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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

pes Moines, May H.-Both branches
of the legislature spent the day in idleDess
waiting for the completion of the enroll
ment of all bills. The work of enrolling
tho bills was completed early in the even
ing and at $50 the legislature adjourned
until July LIST at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon
The adjournment until that time Is nece,-
sary because of the fact that tho state
constitution requires that all lava shall 90
INTO effect ninety days after their passage,
and as the work of publishing the code
cannot be completed within that time the
legislature Will meet on July LIST for a few
minutes to satisfy this point in tho consti-
ntion ami extend the time to October I.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
SENATE.
HOUSE.

House concurred IN the action OF the sem
ate in rejecting the house amendment to
the state house employees salary bill Bill
providing for the payment of tho members
Of the general assembly and the expenses
incurred by the extra session passed The
bill appropriates nearly $4,000. Resolu-
ton ordering additional official register.
passed. The conference report on tho
revenue bill was agreed to
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

Des AIoincs, May 5.--Eliis's bill for q
transfer OF the county mulct tax fund wa
reported and passed. The revenue bill was
reported from the house and sent to con.
terence. Mitchell introduced concurrent
resolution to make the wild rose the offioiai
flower of the state.
MOTSE.
The house passed tho bill authorizing
boards Of supervisors 10 tranfer the surplu,
tax derived from the sale of liquors under
the mulct law to the county bridge fund
y large number OF legalizing acts were
passed. The committee on printing re
ported "a bill which reduces the price.
TO be paid for state printing about l214 per
cent as compared with the senate bill. II
was made special order for to morrow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

Speaker Byers to-day made farewell
address to the house during which he com.
plimented the members on their good
work, tn rked them for their faithfulness.
and called attention to the amt unit OF
money saved by tho rctrenchmcnt meas,
ures passed. The resolution to accept the
proposition of Emlin McCabe to annotate
the code for r., 800 was agreed 10.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
A Gold Mining story.

At Ballarat, Australia, ruined gold
miner once committed suicide in a
dramatic manner. During the time
of the gold rush certain deserted
claim was for years held sacred, and
the tools left strewn about the wind.
lass were left to rust away untouched.
A party of varsity men, old school
fellows, and of gentle birth, had sunk
their shaft there and worked without
success until all their money was
spent
One evening, one of them, at work
at the bottom of the shaft, shouted
"Haul up, boys, the time has come at
lastl" They hauled up, and when it
came to the top they found their com,
rade's lifeless body hanging from the
chain. He had detached the bucket,
tied a moose about his neck, fastened
the moose to the chain, and was hanged
by his dearest friends.
The party had been much liked and
respected by the other miners, who
would readily have subscribed 1000
ounces of gold dust to give them q
fresh start, but ere the dawn of the
next day the whole party had disap-
peared, leaving their claim in the same
state as it lay at the time of the
tragedy. Weekly Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

A recent writer has drawn attention
to the large amount Of capital and skill
belonging to the English and Ameri.
can people which has been invested in
railroads. There are ISL, 7l7 miles of
railway in the United States, in
Europe, out of the l55, ,2Si miles Of
railway, 2O,9 are on British soil.
In Asia, out Of 20, 800 miles of rail.
road, 10, 700 are British. The British
railway mileage throughout the world
is 74,I29 miles. When we add the
figures together We find 0 total Of
255, S46, or about three-ifths of the
railways of the world belonging to the
English speaking race. And this Ia,
Of course, Independent Of railways
under other flags which are due TO
English or American capital or tkill.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

The American Federation Of Labor
and the Laboring Mems Protective
Association in the city of New Orleans
are disturbed at the rapid immigration
of Italians, and have protested to the
authorities at Washington against the
violation of the Immigration law,
which, they say, has been going on for
some time. They charge that Italians
are brought into Louisiana through
the port of New Orleans for the sugar
season only. Contracts, they say, are
made with the italian laborers in Italy,
guaranteeing, them the payment of their
passage to America and return to Italy
and work at seventy-fve cents day
during the sugar season.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

In speaking of the unimportant place
which women have occupied in the
world of affairs in years past and gone,
a well-informed aud observant woman
was recently heard to remark that the
advancement of women in lines of
business and practical affairs can be
traced by noting the evolution in
pockets. Time was, aud is not wholly
past, either, when it was not deemed
proper for woman to have any sort
of receptacle about her gown in which
to carry the various traps which mark
an Independent career. As civiliza.
.tion advanced women gradually in
sisted on at least one pocket, even if
it was hidden and wellnigh inaccessi-
bic. An ordinary mans suit has fif-
teen pockets, of all sizes and in every
conceivable place, and is it any Won
derythat. with the wide latitude al
lowed in that particular direction, m en-
! have taken similar freedom in other
lines and refuse to be bound by con-
ventionalities?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

The story Of an unhappy bride
groom, whose hair grew gray in a sim
gle morning, and that the morning of
his marriage, is reported from Iii
grad, in Hungary.
Mitru Popa, born in Teregova, son
of small farmer, and afianced to a
daughter of a prosperous citizen of
Zigrad, recently started for Zigrad,
there to wed and bring home his bride
The place can be reached in two hours
by the mountain road. There was,
however, short cut; it led through
the railway tunnel with single line
of rail. Popa laid ear to the ground
and listened. As there was not the
slightest vibration he took courage
and ventured into the dark passage
Here, the report goes on, he had been
stumbling along as best he could,
when, after ten minutes passed in the
total darkness, aud being, as he
judged, near the centre of the tunnel,
he heard the distant rumbling of an
approaching train.
The noise grew louder behind him,
and Popa ran; louder still, and Popa
raced. 1t was via dolorosa with the
small point of daylight far off amid the
darkness, and if he could win it, then
it meant life, safety and bride, but the
thunder of the train grew ever nearer
Fortunately the gradient was a steep
one, and the express was called ex-
press by courtesy only, and the race
between the man and death terminated
at the tunnels outlet, the man win
ming by about his own length.
The mercifully sluggish "schnell-
zug" passed into the daylight as the
bridegroom fell PROSTATE on the bank.
When he had started he had dark
brown hair; when he arrived at the
brides house it was white as the
brides veil The lady, however, ac.
cepted him on the somewhat dubious
grounds 'that the hair would come all
right in time, and that the injury was
covered by insurance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

Emperor Williams elusive speeches
in Russia contained one passage which
has set everybody wondering what he
could have meant, states the New York
Post He spoke of some mysterious
"disturber of the general peace,
against whom or which William was
determined to take a firm stand. He
ssYas not afraid of it. The malign in.
iluence, or Nation, or whatever it was,
had no chance of succeeding against
his resolute purpose to keep the peace,
even if he had to kill 10000 men to
DO it. But which is the wicked, war
like country which the good and peace
loving William, armed to the teeth, had
thus to rebuke? Is it England? Is
it France? Some able journalists
champion one view, some another,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
The 81. Louis Globe Democrat ex.

The st, Louis Globe-D Democrat ex-
claims: What a system of fireproof
building is worth to city is shown by
the fact that the Fire Department of
Paris costs $514, 900 year, while tha
of New York City requires an outlay
of $2,345,3 355. To this must be added
the losses caused by the far more
numerous aud extensive conAagrations
in the American city aud the heavier
premiums on insurance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
AROUND THE BEND.

There comes time Just once a week
When nothing matters much;
I'm waiting for q step know,
A smile, voice, touch:
"He's coming, coming" sings the wire,
With sweet, prosaic jar
For Dick, my Dick, dear fellow,
Takes a common, ilve-cent car.
But never maiden rich and fair
'Mong cushions satin fine,
In gown Of silk and laces rare,
Had dearer love than mine.
So every Saturday wait
The happy moment when
His car comes swinging round the bend,
Aud Dick has come again.
He glances up: know it, though
l will not let him see;
For not yet may tell him
That love as fond as he.
Then comes the bells far tinkle
And the maids reluctant feet,
And then hear him on the stair,
And then at last--we meet.
My heart beats so I cannot speak,
He thinks me coy and cold;
1t is because Of depths OF love
The which / have not told.
But when the autumn leaves are crisp,
When snow has come again,
Dear Dick will be my own, my own
Perhaps I'll tell him then.
Cora Stuart Wheeler, In Woman's Home
Companion. "a
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

That there may justly be hope, even
when all seems hopeless, in the case
Of n person overcome in the water, re-
ceived a fresh. illustration few days
ago up in Ashland, Wis. August An
defson, ten years old, was pulled out
of the water after he had been sub
'merged for five minutes, and he re-
covered consciousness after an hour.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

Small Boy-"Whatll I do with this
money bank"
Mamma-"Put it away, Of course.
1t has a dollar in it that your aunt
gave you and some change your pa and
put in"
"Not now. There isn't any money
in it now. l spent il"
"Spent it2 What did you do that
for?"
"Why, the minister preached SO
hard against hoardin' up riches, that 1
got converted and spent what 1 had. "
New York Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Plants grow more between 4 and 6
\. m. than at any other time of day.

Plants grow more between 4 and 6
a. m. than at any other time of day.
Professor E. @. Pickering, of the
Harvard Observatory, announces the
discovery of 142 new double stars in
the Southern skies.
The speculative astronomers are now
arguing that the moon is in the shape
of plumb bob, and that the large end
is always towards the earth.
The teeth of insectivora are sharp
and pointed, and so disposed that they
keep each other sharp by wearing
against each other instead of coming in
direct contact.
Evidence of the complexity of cathode
rays is found by NJ. H. Deslandres in
the fact that when a ray is turned
aside by a neighboring body it is di-
vided into several unequally deviated
rays.
Anthropologists have ascertained
that the Andaman islanders, the small
est race of people in the world, aver
age less than four feet in height, while
a few of them weigh more than seven
ty-six pounds.
The fruit-eating bats do not live on
insects, nor attack animals and suck
blood, as do the vampires. The YAM
pire is a small bat, with exceedingly
sharp front teeth, making slit in the
sleeper's leg aud sucking the blood.
They are seldom dangerous to human
beings, but are to cattle.
When you pinch your finger you
think you feel pain the very same in
stant, but really the hurt and the pain
are not quite simultaneous, although
they seem to be so. If person had an
arm long enough to reach the sun, it
would be 1872 years before he would
feel the pain of the burn.
The depth to which the suns rays
penetrate water has been recently de-
termined by the aid of photography.
1t has been found that at depth of
533 feet the darkness was, to all intents
and purposes, the same as that on a
clear but moonless night. Sensitive
plates exposed at this depth for a con-
siderable length of time give no evil
dence of light action.
1t has been known for some time
that red hot iron is pervious to carbon
dioxide. M. Grehant has found by
experiment that the carbon dioxide
does not only freely pass through the
iron, but is decomposed, carbon mon
oxide being set free. This may ac-
count for some of the accidents which
the monoxide has caused. Rooms must
not be heated by red hot iron stove.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

DIR. David Starr Jordan, chief of
thelAmerican Commission to investi-
gate the seal fisheries Of Bering Sea,
has just returned from those waters,
and his report confirms the predic-
tons that were made year ago with
reference to the effects of pelagic fish
ing upon the seal herds. The animals
on the breeding grounds, he says,
have decreased fifteen per gent. in
number, and those in the kpting
grounds have decreased tn hree
per cent. in the las twelve M 80, all
because of the destructive methods
employed by lawless fishermen. The
decrease, he argues, will be still
greater during the present year, and
even if pelagic fishing were totally
suppressed this season, he believes
that the shrinkage in numbers would
continue until 1900 because of tlfe de-
stfuctive work which has already been
done among the infant seals. These
statements fully confirm the report
made last year by the American Com
mission, and they emphasize the con-
tention, so strenuously urged by this
Government, that unless more effective
measures for protecting the seals are
speedily provided the herds are
doomed to tot"l extinction.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

Young Congressman-"WeII, my
dear, what do you think? 1 had the
honor of being interviewed this morn
ing on the leading topics of the day"
His Wife-'Indeedl What did you
say9"
Young Congressman-'I really can't
tell until see the morning paper, -
Richmond Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

They were speaking of a recent
slight earthquake in the south of
France.
''Did you tremble?" a bystander
asked one of the ladies.
ooh, yes, trembled, but the earth
nembled worse than 1 did. lie
Monde Comique.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

A Fayette County tPennsylvania)
board has adopted this resolution:
Teachers must not make love while
employed by the board or during
school hours. The violation of this
rule will be sufficient cause for dis.
,,fggoI
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

The Illinois Central Railway is about
to experiment with electricity as a mo
tive power, with view to its adop
tion on all the suburban lines of Chi
cago. 1t is said that both the third
rail and overhead trolley system will
be tried exhaustiyely before decision
is come to on equipment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

IT all the railroads were placed end
to end and side by side there would be
seventeen tracks all the way round
the world, and enough left to put in
eide tracks at all important points.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

"Tm surprised to find that you keep
a dog, Tomkins! Why, you can barely
keep your wifel What on earth do you
feed him on?"
"Well, 1 gives i'm cats meat. And
when I can't afford that, why, e as to
ave wot we ave. Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
Getting Around Confession.

Counsel-"What is your age,
MADAME"
Witness--"I only know from what
I've been told, and you just told me
that hearsay evidence was not valid in
court. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
THE OLD sPlNET

She would play the mlnuet
For the stately-stepping set,
While the ardent dancers met,
Hands and hearts.
Did the old-time spinet care
II Dan Cupid unaware
Prlcked the breasts of brave and fair
With his dart?
Now the spiders with their floss
Up and down the keyboard cross
And the strings are dull as dross,
Once so bright;
No one cares to touch the keys
Stained old yellow worries
Save the ghost some dreamer sees
In the night.
james Buckham.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
The Time Was 1918.

Returned Traveller lin the amateur
play)-"It seems as if itwere only yes
terday when last 1 gazed upon these
Did familiar scenes"
The Audience lin unison -"Itwas."
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
A GlIttering Prospectus.

"Yes," said the Northern investor
to the Georgia real estate agent, your
terms at 80 an acre are very reason
able. Is there any gold on the land?"
The agent looked around as if to as
sure himself that no one was listening,
then he leaned over and whispered in
the investors ear:
"It's mostly goldw-Atlanta Con.
stitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

Counsel-"Now answer the ques-
tion, and don't get angry"
! Witness-"Why shouldn't 1, when
you are q cross examiner2"-Judy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

"Why were you discharged from
your last place?" asked the merchant
of the applicant for situation.
"Iwas discharged for good behavior,
sir. !"
"Wasn't that singular reason for
a discharged"
"Well, you see, good behavior took
nine months off my sentence. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

It is slim and trim and spare
Like the slender Lady Claire
In the gowns they used to wear
Long ago;
And Il stands there In the gloom
OF the gabled attic room,
Like the ghost whose vacant tomb
None may know.
can see the lady's hands,
White as lilies, as she stands
Strumming fragments Of Durand's
On the keys;
And 1 hear the thin, sweet strain
OF the Plymouth hymns again,
Like the sob OF wlndless rain
In the trees.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

Bacon-"My cook failed to cook the
roast last night for dinner"
Egbert-"And what did you do?"
"I had to roast the cook. ."-Yonkers
Statesman,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

'This country must be increasing
It's population very fast"
"What makes you think SOP"
"Why, 1 understand that now there
are as many people as there are differ
ent makes of wheels. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

"I never like to quarrel with my
husband"
"Of course not"
"He can always think of meaner
things to say than can. columbus
lOhio) State journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

Herdso-"Did you ever bribe
policemanP"
Sedso-"Yes."
Herdso-"How2"
Sedso-"Gave 81 to advise the cook
10 stay. "-Up-To-Date.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
A Gentle Hint.

Miss Wheeler-"Yes; this is my
new seventy-five dollar wheel. Bicycles
are lower, you know"
Miss Prim-"So I've heard. Pears
to me, bicycle skirts ought to be clover,
too. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
UTRHERE's ono matter

" "
about in time, and
that is when we
come to divide
A II MT ID ir e s
things, I'd like the
tester bedstend, F."
and Mrs. Redfern
leaned forward in
the carriage that
she might get her
long crepe veil in
place. "It's the
only piece of furni-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
Quick Learners.

Mr.. Hiland-"I see that many Klon
dixie miners have got enough and are
returning"
Mr.. Halket-"Enough goldP"
Mr.. Hiland-"No; enough expert
ence. Pittsburg Chronicle Tele'
graph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06

The largest creamery in the world is
located near st. Albans, VT, convert
ing the milk of -, 900 COWS into 10, 900
pounds Of butter daily.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
RATES OF ADVERTISING,

One Square, one inch, one insertion. y 90
One Square, one inch, one month. 80 800
One Square. one inch, three months. 100
One Square, one inch, one year ..... 10 90
Two Squares one year 80. ...,...... Is 90
Quarter Column. one year s...,,....s. 30 90
Half Column, one year r...,.........,. so 90
One Column. one year. .......,. 100 90
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion
Marriages and de1th notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on deliver.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
Aurum Edible.

"By next spring." said the wild
eyed inventor, "I shall be rich beyond
the imaginings of paresis. I am going
to Klondike-"
$50 are lot of other people"
'That is where my fine work comes
In. 1 have almost perfected a process
for making gold edible. indianapolis
Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-10-06
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS,

His Love Grew Cold-Tit For Tat--A Very
Cross Examinatlon-well Invested
The Time Was 12.15-Quick Learners
-Getting Around Confession, Etc, Etc.
In happier days her lover wooed
And vowed and pleaded, sighed and sued;
And now she VOWS that he shall see
That she can sue as well as he.
Puck.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-17
Randolph Center.

Mrs. N. s. Clark is visiting in Poultney
this week.
Revs. j. A. Bates and CT. Partridge ex-
changed Sunday.
Photographer Taplin removed his pho
tographing tent Saturday.
j. Hazen Wood has received a restora-
ton and increase of pension.
Chester Bickford is in Middletown
Springs on business this week.
Rev. j. Bates attended the Cong'l con-
vention at Middlebury last week.
The Good Templars have commenced
holding meetings in their new hail over
Aliens store.
Miss Jennie Hodges has been obliged by
sickness to give up her school in Plain
field and her place is taken by Miss Grace
Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wedgewood of Essex
Junction were at N. l.. Boyden's over
Sunday. Mrs. Wedgewood will remain a
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Partridge and Mrs.
Ed Partridge have arrived for the summer
and opened their cottage. Prof. Par
fridge will join them later.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-17
East Roxbury.

Mrs. Will Pride has been quite i'll with
grip the past week.
Miss Florence Hall went to Montpelier
Monday, making the trip on her wheel.
Mr.. and Mrs Rexford from Barre spent
several days with friends in this place last
week.
Winifred Fcss is at home, having beer
graduated from the Randolph Norma
school last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Allen from Jack.
son, Mich, are visiting relatives and
friends in this place.
NJ ISIS Alice Webster returned Saturday
from birmingham, Mass, where she had
been visiting her sister.
Rev. n. w. Shaw from Montpelier
preached here Sunday. After the morn
ing service i've of the young people were
baptized.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Boyce, J. t. Edison
and Mrs. lett Bennett came home from
Newhury last week, where they had been
to attend a conference held in that place.
Raymond Hall seems to be having his
share of bad luck. Monday night some
dogs got among his sheep and killed sew
eral lambs and the next day one of his
horses was quite badly cut by a wire
fence.