THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. i. C. WtNKi lOlTOS PdOHIITOI. WEDNESDAY, DEC EMBER 8, 18W. PRESIDENT McKINLEY'S MESSAGE. The message of President McKin ley to the Fifty-fourth Congresa was read in both Houses Monday aud is considered one of the solidesl of state papers. All the impor ant subjects relating to the state of the Union are touched up in a manner that inspires till greater con6'lence in the wise and businesslike administration of Mr. McKioloy. The document is quite lengthy, precluding the publi cation of even a brief summary in the Republican at this time. The Oil City Derrick has this to say of the message : President McKinley' message to the Fifty-fifth Congress is the able, strong, conservative and statesman like document that the people bad every reasoo to expect ironi such a ource. Must of the recomendations contain uothing new, as he made no secret of his convictions on tha public questions of the day, and the Nation has been thoroughly acquainted with bis views in regard to Cuba, Hawaii, and the currency question ever since be made his inaugaral address. Iu respect to Cuba he believes our wisest and best course lies in keeping our bauds off, and that it is no more than just to ask for a sessaticm of p'ib lio owinion and popular clamor until Spain has another uppertuuity to set tle the affair! of her own household. The granting of bellingerent rights would only complicate matters with out affording any real relief to the Cuban cause. Mr. McKinley'g vigorous words on the Hawaiian problem will commend themselves to every patriotic Ameri can. Annexation is the only salva tion tor tbe islands, and the requests of that far-away little republic to lorm au integral part of our great national domain should not be suf fered to go uuheeded. These are pop ular sentiments and Congress will do well to act without delay. Hawaii comes to us without mouey and with out price. io other nation das any claims upon her and her fate isinsep erably linked with our own. We can suffer oo other foreigo power to take possession of her, and Bhe is not strong enough to maintain lierselt among tbe governments of the world. Upon the financial question Mr. McKinley dwells at some length. lie shows the penificent workings of the Dingley tariff and tbe improved con ditioo of the National finances. He urges tbe adoption of a measure of curreocy reform, and strongly eudors es Secretary Gage's plan. This means the retirement of the legal lenders and the enlargement of the National Daolt system. It is unfortunate, at this time, that the President has not back of him a working majority iu the Senate. Tbe House can be de pended upon to bo its duty, but the Senate is likely to oppose Mr. Gage's scheme for currency reform with great vigor and obstinacy. With the tariff question settled Mr McKinley places next in importance this matter of currency reform. He recognizes that our presperity, to be permanent, must rest on a firm and substantial basis.and that the Nation al credit must not again be exposed to the dangers of a gold panic. While there is oppertunity for a diversity of opinion upon this subject there is lit tle doubt that the majority of the people are with the President, aud willing and eager to see all his rec ommendations carried out by Con grew aod put in practical working oader. If the Seuate and the House are desirous of obeying the wishes of their constituents they will begin their work without delay aod prose cute it to a speedy and successful conpletion. ABOUT PENSION. In last night's Warren Democrat ap- sears the following : "Oue in every seventy of our population is now on the pension mil. That is to say, of every fourteen families iu tbe United States one family is partially or whol ly supported by the government." Well, do you begrudge the money that is being paid the pensioner ? Such squibs would indicate that you did, says the Kane lirpublican. Sup posing the men who went out in the sixties aod bared their breasts to the bullets of the rebels who were at tempting to annihilate this govern ment, had refused to go, what then ? The government had power to force men into tbe service, but it didn't have tbe power to make their fighting effective. Do yon believe that if our soldiers bad not thrown the greatest efforts of their young lives into that terrible contest you would be doing successful business to-day in one of the most thriving small cities of tbe .State ? Tbe following article ap peared recently in the Pittsburg Timet and in this connection is quite appropriate : With the approach of the meeting of congress and the publication of ad vance extracts from the reports of the beads of tbe departments comes the usual annual kick Iron) some sources regarding tbe expenditure of money for pensions. It is true that pensious take some money, but the men who are getting them earned what they get. The United States escaped easy with its payment to the men who faugbt the battles of the Civil war. The nation hired men for $13 a month to stand up and be shot at, when the average man at bome could earn three times as much working in tbe railroad construction eansr. If tbe country had paid current wages, tbe 2,ddU,U00 men who served in the war, taking the figures ou a three year basis, would hast) received fully $1,250,000,000 more pay than they did. II they bad been in proportion to tbe hazardous nature of the work they would have been given a mort gage on the Union at the start. There is not much occasion to com plain of the pension roll. Leaving nut oi consideration that tbe money paid was earned long ago, tbe man who objects to paying pensions has an easy way to avoid it. The income of the government is received from liquor, tobacco, oleomargarine, playing cards aud import duties. He who is averse to pensions cau be sure he pays none of i hem if he will eschew liquor, keep bis hands on playiag cards, avoid to nacco and buy bis goods trotn an American mill or factory, thus en cotiraging American industry. There is no tax collector to bold us up, as is the case with state, county and oth er taxes. The man who, is paying the pensioners is the man who uses for eign goods, or pays his taxes at the bar or at the tobacco store. And as a rule, these are not the ones who are doing most of tbe complaining. Not one of the thirteen countries which offered "protests" against our new tariff has excluded any American products because their protests were unheeded. Iurtead of shutting out our products the thirteen protesting coun tries have increased their purchases of our products twenty-five per cent, while we have, under the operations of the Dingley law, reduced our pur chases from them in a like propor tion. The United States as a whole is following the example which the farmers of the country set in utilizing their first earnings for a reduction of their mortgage iudehtcduess. Less of Americao securities are now being held abroad than at any lime in the past quarter of a century, thus show ing that the country, like the citi zens, is reducing as rapidly as pns ble the amount which it mutt pay to others for interest on indebtedness. That much-talked of visit of Mr. Bryan to Mexico is now to begin. The Mexicans are to he told, presum- bly iu their native tongue, how much better off they are with a free coinage system, iu which it takes two and a half silver dollars to buv an article which one silver dollar under the lim ited coinage system of the United States will buy, and on his return to tbe United Stutes Mr. Bryan is to ex plain to the people of this country the advantages which would come to them by exchanging our currency system with its 23 one-hundred-cent dollars per capita for the Mexican system of 5 forty cent dollars per cap ita. The public will anxiously await this somewhat remarkable undertak ing of this somewhat remarkable finan cier. See what a nice wrap you can buy at Miles t Armstrong's. Wouldn't they make a nice present T It. McKinley times are evidently ap predated by tho people of Kansas, who have returned her to the column of Republican States, the plurality of the party in that Stale being this year over 9,000, against a Democrat ic plurality of over 13,000 in the election of 1896. Nancy Allibon McKinley. the venerable mother of President Mc Kinley, is lying at death's door at ber home in Canton, Ohio. The aged mother was stricken with paralysis on Thursday last since which ber life bas been slowly ebbing. Her child ren, including tbe President, have been almnBt constantly at ber bedside since ber illness began. She is up ward of 86 years of age. Death is hourly exected, aud perhaps before tbis is read her soul will have passed over. A ton of canceled farm mortgages is proposed as an interesting exhibit at the Traos-Missisaippi Exposition. Tbe farmers of the entire Mississippi valley couldeasily arrange this, but wouldn't it be pretty hard on Mr. Bryan, right in bis own State aud uu der the shadow of his own editorial sanctum ? The funny newspaper fellow who annually announces as a gn at joke that "we have Congress on hands again," is just now iu bis elemeut. Spanish prisons in Cuba have giv en up every American citizen within their walls since the incoming of the McKinley administration. Aod yet there are people who have the assur ance to complain of tbe attitude of of the administration in regard to Cuba. The foreign countiies go right on buying from us notwithstanding tbe great reduction in our purchases from them under the Dingley tariff law Our sales to them have increased 25 per cent, under the new law compared with the corresponding months of last year. The tin plate manufacturers of the Uuited States will, it is believed.soou he actively competing iu the Euro peau markets with the tin plate mak ers of ales, who less than a decade ago were supplying not only all of Europe, hut all of the United States Will the Democrats claim this as an other evidence of the accuracy of their theory that low tariff' cultivates a foreign market for our productions hie new tariff law presents its compliments to its framers on their return to Washiugtou with an evi dence of a steady grow th in earnings They were in August $1!,023,G14, in beptember $21,'J33,0H8, iu October 824,3!il1415, and iu November $25 000,000. That is a Heady, healthful growth, which indicates that long be tore its first year has ended it will be producing the promised surplus. Mlt. JJry AN made no effort duiint his four years in Congress to uhtain legislation upon the subjects which he now so uproarouBly supports as the chief features of his political faith. He had not a word to say about ar bitration, government by injunction, anti trust legislation, or any of the other subjects ou which he now ap peals to the public. But of course he indorses all of them now that the party advocates them. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE i n the World. For 14 VPnr thin nhw liy mrlt ftlon. hfii dlMnnoM all enmrotttnrw. W. u iM-mw t.ti. mi unci ftvmi nhowi are th prolnrtlon eklllrrt workmen, from the r material poHrl at these price. Alsn. t:.v) nmi in shot for men, t?.oo, $2.00 and L.T5 for hoy. W. I,. Tntifrlan nhoe are Irtrtnrwt hy over l.issi.tM? wearers ns the test In style, fir anrl duraliHHj of ny shoe ever offereil nt the prlees. Ther are msn In alt the latest haeft ami styles, And of every vari ety of lenttier. If dealer cannot snpplr vmt. write for cata logue to V. L. Doug las, itrocstton, Mass. Bold by L.J. HOPKINS. WARREN NATIONAL BANK Warren, Penna. CAPITAL, '' ' $150,000.00 DIRECTORS: nnnnT a t o a t SrfcUAL o ALL 0F HOLIDAY GOODS! Useful Presents Nelson P. Wheoler, Jerry Crary, Goo. N. Parmlee, O. Schimmelfong, Christian Smith, David W. Boaty Win. D. Brown, Andrew Hertiel, A. T. Scofield, Chns. Chase, H. A. Jaroiosnn. Personal and Business accounts solici ted on moat favorable terms consistent with good conservative banking. Interest allowed on deposits a. N. PARMLEE, Pres. II. A. JAMIKSON, Vice Pres. E. HER TZEL, Oashir Executor's Notice. Notice is hereby given thRl letters test amentary upon the estate of Frances A. May, late ot Tionesta, Pa.. dooeased, have broil granted to tin) undersigned. All persona indebted will please make pay ment, and lliose bavins claims or de mands will present them to Al. II. ItATKS, A. B. Kelly, Executors. Tionesta. Fa . Oct. 11. 1807. 10-13-6 -tyx.i.iiil i' .,t.i m .r Patsy Banya, the Kldgway Hungari an, who was recently convicted of mur der and sentenced to be hanged, is de spondent and the jail officials are forced to watch him constantly to prevent him from committing suicide. Last week Banya secured the heads of a number of matches, intending to dissolve them in water and then drink the mixture. His schemo was made knowu to tbe sheriff aud that official took charge of the match Fred Uockwell, the other man un- dor sentence of death, retains his nir of braggadocio and disgusts tho other pris oners by his actions. Yovi can get it at Hopkins' store. It Miss Allio J Hi cos, Norfolk. Va.. was frightfully burned on the lace and neck. Pain was instantly relieved by DeWilt's witch Hazel Halve, which healed tho in- nry without leaving a scar. It is the fa mous pile remedy. Heath fc Killmer. -Hurrah fur Santa Cluus. No trouble to get a present for your friends at Hop kins' store. It. Mrs. Mary Bird. Harrisburur. Pa..savs "My child is worth millions to me; yet I would have lost her bvcrnunhsd I not in vested twenty-tivo cents in a bottle ofOne JNiinuto Uotiuli I'uro." it cures coughs. corns and an inroat unit lung troubles, Heath A Killmer. -Union suits for children Armstrong's. at Miles it- It. It is easy to catch a cold and lust as easy to got rid of it if you coinmonco early to use uuo Minute cough cure. It ci'res coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and an inroai anu lung trouble. It is pleas ant to take, safe to use and sure to cure. Heath Killmer. New shoes for M isses and Miles fe Armstrong's. Just in. ladies at It. Prosperity comes quickest to the man whose liver is In good condition. I)e Witts Little rarly Risers are famous little puis for constipation, billiousness. indigestion and all stomach and liver troubles. Heath & Killmer. Never were tine goods sold so as at Miles V Armstrong's. cheap It, J. A. Perkins, of Antiriuity, O., was for thirty years needlessly Uirtuied by phy sicians ior ine cure or eezumia. He was cured by using DeWltt's Witch Hazel naive the famous healing salve tor piles nuu BHui uiseases. ucaui oc nnimer. Do you appreciate good laundr workT if so patronize tbe Ininkir hteam Laundry. Milei & Armstrong, agents. tl Don't be persuaded Into buying lini incuts without reputation or inorils Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more and its merits have been proven by a test ot many years. Such letters as the follow ing from L. i. Bagley, HiK-neme, Cal. are constantly being received : "The best remedy lor pain 1 have ever used i namueriaiu a I'aiu isalin, aud I say so alter having used it in my family for several years." it cures rheumatism lame back, sprains and swellings. For sale bv i. W. Bovard. After hearing some friends continual ly praising Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Keinedv, Curtis Fleck, Anaheim, California, purchased a bottle ot it lor his own use anil is now usenlhu siastic over its wonderful work as any one eon be. I he 2". and .0 cent sizes f sale by U. W. ilovard. THE OLD RELIABLE LIVERY STABLE, -OF- Dissblution of Partnership. Notice is hereby civen that the limited partnership entered into on tho 17th day of Mav. 1W. by John Hoy. Kdward Hoy and Patrick Hoy, under the name of the Hoy Natural Has Company Lilmiten, lor the purpose of producing, dealing in, transporting, storing, supplying and sell ing natural gas to such persons, corpora tions, or asso- lations as may desire to use and purchase the same within the Conn ties of Venango, Clarion, Forest and War ren in the Com. of Pennsylvania, for the period of twenty years from said date, under tue Act oi jnne i. in, entitled. An act authorizing the formation of partnership associations ill which tho capital shall alone bo responsible for the debts of the association, except under cer tain circumstances, and the several sup plements thereto, his been dissolved by tbe mutual consent of tho parties." John hoy, Howard Hoy, Patrick Hot. TIONESTA, - . PZNN. S. S. CANFIELD, PROPRIETOR Good Stock, Good Carriages and Bug les to let upon the most reasonable ten e will also do -1 All orders loft at the Post Office will receive prompt attention. NOTICE. o :f:t ioiaf. Office i 7X National Bank Building. OIL CITY, PA. Eyes examined froe. Excl usl vol vroptical In. lie. Assigned Kstato of David Mintz. i In the Court of Common Pleas of Forest County. No. S3, A ugust Term, To Whom it Hoy Concern: Take notice that an application for the discharge of Henry J. Brock the assignee of the above assigned estate has been made to said Court, and that a rule was thereupon granted to show cause why said assignee should not be discharged and the assigned estate re-conveyed to tho assignor.roturnable to Mie next Argu ment Court. J. H. KOllEUTSON. Prothonotary. Mui.i.in A Miri,i,iN, Attorneys lor Assignee, 11-26 -21. ' Bradford, Pa. THAT- are the Desirable Ones. PLEASING OUR CUSTOMERS is onr aim. We sell shoes that are so good In every way that our customers comeback to us again and again and are pleased each time. If we couldn't sell shoos that would do this wo would go out of business. Style iroon Iminl m hand with honesty In our footwear. The Way to Health is often by keeping your laot dry. Do so by buying a pair of our KLON DIKE BOOTS. The boys find "Our Own Shoe" can't be boaWorjwear and tho prioe la not higher tlianjothor dealers get for an Inforior shoo. Underwear for All. We can show you the finest ling of Men's Women's and Children's Natural Wool, Camel's Hair, Ribbed and Fleece Lined Underwear aver shown In Tionesta, bought and shlppeddirect from theUmills nt prloea AWAY BELOW what other doalors payjitho; "Middleman." We ars ready to sell to you for Just about what other dealers pay for th jlr goods. Our Clothing Dep't contains many Bargains, because most, of our goods were bought before the advance la wool and will be sold at tho old price. Ladies' Wraps THB GREATEST IMPROVEMENT EVER HADE IN WEST TIONESTA, PA., Carries a full lino ot GROCERIES, PROVISION, CHOICE CONFECTIONERY, CIGARS AND TOBACCO, AND FLOUR AND FEED. I 1 take a prominent place in the bargains we cau show you. PLUSH CAPES, 4.50 up. CLOTH CAPES and JACKETS at prices away below what other deal ers charge for same quality. Roinombn'r we can't show you any old goods lr this line, all just fresh from the factory. A Warm Reception. We might meot you at the door and grasp you heartily ;by the hand and yet thore is a bctter;way. We can show an Interest in your affairs by saving you 10 to 25 per cent, on every dollar's worth of goods you need in our line of CLOTHING, WRAPS, UNDERWEAR AND SHOES. Miles k Armstrong U MO-DA TE OUTFITTERS AND FURNISHERS. SANTA CLAUS! SANTA OLAUS! RUBBER SHOES 1 WE DO NOT CLAIM Geo. Watklnton 4 Co., Philadelphia. TO HAVE THE LARGEST THB SERPENTINE ELASTIC STAY prevents cracking at the sides near the sole. A simple remedy which overcomes a long standing defect in overshoes. . . . sold B-sr . . . MILES & ARMSTRONG, - Tionesta, Pa. - - STOCK IN THE COUNTY, AM) FPU THAT REASON OUR STOCK 18 ALWAYS FRESH. AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN KEEPING 1T SO. IK YOU DO NOT TRADE WITH US GIVE US A TRIAL AND BE CONVINCED. V&.HdUL. 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE Trade Mark Designs Copyrights Ac. An Ton ten din ir m. flkntrh and description mir quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention t pmhattly fmlentahle. C'omnititilrrv tlonnHtrtcllyctmrJdoiitiHl. llunrtbnokon I'uleuU sunt froe. Ol1tst agency for Bururuiif pttent. t'tttonta taken through Munn A Co. rectilvo prruu nonce, wnnoui cniro, iu me Scientific American. A handsomely tlltmtrntnd weekly. dilution of any -iunf iU! 1iurnal. lour monthi. i. HuiUbyall ncwudcttlcrtt. T.nrizoHt rtr- 'J eniiH, f.i a MUNN & Co.36,Bd"!"' New York urauca umcu. U3 r m.. wasniututi. I), c i m 1 t FL I EWIS' 88 LYE rvwuutXD tau VZHJVmSD ThtBtronvMt and do rest T ta a flue powder txiJ uackul la a t-aa wtm removable 11 J, the oolite lh are always rcauy rnr use. will make the beat t-orfumed Hard Hoftp 111 'Mi UilllUUia Wllhliut hlllnw- It ia (lie beat for tlrniLug wau FSHHA. SALT M'F'O CO. Ueu. Al., I'liUit., V. mm. marx, neaxani unl(?n, u nay "Alter two (loianrs itavo un inv bov lo die I saved liiiii from cmii liv uoiiH Olio Minuts C'uukIi Curo."Il In the qtiii'k est anil most certain remedy lor cuiihIih, coIiIh ami all throat and lung trouble. Heath l Killmer. Have you (jot tii.Od ? Have you ot 9)ii.ooT nave you jn hkunit 11 ho, w hy don't you deposit it with the CotiewaiiKU liuildiiiK Loan Association Association of Warren, Pa. Thf-y will pay you ti pc-r cent, per annum Cah Dividend, payable Kcuii-aniitially, and you ean withdraw your principal in full ut any lime alter ti month. 5-5-iy. ft HAZELTINE innni ti it hit i n V Warren. Fa. ' S - J MukeTwtudi, H ' uitil YariiB of intra JkyAL1' - wool, M itliuul bI.oU- ever. TIME TAIJLE, in ell'ect Oct. 10, 1HII7. Trains leave Tio nesta for Oil City and points west us follows : No. 31 iiullklo Express, daily except Sunday lU:0uuoou. No. til Way Freight (carrying passengers), daily except Sunday " 4:f)0 p. m. No. 311 Oil City Ex less, daily except Sunday 7:40 p. in. For Hickory,Tidioute, Warren, Kitizua, Bradford, Oleau and tho East : No. 30 Oleau Express, daily ex"ept Sunday 8:45 a. iu. No. 32 Pittsburg Express, daily except Sunday 4:19 p. in. No. tiii Way Freight (carrying passengers to Irvinetonj daily exccpl Sunday 9:50 a. in. (let Tiino from W. II, Goods Delivered Free of Charge. CHAS. ffl. WHITEMAN. FLOUR k FEED STORE. Como In and take a look around and see what CASH- will buy. Then when you want anything in our lino we know y ou w 1 1 1 go w lioro you r M ON E Y is worth the most. All tho BEST BRANDS OF FLOUR Such as Scliuinachor's F. S., I'iliHbiiry'M Rest, liona Doon, Grant, Graham flour. United Corn meal, Corn feed meal, Corn and oats chop, Corn, oata and Barley o. Daisy middling", Wheat bran, . Corn to sow, Corn to feed, Com for ensilage, Hay and straw. Mammoth clover seed, Medium clover seod, Timothy seed, Hungarian seed, Millet aeed, Orchard iirasa Heed. In fact anything usually kept in au up to date FLOUR AND FEED STORE. F. R. Lanson. Tables and full information SAUL, Atient, Tionesta, Pa R. JJEI.L, Gen'lSupt. J. A. F 101. LOWS, Gcn'l Passenger A Ticket Agent, General olllce, Moonev-iirishaue Rid Cor. Main and Clinton Sis., DuUalo.N.Y. RESOLUTION Of the Council of Tloneta ltorotigb, Forest t'o Pa. HE IT UESOLVEU, That the Ordi nance and the terms of the name relating to the Central District and Printing Tele graph Co., passed Oct. 14th iH'.iH, be and is hereby extended to tho Forest Telephone aud Telegraph Co., on said company fil ing with the Council their written accept ance of tho terms of the same. J. T. Dale, Attest, President of Council. 1). W. Ct.AHK, Secretary. Approved th.a '.Utli day of October, 1897. K. C. Heath, Burgess. w m W XX JLrHrr ( 51 H E Jjj HMI .Mi Holiday Goods. Santa Clays Headquarters. Hi 9 9 AT HEATH & KILLMER'S. Do you realize that Xmas is so near at hand. If you don't, just drop in at our store and you will think that something is going to happen, suro. We have an im mense stock of holiday goods this year. You may go to any large city and you will not find a better selected line of goods, and the prices are right, too. We realize that money is a scarce article around these parts, but we have those goods and they have ?:ot to go. So we have marked them away down, so if you buy your holiday goods rom us It will be almost like finding them. If you don't believe it, just oome im aud see for yourself. We will be delighted to show our stock, and name you prices.. , Waynk Cook, President. A. 11. Kelly, Cashier. Wm. Smeakuaubhv Vice Presidorrt. FOREST COUNTY NATIONAL BANK, TIONESTA, PENNSYLVANIA. , CAPITAL STOCK, A. Wayne Cook, N. P. Wheeler, T. DIRBCT0U8 O. W. Robinson, F. Ritchey. J. T. Win. Dale, $50,000. Smearbatigh, J. H. Kelly. STEEL ROOFING and SIDING. (Sacendorph's Patent.) Lightning, Fira and Storm Proofs hriid far I Tue Prnn Ira Koollnc aad Corns uLiliu:ue I alius to. Liu. I. Fbilu., D4M lUUM Collections remitted for on day of pr.yuient at low rates. We promise our-cuslom-ers all the bonelits consistent with conservative b king. Interest piid on lime deposits. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Lawrence & Smearbauah. DEALERS IN CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HATS, CAPS. GROCERIES, QUEERS WARE, STATIONERY, CANNED GOODS, CUTLERY, JEWELRY, TOBACCO, CIGARS. BOOTS AND SHOES A SPECIALTY ! fiOODS OF FIRST CLASS QUALITY IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS..