Republican News Item. CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY SEPT. 15, 1898. "FIRST 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. LAPOETE, PA. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should lie ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS FOR 1898. State. Governor —WILLIAM A. ST<istrict —WM. 11. WOti|>lN.ol' Berwick. County. Wepresentative —151t..1. L. ( H If I ST I A X of Lopez. Prothonot'ary—WlLLlAM J. LAW RENCE, of Laporte. Sheriff—ll. W. OSLER, of LincolKails. B'Wotier— DR.C. F. WACKEXHUTII. of Laporte. Change* in Royal Titles. An interesting writer has lately pointed out that the children of Prince .v. :hur, the only: eon of the Duke of (' aaught, wild is himself third son of :!:e queen, will, po longer be "Royal surlinesses," tut merely nobles: and ti!d these Children have children will he obliged to content thera : with the commonplace prefix . It is this fact that has induced queen to issue letters patent, under .-••a), declaring that the children of eldest son of the Prince of Wales . ::a' 1 have, and pt all times hold and i y. the style, title or attribute of •jJ'v.il Highness." Hitherto these i . .iin of the Duke of York had no i'i. to being s so termed. They were just plain princes, and their children v, . rare 110 better than their coti oi° Connaught. This slate of af . results from the queen living to se> three generations of her direct lie'.-.-, and it doubtless set her to think ii* how Grandpapa Wales would like having an untitled great-grandson, \. !:h no place in the royal procession. I'v.il the issue of these letters patent. Eddie, David and Baby Victoria v L' nothing but commoners in the • of the law. It seems odd to , deans that this decree of the , lfs should have lifted quite a \ \v.ht from the Wales' and York-' 1•: vi.-: but what say the Connaiigli;.< !.i in!; left out an the cold with the!.- rhiiii "Your and "Mr?" They Imei.'t been benefitted, and what i ; !'i !eat of a tandem. \ father is ajtreasure. a brother a (oi'r.fort, but 3 'bicycle is both. •\ little saddle, like a little knoxvl <. is often a dangerous thing. A puncture Sn the tire is worth two ' i the oil can—to the repairer. How everyone dislikes tlift rider who !- never surprised at anything! One good fiifle slip is more satisfy 'iur; to the slipper than a dozen ordin ary falls. P is really astonishing liow much patience some clumsy riders have with themselves. Little Boy—Mamma. I had the night mare las' night awful. Mamma —That's because yoti had so much cake anil preserver Little Boy (hastiiy)-»>Jiglrtmare.s don't really hurt, you know: you onlj think they is goin' to, same as play in' ghost, I like nightmares. They is real fun.—New York Weekly. He —"You look so sweet I'd like :o eat you up." She—"Speaking of sweet things, they've just got a fine new soda foun tain in the drug store around the cor ner." ! ; BLOOI) THE TH ICKER. ! THEPEI-HO FIGHT IN WHICH TATNALL HELPED THE ENGLISH. Tlio American l-'orjcot to Obnervp tli« Neu trality Ijim When He Saw lilt Ilrltlnh Causing Wonted by the Chinese anil He Took His Ship to the Iteicue. I This is the story of a naval battle, i notable not because it was one of the most desperate in modern warfare, but because it revealed, as in a flash »112 white light, the kindred ties that bind the two mighty nations of Anglo-Saxon blood. On June 24, 1859, twenty-one ships of war, the allied fleets of Eng j land and France, rode at anchor in the Uulf of Pe-chi-li, off the mouth of the Pel-ho River. They had come bear ing the newly appointed ministers to China who were 10 ratify the treaties j negotiated in the preceding year. Ac -1 cording to agreement, they were to | proceed up the Pei-ho Kiver to Tient ! sin, where the diplomats were to re ceive safe escort to the imperial court at Pekin. l T pon their, arrival, however, they found that the Chinese had i blocked the fairway with booms and the sunken hulls of fat old junks and fortified the shores with seven formida | ble forts. For such offences England knows only one remedy. "I will give you until June 25 to open I the river," wrote Admiral Hope. "If the work i« not done by that time 1 : shall blow up your forts," A bar five miles wido tilled the river mouth like the stopper of a bottle, pre i venting the passage of the larger ves sels. On June 24 Admiral Hope and | '.lie French Commodore marshaled ; thirteen of their smaller gunboats in j line of battle and steamed boldly up the river. While they were prepar ing to make a demonstration. Captain Josiah Tattnall, flying the blue flag of an Admiral of the United States Navy, came tip across the bar oil the unarmed steamer Toeywan. lie had left his flagship, the Powhatan, in the bay out side, The allied fleets parted to let him by. His purpose was to demand instant passage in the name of the President of the United States. When he was almost under the walls of the first fort the plucky little Toey-wan rammed her nose into the mud and heeled over heavily with the falling tide. Captain Tattnall sent messengers ashore, but they were hardly allowed to land, the gigantic coolie still refus ing passage. Admiral Hope now saw the danger of the American ship, par ticularly in her exposed position under the forts, and lie sent the gunboat Plover with his compliments to drag i her off. But the chain parted and the I Toey-wan lurched still further over. ; At this the gallant Admiral despatched another vessel. Shortly after 2 o'clock on the follow ing day the allied fleets cleared for ac tion. The gunboat Plover ran up the 'river tinder a full head of steam and drove headlong into the first boom. It snapped like a cotton cord, and the Plover spun shuddering into the cleat water beyond. j Of a sudden, while the Plover was trimming for a plunge at .the second boom, -the ramparts above swarmed with gunners. An instant later a hun dred guns, trained with merciless cun ning. belched out a stream of lire and solid shot. Nearly every ship in the fleet was hit. The little Plover stag gered and fluttered, riddled with shot. A ball carried away a gunner's head and mortally wounded three other men. This was the beginning. At 5 o'clock two of the British ships had been sunk and four others were aground, hope lessly wrecked. Admiral Hope and three of his Captains were wounded and the flag had been twice changed and now flew from the masthead of the Cormorant. Captain Tattnall had seen all this from the bridge of the Toey-wan. His masts had swarmed with seamen, cheering the British gunners, but the law of neutrality forbad any interfer ence. At sunset three small boats shot out from among the English ships and made across the river in a storm of shot. Before they had gone half way two boats weut down, pierced through, with all The third, bring ing an English midshipman, ran along side the Toey-wan. The officer leaped on board and reported that out of a crew of thirty-seven men on the flagship only six remained, and that Admiral Hope lay desperately wound ed on the quarterdeck -and rhe little midshipman looked wistfully down across the bar where the larger ships of the fleet swarmed with reserves. Small boats had been put out, but owing to the swift current, and the receding tifle they could not cross the bar. "Tell your Admiral." said Captain Tattnall, "that the American ship Will bring up his reserves." Captain Tattnall looked across the river where the helpless English ships were being battered to pieces under the merciless fire. "Blood is thicker than water," he said. And while the English seamen cheered and the Americans answered them from the tops, he dropped back with hawsers veered astern, and when the boats of the reserve had grappled : fast he drove his vessel across the river through a whirlwind of shot and shell. Having delivered the reinforcements the Toey-wan dropped back, b<* Cap tain Tattnall was not yet satisfied with his work. "After anchoring." be said in his re port, "I thought of the Admiral and his chivalrous kindness to me on the day before, which, from an unwillingness to intrude on him when he was pre paring for action, I had in no tvay ac knowledged." Political Card. I hereby announci myself a* an ittdc 1 pendent candidate t'ur representative lor Sullivan coiinly. I'M.. F< • make my botany bill, my jury reform I• ill ami my free! speech bill laws for the welfare of I be pen pie nf the Stale. I'Vlhiu citizens, write my name on your tickets in the right column or place and you will thereby elect me when you vote. I solicit yout votes and nfk lor your sttilrages. Dtt .IOIIN ( "iiki:. Herbalist. Dusl.ore, Pa.. .Inly IS. I SOS. Co\'l>KNsKl> KKI'oUT of the condition of tin* FfKST NATION AL ft\NK of Diislinre. At close of l.nsin. ». .Inly 11, lvis. ItKfloi Ixmnsuiiil itiiwiniiitii ~ I-NSOI : I'. s. Bonds to Secure Ciicitliition 12,•*>00 on ( I'reininm on I 'nite.l states ItoniU . t.ttoooo; Stock Seettrilies 1."t,.i00 oo l''uniiture I.aounu Due from Hunks Ap|.ii>\cl reserve Am 07 ! Itedemplion l'unil I'. s. Treasurer.. .V(i fm j Specie and Jjetrnl Tender Note- , i'J:; S |.| 1.1 \UII.ITII> capital ........ • 'io.t«iiiCO I surplus 10.00000 I'nnlvided I'llillt> J '.n7i»i l>ueNational Hunks l,ii7">'.K) Circulation lo.iitiooo ■ Dividens I tipnld -1>" 00 Deposits 182,5i465| S •JO.'I.HS'.I I!" ! State of Pennsylvania, 1 'untily of Sullivan ss: I. M. D, Swarts, Cashier of the aliove named hank, do solemnly swear that Hie ulmvcstutc ment is true to the best of my knowledge and he i lief. M. I>. s« A UTS, t ashler. Subscribed and sworn to before niothls »t 11 ! dav of .lulv ls;is. .IOIIN 11. ( lidNIN. Notary Pulilie. correct Attest: VLl'l-lONsrs WAI.SII. I ■ISO. D. HKKsl'.li, Directors I . P. I'OMKKOY. I Adminißtrator's Notice. Knfil/c should come and examine my stock even if you don't expect to buy. Highest price paid lor < iinseng. JOE COOPER, LaPorte, Pa. Below I. O. O. F. Hall. Educate Your llowela With Cunraretk. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. ' 10c, -ic. If C. C. C. fail, drufe'Rtsts refund money. farm tor Hale The undersigned on account ol fail ing health will sell Itts valnacle farm situated on Mtincy Creek about nine utiles north of 11 ughesville. I'a. part ol the purchase money can remair. in prop erty. .I.vcon Br 1 KS, Strawliridgc, LyconiingCo. Notice ol Dissolution. The partnership heretofore existing hetween M. K.ltcedcr and K. K. Ives, doing business under ; the linn name of Keeder A: Ives, has been dissolv- | e(l this 1 Ith day of July, by mutual consent, .\l| | debts of said tirm to be presented to M. K. Itecdcr 1 for payment, and till parties owing said tlrm to ' make payment to same M. E. RKEDEH. 1 1-:. F. IVES. M'CKNKU. I'NIVI-aiSITV, .lons I IIOWARH HARRIS, President. College. I leading to degrees in Art, Philosophy ami Science. Academy, a preparatory school for young,nien and bovs. Institute, a re fined boarding school lor voting ladies. School of Music, with graduating courses. ; For catalogue, address the Register, W. C. ORHTZIXIIKI!, I.ewishurg, L'a. FOR SALE. I oiler the following properties: 70 i acres, hemlock timber, near Kingdale; j i! 73 acres, virgin timber, Elk Run, North ! Mountain, close to railroad; 32f> acres, j coal lands, at Bernice, adjoining present ' workings; S lots (one entire section) at I Eagles Merc, each lot T.j feet tront 011 Penney lvania Ave., with "Bradford"; privileges and title; I lot 75 ft. front on i l.nl'orle Ave.; several choice lots in La- j l'orte Boro.; also several warrants ot stripped lands in LaPorte. C'olley and ' Fox townships suitable for farming or grazing purposes. 11. T. l>owxs. Atty-at-Law. LaPorte. I'a. Utcrvliud; Says So. Cascarata t 'amlv Cathartic, the moat won derful medical discovery of the age. pleas ant and refrcslnnff to ihn taste, act pently nn«l positively on kidneys, liver and istwels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headuoite, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C to-day; 10, 85, 50 cents. Hold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. sores. " Running- sores appeared on my ! leg and spread over the entire lower portion of the limb. 1 got 110 help l'rom medicine till I tried yours. 1 was cured by one bottle ot' c Ayer's oarsapariila." ISAAC ACKER, Cowans, Va. ! A Horrible Railroad Accident is a daily chronicle in our papers; ttlsoj j the death of some dear friend, who had died with < 'onsttmption, w Itereas. if lie or j | she had taken < Mto's ('lire for Throat and Lung diseases in time, life would have been rendered happier and perhaps saved. Ileetl the warning ! If you have a cough ; or any allcclion of the Throat and Lungs Call 011 T. .1. Kceler,Laporte; \V. L. Ilollman. Ilillsgrove; B. S _Lancaster, Forksville; <'. B Jennings, Agt. Kstella; j.lno. W. Buck. Soncstown, and get a I trialjpackage free. Large size otic and I'.'ie. . G. A. Rogers l-iiKKsVILLI-:, I'A. (Successor to 15. W. I'awcell.) Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. ; Piicvi-lc repairing. Bicycle .sundries. Fishing tackle, til lowest possible l'rice. < linghains. calicoes and dress goods, cash prices at .1. W. Buck's. No-To-Bbc for l-'i.-.y Cents, Guaranteed tobacco habit iurn. makes weak men strong, blood pure. All druggists. Kxcellent wheat tlnur from s«l. 10 j |to at A. T. Arnistong, Sonos j town, I'a. Fish and bam, prices right, at .1. W.I I'.nek' - . Sonestow ti. I•* (-lit e i'onstL|,ulitin I-nrrvcr. Tal.i-I'.iscareis L'atu.y C'atii.-irtic, JOeor -.ic. 1 It • ('. c. fail to cure, ilrnwists refund monev l*o not say you can not tidord to put up fruit lor winter use .1. W. Buck sells ! glass jars, tumblers, jelly cups and tin ; .-atis .-0 cheap. PLACE'S New Grocery LAPORTE, PA. Our Friendly I Latch String Always Hangs Out. Shoes ;in • endless variety of grade foot-wear is now on sale and for the next 60 Days there will positively be No War Tax put upon my prices. E. L. PLAGE S NEW GROCERY. j__ _ I Spring and Summer Kvory corner of the store is 1 Bright, with tin* newest tilings lor Women's wear and Men's wear and Children's wear. I We arc glad to have yon come in and see the new life of the old store and look ut 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, 7 Hillsgrove, Pa. W.L.Hoffman's ! i HILLSGROVE Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY, PROCTOR, PA. An Explosion of Values. PRICES BLOWN TO ATOMS. Iwo 01 three reasons for this —liberal supply, bet tei qualities, less in price than found elsewhere. j Ladies' Dress Wares. They are the kind women want, and our prices will cause lively selling. CORSETS Selling at Corset Prices. No other line in these stores has such decided growth as that of Corsets. Augmented sales each month demonstrates the superiority of brands. General Merchandise. 112 here is to be found a general line of seasonable goods constantly on hand. Remember the Place. J JENNINGS BROS. r cSil We keep in stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber in hemlock and-hardwood. MANUFACTURERS OF Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber. LOPR7. PA SPECIALTIES , Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick, Hemlock Flooring any width desired, Hemlock Lath both 1, and 4 feet long, Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or Maple, The same woods in $-8 ceiling. (X)R RESPONDENT: Y SOLI CITED. Buy Good Goods! And you will he surpris how cheap they are in the end. We lmve just unpacked such it stock ol co.its and capes to which we are pleased to call your special attention. We do not pretend to handle the cheapest coats tit the market, hut. we do say we have the I>KST and neatest fitting garments made. i>ttr coats and capes tire made to order, and in the latest wtvles with prices to suit everybody. IN 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. I.ft.lies and Misses, Hoys and Men, you need not {jo hall frozen'thin winter /or ive : have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cottonfor wonl, red or gray and | the pr ces are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will h» ttsiutt •shed that we are able to give you ouch bargains. One word in regard to foot wear: < »ttr shoe department was never more complete and if you will flavor us « it)i your attention for a lew minutes when if town we will convince you tliat we have the most careluUv selected line of line and heavy boots and shoes «vej ; brought before the public. On crockery we have just received some very pretty designs in Decorated Dinner Sets to which we invite your attention. The buying of country produce has always been a special feature of on ]iusin?ss, and we still continue in paying the highest each prices for Tattler Rggoand Wool. E. G. Sylvara DUSHORE. PA. Wright & Haight, SUCCESSORS TO M. R. BLACK, Forksville. Pa. MANUFACTURERS OP Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc. DRESSED LUMBER Full and complete sojvs»tn«l sttK-k always <>ll hand, A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of Coffins and Casket to select from in Sullivan County. I'he finest hearse in the county, with equipments to match. Embalming a specialty. Funerals directed with safety and dispatch. PRICES REASONABLE.