Republican News ltem.i CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY. MARCH 9, 1899. "FIRST OF ALL—THt£ NFWS." The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER. Published Every Friday Horning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. IiAPORTE. PA. Entered at the' Post Office at Laporte,'[an second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should bt ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., Human beings are of till sizes, hul the full man Is less common than the short; only one man in every litis ex feeds the height of six feet. For every foot of stature a man should weigh from twenty-six lo twenty-eight pounds, a proportion that is not the lot of all in these hurrying, scurrying days. An average-sized man weighs 140 pounds; a woman 125 pounds. Curi ously enough, the mean weight and height of lunatics are below those of sane people. Another unexpected tiling in this respect that a negro's skeleton weighs more than that of an englishman. The vitalizing power is the blood, a drop of which takes but twenty-two seconds togo the round of the body. There passes through the heart once in every three minutes tin amount of this precious fluid equal to all that is contained in the body. The mileage of the blood circula tion reveals some astonishing and un dreamed of truths. It is estimated that, assuming the average speed of tiie heart to be sixty-nine beats a min ute, the blood travels 207 yards in sixty seconds; in other words, seven miles an hour, 108 a day, or 0.320 per year. If a man of 84 could have one single blood corpuscle floating in his blood all his life, is would have traversed in that period no less than 5,150,50S miles. The average weight of.the brain of :tit adult male is three pounds eight ounces, of a female, two pounds four ounces. The woman's brain begins to decline in weight after the age of thirty, the man's not till ten years later. According to high authorities the nerves, with their branches and minute ramifications connecting with the brain, exceed 10,000,000 in number. 'i'lie palm of the hands and soles of the feet are composed of cushions of l'at. in order that sudden jolts and vio lent blows may be successfully re sisted, and no injury done to the mus cles aud bones underneath. The muscles—of which the tongue monopolizes eleven —and bones of the human structure in combination are capable of more than 1,200 different motions. The teaching of experience indicates that accidents are far more likely to occur to the right leg and arm than to lite left. Further evidence of litis fact is supplied by the makers of artificial limbs; they dispose of many more ap pendages to the right side of the body than to the other. Statistics show that in tifty-four cases out of a hundred tlie left leg is stronger than the right. If a man could move his legs pro portionally as fast as an ant, he would travel not far short of SOO miles an hour. Seeing llulletii a* They Fly, "As every sportsman knows." said an entliuiastic hunter, "it is easy to see a rifle bullet in the air, aud those fired from the new high-power guns are very curious to look at. Stand a dozen yards to one side of the mark and let :t friend lilaze away at any range with a small calibre weapon using smoke loss powder, and you'll see a strange, uluish-white streak the instant the bullet strikes home. The streak is apparently a couple of inches wide and several feet long, and is more like a flash of light than anything else I can ihink of. With the old-fash ioned Remington or Springfield carbine the bullet has the appearance of a long black rod, and I don't know why there should be such a difference In the op tical illusion produced by the smaller calibre. I have heard some people deny that the bullet can be seen, but they are very much in error. It all depends (•it getting the right view point. A few feet either, way will render the niissle invisible, but the right spot is soon found by experiment, and after (lint the thing is as plain its day." New f'SB of (all M*. The latest use of glass Is instead of gold as a material for stopping decayed teeth. It answers splendidly and is far less conspicuous than the yellow metal. Of course, it is not or dinary glass, but it is prepared by some new patent process, which rend ers is soft and malleable. Glass too is being extensively used for church bells. It can be touglitened so that there is no risk of it cracking, and the tone is said to bo beyond anything yet invented, perfect, soft aud sonorous. Opuh Are S»fe. Opals will soon be considered lucky stones if it is found that they are burglar-proof, which lobks its if it ntiglil be the ease from the accounts given of a recent robbery in Spokane, Wash. The burglars there broke ;i --to a jewelery shop anil took a iiuaiiti ty of jewelry, but left the most valtt able atones, a number of opals, which they could have taken as easily as the dumper and more telltale goods which they carried away. Poor Field for Inventom. The patent laws of Japan aff( rd little protection to foreign manufact urers or inventors. A native may patent any trademark of a foreigner If the patent be taken out before the real owner has moved in the matter. Then the only course open to the own er is to buy from the native the right to use his own trademark in Japan. PAPER COLLARS. ThtJ Are Still Made, liirplj for It port. "Oil. yes, paper collars are still made," said a haberdasher, smilingly, in reply to an inquisitive customer. 'Thirty years USD tliey were worn br tueu who considered themselves very good dressers. Now their use is eon tined to a few old fellows who won't change and, of course, they have to be manufactured to order. There ar; several customers for them here, and a wealthy planter who lives some dis tance north of the city orders them by thousand lots. I was in New England last summer, and while visiting a little town famous for its collar-makers saw an old plant used for turning out the paper article. It had been rusting away in silence for years, and 1 was astonished at its size. The buildings easily covered an acre, and the mach inery was enormous. 1 was told that in its heyday the concern shipped its product all over the world, and sold paper collars even in the I'iji Islands. 1 supposed they must have been used as trimmings for missionary ragout. "The celluloid collar industry is still very much alive, arid you may be sur prised to know that its trade last year was the largest on record. Who buys them? I.ols of (lilf»*rent people. Thou sands are .-.old to .seafaring men. par ticularly Ihos • whose voyaging takes ihel.i Into the voples. Kraioc. < !<i'- many, and Italy import an immense number. Another big lot i- supplied ui d r eont fact to the Itussian army a f;'et not gvnerf.llv known and 1 understand ihere is large sale of I lie 1 e ;• 'I"11■"!:« y. "The principal market in this coun try is in tin l Wis;. The lumbermen up ill the .Minnesota and Wisconsin re gions regard them as vorv recite:clie, and I hey in..* them by tiie bale. In the lit. s ihey are worn generally bv policemen, who would littd it impossi i _e lo keep a linen collar looking neat in bad weather.The great objection to celluloid collars used to be their in tlaniability. Their composition is very like gun cotton, and it was formerly a common ;iike to touch a match lo :\ fellows neck gear and see it vanish. You can't do that now. A new pro cess has rendered them fireproof." Oliletc Counting A machine lias just been completed that will count and bind in packages] 500,000 postal cards in ten hours. Mercantile Appraisment. The renders of domestic and foreign merchan dise etc,, in Sullivan county, l'a.. will take notice that they are appraised and classed t»y the under signed appraiser ot mercantile and other license tax for tlie year 1H99 as follows to V it Class OIIERRY. Ami. I Sick, C. S 7 7i> 11 Sick, Weixlall 7 7"> 1 might, W. H 11 7 • it Hope,C. P 7 7.1 1 Vogel, Julius - 7 75 I I Moyer, Friiiik 7 75 H Fnimberg, A 775 l-i Hunglngcr, P. W 775 t'OLLKY. 14. .. Johnson, C. A 7 7 * It Lojiez Drug Co 7 75 I Herrlnpton, J. S 7 75 I I Kinkle, T 7 75 7 leaning- Pros 10 7.) I Seouten, Royal 7 75 DU9HORE. 14.. . Morris, Levcrton A. (.to 7 75 14 .Hounetter. II 7 75 1:: Kline, Bernard 10 75 II Uecgan, (JeorgeT 7 75 U, Reewr, John D 18 28 13.. i'unninglinin. James 10 75 1 HnfTa. J. 5..« Co 10 75 1:: Cole. Samuel 10 "5 1 MingosA Molyneux 10 75 14 .Harrington. J. s 775 14 Carroll, li, K 7 75 1 Carroll,J. W 10 75 18 Crimmins, J. W... 1075 1 Rettenbury. .1, V. 7 75 1 Sylvara, E. O JO 75 14 Yonkln, Jacob 11 776 1 ObortA Iloleomti 7 75 14 Connor Patrick 7 75 14.. .Barth A Kester 775 it. .Pealer, Charles K 778 it. ..Hoffa, Chan. W 7 7'. 11. I'oiiieroy, K. H.. estate 775 DAVIDSON. 1 Ilerr, Dayman. 10 75 I Magargel. Frank 7 75 1 Webb, K. E 7 75 ll Hoffman, W.L 16 75 1 Armstrong, A. T 10 75 14 .... Buck, John W 7 75 14 Magargel, J. B 7 75 1 N. 1\ Schuylerjtfc Co 10 «'• ELKLAND. 1 Hurtling, August 7 75 It Jennings. C. B. &Co 775 14 Fuller C. 11 7 75 14 Mill, r, 11. L 7 75 It llartt, Win 7 75 FOX. 1 Campbell. A. E 10 75 FORKS. 1 Norton iV llottenstine 7 75 FORKSVILLK. 1 Rogers, M. A, A Son 15 75 1 Smith, A. 1 JO 75 1 Lancaster, B. S 7 75 HILLSGROVE. 1 llottman. W. L lo 75 1 Hull, Vernon 13 25 LAPORTE TWP. 1 Hots ford, Bros 10 75 1 Peterman, Philip 7 75 LAPORTE BORO. 1 Keeler, T. J 7 75 14 Cooper, Joe 775 14 Buschhausen, A. H 7 75 1 t Place, K. L 7 75 1 McFarlane James 13 25 EAGLES MERK BORO. 1 Kelirer, 1) 10 75 11 Cheney, C. F 7 75 II liven Taylor 775 BILLIARD and POOL TABLES. 2 tables, N. C. Maben. Laporte 40 75 2 " Robert SlcGee, Dushore 40 75 1 Win. Roe, Cherry twp 30 75 3 " 11. Sehram, Colley twp 50 75 And that an appeal will l>e held in the office of theCountv Commissioners Laporte l'a. on the 21st day of March. 1809, beginning at 1 o'clock p. m..when and where you may attend if you think proper. C. V. CHUNKY, Mercantile Appraiser. CONDENSED REPORT of the condition of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK of llushorc, Pa., At close of business, July 14,1898. RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts ? 118.415 3;! 11. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation 12,500 00 Premium on United States Bonds 1,000 00 Stock Securities 15,200 00 Furniture 1,20000 Hue from Bunk> Approved reserve Agt 77,273 28 | Redemption Fund u, S. Treasurer 562 50 Specie iiiul Legal Tender Notes 19,52232 <S 245,873 83 LIABILITIES. Capital « 50,000 00 Surplu sand Undivided Protits 13,47192 Circulation 10,690 00 Dlvidens Unpaid 30 00 Deposit*. 171,481 71 8 254,673 63 State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss: 1. M. I>. Swarts, Cashier of the above named bank, do solciunlv swear that the abovestate ! ment is true to the'best of my knowledge and be ! "ef. M. I). SWARTS, cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this lotli day of Feb. 1899. JOHN H. CRONIN, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: ALPHONSUS WALSH, I J NO. li. REESER, Directors W. J. LAWRENCE. J On**it'* Hmltli." Every night, In every ship in Ilor Majesty's Navy, the Queen's health is , drunk liv the officers of the vessel; | but is is a curious t'n<t Hint is is hl - drunk sitting, tiie officers never rising, as is usual on land. Frlgliteuiujc Wolve* in Norway, It is believed in Norway flint wolves are frightened away by telegraph poles. On one occns.lon a village voted money to help in t»e eonstruclion of a line passing ne;>r them for this reason alone. Ancient I'liNtom. In ancient times to eat salt with a man wns held by in tsi people to form a sacred tie of irolheriiood. This] custom still iiolds fiiiicng Orientals. London fountains. In the streets aiiil suburbs of London ! there are now not only 71'-! fountains i for human beings, but large j troughs for horses ami cattle and t7\) ; small troughs for slieep and dogs. Ky«s oft.li** IToiiho Fly. The common houst* fly lias KJ.OOO j pyes. To the fly. therefore, caught by the small boy. the latter appears as :tn ; tivmy jrfanl . NOT I (TIC Is hereby given that an application will t>e made to the Governor of rennsylTanla, on Friday, i March 24,18y9, hy Herbert D. Bennett,'William F. | liurdeli, A. M.Schoyer, H.O. ltainsey and J. ii. ifar- j 'er, under the General Corporation Act of 1874 anti its i uppleinents, for the charter of an in tended corpora don to b« called The American District Telegraph Company of Pennsylvania, which is formed for the purpose of constructing, maintaining anti leasing linca of telegraph for the private use of lndiTlduals, firms, corporations, municipal and otherwise, for general business, and for police, fire alarm, or mes senger business, and for the transaction in connection therewith of a general messenger and delivery ser vice, in tho counties of Adams, Allegheny, Arm strong, Heaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Center, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield,Clinton, Columbia, Craw ford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Erie, I'ayettte. Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Hunting don, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lan caster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne. Ly coming, McKean, Mercer,Miftlln, Monroe, Montgom ery, Montour,Northampton,Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Som erset, Sullivan,Susquehanna,Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington. Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyo ming, and York, and for these purposes, to have, i Jossess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privl ■jes of said Act of Assembly and its supplements. A Famous School . In a Famous Place. The EAST STROI USBIRG, I*A ~ NOR MAL offers superior educational J advantages. Healthful anrt t Pictim*s<|m' Location ; in the resort region of the state. Building new and modern. Students Room furnished with Imts-' sels Carpet. No other school pro-1 videssuch luxurious home roniforts. J The Best Boarding. The Most I Reasonable Hates. The first Normal in the state to introduce Plain and , Fancy Sewing. College Preparatory, MUSIC and Klo- I cutionary Departments. Write at once for a catalogue, free. , WINTKH TI;I;\T ON.NS JAN. -2, MID. Addres (!EO. P. ITIBLK, A. M., Principal. | For good quality of underware at fea» ' son able prices goto J. W. Buck's store, j For gum boots and rubbers goto .1. \\\ •, Buck, Sonestown. • - ■ - - A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. DEALER IX Flour Feed and Groceries 131 pounds of pure hard lor SI,OO Baking molasses, iis lo 50c. 8 pounds Boiled Oats for 25c. 7 pounds of Corn Starch lor 25c. T pounds ol' Laundry Starch lor 25c. 2 pound-t of liio Coffee for 25c. 8 bars o! Lenox Soap for 25c. No. 1 mackerel per pound Si'. Best Sugar Coated Hants (alllc per lb. Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack 45c.' Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, SI.NO. Yellow Corn per 100 pounds 'JOc. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 90c. Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 'JOc. Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50. Flour middlings, 140 pound sack $1.40. Fine middlings 200 pounds SI.OO. Flour per sack SI.OO. Winter Holler per sack SI.OO. Good Flour 90c. Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c. Graham Flour 12J pounds 30c. Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20. Williamsport & North Branch R.R TIME TABLE. In Effect Tuesday Sept. 13, 1898, Northward. Southward. i pra. u. in. a.m.'p.tu, ! 5 2T> 10 2a Hall* 945 4 40 '< fs3olf)o2fe I'eiumdale 941 Mi'.! 540 10 40 Hughesvtlle s:c 4 i 54s 10 4H Picture Kockii 9i"> 4 i:> '■ f",51 f1052 Lyons Mill. »22 it (112 f~t 54 flO 55 Cnatnouni 9 20 i' 4 mi («02 11 04 Glen Mawr 9 It.V) 1612 fll 14 strawbridife 1905 f;t J7 I) 10 fll 17 Beech Glen (901 |':l -I'..' 62011 21 Muney Valley 85S 40 62s ll :>o Bones town s.v.' 645 1149 Nordraont sac ' 1> 701 12 0s Lal'orte S'Jl .'57 701 12 11 LaPorteTannery xj'.i >f,| 1720 fl2 SO ItiilKilale fMi 233 735 12 45 Satterlleld 7 'to 2 20 pm. p. M.i in. pn. All trains daily except Sunday: 112" ig B'ations. Connections with the Philadelphia <t Reacting at Hulls, for all points north and south, and the Fall Brook and Iteech Creek railroads. At Satterlield for all points on the Lehigh Valley railroad. At Sonestown with the Eagles Mere railroad. It E. EAVENSON, (ieneml'Manager. Hughes ville, Pa. | Advice to ! 'iConsumptives! | There are three great rernt -|i * dies that every person with | | weak lungs, or with consump- 5 ♦ tion itself, should understand. | S These will cure | j about every case in its first | i • stages ; and many of those • j l | more advanced. It is only 11 t the most advanced that are 11 | hopeless. Even these are | : | wonderfully relieved and life | i | itself greatly prolonged. j I What are these remedies ?» ' | Fresh air, proper food and | j scoirs Emulsion ; t of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo- I * phosphites, . Be afraid of | | draughts but not of fresh air. | | Eat nutritious food and drink | | plenty of milk. Do not forget 1 | that Scott's Emulsion is the | I | oldest, the most thoroughly | * tested and the highest en- | : | dorsed of all remedies for | | weak throats, weak lungs and J | consumption in all its stages. | T Soc. and $1.00; all druggists. X ♦ SCOTT & BOW NH, Chemists, New York. J Q Tho State Normal School of F.ast , Slroudsburg", Pa., furnishos its stu- j dents' rooms complete. The only school to carpet it» students' rooms] willi tine Hrus-els rurpet. Tho tirsl and only school to introduce plain ami fancy sow ing, without additional cost to pupils. Si'c advertisement in another colume. J. W. Ruck has a nice line of horse ' | blankets. To i'urr Con*tlpiitlii,i Forever. Take Casoarets Cauily CatUa rtie. 10c nrSSo. If t". C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund niouev. i New lot of million, at .T. W. Ruck's this week. Iton'tTubaereß pit and bawM ahuj. 1 To quit toliaeco easily and forever. W nag : netie, full of life, none and vigor, take No-To» Bae, tho woDder-worlter, tliat makns weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or *l. Cureguaran ; teeil tiooklet and sample free. Address Strriing Koniedy Co., Chicago or Now York. Goto J. W. Buck, Sonestown, for I dry goods, boots, shoes, caps, under j ware etc. Educ<ii« Your Boweta Willi C'ascareta. ; Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. I 10c,SSc. If C.C.C. fail, druggists refund money. For shoes and riibl>er= goto .1. W.Buck To Cur« Count Ip»t lon 112 orever. Take Cascarets Candv Cathartic. lOcorZSc. If O. C. O. fall to cure, druggists refund money. For batter crocks goto J. W. Buck's. No-To-Hac for Fl.'.y Cents. , fiuarnjiterd tolwicoo habit cure makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c,J1. Alldruggista I'verv!KK!V Says So. Caseai ots Candy Catluiriic. the most won derful medical disi'ovory of tlio age, pleas ant, and refreshing to the taste, ac: gently j anil positively on kidueys, liver and bowels, ■ clean si ii'.' the entire system, dispel colds, euro lioaitaolie, fever, habitual constipation anil biliousnesii. I'leaae buy and trv a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, .'A) cents. Koldaud guaranteed to cure by all druggrlst*. G. A. Rogers FORKSVILLE, I'A. (Successor lo B.W. Fawcett.) Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. ! Bicycle repairing. Uicycle sundries. Fishing tackle, at lowest possible Price. 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. We are glad to have you come in and see the new life of the old 1 store and look at its excellent line of goods. ■ Underware J 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, HiUsgrove, Pa. W.L.Hoffman's T1 „ - HILLSGROVE Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY, ~ PROCTOR, PA. Have Bounded Into still Greater favor You know we heat everybody on General Merchßn dise. not alone on quality hut in lowness of prices. We intend to make this year a memorable one in our business and for this reason we have reduced prices that wil| make it profitable for you to do your trading with us. AN AVALANCHE OF NEW GOODS. Our supply of Winter Goods is extraordinary 1 hree big stores sparkles with new stv|es and colorings of Fashions' latest creation General Merchandise. Our prices always touch the lowest ebb in General merchandise. Our stock is absolutely complete. At prices all too small. JENNINGS BROS. We keep m stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber MANUFACTURERS OF hem '° Ck haidWOOd. Gang Sawed and I rimmed Lumber. LOPFZ PA; SPECIALTIES Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or $-8 stick, Hemlock Flooring any width desired. Hemlock Lath both $ 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 oI coats and capes to which we are pleased to call your apecial attention. We do not pretend to handle the cheapest coats in the market, but we do say we have the BEST and neatest fitting garments made. Our coats and capes 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. Ladies and Misses, Boys'and Men, you need not go hall frozen 'thi» winter for we have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, red or gray and the prioes are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will b» aatoa <«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 flavor us.with your attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince you 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 designw in Decorated Dinner Sets to which we invite your attention. The buying ol country produce has always been a special feature of ou Business, and we still continue in paying the highest each prices for Butter Egg«and Wool. F P. Rvlvara DUSHQRE. PA. Wright & Haight, SUCCESSORS TO M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa.. MANUFACTUREBS OF Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc. DRESSED LUMBER Full aud 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 safety and dispatch. PRICES REASONABLE.
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