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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A newly discovered spot ON the sur
is said to be 80, 900 miles in diameter.
A microbe that lives and multiplies
in strong alcohol has been discovered
by Veley.
DIR. Albert G. Peale reports to the
Government that there are 1922 known
mineral springs in the United States.
Anthracite coal discovered at his
toric Kings Mountain, North Caro-
lima, shows an analysis of ninety-fve
per cent. of carbon.
The German timber trade has in
creased enormously with the advent
of railways through the Black Forest,
the Odenwald and the Thuringenwald.
Mahogany is now very generally
substituted for hickory in the manu-
facture of wagon wheels in France, it
being found cheaper and quite as dur
able.
The number of stars visible to the
naked eye is less than 5000. The num-
ber of stars visible through the largest
telescopes is probably not less than
100, 900, 900.
The cylindrical bales OF cotton now
shipped from the United States to
Liverpool are pronounced great i'm
provemcnt upon the first specimens,
and also upon the old bale.
The course OF the blood-vessels in
dead animals or birds is now examined
by the X-rays. In order to make the
arteries, etc., give a photograph, or
''radiograph," they are first injected
with mercury. Very beautiful results
have been thus attained.
There are twenty-six pencil works in
Bavaria, of which twenty-three are in
Nuremberg, the great European centre
of the lead pencil trade. These fac
tories employ from 5000 to 10000
workers, aud produce 1900, 900 lead
and colored chalk pencils every week.
The Sussman electric miners lamp,
recently tried with success in Belgium,
consists of a small accumulation of two
cells, with au incandescent lamp at
tached. II burns for twelve or sixteen
hours and give light from two and a
half to five times brighter than the
ordinary miners lamp. 1t keeps
alight in any position and is not ex-
tinguished by a current of air or an
explosion.
Peat is treated in an English pro.
cess, patented by Mr.. Blundell, by
being formed into paste, nodded into
tubes four or five inches through, then
cut into sticks and dried for three or
four weeks. Thus prepared, the ma.
terial can be used as fuel, or it can be
more profitably made into charcoal in
retorts. Three tons ofpeat make one
ton Of charcoal. The process is to be
tested in Italy, where are large de-
posits of peat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

No incident Of the present stirring
times is Of more universal interest
than the drawing together of Great
Britain and the United States. In
New York one sees the American flag
everywhere, the lone star OF Cuba fre.
quently. and in many instances hung
out in company with both of them the
flag of Great Britain. In letter from
a friend of Harper's Weekly it is
mentioned as an instance of the way
in which the British and the Ameri.
can are getting mixed that Lord
Sandhurst, who has held high COM
mauds in India and dealt with great
efficiency with the plague in Bombay,
''is a descendant Of General Samuel
Smith, Of Baltimore, who fought the
British stoutly in two wars"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

While interest in the Klondike has
subsidized since the war, the nature Of
the developments there is such as
would throw people during ordinary
times into fever of excitement and
bring on rush. The spring cleanup
began last April at Bonanza and Ell
Dorado creeks, and there is no change
in the early estimates of the yield.
The adventurous classes OF this coun-
try are too much absorbed in the war
to leave for the frozen North while it
is on, and by the time the Spanish
trouble comes to an end it is likely to
be too late in the season TO start.
Besides, all but one or two of the
roomy passenger vessels intended for
the Alaskan route will become trans
ports, and there will be small accom-
modations for gold-feld passengers.
But look out for the summer Of 1899
if the output Of 1898 is what the ex-
perts say it will be. War being over,
as we may safely hope, the rush north
ward will fully make up for the lost
time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Nnt His Permnnent Homo.

He had admitted that he didn't have
much money, but that did not worry
her at all.
"You won't need much," she said.
"We'll live in nice little fiat all by
ourselves, and 1 will do the cooking.
can make you lovely angels food. "
"AngePs food!'
eyes. Isn't that all right?"
ooh, yes, OF course" he hastened
to reply. "But-but-I'll have to
come down to earth once in while,
you know"
For fully az hour he looked as If he
were still doubtful about something.
Chicago Post
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

Says the Chicago Times Herald:
Feminine fashion as an effective ele-
ment in warfare is one of the unique is
sues that have come to the front in
these history making days. The wo-
men OF Washington, it seems, have re-
solved themselves into patriotic
league for the purpose of inducing their
fair fashionable friends all over the
country not to buy French millinery.
This .bellicose boycott of the much
adored Parisiap bonnet is intended as
international retaliation, inasmuch as
France has assumed a friendly attitude
toward Spain in the presentunpleasant-
ness. 1t viii mean, it is said, an an
nuaf Joss of $50, 900, 900 to French i'm
porters. But they-the women-love
theircountry more than the coveted
pieces of headgear, and so this odd un-
dertaking of. the fair patriots progresses
with long list of prestiged patron
esses in the National Capital. This is
not the first time feminine headgear
has played a part in history. As far
back as 500 years ago it was constant
worry to the mandate-making sterner
seq. One conspicuous instance is the
royal decree of Louis XI., who ex-
cluded the monstrous hat of fair fad
dists from both church and court.
Woman's headgear is, without doubt,
a powerful piece of human ingenuity,
aud this neoteric movement, as an in
teresting demonstration OF the relative
influence Of the bonnet and th4bullet,
may commend itself to the liberty-lov-
ing ladies' of the land.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
One View Of a Mooted Point.

1t may be said that the little word
my" placed before the word "dear'
has a significance of its own. When
used between the ladies thus: my
dear Mrs. A." it is to devote an extra
amount Of cordiality aud friendliness,
and again when a gentleman SO write,
to lady of his acquaintance, it has
the same reading. On the other hand,
"My dear Mr.. b" is seldom or never
written by ladies to their men &C.
quaintaDces, ''Dear Mr.. B." being
considered sufficiently affectionate.
Elderly ladies, however, are outside
this rule, and write "My dear Mr..
b." to men whom they have known as
boys. s.--Philadelphia North American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

Under the unfavorable conditions
that have so long existed the exports
from the Philippines to the United
States have amounted on an average
to 81, 100000 per month, and accord :
ing to Mr.. Oscar Williams, until re
Gently United States Consul at Mauila,
this amount exceeds that to all other
countries combined, and this, too, in
the face of tho fact that Germany is
said to hold commercial supremacy in
the islands.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

Mexico's first cotton factory was
started in 1884, ten years later there
we're fifty factories, where to-day there
arc more than 100. In the majority
of factories the work hours are from
six a. m. to nine p. M, with two in
tervals for meals amounting together
to an hour and half.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
THE MERRY SIDE OFF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Before and After-The Place to Lo k-
How Iumors Grow = No Cause For
Alarn-IIer IIunger-A Test of Iuflu-
ence-His Lament, Etc, Etc.
When we were two by the summer sea,
Just one umbrella would do-ah mel
Now we nre one, and when storms are
rough,
Even two umbrellas nro not enough.
Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

relaxed, he gave wild shrek Of tor
ment, and then his muscles quivered
and stiffened. and his body bent back
ward like bow.
His own vile drug, stealing into
his blood though the opening door
left by the scratch of tormented cat
upon his thumb, had seized him in
its cruel grip, and before the SER
wants, alarmed by the sound Of the
shots, had time to reach the room, he
was lying before me dead, slain by
the venom of his own brewing.-Tit'
Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

The yard number OF the new battle
ship Alabama is 900, which was the
yard number of the famous Confed-
crate cruiser built in an English ship
yard during the war. If the new war
ship achieves as brilliant record un-
der the old flag us her predecessor did
against it, the name will be historic in
our navy, comments the New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
His Lament.

First Citizen After all, it is a sad
thing to see these men leaving family
and friends for the army, perhaps
never to return.
Second Citizen-"S "Sad? It's terrible!
Why, there's one man in the ranks
that owes me three months grocery
bill. And as you say, the poor fellow
may never come back. Boston
Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

WESTWARD the star of empire takes
It's way" has been the watchword for
centuries. The trend of events has
not changed its course, although the
Stars and Stripes of the United States
in their westward journey now hang
over portion Of the Orient.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Her Mission.

Mr.. Utter-"You seem to be very
fond of poetry, MSS Beacon; l am sure
you must have written some."
Miss Beacon-"Oh, no, Mr.. Utter,
mine is far superior mission"
Mr.. Utter--''Indeed?"
Miss Beacon--"Yes, ! inspire it,
Brooklyn Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Inflnence of sympathY.

"Why didn't you have the burglar
arrested when you caught him in your
house?"
my husband and he got to talking
about the war, and as they held the
same opinions my husband let him go. ;"
Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
HUMOR OF THE DAY,

Clerk-"It is just twenty years
since l entered into your employ
ment." Principal-'That shows how
patient am" ."-Fliegende Blaetter.
"Do you think it makes much diff.
ference which planet person is born
under?" 'Not bit, so long as he
keeps on the earth. Brooklyn Life.
Tom--"Did your father-in-law set.
tie anything on you at your mar
riage?" Benedict (dejectedly)-"Yes;
himself and his whole family"-
Puck.
''Men become what they eat" said
Professor Graham. "Then 1 suppose
pugilists are developed from diet Of
scraps" replied forward STUDENT
Harlem Life.
She--"I beard about the elope-
ment Has her mother forgiven
them?" He-"I think not Iunder.
stand she has gone to live with them"
Boston Traveller.
Sauce-'I saw man in window
making faces to-day" Simple =
"What was he doing that for?" Sauce
-"For couple of clocks. He is
ieweler. Tit Bits.
Little Bennie Papa, what does
repentance mean?" Papa Repent
ance is the sorrowful feeling that comes
to the person after he gets caught at
it. Chicago News.
professor" said graduate. try
ing to be pathetic at parting, 81 am
indebted to you for all know"
"Pray do not mention such a triae,"
was the reply.-Standard.
Pedagogue1"Coniugate the verb
'to do. ;" Pupil = ''Do, Dewey,
done" Pedagogue = Correct, my
boy; you shall have Manila hat next
summer. Boston Transcript.
In the autumn we lament the tree
Which dies meath skies 80 chill and
gray,
But now it's even worse to see
Our collars droop and fade away.
Washington star.
Police Judge-"This is the eighth
time in year you have been brought
before me-" OAender-'I guess
that's right; but it has always been
different policeman. indianapolis
Journal.
Uncle john -"You don't mean to
say that Hetty has taken up with that
Garbley fefiow. Why, he's a regular
cheap John" Aunt Jaue-"That's
what say, but he's very dear to
Hetty. boston Transcript.
'It is said that people are not al.
lowed to whistle in the streets OF
Berlin" "Great Samsonl How do
the people over there relieve their
pent-up feelings when popular song
takes hold of them?"- Chicago News.
."I hate to bother you, pa" said
the small boy home for the holidays,
"but really I'd like to know"
"Well, what?" ''How is it that
baby fish don't get drowned before
they've learned to swimT-London
Tit-Bits.
"Pshaw," said the man who didn't
enlist. "I'm not afraid of war, and
while 1 didn't offer my services to
my country I'm going to prove my
courage by spending my vacation at a
seaside resort. t."-Philadelphia North
American.
"Paw," asked the little boy,
"didn't you say in your speech that
you expected the map of the world tc
be changed soon?" 81 think l did,"
said the orator. "Then what is the
use of my studyin' iography?"-In.
dianapolis Journal.
Cawker-"T war is afIording op-
portunities for people to brush ur
their knowledge of geography
Cumso els it?" Cawker-'It is.
Only yesterday Sprocketts discovered
that Hampton Roads weren't good for
cycling. Harper Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
His CIaIm TO OrIgInaIIty.

IT don't see anything extraordinary
about himl" said one young woman.
"How did he get his reputation for
originality"
"Oh," replied the other, "he's the
only man in our club who hasn't tried
to make a joke on Admiral Dewey's
name. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

"What office does your husband
hold in the lodge?"
Hes the secretary"
Recording or permanent?"
Permanent, l guess. He's held it
sixteen years. Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Not Like other Debutantes.

"Has your daughter made her debut
yet, Mrs. Green?"
81 don't think she has. She amt
obliged to make her own things, you
know. We can afford to buy the best. "
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
While Awheel.

Nan-"I was just thinking what
queer thing nature is. Now, of what
use is that tail to the COW in winter
time, when there are no aies?"
Fan-"It may be of no use to the
COW, but what would wo do for oxtail
soup?''-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Partially Consoled.

Girl with the Pink Shirt Waist
$50 Jack has enlistedl Didn't you
hate dreadfully to see him go?"
Girl with the Ice Cream Hat-"It
almost broke my heart. don't be-
lieve could have borne up at all if
papa hadn't bought me '9S Wheel"
Chicago Times Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
The Place to Look.

Tenspot-"rhe dogs of war arc
showing their teeth"
Pcrkasie-''Y find them in the
cannon's mouth. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Her Hunger.

"How do you find the oysters, Miss
Fragile?"
"They are simply delicious, and 1
am awfully hungry"
walter, bring another plate of
crackers. ."--Roxbury Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
Before the Enemy.

"But, Mr.. Blossom, you wouldn't
run away if the enemy were ten to one,
would you?"
'Not if there was a handy hole to
creep into, Miss Dolly. Pick Me-
Up.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
No Lack of Attention.

Miss Newt can't get my watch
to keep time properly"
Jeweler-"Perhaps it needs regula-
ting"
Miss New-"S Surely not. 1 move
the regulator over the entire scale
every day."-Jeweler's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
THE YARN OF THE Bo'svNs MATE.
"I'll tell you a tale,

"I'll tell you a tale"
Said the bo'sun's mate,
"I'll tell you tale OF the sea;
Many yarns I've told
OF the ocean bold,
But the awfullest yarn that ever told
Amt as bad as the tale I'll now unfold;
And your hair'll be on end, and your blood
run cold
Your blood run cold"
Said he, said he;
Said the bo'sun's mate. said he.
''The good ship Jane,''
Said the bo'sun's mate,
"Was as stanch as a ship could be;
She sailed one night,
With a cargo tight
OF the yellowest gold, which shone SO
bright,
That its shining blinded the sherman quite.
And be ran on rock that was out Of
sight
Twas out of sight,"
Said he, said he,
Said the bo'sun's mate, said he.
"Now there he was"
Said the bosun's mate,
"With the ship leakin' free;
SO our strength we spent,
For to fix the dent
But the lovely gold, overheard 1t went
Which lightened the ship to that extent,
That we fioated off-but without cent,
Without a cent"
Said he, said he,
Said the bo'sun's mate, said he.
"0h. we all felt blue"
Said the bosun's mate,
"And we dashed our eyes, did we;
Such an awful fate,
As to lose our freight,
Was a fearful thing for to contemplate,
When great idea struck my pate,
And says: Let's steal the Golden Gatei'
Let's steal the gate"
Said he, said he,
Said the bo'suI's mate. said he.
$50 on we sailed
Said the bosun's mate,
"'Tillth the Golden Gate we see;
And hope I'll die
II l tell lie,
When all was still and no one nigh,
We yanked that gate of on the fly.
Aud sailed from San Francisco sly;
From Frisco sly"
Said he, said he,
Said the bo'sun's mate, said he.
Nov, what say"
Said the bo'sun's mate,
"Is as true as true can be;
A jewelry store,
Bought up the door
1t weighed hundred ton or more
And all OF us had wealth galore
Which shows you why live ashore
live ashore"
Said he, said he,
Said the bo'sun's mate, said he.
IF. NJ. Ranken, In Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
How Rumors Grow.

Bill-'T understand that you told
Gill that you raised some potatoes on
your place as big as my head"
Jill-"No; 1 never said as big as
your head; only as big as your brain.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
No CnuAe For Alnrm.

Mrs. Youngwife-" Mary, don't you
put acid in the water when you wash
the clothes"
Mary-"Oh, yes'm, but don't worry
me hands is used to it. Harlem
Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
A Test of Influence.

Irene-"She seems to have very lit
tie influence with her husband"
Mary-"Indeed?"
Irene-"Yes; she never can get him
to spend more than he can afford. -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

HAD been for some
little time engaged,
through a medical
agency, in doing
substitute work in
different parts Of
England, when / re-
ceived a summons
by telegram TO go
and take temporary
charQa of m nractica
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
RATES OF ADVERTISING,

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Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

According to Zion's Herald the
Methodists in New England numbered
1853, ,e2s in 1897. gain Of eight per
cent. since 1890.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13

Give every man his share
Ofsorrow or OF glee,
And ho will wonder where
The other part can be.
II pain be half his lot
He tries to make jest OF It.
II serves to warn him not;
He wants to know the rest OF II.
Give woman half hint
or how the scandal goes,
And she will never stint
When telling what she knows.
One tells the story straight,
Another what she guessed OF Il;
The others watch aud wait,
They want to know the rest OF Il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-13
THE REST OF IT.

VI IIs
Give any growing boy
A watch, and there's no doubt
Twill be his vandal Joy
To turn It inside out.
He isn't satisfied
To merely be possessed OF it,
The watch looks we'll outside;
He wants to know the rest OF II.
And so the story goes
Through all the alphabet.
No wit or science throws
A light upon 1t yet.
The problems In our hand,
We ought to make the best OF II.
But still, you understand,
We want to know the rest OF II.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

relatives but my brothers. and ns tho
impression has long been ont that | was
very bitter against some, | desire to say
that no feeling other than that OF kind
ness possesses mo. What any one may
think of mo is Of no importance to me-
for under the lights that have been placed
before them they arc probably Justified in
their conclusions,
buti particularly, reports were out that
was not feeling friendly to the mother
aud sister of my Wife. Such Impressions
arc absolutely false. have never ex-
pressed one word or had one thought
about them but that OF the greatest re-
spoct and love, How could ] blame them?
On the contrary. knowing them rs | do,
| have still the same tender feelings that
nave always possessed lue. | recognize
In Agnes the perfection OF woman--the
pearl OF purity, virtue and truth; IN gem
OF the purest ray serene" a. compan-
ion and helpmato for the best on Gods
green earth. Would that | could leave
to her an inheritance OF joy. peace and
prosperity. ] viii close but the tenth
has not been said. But | am content in
the knowledge and say now once and
for all that, surrounded as / am with
preparations for death going oil. and IA
the presence and fear OF the wrath OF
God l affirm that ! am not guilty OF the
murder o. my wife and children, that |
was not an accessory or in any ulanncr
connected with their Heath. and | AN not
guilty o. tho knowledge that they were TO
ba murdered nor at the lime the, were.
have said all that II pleases me to ut
ter. Critics may pull asunder scientists
will study, the masses will not understand.
few VIII know
| caused investigation TO be made and
find that ! can not be buried by the side
of my idols. and am only oonsolcdI al the
thought that
u have called her my angel In moments
OF bliss,
And my angel she'll be. mid the horrors
Of this.
Through the furnace. unnInchlng, my steps
TO pursue
And shield me. and save me. or perish
there too"
II is hardly possible that shall have
anything further to say. don't admire
scenes, therefore ! give this for publica-
ton some days ahead. not caring how II
is considered. Respectfully.
w. u. Burt.
l.. SIT has come to my knowledge that
some parties were endoavoring to obtain
facts OF my life In order TO write history
or novel. ! sincerely trust not I object,
and If possible after death, | would much
multiply the troubles and administer Sc
we're penalties on him who should attempt
such despicable thing, and would call
fires upon him who buys. WEB.