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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
sClryTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Electric light is being intro luced H.
oil the cars of the Swiss Jura.Simplon
railway.
It has been computed that between
36, 10000 and 37,0O0,0O) babies ar
rive each year.
Paris policemen nro now supplied
with electric dark lanterns with which
thoy can see at a distance OF $50 feet.
Rotary snow plows are being used
with some success in throwing water
off the railway tracks in South Dakota
The Canadian Government has ar.
ranged q system Of cold storage on
railways, at ports and on steamers,
for the preservation of perishable
goods.
The railway metals between London
and Edinburgh, distance of 400
miles, are 210 yards longer in summer
than they are in winter, owing to the
expansion caused by the extra heat.
Scientists say that the atmosphere
surrounding the globe is gradually di'
minishing and that in the course of 0
few thousand, or perhaps n few hun.
dreds of thousands of years the supply
will be exhausted.
A new steering device for ships con.
trolls the rudder by pneumatic pres
sure, the air being forced into cyl
inder on either side of the rudder
post by means OF the steering wheel
in the pilot house.
We need nearly 5000 cubic feet of
fresh air per hour for breathing pur-
poses, but we can do with as little as
$500. Children need less, and there
are now building schools to give the
children 1900 cubic feet an hour.
A method of photographing the
sounds of the heart has been communi.
Gated to the Academy of Science by
NJ. de Holowinski. The sounds are
transmitted by sensitive microphone
to an optical telephone, the diaphragm
of which produces Newton's rings,
which are then photographed.
The latest in the electrical world is
the proposal to harness the Nile
cataracts. The Egyptian council of
ministers has recently approved the
appointment OF Professor Forbes, the
eminent electrician, to make q report
with this end in view, and he will
commence his studies in the autumn.
1t is expected that the results will be
of high importance to Upper Egypt
and the Soudan.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

Scientific inquiry diligently pur.
sued has discovered hitherto unsus.
pected source of peril to the pupils OF
the public schools, observes the New
York Mail and Express. In seeking
the causes of recurrent Indigestion,
collie, dyspepsia, drowsiness and ner-
vous irritability among the chill.
dren attending those institutions, 1t
has been ascertained that the burden of
responsibility is chargeable to pie and
the devastating effects of the pie
habit. The Board OF Education has
therefore been called upon to abolish
pie from the school curriculum and
from the lunch baskets Of school chill
drsn. 1t is seriously represented that
pie is an obstruction to the progress
Of education, and that until it is to.
tally eliminated the schools can never
fully perform the important work for
which they are designed. This reVo.
lutionary movement involves no re-
Election upon the moral integrity OF
the modern pie. 1t concerns itself
entirely with the bAneful effects OF the
pie habit upon the physical and men,
tai condition of those OF its juvenile
victims who go to school. 1t is pro,
posed to rescue these innocents from
the withering embrace of the great
pie spectre, to banIsh indigestion and
doubt from their fair young lives, and
to make sure that all their ways may
be free from sorrow and biliousness-
all of which, it is sprofoundly believed
can be most directly accomplished by
a formal rule forbiddIng them to in
dulRe in pie during school hours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

The magnitude OF tho great feat of
modern engineering which is contem-
plated in the proposed Chicago sewage
canal may be more fully appreciated
by q glance at the latest published es.
Inmates of the work required. The
canal is to be twenty eight miles long,
and so designed as to allow the waters
of Lake Michigan to flow through 1t
at the rate OF 10000 cubic feet SEQ.
ond. This velocity OF current is ex.
pected to dilute the sewage SO thor
oughly as to purify the canal stream
before it shall reach the cities on the
banks of the Illinois river. The width
OF the alluvial bottom of the canal will
be 202 feet, and much OF the excava-
tion must bo through solid rock. OF
this there is estimated to. be 12,00O,-
600 cubic yards; OF wet soil, 4,500,-
900 cubic yards, and of alluvial and
hard soil, 23,OOO,O 900 cubic yards-a
grand total of 10000, 900 cubic yards
for removal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

cerous affection that, despite skill and
care, became an incurab,e diseaee,
loathsome to the sufferer and TO the
nurfe. No hired care could ever have
been rs tender as that given by Amy's
love; no pnid nurse could have SO
fought fatigue or disgust, All day, al
night, the most watchful cnre en- iolded
the patient. Every amusement her
state could bear-music, reading,
chatting, were given with such love a.
proved them on Offering from thp
heart, and when the suffering was too
great to bear any recreation, Amy was
devoted in nursing an | soothing the
sufferer. Her touch, firm and yet
gentle, never added TO the pain, aud
while she was slender, she had the
strength Of perfect health. Mrs.
Grautley insisted upon having
trained nurse to assist Amy, but it was
to her adopted daughter she looked i71
the many attentions that alleviate sot.
fering.
1t was Amy who read precious words
OF comfort from the Holy Writ, too
long neglected in life of irivolitv and
fashion. 1t was Amy who lifted her
voice in simple childike words OF
prayer daily and nightly.
Not many hours before the Inst
struggle life makes, Mrs. Grantley
was with Mrs. Dinsmore, and, lifting
her hand feebly to meet Amy e, she
whisperedi
GLOW little / knew the treasure
was taking to my home and heart
when tried to find a pretty child to
introduce to society God hasI been
very good to mo in giving me sucb
love and care in my hours of pain"
And Amy knew then that she was no
longer in Mrs. Grantley's eyes what
she had often heard herself called
"Mrs. Grantley's great disappoint.
ment."
1t was not until two years after the
death of her benefactress that once
more Leonard Gresham asked her to
be his wife, and she gladly consented.
81 loved You," she told him, frank.
ly, "when 1 sent you from me, but l
had given my life to my adopted
mother, and it was my one aim and
duty to repay her for what she had
given me, even although 1 knew that
my loss Of beauty was one of the bit
terest disappointments of her heart. "
"It is not always beauty that wins
love-" Leonard said, tenderlY.
"No, for without it have won her
heart and yours. New York Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

The geographical position of Greece
is both its peril and its promise. If
Greece is a storm. centre, it is also to
be considered that at the very en-
trance of tho tornado is sometimes
found perfect peace. Though sur
rounded by enemies, mono of whom
wish it good, Greece may find conso.
lation in the fact of the undoubted, il
acknowledged enmity Of its foes one
toward another. The condition of
this little realm is similar to that OF
bone thrown among group of hungry
dogs. The bono knows that despite
anything that itself may do any one
OF these dogs has power to snatch 1t.
But the bone also finds strength in
the consciousness that as soon as any
one dog starts to appropriate it an
other canine will spring angrily for
ward to try conclusions with that dog.
II is kind of negative satisfaction,
this confidence that the bone has, but
1t has ON element of comfort.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
To Clean Books.

Grease may be taken out by laying
the page between two sheets of blot
ting paper, and passing a hot iron
gently over it. To remove grease
from the covers, scrape pipe'clay OF
French chalk over the spot aud iron
with a warm iron (nct a hot 'one).
Nellum covers may often be cleaned
by means of soap aud water, but il
much soied should be washed with a
weak solution of salts of lemon. To
take out ink stains, place the leaves
for two minutes in solution of oxalic
acid, then in clean cold water for a
few hours. To restore the consistency
of the paper afterwards, use a bath Of
"size" and er.-The Housewife.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
TO BE nedicnIed 10 labor.

A party of nine capitalists, led by
John Meehan, is planning to erect a
large building in New York to be used
exclusively by labor organizations and
TO be known as the headquarters foI
trades unions. Tho building is to
cost Sl25, 900, or more il necessary.
Mr.. Meehau says that all Of the men
concerned are friendly 20 organized
labor, and they will consult the various
bodies TO learn what would be neces-
sary in building devoted to suoh q
purpose. There will be a ballroom, 9
large meeting hall, with a stage, aud q
number of smaller meeting-rooms to
DO used by various lodges.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
The Irony Of Fate.

Edward Whymper, the noted noun.
tain climber, who is we'll known on
this coast, has carried tine alpenstock
for more than thirty years, and has
scaled the Chimborazo aud the Mat
terhorn, besides hundreds of lesser
peaks, and, although he has had mum,
berless thrilling adventures, including
fall of 600 feet, he never fractured a
limb or sustained any serious injury.
He did, however, tumble down flight
of STAIRS in England recently aud
fractured his collar bone. -Sau Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
UNFINlSH

so small liie-so short q life,
And yet 50 much TO dol
Brief days with aching sorrows rife,
Brief yenrs to struggle through!
Strong men cry out for time, for time,
Only the time to build,
To see their structures grow sublime,
To see their dreams fulfilled;
with passionate hearts, with willing hands
They strive in sun and rain,
TIL threads are twisted into strands,
Till wall and glrder strain;
But death is faster far than they,
Far faster than desires;
The turrets that should greet tho day
Shall mover brave its fire,
George Z. Montgomery, in Indopendens.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

What is probably the lowest rate
made by any railroad in the world is
credited to the Boston and Maine sys-
tenn. Between Boston and Sher.
brooke, Quebec, a distance of 200
miles, commuters can get non.trans.
ferable tickets for 800 for 15S rides,
or fifty.seven cents n single ride. That
is rate of 10 mills per mile. The
Singular fare between these points is
1876.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

The country editor picked mp one of
his metropolitan exchanges and read (:
'The charming little soubrette, Eva
Hollis.Wbopper, has just purchased q
new bull dog" at is blame funny"
said he to himself and the cat, "that
city papers publish that sort of stuff
and then make fun of me for mention.
ing that Squire Jim Brown has paint
cd his barn"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
TIE BEST FOR THE cocNrKY.

the country whntevcf
blossomsthe
the rainbow however
sun shining spendor-thc s all
there
ringing cities
OF the midnight
bending above usthe God all
blossoms blown
climbs the harvest, and
light OF tho glory Of tho Col that ALL
AT
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
MATRIMONIAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

80 you wish to leave to get mar
ried, Maryp / hope you have given
the matter a serious consideration" ?"
ooh, have, SIR" was the reply.
"I've been to two fortune-tellers and
a clairvoyant, and looked in a sign.
book, and dreamed on lock OF his
hair, and been to one of those astero.
logers, and to a meeium, and they all
tell me to go ahead. sir. l amt one
to marry reckless like, sir. House
hold Words.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
SAVING TROuRLE.

al guess I'll propose to Henrietta"
said the young man, thoughtfully.
81 had supposed you admired Ma
tilda most"
ooh, do admire her ever so much.
But I've got some poetry addres sed to
'Marietta'-a young woman who mar.
ried last montt, and. I'm afraid 1t
would be a good deal of work to go
through it and make it rhyme With
Matilda. "-Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
FEMININE FINANCE.

Mrs. Blockley-"John, do you know
that Royal Worcester vase l bought
yesterday for twenty dollars2 Well,
they reduced them to ten dollars this
morning"
Mr.. Blockley-"Then you are ten
dollars out by not waiting until this
morning"
Mrs. Blockley-''No; only five. /
went down to.d day and bought another
one for ten, making two of them
averaging fifteen dollars each. -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIZ
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

4 Toast--Assurance-In n Barber
Shop-An Offensive Request-A
Woman's Reason, Etc.
Iliustrious Greece Here's health TO you,
Who dares the Turk to brave,
While greater Powers to keep the peace
Would leave poor Crete a slave.
Let lose the dogs Of war, and when
The battles din shall cease,
Here's hoping Europe's map will show
A larger spot Of Greece.
Charles S. Carter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
Oldest University.

The oldest university in the world
is Ell Azhar, meaning "the splendid, A"
situated at Cairo. II is the greatest
Mohammedan school, and has clear
records dating 975.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

The city of Liverpool, England. lie
about to copy Glasg ow, Scotland, and
take over the whole OF the street rail
roads. The price to be paid is about
50, 500. 500.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

RS. G r A NTLEY
was holding a long,
confidential conver-
sation with her in
innate friend, Mrs.
Dinsmore, and the
two faces looking
into each other
were full OF cha.
grin.
"You remember
what q beautiful
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

The fearful possibility of having to
-thrive by internal industry instead of
living of tribute seems to have reduced
Spain to tho border of nervous pros.
Arakinp
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
AN OFFENSIVE RE QUEST.

"What was the nature of the trouble
you had with your last nurse girl?"
"She didn't like it because asked
her to stay at home with the chill
dren. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

Con Vivial-"Doctor, my wife suf-
fers greatly from insomnia"
Physician - "lnsomnia? How do
you know?"
Con Vivial-"Wby, every time l
come home at two or three o'clock in
the morning 1 always find her wide.
awake Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
CONFESSION.

Mrs. Talkerly-"So you are going to
marry Colonel Landly, my dear. And
hear you love the ground he walks
on?"
Miss Sharpleigh-"Yes; it belongs
to him. Tit. Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
ASSURANCE.

He-"Will you come to my we'd
dingP"
She-"Whom are you going to
marry7"
He-"You. It'll Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
IN A BARBER SHOT.

Barber quitting on finishing
touches) J." "What'll you have on your
head?"
Customer "a little more hair,
please. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
A oHnoNIo WEAKNESS.

Mr.. Backpedal (tenderly, to Miss
Breaker, as they wheel down the
Boulevard)-"Are you tired, Miss
Breaker?"
Miss Breaker-"No; but my wheel
is. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
CYNICAL.

The Happy Man-"I tell you, old
fellow, a man doesn't know what real
happiness is until he's married."
Cynical Friend-"Then he finds
that it consists in being single
BROOKLYN life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

Japan's two principal articles of ex-
port-silk and tea-are produced
chiefly by women.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19

England's heart is with Greece, nc.
cording to London advices. but her
guns and fleets are with Turkey.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
A woMAN's REASON.

"Why does Mrs. Van Meter hale
Mrs. McMasters so cordially?"
Somebody told her they looked
enough alike to be sisters. Chicago
Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-05-19
MRS. GRANTLEY'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
. RS. RA NTLEY
by ANNA SHIELDS.

-" x X u y i = = =, = X !"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24
How He Knew the Time.

When Coleridge was straying among
the Quantock hills he was fond of
riding over to Taunton whenever he
could find a sober steed. One day on
a familiar route his horse cast a shoe,
and he stopped at a village to have it
repaired.
What time is it?" he asked the man.
Then he lifted the hind foot of the
horse, looked across it attentively, an !
added, Half past H."
How do you know" asked Coler.
idge.
do zee think as I've shod horses all
my life, and don't know by sign what
O'Clock it isl"
The poet went away puzzled, but he
returned that evening. and offered the
blacksmith a shilling to show lin how
he could tell the time by a horses
hoof.
Just you get off your horse, SIR
said the Smith, with o twinkle in his
eye. Now, do zee stoop down and
look through the hole in yon pollard
ash, and you'll see the church clock
London Telegraph.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24
Reversing an Old Custom.

The general custom of farmers is to
go to town with an empty wagon and
return with a load of something that
in nine cases out of ten they could
have grown on their own farm. A
Cobb county farmer has reversed this
plan. He never goes to town unless he
carries something to sell. He takes a
full wagon to town and returns with m
empty wagon, but with money in his
pockets. Begin the new year by i'm
itating the example of the Cobb,county
farmer. Reverse the custom of hav.
ing the "outgoe" of the farm greater
than the Income. "-Southern Guilt.
vator.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24

The following story of Gen. Alger is
told by tho Washington correspondent
of the st. Louis Globe Democrat. AL.
ger was a lad without a cent, and with
only the n coat on his back when he
went to a doctor in the town and beg
ged to be allowed TO do the chores and
attend school. The doctor had no need
OF a boy, but Alger's earnestness won
his interest, and he took him and gave
him the opportunity for an education.
Many years afterward, when Alger had
more hundreds of thousands than the
superannuated physician had dollars,
the millionaire went to his b~enefactor.
who was in straits, and told him he
wanted to nay that debt.
You don't owe me anything said
the doctor.
u owe you my education" argued
the rich man.
"Bosh, returned the doctor, "You
W that to YOURSELF
IL must have caused you trouble and
expense, and l want to make it good
Alger urged.
well" replied the old man, grimly.
IF there was any trouble, l have for
gotten it. The only expense l can re-
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24
Examine the Seed Potatoes.

The earlier the potatoes a be started
the better, as it is!the hot, dry weather
that damages them, 1t is now custo-
mary to sprout the small potatoes be.
fore planting, handling them carefully
in order to secure an early start. Now
is the time to look over the seed pota.
toes, throwing out every one that shows
the slightest signs of rot, and every pc.
tato used for seed should be carefully
examined. Do not use seed that CANT
from land where rot has occurred. Bet
ter procure sound seed from elsewhere,
even if the cost is increased by so do
ing.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24
A Modern Romance.

1t is not necessary to be explicit in
the location Of the following brief so.
ciety sketch.
If any one of those who read it can
locate it he will not be writing to the
paper to give it away.
The m m in the case was old and pro-
foundly in love with a young, beauti-
full and fashionable woman. Whether
she loved him in return is not said; it
is enough to say that she permitted his
attention nay, more, encouraged them.
In fact. they were to be married.
Is it necessary to state that he was
rich?
MY darling" he said to her as he
clasped a magnificent bracelet of dia'
monds about her wrist, 81 love you
more than l can tell you.'
He spoke the truth, too, for it is easy
for an old man to love a young and
beautiful an who smiles upon him,
"Oh," she laughed as she tapped him
~playfully on his bald head. you DOM
have. to. Money talks, you know"
And the old man thought it was &C
very bright and funny that he stopped
down and kissed her.-Washingtor
Star.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Clean up the fence rows.
Grub out that thicket in the field.
BE the best farmer in your county.
Roll the corn stubble after blowing
it next spring,
Making a good seed bed for corr ia
half the battle.
Drain that wet place. 1t is the rich.
est land you have.
Trim up the hedge or cut it dow n and
grub out the roots.
Use straw in the stable as absorbent
for the liquor manure
Talk farm with the boys. Make con.
fidants of the youngsters.
Use the best seed of the best varie.
ties and breed the best stock.
Keep everything looking neat, har.
ness, carriages, horses and-yourself.
Think for yourself. What will do on
one farm will not do another.
Make the fields as long as you can.
Every turn that is saved is economy.
A COW that kicks is nice and agree.
able as compared to- a man who is a
chronic kicker.
The farmers garden is the most prof
liable piece of ground on the farm, if
1t only produces all kinds of garden
crops for the family Western Pillow.
a
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-24
Old, But a Good Suggestion.

She blushed prettily as she told the
sister of her best young man that she
contemplated buying a birthday pres
ent for him.
You know him better than | do"
she said: that's why I've come to you
for advice"
"Yes!" said the sister, inquiringly.
well, what would you advise me
to getY"
"Oh, really, l don't know exactly,n
said the sister. II conld only sd wise
you in general terms. From what |
know of him, he would appreciate
something that could be pawned easily
better than something that could not. -
Then there was a great silence
Pick Me Up.