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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
eff we get the boat back they will
be unharmed," he said.

The water gurgled around thena and
over them, the stinging waves lashed
their faces and tossed their bodies to
and fro. For many minutes they were
almost at the mercy Of the waves, but
at length the long, steady strokes told,
and both were carried slowly forward.
1t was true that Greta was an expert
swimmer Each summer that had
brought her to the coast had proved
it. But the strain now was almost too
severe. Slowly they battled on, gain
ing, gaining. The shore could be seen
between the great waves that the wind
lashed over them.
"Can you last five minues longer"
he asked. "We will reach il then
if-only the storm does not break"
Greyford's voice over the water
sounded singularly tender.
EYES," she sighed, though on her
face lay an almost mortal weariness.
She rejected his offer of help, and
they struggled on. "What woman
you are % he muttered.
IL am giving out" she said in
low gasps.
"Float again, he answered, until
you are rested"
"No," she sAid, "no progress.
A great wave dashed over them,
drowning his answer, and low peals of
thunder broke on the air, lashing the
waves to wilder fury.
Greta's arms fell powerless to her
side and, with a faint cry, she felt the
water close over her head. Only an
instant of that awful sinking down,
down into death then his strong arm
went around her and buoyed her up
choking, breathless burden. She
made one last effort and then her feet
touched land She staggered and fell.
With his face gray with the struggle
that was not yet ended, he lifted her
from the shallow water and carried her
bodily up the sandy beach out of reach
of the waves. Another crash of thun-
der pealed through the air and the
storm broke over sea and land. Far
out on the water n tiny boat swayed
and rocked under the storm cloud.
Some minutes they rested motion
less, exhausted, the salt water drip
ping from their hair and clothes Then
he spoke to her, with that new tender
ness still in his voice, and from their
friendship for each other the common
place fed forever. Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

Rev. DR.. Talmage, in o recent SER
mon, speaking of our near approach
to the twentieth century, said: "Only
four summers more; four autumns
more; four winters more four springs
more, and then The clock of time will
strike the death of the old century
and the birth of the new" 1t is easy
to forget, recalls the Pathfinder, that
there are still five more years before
dawn of the twentieth century. The
nineteenth century will not end, re.
member, till midnight of De,em Der
81, 1900, not 1899. You must spend
your Tooth cent before your dollar is
gone, and it is so with the years of the
century.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A new photograph OF the heavens
shows 6S, 000,00O stars.
It is proposed TO run n street car
line in Richmond, Va, by compressed
cir.
Over $50 nmbulances are provided
in London for the transport of persons
injured or suddenly taken ill in the
streets.
Meats foot oil, purified by strips OF
lead and sunshine, has been found by
an English chemist to be the best lu-
bricant.
There is no reasonable foundation
for the belief that pine from which
the turpentine has been drawn is of
inferior strength and quality.
Eighty varieties of microbes, some
entirely new, have been discovered by
NJ. Van den Steen in Amsterdam
drinking water. None. OF them are
cholera bacilli.
Tobacco stems were long considered
almost q waste product, but will soon
be utilized in many ways other than
for fumigating greenhouses and to
make sheep wash.
Mineral waters, preserves, etc., are
now sealed electrically by simply cleo
troplating the cork and the upper part
of the neck of the bottle with thin
deposit of copper.
Washington City is now having
trouble with its water pipes. They
are being rapidly eaten up by electro
lysis by the trolley currents turned
loose in the ground.
Not less than 700 cases of premature
burial have been collected by DR..
Franz Hartmann, of HallIen, Austria,
aud are claimed to be authenticated.
Particulars of more than 100 are given
in a work now in press.
Lieutenant Baden Powell, OF the
British Army, claims to have made
successful experiments with a mon
ster kite of 500 square feet, supple
mented by three smaller kites, the
team to carry q man aloft. The tests
were made only when gentle winds
prevailed. The device is to serve as
an occasional substitute for the cap
tive balloon.
1t is we'll known that sugar and al
cohol can be extracted from wood.
but now comes a chemist and says
that far better results may be squeezed
out OF peat. He has found that by
judicious treatment 1000 pounds of
peat can be made to yield as much
alcohol as can be won from 500 pounds
of potatoes. So that, in future, peat
will warm poor men outside and burn
them inside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
Born in the Tower of London.

Mrs. John Heaton, historical per-
sonage of the Old World, and a highly
respected and early settler of Virginia,
ILL.,, died the other morning, aged
seventy-six years. Her maiden name
was Mary j. Fullerton, and she was
born in the Tower of London, Eng
land, February 20, 1920, when her
father, Major James Fullerton, was in
command of the tower. All visitors
to this famous prison of the Old
World were shown the room and es-
pecial attention was called TO the fact
by the guides that Mary j. Fullerton
Heaton was the only female ever born
in the tower. She leaves a husband.
Captain John Heaton, aged eighty
FIVE, and nine children. Chicago
Times Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

That it costs something to launch n
big battleship is shown by the state
ment tn at the expense of getting the
Victorious, the latest addition to Eng
lands fleet, ahoat was about $40, 600.
She is a sister ihip TO the Magnificent
and the Majestic, and is 800 feet long,
seventy-fve feet beam, and 27l feet
draught. There were used up on the
ways over which she slid into the water
1000 pounds of Russian tallow, 100
gallons of train oil and 700 pounds of
soft soap. The gross weight of the
ship, equipped and ready for sea, is
Is, 725 tons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
BY The FIRE.

Within my door, good Dame To-day
Spins by the hearthstone bright,
And keeps me Mt my task alway,
Till taps my neighhor Nigh;
Then brushes she the hearth, betmcs,
And bids the wheel be STILL
And, with her gossip Duty, climbs
The path up yonder hill.
Whileneigtbor Night and I, alone,
Beside the hearth's low fame.
Sit hearkeping the winds wild moan,
But speak no word nor name;
For neighb)r Night right young is he,
And l have heard It said
That, haply, he will some time bO
With gay Tom prov wed.
And am old. Each hour track
The step Of Watchman Time;
SO soon will Dame To-day come back,
Then farewell dream and rhyme!
But now. with neighbor Night, space
Is mine, he'll not gainsay,
To brood awhile upon face
My lost love, Yesterday.
Virginia W. Cloud, in Bookman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A Farmer,s PredIcament.

A farmer near Eaton Rapids, Mich,
recently purchased q suit of clothes OF
a merchant there. When half way
there he thought it would be good
scheme to put them on. He took OF
his old duds and threw them into the
river. But when he came to feel for
his new clothes they had disappeared.
He presented himself in negligee at.
tire. Tho next morning he found his
new suit hanging to the brake Of the
wagon, Boston CultiYator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
Good Name lor a POLES DOy.

A collie dog did an excellent bit Of
coustabulary work in Glasgow, Sco.-
land. The shop girl of DAIRY notice q
a young man behind the counter a.
The till. As he had no right to be
there she called "deipl Help!"
Luckily that was the name Of an ad-
iacent collie, who promptly stepped
up and pinned the thief by the leg.
and handed him over to the police. 1t
IS as we'll sometimes to give u dog a
Cood pame.-NeY Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A Dad BOX.

Among stories told by country doe
tors, this one certainly deserves n
place, The doctor had prescribed for
an Irishman, and visited his cabin the
next day to see how ho was getting
on.
"Well, Patrick, are you better to-
day" he asked pleasantly.
"Oh, murther, no-I'm worse, with
turribhle pain in me inuards 70
why, didn't you tako the pills l
ordered9"
81 did that, an I'm wore; but
maybe the cover hasn't come off The
box yet l"-~Argonsut.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
Dogs, BurrIng Ground.

For nearly forty years there has
been Il dogs burying ground at the
north end OF Hyde Park, London.
Here people have been allowed to bury
their canine favorites, and many Of
the dead doggies have been honored
with small tombstones. Now, the
cemetery being full, the Duke of Cam.
bridge, in his capacity as the ranger
OF Hyde Park, has closed it, and pet
lovers are seeking new cemetery for
,neir dumb friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A REASONABLE INFERENCE.

Manchester think Snaggs has
concluded that it is about timo some
of his daughters were getting mar.
ried."
Birmingham-'rDid he tell you SO
himself?"
Manchester -"No; but he has given
away his two do9e, ,"-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
RAT1s or ADVERTISING,
THE FROST QUEEN,

Queen OF the frozen streams.
Witch Of tho glistening snow,
While we are lost in dreams
Over the earth you GO.
And the window-pane is curiei,
The sky has a glistening sheen,
For the face OF the winter world
Is changed by the grelt Fros: Queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
OUT WITH IT.

Judge-"Remember that you are TO
tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth"
Witness-''All right, my lord. Tho
fact is, wanted to keep it to myself.
But if am bound to state the whole
truth-then must confess that you
nrc tho ugliest man 1 ever clapped
eyes on in my life"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A pERpLEXEn INYrNron.

Old Friend-"Wel, how il your
flying machine getting along?'
Misunderstanding along? / fin.
ished that twenty years ago. Every
detail is complete. There it stands
ready to CO."
"Uraclsyl Why don't you show it
to the world?"
"Can't. All men are fools"
"What's the matter?"
"Can't find man anywhere with
sense enough to climb up II steeple and
try it. ."-Harper's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
DIDN'T WORRY HIM.

An old man and his wife were last
summer sailing on steamship be.
tween Blackpool and the Isle of Man.
As the sea was rather rough, and the
old woman unaccustomed TO sailing,
she said to her husband:
'Oh, John, this ship ia going
down |"
"Well, never mind" said her hus-
band, sit isn't ours. Tit Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A SEVERE TEST.

"Do you think Algernon and Ethel
will get along nicely when they are
married?" said one lady to another.
81 am sure of it, was the reply. 81
took care to find out shortly after they
were engaged"
"How?"
81 gave several whist parties, and
arranged that they should play as
partners. They never quarrelled
once. ."-Tit-Bits
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
camel. -

The status of the fiaucee has recently
come up in Texas. A railroad man
had his life insured for the benefit OF
his betrothed. He died from injuries
in wreck. His family enioined the
insurance company from paying the
money. In Missouri the Supreme
Court has decided that such insurance
is invalid. The family got the money.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY tt.
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

The Usual Gpisode-Comparatlvc
Sadness-Old Enough-A Reason
able Inference, Etc, Etc.
"An estate worth many millions is awaiting
your command"
So to n verdant person wrote a lawyer
shrewd and blani.
Dut he added this brief postscript; "You will
have to send n fec
Please forward draft for dollars 'steen mado
payable to me-"
The verdant person told his luck to every
one he owed
And sent the draft without delay. Thus
closed the episode.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

Waiter-''I can't satisfy that guest
nohow. He says the steak doesn't taste
right yet.
Cook-"Where's he from?"
Waiter-"F the West"
Cook-"And this is Western beef" {"
Waiter-'I told him so, but he said
it didn't taste right somehow.
Cook-"Oh, L see. He's used to
steak cooked on a soft-coal fire. Hold
it over that lamp chimney awhile. -
Boston Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A GRIM REALITY.

Merchant Ton discovering a man in
his CELLAR r)-"Who are you?"
Stranger-"The gas man. have
come to see by your meter how much
gas you have used during the last
month"
Merchant-"Good gracious ] was
hoping you were only burglar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

Public Opinion thinks it is matter
for congratulation that the teaching Of
English in our schools and colleges is
at last beginning TO get modicum of
the attention that it has long de-
manded.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
AFTER THE FRENCH,

See the young woman. Is the young
woman being suddenly and unexpect-
edly kissed?
All, yes.
And does the young woman raise o
hue and cry?
The young woman raises q slight
hue, but no cry.
No. Detroit Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

The Allahabad Pioneer, the princi-
pal journal of British India, and the
one on which Rulyard Kipling began
his literary career, recently contained
paragraph in the "want" columns rs
follows; Situation wanted as snake
charmer in respectable family. P. S.
No objection to looking after the
canal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
COMPARATIVE SADNESS.

"This is sad occasion for you, sis
ter" essayed the comforter.
"I allow it is, assented the widow.
'But 1t is heap sadder fer Bill, -
Indianapolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

Student (hurriedly accosting q mato
of his)-"Sapperlot, there are couple
of creditors close on my heels"
Fellow Student-"Quick, run into
the savings bank over the way; no.
body will look for you there"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

The Baltimore News believes that
there is nearly $3.50, 900, 900 OF Balti.
more money invested in Southern
securities.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

According to the Paris Revue Hor.
ticole, the largest forests in the world
are in Central Africa, Southern Siberia,
North and South America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
A TEST OF THE COMMON
PLACE.

HEN Olinton's en-.
gagement to Miss
Lanston had been
broken because OF
Greta Morrys, con-
lecture grew and
thrived in all di-
rections as to
whether or not
Greta was be-
trothed to Mr..
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

One OF the important matters to
which the New York Sun is directing
attention is whether to say tooth
brush" or "teeth brush.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29
OLD ENOUGH.

Winebiddle-"Boston is two hun-
dred and sixty-fve years old"
Gildersleeve-"No wonder sho
wears spectacles. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-01-29

Juvenile crimes have increased in
france from 10000 in 1860 to 81, 200
4, IoOn
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05

Corks are thrown away in great
quantities. and very few people think
there is any value attached to that
material after it has served its pur-
pose once as a stopper Of bottle. New
ertheless it has become one of the most
valuable components of city's refuse.
Great quantities of used corks are now
used again in the manufacture of insul-
ating covers of steam pipes and boilers,
points to be protected from the inhu-
ence of heat. Powdered cork is very
useful for filling in horse collars, and
the very latest application of this ma
terial is the filling in of pneumatic
tires with cork shavings. Mats for
are made of cork exclusively
and it also goes into the composition Of
linoleum. Cheap life preservers are
now filed exclusively with bottle stop
pers, cut into little pieces.-Scientific
American.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05
Morality Of College,.

1t is dificult and well-nigh impossible
for those who do not know student life
intimately to guage rightly the moral
standing Of any college. A few dis
sipated young men can give a whole
class and even a whole college an UNI
enviable name with the undiscernins
public. But those who have studied
life closely know that
these few students are only chips on
the surface and that their influence on
the deep. strong undercurrent Of col
lege life is scarcely felt. Doubtless the
custom Of putting little restraint on the
social life Of students in most Ameri-
can colleges has resulted in some tenn
porary harm. But the self-reliant man.
hood that it has developed in American
young men has more than counterbal.
anced the harm.-Philadelphia Preaa
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05
NINE. ROM ERO.
Beautiful Wife Of the Mexican Minister
to the United States.

Beautiful Wife OF the Mexican Minister
to the United States.
Nine. Romero. wife of the Mexican
minister at the national capital, enjoys
the reputation of being one of the most
gracious hostesses, as we'll as one of the
most diplomatic entertainers OF all the
brilliant society stars who are now In
Washington 1t is genuine pleasure
to attend her receptions and dinners,
for the reason that not only are they
always handsome affairs, but are given
with a heartiness that shows that
Nine. Romero does not entertain from
a sense of duty so much as from desire
to please her friends by extending to
them the hospitality of the fine lega-
ton in I street. The first reception OF
the season at the Mexican legation was
a most enjoyable affair. Nine. Romero
wore a costume of black Dresden silk,
with trimmings of the bodice of green
velvet and rare old lace, combination
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05

fore being photographed. was placed
inside a metal box AS flesh, skin and
cartilage are more transparent than
bone, the photograph of hand gives
a perfect outline of the bones of the
hand and fingers, the outlines of the
flesh being but very family discern
able. In an article contributed to the
British Medical Journal by Professor
Schuster, the writer says, in speaking
OF Professor Roentgen's discovery, that
the photographs obtained are in the
nature of shadows. and their great
sharpness is itself testimony that the
new radiation must be propagated in
straight lines. The radiation passes in
straight lines easily through paper,
cardboard or wood, and produces pho
tographic effects after having passed
through two complete packs of playing
cards. The photographs may be taken
in the ordinary light of day if the plate
is kept in its dark slide. which will
completely cut off all ordinary rays.
and yet transmit the new radiation.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05
A Persistent Anglophobixt.

One of the most important function
aries concerned in the affairs of the
Transvaal is DR.. Leyds, the secretary
of state for the South African republic.
and the representative of President
Kruger's government in Berlin. In the
beginning Of the war talk between
Germany and England Emperor Will
lam effusively granted an audience
with the South African diplomat, to
whom he made a promise that the i'm
perial government would recognize the
independence of the Transvaal by an
pointing German resident at Pretoria
instead of the consul that has hitherto
represented Germany at that capital.
DR.. Leyds is regarded as the ablest and
most cultured of all the members of the
South African republic government,
with the possible exception of ESSEN.
Although of Dutch descent. he Is not a
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05
rreDaresi Fuel.

Many experiments have been made
with prepared fuel pressed into bricks.
but they have not been a pronounced
success. The trouble is said to be ow-
ing to the coarseness Of the particles.
A new and practical process grinds the
material into almost dust-like fineness.
1t is then mixed with pitch. coaltar and
other ingredients and heated and COM
pressed into cakes sufficiently hard to
utmost freedom. to be uninjured by
wet and much more manageable in
every way than ordinary coal. 1t is
also dustless. which is a great point.
especially for household use.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05
The Microscopic ExaI

rhe Microscopic Examination OF Cotton.
Cotton fiber, when magnified about
$50 diameters, has the appearance of a
band of ribbon twisted in a spiral. 1t
is thicker at the edge than in the
middle, and has irregular surface mark
ings. In some cotton the spiral char
acteristics are much more apparent
than in others. In the better qualities
of Sea Island cotton transverse sec
ton shows central cavity running
longitudinally with the fiber. The
breadth of cotton fiber is less than that
Of wool. 1t is curious fact that cot
ton. wool and silk present character
istics in common. being ribbon-shaped
and spiral. The wonders of the micro
scrope are many, and familiarity with
this instructive instrument furnishes
an endless source of knowledge and
entertainment.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-03-05

A thimble was originally thumb
bell. because it was worn on the thumb
as sailors still wear their thimbles. II
is Dutch invention. and in 1884. in
Amsterdam, the bicentennial Of the
thimble was celebrated with a great
deal of Formally The first thimble
made was presented in 1884 to Anna
van Wedy, the second wife of Killien
van Rensselaer,, the purchaser of Rens-
selaerwyck. In presenting his useful
gift, Van Benscoten begged Nine.
Rensselaer, Ito accept this new cover
ing for the protection of her diligent
fir gers as a token of his esteem"