Republican News Item.
CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor.
THURSDAY JUNE y, 1898.
"HIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS."
The News Item Fights Fair.
IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER.
Published Every Friday Morning.
By The Sullivan Publishing Co.
At the County Seat of Sullivan County.
LAPOBTE, PA.
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REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM,
Laporte Pa.,
For a garden hoe, garden rake, grul>.
liing hoc, pick, shovel, etc. call on.l. W.
Buck.
Wall paper with line borders to match,
.Inst received at .1. W. Bucks, Sonestown.
II you need fence wire, [call on.l, W.
Buck, lie has different, sizes on hand.
New Rule nl Five O'clock*.
Fashionable women have this season
discovered how to obviate the neces
sity of taking too much tea and yet to
preserve the aspect of sociability as
they make the rounds of the five
o'clock affairs. This is by taking
plain hot water, flavored with a little
of the lemon or cordial that is an in
variable accompaniment to the fash
ionable tea service. There has been
a decided tendency to vary the usual
wafers by some sort of fresh warm
bread. At some houses delightful
Sally Lunu is handed round, and min
iature tea biscuits, too, hot, and to be
eaten with butter, have been often
seen. Small fresh round sponge
cakes, often the work of the hostess
herself, are offered at some studio af
ternoons, and there is a universal sup
pression of sandwiches. These are no
longer deemed necessary or even de
sirable.
Wuuinn'i )!»«■ I ■■■ iiortH nee.
The position of woman has changed
greatly for the better in late years.
In the latter part of the sixties Miss
Laura Addington, of lowa, built up a
large business as a real estate
draughtsman and conveyancer. She
had talent, if not genius for the work,
and was so skillful that she won the
confidence of both the bar and the
banks. In response to their request
the Governor appointed her register,
notary or some other official connect
ed with that kind of work. The Chief
•executive issued a commission to L.
Addington. When asked, it is said,
why he did not write the first name,
"Laura," in full, he answered: "It's
enough disgrace to tlie State to have lo
appoint a woman, and there ain't auy
necessity for letting it be known to
the whole world."
Art of Talking Well.
One wonders if the great increase of
women's clubs has had anything to do
with the desire on the part of society
women to improve their conversational
powers. It is certain that the aver
age club-woman learns to think very
quickly when on her feet. It is also
true that some New York women this
season have felt their inability to con
verse well, and have secured a con
versation teacher for the purpose of
Improving them in this respect. She
is quite different from the current
topics instructor or the class-lecturer.
Her object is solely the cultivation of
conversational powers, and she does
this, taking anything as her subject.
She prefers not to take her pupils in
classes, and, it may be added, her pu
pils prefer to come singly.
The l.adlem' Valet.
The latest creation of the century is
the Indies' Valet. This is not a per
son, but a little business concern. It
has a certain number of subscribers,
upon whom it calls once a week to per
form the functions of the valet and
maid. It receives boots, clothing and
bonnets. It does no laundry work,
and no boot cleaning. It repairs foot
wear, sews buttons and half soles and
heels. It cleans clothing, darns and
renovates. It retrlms hats and makes
them presentable. It returns all the
goods within a few days after they are
received. For this weekly visit and
all this work the charges are a moder
ate annual subscription.
To I'revent llold-l pn.
An inventive genius in Jdfedia, Pa.,
has rigged up a device which he con
fidently predicts will put an end to
street car hold ups. He is a conductor
on an electric line and lias lined the
Interior of his car with wires charged
with electricity. Along these wires
runs a small trolley device, intended
to be kept in his hand constantly, no
matter where he may be in the car.
Food Valued of Laid.
It Is estimated that twentjr-two acres
of land is necessary to sustain ona
man on fresh meat. The same spac*
of land, if devoted to wheat culture,
would feed 42 people; If to oats, 88;
potatoes, Indian corn and rice, 176;
and if to the plantain or breadfruit
tree, over 6,000 people.
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: THE DURATION OF FOGS.
I One In the I.aat Century Lmted For
Tito Year* and Caused Alarm.
The whole of Europe, during the two
"years 1782 and 1783, was shrouded by
a dry fog so thick that ft noon
day, in summer, the sun took a
blood-red hue. This extraordinary
haze was a pale-blue color, and
■ never lifted day or night. Voy
aging on the Mediterranean was made
dangerous by it, and it was just as
i thick on the tops of the highest Alps.
: It was not in the least affected by rain,
: and extended alike over countries such
as Britain, where the climate is
changeable, and Spain and Italy, where
i it is usually serene and clear.
The greatest alarm prevailed; public
prayers were made, and, probably, so
agitated a state of the public mind was
never known before. Its cause is sup
posed to have been the terrible erup
tion of the volcano of Skaptar Jokull,
in Iceland, which ejected over 80,000,-
000 tons of matter. One of the worst
! fogs within recent times alike for its
1 density and protractedness was one
j which prevailed in London from the
beginning of November, 1879, to the
following February.
The deaths for the six weeks ending
February 21 were 1.730, 1900, 2,200,
3,370. 2,49fi, and 2010, the deaths in the
fourth week being thus nearly double
those of the first. In the ilrst three
weeks of 18S0 when London was large
ly cleared of fog, the deaths fell 30
per cent, below the average; but in the
end of January, when the fog again
became severe, the deaths rose to 43
per cent, above the average.—Tit-Bits.
Curly llnireit .luroi'N.
There is a well defined prejudice
against curly haired men when it
comes to choosing a jury to try crim
inal cases. The prejudice, when it is
manifested, comes from the defence.
When asked to explain the objection
to curly haired men, a prominent prac
titioner yesterday said:—"When I was
Just starting my lpgal mentor incul
cated that idea in me. He said that
curly haired men had almost invar
iably been the pampered darlings of
their parents and in their youth had
been so used to having their own way
that they had come to believe that
everybody on earth was wrong except
themselves. In Hjis way the seeds of
opposition wore sown, and when they
grew older thay made a point to dis
agree with everybody and everything.
If everybody else on the jury votes for
acquittal they vote for conviction as a
matter of course. They live on com
bat and are as stubborn as the days
are long. A curly haired man never
gets on the jury when I am defending
a man if I cau see him in time."
>laino*M Wo mil ii Diver.
A woman diver is something new,
but Mrs. Llllic Cordon of South Port
land, wife of Nat Gordon, the famous
submarine diver, can lay claim to this
distinction. In June, while her hus
band was constructing a stone wharf
at Hurricane Island, Mrs. Gordon don
ned the diver's suit and went down in
thirty feet of water. She went down
as steadily as a veteran diver, says one
who was present, and though lor a
minute she felt as though she were
smothering, she reports the sensation
at the bottom of the sea as a very
pleasant one.
Only one person in fifteen has perfect
eyes, the large percentage of defective
ness prevailing among fair-haired peo
ple.
.*lll lit* 111 I Silk,
The occupation of the silk worm is
being successfully attacked from four
different quarters. A German chemist
dissolves the silk of worn out dresses,
remnants and of the cocoons and with
it plates cotton or linen threads, which,
when woven, are more brilliant than
silk prepared in the ordinary way. A
French chemist makes an artificial
silk out of vegetable tissues, which he
dissolves and forces, when in liquid
form, through minute holes in a steel
cylinder. These holes are like the
spinnerets of all insects which produce
threads. There is a liquid comes
through them. The volatile parts
evaporate, leaving an almost invisible
thread like that of a caterpillar. These
are brought together and spun into
thread, which, in turn, is woven into
cloth. Another inventor is utilizing
the spiders which make cobwebs, while
a fourth makes thread and cloth out of
Sanitary Inspector Brunner reports
to the Surgeon General from Havana,
that during the week ending October
7, there were seven deaths from star»
vation, and during the week ending
October 14, 21. To the deaths from utarva;
tion, he says, must be added, scores re
sulting from other immediate causes
that would not prove fatal if sufficient
food was obtainable. The deplorable
conditions to which the degpotlam of
Weyler subjected the pacifies is incon
ceivable unless the subject is made a
special study. They were restricted to
narrow limits where they could not
procure food and so densely that sani
tation was impossible. Blanco prom
ises relaxation.
Politics in Newark, New Jersey, de
veloped many phases of human nature
In the campaign just closed. In one
ward where there were 205 Democrats
registered there were 285 votes cast
and countd at the Democratic primary.
A member of the Grand Jury was
nominated for a county office and the
Grand Jury adjourned until after the
election in order to allow him to do
his campaigning. A red hot Republi
can was a delegate to the convention, *
a howling partizan of a candidate and |
secured his nomination. Then the ,
Democrats nominated his brother for |
the same office and the Republican told |
his friend to help his brother and the
friend took off his coat and went to I
work to defeat bis candidate.
A MASCOT IN REALITY.
Ptlcu of land Boom Wherever Ex-Frail
dent Cleveland Resides.
Orover Cleveland is a mascot for real
estate boomers. He has made money
in large sums for landholders in three
widely separated parts of the country.
When he was married, ten years ago,
! during his first term, Mr. Cleveland
bought for $21,600 a place of twenty
-1 eight acres in the suburbs of Washing
ton. Until that purchase the sight
liness of the locality had not been
recognized. The land was in small
small farms and there were few Wash
ington people who had homes along
the unfashionable pike. The President
made some alterations in the com
fortable old stone house and lived
there in tho summer time. When he
went out of office, after two or thre«
seasons' occupancy of "Red Top," as
the place was called, from the brightly
painted roof, he sold his twenty-eight
acres for $135,000. But previously
thousands of acres surrounding had
changed hands. Cleveland Heights
had been laid out, an electric road had
been built and all of the accessories ol
real estate speculation on a grand
scale had been applied.
Mr. Cleveland's next venture was in
a desolate tract of land on Buzzard's
Bay. He went there on the recom
mendation of Joseph Jefferson, found
good Ashing and bought liberally ol
the rocky and sandy acres. The his
tory of Red Top repeated itself, save
that Mr. Cleveland did not sell when
the boom came. Buzzard's Bay has
come into prominence as one of the
choicest localities on the Atlantic coast
for summer homes. The land has gone
up ami up until the advances parallel
those of the first neighborhood to
which Mr. Cleveland lent his name.
And now the news is that Princeton
acres, and especially that part in
which the ex-President has invested,
are soaring in values.
They Got Jined.
"The most amusing nuptial event 1
ever officiated at," said good old
'Squire Hiram Cate, of Kentucky, the
marrying magistrate of the Penny
rile,' who died not long since, "was
in the winter of '7l. I was awakened
one cold night about midnight by vig
orous knocking on my front door. 1
went to the window, and by the light
of the moon could see two forms on
my front porch. 1 raised the window
and asked what was wanted. A wom
an of the backwoods type, answered
in about this language: "Why, hits
us, Jim an' me, as wants to git hitch
ed.' 1 hurried down, and on opening
the door found a poorly clad, flnnieky
looking man of about forty, led by a
determined looking woman of perhaps
thirty. I could see that the female
was the business part of the proces
sion, and addressed myself to her,
asking why they had chosen such a
late hour for their 'hitching affair.'
This was the reply in quick, snappy
sentences: 'Why, hits this way. Jim
Owens is bin a-sparkin' uv me, 1
low, for fo' yeres, an' I got fetched
tired uv his mincin' wurds, so tuk an'
ast him to-nite, I did. ef he wuz evei
gwine ter pop. I tol' him, 1 did, 1
'spected him 'votedly, and ef he wanted
me, to cum on an' less git jined tonite,
er 1 wuz gwine to take Pletch Bog
gesses' boy, Hez, an' settle down. Jim
lowed—he did—he reckined he'd cum,
tho' it wuz a long trip. So I took an'
fetched him in pap's mill waggin'.
Didn't I, Jim? Jim nodded a doleful
assent. In answering the questions J
put to the groom in the ceremony the
brawny better nine-tenths gave the
bashful 6pouse about to be the cue, anu
she paW me a halt dollar, taking the
money from Jim's pocket book. II
beat any wedding I ever witnessed, 1
think."
I'nbindliiK CUlna Women's Feet.
Are any Chinese women's feet un
bound in consequence of the exertions
of foreigners? Yes; but no more than
European ladies are they going to walk
barefoot through the streets to con
vince doubters. And what is far more
important, numbers upon numbers of
little girls are remaining unbound in
missionary schools at Amoy. Hang
chow and all up and down the river.
And at parties ladies who so far as
we know are untouched by Christian
influences yet show with pride their
soft-footed little girls, saying, "My old
people bound ray feet, but I will never
bind hers." It is the upper circles of
China who are giving up binding. The
man on the streets yet binds and loves
bound feet, just as in Singapore all the
Straits-born Chinese have cast oft
binding, if it be not the very poorest
of the poor.
Same l"ay for Everybody.
An aged Georgia negro, Nathan by
name, is employed by a gentleman
prominent in State politics. That
Nathan also has an eye to political
favors is shown by the following con
versation which recently took place
between Win and his employer:
'Marse Jim," said Nathan, "is you
gwine in dis yere race for Governor?"
"Haven't thought about it."
"Well, ef yer does run, an' gits elect
ed, will you give me a job?"
"Certainly I would remember you,
Nathan. What would you like?"
"Well, auh, I'd des like ter black
boots roun' de Capitol."
"And what would you expect for that
service?"
"Well, suh," he replied, "I should
say $4 a day would be reasonable. Das
what de yuther legislators get."
Some Day,
The Fair One—l suppose you will
marry, though, when the goiden oppor
tunity offers, won't you?
The Cautious One—lt will depend I
upon how much gold there is in tht j
opportunity.
Free Medical
Advice
Do you understand ju*t what 1 >r. J. P.
Ayer's medicines will do f.r you? Are
they helping you as fast as you think tlivy
ought? Write to our doctor, lie w..l
answer all questions, and givu you t'..e
best medical adricu, absolutely five.
Address the J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, liasa.
A Horrible Railroad Accident
is a daily chronicle in our papers; also
the death of some dear friend, who hud
died with Consumption, whereas, if lie or
she had taken < IIIU'H Cure for Throat and
Lung diseases in time, life would have
been rendered happier and perhaps saved.
Ileed the warning ! If you have a cough
or any a flection of the Throat and Lungs
Call on T. .1. Keeler,Laporte; W. L
Hoffman, llillsgrove; B. S-Lancaster,
Forksville; C. B Jennings, Agt. Ivtella;
Jno. W. Buck, Sonestown, and get a
trialjpackage free. Large sire 50c and l!sc.
G. A. Rogers
FMIiKsVIM.K. I'A.
(Successor to B.W. Kaweett.)
Watches, Jewelery,
Silverware, Etc.
Bicycle repairing. Bicycle sundries.
Fishing tackle, at lowest possible
Price.
A Cut in Price is
Giving Voice.
Ami the liK'is car) !»h lortrnrl l»y call
ing Tlk "line S|H»J. of
John V. Finkle, Lu porte.
Furreign prices as follows:
Men's shoes, hull sole and heal. tiOc.
Women's shoes do ,'!()e.
Children's shoes do "_'sc.
I 'cmeiit patches, 05e.
I'"inc I res 11 oranges, lemon- ami bananas
at John W. Bucks, Sonestown.
Ktlnrnto Vonr llowels With I'asearets.
Canity Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, Joe. if C. C. C. fall, druggists refund uioney.
''all in and see the new nickel oil stove,
a good thing for summer use. J. W.Buck.
To I ore' «_:<MI«I I|»HIIIMI r«ri!vt*r.
T'lUe I' iM'art'ts Caii(iv Cathartic. lf*c or'JiVc.
It i C. C. tail lo eure, P'fuist money
Kiln elite Your I Sow i* Is With Cusrnrets.
Caiuly Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, Sc. if c. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
New lot of wall paper, timothy and
clover seed, onion set- at popular prices,
at J, W. Buck's.
Rvcrvtiody Says 50.
' Cascarcts C'aiidv Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
Oft:. C to-day; li). adeems. Sold aud
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Doable* the Pleasure ot a Drive.
A ttiiecarriagodoublestheTileasiireof driv
ing. Intending buyers of carriages or har
ness can save dollars by sending for the
large, free catalogue of the Elkhart Carriage
aud Harness Mfg. Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Good News.
No other Medicine was ever given such
a test as Otto's Cure. Thousands of hot
ties of this great * ierinan remedy are be
iug distributed KHI I: or CMAHiii:. to those
atllicted with Consumption, Asthma,
Croup, severe < 'ough's, Pneumonia and all
Throat and Lung diseases,giving the peo
ple proof that <Hto's Cure will cure them
For sale only bv T. J. Keeler, Laporte;
W.L. Ilollmaii.llillsgrove; U.S. Lancaster
Forksville; C. li. Jennings, Kstella; .1 no.
W, Buck, Sonestown. Samples free.
Large bottles 50c and 25c.
New lot of timothy and clover seeds and
onion sets at John W. Bucks, Sonestown.
No-To-llac for H.-.y Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 60c. $1 Ail druggists.
'l'o turn Cointthpaltuii I'orever.
Take Cascnrcts Canny Cathartic. 10c or'Joo.
If l'. I'. C. fait to cure, druggists refund uioney.
Spring
and Summer
Every corner of lite store is
bright, with the newest things
for Women's wear and Men's
wear and Children's wear.
We are glad to have you come in
and see the new life of the old
store and look at its excellent
line of goods.
Spring Weight
Underware
for Men, Women and
. Children.
In conjunction with
the inviting varities, all
prices will be found more
than ordinarily small.
Grocery Department
A new and fresh sup
ply of Groceries have
have just arrived.
Vernon Hull,
Hillsgrove* Pa.
W.L.Hoffman's
HILLSGROVE
Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY
PROCTOR, PA.
OUR NEW LINE OF GOODS
are fust in quality, first in style, and first from a genuine saving
~; ieW ' beCaUßethe y' le,oWeriU than you ean Z
If you are looking forjhe bargains of the year go at
once to any of the above named stores where former
values and prices are practically lost sight of in our
determined efforts to dispose of the largest and best
line of DRY GOODS and NOTIONS ever brought to
this County. 6
Extraordinary line of
CORSETS
.1 he lady who wishes the latest styles combined
with high grade and half the old price should call and
select from the complete line of sizes.
J ENNINGS BROS.
We keep in stock at our mills a
complete line of dressed lumber
MANUFACTURERS OF 1,1 HEMLOCK AND hardwood.
Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber.
<^^JlopezTPAl
SPECIALTIES
Hemlock Novelty or German Siding,
Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or $-8 stick,
Hemlock Flooring any width desired,
Hemlock Lath both 3 and 4 feet long,
Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or Maple,
I he same woods in 3-8 ceiling.
CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED.
I
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Buy Good Goods!
And you will be surprised
how cheap they are in the end.
We have just unpacked such a Htoek o» coats and capes 10 which we are pleased
to call your special attention. We do not preiend to handle the cheapest
coats m the market, hut we do say we have the BEST and neatest fitting
garments made. <»ur coats and capes are made to order, and in the latest
ntyles with prices to suit everybody.
1N DRESS GOODS WE WERE NEVER BETTER
PREPARED TO PLEASE YOU THAN AT THE
PRESENT, AS WE HAVE THE LARGEST AS
SORTMENT IN THAT LINE EVER DISPLAY
ED IN THE COUNTY.
Ladies and Misses, Boys and Men, you need not go halt frozen 'this winter for we
have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, red orgrayaud
the pr ces are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will bs aston
! «hed that we are able to give you such bargains.
One word in regard to foot wear:
Our shoe department was never more complete and if you will flavor us with
your attention for a lew minutes when in town we will convince you tliat we
have tlie most carefully selected line of fine and heavy boots and shoes ever
brought before the public. On crockery we have just received some very
pretty designs in becorated Dinner Sets to which we invite your attention.
The buyiug ol country produce has always been a special feature of ou
liusin?ns, and we still continue in paying ibe highest each pi ices tor Butter
li»g« and Wool.
E. C. Sylvara dushore. pa.
Wright &Haight,
SUCCESSORS TO
M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa.
Furniture . • , ,
and bfitdert alting.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc.
DRESSED LUMBER
Full and complete seasoned stock always on hand.
A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of
Coffins and Casket to select from in Sullivan Coup*"
The finest hearse in the county, with equipments
Embalming a specialty. Funerals dii
safety and dispatch.
PRICES REASONABLE.