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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

tuberculosis is in England and
Wales the cause of fourteen per cent.
of all male and 49, of all female
deaths.
Some interesting observations con.
cerning the physiological effects of
electric currents have been made by
M. Dubois. He finds that the effect
depends much more upon voltage than
upon intensity.
Lord Kelvin holds that the internal
heat of the earth has nothing to do
with the climates. The earth, he says,
might be of the temperature of white
hot iron two thousand feet below the
surface, or at the freezing point fifty
feet below, without at all affecting
climate.
The mean death-rate in Italy-a
mean which takes account of deaths by
malaria, pellagra, and by the chronic
malnutrition of so many unfortunate
regions-has sunk in few years from
twenty mine per 1000 to below twenty
six. That of Naples, on the other
hand, from 1879 to 1895 shows but in
significant oscillations-from 31.9
to 29.3.
In the French navy it has been found
that the electric search light employed
on men of war injuriously af-
fects the eyes of seamen who have to
work about the light, aud dark blue
spectacles are supplied to them for
protection. Brown eyes are less af-
fected than gray or blue ones, the rea-
son suggested being that the former
are more heavily charged with pig
ment.
A corduroy road made of small cedar
trees, which were in perfect state of
preservation, was unearthed the other
day thirty eight feet below the surface
of the earth, seven miles east of Ash
tabula, Ohio. Professor Carl Wright,
teacher of geology in Oberlin College,
who has visited the spot and examined
the wood, gave it as his opinion that
the wood has been where it was found
since the glacial epoch.
A difficulty encountered in the pre-
paration of foundations for the Paris
International Exhibition of 1890 is the
character of the banks of the Seine,
which are formed of stone and earth
filling, resting on fine sand, easily
washed out during periods of food.
This difficulty is b eing overcome by
new system, devised by NJ, Louis Du,
lac. Wells about two and one-half
feet in diameter, placed about six feet
between centres, are sunk to varying
depths down to about fifty feet by
means of a special pile driver, having
boring weight of conical form and
these wells are filled with lime and
cement concrete, which is rammed
hard by second weight of different
form.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
shirbuIldlng In Great prItaIn.

There are atthe present time eighty,
seven warships in the course of con
struction in Great Britain, aud of this
naval armament thirty-four ships are
being built for foreign countries.
Nine of the warships are being built
in Royal Dock Yards, but the rest,
numbering seventy-eight in all. are
being built by private firms. Twenty
five are torpedo boat destroyers, repre-
senting only $500 tons. Elswick has
80, 1877 tons ON the stocks, and the Low
Walker Company has 1880 tons.
The Thames Iron Works Company is
building a large man-of-war, and the
Clyde Bank Company has also another
hig shin in hand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

In his recent address before the
English Church Congress, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury gave some ad-
vice to workingmen, speaking as a
workingman himself. He had been
left fatherless, he said, at the age of
thirteen, and had been obliged to earn
his own living since he was seventeen.
He had known what it was to do with
out fire, because he could not afford
it, and to wear patched clothes and
boots. He learned to plow as straight
as furrow as any man in the parish,
and he could thrash as well as any
Van. If, he added, the workingman
would practice self-restraint, would
never waste his wages in drink, but
find happiness in the love of home
and family, he would find little of the
burdens of life or of the inequality
which-was inevitable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

There are over $50, 900 miles of rail.
way in operation in the world, and, &C.
eording to Robert p Porter, the cen
tury will close with over 100000. OF
the present number, just about one
half are in this country. The cost of
railroads all over the world, thus far,
has been $50, Gs5, 900, 600, aud it is esti-
mated that the street railways cost
~, 500, 100000 The railroads employ
almost 8, 900, OOOpeople. These are big
figures, but the railroads represent a
vast interest in the worlds wealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

A French statistician has recently
drawn up a very interesting docu.
ment showing in what time certain
frontier towns at various periods could
be reached from Paris. AFor conven.
lent purposes the statistician has
chosen the years 1850, 1882, 1884, 1854
and 1897. In 1850 it took five days
to go from Paris TO Calais. One hun.
dred and thirty-seven years later,
1882, the duration of the journey had
been reduced to sixty hours. In
1884 it had fallen to twenty-eight
hours, and in 1854 to six hours and
forty minutes. To-day one of the
boat expresses takes three hours and
forty-two minutes. The journey tc
Strasburg took 21S hours in 1850, 10s
hours in 1882, ten hours and forty
minutes in 1854, and to-day a matter
eight hours and twenty minutes. The
difference for Marseilles is still more
phenomenal. From fifteen days in
1850 the duration of the journey was
reduced to eighty hours in 1884, and
to-day it takes twelve and half
hours. The distance from Paris to
Bayonne two centuries ago took 3SS
hours; to-day it occupies eleven hours
and eleven minutes. Brest can be
reached in thirteen hours and thirty
seven minutes, while in 1850 it took
27O hours. Finally for Havre, ninety
seven hours was considered quick
travelling in 1860. 1t took fifteen
hours in 1882 and seven hours in 1884.
To-day it is matter of three hours
and fifteen minutes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
..Perhaps il l had not hesitated the

"Perhaps il 1 had not hesitated the
first summer / met you, 1 might have
had show" said Alan deliberately.
care, and did so tremendously ad-
mire you. That Davenport slid in
ahead of me and / had to step out.
Sara clasped and ,unclasped her purse
ne-vously, but said nothing.
Tho next summer was better, said
Alan, continuing with rather bitter
smile. ~ had long vacation, and
you were good tome. You were South
all the winter, and thought you were
glad to see me-poor fool that 1 was!
Davenport didn't turn up at all that
year, and didn't feel sorry. was
glad you'd turned him down, because
l was heather, and / didn't know
that even the truest and best of girls
can make man suffer like the dickens.
1 know it now"
Sara's face was very white. She
looked at Alan, though it hurt her to
see the tired look in his eyes, and her
lips trembled.
"Oh, Alan, why didn't you tell me?"
she cried, with little sob in her voice.
"How could 1 know that you cared?"
my dear, my dear, how did carel"
he said slowly. "How L do care still!"
The color came back to Sara's face,
and queer little smile brought the
light into her eyes.
''I am what is accounted lucky fell
low," Alan said in the same strained
voice. 81 have had comforts and pleas
ures and luxuries all my life, and have
not cared for one of them. / would
give them all for that which / want
most and cannot have"
you're spoiled child" said Sara
with an odd little laugh. "You cry,
and you don't know what you cry
for. "
'I don't want to know any palmer
than do now," Alan gravely replied
cts too confoundedly hard to bear. -
"You never asked me what I
thought" said Sara gently. "Hasn't t
it entered your head that girl can
care, sometimes, too?"
The train slowed up for a station
with great deal of noise and hustle
of people passing mp and down. The
old gentleman rose sleepily and tum-
bled out upon the platform. He
passed down, and it was quiet again
After time band of men with mops
and brooms appeared at the door of
the car and began to clear up. The
conductor, coming to decision after
much hesitancy, stuck his head in at
the other door:
Randolph Street," he called. Gas
far as we go. All out, pleasel'-Em-
ma Lee Walton, in the Puritan.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Ordinarily people in Canada do not
take sufficient interest in their poll
tics or politicians to want to kill any
of the latter. Since Thomas Darcy
McGee was assassinated, about thirty
years ago, nobody appears to have
cared enough about any Canadian
statesman to expend any powder on
him, Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
therefore, who,has just been fred at,
ought to feel complimented. "Happy
man." exclaimed old DIR. Arbuthnot TO
a pan nt dying with peculiar malady,
"you ave revived disease which
has beeh dead six centuries"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Weyler has left Cuba, but the
memory of his monstrous cruelty will
never disappear from that unhappy
island, exclaims the New York Mail
and Express. He goes back TO Spain
red-handed with the blood of his help.
less victims, with his honor besmirched,
his name reeking with infamy and his
reputation rs a soldier forever lost.
His departure is like the vanishing of
a hideous pestilence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

In the opinion of the Philadelphia
Press expert testimony of all sorts
in our courts has become disgrace
full. The law in many States has
now recognized the necessity of pay
ing more than the ordinary wit.
ness fees to experts, so that there is a
pecuniary recognition of its value.
The three experts in the Barbieri trial
in New York received from the county
$3.50. The fees given experts yearly
in any one of our large cities would
probably pay twice over the annual
salary of permanent experts, but at
present there is nothing permanent
about an expert but his fee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
ON DEPOSIT.

cherished love for many years
And boarded It with care;
guarded it with misers fears
Nor chanced It anywhere;
But now with all | gladly part
And risk IL all in Anna's heart.
My savings-bank is Annals heart
And Cupid Is cashier;
A credit there late did start
Nor defalcation fear;
For alone have credit there
And guard the door with loving care.
There daily do bring more love
To swell my dear account,
Until the whole has grown above
fabulous amount.
And, most unheard per cent. of bliss,
My Anna pays each day a kissl
ELLIS Parker Butler, in Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

At Delhi, n. Y, an aerolite recently
fell as a ball of fire and penetrated the
earth six feet Steam poured from the
hole in volumes. The aerolite is in
the shape of a bali. 1t weighs two
pounds and fourteen ounces aud
measures foot aud three inches in
circumference. 1t is composed Of
white and yellow stones, varying in
size. All the stones are square, with
Il smooth surface, and as clearly cut as
il made by workmen. They are of
various eolors aud resemble diamonds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
ConyenIenees of the Langnages.

The Count haf been told,
madame, your daughtaire haf ze bad
tempaire. "
The Mamma--"Ah, yes, count, but
you know she loses her temper so
easily"
The Count-"Ah, how loadyg'--De-
troit Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

'I'll bet that man lives in flat
"What makes you think so?" ellis
dogs tail is cut off. Judge.
Miss Bostonia-"Yes I'm always
carried away when 1 hear Browning
read" Miss Flirter-"Don you want
me to read aloud a little? ?"--Judge.
Enthusiastic Cyclist iust after.
centuryrun) -'I tell you what, if | had
TO give up either I'd rather give up
my wheel than my cyclometer. -
Judge.
Every woman, according to the
story she tells to her second husband,
was forced iuto her first marriage by
the wishes of her parents. ."-Atchison
Globe.
Mrs. Potterby-''If you don't get
out of here, Twill call the dog" Dis
NAL Dawson-'I don't eat dog. L
amt no Klondiker. Indianapolis
Journal.
He-"Women are not as considerate
of men as men are of women" She
"Well, men are not worth considering
as much as women. indianapolis
Journal.
"Why do you fellows call that
mountain Catfish Hill?'" asked the
tourist. because" said Pieface
Bill, ''it can't be sealed. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Little Clarence (his fourteenth ques-
tion)-"Pa, what is genius?" Mr.. Call
lipers (wearily) Making other people
furnish the money to carry out your
own ideas. Puck.
81 have half a mind to get married."
said the Lonely Man. ''It takes"
said the Savage Bachelor, ''iust about
that amount of mind to think of such
a thing. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Alice-"What is that queer-looking
picture on your staud?" Ada-''That is
a composite picture of the man l pro-
missed to love forever ut the seashore
last summer. philadelphia North
American.
Seedy Caller rs Mr.. Specie in?"
Office Roy-"No, he amt in, and he
won't be back for n month; but if yer
wanted anything of him 1 can refuse
it ter yer jest as we'll ms him, and save
your callin' again. boston Globe.
Lady engaging servanH--"I ought
to tell you that we are all strict teeto-
talers here. / suppose you won't
mind that?" Mary Jane-"Oh, no,
mum, I've been in II reformed drunk
ards family before. Punch.
Wife-"The tailor said he couldn't
make the gown for less than 1925, 80
/ told him to go ahead" Husband
"Why in the world didn't you consult
me first?" 81 didn't want to spend
the carfare for two visits, dear. =
Life.
Little Petie-"Will it make much
noise, Mr.. Coustant?" Mr.. Constant
What, my boy?" Petite, Sister said she
thought you would pop tonight, and
| was wondering if it could be heard
upstairs. Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
a William Walker--'Yes, mum; 1
hate ter travel through de country, an
find de farmers so hard up. 1t makes me
really sick at heart Mrs. Backdoor-
"Why, what do they seem hard up for?
William Walker-''For help, mum. -
Puck.
Mamma, said little Freddy, ex-
citedly, "the ferryboat we were ON
almost ran into another ferryboat while
crossing the river" did it?" asked
mamma anxiously. Eyes, indeed
I'm sure there would have been col
Esion If the other boat badn't back
pedalled. Harper's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
The Importnnt Point.

1--WE are willing" said the practical
politician, "to trust to the intelligence
aud honesty of the average American
citizen"
Eyes" replied Farmer Corntossel,
"but that amt the question. What
the average American citizen wants to
know is whose intelligence aud honor
he is going TO trust in. n."-Washington
Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Instructor-"What is it that gives
to the blood its bright red color?"
Little Miss Thavnoo-"I know. It's
the corpuscles. But ours amt red.
They're blue. Mamma says so."--
Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

And now comes scientist who as
serts that the human system is full OF
microbes and that one is healthy just
SO long as ones microbes are in good
health. II that's the case, it clearly
is a mistake TO wage war on these lit.
tic fellows; better treat them we'll.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Misplaced simiie-when II Is Rude
An Impossible Combination-NIurde
the Queens Own-The Old, OLD Delu-
sion-Challenged a Generalization, Etc.
l to the florist one day went
Aud ordered quite lot of roses
Aud TO my love had them sent
With verses like a swain composes.
Her check was to the rose compared
O'm quite clever fellow
But none of this the florist knew
The rose he sent was yellow.
The Cornell Widow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
When She Throws.

81 wish you would get youc wife to
throw her influence for me, said the
woman who was running for Office in
the Woman's Club; I'm sure it would
have some effect"
eyes, was the thoughtful reply; 81
know when she's ever thrown anything
at me it's been effective. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Crimsonbeak-" -"You have heard the
trembling voice of the blushing bride
at Hymen's altar?"
Yeast-"Oh, yesw
"Well, isn't it difficult to associate
it with the one you hear in the airshaft
calling to her husband to bring mp the
coal?"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
slsterIy Affection.

He-"Do you know, what 1 like
about your sister is the way she looks
you straight in the face when she's
talking to you"
She-''Yes, she has an awfully bad
profile"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

The State domain of France, valued
at 500, 900, 900, and consisting OF
palaces, public buildings, forests, etc,
is in great measure unproductiye, aud
it is proposed to sell $50, 600, 900
worth Of it and put the money into the
navy
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

"She saved the whole family from
drowning once"
''Indeed She must be an Amazon. "
"Oh, no; she simply dressed so slow
ly that they oil missed the boat!"-
Chicago Record
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Challenged IA Generalization.

"The child" said the shoe clerk
boarder, sis father to the man"
ooh, not always" said the Cheerful
Idiot. Sometimes it is a girl. In
dianapolis journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Mr.. Younglove--"What do you do
when your baby gets sick at night?"
Mr.. Oldpop-'T generally lie still
and wait to see if my wife isn't going
to get up and attend to it. Chicago
News,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

"Did your railway make money!"
NO." replied the promoter; "we
wouldn't let well enough alone"
''There was a chance of Its being
profitable, them"
"Yesi but we weren't satisfied with
selling stock. We had to go ahead
and try to build the road. "-Washing-
ton Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Darling" he whispered, "it costs
no more to keep two bicycles in repair
than one"
Love is eternal; its illusions, even,
are mutable only in respect of their
terms. Detroit Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

''How old would you guess her
10 be?"
"Oh, about twenty-five would be a
safe guess"
"She's surely older than that?"
''I said twenty-five would be safe
guess. 1t is always safer to under
guess a woman's age. She may hear
of it. t."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

''Dauber can't be much of an
artist"
"Why?"
''He seems to be good business
man. cleveland Leader.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

Horseless vehicles are an accom-
plished fact. They are now being
drawn by dogs and reindeer in the
Klondike.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
po NoT BORROW 1aoueLE.

Only day at u time. tfnese may q tomorrow.
Only day at time, and that we live We
The trouble cannot bear Is only the
And the trials that
Only step at time 1t may be the angels bend
To bear above the that
The step that Is hardest of all
the path another day
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
Murders the Queen's own.

He-"My friend is opposed to every
thing English"
She-"Yes, noticed that in his
conversation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
S3s$ S$ S$ S$
HEY had beer

ley had been in
six room flats
and nine room
houses, up stairs
an d do wn,
through block
after bl l0ck of be-
W il d eri IL 6
streets, in all
the dust and
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15

"What is a rude awakening, pa?"
"Well, it is an awakening before 8
o'clock in the morning. - Chicago
Record
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-12-15
4 Wall From the Menngerle.

"It's hard" said the menagerio
lion.
"What's hard?" asked the kanga-
roo.
"To be starved when I'm alive, and
stuffed when I'm dead. Pick Me Up.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-06-03

A few years ago the region of South Florida was one vast orange grove, The cold weather came and swept way the beautiful and profitable trees. Now that section is a tobacco farm, and it promises to be more remunera- tive than orange growing. It is not packing houses that we once heard so much about being constructed, but to- bseco houses to prepare the leaf for the market. It is said that where there is will there is way, and this seems to be true of Florida. If they can't have one crop they can another. The soil yields bountifully. and the year 1897 is going to prove a success ful one to the tobacco growers. Much of the tobacco, it is asserted, will prove the equal to that heretofore imported from Cuba. In fact, many of the na- tives of that island are now engaged in the lure of the plant in the south. ern counties of the state.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-06-03
4 Valuable Pres.ripsien.

Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind. "Sun." writes: "You have a valuable prescription in Electric Bit ters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for Constipation and Sick Headache, and as general system tonic 1t has no equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2625 Cot tage Grove Ave, Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had backache which never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bot ties of Electric Bitters restored her health and renewed her strength, Prices 50 cents and S1.00. Get bottle at H. c. Hitchcock's drug store.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-06-03
THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1897.
"puNcTuREs."

That writer tin Q California paper, !" fecently quoted by the Tombstol 0 Prospector, under the caption of ''Grub Stakes, Dick Gird and Toml . stone Mines, is away of in his state- nasnts; in fact, he gives but few facts, if any, in the matter. The veracious California writer says "Gird went dowr to Arizona in 1S7S." We knew Dick Gird in Arizona as early as the spring of 1864, and shared ou- bacon, slapjacks and coffee with Dick one morning in our camp above the ''rocks" on Granite creek. That par sicular Sunday morning Dick Gird came down the road from s'Gimlet- ville," a-foot, with his coat over his shoulder, on his way to King Wool ssy's ranch; having had no breakfast, and with l7-mile walk ahead of him. We invited Mir. Gird to partake of our humble fare. If this should meet the eye of Mir. Richard Gird the time and circumstances will readily be called to mind, as he was then en route to the Woolsey ranch to join the King Wool ssy expedition against the Apsches of the Tonto country.
 In those days the trail leading to Woolsey's ranch followed down Granite creek, passed around and below "Point of Rocks" skirting the noun sAins on the east side all the way to Kings ranch.
 Grub and money were two oom- modities duced scarce in those days, and few people possessed a surplus of either. So it was with our friend Gird and the writer; both were ''long" on air and area. but devilish short on grub and cash. Times have changed since then-34 years ago--and Mir. Gird has since made his "pile," while the pencil pusher of this paper has made duced little else but experience. --Pick and Drill.