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THUBSDAY, N«»\ .v. 18#.
"FIRST OF ALL—ttiE NHWS."
The News Item Fights Fair.
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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.