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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

Under the circumstances you will appreciate
my preferring to send this TO your private
address. which have taken from the direc-
tory. Yours, truly, MAUD NETLEY'"
"That's all right, Tim, amt itP"
chuckled Uncle Cottle.
Tim realized in fash that this was
his MAUD" and it was his letter she
was answering, not his unole's; but
he could not SEQ his way to saying 80.
"What does she mean about your
address p he said.
"Why, was nervous when l wrote
that letter, and must have forgotten
to put my address in; that's why she
didn't answer before; she couldn't.
And it's jus. occurred to her to look
In the directory. See? / meant to
have asked her about 1t, but she was
so nice and amiable and smiling, and
1 was so -so-well. I hardly know how
1 was but there didn't seem any need
to apologize, and, in fact, / never
thought about it till / was coming
away"
''Is she yoang?" asked Tim, for the
sake of saying something.
81 thought at first she was nearly
forty, but she's only twenty-nine she
told me so herself. showed her my
bank book and list of my securities.
"'Oh, that's all right she says
laughing.
"'Then when's it to be?" says !.
'And it's going to be next month. "
''Next ="
''Month. I'm going around to the
wears now to put up the banns---you
come with ne. And, say she's an
orphan, SO we want you, my boy---age
don't matter; it's only a matter of
form be father at the wedding,
and give her away"
Tim was gloomy and reckless, and
said he would. Why shouldn't he ?
He had given away his prospects; he
had given away his uncle; he might
just as we'll do the thing thoroughly
and give away the widow as we'll then
he would have nothing and nobody
left to keep.--but himself. .--Tit-Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

German papers assert that gas pipes
made of paper are a success.
It has been discovered that it is pos
sible to become intoxicated on gaso-
line.
1t is said that Tamango, the Italian
tenor, has collection of butterflies
valued at $50, 900.
Several clay tablets, covered with
what are thought to be inscriptions,
were unearthed in a Michigan mound
the other day.
Utah beet sugar manufacturers are
going into cattle feeding on large
scale. Their bagasse makes a capital
feed for cattle.
The recent earthquake has stirred
up all the gas wells in the natural gas
belt, and given them increased pressure
and new lease of life.
The village of Artena, near Rome,
Italy, is said to be community Of
criminals. Its inhabitants perpetrate
more crimes than any other known
people, except, possibly, the Kurde.
There are more than twenty species
of fur-bearing animals known to in
habit the Hudson Bay country, rang
ing in size all the way from the meadow
mouse and sand rat to the caribou,
musk OK, bison and polar bear.
NJ. Pictet has discovered that four
parts of carbonic acid and six parts OF
sulphurous acid combined to form a
gas that will kill any microbe in the
world, and penetrate into book. 1t
is called Pitet's gas, and is the greatest
antiseptic known.
NJ. Lagneau has ascertained that the
military mortality per thousand is as
follows in France and the French col
onies: France 7, Algeria IL, Tunisia
1920, Martinique so. Cochin China
81, Tonkin II, Madagascar 75, Sene-
gal "a, Guiana 237.
Naturalist W. Victor Lehman, OF
fremont, Penn, has just sent to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton the first fossil insect ever found
in the Southern Pennsylvania coal
field. The specimen was found in the
coal mine and is very rare one.
The st. Lawrence River is subject
to mysterious tidal movement. 1t
falls regularly for seven consecutive
years. and then rises during q like
period. The total difference of level
is about five feet. This unexplained
movement is demonstrated by the
pilots and fishermen, who spend their
lives on the river.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

A learned German asserts that the
aversion against horse meat as an arti.
Gle OF diet is senseless prejudice
based wholly on an interdict issued by
the church during the Dark Ages to
prevent the revival of heathen wor-
ship, in which the sacrifice and subse-
quent consumption OF horses had
played q cherished role. The New
York World maintains that horse flesh
is clean, remarkably free from disease
and contains more albumen than beef
does. ''Corned horse" smells and
tastes like goose meat. In many Euro
pean hospitals horse flesh soup is espe.
cially prescribed for patients in need
Of strengthening food.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
A RAnY's prnrL1An NAME.

The happy parents of a new baby
who lived in Southern Indiana took
their infant to church to be baptised.
The baby was Deing raised "by
hand" and where it went its bottle
went also. After the arrival of the
christening party at church an aeci-
dent happened. The nozzle of the
milk bottle came OH and the baby's
nice new dress was soaked all down its
long front. This annoyed the parents,
but nothing could be done, as tue
time for the ordinance had arrived.
When the parents stood before the
clergyman, the baby in its mothers
arms, he looked at the damp dress
with a good deal of Misrepresentation,
and to satisfy his curiosity the mother
whispered:
"Nozzle came of.
The minister did not seem TO under
stand and turned inquiringly to the
father, who said, little more loudly
"Nozzle came of. "
The good man understood this time,
or at least he thought he did. He
took the baby in his arms, sprinkled
its forehead with the baptismal water
and solemnly said, before anybody
could correct him:
"Nozzlecameoff Snyder. l baptise
thee, ETC., etc. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
A Remarkable Railway.

One of the most peculiar railways
in America is the elevated railway
across the Isthmus of Panama. The
only steam used on u Is remarkable
railway is supplied by the brawny
arms of half-naked Indians, who,
turning handle, work the machine
like a rude velocipede. The car is
something after the shape of the
small hand-driVen machines used by
navvies on our railways, and holds
about three passengers, not including
the native propellers, who have to
walk while working. The position in
which the passengers are placed, if
scarcely SO comfortable as a seat in a
Pullman car, affords at least a capital
opportunity of studying the peculiari-
ties of the beautiful tropical scenery
below, of hearing the morning call of
the whistling grasshopper, the screech-
ing of green paroquets, aud all the
minstrelsy of the woods, with, it may
be, the howl of an occasional baboon,
a collision on this line, however, and
an abrupt descent into the mass of
foliage beneath, might lead to closer
acquaintance than desirable with
spiders. centipedes aud snakes, which
abound in the vicinity OF the railway.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

Rhode Island will join Pennsylvania
in an effort to preserve the lines at the
famous camp ground of the Revolu.
tion, Valley Forge. Rhode Island has
appropriated $4,000 and provided a
commission to erect a monument to
the memory of John Waterman, a
Rhode Islander, who died at Valley
Forge during the encampment, and
was buried within the lines. The
grave is located on the Piersol farm,
now occupied by ]. Heston Todd,
about 500 yards east Of Fort Hunting.
don and about 100 yards south Of the
road leading from Valley Forge to
Port Kennedy. Governor Lippett,
who is chairman Of the commission,
has written to Governor Hastings, OF
Pennsylvania, saying that the Rhode
Island Commission will visit the place
soon and desires to cooperate with
the Valley Forge Commission.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
Noble Walters.

Henry Fleischmau, proprietor of
the Vienna restaurant, corner OF Tenth
street and Broadway, New York City,
is quoted as saying that the kind of
walters he wanted were princes, bar
ons and counts, "for they know how
people should be waited on" Prince
Rohan, of Austrian-Hungary, who
threw money around IN Chicago with a
prodigAl hand few years, was once in
the Vienna cafe, and it is said he
could fry eggs on both sides or wait on
a table with skill. The prince was
quoted as often saying: "l can't be a
god, don't want TO be ruler, and
that is the reason 1 remain a Rohan.
Prince Rohan finally gave up his
position as a waiter, returned home
and committed suicide. Chicago
Times Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

Mr.. Labouchere says in London
Truth: Lord Salisbury is suffering
from a severe attack of ultimatum
upon the brain. His condition is the
cause OF grave anxiety to every foreign
Government. There are now five
British ultimatums out, addressed re-
spectiyely to Ashanti, Belgium, China,
Turkey and Venezuela. The ire.
pressibie anxiety displayed by foreign
Governn ents, especially by the impe-
cunious Republics of Central and
south America, to have a British ulti-
matum presented to them is easily ex-
planned. represent value OF a British
ultimatum in the autograph market is
S25OO."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
JOHNNY WAS PROMPT.

Johnny" sharply called out Dea-
con Ironside, "get up It's 6 o'clock.
Johnny came tumbling down the
stairway in exactly three minutes,
fully dressed.
"You're improving" said the Dea-
con grimlY. "This is the first Sunday
morning l ever knew you to come
down in less than an hour. l won't
have to stand over you with a
club this time TO get you ready for
church"
"For church?" echoed Johnny. 81
guess not. What are you talkin'
about, father? Hunkins Brothers
circus is goin' TO pass our house in
about half an hour on their way out
to Jimtown. ! was awfully afraid I'd
miss seein' it. This amt Sunday. It's
Saturday"
"Er-I guess you're right, Johnny, "
feebly responded the good deacon,
rubbing his chin. Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
COntagIon Carried by Letter.

A physician in n country village has
lately given to his medical brethren
some additional instances of the ways
in which contagious are spread, which
should make us all thoughtful. The
only case of scarlet fever ever lost by
this doctor was one in which the dis
ease was communicated by a lettor
written by a mother lin whose family
there were two cases OF the fever to a
friend 100 miles away. The envelope
OF the letter was given to child as a
plaything. Another severe case of the
fever was contracted by little girl
from two playmates who had what the
doctor called ''scRrlet rash, and still
another was carried to family by q
carpenter who lived eight miles away
and whose little children were ailing
with scarletina, disease that the sat
tending physician informed the father
was not nearly as catching as scarlet
fever. kansas City mo- Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
Cnnahle OF Lifting 100 Tons.

League Island Navy Yard will soon
have hosting shears capable of lifting
weight of 100 tons. Contractor
John lizard is now at work with a
large force of men erecting these
shears, which will be the largest in
this country, with the single excep-
tion of those at the shipyard of the
Maryland Steel Company. at Spar
rows Point, near Baltimore, Nd,
which landed the great Krupp 120-ton
gun. The shears at League Island are
intended to handle heavy guns and
machinery. The weight OF these
shears is 110 tons, and the two front
legs are 100 feet high, while the back
leg is lao feet long. BY means of an
immense screw, running horizontally
through the base of the back leg, the
tap of the shears can be moved back
ward and forward forty-five feet out
over the water, or twenty-five feet in
ward from the edge OF the wharf. The
screw is sixty-eight feet long, eleven
inches in diameter and weighs fourteen
tons. The shears stand on the Broad
street wharf, each of the front legs
resting on an iron pedestal two feet by
three feet, upon massive concrete
foundations. A steel rope, II inches
in diameter, 1900 feet long,and weigh
ing five tons, will be used for hoist
ing. There are two separate engines,
of fifty horse power each. The shears
were constructed by the Tacony Iron
and Metal Company aud the cost of
the whole apparatus, including the
machinery, will be between S3S, 900
and $40, 900. philadelphia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
Pnner UnderMear.

Tho Papierzeituug reports that
paper underwear, such as was worn
by the Japanese troops during their
winter campaign, gives ample protec-
tion against cold, but is absolutely
worthless during hot weather. The
Same technical journal asserts that
paper is a specific for rheumatism, and
cites case in which an attack OF acute.
rheumatism was cured by firmly glue
ing a piece of paper on the affected
part and leaving it attached there for
several days.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

President Schurman, of Cornell
University, in presenting his annual
report to the trustees of that institu.
ton, recommended provision for the
superannuatIon and pension of pro-
tessors in the university and the bet
ter regulation of salaries. Concern
ing the questions of intercollegiate
football and college athletics in gem
tral the report says: ''If the game
of football cannot be redeemed from
brutality and trickery, public spec
taele, and commercial speculation, il
is certainly better that it should 20
and never return to plague us. But
at present the faculty refuses to be-
lieve that the flower of American
youth in different colleges and uni
versities cannot, under proper regula-
tions, come together like gentlemen
and play football in spirit of fair
and generous emulation. As intercol-
legiate athletics are to be tolerated
only when they do not interfere with
the work Of students or do not dis
tract institutions OF learning from the
purpose of their existenI e, so, further
more, they must not be encouraged.
They should be forbidden unless play
ers and managers recognize that far
above records and victories, higher
than sports, higher even than physical
culture, are self respect and courtesy
to others, good manners and morals,
and that generous manliness which is
the spirit Of the amateur anl the con-
science Of the sportsman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
nUMOR OF THE DAY.

What is done cannot be undone, es.
pecially if it is hard-boiled egg
Texas Siftings.
Maude-"Did you ever notice how
Algernon's face lights up when he
talks?" George-"Well you know
he's lantern. iawed. Puck.
The Old Man "Where are all my
The New Woman-'WhY, John, this
is the girls afternoon to make callsl"
Hostess .'It's but a poor lunch L
can give you'll But my cook has got
influential" Enfant Terrible -"Oh,
mummy, you always say thatl"- -
Punch.
Landlord-"Ill have to raise your
rent" Tenant-"For what2" Land-s
lord They've changed the name of
this street, and it is now an avenue.
-Tit-Bits.
Old what You wish to-
marry my daughter? She is mere
schoolgirl yet" Suitor-"Yes. sir. I.
came early to avoid the rush. New
York Weekly.
l knew a very Wise mnn who be-
lieved that il a man were permitted TO
do all the buying, he need not care
who should do the shopping for his
family. Boston Transcript.
Caller-"And this is the new baby p
Fond Mother -''Isn't he splendid2"
CaIler-"Yes, indeed" Fond Mother
And SO bright. See how intelli-
gently he breathes Pitt
How often Dame Fortune looks on us asiant,
We think OF this life but to rue Il,
With its women who want to be voters and
can't
And the swells who can vote aud won't do
It,
Hobb-"Wiggles says he pays his
wife Just as much attention rs when
they were first married." Fobb-
"He has to. Her money was left SO
she can only draw the interest. -
Town Topics.
Freshman (severely)--"Waiter how
did that hair get into the soupP"
Waiter -"That must be from your
mustache." Freshman (aatteredl =
"Ah yes, Charley, you are right. Ex-
cuse me. ".--Fliegende Blaetter.
Judge-"And now, my good man,
what made you kiss this lady?" Cum
ming Oulprit-"Your Honor, my in
herited love of beauty. Miss Passee
-"Judge-er-I do not think I'll
prosecute any further. ."-Syracuse
Post.
Miss Kostique-"Do you know
when 1 see you looking so happy it
reminds me of what great poet once
said. Cholly Saphead-"Indeed |
Pway, what was it?' Miss K
"Where ignorance is bliss. "--Phila-
delphia Record.
The Son-in-law gratefully IL
don't know what l should have done
if you hadn't given us all this furni-
ture." The Father-in-law-"That's
so, my boy; without it my daughter
couldn't have given you much of a
home. New York Herald.
Mrs. Hammond-"How do you like
your new cookP' Mrs. Hashcroft = =
"She ain't near as good as the other
one. She has too good a temper.
used to make the other one mad every
morning, and she would pound the
steak to beat the band. Indian
apolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
UNCOVERED.

Thou hast not gold2 Why this is gold
All clustering round thy forehead whites
An I were Il weighted, and were It sold,
could not say its worth Tonight
Thou hast not witt Why what Is this
wherewith thou capturest many wight,
Who doth forget a tongue IS his.
As well-nigh forgot tonight?
Nor station2 Well, ali, welll own
Thou hast no place assured thee quite;
SO now raise thee TO a throne.'
Begin thy reign my queen tonight.
Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
Alrail Of Bears Noses.

For many years the furriers have
noticed that all the skins OF polar
bears which they have received have
been mutilated by the loss of the nose.
A Partisan furrier has discovered that
this is a result of a superstitious belief
among the Eskimo that wherever a
polar bear is killed his nose must be
cut off and thrown upon the ice or bad
luck will follow the hunter. New
York Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

An Australian breeder originated the
Luster sheep. One of his best Merino
ewes dropped in succession several
lambs having wool extremely hne in
fiber, uneommonly lustrous, but de-
void of crimp. From these he es-
tablished hoek and fixed the type of
sheep, so there now occurs no Eeyer-
sion. The wool is exceedingly yalu-
able, being purchased by French
manufacturers aud worked up into the
finest cloth. Farm, Field and Fire
side.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

Sudden death has carried off two
very prominent figures in American
literature recently Professor Boye-
sen and Eugene Field. They had
neither of them reached the age of
fifty. Cut off in their prime, it is
sadly possible, muses. the Chicago
Times-Herald, that they left their best
work undone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
FOR HER SAKE.

All day long, with sigh or song
Toll for her sake.
She is where the roses throng,
where thund"-s break;
From the reckless oity's mart;
But ridnbow's round my heRrtl
For sing: 'The day will die
Toll will soon be past,
And the stars In LOVES own sky
Lead mo home at last
Home, beneath the tranquil skies,
Where she waits with wistfuI eyes.
'Homel whore love is kindest, best,
Where the hearth is bright;
Home sweetly on my breast
Fall her curls Of light
Home from all the world begulled
By the kiss OF n childl"
F. L. Stanton in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
HER VOLUNTARY ACT.

''You sign this deed of your own
free will, do you, MADAME" asked the
notary public.
"What do you mean by that?" de-
manded the large, forid-faced wo-
man.
81 mean there has been no compul-
sion on the part of your husband, has
therep"
Him !" she calculated, turning to
look at the meek little man sitting be-
hind her. 'I'd like to see him try to
compulse me "-Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

There are some 15,OOO,OOO pupils
enrolled in the public and private
schools Of the United States, more than
twenty-five per cent. of the entire
ponulation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

The costly experience of the people
OF Iowa in dealing with speculative
building and loan associations prom
ices to bring about the enactment OF
adequate laws for the government of
all associations, remarks the New York
D..l
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

The Author and the Heiress--A Serl-
Gus Ailment-Too Industrious in
That time, Etc, Etc.
He could not get the rich man pet,
He could not even hope.
Bat then he struck n iob-what luck:
OF writing ads for soap.
Lone now she weeps because. for keep,
He's risen by fortune'sf fuke.
So rich and high he's welded by
The daughter Of Duke.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
A PRACTICAL DOCTOR.

Wife--"Well, doctor, how is it with
my husband?"
Doctor ''Fair to middling, so to
speak he wants rest above all things.
have written out prescription for
an opiate."
Wife--"And when must I give him
the medicine?"
Doctor --"HIm? The opiate is for
you. madam. -. Hamburger Nacht-
richten.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
Remedr Ior nRpne In the ThrOat.n .

A raw egg, swallowed Immediately,
will generally carry fish bone down
that cannot lie removed by the utmost
exertion, and has got out OF reach Of
reach of the saving finger. Courier
journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

The Chicago Inter-Ocean is very
much concerned because Chicago is
eating 10000 more sheep a month
than IL used to.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
HIS STATUS.

Teller tin his speech last night,
Colonel Windbagger, the prominent
politician likened himself to one of
the armor.plates on the Ship of State"
Grimshaw-''H'ml He would have
been nearer correct if he had called
himself blow-hole in one of the
armor-plates. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
TOO 1NDusrR1ous IN THAT LINE.

Friendly our son, understand,
has literary aspirations. Does he
write for money!"
Father (feelinglyl l-"Unceasingly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
NOT NATURAL.

'I see that old SnSggs has had his
portrait painted"
eyes, but it doesn't res emble him."
"Why not?"
''He tried to look pleasant. In
dianapolis Sentinel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

Sapsmith "rhe first thing the
phrenologist said when he began to
examine my cwanium was: What
head i"
Grimshaw-"Are you sure he did
not say: what, head?' Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

''Go South, young man." says the
West. as reported in the Chicago
Times Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
A PERFECT RIGHT TO.

Sandford-" Say, Wheeler's pretty
badly gone on Miss Bloomer. just
saw him putting ring on her finger.
"What of it? A man has
a right to ring his bicycle belle, hasn't
he ~ Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08

''You might find one through the
matrimonial journals.
Nonsense Heiresses don't adver-
tise."
Don't they?" All heiresses are
not in society; some of them want to
get there, and they advertise. They
wouldn't marry q gentleman with
nothing, perhaps, unless they hap
pened to be old and ugly, but they
would be glad to snap up a man like
you, moving in good society, with 9
liberal allowance from your uncle and
hopeful prospects. Then, if your
uncle deserts you afterward, hel
money will keep the wolf from the
door and save you from working your
self to death"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
THE CASE IS ALTERED.

See the girl with the pug nose y
"Hush She is worth fifteen mill
ion dollars in her own right.
"What charming retrousse p
Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-08
A SERIOUS AILNrENI.

Cawker-'T sat up with sick friend
last night"
Cumso-" What allied him?"
Cawker-"He lost ninety-three dol
lars. Life.