The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-04
NEWSY NOTES.

When reading up the speed of war ves-
sells. it should be remembered that a
knot is l-6 miles.
If you find it here it is right. Our
reputation on it. Miles & Armstrong. 1t
"We are Yankee Pigs )" says the Man
ayunk Philosopher, ''and Spain is just
the kind of swill we like"
1t is believed that Mt. Gretna will
soon be made the rendezvous of the New
Jersy National Guards and possibly those
of Maryland and Delaware.
Hartsel S. Hazen. of Hadley, Mercer
county, aged lO3 years, is anxious to fight
the Spaniards. He is a veteran of the
Mexican war, and received a medal for
bravery.
Erie Dispatch; None of the girls will
be in it this summer with "the girl left
behind me-" Hats off to her She is no
less heroic than the soldier lover who
goes to the front.
That gold shaft in Butler county has
reached the pay streak, and the owners
are sanguine that they have gold mine
that will pay. 1t required seven months,
time and $4,000 in money to sink the
shaft. It is expected that the gold bear
ing rock will yield S22 to the ton.-Frdnk-
Tin NetcS.
While the war lasts you will find that
Miles d Armstrong lead in low prices for
first class goods. 1t
The Western New York and Pennsyl-
vania railway agrees to keep all positions
open to employees who enlist in the army
to fight Spain. The railroad company
shows a commendable spirit in this mat.
ter and one that should be emulated by
other employers s.-Bradford Era.
A machine for increasing the produce
ton of oil wells without shooting, the in
vention Of f. A. Flannigan, of Washing.
ington, ID. c., is being tested in Parker
township, Butler county. Old wells have
been treated, and the output incr 0assd
| from half barrel and less to from three
to five barr els day. The machine con.
sists of portable engine and dynamo,
from which heating apparatus it low
cred to the bottom of the hole, and a
strong electric current turned into the
oil bearing sand.
Havana is S5 miles south of Key West,
as the crow flies. The greatest length of
Cuba is 700 miles, and its width from 20
to 1876 miles. The total area is $4,000
square miles, or 1000 miles less than the
State of Pennsylvania. 1t has a popula-
ton of nearly 100000, the largest city
being Havana, with population of over
100000. The climate is divided into two
seasons, the wet and the dry. From May
to October is the rainy season. Contrary
to popular belief tho climate of Cuba is
not intense. The highest recorded tenn
perature from 1901 to the present day is
l04 degrees. The average temperature of
the hottest month is 50 degrees and the
coolest ~ degrees.
New lot ladies' shoes at Miles & Arm
strong's. 1t
An Oil City man, who is on his way to
the Klondike, writes to his brother from
Lake Lindeman. He says; "There are
about 2, 500 camping here. The nearer we
get to Klondike the more it looks like
steamboat and railroad fake. / have met
many who have been there. They all say
that outside of IA miles on the Klondike
there was very little in that country for
anyone, unless they find something new.
There will be the greatest lot of disap-
pointed people that ever met, is the YER
dict of those that have been in. To tell
you the truth, Charlie and 1, had we
known the truth, would not be here to-
be to prospect at home.'