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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
Origln of the Straw Hat Trade.

The origin of the straw hat trade is
lost in the mists of antiquity. 1t ap-
pears from "Coryat's Crudities, "
published in 1911, that "the most del
icate strowen hats" were worn by the
men and women of Piedmont, many
with at least q hundred seams.
1t is evident that the art OF straw
plating had arrived at a great state of
perfection more than two centuries
since, but it does not appear to have
reached England till hundred years
later. 1t is within the memory of
some of the old inhabitants of the
straw districts that the wives and
daughters of farmers used to plait
straw for their own bonnets before it
became an established branch of
trade.
Indeed, the custom of wearing bon
nets at all is of a comparatively recent
date, as hoods were used by women of
the lower classes, while ladies of rank
adopted hats made of silk and other
textile fabrics.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
Gold Mining.

The nature of the revolution indi'
Gated will best be understood by con,
trasting the conditions of gold mining
twenty years ago and at the present
time. The chief source of the gold
supply, up to very recent day, has
been the rich gold.bearing alluvium,
which bears the same relation to gold
deposits in general as a layer of cream
to pot of milk. 1t is estimated that
from 184S to 1875 nearly nine.tenths
of the worlds gold came from this
alluvium. Now, in greater part, this
rich cream has been removed and at
the present time not much more than
third OF the supply is derived from
this source. In other words, placer
mining has changed places with lode
mining and the greater part of the
worlds gold can no longer be washed
down from the hillsides at compare
lively slight expense, but has to be
sought in the bowels of the earth,
often at far depths. More than this,
quartz mines of extraordinary rich
ness are by no means so common at
the present time rs they were two
or three or four decades ago. The
difficulty of working has steadily in
creased, while the average value of the
ore has steadily increased.
You may judge of the comparative
cost of working by a comparison be-
tween this and the former day. The
gold bearing beds of the Transyaal are
not difficult of access nor expensive
to work. They lie in a curiously regu-
lar fashion, resembling gold beds much
more than the general run of gold
bearing veins. The totaFoutput of
these fields was about S33, 900, 600 in
1894, and a mining authority, Pro
fessor Richards, has estimated that to
gain these S33, 900, 900 of gold will
probably cost as much as all the Sl43,
600, 900 which the California and Aus.
tralia put forth in lS5l-lS53, taken to.
gether. Or, to put the matter in an
other way, it has been computed that
in the bonanza placer days two men
with shovel, a pick and rocker
could gain as much gold as ten men
and ten stamps at the present time
Review of Reviews.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

New Yorks philanthropic pawn
broker shop is financial and moral
success. 1t was organized to rescue
the deserving poor from the three
per-cent.a-month money lenders. Last
year it had 35,03S customers, 90, $40
of whom redeemed their pledges. A
total of over 5000, 900 was lent at ono
per cent. month, with tho result that
that the institution made a net profit
of between six and seven per cent, and
a great amount of good was done and
suffering relieved. There is q hint in
this enterprise for other cities than
New York adds the San Francisco
Chronicle.t
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The hardest precious stone, after
the diamond, is the ruby.
Professor Scripture, OF Yale, has in.
vented a machine for measuring hall
lucinations.
There is 250-ton coal dock at De-
troit, Mich, where the coal is handled
entirely by machinery.
The bicycles used in the French
Army each have an electric light
which can be turned on or off at will.
In the normal state dog executes
twenty to thirty respiratory move
ments a minute, but while he is ex-
cited or is running in the heat of tho
sun this increases to 800 or $50.
The Baltimore and Ohio finds that
the cost of operating its electric SER
vice in the Baltimore tunnel is thirty
eight cents per engine mile, while the
steam milo was twenty-three cents.
1t has lately been established that
the temperature Of the carbon in the
electric arc is about 750 degrees F.,
heat, or over forty times the differ
ence between the boiling and freezing
water.
The poison of fatigue is stated by
Professor Wedensky to be exactly
similar to the deadly vegetable poison
known as curare. The former, it is
maintained, is capable of inducing
fatigue in fresh animals inoculated
with it.
The thermophone is an instrument
recently devised for measuring the
temperature of O distant or lnaccessi.
BILE place. 1t was devised for the
purpose of obtaining the temperature
of the wateT at the bottom of pond,
and is said to fill expectations.
Slight tapping of the forehead over
the nose and eyes with q rubber ham
mer is a German remedy proposed for
| inoipient colds, with heavier tapping
in chronic catarrh. The first con.
tracts the blood vessels and the second
dilates them, and favors q free secre-
tion of mucus.
The blackness of the atmosphere in
many factory towns seems to have
more considerable cause even than
most of us would have guessed. The
smoke stack of German sugar fac.
tory was recently provided with a SCOT
catcher, from which 6700 pounds OF
SCOT was taken at the end of six days,
and it is concluded that the stack OF
such factory pours 200 tons OF car.
bon dust annually into the air.
Professor Lodge, of University Col
lege, Liverpool, states in reference to
the Roentgen photography, that by
the application of greater power than
he previously possessed he was able
to see tho effect of the rays which pen,
etrated twelve inch baulk of timber
and the palm of his own hand. In
addition he had been able to see, il
the same sense, through the head of q
boy Ht the laboratory connected with
the college, and through every part oi
his body, clothes and all.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

The cold Dutch estate" fever is pre-
vailing in the United States aud Can
ada to such an extent that United
States Consul Downs, at Amsterdam,
has been impelled to warn his coun-
trymen against spending time or
money toward the collection of these
estates. He writes the State Depart
ment that for the last three months
inquiries on this subject at his Consul
ate have been SO numerous as to al
most battle reply. The Anneke Jams
estate, the Vancot estate, the Van
Dussau estate, the Webber estate, the
Brandt estate, the Mezger estate, are
some Of the fancy titles supposed to
represent millions-a actually repre-
senting nothing. "These estates do
not exist, writes the Consul. They
are myths, will-o' the-wisp fakes. The
Bank of Holland, in which the un-
claimed millions are alleged to be de-
posted, does not exist Every dollar
spent in reference to these estates IL
30 much money wasted,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
Decay OF Russian Nobility.

Some startling statistics of the de-
cay Of the Russian nobility are given
in a list of mortgaged estates fur
nished by the British Consul at st.
Petersburg, At present more than
100, 900 estates, OF foItY-one per cent.
Of the entire area owned by mobiles,
are burdenel by mortgages, aud the
amount of money advanced on them
has reached S632, 500, 600, OF which
$3.50, 600, 600 remains unpaid. The
Nobility Land Bank, created by the
Government to make loans to strand
ed landlords, has advanced nearly its
entire capital of $3.50, 600, 900, and re-
ceiyed but little in return.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

One of perhaps many little oonsid-
cred ways in which the forests of the
country are being eaten up is in sup.
plying timber for railway trestle
work. There are two thousand miles
of trestlo structure in the United
States, according to an estimate by
the Forestry Division. This trestle
work has to be replaced entirely every
nine years, on an average, and every
year timber amounting to 26O, 900, 900
feet, board measure, is used for this
purpose. Nearly all the timber is cut
from the largest and finest trees. The
annual expenditure on this work is
estimated at about 81, OOO,O
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
A BYGONE SUMMER.

An humble scene among the bygone sum
mers,
When limbs were round and maidens' lips
were red.
Among the grass the rhymes Of insect hum
mers;
The katydids' harsh triolcts overhead.
Where the white road tho mountains coarse
hair parted,
Spilled nectar, but a moment sunshine
flowed;
The whippoorwllls their night-long chansons
started,
And on the sky-plains tents Of bedouin.
showed.
Two stood beside the farmstead GATE
maiden.
And he who there with Hopes misguidinq
eyes
Saw fame ahead, as some child legend laden
Believes beyond the rainbow treasure lies
They stood together in the locust's shadows
Their faces pale beneath the twilight glow
And shesaid, soft as vespers over meadows
"I hate so much, so much, to see you gor
The years went by in disappointing fashion
For who has seen the futures scroll un
fold,
Nor learned that those we love with youths
first passion
Are not the ones wo wed when we are old
Yet, little maid, in memory's blue now sleep
ing,-
lover yet, an old mans tearirops flow
II there were only one to cheer him weeping
And say-"I hate so much to see you got
Memphis Commerclal-Appeal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
THE Tw TIDES,

In vast tidal-wave Of rosy light
The morning breaks on the receding shore,
Where sounds the swelling, multitudinous
roar
OF Life and Labor rising in their might;
While, far behind, with scintilant specks Of
white
Drowning the tumult which 1t deepens
DER
In earth-long curvature, rolls evermoro
The black aud silent avalanche Of night.
thou Of selfish power and fortune proud,
The world rovolves. The night shall over
shroud
It's face, unshadowed though it be with
cloud.
o thou from whose sal life all light seems
gone,
Beyond the black horizon line the dawn
In rosy tide comes rolling swiftly on.
Edward P. Jackson. IN Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

human figure began to emerge,
crawling painfully on hands and knees.
A human figure, yet crushed almost
out of the shape of humanity, but still
with life in it, for it moved.
And bark, voice; voice coming
from that mangled body. What did it
say?
Not words of pain, but words of Joy.
Words such as the martyrs used at the
stake. "dallelujah Hallelujah !"
For was not he martyr, too2 He
had died to save his masters child.
He was both hero and martyr. New
York News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

The trolley car and the bicycle are
credited with being mainly RESPONSE
Bile for the remarkable fact, stated in
the Department of Agriculture re-
ports, that the value of the horses
and mules in this country decreased
by almost one-hqlf between 1892 and
the end of last year, The aggregate
decline in the value of horses is put
down at $500, 100000 and of mules
$50, 900, 900. The stories that have
come from Western ranges lately seem
TO bear out the figures in general. A
Lewiston (Idaho) newspaper a few
days ago spoke of the homely but once
highly necessary cayuse as being a
"pest and nuisance" in that region,
and reioicel over the advent of a
company seeking 5000 cayuses to sup,
ply q rendering establishment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
The New Woman.

Chloroform and ammonia killed a
centipede and saved cat at Spring
field the other day. The centipede
dropped from a bunch of bananas up
on the cat, and at once buried ITS
poisonous fangs in the animals legs.
Its mistress, with rare presence Of
mind, dropped chloroform on the in-
sect, which suecumbed, and then sho
applied ammonia to the cats leg. II
was triumph of presence Of mind,
apparently. Boston Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Advice to a brunette who is about
to become a blonde-Keep it dark. -
Statesman.
"What makes you think Pilker is
over fifty?" ooh, he has begun act.
ing silly again. Chicago Record.
"Uncle Bob, what is a movable
feast?" "The waffles and wienerwurst
wagon, my boy. Chicago Record.
Had the prodigars money held out
he would never have known the taste
of his fathers fatted calf RAMS
Horn.
Glove me little, love me long" she
warbled. eyes" said he. "But will
you love me when / am short?"-In-
dianapolis journal.
az don't see Jimpson any more.
''You are not likely to for some time.
He's got new camera and o baby at
his house. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Say, loan me $40 for about a
week?" "Cau't; haven't got but
fve." "That'll do-lend me the five
for two weeks l"-Chicago Record.
The difference between n somnam-
bulist and n messenger boy is triiling:
One walks in his sleep, and the other
sleeps in his walk. Philadelphia
Press.
Little Lulu-"Mamma, papa is COM
ing" Mother-"Can you see him?"
Little Lulu-"No, mamma, but can
hear the voice OF his footsteps. "-Rox-
bury Gazette.
As the hurricane swept the deck and
upset few yachtsment it breezily re-
marked: 81 guess 1 can turn an occa
slonal summer 'sllt' myself Rich
mond Gazette.
Vexed Mother-"James, how many
more times must l tell you to stop
making that noise?" James-'Ill
leave that to your own judgment, ma. "
Philadelphia North American.
al have done nothing but blush ell
day." complained the rose, "and still
that idiot of a poet goes on talking of
the modest violet, as if there were not
others. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Oh, mamma" said little Willie, as
he made his first close inspection of a
bicycle, "this machine las got rub
bers on to keep its wheels from get
ting wet r'-Harper's Round Table.
Do Vere-'I heard q compliment
for you to-day" Miss Antique-"Tn-
deed What was it?" De Vere-
young Chapman says you carry your
years we'll. New York Town Topics.
"Shoes were blacked as early as the
tenth century," says an exchange.
And it might have added that many of
them look as though they had never
been blackedl since.-Boston Trans
cript.
"Mr. Crnyons is very successful in
his drawing" remarked the young wo-
man. eyes" replied the discourteous
rival, 81 understand he disposed Of
several pictures at rattle. Wash.
ington Star.
"People don't think amount to
much in this concern" said the Office
boy as he filed away the paid bills,
"but they'd think different if they
knew l handled all the receipts. -
Roxbury Gazette.
He (admiring vase of fowers) =
"Are they not beautiful? Do you
know they remind me of you?" She
(softly)-"But they are artificial He
-"Ah, yes; but you'd never know
it. it."-Washington Town Talk.
Mother-"Did you try to mako
yourself agreeable at Mrs. High
stone's?" Little Daughter-"Yes'm m
told her all the funny things our
callers said about her, and she seemed
to be real interested. Good News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

Smoking out an obstinate juror is q
new way of arriving at verdict which
was successfully tried by eleven good
men and true in Hartford, Conn, u
few days ago, according to the Times.
The obstinate juror stood out for a
long time, aud his will was only con-
quered when no became physically
prostrated by the volumes of smoke
that filled the jury room from the
cigars, pipes aud cigarettes of the
eleven other jurymen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
A Profitable GrapeIruit Tree.

The returns from the sale of the
product of a single grapefruit tree in
the Terra Celia Island grove, near
Braidentown, are given in late issue
of the Manatee River journal. The
fruit filled twenty-six boxes aud sold
for Sl7O. The freight, carriage and
commissions amounted to S26. 80, max
ing the net proceeds Sl43.64.-Jack-
sonville (Fla.l Citizen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
hungarian Gipsies.

A census Of the gipsies in Hungary
has Just been taken. They number
274, $40, about half settlers in towns
aud villages, while the other half
keep mp nomadic life. OF the total
number 50, ,O4j can only speak the
Tsigany or Romany language; lO4, 75O
speak Hungarian, too, rs their mother
tongue; 67,O46 Roumauian, 1857
Slovak, 5S6l Servian, 1896 German
aud 20OS Rutheninn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
WAR OF TIE FUruRE

"Lieutenant
eyes, sir I"
"Have you a platoon of scientists
ready for active service q
eyes, sir"
"Deploy them in front of the forth
ication opposite our right wing with
instructions to turn on the cathode
rays and find out how large a force the
enemy has behind those walls, Chi
cago Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

Horseless carriages are by NO means
new, as in volume l3 of the Encyelo-
paedia Britannica, published in Edln-
burgh in 1910, there are diagrams and
a description of hoTseless carriage
invented by Mr.. Richards, a physician
in Rochelle. The machinery by which
the movement was effected was placed
in a box in the rear Of the carriage.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
RESEMBLANCE.

THAT poem OF yours" remarked
the hippant person, reminds me of
'Spencer's Faery Queen. "
"But," said the aspiring writer,
''you told me yesterday that you had
never read the "Faery Queen.
"Yes. That's why your poem re-
minds me of it. Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
AS GOOD AS GAS.

Victim-''You say you supply bal
looms to guests on the top floor in case
of fire? Are they already filled?"
Chicago Hotel Clerk-"Oh, no.
Just wait until the fire has made pro.
gress enough and you can fill your
balloon with hot air. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
A Feat OF MeehanIcnI SIM.

A story of feat of mechanical
skill of wonderful delicacy is told in
Iron Age. An expert mechanic is
said to have taken a common sewing
needle of medium size, / inches
long, and drilled hole through its
entire length, from eye to point, the
hole being just large enough TO admit
of the passage of very fine hair.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

Sir w. Foster, member of the British
Parliament, speaking at banquet ut
Derby, said that il they had Mr.. Glad
stones clarion voice ringing through
the British Isles to-day it would scat
ter the bloody emblems OF Turkey
and make such atrocities as they had
heard of impossible of fulfllment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
THE PROBABLE REASON.

Dolly SWIFT just met Miss Thir-
tysmith, and she told me, as proof of
her popularity, that two men called
on.Aer at the same time last night. "
Sally Gay-"That may have been
the reason, or it may have been be-
cause they were afraid to go alone. -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
ADAPTADILITY.

Inspector of Prisons-"In provid-
ing you with work your former occu-
patton shall be taken into account.
What were you?"
Convict "An anarchist.
Inspector-"Um, um. We can put
him to road blasting. "-Fliegende
Blaetter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

In five years surprising changes
often occur in public sentiment. In
1890 the repres ntation of Sardou's
"Thermidor" was stopped in Paris
alter two performances because of tho
tumult among the audience. Now the
same play has been produced there at
the Porte st. Martin Theater without
any excitement.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
BOTH HAVE A CHANGE.

She-'It is all SO nico..for you to go
down to the club to break the mono
tony and all that sort of thing, but
where do come in?"
He-"You get your share in getting
rid of me for a while. "-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

AZ time when the French dislike
for England is strong enough to
prompt France to consider an alliance
with Germany, there is surely no tell
ing what may happen in the European
complication, remarks the Chicago
Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
CROOKED ADVICE.

Doctor-'I don't think that boil on
your nose is very serious matter, but
you had better keep your eye on it. "
Patient (nervously)-"Great Scott
doctor, that'll make me squint. Min
neapolis Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

"This year, my dear, you must cur
tail your expenses. do not see more
than eight thousand dollars coming in
the next twelve months.
"Oh, don't worry, you considerate
darling l will skimp on dress and
we'll still have three thousand dollars
10 live on. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Correct-Heartless- It Hap.
pened-Delays Are Vexatious-A
Good Thing, Etc, Etc.
"Where was the Magma Charter
signed?" asked the teacher.
PLEASE, sir, at the bottom. ."-Phila-
delphia American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
= ADVANTAGEOUS.

"Stammering is an awful affection, "
remarked the young woman.
"Still it has its advantages, re-
marked the young man. ''Fellow
doesn't need mole than two or three
ideas to keep him in conversation a
whole evening."-Amusing journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
HEARTLESS.

Actress taking the leading character
in tragedy)--"Where can my mother
be?"
Voice From the Gallery-"She is sit
tingin the Konigsplat, selling apples.
-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
Slain by Spain.

It is computed that 100000 In
dian slaves persisted from SPANS
brutality during the century AMI Il
half that followed the discovery OF
America -- Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

Visitor-"How do you come to havo
60 many Chinese figures?'
Hostess-"Oh, at the time of my
wedding there was sale of them, and
these are all wedding presents. Dos
ton Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

The population of Europe has in.
creased 29,92s,OO0 during the past
ten years, nearly one.half the increase
being in Russia. Franco gained but
81 OOO
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
NOT TO nr coNGRAru1ATEp.

Fuddy-"So Gnddy is dead?"
Duddy-"Yes, poor fellow, he has
gone to his reward ut last"
Fuddy-"Strange how fellows i'll
luck will follow him sometimes. -
Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
RARELY ACCOMPLISHED WOMAN.

"Miss Cayenne is n very bright
young woman" he remarked, admir-
ingly.
"Does she say clever things?"
"Better than that. She sees the
point when somebody else says them. "
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27

Johnny-"May 1 wake the baby,
mammaW
Mamma-"Why do you want to
wake the baby?"
Johnny-"5o's can play on my
drum. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
DELAYS ARE YEXATTOrs.

George (hesitating) But, darling,
if we elope will your parents ever for
give usP"
Ethel-"Yes, dear, if we're not too
long about it. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
A GOOD THING

Jazbey-"What's a coed thing for
rheumatism ?"
Chimley-"You seem to be you're
always complaining of it. ."-Roxbu.y
Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
A HERO.

T the dead of night
there was q cry
"Fire, fire |"
Even in the great
city, where thou
sands are at hand to
render aid, it is q
terrible cry at that
hour. But on q
lonely plantation
how inexpressibly
awful
"Fire, fire, fire ~
II ranO throu0h the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-27
Thirty-fve per cent of the gradu-
ntes from our women's colleges marry.

Seventy American colleges were
founded between the years 1888 and
1880.