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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
SCIENTIFIC ANo INDUSTRIAL,

Perfect weather in India permitted
the securing of valuable scientific re-
suits of the solar eclipse.
A naturalist of eminence finds that
land birds make their journeys in tie
day time and water birds at night.
In new bicycle saddle fuid-tight
cushion is filled with glycerine or sim
liar syrup and enclosed by leather
covering to make flexible seat.
Very satisfactory trials have been
recently made of life boat made of
pumice stone, which it was found
would remain aaoat with load, even
when full of water
The experiments in progress for
several weeks on the Air Line Division
of the New Haven Railway, in the use
of crude petroleum for laying the
dust, have proved that material to be
well adapted for the purpose.
A new process of manufacturing
artificial stone has been patented in
England. The stone is found in steel
molds, which can be adjusted to any
size, shape or design for which the
finished stone made be required, and
solid blocks weighing several hundred
pounds have been easily produced.
The surface of the sea is estimated
at $50, 200, 900 square miles, taking
the whole surface of the globe at 1877, :
600, 900, aud its greatest depth sup
posedly equals the height of the highest
mountain, or four miles. The Pacific
Ocean covers 100000 900 square miles,
the Atlantic $4,000, 900, the Mediter-
ranean 1000, 200.
The Revue de 'Electricite states
that the construction of the first cleo
trio railway in France is to be com
menced Immediately by the Paris,
Lyons and Mediterranean Company.
The line will connect Fayet and
Chamounix. The carriages will be
auto-motor, and the current will be
taken from lateral rail by means of
metallic brushes. The line will have q
length of over eleven miles, and will
cross the River Arve five times.
A company to be known as the st.
Petersburg Company for the Trans
mission of Power from Waterfalls has
recently been organized at st. Peters
burg, Russia, to put down plants for
the utilization of the Narowa, Imatra
and Wuozen waterfalls in the genera
tion of electrical power, and to trans
nit to and distribute the same in St.
Petersburg and surrounding districts
for electric lighting and power pur-
poses. The capital of the company is
said to be so, 900, 900.
1t has been discovered by DR.. Bruce
that the tsetse fly, so fatal in Africa to
cattle, is viviparous, not laying eggs,
but bringing forth living, fully grown
maggots. These Larvae shortly after
being born transform into pupe, the
external larval skin hardening and as
suming an oviate shape, with ears at
one end. This discovery has been
authenticated, says Nature, by Perrin
guey, who has bred from pauparia
sent by the Governor of Natal, which
is undoubtedly this fly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Another curious profession among
the Bedouin is that of the "thief-
trackors." Being without paddocks
or stables, and their animals always
more or less at liberty, theft of stock
would appear to be an easy and fire.
quent matter. Each tribe, however,
has its little company of crackers" "
aud it would be either bold or an
ignorant man indeed who ventured TO
interfere with an Arabs live stock. l
have heard of one instance in which u
camel stolen from n camp near Is
MALTA was, after weeks of labor,
successfully tracked to the Sudan,
where the beast was recaptured and
summary vengeance wreaked upon the
robbers. Selected for natural ability,
aud trained from boyhood to discrim-
mate between each animal = foot print,
this faculty becomes SO highly de
yeloped that particular horses or
camel's trail is unerriugly picked up
from among the thousands of impress
sions on the dusty highway Century
MAGAZINE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

The perfection 10 which micrometri-
cal mechanisms aud the results of their
industrial application are now brought
is illustrated i'm "a remarkable degree
in the production of certain descrip-
tions Of woven wire gauze and cloth,
some Of these being made with meshes
80 inhnitesmal as 10 number so, 900 Of
the latter 10 a single square inch. The
more delicate classes of wire-those
which stand related 20 scientific instru-
monts-are Of such hneness as 10 rem
der their measurement IA matter Of
difficulty, this task, however, has been
made practicable, and platinum wire
has been drawn 1000 Of an inch and
10 even greater hnoness Aluminium
wire, too. has been drawn as fine 10
be measured practically by any gauge
or instrument. Iron has also been 50
attenuated that over two aud Oue-half
miles ia length weighed only one
ounce, but a still more remarkable in-
stance Of this class of mechanical man
ipulation is the drawing Of twenty
four grains Of gold ou a silver wire to
l2O miles
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Professor Schooling, in q paper be-
fore the statistical society, of London,
gives for the eight principal causes
of insanity, the following percentage
of every one hundred lunatics Drink,
thirty-three and six one-hundredths;
domestic troubles, fifteen and one one
hundredth; mental anxiety, thirteen
and one one-hundredth; old age, thir-
teen and two one-hundredths; adverse
circumstances, thirteen; accidents,
six and five one-hundredths; religious
excitement, four one-hupdredths; love
affairs, one and two one-hundredths.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
EIihIc on of I.gynt.

In Egypt and the Soudau, in India
aud all through the East an enormous
trade is carried on in vegetable oils,
which take the place Of our butter aud
margarine products. One of the Prin'
cipal edible oils is obtained from the
ground nut, known in France as ''ara'
chide oil. " over 900, 600 hundred
weight of these nuts are annually i'm
ported into that country for its pro
ductiou. Belgium also takes vast
quantities. Arachide oil is an excel
lent soap maker, besides being an edi'
BILE oil, and when cotton oil is high in
price will compete well with it in this
branch OF industry, In France alone
there is already very large CON
sumption of it, TO be counted in tens
of thousands of tons.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Professor Gates, of the Smithsonian
Institution, claims that human vicious
ness is caused by poisons in the cells
of the brain, and that it can be eradi-
Gated by medical treatment. Since
the removal of a human stomach,
without harm to its owner, we are pre-
pared to believe anything, but vicious
ness is so superabundant throughout
the world that we caunot think the
medical fraternity will ever be equal
to its determination, even though
Professor Gates's theory may be true.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

With respect to the number ot
fatalities charged to suicide during
the year 1897, the Chicago Tribune
finds that not less than 6600 persons
killed themselves during that period
of time. AS is usually the case, quite
a large percentage of these victims
were physicians; but the list also in
cludes lawyers, actors, editors, busi-
ness men and clergymen. The various
causes assigned by Investigating
authorities for these suicides are given
in the following table: Dependency,
2ss9: insanity, 467; liquor, 27O; ill
health, 356; domestic infelicity, 301 f;
disappointed love, 271; business losses,
l24, and unknown, 1922. OF the total
number of suicides above indicated,
1884 were brought about by taking
poison, 219s by gun or pistol shots,
$40 by hanging, 500 by drowning and
537 by throat cutting. AS to the re-
naming cases there can be no classi-
fcation made. Some of the parties
met death in front of locomotives,
others by hurling themselves from
high attitudes and others by blowing
themselves up with dynamite.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
SNOW SONG.

Does the snow fall at sea?
Yes, when the north winds blow,
When the Wild clouds fly low,
Out Of each gloomy wing,
Kissing and murmuring,
Into the stormy sea
Fallcth the snow.
Does the snow hide the seay
On all its tossing plains
Never flake remains;
Drift never resteth there;
Vanishing everywhere,
Into the hungry sea
Falleth the snow.
What means the snow at sea?
Whitfield I'm the veering blast,
Thickly the flakes drive past
Each like n childish ghost
Waivers. and then Is lost,
Type of life's mystery,
IN the forgetful sea
Fadeth the snow.
Henry Van Dyke.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

According TO a recent London esti-
mate only about $4,000 American
tourists visited the English capital in
the course of the past season, and this
is regarded as a very poor catch. The
jubilee was a great disappointment as
An attraction for cousins from over the
water. It was expected TO bring them
over in Aoeks, all eager to spend
money, but it seems to have had a
deterrent effect, on the whole, and
shop keepers and hotel keepers suf-
fered rather than profted by the
festivities. Still. even $4,000 Ameri-
cans are very much better than none,
and the calculations as to how much
better are decidedly interesting. The
average tourist from ''the States, we
are told, scatters about $1,000 while
making a three mouths tripin Europe,
This, multiplied by $4,000, makes
s25, 900, 900, aud Of that amount, it is
believed, London received at least
two-fifths. Paris gets more American
money than Lcndon does, not because
more Americans 60 there, but because
the French capital wins the trade OF
all the women. aud this is both larger
aud more profitable than that OF the
men, 10 whose needs aud tastes the
London shops more especially cater,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Perhaps the smallest mail in the
world is that which is despatched
yearly to Tristan d'Acunha from st.
Helena. The last annual mail carried
ten letters, three newspapers and two
packages of books. Tristan d'Acunha
is the principal of group of three
islets in the South Atlantic, the others
being Nightingale Island and Inacces-
sible Island. Its population is fifty
three
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

The Maine hunters who have shot
at men under the impression that they
were deer have proved excellent
marksmen this season. Though none
of the human targets was nearer than
200 yards, and some fully 1000 yards
away, of the eighteen shot at fourteen
have either fallen dead or died within
a few minutes, and of the wounded
two will be cripples for life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Johnnie" said his father, "Im
surprised 10 hear that you have dared
10 dispute with your mother.
"But she was wrong, pa, u replied
Johnnie.
That has uothirg to do with it, 81
said the old man; you might just as
we'll profit by my experience and learn
once for all, that when woman says
a thing is SO, it is so, whether it is 30
or not Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Mrs. Mabel Briefly, of Matamoras,
Penn, big and brawny, is the leader
in new sphere of usefulness for
women. She has just been appointed
a substitute "motorman" on the cars
of the Middletown IN. " trolley
company. We may now expect to
hear of women as policemen and fire.
men, calculates the New York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

A South Sea Islander greets q
friend by tlinging jar of water over
his head. Ia Russia it is correct for
gentlemen TO press the foreheads OF
ladies' whom they know intimately
with their lips, aud ia Germany aud
other Continental nations kissing be-
tween mon Is bY no menns uncommon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
AHumane Explanation.

"Kitty, I can have bird wings on
my hat after all. "
"Why, il is cruel"
"No; the milliner says these are the
wings which the birds shed naturally
every year. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Hoax "Scribbler must have par
esis. He paid good money to-day for
a bundle of almanacs over twenty years
old" "
Joax-"He's anything but crazy,
There are jokes in those almanacs
which he anglicizes and sells to the
London comics. Philadelphia Re.
cord.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
Wanted IA Rest.

"Won't you take this seat?" said
the gentleman in the car, rising and
lifting his hat.
''No, thank you," said the girl with
the skates over her arm. "I've been
skating and I'm tired of sitting down.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

He-"It is strange how frequently
inventors fail TO realize the import
ance Of their own work. ."
She-"What is the particular in.
stauce?"
He" why, here is statement
that the inventor Of the hairpin in
tended it To be used simply in dress
ing the hair!"-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
RATES OF ADVERTISING,

One Square, one inch, one inssrtion..S I 90
One square one inch, one rionth =. 800
One Square one inch. tnree months. 500
One square one inch. one year ..... 10 %
Two Squares, one year.. ........., - -
Quarter Column. one year ........... - O
Half Column, one year ar...,.......... 80 90
One Column, ono year. ......... l0O 10
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages and de1th notices gratis.
All bills Tor yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
Job work-cash on deliverr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Mrs. Parvenue-''N that we've
got into society, we really must have
a coat-of-arms. Can't you help me
with a suggestion?"
Mr.. P.-"If we must have one make
it postage stamp. Youk know it sticks
to thing until it gets there. New
York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Fred-"Suppose l should ask you
to be my wife, what would you say?"
Anna-"Guess."
Fred-"Oh, haven't the least idea.
What would it-er-rhyme with?"
Anna-"Guess."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Wistful Willis-"Tm glad didn't
live out West durin' de lniun fightin'
days"
Languorous Willis" "Why?"
Wistful Willis-"Why, de Iniuns
an de scouts was allus scourin' de
plains, an they'd probably have
secured us. Syracuse Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

liefs that we're scorned in his home
circle
"She didn't tap me with wand"
said Miss Pigeon; "she sent me avail
entinel"-The Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

One of the novel ideas of decorative
effect in Japan is 10 catch ireAies,
keep them in a cage or box Of wire
until you have company and then re-
lease them ia the garden for the
guests to admire aud talk about.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

The secret police OF Paris is quite
distinct f, , the regular force The
members nre generally unknown to
each other, aud one detective is often
employed TO watch another
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

81 think, said the physician to the
new patient, "that what you need is
fresh air.
A worried look swept over the pa
TENTS face.
"Great Scott!" he exclaimed. "Are
my bicycle tireslflat ain?"-Wash-
ington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
The urnnda Railway has now nd

The Uganda Railway has now nd
vanced seventy miles into the interior
of Africa. A missionary writes that
bicycles are seen every day in the
streets of Uganda, and that the mis-
sionary rode on his wheel all the way
from the coast to Mengo-a three
weeks trip.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

"Do you have strict discipline in
your Officer"
eyes; nobody dares to laugh unless
the boss does. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Woolsey West-'Ten years ago oil
the land around here sold for 81 20 an
acre"
Hudson Rivers-"And what does it
sell for now?"
w. W.-"TaYes. Brooklyn Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

cold man, Tn sorry to hear that
you and your wife have separated
did any one come between you?"
eyes, her father and mother, three
maiden aunts and grandmother. -
Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

"What are you doing, Jimmie?"
"Readin' tn dictionary through"
"How do you like it?"
ooh, some o. tn words is good, but
others hain't much sense in 'em. -
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
THEMERRY SIDEOF LIFE.
STORIES TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Modern Novcl-Museum Diversions
Humane Expianation-worsc Yet
Discipline--saw Ills Error-Ar,er tho
Boom-Might Have Been washed, Etc.
Chapter /.
Maid One
Chapter II.
Man Too.
Chapter III.
Maid Won.
Chapter ".
Lovers Two.
Chapter V.
Made One.
Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

HEY all cried-every
one of the Bells,
from Peggy, who
was sixteen, down
to Rufus (who was
four and despised a
cry-baby), when old
Mr.. Pigeon moved
away. He was such
a tried and trusty
friend, and, if he was
aixtv auoh n cou-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

81 cured my husband of finding
fault with the coffee"
"How?"
'I let him make it himself one
morning"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Brown-'I used to think talk was
cheap"
Jones-'What makes you think it
isn't?"
''My lawyer has sent me bill. -
Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

Picture Dealer -"And the artist
died before he was thirty"
Mrs. Newrocks- "He did? And
what do you mean by telling me he
was an old master?" ?"--New York Jour
nal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

museum DlNerstons.
"What ails the glass -eater?"
"He got bit of bone in the turkey
hash.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09
A SNOW DREAM.
All the va

All the valleys we're dim with snowirg.
Dear, / knew.
Over the hills the wind was blowing,
Yet in my dream my heart was going,
Ever to find where bowers we're growing,
Dear, for you.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-09

There were no flowers by hill or river,
Sweet 20 shine.
But down whore shadowy willows shiver
hoard Hope In the branches CULVER,
And ! sent Il home 90 your heart forevel
Ny Valentine.
Mabel Earle, In Harpers Bazaar.
The Irish standard., 1898-11-05
LARS NJ. RAND INDICATED.

Alderman Lars M. Rand, of the Sixth
ward, was completely exonerated by Il
non-partsan committee appointed by his
constituents to investigate the charges
made against him by all irresponsible
tool of the Republican machine. Instead
of being injured by the unfounded
charges Mr. Rand is now stronser than
ever and will bury his opponent Dr..
Hanscom. out of sight. The Republicans
made blunder in nominating such a
weak candidate as Hanscom against a
man of Rand's popularity. The Republic
can nominee was member of an cr-
ganization notorious for bigotry and in
tolerance. the cardinal principles Of
which were that citizens of Il certain
creed should be kept out of Office. His
name appears on the list of bigots and
can be seen at any time In the Office
of the Irish Standard. Under the consti-
tuition Of the United States every citizen
is entitled tc life. liberty and the pIr-
The Irish standard., 1898-11-05

issue Of the same paper 1t is reported that
several prominent Republicans includ-
ing Judge Harrison, made speeches last
Sunday afternoon before the Lafayette
Papineau club, French Canadian Re
publican organization, and we have not
seen one word of censure from any
writer in the organ of hypocrisy about
Republicans violating the Sabbath. The
Puritanical scribbler in the organ of plu
tocracy confounds the. Jewish Sabbath
with the Lord S day, on which Christians
seek rest and recreation from toll. 1t is
all right for Democrats and Republicans
to address the Franco-Americans after
they had attended divine worship in the
forenoon. No one but Il narrow-m>lded
New Englander would try to injure any
candidate for Office for speaking on po-
litical topics on Sunday.
The Irish standard., 1898-11-05

eloquence and can charm a meeting even
though composed of stern opponents.
He is man of commanding presence,
and of polished manners, and though his
hearers may not he convinced by his az
guments, they cannot but admire his
cleverness and respect his talents. His
integrity is unquestioned, and his patri-
otism is beyond doubt, being a descend
ant of American heroes who figured con-
spicuously in the Revolutionary war;
If elected to congress Judge Willis
will not be silent member of the house
Of representatives. He will soon take
rank with the foremost speakers of the
popular body, and win a national repu-
tation. He is deep student, finished
scholar a brilliant orator, and good
lawyer. He has all the requisites for
competent legislator, and would shed
luster upon the district and state that
send him to Washington.
The Irish standard., 1898-11-05
Cowardly Campaign Tactics.

The voters of the Sixth, Seventh. Eley-
enth and Twelfth wards of this civ
should resent the dastardly attack made
upon Matt Walsh, fusion candidate for
county commissioner. A friend of Com
missioner Ryberg named Soren Einarson
mailed letters to the Scandinavian voters
OF the Second district, requesting them to
vote against Mr.. Walsh because he is an
lrishman and Roman Catholic. The
stamped envelopes furnished by the
county at the expense of the tax-payers
were used by the writer for such a des-
plcaDle purpose. 1t is gratifying to
know that an honest Norwegian, who
was the recipient of one Of these letters,
was the first to apprise Mr.. Walsh of the
method adopted to defeat him. Ryberg
dlsclaims any knowledge of what was
being done in his behalf, and has the au-
dacity to throw the blame on the Demo-
Gratis, but Einarson himself comes out in
the Times and asserts that he received
the envelopes from Ryberg, who would
probably pay the county what they are
worth. 1t is to the credit of the nation
atty to which Ryberg belongs that the
action is emphatically condemned by all
the Scandinavians in the city, and they
will teach the Republican incumbent that
a grave mistake was made by him in
appealing to their prejudices to defeat an
honorable opponent on such narrow
platform as difference of race and creed.
The Irish standard., 1898-11-05
FOR STATE SENATOR.
sketch of John Peterson, Fusion Nuu,-
iNCe In the lTOrfy.f7 rsf nist riot

Sketch of John Peterson, Fusion Num-
ince In the Forty-first District.
The Democrat-People's nominee for
state senator in the 41st district, com
prising the Fifth and Sixth wards of
Minneapolis, is John Peterson, a con-
tractor and builder, residing at POLL
Second street south, and a man who has
resided in the district for the past fifteen
years. Mr.. Peterson has been an active
worker in all reform movements for
the past seventeen years. He is well
educated, and has always been a close
student of political economy. In the
campaign of 1896 he did excellent work
for the Democratic ticket in his district
and advocated with might and main the
regulation of department stores and
numerous other reforms so necessary
to the welfare of the public He has
never before been a candidate for office.
ana did not seek the nomination at this
time. He is honest and capable. has a
splendid record as a friend of organized
labor, and should he be elected to the
state senate Mr.. Peterson will represent
the people of his district at the state
capital in manner which will reflect
credit on himself and his constituents.