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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
WHY THE "TRIP WAS PUT oFF.

"Ah, Professor, ;" greeted the student,
81 hear that you are about to make a
trip to San Francisco.
''You are misinformed, SIR" the
Professor answered. "From motives
of economy l have decided to post
pone the event until winter"
"You see, the pedagogue explained,
''taking advantage of one of the great
laws l expound in the natural philoso-
ply class every day, | find that the
trip can be shortened in cold weather.
The principle involved is that law
which relates to the expansion and
contraction of metals. l find that a
steel rail thirty feet in length contracts
one-quarter of an inch with the cold.
At the rate OF l76 rails to the mile in
a distance of 1000 miles l make Just
about two miles and a quarter by tray
cling in winter.
"Quite saving, Professor" said
the student, and he walked on silently
maryelling at the learned ones saga
city. York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
Queer Customs of the Costa Rlcans.

According to Harvey @. Lowrie, an
American engineer who has recently
spent several months in Costa Rica,
they have some peculiar customs
down there. The towns have no jails,
but murderous are placed in the old
fashioned stocks, where they remain
until the authorities have time to
bang them. The dreadful weapon of
the Spanish-American is met every
where in the country-the machete.
With it the native can cut his way
through the densest tropical under
brush, chop down trees, shave you,
open a can of beans, chop off your
head. or whittle a toothpick. 1t is a
straight, thin blade, about two and a
half inches wide and thirty inches
long.
President Rafael Iglesias is a very
active and progressive man and quite
a shrewd politician. Just before the
"election" he jailed the principal
leaders of the opposition for pernici-
GUS activity and announced himself
President. Kansas City Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
HalY,s Deserted Cities.

No more romantic places exist than
the deserted cities of Italy. They are
to be found all over the country, but
chiefly in the marsh of Ancona and the
old grand duchy of Tuscany. In
these you may see great marble pal.
aces, to which a bit of string does
duty as bell-pull; and, if you enter,
you will find corner OF some grand
saloon, often with a ceiling by an H.
lustrious artist, screened off for the
inhabitant to live in. The inhabitaut
may be some Italian or English lady,
who has the smallest possible inde-
pendence, and she may get such a pal
ace, where some Cardinal or Marchese
formerly lived, for a very few pounds
year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
"Can you hear me, Baroness 1rma p
She noddod aaeant

''Can you hear me, Baroness Irma 2"
She nodded assent
'5tep thereto the left. Do not
look back -
Involuntarily she obeyed. He hold
out his arms, the gulf yawned between
them, he could be Of no help.
''The stem will bear your weight.
Do not be in too great a hurry"
c'Why does he look so grave?"
thought Irma ''is he still angryT)
III had better return the way 1
came, Count Albrecht. Do not trouble
on my account"
"No; do as 1 direct you. You see
which is the best place to stand?
Drop your book, it might be in your
way, and jump as far as you can.
Now !"
One spring, and Irma was safe on
the moss and heather, while the plank
on which she had thought to stand
slipped slowly but surely into the
foaming water. Albrecht held her
hands clasped in his.
''Thank Heaven that you are safe |"
he cried. "Oh lrma, my Irma, !
could not stop you. came just too
late for that. could only look on in
agony. Are you frightened? Are
you hurt?'
81 am not hurt. I did not know
that it was dangerous; 1 did not, in
deed"
She saw him turn pale at the thought
of her peril, and the tears which she
had not shed for herself fell fast for
his distress.
"lhe bridge should have been de.
stroyed long ago it shall be done to-
day. did not dare TO join you, or to
speak till you had passed the worst.
If you had been killed-ahl cannot
bear to think of i'll should never
have known another days happiness
and it would have been my fault
mine How could l let you wander
about alone when was longing to be
with your My Irma, my best beloved
Thank Heaven that have you safe at
last. Surely we have played at being
friends and enemies long enough?
Look at me and say that you love
mel"
When he had made her an offer OF
marriage three long months ago she
had been ready with her refusal. Now,
when her whole heart was his, she
could find no words amid her tears
except, 81 love you Ilove you l''
1t was enough for him. "My bride,
my wife !" he said, and held her in his
arms.
The green ferns rustled and whis-
pered, the beeches tossed their boughs
in the sunlight, the red squirrels
played in the oak trees, the whole
wood was full of life and Joy at that
moment when the lovers plighted their
troth. The Woman at Home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

Professor Munk of the University of
Berlin, famous for his discoveries in
tho physiology of the brain, says it is
great mistake to suppose that gym.
nastic exercises sandwiched in between
school hours rest the pupils. On the
contrary, he says, they still more
fatigue the brain, which ought to have
absolute rest. II both studies and
gymnastics are to be INDUCED in on
tho same day, he says, they should be
separated by intervals of rest
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
Chased by Gray Wolves in Dakota.

Reports from the Northwest and the
timber districts lying along the Red
River indicate that the gray wolf is
giving settlers more trouble than
usual by menacing their focks and
herds. Ordinarily the gray wolf is
not dangerous creature for a man to
meet, but it frequently happens in the
winter that il is driven desperate by
hunger, and then heaven help the
living creature that happens to cross
its path.
Augustus Stoekdale, Il drummer,
who has travelled through the Dakotas
for years, tells of a thrilling expert.
ence he had one night while driving
from Lidgewood TO Wahpeton. He
was in a sleigh with a driver when a
pack of wolves gave chase He shot
and killed one, but the others con-
tinued the chase until the Red River
was reached. The horses plunged into
the water and were drowned. The
drummer and the driver saved their
lives by climbing into a tree. st.
Louis Globe-DemocrRt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

Farm, Field and Fireside believes
''it would be we'll for every State to
set its convicts to work in making
good roads. This would remove their
competition with other labor and 9th.
81 manuiacturers, and, of even more
Importance, it would result in per.
manent Improvement of the roads.
No class of people are so much inter.
ested in this result as are the farmers.
10 them it means money saved, money
earned aud added comfort to their
families with ali the civilizing influ.
ences which come from ease in meet.
ing together socially at all periods,
all seasons and IN all kinds of weather;
case and comfort In reaching the school
house and the church. In fact, the
blessings of good roads are simply the
blessings of higher civilization"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A fish with nine mouths was cap
tured in California the other day, and
ichthyologists are IN doubt what to
name it.
A London scientist has invented a
mirror of celluloid which accurately
reflects every object. The celluloid
mirror is unbreakable, and is cheaper
than glass and lighter.
The lighting of certain of the Lon
don prisons by electricity is under
consideration, and it is proposed to
erect a special description of tread
wheel to supply the motive power.
Machine telegraphy has been 80 per-
fected that now 5000 words per minute
have been transmitted with one instru-
ment. This astonishing rate requires
that the armature register 2600 i'm
pulses per second, the tape moving
twenty-seven feet per second.
Soil air is usually contaminated
with number of gases, and is on a
par as to quality with sewer gas. Loss
of appetite, running through the win
ter, with tendency to boils and PIN
pies, can be traced to ingress Of soil
air into the house air from the cellar.
For measuring cloth q device re-
Gently patented has two rollers, be-
tween which the cloth is pulled, one
of them being connected with an in
dicator to show the number of yards
reeled off. 1t also has q trough for
holding the bolt of cloth and knife
for cutting the cloth,
A new propeller for steamboats, con-
sists of central hub, broad inclos.
ing rim and the usual propeller blades,
the ends of which are fastened to the
rim, which revolves with the propel-
Ter, thus lessening the liability OF
breakage by the blades coming in
contact with other substances.
France is about to take the lead in
adopting the decimal system of reck-
oning time. This provides that ten
hours shall constitute a day'G work,
one hundred minutes an hour, and one
hundred seconds a minute. This will
greatly simplify all calculations of
time. The universal use of this sYs-
tenn will then be urged.
To prevent nuts from slipping and
coming off new device has small
threaded bolt projecting beyond the
main bolt, the threads of which run
in opposition to the latter, The nut
has two opening arms threaded to fit
the small bolt, on opposite sides,
which can be sprung away out of line
when the nut is to be unscrewed.
In continued use of the eyes, in
such work as sewing, typesetting,
bookkeeping, reading and studying,
the saving point is looking up from
the work at short intervals and look
ing around the room. This may be
practiced every ten or fifteen minutes.
This relieving the muscular tension
rests the eyes and makes the blood
supply much better.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

At the dinner of the Whitefriars'
Club, London, which includes the
best'known authors and newspaper
writer's, United States Consul Genra
Collins was the guest of honor, and
over one hundred persons we're pres.
ent, including Messrs. Henty, Farieon,
Christie Murray, Poultney Bigelow
and Mr.. Lowe, editor of the st.
James's Gazette. Replying to a toast,
the Consul General made a speech of
sefreshing candor, in which he good
naturedly criticised the English and
praised America. ''You have so much
time at your disposal, he said, "as to
be able to devote much Of it to the
regulation OF the affairs of other coun-
tries. You hold your meetings, APP
point your committees and denounce
lynehings in America; yet you kill
more monthly in Africa than we have
done in our history"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
Trapped a Bear in His Cart.

William Delong, a Carmel PENN
butcher, while returning home from
a trip to a neighboring town saw a big
bear standing in the road ahead of the
wagon. The brute ambled to the rear
of the wagon, raised himself into it
and proceeded to feast on a ten-pound
leg of mutton which was hanging in.
side. One of the bears paws acci-
dentally struck lever and the doors
few shut. Delong lashed the horses
and drove toward Carmel, four miles
away. The bear tried to get out and
stuck his head through a glass near
Belongs face, but could not get out.
Reaching Carmel the bear was shot.
New York Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

Nobody knows how many vessels
have boen wrecked on Cape Cod since
tho bleak December day when the
Mayfower rounded Race Point and
sought shelter in what is now the har-
Dor of Provinoetown. The number is
very great, however, and the loss of
life on this most dangerous part of the
whole New England coast has been
something appalling, A list. admitted
bo incomplete, of the wrecks since
1878 shows that l5l vessels, including
three steamers, have gone to pieces on
the pitiless sands of the Cape, and had
not the waves always hastened to re-
move the evidences of their work, the
shore all the way from Chatham, at
the elbow of Massachusetts, elbow, to
the crook of her bent hand, would be
piled high with the ribs and planking
of shattered vessels. A large proper
tion of the Capes victims are coasting
schooners, with only an occasional
bark or brig. These disasters, there
fore, rarely attract much attention,
but they are tragical none the less,
and almost every storm adds TO the
number of dreadful stories which the
lighthouse keepers and members OF
the life-saying service haYe to tell.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
AN OPTIMIST.

know as my life grows older,
And my eyes have clearer sight,
That under each rank wrong somewhere
There lies the root Of right;
That each sorrow has its purpose,
By the sorrowing oft unguessed;
But as sure as the sun brings morning
Whatever isis best
I know that each sinful action,
AS sure as night brings shade,
Is somewhere some time punished,
Tho the hour be long delayed.
know that the soul Is aided
Sometimes by the hearts unrest.
And ito grow" means to suffer,
But-whatever isis best,
know there is no error
In the great supeGnal plan,
And all things work together
Forthe final good Of man.
And know when my soul speeds onward
In Its grand eternal quest,
shall cry as look back earthward,
Whatever isis best.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
A Privilege Of British Generals.

British Generals have privileges not
accorded to peers in the English
police courts. Sir Reginald Gipps,
who was recently summoned for riding
a bicycle on a footpath at Aldershot,
cent his servant to pay his fine of fine
shillings and to tender an apology,
which the magistrate accepted.
Several peers wives who were guilty
Of carrying unmuzzled lapdogs in
their carriages were obliged to attend
court in person last year. New York
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

The one hundred and twenty.seven
savings banks in New York State re-
port an increase of resources of nearly
thirty million dollars during the last
year, while deposits exceed with.
drawals by nearly a million dollars.
The New York Herald thinks the ''oon-
dition of these institutions is q good
indication of the condition of the peo-
pie, and optimists will find encourage
ment in the report just issued"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
Wrote His Funeral Sermon.

DIR. William Ebberd, who was one
of the pioneers of Madison County,
Indiana, died lately at his home near
Frankton. The sermon which was
delivered at his funeral he wrote him
self three years ago for the occasion.
Besides beng 4 farmer and practising
as Il physician he was an Adventist
preacher. In recent years he had sut-
fered persecution from sOmo unknown
foe who burned his barns and wrote
threatening letters to his family. New
York Sun,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
A Three.Legged Rooster

Garret Dalton, who lives between
Carbondale, Penn, and Honesdale, is
the owner of a three-legged rooster.
The third leg is used principally as an
instrument of battle, and 1t has caused
many a game cock to crow its last
crow. The bird has another peculiar
ity--it will crow only at certain hours
of the day-at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing, at noon and at 9 o'clock in the
svening, Mr.. Dalton's eating hours. 49,
New York Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

The Augusta tMe.) Journal says:
A Gardiner man who works in the
paper mills at $l.75 day and sup.
ports family of children subscribed
to the shoe factory fund. A man with
ability to do that in the circumstances
ought to have financial management
of the new concern.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
HOPES PROMISE.

While the life Of a man
Moveth smoothly along
And his walks lie apart
From the sorrowlng throng.
He may coolly decry
Faiths "unreasoning prayer"
And assert with a cain,
Philosophical air
That the grave is tho sum
or Humanity's gains
The reproach and reward
For its pleasures and pains,
But Philosophy fees
From the presence of Woe
Like an ally abashed
In the face Of the foe.
o, parent whose eyes
Deathless longing revealed
In that glance ere by Death
They we're silently sealed;
o, babe that has passed
To the Presence above,
Art thou gone for all time
From the presence Of love?
And thou who vast more
Than all mortals else dear,
Art thou lost to the soul
That was one with thee here7
Ali tits false, sophists turn
From the lowly that grieve,
But the Father sends hope
Unto them that believe,
And their hearts In the years
They thereafter abide
Are the sweeter because
or Hopes promise inside.
Frank Putnam, In Chicago Times. Hera
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

Miss Antique (displeased with heI
photographs)-'rhis, sir, lis the fourth
sitting I've given you, and the picture
is even worse than the first "
Photographer-''Yes, miss. The
last sitting was a month after the first,
and you were a month older, you
know. New York Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
A FIRM GRIP.

Mrs. Wainwood-"I was speaking
with Miss Elder to-day. She says that
everybody tells her that she holds her
age remarkably"
Mrs. Grimm-"Yes; she has been
thirty for the last SIX years, to my
knowledge. boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

Statistics recently published by the
Spanish Government show that out of
$4,000, 600 Inhabitants S,727,5 per.
sons are not engaged in any business.
Many Of, this class have been sup
ported by the enormous taxation lev
led on the colonies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
IRMA'S BETR0THAL.

\ one of the turret-
rooms of Reitzen-
berg Castle a
young girl, arrayed
in q simple dress
and white apron,
sat sewing indus
triously. At the
sound of footsteps
she paused in her
work (; at the sight
of a hussar officer
in uniform she red
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
Blankets.

In the reign OF Edward III. there
we're at Bristol three brothers, who
were eminent clothiers aud wooden
weavers, and whose family name was
Blanket. They were the first persons
who manufactured that comfortable
material which has ever since been
called by their name, and which was
then used for peasants clothing. Tit
BltS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
HE DIDN'T STAY LONG.

Bobby Ito early caller) r)-"Are you
the gentleman sister Maud expectedP"
Mr.. Staylate-'T don't know.
suppose there are others"
Bobby-"That's what my sister
said, but that you didn't appear to
know it."-New York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

Ex.President Bartlett, of Dart.
mouth College, says that Japan is
filled from end to end with all the ap.
parntus Of the latest civilization, down
to the electric car and the interna-
tional exhibition.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
CERTAIN.

Mrs. Forster" "Why, good morn.
ing, Mr.. FELTON, Will Mrs. FELTON, be
at home this morning?"
Mr.. Felton-"Yes; she is going to
be home all day. A family is going to
move into house right opposite ours
to-day, and Mrs. FELTON, is not quite
certain of the time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
EVOLUTION.

His Wlfe-"And you are to defend
that shoplifter p
The Lawyer-"My dear, she isn't
shoplifter. She was, formerly; but
she has saved so much money in the
last ten years that she has become
kleptomaniac. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

The forest spread its wide wings
even as far as the Castle garden. Irma
loved the green path and quiet shades,
and here she came with her book the
morning after her interview with the
Count, and pretended to read But,
though she kept her eyes on the pages,
she read there only Count Albrecht's
parting words-he accepted her offer
of friendship gratefully! Driven to
bay, as it were, in order to save her,
that was what he had said. During
the last three months she had come to
understand something of his upright.
ness, his high sense of honor. He
would never marry woman-though
she were princess-to whom he could
not give his love.
at was my fortune" sighed Irma,
THAT made him nearly hate me at
first" Did he hate her now?
She shut up her book and wandered
still further into the wood, down a
hillside covered with fern and moss,
toward the stream that ran between
high rocks, chattering and foaming on
its way. On the further side of the
stream was a tract of open country,
dotted with clumps of trees and un.
derwood and bright with heather.
The stepping-stones were half covered
with water to-day; the current was
running fiercer than its wont. She
bethought herself of a rustic bridge a
few yards further down.
The bridge hung high in the air, sup
ported by rough pine stems; it was a
picturesque but fragile affair. Half
way across Irma put her hand on the
rail-how noisy the stream was lit
snapped off at her touch, one wooden
plank tottered under her feet, another
fell with a splash into the water be-
low. She had plenty of courage she
was light and active. She knew,
moreover, that she could easily leap
that formidable.looking gap and gain
the bank. She was about to make the
attempt. when she was stopped by a
peremptory shout:
Gently, gently Jump from that
projecting stem it is safe !"
She looked up; on the edge of the
heather-covered rock stood Albrecht
Reitzenberg.
She paused uncertain, half inclined
to retrace her steps. Peroeiving her
hesitation, he raised his voice and
shouted still louder above the clamor
Of the rushing water;
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

One Square, one inch, one insertion. y 100
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Legal advertisements ten cents per lins
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
FORESIGHT.

'Do you think julia will accept the
offer of her foreign lover?"
"No; her father says when they go
abroad they may get something
cheaper and just as good. ."-Chicago
Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
JUST TIE OTHER WAY.

Western Transient-"Did you ever
live on the border, MADAME"
Iandlady-"No, indeed, sir, but
I've had a good many boarders live on
me. "-Boston Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
ooUNrENANoE AGAINST HER.

Frederick THAT photographer is
certainly chasing after the impos-
sible."
Willy-"How is that?"
Frederick-"He asked Miss de Mill
ions to look pleasant. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
The American farmers depend
largely upon foreign markets for the
sale Of their products.

Massachusetts, spent last year "a. 65
on each 1000 of its valuation for the
public schools, the total amount paid
being sll, ,s29,011.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

First Spanish Soldier-''The insur-
gents have attacked the rear"
The her-"Carambal Let us
hasten to the front l''-Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
EXPLAINED.

"You say he hugged you like a
bear"
"Yes."
"And you found it sweetP"
"Well-er-yes. 1t was like Gin
namon bear, you know"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
OVERSIGHT THE MARK.

Elmore-."What makes Harlan SO
hard up just now2 Lost his iob?"
Dayton-"Oh, no. He has a big
raise in his salary and is trying to live
up to t."-Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17
BADLY PAIRED.

"You can't expect any good to come
of these ill-assorted marriages"
"No, indeed And she had a very
poor assortment. Puck.