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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Gagged Birds Like Chick Weed.

''It is kindness, as well as pleas
ure, to Gagged birds to feed them pep
per grass and chick weed occasional
ly," said bird dealer to Star re-
porter. ''It is something they need,
as it rests them up from the various
seeds which are fed them. Canaries
are specially fond of pepper grass,
and it does then good. There is no
difficulty in finding it in the lawns or
in any of the parks, and no objection
is ever made to any one pulling n few
branches. Chick weed grows best in
shady, protected places, and can be
found in abundance. The white clio
yer is also much relished by birds,
though the red clover is better, but
the latter is not so plenty except in
the larger parks. The truth is, any
kind of the grasses now, as they are in
seed, is good food for Gagged birds. A
bird can be depended upon to eat no
more than it should eat, for there is
hardly such a thing as overfeeding
them. They know their limit, and
they enjoy being kept up to it, as a
change from the usual seeds. Wash
ington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Crlckets Now ON Our Hearth..

1t appears that the domestic cricket
of Europe, the "cricket of the hearth, 4"
has been introduced into this country.
In Minneapolis and elsewhere they
have proved to be a great nuisance.
House agents there claim that besides
being tiresome and noisy they are
very destructive, so that "a house in
vaded by them could not be rented. +"
This cricket was observed in Canada
by Kahn in l749, and its recent occur
renee there has been confirmed by two
well-known entomologists; and it has
been observed in various Eastern
towns by Uhler and others, but it has
not hitherto been common in the
United States, though frequently OBJ
served in Canada. New York Inde-
pendent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
To IrcInnd hy Tnnnel.

1t is expected to erect tunnel be-
tween Scotland and Ireland from the
Null of Cantire 20 Tor Point, in
County Antrim, distance of only
thirteen miles. A tunnel between
these two points will cost about $50,
100000, with an additional $1,000, 900
for the gradings. A novel suggestion
has been put forward which will
abolish tunneling altogether. 1t is to
construct a bridge enclosed in a con
tinuous cylinder sunk some fifty feet
below the surface and kept in position
by anchors and chains
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Awoke During Her Funeral,

Clara Purking, Il handsome young
woman of Denligh, Va, awoke from a
trance while her funeral service was in
progress. While the quartet was sing
ing hymn, the girl arose in her cof-
fin, crying out: cam / dreamingg
I'm not dead. You shall not bury
me. Then she fell back in the coffin
exhausted immediately there was an
uproar. Women tainted, others
shrieked aud men and women rushed
out of the house. Several children
were trampled upon aud hurt. The
girl is slowly recovering.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The Hartford Times snys that mum.
Der of Yale undergraduates who are
working their way" through college
have remained in New Haven since
commencement Seven of them have
found places on the electric car hines,
either as motormen or conductors.
They have comparatively easy and
regular employment, satisfactory pay,
and the places are, so far as the hot
weather is concerned, as comfortable
as any other employment that could
be found.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The Hartford tConn.) Times re-
marks; SO long as the retail price OF
the bicycle remained at figure which
made it possible for any mechanic
with bench aud bag of tools to buy
the different parts of machine, put
them together, aud sell the finished
product at a good profit, the multipi.
cation of small bicycle factories was
bound to continue. Now the time has
come for them to quit. The bicycle
business is likely to follow the same
course as the sewing machine bust.
ness.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The perspiratiOn from human beings,
IF injected into rabbits or dogs, causes
death.
A machine for registering the strokes
made by the oarsmen in n rowboat was
recently exhibited in London.
DIR. Weinek's great Photographic
atlas of the moon is to be made on
scales of ten to thirteen feet for the
moons diameter.
In tho night illumination of the
British feet of warships assembled
for the Jubilee naval review 1000
sixteen-candle power electric lamps
were employed.
A goldfish will die in ninety minutes
if placed in water which contains one
per cent of alcohol. In water which
contains twenty per cent. of alcohol it
will die instantly
Common salt that is used daily in
our food is needed in the body. 1t
aids digestion and the assimilation of
the food, and helps in the composition
of many of the tissues.
A prize of 5000 is offered for 1898
by L'Industrie Electrique for the best
work done in the manufacture of per-
manent magnets. 1t is not stated
whether or not the prize is open for
international competition.
A hospital has been opened in Lon
don for the treatment of wounds,
ulcers and kindred ailments by oxygen
gas. The new method of treatment
was suggested by the zulus. When
they are wounded, they climb an
eminence aud expose their wounds to
the pure air of the mountain tops.
What is called Fronde's Law of In
crease in the Speed of Ships assumes,
as an example, that an increase of one
in hundred, or, as we may say, about
four miles a day in the swiftest trans.
Atlantic steamers, calls for two per
cent. of added length, six per cent. of
displacement, seven per cent. of horse
power and fuel.
The bayonets of marines on board
British ships-of- having frequently
become highly magnetized through
proximity to dynamos, and thus af-
fected the ships compasses when the
wearers passed them. Sentries have
been ordered not to wear side-arms
when on duty in the dynamo flats.
This is expected to overcome the diff
ficulty.
A Canadian sea captain has invented
an apparatus with which he thinks
whales can be killed by electric shock.
A harpoon is fixed at the end Of II
long metallic cable, properly insulated,
and which serves in place of the usual
rope. Through this cable an electric
current of 10000 volts is to be sent
by means of dynamo carried in the
whaleboat.
An electric target, the invention of
two Austrian military men, is reported
to have given satisfactory results in
recent test at Gratz. The target is of
the usual form, but made of meshes of
wire tolerably close together. 1t is
connected with the stand by an cleo
trio cable, and when any part of it is
hit by u ball the electric current is
closed, ringing bell, and signaling
on an indicator at the stand the por-
tion of the target struck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

your tongue and go out and feed the
young turkeys. ] am fully compe-
tent to manage this matter myself"
And Rebecca, feeling herself put
down, departed.
81 came here" went on Mr.. Rob-
inson, 'to look into the facts of the
case for myself. L have heard of your
preiudices against me"
eyes, 1 think 50" interposed Miss
Ives.
"And do not blame you for them"
said Mr.. Robinson. "Now that l am
personally acquainted with you, Miss
Ives, nothing could induce me to
prosecute this"
'Iniquitous claiml" interposed Isl
dora
Ubiquitous claiml' acceded Mr..
Robinson, with repetition of the
swallowing sound. Gust what you
please to call it. 1 respect you as
lady, but l appreciate you as rela-
tive; but, of course, knowing who /
am, you cannot tolerate me any longer
as your friend. 1 will pack my bag
and depart at once. 1 can only feel
regretful that l have deceived you so
long. feel myself to be hypocrite
and swindlerl'' -.
He waited meekly to receive the
full tide of Miss Isidora's curbed
wrath. She put out her plump little
hand, with four dimples in the four
joints.
Don't gol" she said, in a low
voice.
"What!" cried the incredulous plain
tiff.
There's no reason why we should
MT be friends" said Miss Ives, in her
odd, brusk way. "Things seem so
very different, now that we are
acquainted with each other Couldn't
we-compromise?"
'Isidora," said Mr.. Robinson,
''we're cousins, you know, twice re-
moved. may call you Isidora?"
ooh, certainly" said Miss Ives.
''We are the two last seeming
heirs
Plaintiff and defendant" nodded
Isidora.
Exactly so. Now it has just
occurred to mel mean, I've been
thinking of it for some time-that if
we were to unite our claims"
ITO get married, do you mean?"
said Tsidora, bluntly.
eyes, precisely. 1t would put an
end to all litigation" pleaded Mar
shall Robinson.
$50 it would" observed Miss Isl
dora, thoughtfully.
would you be willing to marry
me?" said Mr.. Gideon Marshall Robin
| son.
"Y-yesr' said Isidora. 81 think 1
should. I'm not young; but then six
and-thirty is not absolutely old"
''You are a rose in full bloom" said
Mr.. Robinson, enthusiastically, "and
L myself am not mere boy, it must
be remembered.
"And if people should laugh at us?"
"Why, wen let 'em laugh" said
Isidora.
"And we'll laugh, too" said the
middle-aged lover, cheerfully.
The fire was allowed to go down,
the kettle cover taken off, the charges
drawn from the gun, and The Tower
pronounced to be no longer in state
Of siege.
And this was the way in which the
famous case of Robinson VS.. Ives,
which had promised to swell the fees
of lawyers innumerable for the next
ten years, was removed from the
court of records. And no one was
sorry except the legal gentlemen afore-
said. Saturday Night
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The discovery of gold in Alaska
opens up rich field for the swindlers
and already signs are at hand, notes
the Washington Star, that the conf.
dence men of all stripes are at work
utilizing this latest inspiration to the
aoquisitiveness of the human race. 1t
is going to be a hard experience for
the miners themselves, if but half the
warnings that have been given of dan
gers in the Yukon region are well
founded, but unless the stay-at-homes
keep pretty sharp eye on the main
chance and refrain from long-distance
speculation in the gold fields except
upon first-class authority there viii be
equivalent distress at this distance
from the cold aud the hunger of the
Alaskan wastes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
JUST DO YOUR BEST.

The signs are bad when folks commence
A-hndln' fault with Providence,
Aud balkin' cause the earth don't shake
At every prancin step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Ef stripped to self, and stark and bare,
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My docterD is TO lay aside
Contentious, and be satisfied;
jest do your best, and praise er blame
That follers that counts jest the same.
I've allus noticed great success
Is mixed with troubles, more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest.
james Whitcomb Riley,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

A new scheme looking to the adop.
ton of an international language comes
from Russia. The inventor of "Es-
perauto, manufactured speech, an
alogous to. "Velapuk, L. Samenhof, of
Grodno, invites all who have ideas on
the subject to send him an article en-
bodying them. He will have these
printed and copies sent to each of the
writer's. The latter must read all the
articles and then write another very
brief essay embodying his final iudg-
ment. The scheme would be a prac.
tical demonstration of the necessity OF
an international language, but we
doubt whether it will settle the ques-
ton of the choice of such common
speech
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

According to the Springfield Re-
publican circulars have been sent out
by some bureau of statistics TO the
Nebraska farmers asking "Does farm.
ing payP" AS well ask SIS life worth
living?" The actress Janauschek
once opened her season in Rochester,
N. Y, and an interviewer asked her
why she had thus complimented
Rochester rather than some other city.
"Mein GottP' answered Janauschek,
81 haf to begin somevare. SO men
have to live, and the farmers have to
farm whether it pays or not. In that
as in all other undertakings it all de-
pends ON the individual and his meth.
ods.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

A most extraordinary question is
asked of Bishop Potter, by the Hod
Hosting Engineers Union, states the
New York Independent. 1t is whether,
if church or cathedral be built by
non-union men, it should be attended
by union worshipers? The point Of
the question is in the fact that non.
union workmen are employed in build-
ing the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
in New York City.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
"yEsr MAKE YER CRUEL rHINNrR.n

In these times takes lot o satisfy fellow
Philosophy to harden him, poetry mellow.
without Encouragement and sech he
Ef living his good house
The blues will unbeknown
An all and socaness they as
An it's well to call to mind what Franklin
When higher
a to
To hump the of
Ef honesty requires
Ef clothes credit
Fer bigger folks than
An did a will fer
% Frank said at
his hostess greed"Jes
VIII T. Hale Nashville
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

On all the new vessels of the navy
the American shield has displaced as a
fgurehead the unique designs carried
on the older vessels. This is carved
out of solid brass, with the Stars and
Stripes and the shield proper fitted
close around the slender bow, while
scroll work extends backward ON either
side for a distance of four or five feet.
The New York, Minneapolis and Phila-
delphia have possibly the most ella
borate designs, some having cost
$4,000 each
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

She-"Harry, you said something
last evening that made me feel 80 bad. "
He-"Why was it, dearest?"
She-"You said was one of the
sweetest girls in all the world"
He-"And aren't you, darlingY"
She "You said 'one of the sweet
est Oh, Harry, TO think 1 should
live to know that have to share your
love with another. Boston Tran
script
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Injured to Hardship.

Wife-"Here's wonderful case of
endurance. A fellow sat in the rigging
of a wrecked vessel three days and
didn't seem to mind it,"
Husband-"He had probably been
used to riding on an anatomical bicy-
Gle saddle. Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Reasonable Preference.

"I am told your wife would rather
cook than eat"
The other man glanced nervously
over his shoulder. ''What she cooks,
yes" he replied in hoarse whisper.
Detroit Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

An eighteenth century pillow was dug
up in an Eastern State the other day
The farmers stood around il in won.
der and agreed that the world is grow.
ing smarter if not bettor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

1t is fine thing, no doubt, muses.
the Providence (R. ~ Journal, to be
able to dig $50 day out of the ground,
as it is said TO be possible to do at
Klondike. But there are some disad.
vantages when this opportunity is Sc.
complished by the necessity of eating
dog meat at So a pound.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
How Ho Got Around II.

Chalumeau has just returned from
fishing expedition.
"Well," his friends ask him, "did
you catch anything?"
81 missed my twelfth fish" answers
Chalumeau, who thus spares himself
the humiliation of telling that he
missed his first as well. lie Figaro.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

An old man, eighty-eight years of
age, standing ON the bridge at
Strakouitz, near Pilson, in Bohemia,
saw a schoolboy drowning in the river
at Wattawa. lie jumped in, got the
boy to land, but sank back exhausted
aud was being carried oil by the cur
rent when an eighteen -yearold girl 2
swan to him aud saved him.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Friend-"Does your town boast of a
baseball team?"
Suburbanite We used to
boast of one; but we have to apologize
for it now. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Robert p. Porter estimates that by
the year 1000 the population of this
country will amount to 3s5, $50, 900.
Those who think the country is al
ready overpopulated with $4,000, OoO
may derive some comfort from the
reflection that they will all be dead by
TINT time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
He Knew His Worth.

Young Lady-You are a wonderful
master of the piano, hear. "
Professor Won Spieler (hired for the
occasion)-'I blay aggompaniments
zometimes.
Young Lady-"Accompaniments to
singing?"
Professor Won Spieler-"Aggom-
paniments TO conversations. Tit
Bits
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The tax department records of New
York City bear the titles of over 162,
600 pieces of real estate, held 10y about
10000 owners.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The Wife-''Doctor, can you do any
thing for my husband?"
Doctor-"What seems to be the
matter?"
The Wife - worrying about
money"
Doctor-"Oh, I can relieve him of
that all. )"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Bilkins-'I hope I'm not in the way,
Miss Tompkyns."
Miss Tompkyns-"Why, Mr.. Bill
kins, how can you suggest such a
thingl You know believe in even
numbers. Polly and Charley make
two; Jack and make four; you and
the dog mako six. We are all paired
off nicely. The Yellow Kid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Wife - worrying


He-"Where have you been?"
She-"Downtown, looking over
some bonnets.
He-'Looking over some bonnets,
did you say?"
-"Thats what l said"
He-"Then they were not theatre
bonnets? ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Bridget has kitchen full of her
company.
Mistress (from the head of the stairs)
--"Bridgetr'
Bridget-"Yes ma'am."
Mistress-"It's 10 o'clock.
Bridget Thank ye, ma'am. And
will be so koind ez to tell me whin it's
12?"-Pick-M Me-Up.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Thacher-"What is meant by Gin
consistency"
"Pupil-'That would be if person
was to ride one make of wheel this year
and different make next year.
Puck
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Extraordinary Career of Bell Ringer.
Thomas Hussey, bell ringer at the
Leigh Parish Church, Lancashire,
England, has completed an extraor-
dinary career as ringer. He WAS
born in 1872, became ringer when
fifteen years Of age, and rang the mourn
ing peal for the burial of George ~.
He also rang for the coronation and
funeral of William ~, the accession,
coronation, and jubilee of Queen Vic
toria, and recently rang for the Queens
diamond jubilee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The London stock brokers are said
to wear out the floor of the Stock Ex-
change every five years. This means
that the floor is worn away To the
depth of half an inch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

The Count have been invited to
tin wedding"
The Baron-"Ahl The girl is being
married for her money?"--Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

HY they called it
"The Tower"
would have puz-
zled an archeol-
gist. For it was
not a tower, never
had been a tower,
and in all proba-
bility never had
been intended for
q tower.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Too InhainInable.

Jack-"She used TO be an old flame
of yours, did she not?'
Arthur-"Yes but that was when 1
had money to burn. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

'I know why the proprietor of this
hotel makes our board-bills so high.
"Why?"
$50 that we can't jump them. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
THE ME:,tRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Anticipation College Confidence - His
ChOice-The "Git Thar" Faculty--As
lie Understood It-HeasonabIe Prefer
ence-Too InfammRbIe-A Precaution.
They say the airship's coming soon.
Right welcome will 1t be.
To all mankind t will prove boon,
But specially to me.
I'll only have to get on board,
ct will take me anywhere,)
Merrily then I'll steer it toward
My castle in the air
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Miss Girton-"And do you like
Browning?"
Oxonian-"Well, to tell the truth,
I'd as soon read a time table. -
Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
RArEs OF ADVERTISING.

One Square, one inch, one insertion. s. 100
One square, one inch. one month. e. 300
One Square. one inch, turee months. 500
One square, one inch one year ..... 10 %
wO Squares one year .... ...,........ 10 70
Quarter Column. one year r....,.,..," 3JOO
Half Column, one year 50 90
One Column. one year. ...., 100 W
Lspal Advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages aud death notices gratis.
All bills Tor yrariy advertiser snts collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on dellvsr-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Groober-"Was it Joglin's ability
that got him that $4,000 position?"
Hoover-"Yes; his ability to get it, "
-Roxbury Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Alaska may be known in future as
Uncle Sans Yellow Kid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

What, in your opinion, is the most
pleasing decoration for a wheel?"
ga pretty woman. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08

Great Britain's yearly expenses are
now about $500, 900, 900, but the sur
plus is 500, 900, 600.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
To the living memory
OF his deceased friend

To the living memory
OF his deceased friend
Capt. JOHN SMITH
Sometime Governor Of Virginia
And admiral of New England
Who dept this life
II, June 1881.
Accordiamus Vincere est Vivere.
Hero lyes one conquered that hath con-
quored kyngs
Subdued large territories and done thyngs
Which to the world impossible would seeme
But that the truth is held In more esteeme
Shall repeat his former service done
In honour of his God aud Chrystendom?
Now that he did devyde from pagans Three
Their heads and lyyes, types Of his chivalry
For which great service In that clymate done
Brave Sigismundus, king Hungarion
Did gyve him as a coat OF arms to wear
Their conquered heads got by his sword
and spearc.
Or shall l tell of his adventures since
Done in Virginia that large continent,
How that he subduod kyngs unto his yoke
And made those heather flee as wynde doth
smoke,
And made their land being Of so large
station,
An habitation for our Chrystian nation
Where God is glorifyed, their wants sup
plyed
Which else for necessaries must have dy'd,
But what ayails his conquest now he lyyes
Interrd In earth a prey TO worms and hyes
OF may his soul ia sweet elysium sleep
Until the keeper that all souls doth keep
Returns to Judgment; aud that after thence
With angels he may have his recOmpense.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-08
Captain John SIN nitl,'s Epltaph.

In ST. Sepulcher's Church, opposite
Newgate Prison, London, is the burial
place of Captain John Smith, the
friend of Pocahontas, and his epitaph,
which was written by Dryden, sounds
like the tramp of II marching army. 1t
reads thus