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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A Simnlilying Process.

The preparation of ramie fiber for
manufacture has been attended with a
great deal of troublesome detail. OF
late, there have been marked i'm
provements in the machinery used for
this purpose. The new inventions
reduce tho power required and in
crease the capacity of the machines to
such an extent that eight or ten tons
OF green ramie stalks may be handled
in a day. There is tenacious gum in
the stalk, however, that has been an
obstacle in the way of its successful
preparation. This is now being neu.
tralized by new processes, and the
latest machines claim to be able to
prepare the fiber and make it ready
for spinning at a cost not exceeding
seventeen cents per pound. This in-
cludes the cost of the raw material,
the bleaching and cleaning The
Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Compressed air operates Paris clocks.
London is to have new under
ground railway.
The distance to the nearest of the
fixed" stars, as computed by AS
tronomer Ball, is 10000, 900, 900, 900
miles.
According to the beliefs of the Ari-
zona Indians, the Cliff Dwellers built
along the bluffs because they feared
another deluge.
An aerolite which recently fell in
Australia had a spot in one side nearly
twelve inches in diameter, which was
composed of pure copper.
Nicola Tesla has invented an electric
machine which, he claims, will cure
every organic disease of the human
system except consumption.
French "paste" from which artif.
cial diamonds are made, is composed
of mixture of glass and oxide of lead.
Rubies, pearls and sapphires are also
successfully initiated by the Parisians.
The doubtful assertion is made by
dren under six or eight years of age,
whether exposed to the sun or not, do
not have freckles. The sun, he says,
does not produce freckles.
NJ. Maspero has found that the
scarabs and other Egyptian ornaments
discovered at Eleusis all belong to the
time of the Ptolemies, and conse.
quently their discovery does not help
the theory that the Eleusinian mys-
teries originated in Egypt.
Mathematical calculations show that
an iron ship weighs twenty.seven per
cent. less than a wooden one, and will
carry 115 tons of cargo for every 100
tons carried by wooden ship of the
same dimensions. and both loaded to
the same draught of water.
The vocal cords in action have been
photographed by Professor Hallock
and Mr.. mickey, who have thus shown
that the pitch of note is raised by
rotating the arytenoid cartilage with
out stretching the cords at all much
as a violinist makes high notes by
shortening the string by the pressure
of his finger.
Some interesting discoveries have
recently been made about animal life
on the Hawaiian Islands. 1t appears
that all the land and fresh water shells
are peculiar in the locality. Nor is
this all. Fifty-seven out of the eighty
specimens of birds and 700 out of the
1000 species of insects do not exist in
any other portion of the globe.
A workman in limestone quarry at
Maquoketa, Iowa, the other day found
imbedded in the rock, twenty-five feet
below the surface, fly. The fossil is
perfect. The feelers and legs and deli
cate wings, as we'll as the body, are as
complete as when the insect alighted
and stuck in the ooze away back in
the upper silurian period ages ago.
Professor Raoult, of Grenoble, has
received the biennial prize of $4,000
from the Academic des Sciences for
his discovery of the numerical ratio
between the molecular weight of a
substance and the difference produced
on the freezing point OF the liquid
that dissolves it, as we'll as Oh the ex-
pansion of the vapors of the liquid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
Mexican Cemetery.

A correspondent describes the queer
cemetery of the Mexican city of GU
anajuato. There is hardly room in
Guanajuato for the living, so it be.
hooves the; people to exercise rigid
economy in the disposition of her
dead. The burial place is on the top
of steep hill, which overlooks the
city, and consists of area inclosed by
what appears from the outside to be a
high wall, but which discovers itself
from within to be a receptacle for
bodies, which are placed in tiers,
much as the confines of their native
valleys compel them to live. Each
apartment in the wall is large enough
to admit one coffin, and is rented for
81 per month. The poor people arc
buried in the ground without the for
mality of coffin, though one is usu-
ally rented in which the body is con-
veyed to the grave. AS there are not
graves enough to go round, whenever
a new one is needed a previous tenant
must be disturbed, and this likewise
happens when tenants rent is not
promptly paid in advance. The body
is then removed from its place in the
mausoleum, or exhumed, as the case
may be, and the bones are thrown into
the basement below. w.-Boston Tray
eler
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Professor Becker, of the United
States Geological Survey, who has just
returned from the Alaska gold fields,
states that although the precious metal
abounds in different parts of Alaska,
gold seekers should take into account
the hardships and chances of ill-for-
tune that they will encounter. Food
and other necessaries are very expen-
sive. Notably rich mines already
developed are the Treadwell, on Doug
las Island, which produces $500, 900
worth of ore yearly, and the Apollo
mine, near Delaroff Bay, with a yearly
output of $500, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

wreath of blue forget.mo.nots was
pressed up against his heart that beat
no more. Under the candle light he
looked almost young.
The house was reused, and men and
women sorrowed. Had he not loved
their children?
The clock struck twelve.
at is not too late, said Marie, with
streaming eyes. ''He kissed me on
my birthday; will kiss him on his
as his grandchild might do" She
leaned over and placed her face beside
the white one on the pillow. ''No one
to love him." che wept, "and loving
nothing but the memory of his mother
who sang the old song sing"
All, but Marie did not know.-Home
Queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
TheY Got Even Mllh Him.

Our Vienna correspondent tele-
graphs remarkable incident took
place on Sunday in one OF the elegant
restaurants here. A few weeks ago
workman who entered the restaurant
and ordered a glass of beer was refused
the same, first by n waiter and then
by the landlord himself. A group of
gentlemen seated at table near here
upon invited the man TO sit with them
and ordered the beer for him. The
landlord then insultel the whole
group, and regular scandal fol-
lowed. On Sunday afternoon 200
workmeu entered the restaurant in
small groups, aud though they or
dered only one glass of beer each,
they stayed until night, occupying
every seat and every table, so that no
one else could get place, Before they
left they sang the "Song of Work ia
chorus. The proprietor OF the restau-
rant, 10 whom this was a lost Sunday,
has since been to the worNmeu's paper
aud declared that he was ready TO give
any kind OF satisfaction TO the ag'
grieyel workman london News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Trying to be witty is like trying to
be pretty. --Fliegeude B!aetter.
A woman may be quite given to
wringing her hands and yet not be
very much of belle. Richmond Dis
patch.
'Does Scribbles write many stories?"
"Well, should say so he has to use
an incubator to hatch his plots. ".--
Chicago Record.
81 don't mind getting caught, " said
the fox, bitterly. "What grinds me is
that they set this trap for rabbit !"
Chicago Tribune.
Mildred-I wouldn't marry the best
man in the world" Mr.. Suitor-
"There is no danger the bride never
gets the best man. "-Iit.Bits.
''Has Mrs Catchon an artistic home?"
eyes; her pictures are hung so low
that you have to lie down on the floor
to look at them. Chicago Record.
A Dark Subterfuge Eflie-" Jack,
papa said we must not see each other
any more" Jack. -"Indeedl Shall
turn the gas out ?"--- Harper's Bazaar.
"Yes, Doctor, it still hurts me to
breath---in fact, the only trouble now
seems to be my breath. "Oh, well,
I'll give you something that will soon
stop that. "---Lire.
Peasant Ito conductor haven't
quite enough money to go home on
the flyer. Couldn't you go little
slower and take me on an ordinary
ticket ?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
Master --"How was this vase
smashed, Maryw Mary-.-'Tf you
please, sir, it tumbled downa broke
itself" Master---"H Hump The au-
tomato brake again Pitt. Bits.
"Why is it, said Mrs. Wilbur to the
ragman, "that you don't buy old paper
any more?" ''I saves money by sub
scribin' direct for the Sunday news
papers, ma'am," said the ragman.--
Hafper's Bazaar.
She Was Warm: Darling" said
Mr.. Mcbride solicitously, 81 am afraid
you are not dressed warmly enough"
'Do l look stylish, dear?" asked his
wife. Eyes; perfectly stunning"
LhOh alu NSiJ SOullOl tuOlC, huahh
you. Life.
Adjustable: "You must have mis-
understood me, waiter. These are
veal outlets, Dreaded, aren't they?"
"Y-yes, sab" 81 ordered pork ten
derloin." eyes, sab. Jes' take off
de Dreaded part OF it, sab, an dare
am de polk tendahline, sab. -. Chic.
ago Tribune.
81 don't know who you are, sir,
said the red-haired man in the restau-
rant, turning to the guest with the
chin whiskers, "but you're a gentle
man." GLOW did you find il out,
inquired the other. "You have sat
by me half an hour and haven't looked
once to see what the figures are on
my check. Chicago Tribune.
Hard Fate; "This, ladies aud gen
tlemen, said the dime-museum orator,
leading his audience over to the next
platform, sis the armles5 wonder, Sig.
Basil Ragstock, who was not only born
without arms, but is also deaf and
dumb. The great grief of his life,
ladies and gentlemen, is that he can
neither say anything nor can he saw
wood. "--.Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Mutual fire insurance among farm.
ers has proven wonderfully success
ful, remarks the American Agricul-
turist. The Legislatures of the Mid
die States have done much to aid this
movement by passing about all the
laws they have been asked to. The
huudIe eds of farmers mutuals in New
York andPennsylvania represent many
millions OF dollars worth of property
and without exception the members
report adequate protection and a
great saving in premiums. Actual
losses and the necessary operating ex-
penses are very small. The money is
retained in the community and does
not go to fill the Golfers of those al
ready rich. 1t is a practical demon
stration of cooperation which can be
practiced in other lines where farmers
are honsst and can trust themselves
and each other.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
COniag!On in Bank Notes.

A well-known bank cashier was talk
ing the other day about the possible.
ties of contagion in soiled bank notes,
and took occasion to remark that "A
much cleaner lot of paper money was
now in circulation than formerly. The
banks, he said, now send their soiled
notes to the United States Treasury to
be destroyed as soon rs sufficient
quantity accumulatos to justify it, and
new notes are issued in their place.
This has been rendered not only pos
sible, but advisable, owing to tho in
creased facilities for printing bank
notes. One never sees II sOlled bank
note in London. They are all crisp
and white and new, simply because
the Bank of England never lets note
go out the second time. Although
the average life of n Bank of England
note is said TO be five days, tho notes
which find their way TO the colonies
are kept in circulation for years, and
these are found TO be IN au even worse
condition than our own greenbacks 80
Philadelphia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
One OF the CHARMS OF Music.

''Do you find your orchestra a pay
ing investment?' asked of the pro-
prietor OF a restaurant.
'Indeed l do" he answered. "It's
the best investment about the restau,
rant. 1t makes mypatrons more com
Portable and better pleased with them
selves. People always feel more liberal
when hearing music; SO they eat
more. Then the rhythm OF the music
increases the appetite, particularly for
delicacies, and materially increases the
orders. Besides, the music both draws
customers from the street and holds
them after they have entered Yes, it
does pay. New York Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

DIR. Jameson is reported to have
said in an interview that Sour Maxims
could have knocked the spots out of
them, but We had no ammunition. "
That is going to be the trouble with
the machine guns, especially for armies
of invasion, predicts the Atlanta Con.
stitution. No ammunition train, no
matter how long, can carry cartridges
enough to feed these greedy corn
peppers which shoot away in min.
ute as many rounds as a soldier can
carry. The Maxims and Gatlings are
all right in their place, but they will
not lessen the importance of accurate
small arm fire. A beleaguered fortress
with big magazines might be able to
fill the air SO full OF lead that no liv-
ing thing could approach, but an
army in the field will still find it nee
essary to shoot to hit, and it will take
sharp oversight to keep the soldiers
from wasting too much lead even with
a magazine rifle, to say nothing of a
machine gun splitting from 600 to 1000
bullets minute,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

"In hundred years, said Napo.
leon the Great at st. Helena, Europe
will be Cossack or Republican. >
Russia has been doing her part to
realize the prediction for the Cossack,
observes the Chicago Times Herald.
The Russian frontier has been moved
toward Berlin, Dresden, Munich,
Vienna and Paris about 700 miles.
1t has been moved thousand miles
in the direction of Teheran, 1900
miles nearer British India and 500
miles on the road to Constantinople.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
PURELY IMAGINARY,

"Mnria," said Boggles to his wife,
with an idea of instructing her in
political economy, edo you know what
civil service isf"
Jasper" said Mrs. Boggles, with
memory of recent contact with the
cook, "there isn't any. boston
Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
Natural Reins and Bride.

Certainly the bearded freak of the
United States is James Brown, who
lives near the village OF Bealington,
Braxton County, w. Va. His mus
tache is the. longest in the world, be-
ing exactly six feet from tip to tip.
Brown hasn't shaved since the war.
de is more than six feet tall and has
the built Of Hercaes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
TIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

rhe Cavaliers Lament-Not Inconsol-
able-An odd Antediluvian-Re
tallation-Its Value, Etc, Etc.
cannot tune my mandolin,
Havanal
Ny lady's smiles 1 fail to win,
Havana!
For just when 1 begin to sing
The insurgent bullets round me ring,
And "snapl' goes every blessed string,
Havanai
Ny lady from her lattice shrinks,
Havanal
or shells and flashing swords she thinks,
Havana!
The wild insurgents rear and rip!
would not make n skyward trip,
And so, my love, I'll skip I'll skip
Havana!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A Molel ConntrY.

In Iceland there are neither prisons,
soldiers, drunkenness nor police. Col
onized in 874, it soon after became
independent, and its isolated position,
far away from the beaten track of
ocean commerce, has preserved its
population from many OF the vices
which seem almost inseparable from a
high state of commercial prosperity
and extensive intercourse with the crest
pf mankind,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

= A London weekly paper recalls the
fact that at the breaking out of the
Napoleonic wars, which lasted, in oil,
twenty two years, England had about
10000 mercantile seagoing vessels.
During the wars no less than 1851
of them were destroyed or captured
by the enemy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A HOME GUARD.

Razzle-"That Major Durham you
introduced me to doesn't look like a
soldier. I'll bet he never drew a
sword in his life."
Dazzle--"You are really mistaken,
old man."
Razzle-"Well, he may have drawn
one IN q rattle"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A SONG OF LIFE.

Rolls the old world ever right. dear,
Sun by day and stars by night, deari
Here is rhyme, and here is reHsoni
Still the red rose comes in season;
In the fields the toilers sowing.
Hear the harvest bugles blowing;
Life, my dear, is Joy aud weeping
Sowing time, and time for reaPins.
Take thy task-if joy or sorrow
Still the dark will bring the morrow.
In the storm the birds are singing.
And the bells of heaven are ringing.
Atlanta Constitution
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

The late Congressman Lawler, OF
Chicago, once told n Chicago audience
that the majority of the people of this
country constituted the bulk OF the
population and was vociferously ap.
nlnnlnl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Baltimore as well as Brooklyn is
city of churches, each having a greater
number in proportion to the popula.
tion than any other cities in the
United Stntes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
INSIDE KNOWLEDGE,

Timdiddie-"I think Hugh Raugh
has more assurance than any man 1
ever knew. I've seen him where a
man of any sensibility ought to show
a little embarrassment, but it didn't
come out on Raugh."
Humgruff-'No? Well, wish You
had my account against him. | tell
the man is always embarrassed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

The Southern States Magazine, Of
Baltimore, publishes reports from over
800 correspondents in all parts of the
South as to the financial condition OF
farmers. "rhese reports show that
the Southern farmers as a class are
less 5urdened with debt than they
have been at any previous time since
the war"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
A HIGH OLD ONE.

Teacher-"Tommy, you may define
the difference between a while and a
time"
Tommy-"Wy-wy-when paw says
he is going downtown for while, nav
says she'll bet he is going for time"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
INDISPENSABLE.

"You have left out an important
statement in this rescue story" said a
professor in the School of Journalism
to one of his students.
'1ndeed, sir?"
"Yes, You neglect to say that the
boy was rescued Just as he was going
down for the third time"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
WHERE TO FIND THEM.

"rhis age demands men who have
convictions" shouted the impassioned
orator. "Where shall we dnd them ?"
In the penitentiAry," replied q
man in the gallery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

The New Orleans Picayune announces
that "the Kelley motor is noting again,
but in the line of its former wonder
ful achievements in noting cash out
OF its stockholders pockets.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
NOT INCONsoLABLE.

Passenger-"Man overboardl Man
overheard -
Mate (carelessly)-"lts on'y deck
hand; had more'n we wanted, any
way. boston Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
RETALIATION.

"Hurry up, Maud. Mr.. Jones has
been waiting an hour already"
''Humphl Let him wait Didn't
he keep me waiting three years before
he spoke?"-Harper' Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
INCREDIBLE.

Mrs. Snaggs (reading from q news
paper)-"Gas meter manufacturers
have formed trust"
Mr.. Snaggs-'I can't believe it. No
trust is to be placed in gas meters. -
Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

Spencer -"Did you feel any pain at
all when you went to that painless
dentist's?"
Ferguson-"Only when he present.
ed his bill"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
AN ODD ANTEDmUvrAN.

Teacher-''Noah sailed forty days
and forty nights"
Dick Hicks-"And did it oil without
a yachting cap"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
IT'S VALUE.

"Now that you've heard the poem
tell me what you think? Oughtn't 1
to get $40 for it?"
"Y-e-e-e-s. Ten dollars or thirty
days"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
The whole English press is full OF
ridicule FOR Poet Laureate Austin,

Georgia paper complains that the
Atlanta Fair scattered measles all
over the State"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

It is claimed that the "honor sys.
tenn" in colleges originated in the Uni.
versity Of Virginia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18

General Uampos says of Weyler'f
coming to Cuba that "the dead will
rise and fight him. e"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-03-18
THE LITTLE OLD MAN
BY CAROLINE cAMBLos.

JIlE high up in a high
house, in a poor
quarter of Paris, lived
a little old man. He
blew q horn every
nightin the orchestra
of a theatre. 1t was
rumored he had saved
oopsidorablo n,ooor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-13

not arisen in time he and Grier might
have both been shot as they were lying
in bed. He left Grier and went home
early that evening, and he thinks IT
quite probable that some one believing
he would not be with Grier that night,
sought to get at him for some purpose.
Grier was badly frightened, and
urged Deputy Jones to throw up the
sash and fire at whoever Il was that
was escaping. The deputy said If he
would poke his head out il would give
the intruder the advantage Of him, 80
he contented himself with cooking his
pistol with view 20 holding his
ground and defending his man IN the
event or an attack with the window
up, one could have touched Grier aa hs
was in bed
Deputy Jones never slept nuy the
balance OF the night, bat kept a sharp
lookout, lie says he noticed That The
street lamps in front of the house bad
been turned very low 10 also states
that during the preliminary hearing
early IA Juuuufy. Htmilur incident roe,
CURED while they were occupying 81
room in the rcar purt Of the house The
fret attempt caused them ~ chaupc
rooms.
Some thinls thc intruder was friend
Of GrirrA, while others think Il was
an enemy.