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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Tho Somervilie (Mass.) School
Board is sorely troubled by the fact
that women teachers often resign, in
order to get married, in the middle Of
the school year, thus unsettling order
ly instruction, states Harper's Week
ly. AT the last meeting of the Board
a resolution was adopted providing
that all elections of teachers should be
conditional upon an agreement that
they shall remain in the employ of the
city until the close OF the school year,
unless they shall resign by reason OF
professional advancement or for
causes entirely beyond their control.
One of the members of the Board de.
olared his belief that the order would
be "inert." II remains to be seen
whether loye viii laugh at school
boeTds as well as at looksmiths.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Professor Michael Foster, tho physi-
ologist, says that fatigue is due to q
poisoning of the cerebellum.
Edison now claims that the X.ray is
n sound wave and its photographs are
simply shadows of sound vibrations.
The young of several species of SER
pents retreat do Tn the throat of the
mother when pressed by sudden dan
ger.
The late Richard A. Proctor stated
that our earth receives only the one
.billionth part of the heat of the
sun.
Deseronto, q town in Canada, is
lighted with gas made from sawdult
obtained from the numbering mills in
the place.
The Salzwerk artesian well, in West.
phalia, Prussia, is 1921 fathoms in
depth, the increase in temperature be-
ing one degree Fahrenheit in every
fifty-four.
An Australian genius has recently
invented a cartridge for sporting guns
made of mica. 1t has the advantage
of allowing the charge to be seen and
prevents heating of the gun.
Over 800, coo specimens of fossil in.
sects have been collected from various
parts of the world. OF these, butter.
flies are among the rarest, as less than
two specimens all told have been
found.
Certain marine animals (pteropods)
which live in the sea, but which, ex,
cept in tome slight external resem-
blance, have nothing in conn on with
butterflies, are sometimes called "sea
butterflies"
Fogs are more frequent in October
and November than at any other period
of the year, because, besides the evap.
oration from the seas, rivers and lakes.
there is a constant exhalation from the
ground in the form of vapor.
Probably the largest casting ever
made in the country was turned ont
recently al a foundry in Pittsfeld,
Mass. 1t was plate for the Berkshire
Glass Works, weighed 5000 pounds,
was fourteen feet long, forty-four
inches wide and five inches thick.
There arc five families of whales.
First, the BalaenidRe, or toothless
whales, divisible into smooth whales
and furrowed whales; then the Cato
dontidae, the toothed whales, such as
the sperm or cachalot; then the
Dclphiniadee, or dolphins; then the
Rhynchoceti, or zirhoid whales, and
then the Zeuglodonts.
Each instrument excels in some par
ticular passage, the piano in scale
passages, the harp in arpeggio, the
mandolin in the rapid repetition OF
one note, the banjo in the rapid play.
ing of broken chords, and so with
other instruments, but the violin can
beat them oil on their own ground,
while there is much violin music that
can be played on no other instrument
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
Five Fingers and No More.

There is one curious fact respecting
tho animal creation with which no one
will ever become acquainted ii ho de.
ponds on text books for information.
Ii is this; No living representative of
the animal kingdom has more than
five toes. fingers or claws to each foot,
hand or limb. The horse is tho typo
OF the one-tood creation, the camel Of
the two-toed, tho rhinooeros of the
three-toed, and the hippopotamus Of
the four-toed animal life. The elephant
aud hundreds of other animals belong
ing to different orders are OF the great
hye-toed tribe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
HUMOR OF TIE DAY.

Dress material-Papa's bank ac-
count. Puck.
There are altogether too many other
people in the world. Puck.
Conscious lack of physical power
keeps many men out of trouble.
She doesn't want the newest fad,
And for it has no place;
For the very latest wrinkle
She found upon her face.
New York Herald.
Money talks, but it doesn't waste
many words on the impecunious. -
Truth.
We sometimes pray for more grace
when what we need is more grit.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
When il comes to choosing the least
OF two evils We generally choose the
one we like best,-Puck.
"Did he carry his audience with
him?" eyes; they chased him five
blocks. Chicago Record.
The man who has music in his soul
should be careful to keep it there un-
less he is dead sure about his voice.
Puck.
'Spacer is sending in a good story
of that fire." remarked the night
editor. YES" said the telegraph
editor; "it's hot stuff. Puck.
"Unclo Tom, what is executive abil-
ity?" "lt's knowing how to mako
other people work without doing any
thing yourself. " Chicago Record.
Though death may love a shining mark,
AS we have heard full off,
Young Cupid much prefers the kind
We designate as soft.
Detroit News.
Teacher "What is taxidermyf"
Johnnie-I guess l know, teacher,
Teacher-"Well, Johnnie" Johnnie
Its putting down carpets. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is not the proper thing to say that
a man will make good husband It
is the wife who makes the good hus.
baud. The bad ones only are the self
made article. Boston Transcript.
"TomplSins, do you think a mascot
is any help in learning to ride
wheel" "Well, there are times when
the presence of feather pillow
doesn't so SO bad. Chicago Record,
When she refused TO marry mo
She promised she would be my sister;
Yet she was mad as mad could be
When, with fraternal haste. kissed hcr
New York Tribune.
He -"You should not worry so
much about dress. Set your mind on
higher things" She-"I had set my
mind on higher things than you seem
willing to buy for me. ."-lndianapolis
Journal.
"The trees are leaving" remarked
Mrs. Snaggs Nevertheless, they arc
not packing their trunks" replied Mr..
Snaggs, who objected to his wife's
coined verb. .-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
"Marry that-that-" She hesi-
tated. No word seemed strong
enough to adequately express her con
tempt. "Why, marry that thing?
Marry man that rides tricycle. ?"--
Washington Evening Times.
"Abbott was telling that lie about
his fish that wound the limo about
his boat and nearly drowned him"
"But it happens that story is true,
though Abbott has told it so often that
he does not believe it himself. -
indianapolis journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
Icehouse Riskler Than Powder Mills.

A we'll known insurance broker said,
in speaking of fire insurance risks
Contrary to the general idea, insur-
ance companies would rather take a
risk on a powder magazine or pow
der manufactory than on an icehouse.
In the case of powder mandatory
there is the greatest care taken by
those who work in it, or who visit it.
There is no need of signs hanging
about warning persons not to smoke,
for they would never run the risk of
entering with a cigar or pipe, even if
the rules of the place allowed it. Now
with icehouses it is different. Go into
any of them and you will find the no
smoking signs in plenty. There is
but little care, however, for many peo-
pie think su nlaces will not burn.
They do burn, veyer, aud the re-
suit is the insurance companies charge
the higher risk on icehopse property"
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
EAIRARRAssED.

Winks-'I suppose you are en-
gagged to that charming lady short
hand clerk of yours2 Sho has been
with you a long time, and l noticed
lately you seemed rather taken with
her.
Jinks sadly NO; she 80 she
won't have me.
"You have proposed and been re-
iected?"
"Yes. You see, during my success
sive engagements to Miss Pink, Miss
Sweet and Miss Pretty, dictated all
my love letters to her, and it appears
that she has lost confidence IN me. -
Tit-Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Professor Roentgen finds that the
discovery of his famous "rays" brings
upon him as much worry as glory.
Instead of being able to work on
quietly, he is overwhelmed with cor
respondenco from ell parts of the
world, and has not q moment to him.
self. The Professor is a singular.look-
ing man. He has q long face, still
further heightened by beard, @
prominent forehead, large ears and
big bright eyes. His hair stands
stifly upright, without any parting.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Badness Is found to affect about
twelve per cent. of the male popula-
tion, according to an English physi.
clan. The same observer has made the
singular discovery that, while musical
composers belong to the general aver
age, pianists and violinists have fine
heads OF hair until late in life, but
performers on brass instruments
pecially the trombone-become bald
very carly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
ASoIENr vs.. MODERN.

"Woll, this makes mo sick % said
the brilliant reporter; ''yot people
say that Caesar was a great man.
"What's that?" asked the managing
editor.
"Why, he reported TO Rome his de-
feat OF Pharnaces I'm tho words, Il
came, saw, conquered. Now that
story was worth at least an extra, two
whole pages aud II double scare head. ="
Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Tho Medical Society of Berne,
Switzerland, has inaugurated plan
for tho suppression of press notices of
suicides, as it has been observed that
opidemics OF suicides, so-called, come
from "suggeation, acquired through
printed accounts OF them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
away.

Oakland, CAL, claims to DO the
hoalthiest city in the world, or, at
any rate, in tho United States. The
death ratio has fallen since 1882, when
it was 1885 thousand. Last year il
was 1l.S5 thousand. This ap-
proachos the tanguine sanitarian's
local of ii in a thousand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
ANoruER PENALTY OF GREATNESS.

The gifted but impecunious literary
genius wrote an impassioned letter to
a personal friend, asking him in the
name OF sweet charity to lend him $40
to keep him from starving.
81 may not get the Sl0," he solilo-
quized, bitterly, as ho sealed 1t, "but
some day mercenary grandchild Of
his will get SlOO for this letter. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Mrs. Humphrey Ward says that wo-
men have been hampered heretofore
as writer's of fiction owing to the fact
that they could not travel ana explore
without escorts. She expects great
things Of women in literature now
that the old prciudices are passing
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

The Atlanta Constitution says:
Before the war the South turned to
agriculture because it was profitable.
Now that manufacturing will yield bet
returns than farming we may expect
to see mills and factories started in
every community, Our people may
be relied upon to take care of their
own interests"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
opIous COMPARISON.

"oh, Michael, Is it true you told
Mr.. Jones looked like au angel at
mama's tea2'
"Yes, darling, and so you always
do"
"Well, think you're horrid TO say
that, when l spend so much thought
on my toiletsl Angels are always
dressed in those dreadful aoppy
things. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Passenger TO the trainboy) y)-"You
probably did not know, when you put
this book in my lap, that l was the
author"
Trainboy-"Did you writo that
book?"
Passenger did"
Trainboy-"Then you had better
keep mighty quiet about it. l just
sold a copy to the man back Of you" +"
Boston Herald"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

William L. Curtis, the Washington
correspondent, says that petitions to
Congress have become so common as
60 be withoat any effect. Ho says
that no one reads them and that they
nre piled upon shelves in tho clerks
nlinn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

The Spanish Government, it is said,
has declined the Pope's mediation in
Cuban affairs con tho ground that
such an acceptance would DO tanta.
mount to recognizing Americas right
20 interfere. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Professor John Fiske predicts that
great religious revival will shortly
come, surprising even that ofthe thir-
teenth century, the era OF great cathe-
drRl building.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
To Dccipher a Blurred Coin's Date,

To read an inscription on a silver
coin which, by much wear, has become
wholly obliterted, put tho poker in
the fire when red hot place the coin
upon it, and the inscription.will plain
ly appear OF greeuish hue, but will
disappear rs the coin cools THIS
method was formerly prscticed at tho
mint TO discover the genuine coin
when silver was called in.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
HOW MS LIFE WAS SAVED.

Hoax-"Seo that man? He fell
from fourteen-story building the
other day"
Joax-"Nonsenso; why, he would
be crushed TO death"
Hoax-"Yes; but he only fell from
the front door step. philadelphia
Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
UNREST.

Love hath its tides
The ship that rides
Upon their ebb and flov-
Is ever blessed
With perfect rest,
But swing-now high-now low.
Life hath its cares,
Aud whose bears
The burden OF its years
Until the end
Must hourly blend
Its laughter with its tears.
'-Frank Putnam, in Chicago Times Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

"How about that money Roberts
invested. Was it go?"
az guess so. Roberts is looking for
q situation. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

Judge Albion w. Tourgeo has un-
dortaken a crusade against books with
uncut leaves, which he pronounces 50
eenseless and snobbish fad"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
A NEW HEADING.

School l-Teacher-"Tommy, you may
answer tho question, Eternal vigil
ance is the price of what?"
Tommy = "Holding your job. -
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
LEAP YEAR PRIVILEGE NOT NEEDED.

He-"I have arranged to go abroad
this summer, 1 propose now"
She-"Oh, darling, this is so sud
den. But see papa"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
A POLICE MYSTERY.
HOW IT WAS CLEARED UP.

HE true story has
always remained a
legend around Po-
lice Headquarters
simply b e c n IL S @
there were cilcum
stances which pre-
vented the Chief
from making it
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
sAfARTNEsS.

Professor-."Why does o duck put
her head under water?"
Pupil-"For divers reasons"
Professor-"Why goes che 60 on
land?"
Pupil-"For sundry reasons, Up
to.Date.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
THE GRAMMATICAL CLERK.

'Cau you give me q room and q
bath 2"
'No. You'll have to battle your
self. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

In BIissful Oblivion-The Gramma-
tical Clcrk-ANew Rcnding-Leap
Year Privilege Not Needed, Etc.
We sat in tho same pew. I hung
In rapture on her chiding frown.
found the hymns. but neither sung
held the hymn book upside down.
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
EASILY RECTIFIED.

"Marie, 1 thought your physician
told you that you were not strong
enough to ride a wheelP"
''Yos, but then / went to another
doctor. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
CAREFUL.

"Children, hope you peeled the
apples before eating them"
"Yes, mother dear.
"What have you done with the peel
iDgs?"
"Oh, we ate them after. Sketch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
AND so IT WAS.

Teacher-''Tommy, are you chew
ing gum?"
Tommy-"No, ma'am.
Teacher r-"What are you doing
then?"
Tommy-"Swallerin it."-Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
HELPLESS.

New Maid-"Missus, that man who
cut yer grass did bad job. wouldn't
employ him no more"
Missus-"I must, Maria; I am
married to him. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.

STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17

"Honeymooning" is a new word
which is at the disposal of any one
who wishes to make use of il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-17
RATES OF ADVERTISING,

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Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertiser snts collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
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Job work-casd on delivery,
The record-union., 1896-10-15
BANDITS TERRORIZE A
TOWN In TENNESSEE.
1 Gang Of Eight Masked Robbers Take
Possession Of the Place.
Plumber Stores and Set Fire to Several
Buildings.
"A Railroad Accident i'm Georgia, Due
1t is Said to the Failure of Con-
ductor to Carry Out Orders Sent
Him, Results in the Loss of Two

NASHVILLE CTenn.), Oct. 14.-The
little town Of Peryear in Henry Coun-
ty, near the Kentucky border. had
very unpleasant experience early this
morning The residents were aroused
from their peaceful slumbers at I
o'clock by the noise Of firearms dis
charged in the street.
Those who hurried out to find out
what was the cause of the shooting
hurried back again even more quickly,
for they found that the town was in the
possession of a gang of robbers, eight
il number and all masked.
The robbers kept up an almost inces-
SAINT firing, and whenever one of the
citizens showed himself he was ordered
TO return indoors and not show himself
again under pain of death.
The desperadoes after sufficiently in
timidating the citizens with a show of
force, proceeded to plunder the stores
that took their fancy. Then they set
fire to several buildings and fled to the
country.
The citizens at once sailed forth, and
after subduing the fires, which amount
ed to but little, a posse of armed and
determined men gathered and started
in pursuit of the robbers. The chase is
such a close one that there is little
chance Of the robbers getting away.
The amount the robbers stole is not
yet definitely known. 1t is believed
that they got away with at least $4,000
in money, and in addition to that they
took considerable property of other
character when they looted the stores.
The record-union., 1896-10-15
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Two Men Pinned Under a Car and
Burned to Death.

SAVANNAH (Ga.), Oct 14.-News
was received here early this morning
of a bad train wreck near Swansea, S.
G. Passenger train No. 81 from the
north, which was due here at 400 a m,
but which was behind time, came into
collision with train No. 50, leaving here
at A1:35, on the Florida Central and
Peninsula Railroad.
The trains came together in a head
end collision at 3:05 o'clock. Both en-
GineS were smashed, but the engineers
and firernen saw their danger and
jumped in time to save their lives
The combination mail and baggage
car on No. 50 was overturned and badly
wrecked.
Bagga agemaster Lines and Mail Clerk
Thomas We're pinned down in the
Wreckage. Efforts We're made to rescue
the unlucky men, but the wreckage
caught fire and the flames drove the
would-be rescuers away. There was 10
means Of fighting the fire, and the two
men were burned to death.
None of the passengers We're seriously
hurt though all were badly hurt and
several received painful bruises
The accident was due to the neglect
of one of the conductors to carry out
the orders sent to him
The record-union., 1896-10-15
LEADVILLE STRIKE.
A Proposition of Union Men to Return
to Work Not Approved.

LEADVILLE (Col), Oct. 14.-Gov-
ernor Mcintyre left for Denver at mid
night tonight. He said before leaving:
"A committee from the Miners Union
asked me if l would confer with them.
| stated that / would be glad to, and a
little later l received a similar request
from the mine managers, and 1 gave
them the same answer / met both
sides, but there is nothing to say rel
ative to the matters discussed"
1t is learned tonight, however, from
a reliab source that a proposition
from the miners to declare off the strike
if the men were reinStated was submit
ted through the Governor to the mine
managers and was unqualinedly re
fused. The mine managers claim that
the only condition on which the miners
can go to work is to declare off the
strike and depend on their own good
behavior to get back.
The pumping proposition is about ar
ranged, SO that the down town prop
critics Will soon start up. The expense
is to be divided among the different
mines according to their ore produc-
ton.
The mine managers will have about
200 more miners here early next week
The record-union., 1896-10-15
COLLEGE BOYS AT WAR.
Serious Battle Between Sophomore
and Freshman Classes.

MADISON (Wis.), Oct. 14.-A serious
battle occurred to-day between sopho-
more and freshmen classes of the State
University at the close of class meeting
of freshmen at ) o'clock this afternoon.
AS the latter class came out of the
gymnasium, where the meeting was
held, they were set upon by the sopho-
moreS and a severe struggle ensued
Many were severely pounded, and had
most of their clothes torn from them.
Several who had rushed from practice
in the gymnasium clad only in jersey
suits, had them completely torn from
their bodies. But they kept up the
struggle.
President Adams and a number of
professors, beside the upper class stu
dents and citizens, We're witnesses of
the affray.
The trouble lasted nearly an hour,
and was only suppressed by the ar
rival of the police, who were telephoned
for. Several of the sophomoreS We're
ducked in Lake Mendoza by victorious
freshmen.
Rev. A. J. Kempton of the Baptist
Church. who was. spectator, was
caught in the crowd and roughly han
died
The affair caused great excitement.
The record-union., 1896-10-15
CARDINAL SATOLLI.
Meets a Number of Bishops at Dinner
at New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Cardinal Sa-
tolli, instead of visiting St Johns Col
lege at Fordham to-day, decided to
see more of New York City. Sight-see-
ing in company with Archbishop Cor
rigan, Bishop Farley and others and a
drive through the park busted the Car
dinal until 3 o'clock, when he met the
Bishops at dinner. The Board of Bish-
ops was to have met in November but
the meeting was made earlier so that
they could greet Cardinal Satolli be-
fore his departure.
rigan and Bishops Farley and Gabriels
of Ogdensburg, McQuaid of Rochester,
Wigger of Newark, Burke of Albany,
Luddue of Syracuse, McFaul of Tren-
ton and Mcdonnell of Brooklyn The
only matter considered was the chang
ing of some words in the Baltimore cat
echism.
Bishop Farley, speaking for Arch
bishop Corrigan, to-day said that the
church never thought of creating a
separate province in this State with the
Rt. Rev. John j. Keane late rector of
the University at Washington, for it's
head. The rumor, he said, grew out of
an absurd story printed In a St Louis
newspaper. We wish it clearly un-
derstood." he said, that there is no
ground for the report. 1t is arrant nom
sense