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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

edge dawned upon her, it but showed
more plainly how apart her life was
from others. Something of this she
told Fritz, as they strolled forth one
evening, the same moon so quietly
looking upon them which and that
night witnessed her strange dance.
A moments silence followed; then he
took aud clasped her hand within his
own.
"Fanchon," he said, "you are not
alone, as you suppose! Look~ as
they stood beside clear lake. "What
does the shadow in the water tell you,
dear? That you have grown beauti-
full? Can it not also tell you that, as
once you asked of me to grant you one
request, so now ask in turn of you.
But, darling, it is yourself; you who
first taught me to be a man; who first
showed me the path of honor. Fan
chon, will you give yourself to me-
will you be my wife?"
The dark eyes we're raised bewil-
deringly to his, her heart beating so
fast, SO loud, she clasped her little
hand convulsively upon it as she
spoke:
Your parents! What would they
say? All, Fritz, they called my poor
old grandmother witch because she
learned the secrets of the herbs, and
sold them as medicines; but she left
me OILY legacy of shame.
"They shall ask you, darling; they
shall seek you. You shall enter no
roof unwelcomed; but if they add their
entreaties to mine, Fanchon, what will
then be your answer"
"Oh, Fritz, L should die of too
much happinessl"
But Joy rarely kills, and, even as
Fritz had said, their boys happiness
was nearest the parents hearts.
Even Claude forgot his jealousy and
added his prayers. So, in the sum-
mer time, the village church was
crowded with happy faces, as Fritz
received from his own fathers hands
poor little Fanchon, rich at last.
New York Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
A New Life-Belt.

Swimmers are generally very suspic.
ious with regard to life-belts, for uD-
less these contrivances are we'll made
and properly adjusted they are posi-
lively dangerous in use. Some are so
bulky that they impede all action.
This defect certainly applies TO the
cork waistcoats adopted by the Ma
tional Lifeboat Institution, and it will
be remembered that in the recent fatal
capsizing Of liteboat at Margate the
men had not donned their corks on
this very ground. Anew kind of belt
known as the Louiton foat-is de-
scribed and illustrated in French
journal; and it has the appearance of
a conger eel with conical ends. Made
of sheet rubber, it passes round the
neck, across the chest and round the
waist, and can be inflated in one min
ute by the mouth; and its weight is
about one pound. The life-belt or
float is flexible, light and easily placed
in position. 1t can be worn without
inconvenience, and is designed, among
other purposes, for the use of swim
ming schools. s.-Chambers's journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Bo,sy Was Very Homesick.

DR.. J. A. Smith, a Wabash physician,
reports well-defned case of a home
sick COW. The doctor two weeks ago
bought fine mixer from a Wabash
County farmer. She was brought in
aud placed in his stable, but from the
first day refused to cat, and spent the
days and nights in melancholy lowing.
She the first day or two gave an abun-
dance of milk, but soon afterward be-
came "dry," and the doctor became
fearful she would die. Day before
yesterday he returned her to the far
mer She appeared overioyed to get
back to the old home, began to eat
voraciously, and is again giving milk.
The doctor attributes it all to home
sickness. .-Indianapolis News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

Lawyer Sharpsett found he would
be unable to go home in time for sup
per. His typewriter girl having quit
for the afternoon, he sat down to the
machine himself and succeeded, after
half an hours work, in evolving the
following note, which he sent to his
wife by messenger boy:
attheOffice 5-30p. mi
DEAR miLLi e::: / shlal not be xxx
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until vrey yeryxxxxxx late do not.
wait fr for mEA A ellen W no Has
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pointmen is MINIMIZING is cmoing
to cnosult consultme & it will take al
al all eqenxxxxxxevening your lvoing
husgxxxxxxhusbnd. j: hiraM@?
81 know Hiram wrote i'll" ex-
claimed Mrs. Sharpsett after she had
read it. "Those KS are where he
swore. Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
sYrun For Sore Throat.

a soothing preparation for an ordi-
nary sore throat is lemonade made
without the addition of water. Crate
the rind from one and squeeze the
juice from two lemons over two heap
ing teaspoonfuls of sugar. Be very
careful to CRATE only the yellow, as the
white gives bitter flavor. Add the
juice and grated rind of an orange, a
blood orange making it even more de-
licious. Let this stand ten to fifteen
minutes aud then strain through a.
cloth. This result is syrup with a
refreshing and delicious taste. More
sugar can be used, but the sourer the
mixture is the better it assuages the
thirst or irritation in the throat. New
York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

The proprietor of the shoe shop sat
on packing case and looked envious-
ly at the rival establishment across
the way.
'I wonder why it is that he is get
ting all the business" he said.
"He has gone over his entire stock, "
explained the clerk, who had taken
the trouble to investigate the matter,
"and has remembered the sizes. AS a
result woman who ordinarily wears a
No. shoe eau be fitted with No. 2
in his store"
Then, of course, it was apparent
why nine out of every ten women in
town absolutely refused to patronize
any one else.-Chicago Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
LOVES PROMISE.

Across the main, and far away,
Where the river joins the sea,
Where blows the broom at break OF day,
My true love waits for me;
Ills brow is sad, his eyes are sweet,
And his heart both brave and true,
., when, my love, shall we e'er meet,
Ny lonely self and youl
"Ah, maid most dear" his lips reply,
In the north land far away,
owe neer shall meet till,eternity
Breaks through life's cloudy day;
We ne'er may take loves lastadieu,
Ere Death begins his flight,
But 1, for aye, will still be true,
Aud so, my love, good night"
johnson McClune Bellows, in the Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A municipal council in France has
ordered its proceedings to be reported
by phonogrsph.
We cannot see the sun itself, we see
only the cloud or vapor shell that
covers it, like the mantle of a Wels-
bach burner.
1t is announced that italian expert
ments on vegetable life with Roentgen
rays have shown that the effect is
identical with that of sunlight.
The Belgium Government is con-
templating the establishment of an
overhead single-rail between Brussels
and Antwerp. 1t is expected that
speed of about ninety miles an hour
will be obtained.
Professor Elmer Gates, of Washing
ton, has recently improved the per-
formance of the microscope, and it is
now possible for the human eye to see
an object magnified 100000 times.
Heretofore 10000 has been the limit.
Four of the Montana willows, with
one from the island of Unalaska, are
the smallest shrubs of Salicacee in
the world. One of these growing Of
ten only half an inch high, is believed
to be the smallest species of willow
ever known.
If the land surface of the globe were
divided and allottediu equal shares to
each of its human inhabitants, il
would be found that each would get
pot of twenty-three and one-halI
acres, but much of it would not be
worth having.
The sun consists of three parts, the
central portion, or nucleus, which is
gaseous, but rendered viscous under
the enormous pressure and high tenn.
perature, the photosphere of incan.
descent metallic vapors, and the cor,
ona, which is only observable during
the time of total eclipse.
DIR. George Ardin Stockwell says
that the danger of rabies to any one
human being is only as one in mil.
lion, and that in ffty-five years, dur
ing which he has examined every case
reported as occurring in North Amer
lea, as thoroughly as possible, he has
not been able to find a single one that
was not open to the gravest suspicion
as to error.
M. Phisalix announced to the Acad.
emie des Sciences, Paris, some time
ago, that cholesterine injected into the
blood of animals made them resist the
venom of vipers. Doubts were thrown
on his results, because he had used
cholesterine of animal origin. Since
then he has rereated his experiments
with crystallized cholesterine extract
ed from carrots, and found it as effec-
tive as that from animals. Moreover,
he has obtained similar results with
crystallized tyrosine extracted from the
dahlia and even with the sap of the
dahlia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

Since his return from abroad General
Miles has made some changes in his
full-dress uniform which make it
handsomer and more conspicuous.
About the sleeves and collar OF the
coat a conventional design of oak
leaves is embroidered in gold, and
this design again appears upon the
belt, which is OF Russian leather piped
with gold bullion. The epaulettes
have been laid aside for the fiat and
more modern shoulder knots charac-
teristic of the Russian uniforms.
They bear the coat-of-arms of the
United States and two stars indicative
of the rank of a maj general. A
scarf of gold is worn draped from the
right shoulder to the left side, and no
.handsomer or more soldierly figure
passed in review before the President
at the first official reception of the
season
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Instances are multiplying of the

Instances are multiplying of the sur
vival of human beings after injuries
to vital organs which hitherto were
considered fatal. The latest case of
this kind is reported from Bingham
ton, N. Y, where a chicken thief
shot himself in the head. The man
remained unconscious for week, and
the surgeons said his death was u
matter of time only. Finally, his
right eye bulged out, and it was re-
moved 10y an operation. With the
eye came a thirty-two-calibre bullet,
which had been in the mans brain
for six weeks. He is on the way to
recovery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
A SONG IN THE STRIFE.

Of the n
Are o he Awhile;
o After Awhile
deathless sound
mus o
Now
the hills After Awhile,
The hills OF the After Awhile.
fashioned them the Paradise
The hills OF the After Awhile
earaden
o
As bright seadfas splendor despite OF tho
As dear the loved dream again
the hills OF the After Awhile,
The hills of the After Awhile
y Hail. the Chicago Times Herald
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
cr.o, ur,,ain,. Blast Furnaces.

The number of blast furnaces built
in the United Kingdom to December
81, 1897, was 500, of which $50 woro
in operation. On September Both last
there were 37j furnaces in blast out
of GA built; on June Both, $50 out of
GS2: on March 31st, 379 ont of 6S3,
and on December 81, 1896, 372 in
blast out of 6S5 built. The list. as
usual, includes a number of old furn-
aces which will never be put in blast
again.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Warfare has become an exact science.

Warfare has become an exact science.
1t is no longer a question of brute
force. A thousand men with modern
arms and proiectiles could resist 1O0,-
900 such as fought the battle of Water.
loo. The big coast guns are handled
like telescopes, and require mathe-
matical calculation before they are
discharged as complicated as that
which determines the altitude of q
star; and while there are millions of
farmer boys and clerks in country
stores who would willingly offer their
lives in defence of their country, they
would be helpless until trained in u
modern fortiication or upon battle
shin
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Glass Umbrellas.

1t is rumored that before long glass
umbrellas will be in general use-
that is, umbrellas covered with the
new span glass cloth. These, of
course, will afford no protection from
the rays of the sun, but they will pos
sess one obvious advantage-namely,
that they can be held in front of the
face when meeting the wind and rain,
and at the same time the user viii be
able to see that he does not run into
unoffending individuals or lamp posts.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Hard to Please.

IT remember your wife as such q
dainty and pretty little thing, Humly,
and yet they tell me she has turned
out fine cooS?"
Turned out fine cook? She has
turned out half dozen of them with
in the last three weeks. Detroit
Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
a Generous Foe.

1t was not to be.
The gods and she had determined
otherwise.
He was persistent.
She was firm.
Yet kind.
"And it is goodbye" he said.
YES"
"And we are to part?"
eyes"
"Forever?"
She hesitated.
"No," she answered, slowly; you
may make it longer, if you wish. -
Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

1t is gratifying to the American Cul.
tivator to noto that none OF the South
American republics side with Spain in
her attempts 10 crush Cuba. They are
Spaniards in origin, but all remember
too we'll the expressions to which their
countries were subjected while still
colonies OF Spain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Spring Fishing-The Most Pleasant One
Financial MISUNDERSTANDING the Blow
Hard to Ploase-Literally True-BOth
to Go It Alone-The Real Thing, Etc.
The angler soon will lie In wait
To tempt the trout with flies.
Meanwhile, II he is up to date,
He'll exc revamp his lies.
Philadelphia Record
That spring is here
Doth not appear
To me by growing barn-yard csckle,
Its proofs find
In that my mind
Unconscious turns to fishing tackle.
Boston Courier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

Day by day it appears more proba-
BILE, announces the New York Tribune,
that the richest Yukon gold fields will
be found on the Alaska side Of the
boundary line. But that is only an
other argument for definitely marking
that. line at the earliest possible date.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
The Real Thing.

Author-"How do you like my new
play?"
Critic-"It's simply great. The
robbery in the third act is the most
realistic piece Of work 1 ever saw go
on the stage"
Author (pleased)-''Do you really
think SOP"
Criti,-"Of course, 1 do. Why,
even the words spoken by the thieves
are stolen. Chicago Daily News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

An Austrian engineer claims to have
discovered that sea water can be made
drinkablc by forcing it through tree
trunk. This being the case, all that
thirsty shipwrecked seafarers need to
do is to mako for the first forest and
strain the brine through the trees.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

The paying outlook in the Klondike
ocean transportation business is that
the steamships will catch about as
many coming out Of the country as
they take in.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
The Arizona WAY.

Stranger-"Do the officers of the
law here strictly attend to their
duties?"
Arizona Al-'They haf to. Sus-
pended the Sheriff for letting hoss
thief escape"
Stranger-"From ofice?"
Arizona Al-"No-frum a tree. -
New York Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Literally True.

Hello, old man," exclaimed his
friend; 'how's business?"
"Well," replied the poet, as he
thought of the unbroken succession of
rejected manuscripts, ''just at present
it's a case of small profits and quick
returns. New York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Grcat nrit,in,s Exnenses.

The expenses of Great Britain are
cow about 100000, 900 yearly, or
oearly $1,000 per minute, but every
tick of the clock represents an inflow
of little over $40 into the British
Treasury, thus leaving an annual sur
plus of about $50, 900, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Proof PositiYe.

''Do you believe there is really any
thing in phrenology?"
IT do. had my head examined by
q phrenologist once, and the moment
he came to my first bump he told me
that my wife used an old-fashioned
rolling-pin. Cleveland Leader.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Financial Revenge.

"They say that war scares make
trade good"
Eyes, when my wife gets mad at me
she goes downtown and spends every
cent she can lay her hands on. De
troit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
buttons For New York Police.

The New York police, 1900 men, are
to have new uniforms, and each one
will require for his two uniforms and
oversoat seventy-eight buttons. This
means $50, 1000 buttons, or four tons
Of brass.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Law TO Prevent oy,r,rorI,. .

In Holland women and persons Of
either sex under the age of sixteen
are now forbidden to begin work
earlier than . n. m, or TO continue at
work after D. M, nor may their worB
exceed eleven hours a day in all.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Both TO Go IL Alone.

81 should have thought that Bagley
would get tandem for himself and
wife instead of two single wheels.
ooh, no; Bagley has been married
sixteen years. Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

Ought schoolmistress to go to her
school on bicycle? This is the
question the Paris Municipal Council
has had to decide, and its decision is
in the negative.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
STORY OF FANCHON.
BY HELEN BEEKNIAN.
uRELY the nnon

JRELY the moon
never witnessed so
rare, so strange, a
sight as that which
its own rays served
to produce. On a
desolate space of
land, a short dis
tance from n for
lorn hut, where it
cast its brightest
beams, n young
girl of some fifteen
summers, the only
figure in the soli-
tary landscape,
waved aloft her
arms as she danced
merrily to and fro,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27

Washington society has decided that
it is good form to be patriotic, and is
really making fad Ct the sentiment
according to w. E. Curtis, in the
Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Softening the Blow.

Madeline indignantly)-"He said I
was an old fame of his? The ideal"
Julia (soothingly)-"Oh! I don't
think he meant that you were old at
that time. Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Tho Most Pleasant Ono.

Inquiring Friend (Which is the
best route to the Klondike?"
Returning Klondiker (hoarsely)-
'The one coming homel"-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
Polyglot Russia.

Sixty languages are spoken IN the
empire governed by the Gar OF
Russia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-04-27
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10

jacob Rabson is no more with his
friends in the ordinary walks of men.
IL would be interesting to write of the
deeds of his eventful life, but lack of
space forbids mention of but few of the
most important. His birth occurred
at Kent, England, on February %, 1872
At SIX weeks of age he started, with
his fathers family, to America, and
reaching this country the family set
tied at town of Name, Illinois. In Oc-
tober, 1868, at twenty years of age he
enlisted in the army {" For the Union,'
Company L., SSth Illinois Regiment.
He saw much of "The war of the Re-
bellion," and was u prisoner eighteen
months at Andersonville and Libby
prisons. After the close of the rebel
lion he soldiered on the western reserve
among the red men of the plains. On
returning home he was, in his twenty
; sixth year, married to Elizabeth
Ockerby. In 1878 he was made Ma
son at Wheeling, Illinois. In 1891 he
became member of the A. O.. u. W.,
at Extra. The 29th day ofAugust, 1895,
he obeyed the Gospel and became
member OF the Christian church, at
ezra. Brother Rabson remained
faithful to all the above relationships,
~ SiAu SOSlCUlcS. liz CuulG 10 All-
dubon county in 1882 and settled on
the farm, two miles east of town,
where he resided until the first day of
February last, when he removed to
Extra, having sold the farm and
purchased a home in town, where
he lived when death came to
him, on the first day of March. He
had gone about his chores in the morn
ing, with more than usual good feeling.
Having finished morning work he
came into the house and after talking
few moments with Mrs. Rabson, he
extended his arms toward her eXclaim-
ing: "Take me, ma; Pm dyinew
and in a few moments his spirit had
taken its flight. Thus passed away a
good man, husband, father, brother,
neighbor and friend. The funeral was
attended by large number of people,
! and the remains were buried in the
Extra Cemetery.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10
Motorman Hard to Kill.

According to daily newspaper,
George w. Arberry, a motorman of
Montgomery, Ala, fell i'll of the yellow
fever and, it was thought, died. The
body was put into box which two
negroes undertook to cart away and
bury on q hill. The mule team ran
away, and the box was overturned and
broken. When the negroes tried to fix
things up, Arberry came back to con-
seriousness and yelled to know what was
being done to him, which caused the
negroes to flee as fast as their legs would
carry them. Arberry managed to crawl
to the nearest house, aud, although
nearly dead from exposure, he recovered
eventually. -Electrica Review.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10

The eight knights Templar of
Extra, members of Godfrey Comman-
derry, No. A, Of Audubon, have in
yited said Commandery to observe
Easter Sunday, April 10th, in Extra,
and the Invitation has been accepted.
The Commandery, in their beautiful
uniforms, will arrive by special train
and with military manoeuvres will re-
pair to the Con gregational church
which will be appropriately decorated
with flowers and emblems of the order
ana the knights will be addressed by
Sir Knight H. L. Wissler, on the
beauties of Easter which are SO closely
connected with Templarism. After
these impressive ceremonies at the
church the knights in solemn process
sion will wend their way to the Extra
cemetery where they will decorate
with lilies and garlands the resting
place of their departed, beloved
brother, Sir Knight F. J. stranger.
The Blue Lodge of this place will also
participate in the ceremonies.