The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-15
Rick Donovan, one of the best known

and most popular hotel men this section
has ever had, died at his home in Kane
on the 10th inst, OF neuralgia ofthe heart,
after an illness of only few hours. Mr..
Donovan had quit the hotel business and
was interested in oil developments. He
was aged 5S years, and was a native of
New York state, and is survived by his
wife and one daughter.
1t is said the Pennsylvania railroad
authorities have placed "ban on gal
lantry." No longer will white shirt
waists and other finery of female passen-
gers on the railroad be soiled by chivalric
but unclean hands. An order has been
issued that hereafter conductors and
brskemen shall refrain from aiding the
fair sex to board or leave trains, un-
less requested. Complaints of women
whose apparel has been soiled by over
anxious trainmen led to the order.
The general assembly Of the Presby-
terian church, which will meet in Colum-
bus, o., Thursday for ten day ses-
sion, will be one of the largest and most
representative gatherings of religious
workers ever held in this country. Ev-
cry State in the union will be represented
and almost every foreign country. The
assembly is delegate body and the
greater part of the 100 commissioners
have been chosen. Among the number
are many prominent clergymen and lay
men of the church. The greatest event
of the assembly will undoubtedly be the
recognition of the 200 or more commits
sioners, representing for the first time
the ll3 presbyteries, 1850 churches and
1854 members of the former Cumber-
land church and the final contamination
of the union of the two churches. More
than ordinary interest is manifested this
year in the selection OF a moderator.
There is some talk of making it salalied
office. The principal argument used in
favor of the proposed action is that the
duties involved require a mans whole
time.
Now is the time to attend to the
spring pruning of roses, when the buds
begin to swell. Dwarf roses bloom from
the wood of the current year. Keep
your rose buds clear of all weeds. Stir
the earth every week, and after rain and
the crust is dry begin to use the hoe.
Feed your roses with liquid manure in
blooming time. Use COW manure, allow
ing half bushel to a barrel of water.
Make groove around the bush, so 1t will
not escape, and try to do this just before a
rain. The chemistry mature is wonder
ful. What with recent discoveries ofhow
certain plants cast off formaldehyde we
can but ask, "What next!" Our queen
of flowers Is a gross feeder and converts
compost into flowers and leaves that have
made lovers and poets hold them as the
choicest of gifts. When beetles find the
roses hand picking is the only resort. A
tin can of kerosene and patience are re-
quired, and when you get all through
you can return, and often find that lot
more beetles have descended. The queen
of all roses, Her Majesty, is subject TO
mildew, and should be kept away from
other bushes. Begin at once with flow
er of sulphur when you notice mildew.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Fires have done considerable damage
TO young growing timber on the west side
of the river, in Tionesta and Harmony
townships, within the past few days, and
for time threatened to sweep the entire
country. On Sunday party went from
here to fight bad fire that had broken
out in the vicinity Of Neiltown. Fred
Dryers place, on Hunter run was burned
over, and fine lot of young timber
practically destroyed. The same thing hap
pened to Henry Yarnell and d. e. Car
son, living near Stewart Run, Harmony
twp, most of their young timber being
ruined by the fire. The fact that these
Fl res nearly always break out on Sunday
leads to the suspicion that they are set
out either willfully or carelessly by Sun
day fishermen, many of fwhom get off the
train at this and stations above and below
this place. and fish the small streams.
Over IN Harmony township bad fire
broke out recently very shortly after
three fishermen had passed along the road
and those who discovered and tried to ex-
tinguish it believe these men deliberately
set the fire out, there being three or four
different spots where it had been started.
Such desperate vandalism should be
speedily hunted down and the vandals
punished to the full extent of the law.