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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

The crowning triumph of the war
with Spain---that is, so far as tie
medical department is concerned-'
has been the successful solution Of
the long-considered problem as to the
best means Of transporting the sick
and wounded, The great value and
efficiency Of the ambulance ship have
been amply demons trated. Our navy
has in this respect shown the way to
the rest of the world. Foreign ma
lions have already followed the lead
given them by America, and it may be
taken for granted that in future the
hospital ship will be regarded as an
absolutely necessary complement to q
naval squadron, in time Of war at all
events. History may be ransacked in
vain to find parallel in sea warfare
to the Spanish-American conflict, both
as regards its successful issue and the
small loss of life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Preferred "A Solo.

A gushing, sentimental girl and her
matter -of-fact aunt sat on a green hill
side, the aunt endeavoring to enjoy
nature, while her niece discoursed of
things far and near without a notice.
able pause of breath.
At last she spoke of the beauties of
the landscape, at great length. 81
love to listen to the music Of that
brook as it babbles on and on" she
said, unwisely,
"Yes," said the aunt, seizing her
first opportunity, "the babbling of a
brook is a pleasant sound, my dear.
/ think prefer it as a solo, however,
rather than with another part. 1 don't
care so much for a babbling duet"
Then for few delightful moments
there was silence on the green hill
side. Youths Companion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

three days, and earn the book that
told all about his greatest hero!
'I don't intend to delve, grub,
shuok corn, split rails and the like al
ways" he told Mrs. Crawford, after
he had read the volume. ''I'm going
to fit myself for a profession"
"WhY, what do you want to be
now?" asked Mrs. Crawford, in sur
prise.
"Oh, I'll be President" said Abe,
with a smile.
You'd make a pretty President,
with all your tricks and jokes, now
wouldn't you9" said the farmers wife.
I"Oh, I'll study and get ready" re-
piled the boy, "and then maybe the
chance will come. "
Perhaps people hundred years
hence" writes Jesse W. Weik, one OF
Lincoln's latest biographers, Twill
hesitate to believe that the speech al
Gettysburg battlefield and the inaug,
ural address delivered from the por.
tico of the Capitol at Washington,
March 4, 1865, were written by a man
whose school days, all told, did moi
amount to one year, and who was
never in college or academy as 9
student, and never inside a college o.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Wanted $1,000 For Saving Life. |

David Highley, a wealthy man, ol
Marion County, Ind, is defendant in
a most peculiar suit Last spring
Highley, with his wife, was driving
across bridge that spans Pipe Creek.
A storm was raging at the time, and a
fash of lightning frightened his
horse, which jumped off the bridge
into the swollen stream, dragging
Highley and his wife into the tor
rent.
Highley swan out and ran down the
bank, where he found his wife lodged
in the limb of an overhanging tree.
From house near by he secured the
assistance of two men, who rescued
his wife. The men claim that High
ley offered them $1,000 if they would
rescue his wife, and that he has never
paid them. They now bring suit to
recover that amount.-New York
Times.
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counsels of the Republic and influence
the destinies of the people.
How stanton pefied Lincoln.

The application of man who wanted
to be chaplain in the army during Mr..
Lincoln's administration was recently
found, says the indianapolis Journal.
Attached to it are a number of in
dorsements which are not only inter
esting in themselves, but aid in dis
closing the characters of the two men
whose influence largely nodded the
policy of government in those turbu-
lent times. The Endorsements read
as follows:
Dear Stanton: Appoint this man chap
lain in the army. A. LINCOLN.
Dear Mr.. Lincoln, He is not preacher
E, NJ. STANTON.
The following Endorsements are
dated few months later, but come
just below:
Dear Stanton: He is now.
A. LINCOLN.
Dear Mr.. Lincoln But there Is no va
cancy. E. NJ. STANTON.
Dear Mr.. Stanton: Appoint him chap
lain-at-large. A. LINCOLN.
Dear Mr.. Lincoln: There is no warrant
of law for that. E. NJ. STANTON.
Dear Mr.. Stanton: Appoint him any
how. A. LINCOLN.
Dear Mr.. Lincoln: l will not.
E. NJ. STANTON.
The appointment was not made, but
the papers were filed in the War De-
partment, where they remain as evil
dence of Lincoln's friendship and Stan
tons obstinate nerve.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
James Parton,s Prediction.

In 1862, James Parton, the cele-
brated biographical writer, made the
following prediction in regard to
Abraham Lincoln:
History will say of Mr.. Lincoln that
no man of more genial tempera-
ment, a more kindly nature ever
tenanted the White House; that he
gave all his time, his thoughts, his
energies to the discharge of duties of
unprecedented magnitude and urg-
ency; that, hating no man, he stead
fastly endeavored to win the con-
fidence and love of all the loyal and
patriotic, and that, in spite of four
chequered years of such responsibility
and anxiety as has seldom fallen to
the lot of man, he bore away from the
Capitol the sunny temper and blithe
frankness of his boyhood, returning
to mingle with his old neighbors as
one with them in heart and manner,
in retirement as in power happy
specimen of the men whom Liberty
and democracy train in the log cabin
and by the rudest hearth to guide the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

Adolph Schmitt, farmer at Beech
woods, Sullivan County, N. Y, on 60
ing to his hogpen one cold morning
recently was surprised to find large
rat perched on the back of one of his
hogs. The rat made no movement
when Mr.. Schmitt appeared, and the
hog being apparently satisfied, Mr..
Schmitt did not interfere.
The rat spends most of its time on
the hogs back and strange friend
ship has grown up between the two
animals. The hog is restless when
the rat is not on it. Several times it
has angrily defended its friend when
other hogs have snapped at it.
The rat in return for the hogs pro-
lection scratches its friends bristly
back and nibbles lovingly at its ears.
These attentions seem to afford the
hog boundless pleasure, for the more
active the rat the more hearty are its
grunts Of satisfaction. New York
Press.
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"Reminiscences
OF THE GREAT
EMANCIPATOR.

The following article, giving some
anecdotes of the early life of Abraham
Lincoln. is taken from Success:
'I meant to take good care of your
book, Mr.. Crawford, 1 did, indeed, >"
said the boy, in great trepidation;
''but I've damagedita a good deal with
out intending to, and now 1 want to
make it right with you if can. What
shall ] do 10 make good the damage?"
"Why, what's happened to it, Abe?"
asked the rich farmer, as he took the
copy of Weems's 'Life of Washing
ton" which he had lent young Lin
coin, and looked at the stained leaves
and warped binding 'It looks as if
it had been out all through last nights
storm. How came you to forget, and
leave il out to soak?"
"'Twas this way, Mr.. Crawford"
replied Abe, shifting uneasily to the
other foot; 81 sat up late to read it;
and, when l went to bed, 1 put it away
carefully in my bookcase, as call it,
q little opening between two logs in
the wall of our cabin. l dreamed
about General Washington all night.
When woke up took it out to read
q page or two before / did the chores,
and you can't imagine how Ifelt when
found it in this shape. 1t seems
that the mud-daubing had got out of
the weather side of that crack, and the
rain must have dripped on it three or
four hours before l took it out. I'm
real sorry, Mr.. Crawford, and want to
fix it up with you somehow, if you can
tell me any way, for amt got the
money to pay for it with"
"Well," said Mr.. Crawford, "being
as it's you, Abe, / won't be hard on
you. Come over and shuck corn three
days, and the books yours"
Had Mr.. Crawford told young Abra-
ham Lincoln that he had fallen heir to
fortv6e, the boy could hardly have
selt m ore elated. Shuck corn only
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

from the Executive Mansion to the
War Office. The old man was in pain,
and the pale, sunken cheeks and vague
far-away stare in his eyes betokened a
short-lived existence. He halted a
moment, and then slowly approached
tall gentleman who was walking
thoughtfully along. Good morning,
sir. I'm an old soldier, and would
like to ask your advice"
The gentleman turned, and, smiling
kindly, invited the poor old veteran to
seat under shady tree. There he
listened to the mans story of how he
had fought for the Union, and was
severely wounded, incapacitating him
for other work in life, and begged di-
rections how to apply for back pay
due him and pension, offering his
papers for examination.
The gentleman looked over the
papers, and then took out card and
wrote directions on it, also few words
to the Pension Bureau, desiring that
speedy attention be given to the appli-
cant, and handed it to him.
The old soldier looked at it. and,
with tears In his eyes, thanked the
tall gentleman, who, with sad look,
bade him good luck and hurried up
the walk. Slowly the soldier read the
card again, and then turned it over to
read the name of the owner. More
tears welled in his eyes when he knew
whom he had addressed himself to,
and his lips muttered: "I am glad ]
fought for him and the country, for he
never forgets. God bless Abraham
Lincolnl"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
l1UMOR OF THE DAY.

"And what would you be now if it
weren't for my money!" ga bach
elor. Puck.
She-'I understand you proposed
to Emily while out for a stroll last
night?" He-"Yes; 1 won in a walk"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Cooks" said the suburbanite,
"may be divided into two classes
those who resent criticism and those
who ignore it. Puck.
"He has proposed to her a dozen
times" "Has his peristency been re-
warded?" ooh, yes. She refuses
him regularly. Truth.
Miss Quipp-'The idea of anything
of coral for an engagement memento"
Mr.. Quirk-''Why, isn't it cause of
many wrecks? ?"-Jewelers' Weekly.
Which was the handsomest on the grounds
Was really hard TO say,
But the hog that scored 1000 pounds
Had the most winning weigh
Chicago Tribune.
81 never give book to a girl with
out reading it first" "Why not?" 'If
there was a proposal in it she might
take it as personal. Chicago Rec
ord.
First Snake-"Won't you drop in at
our cave this evening? There is to be
snake-charmer present" Second
Snake-'I shall be charmed, assure
you. Puck.
The Young Partridge-"Aren't you
afraid of the man behind the gun?"
The Elder Partridge-"Not when he
is rugged up in one of those fancy
hunting suits.
GLOW did you get such a pleasant
expression on that ugly Miss PASSES
portrait?" 81 got her to telling me
about men she might have married. ;"
Brooklyn Life.
Papa-"Such a wedding as you
want. my dear, will cost S2O0O."
"Then what is to be done, papa?"
"You will have to be married without
my consent. Life.
Oo JOu No lOob ull loul lhuI DiOS'
eh? Well, it serves you right. Boys
always lose who play on Sundays"
'But how about the other feller, who
won all my marbles?"
Willie-"Say, pa, what does the
paper mean by referring to Mr. Soft
leigh as an ornament to society" Pa
'It probably means that his useful
ness on earth is not apparent. Chi
cago News.
Nudge is doing well. He came in
and asked me for change for twenty
dollar bill half an hour ago" Him.
A little longer ago than that he came
into my place and got small bills
changed into twenty" - Indian
apolis Journal.
Mrs. Younglove-"These women
write about How Husbands Should Be
Managed'-Do you suppose they man
age their husbands any better than we
do?" Mrs. Elders-"Do 1. Why,
pshawl child, don't you know they
haven't any husbands" ?"-Detroit Free
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Snapshots at Egypt.

No region in the world presents a
clearer and more distinct individual
character than Egypt. Each village
is a special world, each valley a uni
verse that has developed its own life;
and man has felt the special local i'm
pressions; and even in modern times,
while all the Egyptian villages present
a similar aspect, and, although the
fellah appears to be the same sort Of n
man everywhere, each locality has its
special individual characteristics.
One who knows how to observe men
and things critically will find consid-
cradle differences. These dissimilar-
tiles are as old as Egypt itself. They
have always existed, and are as much
more intense as the communication
between district and district were for
merly more difficult. ThOy are due to
physical conditions special to each
village, to the prevailing winds, the
form and character of the mountains,
the extent of cultivable lands and the
supply of water.
A study of the detail of the country
is a very important preliminary to the
examination of Egyptian history.
Every village and every home had for
merly its special divinity and its par
ticular usages. Are we sure that the
gods and customs were not imposed
by local conditions? At Ombos two
hostile gods were adored in the same
temple. May we not see in this fact
a recollection of the hostility which
has always prevailed between the in
habitants of the two banks of the
river, and still continues?-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
WOMEN AS CRIMINALS.
They VIII Tell About a Crime Quicker
Than a Man VIII.

They Will Tell About Crime Quicker
Than a Man VIII.
Views OF Veteran San Francisco Detec-
tive.)
Women as criminals are very smart,
but they cannot keep crime hidden so
we'll as a man.
A woman is more desperate 10 love
affairs than in anything else. Men get
desperate about money matters.
II a woman of the criminal type
loves a man she will, as a rule, do al
most anything to win him.
1t is difficult to convic. women OF
murder; the jurors are men, and they
sympathize.
Men don't want to have women
hanged, but jury of women might go
to the other extreme.
Women don't like women as we'll as
men like men.
A woman has no sympathy for an
other woman who has done wrong, but
often man has sympathy for wrong
doing fellow and will help him out.
Ifaman doesn't like a man he wants
to have the other know it. 1t is just
the reverse between two women.
A halfway decent woman will do
anything to hide criminal who is her
sweetheart.
Get woman in a tight place a.
she will tell about crime quicker than
q man would.
Men kill themselves when they are
broke; women don't. The women can
stand it better and are more used to it.
Most of the suicides of women are
on account of desertion.
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academy building, till after he had be-
come practicing lawyer, in his twen-
ty-eighth year. ~
Mr.. Weik says that Lincoln found
''pieces to speak" in ''The Kentucky
Preceptor," containing number of
useful lessons in reading, compiled
for the use of schools by teacher.
"We are indebted to his stepmother
for the information that his mathe
matical instruction came from Pixies
arithmetic; but he was unable to buy
the book, and was therefore Obliged
to borrow the copy which belonged tc
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
47.-A Novel Acrostic.

All the words described contain the
same number of letters; when cor
rectly guessed and written one below
the other, one of the rows of letters
will spell the name OF celebrated
astronomer.
Reading across: l. To hinder; 2,
articles found in every stable; 8, con-
quering; 4, city in England; 3,
fathomless; 6, meddling persons; Z,
place of worship; s, celebrated
Greek philosopher; 8, bearing up
against; 10, indirect illusions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

Secretary Wilson has. already begun
planning for agricultural schools in
the Philippines, and advocates such
institutions as Booker 7. Washington
has founded at Tuskegee. "The Maker
Of the world" says Mr.. Wilson, "will
hold this nation responsible for the
welfare of 1O,0O0,0OO of colored peo.
pie in the several islands now under
our flag. The very best service that
can be done by the United States to
those islands is to teach their people
to work, just as Booker Washington
is teaching the colored people of Tus.
kegee to work. We have not had
marked success with the Indian, be.
cause he would not work. We are
working people ourselves. A man has
scarcely respectable standing in the
United States who does not contribute
by his head or his hands to the vel.
fare of the Republic. But the colored
man will work, and just, as rapidly az
the people of those islands can be
helped in this direction success will
come to the efforts of the United
States in trying to do them good,
Just in what way Congress may deem
it wise to manage those islands no man
can tell. Perhaps Congressman can
not themselves tell. But education
toward the industries is what the peo-
pie Of the islands are all needing"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
LincoIn,s Last Pardon.

The last official act performed by
Abraham Lincoln as President Of the
United States was the signing of the
pardon of George S. E. Vaughan, un-
der sentence of death, charged with
being a Confederate spy. Mr..
Vaughan, now an old and broken
man, lives in Maryyille, Mo. The
story of his arrest, sentence to death
and final pardon an hour before Lin
coin was shot by J. Wilkes Booth is
one of the most interesting of the un-
published chapters Of the Civil War.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN IN TRAINING FOR
THE PRESIDENCY
"Ob III study ready

neighbor-presumably Josiah Craw-
ford.
''In order to possess the essential
parts of the book, he resolved to copy
them. Having procured certain sheets
of unruled paper, nine inches wide
and fourteen long, he sewed them to-
gether at one edge with string, SO that
they would open like a book. Then,
with a quill pen, he patiently copied
the essential parts of the entire arith-
metic. Along the edges and in the
unused corners of many pages are
found snatches of schoolboy doggerel." {"
"Not only were books in some cases
out of his reach, but paper and like
supplies were not always to be had, so
that the practice of writing was not at
all times an easy matter. Oftentimes
when at work plowing in the fields,
the boys would-when the old, flea
bitten gray mare stopped to rest at the
end of a long furrow-draw from his
pocket a piece of smoothly planed
wood and cover the impromptu slate
with words and figures, written with
the pencil he had made of soapstone
or clay. His stepmother tells us he
would cover the smooth side of every
log and board about the cabin with his
rude essays and arithmetical calcula-
tions. The door was study in hier-
oglyphics.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
ConId Have Come Along.

While some companies of the Tenth
New York Regiment were returning
to their armory in Albany a man on
the curbstone said: "Why, they're all
right Look at theml They've been
on a grand excursion to Honolulu. "
A private in the ranks heard the re-
mark and turned to the young man
and said ''Say, young fellcw, the
tickets to that excursion were free;
why didn't you get in on itP"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

The killing and eating Of four COM
mercial agents in Upper Ubangi, West
Africa, shows that dead white man
continues to be favorite article OF
food in the tropics. But there is moth.
ing of this menu seen in the zones.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
46.-Six BeheadInents.

/. Behead kind offruit and have q
kind of fish. 2. To come into col
lision with, and have the stroke OF a
whip. 3. A moose, and to change. 4.
Timber, and have a brown pigment.
5. A hard wood, and have pertaining
to bones. 6. A plant, and have a
dart.
The cut off letters will spell the
name OF q naval hero.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

France reports that her export trade
declined about $50, 200, 900 in 1898.
The trouble with the French is that
they have been paying too much atten-
tion to military scandals and too little
to business.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
A ohinaman,s Idea of Life Insurance.

Chinaman's Idea OF Life insurance.
A New Orleans lawyer told the
Times Democrat this yarn: II had a
Chinese client who went home on a
visit, leaving his laundry in charge of
his brother. When he returned he
was promptly ordered off the prem
ises. His brother had coolly appro-
priated the business, and swore he
would kill him unless he made
himself scarce. The dispossessed
gentleman called on me next day, and,
after hearing his story, advised him
to get out warrant imm eGiately, but
he shook his head at the suggestion,
and said in pigeon English that he
wanted to have his life insured for
$4,000. 1 was astonished. What
on earth put that into your head?' 1
asked. so they makee .allc time
some watch, he replied. After a
great deal of cross-questioning 1 got
at his scheme. He had in some man
ner conceived the idea that insurance
companies did everything possible to
prolong the lives of their policy hold
ers, and it followed quite naturally
that if they had S1O,0 at stake they
would take particular pains to see
that he wasn't hurried into the here
after by his wicked brother. In other
words, they would 'makee some
watch, and being very frugal gen
tleman, it struck him as a cheap way
of securing bodyguard. He was
greatly disappointed when 1 explained
that thescompanies let their clients
take their own chances, and it evil
IDENTIFY impressed him as most un-
businesslike. He went away, and at
last accounts the wicked brother was
still holding the fort"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

What mere dot in time seems 150
years when placed in the history of
the worldl What moment in the
existence of the present States of Eu-
ropel And yet, 100 years ago there
was not a single white man in Ken
lucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The colonists had no more knowledge
of that now hourishing part of Amer.
lea than of the mountains of the moon.
One hundred and fifty years ago Can
ada belonged to France, and the pop
ulation did not exceed a million and a
half OF people. One hundred and fifty
years ago Prussia. little monarchy,
was getting ready to sustain a single
handed contest with Russia, Austria
and France. Washington was unheard
of, and the United States were loyal
part of the British Empire, and on the
political horizl mo speck indicated
the struggle W b, within quarter
Of century thereafter, established
the greatest republic of the world.
One hundred and fifty years ago there
were four newspapers in America.
What a vista of human energy is dis
played when we look back over the no
years, as the twsnsna century draws
near! No country can show its equal
It is almost ignored abroad. 1t is
hardly appreciated at home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Awnx with ChaIrsi

Sir James Crichton Browne is of the
opinion that people ought to sit on the
floor instead of on chairs. since sitting
on the ground was cnce general with
the entire human race, and is "both
healthy and natural. London World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
45.-A Queer Problem.

A carpenter made door. He made
it too big. He cut it and cut it too
little; he cut it again, and made it
Just right. How can this be?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

Dewey leads, so far, in the number
Of postoffices named after him. He
has eighteen, while Schley and Samp.
son have FIVE and three respectively.