Republican News Item. I
THURSDAY, OCT. I», 1898.
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in Sullivan County, W
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is But Little $
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about the Value of £
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
-Several from this place attended
the Forksvillelair last week.
Miss Phoelia Colemap isv/sitingj
her parents in Denton tliis wtek.
Kev. Patton is slowl.v recovering j
from a severe illness last week.
Woodin buttons were at a high j
premium at Forksville fair last week
Dr. Voorhees of lnstanter, Pa., i
was a welcome visitor in town this
week.
Miss Conn ley of Cleveland, Ohio,
is the guest of Atty. and Mrs. A. J.
Hradlev.
The reason many a man does
not marry is that lie is too mueh en
■ ,:sged.
—Frank Ring spent a few < lays j
with his parents at llughesville last]
week.
l)r. Murrelleof Athens, is at the*
Mountain House this week, engaged !
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in dental practice.
—F. (i. Lauer and wife of Dubois, I
visited with Mrs. M. C. hatter and
family this week.
—Most of the business of this
country is done by check, and the'
balance by cheek.
—Mrs. K. V* Ingham and sister)
Miss Carrie Colt are visiting Judge j
Ingham and family this week.
The date of the Admrx. Sale of the
personal property of the late Walter
Spencer, is Thursday, < >ct. l:>, lSlts.
—Coles Hardware of Dushore has j
the contract for placing a steam heat j
apparatus in Gallagher's new hotel, j
-Hon. John S. Line, District Dep-1
uty of 1. O. O. F. Lodge was in town :
on Tuesday, en route for Sonestown j
where he installed officers.
These Indian uprisings because
the white man wants the Indians'
lands will have to be stopped, and
will be when the Indian has no more
land worth taking.
—News Item subscribers all wear
Woodin buttons, that's right, but
if the editor doesn't get a wooden
inside he'll starve waiting for some
to pay up, and that's no joke.
John I*. Kennedy has sold his
interest in the laundry at ilughes
villo, and will embark in the harbor
ing business when a satisfactory loca
tion is found.
—This country is sending about
0,000,000 bushels of wheat weekly to
Europe. Here is a case of casting
its bread on the waters that will re- j
turn ere many days in streams of
gold.
—The Forksville fair last week
was well attended by the citizens of j
this county and from a distance.
Owing to the inclement weather on
Wednesday the fair was continued
until Friday.
A professional hobo appeared at
one of our hotels in town last Friday
evening and handed the clerk a slip
of paper upon which was written by
a prominent citizen of the Second
ward, the following: "This is a good
Democrat and worthy of your sup
port." lie was given his supper
and also loaded up with the popular
juice. The fortunate Democrat later
began terrorizing the residents with
his yelling and was taken in custody
by officer John Minnier and lodged
in jail for the night. Can this be a
sample of the appreciation a "worthy
Democrat" has of being liberally
supported V
—H. W. Osier, candidate for Sher
iff", was in town on Wednesday,
—Augus Ruschhausen is
a broad smile over the addition to
his family.
Sonestown.
Miss Jennie Creasy and children
of Newberry are visiting her sister
Mrs. 11. I'. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Starr, Chas.
Ila/.en, and J.C. Deinlnger attended
the county fair.
J. W. Ruck's horse died Inst week.
Geo. Kdwards will start a butcher
shop in the store formerly occupied
by Then. Mencer.
MissCelia Magargel was the guest
of out of town relatives for a few
days last week.
Miss Pearl Keeler is back from
Willianisport. She expects to spend
the winter here.
\V. 11. Trueip is again superin
tending the grinding of buckwheat
in the grist mill below town.
Mi- Mabel Pennington of Nord
nic.it will attend school here this
winter while residing with her aunt
Mrs. John Converse.
The men in the washboard factory
enjoyed a vacation Tuesday in order
to pick chestnuts.
.Misses Maude Starr and Ada Hall
are spending the week at Rock Run.
liev. Mr. Thomas, former K. V.
pastor here, came into town Monday
Mrs. Renn, a guest of Mrs. P. F.
Magargel returned to her home at
Lairdsville on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kdgar called on
friends at Xordmont 011 Tuesday.
M..1. Phillips and Chas. Starr in
spected the school house on Monday
with a view to making some im
provements in the furniture.
Rev. K. I!. Dunn organized a
teachers' meeting in the church last
Friday night.
Rev. J. J. Resli preached a very
good sermon to old people at the oc
casion of harvest home on Sunday
evening. Mr. Irvin, the William
sport temperance lecturer was ex
pected to speak afterwards. He was
given the floor shortly afters o'clock
but would not talk saying it was too
late.
The Literary Society -organized
last Friday evening. The following
ollieers were elected: I'res., \V. li.
Ilazen; Vice-I'res., Ada Hall; Secy.,
Myrtle Edgar; Treas., J. L. Snyder;
Janitor, Walter Lorah; Editor of the
"Astonisher" Walter Ila/.en. No
debate will he given next Friday
evening hut a good program has heen
prepared hy the committee. This
year the society will meet promptly
at 7:-">u p. m. Friday evenings. Let
every one come and join.
IHt BICYCLIST'S HUMP.
'I Ills Po»itloii hi liliml Ohpdienoe
(OH I.HW oft ll«* 1.1111 £4.
It lias been generally believed that
fast bicycle riders lower ilieir heads
and bend their bodies to reduce the
wind resistance of the body, bui now
conies a French scientist who says that
this belief is wrong.
Dr. Hiter, well known in the medical
world of France, has been experiment
ing with cycle riders to discover the
reason for the hump-backed scorcher.
He finds it in a blind obedience to the
law that the lungs seek to draw in air
with the greatest ertise. In fast riding
the air assumes a new relation to the
lungs and the human body adopts a
new position in the saddle. This posi
tion is, considering the new work, the
only rational one.
Dr. Eifer says a profound savant has
declared that "a horse runs with his
legs and gallops with his lungs." This
propostion«is equally true for runners
and cyclists. An inexperienced runner
stops not by reason of fatigue but be
j cause of being "winded." if breathing
S is less rapid 011 the wheel it constitutes
; none i lie less an obstacle. The suc
cessful cycle crack must learn to
breathe slowly and deeply to oxygenize
his blood, and must avoid being sur
prised Into quick, jerky breaths, which
prevent i lie play of the lungs. This is
the primary cause of a "stitch in the
side." In the middle-distance race
with Starbuck at Manhattan lleach last
summer Fred Titus before he reached
the lenth mile suddenly clapped his
hand to liis side and had to leave the
track. Thoughtless persons hissed him.
According to Dr. Eifer the fault was
not in Titus's spirit, but in his way of
j breathing. He dashed off from the
| start, and wise people knew that
j "Star's" time would come. Titus could
be seen "swallowing" the air. No man
who does that can get his second wind,
j and no man can win a long, well con-
Dr. Eifer says he has lived among the
j Indians and has never seen one finish
! breathless. The Indian may finish
1 tired, but it will be his muscles, not his
lungs, that give out.
Dr. Eifer shows that the principal
obstacle to respiration is speed, which
is greater with the cyclist than with the
runner. So. not only is nasal breath
ing recommended, but the inclination
of the head is best adapted to satis
factory breathing. Nose breathing is
from the bottom to the top. while
mouth breathing is the contrary. So
j the roof of the nose acts as a wind
break. When the cyclist, as speed In-
iowers nis neaa, tne neaa
forms a shield against which thp shafts
of air beat harmlessly.
As speed gels jt:fitter the cyclist
lowers his head still move, until at his
maximum of effort his nose N jilmost
parallel with tlie course. The tendency
to Jower the head to influence breath
ing is unconsciously shown by any pe
destrian who faces a stiff wind.
Item* ol"
There are 10.000 camels tit work in
Australia.
The whistling buoy can be heard
about fifteen milPs.
German school boys study harder
and play less than those of any other
country.
Pious Russians do not eat pigeons
because of the sanctity conferred on
the dove in the Scriptures.
A perfectly formed face is one-third
forehead, one-third nose, and one-third
upper and lower chili.
The entire collection of coins and
medals in the Hrltish Museum consists
of nearly 250,000 specimens.
Ostrich taming is a very profitable
industry in Africa; here it is computed
!here are over 150,000 tame birds.
Xev Zealand has twenty-two estab
lishments for freezing meats for lCtt-
I'opean markets. They can handle
•I .000,000 sheep a year.
The title of "Majesty" was first giv
en to Lewis XI of Fra.ice, Before that
time sovereigns were usually styled
"highness."
EMPLOYS OVSR ONE MILLION PER
SONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Tlie Vurlou. !'«©. lo Wlileli lllnctrlclly In
Applied -Telegraph nml Telephone <.lve
Work lo Hunilretl. of ThomuiiiU—From »
ItnllroHil Cur to it l'';m Nou linn llv It
More than 1.000,000 persons in the
United .States, it is now computed, get
their livelihood through employments
dependent upon or connected with the
use of electricity, and compared with
the United States the number of per
sons so employed in other countries is
practically insignilicant. The rapid
increase of ihe electric business of this
country is shown by the fact thr■' at
the time of taking the last nr.i'ional
census, that 1890, no serious effort was
made to give figures showing ihe ex
tent of the use of electricity.
There are in the United States near
ly a million miles of telegraph wire,
and there a e ?2,000 telegraph offices,
exclusive of those maintained by the
railroad companies for the conduct and
regulation of their trains. Taking into
account telegraph operators, telegraph
company employees, and those in tbe
telegraph service of the railroad", there
are 1.'0.000 persons connected with the
transmission of telegraphic messages
: in the United States. There are now
; *>oo.ooo miles of telephone wire in the
| United States, more than 1,000 ex
: changes, anil an equal number of tele
phone branch offices, exclusive, of
1 course, of pay stations. The number
of employees of the telephone com
panies of the I'nited States is 25,006,
exclusive of those engaged in construc
tion and repair work for i lie compan
: ies.
The gradual substitution of the elec
tric current for horse power on surface
railroads has added largely to the num
; ber of employees of electric railroads.
I There are now in the I'nited States
14,000 miles of electric or trolley roads,
I and these roads give employment, it is
computed, to loo.otin persons as motor
: men. conductors, clerks, inspectors,
and electricians. Then there is the
| item of electric lighting which is one
I of the most important branches of the
development of electric service, but
i likewise one the figures of which i.re
! most fragmentary. Nearly every im
portant city of the I'nited States, and
' many unimportant* cities, too. are light
ed by electricity, as well as private
: houses, stores,lyiblic buildings, tunnels,
bridges, caves, mines and .parks, ami
the use of the electric current in man
ufacturing is constantly on the in
crease. .Machines arc run by electriei
l ty, many manufacturing operations are
performed by it, elevators are run by
electricity, fans for cooking purposes
\ are run by electricity and as these uses
are extended the number of persons
employed is steadily being increased.
There are still to be added to the
figures of another branch of the busi
ness, one of the most import,.'tiie
manufacture of electric appliances,
which,.it is computed, gives employ
ment to more than ITIO.OOO persons.
Taking all the figures togKhcr, it is
'probably not far from the truth to say
that there are 1,000,000 persons the
I'nited States dependent upon electric
ity for a livelihood.
MeMHiiriiiy; nil lOurt IMIUHICI'.
Some interesting computations and
investigations have been made on the
earthquake which disturbed Calcutta a
year ago. This earthquake wv.s regis
, tered at nineteen 6b.-ervatorics in Ivi
rope (the most distant of which w is
Edinburg. 7,970 kilometres from tue
i epicenter. The seismographs and mag
netograpbs made records of the distur
bance. and the a vet age of the . "vilrs
obtained indicates that tiie iv •
face velocity of the lirs; vile, ii.,;s
was either nine or eleven kiloftie : s
per second, according to ihe time ui
ken for Calcutta. These first vibra
tions, which lasted for twenty-three
minutes, were followed by large, long
periodic oscillations whose velo '.\.y
was either 2.61 or 2.7t; kilome.ns , r
second. Crossing Italy tiie com pie.e
wave must have been 54 kilometre* in
j length, and the height of its crest
I about half a metre.
Public Notice.
Not having received value for JI
note, dated Sept. 7, ls'is, given to,
David Marks of Mimoy Valley, I>>
Win. ('hnmberlin of Kugles More,
all parties are notified not to buy or (
speeulate on same as it w ill not lie
paid. WM. CiiA.Mnnßi.lN.
Ilcnuty IN Illood
C'lciin blood means a clean skin. No ,
l>eauty without it. Caseai'ets, Cundy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, l<j |
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im- ]
purities front the body, liegin today to ,
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, |
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Casearets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug- 1
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
CON HENSKII RKPOKT of the condition m tin-
FIRST NATIONAL HANK of Illlsliore. I'a.,
At close of business, July 11, ls'.is.
RBSOUKCKS:
Lnuns and Discounts < ,V;
r. s. llnnds to Secure Circulation lu.r>oo oo j
Premium on t'nitcd States Bonds... 1.000 (Hi
Stock Securities 1 ">.JOO mi
Furniture 1.200 00
I Hie from Banks Approved reserve Av t 7:i,7tt!o'.i |
Hedemption Fund I , >. Treasurer .">iyr>o
Specie and Legal Tender Notes 10.1.V2U1 |
? ukt.l.V.;
LUBIUTIKS.
Capiuil # ."*I.OOO 00 !
; Surplus 10,000 00 1
Ulldiviileil l>n,tits 2 (!"- 0i»
Hue National hanks ,I*9M I
Circulation I 1 ,-'"io (Hi,
Hividens Cnpaiil <;«'• 0" j
Deposits 1(1:2,<J75!>7
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State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss:
I, SI. I>. Swarts Cashier of tile above named j
liank. do solemnly swear tlmt the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be ,
M. D. SWARTS, Cashier, j
Sultscribed nnd sworn to before niethis I'IUII I
«li»v of Sept 1898.
JOHN II.CKONIX. Notary I'uMic. j
i Comet—A tteM:
ALPIiONSI'S WALSH. »
.ISO. 1). KEKSEIt. -Directors I
W. .1. LAWRKNCK. I
flon't Tobacco Sjiit mid Sitiukc Your Lile Ann;.
To quit tobacco easily and forever be man :
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, tuUe No in
line, the wonder worker, that makes weak men j
strong. All druggists, Coe or fl. Cure guaiiiu !
teed llooklet and sample f""c. Address i
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago, York i
The committee of Lackawanna I'tes '
byterv appointed 10 superintend the s ile j
of the Laporte Presbyterian church piop 1
erlv luts becii authorized by tbe emigre j
}»ationitl liiectili" liehl Sept. 111. to extend '
the time tor the reception ot written hi \» '
toilet. 1 .*>. 1 K'.ift. These bids may be i
left with Miss llattie ('nu ker. I.apotte.
Several bids have already been ptc.-c •> I
mid time is asked for presenting olhevs.
I'lie ('oiiL r re<:atioii reserves the rinht i"
accept or reject any or all bids. A fur
the 1.1 of October tbe sitccesslul bidder
will be informed hv the Committee which
bid they decide to accept.
REV. I'. 11. BROOKS.
On behalf of the Committee.
Kilmnle Vour liiiwel) With Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. °.V |fc.C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
For shoes and rubbers ;ro to J. AV.Huek i
To Cure Constipation forever.
Take Casearets Catid v Cathartic. 10c or 25c. !
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money
For batter crocks goto .1. \V. Buck's. |
No-To-Uar for I'l.'.y Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak ,
men strong, blood pure. 60c, (1. All druggists. '
(in to .1. W. Ituek, Sonestown, for'
| dry floods, hoots, >lioes, caps, under-!
ware etc.
Excellent wheat flour from sl.lO j
sto #l.2"> at A. T. Ariustoug, Soncs-1
i town, I'a.
Sc To-Mac for Hfty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit curi iiiakes weak
men strong, blood pure. 60c, 11. All druggists.
For good ipiality of unUerware at rea
! sonable prices goto J. W. Buck's store.
1 Williamsport & North Branch R.R
TIME TABLE.
In BfTect Tuesday Sept. 13, 1808.
Northward. Southward
i pm. a. m. a.m. p m
I f> 2f. 10'23 Halls W45 440
fr»3o|flo2S l'ennsdale »41 UllT.
j 540 10 10 liiighesville 0.12 4'.':!
■"> 48 1(1 48 Picture Hocks !) 4 1",
;fi 51 fIOW Lyons Mills f'.i'-M (I OS
112 i, r »l fio.Vt cliamounl 9'JO Mini
fiiOJ 11 04 .(lien Mawr "fi 11 :: v.i
fH 112 fll 14 Straw-bridge ft)o,s f:M7
(i l(i fll 17 Beech Glen 1901 f:MJ
(i 'jo 11 21 Muncy Valley #» :i 40
628 11 :so Sonestown 552 :l :i2
0 45 11 4>J Nordmont 8118 3 15
7 01 12 08 LaPorte 821 257
701 12 11 LaPorte Tannery 8111 254
f7 20 fl2 30 Kingdalc ." fxos f'2:tl
7 35 12 45 Sattertleld 7 55 2 20
pm. p. ill. a ni. pm.
All trains daily except Sunday; " 112" Hag
: stations.
Connections with the Philadelphia & Reading
at llalls, for all points north ami south, and the
| Fall llrook and Beech Creek railroads. At
] Sattertleld for all points on the Lehigh Valley
railroad. At Sonestown with the Eagles More
railroad.
R. K. EAVENSON, (ion, Manager.
IlughosvilleP a
CIDER MILL IN OPERATION
John M. Converse will be
i prepared on and after Wed
nesday, Sept. 14, to fill or
ders on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Fridays of each
j week until Nov. 11, 898, at
I his mill in Sonestown, Pa.
Boarders.
John, V. Finkle has opened his large
and comfortable house for the accomoda
j lion of court boaiders. and also tor regu
lar hoarders by the day or week, at rea
; sonable rates.
I Corner of Maple ami Muncy St»„Laporte.
Administratrix Notice,
Kstutc of Walter Spencer, late of Lnimrlo BOM.
Sullivan county, deceased.
Lcttersol' administration upon thealmve named
j estate having been granted to the undersigned,
alt persons having claims against the same w ill
present them for payment, duly authenticated:
and those indebted thereto, will please make
I Immediate payment to
KM MA SPKN( 'Kit. Admix.
1 A. .I.IIKAin.KV. Ally. Uiporte.Pa.
L R. oumble,
Dealer in and
rianufacturer of
P . rm CARRIAGES \ND WAGONS.
1 AND Your Patronage
Lumber '* on die basis of low prices. l>on"t lei ibis laot eueapa
! Wio-onc V '° AR «' F-'eitiug rid of our large stock of hand made IVHI-OHS.
Wagons, We also deal in Inclorv made platfrom Bprina watrons.
Blacksmithing and
Repairing.
West Main Street LAFOI-. TIE.
Look out
A. E. Campbell's
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New Advertisement
in This Space Next Week.
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He will have something important to say.
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] President McKinlev's Cabinet and appointees, anibassaeors. consuls, etc. The
standard American almanac. I'rice, cents. Address. Ihe New- Item.
Do you Appreciate Values?
Il'fso. I can readily «lo' t biisiiu 4 ss with you. Call, and 1 can
lill your order to your entire satisfaction.
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My Spring and Summer Line is Complete.
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('asintere Suits. 84.."i1l to SN.OO.
Wdrslcd Suit>. "ill to 20.00
Sorgo Suits, 5.00 to 10.00. Clay Suits. 4.(M» to ls.oo.
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Also an ittiiaotivi' lino of
Gents Furnishing Goods.
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Hats, caps, light wool and gauze undorwaro, uuilirollas, trunks,
traveling liagsand valioos. Call and see tlie largest, line of
clothing in tlits part of the country.
J- W f,°o^ CarroU I'
LAPORTE Clothing Store.
We ordered carload quantities of Fall and Winter
ooods for the opening of our new building. Oct. ist.
The goods arrived as everybody knows and the now build
ing is stocked and overstocked with goods.
Fairly overflowing with new fall and winter stylos- tables
and counters actually groaning under the heavy loads of
Fashion's fancies.
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Relief can only come in one way:
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CLEAR OUT THE GOODS AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE
by selling at a close margin.
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| .* While other stores are trying to get lid of old stock of
many years, wo arc now disposing of now goods at positively
LOW Kit I'RICKS.
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JOE COOPER, The Clothier.