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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
Sleep-Walkers' Freaks.

A well-known physician gives an &C.
count of an Irish gentleman who swan
more than two miles down a river, got
ashore and was subsequently discov-
cred sleepiug by the roadside, alto
gether unconscious of the extraordin-
ary feat he had accomplished.
Professor Fishnell, of Bale, writes
of young student of Wurtemburg
who used to play hide-and-seek while
fast asleep. His fellow students knew
of his propensity and when he began
walking threw holsters after him,
which he always eluded, jumping over
bedsteads and other obstacles in his
way.
A man was once discovered at 1
o'clock in the morning in q neighbor's
garden engaged in prayer, evidently
under the impression that he was in
church, but otherwise in a deep sleep.
A young girl given to sleep walking
was in the habit of initiating the vio-
lin with her lips, giving the prelim-
mary tuning and scraping and flourish
ing with the utmost fidelity. Hpu2zled
her physician a great deal until he
learned that when an infant the girl
lived in room adjoining q fiddler,
who often performed upon his instru-
ment Yithin her hearing. g.-Londor
Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
Guest Room Toothnowder.

Passenger Traffic Manager McCor-
mick, of the Big Four, tells of friend
of his who was visiting some relatives.
Hewas given the spare room and slept
we'll. In the morning, desiring to
clean his teeth, he looked through his
valise for his tooth brush and box of
tooth powder. He found tho brush,
but had come away from home with
out the powder. Looking about he
discovered small jar on the mantel.
He opened it and saw it contained a
grayish powder. "Here is some tooth
powder" said he, and wetting his
tooth brush he dipped it into the
powder and gave his teeth q good
scrubbing. When he went down
stairs to breakfast he said to his
hostess:
"You must excuse me for taking
the liberty, but as I came away from
home without my tooth powder / used
some of that you have in the little jar
on the mantel in my room"
"Why, Charley" said the hostess,
"that isn't tooth powder in that jar;
it's Aunt AIMS ashes. Cincinnati
Inquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05

BARN.YARD's souTHERLY CORNER,

When the frost Is white On the fodder
stack,
The haws in the thornbush wlthered and
black,
When the near fields flash in diamond
mail
And the far hills glimmer, opallne pale,
oh, merrily shines the morning sun
In the barn-yard's southerly corner.
When the ruts in the cart-road ring like
steel,
And the birds to the kitchen door come for
their meal,
And the snow at the gate is lightly drlfted
And over the woodplle thiRly sifted,
Oh, merrily shines the morning sun
In the barn-yard's southerly corner.
When the brlmming bucket steams at the
well,
And the axe on the beech-knot sings like a
bell,
When the pond is loud with the skaters
calls,
And the horses stamp in the Uttered stalls,
oh, merrily shines the morning sun
In the barn-yard's southerly corner.
When the hay lies loose on the wide barn
floor,
And a sharp smell puffs from the stable
door,
When the pitchfork handle stlngs in tho
hand,
And the sanctioned COWS for the milking
stand,
Oh, merrily shines the morning sun
In the barn-yard's southerly corner.
The steers, let out for drink and a run,
Seek the warm corner one by one,
And the budding sheep, in their dusty
white,
Nose at the straw In the pleasant light,
When merrlly shines the morning sun
In the barn-yard's southerly corner.
Charles &. D. Roberts, In Youths Com
panion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
NO MORE sxTEEN-lNcH GUNS.
First and Probably the Last For Uncle
Sam VIII Dc Tested This Year.

First and Probably the Last For Uncle
Sam VIII Be Tested This Year.
The first and probably the last
monster gun to be built in this coun-
try is nearing completion at Watervliet
arsenal, and, if nothing goes amiss,
may be submitted to its firing tests in
the fall. The finished gun will be
five feet three inches at the muzzle.
Its total length will be few inches
under fifty feet. The powder chamber
will be eighteen inches in diameter by
nine feet in length aud will hold for
full charge over half ton of brown
powder. The projectile will weigh
2370 pounds. 1t will leave the muzzle
with a velocity of 1000 feet per
second, and at this velocity the flying
mass will have striking energy of
64,0S4 foot-tons, or sufficient to lift
sixty-four of the biggest freight loco
motives ten feet in the air. at the
muzzle the shell would punch six
teen-inch hole through an iron plate
over a yard in thickness, aud at.
two miles distance it would pass
through twenty-seven and a half
inch plate.
Notwithstanding its great power
Uncle Sam will probably never build
another. for while the superiority of
this kind OF gun was incontestable
eight or ten years ago, it does not
compare in efficiency with ordnance
of the modern type. For given ap-
preparation Uncle Sam can, by build
ing twelve-inch guns, secure over
twice as many guns of much greater
penetration and efficiency.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
Court Proceedings by Telephone.

A litigation was up in a magis.
trate's court at Castalian Springs,
eight miles from Gallatin. 1t was
during the cold weather, and j. Tom
Durham, of Gallatin, was counsel for
one of the litigants. The trial was
held in country store in which there
was a telephone. Eight miles ride
through the cold was too much for
the constitution of the lawyer. A
happy thought suggested itself to the
attorney-he would use the telephone,
conduct the suit and remain in his
office by the fireside.
The case was called, all the wit
nesses were present and the suit be-
gan. Attorney Durham arranged for
an assistant, who was to stand at the
telephone and act as interlocutor,
while he did the rest. The attorney
carried ON n careful and rigid ex-
animation of the witnesses, even cross
examining the opposing sides. At
the conclusion of the evidence Lawyer
Durham made a strong aud effective
argument, which was repeated TO the
court by the man at the telephone at
that end of the ne.-Nashyille Ban
uer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05

Perhaps the congressional snubs
administered to New Mexico's ambi-
ton to be a State are responsible for
The remarkable decrease in the per-
centage of illiterates. 1t has been
known there for some time that the
territory was not eligible for statehood
on the basis of population alone, but
that educational qualification would
have to make a respectable showing
also. Accordingly, the school system
has been developed very efficiently,
with the result that illiteracy to-day
is little over fifteen per cent, as COM
pared with nearly sixty-two per cent
ut the last census.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05

trying to hit them; his hope was to
keep them crawling or lying, so that
they would not rise and see what was
coming. There they lay very fat, and
moving with extreme caution until
Sally cried out: "Walter, they've
turned backl No, they're galloping
away They know, nowl"
"Oh. see them run!" cried Walter,
as at that moment the three crawling
Indians sprang to their feet, made a
dash for their ponies, and rode of
helter-skelter.
They had reason. Three angry,
well-armed white men were within
half mile of them, and riding on like
mad. Wenad arrived in time.
ooh, father" said Sally to me, as ]
lifted her up out of the water and
kissed her, ooh, father, I'm so glad
you came in timel Walter would
have had to shoot those Indians, and
l don't believe / should have felt
happy again if he had. "-Youth'f
Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

''I feel all run down." said tho
jocular citizen as the cyclist rode over
him.
Jenkins-''How do you like Miss
Doneup?" Hawkins-"Oh, she's not
Gs bad as she is painted. Judge.
Penelope-"Has your fance san
guine temperament" Perdita-"Y eyes
he even thinks am going to marry
him."
cts q good town, and it's like your
bald head, Weary, sid Dusty Rhodes
to his partner; there's no lookup
there.
'Llstl'' she said, ooh, list to me''
He listed to her.
And when he had listed low enough
He kissed her.
Life.
every genius gets in debt" "Of
course, it takes a plain, ordinary,
humdrum, commonplace man to keep
ont. Detroit Free Press.
Pigg-"Sayl Why do you call that
fellow 'Asphyxiate?' That is a peculiar
nickname. Penn Because his last
name is Gaskill. Princeton Tiger.
''As soon as Jibson was appointed
to Office he had his picture taken
Cabinet" "No; ordinary clerk
ship. philadelphia North American.
II you call a man lion
He will always be your friend,
Iut inst hint that he's a haar anil
He will hate you to the end.
Cleveland Leader.
An orator said to his audience: 81
am speaking for the benefit of pos
terity," when some one shouted: eyes,
and if you don't get done soon, they'll
be herer'
Mrs. Tracey-"Do you realize, my
dear, that you have never done any
thing to save your fellow men any
sufferingf" Tracy-"Didn't marry
you. Spare Moments.
Doctor" "Well, Mrs. Smith, if con-
venient to you and to your husband,
we'll say Thursday" Mrs. smith
eth suit me, and so it'll suit him
he's very tamel'-Judge.
Orators Friend-"Dense throng,
wasn't it?" Orator-"Dense? L
should say sol / tried every story
had on 'em, and didn't get single
laugh. Chicago Tribune.
Did you hear why the Smiths
quarreled" 81 understand Smith
insisted that the cost of their sitting
in church should come out of Mrs.
Smiths allowance for clothes."-
Puck.
Dorothy noticing with great dis
tress a rip in her doll, whence tho
sawdust was spilling ouN-"Oh,
mamma, please do something quick
Dolly s just sawdusting herself to
death. Judge.
Blobbs-"W nonsense it is for
newspapers in their accounts of we'd
dings to describe the brides being led
to the altar" Slobbs-"How SOP"
Blobbs-"Why, most of the girls
could find their way in the dark. -
Tit Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05

1t looks dark for Dreyfus again.
But the belief in his innocence is un.
shaken, and those who hold it still
insist that he shall be returned to
France and restored to his rights as
citizen and to his place in the army,
says the Washington Star. Less than
this will satisfy none of them. He
has suffered, he is innocent, and
France at all hazards should undo the
wrong. There are so many difficulties
surrounding the case that predictions
as to the result are OF small value. II
Is said that il the sentence is reversed
by the court oi cessation q revolution
will follow in the interests of the
army. Should the army in such a
,ontest succeed that success would
'perate.as a reversal of the courts re.
Vershl, and a reafflrmation OF Drey.
lus's sentence, his re-arrest probably
II in reach, and redeportation back to
'ihat lonely island. But even should
Ihe army lose, it would still be unsafe
los Dreyfus to appear in France, and
impossible for him to live there. He
would be too marked q man, too init.
mately associated with bloody con-
sention, although the innocent cause
NJ n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
EBB.TlpE.


sodden reach OF wide and wind-swept lea.
skye shattered steel that pals the sight,
And one long shaft Of sun that seems to write
Vast letters slowly a slate OF sea-
The dfeary wall OF gulls that skim the crest
or sullen breakers sliding in to land,
world grown empty, full OF vague unrest,
And shadowshapes that stride the sand.
The gray beach widens. Foot by foot appear
Strange forms OF wreckage creeping from the waves,
Like ghosts that steal in silence from their graves
To watch beside the death-bed OF the year;
Poor shattered shapes OF ships that stood out
Full-freighted to the far horizons sweep
To music OF the CHEEKY sailor-shout
or men who sought the wonders Of the deepl
Poor shattered shipsl Their gallant cruising Ger,
Their cargoes coral crusted leagues below,
They rise, unnamed, unnumbered, from the slow
Recession OF the ebb along the shore
The tickle tide that bore them bravely then
Betrays their shame and nakednoss to be
Mute witness to the llttleness OF men
Who battle with the sovereignty OF
For me, we'll, alone upon the dune
There sinks tide that strips tie beaches bare
And leaves but grim unsighty wreckage where
The broodng skies make mockery OF noon
Alb. dear, that hopes like tides, should ebb away,
Unmasking on the naked shore OF love
Flotsam and jesam OF happier day,
Dreams wrecked and all the emptiness theraoi
Guy Wetmore Carryl, in Harpers Magazl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
Torpedo Boats.

The average distance of discovery ol
torpedo boat by the searchlight from
battleship has been calculated to be
781 yards, and the greatest distance
1000 yards. Thus, taken the distance
at which the torpedo can be fred
with effect at 500 yards, 1t will be gen.
orally found that a torpedo boat will
have to cross about 800 yards under
fire from the ship she is attacking,
and it will take the little craft about
half minute to do this.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05

United States Consul Hanna, writ.
ing from San Juan forAhe benefit Of
touring Americans, dwells invitingly
upon conviction that Porto Rico is
destined to become a valued winter
resort for our people as soon as the
removal of the heavy duties on Ameri
can building material opens the way
to the erection of hotels such as our
people are accustomed to use when
travelling for health OIL pleasure.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
The Place For Advertisements.

The newspaper is the legitimate
place of the advertisement. Custom
has established it, and the successful
advertisers, without exception, are
those who use its columns. People
are educated to search the news
paper, and because this is SO it is the
one proper place for the advertise
ment Circulars, handbills, dodgers,
ETC., are but makeshifts and unclever
limitations of the original article
Newspaper Maker.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05

Within the past few days some i'm.
portant data bearing upon the col.
onies, protectorates and dependencies
of the globe has been sent out from
the Treasury Department at Washing.
ton. In view of the character of re.
cent events this data is of timely in.
terest. Some figures taken there.
from are given in the table below
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
A new system bias lust been start

A new system has just been started
among trained nurses in New York
City and other cities, which will GER.
tainly prove boon to the majority Of
patients and must eventually prove
very lucrative to the nurses them
selves. There are thousands of peo
pie who are ill, and yet cannot af
ford the luxury of trained nurse.
Again there are others who do not need
the services Of a nurse ell day and oil
night. The first class cannot have
them on account Of the expense, and
consequently suffer and are ill longer
than if they could have only q portion
OF nurses care. The second class
are not i'll enough to need the constant
presence of trained nurse. The
nurse can now be e-hired tocome in and
assist at an operation, to visit the pa.
tient at certain hours, dress wounds,
bathe or change or otherwise make
them comfortable in q manner such as
a woman trained to such work alone
can do. Many sick persons are made
very. nervous by the presence of an alb.
solute stranger constantly in the room
with them, Ad often prefer to dis
pense with the services of trained
nurse for that very reason. Under
the new arrangement such persons
can obtain all the benefit necessary by
these visits
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
Colo Area

Total. al.......1g3 2l.s2i,Ss2 sos, ,O4S,s2
According to the information set
forth in the table above Great Britain
has nearly twice as many colonies as
the other Powers, while her colonial
population aggregates in extent near
ly three-ffths that of the other
Powers. France comes next upon the
list, but her colonies are more exten.
sive in territory than population.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
A ForeIgn wrIter,. nurden.

'I find your political terms very
puzzling," remarked the foreigner
who was trying to gather material for
book on American institutions.
'For example, to rotate means to
move in a circle. A ring also means
a circle. Now L am told that when a
ring controls your Offices they don't
rotate any more.."-Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
A French PIckpocket,

There is a dilettantsm even in
thieving. a Partisan pickpocket who
is now enjoying well-earned rest
from the excitements Of his profession,
has revealed some of his very curious
methods. At one time he donned the
Uniform OF an officer of marines, dec
grated with the Legion of Honor, and
found his way into the society of
naval officers, much to their detriment
and to his own enrichment. At an
other time, in the guise of priest, he
visited ecclesiastical establishments,
and under the pretext of charity re-
lieved the holy fathers of their little
superhuous cash. Theh again he
would array himself in ordinary civ
ilian dress, representing himself as a
silk merchant, and would have bales
of that commodity sent to his address.
Then the dealer in bicycles became
the victim of this versatile swindler.
At last, as his repertoire necessarily
became limited, and as his fame had
preceded him to one of his intended
victims, he had the misfortune to be
recognized and handed over to the
police. Westminster Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
A Cnusn Fnr Commotlnn.

A pow-opener in England greatly
astonished a group of women who
were constructing evergreen notices
and wreaths for Christmas by an
nouncing that she had found "a stray
hen a-laying in the pulpit" Their
excitement was calmed when she pro.
duced large green ''N' which had
"strayed" from some text or legend.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
7e.-An ArithmeticaI Problem.

A engaged B to labor 20 days, with
the understanding that he was to re-
ceive $5 day for every day he worked,
and to forfeit 80 day for every day
he was idle. At the end of the time
he received $50; how many days was
he idle?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
The Beggars' Queen.

Mendicants are to have their nominal
queen at one of the forthcoming
carnival masquei ades. The person
selected to act as Refine des Gueux is
not, however, Of the begging fraternity,
and her title only syn bolizes an old.
fashioned custom, which is to be re.
vived. She is young woman Of
eighteen, or thereabouts, who, every
day, helps her parents to sell cow
heel and calves heads in the central
markets. Her reign is to begin and
end on the Mi.Careme festival, when
she will shut up shop, and, arrayed in
gala robes, will be carried in triumph
around Paris, with an accompanying
king and maids of honor. Such fetes,
with their symbolic attractions, form
the chief amusements of the Paris
market people, who rise early and
work hard throughout the year
Paris Correspondence of London 1ele-
graph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
75.-Five Beheadments.

1. Behead to form, and have aged.
2. Contracted, and have q dart. B..
Cost, and have a kind of food. 4.
Hasty, and have kind of tree. 8.
Closed, and have an humble dwelling.
5. To reproach, and have a relation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS PUZZLES.

SO. - Six Beheadments - Hair;
share; Laid: your: shut; spin.
70.-Four Famous Women-Rosa
Bonheur; Grace Darling; Jenny Lind;
Joan of Arc.
TIA Charade Carnation.
72.-A Square
S HI 2
II ID Il
L ID e A
P Z A II
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
WALTERS FIGHT WITH INDIANS.
BY sIDFoRD F. HAMP.

T the time I was
foreman for Mason
& Jevons, WOOL
growers-so said
the old managing
d ir ector of O
famous ranch COM
pany-young Wal
ter Mason came
West for his first
visit. He was q
pale boy of fifteen,
nephew to I h g
senior partner, and
sent from his home
in the East, under
- IL. =. N
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

&Aok*so099M A9lcss99g9s1ee9kER
The solutions to these puzzles will ap-
pear in a succeeding issue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
SI.OO Per Year.

The Empress of China has dispensed
with any peace-note preliminaries and
proceeded to raise an army of 25O, 900
men
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
53.-Twelve Anagrammatio Cities and
Towns of the United States.

1. Lion stew. 2. Tin chewers. 5.
Oil jet. 4. Tar pole. 5. Lion car.
6. Large bugs. 7. Evil Land. s.
Ten blue veils. 8. Brown tails. 10.
Labor time. IL. Farrville. II.
Lively Sam.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-05
IA Drop-yowei Quotation.

'4'-A DTOp-N UWeI VUUIHIIUH'
B-tt-r tick tn sh-d-ws th-n ID
r-bb-d b. n th--f.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
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