The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-24

--Oll market closed aJ Sl.OO.
Oil and gas leases at this Office.
See Hopkins bargain Shoe counter.
What Did the Woggle Bug Say2 It's
worth $3.50 To know.
Hopkins bargain shoe counter has
some GENUINE bargains on it-beats em
all. 1t
Ray Birtcil has purchased the Thom-
son darying outfit and is keeping the
wheels ON the move pretty steadily.
The bargain shoe counter at Hop
kins' store is very busy part these days
and you'd better get in the game soon. l
The greatest gas heater stove ever
invented Is the radatlng stove, both for
heating and economy in gas. Sold by H..
E. Mckinley, Tionesta. IF
Everything in the fruit and vege-
table line can be had at the White Star
Grocery aud always fresh and at the low
est prices. 1t
The preserving quality of Lawrence
paints is in its superior quality of pig
ment dead and zinc) and the purity of
the Linseed oil used-sold by DR.. j. c..
Dunn. 1t
Black berries have been coming into
the market during the past ten days, and
the fruit is ofa very fair variety. Prices
have kept up pretty we'll notwithstand-
ing the abundance Of the crop.
Il find nothing better for liver de-
rangement aud constipation than Cham
berlain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets.-L.
f. Andrews, Des Moines, Iowa. For sale
by DR.. j. c. Dunn. If
Work on the new line come citing the
Proper lease, over on Little Tionesta
creek with the Wilburine line at the
mouth of the Tubbs Run has begun. @.
L. Mills of Warren has charge of the
work.
Rev. DIR. Conway, of Brookville,
will preach in the Presbyterian church
next Sabbath morning and evening.
Large congregations will doubtless be out
vorite with Tionesta people.
A young woman applicant for a
school in neighboring town was asked
the question, "What is your position on
whipping children ?' The reply was,
"My usual position is on a chair, with
the child firmly across my knee, face
downward" She got the school.
The heaviest down-pour OF rain of the
season occurred Monday. Streets, alleys
and cutters were flooded and the sewers
were insufficient TO carry off the surplus
aqua. The river and creek have risen to
good boating stage, and many coal flats
and barges have started on their down
ward course.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Noblit haye re-
ceived an invitation to attend the we'd
ding of Mr.. Cemer Taylor ellison, OF
Barnes, Pa, and Miss Auloinette Mae
Waite, which interesting event takes
place at the home of the brides parents
at Frewsburg, n. Y, to-day at high
noon. The groom is brother of Mrs.
Noblit.
The Meadvile Commercial College,
whose ad. appears in the REPUBLICAN, is
one of the really first class business col
leges of the country, and numbers among
its graduates some of the leading men Of
the country. If interested it will pay
YOU to investigate the advantages. A
postal card will being abundant infor-
nation.
The season for "cooning" is about on,
coming in as it does with the roasting
ear period, which is approaching apace.
As the corn crop is not large this year no
doubt the farmers will not object to the
invasion of the coon-hunter, providing
he goes at it in true sportsmanlike man
ner, and don't destroy more corn than
the average coon would take.
The borough schools begin next
Monday for the usual eight months
term. The vacation season has seemed
unusually short this year, owing, no
doubt, to the fact that there has been lit
tie real summer weather, the kind we are
accustomed to look for, when the mer-
curry generally hovers around the 20 or
100 points in the shade for weeks at a
time.
Ethel, the five year old daughter of
John Elder, who resides at Endeavor,
sustained severe ininry to her left arm
yesterday evening, in falling off porch
while visiting at the home of friend at
West Hickory. DIR. W. G.. Morrow was
summond and found the elbow dislocated
aud one of the bones fractured. The
child is doing as well as could be eX-
pected under the painful circumstances.
The Grand Army of the Republic
still has a membership 2i6,2 ,26l, but its
numbers declined 1929 last year, and
the posts fell from Gl26 to 6l49. Ten years
ago the membership 4O3 O2l The annual
loss 10y death grows rapidly. A man
who enlisted at 20 at the beginning of the
war would now be over 90 years old.
Not many will take part in the parade
ten years hence; aud the fact that they
can now all get pensions, if needed, is
consolation TO the nation.