The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-05-28


The constant cooiug lover
Carries of the blushing maid;
Aud the constant advertiser
Is the one who gets the trade.
-Ex,
Miss Ruth A. Work, for number OF
years resident of Forest county. who
has been spending the past year with her
sister, Mrs, Hope lIogg, in oxford, Eng
land, instead of ofreturning TO her Colorado
home this spring as expected, goes to
Upper Egypt, whero she will teach Eng
lish and music to the children of some
wealthy Egyptians attached to the Amer
lean mission in the city of Asyut.
Memorial day next Friday viii be
properly observed here as usual, with
the G. a. r. and w. II. c. as leaders on
the program. Tho exercises will begin
at o'clock, when tho procession will
form at Post headquarters and march
to riverside. After strewing flowers
over the graves of departed heroes, the
people will assemble at the court house
whoro memorial address will he deliv-
erred by Prof Charles T.. Lord of Frank
lin.
Five men. one woman, a boy, girl
aud baby, alghted from train 3 yester-
day, and went down the branch. The
woman carried all the baggage of the
party in huge bundle on her back,
while the five big, lazy loaiers strutted
along entirely unconcerned. Nice lot of
prospective citizens Meadyille Gazette.
Why did not some of the bystanders
iorcibly illustrate to the foreigners that
that was not the custom of this glorious
country?
The editor who is afraid 10 speak out
on public question, lest some sobscrib-
or will stop his paper, will never secure
very large circulation or an extensive
influence. The editor who expects to
please everybody will wind up his ca.
reer by pleasing nobody. The first les
son of independence for the newspaper
man is to keep his paper as nearly right
as possible without fear Of the subscriber
who stops his paper.-Press and Printer.
To ward of tho impending pleague OF
l7.year locusts tho members OF the Wo-
mans Guild Of the First Presbyterian
Church, Holidaysbure, Pa, are sewing
1000 pouches to shield the young trees
on the extensive farm lands Of j. *. Me-
Lanahan, Sr., from devastation and harm.
The government has notified nursery
men aud leading real estate prophet RS
that the plague is imminent. We shall
soon see il there is anything in this ah-
nual IL ear locust scare.
The goth annual report of the State
Hospital for the insane at Warren has
been issued and the copies are being dis
tributed. The report Of the superinten-
dent shows that during the year l0j men
and 70 women admitted and 1876 men and
81 womou were discharged. Ofthis num-
ber % men and 10 women we're restored,
% men and - women were improved, 10
men and lSwomen unimproved, and &C
men aud 30 women died. At the present
time there are LOIS patients on the rolls.
a motor cycle is one of the new things
for TicneSta, machine OF that sort hav-
ing arrived here as the property Of Harry
Watson, who has been exhibiting it on
our streets for a day or two past. The
motive power is produced by gasoline,
the machinery being attached to the
frame and out Of the way o the rider. Il
they keep on with these Improvements,
whereby the leg movement and mu>cu-
lar exertions ave dispensed with, it is
likely to get all the editors in the couu-
try into the notion of investing in ma
chine.
1t is well known that yawniug is in a
way contagious, aud occasionally prac-
tical joker will make use of this tact in a
street car. BY yawning once or twice he
is sure to set his fellow passengers
agape, much to his own amusement and
their embarrassment. This is not the only
case where mentle suggestion controls
muscle brass band was once totally
dcmoralizcd 10y mischevious boy who
stood in front Of the players and sucked
a lemon. The mouth Of every musician
puckered up and one by one they ahan-
doned all efforts TO play into their insiru-
ments -EX.
Alexander Speer father of our towns
man, Prot II. n. Speer, died suddenly at
the home of his son, William, near Oil
was 20 years m age and a native Of lr'-
land. lie had been long time and
prominent resident of Venango county,
locating on farm near Dempseytown
about 1850. Hon. p. NJ. Speer, one OF
Oil City's leading attorneys, is also one OF
the surviving sons of the deceased. The
funeral services were held at the family
residence in Dempseytown, Monda, af
ternoon. Rev. w. L. Mcbride of the
United Presbyterian church, Of which de-
ceased was a member, officiating.
The oil City Blizzard has attained IT.
10Th birthday and Editor Bowen alludei
to the matter bv modestly stating tina
'the Blizzard is 20 years old to-day -anC
sin in debt" Ofcourse this is a monu
mental fabrication. Everybody know
that the Blizzard, like all other wild
awake newspapers in this section is iairl,
wreeking in wealth, and that every felloy
about the institution is a bonded nabo
and rides in an automobile Oh the slight
est invitation. True enough, all hand
"either fish or cut bait" but that is mere
~ for health and recreation not a force
is ne at all. When the Blizzard ceases I
blow healthful, snappy breeze, delight
ful to all its many readers, it will be whe
the present force has "shuflled of, am
never, never, because "irs still in debt.