The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-01-29

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every trip during the past five week
with sleigh, and says he has neve
known time when we have had bette
continuous run of sle'ghing in this lali
tude.
The current number of The Ladies'
Home Journal contains Ira ID. Sankey's
latest hymn, which is called "a Song o.
Heaven and Homeland" The words o
this hymn were written by the well.
known poet, Eben Il. Rexford, and they
have been most beautifully set to music
by Mr.. Sankey for the magazine which
now presents the hymn.
Secret service Off -ials have dscov
cred in circulation new counterfeit one
dollar silver Certificate of the series OF
1899, check letter C. The counterfeit is
signed Lyons, register, and Roberts,
treasurer. The back of the note is print
ed upside down. The paper contains no
silk and the word Washington on the
face is printed in ordinary script type
Elk.
The interest in tho Blevins murder
case will not down with the citizens OF
New Castle, Pa, whose council has Of
fered a reward of SlO, 900 for the convic-
tion of the murderers, or sufficient in
formation TO lead to their conviction.
This is one of the mysterious crimes of
of the past decade, and it is gratifying to
learn that a solution is thought to be near
at hand.
-Hemlock lumber will be much high
er the coming summer than ever before
and ii will be herd to get, according to in.
formation received from absolutely re-
liable source. Wholesalers are receiving
orders now and have all they can do TO fill
them. 1fthis demand keeps up, which
is quite certain, owing to the prosperous
times, 1t is likely that hemlock will go to
Sl6 thousand at the mill. This price
means that the retail price in Dunkirk
will be at least S2O.-Herall.
"A Meadyille paper demands an offic-
ial inspection OF gas meters in the city,
urging that there Is as good reason Tor
this inspection as for inspecting weights
and measures or the dairies and meat
shops that supply. people of the city, and
the demand is taken up in New Castle,
where it is given approval in the columns
OF one of the papers. There isn't any
doubt about the soundness OF the conten-
tion of the newspapers. If laws are to be
passed to curtail fraud hers is a prolific
field.
Two new cases of smallpox have
developed in OIL City. They are Al
bert Anderson and Harry Warner the
former is porter and the other bar
tender in the hotel where Chisholm, the
first victim was employed, and were in
his company daily up to the time he was
taken sick. The disease seems to he of
very mild type, nevertheless The health
board has taken every precaution in its
quarantine regulations, and 1t is not be-
lieved there will be a spread of the contag-
ion.
A short time ago some men were en-
gagged in putting telegraph poles in some
land belonging TO an old farmer who dis
liked seeing his grass trampled down.
He ordered them OIL his land. The men
produced paper which said that they |
had leave to put the poles up where they |
pleased. The farmer went back and |
turned large bull into the field The |
savage beast made after the men and the |
old farmer, seeing Them running ont of
the field, shouted at the top of his voice:
'Show him your paperl Show him your
paper !n-Ex.
Revival meetings are being held in
the Free Methodist church, which are ex-
pected TO continue for some time vet. on |
next, Feb. 9TH, Rev, w. B.
Winget, Foreign Missionary Secretary of
the +, NJ. church in Africa, will be here
and remain one week assisting in the
services. On Sabbath evening following
his arrival a special meeting will be
held at which Mr.. Winget will give de-
ailed account of the work going on in
Africa which will doubtless be very in-
eresting. All are cordially invited to all
these meetings.
The "big head" says and exchange,
S popular way of expressing cannon
md very frequent ailment. 1t arises
rom various sources, but the real foun-
lation is lack of sense. a little money
ENVELOPES ii in some people. A few good
'lothes give it to others. A little office
where chance is given to exercise a lit
lie authority is often the cause oft, while
'thers get it by having better job than
heir associates. The truth is, no sensi-
Die person ever gets the "big head" The
me who becomes stuck-up and stiff
lecked from success of any kind is weak
n the intellectual caliber.
An exchange pertinently asks the fol-
owing question "Who sympathlzed
with you when your little girl was sick
he other dey? Was it your home mer-
liant or was it Sears, Roebuck & Com
,any? Who carried you last winter
when You were out of a job and had no
money? Was it Montgomery, Ward Il
20. or was it your home merchant?
When you want to raise money for the
'hurch or some need person in town do
you write to "Fair' store in Chicago or
10 YOU go to your home merchant? How
much does Siegle, Cooper Il Co. give to-
yara keeping up the sidewalks OF the
own or paying the minister's salary E?
When you were sick how many nights
lid Hibbard, Spencer n Bartlett sit up
With you? When your loved one was
buried, was it Marshall, Field & Co. who
lropped a tear ofsympathy and uttered a