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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23

Ex-Congressman Charles Barwig OF
Mayvile, died at his home in that city
on Friday, aged IA years. For many
years he was engaged in the wholesale
liquor business. He was elected to con-
gress in 1888 and served three terms.
His widow and five children survive.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23

It starts quickly and stops quickly-a
motor car virtue that has saved many an
accident. The braking surface is 400
co,1ara
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23

Mr.. Christian Krupke passed away at
the home of Mr.. George Sell, 7O6 North
Second street, where he has been living
for some time. He was born in Germany
December IS, 1880, and was unmarried.
The funeral took place Tuesday after
noon and the burial was In the Lutheran
cemetery.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-02-23

It looks now as If the presidential
fight next November will be between
the great Demogogue and the great Pede-
g0gue.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

1t is the easiest way out and such
ways all have to be tramped over
again.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
SHE HUSHED KING EDWARD
How Alice Nielsen ReproVed His Maj
esty for Speaking While She
Was Singing.

One evening the duchess Of Man.
chester entertained in honor Of the
late King Edward. Miss Alice Mel
sen, the American opera singer, was
present and sang. Among others
there was a request for Tosti's
"Goodby to Summer then in the
first flush of it's great popularity.
With the composer at the piano, the
first stanza went with no strange or
unusual occurrence, but while Tosti
was playing the soft interlude to the
second stanza, the king turned to one
of his party with some remark, and
his sonorous bass sounded out sharply
through the room against the soft
harp-like chords of the piano.
With exquisite daring. Miss Nielsen
looked straight at his majesty and be-
gan the line: "Hush-then an omi-
nous pause" tits voice!" By this
time the royal listener was all atten-
ton and looking straight into pair
of eyes dancing with Unsurpassed
merriment. There was a moment Of
suspense, when the king saved the
joke by starting the laugh in which
the company Joined. The royal guest
took his gentle reprimand with true
gallantry-Joe Mitchell Chapple in
National Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Cherry Grove.

May the new year be happy and pros
porous one for ALA family gathering
was to have beeh held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Christ Johnson on Sunday before
Christmas, but the serious illness of mem
ber of the family, Harel, prevented the
happy reunion. 1t was at first thought
that Harel had diphtheria but on Saturday
night DR.. Hyor, under whose care he was,
declared he had no symptoms of it and
again allowed people to enter the house,
but the hour was so late that reunion was
impossible. However, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Rowley of Warren came up and were
entertained at the home of her sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Johnson, where they did
ample Justice to bounteous Christmas
dinner, and took supper and spent pleas
ant evening at the old home where there
was much rejoicing at the expected speedy
recovery of brother and son.-Andrew
Christensen of Kellettville, and Harry of
Hart a. Henderson's, spent Christmas with
their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Gift
ford spent Christmas with their daughter,
Mrs. V. d. Eggleston, at Cory, Simon
Allaire Sr. spent the week with his family
here.-Miss Clara Bailey had small
Christmas tree for her pupils at Wander
grift Corners school. She remembered all
with liberal treat and presents, while she
in turn received many pretty gifts. On
Saturday morning Miss Bailey went to her
home in Titusville.-L. G. Hanson, ST.
mon Allaire Jr., VIM. Pope, Simon Allaire
Sr., Mrs. A. Marfink and son Andrew were
Sheffield visitors Saturday Van
denberg visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Nandenberg, Monday of last week.
Orda has lately moved his family from
here to Mayburg. .-Lottie, Wilda and
Helen Deshner are visiting their grand
mother Mrs. Annie Deshner, here this
week k.-Mr. and Mrs Louis Johnson went
to Warren Friday of last week. Little Lu-
cile accompanied them but stayed with her
aunt Mrs. II. Rowley, until Sunday, when
the latter brought her home.-G. w.
Clifford remembered the men in his employ
each with fine box of cigars as a Christ
mas treat. Little Millard Pope is also the
proud possessor of his first overcoat Sure
~ grandpa knows how to play Santa Claus.
Miss Olive Vandenberg spent Saturday
of last week in Porkey, returning home
Sunday.-MiSs Nellie Farnsworth who is
teaching in Glade, spent Christmas with
her father.-Mr. and Mrs. Louis Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Johnson and families and Grandma
Johnson spent Christmas at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cousins here.-Cher-
ry Grove and Farnsworth united in having
a fine program at their Christmas tree in
the Union Church Friday night. Those
fortunate enough to be present enjoyed it
Immensely Both teachers remembered
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Found Out His Man.

A southerner who was visiting st.
Louis wandered into the dining room
of the hotel and. seeing a negro servant
who had all the Importance of an army
officer staHding near the door, asked
him who th,. head niger" was around
there The negro stretched himself to
his full height and pompously replied
that there amt no niggers in st.
Louis. sab. We is all gem-men of col
or"
"Well." said the southerner, drawing
a S1O0 bill from his pocket and finger
ing it, 81 expect to be at this hotel for
some time and want to make sure that
will be taken care Of"
"Oh, sab" said the negro, whose eyes
were popping from his head, did you
want to know who the head 'nigger
waiter is? That's ."-Allentown
Call
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Spencer and Free Libraries.

Ruskin's dislike for public Libraries
was shared to the full by Herbert
Spencer. When the trustees of the
British Library of Political Science
asked Spencer to present his works to
the library, he replied: From time
to time have had various applica-
tions akin to the one you make, and
have in all cases declined compliance.
l disapprove of free libraries alto
gether, the British museum included,
believing that in the long run they
are mischievous rather than benefi-
cial; as we see clearly in the case OF
local and municipal free libraries
which, instead Of being places for
study, have become places for reading
trashy novels, worthless papers, and
learning the odds. no more approve
of free libraries than l approve Of free
bakeries"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Tho Exceptional Young Man.

The exceptional young man, says
0rison SWEET Marden in Success Maga-
zine, is the one who looks upon his
employers interests as he would his
own. who regards his vocation as an
opportunity to make man Of himself,
an opportunity to show his employer
the stuff he is made of. and who is al
ways preparing himself to fill the posi-
ton above him.
The exceptional young man Is the one
who never says. 81 was not paid to do
that" 81 don't get salary enough to
work after hours or to take so much
pains" He never leaves things half
done but does everything to finish.
The exceptional young man is the
one who studies his employers bust
ness, who reads its literature, who Is
on the watch for every improvement
which others in the same line have
adopted and which his employer has
not. who is always improving himself
during his spare time for larger things
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
GREAT ROW OVER BEAN SOUP
Put on Menu Of Banquet to Visiting
President, II Was Denounced
as Plebeian.

Denver has been stirred to its
menu for the president at banquet.
Seven hundred citizens have put up
their dollars and taken their dress
suits out Of storage. AS incense rises
from mothballs AND tar paper, the
clangor of controversy fills the air.
AS the banquet is to be held at night,
the arbiter elegantiarum is not called
upon to decide whether full dress
suits shall be worn in the daytime.
Discussion RACES around the soup The
rest of the menu is settled. SO far
as we can learn, It includes celery,
cigarettes, olive oil, cigars, cake,
mile high" cocktails, oysters, Ice
cream, lettuce salad, mashed potatoes,
vegetables, cheese, radlshes, nuts,
broiled squad, beefsteak, crackers
and champagne. So far SO good. But
when the husky, hearty mountaineers
proposed to serve bean soup certain
mollycoddles who had crept into the
committee objected on the ground
that 1t was distinctly plebeian. That
is considered terrible accusation in
Denver, where recherche is an insult
and creme de menthe a crime. Bean
soup is good enough for any man."
spoke up the natives, "and no one
who turns up his nose at It is fit to be
the president Of the plain people"
At first, we gather from the confused
accounts, the tenderroots insisted up
on consomme royale aux petit pois,
but at last agreed to compromise on
cream of tomato.
Do they contend that the tomato is
more aristocratic than the bean? 1t
is an insult to Boston, blow at Bev-
erly. Look at Observation-Disclosures
she stands, with a president on the
one hand and pot of beans on the
other. II this be plebeian, make the
most Of it!-Baltimore Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Tho Motto On the clock,

The old Temple clock in London
bears curious inscription, the origin
Of which is ascribed to chance re-
mark.
Some 200 years or so ago master
workman was employed to repair and
put IN new face upon the clock.
When his work was nearly done be
asked the benchers for an appropriate
motto to carve upon the base. They
promised TO think of one. Week after
week he came for their decision, but
was put off. One day he found them
at dinner In commons.
what motto shall put on the clock,
your lordship?" he asked Of learned
judge.
"Oh, go about your businessP' his
honor cried angrily.
'And very suitable for lazy, daw.
ding gang" the clockmaker is said
to have muttered as he retreated 1t
is certain that he carved go about
your business" on the base.
The lawyers decided that no better
warning could be given them at any
hour of the day, and there the inscrip
ion still remains. -Harper's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
The First Money.

Money is mentioned as medium OF
exchange in Genesis, chapter %, and
Is supposed to refer to a time as far
back as 1900 b. C. The coinage Of
money is ascrlbed to the Lydlans, a
people of Asia Minor II is. Of course.
quite impossible TO fix any definite date
for the first coinage. Long before any
one thought to coin money 1t was made
out Of any durable substance that came
to hand, such as leather, iron, tin,
bronze and even the hard bark Of the
trees and stones of the fields. The
Hollander, so late as the middle of the
sixteenth century. made money Of
pasteboard In fact, pretty nearly ev-
crythlng in the shade of lasting mate
rial has at one time or another been
used rs the medium Of trade known as
money.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Labrador's Short Summer.

How brief is the summer on the
highlands of Labrador! says Hesketh
Prichard in the Wide World. Snow
does not melt till July. then with a
rush midsummer comes. Grasses and
leaves grow almost visibly, the wild
cotton soon filings out its little white
penuons, millions of berries ripen on
the ground. the loon cries, the ptarmi
gan calls. and you may even see a
butterfly balancing in the warm wind.
But then also wakens the countless
army of hunchbacks. lean and gray
mosquitoes, piping blithely for blood
So summer reigns. Then suddenly
one day at the end of August, after the
sun has sunk behind the barren crags
through a balmy warmth of evening.
one may wake up to find everything
transfigured and the first snow of an
other season already falling.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Orinin of the Piano.

The pianoforte was directly evolved
from the clavichord and the harpsi-
chord In Ill Scipione Maffel gave
Il detailed account of the first four in
struments. which were constructed by
Bartoommeo Chrustoforl. 1t was
named by him the pianoforte and was
first exhibited in 1909. Marius, In
France, exhibited harpsichords, with
hammer action. in 171G, and Schroter,
IN Germany, claimed to have invent
ed the pianoforte between I'LL and
1920 Marlus %vas at first generally
credited with the invention. Pianos Of
that period were shaped very much
like the modern grand variety. The
first square piano was constructed by
Frederica. an organ manufacturer OF
Saxony. in 1853. The first genuine up
right piano was invented In England
and the United States by John Isaac
Hawkins. an Englishman, In 1900
Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Professional Chaperons.

In a girls finishing school in New
York they have professional chaperons
who do nothing but take young wom-
en- out, walk them around and fetch
them back again. They take. their
charges to trains and meet them at
trains. They are paid, not by the
week or month, but by the job, so
much an assignment. And the curious
thing about it is that they are bonded.
They are actually bonded. The girls
themselves have never been able to
find out why they should be bonded.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

To such men there is an excuse for
nothing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS

Member of Congress-P. NJ. Speer.
Member of iSenate-J. X. P. Hall.
AssembLy-W. A j. Campbell.
President Judge-W. d. Hinckly.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonota'y. Register q Recorder, &c.
IS. r. Maxwell.
Shefi6-Wm. n. Hood.
TredSurer-W. II. Brazee.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j..
G. Scowden, II. II. Mcclellan.
District AttoT1ley-M. A. Carringer.
jury Con,Dlfssioners- b Eden, A. NJ.
Moore.
Cbroner-Dr. M. @. Kerr.
County AUDITORS -Gaorge II. Warden,
A. G. Gregg and s V. Shields.
County SIrveyor--Roy s. Braden.
County Superintendent j o Carson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Interesting Point.

At a spiritualistic meeting in Wichi-
ia the spirit of Elijah Crosser was
called for. Elijah Crosser had died
there many years. before, but was re-
membered for his immense stature,
six feet five inches. A voice in the
darkness said he was Elijah. "Are
you in heaven?" asked an old-timer.
"Yes," came the answer. Are you
an angel, Lige?" Yes" The ques-
toner paused, evidently having ex-
hausted his fund Of questions, and
then suddenly inquired: what do you
measure from tip to tip, Lige?"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

While there is life there is hope for
everybody but the undertaken.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

Not so difficult in the doing as in
the planning.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

Most cable news is fresh, even after
passing through salt water
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Merely obeylnq Orders.

Daughter, did l not see you sitting
on that young mans lap when passed
the parlor door last EVENING""
"Yes, and 1t was very embarrassing.
wish you had not told me to-"
Good heavensl | never told you to
do anything of the kind!"
you did. You told me that If he
attempted to get sentimental l must
sit on him"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
AlaokI

why are you 30 gloomy?' asked
the mans friend. you ought to be
cheerful. Here you have been shot at
by Jealous husband who mistook you
for another man and you have es-
capped without scratch because the
bullet was stopped by your pocket
Bible. given to you by your mother.
You're mighty lucky, It seems to me-"
"Yes, but l have no stunt of any
kind, so there's no chance for me to
take advantage of the advertising I've
got. | can't go into vaudeville"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

In it's winsome winning way 1t finds
welcome because it offers consola,
ton in times of trouble and perplexity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Considering the Price Of Hats.

The Parson-And you say your wife
was thinking of the women's hats all
the time she was In church.
The Deacon-Tm afraid she was,
parson.
'Tm sorry. Her mind should be on
higher things"
Great guns. parsonl Are there any
higher things than women's hats?"-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
ALL TRUE.

Anything that is worth reading at
all, is worth reading again.
The man who produces excellent
writings usually does so in abominable
writing
Modern advertising is a game played
by merchants, and paid for, ultimately,
by the loser.
There is a class of persons whose
motto would seem to be: when in
doubt, back out"
Some people contend it's always the
cream that rises to the top; but then
again, there's froth!
Blessed is the lawyer, for while the
family scrappeth over the inheritance,
he merrily spendeth the same.
Women are inconsistent, we know;
but what about the man who slaves
the greater part of his life to make
fifty million dollars, and then ac-
qulres an ambition to die poor?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
So Suddenl

Bleecker - Daisy Headliner has
promised to give me my answer to-
night. She
Baxter-(showing evening paper)-
The press agent and the reporters
have got ahead of you, old top; it's
"Yes!"-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Church and sabbath .,chool.

Presby terian Sabbath School at9:4b a.
m, NJ. E. Sabbath School at 1000 q. m.
Preaching N M. e. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. y. Burton.
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
q. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching IN the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at ll:O0 ~ IN. aud 1880 p
m. Rev. Il. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. Q. T..
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
IN, nth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
AwkwardIy Expressed,

Gushing LADY, hear you've been
away for your health, professor.
Musical Lion = Yes, I've been to
Marienbad taxing the baths.
Gushing Lady-Really! That must
have been change for youl-London
Opinion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

their pupils with fine treat and gifts.
Miss Shaw received a gold hat pin from
her pupils, and Miss Sigworth was the re-
cipient of nice handbag. Many made
use of the last day of the season for bear
hunting legally, but so far nothing has
been heard of anyone getting one. So we
suppose there will only be the stories of the
wonderful adventures which we will hear
aplenty till another fall.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
At the Battle Of Waterloo,

Napoleon was waiting anxiously for
Grouchy.
He has the key to the situation!"
muttered the great commander.
But he was wrong for once. There
wasn't any key. 1t was a time lock
that held the situation, and Grouchy
had set II wrong.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Natural Enemies.

THAT woman is nature faker in
her dress"
"How so?"
"She calls 1t harmonious attire to
wear a mouse-colored gown with An
CORA furs."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
'TIs PREVALENT.


Ny muse is weak,
My muse Is pale;
To WOO my muse
Doth not avail.
From contact with
The world she shrinksl 4A
Just sits alone
And thinks and thinks.
What's on her mind7
Now, who could sayf
This much / know,
She's far from gay.
Bhe smiles no more,
Nor doth she sing
A roundelay
Inspired of Spring.
All woe-begone,
Too tired to trip,
/ fear my muse
Hath caught the grip
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

Where ignorance is bliss tbs folly
to confess.
Some people think they are guests,
but others find them iests.
Some people are mere bubbles; only
they remain in the air too long
The people on the toboggan of joy
do not realize 1t until they strike bot
tom.
Some people who are crazy to be
married may be only temporarily In
sane
Some people are hypochondriacs as
to their value in the world, which in
reality is below par.
n hitching their wagons to a star
most people look through the wrong
end Of the telescope.
Some people think heaven is situ-
ated somewhere near earth. Others
locate 1t down in the rathskeller.
Some people may take plunge in
the pool Of love, but look long and
longingly in the well of matrimony.
When people quarrel one word
brings on another until they acquire
q vocabulary that they are ashamed
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Wrong License.

The stranger-Are you quite sure
that that was marriage license you
gave me last month";!
The Oficial-Of coursel What's the
matter?
The Stranger-Well, I've lived a
dogs life ever since.-The Sketch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03

So the easiest way is as a general
rule the longest way.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
An INGENIOUS Exclamation,

why do you scream when you see
a mouse?"
Because of my humane disposi.
tion," replied Miss Cayenne. u
scream 80 as to give the mouse a
chance to run away before l fall on
1t and destroy It.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
A Mlxup.

Paw, the teacher told us about
Dick Wilmington the other day. Do
you know who he was?"
I'm not sure, but l think he was
the original Jack London"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
FROM THE PENCILS POINT

A fable is an open-faced lie with a
moral attachment.
Doctors may take life easy and still
manage to avoid arrest.
Most cable news is fresh, even after
passing through salt water.
While there is life there is hope for
everybody but the undertaken,
Regular dishonesty is easier to man
age than irregular dishonesty.
It's only when some men get tight
that they turn themselves loose.
If It is necessary to burn your
bridges burn them in front Of those
on your trail.
Justice is probably represented as n
woman because it is something a man
is always after.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
ELM STREET, T1oNEsTA, PA.

Burgess.-J. G. Dunn.
Justices Of the PeGce-C. A. Randall, d.
W. Clark.
C0itacttnlen.-J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
g. B. Robinson. WIN. Smearbaugh,
Il. j. Hopkins, G.. F. Watson, A. b.
Kelly.
Cb,lstdble-L L. Zuver.
Collector-W. II. Hood.
School Directors-W. G. Incl, j. X.
Clark, y. M. Henry, @ Jameson, d. II.
Blum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
Regular Terms OF Court,

Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Thiri Monday of November.
Regular MeetingsBf County Commits
sioners lst and Sd Tuesdays of month
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-03
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
The way that wins is hard.

The way that wins is hard.
To such men there is an excuse for
nothing.
Not so difficult in the doing as in
the planning.
So the easiest way is as a general
rule the longest way.
1t is the easiest way out and such
ways all have to be tramped over
again.
In it's winsome winning way 1t finds
welcome because it offers consola.
ton in times of trouble and perplexity.
The thoughts, the ideas, the meth.
DDS which enable men to judge rightly
come from hard serious work.
The laugh is always on the fellow
who believes in his own excuses. An
excuse is a devil Of a traitor to man.
kind.
Along the line of the least resist
ance we find the most wrecks and
this is why some fail while others
succeed.