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.