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

The report recently submitted to the
Secretary of the Interior covering the
transactions of the general land Office
for the past year contains some inter
estiDg figures. According to this re-
port the vacant public lands of the
Government aggregate at the present
slime the enormous amount of 591, ,848,.
953 acres, scattered about over the
States Of Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho,
Utah, California, Colorado. Oregon,
North Dakota and Washington. Each
year the Government disposes of large
tracts of land to private individuals
and railway corporations, but on &C.
count of the vast area of territory GOV.
cred by the Governments unoccupied
domain, twill probably be many years
before this area is exhausted. As the
sterile and uninviting character OF
some of the land renders it unfit for
use or habitation, it is more than
likely that purchasers win not be
found to relieve the Government Of
this part of its domain. Still the pro
gress which scientific research is max
ing at the present time gives hope thai
even the most forbidding places may
yet be reclaimed to fertility and cult
vation. What is known as the preserved
territory OF the Government embraces
1872, 441 TIA acres, and is not subject
TO purchase. 1t is reserved for mill
tary and naval purposes, reservoir sites
timber lands and other needs which
may arise hereafter in the exigencieI
of the Government
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The most easily digested meats are
cold mutton, mutton chops, venison,
sirloin, roast beef and chicken.
Green vegetables and good fruit
contain certain salts and acids which
may be called natures medicine.
A boon for vegetarians is peanut
butter, which surpasses the best dairy
butter in purity, and is found to be
especially well adapted for use in
gravies and for shortening. An ex-
tensive demand is expected.
Street lamps can be mounted on a
new telescope post TO make them easy
to reach for trimming and filling, a
set-sorew engaging the central shaft
to hold it in position with pulleys and
weights set in the post to counter
balance the lamp.
The aurora borealis, according to
the theory of Herr Gustav Wendt,
may be regarded rs an electrical
phenomena arising when oxygen and
other paramagnetic matter-or matter
assuming polarity under the influence
of the earth's magnetism-is continu-
ously drawn down from the higher re.
gions of the atmosphere, thus setting
up electric currents.
Medical authorities appear to be
becoming convinced of the efficacy of
alcohol, in the treatment of cancer.
It is used in hypodermic injections,
and its strength has been gradually
increased from ten per cent. solution
until the pure alcohol is often used.
The injections are repeated after five
to seven days. The cancer cells are
destroyed, the growth gradually be-
coming smaller, and finally leaving a
hard mass that may be ignored or cut
out.
A floating scientific station was the
novel suggestion made to the inter
national geological congress by Pro-
fessor Andrussow. It would consist
of a ship fitted with apparatus and
laboratories for geological and biological
study of the ocean bottom, and would
be kept constantly exploring the diff
ferent parts of the world, the expense
to be met by international contribu-
tions. The scheme was warmly APP
proved by DIR. John Murray and other
scientific leaders.
During the Zulu war DR.. George
Stoker observed that wounded natives
quickly recovered in mountainsidt
places to which they were carried
This led him, on his return to Eng
land, to experiment with oxygen as 9
dressing for wounds, the result being
the establishment of home where
the oxygen treatment is carried out
The application is made by enclosing
the injured limb in a suitable case
which is kept charged that the gas
The dressing irritates less than others
is stimulating and oxidizes bacteria
poisons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
Pollution Upstream.

A farmer of Connecticut has just
recovered damages from the town of
New Brighton, in that State, because
the sewage Of that town so polluted
stream flowing through his farm that
his COWS would not drink the water.
He was damaged, of course, and ought
to recover. SO is every one living
on or near a stream and depending on
it for water supply damaged by the
pollution of the stream higher up in
its course. When it is made more
costly to turn sewage into stream OF
running water than to treat it and
render it harmless on the land living
streams will cease to be polluted, their
present double function of sewer and
water supply will be abandoned and
the, original purity of streams will
be jealously guarded.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

A subject that would stand more
discussion than it gets is free delivery
by the Postoffice Department in rural
districts, observes Harper's Weekly.
1t is not impracticable, and the chief
questions about it are whether the farm
ers want it and whether it would be
worth what it would cost. There would
be some economics in it resulting from
the diminution OF fourth class post
offices, and some gains iu revenue
from an increased postal business. In
thousands of districts it would pay
very we'll. The $40, 900, 900 or so that
might be saved by some wholesale
amendments to the law which governs
second-class mail matter would pay
the deficit on a good deal OF rural free
delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Says the New York Times: "The law
of supply and demand applies to the
Southern cotton industry as we'll as to
anything else. If tho acreage is too
great and the production consequently
greater than the mills require, low
prices are inevitable. Planters will do
better if they restrict their cotton
acreage and substitute other crops on
the rest of the land"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

A writer in the New York Sun gives
whathe believes to be the true theory
of tlAe origin of Welsh rabbits. He
says: my notion is that melted
cheese, properly seasoned and poured
on toast, is called Welsh rabbit, be-
cause in Wales, where the people have
cheese in plenty and wild rabbits are
rigidly protected under the game laws,
the Welsh bon vivant substitutes his
homely dish for the four-legged game
animal. In like manner, you know,
some of our New England friends
facetiously call salt Goldfish and her
ring Cape Cod turkey" The writer
''rejects with scorn" that "rabbit"
used in this connection has been
evolved gradually from ''rare-bit."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

That there is an honesty riring su-
perior to business avarice even in Shis
sordid age appears from the expert
enoe of Topeka sporting man. he
wrote to cigarette company that he
had saved the pictures in 1900 pack
ages of cigarettes which he had
smoked, and asked what prize the
company would offer for them. He
received an answer saying that the
company would give him coffin if he
would smoke as many more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
A yegetahle HaIr Estermlnator.

The "jumbal plant, which is found
on riversides in tropical America, has
curious properties. Horses, if they
eat it, lose the hair from their names
and tails. When fed exclusively on
corn and grass they will recover, but
the new hair will be totally different
inscolor and texture from the old.
Ruminant animals are not thus af-
fected, and its growth is actually en-
eouraged as a fodder plant for cattle,
sheep and goats.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Gullible farmers, of Allen County,
Ohio, have been buncoed by swind-
Ter who went through the country ex-
hibiting an enormous ear of corn, from
which he sold choice kernels at choice
prices for seed The ear was made
from several smaller ears carefully cut
up and ingeniously glued together in
the natural form of big ear.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

England imports eggs and poultry
to the value of S23, 100000 while
France exports $40, 100000 worth Of
the same. France has number OF
poultry schools. where pupils are
regularly trained in rearing fowls,
managing incubators, curingl diseases,
etc, 80, 900 chickens being Matched
each season at the Gambais School.
The pupils pay for their instruction
and work from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.i
three of the hours being devoted to
study. Scholarships are founded for
the benefit of those unable to afford
the tuition fee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

''There is only one thing l ever do
for policy's sake" Whats that?"
"Pay my premium. Truth.
"a fine dog, that, Of yours. What's
his name?" HAS none, nor needs
one; he doesn't obey anyway. =
Fliegende Blatter.
shameful about those two Ken
lucky girls quarreling over that battle
ship" Eyes, they act as if it was a
man. ."-Chicago Record.
Walker-"Did you say your wife's
member of secret society,""
Talker-"It was secret before she
joined "-Norristown Herald.
1--WE have cornbread all the time
now" "Why?" "My husband lost
80 much on wheat that it makes him
weep to see biscuit. " - Chicago
Record
Friend Then it is not a play of
the present day, is it?'' Playwright
ooh, mol The scene is laid in Har-
lem at the beginning OF the rapid
transit movement. Puck.
Revised: He had been busy
adapting things. 81 care not" he
said at last, 'who writes the songs of
a country so long as L draw the royal
ties. ."-Chicago Evening Post.
Employment Agent-"See herel
How is this? You stayed two weeks
In your last place. How did that
happen?" Domestic-"Su Oi
dunno. Oi musht av overshlept me-
self. New York Weekly.
Dulby (would-be novelist st)-'T've
Just finished q new novel. If you
have a moment to spare I'll show you
the proofe." Wilby-"Oh, never
mind about the proofs. I'll take
your word for it, "-Chicago Record.
Speaking of the vogue Of the
wheel, remarked the observer of men
and things, "a good healthy constitu-
tion and the canned beef industry
doubtless go far to keep the horse
from being eaten up by envy. De
troit journal.
"Of course, observed Xerxes, the
King, "my will is law" Doubtless,
answered the wise man of the court,
after consulting few authorities.
"That is to say, if your Majesty
doesn't leave too large an estate. ~
Chicago Record.
"No," said Nero, while Rome was
burning, as he turned Indignantly to
one of his advisers, this is amuse-
ment enough. 1 shall not sanction
any six-days bicycle race. lam notal-
together a monster" And he fiddled
away Chicago Tribune.
First Klondike Miner-'I hear that
our neigbbor, Spudkins, has married
richl' Second Klonkike Miner
(enviously)-''Yes; they say his bride
has an independent fortune of fifty
cans of boneless ham and twenty-five
cans of condensed milk. Puck.
Art-'I have heard" said the
young woman who is improving her
mind, "that sometimes it requires a
great deal of art to succeed in not do
ing things" ''It does" replied Sen
ator Sorghum; "unquestiopably;
especially If you are being paid for
them. Washington Star.
"The parcel postman has just called
at the Twickenhams', next door, and
left afootball, bicycle, two cricket
bats, a package of sweaters, a pair Of
spoon oars, and bundle Of golf
sticks" "Then their daughter must
be home from college and her educa-
ton finished. London Figaro.
Young Hicks-''You needn't laugh
at my moustache, Maud; your mother
said it was becoming, didn't you,
madame2" Mrs. Bailey-"Oh, no,
Harry! You misunderstood me. /
said il was coming" Hicks-"Now
Mrs. Bailey, don't cut n moustache
when it is in down. Boston Tran
script.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02


Louis as devotedly as he loves her.
She does not dream I surprised her
secret. She, like our brave boy, has
made brave fight But there is
language Of the eyes which is not to
be mistaken.
The fourth letter made a profound
sensation at the Grange. It begged
Mrs. Marriott to have everything
ready to receive Winnie Warre as
soon as she was able to travel-it
might be fortnight's time, or at
longest, three weeks.
"We cannot leave her in q place OF
which she seems weary when the
doctor declares that change of scene
and a little cheerful society will dc
more now than medicine" wrote Mr..
Marriott. Communication have passed
between the girls guardian and my.
self, and as l have assured him that
we shall treat her as one of our own
daughters, he willingly consents to
her leaving France"
'C$n your father have yielded?"
said Mrs. Marriott, in a consultation
with some of her children. ''But no !
never ON that point of marriage with
those we know, those who come of a
thoroughly English home; and poor,
dear Winnie, in spite of her sweet
face and charming ways, belongs to
no one, as 7 may say. Yet this is ex'
posing Louis to a severe ordeal. !
cannot understand it. However, all
will be explained when the travellers
arrive"
"We will soon make her strong at
the Grange" cried Ursula, and she
at once scribbled off note to her
friend, begging her to get we'll enough
to travel as soon as possible.
But it was the last day of February
when that party of three reached
England.
Louis sprang joyfully out of the
hired closed carriage which conveyed
them from the station to the Grange.
How very glad bright he looked.
How changed from the grave, de-
pressed man he had been for more
than year. At the sight of him Mrs.
Marriott asked herself again if her hus.
band had yielded; but her knowledge
of his character compelled her to de.
eide no.
It was but a very white and feeble
girl, looking like bundle of shawls,
who was helped into the hall and then
from the hall to the drawing room
the "little sanctum" she remembered
so we'll.
Nothing but the brown eyes re
NAMED of the once brilliant and lovely
Winifred Warre, and yet her face wal
sweeter
Mrs. Marriott was an accomplished
nurse, and the invalid was forced tC
rest on couch and take some re
freshment before she attempted to g,
upstairs to the room made ready fo
her.
Then Louis, standing behind hei
with Ia certain air of proprietorshiI
which told everything laid his hand oil
her shoulder.
Father has given inr' erie,
Ursula.
eyes," said Mr.. Marriott, with
smile. Triumph over me as yol
will; I have been convinced of m,
error, Ursie. Louis has deserved thi
happy ending to his love-story, ant
now all we have to do is to get read,
for the wedding"
BY dint of care and nursing Wini
fred got we'll, but she was a long tim
about it-so long, that there was n
marriage festivity until after midsum
mer.
Aud then the young couple settled
down in the west wing of the room,
old Grange, and Winnie became on
of the best loved of the numerou
daughters-in- law, even though tn
neighbors always alluded to her as o
''no particular family. ."-Waverle,
Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Her parents Ito prospective son-in-
law)-"Is your financial condition
such as will enable you to support a
family?"
Young Man (timidly)-"Why, Ter
that is, l was-er-only figuring on
supporting Clara. Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
rWo eRIpEs

The Man who Loved the Soul Of Things
Went forth serene and glad,
And mused upon the mighty world,
And people called him mad.
An unseen presence walked with him
Forever by his side,
The welded mistress of his soul
For Wisdom was his bride.
She showed him all this mighty frame,
And bade him feel-but named no name.
She stood with him upon the hills
Hinged by the azure sky,
And shamed his lowly thought with stars
And bade 1t climb as high
And all the birds he could not name,
The nameless stars that roll,
The unnamed blossoms at his feet
Talked with him soul to soul;
He heard the Nameless Glory speak
In silence-and was very meek
Sam Walter Foss, in the Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

The Man who Loved the Names OF Things
Went forth beneath the skies,
And named all things that he beheld,
And people called him wise.
An unseen presence walked with him
Forever by his side,
The welded mistress OF his soul
For Knowledge was his bride;
She named the flowers, the weeds, the trees
And all the growths OF all the seas.
She told him all the rocks by name,
The winds and whence they blew;
She told him how the seas were formed,
And how the mountains grew;
She numbered all the stars for him;
And all the rounded skies
We're mapped and chartered for the gaze
OF his devourlng eyes.
Thus, taught by her, he taught the crowd
They praised-and he was very proud.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Mr.. Brown-"Terrible tragedy at a
bargain counter. A woman who had
secured the last five yards of cheap
silk was shot by another woman who
had been waiting from midnight with
out having a chance TO get any.
Mrs. Brown-"Poor thingl Surely,
they won't do anything to her, will
they, ?"-Harlem Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
The Thrifty Explorer.

"Do you know why it is that so
many explorers seek the arctic and so
few the antarctic regions?'
. "Well, I think could make pretty
good guess,
''Why?"
''The arctic regions are not quite so
far away from the headquarters OF the
managers of the lecture bureaus. -
Chicago Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Mrs. Didn't you say your
boy got more like his father every
day?"
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-''Not exactly.
1 said he was getting more like his
father every night; he comes in about
midnight. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

$50 you are going away, Mrs.
Rusher?"
eyes; we are going to move to Ken
lucky for few weeks until my hus-
band gets TO be called Colonel, and
then we shall go to Washington to
live, Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
MHung chang,s woman PhysleIan.

Ii Hung Chang has appointed as
first physician in his private house
hold Chinese woman, Miss HUI King
Eng, M. d., who was graduated from
an American medical college. Previous
to this appointment she was an attend
ing physician at the Women's Hospi,
tai in her native city of Foo Chow, and
also a practising missionary physician,
for early in life she adopted the Chris
tian religion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

The vanity That Destroys-Cupid,s RiR
Bnls-New But Effective Brethod--Au
the Talk He Wanted-ChanRed--AII
tary Circles--JustihabIe Shooting, Etc.
'There are no birds in last years meets, !"
The poet says, and the cause OF that
Is because they've all been gathered In
To adorD the gorgeous winter hat.
Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Mistress TO servant)-"Bella, where
are those berries told you to put
away9"
Servant Johnnie came in a while
ago, marin, and he said he'd put EN-
away for me-
Mistress needn't search any
farther for them, Bella"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
MlpwINTER.

The wind has fed,
The cold, gray light lies heavy down the
glen;
Silent the pines, scarce nodding, plume on
plume,
Like sorrowing emblems DER a warrior
dead,
Darken the hills, intensifying the gloom,
Cast sombef shadows down on lake and
fen.
With startling tread
The hare leaps through the hemlock droop-
ing low,
Halts for a glance, and with large, guile-
less eyes
Oidreamless ignorance, o'ercast with dread,
Blinks at the light, and then with move-
ment slow
Limps noiselessly away where twilight
dice.
John Preston True.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

"Did you ever notice the queer,
rotary gesture Mr.. Chilkoot always
makes when his wife rings for the
butler?"
Eyes; you see, he used to be
motorman before he went to Klon-
dixie. Boston Traveller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

''That Bascomme woman is Palways
making her husband tell her that he
loves her, right before folks
eyes; she knows that it is an awful
evaporation to him to say it. India
napolis journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Smith-"After trying for ten long
years, have at last succeeded i'll con-
vincing my wife that am perfect.
Brown-''Are you sure of it?"
Smith-"Of course L am. 1t was
only this morning that she said I was
4 perfect idiot. "-Ohicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

While Captain William H. Bates
was Commissioner of Navigation he
said that Fan average of $3.50, 900, 900
, annually, for thirty years, has beea
paid by us to foreign ships for ocean
transportation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

The study Of domestic science by
young women in Germany includes
the STUDY of the vegetable garden and.
how TO cultivate il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
Absorbing His Fathers Experience.

'"That boy o. mine ought to be as
sharp an KNOWN as they make 'em. "
TRAINED him to it, have you9"
Trained him to it? Why, for four
years that little shaver set at the table
on gold brick that cost his dad
0r-Cleveland Leader.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
Changed.

"Well, Newfadder, are you and
your wife living in unity now?"
"Er-not exactly. Trinity, I guess
you'd call tits ten-pound girl. -
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

Clement Scott, a famous London
dramatic critic, says the English stage
is the worst, because the English are
the least artistic people in the world,
and more completely without the
saving grace of humor than any other
nation -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
DwRHE Grange was n

large rambling old
house. And it had
need to be so, for
the Marriots we're q
numerous family,
and at Christmas or
in the summer holi-
day season, when
the married s on s
br on 6 ht tn g i r
wives, and the mar
ried daughters were
accompanied d by
their husbands and
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02

"O-o-o-ohr' groaned the glass-eater,
in pain. "I-I'll never again eat any
hand-painted Dresden chinaware.
Never again."
''I warned you," said his wife,
severely. "But it serves you right for
eating those fancy dishes against the
doctors orders.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
CunId,s Big RIIIs.

Glove laughs at locksmiths,' you
know"
"That's all right, but you never
catch Love laughing at the florist. -
Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
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New But Enective Method.

"How did her father strike you
when you called on him?"
First with his left and then with
an umbrella. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-02-02
Am the rain ne Nyanted. .

"Don't you think if Robinson
Crusoe had been married man he
would have been a great deal lone
her?"
ooh, 1 don't know. He had par
rot, you remember. "-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.