Republican iNews Item CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. i lIUUSDAY NOV. 17, '•FIRST OF ALL--THB 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. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. It paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should be ad« d ressed to 1 REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., The Licking River ghost has been out more during the summer of 1898 than for many years. While the terror it once caused has been largely ex plained away, yet there are many peo ple who are still uncomfortable when it comes out, and newcomers here often si end anxious nights when the phe nomenon makes itself manifest. Away back in the sixties the part of Zanesville known as the Terrace, be tween the Muskingum and the Licking, was perturbed by ghostly occurrences. Unusual noises were heard. Latches rattled at the touch of unseen hands. Windows shook uncannily. The first and most natural theory was that a colony of ghosts had invaded Zanes ville. But while this theory was ac ceptable to many, others doubted. For ghosts do not haunt in droves, the Terrace had never done anything wor thy of so general a visitation. The supposed ghost flock came and went. It by no means confined itself to noc turnal visits. It also came by day. Servants declared they would not livo in the haunted houses. Many actually left. Often there would be a period of immunity lasting for several months. Then the latches would rattle, the doors and windows shiver, and the gen eral state of ghost activity would re sume. People came from the other side of the river and spent nights in the af flicted houses. They always told the same story. They always heard a very persistent and creepy rattle which ! ; e< mod to affect every loose window latch or ornament. Tho ghost colony began to affect the price of real estate. Houses which, could not be warrants?! against unearthly noises seemed about to enter on a career of vacancy. It was all explained by the return of a bride and bridegroom from their honeymoon. Of course, they had been to Niagara Falls. The bridegroom took his bride to live in one of the haunted houses. A few nights later the house, in common with some twen ty-live more, was visited by the ghost. The strange rattle began. It. never seemed to stop. A window which shook as if it were in fear itself would be stilled by the pressure of a palm, but the noise began again when the pres sure was removed. "Why," said the bride suddenly, her face lighting, "that window acts just like the one in our hotel at Niagara Falls.' "What of that? There are no falls here, none to speak of," said her hus band. "But if you'll think the thing over, you'll remember these ghosts appeared right after the Dillons putin their new dam," she said. Then he saw it, too. The theory was eagerly grasped. Investigation showed it to be the real explanation. x\ geolo gist confirmed it. The cause was known, and the phenomenon to this day is known as the Licking River ghost. The dam in the Licking River is just at its confluence with the Muskingum. The famous old "Y" bridge which spans both rivers is located there. A dam had been built and the water fell upon a ledge of limestone which ran through the Terrace. When the water reaches a certain height it sets the ledge in vibration,* which accounts for the ghosts. This summer the Licking River ghost was often out, on account of the wet weather. But in spite of the excellent explanation many people still feel the gooseflesh rise when the windows and doors begin their uncanny rattle. Why tt> Get Tired. It is the general impression among athletes that exhaustion and "loss of wind" are due to the inability to con sume sufficient oxygen and exhale rap idly enough carbonic dioxide. When the muscle is moving rapidly and for cibly it is true that it demands more oxygen and gives off to the blood more 'carbon dioxide than when at rest. When a man is running as fast as he can make his limbs move he is able to keep up the pace but for a short distance, unless, like the hunted hare, he runs to his death. On account of the forced, vigorous and rapid muscu lar action in this case, the poisonous materials are thrown into the blood, to be carried to all parts of the body— muscles, nerves, brain. The heart is affected by this poison through the nerve cells controlling that organ; the muscles of respiration arc similarly disturbed. The panting, distressed ef forts of breathing, sidelong tumbling, anhelation and final semi-conscious ness of the hunted stag or hare are a good example of acute auto-intoxica tion ending in death. This latter de plorable condition is not unknown among the annals of human strife for athletic honors, even with our present advanced Knowledge of physiology. If Bill VBIHCf AT Till! BALLOT BOX Tho Late State Campaign and the Significance of Colonel William A. Stone's Election. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. tho Guerrilla Methods of John Wan amnUor and Sllan C. Swallow Have Been IJoptullated by tho Sovereign Voters of Pennsylvania, Who llavo I'eufllrmcd Their Devotion to Ito. publican Principles. iSpeeial Correspondence.) Harrisburg, Nov. 15.—The battle of the ballots lias been fought and won. Colonel William A. Stone has been chosen governor of Pennsylvania by a majority of 119,326 over George A. Jenks, the Democratic nominee. Such a majority under ordinary circum stances would bo remarkable. Under existing circumstances, considering the character of the campaign waged, the majority is a phenomenal one. Genuine Republicanism lias been vin dicated, and guerrilla methods, as ap plied to political warfare, have been repudiated. The fight against Colonel Stone was conceived in vindictiveness ond born in hatred. The day following John Wan amaker's defeat for the United States senate, in January, 1597, he registered a vow to destroy, if possible, the po litical leaders whom he held responsible for his undoing, even though ir should be necessary to smash the Republican party to bring about that result. A program was outlined and agreed upon, and the campaign for vengeance was begun. A newspaper and literary bu reau was established at Harrisburg, and the work of "educating" the peo ple was begun. Information was sent out day after day regarding the movements of those members of the legislature who had not voted for Mr. Wanamaker, facts being distorted, mis representation being indulged in, and falsehood being resorted to whenever everything else failed. This was kept up until the close of the session in July of that year. As the inevitable result of this port of work, continued day af ter day, the minds of the people be came impregnated with the poison. In sidiously instilled into them, until, when the legislature adjourned, the public was disposed to believe it the most corrupt and extravagant body that had ever met at Harrisburg, whereas it was not one whit worse than any one of its predecessors, and, so far as extravagance went, not nearly so bad as the legislature of 1595, immedi ately preceding. That was the first chapter in the Wanamaker campaign of vengeance. The newspaper and literary bureau was continued, one of the shrewdest newspaper men in Pennsylvania being in charge. Week after week the smut mills of the Wanamaker bureau ground out the poison throughout the balance of 1597 and until the close of the polls on the Bth of November of the present year, such interior state newspapers as were under the control of or in sym pathy with the Wanamaker program being the vehicle through which the vile stuff reached the people. The second stage of the conspiracy was attained early in 1S!)S. when it was determined to defeat Colonel William A. Stone for the governorship, if at all possible. No serious effort was put forth at the primaries to elect dele gates, but a bluff fight was made in the interest 'if Mr. Wanamaker, simply to create public sentiment against Col onel Stone, to be used later on.after the state convention, for the benefit of Swallow or of the Democratic nominee, as might be deemed beat, at the proper time for decision. But a difficulty confronted the cabal of Wanamaker schemers. After the most critical scrutiny of Colonel Stone's public record and private life, both were found to be absolutely without a flaw. In no possible manner could there be any personal assault made upon him, nor was there throughout the memorable campaign just closed. There never was another such con spicuous case. Even I'olonel Roose velt, the Republican gubernatorial can didate in New York, was viciously as sailed upon personal grounds, but Col onel Stone was not. Mr. Wanamaker and his henchmen were in desperation, compelled to resort to the silly expedi ent of piling upon Colonel Stone's back all the sins of commission and omis sion, real and manufactured, of the last legislature, in spite of the fact that his duties as a member of con gress kept him continuously in Wash ington, preventing him, had he been otherwise disposed, from making a sin gle visit to Harrisburg while the leg islature of 1897 was in session. From the moment of Colonel Stone's nomination for governor, in June last, up to the close of the polls a week ago, he was made the target of the mud guns mounted behind the earth works of the Wanamaker bureau, and this was supplemented by the oratorical tirades of Mr. Wanamaker, Dr. Swal low and the smaller fry from the stump. In nearly every county, more over. the Republican candidates for the legislature v.ere assailed, despite the fact that out of 229 nominees only 73 were members of the last legislature, and of these only "0 had voted for Mr. Penrose for the TTnlted Stales senate. Not content with vilifying Colonel Stone and the Republican candidates for the state senate and house of representatives, the mud bat teries of the opposition were leveled against Senator Quay, loaded to the muzzle with vituperation, misrepre sentation anil falsehood, the brutal at tacks upon him culminating in liia sensational arrest, for political effect, 30 days before the election. The combined work of the notorious bureau and of Mr. Wanamaker and Dr. Swallow upon the stump was supplemented by the support of four Philadelphia morning papers The Press, The Times, The ledger and The Record, to each one of whom Mr. Wan amaker pays yearly for the six column stoi advertisement which a - pears six days each week In these papers. But ail of these agencies were of lit- t-e i.oiisequenco compared with that ! finally resorted to, to wit: the employ ment of vast sums of money at the close of the canvass and on election day. As Is well knov.-n, Mr. Wanamaker is a multi-millionaire, he being worth, so it is understood, about J1G,000,000. He Is .1 free spender, as was demonstrated in his campaign for tlie United States senate two years ago, and his agents are not too particular as to methods of expenditure, as will appear by re#> erence to the court records of Schuyl kill county, In the famous Van Valken burg case. It was toward the close of the cam paign that the Wanamuker barrel was tapped, and its contents distributed ' throughout the state, "where they would do the most good." Finally came the Sth of November, a day long to he remembered. The day 1 of the scandal monger, the political li- i beler, the public falsifier, was over! ! The day of the plain, everyday voter j was at hand! Kvery form of mlsrep- | resentation and deception, written, ! printed and spoken, had been indulged j in for months, but the case was now j before the most majestic jury upon j earth—the voters themselves, face to i face with the ballot box. The verdict of that jury is known to j all men. By a vote of almost half a I million freemen—473,o6B, to be exact— j being 119.326 more than the vote given ■ his nearest competitor, Mr. Jenks— I Colonel William A. Stone has been I thosen chief magistrate ot the old Key- | stone state. As the result of this ver dict. moreover, a legislature has been ; elected in which the Republican ma- j jority is overwhelming—almost two to I one. indeed. And thus have the sovereign people I spoken: and.in speaking, they have j repudiated John Wanamaker, Silas C j Swallow and the whole coterie of dem- j agogues, who, for weeks, have traveled ' up and down the state, maligning their fellow citizens and seeking to over- l throw Republicanism in the citadel of Its strength. The campaign of ven- 1 geance has come to naught. The Re- i publican party of Pennsylvania emerges from the contest stronger than ever. : And Governor Stone and the incoming legislature will demonstrate to the peo ple of the state that the affairs of gov- : ernment an legislation are safe In Re publican hands. A VERY LONG FALL lie Nevi.r Would Have ISelirveil It If 110 j lla it around under hi°. vest, for he was as big through as a base drum and built on them proportions. I guess he weighed 000 pounds, though it might have been only 295. Anyhow, he was standing around the mouth of the shaft one morning, and by some chance or other he toppled over and down he went, i was looking right at him when he toppled, and 1 never want to see another man's face look like his did then, gents, indeed 1 don't. Not much. Well, to make a long story short, we t looked at each other for a minute as he : we.\t down the uole, and then we broke foi ilii- cage, which was fastened up I ye,, and two of is started down after j hir.i. oxi-cc.ing to find him a mangled j mas; a! the bottom, lint we didn't, and as v.e began to near the bottom we he.id him yelling.like a coyote to hold up or we'd mash the life out of him. : That scared us worse than the other, and we wanted togo back, but we couldn't do that, so we went slow and goc down to him all right. Well, to make a long stor.v short, by sum, do you know that we found that he had gone down that hole so fast and he filled it up so full that he had com pressed the air in it to such an extent that by the time he got pretty near to the bottom he wasn't moving faster than he would have moved through that much water, and he had realiy stopped ten or fifte, a feet from the bot tom and couldn't get either way, which was what scared him m as we come down on him in the cage. Very pecu liar occurrence, gents, and if 1 hadn't ? • nit with my own eyes 1 never would have believed it in the world. Never." A liUMUllilili'-ISil'ir* I mitre Un. in front of a window where i worked was a butternut tree. A humming bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, says a writer in the American Sportsman, and we had an oppoiiunity to watch her closely, in fact. ! liMits t iimy Cutnur. »c. 10c or 25c. 1 Hi', v.. C. fail incur", ilrtitfjrists refund money. ! For wall paper, window shades and carpet paper. <»o to John W. BuckV. lJuti't •••» S*>it :»».< i >.• : To %?*::« - t •»•«> *•.•.. • f>«i i.i • .<\ 11- iii i * ! tic tie*. tv-'A i •, i" • jinrt t,' it, ,W»-To | liac. the v.*v«i i»:t r r \\ r-v : n^n I Flror.jT. /ill linipjnxn, or cl. i'ure ruur:.ii j teed. Hook)fr umi ? unpin live. dross ' Sterling ltcmedy Co.. chi« mo N» vv Yorlc Goto J. W. Buck, Sonestown, for !dry goods, boots, shoes, caps, under-! ; ware etc. i Willi CHieAretH. Cantly ' rf tr, euro con.iiiptition forever. | 10.'.1f i'. O. C. fall, druggists ivfimrt money. For shoes and rubbers fro to.l. W.P.uck j _ To Constipation forever. I Takef'asi-iirets CuntivCathartic. 10cor25c. If i' C*. fuil to cur". j ant. and i-i-i'r -Ittue to He ta .ie, :i"»'ti> yon iu>iue\ s. ii ■ fand i 'i> we's, clcauiiiiig tin' • -I•.rii-« iokis, , cure. lii'inlaolie, 112. ver. liaiiii ial constipation ; and biliousness. Please iaiy ami try a box ■ofC.C. C. to-day; 10, fiO i-i'iits. Sold r.ud j I guaranteed t-o cure by all drusrp-ists. | G. A. Rogers I'ORKSVILLE, I'A. to TS.W. Fawcett.) Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. | Bicycle repairing. Bicycle fiiindries. Fishing tackle, :it lowest possible 1 'rice. Type Fails to Tell You owe it to yourself to call and take advan tage of special bargains in our new supply of General Merchandise At prices barely shading over wholesale cost. To quicken the selling of our large line of Horse Blankets we marked at a very low figure. You can safely buy any article from our large stock as new goods. Its one of the occasions of rare good fortune that care ful buyers are quick to profit by. No Shoddy Goods. Everything first-class at at MODERATE PRICES. E. L. Place, LAPORTE, PA. FALL and Winter Every corner of the 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. 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, HiUsgrove< Pa. W.L.Hoffman's HILLSGROVE Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY, PROCTOR, PA. An Explosion of Values. PRICES BLOWN TO ATOMS. I wo or three reasons for this —liberal supply, bet ter qualities, less in price than found elsewhere. Ladies' Dress Wares. They are the kind women want, and our prices will cause lively selline. 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. There is to be found a general line of seasonable goods constantly on hand. Remember the Place. JENNINGS BROS. !i ' c# We keep in stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber MANUFACTURERS OF hemloCk har <^OOd. I Gang Sawed and frimmeT Lumber, LOPRZ. PA SPECIALTIES Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick, v Hemlock Flooring any width desired, Hemlock Lath both 3 and 4 feet long, Hardwood Flooring both Beech. Rirch or Maple. The same woods in 3-8 ceiling. CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED. Buy Good Goods! And you will be surprised how cheap they are in the end. We have just unpacked such a stock of coats and capes 10 which we are pleased to call vour special attention. We do not pretend to handle the cheapest coats in the market, but we do say we have the BEST and neatest fitting garments made. Our coats and capes are made to order, and in the latest styles with prices to suit cverybodv. 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. Ladies and Misses, Boys and Men, you need not go hall frozen 'this winter for we have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, red or gray and the pr ces are very low, ao low that when you see the poods yon will ha aston •«bed that we are able to give you such bargains. One word in regard to foot wear: Uur shoe department ivaa never more complete and if you will Jlavor us with your attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince you that we have the most carefully selected line of line and heavy bo<