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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
AN EASY INTRoDuoTIoN.

The young man had gone into a dc,
partment store to buy fountain pen.
The girl in charge of the fountain pen
show case had supplied him with u
sheet of paper, a bottle of ink and
several of the pens, aud in trying
them, one after another, he covered
the sheet with the words "Icmpus
Fugit," the girl looking on with q
kindly interest.
'1f you buy one and it doesn't suit
you, Mr.. Fugit," she remarked, "you
can bring it back and change it. >
Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

Feminine caprice in dress has ruined
many aourishing industry, and now
the Calais lacemakers are the sufferers.
The present fancy for thick heavy
gnipure laces prevents sale of the fine
delicate fabrics wrought in the neigh
borhood of Calais. Calais manufac-
-turers have distributed their lace free
to Parisiau shops, but customers will
not take it up.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
MEEfORGES,

As a perfume doth remain
In the folds where it hath lair,
SO the thought OF you remaining
Deeply folded in my brain.
will not leave me, all things leave msi
You remain.
Other thoughts may come and so,
Other moments may know.
That shall wait me, in their going,
As a breath blown to and fro.
Fragrant memories; fragrant memories
Come and go.
Only thoughts Of you remain
n my heart where they have lain,
Perfumed thoughts Of you remaining,
A hid sweetness in my brain.
Others leave me; all things leave me;
You remain.
Arthur Symons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
Presence OF Mind at the Point OF Death

Death came to Captain II. G. Nc.
Laughlin, of the steamer Resolute,
while he was in the pilot house steer
ing his boat across San Francisco har-
Dor the other day. As he felt his
senses leaving him he intuitively
reached forward and rang the reliei
bell for the mate. When the mate
reached the pilot house the captain
was lying on the floor, senseless, and
in a minute or two he was dead. Early
that day he had picked up a horse
shoe near the wharf, and took il
aboard, telling his friends that il
meant good luck for him. New York
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
A SUGGESTIVE Conversation,

"Mr. Smith, suppose you've heard
that the year 1900 will not be leap
year2"
"Ye-es, Miss Jones"
$50 that there will be no chance to
to that is, no chance between
1896 and 2004."
"Genius, Miss Jones, makes its own
opportunities. But fear I'm staying
too late. Good night !"-New York
Recorder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
A Remarkable Ink

One OF the most remarkable inks
known TO the chemist is made of
preparation of Prussian blue in com.
bination with nitric and hydrochlorio
acid. The writing done with this ink
mas the singular property of fading
when exposed to the light aud recov.
ering its color when taken into the
shade or placed in perfect darkness
indianapolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
PROOF POSITIVE.

Gladys-"What are you going to do
when you leave college?"
Tom---"Oh, live on my income, I
guess"
Gladys-.-"A man as clever as you
might do something to Prove his
cleverness.
Tom.--"Liviug on my income would
prove me one of the cleverest inan-
ciers of the age. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

Four professors of the University
OF California, after listening, as judges,
to a public debate on the New Wo-
man movement, voted solidly against
the New Woman, deciding that the
movement ''is not for the best inter.
ests of the race"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
Cllnese Great Ion Nnlnnprs.

The Chinese excel at flying kites,
but they are even greater at spinpils
tops. Some OF their tops are as large
as half barrel, aud it requires the
strength of three Cinnamon to set
them a-spiuning. The hummins %
these tops can he heard at q distance
ot several hundred ysrls.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
MATHEMATICAL GENIUS.

Teacher-"Now suppose there were
FIVE boys going skating, and they had
only three pairs of skates; how many
boys would have to look on?"
Boy-"I know; the two that got
the worst of the fight. "-Harper's
Round Table.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
no REWARD.

"Well, my little boy" said the ur-
bane visitor, "what does mamma give
you for being good to.day?"
'5he doesn't give me anything" "
said the youngster IN an injured tone.
81 am just good for nothing. DE.
troit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

Dyspeptic Customer 1.-THE doctor
says coffee isn't good for me, and l
must quit drinking if. Haven't you
some preparation that makes a good
substitute for coffee?"
Grocer-"Yess sir. Our Pure After
HSinneF JAVA ready ground, at twenty
cents pound, is an excellent-er -
imitation, sir. Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
ACCOUNTED For.

Farmer Wayback-"Only think,
Samanthy thet rich Mr.. Vanderbilt
allows his wife five thousand dollars q
month fer pin-moneY alone"
Mrs. Wayback-"Wa-al, Josh, uf-
fen think an uster wonder where all
TIL pms went to, an now I know
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
armament

Count Okuma's proposition of a
worlds fair in Japan is a sensible one.
thinks the New Orleans Picayune. The
Occidental attendance at an Oriental
exposition would be immense.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
THEY WE'RE WE'LL NAMED.

"These SUITS" said the salesman,
"are fitted with our great Corbett-
Fitzsimmons prize fight buttons"
"Er-?" faltered the customer in
quiringly.
"Yes," explained the salesman,
"they never come off. "-Rockland
Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

German women have been appealed
to by the International Woman's
League for Peace in Paris to help
Them in bringing about general dis
armament.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
NOT A TOTAL LOSS. p

Towne-"I hear you had q fire out
at your house at Lonesomehurst. Did
il do much damage?"
Subbubs-"No, not much we had
it out before the local fire company
got there. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15

Henry WattersoD, editor of the
Louisville Courier-J Journal, is gcing
to write a life of Abraham Lincoln
from the standpoint of an ex-Confed-
crate who admires the genius of tho
martyred President.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
A GENTEEL EMPLOYMENT.

Mrs. A.-'Ts it true that your sou
holds the appointment of warden in a
iail?"
Mrs. R.-'Yes, but only criminals
of good family are imprisoned there"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
TWO HIRps WITH ONE STONE.

Goodfello-'If my clothes were not
COO big for you, I'd give you an old
suit"
Hungry Hank (gratefully)-"Boss,
if you'd give me the price OF square
meal, warrant they fit me all right.
Truth,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
A BAN ON THE NAME.

AM Agnes Grey,
or at least that
was my name
when, one bright
summer day, the
sky as blue as
though til er e
never could be
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
RATS or ADvEar,siRn,

Legal advertisements tep esots psr ltns
ecch Insertion
Marriages and death notices RFHtis.
All bills for yearly advertisements cCnecspe
quarterly. Temporary Advertisements nEast
b paid in advance.
Job wurk-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Is Rival-Too Suddeu-A Gentecl
Employment-No Reward-Ac-
counted For, Etc, Etc.
She was happy in the love of him
She married for his pelf
Though she adored another
That other was herself.
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-15
TOO SUDDEN

TOO SUDDEN.
Cholly-"How would-aw-like to
own little-aw-puppy, Miss Mon
eyful?"
Miss NJ. - "This is so sudden, Mr.,
Softleigh. New York Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15
COMMENT AND OPINION.


E/The working men nrc lining up in
the Mckinley column. McKinleyism
seems 20 warm the cookies Of their
pcarls.-Iowa State Register.
TIThe average per capita currency
I'm the silver countries OF the world IN
three dollars. The average in the gold
standard countries is sl5.-Utica OBJ
server (Dem.).
EJThe Sound money" democrats oc-
cupy the anomalous position Of desiring
the success OF Mckinley, and yet hesi-
tating about voting for him.-St. Louis
Globc-Democrat.
ZUnder free coinage regime the
government would cease rcdeeming its
notes In gold and begin rcdeeming them
In 53-cent dollars. II that is not re-
pudiation OF n governmental obliga-
ton, what is?-Chicngo Times-Iicrald.
ryIt is the per capita purchasing
power and not the per capita money
supply which makes prosperous times.
The man who gets ten dear dollars a
week can buy more bread and meat
than the man who gets ten cheap doll
lars Have the farmer free silver ad-
vocates ever thought Of that?-Kansns
City Star
ryNo democrat who ~ sincerely In
favor OF "sound money" ought 10 COM
plain because republicans arc not
wholly willing 90 drop the tariff. The
question of protection will hold many
men In line for Sound money" tho
end VIC gre all striving at. Besides, the
revenues Of the government have not
been such as TO warrant satisfaction
with the existing tariff.-Dcs Moines
Register.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15

= sop Thrown oss 20 Catch All Kinds .

votes-
Senator Thurston coupled neatly i'm
his speech at Madison the two promises
OF the free silverites. One OF these
promises Is that the free coinage OF
their fayorite metal al the rntio OK six
teen to one will give the farmer higher
prices for all his products. The other
h that IL will make silver worth 12o
cents an ounce all over the world.
According TO Bland the silver bullion n
q dollar Is worth about "a cents. Free sill
yer coinage would raise the price OF silver
10 l29 cents an ounce. and the silver I'm an
American dollar would be worth one dol
lar In gold the world over, even without
q government stamp on H."
But il free coinage is going 10 make
the silver dollar intrinsically Ms valua-
BILE as that gold coin which Altgeld calls
n 200-cent dollar, how in the farmer GO
ing TO get higher price for his wheat
and CORE and the planter for his cot
ton? The free coinage dollars being OF
the same value as the gold dollars will
buy just as much of all products an
they do and prices will be as low as they
are.
Senator Thurston states the case
thus:
my countrymen. did you ever stop to-
think that II the free coinage OF silver VIII
bring silver bullion back TO its old-timo
price there Will be none OF this increase Ira
the price OF products. none OF this increase
I'm price OF labor that they promised ON
the other side? This Is exactly true-thst
every promise they make TO the people OF
this country OF rise In values. OF moro
per bushel for wheat or more dollars per
day for men. is a promise based upon the
proposition that the new standard OF value.
the new dollar OF silver coinage. will bo
less than the present dollar OF the country
In which we live"
The free silverites make these two ir-
reconcilable promises, but they are ad-
dressed TO different constituencies
The promise that silver will double in
value Is intended for Rocky mountain
consumption. The mine-owners like
TO hear that talk. Free coinage, with
the gold value of silver bullion remain
ing unchanged, would not benefit them
particularly. except so far as IL gave
them cheaper dollars with which 10 pay
their debts.
The promise of higher prices Is to
tickle the farmers and make them be-
licve their crops win be worth moro
20 them under free coinage law.
There is n third promise, however.
which Senator Thurston did not men,
ton. That is the promise of cheap
money" That is intended to attract
nll men who owe money and who arc
rather DESTROYS 10 cheat their creditors.
Those men IRE not told that free coin
age will make silver worth 100 cents an
ounce, but that the price will remain
what IL is.
They do not want silver 10 advance
in price They want cheap dollars
which will go just as far in the payment
OF debts as the present 100-cent dollar
will go.-Chicago Tribune.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15

basis. They say. on silver basis you win
scale down In our debt one-han Would you
do II and deprive the man you oweof one
do ity say no; and not from sentiment do
make this statement. but from a selfish
reason. We must preserve our credit IN
the world. and II we adopt a silver basis
We Will ruin IL the world over. We want
no silver basis to help us out OF these hard
times. because the silver basis IN dishonor-
able. Distrust brought on these hard times
In 1888, and hard times Will last until we
turn down these silveritcs: and when We
settle this thing for good and all In Mo-
yember We will hear no more OF hard
flrneae
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15
IT WOULD MEAN RUIN.
De~socratic Success Would Bring Wide
spread Ruin.

Altogether, the general uneasiness in
business circles caused by the fear OF
democratic success Is becoming rather
alarming. The bold reserve Is falling.
As we write, IL is ten millions of dollars
below the characterization mark. Yet
there was shipped on the day before
only about quarter OF n million. This
would seem 10 show that all OF the gold
Is not going TO Europe, but that IL In
being boarded by the people OF our own
country. There are other facts which
would seem to prove that this In
true. Never in the history OF the two
safe deposit companies in San Francisco
has there been such rush for boxes as
during the past few weeks. This ~ u
curious community. The people Of Cali
ifornia are exceedingly prone 10 specu-
late in all Eorta of gambling schemes.
such as wildcat mining stocks. On the
other hand, they are extremely suscep-
tible to financial depressions. In 1893.
when the democratic panic was at it's
worst the bankers OF this city said that
the safe deposit boxes were filled with
coin. IL is their belief that similar
movement Is in progress now.
We all have n very vivid recollection OF
the panic OF 1893. IL was difficult 60
borrow anything In San Francisco then
without 20-dollar gold-pieces as secu-
rity. That was one OF the results OF
democratic Success. We have had three
years OF depression from democratic
panic. At the mere threat OF demo-
cratic domination for another four
years, people are buttoning up their
pockets, boarding money In stockings,
locking IL up in safe-deposit boxes, and
brokers are shipping gold out Of the
country to pay foreign sellers of Amcri-
can securities. All of this as result
merely OF threat OF democratic success.
What would result II shat party should
actually be successful at the pollso 1t
is our belief that wild panic would en-
sue beside which the panic OF 90 would
seem like n zephyr as contrasted with
cyclone. IL Is our deliberate conviction
that democratic success next November
would mean widespread and devastating
ruin.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15
ENGLISH RIVERS.
Seem Doomed by Civilization 10 Univer-
sal Pollution.

sal Pollution.
The sweet poet William Cowper IL
needed TO sing the funeral dirge of Eng
lish rivers. About 80 years since had
10 pass a year i'm smoky Manchester. In
1900 the River. lrwell, flowing through
the town, had been pure. pleasant
stream, where fish abounded, as some
old men could we'll remember; when I
was there. IL was a foul ditch OF inky
hue and loathsome smell. The legal
business which i had i'm part TO attend
20 ia Manchester was the way In which
some of the mill owners used the wa
ter of the canal passing through tho
town. so that my thoughts were special-
~ directed 10 river and canal pollutions.
Years have rolled on since then,
factories have largely increased in num-
Der, more and more OF Eagland's beau-
tiful rivers and country scenes have
been fouled and blackened. but the
worst feature of all has been that the
for the legitimate purposes referred
TO, but have made them the outlet OF all
their filth-streams OF muddy refuse.
More unhappy still. the thousands OF
cottages crowded in these large manu-
featuring towns have needed outlets;
so sewer drains have been formed, the
only outcast for which is the unfortun-
ate river or stream OF My kind flowing
through or near the town. Year by
year this evil increased, more rivers
being doomed to put on the inky hue.
until whole towns with their 100000 OF
inhabitants thus caused the rivers 10
be polluted, and, at length, tho Noblest.
grnndest river of the world. because
flowing through the greatest wealth.
est city of the world. yielded it's once
pure waters and tides 20 the yoke. and,
!oh! tell IL not TO the shades of departed
artist-painters, poets, historians, or
lovers OF nature. became one vast cess
pool for the 100000 inhabitants who
dwell near its course.-Gentleman
MAGAZINE
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15

10 VIII ue Tor Markets and Not for fifty
Cent Doiiars-
There are multiplying evidences that
the assumption which has given the
popocrats so much comfort, 10 the eff
feet that the farmers are for free sll-
YER, is based upon erroneous inforna-
ton.
1t has been claimed that the con-
gressional contest down in the Eight
zenith Illinois district, in which Hadley,
sound money candidate. defeated Lane.
q free silyerite. was not n fair test OF
the sentiment of the agriculturists on
the currency question. Interviews with
legitimate farmers from all over the
state by Chicago meat packers and
commission merchants, however, fur
nish facts that will be revelation TO
the popocrats, and GO far toward con-
Arming the deductions made from tho
verdict in the Eighteenth district. In
designations by Chicago packers, who
buy directly from the farmers and stock
raisers, indicate that those who are ac-
tually engaged in farming as business
are almost unanimous for Mckinley
and for the maintenance Of the present
standard for the measure of values.
II this Is true IL means that the cause
OF honest money will win sweeping
victory in Illinois, for the only cause of
apprehension among sound money
champions has been the apparent UNI
certainty as to the attitude OF the farm
ers on this question. II the rural pop
ulation OF Illinois Is for sound money
nothing can defeat it, for the wage
earners in the big cities. who have
nothing no sell but their labor, are nj
ready satisfied that there Is nothing in
free silver ut sixteen 10 one for them.
Even with as large a city as Chicago.
within its limits the rural population
outyotes the city population by 100000
or more. In 1894 the total vote cast by
oil parties in cities of 5000 and over in
Illinois was 3s0,257. The total vote
cast that year was s5o, 266, leaving 49,
OCT, which was cast by the farmers
and the inhabitants of the smaller
towns and villages, who are nearly all
ways closely identified with agricultu-
raj pursuits and who constitute the
backbone of the commonwealth moral
~ and intellectually.
The farmers are beginning TO realize
that what they need is not a larger cir
culating medium, consisting largely OF
n debased currency, but larger and
better market for their products. This
can only be secured by the Mckinley
policy Of protection, which enlarges the
home market by stimulating the devel-
opment OF industries that build up new
communities of wage earners, who con-
sumo breadstuffs, and by the restora-
ton OF reciprocity, which sent millions
of barrels of -four 10 Cuba and other
countries and opened the ports OF Eu-
rope TO our meat products.
The farmers will vote for markets for
their products and not for 50-cent dol
lars.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15
A BOYS OPINION.
He Wants the Girls Ia Take Part with tho
Boys In Their sports.

Sometimes a young lad will strike n
truth in his random talk. Talking TO a
middle-agcd woman one day, young
fellow said, confidentially: "You see,
Mrs. R, my sisters think so much of
the conventionalities. They are always
telling me that only common girls do SO
and so, and that girls who have been
taught properly don't do this thing or
the other thing. Now / think some
times they are mistaken. Lots of nice
girls do things they didn't use TO do.
They ride bicycles, and they go in par
ties or clubs with their brothers or
friends. They can be jolly and good
comrades with boy; bat they are nice
too. and just as well-behaved as my
sisters"
YES. think that too" replied tho
lady. "And you don't think IL makes
the girls any worse? What about the
boys?"
at makes the girls more friendly and
pleasant than those who stay at home
and never see anything!" he exclaimed.
emphatically. "And II does something
else. II makes us fellows more careful
IN what we do and say when girls go
everywhere as we'll as we do. Isn't
bicycle tour or n Camping out or
tramp in the country, as good sport,
and don't il make the fellows bctter-be-
haved, when girls arc along? Yes sir.
I don't want to go 10 places where the
girls can't 90; but l do think that the
girls ought 10 give way too, In the mat
ter. and try to go around to all the
places and take part. The boys want
the girls. and l do believe II would do
the girls good too. and wouldn't hurt
them a bit"
And this expression OF the opinion OF
n wcll-brought up young American boy
is something for fhe mothers OF girls TO
think over.-Harper's Bazaar.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-15
COMPARISON OF PRINCIPLES.
The Doctrines OF Mckinley and Bryan
Side by side.

This is the policy that Bryan is asking
the honest men of the United States TO
vote for:
1--WE demand the free and unlimited coin
age OF both silver and gold at the present
legal ratio OF sixteen TO one. without walt
ing for the aid or consent OF any other ma
ton. We demand that the standard sill
yer dollar shall be full legal tender. equal
ly with gold. for all debts. public and pri-
vate. and we favor such Legislation as viii
prevent for the future the demonetization
OF any kind OF legal tender money by pri-
yate contract"
And this is the statement OF princi-
pies to which Mckinley ndheres:
1--WE are unaiterably opposed 20 every
measure calculated TO debase our currency
or impair the credit OF our country. We
nre. therefore. opposed to the free coinage
OF silver. except by national agreement with
the leading commercial nations OF the
world. which we pedge ourselves 10 pro-
mote and. until such agreement can be OBJ
tained. the existing gold standard must be
preserved"
The Chicago platform means that the
savings banks and the insurance com
panies may pay 90 cents to every poor
man who has n claim upon them. The
ST. Louis platform means that, az now.
under the existing gold standard, every
dollar which the laborer receives for
his work, the farmer receives for his
wheat, and the thrifty man pays for in
surance orputs in the bank, is worth 100
cents, so shall every dollar received or
paid out by them in the future be worth
100 cents in every market in the world.
Every man who wishes to do justice and
TO receive justice must vote for McKin-
ley.--N. y. Tribune.