Ot-IMO. LUKfcN WIINU, toitor. THUBSDAY, N«»\ .v. 18#. "FIRST OF ALL—ttiE NHWS." The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER. Published Every Friday Morning. . liv The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOHTE, PA. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should be ad dressed to RKPURLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., Kntered at the Post Otfice at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. WHAT BECOMES OF A GUNT Report By a Candidate for Military Honors of Ills Examination. The examining board was in session In an upstairs room of the armory in ■the most warlike region of Brooklyn, which takes on a military appearance every weekday evening after the sol diers have come home from work and liave used their military duty as an excuse to get out of drying the tea things. Downstairs in the assembly hall, deep in 'lan bark, was an assorted group of seasoned military persons who had more than once mobilized at the Hertford avenue fountain and thence moved in intrepid columns to the re viewing stand at the Prospect park en trance. Seasoned campaigners, they were now awaiting their chance togo higher for their reward. In the group were privates who would be made Cor porals if they could pass the examin ation; there were Corjiorals who hoped to show their fitness for the extra stripe in the chevrons and attain the glory of being Sergeants in time to get on the streets on Decoration Day and say in the hearing of all men such simple things as "Comp'ny wow-wow hip-rah-tion!" in the dialect of the race of Sergeants. But none was certain of his fate. There was no telling what sort of stunts the examining board would set them to do. Therefore ithey flocked eagerly about the first man down and begged him for a tip on the board. He was a candidate to be made Sergeant in a light battery and perhaps on that account his report was not of the greatest value to those in other arms of the service. "What did the board ask me?" he said. "Why, they wanted to know who took charge of the gun in action. " 'The Chief of Division,' I said. " 'But if the Chief of Division is not there?'—it made me think of being shot or at least wounded—'then Avho takes the gun?' "I knew the answer to that like a book. 'lt's the Caisson Corporal.' " 'And if the Caisson Corporal is put out of action who then takes charge?' "That was easy. 'lt's the best pri vate; he looks after things.' "I ain't dead sure about that, but I told them you had to take the gun away and put it in the stable. I won't know whether that's right until I get home and look it up in the little book. But that's the sort of questions they're go ing to ask you when you get upstairs." Spanish Blood In Ireland. When the Spanish Armada Avae wrecked off the coasts of Clare and Galvvay Counties, many survivors of the disaster who reached the shores were kindly cared for by the Irish peo ple. and considerable numbers of these unfortunates remained in the families of their generous-hearted rescuers. Spanish Point on the coast of Clare, says the American Quarterly Review, reminds of the disaster to the great Spanish fleet. In the Counties of Clare and Gal>vay there is to be found at the present day, a people differing essentially from any of the distinctive races existing on Irish soil. This people are the de scendants of the Spanish officers, sail ors. and soldiers who had been cast ashore during the fearful storm which destroyed the Spanish fleet. The race marks of this people are well defined. Crossed as it has been with the Milesian stock, its Spanish features offer a most interesting study, for they remain prominent. The men are tall, muscular, dark-featured, with black eyes, and black hair. The wo men have decided Spanish traits in their physique; they are usually tall; brunettes in* some cases and fair in others; with large, expressive black eyes and an abundance of black hair. Their beauty reminds of the women of the Basque provinces, while among them are to be found the perfection of the female form in all Ireland. A Blanket Inspection. The difficulty of preventing pecula tion in the army reminds me of an anecdote I have heard my mother tell of the Duke of Wellington. A friend of my mother had a contract to supply blankets for the army. When they were delivered the Duke desired that every blanket should be unrolled and shown to him. When the gentleman who was as proud of his honor as a manufacturer as any soldier could be of his honor, remonstrated against what seemed an aspersion on his in tegrity. the Duke only said: "It is my duty to see that the soldiers have prop er blankets." I do not know the time or the circumstances beyond the bare fact as I have heard my mother relate it. —The Spectator. Minister Accused of Wife-Beating. Hinghamton, N. Y., Nov. 6.—An edict lias been issued by the Right Rev. Bishop Huntington suspending the Rev. R. Eugene Griggs, an Epis copal minister of this city, pending the investigation by an ecclesiastical court into charges of wife-beating and de sertion made by Mrs. (Jriggs. Mr. Griggs has already been fined $25 in ! the police court for wife-beating, and j was compelled to give security to sup- [ port his wife a year. Other charges , affecting his moral standing will come up before the ecclesiastical court. WARNING MR. B. Ills Wife Wife Refused to Entertain a Certain Guest at Dinner. The absolute serenity with whicb some people, women especially, shout private affairs through telephones is to me'quite remarkable. While waiting for a prescription to be filled in a North Side drug store the other day a woman came in. She glanced impa tiently at a man who was using the telephone, then moved restlessly from the cigar case to the directory stand, over to the perfumes and back to the cigars again. The man.says the Chi cago Times-Herald, finally finished sending his message and she darted at the instrument and rang the bell. There were three others besides myself in the store, but she apparently saw nothing of us. Such and such a number, "Express," she called for, and then waited, beating a tattoo on the floor every minute. "la Mr. B there?" Then we all grew interested, and some of us began to feel sorry for Mr. B . "You've finally come, have you?" was the first greet ing bo received. "I simply tell you I can't have that man to dinner, and I won't," was the next sentence. Mr. "B evidently began to plead for his intended guest. "I simply say I won't have him," she ropeated in still more decided tones. Then she continued: "I've been polite to him just as often as I ever shall be. He has been up to dinner at least four times, and what return has he made? Not even a flow er—(this scornfullj')---or a box of can dy or a theatre ticket or anything else to show a little appreciation." This was apparently cut short by a question from Mr. B as to where she was telephoning from."l am in S ——'s drug store," she said, "and 1 don't care who hears me. I didn't answer by messenger because I just knew you wouldn't pay attention to a word I wrote." By this time she certainly had no reason to complain of her audience at least on that score. We were all ears and smiles. There was a second's pause, during which sho stood with the receiver pressed close to her pompa dour. "I'll go out, then. Bring him home if you want to. but I warn you you'll entertain him with the cold roast left from last night and warmed up turnips. I am on my way to Mar garet's now and won't bo back until 10 o'clock to-night." It was useless for us to look uncon cerned, for she never noticed us. but flounced out the door and into the car as it stopped on the corner. I wonder ed if the repudiated guest was a Chica go bachelor. Banking for School Children Economic education is claiming each year the more careful attention of learned and philanthropic people. School banking, the simplest way of inculcating self-denial and thrift, has full approval wherever instituted, and as the news goes abroad, its sphere is broadening. Statistics of the savings in some of the public schools of the United States have just been printed, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, by Mr. J. H. Thiry, who founded the system. They show that the school children's savings deposited in savings institu tions through this system have amounted to $530.319.58. These sav ings are in 349 schools, and the deposi tors number 41,863. There are half as many more schools using this system, of which we have no statistical report, and many others using the Penny Provident and stamp plan of saving. All systems and means of the sys tematic saving of money for the self responsible development of the child and to apply to uses apart from friv olous waste are of value, as it is the principle involved rather than specific method we aim to instill, the independ ence, individuality and equality of means that will make thrift general. But the simple system of school sav ings, where we credit the pennies di rect, and not stamps, is more educative and helpful, because it gives our boys and our girls regular banking business habits, and they carry their accounts right over into manhood and woman hood. If every boy and girl who has graduated or come out of our public schools for the past ten years had left school with one or two hundred dollars of a bank account to his or her credit, as do our girls and boys to-day, where they have school savings banks, we would be much nearer the equality, the sobriety and the single standard of mo rality for which we labor than we now are. We need to understand how to handle and appreciate money. Disqualified "While I was over in Springfield the other week," said the Boston grocer, "I was casually introduced to a farmer from Vermont. As he was sending butter, cheese and eggs to the market in large quantities, I thought it might be a good thing to do business with him. He was willing, and we were getting figures down to our satisfaction, when he suddenly inquired: "John L. Sullivan, the prize-fighter, j lives in Boston, don't he?" "Yes, I believe so." "What street does he live on?" "I can't say." "Haven't you ever met him?" "No." "Don't even know him by sight, eh?" "No." "Well, that's funny! You may live in Boston all right enough, and maybe everything would be all right if I ship ped stuff to you. but I guess we'll call the deal off." "Because I don't know John L. Sulli van?" I queried. "Mostly." he soberly replied. "I rode 200 miles to see him once, and if youi don't care to even go a mile to shake j hands with him. I'm afraid we might' not just hit it off in business."—Utiea l Observer. ——. Canucks Hide Yankee Bicycles. According to the manufacturers' own! returns, the total number of bicycles sold in Canada last year was 50,000. Of these 27,308 were imported from the United States complete. In addition, the separate parts imported from this country represented at least 12,000 complete wheels, making the propor-! tion of American-made Bicycles sold in Canada last year about 80 per cent. It was Intended as a gentle hint. "Our rule here," he said, "is to pay as you go." "Quite right," replied the other pleas antly, "but I am not going yet."—Chi- 1 cago Post. • I NEW GOODS are HERE. Lmsl Wf lecoivi*'! :i «oi ini «rn nifii t of the fluent 11 ou.se lur nirliinjiH twr brought •«» lit l:t<t you will find none hotter any wliciv. < Mir prion- :nv verx ivnsnn.ilile mii«l von will liml l»y in\ i*wti^ratinsr tlint we .sell :i IM*tti*i' «| ii.-iiiiv ol'»to»m|> ;il tin- siiiih* pritv thai nI deulers a*k lor interior ;j«>o«l-. SI)M K or I'll K N I.W THINGS AU K WHITE ENAMELED BEDSTEADS With Brass Trimmings, Springs and Mattresses to lit. RUGS Many different textures in handsome patterns. ..MATTINGS from the cheapest to the finest. rj I D i\! JTj iO IT The bargain .-.lionM ri'iiu'liiliiT that \vc have the I UilMI I - most complete line <>l I'ninil lire in this county. Our stock afford:- nbiinilant opportunity for a veried selection, ami we sell just as cheap as they do in Williams|iort or T.nvamla. ! !MHTP TA'/ I !\i P (>ur facilities fur conducting funerals are un- U nUL.iI I nIMnU ci|tial(<l. Call attended 1» at nil hours. Telephone call, Hotel Obert. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, DUSHORE, PA. IB Eureka Harness Oil Is the best IH preservative of new leather BB IHe and the hest renovator ol old IK] leather. It oils, softens, black- HI [Hj cue and protects. Use SI 1 Eureka 1 1 Harness Oil I H on your best harnom, your old bar- HJ nesa, and your rurriuK? top, and they M will not only look letter but wear j^H ■ longer. Sold every wlmtp in cans—all 09 H iizca from half pints to five bullous. K UaUr bj HTAMUKI) OIL CO. fij A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. DEALEH IN Flour Feed ami llroceries l.'ij pounds of pure Lard lor SI.OO linking molasses, 25 to 50c. S pounds Rolled Oats for 25c. 7 pounds ol' Corn Standi lor 25c. 7 pounds of Laundry Starch for 25c. 2 pounds of Rio Coffee for 25c. S liars ol Leno.t Soap for 25c. No. 1 mackerel per |iound Bc. Best Sugar Coated Rains (it 11c per 11. Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack'4sc. Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds. SI.X >. Yellow Corn per 100 pounds 90c. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 00c. Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 'JOc. Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50. Flour middlings. 140 pound stick $1.40. Fine middlings 200 pounds sl.tio. Flour per sack SI.OO. Winter Roller per sack SI.OO. Good Flour 'JOc. Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c. Graham Flour 12'. pounds .'iOc. Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20. J. W. Muck opens :t new lot of luinluTnuMi's .ijuiii shoe*; tliis week, also :t line of moil and women's over shoes. New liuekwlient Hour :it .1. \V. Bucks. The Best Place in Sullivan County to Buy Your HARDWARE is at JACKS* >N BLOCK, DUSHORE. PA. 1 keep the hest line ol Hardware in the County at prices to suit you. I give you better goods lor your money than you can httv elsewhere. I can furnish handmade tinware none better ma ein the I*. S, at prices that will pleas you. Three grades, cheap, medium and the hest al ways in stock from which to make your choice, (iive me a trial on these goods. A Car Load of Barb Wire and iinils.just received and will he sold at prices lower than can he bought at the factory. If you are going to paint your house or barn write me lor prices on paint. A full line of garden tools and seeds on hand. We can repair your tinware,pump etc. put up your eave trough and spout ing, put on your tin and iron roofing, in stall for yon Hot Air. Hot Water and Steam Heaters. Will give you estimates on the cost ot same If you think ot". buy ing a range call and look >u\ stock over, I have some ot the finest rangert made. A complete stock of Building Hardware and iron work for wagons and buggies also on hand. My stock ol pumps con sists ot every thing from 1.25 up. Double and single acting, lil'i and force pumps tor daep or shallow wells. For the butter makers I have butter ladles and bowls all sizes and six different kinds ol churns. Chicken wire 2 feet to ft leet at CUNNINGHAM'S HARDWARE STORE, DI'SHORE. V V ? • • • • All answered at VERNON | STORE, MiLLSKROVE. New Stock of DRY Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove. Pa. G. A. Rogers rOISKSVILLK, PA. Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. Willianisport & North Branch R.R TIIs/EE TABLE. In Effect Tuesday Sept.J.2, 1800. Northward. Southward. | pin. ii.in. .in. a.m p.nv fS3A 1025 s OA Halls 7 50 ttf I 4(1 "• ::<>!f 10:*<i s (Hi Puunsdale 7 r> (til fi:s i".I" 10-io s JO HuKhesviliv 7a :w 1 2.'> ! I* 10 is Picture Koeks IIS 117 ] l'-"> ">1 CIOM I,yon- Mills f«22 ft 14 , I 'M 11051 I humnunl 020 ft 11 f('.o2 llo.' Glen Muwr all 4 03 I Hill fit 11 StrawliridKe faOfi f3 54 iii 15 I'll 15 Beech (lieu faOl 112;! 5(1 iii la 11 1« Muncy Valley 858 i 4ti - (i J5 11 _"."i Soneslowil 852 340 i. II 11 44 N'ordniont 837 H 21 7 00 12 00 Mokomu 821 3 o. r > 7 04 12 04 Ull'urte 8 10 :i 01 17 20 112 20 Kinifdale f*os (2 45 735 12115 Satterfleld 7 55 2 30 pin. p. in. a m. p d. Connection with Fhila.it Heading at Halls For Philadelphia, New York nnd inter mediate stations— I.eave Willianisport 7:42 a.m., 10:00 a. m.. Arrive Halls 7:59 a.m. 10:1U a. m. For Shamokin and intermed ! iate stations—leaves Willianisport 4:.'!0 p. iu.: arrive Halls 4.51 p. 111. From Phila., New York and intermed- i iate stations —leave Phila. 10.21 a. m.and | 11. lift p.in: leave New York,via i'hila.7 30 I a.m. ll.tM) p.m.; leave New York via Ta-1 niaijiia. 10 a.m. Arrive Halls, ft..'l4a.m. and 521 j•. m. From Shamokin and intermediate sta tions —leaves Shamokin 810 a.m. Ar rive 11 alls 4U a.m. Connecting with L. V. R H. at battertield. For Towanda and intermediate stations, leave Wilkcsharre .'5.05 p. 111.5 arrive at Satterfleld 6.25 p. 111. For Towanda and intermediate stations, leave Bernice (>.40 a.m.; arrive Satterfleld 7.04 a. ni. For Wilkesbarre and intermediate sta tions—leave Towanda ft 45 a.lll. and 10 30 a.m.; arrive Sat'fleld, 7.52 a. in. 1.04 p. m, STAGE LINES Stage leaves Hughesville post ollice for Lairdsville, Mengwe nnd Philipsdale daily Wilson, Beaver I.ake and . Fribley on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 Stage leaves(ilen Mawr lor Hillsgrove and Forksville at 1 I 02 a. m.Pj Stage leaves Muncy Valley for ITnity ville, North Mountain and Lungerville «lttihi at I I I'J a. in. Passengers taking trains at tlag stations can secure train excursion tickets from the conductors. Philadelphia A lieading, Lehigh Valley and New York Central mileage will be accepted only tor through passengers trav eling from Halls to Satterfleld or Satter fleld to Halls. The general olHces of the company are located at 11 Uglieevi 1 le. Pa. 11. IIAUVEV WELCH. President, UiiKlisvillc, Pa. S. It. TOWNSKNII, M«r. llualisviUe. Pa. Cbursday Bargain Day! AT HOFFMAN'S Muncy Valley. The last Thursday Bargain Day was everything that could be expected. The day was perfect and a goodly number of strange faces were seen in our Store taking advantage of the low prices, on the following bar gains that will be offered each Thursday: POTTERS OIL CLOTH, 12c SUGAR, £c. COFFEE, ioc. FLOUR, B^c. COTTON, Bc. WASHING GAS, sc. BAKING POWDER, icc. I ' with tumblers or water pitchers. 10 CAKES SOAP, 25c, These are only a few of the many bargains offered each Thursday. Everybody welcomed: our store is cool in warm weather, and warm in cold weather; you will always be made comfortable at Hoffman's JENNINGS BROS. L m 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. I IP? 1 fi 1 In a Pretty Pickle ' s woman who must entertain jflSKBr unexpected company—unless she is well supplied with canned and hottled groceries. if her pantry ■ s helvcs are nicely lined with our I fainou brands of pickles, soups, .!?.■- Ik,.. I '.. tH> f*j [ vegetables, canned meats and tish and crackers she is completely ready |for any emergency. What shall we send you to-day? ON DRY GOODS WE ARE IN THE LEAD WHY ? Because we carry the Largest and Best line in the county • Because we have only new and attractive patterns to show Because you will find no old goods on our shelves, We have just opened a new line of Ginghams, Shirtings, muslins etc., or tho spring trade, which we would 1»e pleased to have you inspect. Cask Produce, E. G. Svlvara dushore, ap Removed! to my new store in the GAREY BLOK where I will be pleased to meet all of my old pat rons and many new ones. We fit the young and old of all nationalities and color with Boots, Shoes, R übbers, Fine Assortment at Popular Prices. \ OUST TTS Renumber BLOCK, the Plnce, DUSHORE. DUSHORE. J. S. HARRINGTON.
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