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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-28
TIE Daily tiqRt
MONDAY, DECEMBER %, 1896.
THE DEAD MANS MINE.
Two Utah Convicts Expect to Lo-
cate It Sometime.
They Are Only Waiting for the Expiration
of Their Terms to Open the Richest
Gold Deposit Ever Found in
the United States.

In cells of the Utah penitentiary two
men sit and think of the opening of an.
other Monte Cristo when their terms
expire. The men are known as Matt
Warner, alias Ras Lewis, alias Ras
Christensen, and William Wall. A
charge of manslaughter was proved
against the two convicts and they were
ordered imprisoned for term of five
years.
Nearly half century ago, according
to Utah legends, great gold field was
discovered in one of the hidden canyons
of the Uintah mountains. The claim
was operated for one week, and by or
der of Brigham Young the owner left
the mine, which he never again beheld.
Early in the fifties, so goes the story,
one Thomas Knowles, an old California
miner, came to the city of Salt Lake.
He called upon President Young, who
then acted as governor of the State of
Knowles in a very hospitable manner,
and before the interview endeda bargain
was made by which the miner was to
deliver his weight in gold to the Nor
mon president within three weeks from
that date.
On a bright June morning old man
Knowles and his son, 14-year-old boy,
started from the Mormon city for the
deep canyons of the snow-crowned
Uintah mountains. Man and boy, ac-
oompanied by train of burros or little
pack mules, travelled for five days to the
southeast and camped at night on the
banks of small ripping noun
tain stream. When daylight dawned
they discovered in the water
at their feet large nuggets
Of shining gold. They soon con-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-28
HANDY WINDOW SEAT.
Easily Made by Amateur Carpenters and
Upholsterers.

Easily Made by Amateur Carpenters and
Upholsterers.
A convenient window seat that may
be used as a shoebox or without the
pockets is an excellent place to keep
the separate waists which now abound,
either shirt waists or silk stuff ones.
1t can be made by the home carpenter if
she have any ingenuity and twoor three
tools.
A box of the right length and width
10 fit in a desired place can be got ct
the grocer's, and with saw and screw
driver a cover can be made and put on
with hinges Then board to be screwed
on for a back to the seat can be shaped
quite easily by almost anyone, but the
corner carpenter is always ready to as
sist at small expense.
When the box is ready the cushioned
seat is first made by putting hair OF
excelsior on the cover and second
covering Of denim with a valance Of the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-28

manners as tenaciously as do the poems
the children of the soil. II is her GUS
toms and the manners of her people
that make Mexico so charming to an
American.
The feast of flowers, says the st. Louis
Republic, is beautiful custom yet in
vogue. The celebrations during Holy
week, which consist in portraying the
passions of Christ by Indian players,the
using of huge rattles in place of the
bells on the churches.whicha are hushed
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-28
FEAST OF FLOWERS.

A Beautiful Old Custom Still in Vogue in
Old Mexico.
Mexico is land of queerness. Strange
customs find votaries there. Custom is
as strong with the masses to-day as it
was centuries ago. Many people in the
unDer walks of life cling to the old
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-28


structed some sluice boxes from the.
mountain pines and began the work of
washing gold from the sand. In less
than a week the man and the boy re-
turned without their pack mules,
which had been stolen by the Indians,
but with two sacks, weighing IS
pounds, filed with native gold.
The gold treasure was delivered to
Young, according to contract, and
Knowles was made to swear that he
would never again enter the canyon ex-
cept with the consent of the governor.
Years passed, and Knowles died with
out revisiting his rich deposit of pre-
cious metal. When Brigham Young
passed away young Knowles, feeling no
further restraint, decided to find the
golden canyon. Accompanied by a
young man named Enoch Davis, he
started for the place where he had be-
held the glittering nuggets. They
camped beside the old sluiees, and be-
gan making preparations for taking
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-28

same to cover the rest of the box. Green
denim has cool and pleasing ehect Of
any shade that will harmonic with the
room where the seat will be used.
II 1t Is desired to tuft the seat as an
additional finish, this may be done
with denim buttons to match in color
and fastening them through the cover
by passing the upholstsrer's thread
through holes bored in the top board.
An effective combination is blue denim
upholstered with white buttons
Rand Aho DALI ISnhf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
The Plunge of a GIaclcr.

The fall of glacier in the Berneso
Overland last autumn, from an atti.
tute of 10, 1913 feet above sea level, is
thus described by Engineering: The
whole mass, estimated to be half as
large again as the largest of tho pyra-
mids of Egypt, leaped down 1900 feet
to the bottom of tho valley, then up
1900 on the side, and back into the
valley just far enough not to destroy
the watercourse through it. 1t ap-
pears to have jumped tho water
course, moving rs a solid mass. 1t
took only about twenty seconds in its
first downward plunge, ten in its leap
upward and ten in falling back, SO
that at the end of forty seconds the
mass had changed It's place from near
the top of the mountain to the farther
side of the valley, where it buried
nearly one square milo of rich pasture
to the depth of six feet. A similar ice
avalanche is recorded as having oc.
CURED at the same spot on the same
day of tho year in 1872.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
Picks Tacks Out Of Tires.

Punctures are curious things. Some
people will go for months without hav-
ing one, while Others seem to pick up
all thesnails, thorns ana other pointed
objects which are lying about. We
had q sudden turn of luck ourselves
ono day recently, says a writer ON bi.
cycling, and got nail in both tires in
q single ride, after having escaped for
some eight or nine months. Now,
these two punctures might have been
avoided by n very simple device,
which We may call nail catcher. 1t 10
simply piece of string, wiro or cat.
gut tied across the front forks and the
upper backstays, just above the tire,
but not quite touching it. We believe
there is now q special curved catcher,
made with attachment clips. Now,
when a nail or other object is picked
up by the tire it does not, as we have
previously said, at once penetrate the
cover and inner tube. 30 that this
catcher at once picks it out again be,
fore any mischief is done.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
A LITTLE LOVE soNo.

There is never blossom that blooms for
Loves bosom
AS sweet Us my blossom-my sweet
And not in Gods skies any stars like hcr
eyes
Like the eyes Of my blossom-my sweet
Like her beautiful eyes, of the rainbow's itch
dyes.
With tho blue and the dew of Gods infinite
skies!
She is wonderful sweet, she is wonderful
wise
My beautiful blossom, mysweetl
And not for the queens Of the lovollest lands
Would give her-my blossom, my sweet
Not akiss Of her lips, not clasp finer hands
For tho lovellest lady you'd meet!
For the loveliest mnid in whose honor a
blade
Hath flushed where tho bnttle made foemen
afraid;
Her lips to my own! May Gods tomposts be
stayed
For my blossom-my blossom. my sweet
r. L. Stanton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

The ], AL, 200 square miles OF Can.
adian territory previously unnamed
has been divided and named and ap.
pears on tho new official map duly
labeled. The new districts are as fol.
lows; Ungava, which includes all the
district between Hudson's Bay and the
Arctic Ocean, with the exception Of
the narrow coast line of Labrador.
Franklin. tho great group of islands
north of Hudson's Straits and lying
between the sixtieth and 125th degree
OF west longitude. West Of this again
is Mackenzie, taking in the mainland
country between the northern limit of
Athabaska and the Arctic Sen, and
being between the Tooth meridian of
longitude and q line about 500 miles
west and parallel with the Mackenzie
River. Yukon includes the district
inclosed between the latter line and
the northern boundary OF British
Columbia, tho eastern boundary OF
Alaska and tho Arctic Ocean. Ungava
is almost as extensive as British
Columbia, and Mackenzie is larger
than British Columbia aud Quebec
combined. OF tho remaining districts.
each is bigger than Ontario.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
Insurance Against Twins.

What worse domestic calamity can
befall Door mans home than tho ad,
vent of twins, unless it be triplets
That, at least, is tho idea upon which
the projectors of tho Providence
Bounty Association, organized recent
ly, propose to bank the prospects OF
the concern. As financial document
il is unique.
1t bears somo respectable names,
and subscriptions to the capital stock
of $50, 200 are invited, with the most
tempting Inducements.
at Is notorious" says these pro-
jectors, "that many people marry III
the hopo of improving their fortune,
but frequently disappointment comes
with the advent of an Unexpectedly
large family. This association provides
to some extent s@~-Vat contingency,
.hX % bstantial sum in
\us. "-Pearson' 5
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

There arc forty-eight thousand
artists in Paris, moro than half OF
whom are painters. Wo wonder how
many of thece realize tho far reaching
moral effects for good or evil of which
tho products OF chise., pencil or brush
are capable? muses. the Now York OBJ.
server. It is to be feared that artists
frequently fail to take any serious
thought MS to the ethics OF art. And
there appears to be somo foundation
for the witticism in which q German
paper hns recently INDUCED to the Of
feet that the secret of success in
modern 0rt is to be crazy in an origin.
0l way.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The trolley cor is to be tried in tho
Maine lumber regions to haul logs to
the main rivers.
A steel plate seventy-six feet tbree
inches long and five feet wide has just
been made by Stockton (England)
company.
Some st. Louis physicians insist
that the nnti-toxine treatment will
cure the consumption as we'll as tho
diphtheria.
The Civic Federation, of Chicago, is
making war on the Ice Trust there,
and declares that it is making ice from
tainted water.
1t is estimated that q November fog
in London costs, IN gas and electric
light, accidents, delays and damage,
about $500, 900.
Her official tests show that the Ore
gon, just finished on the Pacific coast,
is the swiftest and most formidable
battleship aaoat.
A commission of Japanese have ar
rived in the country, sent to study tho
electrical power and telephone systems
of the United States.
An aluminium boat for sportsmen's
use has been made; it weighs but
thirty pounds, is fourteen feet long
and will carry two people.
During storm at Wakelie, Mich.
q farm house was photographed by
lightning on the whitewash of O room,
| hut tho r1iotura eOon foIa1
1t has been discovered that all the
shellfsh of the Hawaiian Islands are
peculiar to the locality, and most of
their birds and insects are found no
whore else on the globe.
If the entire population of the world
is considered to be 400, 200, 900, tho
brains of this number of human be-
ings would weigh ], 1922, 712 tons, or as
much as ninety-six ironclads of the
ordinary size.
Switzerland proposes to do away
with phosphorus matches, the manu-
facture OF which is attended with
great danger, and will establish q
State factory, whose product will be
exclusively permitted in that country.
Size for size, thread of spider
silk is decidedly tougher than bar Of
steel. An ordinary thread will bear
weight of three grains. This is
is about fifty per cent. stronger than
a steel thread OF the same thickness.
DIR. Dangheld, of Germany, has in
vented consumption cure, which is
swallowed instead of being hypoder-
mically injected, and it is said to
work wonders. 1t is called anti
microbion, and has been introduced
into number of hospitals.
A portable military crematory, re-
sembling in appearance an army bak-
ing oven, only that it is larger aud
heavier and requires eight horses to
draw it, is to be supplied to each Ger
man army corps. 1t is the invention
OF Polish engineer, and is intended
to do away with the risk of epidemics
from burial by.disposing of the bodies
of soldiers killed in battle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

The New York Post eaysi ''FeV
newspapers in tho South mourn the
Abandonment of tho proposed South
ern States Exposition in Chicago. In
n few quOrtors the attempt is made to
Hseribe tho failure of the enterprise I'd
the rivalry OF the Tennessee Centen.
nial Exposition, to be held in Nash.
vile. But the truth of tho matter is
that the people of the South took lit
tie interest in the affair, and outside
of some drumming in the Atlantic
Coast States, little attention was paid
to it in the columns OF the newspapers
or elsewhere. 1t was evident from
this apathy in the South that the ex-
position would not be success, and
for this reason it was abandoned. One
North Carolina paper says Of it The
underlying idea was never a very prao.
tical one. 1t was to divert the cotton
goods trade of the South from the
North and East TO the West, Tho
laws of trade are inexorable The
North and the East are the South's
natural customers; tho South and the
West arc both agricultural sections
and are competitors. Tho business
men never took hold Of this OhicAgo-
Southern States movement. There
never seemed to them to be anything
in it, This quotation may be ao-
copied as a fair illustration OF feeling
at the South over the attempt 20 force
trade, througt an unnatural channel,
t. Chicago"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
STORY or THE SEEDS.

lone l love;' "a pretty faco
Bending o'or the CRATE;
"Two love, =" soft, sweet voice,
Measures out her fate.
"rhrcc love, say and still
Other seeds galore.
"Four l love with all my heart,'
What need is there Of more2
"Fivc I cast away
All, no. Fortune thus were wrong,
Should the count thus ended be;
Loves ties aro too strong.
"Six he loves, dimpled smilci
''Seven she loves n blush
eight both love;' a sweet look stca's
Ger the fair face flush.
"Nine he comes he tarries ten.
"Eleven he courts s'-but wait
Anxious search has failed TO find
The seed where rests her fate.
Carefully she looks them DER,
Then, as brow grows light,
"Twolve he marries. Mercy! I
Nearly died from frightl'
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
WE'VE KNOWN HIM.

'I heard about a queor case of alb.
sentmindedness the other day. You
know that old Professor, Al Gebray?"
"Yes; what did he do2 Try to pick
his teeth with the hypothenuse of a
triangleP"
"No. You see, the Professor and
Jones occupy the same room ut tho
Tip-a-Day Hotel. The Professor
wanted to take an early train, and
told the clerk to wake him at three
O'Clock. The clerk did so, and In the
hurry the Professor got Joness clothes
on. He didn't notice the difference
until no reached the depot, and I'll
be kicked If no didn't 90 back TO tho
hotel and so TO bed.
"Well, / don't seo any absent
mindedness In that.
''You don'tl Why, ho thought the
clerk had walked the wrong man. -
Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

There are in tho neighborhood OF
100 big Office building ss in New York
City, employing about $500 men and
women, and paying out about $780,
600 n month in wages in the very
largest buildings superintendent
hires the help and rents the offices,
but in tho majority of cases these
duties are divided between tho owner,
real estate agent and ianitor. And
the ianitor is tho most important man
OF the trio.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

Tho Medical Society Of Derne'
Switzerland, hns innugurated plan
for the suppression of press notices of
suicides, as it has been observed that
opidemics of suicides, SO called, come
from Suggestion. acquired through
printed accounts OF them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
SHE KNEW THEM.

A railroad was about to be run
through tho best part of q Western
farmers farm. He had had a stormy
interview with tho agents of the road,
and was very wroth at them. Ho was
expecting another visit from the
agents when his little daughter said :
"There they come again.
''Who is it7" asked the father.
"ThoEe road agents again."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
WE MAY COME TO IT.

Friend-'T don't think the "X" rays
should be used in medicine"
Doctor why, it's being used now
We can get internal photographs of
the patient.
Friond-"Yes; but somo day the
patient may be able to get internal
photographs of the doctors head and
find out if he knows anything about
the case"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
A French Cafe Freak.

A man hanging by the neck thirteen
days and nights was the attraction at
q MoLtmartre (Paris) cafe recently.
The doctors, however stopped the per.
formance at the end of the fourth day,
the man being in critical condition.
His name is Durand. He attained no.
toriety some time ago by standing on
pedestal at Marseilles toE twenty.
eight consecutive days.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

A mint Is about to be established OF
Nankipg for silver and copper coinage,
making two mints for the Chinese
Empire, the other being ut Canton.
The common monetary unit of China
is q copper ''casb," of which between
1000 and 1900 make one tacl and
twenty-five mako one penny.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

Surgeons sermons are among the
great literary successes Of the century.
The Westminster Gazottee says that
1896 of these Fermons have been
printed and sold, and that tho sum
total of the sales reaches nearly 100,,
coo, 900, an average OF about $4,000
copies per sermon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

Tourist lin Oklahoma) -'T should
not think that piano tuning would be
very lucrative occupation in this re-
gIon-pianos are not very plentiful
here, are theyP"
Piano Tuner-"Well, no; but ]
make pretty fair income by tighten.
ing up barb.wire fences on the side.
- Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
A White Coon.

A white coon that hasn't dark
hair on its body is owned at Weiser,
Idaho, aud Is kind of town pet. 1t
has distinguished itself by whipping
all tho dogs Iu tue neighborhood, and
is sure death to cats that stray into its
vicinity. 1t spends most OF its timo
chained to the sidewalk outside its
owners store.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
UNANSWERADLE.

Little Clarence-"Pa, what is the
proper definition ofi'magazineP'"
Mr.. Callipers-"A place where ex-
plosives are stored, my SON."
Little Clarence -"Well, then, pa,
why do they call publication with a
story in front and all the rest of tue
pages devoted to bicycle advertise
ments q magazine?"-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

Socially the eSiamese arc undoubtedly
advancing. There arc now n number
OF men Of good position whose wives
accompany them in public, driving to
entertainments, and so forth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
COVERING IT UP.

"You bad boy, you have made q
grease spot on the new sofa with your
bread and butter" said Mrs. Chaille
to her son Johnnie.
"NeveT mind, ma; you can set on
it when there's company in the par
lor. Texas Sitter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. .

a Wonderful Machine-A Substitute
Took Their Word for It-A Hint
Thrown Up, Etc, Etc.
They say most peculiar thing
Happened here i'm town:
A woman took her watch upstairs,
And then the watch ran down.
Washington Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
A KEW PERIL.

Brown-'1 sec that tho lawyers in
q recent case wanted to have violin
played in court as part of the evil
dence."
Jones-"Yes; q iuryman nowadays
can't tell what he's going to run up
against. PUCK.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
EsrUETIC ASPIRATION,

ief' gheiy-eatJ"ven't youESgone to
un- Pa, residing on a iu<p-s----
Ne&Siyy.9Ghhfi6d NnlEirnrn t6G~ we re-
waiting to save up enough to live in
keeping with the style of tho wedding
presents. "-Philadelphia North Amer
ican,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
TOOK THEIR WORD FOR IT.

Nophow-"Does the heat bother you
much, Uncle2"
Uncle Silas-"Well, used ter think
it did; but, nowadays, folks tell me
it's the humidity. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
STRATEGY.

"That is q remarkably ugly Panama
hat you havo on.
eyes, had to get an ugly one so
my sisters wouldn't wear it oil the
time. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
LUXURIOUS.

Dicky-"Thoy tell me you arc liv-
ing on the fat of tho land at your new
boarding place."
Weefers-"Yes, oleomargarine and
filled cheese. "--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
A HINT THROWN UP.

: She--"What are the wild waves say
ing, wonderP"
Wantergo Holmes-"They seem to
me to be asking if would mind ehar-
ing my supper with them. ."-Lifo.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

Bennington Center, VT, with a
population never exceeding 800, has
furnished four Governors to the State.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One Square, one inch, one insertion..S 90
One Square, one inch, one month. 81. 800
One Square. one inch, three months. %
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Quarter Column, one year ....,.,.,... 80 OJ
Half Column, one year ar..,..,........ 80 90
One Column. one wear. .....,. 100 %
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages aud death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advances.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
A SUBSTITUTE.

He--"Tongue cannot express the
love bear you"
She--"They say that money talks.
Let us hear what that has to say i'll tho
premises, boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

About half the houses of London
take a morning paper, aud about one.
third OF them take no paper at all.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
now SHE KNEW.

Clnra-"Didn't he kiss you?"
Maude-"What, did you hear me
scream?"
"No. ] heard you utter q cry of
ioy."-Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15

1t appears that seventy.hvo per
cent. Of English chlmney-sweepers die
in the workhouse.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-15
THE MADNESS OF SIlERE
BAIlADUR,
DY 8 LEvETT YATES

IIL NIHuOuJ s bmnIl
son, engaged with
ON equally small
friend In the pleas
ant occupation OF
striuging into gar
lands the chick vel