Wyman, who died Feb. "a, 1895.
WHEREAS, God in His all wise Prov
idence has deemed best to remove from
us our beloved sister and friend, there
fore be il
ResolVed That while we bow i'm hum
ble submission 10 His divine viii, we
feel that we can but humbly express our
sense of grief and loss. We have been
bereft of one who was III fun sympathy
with the workings of our unior and was
ever ready to lena helping hand. Tier
cheerful manner and happy disposition
endeared 20 her many friends who will
sadly miss her.
Res0tUed That we tender our heartfelt
sympathy 10 the bereaved husband and
family.
ResolUed That these resolutions be
published in our county papers and en-
tered upon the minutes of our union.
AUGUSTA L. KELLY,
SARAH ELIZABETH HAsLET,
CLARA h. HAsLET,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13
ST NOTES.

The scaffold on which John Brown was
hanged is now in the possession of Rich
rnond Leaploy, Centerville, Md. 1t has
just been brought from Chicago, where
it was on exhibition during the Worlds
Fair. An offer of SIS. 900 has been made
for it by syndicate.
John J. Gruchy, secretary of the Buck
eye Building and Loan association, of st.
Louis, who was formerly president of the
Christian Endeavor society of that city.
is missing, and his accounts are short
nearly $1,000.
The new Car is said to be the hardest
working Emperor Russia has ever had.
Elmer Clapsaddle, better known as the
Hermit of Six-Mile Creek, " is the name
of an unique character who lives alone
in the woods in Niagara county, New
York. over his cabin he has posted the
notice: People Not Wanted Here" He
is about 25 years old, and has written a
strange book called: "Key to the Bible /;
the Voice of tho Seventh Angel; the
Mysteries of God Finished or Revealed /;
the Millennium End of the World"
The Pittsburg Medical Review for
March contains am extended description
OF an ingenious instrument invented by
DIR. W. T. English, to facilitate the study
of sounds occurring in the human heart
and lungs. The instrument is so ar
ranged as to permit number OF persons
| 10 listen to the sounds at the same time,
as the sounds can be heard distinctly for
a distance of 80 or 40 feet.
The other night st. Louis policeman
arrested a somnambulist who was wan
dering about the street i'm his nightdress.
When the somnambulist awoke he ex-
claimed: "Surely you are not .oing to
arrest met 1 am not responsible, as 1 am
a somnambulis l." 81 don't care what
church you are member Of" said the
officer. "You can't walk the streets ol
st. Louis in your shirt tale if you belong
to all the churches in the city"
The Colorado Senate has passed the bill
prohibiting capital punishment in the
state.
The latest thing out in farming imple-
ments is a machine for setting out plants,
such as cabbage. tomatoes and all similar
growths. With this machine it is claimed
an expert can set out ten acres a day.
Ex.
A mysterious disease has appeared
among the swine of Wheatland, Mercer
Co., and the porkers are dying off very
rapidly. John James, the constable OF
the town lost fifteen ont of a herd Of
seventeen, and other owners OF hogs
have suffered a like loss.
Butler county is out of debt and has
Sls,943 in the treasury. 1t ranks among
the first counties in the state financially
The following dates have been fixed fol
the various horse racing attractions fol
next season: Bradford June 25-2S
Coudersport, July 2-5i Erie, July 2-5
st. Marys, July So Kittanning, Aug
2O-2si Warren, Sept. lO-l3; Cory. Sept
l7-20; Stoneboro, Sept. 24-26; and &
second meet at Coudersport. Sept. lO-l8
Woman suffrage was defeated in tn,
North Dakato house, the vote being 81 Il
25. The new divorce bill was alsC
beaten.
man who marries a widow is no
bound to support children Of his wife 10y
former marriage. This interesting
point of law was decided in an opinion
Of the full bench of this Supreme Court
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13

THE condition of the revenues of
the State impels the Governor to We.
to the Bird Book bill, which he at
the same time terms "a valuable and
popular measure" There is a great
demand for this bird book of DR..
Warren, and if the State would re.
lease its copyright this demand could
he met by private publication. This
is year that calls for economy at
Harrisburg as well as elsewhere, and
Legislators must keep this in view
That which can be held back without
special public detriment must wait
the dawn of better days -Philadel
phia Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13
Announcements.

Terms-Associato Judge, S12. Treas.
urer, $40. These rates include printing
of tickets, all names being printed OF
the ticket. Terms strictly cash with the
order for announcement.
COUNTY TREASURER.
We are authorized to announce
JAM ES II. FONES, of Tionesta, as q
candidate for County Treasurer, subject
to Republican usages.
We are authorized to announce JOHN
J. GREEN, of jerks township, rs a can
didate tor County Treasurer, subject "a
Republican usages.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
We are authorized TO announce II. NJ.
ZAHNISER, of Harmony township, as
a candidate for Associate Judge, subject
to Republican usages.
We are authorized TO announce JACK
McCRAY, of jerks township, ms a ON
didate for Associate Judge, subject to Re
publican usages.
We are authorized TO announce r. b.
CRAWFORD of Tionesta borough, as a
candidate Tor Associate Judge, subject to
Republican usages.
We are authorized to announce S. S.
CANFIELD, of Tionesta borough, as a
candidate for Associate Judge, subject TO
Republican usages.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13
A GOOD RADIANCE.

The Fifty.third Congress has at
last passed into history. 1t did moth.
ing half so wise, beneficial or popular
in its nearly two years of active life
as its adjournment sine die by force
of law. The constitutional limita.
ton of the life of a Congress to two
years proves to have been conceived
With the prescience of real statesman
ship, for not even this great and
much enduring country could stand
for logger period such a Congress
as the one whose life is just ended to
the great relief of an afflicted people.
A few minor acts, wisely conceived
and we'll considered, stand to the
credit side of the account of this
Congress, but they got through
merely because they we're not impor.
tant enough to excite opposition
OF the great acts of this Congress
the repeal of the silver purchase law
is about the only one that deserve:
appreciation, aud that was passed un
der the delusion that the act in ques
ton was the chief cause of the busi
ness depression and that its repeal
would Danish the hard times. 1t had
no such effect, because the hard times
we're induced by the anticipation OF
Democratic policy realized in the
subsequent passage of the Wilson
bill. That bill beggared the Treas
ury as we'll as the country, and The
current expenses of the Government
have to be met by borrowing, and
that, too, at very costly rate of in.
terest.
The most obtrusive and indefensi.
BILE piece of folly committed by this
Congress is its persistent refusal to
allow the Government to borrow un.
der a modern and sensible law after
it had first made it necessary for il
to borrow in some way by reducing
its income far below its expenditures
With an empty Treasury it has not
even showed the virtue of economy
but it goes on record as billion dol,
lar Congress at a time when the Gov
ernment has to borrow S162,000,00C
to meet current expenses after post
poning the payment of S250,000,00C
of appropriations.
In history this Democratic Con
gress will rank as one in which
craftsmanship and leadership were
both wanting and whose constructive
folly found expression in tariff Law
which has reduced wages, reduce,
consumption, reduced revenue, de
stroyed profits and prostrated indus
try all over the land Though it
life ended yesterday unhappily th,
the evil which it did lives after it,
Phila. Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13

A FEW Democratic newspapers are
trying to escape responsibility by
saying that the late Congress did not
carry out the wishes of the party.
That it did not fully legislate the
Chicago platform into existence is
true, but what 1t did do cost the
country six billions of dollars and will
cost it much more. What would
have happened to the nation had not
a few sensible Democrats put the
brakes on is really horrible to con.
template.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13

The Reed Congress was advertised
to the world by the Democrats as tn,
billion dollar Congress, though it;
total appropriations amounted tc
only s9SS,0O0,000 The first CRISP
Congress, the Fifty.second, did, how
ever, pass the billion mark-its ap.
preparations being s1,027 100000
The Congress just adjourned, Demo.
cratic in both branches, cut $4,000
600 of Of the pensions Of Union sol.
diers and their widows, aud then, sat.
'sfied with this economy. piled up the
appropriations on other things till
they reached a grand total of 81, ,015,.
600, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13

WITH the advent Of Republican
Congress the President will find him.
self very much in the same position
as the man who sawed of the tree
below the branch on which be sat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-03-13

SENATOR Villas shouldn't worry
because the postal department is now
falling behind at the rate of ten mil.
lions year. Under this majestic
administration absolutely everything
has fallen behind.