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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
Indian Native CaxaIrr.

When man wishes to enlist in a
silladar cavalry regiment he must pro-
vide himself, says a writer in Cham
bers's Journal, with ahorse, saddlery,
lance, (if his regiment are lancers. J
a sword, his uniform, aud his trans
port; or else he must be employed as
a rider by some other person who is
the happy possessor Of all these neces-
saries. In the former case he is called
a silladar, or the owner of an assam
and in the latter case bargir, and his
employer his silIadar.
= A silladar draws pay for his assami
and also for his own services. Thus.
if man owns two assamis, he draws
two lots of horse pay and one lot of
pay for himself, a corresponding
amount to this last being paid to the
man who rides his second horse-that
is to say, to his bargir.
In some regiments, until compare
lively recently, it was quite usual for
one man to own ten or twelve assamis,
or even an entire troop. More than
this, it was not unusual for an assami
to be left by will to mans wife or in
FAINT child, in which case the executors
employed substitute (awas kidmat)
to ride for the woman or child, thus
enabling the owner to draw horse pay.
This practice is still common in some
native Hindustan States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
COMMON SENSE ON PUNCTUATION.
A Batch of Rules That Are In Accord
With Modern Methods.

/ n Batcn OF Rules That Are In Accord
With Modern Methods.
Whose punctuation do you follow"
The answer is, our own. Unlike
D'Israeli's alleged sensible mem
who, when asked what their religion
is, never tell'-we are willing and
glad to tell what our rule of punctua-
tion is. Here you have it in few
words:
l. Never use comma if 'the way
faring man, though fool" can grasp
the meaning of the text without it.
2. Never use q semicolon when
comma will serve the author and the
reader as we'll.
8. Never use colon when q semi
colon will serve as well.
/ 4. Wherever there is no climacteric
effect to be preserved, cut up your
semicoloned and colonel sentence in
to short sentences.
5. Use commas and periods as your
standbys.
G. Use the semicolon chiefly to bet
ter express antithetis, and to group
phrases and clauses.
7. Use the colon chiefly in formal
enumeration, after "viz. ""as follows"
and the like.
s. Use the dash to indicate an ab-
rupt break in the sentence, ON after
thought, and, in many instances where
in olden times the parenthesis was
used, to indicate that the words in
cluded are parenthetically employed.
8. Use the parenthesis only when
you find dashes are not sufficiently
exclusive.
10. Never use brackets except where
you insert some word of your own in
quotation from some other author.
IL. Never use an interrogation point
except when your question is direct;
g. A., it would be improper to use it
after "girl" in this sentence: "He
asked what allied the girl"
These are our rules to-day. To-
morrow, if we see any new light, we
shall follow it. But we are not likely
to stray away from the course above
marked out. Punctuation, like SEN
tence-making, becomes second nature
after awhile. In punctuation, as in
sentence-making, we do we'll or ill as
we succeed or fail in presenting our
thought in fewest words. The words
should be chosen and arranged as to
develop our meaning, our whole mean
ing, and nothing but our meaning
Midland Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
After the Catechism.

She-"Will you love me always"
He-"Passionately, my darling"
She-"And you will never cease to
love me?"
He-''Never, my darling"
She-"And you will save your
money!"
He-"Every penny"
She-"And you will never speak
harsbly to me?"
He-''Never."
She-"And you will give up all
your bad habits?"
He-"Every one of them"
She-"And you will get along with
mammal"
He-"Yes."
She-"And papa"
He-"Yes."
She-"And you will always do just
what mamma wants you to do?"
He-"Yes."
She-"And just what papa wants
you to do?"
He-"Yes."
She-"And just what 1 want you
to do?"
He-"Of course"
She-"Well, / will be yours, but L
fear I am making an awful mistake.
Tit Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
WHEN COOKS AWAY.


When cooks away sweet Bessie tries
Her hand at baking beans and pies;
She gets the cook book from tn shelf,
And then proceeds to teach herself.
She poreslthe pages till she thinks
She mastered all the doughs and drinks,
But tho she follows every quirk,
The stubborn recipe won't work.
When cooks away the cake Is sad.
The biscuits drop, the coffee's bad,
The bread Is never baked enough,
The fish is raw, the meat Is tough,
The porridge burns, the gravy humps,
And we are in the deepest dumps.
For Indigestion comes to stay
And reigns supreme, when cooks auav,
When cooks away I fear that the
Recording angel weeps for me-.
For 1t Is true, must confess,
tell some flbs to please sweet Bess.
tell her Glove forgive the crimeD
She'll be u splendid chef In time,
Nor never show by word or look
That am yearning for the cook.
-What-To-Eat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
Pearls Made to Order.

NJ. Boutin, Of the Sorboune, sin 20
the announcement Of his successful
production Of pearls in the Roscoff
laboratory, has been inundated with
letters from fashionable ladies who
either want to know where they can
buythese artificial products or whether
they should lose no time in disposing
of valuable pearl ornaments. To the
trade, however, N. Boutin's discovery
causes little agitation, for the dealers
we'll know that he has merely done
what has been for years a familiar
trick with the heathen Chinee. A lit
tie pellet of some foreign substance
introduced between the shells of the
oyster will in the course Of few weeks
become coated with the beautiful iri-
descent material known as mother-of-
pearl. But the result is not genuine
pearl of any value, for that's a growth
which only comes to perfection after
considerable lapse of time. Such q
process Of nature cannot be hurried
London Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
striking Contradictions.

A great contrast will often bsnGund
to exist between authors and eir
works, melancholy writer's being the
most iocular in society usually, and
humorists in theory the most lu-
gubrious mortals in practice.
'The Comforts Of Human Life, by
r. Heron, was written in prison under
the most distressing circumstances.
"The Miseries Of Human Life" by
Beresford, was, on the contrary, COM
posed in a drawing room where the
author was surrounded by the best o:
everything, and Burton. the author Of
the Anatomy Of Melancholy" was
extremely facetious in conversation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01


Our esteemed contemporaries, the
Temps and Petit Bleu, Of Paris, seek
TO persuade themselves that our ac-
QUESTION of the Philippines has de-
prived us Of the guardianship of the
Western Hemisphere, says the New
York Journal. As the Petit Bleu puts
1t: "The Monroe Doctrine is now
out Of date. @he American Republic,
conquering aud colonizing, no longer
has the right to close to Europe the
new continent, since she herself has
stepped out of It," That is to say,
because we have stepped out of our
own home for the putf tfose of thrashine
Spain and giving liberty to some
millions Of her oppressed colonies,
anybody is free to step into the Ameri
can residence or found settlements on
the adjoining premises. When any
European country is able TO beat us in
war, as we have beaten Spain, it will
be privileged to overthrow the Monroe
Doctrine; and not till then. The
validity Of that doctrine has rested
not on Europe's consent, but on the
ability Of this Republic to enforce it.
No foreign monarchy can fasten upon
any part Of this half Of theworld with
out demoIishing republic, and the
demolition Of republics by monarchiei
is an enterprise which the United
States viii not tolerate. The Monroe
Doctrine.ir stronger to-day than ever
it was, because we are more powerful
for its defense than at any other period
in onr History,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
Voyage of a Tin Box.

Things cast up by the sea some-
times have foated for a longer dis
tance than one would suppose. A
man near Rockland recently picked
up a small tin tobacco box, with
note inclosed requesting the finder to
return it to Edward H. Grant, South
Framingham, Mass. The box was
mailed to the above address, and an
answer was soon received from the
recipient, who said that the box had
been thrown overheard from q canoe
on Twin Lake, near Moosehead,
where he was spending his vacation
last season, and must have found its
way down the Penobscot River
Lewiston Mel Journal.
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confess that my share came in very
handy.
But the most extraordinary part of
the whole story learned the follow
ing year when again at Odessa. Poor
"Him, it appeared, was, after all,
mere scapegoat for a far greater
Nihilist than he-a political" Of
high rank. Him" was deliberately
smuggled out of Odessa on board our
ship, not so much because it was
necessary that he himself should
escape Though he certainly was very
much wanted) as to throw the Russian
police off the track of the more i'm
portant conspirator.-Wide World
Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

In q recent report on. the American
ifon trade With Great Britain, Consul
Halstead, Of Birmingham. sets forth a
point Of great encouragement to pro-
ducers in this country. He declares
that the old reason for sale OF Ameri-
can pig in the English market the
disparity between this and the native
product in the matter Of price-no
longer holds good; that the recent
rise in the American market has served
to show thatw can maintain our mar
kct there even with Alabama IRON
which furnishes the great bulk OF tho
trade--at a higher figure than the ma.
tive brands. This market he regards
as now nermanent one, and freight
rates fro6 Southern ports can always
be kept down, because the season OF
heavy movement corresponds with the
cotton shipping season, when pig iron
serves admirably as ballast to ships
bulging with lightweight cotton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
where window Glass /. a Luxury.

Dawson is soon to be "Dawson
City" in reality, says Consul McCook.
One must take money in in order to
bring money out of the gold fields,
capital being needed in developing.
Many Improvements have been maze
in Dawson. Window glass is scarce,
a small light ten by twelve dily
bringing $3.50 or SO. Small ines
have been made by parties vi ook
supplies Of glass and oil lampj "a
lamp commands from S1S I'd in
Dawson. and five-cent pa6 . of
carpet tacks will sell for seveA five
cents. One-half the buildings in
Dawson to-day are without window
glass.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

Consul Kehl, Of Stettin, writes of
the manufacture of briquettes from
peat or turf. This fuel besides being
very cheap has other merits. 1t is
clean, easily packed in bins. gives
good heat, and in a closed stove with
only slight draft will remain in a
glowing state for ten hours. Owing
to crude machinery the cost OF pro-
duction now (about $l.55 per toni is
greater than it will be when improved
machinery is introduced. Briquettes
manufactured from coal are cheaper
than those Of turf.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
An Order of Journalists.

A newspaper report from London
says that the Rev. Lach Szyrma, a
devout Episcopalian clergyman, is
seriously agitating the founding OF al
order Of journalists, which is to be
placed under the special protection of
the Apostle Paul. The clergyman
argues that the press of the day is ex-
erting powerful influence over the
world, and that the formation OF So
ciety of newspaper editors and writers,
with the noble aim Of instructing the
nations and of guiding them on the
road of justice and universal brother
hood, cannot fail to prove of incalcula-
BILE benefit to. the Christian Church
and humanity. The physicians. says
the Rev. Mr.. Szyrma, have st. Luke
as their patron saint, and as st. Paul
was the best reporter of ancient times,
and the mighty logician and moralist
of Scripture, he would be the best
mediator for journalists between
heaven and earth. 1t is proposed to
hold an annual reunion Of newspaper
workers in the big Cathedral of st.
Paul, where some eminent bishop is
to deliver an annual address, and
where prayers will be offered for the
benefit OF the newspaper fraternity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Tabby-"Would you die a thousand
deaths for me?" Tom-''No; only
nine. indianapolis Journal.
Hostess-"I suppose there is no use
,f asking you to stay to dinner?"
Caller-"Well, no. not in that way" !"
"Mr. Newly, we don't see you at
our socials any more" mo; I've got
into society now. Chicago Record.
"She is promising young musi-
cian." "Well, get her to promise
that she won't play any more. -
Illustrated American.
Foreigner-"P "Parvenu! 1 will pull
your nosel" Sloucher-"Maybe my
nose, Count; but never my legl"-
Philadelphia North American.
Boarder (disgustedly)-'I can't eat
this food; 'tisn't fit for a pig"
Boarding-house Keeper (coolly)-"I
don't cater for pigs. Fun.
"What well-informed man Jenkins
seems to bel He can converse intelh-
gently upon almost any subject"
Yes; jenkins has brought up five
boys"
"The single-scull racel" exclaimed
an old lady, as she laid down the
paper. my graciousl didn't know
there was race of men with double
scullsl"
at snows?" cried the school boy. "Hur.
rah" and his shout
Is echoed with lusty applause.
But ten minutes later the wind veers about,
And he plalntiyely murmurs, ut thawsl"
Washington Star.
81 want an ice boat" said the boy.
Nonsense" replied the old man.
"What's the matter with an ice
wagon? It's not quite SO fast, per-
haps; but it's just as cold. "-Chica-
go Post.
"Always keep COOL" exclaimed the
man who lives to give advice. EYES,"
said Mr.. Meekton. "But don't let the
man who tends to the steam down.
stairs hear you say that. He runs the
idea into the ground"
''That is a pretty big buckwheat
cake for boy of your size" said papa
at breakfast to Jimmy-boy. ''It looks
big" said Jimmy-boy. "But really it
isn't. It's got lots of porouses in it.
-Harper's Young People.
Wood-"After starving for twenty
years, old Potts conceived an idea
which resulted in making his fortune"
Van Pelt-"What was it?' Wood
Changed the sign over his shop from
Junk to Antiques Truth.
II can marry any girl please, he
said, with self-satisfed, if-you-love-
acknowledgements expression
upon his languid face. "No doubt"
she resonded, "but what girl do you
please?" They don't speak now.
My grandmother told me to pay as 20;
I'd follow the rule If 1 had but the
chance,
But landlords and landladies won't have
1t so;
They always insist upon pay in advance.
Washington Post.
so you are going to marry Herr
Meissner?" Hardly. Papa is not
satisfied with his position;
doesn't like his family; he
doesn't strike me as quite stylish
enough-and, besides, he hasn't asked
me. Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
Extensive Use OF Kangaroo Hides.

Not many people have any idea how
extensively kangaroo hides are utilized
in this country. During 1897 there
were over 400, 900 such skins received
in New York, and about eighty per
cent. of these were tanned in one large
establishment in Newark, N. ]. The
hides all come from Australia and New
Zealand. Prior to 1859 kangaroos
were killed and eaten in Australia and
their hides were cut up and made
mostly into shoestripgs and belts.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
The Hand as an indication of disease.


The study of physiognomy and of
the hand is curiously interesting. 1t
is now generally admitted that per-
sons character can be gagged with q
very considerable degree of accuracy
by visual analysis of the features,
and the same remark applies, with
less force perhaps, to study Of the
hand. The fact that in certain dis
eases the expression OF the face and
the appearance of the hands are fairly
reliable indices of the nature and pro-
gress Of the disease is too we'll known
to require further emphasis. 1t would
certainly appear to be more likely that
the study OF the hand is deserving Of
closer attsntion than is usually be-
slowed on the subject by medical men
in general practice. New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
STA Diamond.

1. A consonant in Profectum. y.
A fairy queen. 8. A title of respect.
4. Wicked. 8. A consonant in Semper.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

39.-False Adverbs.
Add the proverbial ending:
To an exclamation, and form sacred.
To ground grain, and form carti-
laginous.
To little demon, and form to sig
Nifty.
To dog, and form having ringlets.
To method, and form a military Of
fcer.
To one of the organs of sense, and
form on time.
To a kind of cloth, and form an
answer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

33.-A Corrugated Column
r A @ z r
F u N
G A ST E
A H A
I Fl I N X
INN
B U G L e
34.-A Square
H o L M
o. L E A
l. ON
M A NIX
35.-Six Pied Cities in Pennsyl-
vania-Lancaster. Mauch Chunk,
Williamsport, Towanda, Punxsutaw-
ney, Chambersburg.
SO. = Five Beheadments = Park;
star; ship; shoe; broom.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

OW we came to
be let in for the
job of hiding a
Nihilist, a n d
bringing him
safely to Eng
land, 1 never
knew exactly.
Suffice it to say
that it caused
NV fol11u- -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
ss.-Five Pied Straits.

1. Lleeslebi. 2. Aamkcwni. 8.
Aaannicd. 4. Lidafro. 8. Nscao.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01
4O.-A Square.

1. The seat of life. 2. A mistake. 8.
To get up. 4. Fragrant flowers. 5.
A lock Of hair.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS PUZZLES.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

$50 you are going to marry Herr
Meissner?" Hardly. Papa is not
altogether satisfied with his position;
mamma doesn't like his family; he
doesn't strike me as quite stylish
enough-and, besides. he hasn' Z asked
me. Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-01

his nose was prominent he was par abe
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28
1T NEWTON.
The Number Killed Reported as Fifteen
Many Buildings Blown Down.

Kansas City, Mo-, April PA special
to the Journal from Chillicothe, Mo-,
says: A tornado, probably the same one
that swept over Kirksville, struck New
ton, small town in Sullivan county,
tonight, and caused terrible destrue-
tion. 1t is reported that fifteen people
were killed in the city and that many
others were killed in the country near
there. A great number of buildings
were blown down. Heavy rain followed
the tronado, adding greatly 10 the dam
age. A Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad bridge is said to have been
washed out. Only a partial list of the
casualties can be obtained. The station
agent of the st. Paul railway at New
ton reports the following killed: Sher-
man Reaper, wife and three children;
I.abon Evans and two daughters; VIII
liam Hays, wife and child, He also
states that twenty-five were injured.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28
NEGRO KILLED BY NEGROES.



Atlanta, Ga, April 27.-A special to
the Constitution from Leesburg. GA,
says: Alfred Thurman, well known
negro, was shot and killed from ambush
on the public road near here this morn
ing. His body was completely ridded
with bullets. The cause of the tragedy
is believed to have been revenge. When
George Bivins, George Holt and Will
liam Holt, three negroes, outraged Mrs.
Maroney in the presence Of her husband
in this county a few months ago, they
were run down by Thurman and
through his efforts they were arrested
and later lynched. Thurman had ex-
pressed himself as bitterly opposed to
the crime committed by the negroes and
openly stated that he would use all his
efforts towards their capture. His life
was threatened by friends of the dead
negroes The dead negroes friends had
threatened to kill all the white men who
had made threats against Bivins and
Holt and We're about to carry it out,
when Thurman heard of it and began
to take steps to prevent the murder. He
had almost succeeded in trapping the
nine conspirators, when they shot him
to death. The parties are nearly all
known and number of arrests will be
made This part OF the country has
been terrorized by a band of outlaw
negroes for several years. three who
were lynched in January being the lead
ers. Court convenes here Monday and
the affair will be investigated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28
A GERMAN FLAG CAPTURED
T1KEN FROM IN INSURG ENT FORT
IN SAMOA.
of the Powers Succeeded in Taking
One Fort Over Which the Teuton
Colors Were Flying-FOur Men Killed
and Eighteen Wounded.

Auckland, NJ T., April 27-Advices
received here from Apia, Samoa, under
date of April IS, show that there has
been continuous fighting between Ma
taafa's forces on the one side and the
friendly natives, British marines and
Americans on the other. On April II a
severe battle was fought at Valiema.
The fighting was desperate, the rebels
holding strong Notifications, which
were ineffectively shelled by the ships.
The friendlies advanced to the attack
with Falioalele and Dana on the left,
Lieutenant Gaunt's party from the
British warship Porpoise, with 120
men, and Tuamasanga on the right.
Gaunt's party delivered such a heavy
fire that the rebels retreated to a Sec
ond and stronger fort about $50 yards
back. The Tuamasanga friendlies bolt
ed, but Gaunt crawled out to the firing
line and drove them back at the point
of his revolver. They then advanced to
attack the second fort. but found the
position too strong and lost several men
killed and wounded. Ten shells from
the ships burst close behind the rebel
lines and the rebels sang a war song
after the explosion of each shell.
Gaunt again returned to the attack
and heavy and continuous firing on both
sides followed. Gaunt succeeded in
crawling to within fifty yards of the
fort, but found it too strong to capture,
as the friendly supports were unrelia-
BILE. The party then retired in good or
der with four men killed and eighteen
wounded, of which number three were
wounded. The rebel loss was
not ascertained, but it was probably
small.
The Tauranga and Porpoise shelled
the position at sundown, but the result
of the firing Is not known. Gaunt's
brigade and portion of the friendly
supports stood the fire splendidly. Dur
ing the engagement Gaunt succeeded
in capturing a German flag which was
flying over the first fort. The British
e. B. r. Maxse, and DR.. Adell, |
the surgeon of the Philadelphia were
under fire all day long. A further at
tack was to have been made the next
day. On the return of the landing par
ty Captain Stuart of the Tauranga sig |
nailed, "Wel done Gaunts brigade"
the Americans and British cheering the !
returning party, whose vivandirs (sut- |
ers) were proudly carrying the captur-
I'd German colors.