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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In Guys Hospital, London, the pho.
tograph is used to record the speech OF
epileptic patients from day to day tha,
their progress may be noted by com.
parison.
The cotton seed industry of the South
amounts to 1000, 900 tons annually,
valued at S113, 900, 600. In 1867 there
were only four mills in operation; in
1897 there were over 300, with more
than $50, 900, 900 invested.
About 10000 bales of cotton are
booked for shipment to Japan this win.
ter from the single port of Seattle.
This is said to be fifty per cent. more
in value than the value of all Ameri.
can exports to japan during the sea.
son of 1S94-95.
Lundy Island, in the British Chan.
mel, has been provided with two new
and powerful lights, one ut either END
of the island. The families of the
keepers will no longer be allowed tc
live at the lighthouses, but will be
transferred to the mainland.
A German firm, it is reported, has
placed upon the market samples of
pure ingotin, tderived from coal-tar.
which promises to supplant the vege-
table indigo, as other dyes have been
supplanted by the same source. Vege-
table indigo lis consumed to the
extent of $15, 900, 900 chiefly derived
from India.
Some time ago attention was called
to the fact that the Western Union
Telegraph Company was using copper
wire exclusively on new construction
and renewals on its principal lines.
The company has recently completed
a line of copper wire from New York
to San Francisco, the longest heavy
copper wire for telegraphy. in the world.
This wire is strung between San Fran
cisco and Ogden to Omaha along the
Union Pacific.
The great vitality of dragon flies is
shown by2McLachland, Ewho, having
struck at large Aeschna at rest on a
twig, the head was seen to tumble
down, while the rest of the insect few
away in an undecided manner" for
considerable distance. Upon pick
ing up the head he noticed that the
insect had been eating a fly at the
time. 'The manibles continued
working as if nothing had happened.
and the masticated portions of the fly
passed out at the back of the head. !"
Professor Wollny, of Munich, Ger
many, has conducted some expert
ments to ascertain what was the in
fiuence earth worms had on vegeta-
ton. He found that their presence
was extremely favorable, the produce
of the several plants below being in
creased as follows: Pease gave twen-
ty-tive per cent. more fruit, thirty five
per cent. more stalks, etc. beans gave
sixty-nine per cent. more pease in the
pod aud forty-seven per cent. more
stalks, ETC.; while potatoes yielded
136 per cent. more. This favorable
effect, says Professor Wollny, is prob
ably due to the ventilation of the earth
by the holes dug by the worms.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

"He will come tonight" mused
Beryl.
With a sigh, she drew back the cur
tains and gazed out into the darkling
dusk; for her fathers house was built
with a view TO convenience, and she
could do that"
"What shall l say to him?"
The horse show was no more; the
six-day bicycle race was thing of the
past.
She did not understand football.
There was nothing left but the
weather and currency reform. De
troit Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

The japanese do not intend to resi-
supinely under the classification of
the Colonial Government of New South
Wales, which recently decided to in.
clude the Japanese in the Chinese
Restriction net, denoting them "as
other colored people" The japanese
Consul at Sydney has protested against
the proposed Legislation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
Longevity ofAnimals.

1t is said that the giant tortoise of
the Seychelles Islands is the longest
lived animal in the world. The known
age of one now living is 100 years, and
this dates from the time the creature
was full grown How old it was at the
time of its capture no one is able to
conjecture. A fine specimen has been
presented to the geological Society of
London. 1t weighs about a quarter
of ton and is an exceedingly lively
animal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

Boston Conductor Fare, please. 4"
Passenger-"What is the fare2"
CONDUCTOR is the tariff or tax
levied by the corporation owning and
controlling the charter and franchise
Of this streetcar line ON those persons
who avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity afforded them by the company
to secure more rapid and agreeable
transportation than pedal locomotion. 4"
Passenger-"How much is the fare2"
Conductor-"Five cents, please. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
THE MEANEsT MAN.

The man who lies is mean.
And so is the man who steals;
The man who cheats is a sinner, and
Should be hung up by the heels;
But the meanest and lowest of all the
rogues
That flourish under the sun
Is the fellow that takes the credit for
Good work some other has done.
Cleveland Leader
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
The Newest "snfe.n -

Mr.. Harl NJ. Flatte--"And this is
my music roomw
Visitor lin amazement)-"Music
room! Why-er-isn't it-er-rather
peculiar?"
Mr.. Harl M. Flatte-''Yes; slightly.
You see, when / close the door it is
Theoretically sealed. When the anna
teur musicians in the neighboring
flats commence hammering on their
pianos and blowing on their cornets
retire here, shut the door and am safe. 8"
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
WHY AND WHEREFORE.

The trouble, think, with us all
Is the lack of n high conceit:
II each man thought
He was sent TO the spot
To make It a bit more sweet
How soon we could gladden. the world,
How easily right all wrong,
II nobody sbirked
Aud each one worked
To help his fellows along.
Cease wondering why you cam:
Stop looking for faults and flaws;
Rise up to-day
In your pride and say:
81 am part OF the first great cause,
However full the world,
There is room for an earnest man;
it had need of me
Or / would not be-
am here to strengthen the plan"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Form.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
A Fine Recommendation

Her Father-"How do you know
you love my daughter? You've only
been acquainted few weeks"
The Suitor-"That is true; but l
see that you've just negotiated loan
of $1,000,000. A man who can do
that is the kind of person 1 want for
a father-in law. Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

The Fremdenblatt, of Vienna, which
is the organ of the Austrian Foreign
Office, approves the occupation Of
the Kiao-Ohou Bay and Port Arthur,
and says that one result of the open.
ing up of China will be the stoppage
of the emigration which is so disquiet
ing to Australia and the United States
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

Two items in the budget of the bank
at Monte Carlo, for the year ending
October 81: Payments to ruined
gamblers, one hundred thousand
francs; for the prevention of suicides,
one hundred thousand francs" Here
is a sermon, writ large, !" on the ques.
tion, Does gambling pay?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

She (smiling) "Your face is too
near to mine"
He-'It's two inches away, and
that's as bad as thousand miles"
She (poutingly)-"It wouldn't be
for some men. Harlem Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

Mamma Ito Tiny Tot, who wants to
deprive her younger brother of a
delicacy they have both set their
hearts on)-"No, darling, you must
let baby have it now, and when he
grows up, and You are a young lady,
he will have to give way to you"
Tiny Tot-"Is that why papa al
ways has to do as you want, mummy"
Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

The general disposition to increase
naval armaments can be gagged by the
fact that eighty-seven warships are
building in Great Britain alone. They
aggregate displacement of 3lS,6l2
tons. OF the eighty-seyen warships,
thirty-four go to foreign governments.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

Old Lady-"You said the train
that 1 should take leaves at 1890,
didn't you?"
Booking Clerk-"Yes, madam; and
I think I've told you that about ten
times already"
Old Lady-"Yes, "I know you
have; but my little nephew says he
likes to hear you talk. Tit
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

Mamie (singing)-''My smother was
a lady"
Aggie (interrupting) )-"Aw, shut
up! so wuz me fadder. -
Mamie-"Wotcher givin' me?"
Aggie-"Dat's dead right-he wuz
de bearded lady in q dime musee fer
tree years. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

I know not whence l came,
know not whittier | go,
But the fact stands clear
That am here
In this world Of pleasure and woe,
And out of the mist and murk
Another truth shines plain
1t is in my power
Each day and hour
To add to its Joy or its pain.
/ know that the earth exists,
II is none OF my business why.
j cannot find out
What it's oil about
1 would but waste time TO try.
My life is brief, brief thing,
am here for little space,
And while l stay
/ would like, IL may,
To brighten and better the place.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

1ndia's area Of wheat farms is now
about two-thirds as large as that of the
United States. The wheat is still
thrashed by being trodden out by bul.
locks and buffaloes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

Miss Wabash-"Your friend who
has just left us is something of a
pessimist, 1 imagine"
Miss Halsted-"Indeed, he isn't.
He's an optician, and he has the
cream of the West Side trade. Chi
cago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

He II shall never marry until
meet a woman who is my exact op-
posite, mentally"
She-"Why don't you ask Miss
Floyd? She is considered one of the
most intellectual girls in town. -
Truth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
Marvellous Growth. .

"Is your town booming out there in
the mining district, Slicks?"
81 should say so. It's more won
derful than magic. I pitched my
tent in hole in the ground one even
ing and when walked up I was in the
cellar of a union depot. Detroit
Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE,
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

When Girls Grown Up-A Solution OF
the Problem-Not n Hopeless Case
His Line-PuttinE on Her Wraps
Fine Recommendation, Etc, Etc.
the moon,
But she can't get out Of her head
The old idea that there is one
In hiding under the bed.
Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
Her Assumed Mama.

Zim lin deep whisper)-"There goes
a woman who is living under an as
sumed name"
Fam (disgustedly)-"Ratsl Why,
that's Mrs. Brown!"
Zim-"I know it." Her name was
Jones before she was married."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
A Solution of the Problem.

''No, Willie, DEAR" said mamma,
''no more cake tonight. Don't you
know you cannot sleep well on full
stomach?"
"Well," replied wellie, 'I can sleep
on my back"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16

ELL, Miss Hide
burn, / must say
I'm real sorry
you an d M r.
s an ngster h av e
fallen out.
=" o h Mrs.
Collins, indeed
you are mistaken.
There has been
no falling out
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-16
CandIes nnd EIectrloItY.

The estimated total candle power Of
all the electric lamps used in New
York City is placed at $1,000, 600.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
A BARBARIC YAWP.

K 1 EVER since the day when good old Walt Whit NJ man invented the phrase has there been Tn the United States Senate wilder illustration ot a barbaric yawp' than the speech made by Senator Tom Carter on the report of bill granting American registry to certain steamers needed by the Government for transports Mr. Carter did not discuss the bill itself He had learned that steamer, the Gen. tennia hailing from Puget Sound, had been rejected by United States officers at this port, and that fact was the theme of his roar.
 The Senator began by declaring he knew nothing of the Centennial, and then went on to say she had a first class clearance from Vancouver and had for merly been used transport in the Japanese ser vice and afterward as a hospital ship by the same Government. From who knew nothing of the vessel that much information concerning her was re- markable but not so remarkable as the conclusion he drew from it. She transport ship in the service of Japan years ago, the Senator argued, why com plain of her now as transport ship for us? Just country landlord is reported to have rebuked traveller for complaining that towel was dirty by assuring him there have been fifty wiped on that towel and you the first to say it isn't clean"
 Knowing nothing Of the subject, according to his confession, Senator Carter maintained that the rejection of the Centennial had been procured by tain shipping interests in San Francisco in order that the owners of those interests might hold up the Gov and from its needs high rates for ships furnished for transport purposes. charge of that kind, made without single scintia of evidence on which to rest 1t, be ftly characterized only lie One does like to that word with reference United States Senator but that is the only proper in this connection.
 Since the Alaskan rush began last summer the people of this have had fearful warnings of the danger of sending untrustworthy ships to In this port have had the tragedy of the Amy almost within the Golden Gate, and between this point and Juneau many wreck has occurred to emphasize the truth that old hulk is be trusted the deep simply because in years gone by she stanch good ship and made voyages half round the world.
 The rejection of the Centennial was made for the protection of the brave who to be carried by the Government to the Philippines to uphold the flag of the nation in To have sent troops to in unfit vessel would have been crime foul trea- and murder combined. That in itself furnished sufficient for the rejection of any vessel whose seaworthness Is at all doubtful. When Senator Car ter knowing nothing of the matter, sought for some other explanation of the rejection and finding none invented the theory that 1t had been done in the in of the shipowners of San Francisco he passed the limits of fair debate and put himself in the cate gory of those reckless and vindctive orators who render their malice harmless by venting 1t without any regard for veracty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
UNDER ONE FLAG.

Q AMERICANS know one flag This is the stars / \ and stripes, the sign of liberty and unity There streamers of special significance ahoat over the ships of the navy and some of the higher officials of the Government have individual flags, but tor the people of this great country there IS one token of common brotherhood, one emblem, the shadow of which is protection to the humblest upon whom its shadow falls At sight of it the heart beat quckens and there comes over the beholder an
 impulse defend the honor of the colors the cost of life So it that the flag is floating above
 far shores that had been alien while brave men are the hastening to uphold it there where justice has reared it. So 1t is that the men of the navy have covered themselves with fame. The flag had been assailed they fought for it, and unsuied, it catches the tropic breeze.
 It was June I4, I777, Congress adopted resou- ton: That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes alternating red and white and that the union be thirteen stars, white in blue field representing new constellation"
 And to-day such is the flag, except that the thir- teen stars have grown to be fortyve and the little collection of colonies is giant nation Next Tues day will be the hundred and twenty anniversary of the adoption of these colors It could not ttingy be permitted to pass without demonstration such the country has never witnessed. On that day the flag should be displayed from every housetop and pole It should decorate the schools, the places of business and the citizens themselves.
 In this time of feelings that ordinarily lie dor mant have been aroused. Men and women are con- scious, gladly of thrill of love for their country an impulse to do something to show how they revere the flag and all it represents They shower favors on the soldiers willingly and eagerly because the regard for the soldiers going to battle for this flag is an ac tual affection.
 There is quaint Oriental expression terming America the land of the beautiful flag" Such it is But the beauty of the token is not alone in its com bnation of hues It is the beauty of an honored his tory and cause ever just beauty appealing to the soul as to the eye. And on Tuesday next, when the
 flag shall have reached the ageeof I2I years now that the sentiment of the country has been stirred its deeps, that men dying and offering to die to preserve 1t, there should be demonstration radiant tumultuous, splendid widespread to mark the event There cannot be too many flags on show There cannot be too great wave of enthusiasm.
 Here by the Golden Gate which opens now to new possibilities, the Golden Gate whence America reaches out to the distant isles through which the armed strength of the republic pours to carry liberty and civilization 1t is that the demonstration be grand in its unaninity and fervor. We are all pa- triots. We love the flag Let us spread it to the Western winds that day until the city shall be as an army with banners, proclaiming the and stripes its coors, and gorying to see them fly.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
BETWEEN BUGLE CALLS.

T understand" said the young woman. "that you speak Spanish like native of Spain"
 The linguist drew himself up haughtily and inquired:
 Am I to understand that you desire to impugn my character for veracity?"- Washington Star.
 Mrs. Eighty made terrible mistake at her luncheon yesterday"
 What was it?"
 "She had Malaga grapes"-Detroit Free Press.
 "Anti-monopolistsr echoed Farmer Corntossel, who had been approached by an agitator. "'Course we are''
 But are you sure you carry your prin- ciples far enough?"
 We couldn't carry 'em no furder Folks aroun here won't even play checkers any more fur fear O cornerin' somethin' - Washington Star.
 'Pennywiggle tells me that his wife helped him to get out his last volume of verses. I didn't know she was literary"
 She's not. All she did was to persuade her father to stand the expense of the publication. n."-Indianapolis Journal.
 Well, we've got cook at last that just suits me-
 "Bakes just such biscuits as your moth CT used to make, I suppose?'
 No; I can't eat the stuff she prepares for us; I have to take my meals at the restaurant. But my wife's folks have quit boarding with us."-Chicago News
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
MUSIC PLAYED ON THE BALTI-
 MORE AFTER DEWEYS BATH E

~ completely
  Raleigh the and  The mechanical and deadly precision of the  characteristic of American
 
    wh
 
  in M the
  low S a fac smIe of he
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11

and divert the people by fighting our neighbors. Yet in the 122 years of our ex- istenee we have had five wars, each i'm portant, each waged for different reasons. but all in some degree animated by one principle.
 And it Is to be noted that each has found us unprepared; each has been de- nounced by large section of the people. and yet they have all been conducted with spirit and concert which finally made some common purpose which was deveI- oped or strengthened by the wars them selves.-Philadelphi Public Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
COLLECTED TN
 THE CORRIDORS

E. McGettigan of Vallejo Is at the Russ. S. w. Crabb of Oakville is at the Pal ace.
 w H. Afford of visalia is at the Cali fornia.
 A. Novel;. Guatemalan merchant, Is at the Lick.
 W. c. Aspinwall, Wahpeton, N. D.. is at the Russ.
 George D. Eaton is stopping at the Cali fornia Hotel.
 Dr. T. H. Huntington of Sacramento is at the Grand.
 J. B. Peakes of Santa Cruz is stopping at the Palace.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w Mitchell of Los Angeles are at the Palace.
 Alexander w. Mcconnell of Kobe, Japan, is a guest at the Occidental.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
OUR FIVE WARS.

Making war has never been a business With the American people. With a great country to be opened, great industries to De organized, and all the affairs of an ac- i've and ambitious people to be conduct have not needed war to give our young men. occupation, nor the elder ones re- ward, nor have we been driven to amuse
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11

Miss Emma Teller, the daughter of Sem ator Teller of Colorado, who was recently married, was member of Wellesley alumnae club, called the Saturday After noon Spinsters' Club. There were ten members, and Miss Teller is the ninth to renounce single blesSednesS-
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11

Mrs. Agnes Pruyn Strain, who died in Philadelphia the other day, was daugh- ter of Mrs. Mary Pruyn of Albany, who was the first woman missionary to go to Japan. Mrs. Strain herself was consider ed one of the ablest women Bible teach CTS in this country, and was the author of several books on Bible study.