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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

valuable tid-bits, for Miss Matte had
very little to offer him She baked
her delightful little puffs of biscuits,
and enjoyed them immensely, finding
them lighter aud more digestible with
out butter. She read Thanksgiving
psalm and went about trying TO sing
in little chirrupy voice like brown
sparrow. She brought in the small
basket and flushed over the unexpect-
ed treasuretrove, but took it kindly as
bit of neighborly goodwill. The
sweetbread, white and plump and all
ready for cooking, reminded her of old
Mrs. Morrison, just beginning to sit
up and watch the people go by the
window. What toothsome dainty
this would be for her, aud what a de-
light that she should be able to take
it to her as she went to church, yes,
and some of the celery, too, for a rel
ish. The chops were transferred TO a
plate on the shelf, the swet thread
wrapped in a fine old napkin and laid
back in the basket with the best half
of the celery, and the biscuits Miss
Matte had saved for dinner.
"The cold bread will go just as well
with chops" she reflected, and pre-
pared for church with q glow of hap.
piness such as she had not known in q
long time.
1t helped to real feeling of thank
fulness, especially when she thought
of old Mrs. Morrison, and how pleased
she had been with the unexpected
gift. She laughed little to herself
as she returned to her own door aftel
service, remembering how when Sally
Morrison had commiserated her on be
ing alone Thanksgiving Day, she hat
assured her she had company invited
Tommy Barnes, from the next door
who was spending a couple of day
with her, the rest of the family being
away.
''I hope t want sinful untruth,
she said, smiling at Tommy, who 10,
peacefully sleeping on the braided rug
''but if old Miss Morrison had set il
to have me stay to dinner, 1 shouldn'
a known how to get away, and she i
such talker."
With long, clean apron over he
best frock, Miss Matte began cheer
/ fully to make her small preparation
for the Thanksgiving feast. She ha
meditated leaving one chop for break
fast, but her walk and happiness ha
. made her hungry aud she decided t
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
The squaw and the Cigar.

A sleeping car passenger on train
running into Portland, Oregon, strolled
into the sr>oking car and took a seat
just ahead OF squaw. He was puff
ing vigorously st n cigar, and the In
dian woman got more of the smoke
than she liked. She protested in
pantomime TO the conductor, who, be-
ing something of wag, indicated that
she should make use of au immense
umbrella she had by bringing it down
on the mans head. She naturally
presumed that the conductors author
ity was all-suflicient and forthwith
acted on his suggestion with native
vigor. The mans hat was knocked
down over his eyes and all but ruined,
and the cigar was knocked spinning
galley west. When he got ont of his
hat he turned with not ineXplicable
ferocity upon his assailant, but the
squaw merely looked at him with alb
original immobility of countenance,
aud wouldn't understand either Eng
lish or sign language, and while the
other passengers were cOnyulsed with
merriment he had to retreat to another
car.-New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

A pure food exhibit in Chicago fur
nishes occasion to the Times Herald
for reminding citizens of the efforts
that are now being put forth by the
Federal Department of Agriculture to
investigate the character and extent of
the adulteration of foods and drugs in
the United States. This is one of the
most important inquiries, remarks the
Times Herald, that can be inaugurated
under government auspices, and is
without doubt the most valuable SER
vice that the Agricultural Department
can render to the people. Many Of
the States have enacted laws to pre-
vent adulteration of food, but they are
but indifferently enforced. The only
effective way to stamp 9nt adulteration
is through Federal laws, and one of
the objects of the present Federal in
quiry is to ascertain to what extent
the State laws on this subject have
been enforced. Adulteration of food
aud drugs is carried on much more ex-
tensively than the people imagine. Ii
is a question in which the public is
deAply interested, because it affects
health, morals and legitimate trade.
The European governments are severe
in their punishment Of those who
adulterate food and drugs, aud THEN
supervision OF all food products is
rigid. 1t was only recently that the
people of Switzerland voted for al
amendment to the constitution which
will provide for government surveil
lance of all food products, and heavy
penalties for authorizations. The de-
partment at Washington solicits the
cooperation of all citizens of the
United States in gathering positive
data with referee nee to authorizations.
4 ma
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

Dead of insane fear of robbery, with
$780, of Klondike gold under his
pillow-such is the fate one Alaska
argonaut. The glittering treasure but
turned q brain and extinguished q
life. The tragedies of the direful
journeys across the frozen passes do
not cease even when the goal has been
reached and the treasure trove. The
story and the song of the arctic aurifer-
Gus gulches, yet to be written, will
thrill with tragedy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
LOVE AND The REAPERs.

The reapers, they are singing in the flelds
Of golden grain;
Loves late to the reaping-Love's latei
Is he gathering the wild flowers that linger
In the land,
For the rod lips Of his sweetheart at tho
gate?
Come to the reaping,
O Love so true;
The gold whe8t's cleaning,
And the COLDS for youl
"The reapers, they are singing in the ripp''
of the wheat;
Loves late to the reaping-Lovo's iatel
Does he linger whore the last rose sends
message that is sweet
TO the red lips Of his sweetheart at the
gate2
Como to tho renping,
o Love so true;
The gold wheat's cleaning,
And the COLDS for your
Atlanta Constitution,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
0 HEART, GIVE THANKS.

o heart, give thanks for strength, to-day
To walk, to run, TO work, to playl
For feasts of eye; melodious sound;
Thy pulses easy, Rhythmic bound;
Ten servants that thy will obey;
A mind clear as the suns own ray;
A life which has not passed. its May;
That all thy being thus is crowned
o heart, give thanksl
Feet helpless lie that once were gay;
Eyes know but nights eternal sway;
Souls dwell in silence dread, profound;
Minds live with clouds encircling rOundl
In face Of these, thy blessings weight
o heart, give thanks!
Emma G. Dowd.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

The Cripple Creek scheme to run q
monthly gold train conveying the pro-
duct of the mines there TO the United
States mint is brilliant one, offering
a challenge to brigandaye surprising
that of the most stretching Indian
caravans ever looted by Barabbas.
The output of the mines is now about
81, 900, 900 a month, enough to justify
a special train and sufficient guard,
thus advertising the district in II
grandiose manner correspondent with
its true deservings, says the New York
World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Good veins of emery have been found
in the sapphire mines in the Yogo dis
trict, Montana.
A Dutchmau of Weert has found
way of spinning thread from peat,
which is woven into clothing. The
fabrics thus made are comparatively
cheap aud intended for ordinary use.
At recent meeting of the Institu-
tiou of Civil Engineers in London, the
opinion was expressed that the coming
material for ship-building is nickel
steel, but that before it can be extern
sively used, further deposits of nickel
must be discovered.
French experts in the desert of
Sahara are expressing apprehensions
at the gradual diminution of the fertile
oases. 1t is known that the large GASES
, were much larger in the time of the
ancient Romans, and that they are be-
ing constantly reduced in size by the
encroachments of the sand dunes. The
problem is how to stop these.
According to Herr Levinstein, the
action of the rarehed air on the animal
organism is to produce very strong
fatty degeneration of the heart, the
liver and the muscles, while death sets
in through the want of oxygen. The
experiments from which these facts
were ascertained were performed on n
rabbit at thirty or forty centimeters
pressure.
Diving operations at great depth
have proved successful off Cape Fin
nisterre, all the silver bars from the
steamer Skyro, which sank in thirty
fathoms in 1891, having been brought
| to the surface. The working depth
for the divers was never less than III
feet, and was often more. Dynamite
was used to blow away the deck The
value of the silver was $40, 200.
The only United States dry dock
now available for the largest battle
ships of the white squadron is that at
! Puget Sound, on the extreme north
western boundary, which is the largest
in the Western Hemisphere. 1t is $50
feet long, and over ninety-two feet
wide at the gate, with depth over
the sill of thirty feet. Ships of twelve
thousand tons can be docked in it.
The lightest substance known is said
to be the pith of the sunhower, with II
specific gravity of OOPS, while elder
pith-hitherto recognized rs the
lightest substance-has specific
gravity of 0.09, reindeer's hair 0. | and
cork 0.24. For saving appliances Mt
seq, cork, with buoyancy of one to
five, or reindeer's hair with one of one
to ten, has been used, while the pith
of the sunhower has a buoyancy of one
to thirty
One would hardly look for new forms
of animal life in vast, dark cavern
like the Mammoth Gave of Kentucky.
Yet as matter of fact, no less than
seven such forms inhabiting that par
ticular cave, and hitherto unknown to
science, have recently been described.
The fact that these creatures are very
minute does not detract from their
scientific interest, while, on the other
hand, it must increase our admiration
for the skill and industry of the natur-
alists who do not allow even micro
scopic life to escape their ken, although
hidden in places where no ray of sun
light ever penetrates.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

light, the calf's head at her elbow
seemed to be grinning at them both.
"Well, Miss Matte" called out the
market man, in his hearty fashion,
81 see your mind is not set on tur-
key this time, but just wait till L start
this basket off for Cap'n Lawson's and
I'll show you the right thing-a
plump little duck L clapped into the
safe this morning, thinking to myself
that's the very moral of a treat for
Miss Matte.
Miss Matte looked embarrassed
and rubbed her forefnger uneasily
over a small coin that lay in the palm
of her hand under her glove. 1t was
a silver fve-cent piece, and she had
taken it with much hesitation from q
little store of pieces, most of them
given her when she was child. For
herself she could have got along very
we'll with bread and tea, but somehow
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

In if Sarah Ellen would remember TO
haste the turkey. Seems to me they
might let us know sooner"
"But 1 told ye, mother, it was O
telegram come just before church.
You can't regerlate kilograms like the
weekly newspaper, or stop folks from
dyin' unexpected"
''Then, why didn't You rush round
aud get somebody else? Mercy sakesi
'Twon't seem like Thanksgiving at
all"
"Didu't seem to be anybody to ask
but old Mis- Morrison and Marthy
Ellison. drove round by the Morri-
sons, but the old lady was just having
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

ing visit and taken the whole family.
At least they said ''the whole family, "
but at the very moment Miss Matte
came to the gate a member of the fam
lily was huddled up in corner of the
doorway, cold, hungry and much per-
picked to understand what had become
of all his friends and why, in spite of
his pitiful plea, no one came to open
the door for him. He heard Miss
Matte and ran hopefully to meet her,
limping as he came, for he had stiff
leg.
"Why, Tommy Barnes" said Miss
Matte, STOPPING to pat his rough yell
low head, "you don't mean to say
your folks have gone off to Thanks
giving and left you beeind. Well, If
1 ever! How dreadful-thoughtless--
and you cripple besidesl"
Tommy kept on crying, but he had
his eye on the door while Miss Matte
was fitting her key, and the minute il
opened he darted in.
"That's right, Tommy" said Miss
Matte; "just make yourself at home
You and I'll have our Thanksgiving
together. That extra chop will be
wanted after all, and I'm going tC
make riz biscuits.
She put away her bonnet and shaw
and hung the basket on nail in the
back-room without even looking at the
contents, though Tommy Barnes
watched her keenly with shrewd sus
picion of something good, and fain
hope which nothing in his past expe
rience justified that he might come il
for a share of it. Miss Matte was &c
customed to being alone, and sh
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

Judge Gebhard Wilbrich, of St.
Paul, who has just returned from
Germany, says: "Beet sugar has be-
come a great industry in Germany,
and many of the large estates have
been given over to raising sugar
beets. The large landholders employ
cheap labor, including many women,
in the cultivation of the beets."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
On Deserf Air.

Winthrop-"If Freddie is going to
spend Thanksgiving with his grand
mother, perhaps you'd better buy him
that tin horn"
Mrs. Winthrop-"I spoke TO him
about it, my dear, but he said it would
do no good to him, as grandmother is
deaf. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

The Czar of Russia has bestowed six
orders of st. Stanislas upon the gar
deners of the Hotel de Vile, in recog.
milton of their services when he was
in Paris. AS the tax for wearing a
decoration in France is 100 francs a
year, it is probable they will have to
keep them in their pockets, where
they would much rather have half of
the tax
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

The noble animal, the horse, has
by no means lost his usefulness.
During seven months of the present
year 303S horses have been imported
into Germany from America and util-
lied for the manufacture of sausages
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
A Curious Garment.

A curious garment came into this
port recently on one of the trans-At'
lantic steamers 1t was a petticoat on
u very pretty young woman, aud its
novelty consisted in the fact of its
being made of some two dozen goli
stockings sewed together in the shape
of a skirt. Keen Custom House in.
spoctors, seeing the unusual bulk of d
rather slender young woman's outfit,
made the discovery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
RArEs oE ADVERTISING.

One souare. ono inch one insertion. g 100
One square, one inch, one month. q. 8W
One Square. one inch, turee months. ~
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Two Squares one evear........... Is ~
Quarter Column. one yelr....,.,,..s. ~ W
Half Column, one year .....,. ~ W
One Column, one year. .......,. lOJ W
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages AMI death notices gratis.
All bills TOR yearly advertisements cnllected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance
Job work-cash on deliverv.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

Success has attended an effort at
banana-growing in Fitzgerald, Ga,
where q plant reached the height of
twelve feet and put forth satisfactory
fruit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

Now he Is as pleased rs pleased can DO,
Aud has no cause TO sigh.
With all his heart he says: TO mo
Thanksgiving time is pie"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
Emneror of China,s Tea.

All the tea drunk by the Emperor
of China is grown in a special garden,
kept exclusively for the purpose.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

Bismarck declares that one of the
chief regrets of his old age is that he
cannot ride bicycle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

: was growing
dark when Miss
NIartie, with her
basket ON her
arm, came into
the corner mar
ket to buy her
Tha II k s giving 6
dinner. L h e
haskell was alb
surdly small, but
Miss Matte was
little herself,
aud when she
set it ON TIL e
b Ugh counter
and stood blink :
ing in the bright
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24

Mas very short and straight.
1t hung ali plump aud golden
In the pantry near the door
For day or two before the feast,
And then was seen no more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-11-24
The Turkey on the Wall.

nut burs,
The leaves, yellow and
sere,
Told beyond a perad-
venture
That Thanksgiving Day
was near.
But, TO my childish
fancy,
The surest sign OF all, ,
OF the nearucss OF
Thanksgiving,
Was the turkey on
tho wall,
1t plainly told the story
That we had not long
10 wait,
For the path from wall
HuLfn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-26

THE WEATHER AND THE RIVER
Last night was the coolest of the
season, the mercury dropping to 70.
The river again froze entirely over and
the ice is now from l to 8 inches thick.
The Norfolk steamer opened a track
this morning and the wind in a meas
ure has kept the channel open. The
ice was reported as far down as Cedar
Point. This morning the steamer
Belle Haven was withdraw from the
ferry line leaving the Columbia alone
on that line. The steamer Manchester
did not make her trip to Mount Yer
non to. day and last night the transfer
barge had some difficulty in making
trips to Shepherds. Some of the tugs
are being fitted with plows and it is be-
lieved hat the river will be blocked
with ice for some days. There is now
fine skating on the river, creek and
canal. At 3 o'clock this evening the
mercury registered Ito.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-26
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The weather bureau at Washington
reports that the temperature continues
from twenty to thirty degrees below
zero in the northwest and freezing
weather extends to the Gulf coast.
Judge Joseph II. Earle was voted for unani.
mously by both houses of the South Carolina
General Assembly TO day for United States
Senator. This was but the carrying out OF
the will of the people as declared in the pri
mary election last summer.
a train on the international railway was
wrecked and thrown into a pond near Dor.
cheste-, New Brunswick, this morning. A
postal clerk and q lady passenger were killed
Postmaster Draper and his son were ar
rested at Cheyenne, Wyo., last night chargs ID
with the theft of a registered pack 'gc con.
tanning $500.
The Wisconsin legislature to-day elected :.
C. Spooncr to tho U. S. Senate to succeed Mr.
Villas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-26
Did You Ever.

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a bottle
now and get relief. This medicine has
been found to be peculiarly adapted to
the relief and cure of all Female Com
plants, exerting a wonderful direct in.
fluence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have Loss of Ap.
petite, Constipation, Headache, Faint.
ing Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless,
Excitable, Melancholy or troubled With
Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is lie
medicine you need. Health and
strength are guaranteed by its use.
Fifty cents and Sl.Q0 at E. l.. Aliens
Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The City Council will hold a meet
ing tonight.

The City Council will hold a meet
ing tonight.
George Ssearns to day found a golC
watch and chain at the corner of King
and Payne streets.
Nh. George New on, of Stafford.
brought the first herring of the season
to Fredericksburg Saturday.
A misunderstanding between q young
railroad man and an official brought
about a police case last night. The
case, however, was ioally adjusted
%amicably.
There will be a regular meeting Of
M. u. Corse Camp. Confederate Veter-
ans, tonight at s o'clock. at which
time the camp will be addressed by
Comrade E. Warfeld, ST..
The ladies' missionary society of the
NJ. P. Church will hold a public meet
ing tonight in the lecture room. Miss
Florence Hammond, of Washington,
will address the meeting.
Fire on Sunday evening damaged
the residence of Mr.. Seth Kuehling,
about II miles from Lorton station, to
the eytent Of $3.50. The flames were
extiuguished by the neighbors.
The report that DR.. Abbott, president
of the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Electric Railway, has
retired from that position, is denied at
the main office in Washington.
G. H. Mitchell ct al, of Raleigh, N.
c., have sold to r. l.. Mitchell, of
Washington (all colored), two houses
and lots on the north side of Duke
street, between Columbus and Alfred,
for 5 1000.
A concert for the benefit of the Rail-
road Reading Rooms will be given
there on Thursday evening, January
2S!h, at 1850 o'clock. An attractive
programme has been arranged. Adj
mission will be by silver coin.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrews
gymnasium was crowded last night.
Prof. Koran, Of Washington, the in
structor in gymnastics, assumed charge
and commenced q series of instructions.
The membership OF this institution il
rapidly growing.
The present cold weather has had
the effect of bringing to light much
misery and suffering among the poor Of
the city. Many who have striven to
hide their poverty find themselves now
so worsted by the cold that they throng
the Office of the Overseer of Poor and
other sources of charity begging for
assistance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-26

POLICE CouRr.-The following cases
were disposed of last night
A. J. Doniphan WAS arraigned charg-
ed with carrying o pistol George
Chichester, white, and a colored man
named Bailey testified to seeing the
weapon in the pocket of the accused.
The decision in. the case was reserved
until his morning when the warrant
was dismissed.
George Stearns, charged with steal
ing meat, SC, from Il. w. French, was
dismissed for want of evidence,
Ernest Wilson, charged with break
ing into and robbing y car Of the South
ern Railway Company, was sent on to
the grand Jury.
An employee of the Southern Rail
way Company, charged with disorder
ly conduct, had his case continued.
A mar charged with aiding q fugi'
tive from justice TO escape, was dismiss
ed with Il reprimand.
There were no cases for trial this
morning.
Moses Comfort, colored, was arrest
ad and locked up on the charge O
Stealing a thermometer from an lnou'
betor in the county.
- Night Report.-Last night was clear
and cold. Nineteen dodgers were a
the station house.