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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

ONE of the most profitable crops that
can be raised is tobacco. There is really
no good reason why tobacco could not be
successfully cultivated in this section OF
the State. When 1t is planted in gar den
itgrows luxuriously. Get a bulletin on
tobacco culture and try it next year.
Punxy Spirit. Try 1t yourself, Smith.
Ifit doesn't pan out like that garden OF
yours did, 1t might result at least in i'm
proving the quality of stogies consumed
In the Spirit office.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

EVERY month twenty-five tons of iron,
it is estimated, are ground to dust in the
New York Subway. Think, therefore, of
the dust which the factories, railroads
and trolley cars must be constantly caus-
ing. Then there are many other kinds,
smoke dust, street dust, coal dust, cement
dust. granite dust, etc. You see it dane
ing about In every sunbeam that enters
your room. Beat pillow or carpet and
the dust rises in clouds. The dust that is
In the air is continually settling upon the
floor and on every surface that offers. In
this dust disease germs are often carried.
Therefore be careful not to expose food
for any length of time to the air. Do not
allow milk, meat or vegetables to stand
long uncovered. Don't set the table af-
ter bseakfast and allow the glasses and
china to remain there until dinner time.
You will only be introducing dust and
germs into your system with your food.
Precautions like these may seem trivial
but they are important to good health.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
Buffalo Provision Market.

Buffalo, Nov. 20.
WHEAT - No. 2 white, $1.OO; No. 3
red, 97c.
CORN - No. 8 yellow, 721sc; No. 4
yellow, tic.
OATS - No. white, 51Ac; No. 3
white, 51Ac.
FLOUR Fancy blended patent,
per bbl., s6.O6@6.75; winter family.
patent, S5.00G5.75.
BUTTER-Creamery, Western tubs,
extra. S4c; creamery, state, fair
70 good, 3OG91c.
EGGS-State hennery, mixed. 4lc.
CHEESE - Good to choice, dew.
I4614hc.
POTATOES - Home grown, fancy,
per bu., s1,00@1.1O.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

PERHAPS, In the astounding advance
made In surgery, pounds of fat taken
from those who need it not may be placed
on others where 1t will do the most good.
Ifkidneys and brains and skin can be
grated upon other bodies why cannot
healthy living flesh be tucked away under
habby and wrinkled skin? 1t would
certainly be more popular way of in.
cressing weight than many of the almost
agonizing efforts now in vogue. So
thinks the observant Oil CITY Blizzard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

Legend tells us that the first phenix
was born in the garden of Eden and
had its nest in a great red rose. the
drst rose that ever bloonIed When
the angel drove Adam and Eve out of
paradise a spark of fire fell from the
angels fiery sword and burned up the
Dhenix and his nest. Out of the ashes
sprang glorious bird. which also
lived 800 years before mysteriously
burning itself. ut every recurrence of
which new phenix is said to arise
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
Eskimo Beliefs.

Eskimos believe that earth and air
are filled with spirits. The one drags
men into the earth by the feet. from
which they never emerge. the other
strikes men dead, leaving no mark.
They often stop and listen and say
that Tuna Of the wind is passing by.
imagining that the air is full of voices.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
MARK ET REPORT

New York Provision Market.
New York, Nov. 20.
WHEAT-No. 2 red, I. o. b., 9S1sc.
CORN-Lower.
OATS-Standard SIC.
BUTTER Creamery specials
S5d35hc; do, extras, 34@S4isc.
EGGS - Freshly gathered. extras,
SSG40c.
POTATOES - Long Island, No. l.
per bbl., $3.50; Maine, per bag, S2.7O0
a.S5.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
Sarah Rernhardt to Marry

Paris, Nov. 81. - 1t is announced
that Sarah Bernhardt, the famous
actress, is shortly to be married to
Lou Tellegen, Flemish actor, who is
but 26 years old and who played sub
ordinate parts in Bernhardt's compa-
ny during her last American tour.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

IT'S the same old story over and over
again-you're damned If you do, and
you're damed II you don't. When for
mer President Roosevelt retired from
Office and sought the quiet, peaceful life,
and kept out of the public eye as much
as possible, every barking whelp, big and
little, at once proclaimed his political
oblivion. "He's as dead as a door nail !"
they said. Now that he has written his
views on some matters that are engaging
the worlds attention, and written in his
unusually vigorous, energetic and braiuy
style, these same people have had another
'shiver" thrown into them, and pretend
to see in Mr.. Roosevelt's latest article
strong bid for the Presidential nomins-
tion next year. Why bless you poor,
shriveled and quaking souls! hasn't
Theodore said. he would never again ac.
cept the office of President? Don't Won
Know be always says what he means,
and means just what he says2 But be
has never yet said he would quit writing
and talking, and for the welfare of the
plain people OF the United States we hope
he never will.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

In recent declaration in favor of tenn
perance, John Wsnamaker said that
women who smoke are menace to The
nation. The greatest sorrow of intemper.
snce is that women are now drink ing aud
smoking not only in private but in pub
lie. II we expect others not to drink we
must not drink ourselves. 1t is time
something was being done besides parad-
ing and singing Onward Christian Sol
diara -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

ALTHOUGH very small portion of the
voters throughout the state voted on the
constitutional amendments, both propo-
sitions seem to have carried. Even in
the two counties of Allegheny and Phila-
delphia, to which the amendments had
special and only reference, the vote was
mesgre and the msiorities quite small.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
East Buffalo Livestock Msrket

CATTLE - Prime steers, $775@
7.S5; 1000 to 1,40O lb. steers, $3.50
6.75; choice fat cows, $4.S595.O0;
choice heifers, s55OG5.75; export
bulls. $i.75G525; choice veals, 1925;
fair to good, sS25@9.OO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Choice
spring lambs, s51505.25: mixed
sheep, $3.OO@3.25
HOGS-Light Workers, S625@6.35;
heavy hogs, sS.4O@6.5O; pigs, $3.50
$50.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

is your husband cross2 An irritable,
fault finding disposition is often due TO a
disordered stomach. A man with good
digestion is nearly always good natured.
A great many have been permanently
cured OF stomach trouble by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. For sale by all
dealers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
An Even Tbino

Mistress-Bridget, how long would
you stay with me II | couldn't pay
you? Maid-As long as you'd keep
me If l couldn't cook. num- Harper's
Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

The Clergyman-Do you mean to
say that your wife goes to church
every Sunday without you? Hus-
band-Well, it isn't my fault. can't
persuade her to stay at home.-Stray
Stories.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22
At the Lowest Point

Sometimes hits mighty good thing
to be de loves spoke in de wheel Nv
fortune; you ies' 'bleedced to come up.
no matter which way de wheel turns.
-Cally Ryland.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

Don't waste your money buying
strengthening plasters. Cham berlain's s
Liniment is cheaper and better. Dampen
piece OF flannel with II and bind 1t over
the Affected parts and It will relieve the
pain and soreness. For sale by all deal
ers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-11-22

A man who dares waste an hour of
time has not learned the value of life
Darwin.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-19

MT. and Mrs. c. W. Hall and Miss Lucy Randall, of Falls Village went to the seashore to spend few days. "Mr' Hall has been in the mercantile business 21 years and thinks it about time to have play spell"
 Dr. W. o. Welch's horse walked off a bank between West Norfolk and Nor folk the other night, bruising the doctor some, and completely demolish- ing the buggy. The horse was consid- erably injured.
 Abram Hugains died in Sheffield.
 Died, suddenly. in Norfolk, Frank, 6 year old son of Charles Hollister in Salisbury Frederick F. Cleaveland, aged 6S in West Winsted. Mrs. Allen B. St. John, aged 42 buried in Canaan cem- etery with ceremonies by Eastern Star Chapter, of Winsted.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-19
Glacier Ice.

Glacier ice is not like the solid blue ice on the surface of the water, but consists of granules joined together by an intricate network of capillary wa ter filled Assures. In exposed sections and upon the surface of the ice can be observed "yeined" or "banded
 structure veins of a denser blue color alternating with those of a lighter shade containing air bubbles. The cause of this peculiar structure has been the subject of much theoriz1ns among investigators. but the greatest authorities consider that the explana
 ton of the phenomenon is yet wanting
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
RIDDLE OF A SMILE.

How far the picture (the stolen 'Gioconda'D is likeness and how far it represents the painters conception of womanly beauty is a question which must necessarily remain unan- swered. Its wonderful spell all who have gazed upon 1t must acknowledge. What the mystery of the spell is Is the secret of him who cast it. Vasart tells us that the lady was exceeding ly beautiful, and that while Leonardo was painting her he had someone al- ways by her to sing or to play or to amuse her, so that her portrait might not be melancholy, as were those of too many other painters. The smile which has bewitched generations is on her lips, but who shall say that 1t is free from melancholy? Artists and critics and poets have read endless meanings into that wonderful face since 1t took form upon the canvas. four hundred years ago, but none can say with assurance that he has solved the riddle. None can solve 1t until he understands and assimilates perhaps the most profound, as it was the most comprehensive and the most subtle, intellect of the Italian Renaissance.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
HOW HE GAVE HIMSELF AWAY
Husband Home Late "From the of- flee" Makes Bad Blunder In Mak-
 ing Explanation to Wife.

Man may declare that he is the lord of creation. but all the same he fears his wife above everything else should he happen to reach home very late at night. Recently certain husband arrived home much later than usual from the office" He took of his boots and stole into the bedroom; but, vain precaution, his wife began to stir. Quickly the panic-stricken man went to the cradle of his first-born and be- gan to rock it vigorously.
 What are you doing there, Rob ert?" queried his wife.
 I've been sitting here for nearly two hours trying to get this baby to sleep" he growled.
 Why, Robert, I've got him here in bed with me-" said the spouse.
 And he never said another. word all that night.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
REMARKABLE TREE.

There grows on Vashion island, in Puget sound, one of the most remark able trees In the world. Inside of 1t twenty adult persons have found room to gather at one time, and. comfort ably seated, eating their luncheon. which they spread around the won derfuI living spring that bubbles up continually in the center. Probably there is no other such growth in na- ture. This "spring tree is the Mecca for the summer school Chautauquans of the local organization. The timber of that section is generally large and fine.
 The circle inside, on the ground, is eighteen feet in diameter, and the tree is hollow, having been burned of at the top, the bark scorched and the heart gutted by forest fire of many years ago. This condition leaves what is really a trunk or stump standing about twenty feet high and open at the top, thus making the chamber very light. One can see clear through the tree, by reason of the holes burnt through by the fire.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
NOVEL VACATION PLAN
METHoDIcAL, HARD WORKING
 MAN EXPLAINS SCHEME.
When Business Is Slack In August, He Ignores Ills Daily Routine and Sleeps over," Feeling Free
 and Happy.

Well" said a man who works for living and keeps it up ffty-twc weeks in the year, my vacation s over. Now I'm ready to dig in again.
 Where did you go this year?" his friend asked him.
 Where did I go?" echoed the dig her, where always go-nowhere. never go anywhere. take my vaca tion right here, sleeping over.
 I'm a man of system, method. wouldn't call myself a mechanical per son, but I certainly am systematic, methodical, and I should be uncom- fortable any other way.
 For instance I get up every morn ing at twenty minutes past six. That gives me exactly the time I require to get through everything and get my breakfast and get to the office on time comfortably, and month after month keep to that always at the same hour, but every year there comes a time when I deliberately get reckless and sleep over a few mornings, and that's my vacation.
 That time comes in the month of August when business is at a low ebb; slack water and nothing doing at all {; when we might just as well close the office as far as that goes; and when that time comes start on my vaca- ton.
 Some morning instead of getting up at 6:2O just lie there till, maybe, a quarter of 2, and then get up and don't hurry; just let the schedule, the whole business, go to blazes and take life easy and eat my breakfast and saunter down to the office, taking my time to get there. For a few more mornings I get up that way or later and I find nothing happens, and then for two or three mornings finally indulge In the wild dissipation of ly- ing abed till half past o'clock.
 And I find this does me a world of good. It braces me up wonderfully and makes me smile and laugh It's a change from my regular routine, and change is what we want. It isn't good for any of us to stick endlessly to the same dull routine, and this change that make every year like that m my getting up hours breaks the ten sion. gives me sense of liberty and makes me free and happy.
 Then on one of these fine morn ings when I'm doing what please I find in the office when I get there a little change in the atmosphere, things have begun to stir little. business Is starting up and that means the vaca- ton season is oyer; and next morn ing set my mental alarm clock for 6:20 a. m.. and wake up on the dot. refreshed and strong. feeling it as a fiddle and all ready to dig in"
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
ADWsED To sIeN TAE PLEDeE.

During the excessively hot weather in Montana, a farmers daughter car ried jug of cool, spring water to the field for the use of a farm hand who was blowing in a small valley. She placed it under clump of bushes and returned to the house. When the hired man, who had spent several hours in the village the night before, in drinking bout with some friends. approached the jug of water, he dis covered a large black snake coiled around it. AS he stopped down to take a drink the snake made no at- tempt to crawl away, but set up a vigorous missing. The hired man broke for the house for help, and when he returned the snake was gone. His theory is that the snake coiled itself around the jug in order to cool off, but in spite of his vigorous asser- tions, he has not been able to con vince the family that he saw a real snake.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
Unanimous cholce.


 During a local election in German town only one man appeared at the nomination desk
 Whom do you nominate?" inquired the official
 Myself" was the answer. Do you accept the nomination. 'Well. mo-"
 "Then we must try again. Whom do you nominate?"
 Myself"
 You accept the nominationr" No"
 subdued 'Donnerwetter! escaped the lips of the perplexed official, but he went on:
 For the third time. whom do you nominate?"
 Myself" came the invariable reply. Do you accept the nomination." The man rose with a smile of satis- faction spreading over his face as he answered proudly: Having been three times solicited by my fellow citizens to accept the nomination, can no longer decline to accede to their wishes"
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
HARD BATTLE WITH LIONEss
Man Was Hard Pressed When

Cheyenne, Wyo-Battling with a mountain honess and her two cubs. after one wrist had been broken and his arm dislocated. c. c. Garnett. a timber contractor. fought with the beasts until Charles R. Smith, his assistant, came up with a rife and killed the mother lion. the two young ones escaping into the mountains
 The fight took place in the noun tains near Estabrook. Unexpectedly Garnett came upon the noness. play ing with her cubs. Before he had time to prepare himself for the at- tack, the animal sprang at him Her first blow broke the wrist of Gar nett's right hand, and the second tore his shoulder. as well as dislocated his arm
 But with his left hand he managed to draw his revolver and fire several shots at the angry beast Garnett's assistant, Smith, was close by. and. hearing the sound of the struggle. ran to the rescue and killed the lioness.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
IrALrs HISTORIC CROWN.

The historic iron crown of Italy has played a romantic role in the history Of the peninsula. declares a writer in Harper's Weekly. It was made in the year 594 by the command. it is said, of Theodolinda. the widow of a Lom- bard king, on the occasion of her mar riage to a Duke of Turin.
 The crown is of iron overlaid with gilt. Its significance was supposed to lay in the fact that the weight of royalty could never be frightened by it's splendid exterior.
 For a long time the crown was in the keeping of the famous monastery at Monza In TIA it was brought forth to be placed upon the head of Charle- magne as King of the Lombards. 70 and on later occasions 1t figured in the triumphs of Frederic ". and Charles V. Finally, in the presence of all the representatives of state, the foreign envoys and princes and off cers, Napoleon Bonaparte solemnIy united 1t to the crown of France.
 The crown belongs to the state. and the custodian of it is the legitimate representative of the basilica of Mon ga. The title of grand custodian, % however, pertains to the head of the Order of Cavaliers.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
WEALTH FROM TOADS
WESTERN MAN SELLS BEETLE EATERS FOR $5 PER GROSS.
Started He Farm With Only Seven of the creepers-How He Got Going and What He's Doing
 In the Business.

Puyallup. Wash.-By selling toads for use in killing insects, Hiram Potts of this part of the state is making as much money as many grain farmers. Potts was engaged in the growing of vegetables for market for years. He was troubled with the cucumber bee tie eating the life out of cucumbers. melons and squash plants. A letter to the department of agriculture sug- gested many things which failed An elderly woman told him to put some toads in the patch. which he did The difficulty of obtaining toads was great and 1t was through a friend in Seattle that he acquired his stock They were found In a manhole in the city sewer system.
 Potts made pets of the seven toads and kept them in his cave until spring He placed them in his vegetable patches and was not troubled with in- sects- Neighbors became interested and offered to buy toads for their melon farms. Potts in this way be- came engaged in the unique traffic. and. learning the worth of his pets. he fenced them of and has been deal ing them out in gross lots.
 Farmers raising vegetables and grapes in the irrigated sections of Washington and Oregon have heard of Potts toads and this year he has sent them to hundreds of farms.
 He gets $5 per gross for toads 1 year old and over. His supply will never run low. as it is said female toad will lay a million eggs annually
 Many enemies kill half of the young ones and half of the remainder die from other causes Potts keeps his toads on his own premises by a foot high board fastened to the fence posts. Toads cannot jump over the foot board
 Toads devour ants. sowbugs. spid- CTS. caterpillars. plant lice. celery worms. flies, beetles. gnats. wasps and hundreds of other destructive bugs and insects Their value is just be- ing learned in the Northwest and this toad farm of H. Potts may become of national fame for it's beetle-eating stock.
 Toads are harmless and do most of their eating during dawn and dusk and are rarely seen in daylight.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
souIRREL-PIE STORY.

A story comes from one of the east ern states to the effect that about 100 squirrels raided a bakers wagon while driving along a country road, and be- fore they were driven of, number were killed, and all the bread, cake and pies were spoiled. The door of the wagon swung open and the squir- rels swarmed into 1t. The driver was badly scratched upon his head, face and hands, and after the battle was over, dozens of the animals were dis covered in the trees near by, calmly munching chunks of bread, pies and cake.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
unoIe sam Is asIow Pay."

Denver, Colo.-Forty-six years after he had put in a claim against the government for $2.31, James B. Earl. a veteran of the Civil war. received his money. As the government pays no interest. Earl's check, which he re- ceived recently, was for the exact amount he claimed on August IS. 1865. when he was mustered out of the Union army. At that time his pay check was short $1.6O. and his cloth ing allowance n cents. Earl served with the Fifth Iowa infantry and later with the Fifth Iowa cavalry.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
MAN TURNED NEGRO FOR LOVE
Southern "WhIte Mans" InfatuatIon for Pretty MuIatto Gets Him In-
 to Trouble.

Spartansburg-Lov for a mulatto girl, who would not have white man as a suitor, caused c. M. Love, who has been passing as white man. to admit that he was a negro. The ad- mission resulted in his being sen fenced to pay a fine of s10O or serve 30 days in the chain gang
 Love had been in Spartansburg only a short time. He has the facial char acteristics of a Caucasian, straight black hair and a mustache. His dark complexion would readily pass for sunburn- He applied for room and board in the home of white family. and was accepted without question The white persons with whom he has associated on terms of equality are highly indignant
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
A Ready Reckoner.

There are no cul-de-sacs for Irish wit. A "jarvey" drove Phil May, the wonderful English artist in black and white, now dead, round Dublin on his first visit to that city and in showing him the sights stopped in front of the Bank of Ireland.
 That, sorr," said he, ''is tn recipti- cle av tn money tn English take firm us!"
 On the roof of the building are six decorative figures, and MT. May in. quired what they represented.
 "Begorra. SOFT, they're tn twilve apostles
 But" said Mir May. there are only six"
 Sure, I know that" returned the jarvey; ''th' other vans are lunchin' wid tn lord liftinant Youths Com panion.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
Taken at Ills Word.

dHON al r1lS WOT0s
 It was S:3O, and the theater was crowded.
 What have you left?" prosperous purchaser inquired of the treasurer. How many, sir?" the treasurer asked.
 Two"
 "1 have two left in the twelfth row." the treasurer said. taking the tickets from the rack They're the last two seats have in the house." How much?" the other asked eau tiously.
 TWO dollars" was the reply
 Two dollars" the patron repeated. 'T can't stand for that"
 Well, will you stand for dollar?'' the ticket dispenser inquired.
 Gladly" the other cried. scenting a bargain. and laying a dollar on the ledge.
 The treasurer replaced the two tick cts in his rack and handed out two others, after placing the bill in his cash drawer.
 There they are, sir" he said. First door to your right
 The man hurried inside and "stood'' for a dollar. The willy treasurer, talk ing him at his word. had sold him two admission tickets.-Lippincott' Maga- zine.