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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
Mineral Wealth in Siherin.

D. NJ. Ivan and Peter Kulahoff, mem.
bers of the Russian Geological Survey,
who have been for some time past in
vestigating the mineral resources Of
Siberia along the route of the great
Siberian railway, arrived at San Fran
cisco, Cal, recently on their way to
st. Petersburg. They travelled vast
distance of mountain region. Their
duty was to explore the country for
100 miles on the strip along which the
road runs or is surveyed so as to get a
good idea of what the country afforded.
"We found it q wonderful country,
both in point of scenery and resources
of gold, silver, copper, lead, coal and
other minerals" ," said one of the gen.
tlemen. 'It was ali we could have
desired. We collected many speci-
mems OF different descriptions of ore
which We are taking back with us to
st. Petersburg. Besides the minerals
there are many acres of magnificent
agricultural ground available chiefly
for growing wheat, oats, barley and
other cereals and vegetables, The
great rivers of the country afford tino
opportunities for commercial develop
ment. 1t has thousand interests
than can only be alluded to. New
York Mail and Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
nUMOR OF THE DAY.

On the Sick List: Notice in a Swiss
pass; ono echo to-day. Fliegende
Blatter.
She Everybody in the choir de-
tests the organist." Ho-"Yes; I un-
derstand that he is despised as nom
combatant. II Puck.
She-"She is doing her best TO
fascinate that widower. or course ho
has considerable means. He-"Per-
haps she thinks the means Justify tho
end. Puck.
His View Brown -"Do you believe
in civil-service reform?' Jones (who
has failed to pass an examination)-
81 do. The questions should be made
easier. Puck.
"We must get little Bobby a foot.
ball mask" "What for?" "He is
going down town with nurse, and
don't want him to ruin the shape OF
his noise on the shop windows. -
Chicago Record.
young man," said a wealthy city
man to his spendthrift nephew, "I
laid the first foundation Of my fortune
by saving cab-fares. "I didn't know
you ever drove one, uncle" remarked
the youth. .-Tit-Bits.
"Here, what does this mean p shout
ed Whooply, rs he found his youngest
riding a broomstick over the top of
the piano. "1his is all right. Nam
ma said if I'd stay in l could play on
the piano. detroit Free Press.
The Thing for Him: "Don't you
think ought to take iron?" laughed
the big fat man, who thought he
would be funny with the doctor.
Certainly; and l would recommend
hoop iron. Detroit Free Press.
On the Verauda: "There goes Mrs.
Chatwicks. What does she come TO
Florida iorP" "She wants to get rid
of her rheumatism. "But why does
she bring her three daughters along"
ooh, she wants to get rid of them,
too. Truth.
She-'lts no use, Mr.. Slimly; in
my present state of mind | would not
accept the most attractive man in the
world. He-"No, l SEQ you won't;
but, at any rate, you will have the
satisfaction of knowing that he has Of
fered himself. "-Tit-Bits.
He-"You have no idea of the ex-
tent and force OF my love, could
die for you." She-'Yes, l suppose
SO but dear me, what graveyard 1
should have if all the men who we're
willing to die for me had been taken
at their word. boston Transcript.
In the Museum: Aunt Hetty (look-
ing at the Wild Men OF Borneol-
"What pity we can't seud out more
missionaries to civiliz0 them critturs."
Uncle Josh-"I dunno! II them fell
lers was civilized, they smightn't be
able to git sech good job. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
Amcrlca Rich in MiIl PInnt..

Nearly all our grasses and forage
plants are introductions from other
countries, and every once in q while
some botanical novelty is introduced
with a flourish, and predatory runs
made on the slim bank accounts of the
agricuiturist, who comes eventually to
find the dearly.paid-for article no bet
ter than 1t should be. The botanists
of the United States Department of
Agriculture have recently shown that
our own country is rich in wild plants
OF this character, and might add
largely to profitable cultivation if only
our progressive men could lie induced
to give them patient tests, so as to i'm
prove O little on their wild character
istics. The idea is that some far.
fetched article must be acclimated be-
fore it can be valuable. The depart
mont has recently issued n valuable
publication, profusely illustrated,
showing that there are over two hun
dred wildlings or natives of the United
States which are worth trial as forage
plants, many of which would possibly
prove mines of wealth 10 those who
would intelligently undertake their
culture and improvement. The differ
ent species of Hosackia it especially
notes as worthy of trial, New York
Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
Wears n DOll's Clothes

Samuel Donaldson, Of Camden,
boasts of the smallest baby in Jersey.
She is only five days old and weighs
0! ounces. Her head will go into a
teacup without touching the sides.
Her hand will about cover a cent. Her
bed is on down cushion placed in
chair. When she first opened her
black eyes they appeared like spark
ling pinheads.
DR. Frederick Pieiffer says the mite
has every prospect of living. She is
as pretty as a French doll, with a
wealth of very dark hair Donaldson
is a barber, and his wife is the daugh-
ter of Thomas j. Francis. They live
at 80 Broadway, and have one other
child, girl OF three years.
The mother and grandmother had
prepared for a larger addition to tho
family, and the pretty white things
they had spent so many hours over
were entirely too large. Clothes had
TO be taken from Sister Ethels bisque
doll to fit er,-New York News,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
Where Horses Are Scarce.

'In a good many parts OF the South
horses are scarce" said L. A. Warner,
of Knoxville, at the Howard, "and
the work usually performed by those
beasts is done by oxen. In fact, the
latter are preferred, Notwithstanding
the slow progress they make. was in
Western North Carolina u short time
ago, when met man whom / knew
TO be amply able to afford horses if he
wanted them, driving yoke of oxen
and carrying a rifle on his shoulder az
he walked by the side OF his wagon.
stopped and talked to him, aud in the
course of conversation asked him why
he used oxen instead of horses. why,
said he, 1T takes just day to mako
the trip to town with the oxen, and
on the way / always kill enough game
to cook for supper when / get back
home. If drove horses could never
kill any game. 1t would take all my
time to drive, and 1 would never see
anything to shoot, Washington
Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Glycerine is derived from the I've
left after making soap, which for ages
was considered of no us,.
Dropping or striking a steel magnet,
Or causing it to vibrate by any other
means, diminishes its magnetism.i
A scientist claims that there are only
seventy-two different kinds of ven
omous snakes in this country.
A new hypnotic has probably been
found in the Jamaica dogwood. Tho
fluid extract has been found eflicacious
in dentistry.
1t is said that dew will not fall on
some colors. While q yellow board
will be covered with dew, a red or
black one beside it will be perfectly
dry.
A chemical dyeing school for instruc.
tion and research has been built at
Crefeld under the auspices OF the Ger
man Government, at a cost of about
/ 100000.
Aluminium is now used instead OF
magnesium for "Aashlight" photogra-
ply. The light is said to be equally
actinic, while the metal keeps better
and burns away more completely.
The preparations for the exploration
of the South Polar regions by NJ. de
Gerlache, a Belgian naval officer, are
almost complete. The crew of the
Belgica will be chiefly composed of
Norwegian sailors and harpooners, but
of the three officers holding RESPONSE.
BILE positions, two are Belgians. Three
Belgian scientific men have offered
their cooperation, and will accompany
the expedition.
Rockall, q desolate granite rock ris-
ing only seventy feet above the SEQ,
between Iceland and the Hebrides, ia
to be made an English meteorological
station. 1t lies $50 miles from land,
the nearest point to it being the little
island of st. Kilda, $50 miles away,
and itself nearly hundred miles from
the main group of the Hebrides.
Rockall is in the path Of the cyclonic
disturbances on tho Atlantic, and the
station there would give timely warn
ing of storms approaching the British
coast.
At Klausthal, Germany, q bolt of
lightning instantly melted two wire
nails 1872 inch in diameter. 10 melt
iron in this short time would be i'm.
possible in the largest furnace now in
existence, and it could only be accom-.
plished with the aid of electricity, but
u current 200 amperes and potential
of 10000 volts would be necessary.
This electric force for one second rep
resents 5000 horse power, but as the
lightning accomplished the melting in
considerably less time, say Ito of n
second, it follows that the bolt was
30, horse power.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
HoM Snnds An nlstrihnlol

The whole subject of the methods
by which seeds are distributed is at
tracting considerable attention just
now. 1t seems almost impossible to
construct any general law by which to
explain the reason for things in M.
ture, 1t does seem, for instance, safe
to say that wings are given to seeds to
enable them to fly far away from tho
parent tree, and thus extend the area
OF territory occupied by the species.
but in many Of the large seed pines
the linden, aud others, the hollow seeds
only are the ones blown away. The
solid, perfect seeds remain around the
parent tree. The objectors to every
thing argue that wings are given to
fan ont the light, useless material.
But this surely cannot always be. -
New York Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

The State OF Washington il or
gagged in the task of reclining
100000 aeres OF desert land within
the State limits. In order to render
the soil fertile it will be subjected to
a thorough process of irrigation. For
this purpose q canal $50 miles in
length. will be constructed within tho
ncxt few months. Only q part Of this
immense trnct will be irrigated at
once and if the plan succeeds, as it no
doubt will, it can be very easily ex.
tended. AT present the land is uso-
less, but when fertilized it will sup.
port something like $500 families.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

Tho whale has been described as q
lnrge ambiguous animal with no hair
all over it; hcording to report,
The remains have been disoov-
erep in 9iields Of Alaska which
show Of pubescence as copiOus
rs those displayed by the relics of the
Siberian mammoth sometimes found
Enclosed in icebergs, which have pre-
served them from primeval ages. The
story lacks confirmation, like the one
Recently put about that a North Pa
ciic whale had swallowed Captain
Warren, of Southampton, Long Isl.
and, promptly rejected in view OF the
registered official measurement of tho
average catncean gullet, showing that
il was OF insufficient calibre to take in
aniablo Eeamen and barely largo
enough TO admit his compass and
tobacco box. The anatomy of the ami,
nal in Biblical times, according to the
record, gaze it an ampler reoeptivity,
bnt modern sentiment is opposed to
the idea Of making the case of Jonah
a precedent, as the testimony OF
fcience is opposed to giving the whale
fur, overcoNt. Both narrations are
probably. fanciful, belonging in the
ostogory OF ordinary fish stories, which
are intended to amuso rather than
convince. Only marines believe them,
even when they are decked out in all
tie signs OF plausibiliIy, as these can
in no wise said to be.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

A curious,parallel can be instituted
belwean the President.elect and his
pSedecessor, James X. Polk, notes
Moses P. Handy in the New York
Mail and Express. Mckinley and
Polk both sprang from the dominating
scotch-Irish race; they both served
in their State Legislatures both en-
tered Congress young, Polk at thirty,
Mckinley at thirty-four; both served
tho same length OF time, fourteen
years, and they were both Chairman
k> tnA Ways and Means Committee,
>a hs revenue policy of their
'k became Speaker of the
1Aa Mckinley barely missed
After retiring from Congress,
4eth Became Governor of his State,
an4 thus they had precisely the same
,pgielative and executive experience
heiore being elected TO the Presidency.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
GLANCED HER oPrNIoN.

Mrs. HinFley-"I never could bear
that Mrs. Darley. She seems TO be
always saying such foolish things"
Mr.. Hinkley-"My dear, agree
with you. l met her downtown this
morning, and she gushingly informed
me that she saw you and your sister
yesterday. When l told her that it
must have been you and your daugh-
ter ehe exclaimed so that everybody
within a radius Of half mile could
hear that she didn't think you could
be old enough to have child so largo
OF course, 1t was all mere gushl" !"
Nevertheless, the friendship that
has recently sprung up between Mrs.
Hinkley aud Mrs. barley has caused
people who know them to marvel
much. Cleveland Leader.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
lie Fishes with an Axe.

The Cheyenne lWyoming) eorre-
spondent OF the Chicago Tribune
writes; Colone! W. D. Pickett, a
raucher on Gray Bull Creek, has a
natural refrigerator on his ranch.
During the recent chinook 10 the Big
Horn Basin The ice broke up and
gorged a little valley GU his place, then
froze over solid, impri,oniuS aud
freezing thousands OF salmon trout.
Now tho Colonel, when no wants a
mess of fish, just walks cas- with an
axe and hacks them ont OF the ice. The
gorge gives promise OF remaining in
its present state for q month o. more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

Sixteen years have elapsed since the
shmous Lord Beaconsfeld passed from
The scenes OF his earthly career, and
yet tho great English statesman is
still without a biography. In view OF
the excellent position which Lord Bea-
consheld occupied for so many years
as Prime Minister of the greatest
Nation on earth, it is strange that no
one has arisen from among the num-
Der of his surviving associates to
perform this service to his memory.
Aside from doing honor TO the illus.
trious dead, however, it seems that G
life of the great leader should be
written rs n contribution to the his.
tory of England. Unless the volume
makes its appearance soon many in.
teresting incidents which ought
TO be INCORPORATED in The story
of his life will bo overlooked and for
gotten. Had d'Israeli been an Ameri-
can. observes the Atlanta Constitution,
there would doubtless be in existence
at this time no less than a dozen
Biographies of him, aud the fact that
England has waited so long to put the
narrative of his career into tangible
form emphasizes marked difference
between the two countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

say, L thought heard voices, ala
you?' he whispered.
The men upstairs, ] said.
Sounded down here. Have'your
pistol ready
81 took my lantern and went round
the vault again carefully, and then
held it up to examine the walls. Than
l shook my head. There warn't no
way we could hear no one.
'' Its the queerest place ever was
in, said jim, and, by Jove, I'll be
glad when we are out of it, Why
don't that signal come? Suppose
there's any hitch2 ] swear / hear
voices again.
"Just then come the signal and Jim
begun to apply the dynamite; but his
hands trembled so and his eyes looked
so wild and excited his own wife
wouldn't know him.
" The money, the money, he whis-
pered, we must have it now.'
"We got out of the way Just in
time and then out came the door.
The inside door, quick said
jim, but the explosion had made that
fall inside, and we could just lift it
out.
" Have the bag ready said Jim, as
he leaned forward to haul out the
great piles of bank notes and silver we
could see by the light of the lanterns.
" Hands of, or you are O dead
man.
"It was a voice that would most
have walked the dead. 1 dropped my
bag and Jim drew back his hand,
caught hold of me with q grip like
iron, and we began to go slowly back
to the ladder.
" THE combination is all right; we
have them now, they can't escape us. >
"We were half up the ladder when
we heard the click, click of the lock,
and as we drew the ladder after us we
could hear the rasping of the hinges OF
the iron door.
&" Ely, fly, for your lives; we are
discovered said Jim, as he went
round to warn the men; and in the
darkness and the wind and the rain
they went awayland amt never seen
one of 'em since. l heard, though, a.
when they found there warn't no one
there and the bank people didn't know
nothin' bout it till the next morning,
they just believed as the bank was
haunted, sure.
"Do | know what it was, Judgep
There amt no one else as does know,
that's sure. 'Taint much after all.
"Yer see, playin' round with my
little ones, found as l could make
'em heer all kinds of noises anywhere
1 WANTED, and people cryin' and laugh
in. 1t was fun for them and I often
done it; yentriloquizin' believe you
call it; but that nights the last time.
Yer see, none of the gang didn't know
bout that, and 1 don't keer ever to
have 'em know it now. 1t saved the
bank without my informin' and that's
all care for.
sob, no, Judge, the bank don't owe
me nothin'. You'll take care of the
papers? Thank you. I'm obliged to
You for listening, too. 1t kind of
makes me feel easier.
"No, no, thank you, I won't stay
and take no more of your time. Don't
get up; can find my way out.
"What's that you say, Judge? You
honor and respect meme? And the
bank-Land Judge, twarn't me; twas
my wife and children saved the bank,
and I'm proud of 'em-proud of 'em,
Judge. Good night. philadelphia
Times,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
WINTER JOYS.

When the window pane Is crusted
With fairyland Of snow,
And the wizard
ofthc blizzard
b Has shut on his bitingfblow.
When the mornings gold has busted
Like a blllow on tho swamp,
From my cozy,
Rosy, posy
Nest 1y with Persian pomp.
oh, my spirits bright aud sunny,
And joys echoes in me wake,
When l pour tho shining honey
On the
Buckwheat cake.
oh, the frosty air Is bitter,
Aud the poodle's eyeballs shine,
And the chicken,
Zero-strlcken,
Roosts upon the hotse's spine.
Oh, tho snowdrfts CLEAN aud glitter
With n cleaning, glnring gilt,
And the sparrow,
To his marrow,
by old Boreas Is hit,
Yet listen to him chirrup
In the brnmble and the brnke
While / pour the maple syrup
On tho
Buckwheat cake.
Oh, l watch the dumpy possum,
As ho wags his tail In glee,
While he's roofing,
Or a-scooting.
To escape the frlcnssee.
With his nose frozen blossom
Doth the small boy now appear
At the gateway,
Aud he straightway
Moulds OF snow the deadly sphere.
And SEQ the man who passes
On his ear that SNOWFALL take,
While 1 pour the rich molasses
On the
Buckwheat cake.
II. K. Munklttrlck, In New York Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

An evangelist who lives in the mis-
sion is so devout that he never per-
mits himself to think secular
thought, and his tongue cannot frame
a worldly word. The salvation of souls
in peril is his single thought, his sole
occupation.
The evangelist has a very bright lit
tie daughter, five years of age. The
other day she answered the door bell
and found the coal man there with Il
bill.
"Papa is not home" she informed
him, "but if you will como in, you
poor, perishing soul, mamma will
pray for you. San Francisco Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
Black and white Pepper the Same.

'It has always amused me-" re.
marked botanical expert, "to hear
people talking of their preference for
black pepper ovef white, and the
various explanations they give for the
same. Little do they know that both
black and white pepper grow upon
the same shrub. Over the pepper
seed grows a black covering. The
seed itself is white, or nearly SO. To
make black pepper the seed and its
external covering are ground up, while
white pepper is the seed alone ground
up. White pepper is milder than
black, the greater part Of the pun
gency being in the covering. A pep
per made of the coverings alone would
be such--to use slang term-hot
stuff that it would burn the mouth.
The black covering of the pepper seed
contains most of the oil. Washing
ton Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
A RETROSPECT.

Pilgrim-''Is this the one o'clock
train?"
Ticket Agent-"No; this is last
Tuesdays ten o'clock express. We're
three days late now"
Pilgrim-"Well, if 1 take this, when
will l get to Denver?"
Ticket Agent consulting table,
"You will get there day before yester-
day evening, according to this table. &"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
First Use OF NIagara,s Power.

The first use OF Niagara's power was
made in 1925, a primitive sawmlll
being operated. Nothing more was
done in this liue until 1912, when
Augustus Portel conceived the plan
Of hydraulic canals, and in 1861 one
was completed. The Cataract Con-
struction Company, from whose plant
power has just been delivered in
Buffalo, WAS incorporated in 1852
Scientific American, .-.,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

A Spanish matador recently wrote
to London paper to protest against
the English habit of denouncing bull
fights as cruel. He snid the bulls we're
always killed in n humane manuer,
and as for the lArses, it was work Of
compassion TO put an end to their ex-
istenccl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
THAt1KFULNEsS.

Let US be thankful. Life is not so long;
Fast fades the day to night;
Half is but heanache but some flower OF
song
still lifts its leaves in ligh'.
Let Us be thankful We shall one day gain
The summit crowned and high;
Beneath US leave tho lightning and the rain
And face the clear, starred sky
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

Officers in the Bayarian army hence
sorih will not have 10 6ght duels when
challenged If they are opposed to tho
a.aellee. great relief, indeed but
ne world are they to satisfy
'honor2" marvels the New Or
sns Picayuno.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
AN IMPROVEMENT.

Mr.. Younghusband (reading)-"Ha /
they have finally invented u machine
tknt viii photograph sound"
Mrs. Younghusband- "Well what
Of 2"
Mr.. Younghusbaud-"Why,I think
the baby would take better that way
than any other"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
A DEFECTIVE GRACE.

Jackey-"But mamma, it's not about
what I'm going to receive that it's SO
hard to be contented."
Mrs. Earle-"Whut is it then.
Jackey?"
"It's about what I'm not going to
receive. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
A SELFISH PoINT or VIEW.

Lady-"But it seems to me YOU ask
very high wages, when you acknowl.
edge that you haven't had much ex.
perience." ="
Bridget-"Shure, marm, amt it
harder for me when l don't know
how "-Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
AT THE RESERVATION.

The Missionary's Wife--"And will
not Laughing Water try to be like her
white sisters?"
Laughing Water-"Laughing Water
is trying. Laughing Water now has
her feet cramped into moccasins that
are three sizes too small. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03

There are about 1000 persons in
France who are set down as Anarch.
lists, and are under the constant watch
oi the police OF the various European
countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-02-03
TOILET NOTE,

"Miss Powderpuff must have very
highly colored imagination" said tine
young man with the chrysanthemum
in his coat
"Why?" asked the other with the
geranium.
because she spends so much time
in making up her mind. "-Detroit
Free Press