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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
The Peanut Industry.

The laetst thing in the way of trusts
is peanut combine. Very few peo
pie realize the extent Of the industry.
The value of the crop is between So,
100000 and Sc, 900, 900 annually, and
about SO, 200, 900 is invested in clean
ing establishments. Four Of them are
located at Norfolk. eight at Richmond,
Petersburg, Danvi;le and other places
in Virginia; three at Cincinnati, two
at st. Louis and three others in differ
ent Parts OF the Southwest. The largest
establishment belongs to Gwaltney &
Bunkley, at Smithfeld, Va, where
they handle about twenty five per cent
of the entire peanut crop of the United
States. All of the seventeen Other
concerns have agreed to combine theiI
interests SO as to control the produci
and increase prices and profits, which,
through competition, are now very
low.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
AN olD.FAsHIoNED Sport.

When chestnut trees are beaten bare,
And hickory leaves turn yellow,
When dropping papaws I'll the air
With perfume rich and mellow,
We boys steal of In early night,
While whimpering screech-owls shiver,
And by the pine-knots' fickerlng light
Go gigging, down the river.
Our blazing prov in crystal swims;
We hear n wind-blown tinkle
OF hidden rills, and through the limbs
Stars peep, and home lights twinkle
On distant hills; and there below.
Where restless weeds are swayinG,
A silent circle wldens slow,
The muskrat's door betrayinG.
Alert lean along the bow,
With slender gig held ready,
While Ben now poles tho boat, and now
Stands still, and holds her steady.
The fallen leaves in squadrons pass,
Each leaf its shadow throwing,
And which are shadows, which are bass,
Is often past our knowing.
The townsman, rugged with rod and reel.
When summer suns are burning,
With anglers art here fills his ereel,
Our rustic methods spurning.
But each to each his own delights
No keener sport we're wishing
Than here to try in pleasant nights
Our ancient Indian fishing.
And oft again in wintry dreams,
Our boyish fancies straying,
Glide backward down the darkling streams
Where Memory's torch is playing;
Again the steel is aimed true,
And down young nerves a-quiver
Tingles arrest the thrill they knew
When gigging on the river.
William Heryey Woods, in Youths Com
paniOn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

The wreck OF the steamer Portland
of the coast OF Massachusetts,, involv-
ing the loss Of over one hundred lives,
appears tc have been due primarily to
q willful disobedience Of orders on the
part Of the captain of the doomed ship.
1t is alleged that he was ordered by
his employers not to sail from Boston
at the regular hour of departure, but
to wait Mt least two hours and consult
the weather reports as to the probable
duration Of the furious storm then
raging along the trsscherous coast
Instead offollowing these instructions.
it appears that he left port at the usual
hour, taking his vessel toward the
open sea in the face OF gale of ex-
traordinary violence, with the result
that he lest his ship, his life and the
lives Of all the other persons on board.
II is grim tragedy Of the wintry seas,
made doubly tragic by the probability
that it might have been averted ifcom-
mon sense and good discipline had
guided its principal actor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
SHE BURIED THE WRONG BOX.
Mistake at Funeral Which Made Even
the Mourners Laugh.

1t is not often that mans funeral
is funny enough to make his near
relatives laugh. This, however, is
what happened at the funeral of DIR.
Kellogg, of Ashland, Ohio. The Kel
logg family is an old and respected
one in town, and, as often happens in
old families of small towns, is con-
nected with nearly every other family
in the town.
DR.. Kellogg died in New York. He
was a widower, without any children,
and left orders in his will for his body
to be cremated and the ashes deposited
in the grave of his wife at Ashland.
Mrs. Patterson, cousin, was
directed to carry out this request.
The death of the doctor cast a gloom
over'the whole big family of kinsfolk.
Mrs. Patterson telegraphed directions
for the cremation of the body, and
watched an1iously for the arrival of
the remains. One morning the ex-
pressman drove up with the box. A
funeral was held. and attended by
Ashland in a body. The wife's grave
was opened, the box deposited
solemnly, and the dispersed.
A few days afterward Mrs. Patter-
son received small zinc box, about
the size of the first. She was horri-
fed to find that this last box un-
doubtedly contained the ashes of her
cousin, DR.. Kellogg. She knew, of
course, at once that something else,
no telling what, had been deposited
in the cemetery in lieu of the doctor.
A quiet investigation was made. It
was found that another Mrs. Patterson
in Ashland, a sister-in-law, had sent
dress to dye firm in New York.
The box containing this dress had
been deposited in the grave of the late
Mrs. Kellogg.
A second and very quiet burying
was held, at which only Mrs Patter-
son and the sexton were present. The
story was too good to keep, aud was
soon passed around.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
Gibraltar Over-Fortlfied.
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That it is possible to fortify place
too much is strikingly shown in the
case of Gibraltar.
s Ever since 1713, when it was cap.
tured by the English, sappers and
miners and engineers have been hol.
lowing out fort after fort in the living
rock to place batteries in, until to-day
the military experts have suddenly
awakened to the fact that they have
undermined the rock itself with theft
borrowings, and are now trying tc
think of some plan to strengthen it.
So honeycombed, indeed, is it that
it is estimated that if powerful man.
of-war could get within range and gel
in few shells the place would crum
BILE away like an ant-hill.
Whether the idea of one rather &c
centric expert will be put into prac
tice-namely, coating the whole Will
steel plates after the manner of an
ironclad-is not known; but certain il
is that something will have to be done
sooner or later. -Tit-Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

The latest declaration as to the legal
status of the boycott is found in an
opinion rendered by the Supreme
Court of Michigan in a case which
arose out of a boycott of firm of mill
owners by striking union teamsters.
The strikers picketed the mills and
issued circulars establishing q boycott
on the firm. The court prefaced an
injunction against the strikers with q
statement of the law regulating the
relations between employer and en-
ploye. According to the court the
law protects employers in the right to
employ whom they please at prices
they and their employees can agree
upon, and to discharge them at the
: expiration of their term of service for
violation of their contract. So, also,
the laborers have the right TO fix a
price upon their labor; and to refuse
to work unless-that price is obtained.
They lave this right singly or in COM
bination. They may organize in order
to improve their condition and secure
better wages, and may use persuasion
to induce men to join their organiza-
ton or refuse to work except for an
established wage. They may present
their cause to the public in newspa-
papers or circulars in peaceable
way, and with no attempt at coercion.
This, however, marks the limit of
either party's right. The injunction
granted by the court restrained the
strikers from picketing the premises
and from distributing boycott circu-
lars which were said to cmbody threat
ening language. Labor, as the de-
cision illustrates, possesses freedom
OF action and of combination, but that
freedom must not be construed to in
clude intimidation or coercion of
others whose right to labor or employ
labor is equally free.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

The strained relations between Nor
way and Sweden bear close resem-
blance to those between Hungary and
Austria. Norway, like Hungary, has
been rapidly increasing in wealth and
population and, like Hungary, she is
evidently aiming at eventually COM
plete independence. In the meantime
Norway is seeking for a separate con-
sular service Of her own, claiming that
under the present arrangement the
foreign service of the Scandinavian
union is practically Swedish, and Nor
wegian interests suffer greatly in con-
sequence. To this Sweden refuses to
assent, maintaining that there can be
only one representation of the union
abroad. The recent action of the Nor
wegian storthing in adopting resolu-
ton for flag without the emblem of
the Scandinavian union is apparently
protest against the attitude OF Swe-
den. Where the long dispute between
these.two countries will end it is hard
to say. The good influence of King
Oscar, like that of Emperor Joseph in
the case of Austria and Hungary, has
kept the two countries together in
spite of jealousy and pickering, and it
may prevent dissolution of the Scan
dinavian union.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
The nachelors of Ancient Rome.

Ancient Rome was severe with its
bachelors, who were made to pay
heavy fines and were subjected to even
worse treatment, for it is on record
that Camillus, after the seige of Veili,
compelled them to marry the widows
of those soldiers who had fallen in
battle. In the time of Augustus mar
ried men were preferred for filling
public offices. Romans who had as
many as three children were exempt
from the payment of personal taxes
and they were paid instead by the
bachelors. Plato condemned unmar-
ried men to be fined, and at Sparta
they were driven at certain times to
the Temple of Hercules by the women,
who chastised them in true military
style. In modern times women were
sent over to the French settlement of
Canada after the men, and in order to
compel unwilling bachelors to marry
they were heavily taxed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
3e.-Hidden House Furnishings.

I took my little brother on an ex-
cursion just over the mountains. on
Friday last, and so far as my enjoy
ment was concerned, / declare the trip
to be decidedly failure Harold, as
soon as we were seated in the car,
pettishly declared there was too much
air, then fretted because there was
too little room, and then cried because
he wasn't able to sit in any seat he
pleased. I finally had to hand him
over to Mr.. Minot to manage. When
taking a trip, 1 another time shall
know better than to take Harold
along.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
A Sagacions Hen.

My sister lived on farm in Wood
bury, Conn, and raised a great many
fowls. One hen turkey was very un-
fortunate with her bi oods, losing them
by taking them into the tall grass,
some distance away. She was an ex-
cellent mother, but lacked judgment.
She mourned sincerely for them, and
for comfort would coax the broods of
the other turkeys and hens to follow
her. One morning about A o'clock
my sister was awakened by pecking
at her face. Springing up, she found
hen on the bed. 1t was the mother
of young brood of chickens. She
pondered a moment and then said to
her husband, 81 believe that old tur-
key is calling Biddy's chickens away"
Going to the door, the hen in advance,
there, indeed, was the childless fowl
clucking to the chickens, which were
toddling along after her The mother
hen had given the alarm, but the mys-
terry was how she had gained an en-
trance to the house Upon looking
about, it was found that a,window had
been left open in an upper hall, just
below which was a shed. 1t was not
very high, but the anxious mother had
flown upon the shed and from there to
the window, then, going down the
stairs, which opened into the kitchen,
the door of which was open. had gone
across the room into the bedroom and
awakened my sister. She rescued the
truant brood, gave the old turkey q
sound scolding, and restored them to
their affectionate and natural parent.
And hens are accused of being the
most stupid of creatures. Correspond
ence Springfield Mass Republican.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
By EDWARD JOHN HART.

'RISINGS were in
the air and Sails
bury, the capital
of Mashonaland,
was in a state bor-
dering on panic,
in the month of
June, 1896. The
NJ a $ h had
risen to aid their
former oppres-
sors, the Mata-
belle, and from the
10Th to the 18th
of June, and
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
Oregon Children Wise in Their Generation

Oregon children naturally keep track
of commercial and international
affairs, for their State has an extensive
seaboard and intimate relations with
the wheat markets of the world.
A class in geography was reciting in
one of the rooms of the Central school
house yesterday, when the matter of
the interchange Of commerce and
natural products came up for discus
sion and review. After referring to
other countries and explaining what
kind of articles were shipped TO Ger
many, France and England, the
teacher put to the class this question:
"What do we send to Spain?"
A number of little hands went up
all over the room, indicating Il readi-
ness and desire to answer, aud the
teacher told a bright-looking little
girl in the further end of the room
that she might tell. and she said:
"We send soldiers to Spain"
Eyes, that is true, " said the teacher;
''but can you tell what we receive in
return?"
"We get islands, came the answer
promptly from the same little girl. -
Portland Oregonian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

Rose-"Was he on his knees when
he proposed?" Mary-."No; but /
was. ."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
"The vane on the church steeple
says the wind is East. "Well, that
is pretty high authority. Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Caller-"Doesn't it worry you to
think ofyour daughter on the ocean,"
Old Lady-'Land sakes, no. She can
swim. New York Weekly.
'Tls now the humble married man
| Doth grunt and swear ike sin,
And carry out his wife's commands
And her dear house plants In.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
First Billionaire--" Make much on
the deal?" Second Billionaire-''No
not over q Million" First Billionaire
-"Oh, well; every million counts. -
Truth.
Bangs-"How they applaudedl"
Griggs-"Yes; probably the man who
is speaking is telling them what intel
ligent looking men they are. Boston
Transcript
Bobby-"Popper, what is respect
able fortune?" Mr.. Ferry-"One big
enough to make its owners opinions
on any subject entitled to respect. -
Cincinnati Eng lirer.
Hoax-"Jones gets great deal of
credit for the way he keeps his family
clothed" Joax-''Well, they wouldn't
be so nicely dressed if he didn't. y
Philadelphia Record
Mrs. Benham-"M Mother tried to
commit suicide to-day, but prevented
it." Mr.. Benham-"I wish you'd let
her have her own way about those
little things. Town Topics.
"No, Herbert, L am sorry, but am
sure we could not be happy together.
You know always want my own way
in everything" "But my dear girl,
you could go on wanting it after We
were married. ".-London Judy.
Physician looking into his ante
room)-"Who has been waiting the
longest" Tailor (who had called to
present his bilI-'T have, doctor; L
delivered the clothes to you three
years ago. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
81 WONDER" remarked Professor
Deliver, 'if the Emperor William
turned up his royal nose when he saw
the Mosque of Omar?" "Omar?'
echoed Mrs. Deliver, momentarily at
loss. "Oh, yes. He was the man who
wrote the Iliad. Chicago Tribune.
Minnie" said a mother to her
naughty three-year-old daughter,
what is the reason you and your lit
tie brother Harry can't get along with
outquarrelling?" ~ don't know, was
the reply, "unless it's because take
after you and Harry takes after papa"
They had been talking of the war
hero. "When he passed through our
town." said the blonde triumphantly,
II kissed him." "Quite likely" an
swered the brunette, "but never have
found it necessary to take the initia-
tive in such matters. Chicago Even
ing Post.
1t was with difidence that he rose
to the sentiment. ''AIr. Toastmaster
and gentlemen" he said, 81 anu not
reminded of little story OF
course he was howled down. " palp-
able liar has no standing before a cul-
tivated American audience. Detroit
Journal.
He latter being accepted And
now, darling, may just have one
kiss?" She-"Will you promise never
to ask me again if l let you have just
one?" He-"I'll promise not to ask
for that particular one again" She
"Oh, well, take it. But L don't see
why you want to waste time asking
such fool questions. Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

In spite OF all the attractions OF
football, it is still true that the i'm
pelling motive of young men who seek
our colleges is a serious purpose to
acquire knowledge and an adequate
preparation for the important duties
citizenship.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

A society has been formed in Paris
whose business it will be to furnish a
fourteenth guest for dinner parties
numbering thirteen guests. Alas,
Observation-Disclosures frivolous Parisians
take the little amenities OF life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS PUZZLES

ga Drop Vowel Quotation-Be
ashamed to die until you have won
some victory for humanity.
ga Double Acrostic-Primals,
John Greenleaf Whittier; finals, 1.-The
Goldsmith of America" l, Jurist; 2,
oldish; 8, horologe; 4, nutmeg; g.,
Gonzalo; 6, reveal; 7, errand; S,
egress, 9, Nahum; 10, lazuli; II,
erect; u, afresh; 13, fiasco; IA; Wy
elf; 10, Hygeia; 16, infrm; II, tenn
pie; IS, talker; 10, Illimani; 20, ex-
otic; 81, Ramona.
27.-Five Beheadments H -arbor,
STRAY, tour, slate, spine.
28.-A Diamond
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

We Bent 2,222,27 pounds OF mail
TO Great Britain during the last fiscal
year.. from which it would appear that
we are entitled to high rank among
people OF letters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
90 Gross Word Enigma.

2O.-A cross word Enigma
My first is In mouse. but not in rat;
Ny second is In dog, but not in cat;
My third is in trial, also In treasure;
My fourth Is in health, but not in pleasure
My fifth Yin ear, but not In mouth;
My last IS in north. but not in south;
My whole is OF the greatest worth,
For 1t Is the dearest name on earth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

The elephant beetle of Venezuela is
the biggest of its species. An average
specimen of this insect, when full
grown, weighs half a pound.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
3O.-A Pied Verse.

Eth volley wont saw withs thlw pelap-
sloomb,
Dan eth treag slem hoeread
Krar dashwos vowe no relth realla moods,
Thos hugroth thlw delong arthed.
-Felgonwoll.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

Railroads through the wild Vest"
put an end to serious Indian out
breaks. They would be great civiliz-
ing and peacemaking forces in our
new possessions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18
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The oasis., 1899-03-11
TIE NIcARAGuA CANAL.

Following the program presented by congress in appropriating one million dollars to investigate canal routes across the isthmus of Nicara- qua, or of Panama. President Mckinley will immediately pro- ceed to make the necessary invs sti- gations, and by the time the fifty sixth congress assemblies in Decem- Der all the necessary information will be secured and the best and most feasible route can and will be authoritatively designated by the President of the United States. More than that can he do, as point ed out in a recent interview by Representative Hepburn of Iowa
 He can negotiate with Nicaragua and Costo Rica or Columbia, a treaty for the right of way for a canal, and can submit that treaty or treaties to the senate simultaneously with his report to congress upon the route. Speedy ratification will fol- low, and then the necessary appro- priation to carry out the provisions of the treaty or treaties will be made at once. The outlook for a trans-isthmian canal is very bright and work will be begun in 1900. Early in the twentieth century vessels will be passing from ocean to ocean upon the new route.
The oasis., 1899-03-11
In Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Times of Thursday has the following of interest in Sonora
 David hardenberg. who arrived in the city on Tuesday from Rio Yaqui, Mex, is superintendent of the Sonora X Sinaloa Irrigation Co.,. which has just completed canal sixty feet wide, and carrying seven feet of water Twenty-Five miles through 550,0O0 acres of cultiyable land. The building Of the canal, which is tunnel through rock for the first half mile of it's length, has occupied about three hundred men nearly four years. The company is composed of English, Mexican and New York capitalists. and President w A. Watson of New York, Is now in the field.
 The Yaqui river country" says MT Hardenberg, has up to few months ago, been under the control of the Yaqui indians, but the Mexican government has just succeeded in conquering them and movement, according to the newspapers, is on foot for placing government school down there.
 We are now building lateral canals from our main and will soon till our soil We will raise wheat, sugar, cot ton and fruits. We will export largely to Europe. The Yaqui flows into the Gulf ot California, about thirty-five miles south of Guaymas, and our heading is about sixty miles inland It will irrigate about 300,000 of our acres, which are lowlands to the southwest
 "I am here to talk with steamship agents to see what will be tae chances for steamer exportation to Europe. Most of our wheat will go to Europe, but large amount Of all our products will be consumed in Mexico. The plan uf the future is for a railroad from the El Paso line through our grant to Topolobampo bay, where we will have our own docks. Some of this land is being titled without irri- gation.
The oasis., 1899-03-11

RECENTLY Colin Cameron sol emnly assured the editor of THE Oasis that he has not enclosed with fences a single acre of land not belonging to him. To that as- sertion Messrs. George Beckwitb, 1, George w. Atkinson. T. D. Casa mega and others reply most posi- lively that MT. Cameron has H. legally fenced thousands of acres of the public domain. There is clear ly lie out somewhere, MT. Gamer on. THE OASIS doubts that Messrs. Beckwith, Atkinson and Casanega would lie That sort of throws the onus of falsehood upon you, Mr. Cameron.
The oasis., 1899-03-11

AMONG the many wise and popu- lar appointments of President Mo Kinley none has better filled the requirements of the post than of Governor N. 0. Murphy as the chief executive of Arizona Hold ing the same office under the Har- rison administration the gentleman made an ideal executive, and he is now giving a second most excellent demonstration of his eminent fitness for the post.
The oasis., 1899-03-11

MExIcANs think football and prize fighting too brutal to be permitted. Americans hold to the same opinion about bull fighting and cock fighting. To an unbias- ed observer it would seem that about the only difference between the two nations on the questions in- volved is that there is less hypoc- risy about them in Mexico than in the United States.
The oasis., 1899-03-11

PRosPEcToRs and operators in Sahuaripa district complain of petty annoyances to which they are sub jected by district officials. The region is attracting much attention and considerable development is being done over there. If the dis trict officials want their region to prosper and profit by its natural advantages they should treat de- gently those foreigners who come in to take hand in the good work of development.