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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
Some HoosIer superstitIons.

If you sweep dirt out of the house,
you sweep out your luck. Burn the
dirt.
II hen crows, bad luck is coming.
Sell the hen to a peddler.
If you turn a chair around on one
leg, or if you turn loaf upside down,
there will be a quarrel in the house.
If you give away a cat or one goes
away, don't let it come back or COW
or horse will die.
Don't turn back when once started
on journey or bad luck will follow
you.
If the cat washes her face it will
soon rain.
Don't put your left stocking or shoe
on first when dressing in the morning
or you will put your foot in it some
way during the day.
If you don't put a horseshoe-one
that has been worn by two-year-old
filly-in the churn, the witches will
take the butter.
If chair falls as you rise from il,
you will not marry within q year. II
the housewife sweeps under your feet
you will not marry within seven years.
English Qnd. Letter to the Indian.
apolis News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
A Deaf Mute Travelling Salesman

A. G. Kent, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
is travelling salesman for a Wiscon.
sin chair factory, and as such there is
not another in the country like him.
He is young, handsome, bright His
popularity lies in the fact that he is q
deaf mute. On his card is the in.
scription: "The company that needs
no talking" and he lets the photo.
graphs which he carries do the talk
ing for him.
Kent is twenty-eight years old and
that the world is silent to him is due
to an infantile disease that destroyed
the hearing. He was educated at the
State school for the deaf and when he
came out to find place for himself in
the world he at first worked for his
father in making and selling furniture.
Then he secured a position as travel
ing salesman for the Wisconsin con-
Germ and has been highly successful
in the business.
When he enters the store of a GUS
toner he lays down his card and as he
has already become well known to the
trade it is no longer necessary for him
to explain his application. He pro-
duces his photographs with the cost
marked on each, and the dickering
which ensues is done on a scratch
bank or by signs. Instead of being a
handicap. Kent's inhiction Is help to
him in his business. Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

After two years of Investigation a
commission On water supply in Pitts
burg has recommended system of
sand filtration, estimated to cost
S1,700, 900. The commission says
that the investigation narrowed it.
self down to a recommendation either
OF the sand system or q mechanical
system. An examination OF the rela-
tive efficiency of the two methods in
the light of experience showed that,
SO far as the removal OF bacteria from
the water is concerned, the sand filter
leaves but little to be desired. In ad-
dition to bacterial efficiency is the
question OF the adaptibility OF the
effiuent for steaming purposes. The
effiuent which yields a minimum scale
formation and shows no corrosive
action upon the points in the boiler
generally first exposed to the attack,
is, all other things being equal, to be
preferred. Here again the sand filter
appears to have given the best salts
faction
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
The Music She PLAYS.

Here is what Philistine has to say
in an English weekly concerning
"The Music She Plays" 1t is given
for what it is worth:
'"There are worse ways of choosing
wife than by the music she plays,
and the way she plays it.
IF girl manifest prediction for
Strauss, she is frivolous; for Beethov.
en-, she is impractical; for Liszt, she
is too ambitious; for Verdi, she is sen.
timental; for Offenbach, she is giddyi
for Gounod, she is lackadaisical; foi
Gottschalk, sic is superficial; for
Mozart, she is prudish; for Flotow,
she is commonplace; for Wagner, she
is idiotic.
The girl who hammers away at
'Maiden's Prayer, Anvil Chorus, and
'Silvery Waves may be depended upon
as a good cook and healthful; and il
she iocludes Battle of Prague and the
White Cockade' in her repertoire you
ought to know that she has been re
ligiously and strictly nurtured.
"But, last of all, pin thy faith upon
the calico dress of the girl who can
play Home, Sweet Home. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
HORSE MEAT CANNING FACTORY

-
One at Linton, Oregon, That Makes No
Secret of Its Business.
A factory for canning horse meat is
located at Linton, Oregon, and it is
the only one in the United States that
does not hesitate publicly to announce
its business, relates the New York Sun.
The factory was started four years
ago, first as fertilizing plant. This
business was not success. The at
tention of one OF the company was at.
tracted by the excellent appearance Of
the flesh of horse that had just been
killed, and the idea occurred to him
to turn their fertilizer plant into q
factory for canning horse meat for the
markets of Europe. The building is
large wooden structure built and
appointed like any other slaughter
house. The horses are knocked in the
head, skinned and all the available
flesh dressed, cooked and pressed the
same as beef. 1t is then put into cans,
barrelled up and labelled "horse
meat" Among the European cities
where canned horse meat is sold are
Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, Am
sterdam and Copenhagen. A good
deal of horse meat is consumed in
London, it is said, but it is not sold
as such.
The factory at Linton gets many of
the horses needed for nothing. Thou
sands can be had in eastern Oregon
for taking them away. The ranchmen
are glad to get rid of their surplus
supply of horses, as they consumed
the hay that would be more proftably
fed to cattle and sheep. The state
ment is made that 200, 900 horses will
perish of starvation in eastern Oregon
this season. Last year the canning
factory at Linton slaughtered 5000
horses; the year before 10000. At
present they are not slaughtering any
on account of the poor condition of
the animals.
The business has not been a finan-
cial success, according to the state
ment o. ember of the firm, but it
is expected to outlive the prejudice
against horse meat in this country. A
member of the firm quotes Professor
Wheeler, of Philadelphia, to this
effect that there is no objection to
horse meat as food except that which
is founded on prejudice, and that it is
as good, healthy and nutritious as
beef or mutton.
"Many of the people at Linton, ="
said he, "have learned to like horse
meat and eat it with as great relish as
they do beef OF mutton or pork"
The hides of the slaughtered horses
are tanned and used for shoe leather.
The bones are used for fertilizing pur-
poses.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

At its recent special session the
Legislature of Kansas passed bill
that is a decided novelty in railroad
legislation. The bill, in brief, pro-
vided for the establishment, not Of an
ordinary commission, such as exists
In most OF the States, but OF regular
court vestel with exclusive original
jurisdiction over causes OF contro-
versy between the railroads and the
public. To it would be extended tho
authority belonging to courts OF COM
mon law and equity, under which it
could obtain evidence and compel
obedience to its decisions. The first
Judges would be appointed and their
successors elected; hence, the public
would have personal interest in the
court, and have no occasion to charge
the selection Of incompetent or ire
sponsible Judges.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
HIS SWEETHEART OF LONG AGO.

Molly is iEin' ter marry-Jenny is livin'
away,
An the boys hain't been back at the o home
in many an many day.
An somehow the springs lost its sweetness
an lonesome an long falls the snow.
An nuthin' is left but the pictur' of the
sweetheart loved long ago.
l never was one fer complainin'-but some.
thin seems lost from life's skies,
An often in sunshine it's rainin'-it's rainin'
Ground my OIL eyesl
fer heres whar their arms was eroun' me-
an here's whar she smiled on me,
An all that is left is the pictur' OF the sweet
heart l loved long ago.
The medder still feels the lark's shadder
an frequent hear the birds sing,
Jest as Ell nuthin' had happened ter all the
red roses OF springl
Jest as they sung at her weddn'. But how
kin the singin' birds know
That nuthin' is left but the pictur' OF the
sweetheart loved long ago?
Nuthin'2 Thar's Molly a-comin' an.
brlngin' rose ter me. Well
Life's story's top over an over, till nuthin'
is new that we tell.
Her arms eroun' my neck, an her blue eyes
in tears at my takin' OH so;-
Kiss me. dear-fer you're Jest like the pIctur'
OF the sweetheart l loved long ago.
F. L. Stanton, in the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
. ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS PUZZLES.

73.-Twelve Anagrammatic Cities
and Towns of the United States
Lewiston. Winchester, Joliet, La
porte, Clarion, Galesburg, Danville,
Steubenville, Blairstown, Baltimore,
Fall River, Maysville.
IA Drop-vowel Quototion-Bet.
Ter attack ten shadows than be robbed
by one thief.
70. - Five Beheadments - NJ old;
harrow; price; rash; t-aunt.
76.-Arithmetical Problem-He was
idle two days.
Analysis. II he had worked twenty
lays, he would have received 800,
but as he received only $50, he for
feited S14. Now, as he lost his wages,
s., and an additional sum of so for
every day that he was idle, his total
loss for every such day was 81, and
he was therefore idle as many days
as seven is contained times in four
teen, which is two.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

The Island on which Dreyfus is i'm.
prisoned is cai.ed the isis of the Devil,
not, as some have supposed, because
of its inhospitablo and insalubricus
character. for it is, in fact, most at
tractive and delightful "summer isle
of Eden," but simply because it was
once the prison of q convict so hide
ously depraved as TO have been known
to his jailers by tho sole name of the
Devil. 1t will have new name
If it shall be proved, as now seems not
unlikely, that Dreyfus was convicted
OF crime which neither ho nor any
one else committed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
Detroit Journal.
Raising Frogs ArtiBcialIv.

The unrestricted hunting of frogs
has caused rapid diminution in their
numbers, land consequently frog
farms, for their artificial propagation
and raising, are coming into vogue,
The largest of these are located in
Ontario, in the Trent River basin. II
has been in operation about twenty
years, and annually yield compara
lively large output of frogs. Th,
waters were stocked by means of ma
ture mated frogs. No attempt is made
to conine the frogs until the time O.
shipment approaches, when they are
taken alive at night, with the aid of
torchlight and confined in small pens
These are drained aud the frogs cap.
tured when they desired for market
No food is given, as this is naturally
present in sufficient amount for sue,
cessful growth. The species is thi
Eastern bull-frog, which reaches ma
turity in three years, and reaches
marketable size in four years. Dur
ing the last three years this farm
yielded annually 5000 pounds OF
dressed frog legs and 1000 living
frogs for scientific purposes and fo
stocking other waters.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
A Hapsburg Tradition.

An ancient tradition of the Haps.
ourg family, the most ancient and
tradition-laden family in Europe, de.
crees that the bodies of all its mem
bers. shall be divided into three
parts. 1t has all the sacredness of
law In accordance with this tradi-
tion, the body of the late Empress
lies in the crypt of the Church in the
Capuchins, her heart in silver urn
in the Church of the Augustines, and
the rest Of the internal organs in a
gold and crystal receptacle in the Ca.
thedral of ST. Stephen. Such a dis
section, attended with so much cere-
mony, appears dreadful to us. To
the Austrian imperial family it is only
a fulflment OF au ancient and honored
rule.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
Aguinaido's whistles Galore.

Private Andrew Spencer, of the
Twentieth Kansas, says in a letter
from Manila that every other native
he meets wants to sell him a brass
whistle purporting to be the cele
brated gold whistle with which Aguin
aldo provided himself when he as,
sumed the dictatorship. 81 have ha6
opportunities to buy at least three
hundred of these Whistles" writes
Spencer, "and the natives appear tc
be greatly offended when 1 question
the genuineness of the souvenirs.
Each one tells a different story about
how he came into possession of this
trophy, and the prices asked range all
the way from ten cents to $50. New
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

Syrian silk producers are advocat.
Ing the direct shipment to the United
States of the raw silk rails ed in Syria,
which now reaches us by way Of
France. 1t is held that four-fifths of
the 900, 900 pounds of silk annually
produced in Syria, which is now
shipped to France to be refinished
and re-exported to the United States,
could, with the establishment of di.
rect communication between America
and Syria, be sent here direct, to the
benefit both OF the grower aud of the
manufacturer. That there is force in
this view none can deny, says the Dry
Goods Economist, and since one large
house in New York is said to have
placed in Beirut an order for samples
OF Syrian raw silk, the elimination of
the French middleman in this particu-
lar case seems not distant.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

Mr.. Theodore G. Search, of Phila.
delphia, the President of the National
Association Of Manufacturers, advanced
some impressive figures in the course
OF the formal address which he de-
livered before the annual convention
Of that body in Philadelphia several
days ago. Going back seventy-fve
years in the commercial and industrial
progress Of the United States he showed
that thQ exports of manufactures in
1921 aggregated only s5,623, OFT, or
1888 per cent. of the total exports
which in that year aggregated S43,.
671, ,s94. Then coming down to the
present time he showed that the ex-
ports Of the manufactures in 1898 ag-
gregated S2ss, 81, 400, or 23.s7 per
cent. of the total exports which in
that year aggregated S1,210, 292, ,097.
From this disclosure one can easily
form some idea of the extraordinary
progress which this country has made
in commercial and industrial direc
tions during the past seyenty-fye
years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
Cmsar's Funeral Pile.

The most important discovery hith.
srto made is yet to be recorded.
When Julius Caesar was murdered in
the Senate House by the prototypes
and fellow-countrymen of Caserio,
Angiolillo and Lucheni, his body was
carried to the Forum. The body was
cremated there, and then and on the
spot a column of Numidian marble
was raised with the inscription, "to
the father of his country, to mark the
spot to future generations. The col
umn was removed later on. It's mar
BILE is probably now gracing some
church or cardinals palace, while its
base gradually became buried under
the debris Of ages, so that its very site
was unknown. This base has now
been found in front of the temple
erected to Caesar by his kinsman and
successor, Augustus. The temple,
like the column, is gone, but what re-
mains of both has now been brought
to light, and will be henceforward one
of the sights of Rome. Around this
column base q tesselated flooring was
observed, and on the removal of one
or two slabs quantity of ashes and
charred wood was discovered, evil
IDENTIFY the remains of the funeral pile
on which CesaI's body was burned
1000 years a2o.-Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

Women have cause for encourage
ment in the fact that the British ma.
tional census taker, six years before
the accession of Queen Victoria, set
down domestic service as tho only
wage-earning occupation for women.
Now there are in the United Kingdom
100, 900 teachers, $4,000 in the postal
service, together with largo Numbers
in other employmerts too numerous
TO mention.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

Well, I've been to hoe-down or two
myself before now, but I must say,
that one took the cake. The whole of
Alkali Creek and big gang of us
Riverside gobblers were there. Old
Jack Crawley alus was stuck on Bill,
and he just kept moseying around, a.
stirring up the drags, and we kept the
girls a-milling till plum sun.up the
next morning" Field and Stream.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
A Missing Prince.

There's prince astray somewhere
in the world. London and German
papers contain advertisements offer
ing a reward for information concern
ing the whereabouts of Prince Lud-
wig Loewenstein Wertheim Freuden.
berg. Two months ago he attended
the Duke of Portland's party at We'll
beck Abbey, and has not been seen
since.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
- LU -
7I.-Fonr Prngressiya EnIcmas.

77.-Four Progressive Enigmas.
l. l 2 4, was your 8 7 named
after General 1857?
.. this where the ship 3 5 e.
IN these l 23 4 567?
3. This 6was brought from
the / 2 3 4 5 6 Islands.
4. 1 saw an 2 3 4 in London when
I was on 6 trip; he came from l . 8 4
5 6,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

l. A head-covering. 2. Part of the
verb to be. 8. Another part of the
verb 20 be. 4. An article. 5. Not
there. 6. A possessive pronoun. 7.
To knock. s. At the present time. 8.
A kind of fish.
Primals-A famous American au.
thor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
S0.-A Diamond.

1. A consonant in Semper. 2. A
pouch. 5. One of the States. 4. A
kind of antelope. 5. A vowed in pro
fectum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
Bliss.

The Indian never enjoys burying
the hatchet so much as when he has
she skull of an adversary to bury in.
Boston Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
A Rhyme of Easter Rain.

A good deal OF rain on Easter Day
Gives a crop Of good grass, but little gocd
hay.
Is an old proverb to which much I'M
portance is attached by the supersit-
tious.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
SS.-A Half-Square.

I. To whirl. Q. A little fastener.
3, A proposition. 4. A consonant in
think.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
liUMoR OF THE DAY.

$50 they were married. That was
the last of their troubles, of course"
'Last, but not least. Detroit Jour-
nal.
II won't take this picture, Mr..
Artist, 1t doesn't look like my wife
at all" "Well, then, you are to be
congratulated.
Arizona Bill-"What killed your
friend? Horse run away with him?"
Texas Pete-"No; he ran away with
horse. "-Yonkers Statesman.
She wrote some grand verses on worry
To trace up the world-and then-well-
She got in tho worst kind of furry
For fear that those verses won't SELL
Detroit Free Press.
Annette-"H seedy the Bred
wells looked to-day" Jocelyn--"Yes,
they were going to make call on his
wife's wealthy relatives. Brooklyn
Life.
"Was Beatrice weeping because her
husband had appendicitis? "No,
she wept because he didn't get it un-
til it was out of style. Chicago
Record.
ooh, mamma" cried Pussie, as the
snake gave start and glided away in
the grass, sit seems to be all mads up
of ball bearings, doesn't it?"-Brook.
lyn Life.
Young Lady (soulfully)-"Life is
one grand, sweet songp Old Bach
elor crabbedly)-"Yes; but some of
us have fearfully poor voices. "-Rox.
bury Gazette.
Hustle Nit-"This book says that
bloomin' Frenchman Marat wuz
stabbed while taking bath" Park
bench Daly-"Is dat all he got fur
it?"-Wrinkle.
.. . Bunker seems to be completely
under his wife's thumb" "Yes; her
father gives her the same personal al.
lowance she had before she got mar.
ried. Chicago News.
Stayleight-"Tommy, do you think
your sister is fond of me?" Tommy
ct don't know. She gave me
quarter to set the clock half an hour
fast. Jewish Comment.
II bet ten kisses!" he cried,
And Marjorie answered, "Donel"
Quoth he, They're just as good as won."
They're ten times better than one, she
sighed.
Detroit Journal.
"Why can't you wait few min.
utes?" called the guests to the depart
ing train. Because time and tied
wait for no man" shouted the groom;
and then the shower of shoes de.
ed.-Judge.
Whatever induced you to call your
daughter Birdie? Is that her right
name?" "Oh, no; her real name is
Hortense, but she thinks she has
voice, and there's pretty bill at
tached. Chicago News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

&sK,ksKS9sae;8 SeAaeiasAAls
The solutions to these puzzles will up
pear in a succeeding issue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
The MAN AND The WIND.

THE
hlop
Ii al o M
Is n is o
That bndsth thee and
would m theew wereI
pity wltho wrath,
Der the smooth shoulders As smte the
OF the huge mountain WALL On the ain-swept pathl
n a noruu
eutspread
from that thouart rtnearer
To the black mountain kead To the Fathers
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12

HE wind shrieked and
whistled through the
empty cattle pens
and rocked the palace
stock cars to and fro
upon the siding. The
air raYarheratad with
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-12
MISS CRAWLEY'S HOME COMING.
A Frontier stage-Ride and How 1t Ended

:E3:E
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-11-11
n Mistake.

Hon. George l.. Wellington's posi-
ton on expansion" ''imperialism,"
and several other affairs of import are
all right, but his public references be-
fore and after election to Gov. Lowndes
are unbecoming man of his station.
He may prophesy the return of his
party to power in the State and all
that, but no such home coming will
include in its leadership one whose
temperament is chargeable with so
much needlessly loud resentment.
He may have been injured-malic-
iously so, but it would have been
better for his political future had he
writhed in suffeiance silently.
Already his enemies have regis. cred
against him the words of his own
mouth-words that will hereafter rise
in judgment against both his wisdom
as representative of the people and
his safety as leader.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-11-11
"Thc End is Near"

Under the heading above the Form,
announced last week that
''Pro Bono Publjco' is the heather name
Of the gent who wrote the letter headed
Magistrates in last weeks JOURNAL.
Moreover, that
He is better known here as the Cadi
And consoed itself with this
prophecy:
Well, the good people Of this town will
not be officially afflicted much longer by the
Cadi.
What is bothering a good many re-
publicans Just now is-after advising
them so strenously to ''vote the party
ticket"-'vote for Lowudes," etc
how did the Forum organ foreknow
that Lowndes would be defeated?
And so foreknowing, why did it ad-
wise them to throw away their votes
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-11-11
Fusion.

Had the democratic party sought
and obtained fusion with the repub-
llcans outraged by the convention
makeup of their ticket, every man
thereon would have been elected.
Shannon would not be register of
wills, 1t is true, for he Was willing,
for the good ct'the party and sake Of the
largest practicable success, to withdraw
and let Shuck in.
But the fact that he was elected on
ticket carrying not single attrac-
ton for republicans is an indication
only of what would have happened
had that ticket borne six. eight or
ten representative republican names.
The fact that between 600 and 700
republicans repudiated their ticket
almost entirely goes to show what
many more would have done had they
been invited to support in part some
of their own men.
Whoever discredits this argument.
let him tell where William j. BRYAN
would be at this moment politically
but for fusion p