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sion of the trigonometrical data neces- sary to compute the distance, namely, the base and the two base angles.
 The range-finder consists of a pow erful telescope, which is mounted on a standard and is capable of horizontal rotation above a graduated disk. Upon the disk, and extending an equal dis tance on each side of the zero point on the graduation, is a metallic contact arc. Fixed to the telescope standards is contact strip, which rotates with the telescope and slides over the con- tact arc.
 It will be seen from the illustration that the operator, on applying his eye to the telescope. has opposite to his mouth telephone transmitter, a re- ceiver being clamped to his ear.
 By this means the two operators are kept in constant communication, and the errors are avoided that would be caused by the reading of a Reflection produced before one or other of the telescopes Is well directed toward the point to be observed
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churches and schools and the opportu
 mites of social intercourse and the means of intellectual improvement.
 T visited Monrovia in 1857, just two years after the establishment of the re- public and found the people fast retro grading. Their once neat and well built homes were uncared for and fast falling into decay and ruin for the lack of care; the churches were nearly all closed and the school houses were used as barns. Many of the people had left Monrovia and had scattered away
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ious to go to war, realize the nature Of the compounds which will be used for ammunition in the battles of the future. I have seen some of the compounds do very wonderful things when carefully handled. What will they do during the rush and hustle of an engagement!
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HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
INVENTOR EDISON Writes About Their Terrible Use in Times of War

Why, some of them cannot be used for practical purposes, they are so very powerful. That is one trouble in mak- ing an explosive for use in guns.
 A gun is an engine, just as much as is a steam engine, and you have to work it on an economical principle. You
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Y T seems very odd to me that In all this talk of war and battles ana
 military equipments, there should
 be so little said of what might De
 called the familiar performance or ,igh explosives. I do not believe these volunteers, who are so anX-
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gun fell within thirty yards Of eacn other. after traversing distance or twelve miles, If a modern rifle is laid upon the target, with proper e-evation and allowance for windage, 1t Is safe to say the shot will find the mark.
 The correct elevation of the gun can only be determined if the distance of the target is known, and the exact de- termination of the distance of moving object is a problem that has worried the gunner ever since the day when round shot was first thrown from the sides of the wooden fighting ship.
 In the early days the determination of the range was matter of guess work.
 This was all very well in day when the guns were too feeble to do much
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15

@ EVERAL societies in the South
 ern States are trying their bestto
 start colonies of negroes in Mex
 ico, but thus far they have not F met with very hattering success.
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. HE accuracy of modern rif1eo guns is one of the wonders or en-
 gineering. Two experimental shots fired a fsw years ago at the
 same elevation from the same
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Real Nature of Alcohol.

Alcoholic poison first affects the lobes OF
the brain, and the other nerve centres OF
the cerebro-spinal system are successfully
brought under the influence OF the poison,
until, in the state commonly known as
dead drunk" the only ones that are not
paralYzed are those known as the auto
matte centres, which regulate and keep
up breathing and the circulation. Enough
alcohol can be taken, however, to para
lyze these, In which case the deep sleep
OF drunkenness a becomes stupor which
passes into death. There is a parallel be-
tween apoplexy and intoxication. To be
drunk is simply apoplectic. Such is the
action OF alcohol upon the nervous system,
and its action upon the other parts Of the
body is no less injurious.
When an alcoholic drink is taken into
the stomach, the alcohol Is rapidly alb
sorbed through the coats OF that organ,
passes directly into the circulation, and is
carried with the blood to every part OF the
system. That which goes to the brain pro-
duces successively the SYMPTOMS emu
merated above; that carried to the lungs
begins to be expelled with the expired
breath Of these organs. Experiments have
been tried In which wine was admins
tered In capsules, so that not one particle
touched the interior OF the mouth or
throat; yet In two or three minutes the
odor OF alcohol was noted on the breath,
showing that In that short time II had
been absorbed, passed into the blood, and
was being expelled by the lungs.
The blood loaded with alcohol, In pass
ing through the liver, sets up an irritation
which frequently causes an incurable dis
ease to that very important organ-clrr-
hosts OF the liver, better known as "hobnail
liver" The kidneys are stimulated and
irritated, and long indulgence in the
drinking habit leads to incurable diseases
In them. The skin is also affected, and
does its part In expelling the alcohol from
the system. In point Of fact oil the excre-
tory organs set at work as soon as the al
cohol gets into the system, in the endeavor
to rid the body OF the poison. The liver,
kidneys, lungs and skin are all over-stim-
ulated in this effort.
We hope we may have made it clear In
this brief statement OF the action OF alcohol
that 1t is absolutely and entirely poison.
Itisin no sense food. 1t Injuries the brain,
the nerves, over-excites the heart, irritates
the stomach, liver and Kidneys never
does any good, but always harm.
There Is vast amount OF ignorance
among the people as to the real nature OF
alcohol. 1t is the fewer number OF our
people, even at this date, who are con.
vinced that alcohol Is a poison; and this
ignorance of the masses III one of the bul.
warks OF the traff1c. We need more educa.
tion, especially in the family, in the
church, and in the common school, as to
the real nature and effect OF this potent
poison. When the masses of the people
understand its true nature, tremendous
impulse will be given 10 the effort to pul.
Verize the rum Power.-Toledo Blade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

4 Barrel Of Whisky-Alcohol n Potent
Poison-when the People Understand
It's True Nature Tremendous Crusade
win he waged Against the Rum Power
A drayman rolled forth from his cart In
the street,
A red-headed barrel, we'll bound and COM
plete;
of flame,
Enblazoned the grade, number, quality,
fame,
or this world renowned whisky from some-
body's STILL
Who arrested the grain on the way to the
mill.
SO there stood the barrel, delivered, but I
Could see that a shadow was lowering
nigh
A sulphurous shadow that grew as
gazed,
To the form of MephIsto. Though sorely
amazed,
l ventured to question this imp OF the
realm
Where Vice is the pilot, with Crime at the
And asked him politely his mission to
name,
And II he was licensed to retail the same
Identical barrel of whisky which he
Was fondly surveying with demoniac glee.
30, l never handle the stuff" he replied;
"My partners mortal are trusty and tried;
Mayhap, peradventure, you might wish to
look
At the invoice complete; l will read from
this book.
You will find that this barrel contains
something more
Than forty-two gallons OF whisky galore"
Aud ere could slip but another word n,
He checked it of gayly-his cargo of sin:
"A barrel OF headaches, OF heartaches OF
woes;
A barrel of tears from world-weary wife;
A barrel OF curses, a barrel OF blows;
A barrel OF sorrow, a barrel OF strife;
A barrel.of all-unavailing regret;
A barrel OF cares aud a barrel OF debt;
barrel OF crime and barrel of pain;
A barrel Of hopes ever blasted and vain;
barrel OF falsehood, barrel Of cries
That fall from the manlac's lips as he
dies:
A barrel OF poison (of this nearly fulD,
barrel OF poverty, ruin and blight;
barrel OF terrors that grow with the
night;
A barrel Of hunger, a barrel of groans;
barrel OF orphans most pitiful means;
A barrel OF serpents that hiss as they pass
From the bead on the liquor that glows In
the glassl
My barrel, my treasure, bid thee fare.
well;
Sow ye the foul seed; will reapi 1t in hell"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
CAPTAIN Hans Long Swim.

Captain John Half, the famous
eastern shore swimmer and athlete,
had narrow escape from drowning
last week. He was out sailing on the
seaside, and, in endeavoring to free a
small boat from the one he was sailing
in, he fell overheard. His boat sailed
away from him, leaving him several
miles from land to battle with the
wind and waves as best he could. He
was in the water for more than an
hour and was almost exhausted when
he reached the shore. Captain Half
has had many hairbreadth escapes by
sea and land, and on one occasion he
was in the water for nearly three days
and nights before he was rescued
Baltimore Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11

club of twenty-five members. who
have been listening to a series of
lectures by Mrs. Cornelia James. The
mothers of Baldwinsville, n. Y, have
"Woman's Union" for a similar pur-
pose, and large aud fiourishing
mothers clubs are to be found in
Oswego and Syracuse, the latter being
under the direction of Mrs. Ellen
Mitchell, Ph.D.
There is on foot in Chicago move
ment to establish hospital for the
free treatment of women too poor for
medical attendance, and building of
tifty-six rooms, 3l11 Indiana Avenue,
has been leased for the purpose. 1t
is claimed that there is in Chicago no
hospital where self-respecting poor
women can obtain free treatment, ex-
cept by students, who are allowed to
attend to such cases for the experience
gained.
A new and profitable employment
for women is introducing flour. Several
firms who advertise their -four the
world over are now hiring women on
a salary and paying all their travelling
expenses, to introduce particular
brand of -four into towns and cities
where it is not well-known. Two wo-
men are employed to go together, so
that the matter of one travelling alone
is obviated, and a certain amount of
territory is assigned them.
Mrs. Carrie Williams of San Diego
has for several years carried on in a
small way the culture of cocoons for
silk manufacture. She gives some in
teresting facts concerning it, which
ought to open the way to an immense
American industry. In forty days
from tie time the first leaf is fed, the
dress can be worn. The fine or coarse
quality of the silk is dependent upon
the size of the leaf. One acre of
mulberry trees will bear three pick
ings every wear,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
History of "a Picture rrce.

An eminent American artist, who is
now an old man, has never forgotten
the lesson he learned from Sir Frede-
rick Leighton in his youth. Leigh
ton was then brilliant aud fascinat-
ing young painter, whose future was
still before him. He was at work
upon an Italian landscape, or upon a
picture with an Italian background.
In that background he was anxious to
introduce an olive tree. He remem-
bered tree which he had seen in
the south of Italy, aud remembered it
quite distinctly enough to reproduce
it, but he was not content to trust his
memory.
The American artist remembers how
Leighton came into cafe in Rome on
his way to Southern Italy, making the
long journey from England for the ex-
press purpose of studying that olive
tree and of taking home an exact
sketch of it, and he remembers also
how, four or five weeks later, the ar
dent young Englishman, brilliant, en-
thusiastic, versatile, but with a ca
pacity for taking pains, reappeared
with wonderful sketch of the olive
tree, upon which he had spent days
of unbroken observation and
work. From this little incident the
American student learned lesson
which he never forgot, and which went
far to secure the success which came
to him later in life. The story illus
trates the great quality which lies be-
hind all real success; alike for the man
ofgenius and the man of talent.
look.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
The Temperance Soldier.

What makes the soldier? some one asks.
Is he merely lad taken out of the streets
and decked out in gaudy uniform, In
whose hands a musket has been placed I
No, but he is "a man generated by flerceI
processes. The soldier spirit is worried
into him by long marches, pressed into
him by long watches on the picket-line,
soaked into him by the dews Of the night
washed into him by the drenching rain,
baked into him by the burning hospital
fever, starved into him by the short ration.
blown into him by shot and shell, and
thrust into him by the sabre slash and the
bayonet wound. Out of all this is born
the soldier. So in our temperance army.
We love our work because we have stood
behind the ramparts and in the deadly
breach, and have fought for our principles;
because we have endured labor and suf.
fered contumely, and welcomed sacrifice
that our cause may triumph; and the re.
wards OF moral victories make our hearts
leap with greater Joy than any triumph
ON field OF glory, because victories over
the monster vice OF intemperance are o
thousand-fold more vital to mankind
Sacred Heart Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11

1t is quite evident that vagaries in
dress do not signify in man what they
do in woman. A threadbare coat and
bad taste in dress with man do not
always mean that he has threadbare
brain. He may be a gentleman of cul-
ture and-of misfortune. "But," as
sociologist once remarked, ''he may
have hard work to make people be-
lieve it." Nevertheless he can force
belief in the proper environment, and
then his shortcomings in dress are Of
ten hailed a3 idiosyncrasies of genius.
With woman it is different. A badly
dressed woman, so either through ca
price or absolute lack of feminine taste,
is rarely agreeable and good humored.
There are exceptions, however, but
even then, no matter how fascinating
her conversation may be. no matter
how her common sense and knowledge
of interesting things may attract one,
she can never overcome the effect of
bad dress; the higher the order of her
accomplishments the more pronounced
become her imperfections of clothing.
Yet she seems to glory in the anomaly,
when she should feel ashamed at it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Gossip.

Miss Edith Grier Long, a graduate
of Wellesley College, has been work
ing since July, 1895, as pastors help
er in the South Congregational Church
of Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Tingle, wife of the Rev. G..
W. Tingle, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church OF Jewell, Iowa, has
been licensed to preach, and is sup
plying the church at Gilbert.
The $50 nurses who have been en-
ployed during the typhoid epidemic at
Maidstone, Eng, are to be presented
with silver medals by the Maidstone
authorities, in recognition of the towns
gratitude for their services.
The regular Baptist Church has
three ordained women-the Rev. Mary
G. Jones in the State of Washington
in 1882; the Rev. Frances E. Town
sley, 1885, and the Rev. Edith Hill
Brooks of Kansas, this year.
The late Mary Cowden Clarke for
the last fifty years of her life never
permitted any cnange in the style OF
her dress, and invariably wore the
picturesque and old-fashioned gowns
which were in vogue in the late forties.
Miss Florence Higgins has Just been
appointed professor Of oratory and
director of the department of elocution
in the Northern Indiana College OF
Law at Valparaiso. Miss Higgins is
the only woman now occupying such
position.
Mrs. Boomer, President Of the
Local Council of Women in London,
Canada, has been appointed member
of the HighSchool Board of that city.
The appointment was made by the
Board of Aldermen, and it is the first
time that woman has held the posi-
ton there.
Mrs. Cora Chaplain Weed of Musca
tine, Ia, has presented a petition,
signed by 1,800 prominent citizens of
her state, in which she asks for a
diplomatic appointment to either
Switzerland or Germany. The petit
ton is at present in the hands OF
President Mckinley. Mrs. Weed is a
trustee of leading college in Iowa.
Large congregations greeted Rev.
Edith Hill-Bocker at the First Baptist
Church in Guthrie, Okla, where she
has lately held q weeks meetings.
The Oklahoma State Capital says;
"Many who had heard of her work in
Kansas were prepared to hear eloquent
discourses, but all admitted that she
went far beyond their expectations. -
Oneida, n. Y, has a child-study
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
A Bright Advertisement.

A German newspaper has invented
something new in the personal column
line. II publishes a romantic story,
with the usual immaculate hero and
heroine, while in its own columns and
those of other dailies it inserts the fol-
lowing advertisement: Gentleman,
rich, with an agreeable person and
irreproachable character, seeks wo-
man as virtuous and beautiful as Nina
Deutschthaler, the admirable heroine
Of the romance of (which we pub.
lish on the third page"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Temperance News and Notes.

The law should require that every hot.
tie OF liquor be labeled poison, for ex.
ternal use only"
The social evil and the liquor traffic are
twin devices Of the devil to lure men and
women to destruction.
He will never drink too much who never
drinks at all.
First the distiller, then the doctor then
the undertaken.
Counsels that are given in wine.
VIII do no good, to thee or thine.
II 1t is a small sacrifice for you to give
up the drink, do it for the sake of others:
II i is great sacrifice do it for your own
sake.
II some men choose to use their liberty
in the practice Of drinking. why should not
Others Use their liberty In abstaining from
drink?
Two hundred kegs OF beer from Port
land, Oregon, were recently emptied into
The Honolulu harbor by the customs au-
thorities- There being no sale for 1t,
Hobody would pay the duty
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Facts A. out Fans.

In Egypt fans were used in religious
ceremonies, made of parchment or
feathers.
The Romans used a circular fan on
occasions of state, and the Greeks
made fans of the fax leaves of the
lotus.
The Japanese and Chinese have
from periods of great antiquity used
fans of all possible varieties.
Queen Elizabeth had as great love
for pretty fans as she had for gowns,
and had large collection of them.
Nine. de Pompadour encouraged fan
painting and also collected fine speci-
mems of the work. Greuze, Vatican
and other great artists did not disdain
to lend their talents to the art. These
pictures were done mostly on vellum
or chicken skin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Capacity of Boxes.

A box four inches by four inches
square and four and one-fifth inches
deep will contain one quart.
A box seven inches by four inches
square and four and four-fifths inches
deep will contain half gallon.
A box eight inches by eight inches
square and four and one-fifth inches
deep will contain one gallon.
A box eight by eight and two
fifths inches square and eight inches
deep will contain one peck.
A box sixteen inches by eight and
two-ffths inches wide and eight inches
deep will contain half bushel.
A box sixteen inches square and
eight and two-fifth inches deep will
contain one bushel.
A box twenty-four inches long by
sixteen inches wide and fourteen
inches deep will contain half barrel.
A box twenty-four inches long by
sixteen inches wide and twenty-eight
inches deep will contain a barrel
three bushelsl.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
North Cardinals cotton mills con-
sumo 80, 900 more bales of cotton than
are annually produced in the State.
A Good pIetlonary For rwo Cents.

A dictionary containing 10000 OF the
most useful words in the English language,
is published by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, n. Y. While II contains
some advertising, 1t is a complete diction-
ary, concise and correct. In compiling
this book care has been taken to omit
none OF those common words whose spell
ing or exact use occasions at times a
mono tary difficulty, even to well edu-
Gated ieople. The main aim has been
to givs as much useful information as pos
sible In limited space. To those who
already have a dictionary, this book will
commend itself because 1t is compact, light
and convenient; to those who have no
dictionary whatever, 1t will be invaluable.
One may be secured by writing to the above
concern, mentioning this paper, and EN-
closing two-cent stamp.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
After wild Men of Borneo.

The wild man Of Borneo is about to
make the acquaintance of a big Irish
scientific expedition. DIR. Haddon, of
the Royal College of Science, will lead
a large party of explorers into the
wild mans lair, and he is to be studied
as exclusively as his retiring Lature
will permit.
The expedition is said to be the
most thoroughly equipped one that
ever has gone anywhere for anthropo-
logical investigation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F, j. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh CuIe is taken internally. ct
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists, Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Old Black Gloyes.

Nothing is better to renovate black
silk or ribbon than the water in which
a pair of old black gloves has been
boiled. Use a quart of water for each
pair and boil till the color is extracted.
In cleaning with it do not iron the
ribbon, but pin it smoothly ON board
or table, or roll it round ON a new
rolling pin devoted to this purpose.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Stone Boot SoIes

An inventor has hit upon a method of
putting stone soles on boots and shoes.
He mixes waterproof glue with
a suitable quantity of clean quartz
sand and spreads it over the leather
sole used as a foundation. These
quartz soles are said to be very hexi-
ble and practically indestructible.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Importance of Herediiy.

The result of careful study Of four
hundred alcoholics by Forel, Of Zurich,
emphasizes the greai Importance OF hered-
ity. Forty-three per cent. OF the cases had
one or both parents alcoholic. Fifteen per
cent. OF tue patients were wholesale or re-
tail liquor dealers. All cases showed va.
rious physical, mental and moral altera-
tions. Fourteen per cent. were epileptics.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Packing without Cr.as.s.

Packing to avoid creases is an art,
but one that can be acquired. Folding
garments to fit the trunk in which
they are to be stored and laying a
sheet of thin paper between the folds
will do much. Packing so tightly
that the clothes cannot shift about,
even under the baggageman's hand
ling, will do more. The indiscriminate
folds that come of a vigorous shaking
pwill do more harm than any amount
of pressure put upon those laid with
care.