The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-11-11


corn cinch bug proof. He powed up his
wheat and planted the ground in corn.
The seed of five acres was soaked in coal
oil and the other forty was not. The
bugs ate up the forty acres and never
touched the five acres. 1t is worth a
million if true.-Eg
--May7enUHte Express; The school
board have elected Miss Mamie Morrow,
Of Tionesta, as teacher of room seven, to
! fill the vacancy caused by tho resignation
Of Miss Merle Benn. They also appoin-
ted J. II. Russell to the position on the
board caused by tho removal of u. S.
| Hines TO New Bethlehem. - jerks |
township polled about seventy-five more |
votes this year than ever before.
As it's nearing the timo when the |
| bike must be put away for the winter, a |
! hint on the care Of the machines is sea- |
! sonabe. The bicycle should be thor |
oughly cleaned and then inverted, so as
to rest on the handle bar and saddle |
Time sooner or later debates the tires
and the weight of the machine causes the !
tires to double up on the sides, which is
anything but beneficial to them.
In the Grand Lodge convention re-
Gently held in the city of Pittsburg, the
A. o. u. W., adopted the classified as
sessment by about n three-fourths vote.
1t was stated that other states have been
waiting for Pennsylvania to act and that
the new ordor of assessments will now
become general. Among the Grand Of
ficers elected at this meeting were Mas
ter Workman, b. Il. Davis, Meadville;
Foreman, w. T. Powell, Pittsburg; Re
corder, j. NJ. McNair, Allegheny; Re-
ceiver, o. X. Gardner, Pittsburg; Guide,
a. Hilderbrand, Greenville; Watchman,
G. l.. Hannah, Allegheny; Medical Ex-
aminer, p. Y. Isenberg, Norristown.
Tho next convention will be held in
Philadelphia the third Tuesday of Octo-
Der, 1897. The new amendments take
effect Jan. /, '97.
"A German newspaper asserts that
about thirty thousand of the inhabitants
of Berlin hear considerably better with
the left ear than with the right. When
the cause was sought for it appeared that
those thus effected are frequent users of
the telephone. The listening part Of the
instrument is generally beld in the left
hand and put to the left ear, while the
right hand is often used in taking notes,
etc. In the cases observed the subjects
hear the slightest sound through the tel
ephone with their left ear, but could un-
derstand little or nothing if the instru-
ment were put to the right ears. 1t is
therefore concluded that the telephone
has an appreciably stimulating effect on
the auditory nerves. and the recommen-
dation is made that instrument be used
alternately at the right and left ears.
The following swindle is being work
ed in different counties, and this is the
way it works Swindler No. l calls upon
farmer with a patent wagon tongue,
and informs him that he is on his way
home, having made good thing out of
it, and has only this county to sell. He
tells the farmer he can have it for $3.50,
and if he wants it to write to him. In
few days swindler No. comes along.
? He has heard that the farmer has the
right of the county for the patent wagon
tongue, and as he made good thing of
it in Pennsylvania, he wants to buy the
right of the county, and offers the farmer
500 and pays $40 to bind the bargain.
The farmer writes No. and sends to him
his note for $3.50. He never hears of
either of the men again but his note
comes up for collection in a neighboring
town, and he is out S24O.-G Greens5urg
Tribune.
Considerable amusement was afford
ed our citizens Saturday by the settle
ment of an election bet between Benia-
min May, of this place, and Morris Cook,
of jamestown, N. Y, father-in-law Of
DR.. l.. d. Bowman and at present a guest
OF the latter. Mr.. May is SS years of age
and Mr.. Cook is IS. The agreement be-
tween these venerable gentlemen was
that they were to march from Lawrence's
suspension bridge to the court house, Mr..
May taking the lead in the event of Me-
Kinley's election and Mr.. Cook to lead if
Bryan was the winner Mr.. j. r. Stroup,
who is another octogenarian, and who
was also an ardent supporter of Nc
Kinley, agreed to act as color bearer for
the parade" in either event. 1t was
really an amusing sight to see these old
gentlemen as they slowly marched along
the street. Although Mr.. Cook had to
march in the rear he still hurrahs for
Bryan.
Mr. I. II. Hoag, of the Government
Engineer Corps, has been up from Pitts
burg for fow days past on a tour of in
spection connected with the improve
ment Of the Allegheny river. Mr.. Hoag
informs us that a survey of the Alleghe-
ny is now in progress by the U. 5. Coy
ernment with view Of ascortaining tho
expense necessary to slacllwater the riv-
er as far up as Oil City. The engineers
are now as far up as FoXburg and will
finish their work in a week or two, and
be ready to make report to Congress at
the opening Of tho session in December.
Senator Quay will have charge of the
matter Of appropriations, which means
that the same will be forthcoming in due
/, time, as the Senator is very much inter.
, ested in this work, and believes it will he
the means of making the Allegheny val
ley hum with industry i'm the next de-
cade. Mr. Hoag thinks the next season
will see great Improvement in nayiga-
ton between Pittsburg and Oil City.
Local Institute at Nebraska.