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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
When KOi Floats In japan.

When the koi floats from its bamboo
pole it means trouble is brewing-in
Japan. The koi is paper fish brave in
purple and gold, orange and black, so
skillfully made that the wind, initiating
it, sets it swirling and swerving as If
alive with an energetic tapping of its
fins. A fisherman will tell you that it
represents the carp, that mighty swim
mer which makes its way upstream
against all obstacles. A poet will af.
firm that the koi typifies predominance
1t is all one and the same. When the
fish floats over Japanese dwelling it
announces the birth of a male child,
but when war is imminent or in prog
ress the streets of the cities are gay
with the polychromatic emblem flaunt-
ing and flashing before the door of
every loyal household. This is equiva-
lent to the display Of bunting In the
occident when troops go forth to war.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Great Sunken Lake.

In the Cascade mountains, about sew
enty-fve miles east Of Jacksonville,
Ore, the seeker of the curious will
find the Great Sunken lake, the deep
est lake in the world, so far as Its sit.
uation is concerned, for 1t Is said to
average 1000 feet down to the water
on all sides. The depth of the water
is unknown, and its surface is smooth
and unruffled by the strongest winds.
1t is about fifteen miles in length and
lour and one-half wide. For unknown
ages it has lain still, silent and mys-
terious in the bosom of the great noun
tain range, as though scooped out by
the hand of giant genie.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
A Fish With Hands.

biologists have long regarded the
fish which remains for days out of wa
ter and climbs trees as one of the
strangest departures from nature, but
the most wonderful of these is the peri
ophthalmus of the west African coast.
Ii not only is at much ut home on land
as in water, but climbs the mangrove
roots and takes long Journeys about
the swamps on them and builds itself
mud houses raised above the surface,
with an opening at the top, from which
its bulging eyes stare out at every
alarm For this life the fish is fitted
with long arms. with elbow and wrist,
while the fingers are separated and
prchensilc, instead of being Hat and
tinlikc. These hands in the African
species hold the mangrove roots in
climbing and are Tie means of propul-
sion through the mud. The round eyes
project from the skull and can be turn
ed in every direction; hence the Greek
name, which may be freely translated
"rolling eyes"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Surprise Floored Him.

"Sir," said the Walbrook man, as
he entered the drug store. Il bought
a piece of fly paper here the other
day
sorry" said the clerk, hastily,
"but we exchange no goods after they
leave the counter"
"But wanted to say" continued
the customer. that
I'VE can't remedy the matter now.
sir" said the clerk, you should
have"
"One minute!" bawled the customer,
81 want to say that | bought piece
of hypaper here the other day and it
caught lot of flies, darn you! l
want some more just like 1t. :.
But they had to call another clerk
to fill the order.-Baltimor News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

A recent traveller in Mongolia writes:
"On arrival in camp n sheep is killed
for the strangers benefit. 1t is worth
going to Mongolia to eat mutton, which
is unlike any other in my experience.
No traveller who has written on the
country fails to mention 1t. Mission
aries, Protestant and Catholic alike,
refer to its succulence. The method Of
killing sheep is curious and unpleas-
ant. The animal is thrown on its back,
when the butcher makes an incision in
its belly, into which he thrusts his
hand, where he presumably sewers an
artery, as death ensues and the car
cass is suffused with blood. He then
takes ladle and transfers the blood
to receptacle at his side. No drop is
spilled"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
PojntedIy Put,

The Emerson centenary, which so
many intelligent communities all over
America honored, furnished many in
teresting incidents, among them this:
"Yes, I'VE heard great deal about
Ralph Waldo Emerson" said a mat
ter-of-fact person, but to my mind he
was merely an essayist. What did he
ever doT
What did he ever do2" echoed an
admirer of he philosopher. What
did Ralph Waldo Emerson ever dol
NJ dear sir re didn't have to do any
thing. He Nas"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Pnternal Pride.

"When have occasion to punIah my
son." said the austere man, Il always
tell him that it hurts me more than it
does him."
81 don't" replied the plain, practical
citizen. Johnny may he little head
strong and disobedient, but he has too
much sense to believe anyth'Cg like
that. Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
where Woman Is Heroic.

The determination to do her duty at
all costs inspires the society woman of
today as much as it did the defenders
Of the British flag at Trafalgar. She
goes into action with grim resolve to
dance and dine as all her friends ex-
pect. Though her back is aching, her
head splitting and she knows she is
grewsomely bored, she will heroically
go through her days programme, forti-
fed by the consciousness of having
done her duty.-Ladies Field.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
A Deep Sea Vampire.

An exquisite sea flower, something
like an aster, grows at great depths in
the ocean. 1t looks innocent enough,
but it is charged with such deadly
poison that small fish touching one
of the beautiful petals is instantly
killed, and its body is then drawn
down by the waving leaves to the
plants mouth and is literally eaten.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

Teacher-Tommy, what did l tell you
yesterday that it was called to take
out several letters? Tommy Figgjam-
Abbreviate. Teacher-Then make a
sentence correctly using the word ''ab
breviate." TOMMY saw the letter
carrier abbreviate the mail box on the
CONGRATULATIONS American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

81 wonder how the editorial we
originated"
Il suppose it was started by some
editor who had to sail into the per-
sonal character Of some husky man
and wanted to make the man believe
he'd have to lick more than one
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

The different kinds Of memory are
described in an extended article in Cos
mos, Paris. 1t is noted that some chill
dren. when they learn a lesson, have
only TO read it over few times; others
will not remember il unless they have
heard il recited; others must repeat 1t
aloud TO themselves. These are the
three kinds of memory-visuaL audi
five and motor Those who need TO re-
,it. tba lesson aloud To themselves are
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Wounds Dressed with Burnt Straw

At cost of about % cents japanese
doctors can dress the wounds Of 50C
men. They use a finely powdered
charcoal obtained by the slow combus
ton of straw in closed furnaces. Sa
chefs filled with it are applied to the
wounds, and its antiseptic and alb
sorbent qualities generally effect q
ranid curp
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
AlphOnEe Karr's Dagger.

On the wall in the study of Alphonse
Karr's dwelling there used at one time
to hang a dagger. Karr in one of his
stories had poked good deal of fun at
a woman named Colet. Nine Colet,
enraged at being made butt Of,
stabbed Karr. He on his recovery
hung the dagger she had stabbed him
with above his desk, with this inscrip-
ton beneath it:
Presented to Alphonse Karr-by
Nine. Colet-in the back"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Truth and Fiction.

Kwoter-After all, truth is stranger
than felton," you know. Newitt-It
may he stranger, but it isn't as sue
cessful You never heard of truth 60
ing into 'its twentieth edition in six
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
CnrIYIe ON ThnckeraY.

OF Thackeray Carlyle wrote: "Thack-
cray and his two girls We're with us.
| had never seen him so well before.
There is n great deal of talent in him,
q great deal of sensibility, irritability,
sensuality, vanity without llmit-and
nothing or little but sentimentalsm
and play-actorism to guide it all with. y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Usual Thing,

Tom - That pretty Miss wilkins
seems to have quite a number of eligi-
Bile young men in her train. Jack-Yes,
and it's only a matter of time until
there will be n smashup to that train,
with only one survivor. - Illustrated
Bits
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

Mrs. Skemer-Willie's teacher says
Willie never gets his arithmetic sums
right at all. Mr. Skemcr-Mebbe it'll
be all for the best He may turn out TO
be an expert short change artist.-EX-
change.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

"iIh-yah! I'll sell out, II I can git
M price. Let yer have the saloon.
stock, good will, and SO forth for
What'll you give?"
What about the tlUures|
'Oh, fo'teen colonels, three majors,
a judge, and couple of hoss doctors
go with the rest of the place.
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Hit the Nail ON the Hend.

80 my daughter referred you to me,
eh? Well. hardly understand it. She
never consults me except in a financial
way"
"Well-ah-- sir, that's Just IT,"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
liver Trouble Cured.

A proprietary medicine that is not with
out honor in the city where it is made
must be good thing. In Rondout, N. Y,
where DIR. David Kennedy lived and prac-
ticed for 80 many years, his neao medicine
is highly regarded and many wonderful
cures have been wrought by it. There is
Mr.. Christopher Larsen, of that city, who
says: Twas cured of kidney and liver trou-
BILE, and painters collie, by DIR. Kennedys
ne,o medicine called Cal l-cura Solvent. 1t
drove the disease out of my system, so it
never came back. Nothing like Cal-cura
Solvent to purify the blood" $1.OO, all
druggists; bottles $500.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

Really beautiful things can't go out.
They may disappear for n little while.
but they must come back. It's only
the ugly things that stay out after
they've had their day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

"Well, then, what is your idea OF
the difference between fiddler and
a 'violinlst'?"
"A fiddler is one who plays the fid-
die: violinist is one who knows how
to play the fiddle. e."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

at once auditfve and motor. Certain
persons retain passage well only aft
er they have copied 1t out. These have
a combination of motor and visual
memory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
EnnilH Accnmmnda ted .

She-Have you copy Of Prometheus
Boundf He-No, ma'am, but we can
get It for you bound any way you like.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
TO CuRE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists:refund the money If it fails
to cure. e. W. Groves signature is on
each box. 25c. o25
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
nrenktnC Loose.

"You smoked only ten cigars OH your
wedding trip-that's one day"
mo. Ten on the last day."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

Daisy-Where my brother goes he's
usually asked to call again. Dolly
He must be very popular. Daisy-No.
He's a bill collector.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
How He Saved Him.

Hewitt-That fellow saved me from
bankruptcy. Jewett-How was that?
Hewitt-He married the girl l was en-
gaged to.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
HuMoR OF THE DAY.

Most men are unable to ride in the
head carriage of the procession until
they die.-Atchison Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

A small boy with box of tools can
&c, as much enjoyment ouI of the par
lor furniture as his mother ever did.
PUCK.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
San-Cura Ointment

Which will stop at once that itching, burning
pain We guarantee that San.Cura Ointment viii
not heal n cut or sore of any kind until the poison
il all removed; then it heals rapidly. Prevents
scars Druggists 25c and 5Oc
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

Don't you miss your husband very
much now tha, he is awayy
"Oh, no! | just stand his news
paper up in front of plate and half
the time really forget he isn't there"
Chicago Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

He who is never guilty of mistakes
is not so wise as he imagines.-La
Rochefoucauld.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07

Kindness is greater than laws. and
the charities Of life are more than all
ceremonies,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
Pirnples, Piles, Eczema
Cuts, Burns, Bruises,

letter, Salt Rheum, Old Sores. Ulcers, Chilbla ms
Catarrh, Corns Chapped Hands and Lips,
Boils Carbuncles, Felons, Itching
Bleeding. Protruding Piles,
Insect Bites. Poison
Ivy, and all
SKIN
=Diseases are cured BY
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-07
(which do you prefer, Paris or New

"Oh, Paris, of course. would
rather have my morals than my ner-
vous system shattered. Life.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-23
Graders Have a Eight.

Denver, April ia Republican spe-
cial from Central City last night says:
AS result of drunken quarrel
among graders and vagrants at Ben
son, in Boulder park, on the Moffat
road, this afternoon. three men were
shot. none fatally, and half-breed
Mexican is in the custody of deputy
sheriff at Rollinsville and will be
brought to the county Jail in this city
tomorrow morning.
During the shooting A. d. Thomp-
son, the bartender, was shot in the
collarbone, the bullet being extracted
later. DR.. Baughman. deputy sheriff
was shot in the fleshy part of the right
arm, and an unknown grader was shot
twice in the right hand.
Most of the shooting was done by
the half-breed who was severely
dubbed over the head with gun, and
put under arrest. Five men were depu-
l!zed at Rollinsville. who went to the
ccene of the trouble, afterwards taking
tue prisoner to Rollinsville.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-23
Eilipinos Coming.

Washington. April 16-Arthur Fer
guson Of this city, secretary of the
Philippine Commission, sailed yester-
day from Yokohama in charge of a par
ty Of fifty of the most prominent ma
tives Of the islands, for San Francisco
The party is sent to the United States
at the expense of the Philippine gov
ernment, the purpose being to AFFORD
these men Of influence an opportunity
to study American institutions and
methods. 80 that they may impress
their fellow countrymen upon their re-
burn with the truth of American civil
ization.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-23
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Attorney General Knox Says It Will
Continue.

Washington, April 17-Attorney
General Knox has handed to the Presi-
dent his opinion regarding the validity
of the Chinese exclusion law. While
the opinion has not been made public,
IL is known that the attorney general
holds in effect that the denunciation
of the treaty by China does not oper-
ate to nullify the existing laws and that
the exclusion can be enforced as rigid
ly hereafter as under the treaty.
After the denunciation of the exist
ing treaty by China the subject of the
exclusion of Chinese was considered
by the President and his Cabinet The
President also discussed the matter
with the leaders in Congress In ac-
cordance with the action of the Chi
rese government the treaty will expire
December 7th next. 1t was manifestly
necessary. therefore. that it should be
determined before the adjournment Of
the present session of Congress wheth
er or not the law enacted originally in
1892 would continue in effect after the
treaty lapsed. This question was re-
ferred to the attorney general by the
President, and it is on that question
that he has prepared an opinion.
In its effect the exclusion law is
more drastic than the treaty. While
the treaty is in force the points of diff
ference between the law and the treaty
are decided in accordance with the
terms of the latter. 1t is the hope of
the Chinese government that new
treaty will be negotiated which will
prove more favorable to Chinese immi
grants that is the present treaty. In
deed. such treaty is now being con-
sidered, but the negotiations have not
progressed sufficiently to indicate what
the precise nature of the convention
may be eventually.
A bill which seeks to strengthen ev
cry weak place in the Chinese exclu-
son act, drawn by the Department OF
Justice, was introduced in the House
to-day. 1t covers all points which might
by any possibility be affected by the
denunciation of the treaty by China.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-23
SUDDEN DOWNFALL.
Denver Society Leader Railroaded to
Penitentiary.

Denver, April 17.-On Friday Her.
bert F. Mellen was welcome guest
in the best social circles Of Denver
Last night he was locked up in the
penitentiary at Canon City, dressed in
convict, stripes, to serve term OF not
less than four or more than five years
for embezzlement from the Interna-
tional Trust Company, for which he
has been teller during the past nine
years. His shortage of about $4,000
WAS due to the expense of keeping
place in the smartest social set, which
made demands on his purse that his
salary could not meet. There are
reports that he lost money at bridge
whist and poker, but, if so, the fact
has not been verified.
No such spectacular occurrence as.
tonished Denver for years as the rapid
arrest, trial and conviction of Mellen.
Arrested on Thursday, his trial and
conviction followed within eighteen
hours. and in twenty-four hours he
was on his way to Canon City.
He pleaded guilty as calmly and
firmly as though giving an order to
waiter at a club.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-23

The Importance to the whole Pacific
coast of an extensive deposit Of good
Alaskan coal that is accessible to the
ocean cannot be overestimated Such a
coal field, according to the report Of
DR.. G. c. Martin of the United States
Geological Survey, is situated from
twelve to fifteen miles inland from
Controller bay. Alaska. 1t is in the val
ley of the Bering river. a good-sized
stream which flows into Controller bay
east of Copper river. DR.. Martin
spent the summer of 1903 In studying
the petroleum and coal deposits along
the south shore of Alaska. and in the
course of his explorations he Travelled
ur the valley of the Bering to . dis
tance of about forty miles from tho
coast. The most promising coal seen
by DR.. Martin came from a twenty-foOt
seam now exposed in the tunnel ON
Carbon creek. Its composition shown
II to be semi-anthracite of somewhat
the some composition as the coal Of the
Bernice basin in Pennsylvania, al.
though 1t is purer and has higher heat
ing power. There is no coal with
which 1t is likely to come into general
competition to which 1t can be cOn-
pared. for 1t is higher In heating p0W-
er and in purity than any coal that =
mined on the Pacific coast, either IN ~
United States Of Canada. or any eona
mind in Australia.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-23
DENVER TICKET
DEMOCRATIC CITY NOMINATIONS

Robert w. speer for Mayor.-No Fu-
sion Attempted.-Judge Lindsey
Renominated for County Judge by
AccIamation.
Denver. April IA straight Demo-
cratic convention yesterday named a
straight Democratic ticket for the city
and county of Denver. Most of those
named are already holding office by
election or appointment
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, whose work in
the Denver Juvenile Court has given
him national reputation, was renom-
irated by acclamation.
Following is the city and county
ticket:
Mayor-Robert w Speer.
Clerk-Elmer E. Sommers.
Recorder-Robert ]. Byrne.
Sherif-Hamilton Armstrong.
Auditor-Charles F. Wilson.
Treasurer-Charles S. Elder.
Schuyler H. Alexander
County Judge four-year term)-Ben
B. Lindsey.
County Judge (short term)-Henry
V. Johnson.
Superintendent of Schools-Emma M.
Herey.
Coroner-William P. Horan.
Justices of the Peace-William +.
Hynes, Benjamin F. Stapleton, William
A. Rice
Constables-Joseph Berger, Michael
j. Geary, Patrick Reid.
Supervisors-First district wards
Fifteen and Sixteen), Roady Kenehan;
Second district (Wards Six and Seven),
George e. Smith; Third district wards
One. Two and Eleven), Ben q. Wood
ward Fourth District wards Three,
-Four and Five). John N. Stoddard;
Fifth district (Wards Eight and Nine)
A. ]. Spengel Sixth district wards
Ten and Fourteen). Dennis Murto;
Seventh district (Wards Twelve and
ThiTteen), Albert H. Aronson.
Aldermen-First ward, James P.
Coates; Second ward, Johnnie P. Jones;
Third ward. James F. Maloney; Fourth
ward, Andrew Horan; Fifth ward, Mi
chael Maloney; Sixth ward, John Con-
Ion; Seventh ward, James Connolly;
Eighth ward, Charles J. Holland;
Ninth ward, Charles A. Smith; Tenth
ward, C. NJ Coe; Eleventh ward. Jo-
seph H. Berry; Twelfth ward, M. J.
Kenney; Thirteenth ward. John w.
Jones, Jr.; Fourteenth ward, Charles
L.. Maui; Fifteenth ward, Edwin w.
Pitschke.