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THURSDAY, NOV. IT, i*9S.
J Ignorance is the mother of
T scepticism. Ignorance does J
T not abound to any great extent '
# in Sullivan County. W
$ So that there 4
£ is But Little $
t Scepticism £
I about the Value of £
b c IKlcws
i ITtem j
p As a Profitable #
JHbvertistng 5
j flDeMum. J
r Read it, Your neighbor does, j*
Don't borrow. #
County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
-The turkey is now on the home |
stretch.
—lf we give Spain :ill the time
she wants she will take u big slice
from eternity.
—The Czar's throne is once niorej
waiting for Tom Reed.
—Thos. Simmons of Sonestown,
was shaking hand> with Laportej
friends Saturday.
—Rufus K. Polk carried the *ev-:
•enteenth Congressional district l>y a
plurality of 2500.
—Henry Pardee of .Milview was a
business man in town Saturday.
—Grant Little of Jakersville was
doing business in town Wednesday.
—Born, to Mr. and Mrs. L. R*
Gumble, Monday, November 7. a;
boy.
—Judge Dunham is in Tunkhan-j
nock this week holding argument,
court.
—Chas. R. Lauer transacted busi-,
ness in Dushore and Lopez on Wed-!
nesday.
—T. J. Keeler has converted a i
portion of the front porch to his res-!
idence into a bay window.
—Mr. J. W. Ingham of Sugar Run !
is the guest of his brother Hon.Thos.
J. Ingham this week.
—Mrs. Jacob Fries spent the fore
part ofthis week with her daughter
Mrs. J. L. Farrell at Dushore.
—Mrs. William Walsh and son
are spending the week with friends
and relatives at Dushore and Bernice.
—Mr. Simon Breigher has moved
from the Karns cottage back to the
tannery where he is engaged at
tiring.
—Naturally enough,since the elec
tion went right, preparations are be
ing made to enlarge many industrial
plants.
—Mrs. Emma Barrows spent sev
eral days last week with Mrs. Agnes
Rogers at the Williamsport hospital.
Mrs. Rogers is improving nicely.
—Considering the near approach
of the season instead of the time
honored rooster lots of the pa pel's
might get out a crowing Thanksgiv
ing turkey.
—Further proof of the tendency to
run party interest in the ground
around election is shown by the
statement that a lot of dead men
were assessed in Chicago.
—E. L. Place is tilling his store
full of choice holiday goods and in
vites all to see his liberal preparation
he has made for your wants. His
assortment of Christmas good is to
the extreme limit of choice ness.
—Dr. Reedy, Overseer of Poor of
Hughesville, was in town Monday
night looking up the last place of
residence of Elmer Dawalt whose
family is a town charge. Dawalt
who resided a few months here pre
vious to moving to I-lughesvill, has
been arrested for some misdemeanor
and left his family in destitute cir
cumstances. Davidson township is
the last place he had gained a resi
dence.
—With a new assortment of ulti
. outturns for little Alfonso he must
begin to see that it is time for him
to get his gun down again,or get out
of the way of the eagle. And, as
his gun has been taken from him,
there seems nothing left but to dance
when the eagle screams.
HARP AND BANJO STRINGS.
Vbe Beit and Flnent Oradeti Ar« All
Made in Italy.
"It has always been believed that
violin, harp and banjo at rings were
out °f viscera of the cat."
The 'gut of a cat is no more suitable
for such use than that of a mouse,"
and as far as my investigation goes
lias never been so used. Violin strings
are made of many kinds of skins, but
principally out of sheep skins. The
secret is in curing the skins, which
has always been kept In Italy, where
all the liner and better grade of strings
are made. There are, however, several |
concerns in this country which turn
out musical strings, and they make a
very good grade, though they do not
compare as yet with the Italian strings.
"All the poets who have sung of the !
musical insides of the cat were wrong, i
Even Shakespeare, who was phenom-;
enally correct generally in his produc-j
lions, fell into the prevailing error, j
probably because lie did not take the -
trouble to look into the matter and ac-[
cepted the general opinion. The vari-1
ous metallic or wire strings are im- :
proving constantly and are used in>
very large quantities and by the best j
musicians. They have one advantage,
over the skin strings when used out of!
doors in that they are not affected by
the weather. In damp weather skin;
or gut strings, as they are generally j
named, are affected very much, and, :
notwithstanding all the lightening,
they are very frequently flat in tone, i
The wire string escapes that influ
ence, though there is a certain effect,!
a timbre, technically speaking, that |
can be got out of a skin string that no ;
wire string yet made will give you." l
V I'ecullnr InduHtry.
In one of the streets in the neigh- j
borlrood of the famous London Bridge j
there has for some time been carried;
on an industry peculiar even to that;
city of curious and crowded occupa
tions, namely, an eel-skin leather fac- 1
tory. Here are prepared and manu- j
factured an interesting variety of ar
ticles from the skin of the common eel.;
By means of numerous complicated
processes the skins in question are
manipulated until they resemble and
would be easily taken for leather, al
though of a more glutinous and pliable
nature. In one specialty this strange
substance is cut into long, thin strips!
and plaited very closely together for
whiplashes and to cover portions of the;
handles of more expensive whips. Cer-.
tain kinds of lashes and harness laces
are also made from such skins, com
bining flexibility and toughness.
fteltt In I.oudnit.
Talking about fishing, I am remind- j
ed of the destruction of the famous j
London Sunday eel market, which had
existed on the Surrey side for over,
three hundred years. Customers went
from all parts of the metropolis to pur-i
chase this cheap and nutritious food.
The dealers were called "sniggers,"!
;ind the eels were sold by the "grab"—;
six-pence a time. The eels were first!
placed in sand, and the vendor would
seize a handful, which made about a;
pound. It is astonishing how many of
our neighbors eat eels. Not long ago '
when a hydrant was opened in Seventh
avenue, above the Park, many of the
squirming things came out, and there,
was a lively contest for their pos- j
session. I would as lief eat a snake, j
Eels are of great economic importance. l
11 in Ship III* Snerthearl.
The word "ship" is masculine in
French, Italian, Spanish and Portu
guese, and possesses no sex in Teutonic
and Scandinavian. Perhaps it would ;
not 1 e an error to trace the custom
back to the Greeks, who called all ships
by feminine names, probably out of
deference to Athene, goddess of the 1
sea. But the sailor assigns no such
reasons. The ship is to him a verit-;
able sweetheart. She possesses a
waist, collars, stays, laces, bonnets, j
ties, ribbons, chains, watches and
dozens of other feminine valuables. j
Everybody Warned.
An Arizona rancher has posted the
following notice on a cottonwood tree
near his place: "My wife Sarrah has
left my ranch when I didn't Doo a
Thing Too her and 1 want it dlstinkly
understood that any Man as takes her
in and Keers for her on my account,
will get himself Pumped so Full of Led
that some tenderfoot will locate him.
for a mineral claim. A word to the
wise is sufficient and orter work on
fools."
Aii Old I'nlTerflty.
The oldest university in the world is 1
at Peking. It is called the "School for
the Sons of the Empire." Its antiquity
is very great, and a granite register,!
consisting of stone columns, 320 in ;
number, contains the names of (>O.OOO
graduates.
To Ilnrn Coke.
Coke can bo burned in ordinary Are-1
places by moans of a new attachment,'
consisting of a perforated conical, hoi-;
low block, to be placed in the grate'
bottom and connected with exterior !
draught pipes to supply air to the in-;
terior of the mass of burning fuel.
KnrrliigM Not In Fnvor.
Among the Phoenicians the wearing
of earrings was a badge of servitude,]
the same custom obtaining with the
Hebrews. The latter people said when :
Eve was expelled from paradise her
ears were bored as a sign of slavery.
Oyster* 1 Feeding Time.
it has been discovered that oysters |
feed only at about the turn of tide,
and that the l-abit of opening periodi
j cally persists even when they are out
of water.
i his m
Story of Carl Neufeld Who
Was Held a Captive For
Thirteen Years.
: STARTED OUT AS A SPY.
Was Captured, Came Near Being tx
ecuted and Sintered Fearful Tor
tures and Privations.
I">|»enl a Whole Veur In tl»« "Black Hok" of
I lie PrUon -WuH fearfully al
TIIIHN finally l)iscovei*U .>altp«*trt» lor
11 li«* Manufacture of <lun Powtlfr-Now
a Tree >lau.
On.: of the first things General Kit-
I ehener did on entering Omdurman was
j to look lor Carl Neufeld. This now
I famous man was at the time, and had
beet; for thirteen years, a prisoner ' 1
] tho Khalifa's capital. He was soon
j i'ound and released, and among the
first to congratulate him was his old
! friend Statin Pa.-dia, himself former'y
j a prisoner of the Mahdi and the vvn
; ter after his escape, of that absorbing
j wort;. "Eire an<l Sword in thesoudan.
Kerr Neufeld was a merchant rt -
| Killing Assuan. From a fugitive
1 fti 1 .11 it:- Soudan he got the news that
lin Northern Kordofan there was a
I la-ft-' u.tlt.v of gum which the mer
I chants had been urn hie to dispose of
jin eon-ieo uence of the rebellion. If
I he could get it to the Wady Haifa
| there was money in it; so he resolved
j to try his luck, and got permission
from the British (lovernnui'' to
off with a caravan that was to join
j Sheikh Saleli. In return he proposed
! 10 spy out the land and give a de-
I tailed account of the situation to Gen.
I eal Stephenson. Unfortunately the
1 famous Nejunii was on T tie lookout for
I him. A right ensued. SaleV-s peop'r
j got the worst of i'. and these ( <f th.m
that were not killed in battle wer
beheaded, with the single exception "112
' Herr Neufeld who was rouvi-yei to
Otudurntan, nr.d brought I "ti ;e the
Khalifa
News spread like wildfir- '.l'.nt it 11
English pasha had been raptured, aud
this caused a grfa* stir in the capital
The Khalifa con.-dd< red hint a >:o.i
; importar 1 capture, and N'etif. M w
j ushered into the presence of the threo
j Khalifas end two I'urop ana who were
(entrusted with the examination of his
! papers. Neufeld spoke AraMe. and
was quite fearless. 11i > paper- show 1
that he was a Prussian, and had stud
ied in l.eip/.ij; I'tiiversny.
I All the documents were translated to
the Khalifa' as 't W;M 11100 important.
Ito assure him tlia' Neufeld was no*,
an Englishman, as otherwb it w u!d
• have goto very hardly , with him.
; There war one letter, however. InEng
| llßh. which, if it ha t boai truthfully
i translated would have probably got
him into great danger. After Neufeld'S
j preliminary examination tin Khalifa's
mi mi IF-tiled to have Iteen put at rest,
for he.C.elivered from his high seat a
long speech regarding this "great Eng
i lisli pasha," who. he said had come to
' the Soudan with arms and ainmu
j nit ion intending to stize Kordofan
j and tight against Mahdisni, but for
! tunately the bravo troops of Wad el
I Nejumi had met him in U- Dongola,
killed his soldiers and captured him.
' Poor Neufeld therefore thrown
into 1 bains and carefully guarded by
1 soldier ;.
It was decided that Neufeid was to
Ibe hanged next morning. Very early
the Khalifa sent orders that the great
; drum was to be beaten while the blast
of the huge 0111 bey a (trumpet) sounded
close to Neufeld's ears. The slaves
1 made game cf him as If he were a
i monkey, but he ke>pt up his cotirr.ge
and answered all insults with a manly
| spirit. The rope had been fixed on
the scaffold and crowds of peop'e col
lected to see the "Englishman" exe
cuted. Neufeld was taken to the mar
' ket place, escorted by horsemen. The
crowd raised a yell of delight when
! he appeared, but Neufeld walked fear
lessly on. and on reaching the gallows
110 jumped onto t'.ie angarlb (bedstead)
and lient his head so that the rep?
might be adjusted. Just at that mo
ment the judge stepped forward and
said that, the Khalifa had been gra
ciously pleased to repeal the sentence
of execution, and Neufeld was therefor
i again removed to the prison.
The depth of misery to which lie WAS
reduced may be understood when it
is known that he spent a whole year
1 in the stone hut ("the black hole") of
, the prison, and it was not till he had
' completed two years in prison that
1 through the intermediary of a friend
|he was allowed to build a little cell
: for himself in one of the corners of
i the yard.
When powder became scarce in O.n
durman. some one suggested at 0113 of
the Khalifa's councils that it would bo
, much better to make the unbelievers
I work for religion instead cf remaining
1 all day idle in prison, and thai Neu
! feld ought to undertake the saltpetre
| refinery.
The Khalifa said- "Do what you
i think is right. T am content."
Neufeld was sent to Halfaieh in
search of saltpetre. He found some
and went to work in the old Mission
I House at Khartoum, receiving a small
I sum as wages. "He still wears one
I chain on the feet," says Obrwalder,
i "which, from constant rubbing, has
become as bright as silver and there
are great black marks around lib
ankles."
The chain Is knocked off now, and
| Neufeld is, after thirteen years of ex
; ile and slavery, once more a free man.
As many as 4,601 muscles have been
counted in the body of the moth.
i i
Forks ville.
i Election passed off very quietly. '
Mr. Harry Hitter of Philadelphia'
was in town edtiesday.
E. M. Hchanhitchcr, <Jeo. W. Wil
liams and Fred Shaffer, who joined
the sth Itegt. Co. K. P. V.l. last;
July, were mustered out of service)
:tt Wellsboro last Wednesday.
Wm. O'Brien and Owen McCann j
| of Overton were in town Saturday.
Mr. A. A. Collins and wife visited j
' friends at Canton recently.
The Literary Society will give a;
public entertainment Wednesday j
evening, November 2!}, at the M. E.
church. Every one is cordially in
vited to attend.
Mr. Chas. Nye is on the sick list.
I>r. Plumstead of Ilillsgrove was I
in town Monday.
Miss Myra Rinebold has been ■
visiting at Dr. F. M. Gross 1 .
R. W. Right was in town Monday. j
Miss Emma Benjamin is attend- j
ing school at Freeburgh, Pa.
QOCRT PBOOLAMATJONT
WHEREAS, HON. K. M. DUNHAM, President
Judge, Honorable* John S. Line und Conrad |
Kruus Associate Judges of the Courts oi Oyer und
Terminer and General Jail Deliverer, Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, Orphans Court and Com- !
moil Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have issued I
their precept, bearing date the 2S day of Sept
1898, to we directed, for holding the several
courts in the Borough of Laporte, on Monday the !
12th day of Dec. 1898, at '2 o'clock p. in.
: Therefore, notice is hereby given to the Coroner
! Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county, that they be then and there in their prop
er person at 2 o'clock p. ni. of said day, with their .
rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and j
other reraembcrances to those things to which
theiroltic.es appertain to be done. And to those
who are bound by theirrecognization to prosecute ;
against prisoners who are or shall be in the In.il of j
the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to :
be then and there to prosecute against them a* '
will be just.
KLLIS SWANK. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Laporte, Pa.,. Oct. 31, 1898.
Trial List, December Term, 1808.
1 A. C. Haverly, vs Benjamin Kuykendall, Jr.
1 No. 71 May Term 1897, Trespass. Plea "not guil
-1 ty". Mullen. [Thomson.
| 2 Mitchell, Young & Co. vs A. J. Haekley, No,
i 101 Sept. Term 1895. Scire Facias, Plea, "Payment,
i payment with cause Ac, Kill, | Inghams.
| S James McKarlaue, vs W. C. Mason, No !)•_'
Feby. Term 1897. Defendants Appeal. Plea.
"Son Assumpsit, paymeut, payment with !••«*••• i<>,
set off. Hill, i Inghams.
I Merritt Shaffer, vs Josephine FitzPutrick. No. !
98 May Term 1898. Feigned KslU\ Plea I'av- |
j meut. Inghams, | Mullen.
Jfartin Markle, vs K. V. Ingham. \<>. i.vj ]
Sept.Term 1897. Defendants Appeal, l'lea "Nun
Assumiisit Payment, payment with have . r
11111, | Inghams.
6 I". M. Lewis, vs.!. W. Ballard, .No. , H,e. i
Term 1897. Defendants Ap|>eal. PI. a "Non I
Assumpsit Payment, pavment with leave ,u\
; Mullen, | Walsh.
7 K. H. Tomlinson vs Jacob A. Meyers and
William 1. Taylor, No. 1 Feb. T. 1898. Ejectment,
. Plea, not guilty. Hill. | Mullen
8 J. Wm. Allen and Martha Allen vs Taper
. Hunsinger and Rush J. llunsinger No. 98, May 'I
j 1898, Replevin. Mullen and Thomson. ' Mill
anil Hatt.
I 9 J. Wm. Allen and Martha Allen vs Taper .
llunsinger und Rush J. llunsinger, No. 99, May
|T. 1898. Kjectment. Mullen and Thomson ! Kill
and Piatt.
WM. J. LAWRENCE, l'roth
j Prothy's. office, Lajiorte, Pa, Oct. 31, 18<j8.
Incorporation Notice.
I Notice Is hereby given that an application lor
the incorixiratlon of the Borough of Eagles Mere
' was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions, in
j and tor the county of Sullivan, 011 the 20 of Sep
| tcmber IS9B, and an order then made by the Court
; that the same be tiled with the Clerk, and notice
thereof given in one newspaper of the said county
for a period of not less than thirty davs immed
iately before the next regular term of the court
following the presentation of such application
and the tiling thereof: and that a hearing will he
given to said application at the uext regular term
of said court.
WM. J. LAWRENCE. Clerk.
INOHAMS Attorneys, Oct. 20,1898.
Administratrix Notice.
Estate 01 Walter Spencer, late of Laporto Boro.
Sullivan county, deceased.
lA'ttersof administration upon thealiove named :
estate having been granted to the undersigned, j
all persons having claims against the same will 1
present them for payment, duly authenticated; I
and those indebted thereto, will please make j
immediate payment to
EMMA SPENCER, Admrx.
A. J.BRADLEY. Attv. Laporte,Pn.
Register's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the following uc ,
counts have been tiled in my office, viz:
First and final account of August Marshall, Ex.. .
ecutor.
First and final account of Carl F. Heess. liuar- ;
dian.
First and final account of Chas L. Little Ad- |
: mlnistrator.
I First and final account of Peter L. Messersmith, j
| Executor.
First and final account 01' Hannah Hrobst and
Lyman B. Shaker, Executors.
Also the following widow's appraisement: In '
; the estate of Miles A. Burns, deceased.
And the same will l>e presented to the Orphans'
Court of Sullivan county on Monday, December
12.1898, at 3 o'clock p. m.for confirmation and
; allowance.
WM. J. LAWRENCE, Register,
j Register's office, Laporte Pa., Nov. 14,1898.
Executor's Notice.
I Estate of Frederick Helnze, late of Elkland
township, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamen
tary upon the estate of said decedent liavo been
| granted to the undersigned. All persons indebt
ed to said estate are requested to make payment
I and those having claims or demands against the
I same will make them known without tielav to
CHRISTIAN E. HEINZE, Executor,
i Lake Run l'a., Oct, 11 1898.
Boarders.
John. V. Finkle lias opened his large]
1 and comfortable house for the accomoda- :
j tion of court boatders, and also for regit-,
! lar boarders bv the day or week, at rea '
j sonable rates.
! Corner of Maple and Munev Sts.,Laporte. '
Williamsport & North Branch R.R |
TIIVEE TABLE.
In Effect Tuesday Sept. 13, 1808.
Northward. Sonthward.
pm.ia. m.j a.m. pm
I 5 25| 10 23 Halls 94V 440
I f.'>3o|flo2B Peunsdale 941'f455
; ft 40: 10 40 Hughesville ; 9 32 ; 423 !
' ft 48 10 48 Picture Rocks 9 2ft 4 13
I fftftl floft2 Lvons Mills 1922 fiCVS J
(ft 51 flOftft Chamouni ; 9 20' ft (XI
If« 02! 11 01 (lien Mawr 914 Sft9
f612 fll 14 Strawbridge 'f9 oft f3 17
fi IB fll 17 Beech Glen 1901 f:i 12
ti 20| 1121; Muncy Valley Bfts 340
fi 28 11 30 Sonestown 8 r>2 332
; c 45 1149 : Nordmont 838 3 lft
i 701 12 CK LaPorte 821 2 ft;
7 04' 1211 LaPorte Tannery 8 19 2R-I
1 f7 20 f1230 Ringdale 18 Oft f233
■ 7 351 12 4ft Satterfield 7 sft 2 2(> I
i pm.'p, m.| :am. pm.
All trains daily except Sunday; " 112" flag
itations.
Conneetions with tho Philadehibia Jt Reading
at llalls, for all points north and snnth, and the
1 Fall Brook and Becoh Creek railroads. At j
Satterfield for all points on the Lehigh Valley
: railroad. At Sonestown with tho Eagles Mere
railroad.
R. E. EAVENSON, Oen, Manager
HnghesviUeP
L R. tumble,
Dealer in and
Hanufacturer of
I Farm . CARRIAGES \NL WAGONS.
AND Vour Patronage
j Lumber N noliciti'il on tlie of low prices. hoiTl 'et if in faot
! mm/ are g*itiiȣr ri<l of our stock 01"-hum! rr.ade wagons.
WH££OflS 112 U e alt-o ilpr] i»I f«etor\ ntnrie plattfom spring wa if on*-
Blacksmithing and
Repairing.
West Street LAPOI . TE.
Look out for-^2—
'
A. E. Campbell's
New Advertisement
jin This Space Next Week.
*
He will have something important to say.
!
New York Weekly Tribune.
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My Spring and Summer Line is Complte.
Casimcre Suits, 34.50 to 88.00.
Worsted Suits, $5.50 to 20.00
Serge Suits. 5.00 to 10.00. Clay Suits, 4.00 to 18.00.
Also an attractive line of
IGents Furnishing Goods.
Mats, caps, light wool ami gauzo under ware, umbrellas, trunks,
traveling bags and valices. Call and see the largest line of
clothing in thts part of the country.
0" "W CAROLL. K. c " r °" Dukhork. P
LA PORTE Clothing Store.
We ordered carload quantities of Fall and Winter
goods for the opening of our new building, Oct. ist.
The goods arrived as everybody knows and the new build
ing is stocked and overstocked with goods.
Fairly overflowing with new fall and winter styles—tables
and counters actually groaning under the heavy loads of
Fashion's fancies.
Relief can only conic in one way:
CLEAR OUT THE GOODS AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE
by selling at a close margin.
While other stores are trying to get rid of old stock of
many years, we are now disposing of new goods at positively
LOWER PRICES.
JOE COOPER, The Clothier.