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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

The Atlanta Constitution says:
About six months ago Massachusetts,
created the State Highway Commits
sion, and since that time eighty.nine
miles OF frst.class roads have been
constructed under the auspices of the
new Board. The experiment is so
satisfactory that the Legislature this
winter is expected to make a larger
appropriation for roadways, and it is
now certain that the work so auspio-
iously begun will be pushed forward
with decreased vigor. The fact that
the people are willing, after spending
100000 in 1895, to spend a still
larger sum shows that the movement
in favor of good roads is already pop
ular enough in Massachusetts, to hold
its own, and it is natural TO suppose
that other States will organize their
commissions and go to work on the
same line. New Jersey had a some
what similar experience a iew years
ago, and after few score miles of
substantial roads had been completed
the people all over the State demand
ed their extension and expressed their
willingness to submit to much
higher tax rate in order to secure
these improvements. As the country
fills up with population the highway
question will assume greater promi'
nenee and good roadways will be con
srueted at the expense OF future
generations, instead Of causing the
entire cost to fall upon the people
who are progressive enough to inaug
urate such reforms.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
The Shon Has Brains.

The tendency of successful business
is to enlargement; and with enlarge
ment comes a new multitude of agents,
a new variety of markets, new kind
of competitive danger, to avert which
absolutely requires mind. The very
number of his employees eompels the
great tradesman OF our day to become
Judge of character the very expan-
sion of his market drives him to study
many countries, many tariff, many
laws; aud his extreme danger from
competition makes of him i'm artist, Il
chemist, and critic. The process is
slow, because he is always governed
by the idea of selling, and he often
learns rather to know public taste
than to know what taste is, and to
seek in his purchases the popular
rather than the good; but still the
process must develop his mind. The
Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
SELECT sIFTINGs.

Corn is being used as fuel in Central
Iowa.
Bristol, Penn. claims the credit of
holding the first annual fair in Penn
sylvania.
Crab pots and eel Iots are exact
models, on an enlarged scale, Of the
Emperor moth.
1t is said that two women swindlers
have been selling colored sawdust for
ground coffee at Dunkirk, Penn.
A citizen Of Bridgeton, Maine, who
is nearly ninety years of age, was
shaved for the first time one day re-
Gently.
The Mexican sword, in use among
the aborigines at the coming of the
Spaniards, was modelled after the nose
OF the sawhsh.
Chicory is used t. adulterate coffee,
Chunks of dried carrot are used to
adulterate chicory, but the carrot Is
rock bottom.
Thieves visited John Brooks farm,
at Plymouth, Montgomery County,
Penn, and stole a live porker weigh
ing $50 pounds.
Lots of acorns are bought in Pike
County, Missouri, and sent to spice
mills IN st. Louis, to be made into
coffee and spices.
A mountain lion measuring eleven
feet from nose to tail, and weighing
$50 pounds, was killed in San Antonio
canyon, Cal. recently.
The use of nets in fishing for stur-
geon is rapidly supplanting other
methods of taking the big fish in the
upper Columbia and Snake Rivers. The
nets are from 600 to 900 feet long,
and the meshes vary in size between
| twelve and nineteen inches.
In the possession of the Baroness
Burdett-Coutts is a guinea which she
treasurers above all her minor belong
ings. Her grandfather, who was a
gentleman of slovenlY outward APP
pearance, was given it by a benevolent
old party, who chanced to mistake
him for pauper.
Several large consignments of salm-
on eggs nave laJely been sent from
this country to Europe. A crate of
$4,000 eggs was shipped from the Uni
ted States fishery at Baird, CAL, to
Ireland, and another crate, containing
$4,000 eggs, was shipped from the
same place to Germany.
Two hunters of Boise, Idaho, had O
sorrowful experience. They spent hall
day loading shells, being dissatisfied
with those on sale, and next morning
drove twenty-five miles to the hunting
! grounds. On arriving there they dis
covered that they had left all their
ammunition at home in Boise.
A fox and a hunter together stalked
partridge near Tyron, VT, the other
day, but each unknown to the other.
The bird alighted in an apple tree be-
hind barn, and the hunter tiptoed
around one side of the barn and
brought the bird down. But as the
bird dropped, the fox, coming round
the other side of the barn, seized il
and was off with his dinner before the
hunter could appreciate what had
happened.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
Binds Make a Nest OF S.eel.

A curious gift has been made to the
Natural History Museum of Soletta
This glft consists OF a birds nest con.
structed entirely of steel. There are
a great many watshmakers at Soletta,
and in the vicinity OF tho workshops
there are always the remains OF the old
springs of watches, which have been
cast aside. Last summer a Matchmaker
discovered this curious birds nest,
which had been built in a tree in his
court yard by pair OF water wagtails.
IL measures ten centimeters in eircum-
ference, and is made solely of watch
springs. When the birds had hedged
their brood the watehmakers secured
their unique nest, as an interesting
proof of the intelligence OF birds in
adapting anything which comes with
IN their reach. London News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
SHE HAD TO HAVE IT our.

"What do you know about women ?"
asked the thin old man.
"Nothin," said the fat man with
the bald head.
81 guess 1 don't either, and have
been married three months. too. Yes
terday my wife asked me how l liked
the dinner. She does the cooking,
you know"
The fat man didn't know, but he
nodded.
"And when 1 began TO praise the
dinner she began to cry, and said she
feared loved her only for her cook
ing o.
ooh, said the fat man, "she had a
cry coming That was ALL - Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
New Use for CorncObs.

Frank Shafer took to Lacon, ILL.,,
recently, a sample OF sirup which a
number of experts pronounced genu-
inc maple sirup. 1t was nothing more
nor less than corncob slrup, made as
follows: Twelve clean eobs were put
in gallon of water and boiled until
soft. Then the juice was strained of
and gallon OF dark brown sugar so.
luton added This is boiled a little
while, resulting in fine quality of
sirup, hardly distinguishable from the
maple product. - Chicago Times-Her-
aid
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

The result of the census taken the
other day in Berlin has caused some
SUNRISE. 1t shows the total popula-
tion of the German capital to he L.
674,l12, whereof 1877, lS6 are males
and S76, 926 females. The estimate,
based on the periodical returns of
births and deaths and of departures
and arrivals, which In Prussia have to
be reported to the police, had shown,
as worked ont on November 10, total
population of 1.757. 1898. Moreover,
the increase in the population during
the last five years, according to
this census, has been only six per
cent, as against twenty per cent. be-
tween 1885 and 1890, and sixteen per
cent. between 1880 and 1885. The
explanation lies in the enormous
growth of the .subrubsas compared
with Brlin proper,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
The New York Sum thinks il won

The New York Sun thinks ii would
doubtless surprise many folk to know
the number OF furs that are taken an
nually in Connecticut and MassG-
chusetts. William Clark, of Vernon,
Conn, makes tour of Tolldan
County, Connecticut, and Aampden
County, Massachusetts,, every fall col
lecting furs from the farmers. Last
season he collected some 1900 skins,
mostly skunk skins, but many of them
mink. These animals are probably
not more plentiful in these two coun-
ties than in some other parts of the
two States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
A SONG OF liberty.

Across the land from strand to strand
Loud ring the bugle notes,
And Freedoms smile from isle to islo
Like Freedoms banner floats
The velvet wales ring ''Libertyg'
To answering skies serene;
The mountains sloping TO the ses
Wave all their flags OF greenl
The rivers dashing to the deep
The joyous notes prolong,
And all their waves in glory leap
To one immortal songl
One song OF Liberty an life,
That was, and is to be,
Till tyrant flags are trampled rags
And all the world is freel
One songl the nations hail the notes
From sounding sea to sea,
And answer from their thrilling throats
That song of Liberty.
They answer, and an echo comes
From chained and troubled isles
And roars like oceans thunder-drums
Where brave Columbia smiles.
Where crowned and great she sits in stat
Beneath her flag Of stars,
Herheroes blood the sacred food
That crimsoned all its barsl
Hail to our country! strong she stands,
Nor fears the war-5rum's beat;
The sword OF Freedom in her hands
The tyrant at her feet
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

So great has been the reduction OF
steamboat accidents in the waters OF
the United States since the Federal
Government introduced the inspec-
tion system that Inspector General
Dumont now asserts that travel by
water is much safer relatively than
travel by railroad or even by street
car. He asserts, on the strength oi
the fatality records, that ono is safer
on a steamboat than in walking the
streets of a city or even sleeping in
ones own bed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In large doses mate is said to be
strongly emetic.
Distilled water is recommended as Il
solvent TO act upon the earth salts in
the blood and expel them from the
body.
A prize of $4,000 has been offered by
the German Hygienie Association for
paper on the efficiency of electric
heaters.
That tuberculosis is increased by
living in thickly settled communities
IS shown by statistics collected by DR..
Petit for G62 French towns.
A telegram from New York to Aus
tralia has to go nearly 10000 miles,
$4,000 of which are by submarine
cable. and it is handled by fifteen
operators.
A Swiss scientist has been testing
the presence of bacteria in mountain
air, and finds that not a single microbe
exists beyond an altitude of 1000 feet
above the level of the sea.
NAttention has been drawn to the fact
that the coal oil used in the lamps in
the cars of the Manhattan Railway
Company, of New York City, is 100
degrees below the test required by
law.
A new kind OF water-color paper,
the sheets of which can be warranted
to be free from blemishes, is to be
made by a process discovered by
Mr.. North, associate of the Royal
Academy.
Only the purest water is employed
by the Chinese in washing the finer
grades Of silk Ordinary we'll water
in its natural state is unsuitable, and
is purified by placing q quantity of
mollusksin it for a day. These prey
on any impure organic matter and act
as filters.
The island OF Zealand boasts of an
amphibious boat, which makes a daily
trip across three lakes and the 18th.
muses. which separate them, making
its land trip ON wheels which run on a
track. The seventy passengers make
the entire voyage-if it can be called
such-without disembarking.
Cripple Greek will be the first min.
ing camp in the United States to adopt
electricity as a motive power to travel
from one mining point to another
a journey that heretofore has been
made afoot or by muleback. A double
track-road is to be built to take in all
the surrounding hills and all the mines
of Importance.
J. L. Allen, telegraph operator at
Loretto, in Marion County, Ky, has
invented railroad clock that is a
marvel of ingenuity 1t registers each
train as it passes and the time at which
it passes, and an accompanying device
gives warning to incoming trains if
another train has passed the station
within fifteen minutes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
HIS COURSE DINNER.

''No cold turkey, ma'am, if you
please" said Mosely Wraggs, waving
his hand majestically. "We he'd our
roast turkey hour ago, at the first
place we struck, follered by scolloped
orsters at the next house. We EFT
punkin pie jest now scrost the road.
All we're wantin' now, ma'am, is some
caffay noyer, an we'll git toothpick
or two at the next place,
And he beckoned to Tuffold Knutt,
who was leaning pensively against the
ranwater pipe Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
now TO PURCHASE TENDER GEESE.

1t was one of Platt Evaus's pleasures
to teach his friends how to purchase
tender geese, though he could not al
ways get them in the market. One
morning he saw lot, and inquired
how many there were.
"About Dozen" was the reply.
"W-w-well," said Platt, 81 k-k-eep
a b-oarding:house, and my billboard
ers are the biggest e-eaters you ever
s--s.saw. P-p-pick out mime of the
toughest you've g-g-got."
The farmer complied, and laid aside
the other three tender ones. Platt
picked them up carefully, aud, put
ting them in his basket, said, 81 BIB
believe I'll take these three"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
Professor Dyche, Of Kansas Univ,

Professor Dyche, OF Kansas Univer-
sity, says that he has practically de-
cided to make another trip to the
Arctic Ocean in search of the North
Pole, having received an offer Of as
sistance from source which he de-
elines to name. His plan is TO creep
around the west coast OF Greenland.
and then make a dash for the pole by
sledge or boat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
JUST SAVED HIM,

A certain Miss X. was in the habit
of calling on q minister's family often,
and sometimes the calls heightened
into visits which were very wearisome.
One day the dom ninie, in his study,
heard Miss X. voice, and kept long
and vigorously at work. Some hours
afterward, when his wife summoned
him to lunch. he called down stairs /:
"All right-and is that bore gomez"
"Yes, dear" replied the wife, "but
Miss X. is here, and will take lunch
with us I"
Thus she saved his life. Boston
Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
A Rnrrnin nd Ten GENTS.

A horse was sold by the Sheriff at
public auction in front of the court
house aud was bought by Flint Hem
dirk, the only bidder, at ten cents.
The horse was the property of b. H.
Morris, and was sold to satisfy mort
gage, amounting TO about 500. Mr..
Hendrix afterward refused an offer OF
81. 80 for his bargain, if such it might
be considered. Aiken Is. o. Journal
and Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
AN INFALLIBLE TEST.

A miser had died very suddenly.
The doctor who was called in to GER
tify his death appeared to have his
doubts about the case.
''Place a ten-mark piece in his
hand" said the old housekeeper of
the deceased; 'if he doesn't grasp it,
you may safely make out the order
for his burial. "--Wegweiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

"She has married the man she want
ed" That's nothing to marrying the
man some other girl wants. Life. y
every time see you am remind
ed of Herr Bummel." "How soq"
''He owes me $50. "-Fliegende Blaet.
ter.
"You never told me Miss Fairgirlt.
was an athlete" "Well, lis she 2"
eyes she has thrown me over. Tit
Bits.
There is a difference between'a cold
and the grip but you will not realize
it until you receive the doctors BILL
Truth
Nell-"Jack Softleigh doesn't know
his own mind" Belief never knew
he was as ignorant as all that. Phil
adelphia Record.
81 tell you what, Sharp, marrying
an heiress has its drawbacks." Yes;
but think of the greenbacks, Bond"
III arper's Bazaar.
Westumble on the gifts we prize
All other things above,
For ever since the world began,
We've fallen into love.
New York Recorder.
Scene: A schoolroom IN the year
1900. Teacher Ito new boy)-"Hans,
have you got your certificate of vac
cination against smallpox?"-New
York Sun.
Fussy Old Lady "Now, don't for
get, conductor. l want the Bank of
England" Conductor-"All right,
mum. tAside). She don't want much,
do she, mate Punch.
al you will give your hand to me,
I'll tell your fortune true"
"No doubt, dear count, +" the maid replied,
"And you would spend II, too"
New York Recorder.
"The world owes me n living" he
said bitterly. ''Of course" replied
the other sarcastically. "But don't
seem to get it. "Well, you never
were much good as q collector. Chi
cago Post.
She-"So there are the Alps at
last I" He-"Must be. You don't
suppose first class tourist company
like this wonld work of any substitu-
tions or limitations on Its patronsP"-
Household Words.
Mr.. Goodheart-"My income is
$4,000 year. Don't you think your
daughter could live on that?~ Mrs.
Spendwell-"She probably could, with
economy; but how would you live. -
New York Weekly.
Tho safe few open, and there inside
receipsed gas bill lay.
The balflsi burglar shook his head.
1--WE come little to late, +" he said,
Aud he mOurnGully turned away.
Chicago Tribune.
Thoughtfulness Magistrate-"H
you broke into the house with honor
able intention, as you say you did,
why did you take of your boots in the
bsll?" Burglar-'I was told by my
mate that the master was lying i'll in
bed. ''SiX months. "-Dorfbarbier.
Fully Explained First Detective
''Strange that 1 didn't recognize him I
] thought I'd know him in any dis
guise." Second Detective-"But
when he was caught he had no dis
guise." First Detective-"0hl
that accounts for it"-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

Professor Cesare Lombroso, who ad-
vises that children and youths of
habitual criminal ten iencies be iso-
lAted as lunatics, says there is scarcely
q child who does not abuse his power
over those who are weaker than he.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
A Foxy Fox.

The fox's reputation Tor smartness
was well sustained by member of the
tribe near Falmouth, Ne. the other
day. A couple Of hounds aud a hun
ter were after it, aud the fox led the
hounds to frozen pond, and out on
ice so thin that it Just supported the
fox, which escaped, while the hounds
went through and were drowned. -
New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
NO RrYEns1p1r ART For HIN.

'Gf you would like something un-
usually fne," said the art dealer. 81
have genuine Turner shall be
happy to show you"
ga picture that's painted on one
side is good enough for me-" re-
sponded Mr.. Boodelle, the wealthy
contractor, transfxing the presuming
tradesman with sharp glance, '"ef it's
we'll done. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

II England sees fit to equip its most
important war vessels with wire
wound guns, this country must follow
suit, declares the New York Telegram.
The wire-wound segmental cannon is
an American device that has proved
under tests by this Government to be
practically unburstable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
A COMMON FATE.

"Poor fellowl" she said sympathet.
ically.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
'The poor man was disappointed in
love-" she replied.
"Of course" he returned. "It
never does come up to expections. -
Chicago Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS,

The Cow TO Follow the HOrse-A
Marine sketch On publication
-Corroborative Evidence, Etc.
We can stand the horseless carriage
Think it's just as fine as silk,
But we kick hard. harder, hardest,
When they mention cowless milk.
West Union Iowa) Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

II is remarked by statistician that
the States which have the largest per-
centage OF women teachers have also
the lowest per cent. of illiteracy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
AGENTS WANTED.

Ferry--"How did it happen that
you never took that job of soliciting
the one where you could make $40
day with only two hours work?"
Hargreaves-'I found that the only
ten day could make would be for
the other fellow. ."-Cincinuati En.
quirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
"The Solid South" will be = finan-
cial phrase ten years hence, predicts
the Chicago Times Herald.

The peach blossom has been select
ed by a vote OF the school children OF
Delaware as the Horal emblem of the
State.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
A MARINE SKETCH.

''Say, old boy, when you lose the
soap in the bath tub how do you
find it'll"
'T step on it getting out. Chi
cago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

A Chesterville. Maine, couple re-
Gently celebrated their golden wedding
in the very house into which they
moved on their wedding day, fifty
ears age.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
'coRRopoRATrvE EVIDENCE.

"They say there are fewer persons
dying this winter than usual"
Eyes, know lots and lots of people
who haven't died at all. Chicago
Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
AN UNFORTUNATE PRESENT.

Mamma-"Oh, Johnnie, are you
going to break all your toysP There,
he's trying to open that bank again 1"
Papa-"First thing we know, he'll
grow up to be burglar. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05
ON PUBLICATION.

'Do you pay for poetrya" asked the
pretty girl.
'Y-yes." replied the editor with
some hesitation.
"What do you payp"
Compliments. ."-Pearson'sWeekly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-05

HE ladies Of the
Chateau Fronte.
nae had invited
saGls ssnoee y max.
them a visit IL
order to explain
to her the strange
taL
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-12
PASSENGERS.
Arrivals.


From San Francisco, per o. S. S.
Australia, Dec. 11.-Miss A. BlaeOw, J..
T. Bowers and son, Mrs. Andrew
Brown, Miss r. L. Buckley, J. 3. Cas-
tie, Charles Chiffon and wife, ]. R.
Coils and wife, j. B. Cooke, ]. H. Craw-
ford, Mrs. s. NJ. Damon and son, Miss
May Damon, NJ. Davis, H. J. Day and
wife, c. F. Eckart, Mrs. Capt. Godfrey
and five children, ]. H. Goodhue, M.
Green, Miss NJ. H. Hardy, DR.. Leon F.
Harvey and wife, Miss Mabel Hitch
cock, Charles E. HOgg, Mrs. Hopper,
Mrs. w. L. Hopper and three children,
Mrs. J. J. Horner, D. w. James and
wife, J. A. Kennedy, Mrs. L. B. Kerr
and two children, Mrs. A. L. LOwrey
and maid, F. J. Lowrey and wife, Miss
Helen S. Lowrey, Allan Lowrey, Fred
erieK Lowrey, Sherwood Lowrey, Mrs.
Edward Madden. G. J. Mccarthy, P. A.
G.. Messcharet, J. F. Millar, c. H. Mus
ser. Marcus O'Farrell, NJ. J. O'Farrel,
DIR. J. M. PEBBLES, Mrs. J. F. Renton,
Charles A. Rice, Mrs. w. II. Rice, w.
Spaethe. o. B. Spalding, NJ. P. Spencer
and wife, E. F. Sweeney, Miss Temple
fon. Mrs. Torbert, J. G.. Waibel, Mrs.
VIM. Weight, Miss Lucia Wheeler, Mrs.
Charles Winter, Mrs. H. d. Wishard
and infant.