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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
Bagpipe Music Kills a Horse.

The important question of whether
or not the bagpipes are musical instru
ments has been settled in the negative
by a Milwaukee jury. William Mat
than brought suit against the Wiscon
sin Theatre Company for damages sus
tanned by his horse taking fright at (
procession headed by Scottish piper
in full Highland costume, who wa.
waking the echoes with "rhe Camp
bells Are Coming" The sight caused
the horse to rear and plunge AMI final.
ly drop dead.
The foreman OF the jury happened
to be a German with decided opinions
on the question of music. The prose
cution sought to show that the Dagpipe
was not a musical instrument. In this
the foreman agreed. He held that il
had no place in Wagnerian sym.
phony and was nothing but n "doo
dle-sack." In consequence of these
views the jury returned the following
unique verdict:
Estate of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
County, William Nathan VS.. Wiscon.
sin Theatre Company, SIS. s.-We, the
jury in the above entitled action, find
81, That the doodle-sack is not a
musical instrument
"2. That the said horse, being of a
nervous temperament, was scared to
death by an unearthly noise made by
a friend with the aforesaid doodle,
sack.
"3. That the plaintiff shall recover
from the defendants for said horse the
sum of$125. "-Ohicago Times Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

DIR. II. X. Carroll, in the Independ.
ent, Gays that the aggregate o: colored
church members in the United States
is, in round numbers, a,67A, 900, dis
tributed as follows: Bapsists, 1.403,-
$50; Methodis.s, 1,19O, ,69S; Presby-
terians, 10000; Disciples of Christ,
1888, and Protestant Episcopal and
Reformed Episcopal together, some.
what less THAI 5000. According to
the census igures, there has been an
increase of 1,15o,0O co,ored church
members during the last thirty years,
which DR.. Carroll thinks is unparnl..
leled in the history of the Christian
Church. The value OF colored church
property is S26, ,626, ,OOC, and the nun.
her of edifices is 90, 77o.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
ORIGIN OF MJOhn BuII.O

The origin of the term 'John Bull"
is thus explained by the London Gold.
en- Penny: DIR. John Bull was the first
Gresham professor of music, organist
of Hereford Cathedral and composer
to Queen Elizabeth. John, like true
Englishman, travelled for improve.
ment, aud, having heard of famous
musician at st. Omer, he placed him
self under him as a novice; but cir
cumstance very soon convinced the
master that he was inferior to the
scholar. The musician showed John
song which he had composed in forty
parts, telling him at the same time
that he defied all the world to produce
a per;on capable of adding another
part to his composition. Bull desired
to be left alone and to be INDUCED for
short time with pen and ink. In
less than three hours he added forty
parts more to the song, upon which
the Frenchmsn was so much surprised
that he swore in great ecstacy he must
be either the devil or John Bull, which
has ever since been proverbial in Eng
land.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

An Australian agr:culturist, Mr..
KrichOuG, has called attention to the
fact that the potato will celebrate the
300th anniversary of its introduction
into England this year. 1t was in 1896
that Sir Walter Raleigh returned to
England from America with the first
tobacco and potatoes, which originally
grew in Peru. Although the potato,
it is estimated, now furnishes one.
sixth of the nourishment os the human
race, for long time it was a delicacy
for the rich alone. Even at the be-
ginning of the seventeenth century
noblemen paid two shillings a pound
for potatoes and seasoned them with
81 erry. People often visited the gar
dens of the botanist Gerard at Hol.
born to see the plants in bloom.
There is talk of celebration in honor
OF the anniversary.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
SAW AN OPENING,

"Do you think we shall ever be able
to fy?" young Mr.. Cumagane was sny-
ing along later in the evening.
Miss Logageau's glasses trembled
visibly.
"Really, Mr.. Cumagane-George, "
she returned, in an agitated voice, 81
had no-dld not think so suddenly
has this come upon me-but there,
you dreadful creature-go ask pa
Pm sure there will be no need of any
thing clandestine !"
She hadn't been watching all these
years to let a chance like that slip
through her fingers -Rockland Tri.
bune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
MUMOR OF THE DAY.

The man who is looking for trouble
doesn't need a search-light. Puck.
"What is your favorite dissipation ?"
"Sir" ''Beg pardon I mean of
what sin are you most tolerant in
others ?"-Puck.
He-"So you refuse me? Well, there
are others" She-"Precisely. I'm
already engaged to one of them. -
New York Herald.
Do not think you can talk about
people and not do them damage;
cyclone is composed of nothing but
wind. .-Atchison Globe.
1t was possibly the man who mar
ried rich wife who started the joke
on the difficulty of finding a woman's
pocket. The Southwest.
Jack Ito friend on bicycle) e)-"What's
your hurry; are you racing for a
train?" Joe-"No; I'm training for
q race. "-Harper's Round Table.
An astronomer, brilliant, but RASH
From an open lot tried to view Mars,
But blliy-goat came with -
Aud the star-gazer quickly saw t*+
Philadelphia Record.
"Did you stop to think how ridicu-
lous that expression sounds, She was
murdered in cold blood'?" "But
what else could one say! This was q
Boston girl"
wife-"Js that you, George?" Hus-
band-"Yes, dear" Wife -"Oh, I'm
SO glad I'm always afraid there's q
man in the house till you come. -
Pick Me- Up.
She'll think 1 will do tn Q cooking
myself q while" He-"H'mi That
was what you wanted me to take out
more life insurance for, was it?"-In-
dianapolfs Journal.
Day-"I find there is q twenty-five
hundred dollar mortgage on the prop
erty you sold me. You never said
anything aboutit." Gay-"Certainly
did. Didn't distinctly tell you it
had all modern improvements ?'-New
York Dispatch.
"Baptiste I" "Monsieur?" "You
are getting careless, my boy" "Oh,
monsieur" |" "You don't brush my
clothes now." 81 assure you" II
left half-franc piece in my waistcoGt
pocket yesterday, and it is there yet. "
lie Petit Parisien.
Manchester-"I think Snags has
concluded that it is about time some
of his daughters were getting mar
ried." Birmingham-"Did he tell
you SO himselG?" Manchester--''N ''No (;
but he has given away his two dogs. !"
--Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"The man l marry must be both
brave and clever" said the sweet girl.
"When we were out sailing, returned
the adornlng youth, ''and upset, i
saved you from a watery grave. "
"That was brave, admit; but it was
not clever" "Yes, it was; 1 upset
the boat on purpose" "You darl-
ing !"-Tit-Bits.
Miss Bondclipper recently called at
the studio of Herr Won Dauber, the
celebrated artist. 81 desire to have
my picture taken," said Miss Bond
clipper. "Vitch would you brefer, a
creyon portrait or an oil painting q
asked Won Dauber. "You can paint
me crayon first, and if don't like it
you can put some oil on it afterward. "
Texas Siftings.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

trophe which must occur at the bot
tom Of the hill; and, Ainging his long
arms wildly above his head, he brote
forth into hideous cackle of laugh.
ter.
A new terror seized upon Daisy's
heart at the sound, but, with it a new
thought entered her mind, and, with
out hesitation, she laid her hands
upon Dumb Dicks arm and shook it
fercely.
"5ave him, Dick Save him !" she
cried.
No sooner did her hand touch his
arm than he turned to look at her,
and, at the sight of her pale and
agonized face, his laughter ceased.
Then Dumb Dick responded to her
call he obediently leaped into the
middle of the road, and awaited the
onrush of the terrified horse.
Nearer and nearer came the horse,
and Frank swayed more aud more in
the cart, till at last he was so near
that Daisy could see the terror in his
eyes Then, with a mighty leap,
Dumb Dick sprang to meet him; two
long arms swung upward, there was a
whirl of dust, wild beating of hoofs,
sickening crash and all was still.
Then came cry.
"Help, Daisy Quick!"
1t was Franks voice Thank God
he was safe
Daisy ran forward and found Frank
bending over the motionless figure OF
Dumb Dick.
"Quick, Daisy take my hat and
run and fetch some water from the
nearest ditch"
Daisy obeyed, and then, kneeling
in the road, Frank opened Dicks
coat and coarse shirt and thrust in his
hand. The hunchback's heart had
ceased to heat; but when Frank with
drew his hand he drew forth a white
silk scarf stained with blood. He
quickly replaced it, and then ran to
meet Daisy, who was returning with
the water.
"He is dead, poor fellow" said he
The Culver.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

The American Cultivator remarks:
The fire fend is an enemy to forestry.
More stringent measures are necessary
to prevent forest fires. The forests
are becoming too valuable to be neg
lected. Their destruction by fire
means not only the loss of property,
but the serious loss of employment to
woodsmen, teamsters, sawyers, wood
workers and all the kindred trades.
Ordinary cutting of trees need not
destroy a forest, but a heavy fire
works destruction. DR.. Rothrock, of
the Pennsylvania forestry commission,
thinks it an outrage that while a man
under our laws cannot set fire to a
hen coop without severe punishment,
he may carelessly or willfully set fire
to a forest and burn up many thou
sand dollars worth of property with
out being molested. Pennsylvania
loses $1,000, 900 annually through
forest fres, and 500, 900 would
not cover the annual loss to the coun-
try from this cause. 1t is found in
many cases that when a man is pur-
sued by one holding a mortgage on
his woodland he sets fire to it to spite
the man who forecloses. 1t is very
difficult to convict such a man. Care
lessness and ignorance are responsible
for many fires, yet thousands of dol
lars worth are burned every year from
this cause without anybody ever
being punished. Why one kind of
property can be burned up with i'm
punity when other kinds are protected
by the severest fines is one OF the
curiosities of legal administration that
is beginning to be looked after none
too early.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The heaviest rainfalls in the United
States are in the East and the extreme
Northwest
II II well could be dug to a depth o;
forty-six miles, the air at the bottom
would be us dense as quicksilver.
After drilling down 5000 feet in
search for water in New Haven, Conn. :,
and not finding any, the job was given
up.
The single oar propulsion common
among the boatmen Of almost every
country is on the principle best seen
in the tail Of a fish.
Coal of excellent quality, and in ap.
parentlY enormous quantities, have
Just been discovered in Arizona, in the
Dos Cabezas district, only SIX mile1
from the railroad.
If teeth were not provided with
enamel, they would be constantly
breaking, their nerves would be irri-
tated, and the whole human animal
kingdom would be afflicted with a
never-ending toothache.
An experiment was recently made
to determine the effect OF magnetism
on the Matching of eggs. IT was found
that those eggs Matched between the
poles in the magnetic field produced
an unusual number of abnormal
chicks.
Some English electricians have re-
Gently tried the conduit electric road
,,rol,Iapo opJ ,,roJpooJ ,o,,at1,;n - =,
the nature of small tunnel and motor
therein with projection which
reached through the slot and pushes
the street car along.
Ours is the densest planet of the lot,
if DR.. Backlund, who has made a new
determination of the mass OF the
planet Mercury from the motions of
Encke's comet, is right. His result is
that Mercury is only two thirds as
dense as the earth instead of being
denser, as hitherto supposed.
One years record of electric trac.
tion in Europe is an increase in elec-
trio railways from 43 to 70, Of the ag-
gregate mileage from 199 to 434, and
of the number of motor cars from 53S
to 1886. Germany has % lines, ag-
gregating 227 miles; France, IL lines,
of 59.7 miles; England, 13 lines, OF
42.6 miles. The overhead trolley is
used on 55 out of the 10 roads.
Diphtheria of the skin, very rare
disease, has been cured by the use oi
anti-toxine in little two-year "a
half-old Berlin girl recently. She had
been badly scalded with boiling water
and, as the skin was healing, was
kissed by her mother on the wounded
spot. The mother had diphtheria and
thus communicated 1T to the baby'f
skin; the throat was not affected.
Anti-toxine shortens the time need
ed for the retention of the tube in the
larynx in cases of Group and diph
liberia, according to DR.. Bokai, ot
Budapest. In 215 successful cases
where he used tube without anti
toxine the average period of intuba
tion was seventy-nine hours, while the
average duration of forty-fve success
full cases with the anti-toxine was six
ty-one hours, being a reduction o
eighteen hours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
Gold From Ocean Sand.

The Pacific Beach Mining and
Dredging Company is the name of a
corporation recently formed in this
city for the purpose of exploiting the
gold fields which it is claimed exist
in the sand along certain portions of
the shore OF the ocean between
Redondo and Santa Monica. The cor.
poration has lease on a mile and a
third frontage on the ocean, which it
proposes to treat as soon as proper
facilities in the way OF machinery,
ETC., can be placed upon the grounds.
Already an analysis has been made,
with the most promising results, and
the company expects to develop an
important mining industry. Los
Angeles (Call Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
HEARTS SUMMER.

The fields that were 50 green the other day
When we walked through them, now aro
white and still,
Forgetting all their sumner sounds, ami
chill
With the drear chilluess Of December gray.
Across the snow single narrow way
Is marked for feet which wandered at thei-
will
When lavish sumner lurel from hill to hill
Aud niggarl winter seemed 50 far away.
Oh friend Of mine, this somber winter tide
We will not ask from summers careless hand
The gifts the churlish winter hath denied
But in the narrow footpath, icy spanneJ,
We two will walk all closer. side by side,
In summer freedom through a snowy Ian l.
-PetersoD's Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
Danger From Natural Gas.

The soil in the coal regions OF ln-
diana and some of the adjacent States
is so permeated with gas that it is dau-
gerous to start fire out of doors, or
TO throw a lighted match or cigar into
any depression in the earth. Recently
an excavation was begun for build
ing, and having been undisturbed for
Il day or two, some workmen, as they
returned to their labor, threw lighted
match into the ditch. An explosion
Immediately followed, aud through a
small hssure in the earth came little
Jet OF natural gas, Ii is thought by
many experts that the supply of natu-
Ial gas will last but few years longer
indeed, considering the proligll waste
of it on its owl ground, the wonder
is that it has lasted 50 long New
York Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
n BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.

Chisel in haud stood a sculptor boy,
With his marble block before him.
Aud his face lit up with a smile OF Joy
As an ange' -dream passed DER him.
He carved the dream on the shapeless ston
With many sharp incisioni
With heavens own light the sculptor stood
He had caught the Angel Vision"
Sculptors Of life are we, as we stand
With our souls uucarved before US.
Waiting the hour.when at Gods command.
Our life dream passes DER us;
If we carve it then on the yielding stone,
With many sharp iDclsion.
Its heavenly beauties shall be our own,
Our lives that "Angel Vision
bishop Doane.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
RIVAL DIGNITIEs.

Englishman (producing a pocket
coin)-"My great-great-grandfather
was made lord by the king whose
picture you see on this shilling"
Yankee with a similar gesture)-
"What n coincidence My great
great grandfather was made an angel
by the Indian whose picture you SEQ
on this cent. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

"Ra-ely does the death os public
man call forth such generous, almost
unqualified, and practically universal
tributes of esteem both for the man
and the political leader notes Public
Opinion, "as have been accorded the
late ex-senator Thurman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
THE SECRET OUT.

jasper. -"Mr. Greatman's success is
wholly due to the publication of a
faxed interview with him."
Jumpuppe-'I suppose he gained
notoriety by repudiating the inter.
view?"
Jasper.--"Oh, no! He went quietly
to work to live up to the bright
thoughts tho reporter had credited
HIM with. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
EleetriciIY Sanitary.

That a great and beneficial change
in the health and general physical
condition of employees has been made
by the introduction of electricity, es.
pecially in the way of lighting, is very
evident to even the casual observer.
DR.. Saunders, the medical officer of
the London Board of Health, says the
electric light in general use has &C.
complished a great deal in making the
employees of commercial and manufac-
turing establishments healthier. Faces
that were pale and wan from work in
gaslighted Easements, stores and shops
are much improved since the intro
duction of electricity. The heat from
the gas jets and poor ventilation are
responsible for much sickness. II is
also shown that in the same city the
electric light has lessened crime.
Darkness breeds wickedness and light
dispels it. Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
rnR OTHERS PROFIT.

"Brown is weak financially, isn't
he?"
''He hasn't much money, but he
gives employment to q great many
men,"
"Who arc they?"
"Other peoples bill collectors. =
Brooklyn Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
PILING ON THE AGONY.

"Doctor, want tooth pulled. I'm
n great coward when it comes to en-
during pain, and yet I'm afraid of
both laughing gas and chloroform. "
"You might he happy with ether. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

Justice Hartman, of New York
City, was called upon the other day to
settle a question of the ownership Of
some carrier pigeons. He ordered the
pigeons released, sayirg tha. they
would go to their own owners cote,
but neither of the disputants have seen
anything OF them since, and they are
talking about suing the justice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

The census OF 1895 shows that the
German Empire now has population
OF 81, 75s, 900, despite emigration, an
increase OF a,93O, 200 in four and
half yenrs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
A soMNAMBULIsT.

Mabel (all agitation) Marie, what
10 you think? Your brother actually
proposed to me during the sermon at
church this morning"
Mario (nonchalantly)-"Oh, you
mustn't mind that. He often talks in
his sleep. ."-Pick-Me-Up.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
no snE1GHr. r.oF.HANp. EITHER.

Little Johnny-"1sn't this funny
horn, pa?"
Brownies, my boy; and if you
don't stop making that large noise you
will come out Of the small end of it. !"
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
HOW IL CAME ABOUT.

81 think a girl who whistles is very
unattractive.
"Well-I-don't know. WhistlinS
brought about my engagement. i"
Chow was that?"
81 puckered my lips to whistle, and
Charley couldn't resist kissing them,
and so of course-"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
He UNDERSTOOD HER.

Mrs. Gossippy-"About such things
as these, John, the less said the bet
ter"
Gossippy with resignation) )-"Tell
me the whole story then, dear. -
Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

They are raising a row in Wisconsin
over the State university. It is
charged thai it is being converted into
an institution for the sons of rich
men, and tina. poo= men have no show
there.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
SIZE WAS PRUDENT,

"He must be worth at least hun
lred thousand dollars, mamma"
GLOW do you know?"
"He told me his fortune ended in
five ciphers."
"H'm. Maybe it begins with one,
too. Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

Baron Hockeren, who. under tho
name OF D'Antes, killed the Russian
poet Paschkin in a duel in 1887, has
just died at the age o. eighty-four at
Su.z in Alsace.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

The Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
movement in England has enrolled
some hundred thousand members, and
is steadily advancing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

Ordinarily when European says
"America" be means "tho United
Statee."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19

SOCIALISM is said 10 make rapid
progress in Spar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

When Love is Honey-No Slelght-of-
Hand. IGither-Ho Understood
Her-PiliBg on the Agony, Etc.
'Tis sweet to love;
And it's just honey
To love girl
With lots of money
kansas City Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-02-19
A STORY OF THREE.
BY ALBERT e. HOOPER.

u was q stalwart
young farmer, a
grAndly built man,
with a handsome,
bronzed face ; broad
s b o u d ers, feet
which stood square
ly upor the earth,
and a pair of fear
loss avas Frank
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-31
A Future Convenience.

Diggles had been working hard for q
long time with refractory heating
apparatus. He came out of the base
ment with blue fingers and a red nose,
and an expression of repressed emotion
on his face.
Maria" he said, there's one com,
fort about 1t"
What is it?"
1--WE needn't worry about ice nen
summer think have struck a plan
that's entirely reliable. If we want ia
get anything good and cold we'll take
it down and put it into that heating
apparatus. Only We must be careful
not to leave it too long. or it'll freeze
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.