Republican News Item
CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor.
THURSDAY DEC. 8, 1898.
"FIRST OF^ALL —THli NEWS."
The News Item Fights Fair.
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By The Sullivan Publishing Co.
At the County Heat of Sullivan County.
LAPOETE, PA.
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Workmen Chanetl Out of a Warehouse
by a Flood of Grain.
Six thousand bushels of unsaclted
wheat got loose and went on a tear. It
happened in the warehouse of the F.
C. Ayers Mercantile Company at Den
ver. The scenes that followed were
something similar to those described by
Victor Hugo when a cannon got loose
from its fastenings on board ship and
rolled and reared from one end of the
gun deck to another until the ship was
disabled and a number of the crew
killed. Only, nobody was killed by the
wheat.
In the rear of the Ayres warehouse
are four great bins, built up from the
ground floor and capable of holding
twenty-five carloads of wheat at a time.
The company's bookkeeper, sitting in
his oflice at the front of the building,
100 feet or more from the bins, heard
a terrific ripping, tearing, splintering
sound, as if the whole end of the ware
house was being torn out by a monster
hand. He rushed from the little box
of an office out onto the main floor of
the warehouse. He paused, gasped for
breath and threw up his hands.
What he saw was a giant wave of
wheat flowing toward him, licking at
the very heels of a dozen laborers who
had been at work near the bins and
who were now fleeing for their lives.
The ocean of wheat moved onward
for a score of feet or more and then
calmed down as suddenly as if a barrel
of oil had been spread on its troubled
waves. The bookkeeper yelled to the
laboring men to stop running, pulled
his hands down to their accustomed
pockets, took a deep breath and
whistled.
By and by the cloud of dust that had
arisen drifted away and the bookkeeper
and the laboring men could see what
bad happened. It didn't take long.
One of the stout beams had grown
weak from the burden on its back and
snapped in two. A hundred other stout
beams had followed suit. There was
nothing left for the imprisoned wheat
to do but make a rush for a less con
fined resting place. There were G,OOO
bushels of it in the bin, and it was no
wonder that its moving caused conster
nation.
After the dozen laboring men had re
covered their wits and gone to work
again the little bookkeeper in the front
office said the damage done would not
exceed SSO. All that was necessary to
do to save the wheat was to sweep it
i:p off the floor and pack it in sacks.
Tlie Monkey lireittl Tree.
( ape de Verde, that is, the Green
Cape, is said to owe its name in part
to the foliage of the Adamsonia digi
tata which adorns the whole of Sene
gambie and Guinea with its green ellip
tic arches; a full-grown tree presenting
at a distance almost the appearance of
a forest. According to Adamson, trees
are met with having a diameter of
thirty feet, although the height of the
tree is moderate, varying from fifty to
sixty feet.
The lower branches, however, shoot
out to an incredible length, at first in
a horizontal direction. These are cov
ered with an immense foliage, which
from its weight causes them to bend
toward the ground and thus there is
presented a huge hemispherical mass
of verdure, 120, 140 or even 150 feet in
diameter and perhaps CO feet in height.
The fruit is an oblong, dull green,
downy body, eight or nine Inches long,
containing several cells, in which there
is a number of hard shining seeds, im
mersed in a soft pulp, which is scarce
ly juicy. From this pulp the native
negroes prepare an acidulous drink,
much used in the fevers of the coun
try.
The bruised leaves in a dry state
form a substance called halo, which
they mix with their food, and imagine
it useful in checking or counteracting
the effects of profuse perspiration. All
the soft parts of the tree are emollient
or mucilaginous.
Action of Sen-Water on <n*t Iron.
Some cast iron cannon balls were re
cently recovered from the sea near
Brest. They had been under the wa
ter for over a hundred years. They
could be cut with a knife, a great part
of the iron ijaving disappeared. Ex
posed to the air, the interior became
quite hot, of course losing the heat in a
short time, after the oxygen of the air
had ceased to act upon !t.
Motional Impurprlaliinrnt,
Hitherto it has been supposed that
the record of national impoverishment
was furnished by the Transvaal, in the
treasury of which, when Great Britain
look it over, was the magnificent sum
•jf about $3. But Sir George Bowen,
when he went as the first governor to
Uueenslnrd, found in the public chest
no irore than 17 cents.
THE DEVIVS POCKET.
"It was somewhere in the neichbor
hood of 30 years ago that I met with
one of the most thrilling adventures of
my life," began Maj. Rawling, as he
;it his cigar and settled down in a com
fortable arm chair before the open
■;rate fire.
"I was at that time in command ol a
couting party of a dozen men, which
had been sent out from one of the gov
ernment posts on a- rec-onnoitering ex
pedition.
"We had ridden for hours without
meeting with any signs of our foes,
and I was congratulating myself on not
having any fighting to do for that day
at least, when just as dusk was coming
an. I saw, plainly outlined against the
horizon, the figure of a solitary Indian
on horseback, apparently watching us.
"The instant.he noticed that he had
been discovered lie whirled like a flash
and disappeared from view over the
brow of the knoll.
"At that moment a perfect storm of
yells bioke out in the direction of the
knoll, and the clatter of horses' hoofs
could be heard rapidly approaching.
The)-.: was no time for parley or delay.
" •Right wheel!' I shouted, 'and make
for the Devil's pocket! Ride for your
lives!'
"We spurred swiftly across the
prairie In the direction of the spot
where we expected to find refuge. The
Indians came on yelling and firing; but
fast ridir..«- and excitement, as well as
the increasing darkness, disconcerted
! . of our savage foes, and we
!. . .ifii our objective point without
losing a man.
"The Devil's pocket proved to be a
deep cleft or canon in the side of a high
bluff. The .place was a natural fortress,
and 10 skilful marksmen could have
held it against 1,000 redskins.
"Thrice they charged up to the mouth
of the canon, and thrice we drove them
back.
"Instead of charging again they tried
a new tack. Retiring out of range they
encamped directly in front of our re
treat, apparently with the intention of
starving us out. Here they remained
all that night and the next day, and the
succeeding morning still found them
there.
"We had eaten the last of our scanty
provisions, there was no water in the
canon and the men were suffering
greatly from thirst and hunger.
"The situation was fast growing des
perate, and 1 was about to order my
men to mount and force their way
through or die bravely fighting for
their liberty, when suddenly, away off
to the right, a cloud of dust came roll
ing up over the horizon. I asked our
scout what it meant.
" 'Buffiera—that's wbat it means!*
chuckled the old scout. 'An' it's mighty
lucky that we're in here out o' thar'
way. Just wait till they git a leetle
closer an' :;ee the Injins skedaddle!'
" 'Think they'll oe apt to run for a
few buffaloes?'
"'Few, hey?' snorted Hardy. "Thar'
air thousands comin' along with that
cloud of dust, an' they're erbout the
only animal an Injin'll run away from.'
"On they came nearer and nearer,
headed straight across the plain in
front of the bluff. The Indians, intent
on watching us, saw their danger when
it was too late. There was no time for
retreat. They must either meet that
living avalanche and scatter it or go
down before it.
"A few ran for their ponies and quick
ly mounted, while the remainder await
ed the inevitable collision on foot. They
filled the air with their piercing yells
and fired wildly at the swiftly ap
proaching mass, but all to no avail.
Majestic and terrible, that awful sea
came ioiling on.
"The mighty herd passed on, but in
its pathway no living thing was left to
tell the talc of that brier but deadly
struggle. Our savage foes would
trouble us no more!"
< liineno Ktlquette.
You may thank your stars that you
are not the Emperor of China. He
is a most unhappy individual. He is
surrounded by a wall of etiquette as old
as his great Chinese Wall and even
more unchanging.
Here are some of the rules he must
follow unflinchingly and with the
greatest care. They are imperative
and are never known to be broken:
He must rise every morning at 2
o'clock.
The dishes served at breakfast are
the same day after day, and have been
fixed from time immemorial.
Every dish is served in couples; two
ducks, two chickens, two soups, two
cups of tea, etc., each following the
other in time-honored succession.
He must eat just so much of each
dish, and show no partiality. If he
appears to like any food particularly,
and eat heartily of it, the State phy
sician, wiio stands behind him all the
time, immediately orders it to be taken
away.
The Emperor must never turn a cor
ner when out for a drive. If he is
seized with a fancy to drive out, which,
fortunately, does not occur often, as it
means enormous expenses, all the
streets must be made straight; if any
houses interfere they are promptly
swept away, while even a dried-up wa
tercourse must be spanned with a
bridge.
Whnt, Indeedf
The King of Annam has an original
idea in the way of a strong box. He
has the trunks of trees hollowed out,
filled with j-: J 1 d or silver and flung into
his p: i\at < lake, where a large staff of
crocodiles wards off intruders. What
will he do when he want® his treas
ures?
Indian Crabs.
I Crslu two feet in length are ofttp
jeen in India.
Parsnip Complexion.
It does »i«•; v'.(niiv fi!i cxfievt t<> di'itiv
llir 1!M«• i inn,i lvid 11 * \ trouble. 'l''Ti
hollow cheeky, the sunken the m-m k
pally circles under th> . ilie w:ili..w
|>arsnip i:oloMil complexion indicate- "■
A physician would •• you lunt rheu
matism. a dull pain or ache in the back
or over the hip s *, stomach trouble, desire
to urinate often, or u burning or scalding
in passing its if after pin-sing there is .-in
unsatisfied feeling us if ii must be iti one
repealed, or il'the urine lms :t brick dn.-;
deposit or strong odor.
When these symphn.;- are present, u.>
tiuie should be' loscd i... removing ii,<.
cause.
Delay, may lead to univel, eatatrali of
tiie bladder, inflammation, ennsing stop
page, and sometimes requiring the draw
ing of the urine with instruments, or may
rati into Bright'* Disease, the most dan
gerous sla;:e ol Kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Moot. the great
discovery of iheetninent kidney and blad
der specialist, i-" a positive remedy lor
such.diseases. Its reputation is world
widefand it is so easy to get at any drug
store that no one need sutler anv length
of time for want o! it.
However, it von prefer to first lest its
wonderful merits, mention the Republican
News Item and write to Dr. Kilmer Af-'o.
Hinghamton, X.for a "iiitipl. bottle
and book tellingjall abor.' it. b-.'th y*ut !
absolutely free by mail.
!«<»** t<» » I 'is t.
"Did yon l;»--ar !oi - 'te woman in
Dunkirk?" n?l:rvt U •* kits iia he rolled a
cigarette.
"No; what abciv. iter?"
"Why, she son J a ball' doiirt:- to a
firm in Be?ton \> ho promised for iiiat
sum to send a /t.-iju* on how to Ret fat.
Two days afterward she received a
postal card which road. 'Day it of the
butcher." "
lint! 111* < on \ iclioiix.
"Did you ever hi . » any convictions,
triy good man?" a.-.;. ' '.ho kindly-faced
>!d gentleman.
"Bet yor life I did! I've served free
erms," answered \he tough-looking
specimen.
Snbt«rriin« % Aii City.
A subterrauo<iK y .vist.-: in Galicia,
Mistrian Poland, which contains a
•opulation of oyer 1,000 men, women
:;d children, man;, jf whom have
never seen the light of day.
A tin ft Hlll.il.
Anions tUe many mysteries of bird
migration is the fact that over-sea
Journeys sre generally conducted in
the darkness and invariably against a
head wind.
Km;!**!* I'ickle*.
About 1.300,00;) pounds of pickles and
sauces arc export sd yearly from Eng
and to other countries.
Insurance Meeting
The twenty-first annual meeting
of the Farmers' and Mechanics'
Home Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany of Sullivan county will be held
at the office of the company in the
Borough of Forksville on Saturday,
January 7, 1809, at 10 o'clock a. in.,
for the purpos of electing :t board ol'
directors and other officers for the
ensuing year and the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting. Survey
ors and auditors will meet at tin
Secretary's office for the settlement
ol'accounts on January (i, 1800.
M. K. BLACK, Pres.
R. I). LANCASTER, Sec.
Forksville, Dec. 1, 1898.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that having this
day purchased of Philip D. Rider, one
cook stove, pipe and fixtures, one room
stove and pipe, three bedsteads and bed
ding, 'J stands, 1 bureau, 1 set of chairs
and rockers. I sewing machine. 1 hog. 1
lot of canned fruits, potatoes, and all the
personal property of the said Philip D.
Rider, and have left the said property
with him and all persons are hereby
cautioned not to meddle with said proper
ty in any way.
L. 11. Buck
Sonestown, Oct. 12tli. 1898.
A. T. ARMSTRONG,
SONESTOWN, PA
DEALER IN
Flour Feed and Groceries
i:U pounds of pure Lard for 91.00
Baking molasses, 25 to 50c.
8 pounds Rolled Oats for 25c.
7 pounds of Corn Starch for 25c.
7 |>ounds of Laundry Starch for 25c.
2 pounds of Rio Coffee for 25c.
8 bars ol Lenox Soap for 25c.
No. 1 mackerel per pound Bc.
Best Sugar Coated Ifams (§}llc per lb.
Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack 50c.
Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, #l-90.
; Yellow Corn per 100 pounds ii>c.
; Corn Meal or Cracked Com 80c.
I Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 85c.
| Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50.
I Flour middlings, 110 pound sack fcl.'iO.
Fine middlings 200 pounds $1.60.
Flour per sack $1.20.
j Winter Roller per sack sl.l •>.
I Oood Flour 90c.
* Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c.
i Graham Flour 12J pounds 30c.
S Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20.
The State Normal School of Fast j
Stroudsburg, Pa., furnishes its stn-;
"Iritis' rooms icomplete. The only
school to carpet it- students' rooms
with line Brussels carpel. The first 1
and only school to introduce plain
and fancy sewing,without additional;
cost to pupils. .See advertisement in
another coluine.
J. W Buck has a nice line ot horse!
blanki ts.
T«» < lire i|Kil inn l orovi'i'.
T ike *: isuuets l.'siuuy Cathurttc. loe r»r 'i/ni.
It <i*. C. frill to cuve. druiCßisiK rrfuml trum*:?.
Now lot, of J.it J. ■ I'llrK 0
this week.
N.m't •»!.*. .. ii «i ' 1 ... i "
To quit v-i a. tx-.i
Lie. lull c»r i.i Vf it r. I \ i;( i', :'.U*"• j v
flue, the wondt • \x »'•:<')% t.st iut;. wen": **.••■ r.
strong. All dru)::?ist.s ( ftiu*' or sl*
teed Booklet, iitm froo. A'Ulrc.-R
Sterling C- M. ly Go., <<r Koty York.
(Jo to.l. W. Buck, Sonestown, for
dry goods, boots, slu>es, caps, under
ware etc.
Vmir ll.iivi.ls Witt,
C:an.7 i 'at ivirtle, e.uo consll|>n!iou forever, i
lOe.SSc. If H c.C.tail, druKKisbi refund money.
For shoes and rubbers 'jo to .l. W. 1 tuck |
To Cure ('ODiitljmtloi'. I'o.'ever.
Talte Casea rets Catuiy Cathartic. 10c orSSc. j
If C. C. fail toemv. ilrußt-'islK refund money, j
For batter crocks g>i to •! W. Buck's. |
So-To Hm' for fi .*.y Ct'Uifi.
Caaranteed t iiiaoco cnr<», ma'.tes weak |
jr.rn strong. l>.ooii pure. \il ai'UMj/.sts. I
levari '' ' • s i>,
C)« > 'att-1 < ; '.iiu"tic. i>,c trj< sl\,-on \
det'i'itl til.'ii.e:.' >li>co\Cri <>l itai Bui.', picas- i
ant ain't la the n>sK\ w- L"iotly
and positively an kblncya. Uv« " mid bowcis, i
clewnsir..' the entire svsi.'tn, dispel eolils, j
euro headache, lever, habitual constipation j
and biliousness. Pleaan buy and try n box ;
of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, .".U cents. Hold and |
guaranteed to ciire by all drnxpists.
C. A. Rogers
rOBKSVII.I.E, l'A
(Successor to B.W. Fawcett.)
! Watches. Jewelery,
Silverware, Etc..
! Bicycle repairing. Bicycle sundries.
Fishing tnckle. at lowest possible
Price.
I Sensational Display of
Christmas Goods.
buyers will recog
nize the economy embraced
in staying at home and deal
with us for Christmas gifts.
General
Merchandise
At prices barely shading over
wholesale cost.
To quicken the selling of our
large line of
Horse Blankets
we market! them at a very low
figure.
You can safely buy any article
from our laige stock as new
goods. lis one of the occasions
of rare good fortune that care
ful buyers are t|iiick to profit
by.
! No Shoddy Goods.
Kvervthing first-class at
at MODEKATK 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,
iWe 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.
I
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, Fa.
W.L.Hoffman'*
fc.
= HILLSGROVE
Three Big Stores-- MUNCY VALLEY,
PROCTOR, PA.
Splendidly Equipped
FOR THE GREAT
HOLIDAY BUSINESS
Ihe success ot our Holiday Sales depends upon
giving overvalue rather than undervalue for the money
you spend with us. Therefore we will stand up to these
resolutions,
AN AVALANCHE OF.NEW GOODS.
Our supply of Christmas Goods is extraordinary
1 hree big stores sparkles with new styles and colorings of
Fashions latest creation for XMass presents.
General Merchandise.
Our prices always touch the lowest ebb in General
Merchandise. Our stock is absolutely complete.
At prices all too small.
JENNINGS BROS.
<ssii
We keep in stock at our mills a
complete line of dressed lumber
in hemlock and hardwood.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber.
LOPEZ. 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 he surprised
1 how cheap they are in the end.
j WP liaxt' JUM UIIPNEKOIL MIIVII » FLOCK oi coats ami CHJIVF to which we are pleaded
to call votir special niiculioii. We do not prelend to handle the cheapest
coats in the market, but we do nav we have the BEST and neatest fitting
s!armeiit& made. Our coats and capes are made to order, and in the laieet
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.
Ladies and Misses, Boys and Men, you need not go hall frozen this winter for
have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, red or gray and
the pr ces are very low, eo low that when you see the goods yon will ba aston
'«hed that we are able to give you such bargains.
One word in regard to foot wear:
Our shoe department was never more complete and if you will "favor ue with
your attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince you that we
have the most caretudv selected line ol fine and heavy bo<<ts 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 your attention.
The buying ol country produce has always been a special feature of on
Business, and we still continue in paying the highest each pi ices lor Butter
Kgg° and Wool.
E G SyWara DUSHORE. PA.
Wright & Haight,
SUCCESSORS TO
M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa.
112 «ri.itlir e, VMdertaf<i „ 3
MANUFACTUBEBS OF
Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc.
DRESSED LUMBER
Full and complete seasoned stock always on hand.
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
! S3FE,Y AND D ' S| PRICES REASONABLE.