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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-11-09
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member Of COngresS-N. p. Wheeler.
Member Of Sendte-J. X. p. Hall.
ASSembty-A. X. Mechling.
B President Judge-Wm. Il. Rice.
Associate Judges-P. O. Hill, Samuel
.Aul.
Prothonotary, Register d Recorder, &c.
j. G. Geist.
She1iG-S. II. Maxwell.
IredSurer-Geo. w. Holeman.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j.
M. Zuendel. III. II. Mcclellan.
District Att0rney-N. A. Carringer.
jury Commissioners Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
CbrOner-Dr. M. @ Kerr.
County AuditOrS-G George II. Warden,
A. @. Gregg and j. =. Kelly.
County Slt1Veyor-D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent-D. W. Morri-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-11-09
HOUSE.
DILL. EMERT

FANCY BOOT Il SHOEMAKER.
Shop over r. l.. Haslet's grocery store
ON Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea'
sonable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-11-09
Buffalo Ray Market.

Timothy, No. /, new, on track.
5000; No. 2 timothy, $3.50; straw,
wheat and oat, S7O0QS,00.
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be estimated from sixty-two baptisms
recorded in Father Ravoux's register
for the year 1S4S
cat that time the whole white pop
ulation of the region did not aggregate
two thousand, and st. Paul was the
little hamlet of bark-roofed cabins,
with population Of less than two
hundred"
In an article contributed to the
Catholic World magazine Miss Mary
L. Cramsie, a prominent st. Paul
teacher, has truly said:
st. Paul may we'll be called Cath
olic city, founded and named as it
was by the building and dedication of
Catholic chapel From the early
days when devoted priests sat in the
councils of the Indians, travelled in
their canoes, shared their hardships,
and partook of their hospitality, down
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to the present time, heroes of the
faith have not been wanting among
us; heroes imbued with the same mis-
sionary spirit that animated a Hen
nepin as he penetrated the silent for
ests and woke the echoes with pray
err; or stood beside that most pictur-
esquc cascade, ST. Anthony Falls,
whose music has been chanted for
ages UNDECIDED, and whose sky-tinted
water, unfettered and unburdcned
leaped gladly down into the rapids
below. And yet it is but short span
that connects the city of today with
the few log huts that stood along the
river bank less than sixty years ago.
Streets were unknown. The roads
We're covered with grass and weeds,
and fretted with stumps of trees. But
the little log church, built by Father
Galtier, stood upon the bank over
looking the great river, it's Shadowy
cross bending with the waves, and
deepening and broadening into many
sacred symbols with every change oil
! the eddying current. Were it's multi
pie reflections a prophecy of the noble
spires that were so soon to lift them
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CATHOLIC LIFE nv ST. PAU.

on the second day of October of that
same year. The name St. Paul passed
from Father Gathers humble chapel
to the humble village that clustered
around 1.-THE nucleus of the fair me-
tropolis of today, st. Paul. In 1841
Reverend Augustine RavouX opened a
mission among the Sioux where now
is situated the town of Chaska In
1874 Father Galtier departed from the
northwest and Father Ravoux took
his place as guardian of the missions
of St. Peter and of St. Paul.
'In 1S4S Reverend Dellcourt came
down from the British Red River
country to Pembina to minister to the
spiritual want of the settlements OF
ha!f-breeds along the northern frontier
and then, in the month of November
1849, he received as his colleague Rev
erend Albert Lacombe.
cat the opening of the year 1S4a
there were in what was to be the dio
cese Of St. Paul two priests, one IL
St. Paul and one in Pembina, will
some five hundred Catholics at ant
around Pembina, and so many Cath
olics at and around st. Paul as ma.
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, selves into the blue sky above the
restless river?
Fathers Galtier and RavouX were
fresh from their own sunny land.
Moved by the earnest plea of the
Bishop of Dubuque, they hal left be-
hind them home, friends and coun-
try to brave the storms, the rigorous
climate and the possible hostilities of
the Indians in northern wilderness.
Souls were perishing without the light
of faith or the consolation of the sac
raments, and, filled with divine char
ity, these Christian pioneers pressed
resolutely onward.
On the Goth of April, 1910, on the
first boat of the season, Father Gal
tier left Dubuque, and a few days
later he landed at the foot of Fort
Smelling. There was no St. Paul at
the time, and Mendoza, across the
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the voice as when speaking Of some
thing holy Indeed, there are still
to be found men and women who in
woke his aid devoutly and confident
ly, and whose tears of affection flow
as they recall his many deeds OF love
and heroism.
acter was beautiful and his far-sight.
ed policy outlined, at least, in vague
way, every good work that has since
been accomplished in the diocese. De.
voted to home vocations, Il seminary
was one of his dearest hopes; and
when Archbishop Ireland formally
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taught by members of his own house
hold, and the following year he SCI
cured the Sisters of st. Joseph for
the girls school in the old chapel
annex. Our noble Archbishop, with
his accustomed magnanimity, gives
him even the credit of awakening the
temperance sentiment which has al
ways been one of the distinguishing
marks of the diocese of st. Paul. =
His daily life was marvel of ac-
tivity-busy from five o'clock in the
! morning until ten o'clock at night.
He rang the angelus himself, an
swered the door at any hour of the
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opened the st. Paul Seminary his
first thought was, Thank God. Bishop
Cretin's hope is fulfilled.
He diverted the tide of western i'm
migration, which had been flowing to-
ward the gold fields of California, to
the northwest, by establishing bu-
reaus Of information and using the
press of the country to further Cath
Ole immigration. Minnesota's rapid
advance to statehood is due, in some
measure. to his energy in this direc-
ton.
Within year after his arrival he
opened a school for boys, which was
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Early History.


The Golden Jubilee, or 50th ami
versary of the coming Of the first bish-
op, was celebrated ON the St. Paul
Seminary grounds July 2, 1901. The
following excerpts are taken from the
sermon delivered by Archbishop Ire
land at that time:
at was the second day of July Of
the year of our Lord 1851. The steam
err Nominee" was rounding yonder
river bend, and the shrill voice of it's
brazen whistle was echoing over the
hills and through the ravines Of the
infant village. AS custom demanded,
an expectant crowd quickly gathered
at the lower levee. THE Bishop is
aboard was the news sped from the
steamers deck, and soon all eyes were
fixed upon one in priestly garb who
was moving down the gang-board way.
ing salutes and blessings. The Right
Reverend Joseph Cretin, St. Paul's
first bishop, had reached the term of
his long and tedious journeying from
distant France; he was in his episco-
pal home.
ct had not been previously known
what steamer would bring the bishop
to St. Paul There were here in those
times no telegraph offices to herald be-
forehand coming visitors. And so
there was no priest on the levee when
the bishop first set foot upon it. Faith
er Ravoux was quietly pacing his
room, intent in reading, as a hurried
voice exclaimed, The bishop has
come Rapid were his strides down
the hill. Soon he was receiving the
cordial embrace Of his old-time friend
now his honored superior, and joyful
ly leading him towards the log chapel
on Bench street, st. Paul's first ca
thedral, and the log cabin in the rear
of the chapel, St. Pauls first episcopal
palace.
"It is singularly interesting and in
structive today to read the statements
in the American Catholic directory Of
January, 1S49, that relate to Catholi
of erecting the see of st. Paul was
under discussion in the council O.
Baltimore.
"The civil territory of Minnesota
which was to be comprised under The
spiritual jurisdiction Of the new see
covered at tht time what is now the
State of Minnesota and those portion:
Of the state Of North and of South Da
kota that lie eastward from the Mis-
souri, river. In matters of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction it was divided by the Miss
issippi river between the diocese o
Dubuque and that of Milwaukee, thu
diocese of Dubuque claiming the ives,
ern part and that of Milwaukee tn
eastern, although, in fact, on accoun
of the distance from Milwaukee tn
whole territory had fallen to the pas
toral care of the bishop Of Dubuque
"In 1889 Bishop Loras, of Dubuque
visited the few Catholics to be foun'
in and around Fort Smelling. In 1874
Reverend Lucien Galtier, the frs
resident priest in what was to be a
later date the territory OF Mime
sofa, came to St. Peter, the Mendoza Q
later history. Six miles below 81
Peter, on the eastern bank of the river
In 1S41 he built log chapel, ded
eating it to divine service, under tn
patronage OF the Apostle Saint Pau
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Most Reverend John Ireland, d. D.,
Archbishop of ST. Paul, consecrated
December 81, 1875, Bishop Of Mar
onea and Coadjutor to Bishop Thos.
l.. Grace, ID. D.; succeeded to the see
Of st. Paul July 81, 1884; named arch
bishop May Is, 1888.
First Bishop of st. Paul.-Right
Reverend Joseph Cretin, D. d., conse-
Grated January rs, 1851; died Febru-
airy %, 1857.
Second Bishop. Most Rev. Thomas
l.. Grace, D. D., consecrated July "a,
1859; resigned July 81, 1884; named
Titular Bishop of Menith, and, later
Titular Bishop of Sinnia. Died Febru-
airy %, 1897.
In 1S4S there were about 1000 Cath
olics in what was later known as the
Diocese of St. Paul.
The future city-St. Paul-was given
it's name in October 1s41 by Rev. Lu.
Glen Galtier, the pioneer priest.
Rt. Rev. Joseph Cretin, first bishop
of the diocese, came in July, 1851. St
Paul then contained about 1900 peo
pie all told. There were about 5000
in the then territory.
At the death of Bishop Cretin, in
1857, the statistics for the diocese OF
St. Paul We're: 20 churches, 35 sta.
lions, where religious services were
held occasionally; 20 priests, five
converts of religious women, mon
astery of Benedictine Fathers, house
of teaching Brothers, hospital, sew
eral Catholic schools, and Catholic
population Of nearly $4,000.
Now, in practically the same, terri
tory, there are nine episcopal sees, one
of them vested with metropolitan dig
nifty, and hundreds of churches, con
vents, colleges, schools, asylums anC
hospitals. The Catholic population
numbers fully 100000 souls and the
number of priests has reached 700 ol
more.
The city of st. Paul itself can boas
of "a Catholic churches.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Steed Smarter Than Soldier.

Trooper Brown of the British terri
torials was green" His horse, like
wise unaccustomed to war, seemed
from its appearance and general struc-
ture to have been not very long ago
dray horse But 1t was a wise animal
and had learned through experience
that to keep ones mouth shut Is to
avoid many troubles. Much practice
had enabled it to keep its mouth shut
very successfully-and very tight. On
the first morning parade in Trooper
Browns first camp the lieutenant rode
down the lines of his company. "All
the men turned out, sergeant MAJOR"
he queried. Yes, sir" said the ser
geant major, "all except Trooper
Brown. He's waiting for his horse to
yawn SOS he can slip the bit in, but
the worst of it is, sir, the brute doesn't
seem a bit tired" ."-Dundee Advertiser.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Ihair Nerdict.

"Fetch the body" ordered the fore
man of Texas coroner's jury.
The body was laid before them. The
jury made a careful examination and
questioned the attending surgeon.
"Whar was he shot?"
Square through the heart"
Dead in the center O the hearth"
Fright In the center"
"Who shot him."
Jake Daniels"
A dozen witnesses declared that Jake
fired the shot, and Jake himself ad-
mitted It, The jury consulted softly
for some time.
"Wcll, gentlemen Of the jury" said
the coroner, whats your verdict?'
"Waal, jedge," answered the fore
man, we've come to the conclusion
that Jake Daniels is the dandiest shot
in these parts, and don't you forget It,"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Mud Roads Relic of sarbarism.

Mud roads are relic of barbarism
and always indicate people OF slow
and unprogressive habits. IL stran-
ger should ride over all the roads In
any county and find them all mac
adamized he would be ready to bet on
the superior intelligence and enlight-
ment Of the people. whether he met
single one or not. The roads of any
county can be greatly improved by the
road drag, and now Is the time to do
It. Some farms have already been en-
aanced several dollars per acre by the
simple process Of keeping the roads to
them in good condition by the vigorous
use of the drag.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
RURAL SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENTS
Value Of Making the Building
and Grounds Attractive.
INSTILLS A HIGH IDEA OF LIFE
Fosters a Desire to Build Up and Not
to Tear Down-Teaches How to Live
CIeanIy-Sugsestions For Beauty
ing a School Yard.

How an attractive schoolhouse with
neat and we'll kept grounds will tend
to benefit any community and its sur
roundings is aptly described in the
Kansas Farmer by +. Lincoln Fields
of Burlington, Kan. who says:
"It has been said that new homes
may come, Old barns must go, but the
old schoolhousc will do forever. How
ever, this has not been my observation.
My observation has been that the old
schoolhOuSe or the new SchoolhouSe
represents the whole ncighborhood in
a lump. The old or the new and up
to date schoolhouse is characteristic of
the whole neighborhood. A look at the
schoolhouse tells you in way he W :he
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
ATHLETICS HAVE
BEST PITCHERS
In Other Departments Chicago
OutCIaSSeS MaCk'S Team.
CHANCES MEN ARE KEENEST.

Many Think Cubs erainest Team
That Ever Appeared on Diamond.
Great TwirIins Staff Does Not AS
sure Team Of Victory.
viii the great pitching staff of the
Philadelphia Athletics be able to eff
feet other advantages that are general
ly conceded to the Chicago Cubs in
the coming world series? This is the
question most frequently discussed
just now between the partisans of the
National and American leagues.
Mack's Great TwirIing Staff.
1t Is claimed that the pitching won
every worlds series that has been
played Supporters of the Athletics
figure the Cubs will have little chance
against Bender, Coombs. Plank and
Morgan. Manager Mack of the Ath-
letics has intimated that he expects to
rely on Bender and Coombs against
the Cubs. But Connie Is an old fox
and there are those who think he's
talking for the purpose of leading the
Cubs to look forward to right handlers
and will come strong with Plank and
possibly Krausc, the young Califor-
nian, who has recently shown a return
to the form that made him the pitch
Ing sensation of the early season of
1909.
Cubs Pitchers Are Not Weak.
Manager Chance and his followers do
Iy- hp hn
Athletics have everything In their IA
vor In the pitching line. While the
hitting and fielding of the Cubs have
been potent factors in keeping them on
top in the championship race, Chance
declares the pitching of Cole, Brown,
Reulbach, Overall and PfeiStcr should
not be overlooked.
They have had the experience in
playing in worlds series games and
are noted for coolneSS and nerve in the
pinches Nerve is the feature Chance
likes about IL pitcher. He prides him
self on having group of Fingers who
have the nerve and declares that is
why they have been so successful in
major league ranks.
however, winning WOrlu 5 cnau-
pionship does not all depend on the
pitchers. The twirlers are more In
the limelight than their teammates,
naturally, but there are eight other
men on each team, and each mans in
dividual strength must be considered,
and then to this must be added the col
lective ability Of the outfit.
Why the Cubs Should Be Favorite.
There is one reason why the Cubs
should always be considered a favorite,
or at least an even money proposition.
in a short scries-they are always at
their best at such a time. The Won
derful defensive play of the Chicago
brigade and the subtle manner in
which they score enough runs to win
even If they make fewer hits than
their opponents makes them the hard
est team in the major leagues to de-
feat
1t is seldom that the Cubs lose a
game in which their opponents fail to
secure a big lead. Give the Cubs an
even chance or a handicap of one or
two runs and they are pretty certain
to win out in the end.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
aturaIly.

I'VE gave our preacher purse OF
$500 last Sunday, and also beautiful
album containing the pictures and sig
natures of the people who had contrib
uted the money. He was greatly af-
fected and almost with tears stream
ing down his cheeks said he valued
the album much more than the purse.
What happened then?
I'VE went home with diminished con-
fidence in our acher."-Chicago
Record Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Keep Good Roads Good.

In commercial life we are a won
derfully practical people. man does
not let a house go to ruin for lack Of
hammer and nails and few boards
to make repairs or occasional coats Of
paint to preserve the timhers. He
lOes not use his carriage or his steam
engine or his watch or his clothes or
anything else on such fool theory
He applies the wise maxims of the
ounce Of prevention" and the stitch
In time" to his personal and business
affairs, but such maxims seem to have
no application to road 'maintenancei
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
MACK HANDS OUT LEMONS.
Players Do Not Come Back When He
Let's Them Go.

Did any player amount to anything
after Connie Mack released him? Scan
the list carefully-Lave Cross, Monte
Cross, Davy Fultz, Ossie Shreck, Wad-
dell, Weldon Henley. Andy Coakley.
Socks Seybold, Schlitzer and Rath.
backs of Comics squad of released
players, and Bris was not in the physl-
cal form at that time he is now. Joe
Jackson may prove another. but In
Joe's case he was not released until
Philadelphia negotiated for Lord.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Mcintosh to Try to Corner Fighters.


Promoter Hugh McIntosh's plan to
corner all the best boxers in the world
and have them appear at his new
clubs In London and Birmingham.
England, and in his stadiums in sgd.
ney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Austria
lia, is the biggest thing Of the kind
ever attempted In the history Of the
pugilistic game. His clubs in England
will be so arranged that 5000 people
can be seated, and he has Jimmy Britt
the former San Francisco lightweight,
who has been making his home in
England, as an assistant. Mcintosh
has also secured Eugene Corri, re-
garded as the best referee in England,
to act as the third man in the ring at
his contests.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
HISTORY OF WORLDS SERIES

The coming worlds series will
be the sixth clash between Amer
lean and National league cham
pions. In 1903 the Boston Amer
leans defeated the Pittsburg Ma
tionals. In 1904 no worlds Sc
ries was played. In 1905 New
York defeated the Philadelphia
Americans. In 1906 the Chicago
White Sox scored over the Chi
cago Nationals. In 1907 and 1908
the Chicago Nationals defeated
the Detroit Americans. Last
year the Pittsburg Nationals de-
feated the Detroit Americans.
This makes four wins for the
National league teams and two
for the American league repre-
sentatives.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
How She Won Out.

"Oh, George" she cried in perplexed
tones. I'm afraid we must part"
Part! Why must we part, dear?' he
echoed.
"On account of father" she replied.
"He fears we would be mismated We
are so very different. he says"
"In what way are we so different?'
be asked. with show of dignity.
well. father says am of such a
ready and willing disposition. while
you seem $3.50 backward. so reluc-
tant and hesitating. $3.50 loath to
come to the-the point, don't you
know"
He does. does he?" clustered George.
bracing up, and the very next after
noon she was showing her girl friends
how stunning ii looked on the third
finger of her left hand Boston Htr raid,
He that IiVpS uDOn hone will die
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22

Jim loves a girl whose face Is fair,
John loves a maid whose figures fine.
Joe dreams of one with golden hair
But none Of them for mine!
Frank cares for one or sparkling mind.
Fred for a girl who dotes on art
But l went very far to find
lass that had a heart
And Frank and Fred and Jim and Joe
Have found the ones they think divine.
And l have found her, too-but oh.
The only heart she has is mine!
Cleveland Leader.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
MATrY FIRST EVER TO GET
ASSIST ON STRIKE OUT.

One of the most peculiar strike
outs on record was made by
Christy Mathewson of New York
in a game with Pittsburg recent
ly. Babe Adams struck at ball
that was bouncing, and 1t struck
Meyers on the foot and bounded
up in the air. 1t was a third
strike, and Mathewson darted
for the ball. He grabbed 1t and
threw the batter out at first.
That Is the first time on record
that a pitcher ever got an assist
on strikeout.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
The Real Thinu,

Speaking of joy rides, did you ever
have a real one"
NO"
Never got out in buggy along
shady lane, with plug of horse and
the only girl in the world! Say, you
don't know what life is."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Prescribing Economy.

"You told him to diet himself" said
the young doctors wife.
"Yes," replied the doctor. Il told
him to eat only the very plainest food
and very little of that"
do you think that will help himT'
at will help him to pay my bill."-
Stray Stories.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
w HOLE NUMBER, 2,O33
CALIFORNIAN CAUTION.
N ~ Flora is canny Scot
|" Too canny, truth to tell
a u For. though III have her share


my lot,
She'll no commit herser.
I said, "Will you my sweetheart be7'
She answered: "Hoots! You men!"
/ pressed her. DO you care for me?''
She said. Il dinna ken
what! Don't you know your mind?"
| cried.
She said, It's warm the day"
1 asked her. "Will you be my bride?'
She said. IT couldna say"
Come, lassie. shall 1t be this spring.
She cried, You're vera free!'
Then, tell me, may l buy the ring?"
Man, please yourself" says she.
Before the chancel steps we stood.
St. Giles kirk Until.
The parson asked me II | would.
OF course l said. II will"
But when 1t came to Flo's reply
The nearest that she'd go
Was Just to murmur cautiously.
II wouldna say I'll no"
London Truth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Played Game In Thirty two Minutes.


Recently at Atlanta the worlds rec
ord time for a ball game was broken
when the Mobile and Atlanta teams
played a full nine inning game in thir-
ty-two minutes, Mobile winning . to l.
This remarkable record was made
possible by the two teams going on the
field and coming to bat on the run.
Invariably the first ball delivered to
each batter was struck at and usually
hit without any effort to place it. Thir
ty-five assists tell the story.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-10-22
Good Enouqh.

Wife-I suppose If you should meet
some pretty young girl you would
cease to care for. me?
Husband-What nonsense you talk!
What do / care for youth and beauty?
You suit me all right.-M. A. 2.