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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
Sea Signaling by Flags.

Tho hsgs to be hoisted at one time
in signaling at sea never exceed four.
it Is an interesting arithemetical fact
that, with eighteen various eolored
flags, and never more thaa four at IA
t. Ne, no fewer than rs, 5i2 signals can
be given. Inquirer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
GOT WHAT HE ASKED FOR.

A tramp came tumbling out of a
store on his ear moment, and then
collapsed in q heap.
"Hello !" cried bystander. "What's
the matter?
Excuse me, pard, said the vagrant ;
81 just went in there and asked that
feller to help me out. philadelphia
Record
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
JOGGING HIS MEMORY.

"I've been thinking all day over
that story you told me at the dinner
last night"
"Good, wasn't it?"
Eyes; was trying to remember
where 1 had heard it."-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
THE ROSE AND THE THORN

1seek my garden for the rose
That blossomej In the early morn.
But 10! the twilight CLEANS disclose
A bud Of all its petals shcrn,
And meath it fro9ns the naked Thorn,
George II, Conrad, In the Angolus
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

Edonnrd a. Martel, bright younk
lawyer Of Peris, has started a new
ecience. He calls it speleologie, or
the science of caves. Ho intends to
conduct systematic exploration of
caverns
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
WING WISDOM.

The little bird pipes,
The little bird peeps,
And the little bird preens his wings;
He settles himself on bending bough,
And this is the song no sings
Sing no, merry men;
fling no, merry maids;
The world Is glad old place;
II you meet It's glance with bold, brave air
There's an answering smile on its facel'
The little bird chirps,
The little bird cheeps,
And the little bird curves his wings;
He leaves his perch on the bending bough
And llts away as he sings:
"Slng no, merry men;
Sing no, merry maids,
Grasp courage and hope and truth;
Aud tho glad old world will grant you th,
gift
or Life and Eternal Youthw
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

AVE you ever
seen n taran-
tula? Not the
small, compare.
lively harmless
insect OF the
Southwest SO
la b e ] e d-and
Ii b o ! Q d-i n
your coll e c.
tlons. I mean
the & e n u in e
tarantula of the
tropics, a mon
ster as large as
q silver dollar,
, 100000 u,s,k1
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
TIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THR
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

A Tragedy TO Her-In Doubt-What
More Could He Do?- Wouldn't
Feel at Home, Etc, Etc.
She sweetly bears the burdens
That'd kill man were they his;
Yet she flies quite all to pieces.
II her hair gets out of friz.
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
VAGUE.

Mack-"What do you think of
Scribbler's new book?"
Robbins-"I haven't formed an
opinion"
"You must have been reading the
criticisms. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

Tho number of native Hawaiians to-
day is about 80, 900. In 177s Captain
Cook estimated the population Of their
islands Mt 400, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
ONLY HIMSELF TO BLAME.

Barber-"You don't need any
shave"
Would-be Customer -"All right. If
you find your sisters face all scratched
up tomorrow don't blame me" -
Town Topics.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
WHAT MORE COULD HE DO?

"You should have more of an eye to
the future, Jack"
'Great Scott don't always antici-
pate my allowance" ?"-Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
WOULDN'T FEEL AT HOME.

Clergyman MADAM, be oonsoled,
by the thought that your husband has
gone where there is no night"
Widow-"If he has he won't stay
long. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
RATES OF ADVERTISING,

One Square, one inch, one inssrtion..S 90
One Square, one inch, one month. q, 3 %
One Square. one inch, three months. 90
One Square, one inch, one year ..... 10 %
Two Squares one year 80, ...,...... 10 90
Quarter Column, one year. 30 90
Half Column, one year ...,.,.....,.. so 90
One Column, one year.. ...,...,. 1OJ W
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
IN DOUBT.

She-'Do you intend to go abroad
on your wedding trip when you get
marriedP"
He-'T do, if L marry the right
girl. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
LA TARANTOLA.

by Oh LES L. H1IDRErH.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
CHAP Err Amy Rivers. the
ward Of Theodore Shelf. a hypocrite,
is engaged 20 Hamilton Fairfax.
tf-Shelf proposes a piratical scheme
to Patrick Cambel, Shelf being under
the malign influence Of. Mrs. Shelf.
III, Nv, V and VI-The scheme is to
ship gold to New Orleans, overinsur-
ing it and wrecking it. Shelf and
Cambel employ Captain Owen Kettle
to command the steamer, the Port
Edes. and to carry out the plan
Cambel sails in the steamer. VII
As to the Port Edes, laden with the
boxes, leaves the dock o man on
-hore declares that she is doomed.
VIt-The crew attempt to seize the
vessel in order to secure the gold.
IX-But Capt. Kettle subdues the
mutiny. Y and XI-Cambel, who
has attached wires from his state.
room, makes the electric connection
and causes an explosion. III, ship
appears to be sinking. Kettle sends
C,mbel below with the ostensib.e
purpose Of seeing what is the trcu BILE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02

concernedly as though she had been an
ancient mariner bred and aged in fore
and ALTERS
She was girl, too, with looks much to
the lrishman's liking, with copper red
ha1r whose ends blew out from beneath q
green Italian nightcap, laughing, impu-
dent features, with the color whipped up
into warm pinks by the wind; a figure of
pretty curves, and tho shapcliest little
brown fists in the world splayed on the
tiller and gripping the restraining tiller
rope. She was pretty much up to the eyes
in her steering, bus she found time to
throw IN oeilind toward the steamer.
which Mr. sullivan answered with yell
intended to show his complete admiration
and swirl Of his greasy cap. 1t was then
that Cambel fell, and the donkeyman
took his eyes from the schooner and picked
him up and once moro applied the whisky
bottle. More drowned than l thought
for, " he mUttercd. lit II be pigs mess
for Us if he goes in
But Patrick Cambel had not tainted
through the effect Of his recent struggle
alone. IL was quite another matter which
had dealt him the suf1icing shock.
In the steerer of that little schooner he
had seen the sister Of the woman to whom
he had once been affiaEced; who had dis
carded him for another man; who had
driven him from scdate English life to
be wanderer and q yagabond upon the
face of tho earth. His roamings had be
gun and continued only because the i'm
age of this one woman had refused to
leave his thoughts, and the half sarcastic
nickname of the great traveller had been
gained without any seeking on his part.
Five long desperate years had passed
since the blow fell upon him, and time
was doing its work. He had begun to for
get her, to promise himself that, this pres
snt enterprise accomplished, he would
eliminate the past and lead u newer and
different life, ard yet there, on the most
unlikely corner Of Gods earth, her sister
passed like Il stage figure before his eyes,
the sister from whom she was never
parted.
The shock came upon him rs thunder
bolt from IA blue sky. He had fancied her
TO be in England, Europe, Australia
anywhere but here-and in his weak state
tho surprise was too great. Again the
sush of the waters Numbered in his car,
again the light faded from his eyes, and
shis tino lie Owed into blank unconscious
ness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02
FRO BE Continued
Did You Ever

try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troubles? II not. get bottle
now aud get relief. This medicine
has been found to be particularly
adapted to the relief and cure of all
Female Complaints, exerting a won.
derful direct influence in giving
strength and tone to the organs. II
you have loss of appetite. constipa-
ton, headache. fainting spells or are
nervous. sleepless, excitable, melan-
choly or troubled with dizzy spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine YOU
need. Health and strength are guar
anteed by its use. Large bottles
only Soc at Hartz & Ullemeyer's
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02
Rheumatism Cured In . Day,

"Mystic Cure" for rhematism anc
neuralgia cures in 1 to 8 days. Its
action upon the system is remarka.
BILE and mysterious. It removes a,
once the cause, and the disease
Immediately disappears. The frs,
dose greatly relieves, IS cents. Sold
by Otto Grotjan, druggist, Rock Is.
land and Gust. Schlegel & Son, 22G
west Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02

If you could select the pure gold
from the dross. the wheat from the
chaff, the good from the bad, you
would never make the mistake of tax
ing any other remedy than Foley's
Sarsaparilla for blood disorders.
Trial size, SO cents. For sale at M.
+. Bahpsen's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02

The girl sat on the coGminJ Of the cockpit
for minute staring, then threw up his
hands and pitched forward onto the plank
ing as though bullet had smitten the life
in his brain.
The big donkeyman also was startled
Out of the morning mists of the south
there had come up small centerboard
schooner of some - tons an FISHERMAN
perhaps in the season and now a sponge
gatherer or n mere coaster. She was com
ing down over the seas as dry as a gull,
driving along under her boom forcsail and
jib. The donkeymaa's eye hung on her
rs she surge1 past the rust streaked flank
OF the steamer some 90 fathoms away
not because the sight of little white
painted schooner was new to him, not be-
cause he was impressed by the danger to
the Port Edes' enterprise in her being seen
by any one, but on account of the tiny
vessel being handled. in what To her was
distinctly ugly weather, by SO extraordi-
nary a person as a young and pretty girl.
No one else was on deck, and the girl SAT-
on the coaming of the cockpit. tiller IN
one hand. tiller rope n the other, as IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02
ELY'S
Cream Balm

Is quickly absorbed.
C,esnses N. Nasal
Passages. Allays
Pain and lRfiamma-
ton. Heals all the
Sores. Protects the
Membrane from Ad-
ditional Cold. Re
stores the Senses Of
Taste and Smell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02
Election Notice,


Notice is hereby given that Tuesday the I'll
day OF April A. D.. 1886. in the city Of Rock Isl
and, Ill.,, an election will be held for the following
officers, towit:
CITY OFFICERS.
One alderman in the Fret ward for two years
One alderman in the second ward for TWO yeare
One alderman in the Third ward for two wears
One alderman in the Fourth ward for two yearp
One alderman in the Fifth ward for two YEAR.
One alderman in the Si3th ward for two years
One alderman in the Seventh ward for two
years.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
One Supervisor for two yeap.
Two ASS slant Supervisors for two years.
One Assessor for one yea.
One collector for one year.
Which election ill be open at O'Clock in the
morning and contint open until O'Clock in tag
afternoon Of toat dsy.
Places OF registration and voting will be as fol-
lowe:
Fret ward-Franklin hose house.
Second Ward Precinct 1, No. 1014 Third ave
second ward-Precinct 2 George Stodd., hall.
Eighth avenue. between Ninth and Tenth street
Third Ward Precinct /. NO. 1914 hird avenue
Third Wari-PreciDct 9. John Taylor's gro
Gerry, Eighth avenue and Fourteenth street.
Fourth Ward-PreciGct ], Dimick's liver,
stable
Fourth ward-Precinc. ,. No. ecbool. Fir,
avenue ana Nineteenth street
Fifth yard Precinct ], Hosc House en- Twen
ty-second street.
Film Ward Precinct .. schmidts grocery Cd
Twentieth street.
sixth wa.d-No. 1853 Seventh avcrue.
Seventh Wa,d-Precinct /, street car harm
seventh Ward Precinct ?, Old No = school
ID. BCEsiNG, City and Town clerk
Roc Leland ILL.,. March 4. A. D. 1875.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10
42O Fort Street

turns had not been figured out, that the
prize would be awarded to tricycle.
motor, which, while travelling, covered
the distance in seventy-two hours. In
other words, while under way. the
average speed of this tricycle. motor
was about IA 3-5 miles an hour, or APP
proximately $50 miles a day of ten
hours. The roads of France are far
superior to the ordinary highways of
the United States, although a century
ago the French, as we'll as the English,
roads were by no means as we'll made
or as we'll kept as the average road in
this country. But, assuming the exist
ence of these well made highways and
improvements that will continue to be
made in motors of various kinds, this
contest opens up large possibilities for
the future, for with good highways one
risks little in saying that the next gen
Grafton will have in use individual
motor cars, with almost the same fire.
quency that wagons drawn by horses
are now used, and that in travelling
through the country these will, to quite
a degree, take the place of steam rail-
ways and other means of public con-
Veyance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10
MOTOR WAGONS.

A motor race has recently taken
place in France, which in a number of
ways has been the longest and most
satisfactory contest of this kind that
has thus far occurred. The course was
from Paris to Marseilles and return.
covering a distance of 1851 miles. The
race was not a straightaway run, but
had to be made inside of ten days, the
stopping for rest, and presumably for
repairs, at number of specified places
At these their times of arrival and de-
parture were carefully taken by official
timekeepers, so that it was possible to
accurately determine the entire time
consumed in making the round trip.
The motor cars or wagons were of va
rious kinds, with varying methods of
propulsion, but it is understood, al
though at last accounts the entire re
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10
STRANGE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

A very peculiar mishap to a freight
train has just come to the attention
of the motive power department of the
Panhandle in this city, says the Co
lumbus (O) Press, and in its details
it assumes the nature of a miracle as
strange as those of old. The train
was running at a rapid gate between
Zenia and Trebins, a distance of four
miles, when the trucks of one of the
cars gave way and jumped on to the
tracks of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road, which runs parallel with
the Pennsylvania at that point. The
trucks lighted sQuarely on the rails
and continued running until they
smashed into the pilot of a Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton engine running
in the opposite direction. The Pan
handle train evidently did not suffer
any inconvenience owing to the loss
of the trucks, as it was not discovered
until Trebins was reached, and then it
was found that the body of the freight
car was held in position by the coup
lings and had run two miles without
any wheels. The accident is perhaps
without any parallel in annals of rail-
ways, and although absolutely true and
vouched for by the motive power de-
partment officials, it seems stranger
than fiction.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10

Flannelettes.
F1annelettes.
Plain Sateens in all shades.
Plain Black Sateens.
Plain Black French Sateens.
Black Cashmeres, "A inches wide.
Dimities..
Printed Lawns. :.
Ladies Shirtwaists ..............
Hermesdorf Dye Black Stockings.
Hermesdorf Dye Black Stockings.
Children's Sun Bonnets, Silk Caps
Mems Laundried Shirts.
Gents Linen Collars.
Ladies Undervests ............ -.
Ladies Underwear.
Ladies P. d., d. g., I'll. S., w. B., r.
Ladies Chemise
OUR GREAT STOCK
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10

A Model Plant Is not complete with
out Electric Power, thus dispensing
with small engines.
Why not generate your power from
one CENTRAL Station? One gener
ator can furnish power to your Pump
Centrifugals, Elevators, Plows, Rail
ways and Hoists; also furnish ligh'
and power for a radius of from Is to q
miles.
Electric power being used saves the
labor of hauling coal in your field, also
water, and does away with high-priced
engineers, and only have one engine tc
look after in your mill.
Where water power is available f.
costs nothing to generate Electric
Power.
TIE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COM
PANY is now ready to furnish Electri
Plants and Generators of all descrip
tons at short notice, and also has Oh
hand large stock of Wire, Chandel
iers and Electrical Goods.
All orders will be given prompt at
tention, and estimates furnished for
Lighting and Power Plants; also at
te ion Is given to House and Marine
Wiring.
THEo. HOFFMAN. Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10
WHAT IT MEANS
Answers to Puzzle Is Sub
mitted to the Public.
Some People Who Believe They
Can See Through
Milestone.

1t will be remembered that when
one of the cases of crackers contain
ing opium was opened on the wharf
card bearing the words well, what
do you mean?" written in blue pencil
was found on top of the tin cases in
the large box AS it had no connection
with the invoice, bill of lading or ships
manifest and as it was not the brand
of the crackers in the box, the customs
officers jumped to the conclusion that
it was a cipher. About the time the
first case containing the opium was
opened a young man believed to have
some connection with the smuggling,
and who was on the wharf asked for
the key of the private closet. The
supposition is that while in there the
key to the cipher was destroyed.
AS the customs officials are in the
dark about the solution, the Advert
ser published a facsimile of the card
bearing the mystic words and called
upon its readers for assistance. Fol-
lowing are a few of the answers re-
ceived:
PUZZLE EDITOR:-The question
well, what do you mean?" in my
opinion refers to the methods of the
dealers whoever they are. The party
in the States who is supposed TO be
interested in the deal sent down
lot of stuff about six months ago and
never heard anything from the con-
signees. The last invoice amounted to
about 500 in value, was landed in
kerosene tins and afterwards lost to
sight but is still to memory dear.
The shipper being unfamiliar with
the credit system here grew anxious for
his money and shipped another lot and
asks the question "Well, what do you
mean?" in referring to the last in
voice. 1 don't believe this dope fell
into the right hands when it reached
Honolulu and you may expect another
cipher in the next mail to read WHO
pays the freight" MONEYPENNY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10
THE GENESIS OF THE BARGAIN

A salesman in a New York dry goods
house recently told a Sun reporter that
merchants used to die with thousands
of dollars worth of goods in their lofts
kept over for next season. 1.-The po-
Icy in those days." he went on, ''was
never to reduce prices; but the feeling
is now that it is better to sell a small
part of ones stock at half price than to
carry it into the next season" This
is the gensis of the modern bargain,
which has not existed much more than
a decade. How, then, did it get such
wondrous growth in so short time?
BY advertising.-EX.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10

partially disembOdied spirit, who has
taken season ticket for the Frawleys
and is addressed to Mr.. Leslie, after
(1O) vain and futile attempts to hear
or understand his word-clipping, We
hement, and never-in-the-wo rld-to-b be
understood pronunciation and enuncia-
ton of the English language as she is
spoke.
That it should have returned to this
mundane sphere on a cracker box is
but proof of the almost entire abber-
alton of intellect to which this unhappy
individual has been reduced and he
has many more companions in his mis-
cry here.
When you speak, What do you
mean?" SPIRITUALIST.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10

PUZZLE EDITOR submit that
the only true and certain unravelling
of Puzzle No. 13, in your issue of the
Sd inst. 'fWell, what do you mean?'
is as follows:
1t is a weary, woeful wall from some
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10

PUZZLE Nothing could
Puzzle No. Is. See herei Including
the Interrogation point at the end of
the sentence, What do you mean?"
there are six divisions of words, the
whole being formed of Is characters.
Divide the sentence by a perpendicular
line running between the words do"
and you" and you have,
We'll, what do you mean?"
We find in the words.
well what do 10 letters, which sig
Nifty that 10 cases containing crackers
and opium have gone ahead and will be
landed on the return of the Mount Lee
banon. Take the rest of the sentence,
You mean?" and you will find eight
characters, or exactly the number of
cases in which the opium was found.
So far this solution cannot be ques-
toned. Divide the sentence again be-
tween the words you" and mean" In
the first division you have IL letters, a
dead sure indication of bad luck in
the event of the scheme being discOv
cred. The rest of the sentence, Mean ?''
may be interpreted in two ways.
Mean amt it," and take the number
of characters, five, and it represents
the possible number of hundred dol
lars in the fine in the event of capture
and conviction of the persons impli-
Gated.
You neglect to mention the amount
to be awarded the winner. Better pub
lish it and if this answer is not good
enough to win, l will
TRY AGAIN. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-10
Seaside Resort
WRIGHT'S VILLA.

WRIGHT'S VILLA.
A Short Distance from the Bridge
Waikiki.
Tourists and others will finu 1t L
their advantage to visit the above re
sort, as they will meet with every &C
commodation that comfort requires
MRS. THOS. WRIGHT,
Proprietress