Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 3. Business Cards. JONESTOWN FLAGGING Company, Chaa. F. Billamboi. Agents. D. H. lioran, ° SONESTOWN FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORE. PENNA. CAPITAL - " $50,000. SURPLUS - - 810.000. Does a General Banking Business. B. W. JENNINGS. M. D. SWARTS. President. Cashier. LAPORTE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, LAPORTE, PA. F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop. Warm meals and lunches at all hours. Oysters and game in season. Bar supplied with choicest liquors, wine and cigara Good stable room provided. LAPORTE LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES. Connected with the Commercial Hotel. First-class Horses and Carriages. Rates reasonable. T.E.KENNEDY Prop. HOTEL MAINE THOS. W. BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. Tlu* new hotel has been recently opened, newly furnished throughout and will be run for the special accomodation of the traveling public. The beat stocked bar in the county. Kates are low. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTE PA. This large and well appointed house is the most popular hostelry in this section HOTEL PORTER. Canton* Street, ';SHUNK. PA. W. E. PORTER, Prop'r. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section of the state. Table of the best. Rates 1.00 dollar per day. Large stables. Professional Cards. J, J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORNEYS-AT* LAW, Legal business attended to in this aud adjoining counties LA PORTS, PA £ J. MULLEN, Attornay-at- Law. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. J # H. CRONIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, orrici OH MAII STRUCT. DO SHORE, - I'A P. SHOEMAKER, AttomeyatLaw. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. fl J7 BRADLEYr ATTORHIT-AT-LAW, OFFICK IH COUNTY BUILDING NEAR COURT BOUSE. LAPORTE, PA filler? P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt. |NGHAM& NEWITT, ATTORHITS*AT-LAW, OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING. 133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia, Having retired from the office of United States Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, will continue the general practice of law in the United States courts, and all the courts of thu City and County of Philadelphia, HENRY T. DOWNS, ▲TTO*REY*AT«LAW: OFFICE Ilf COURT HOUSE LAPORTE, PA BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at the Laporte Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. O. w. BENNETT, Prop. To Car* Constipation forever* Take Cascarets Ciyidy Cathartic. 10c or 2*c If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. Educate Tour Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 100, Wo. If c. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Swe have been J I gleaning House < For some time, but we are through at '■ Wi- V J are all fixed up in apple pie order for the £ X with the largest and best .-.took jf goods ve ? have ever had. £ Somethingfor Everybody,pp r ov '' r / We tliink wo can pic:-" u e moil critical, buyer i:i Sulli\* > -v \ county. J v Iteepcclfully Your.-, £ > > C DUSHORE. PA. I'i'li' .! i'jWiiJii'O / goks... I * Rardware L '-- NERAL - HARD WAR E PAINTS, OILS, VARK SHES and GLASJ-" SPECIAL inducements given on STOVES and RANGES and all kinds of HEATING STOVES for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, eh arches. -.'hi •! houses, camps, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight w•«« n 1 heaters from 83.00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal Heaters from ?'J.oO up t<> 8&>.00. • My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line <>l heaters slightly damaged by water. Good as new, but they must bo sold (TIKAP If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockash" Ranges are v. ithout a question the linest in tlit market, made up of the best material and designed t<> he a hands. >n e Kange. Furnaces always the best on the market. In fact \vi art. ready to heat the universe either iu h'.»« water. . lean- or air 1' us. we guarantee satisfaction. STOV REPAIRS AND REI'AIKI XG PLUMBING, STEAM FITTIXG A J I > -1 PP!.I > MILL SUPPLIES. H.= < jvvjr;, DUfSiVJRE, PA FEBRUARY Bargains F e - in ail. i;nes. LU CO Hardwood Beds, Wood Chairs, 2.75 2H Oak Bedroom Suit, Antique Finish, 17.00 CO — 1 Window Shades on Spring Rollers. 10c. Li— X Cut Saws for SIXO. Double Bic Axes, 7 ? c. LU CO Granite Pails 14qt. ~oc Granite Dish Pans 17qt, Nails are advancing, better buy soon. 5 10 and 25 cent COUNTER. Are remodeled with bargains 011 them. Best Raking Powder, 10 eents per pound; Our Brand. Fine plated Tea .Spoons, 10 cents. ' (ilass Dishes measuring tO inelu >, a lor 10 cms. Lamps from 10", eompleti. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "HIhH.NAI VUfILAMII. 1.,! PklLI- <_>l 1 IHLP IV." LAPURTK. I'KNN.V.. I'IItiRSUAV, FE!!!!l'\!i\ 16, 1880. USEFUL CRAWLERS. MEDICINES WHICH ARE MANUFAC TURED FROM VARIOUS BUGS. 'Mi© IJhI: Include* i pliler >n:»ke<« and ll©«» All Sai• > l<» bo I*.lfi«v- , «'ious and I'okhoss Many \ ;iu llonie<- p::1!m I'avor tli© I,'no of IV ilcv Many people will be si prised t) ; le.irn that a use has beei to. nd fcr our friend the cock; on!'. Kor yer.rs he has been b" mlcd as !• . :*u we have desed him with b«.. . ~lu. of ! paris and insect powde:. J'.ow the ta- j lies .°ve turned ar.d ihc ;t physics | us. American d . ioi'ss.j t:. incture of coekroacA ! .g jiucd for u» : ma, and the preparation o. lately in Er;rla:id. A aye;.- v. t:. try the remedy tan make uy sjr' -.g four cockroaches it: an c >.e of spirit of vine for a few days, 112 venty drops j 0. this liquid cn a i.-tr of r • ..•...-.Sit i to charm awr.y t!> v.Of | course, patient'; mc,ht > . it t*ic v.'oid ccckrcccl.. Jut the i. ",.n nam •, I LlMt.a Orient:-..ils, is s \'\ .. n 1 to allay jth ta. cf t>.< mcwt parti. iar. Cock -11 h I- iis ;• tvorit i'.. " .1; medi cire vi;h tli'; king clasrc-s in ltus sit.. if cockreatlies will cure us. there is J'\ why spiders should rot h* I 11:ietl .. > As a matter of I'.ici, •' :;•* j . ' .l;. used Ly the l»cr.: . for 1 years. Solomon told u> n could find | s;::'dc & <r. ■ in ,:s' pal.*.. . now- 1 V( . ■ r e them ... • .eni.- 1 1 looking tinctures and sugar-pin*. T*r ; rll i 11 is a title tha. : '..0 id :•>. | wciil- ;■ f.'.runr if well ad\. it;-•-•••, uui ; j tire 112.; 1 pre; . i r 1 111 ; • r- •• a I bin' ■ tirg si id. l , of Mexico j t.'is. Our choice, however, Is net cou -I.r.cd 10 giant i.ie:a. 'I. , ;arden ■ iiier, with the roid or ■' l v < 1.-udy, .1 rommon in tiie sum n.c:, \. iil yiei<i a use. ' 1 p. e.iaration — if . e • •: ti ... to tlie homoeop;- j ! th.: A f«W Of these i ! oil down in a mortar with 5 i > • : rit, '..i1l m;:lie a "moth ;Ci ' from whi 'a countless dill ;'. : ...a be prepaied. If this will ' act sull' . the 'alack curacoa spider, from V.°r!•. lr.i _ .il or 1. ,e groves, or .he rr. a.; 01 Kent 'iky. may be ; i;tri. ng to tacte. The homc.eo ' pqjpi .. 1 fond of leatles, and they neat cyHrds in the s. ni<? way as ; id'l c> also get an : saei'ice from : the (.'. i vl. ,'eetle —the insect which j 1 ruiiu'il the ji-tato crops a few years j I hack. It. is ur.e thing to 10b the bees j ■ who); S'!e and seure the.r wax and ! . henry, ~ :t it i.•.her hard lines on : ! pcur . mo! 1 ' a, to turn her into t med:<'but she Ivs togo in i with 1 rtl yield h • M'e in the j , cat sc- 1 .' t i (?f cu' .•«•>, any-.iiie 1 ; who h.s fei ■ ,'s at.irk ows \ hat a 1 i:i u. ~ its poi:uu must be. I its ; ■r d. ■ ous wo:k robbing a ! iiite ices of .iieii stii , sand poison. I lie .--ihod rei. mmended in bcok.s is , simple, 0 ' eKc..ing. Ti:e ieei arc to ! ei . : in a b 'ttle as tl'.ey ie.ive their in mi e morning, 'i hey a,e .ir u j '( .»( . 1 i laeir pci ;on b. *s and . . of s. sf.is, ,;i:d the .■ it', s are soaked 111 spirit t, n. e . tincture. iii.'.t,, other q ieer things re : .'.id i: lae.i fine at ;iie present I ..inie. i'o >; ve . :.iy two examples, rem- J •>tiie3 are . a red from tiie s.arfiali ; d ihe cayiiah. Snake venom—no- . 'l l !j that .he cobra, the rattlesnake j .nil th 1 adder —is sometimes used, j i Nowadays a great many drugs of ani- | nial origin are being experimented j ' with, and some people prophe y iliat 1 they will eventually oust all the rest. Y.l:nt Iho llriile SutU. An English rural tie...jman says i that one day a bride startled him by premising, in what she supposed to be the lnuguate c. the pruyei book, to | take her hush, nd "to ..\e ..nil to old fit in this d y forni't for betterer , horse, for riche e power, in siggerness 1 health, to love li.t'rriei and to bay." What meaning thia extraordinary vow I | conveyed to the woman's own mind, ; tiie iutuuibeut sa.d, bali.ed h.m to con jecture. The t in!:op'H Ppcttoiit. A great many Episcop.-.l clergymen probably would empathize with the Entlis'n bfsh >p who said recently: "The two thin:s of which 1 am the meet tired are 'The Church's One Foundation' and cold chicken. The hymn seems always to be chosen wherever I go, and kind hostesses, I with quite extraordinary unanimity, 1 ; provide cold chicken for luncheon." Ilnumm The carrier who serves the Klondike ! N'ufft le snlvcribers in Dawson has - eorridprable trouble in finding their i resr'dt nc:\ few of the dwellings a,e j ihus desci ibed ' in the s ibscrlption ; book: The cabin with the screen j d~cr," "he slab house facing the j ver," "ihe 'lig tent with two stove • • i..*--," nr.. "the cabin three doors • •'.!> of v.here all the degs are." In Morocco. Prisoner• vii 1 arrested in Morocco laie icqrii.ed to pay the policeman tor h.3 trouble in taking them to jail. ICELAND GEYSERS. Tonrln's Ilnvo Injured Them by Throwing Stones Into Their Crater*. I Barren as the place really is, the artist's eye would level in the beautiful effects on the snowy jokulls, the twi i light softening shades of mauve, greens and grays on the distant lava peaks, 1 and the luminous midnight sky. The : intensity of the blue water of lake or ocean is superb, and the mighty water j falls are grand. Ami the geyser fields! j All the warm tints, from cream to rus set, are found in the mineral deposit 1 around the basin of the Grent Geyser, i Little Geyser, Strokkr (the Churn), and the I.illl ■ Stmkkr, wlii e 1! t-si (ihe Blue One) is lined v. ith exquisite while, like porcelain, making it a fitting ves sel for the t-iic' t 112 foo-1, and for fur nishing 1 oiling v.v.ier ''or our tea and coffee. It wa ;so uni> LUh and beautiful that I Eecinci! to mutilating sonje thins ra;e wi • :i 1 chipped off pieces of ' ita lining, l.ut I knew they would be valuable &o;ivcnirs* and (he uneasy, bubbling water would soon amend the deficiency. The mud pools on tnis plain are the most dangerous, for they spout hot mud diagonally out of the earth. Com ing upon them in one direction they are not seen, and many a visitor has gone home wi'ii a scalded foot. The liy drauilr i. .. yi s now very fitful and incci. Mrr-ti> tourists have injured the spot ti. - fountain* by loading stones , :t..0 i': . to see them cast out, so you i N.isL .UILC your tent with you, and en- I amp cii he i;; to await the pleas iiaes of n.e'i majesties. Blesi will |se:\e yea .-cli \ iiile waiting. The ; tireut Ccyjer h U not spouted for a aeek when we were there, and such ,iirlires3 iIY ated a near activity. The water s; u ..e;i ui.-inrallj high when it ; finally •: . d, !."•) feet, and showed ..ii tl.e <•:' the rainbow, majestic iL the s;. me time and mysterious. It played for iiiceen minute.;, and then its beautiful cascades subsided in a feathery mist, a refined and graceful withdrawal. \ Floating Snail. There is a small snail which is so fond of the sea that it never conies to land, and it builds such a capital boat for itself and its eggs that while large ships are sinking and steamers are unable to face the storm it tosses about in perfect safety. The little snail is of a violet color ind is therefore called lanthina. it j has a small shell and tlieie projects j from the under part of the body a long, : tongue-like piece of fiesh. This is the ! raft, and it is built upon most scientific j principles, for it has compartments in jit for air. It is broad and the air com [ partments are underneath, so that it cannot capsize. Moreover, the snail knows how to ' stow away its cargo, for the oldest eggs and those which hatch the soonest , are placed in the center and the light : est and newest on the side.-; of the raft. ! The lanthina fills its own air com partments by getting a globule of air underneath its head, the body is then curved downward beneath the raft,and, the head being tilted on one side, the air rushes in and fills the spaces, it feeds on a beautiful little jelly fish, which has a flat, raft-like form with a 1 pretty little sail upon it, and they con ! gregate in multitudes when the sea is 1 calm. ; Sometimes specimens are wasikid up : on the northwestern coast of France, ; and when they are handled they give ; out a violet dye. A Wonderful Hli-il. Many sailors believe that the frigate bird can start at daybreak with the ■ trade winds from the coast of Africa and roost the same night upon the i American shore. Whether this is a ! fact or not has yet to be determined, I but it is certain that the bird is the | swiftest of winged creatures and is ; able to fly. under favorable conditions, J 200 miles an hoi r. Stun tint! Knitlni' KWf. A race between a stag and a locomo tive on the railroad was lately witness ed near Labeile, Car. The engineer noticed the stag on the irack, about 20ft feet ahead, and he blew a warning whistle. The animal started on a run, keeping to the track, and continued the ! race for three miles, then gracefully 1 bounded aside until the locomotive had passed. The lliiKtllnu Jnpnnene. Japan is making great headway in the manufacturing world. It is a strange fact that it is now inanufaetur i ing modern war material for the use of western nations. Six big guns turned out at the Japanes government arsenal at Osaka were supplied to the Portu guese government. Itnl>l>it Far. Rabbit fur is now an important com mercial article. It is known to the trade as electric seal and when dyed so closely resembles the genuine arti cle as to deCy detection except among expert 3. It is said that $500,000 is in vested in rabbit culture in England. 1.25 P er - Year. Number 411. THE "KILLERS" OF TWO-FOLD BAY WHICH HELP THE FISHERMEN. A Strange and Terrible J'luli, mill lis IVrul lar Characteristic*—l><-:illi t«> w linles :in«l .Sharks lEut Will Never Injun- ;i M:ul—lt Has Knormous Streu^tli. Two-fold bay, a magnificent dee;>- water harbor on the southern const of New South Wales, is a fisherman's paradise, though its fame is but local, or known only to outsiders who may have spent a day there when traveling' from Sydney to Tasmania in the steamers which occasionally putin there to ship cattle from the little township of Eden. But the chief point of interest about Two-fold bay Is that it is tlie rendezvous of the famous "killers" (orca gladiator), the deadly foes of the whole race of cetaceans other than themselves, and most ex traordinary and sagacious creatures that inhabit the ocean's deptljs. From July to November two "schools" of killers may be seen eveiy day. either cruising to and fro acros ■ the entrance of the bay or engaged in a Titanic com bat with a whale- a "right" whale, a "humpback" or the long, swift "tin back." But they have never been known to tackle the great sperm whale, except when the great creature lias been wounded by his human enemies. And to witness one of these mighty struggles is worth traveling many thousand miles to see; it is terrible, awe-inspiring and wonderful. The killer ranges in leiig:h from ten feet to twenty-five feet. Tlr.'ir breath ing apparatus and general anatomy is much similar to that of the sperm whale. They spout, "breach" and "sound" like other cetaceans, and are of the same migratory habit as the two "schools" which haunt Two-fold bay, always leaving there about November 28 to cruise in other seas, returning to their headquarters early in July, when the humpback and finback whale make their appearance on the coast of New South Wales, traveling northward to the breeding-grounds Bampton shoals, the coast of New Guinea and the Moluccas. The head of the killer is of enormous strength, the mouth being armed in both jaws with fearful teeth, from two inches to three inches long and set rather widely apart. In color they show an extraordinary variation, some being all one hue —brown, black or dull gray; others are black, with large ir regular patches or streaks of pure white or yellow; others are dark brown with black and yellow patches. And now comes the curious and yet absolutely truly described part that the killers play in this ocean tragedy. The killers, the moment the whale is dead, close around him, and. fastening their teeth into his body, bear him to the bottom. Here they tear out his tongue and eat about one-third of the blubber. In about thirty-six to .forty hours the carcass will rise again to tlie surface, and as the spot where he lias been taken down has been marked by a buoy, the boats are ready waiting to tow him ashore to the trying-out works. The killers accompany the boats to the head of the bay and keep off the sharks, which otherwise would strip off all the remaining blubber be fore the body had reached the shore. The killers never hurt a man. Time after time have boats been stove in or smashed into splinters by a whale, and the crew left struggling in the water, to be rescued by the "pick-up" boat, and the killers swim up to them, look at—aye, and smell them—but never touch them. And wherever the killers are, the sharks are not. for Jack Shark dreads a killer as the devil dreads holy water. "Jack" will rush in and rip off a piece of blubber if he can. but he will watch his chance to do so. A Queer Legae). A gentleman who died at Mons, France, left a legacy of $3,000 to five friends, the money to be spent on din ners served in different restaurants, and at each meal a certain dish to be eaten and a certain wine, of which he was very fond, to be drunk. Further more, his memory was to be toasted at dessert, the five companions were to dine in black clothes and black gloves, and enter the room preceded by a flag and the music of an accordion. \ Funny Nlulu, An English paper says tnat the hat of a certain short signted master at Eton blew off one day, and as he start ed in pursuit a black hen dashed out of the gateway. The schoolmaster saw the hen, and thought it was his hat, and all Eton was electrified by the spectacle of a hatless and breathless reverend man hunting a black hen from one end of the street to the other. Jf«'» of tlir World. The Jewish year book estimates that there are about 11,000,000 Jews in the world, half of them still under Russian Jurisdiction, notwithstanding their wholesale expulsion from the empire. Of the race In general It may be said that, numerically speaking, it is ex tremely small for its age, its chance of getting bigger apparently not in creasing with its years.
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