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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. W

The seacoast line of the globe is
computed to be about 10000 miles.
The color of the sky is the blue tint
of oxygen gas, one Of the chief ingre-
dients of the air.
On every square inch of the surface
upon which it rests, atmosphere bears
with a pressure of about fifteen
sounds.
A scientist looking for microbes says
there are absolutely none on the Swiss
mountains at an altitude of two thou
sand feet.
The fact that skeleton remnants Of
elephants are so rarely found in any
portion of Africa is explained by an
explorer, who states that as soon as
the bones become brittle from climatic
influences, they are eaten in lieu of
salt by various ruminant animals.
A Berlin Germany patent agency
announces that Polish engineer has
found a way of chemically treating
straw in such way that it can be
pressed into substance as hard as
stone and cheaper than wood paving,
for which it is expected to prove SUBJ
stitute.
In 1908 Sir Humphry Davy made
the first electric light; it was not
adapted to commercial use, however.
Electric lamps were made in France
early in the fifties. The exact date
seems not to be known. Edison
adapted the incandescent light to COM
mercial use.
1t is believed that lightning is visi-
BILE at distance of $50 miles, but
opinions still differ as to how far away
thunder can be heard. A French
astronomer has made observations on
the subject, and he declares it impos-
sible for thunder to be heard at a
greater distance than ten miles. An
English meteorologist has counted up
to 130 seconds between the flash and
the thunder, which would give dis
tance of twenty-seven miles.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05

The New York Sun observes: The
demonstration of the Importance Of sea
power throughout our war with Spain
has been striking; but it is worth not
ing what q powerful agent in peace
making our navy was even when at
rest. What was it that Spain of late
most dreaded? Not Immediately our
land forces, either in the Antilles or
the Philippines. In Cuba she saw
General Skaters army moving away
from the island on account of the
fever, and she knew that no campaign
against Havana would be tried until
after the rainy season. In any case,
she was ready to give up both C1ba
and Porto Rico, while the fall of Ma
Mia had been a foregone conclusion
ever since Dewey's victory. But
while nothing over the seas immedi-
ateIy threatened her which she had
not already faced, she could not en-
dure the home panic which would be
caused by an attack of our fleet on
her coasts. That our own Govern
ment was fully alive to this fact was
evident from its continued prepara-
tions to send an overwhelming force
across the Atlantic, in case of seri-
ous hitch in the peace negotiations.
Thus the influence of our sea power
was visible even while the negotia-
tions for peace were going or.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

SIS Hobbs a man of fads" 'I'm
inclined to think so. He has fifth,
WIFE"
Miss Askins-''Do you claim to
understand women?" Jack Dewitt
-''Not II 1 know them too well. -
Puck.
"He always went to the foot in
school," "Then, maybe, that's how
he turned out to be corn doctor. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
''Don't you think that's rather q
clever drawing of Dauber's?" "Well,
the face does look rather drawn. -
Philadelphia North American.
Mrs. Wallace-''It is the ambition
of your life, I suppose, to do without
work" Perry Patetic-"Not to do,
mum; to be. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Hiliver - Husband, dear,
what makes you so pensive?" Mr..
Hiliver-"Possibly, love, it's because
you are so expensive. - jewelers.
Weekly.
"They say that the boys in camp
are occupying cramped quarters. !"
Yes; they are between peach orch.
ard and a watermelon patch. New
York World.
Singleton-''Th say Meekton fell
in love with his wife at first sight"
Benedick- I'll bet he wishes
he had been gifted with second sight
now. Truth.
Little Girl-"'It is selfish of you,
Johnnie, to play at ships when have
not got one." Ditto Boy-"You can
play, too; you can be the storm, and
blow Pick -Me-Up.
William (reading)-"Pa, what's q
prolonged conhict?" Pa-"It's some.
thing you'll never be able to under
stand, my boy, until you grow up and
get married. Chicago Daily News.
Dasherly-"The Spaniards call us
nation OF shop-keepers. ;" Flasherly
-"Well, what kick have they got
coming? We gave them great deal
more than they bargained for" -
Puck.
Chimmie-"B Billy, I've hit a job as
elevator boy. OATS wot 1 ben amin
at for two years" Billy-"Two
yearsl Gollyl You must have some
Spanish blood in ye. San Francisco
Examiner.
Tenor-"When 1 gave my first con-
cert four people had to be carried
fainting out of the hail." FriendS
80, but since that time your voice
has considerably improved. "-Flieg.
ende Blaetter.
Florida Native They say that
rich gent fun the Nawth has half
grown alligatuh." Second Florida
Native-"Ya-as; an bimeby they'll
say that full-grown alligatuh has got
that thah rich gent FUN the Nawth."
-Harper's Bazaar.
eyes" said Miss Passeigh, II en-.
Joy the society of Mr.. Airyled. He
keeps me interested. He is always
saying something that one never hears
from anybody else" Really" re.
Joined Miss Cayenne. ''Has he been
proposing to you, Washington
Sta:
"'Your brother-in-law still at your
house, Wallace?" eyes, but he is be-
ginning to weaken. have him push
ing the lawn-mower every morning
and the ice cream freezer every after
noon. / think he will go before l am
driven to starting him in on the wash
ing"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
A New Kind of Trolley.

Who would have thought ten years
ago that the following little conversa'
ton would occur in 1898?
Mamma, mamma" said four-year.
old Dotty, as tired pair of horses lazily
dragged a street car along an un.
familiar avenue, there's new kind
Of twollie car as have to have horses. y
Electrical Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
The Guileless Youth.

"Do you know, Mr.. GilIey," said
Miss Sears, enthusiastically, "that ]
have ridden century,
ooh, come, now, Miss Sears, re-
piled Mr.. Gilley; "you cawn't have
done that, doncher know, because bi.
cycles haven't been invented that long,
aw. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
A Recompense,

Mrs. Tomkins-'Mrs. Yabsley has
had such an experienced Arrested fol
shopliftingl All a mistake, Of course.
Mrs. Jenkins-''I suppose she must
have been very much annoyed?"
Mrs. Tomkins-"Not at all. The
papers all said she was OF 'prepossess
ing appearance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
A Change of SCENERY.

. Stage manager Ito lessee of theaterl
-"Our scene shifter wants holiday
He says he hasn't been away for three
years.
Lessee-"Well, tell him he cannot
have one. He gets change Of scenery
enough for anybody"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
Telephone Service in Great Britain.

II is stated that the select commit
tee on the telephone service in Great
Britain have agreed by majority to
recommend that the postofiice shall
grant licenses to municipalities on the
on the same terms as it does TO the
National Telephone Company-that
is to say, ten per cent. Of the rentals
charged to customers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
An Example at Hand.

She-"Did you ever see bird on
1 mans hat?"
He-"Yes, dear; there's one on my
hat now. Will you kindly get up?"--
Yonkers Statesman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
Mother Knew Better.

He -"Why is it your mother so
seldom trusts us alone?"
ooh, mother knows me better than
you do, George. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
At the Opera. .

"Did you enjoy the opera?"
"No; 1 didn't hear it,"
"Why not?"
"Two women sitting in front Of me
we're explaining to each other how
they loved the music"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
Not Disposed to Delay Him.

81 would go to the end of the
world for you," he exclaimed, pas
,ionately.
"Pm sure wish You would" she
answered him, coldly, "and-then
Jump offl"-Somerville Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
On the Way.

'"The scorcher is a nuisance" de.
clared the quiet man, ''and should be
sxterminated.
"Well." replied the frivolous one,
''he is going fast. New York Jour
nal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05

More than two hundred clergymeu
viii accompany the German Emperor
on his trip to Jerusalem. The chances
are that he will preach few sermons
to them, just to show them how the
thing is done.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
How the Quarrel Began,

Mrs. Kindlee-"T "The woman who
ill-treats her husband deserves to have
her house burned over her head"
Mrs. -"That's so. By the
way, is your house insured, my dear?'
Jacksonville Ella. Times Union.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
A New Application.

'We call our new safe Samson"
Because it is so strong, eh?"
eyes, and its strength depends on
its locks. philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
One Good Result.

'The war has developed Johns
memory wonderfully"
'In what way?"
"He can sing four lines of The
Star -Spangled Banner almost correct
."-Cleveland Leader.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
Juvenile Finance.

"Come here, Bobby; would you
like to have me give you a quarter?"
''No; gimme dime; 1 can spend
that fore pa or ma wants to borry
from me. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
A Heavy Part.

''They have given me the heaviest
part in the new play"
"You don't say! What is it like?'
81 have to catch the big fat leading
lady when she faints in the fourth
act. - Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
Usually the Way.

Blister-'T'd like to see that new
levice of yours for preventing the
theft of watch"
Kister Cant show it. 1t was
stolen from me yesterday 10y pick.
pocket"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
ResnIts Of the Loan.

Storekeeper-"Have you nothing
smaller than q $50 bond?"
Customer-"Eh? Oh, yes, here,
forgot. 1 have couple of 2O's
somewhere about me "-Philadelphia
North American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
A Timely Suggestion.

She-"Georgel'
He-"Yes, dearest"
She-"It is just 10 o'clock, and as
papa says you must not stay longer than
IL, don't you think it is about time to
begin saying good-night?"-Up-to'
date.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
THE OLD cANTeEN.

the Mexican War.)
Where are those that marched that mornin
Elbow touching elbow truei
Many sleep, but few are waiting
For that silent, last review.
Guns and knapsacks both have vanished
In ( tbauxears that long have been;
This ls0ne Of all remaining
My old army tin canteen.
Mid the march and mid the battlt
1t was ever near to me;
Sick or weary. tired or wounded,
1t was true as friend could se;
And when home at last returning,
Two old comrades neared the scene;
One soldier, manned and wounded,
One an army tin canteen.
We have older grown together,
Veterans from the soldier days,
And sight OF 1t hath wakened
Dearest memories OF my gaze;
Long will this treasure cherish,
And when death shall close the scene,
May they place us both together
Me and thee, my old cqnteen.
New York Mail and Express.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05


As searched to-day the attic
In the farmhouse old and gray
Whence In years to mo most sacred,
To the war marched away
Hid amid the dust and rubbish
Where the cobwebs intervene,
Here found a relic precious
My old army tin canteen.
Though the cloth was worn to tatters,
And the rust was thick o'erspread;
Though its strap had long since parted
With the clasps II once had wed;
Yet II seemed to me treasure,
Shining bright with glowing sheen,
Lighting up the place with glory,
Where found the old canteen.
Back 1t carries me In fancy
To that day-our first review
When we marched adown the village,
Clad In patriotic blue;
Guns that shone like FURNISHED silver,
Bright against the summer green,
And the box and knapsack polished,
With that army tin canteen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05

n there is anything left in the jewel
box Dewey ought to have it. He is
the sturdiest fighting Yankee Of them
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05
RATES or ADVERTISING,

One Square. one inch, one inssrtion..S 90
One Square, one inch. one month. =. 500
One Square one inch. three months. $50
One Square, one inch, one year ..... 1000
Two Squares, one year ......... 15U
Quarter Column. one year. .s........ 81 %
half Column, one year r.............. so %
One Column, one year. .. ......... 100 20
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills Tor yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance
JOB work-cash on delivers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-10-05

ENY it those who
may, nevertheless
to crafty ambition
for public life in
our country, it is
often more essen
tial that a man
should be popular
than that he should
be competent. So,
- A. 1
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05
NOT ICE.

All persons concerned are hereby noti-
fed that the partnership existing between
Thomas Hawkins and A. D. w. Walton
under the firm name and style Of the
Tazewell Millinery Company has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent. The
said Walton retires from said business,
having sold his interest to- Mr.. j. B.
Hankins. The said A. D. w. Walton is
released from all liabilities of said firm.
The interest of said A. D. w. Walton in
all notes and accounts due said firm is also
assigned to the said j. B. Hawkins. Given
under our hands tits Both day of March,
THos. HAWKINS.
A. d. w. WALToN,
J. B. HAWKINS.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05
Notice..

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of Tazewell Court House improvement
Company will be held at the Treasurer's
office in Tazewell, Va, on Monday, May
8, 1898. All stockholders in said COM
pany are-requested to attend the meeting.
G. W. GILLESPIE, Pres.
4-7-4t. H. P. BRITAIN, Sec & Tr.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05
Have You Property
You Want to Sell +?
Place it with
CIinCh Valley Real Estate Agency

1t will cost you nothing unless sales are
made. We give below description Of
some of the properties now in our hands:
100 acres of fine land in the corporation
of Richlands, south of Clinch River, all in
high state of cultivation, nearly one-half
in river bottoms, splendid, new, S-room
house and all necessary out-buildings.
Price $4,000, one-third cash, residue l, 2
and years. Title perfect
2l4 acres of fine blue grass land, all
cleared but about 80 acres, 4-room house,
two barns with other outside buildings,
fine spring of never-failing water, school
houses and churches nearby, good fences,
about one mile south of Doran, n. q w,
II. r. Would sell in two parts. Price $25
per acre, one-third cash, residue l, 3 and
3 years.
10000 acres of the finest coal lands in
Virginia, in the counties of Tazewell and
Buchanan. Price given upon examination
of property.
A good dwelling with rooms, at Rich
lands, $3.50, half cash, one and two years.
This is a bargain.
PA acres Of land in Baptist Valley, 10
acres cleared, rest in good timber, Groom
house, ! good barn and other necessary
out buildings, water in the yard and fine
white sulphur spring 200 yards from the
house, which is NOTED FOR ITS ME-
DECIMAL QUALITIES, $4,000, half cash,
residue and years.
Ito acres of fine land within two miles Of
Cedar Bluff and Pounding Mill, $50 acres
cleared and 20 acres of splendid white oak
timber, excellent water in yard, fine, large
orchard, good Groom dwelling, new barn
60x34 feet, good stables and convenient to
house, fences and all buildings in excellent
repair. Price 81 800, s. 900 cash, balance
in |, 2 and years.
For particulars call on
WIN. G. PENDLETON,
Tazewel, Va,
Or w. B. SPRATT,
Richlands, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05
tain's Tazewell friends are always de
LIGHTED to hear of his business successes.

Mr.. L. r. Dingus has purchased the
one third interest of Mrs. NJ. A. Ferguson
in the Tazewell College property. Mr.. Din
GUS is at present student at the Univer-
sity of Virginia where he has already COM
plsted the German and French courses,
and he is now taking Greek and Latin and
other courses. We are informed that Mr..
Dingus will be associated with the faculty
of the College next year, and feel conf
dent, from all we have heard of him. that
he will be valuable accession to the
school
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05
Roads and True Religion.

A progressive Baptist minister on
Long Island read notice lately from
his pulpit, announcing a good roads
meeting to be held that week, and that
good singing would be feature of 1t.
lie expressed the belief that better
roads would make better Christians
Good Roads.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05
rlc Heaviest Farm Tax.

A road supervisor in northern New
York says that it costs the farmers in
his section one-haf as much to haul
their produce three miles to the railway
station as it costs them to send it 500
miles by rail after it is placed in the
cars. This bad road tax could easily be
reduced by one-hnlf.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-05-05

Send for Full Price List.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28

A fresh step in France is the appoint
ment of Nine. Madeleine Lemaire, the
famous flower-painter, to the govern
ment post of professor of drawing as
applied to plant life, In the Natural
History museum.
Ruskin once said that the question
Of war rested entirely with women
that it was in their power to stop any
war in existence. He said all they had
to do was to don black clothes and
stick to the gloomy color, and that the
war would end in a week.
The wife of the new Chinese min
lister to London is not only pretty from
the Monaghan, but also from the Eu-
ropean point Of view, and in her ma
tional dress she looks charming. She
does not intend to adopt European
costume, which is an excellent thing
for the contrast between her essential
ly eastern style and western garments
would be excessive.
Little Prince Edward of York, grand
son of the prince of Wales, has at
tanned the dignity of sailor suits. It
is not generally known how sailor suits
became fashionable for small boys at a
date when their first suits generally
consisted of a pair of pants fastening
somewhere under the armpits, where a
tiny jacket, resplendent with brass
buttons, endeavOred to meet them
and fell short. Punch was responsible
for the present sensible fashion when
an imaginary picture of the prince of
Wales, then lad, in the costume Of
a young Jack Tar was presented; the
idea caught on.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28

An ingenious archaeologist says that
the oldest evidence of civilization is the
mirror. The japanese and Coreans dis
covered the art Of making one from
iron at least $500 years ago. This long
period is dwarfed by the Chinese rec
ord, which shows that mirrors, large
and small, made of brass, copper OF
silver, have been in use in that land
over 1000 years. De Morgan found a
mirror that seemed to date from the
second dynasty in Europe about 5000
years ago and the latest Investigations
in the civilizations of Akkad and Nip
pur show that the bellies of those half
forgotten countries used to admire
themselves in glasses of some sort OF
in FURNISHED metal at least fifty cen.
turtles before the Christian era.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28

Situated on a prOmOntory on the
coast of Macedonia, known as the
Mountain of the Monks" because
there are no fewer than twenty mag
nifcent monasteries scattered in the
sheltered recesses or on the tops of the
lofty crags lies Athos, a community
where all the inhabitants are men, says
the Girls Own Paper. There dwell in
this secluded spot, cut off from all the
pomps and vanities of the world, the
devotees of an extraordinary system Of
asceticism, quietism and superstition.
The town proper is called Caryes,
where there are to be found all the es-
sential features Of civilized life-streets
of shops and bazaars, filled with
busting and eager customers, copper
smiths plying their trade, and fruiter-
ers piling up their wares. But never is
seen the form or face of mother, wife,
sister, daughter, lover, child or infant.
Strange to say, the superstition runs
that it was the Virgin herself who ban
ished her sex from this spot. In one Of
the Athonite monasteries is a miracul-
]
precious in the eyes of worshippers of
the Russio-Greek Church. The legend,
firmly believed by all, runs that one
day the picture of the Virgin called to
the Empress Pulcheria, as she was 60
ing to her devotions, saying, what do
you, woman, here? Depart from this
church, for women's feet shall no more
tread this floor" The Empress obeyed
the injunction, although she had great
ly enriched and beautified the building.
Since that day no woman or female
animal has lived on the promontory,
and only the birds have broken the or
der. But it is only on the wing they
do so. When fowls are on the table
they are sure to be cockerels, for not
even dead hens are imported. The
monks are celebrated for their kind
ness and hospitality.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28

What do great ladies do with their
gowns and their mantillas? When
Mrs. Vanderbilt gets through with
dinner frock it is not worn out Mrs.
Aston seldom wears her ball dresses
until they are entirely useless. What
does become of the old dresses of the
rich and prosperous?
Once, when ladies used to bequeath
their second-best beds" to their
friends, they used also to will their
sealskin coats and their silk pelisses.
Those days are gone. Nowadays wo-
men sell their finery to secondhand
dealers.
One Fifth avenue Importer" i'm
ports most of her goods from the
wardrobes of dead women. She keeps
on hand supply of French and Eng
fish packing boxes. She buys the
wardrobe Of some deceased society wo-
man and goes carefully through it.
She selects the scarcely worn gar
ments, freshens them up a bit, packs
them daintily and re-sells them. Many
Of her customers have no idea of the
way in which she obtains her goods.
OF course, this is possible only with
handkerchiefs, stockings, underwear.
gloves, slippers and the like. Frocks
would be too easily recognized.
Therefore, the wise dealer sells the
gowns to dressmakers, who freshen
them up for out-of-town customers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-28
MISS FLORENCE HIGGINS FIRST WO-
MAN LAWYER IN FEDERAL COURTS.

She II Also the Second Woman to he Adj
mltted to the Indiana supreme Court
A Native of Valparaiso. Ind, She Gradu-
ated from the Northern Ind. Law school.
paraiso, Ind, is the first woman in In
diana to be admitted to practice at the
bar of the United States circuit court.
She is also the second woman to be
admitted to the bar of the supreme
court of the State of Indiana. Miss
Higgins was graduated with the class
of '9S from the Northern Indiana Law