Republican News Item CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY NOV. 24, IS9B. "FIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER. Publishod Every Friday Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTE, PA. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte. as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. If l paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies j tree. All communications should lie ad* < dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., American lanterns arc exported to i all the countries of the world where ; lanterns are used. Many are sent to South Africa and to South America, to Australia and New Zealand, and j some are sold in Asia. Few, propor- , tlonately, are sent to Europe. Kerosene oil is now commonly burn- i ed in lanterns all over the world. There i are no lanterns made nowadays for ; candles only, but there are exported to i South America bome lanterns made so I that either candles or oil may be burn- j cd in them These are provided with a candle socket, which may be set down into the oil reservoir, the wick holder having been removed. By re- { moving the candle socket and screwing J in the wick holder the lantern is made j ready to burn oil. Excepting railroad j and other lanterns for special uses, substantially all the lanterns made nowadays are of the kind known as tubular, first introduced about thirty years ago, and now made in various modifications as to detail, the tubular part of the lantern being designed with a view to producing better combustion and a brighter light. The lanterns made for ordinary uses are produced in about forty styles. The American lanterns are the light est, the sightliest in appearance and the best adapted to their use, and they are sold cheaper than lanterns of equal quality produced elsewhere. There are large establishments in this country making lanterns only. It is probable that more lanterns are now exported from this country than from either England or Germany, and the exports of American lanterns are increasing. Hire Hi'cud u» a Staple. Kice bread is the staple food of the Chinese, Japanese avd a large portion of the inhabitant;/'of India. In Persfa the Uriad'td made from rice flour and milk; it is called "lawash." The Per sian oven is built in the ground about the size of a barrel. The sides are smooth mason work. The fire is built at the bottom and kept burning until the wall or sides of the oven are thor oughly heated. Enough dough to form a sheet about 1 foot wide and about 2 feet long is thrown on the bench and rolled until about as thin as sole leather, then it is taken up and tossed and rolled from one arm to the other and flung on a board and slapped on the side of the oven. It takes only a few moments to bake and when baked it is spread out to cool. This bread is cheap (1 cent a sheet); it is sweet and nourishing. On the Itnttlefielil. For absolute disregard to wounds no soldier can rival the Turk. His abste mious life (for your Turk will not touch intoxicants, and eats very spar ingly of meat) makes him proof against wounds which would be fatal to most Englishmen. During the recent Graeco-Turkish war one brave Turk, who was shot completely through both legs and one arm, fought valiantly for twenty-four hours after he received his wounds; and then it was only by force that he was carried off to the hospital. An other Turk who received a bullet in his abdomen fought on until the bat tie wa3 ended, and marched a distance of ten miles before he even reported his wound. fcitcN in the I'olnr lU-Kioim. It is proposed in Germany that the various expeditious expected shortly to visit the antarctic regions should carry with them scientific kites, by means of which the upper atmosphere may be explored. In this way, it. is thought, not only could the temperature prevail ing at a great height around the poles be more accurately learned, but light would also be thrown on the direction of the air-currents, and if photographic apparatus were sent up with the kites, additional knowledge of the parts of the surface not otherwise obtainable might result. Ilumeback Riding, Horseback exercise possesses, ac cording to some physicians, the facul ty of both increasing and reducing weight. This is an apparent contra diction, but it is explained by the dif ference of the time at which the riding is done. If meals are taken immediately af ter riding, additional flesh is gained, hut if .a space of an hour and a half Is allowed to intervene between the ride and the meal a decrease of flesh resu'.tr. Economy iu Shot- Luces. Shoe laces are to be made with a core of hemp or other strong cord in closed in a loosely woven easing, the core extending into a tongue of coiled wire or soft brass at either end, thus forming u . 'ring which will not wear out easUj PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN TREES The Strange IJut Glfli'd Inhabitant. or New Guinea iu t he Sunt it Sean. Of all the islands of the south seas New Guinea is in some respects the most peculiar. With its towns built on the water, its native castles in the trees and its strange native inhabitants, who have been steadily dying out since the advent of the white man, it is an in tensely interesting bit of the world. The natives are gifted with such re markable powers that they can see into distances far beyond the vision of the white man; they can track the wild beast by signs that the white man can not learn; they can find food and drink in deserts where white men would per ish of thirst and starvation. The accompanying picture [. presents one of the treehouses built by natives A \NF\ \ If," \ IHM'SF IN IUK TIIKK TO!'> of the island. Among the savage tribe* are warriors who are known as the "head hunters.' The aerial houses arc built as refuges from the head hunters. When the cry is raised that tlie heat' hunters art coming the feeble and tht women flee to the tree huts and the able men arm for the fight. Safety Paper. A new kind of safety paper for banks. &c., is announced, though the inventor's name does not appear. It is a foreign idea, one feature of the invention consisting in printing or otherwise impressing on the paper em ployed a plurality of sets of lines or marks, one or more of which sets are indelible and the remaining sets del ible; these lines or marks are made so fine and so closely alternating or rela tively disposed that, in ordinary ob servation with the naked eye, no sin gle line or mark is distinguishable. Again, the indelible lines or marks are made of a color differing from though to that of the delible lines or marks' so that, owing to their close juxtaposition, they will convey the impression of a color differing from those of either of the sets of lines or marks. Thus, any chemical action or erasure on such paper would, it is claimed, be at. once discernible, and the shade made by the two color combi nations would be hard to duplicate. New 1 Me* of Aluminum. "Aluminum has lately found its way extensively into vibrating and recipro cating machines, both large and small," says the Engineering and Mining Journal. "Here the advantageous ,se of the metal is < ntirely a matter of re ducing the weight. Probably the best illustration of the use of aluminum in revolving machinery is in using an oil cup on the driving-wheel of a loco motive it' connection with a driving rod. With the increased speeds that the roads are now aiming to attain, it is necessary to increase the diameter of the driving-wheels, and consequent ly the tendency to break the shank of the oil cups mater. ■ increases, and with some of the engines which have been built, cups made of com position are frequently broken. These cups are now, and have been for some time, successfully cast in aluminum, and have given great satisfaction Protection for Itnilnii;. On the new Russian military railway I from Europe to Andijan, on the bor ders of the Chinese empire, u trc. like | shrub called the t.ascaoul had to be i planted all along the line through the j desert to prevent the rails being cover !ed by sand. For further protection a I ribbon of wild oats runs along both sides of the railway. KrnltN Which Vrc InJurlouM. i Bananas are very bad for some peo ple and so are raspberries and rhu!>.-;i Indeed, all fruit lik«? - have numerous tiny seeds, are vi.-i \ of ten"undigested where ilie person is no: strong and cause various disagreeable complaints. The Must.room's 1,1 fo. The mushroom's life is measured by i hours, but It flourish'" long enough for 1 an insect to hang its cli; oil the edgt of i the "umbrella" and for the eggs to be- I come an insect read> to < olonize the I next mushroom that sprints up. Wonders of the Turnip. | A turnip seed increase.; its own weight fifteen times in a minute. On peat ground turnip- have been found to increase by growth 1 "i.titi') limes the weight of their seed each day thev | stood upon it VVnuSc of Time. ! Before a tire brigade can start for a \ tire In HerHf the members must all fall in liner::, military fashion and salute their captair. This proceeding wastes it least t hrrc minui« .r. Toltnoto I'ntentH. The n.-cesxtty of p < paring tobacco for the consumer has developed 2.27-i patents ihr«.\l .J-.MHIO Into HIP lllvi r. There is cilo interesting liu-iden-: In ' ilie < are xonernily known. \t.u --■ I:'■ fall of KUaitci'iui in ISSS, an er :.-- | moils fjiiijiiiitv .>f .■stores ii.nl to !•< K'trny. c.iviu? U> tjie v. int of :r:>a--- port Among them was about a mi!- .km n.'uiilfl of ammitnliior.. which \va. , ord-1' ii to Im> thrown into the Nile.: Tiio duty n: si'.pi'iintendln;? its do-' .-tn (Mr. .:: u> Kit chatter, and wh?n tf r.as ii:; i.sheit ho found to bis dismay that the contents of two of the boxejl thrown into the river were not am munition. but 10,000 gold sovereigns a'piece. It is hardly probable that any attempt will be uniue to recover the io.st treasure when the expeditionary forces reach the spot, for after the lapse of thirteen years it must he buried beyond nil. }iope of recovery in the mud of which iln> bed of the Nile is composed * MVnlfhy llcKKnr. \ well known beggar, who l'or more than twenty years has frequented the neighborhood of tile Palis opera house and th • Church of St. Koch, was pros- ; trated by sunstroke. He was taken to | the hospital of I.a Charite, where bank notes amounting io 200,000 francs were discovered in a leathern belt the men dicant patient wore. in*teat Sutiuiulnic Anliuul. The otter is :Lr fastest swimming j quadruped know. . In the water it i exhibits an astonishing agility, swim ming in a nearly horizontal positioft I with the greatest ease, diving and dart- I ing along beneath the surface with a j speed equal, if not superior, to that | of many fishes. Urnnlh of a City. Melbourne,which consists of thirteen huts, and was known as Deargrass at the time of Queer. Victoria's ascension, is now classed a.- the seventh city of the British empire, : omiug in after London, Liverpool, Glasgow, .Man chester. Birmingham and t\:leut::i. RcTcrnlMo . Envelopes are beir.u mauufactureU with an auxilary back which can be addressed by the sender in order that the receiver may rover.- • to cover the front of the i-u . Vi > return it to the address a • Memory Rinvi. Memory rings tire the la; -;t. They arc designed especially for the use of the absent-minded woman. ; vd for the man who ties bits siring . ound his finger to remind himself o!' hi." wife's theatre ticket, of bis sister's bii y> > lamp or of his engagement to take M' ,*mith to the Wagnerian recital. In appearance tlu- memory r'r.s strongly resembles its first cousin, 'he ] key ring. It is made of goitl or silver and its usual form is a eireie r.br;:;: three, Inches in circumference. For every item that one wishes to remember, a charm is placed on the ring. Tiny silver pigs, turtles, cats and rabbits, frogs and lizards, an elephant holding a wee green enameled sham rock in its trunk, silver sleighbells. golden leurs-de-lis and miniature books, bird cages and flags, all stand— or dangle—for something which the memory ring's owner particularly wishes not to forget. I'eiiu?-ln-tli«'-Slot I'nmit. ini. of the latest applications of the ~ .my-in-ihe-slot principle is a bicy cle pi mp which can be thrown into iroar for lining a lire by Inserting a rein. As soon as the filled tire is re- a lever locks the pump, which en be caused to work again only by cropping in another coin. Notice. .Notice is hereby given that having this day purchased of Philip 1). Rider, one cook «tove. pipe and fixtures, one room stove and pipe, three bedsteads and bed ding., 2 stands, 1 bureau, 1 set ot' chairs and rockers, 1 sewing machine, 1 hog, ] lot of canned fruits, potatoes, and all the personal property ot" the said Philip D. liider. and have left the said property with him and all persons are hereby cautioned not to meddle with said proper ty in any way. 'jL 11. BCCK Sonestown, Oct. 12th, lb9B. A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA HEALER IN Flour Feed anil Groceries 13} pounds of pure Lard for SI.OO Baking molasses, 25 to 50c. X pounds Rolled Oats for 25c. 7 pounds of Corn Starch lor 25c. 7 pounds of Laundry Starch for 25c. 2 pounds of Rio Coffee for 25c. 8 bars oi Lenox Soap for 25c. No. 1 mackerel per pound Bc. Beet Sugar Coated Hams @llc per lb. Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack 500. Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, $1.90. Yellow Corn per 100 pounds 75c. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 80c. Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 85c. Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50. Flour middlings, 140 pound sack s* 1 -40. ' Fine middlings 200 pounds $1.60. Flour per sack $1.20. ! Winter Roller per sack $1.15. ; Good Flour 90c. . Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c. Graham Flour 124 pounds 30c. Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20. The State Normal School of East j Stroudsburg, Pa., furnishes its stu- j dents' rooms complete. The only j school to carpet its students' rooms i with line Urttssels carpet. The tlrst jtncl only school to introduce plain and fancy sewing,without additional cost to pupils. See advertisement ill another eolume. .1 \S". lluck has a nice line ot horse i blankets. To < urv t'on-iiipui.iiiii Inrt-i»"r. Trikc- C.iMuurels Cuiiti.v lulhitri ic. ll'o or £>c. i If it. C. C. full to cure, druKKisis refuml inuui-v New lot of rubber- at W. Buck's this week. jNiH'l n.wi i>' i To quit 'i'O lly : ml «•'.* j nt:tic. lis) lor JU«\ norv? au«l vi-jor, ttiUt* N'o-To- j B:u\ the wonder-worluT, fh.it rmiU»'s vvciilc nu»n ! stronp. All drujfgiM.s, fiOu or si. Cure ruuran-j teed. Booklet and sample free. Address , Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. Co to .J. W. I kick, Sonestown, for; dry goods, hoots, shoes, caps, under ware etc. Educato Yonr llnwrlH With < iisi-aretfi. C.iiuly Cntliavtie. cure constlputiou forever. ■ 10c,25e. JfO'.C. O. fail, drncfrisi-. refund money, j For «!»oes an-wlMUiy ' . . Cascarets t'atuiv (.'aibartic. the ni- st wen- i deri'ui incdicai liiscoverv of tho arre, j aat aud refreslnntr U, lie- ta»te, act gently j and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, ; cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, | euro headache, lever, habitual constipation i and biliousness. Please buy au>l try a box i of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 50 cents. Sold and ' guaranteed to cure by all druggists. —- - j G. A. Rogers FORKSVILLK, l'A (Successor to B.W. Fauc.ett.) Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. Bicycle repairing. Bicycle sundries. Fishing tackle, at lowest possible Price. Type Fails to Tell You owe it to yourself j to call and take advan-i tage of special bargains! in our new supply of General Merchandise At prices httiely shading over wholesale cost. To quicken the selling <>i' our| large line of Horse Blankets we marked them at a verv low figure. You can safely buy any article from our large stock as new goods. Its one of (lie occasions of rare good fortune that care ful buyers tire «|ii i«*k to profit! by. No Shoddy Goods. Everything first-class at at MODERATE PRICES. E. L. Place, LAPORTE, PA. FALL and Winter Every corner oi 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 yon 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, Hillsgrove* Pa. W.L.Hoffman's = HILLSGROVE Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY, PROCTOR, PA. An Explosion of Values. PRICES BLOWN TO ATOMS. Two 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 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. There is to be found a general line of seasonable goods constantly on hand. Remember the Place. JENNINGS BROS. 1 c^. We keep in stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber in hemlock and hardwood. MANUFACTURERS OF Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber. LOPRZ. PA SPECIALTIES Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick, Hemlock Flooring any width desired, Hemlock Lath both 3 and 4 feet long, Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch 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 ol coat 6 and capes to which we are pleased i to call your special nttentioii. We do not pretend to handle the cheapest coats in the market, but we do say we have the BEST and neatest fitting trarments made. Our coats and cap«-s are made to order, and in the latest styles 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 L.M»{ies and Misses, Boys and Men, you need not go hall frozen this winter lor we have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, led or gray and the pr ces are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will ha aston •shed that we are able to give you such bargains. One word in regard to foot wear: Our shoe department wa» never more complete and it you will flavor us with , your attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince yc.ti that we have the 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 Decorated Dinner Sets to which we invite yonr attention. The buying ot country produce has always been a special feature o: ».u Business, and we still continue in paying the highest each pi ices lor Butter Egg? and Wool. E. G. Sylvara DUSHORE, PA. 'Wright & Haight, SUCCESSORS TO M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa. MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc. DRESSED LUMBER Full and complete seasoned stock always 011 hand. j A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of Coffins and Casket to select from in Sullivan County. | The finest hearse in the county, with equipments to match. Embalming a specialty- Funerals directed with safety and dispatch. PRICES REASONABLE.