The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-07-20
NEwSY NOTES.

placed END 10 END ana the WnOle covered
with braiding of cotton twine. Over
this is a corser braiding in heavy strands.
The rope will stand strain of 1000 lbs.
Clearance sale at Miles & Arm
strong's. 1t
A new cork has been contrived. 1t is
intended for medicine bottles. and en-
ables person to measure liquid drop
by drop. The distinguishing features of
this novelty are an air inlet and liquid
outlet, with bulb over the air inlet to
control the air vacuum in the bottle.
Don't buy shoes until you see what a
little money will get at Hopkins store.
The easiest method of sitting erect and
in graceful position is to occupy the
chair in such way that the lower part
of the spine or backbone touches to the
back. Then by causing the shoulders also
to touch the back the whole body is erect
and maintains itself without an effort.
Buy your carpets at Miles & Arm
strong's. Best and largest assortment in
town. 1t
Forest lands denuded of timber are be-
ing bought by the State at tax sales to he
used as State forest reservations. They
cost about &c per acre, and if kept free
from fires, the timber will grow again in
due time. The State has secured about
q, 900 acres in Clinton, Pike and Lycom-
ing counties.
Hopkins sells the clothing and shoes.
George b. McCalmont committed sui
eide in Bradford last Thursday by shoot
ing himself through the head. He was
formery city solicitor of Bradford aud
prominent in politics. For several years
he had resided in Casper, Wyoming, and
served term as circuit judge in
that state.
See prices at Miles Il Armstrong;. 1t
A new weed called paint brush" or
"bufial0 clover" is pest to the farmer,
and should he extarminated as fast as
possible. 1t is worse than the white dali
sy. Farms in Allegheny Co., N. Y, are
nearly ruined by it, and it is in small
quantities in ChautauqI Co., as near
our state line as Mayville.
Its the prices that make trade good
at Hopkins store these hot days. 1t
Now that Hawaii belongs to the United
States the statistics of its'commerce as of
ficially reported for year are especially
interesting. Its export trade averages
nearly s. 100000 and its imports 1885,
900. "This represents about 1925 for each
inhabitant-a larger per capita than that
of any other country Besides sugar,
the exports compose large quantities OF
rice, bannas and wool.
Bargains in shoes at Miles q Arm
strong's. 1t
Three prisoners escaped from the Elk
county Jail at Ridgway last Tuesday eve
ming. The men were given their supper
at 6 o'clock and at $3.50 their cells were
emty. 1t was found that the jailbirds
had sawed two bars from an outside win
dow and lowered themselves to the
ground by means of strips of bed cloth
ing tied together. Two of the men were
to be tried for burglary and the other for
assault.
A Madrid paper informs its readers
that ''the commander in chef of the
American army is one Ted Roosevelt,
formerly anew York policeman" who
was "born near HARLEM, "emigrated to
America when young" was educated at
"Harvard academy, "a commercial school,
there being "no universities or colleges
in America and that his ''bodyguard''
is "fittingly termed rough rioters"
Hopkins sells the clothing and shoes
Tract distributors come to grief some
times. This was the case of a woman who
handed a tract without looking at the
title, to a good natured looking man, who
was leaning against fence in the low
district of Philadelphia. He took it
glanced at the title, smiled and handed
il back with the remark 81 am mar
ried." The Mortified woman took the
tract from his hand and read, "Abd'
with me-" She took the first car home.
Hopkins is bound to keep trade going
on. At the prices they are putting or
shoes and clothing, they are good buy
even if you don't need them. 1t
A woman who claims to know says the
most satisfactory way to keep shirl
waist down in the back is to stitch lit
tie band at the waist line in the back or
the outside of the garment, with two but
| ton holes on the dress shirt. OF course, il
is great deal of trouble to put these but
tons on every skirt, and the buttonhole'
on every waist, but it is worth it in the
end, for then it is impossible for the shir
waist to part company with the skir
band.
DO you want $500? Yon can save i
on a suit at Miles;& Armstrong;. 1t
Congress passed resolutirn early last
week whereby John Kelly, water tender
]. C. Murphy, coxwain George Char
ette, gunner's mate John Philips, ma
chinist. and Oscar Deignan, coxwan, who
were associated with Lieut.. Hobson in
the sinking Of the Merrimac, may &C
upon the floor of the national hall of rep
resentatives at will. Admiral Dewey and
Lieut.. Hobson were granted the samt
privilege, which was granted in recogni'
ton of their heroic conduct
The rag carpet, after many years, has
returned. It is once again fairly popular
and the rags that for quarter OF cen
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