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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
Great Bell of China.

For the last 400 years China's bell
OF liberty, the largest and most beau
tiful in the world, has been ringing in
Pekin.
There are two other bells of liberty,
one in Mandelay and the other in Mos
COW. They are both unhung and the
latter is cracked and defective.
China's bell is in many respects the
finest work of art in the country and
could not be duplicated by any Wes-
tern foundries of civilization. 1t
weighs 120, 900 pounds, is fourteen feet
high, has a circumference of thirty
four feet and is nearly foot thick. 1t
has not flaw or defect and is COM
pletely covered in relief, both inside
and out, with myriads of Chinese
characters, each an inch in size. They
form prayers from Budha.
1t is one of the ideas of the Budhists
that the prayers of the faithful may
be infinitely and acceptably repeated
by mechanical helps, such, for IN
stance, as the revolving of wheels. So
when this wonderful bell rings it
breathes forth the aspirations of the
faithful.
Old chronicles state that it was O
time of suspense throughout Pekin
when the molten metal was about to
be poured into the lettered matrix.
The artists who so successfully accom-.
plished the casting of this great bell
were not only congratulated by their
priests and followers, but they were
ennobled by the Emperor, while their
work itself is as much of credit to
them to-day as 1t was then. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Old Gent-''Don't you know me,
Willie? am your fathers uncle.
Willie-"Are you the man pa goes to
when he's short of money!"
He-"I never shall be truly happy.
have too complex nature" She
"Complex? And papa said he believed
you were simple. indianapolis Jour
nal.
Mistress-"And, pray, why do you
want to leave us, Anna?' Cook
''The doctor has ordered my sergeant
a more generous Diet London Tit.
Bits.
''Practice makes perfect" says the
Manayunk philosopher; "but you don't
need practice to drop hot plate with
neatness and dispatch. "-Philadelphia
Record.
A collecting agency in New York is
run by women exclusively, which
seems to disprove the adage, that a
woman's work is never dun. Texas
5iftings.
Miss Smashum-"I don't care for
men in fact, I've already said mo- to
seven Of them" Miss Comely-"In-
deed what were they selling g?"-
Adams Freeman.
"Paw, why do they call the custom
house taxes duty?" "Er-I guess
it is because everybody takes such
great delight in dodging it."-CIu-
cinnati Enquirer.
She--"My husband is a brute I"
He-"Ail men are brutes, my dear. p"
5he-"Mine is simply atominable. I
asked him if he did not think you were
as pretty as ], and he said 'Yes. ~
rit-Bits.
''Katie, why haven't you warmed my
,nly fiftY-eight degrees "But, pro-
lessor, for so small a room it seems TO
me fifty-eight degrees are enough p
Fliegende Blaetter.
"What do you mean by saying I
wrote tramp Jokes? You know deal
with nothing but society subjects" 81
didn't say you wrote tramp jokes. |
said your jokes were on the bum" ="
"Oh !'-Indianapolis Journal.
Hobson-"I don't hear you, nova
days expressing the wish that it would
snow good and hard. Haven't you got
your cutter still ?" n. Peck -''No I'm
married nov, and we have "A snow
shovel in the cellar. ."--Philadelphia
Record.
"No, papa" said the Chicago girl,
"this book wouldn't interest you. You
don't take any stock in abstract specu-
lation." "Well," said pa, 81 made
my pile mostly in corn and wheat, but
I'm ready to take hack at anything
there's any money in. "--Brooklyu
! Life.
Doctor Ito brother physician) )-"Yei
sir, the sovereign remedy for all thii
is fresh air and plenty of it. People
| don't let enough air into their houses.
Well, must hurry off; I'm on an
errand." Brother Physician-"Going
far?" "No; only down to the hard.
ware store to get half mile OF
weather-strips. philadelphia Tele-
graph.
They were seated in the parlor con-
Verslng on the uncertainty OF life.
She-"The future is a vast uufathom-
able mystery to us, isn't it?' He
eyes; all we know is that we have to
go some time" Voice from the
library-"It would suit the con-
venience of this household if you'd
make it little sooner than that. -
Richmond Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
Wind.DIstributed Seeds,

1t is we'll known that winds play an
important role in the distribution OF
seeds. Professor Bolley records that
in two square feet of three-week-old
and three-inchdeep snowdrilt upon an
ice pond, ten yards from any weeds,
he found nineteen weed seeds, aud in
another drift quite similarly situated
thirty-two seeds, representing nine
kinds of weeds. While the wind was
blowing twenty miles per hour a peck
of mixed seeds was poured upon the
snow crust, and ten minutes after l9l
wheat grains, tifty-three flax seeds,
forty-three buckwheat aud ninety-one
ragweed seeds were found in trench
thirty rods from where they had been
poured upon the crust.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A ton of good coal is said to yield
about 5000 feet Of purified gas.
Twenty millions of meteors are said
to fall upon the earth every day, their
aggregate weight amounting to sew
eral tons.
A spoonful of Chicago black snow
was recently analysed by a skilled
chemist and found to contain thirteen
ingredients, the most innocent of
which was black SCOT.
1t is believed that shooting stars are
small solid bodies, revolving round the
sun. As they are travelling in q con.
trary direction to the earth, the velo.
city with which they enter our atmos-
phere is livery great-on an average
about thirty miles q second.
A new and wonderful substitute for
common brittle glass is announced by
q Vienna journal devoted to the glass
and porcelain trade. The substitute
is said to have all the properties Of
common glass, except that it is fexi-
BILE. 1t is made OF cullodian wool.
Professor Mark w. Harrington, late
Chief of the Weather Bureau, and now
President of the University of the
State OF Washington, proposes to es.
tablish q department of terrestrial
physics and geography in the univer-
sity, and asks authors and publishers
to send works relating to these sub.
jects to the university.
NJ. Piltschikof, in describing recent
photographs of lightning, names three
types of hash-band lightning, tube
lightning and water-spout lightning.
The first two he found to occur in oil
storms, the third he met with once
only. From the measured width of
the band lightning on photographs,
and the computed distance, he esti-
mates the actual widths to be from
about fifteen to eighty yards.
In the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
there are many casts of works of sculp-
ture which are busted in q novel man
ner. A large air-pump is mounted on
truck and is rolled around to the
various rooms. One man operates
this pump, ,the other applies a fine jet
of air to the sculptures, blowing of
the dust. This blowpipe is connecte |
to the pump by means of a pole and
rubber tube.
Hugh Miller, the youngest and only
surviving son OF the famous geologist,
died In Edinburgh the other day. He
had been connected with the English
geological survey ever since his edu-
cation was completed. Some time ago
he published pamphlet finding fault
with the way in which artists depict
landscapes. He maintained that the
different rock formations should be
accurately represented in pictures OF
landscapes.
''It has been estimated" says w.
Fl. Lancaster, 'that q cannon ball
moving with a velocity of 500 miles
an hour, and leaving our earth at q
certain time and travelling in the di.
rection of the nearest fixed star, would
not reach it in less than 4,5O0, O0O
years; and yet there are stars in the
heavens and visible through telescopes
that would require cannon ball NOV
ing with the same velocity at least
500, 900, 900 years to reach them"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

LosAngeles dispatches chronicle the
fact that at the distribution OF the os.
tate OF Pho Pico, the last Governor OF
California under Mexican rule, only q
gold watch and chain we're left. Pico
was the richest OF all the native Cali.
fornia hidnlgos except Vallejo. He
owned ranches which covered hun.
dreds of thousands of acres, and his
cattle we're unnumbered but, like VAL
leio, he had no conception of the
value of land or money. When the
the Americans swarmed in he played
tho hospitable host for several years,
and when his ready money was gone
he mortgaged his estates. Twenty
years saw him stripped of everything,
and for the last decade the man who
was once the most powerful in tho
State simply vegetated on the bounty
OF old friends. In the same way Gen
eral Vallejo, who once owned the best
lands in Central California, died in
: poverty in the house which once wit.
messed his princely entertainments.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

The entire agricultural press is
seeking to- learn the exact profit in
farming. The time has passed, as.
serts the San Francisco Chronicle,
when the agricultural paper has full
filed its duty by making public the
most successful methods of culture.
What farmers want to know is how to
take in moro than they pay out. A
paper published a Springfield, Mass,
has offered $50 in prizes to farmers
who send them articles giving either
actual experience of writer's in money
making from tho farm, or the expert.
ence OF any farmers organization in
buying or selling together the prizes
going to those furnishing tho most
ideas. There is third class oI
prizes to those who best tell how mark.
citing ousht to be done.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
TO THE SUN.

Shine on, shine on, thou splendid sun,
with that imperial brow divlnel
The thirsting months have drained thee ono
by one.
Till all the blithe eartn reets with vine,
And yet the measure Is not donel
pallid wind-hower waiteth thee
Beneath gray shadows, in the chine
That yearns with writhen lips toward tho
sea;
Flood thou those eyes that dimly shine,
With light ambrosially
Behold how all men love and praise
That golden Hellas-cuT OF thinel
Wherein, dissolved, thy laughter-gtving rays
Bubble and glow-Life's anodyne
TO soothe them by the barren ways.
god OF summer and the rose!
Bright are the blossoms at thy shrine;
But feebly pale the swooning votary goes
When wearily thou dost decline,
And days are blind with icy snows.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

Those married men who have al.
ready provided seal skin sacques for
their wives and daughters are in big
luck, thinks the Atlanta Journal. The
Alaska senl herd has decreased from
47,QOO, 900 to 175,OOO in twenty-five
years and is still falling. It is O con-
ISOLATION that pretty woman dnres not
need sch. skin cover TO mako her at.
tructive.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
Agsd Woman Clnbs a Bear 10 peatll.

Mrs. Nancy MeKeen, OF West Stone
ham, Me-, has the honor OF having
killed the largest bear ever captured
thereabouts. The bear was chasing
her sheep, The plucky woman went
for him with a club, and after a hard.
fought battle, succeeded in laying him
out. Mrs. MeKeen is eighty-threa
years Of age, in good health, and says
she is ready for another bear, Lewis
ton NE journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
A POINT IN ETIorErrE.

Yabsley-"Say. when a fellow calls
on a girl, should he leave his hat and
cane in the hall, or take them into the
parlorP"
Mudge-"Well, if the girl is living
in a boarding house, and the hat and
cane are worth anything, l think he
had better hang on to them. In
dianapolis journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
TO SOME EXTENT.

"Seen Bill Brown when 1 was up to
town." said the man with the gum
boots, settling himself on the salt bar.
rel. "Conductin' street car"
81 thought Bill was goin' into bust
ness for hisself, said the grocer.
"Wal, allow he is to some extent,
but the company amt got onto it
yet. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
HER KIND WORD.

"AIr. Blykins thinks he knows a
great deal, said one girl.
eyes" replied her kind-hearted
friend, "but you can't deny that he
has some intellectual power.
81 haven't observed it.
"The very fact that you mention
shows that he has a lively imagina-
tion. "-Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

The Atlanta Constitution notes that
the experiments OF Massachusetts and
New Jersey in the construction OF
first.class highways have aroused a
good deal of interest in other States.
Massachusetts, spent 100000 last
year on her roadways, and she is will
ing to spend still more this year, In
New Jersey, too, the people are
anxious to be taxed if they can get
good roads. In many States, North
and South, it is suggested that it
would be a good plan to work the con-
victs on the public highways. Their
labor would in time furnish every To-
cality with good roads, and thus en-
ployed they would not compete with
free and skilled labor. The outdoor
work would be a good thing for the
health of the prisoners, and if proper
ly guarded they could not escape any
more easily than under the present
system. With first-slAss highways
our farms will rapidly increase in
value, and their owners will have bet
ter facilities for carrying their pro-
ducts to market, while the item of say.
ing in the wear and tear of vehicles is
of important consideration. With
these Improvement, our rural dis
tricis will attract settlers, and the
country will draw the surplus popula
tion of the towns. Perhaps this
points to the solution of the convict
problem.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
IN SOUTH AMERICA.

The Professional Revolutionist-
'It's no use I've seen dozen OF
them, and not one will go into my
conspiracy"
His Wife-"How is that? / thought
they were all bitterly opposed to the
Government"
The Revolutionist-"rhey are; but
every one of them has a conspiracy OF
his own. PUCK.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
Siberla's Immensity.

A graphic idea of the immense size
OF Siberia may be CLEANED from the
following comparisons All of the
states, Kingdoms, principalities, EN-
pires, etc, OF Europe Except Russia),
and all of the United States, including
Alaska, could be placed side by side
in Siberia, and yet but little more
than cover that immense country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
THEN He WENT HOME.

The young man who had Travelled
began;
"And there l stood, the abyss yawn.
ing at my feet"
"Was it yawning before you got
there, or did it begin after you ar
riyed?" asked the young woman who
has never been away, and then tbe
young man found that he had iust t.mo
to catch the last car. indianapolis
journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

The late Prince Henry OF Batten.
berg had theory that every Nation
was civilized in proportion TO its sp-
probation of music. On hearing a
Chinese orchestra, he once remarked /:
'These people are hopeless; they will
never progress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
THERE WAS CAUSE,

"You have fastened the windows,
dear?" she asked as they were about
to retire for the night
"No; what's the use? 1 gave you
the last dollar 1 had to buy that hat,
and we needn't fear burglars"
"But they might sit down on my
hat, you know. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
Big Figures From the Worlds Fair.

The number OF paid admissions to
the Columbian Fair was 2l.477, 2lS, a
daily average of ll9,9Sll. The gross
attendance was 1929, 400, exceeding
by nearly a million the number at the
Paris Exposition for the six months
ending with October, though rather
over half million less than the total
attendance at Paris, where the gates
we're open a considerably longer time
than at Chicago. The monthly aver
age of visitors increased gteadIly from
about 1000, 900 in May TO nearly
1000, 600 IN October 1t is estimated
that in all $4,000, 600 different indi-
yidaals saw the fair Notwithstanding
the presence of such multitudes, the
grounds were always clean and there
was no rufianism-the creditable fea.
lures which English visitors remarked.
The most interesting sight was tho
sight-seers. 1t was typical American
crowd. -Scribner's.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
RErOREHAND.

He-"That little brother of yours is
rather bright, isn't he? He told me
just now he should expect quarter if
1 kissed you."
She--"The wretch You didn't give
him anything, did you?"
He-"I gave him dollar in ad-
vance, Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
WANTED A SQUARE DEAL.

DR.. Kilsum-"Now, Freddy, if
you're a good boy and swallow this
medicine, I'll give you a dime"
Freddy-"Not much you won't !
Dad says you charge him five dollars
every time you come here; so if you
want me to help you out you'll have
to go halves. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

Maine has gained 10000 people IN
thirty years, and Vermont gained
about II, 600 in the came period, and
in the ten years ending with 1890 she
gained 1876 inhabitants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
A PARALLEL CASE.

Tommie-"You know when you was
sick last summer the doctor sent you
away for awhile-said a change would
do you good?"
"Mrs. Figg-"Yes."
~ wonder if wouldn't feel better
if l was took out of school awhile and
sent to the theatre every day instead?"
indianapolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
Rings Mnrn by Sinines

During the fourteenth century, in
France and Spain, gifts of valuable
rings TO statues of the saints and Yir-
Gin Mary were very common. One
statue in Barcelona is said TO have
worn rings valued at 100000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
VALUE OF TRAINING.

She-sT shouldn't think such q So
ciety man as you would care about
football"
He-'I have to keep in training as
a matter of necessity. When I go to
receptions it helps me to get down to
supper first. ."-Tid-Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
RATES OF ADVERTISING

One Square, one inch, one inssrtion..S 90
One Square, one inch, one month. o.. 800
One Square. one inch, three months. 90
One Square, one inch one year.. 10 %
Two Squares one year ............ 10 %
Quarter Column, one year ar...,.,,.... 81 uJ
Half Column, one year ..,,.s........, 30 %
One Column, one year. ......,. lOJ 10
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages and delth notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertiser snts collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15

IN the Government of Saratov, in
Russia, horse thieves and cattle raid.
ers are lynched when caught. Tho
latest oase is the beating TO death with
sticks of four men by the peasants oI
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
MEAN THING.

ST took out $1o,0O0 insurance on
ny life to-day" said the meek man.
'T suppose you will live for sixty
or seventy years now" said his wife
in an agrieved tone.-Indianapolis
journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
HIS CALCULATION.

Inspector-"You don't carry enough
life preservers."
Steamboat Man-"Oh, 1 guess there
are enough for the people who would
think of them in an emer gency. -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

SubtTaction-His CalcuIation-Value
of Training-Mean Thing-Proof
beforehand, Etc, Etc.
"These problems in arithmetic
Are narrowing, 1 vow.
Last leap year she was thirty.
And she's twenty-seven now"
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
REFINED CRUELTY.

Employer (kindly)-"You are be-
coming very round.shouldered, Mr..
Faithful"
Bookkeeper with hopes of holi.
day)-"Yes, l fear that am"
Employer (solicitouslyl - Hadn't
you better stop riding a bicycle ?"-
Boston Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
PROOF.

Bridegroom-"My friend Meakes
says he is afraid you didn't like his
wedding present"
Bride-"Certainly 1 did Why, 1
kept it whole month before L ex-
changed It'll
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-04-15
THE LAND SLIP.
GJ HOSE broken a

HOSE broken acres
Of land W hic b
stretch out into the
sea, on q portion
ofEngland's south.
west coast possess
their little history
as we'll as many. a
better known bit
of island scenery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-23

he now decided was the submission OF tho
measure To the people Not 10 submit
waS not fair to the people, ut least n pOr-
ton or whom demanded itS submission,
Mr.. HwICkCr said he long ago offered Il
motion for tho discussion Of tho charter,
and II would be- found IN thu minute
books. lie certainly Thought there
should have been u reading uf thu char
tor In the body and then a discussion.
His resolution WAS passed February II,
1895. and was NJ follows:
Resolved, That on report Of said char
ter committee, that council reserves thu
right TO amend said report ana upon
ilnul passage that same hc submitted to
tho voters or Wheeling for approval,
After some more talk. Mir Dawson de-
cllucd tO accept Mr.. HwiCkrrN amend
mcnt, anu the question wag put alone and
lost. There was II claim Of miSundcr-
standing and the roll was called. the
motion being lost By Il vote Of To 10. As
follows:
Aycs-Mcssrs. Dawson. EbclIng, Me-
Lure and OttO-i.
EOeS-Nlcssrs. lirItt, Farrell llnllcr,
Irwin, KulhIt2or. McnkSmrll'r, PAUL,
Richards. Wicdcbusch and Xwiclcr-l0,
This ended the fight and the branch
took up miscellaneous huSlncss.
After the charter matter had bean dis
posed OF there was an Informal recess Of
half an hour and then the branch tool,
up the health ordinance, ICnt over from
the second branch. where IL had been
carried. After a nrs; reading, the meas
urc WIS laid aside.
\ number OF matters of routine Ha
turc was sent over from the second
branch. were cOnCurrrd In.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-23

Tho meeting OF the city council las.
night was attended by large mum.
Der OF spectators who were Interested
In the measures that were scheduled
to come up IN either branch or course
most interest ccntcrcd In The action OF
the first branch on the new city char
ter, which was laid In It's little sravc
after most determined fight wngcd
by tho friends and opponents OF the
measure. The vote was close, hut Il
was decisive and effective. Sentiment
In regard To the action taken a. iivld-
ed. Friends or the charter say they
have been throttlcd and Us enemies
declare that the action taken was
quite proper. saving that 1t Is well
known that an overwhelming majority
would be cast against the charter In
the event that couac, had decided to
submit.