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The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-09
LETTER FROM
 FOREIGNLAND
Miss Wells Writes In teresting Details of
 Trip to India.
$ $. Castalia. July. 9, 1909.

My Dear Friends: It scarce ly seems possible that whereas so shorl a time since 1 was in your midst, now more than ten thousand miles of land and water
 chiefly the latter-intervene between us.
 Leaving Carlisle on June 16th, l iourneyed east via Chicago. Toledo and Buffalo. In Chicago 1 had the privelege of seeing again number of relatives and friends, and in Toledo. of meet ing a saintIy woman, who for a number of years has helped by her money and prayers to sup port the work in Nikarabad. From Buffalo 1 went out to the wonderful Niagra falls. 1 shall not attempt a description of it for many of you have witnessed this grand display of Natures power. and l realize full well that far abler pens than mine have failed to give any adequate idea of the beauty and grandeur of the scene. The parks. especial ly on the Canadian side were beautifully arranged and tended. Lilies, syringas and such early flowers were just in bloom. and 1t seemed to me that never be- for had l seen so perfect a park. The ride on the electric car down the Canadian side to Queenstown, across the suSpen- sion bridge recently imperiled py the ice gorge, to LewistOWn, N. Y.. thence returning by the gorge almost at the very edge of the boiling seethine waters, now running deep and swift. then caught in a whirlpool again i'm peded in their progress by the rocks below, churning. fretting and foaming until finally the broad channel is reached at Lewistown- this was a delight ful part of the afternoon.
 Saturday and Sunday among friends at Scranton Pa, were pleasant days. The people of Scranton are deeply interested in our Nikrabad work and sup port a number of native preach CTS and school boys, under Mr. Parker. the Parent board Mis-
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1O1 RANCH SHOW
At the Arkansas State Fair on
 Closing Day. Oct. B.

The World Famous 101 Ranch Wild West Show will be at the State Fair within the grounds. on the closing day of the fair on Wednesday, October 13, with their complete aggregation, giy- ing their entire performance both afternoon and night.
 The 101 Ranch Show is with out exception, the most stupen- dous and gigantic amusement enterprise ever launched in the United States, carrying three complete trains and presenting with surpassing grandeur every feature ever included in a wild west exhibition.
 The 101 Ranch Show carries with them anl uses in in their exhibition the only re maining herd of pure bred buf- falO in the world, 100 outlaw horses. a complete Indian vil- lage and an aggregation of several hundred fancy ropers, fancy pistol shots, acrobats. equilib- rists, and present a complete performance of most amazing and thrilling grandure.
 The entire S5,000,000 equip age will be at the State Fair. complete in every detail, both afternoon and night Wednesday. October 18th.
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Both of June. As our vessel did not sail until Saturday, July 3d, we went to London to see some of it's sights. The English trains interested my companion great ly. Each car is divided into compartments with narrow corridor along the side from end to end. From the corridor a door opened into the compart- ment, which had two benches, one facing the other. As many as six or eight people can be put in a compartment. There are the 1st, 2nd, and 3d classes on all the trains. The cars are much lower and for this reason 1 suppose, they do not sway much, so one does not realize the high rate of speed as much as in America. We made about fifty miles an hour on our train.
 The country through which we passed was beautiful indeed. The farms were small, but very neatly kept and well cultivated. The roads looked to be as smooth as floor and because they had been properly built in ages past, they much reSembled our paved streets. They were white and wound in and out through the green fields so picturesquely. Near the railroad was a canal with a tow path on which we saw many boats or barges going up or coming down with loads
 But we did not admire, at all, the type of house found predom- inent in the towns, plain two story red brick affair, with num- erous chimneys capped with tiles and built one against an other in long rows, occasionally one saw off in the fields a fine country house or castle perhaps, but we had no guide to tell us what it was. London is too big to describe. We were glad to get there. and how we did enjoy those three nights in steady bed-not on rockers as our births in the ship seemed to be. We visited West Minister Abbey, and walked around the Parlia- ment building. They were not open to visitors on that day. We saw the National Art Gallery, the Wallace collection of paint ings, carvings, etc, in the Hert- ford House, took hasty survey of the British Musem and saw many monuments, statues etc.
 The display of fabrics, ribbons and trimmings in the shops say stores in America-was both tempting and bewildering. Ma terials are much cheaper than in America due, doubtless. to the low wages. the dense population and the great number of very poor people in England. But the ready made clothing and articles seemed to me to lack daintiness and individuality. Every store seemed to have just about the same things. made in
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siOnary. It was from there. too. that the funds came for erect ing the boys school house which also serves as our church For this purpose Mrs. Crawford gave S6,0o0. Upon accidentally hearing about the range which the friend < at Laclede had given me to take back with me. she in quired whether the ParkerS had cook stove. When 1 told her they had only an old broken English affair, which is almost worse than none, she asked me to order for them one just like mine and gave me the funds for it. It was beautiful thing for her to do and so unsolicited too. 1 know that no gift could please Mi s. Parker more.
 In New York City the heat was intense. In starting on a long journey there are always many final arrangements to be made so the time there was very full, especially when their busi ness hours are so short. Stores open at S:30 a. Ill. and close at $ D. m. Offices do business from 9 a. m to , D. m.. and the banks from l0a. m. till 5 D. m.
 The Cunard liner, the Cam pania. on which we crossed the Atlantic is a F, 300 ton steamer, twin screw. It was crowded in all classes or cabbins, for this is the tourist season. There was 200 or so in the 1st. class, 314 in the 2nd and enough in the 3d or steerage to make total of 1913 passengers on board, The. ma iorlty of the second class passen- gers and practically all of those in the steerage were foreign born Americans returning to tleir native land for a visit. but most of them proundly spoke of the United States as their home.
 There were so many passen- gers that they had three sittings for every meal in the second class dining room. Fortunately I remembered. and getting all our tickets. stood in line for a long time, but finally was re- warded by having places assign ed us together at the first table.
 The weather was cold but the ocean was very smooth. One day it rained, otherwise the weather was perfect, 1 wish you might have seen the excite ment on board when the coast of Ireland came in sight. Many of the people landed at Queenstown. We reached there Tuesday even ing, the 29th, and got into Liver pool Wednesday morning, the
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that, but also in providing the range for me to take back. My furIough in the homeland has been made very delightful by the thoughtful kindness Of rela- tiyes and friends and l carry book with me many tokens of their love and good will, and I appreciate it all more than 1 can express.
 ELIZABETH J. WELLS.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-09

Even with the electric fans, it seemed hard to keep on existing
 It took us fifteen and a half hours l to travel the ninety miles through the canal and into the Suez Bay. Three times we had to tie up to allow other vessels to pass and a good many other ships tied up to let us pass. It cost oyer s 500 for this little ship to go through the canal. The rate is very high. The canal IS owned by private capital, chiefly English and certainly must pay huge div idends.
 As we noted camels vending their way over the sand. carry ing their Arab masters. as we saw the utter absence of shade. so that men had to sit On. lie under the blazing sun when they wanted to rest and as we looked in vain for fields. and signs of human industry, we got a glimpse of desert life.
 Through the red sea we had the most intense heat for three or four days, which wilted us very quickly The water in the sea was ninety degrees. There was a hay appearance over all the water, caused, the Captain said, by recent sand storms over the adjacent deserts. Since coming into the Arabian Sea, the weather has again been cool and pleasant, but the sea has not been so smooth. Sometimes we pitched endwise and again rolled or rocked from side to side. Neither motion is very pleasant, but 1 believe the pitch ing upsets one more quickly. We are very fortunate that none of us have been really sea sick. Miss Dosch has lost an occasional meal, but on the whole we have been good sailors. We have seen many shoals of porpoise and flying fish playing in the water, passed very close to three good sized whales, but have not sighted any sharks as yet. However, we had a rare treat last Sunday night when we passed into large area aglow with the phosphorscent lights given off by myriads of animalculae So far as the eye could see. the lights twinkled and glittered until it looked like a submarine electrical illumina- tion. The Commander said one might sail the seas for years and not have a chance to witness such a display. He also said it was not pleasant sight for those in charge of ship as it made it difficult to distinguish the lights of vessel from those in the water until the ship was almost on her. One English man, passenger, said it DOT tended rotten bad weather" and seemed quite pertrubed by it. However, we have yet to find the bad weather.
 The trip has been made less tedious and more pleasant by the kind thoughtfulness of friends, who enclosed letters and gifts in a loving bag and sent it to me to read and enjoy en-route. My thanks are hereby extend ed to all who helped, not only in
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! J
 There is good underground railway system in London. but very few rurface street cars. In 1 stead they use either horse, om- nibuses or autO-busses. They are double-deckers, the platform being low and the lower story enclosed like a car, while the top is open and is reached by a narrow winding iron stair case. Once on top, there is a row of short seats on either side. and from here one can get such a fine view of the streets and build ings as one passes. The traffic in the streets is enormous. There Is a constant stream of these busses going one after another and often every one loaded with people. 1 once heard that the fares collected on these busses alone averaged 75, ,000 los nearly S375, ,O0O. And the fares are low, depending on the distance, averaging perhaps cent a mile. The presence of so many poor, ragged folks on the streets, distressed one. In Liverpool we saw many ragged men around, sleeping on stone steps or on the pavement.
 We left London with some re- gret. for there was so much which we had not seen, but we were thankful for the privilege of going at all.
 We came aboard the Castalia Saturday evening, July 3d, and sailed out of Liverpool about 10 D. m. It is a much smaller yes sel than the Campania, being only 6,3s8 tons. It carries only one class of passengers and has room for a hundred or more of them. The rest of the vessel is utilized for the crew and cargo. But at this season of the year there are but few passengers on board-fourteen when we start ed and one of them left us at Port Said.
 As you might judge, we had plenty of room on this boat even if we were crowded on the Cam pania. We each have a state room or cabin on the prOmanade deck, which is very pleasant. With me are Miss Grsce Davis of U. Sandusky, Ohio, who goes out to teach in the Isabella Tho burn co llege, at Lucknow, and Miss l.. Dosch, of Miamisburg. O., who goes out to help Miss Wood in the Evangelistic work of Hyderbad. They are both very sweet girls and we have been congenial party thus far. This voyage too. has been rather uneventful and it has so happen ed that we have passed every thing of interest, Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Suez, Alden, etc, at night which has been a great disappointment to me. So since we came aboard, twenty three days ago, we have never set foot on land. Do you wonder that we almost tremble with cx- citement when we remember that after few hours we will be walking the streets of Bombay?
 Our route lay along the coast of Wales, Portugal, Spain, then along the north coast of the African Continent until we reach ed Port Said. Seeing land or sighting another vessel did not create nearly the excitement that it did on the Atlantic steam CT. for it was too common oc- curance The day before we reached Port Said, we counted twenty-nine steamers which we passed, and there were many others, which we failed to see The weather, until we reached Port Said. was delightful, but it was very hot going through the Suez Canal The heat came from the great wastes of sand on
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Tall Queens and Short Kings.

1t is a curious fact that nearly all
the present Queens of Europe ara
taller than their consorts. The most
graceful woman among European
royalties. Queen Alexandra, would
perhaps come an easy first; our
Queen is six inches taller than King
Edward. The Gear is also much
smaller than his beautiful consort,
and according to the same authority,
the German Empress has greater
height than the Emperor. The King
of Italy is known as one Of the
smallest rulers of his time, and
scarcely reaches to the shoulders OF
the truly regal Montenegrin Princess
whom he married about seven years
ago. The Queen of Portugal also, we
are told, is taller than King Carlos,
and likewise the Queen Of Denmark.
Queen Louise is a Sweie, and belongs
20 a nation of big people. The Queen
of Rumania and the Queen of Spain
also equal, If they do not exceed,
their consorts in height.-Westmin-
ster Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
RED FIRE ADJUNCT
TO BIG REVIVAL
Evangelist Said TO Have Melted
$4,000 In Three Weeks.

Norwich, N. Y, Nov. "A religious
campaign which has swept the upper
Chenango valley for the past three
weeks terminated at Sherburne last
night in what was fighting, II not a
fitting close. Evangelist Davis asked
Holland Y. Burlingame, prominent
ieweleI. to attend the closing meet
ing. Burlngame refused aud stated
his objection TO the subject matter
of certain self and sex lectures the
evangelist has been giving during his
three weeks campaign. The jeweler
cited his wife as a witness and her
veracity became an issue.
Fred Benedict and Edwin Sweet, a
mill superintendent, interviewed just Us
Burlingame was starting a right up
per cut to Davis nose. The alterca'
ton was general for time until Bufl'
ingame went his way, leaving Davis
and his two allies fighting mad.
Two churches have lined up against
a third which refused to take part IN
the revival and the town is much
wrought up.
The revival just closed WAS a spec
tacular affair and one evening red
fire parade was held in whicn ".cOO
persons participated. Sherburnes
population is only about 5000 and the
amount netted the evangelist in three
weeks is reported to have been $4,000
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Ghost a Bookworm?

One of the most curious haunt
lngs" occurs in northern castle OF
great antiquity where Mary Queen
OF Scots rested when she was being
conveyed a prisoner through Eng
land. It is manifested in the library
and takes the form that the books
cannot be kept in order They move
about, or are moved about, from
shelf to shelf. If you arrange the
works of Shakespeare in correct or
Ger On one shelf by next morning
the volumes are scattered anyhow on
different shelves. This has gone on
for years. At different times the
library has been searched, and lock
ed, watches nave been set all night
servants have come and gone, but
the mysterious occurrence goes on,
and is vouched for not only by the
family but by the guests who have
stayed in the house. There is no
legend to account for 1t.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Appeal to Force.

In 1917 one Richard Thornton,
called to the bar of the Kings Bench
in England, charged with the murder
of Mary Ashford, in open court threw
down the glove and defed his accus-
er. Whereupon there was a pretty
to-do. Wager OF battle, It was sup
posed, had died natural death In
the dark ages, but Lord Ellenbor-
ough, after much consultation of pre-
cedent, held that 1t was still the law
of England and ordered a field to be
prepared. Thornton's accuser there
upon declined combat, the prisoner
was discharged. Next year Parlia-
ment passed an act aboishing this
privilege of appeal to the strong
right arm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
GRAFT IN CUSTOM HOUSE
Importers Want to Know II President
Will Back Collector Loeb.


New York, Nov. 2.-Importers who
have been connected with the graft
ring in the customs service are plan
ming to send legal representatives to
Washington to find out whether Pres
ident Taft and his advisers intend to
back Collector Loeb in the policy OF
protecting confessed customs thieves.
There are number of importers
who have received the tip that they
are to be prosecuted for participating
in or conniving at fraud. They have
heard that the government has in
preparation more than 100 cases deal
ing with organized thievery. Theil
attitude is that If they are to be
brought to court they want to see
the crooks within the service punish
ed, not rewarded.
One of the governments special
counsel who has been hard at work
collecting evidence in graft cases Tor
five months said today that the cor
ruption In the New York customs
house was more widespread and vic
ious than has yet been described In
the Suns exposure. He knows all
about the system that has its inspira
ton In the custom house building and
its agents in every division of the ser
vice. He knows that there are bie
officials as we'll as weighers and in
spectors who have been stealing. His
work is to find out just who these mer
are. He thinks he is in a pretty fail
way to do just that.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
BIDS FOR BIG FIGHT
coffroth and Gleason Of California
Each Determined to Land the Match.


New York, Nov. 2.-Jeffries has de-
cided to remain In this city until the
1st OF December, when bids for the
fight with Johnson will be opened and
the battle-ground decided upon. John
son says he will also remain East un'
I'll this important question has been
settled. Two rival promoters, James
Coffroth and Jack Gleason, who can
deliver the goods, will have the inside
track when It comes to outbidding In
dividuals outside OF California, but
from all accounts they will indulge IN
a bitter struggle to land the match.
Gleason arrived here last night. He
said Coffroth would have to play very
high to beat him.
Gleason, who is close friend OF
Sam Berger, Jcffries' manager, has
secured a license to conduct glove
fights in Alameda county, thirteen
minutes ride from San Francisco. He
has secured an option on property
Just beyond the city limits and says,
II he gets the match, he will build the
biggest arena in the world, to be op-
Grated by the Ocean View Athletic
club, duly Incorporated.
II is a foregone conclusion that
other promoters in various places will
make large offers, 1t is accepted as a
certainty that Cofrroth and Gleason
will have to fight It out to a finish.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Medical Training.

AS a school of character 1t is doubt
full If any better could be devised
than the routine career of medical
student. 1t is not claimed I It every
medical student at the end of his
five years curriculum will be found
20 have become a saint. But If he
has not developed manly qualities OF
self-restraint, courage, gentleness,
and forbearance it is not for want OF
opportunity of practising these vir-
tues.=LanCet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
3 g. 3
blanketS-ComfortS

Cotton Comforts so many
kinds, grades and patterns-any
and every person can make easy
and quick selection and get ex,
actly the kind preferred.
Cotton Comforts, silkoline GOV.
cred, 90c, $l.00, $1,25 to fine
Mercerized sateen covered, $3.50.
Splendid Cotton Comforts -
pretty silkoline filled with fine
White carded cotton-$l,25.
Down Comforts, mercerizcd
satecn covered, $3.50 to the very
choice brocaded silk, $500.
$500 to $1,000 provides
amply fine Down Comforts for
usual requirements.
Wool filled Comforts = silko-
line covered, $3.50-silk covered,
81 80 to fine brOcaded silk, $17.0O.
Cotton Blankets, so much used
to replace sheets in cold weather
-60c to the heavy Cotton so
closely resembling fine California
Wool Blankets. $3.50 mir
Wool Blankets - not pure wool.
enough cotton added TO prevent
shrinking-the way many people pre-
fer their Blankets-$3.00 to $3.50 q
pair.
Splendid California Wool Blankets
Cream White with Pink or Blue bor-
der and wide silk bourd edge, $3.50.
All wool Blankets. $500 to $4,000.
Good old fashioned unnapt Country
Blankets-all wool-extra large size
White with colored border-S5.OO.
BOGGS g. BU ~
NORTH SIDE. PITTSBURGH. PA.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
The Graft Instinct.

A business man of New York City,
with broad experience, calls atten-
ton to a marked difference that ex-
lists between Federal and city en-
ployes. while you find the graft
instinct at minimum among ths
Federal employees, ne says, lit Ia
at a maximum among the city serv'
ants, whose minds and methods at
once reach for 1t at the first oppor'
tunity."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Made only by The Quaker Oats Company
PROCLAIM ALTON.

WHEREAS, The Hon. Wm. Il. Rice,
President Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for
the county OF Forest, has issued his pre-
cept for holding Court of Common Pleas,
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans
Court, Oyer and Terminer and General
Jail Delivery, at Tionesta, for the
County of Forest, to commence on
the Third Monday of November, being
the 18th day of November. 1909. No
tice is therefore given to the Cor
oner, Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables of said county, that they be then
and there in their proper persons at ten
o'clock A. NJ, OF said day with their
records, inquisitions, examination, and
other remembrances, to do those things
which to their Office appertaiu to be done,
and to those who are boundin recognizance
to prosecute against the prisoners that are
or shall be in the jail of Forest County, that
they may be then and there to prosecute
against them as shall be Just. Given un-
der my hand and seal this 18th day OF
October, A. ID. 1909.
S. r. MAXWELL, [L.s. Sheriff,
IT PAYS TO IA ADyERTISH ~ q =
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Research Workers.

In some German factories moro
than a hundred university graduates
who are specialists are employed in
research work. Concerning this poll
cy. Professor Ostwald says: The
organization of the power OF inven-
ton in manufactures on a large
scale in Germany is as far as | know
unique in the worlds history, and
is the very marrow of our splendid
triumphs."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Towns Named Alike.

There are 27 cities and towns NAM
ed Troy in the United States, 19
named Athens, II Uticas, 16 Alex
andrias, 8 Romes and II Carriages,
not to speak of seven Atticas and
seven Syracuses. Only two States,
Indiana and New York, contain towns
bearing all eight of the names. Ohio
and Missouri contain seven each.