The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-11-02

the Philippines which has curious way
of attracting flies, which serve II by trans
hitting pollen from plant to plant as bees
do for other flowers. 1t sends out an odor
of decay ing flesh which is so strong as to
make II very offensive. When the flies
arrive they find no leaves, only the flow
or to alieht upon. After the blossom dies
the leaves come out of the ground and
grow four feet high.
The postoflice department has made
new ruling in the matter of rural mail
boxes, and now more than one family
will be permitted to use the same box,
provided written notice of such agree
ment between two or more familie be
filed with the postmaster at the distrib-
uting office. 1t is also ordered that all
approved rural delivery boxes be equip-
ped with suitable signal to indicate
whether there is mail therein.
Acacia Lodge, No. 633, f. and A. M.
was instituted at Marien vile Monday of
this week by the State Grand officers.
The meeting was held in the Odd Fellows
hall, and was attended by a very large
representation OF the fraternity from sur
rounding towns, including Clarion,
Brookyille, Kane, Oil City, Warren Tio
nesta and others. The new lodge starts
under very favorable circumstances and
can scarcely help being complete sue
cess.
-"Boys are not what they used to be-"
remarked the old merchant. 1.-The first
ten years / vas in business hired seven
office boys and five of them grew up
with the business and are with me yet
In the past year | engaged eight boys
and only one of them is here now, and he
is marked for early deportation to the
outside. What is the matter with them?
Restlessness, laziness, late arrival in the
morninI, a desire to advance wages and
decrease labor, and cigarettes"
AN exchange prints the following
Parents and guardians are largely respon
sible for the conduct of their small chill
dren. Boys and girls frequently commit
depredations on the property of others
because they have never been taught the
duties which they owe to the community
and its people Much juvenile mischief
is the result of downright exuberance.
If the abounding life of the child were
turned in the right direction by patient,
thoughtful and wise parental oversight,
many lads who now seem doomed to
criminal lifs would become useful and
law-abiding citizens.
j. ID. McJunkin, of Butler, has filed
John Wiseman, better known as John
Sparks, the Snowman, whose death re-
suited last year in North Carolina from
the bite of "a pet lion. The account shows
a fund of sos, III, making what is believed
to be the largest cash estate ever settled
in the courts of Butler county. or this
amount S26, 200 was paid out on notes to
the Wade Mecum Springs company, in
which Sparks was the principal stock
holder and promoter. OF the balance Mrs.
Wiseman gets 1928, ,O37 and each of the four
children Sll,4S7. Sparks was born and
raised at Butler. This show has visited
Tionesta on several occasions.
-"Bears are plentiful in Warren and
Forest counties. John II illiard, who re-
sides seven miles east of the Allegheny
river and half way between Tidioute and
Warren, visited the q. l.. Ackerman
lumber camp near East Hickory the
other evening and related remarkable
story. He is working a farm in the locali
ty mentioned, near the head OF East lick
ory creek, He stated that the bears have
stripped the trees of their fruit and break
ing off large limbs. At least dozen of
the animals have been seen this fall"
The foregoing item is from an exchange.
We don't know whether it is rue or not,
but it might be, and we would advise
timid hunters for small game to stay
away. II ey might be eaten up by some
of these ferocious bears.
One of the most important tasks that
confronts the man of the house at the
present time, says wise exchange, is the
raking of the leaves, which seem to be
plentiful enough TO cover everything
several times. Yards that are raked nice
and clean one day are covered with leaves
the next. 1t is just too miserable for
most men to contemplate and makes one
doubt whether life is worth living or not.
In the fall we have to rake the leaves; in
the winter we have to shovel the snow
in the spring we have to spade the garden
and make the flower beds and in the sum-
mer we have got to run the lawn NOV er.
Yes, life is one continual round of pleas
ure, we don't think. Besides all of the
above strenuous work, the usual daily
routine has to be done at the Office and
whenever we do get minute to rest it is
occupied by some wise guy who wants to
tell us his troubles, do some knocking,
tell what a great man he is, or what
smart baby he has at home. Hurrah for
life-we sometimes wish we were dead.
WORLDS Fair Excursion,
The low-rate ten-day coach excursions
of the Pennsylvania Railroad afford