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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

H. @. Russell, scientific man of
New South Wales, announces as a re-
suit of a prolonged examination of his
tory from the earliest. times, that sea-
sons of drought recur with unfailing
regularity at intervals of nineteen
years. OF two hundred and eight
droughts recorded since the year 900,
all but fifteen conform to this theory,
which is that there are, every nine
teen years, one long period of three
years during which the rainfall is
somewhat deficient, and a shorter
period between each of the long periods
when the deficiency is excessive. He
even finds a confirmation of the Bible
chronology in the fact that the dates
of the Egyptian drought in Joseph's
time, the drought during King David's
reign, that foretold by Elijah, and that
predicted by Elisha, all fail into the
nineteen year period.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

at the end of her first quarter it was
the first intimation that he had re-
ceived of her presence in the city.
She said she had come to make pay
ment, and while she spoke poor Ju-
piter was turning all sorts of ruddy
colors.
"But hadn't heard you were here,
Geraldine" he said; "I have been
thinking of you, too, wondering if l
should hear from you. OF course 1
knew / should. But somehow / can.
not get you out of my head, girl"
this was punctuated with one of the
old-time thunderbolts. "Fact is,
Geraldine, I've only just found out
why treated you so hard when in
school. And it was simply this--I
loved you'll want you always; Iwant
you to make me happy, to be my
wife''
Geraldine smiled as she raised her
face and received the salute from his
lips.
"I knew that was the matter all the
time" she said.-Chicago Record,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
Oom Paul Krueger seems to hal

Dom Paul Krueger seems to have
life petition. Mr.. Kruger is Won
derAe nan, aud his unexampled sue
cess in maintaining the independence
of his country in face of rich, intel.
ligent and violently hostile majority
Of the actual inhabitants of the country
within, and against all the forces Of
modern civilization without, is fact
to which history furnishes no parallel.
He is the incarnation of the spirit of
his race, masterful, stubborn, rugged
and tenacious of their own. In addi.
tion, he has a quality foreign to his
people, such sagacity and craft in
policy that Bismarck or some similarly
competent judge declared him to be
the one born, diplomat he had met.
The history of Kruger and his race
reads like q chapter out of Lacede
monian history. In stern contempt
for luxury and progress, hatred OF
foreigners, grim content with old.
fashioned ways, disdain for refine,
uents and comforts, scoru of wealth
and all it can bring beyond four meals
q day and long range rifles, they are
like the people who chose iron for
money metal and trained their young
to sleep out of doors. There is no
place for such a people in modern
civilization yet. Its time will come
when civilization shall have bred
weakness and decay and grown ripe
for another conquest by rude strength.
The Beers will not last.till then, They
have come too late or too soon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Poor De Lome's downfall is cruel
blow to the pessimists who are fore
ever moaning about the incompetency
of our diplomats, exclaims the New
York Commercial Advertiser. We
may not have class of trained diplo-
matists, and we may send country law
yers to contend with experienced Min
listers at European courts, but they do
not make spectacles of themselves by
insulting the heads of the govern
ments they are accredited to. They
may eat with their knives, but they do
not get themselves sent home in dis
grace. If Sackville-West and De
lone are trained diplometists, the
Ulited States will be satisfied time
Dager with its unframed ones. 1t is
worth notice, however, that European
diplomats make more of these blund-
ers in the United States than in any
other country. Europe must send all
its cheap raw material here.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Instances are numerous Of a per-
sons hair turning white in a few hours
through fright, but cases like that of
Robert f. Noway, of New York, are
not 50 common; in fact, are exceed
ingly rare. When Noway awoke one
morning recently he was surprised on
looking in the glass TO find that his
hair, which had been dark brown the
night before. had turned to snow
white while he had slept. He con
suited doctor, bat the latter could
give no explanation of the strange
occurrence. Noway has felt no
physical i'll effects from tho sudden
change.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Women beadles are being thought
of in England. A London writer
says that he cannot see that the
"beadless" would be of much service
in keeping riotous schoolboys in order
or ejecting brawlers from the church,
but for robing the vicar and the
curates in the yestry and decorating
the church she would be of infinite
service. A bonny, beautiful girl
beadle in picturesque costume aud a
light silver wand would undoubtedly
be both useful and ornamental at
weddings and in leading professions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

A determined effort has been made
in the Legislative council of New Ze'
land, which is the Senate OF the Colo
ny, to carry m old-age pension bill,
the object of which was TO give small
annual grant to the poorest classes OF
the population who have arrived at the
ago of seventy without requiring any
contributions from them. But the
bill was defeated 10y twenty votes TO
fifteen, as it was felt that the scheme
should consist of contributions by the
benehciaries aided by Government
subsidy for somo years before the age
limit is reached. New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

The eAmerican people have very
sweet tokth. Last year they consumed
2,096, ,a6y tons of sugar-an increase
over the consumption of the previous
year of 1856, Ut tons. During 1897
we produced Il, ,3l7 tons of beet sugar,
2S9, ,OO9 tons of cane sugar, and enough
sugar from maple trees and sorghum
to bring the total amount up to $780,
656 tons; This is good deal of sweet
ness, but it is mere ,tride in COM
parison with our imports of lS760, ,607
tons from foreign countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
THE MERRY SIDEOF LIFE.
STORIES TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

The Dream That Failed-The Modern Girl
In Doubt - Philosophy Double
Edged-Decidedly. Not-Another Chi.
nese Complication - An Explanation.
81 dreamed n beautiful dream last night !"
The bashful young man said;
"Aud l wsnder IL you can guess it Alright. !"
And he blushed a rosy red.
Dreams are thing never could guess"
The beautiful maid did reply.
81 dreamed to a question you answered
yes"
He said with a deep-drawn sigh.
"Well, you are aware, no doubt, ," said she,
"That dreams by contrares 60;
SO, should you that question ask OF me,
My answer will surely be no."
Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
An Explanation.

"Papa," said the boy, "when you
say in your advertisement that your
goods are acknowledged by connais-
seurs to be the best, what do you
mean by connaisseurs?
"a connaisseur, my boy" answered
the greet manufacturer, sis an emf
nent authority - an authority, in
short, who admits that our goods are
the best. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

"Give me the man who sings AT
his workw exclaimed the CHEEKY citi-
zen. "He is the person whose TEN.
permanent has my sympathy and ap.
proval, every time.
eyes, replied Mr., Bitters, II don't
object to the man who sings at his
work, so long as he confines himself to
that. What annoys me is to have him
come in and insist on singing at my
work. Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

The manufacture of bogus antiques
in the Egyptian penitentiaries under
English. management has reached
such proportions as to call forth pc
tition against the practice from the
Royal British Antiquarian and Arch
geological societies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

"Here's queer case" she said
looking up from the newspaper.
"Is it?" he returned, for he was
not feeling in particularly good humor
and did t care who knew it.
eyes, it is" she replied. ''It's a
case where a bride was given as a ger
man favor.
"Rather a stretch of the umagina'
ton to call il a favor, should think, %
he said.
OF course she got even with him
after-they always do; but this is not a
continued story. - Chicago Evening
Post
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

The Fiance-"Forgive me, Miner
va! / admit that was wrong"
The Fiancee-"O, Emerson! am
so happy!"
The Fiance-''Yes, darling. | re-
alize that 1 was very hasty in saying
what l did concerning the manners
ana customs of the early Assyrians. -
Pnck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

In Louisville, Ky, recently clergy
man who was called upon by friend
to perform the ceremony at his we'd
ding refused because he was in love
with the girl himself The girl over
heard the statement, dismissed her be-
trothed and married the parson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
Undoubtedly.

Jasper-"What do you think How
ellis meant when he spoke about one
of his characters being hen minded
woman?"
Jumpuppe-"Oh, guess he meant
that she never thought about anything
except her own set. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Ex-senator John B. Henderson has
thoroughly studied the problem of the
West Indies, and he predicts Euro
pean flags on the islands will be
pulled down one after the other until
there will be a powerful republic of
the "uhited Islands of America"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

The number of marriage licenses is
sued in Chicago has been steadily
dropping for the past four years, aud
in 1897 it was nearly twenty per cent.
less than it had been in 1898.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Says the Chicago Inter Ocean: The
Shah of Persia is said to own S75, OO0,-
900 worth of jewels and gold orna.
ments. He doesn't keep up much of
navy, and buys diamonds instead Of
gatling guns and bombshells.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

On the stage railways in Germany
the carriages are painted according TO
the colors of the tickets of their re-
speotiye classes. First-class carriages
are painted yellow, seoond-class green
and third-class white.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
EACH IN HIS OWN NAME.

Like the tides on n crescent sea beach,
When the moon is new and thin,
Into our hearts high yearnings
Come yelling and surging in
Come from the mystic ocean
Whose rim no foot has trod-
Some OF us call 1t Longing,
And others call it God.
A picket frozen on duty,
A mother starved for her brood,
Socrates drinking the hemlock
Aud Jesus on the rood;
The million who, humble and nameless,
The straight, hard pathway trod-
Some call It Conservation,
And others call It God.
w. II. Carruth, in Christian Register.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Brown (reading the news from
China )-"How would you pronounce
this name?"
LiaoTung? guess you
don't pronounce that--you yodel it"
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
LOVE AND THE BICYCLE.

me-
"When balmy breezes blow, dear,
Across tho meadows green,
Aud fragrant flowers grow, dear,
Where now the snow is seen,
Although the happy land, dear,
Wen happy-hearted go,
Two lovers, hand In hand, dear,
Whom balmy breeEes blow"
SHE.
When balmy brcezes blow, dear,
III have a chainless bike,
Aud you can hardly go, dear,
The rapid pace I'll strike;
II love you truly feel, dear,
You mustn't be so slow;
Brace up and get a wheel, dear,
When balmy breezes blow"
Boston Traveller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

"What is an aggressive policy
grandpa?"
"Well, it is a policy which makes
man so mad that he wants to fight,
but which scares him so that he doesn't
dare to. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
Old NInxim Apnlied.

Van Lushe - Drunkenness is q
vice have the utmost contempt for. "
Miss Cutting - eyes, familiarity
does breed contempt, doesn't t.
Boston Traveller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

A fire mist and planet,
A crystal and n cell;
A jellyllsh and sau rian,
And caves where the cavemen dwell;
Then sense OF law and beauty
And face turned from the clod-
Some call It Evolution,
Aud others call It God.
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky;
The ripe rich tints Of the cornflelds,
And the wild geese sailing high;
Aud all over upland and lowland
The charm of the golden-rod-
Some OF us call 1t Autumn,
And others call It God.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

First Boarder -"This chicken is
not the most tender fowl in the world. :"
Second Boarder-''No; however,
the quality reconciles one to the guam
tity, Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

"Do you think the modern girl
needs a chaperon?"
''Not always; but L think the chap
eron generally needs n modern girl
along. kansas City Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

"This years wheel may be chain
less," remarked the observant board
er, "but-"
"But," added the cross-eyed board
err, before the other man could finish
his sentence, "this years l.. A. w.
politics is not chinless. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

OVI non placet, I"
wrote the red
headed girl in the
back of the wide,
oblong s C h ool-
room. Mr.. Har-
rison jenkins, the
presiding genius
of the place, stood
scowling behind
his desk, strug-
Cling with the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Gladys-"Do you think Charley
means business?"
May can't tell yet; but Tn
afraid he only means poetry, Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

"When I proposed she could not
say word in reply" said Spykes to
his friend Spokes.
"Her heart was too full for utterance,
[ suppose"
"No, it was her mouth which was
too full. L proposed at the dinner
table"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Elmer-"Pa, why do they call the
end of school 'commencement?
Professor Broadhead- because it
is the time when the student com
mences to forget everything he has
learned. New York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

Stranger-"Were you to the revival
meeting last night?"
Uncle Eph-''Yes, sab. De minis
ter done talk so much it took half an
hour to revive me. New York Jour
nal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

The names of 105 battles are EN-
blazoned on the standards of the yari-
GUS regiments which form the British
army
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

In China a company of thirty actors
eau be engaged for $50 to play as
many pieces as may be desired for two
NAYs at q stretch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-30

The average cotton crop yields, as q
by-product, 900, 900, 900 pounds. of oil
and 2,500, 600 tons of meal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19
CooIness LANCER.


ST do not send my men where I will
not go myself. -
1t was Winfield Scott Schley who
said this when he was commander of
the New York and stood on the forward
bridge of his ship outward bound from
one of the ports of the Atlantic sea-
board. Ten minutes before badly
frightened man had run up to him, call
ing out:
Captain, the forward port magazine
is ON tire!'
"Ther shut your mouth, - said the
captain. The man, thus recalled to his
senses, touched his cap and relapsed
into silence, while his commander
quietly ordered a fire drill and a mo-
ment later commanded the flooding of
the magazine. Both orders, part Of
the daily routine on every American
warship, were promptly carried out,
but it was not until all danger was past
that the officers and men obtained
knowledge of the true state of affairs.
When they did find out, they realized
that their captain had been standing all
the time just over the magazine, and
one of the officers begged him to come
down from the bridge and let him take
his place. 1t was then that the captain
made the remark quoted above,-Brook-
lvu E'aple
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19

PRESIDENT Mckinley, it is said. is
now negotiating to secure the island
Of Ualan, in the Carolines, from Spain.
1t is argued that the island is needed
as a station for the new Pacific cable,
the stretch from Hawaii TO Guam, in
the Ladrones, being so long that the
cable might not stand the strain. This
government would probably have to
pay Spain cash for the island, but the
proposition to do so might make it
easier for that country to meet the
American demand concerning the
Philippines. Ualan is said to be a
fertile island, with mountains 1000
feet high. American missionaries
from the Congregational church es-
tablished a mission there in 1852, and
two missionaries, with their families.
live there now. Germany once claimed
the Caroline group, but the pope, to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19
Tent Pins.

Tent pins are mostly made of white
oak. They must be of tough wood to
stand the hard knocks to which they
are subjected. They are made in lengths
of 6 and 24 inches. Made of hard wood
as they are they are yet liable to be
broken, and they are also lost. Even in
peace the consumption of tent pins is
considerable. \ manufacturer of tents
might carry in stock 5000 or 10, 600
tent pins. In war times the demand is
of course far greater. Like many other
manufactured articles of wood, tent pins
are made in the west, in factories in
proximity to the forests whence the
supplies Of wood are drawn. New
York SIM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19

Recent events showed that a camp
is more dangerous than battle. Not
only in the army, but in ordinary life,
more lives are lost by the needless
disregard of the beginning of poor
health than all other causes combined.
Dyspepsia or nervousness is abso-
lutelv inexcusable now. There is no
more use for man or woman eating
with poor appetite or sleeping poorly
or suffering continually from neural
gia or rheumatism today than there is
of his or her going without the neces-
sites of life.
Every candid person who has drag
ged along, under the depressing effects
of nerve and brain exhaustion, needs
to take to heart the words of such
unbiased persons as senator Tabor,
who cannot afford to attach their
guarantee TO anything they have not
themselves Investigated.
Denver. Col, Sept. 20, 1898.
Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co.,
Burlington. VT heartily recon-
mend your Paine's celery compound.
1t is the one remedy which should
be widely used. l have used it, and
| therefore know whereof l speak.
Very truly yours,
n. A. w. TABOR,
Formerly U. S. Sc ator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19
The Elephant as a Worker.

In the Siamese Malay states there are
probably about 1000 domesticated ele-
plants all told, and in the Lao country
probably over 1850 animals are work
ing at the present moment. That these
animals breed in captivity in Siam is
due to the fact that large number of
them spend the greater part of their
time holiday making in the jungle.
When there is 10 work for his beast,
the mahout takes him out to a nice cool
green bit of forest and leaves him there
TO enjoy himself. There is no expense
connected with his upkeep, for he looks
after himself. He has q hObble of rattan
round his feet to dissuade him from
wandering too far, and wooden bell
round his neck, by the tone of which
the mahout or his little boy can always
find him, when they go out once T.
month to look him up and give him
some bananas. -Geographical Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19

As testimonial to the progress of
the Chinese toward English and Amer
lean ways it is interesting to note their
appreciation Of the value Of advertising
in English il the columns of their news
papers. The following notice, which
appeared recently in a Chinese paper
published i'll district where there are
many English residents, may leave I.
trifie to be desired in the way of ex-
preston, but it shows 4 creditable effort
to master the difficulties of a foreign
tongue. It runs:
For Sale by private contract with
out reserve Ponies Cavendish, Tag,
Sally and white Griffin. 3 first
named ponies are quite hacks and will
carry a Lady also Dinghy with mast,
sails and oars complete
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19

Do YOU suffer from insomnia? Are
you one of the much-to-be-p itied in
dividuals who wrestle with the pillow
through the long hours of the night
and rise in the morning with haggard
features and hollow ewes? If so, take
advantage of the remarkable power of
this greatest of all remedies for re-
storing strength.
Paine's celery compound calms and
eq ualiZes all the nervous tissue and
induce the body to take on solid tlesn
Nervous debility causes timidity,
depression and lack of confidence of
life; whereas plenty of nervous force
insures self reliance, enterprise and
prosperity. In untold number of
cases the lack of success can easily be
traced to a simple lack of nerve force
There is no better foundation for
permanent good health, or better
preparation for coping with the hard
work and taxing strain of life than
rich, red, pure blood and plenty of it,
acquired by the use Paine's celery
compound.
Physicians recognize Paine's celery
compound as the scientific remedy
for restoring health and strength to
the WORKOUT system.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19

A COMPANY has been incorporated
in New York to abolish the razor. In
stead of shaving a man, the barber
will daub over his face with lather
that will remove the bristles. The
company has a capital of 5000, 900
with which to start business. AS soon
as it gets its charter it will open a
''parlor." where practical demonstra-
tions will be given. Specimen men
will sit in a show window on 4 crowd
ed street and have their boards pub
licly and Painlessly removed by a
gentlemanly lecturer. The metro
politan BARRIERS sheer at the anti-razor
menace, but some hairy people who
have investigated the new whisker
killer declare that citizens will soon
be doing their own shaving in the cars
and other places.