Republican News Item
CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor.
THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1899.
"FIRST OF_ALL— THE NEWS/'
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LAPOBTE, PA.
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A FOOLISH SACRIFICE.
A prominent Free-Trade paper said
In a recent editorial, in which the ex
pansion of our foreign trade was dis
cussed:
"We have broken through the bar
riers that we had erected to shut iu
our own markets and are seeking the
markets of the world. It is our inter
est now that all markets shall be as
open as possible and the first step
in this direction is to open our own as
rapidly as may be. The commercial
treaties we are now engaged in nego
tiating are an admirable beginning....
The completion of the work requires
that the Tariff shall be reduced to a
revenue basis."
The Tariff is on a revenue basis now,
as the daily receipts under the Dlugley
law show. What is meant is, of course
that the Tariff should be reduced to
such a point as should eliminate all
Protective features, and the remark
above cited is to be read with that
meaning. Just how the opening of our
market to the rest of the world will be
an advantage to us no one but a Free-
Trader could possibly imagine. If it
is an advantage to us to gain other
markets, it would certainly in- of no
advantage to lose our own markets,
which is many times more valuable
than all the markets of the world put
together. Yet that is what the reduc
tion of the Tariff to a non-Protective
liasis would mean.
The sole object of those who would
reduce the Tariff to a non-Protective
liasis is to penult extensive importa
tions of foreign goods. The markets
of the world would better stay forever
closed rather than that we should sac
rifice the American market for them.
Such a sacrifice is. however, as mani
festly unnecessary as it is Imbecile.
W'e arc fast getting possession of the
world's markets without any sacrifice
of our own. Furthermore, Free-Trade
would mean not only the loss of the
American market, but by the loss of
that market it would mean the destruc
tion of American industries, and
would thus result in the loss of our
rapidly growing export trade as well.
Free-Trade is a death dealer t<> in
dustrial interests cf every kind, a de
stroyer of both foreign and domestic
trade.
Tiny Pine Tree.
One of the most remarkable features
of Japanese gardening is the way in
which every plant and tree in a fam
ous garden will be reproduced in min
iature, by a system of dwarfing which
lias been handed down from many gen
erations back. Every characteristic of
a large tree will be preserved, the foli
age. the color and the texture of the
branches, and yet the mlnature copy
will often be not more than from one
to three feet high. Professor C. E.
Itessey tells of a case in this eouttry
in which nature has eclipsed the art of
the Japanese. While climbing Green
Mountain, near Bowdler, Col., l'ro
fessor Itessey found growing from a
crevice in one of the rocks at the sum
mit a small pine tree, about 5% Inches
high, and barely a quarter of an inch
in diameter. It was unbrauebed and
bore a single terminal tuft of leaves.
The tihy tree had made a good fight
for existence amid the inclemencies of
its exposed situation, for when it w;is
carefully examined twenty-five distinct
annual rings were discovered. Such
a case of natural dwarfing is almost
unprecedented.
A Convenient Sewing: Table.
Get two wooden boxes exactly sim
ilar in size and shape, about 12x18,
and five or six incites iu depth. Cover
these with cretonne and line with
plain cambric to match. Cover four
legs about two inches square with
cretonne, and fasten the boxes to them
with screws. The legs can be of yny
length reslred, and need not be planed,
as they are to be covered. One box is
fastened at the top of the legs and the
other about a foot from the floor. Cre
tonne curtains csn be shirred full and
fastened around the upper box, tw7s
on each side, then draped and tied to
each leg with ribbon bows just at the
top of the lower box. Brass-headed
furniture tacks to tack the covering
give a finished appearance.
Japanese Are ItutlilcuN.
The Japanese are ruthless in their
tampering with nature. If they decide
that they want a bird or an animal of
a certain shape or color they set about
manufacturing the article, so to speak,
by the exercise of exceedingly clever
ingenuity and untiring patience. Here,
for example, is how the white sparrows
are produced. They select a pair of
grayish birds and keep them in a white
cage in a white room, where they are
attended by a person dressed in white.
The mental effect on a series of gener
ations of birds results in completely
white birds.
Did Its Work at Last.
In 1812 a British warship on Lake
Erie fired a shell which failed to ex
plode. It was treasured as a relic in
Ashtabula for years, but accidentally
it got into a pile of scrap iron deliver
ed to the Phenix iron works foundry
and performed its functions so well
that the furnace doors were blown to
smithereens.
Th« Power of Juiaßlnntlon.
The fact that tlij throes of the im
agination under nervous excite
ment often produce a corresponding
physical frenzy waft Illustrated recent
ly in the case of a man who had gone
to sleep with his artificial teeth in his
mouth. Waking suddenly with a
choking sensation he found his teeth
had disappeared, lie looked in the
glass of water where they were usual
ly deposited, did Dot see them there,
and realized that they must be fat
down his throat. Choking and strug
gling, he hammered on the door of a
friend sleeping in the house, who, see
ing his critical condition, vainly en
deavored to draw the teeth out of the
sufferer's throat. lie could feel the
teeth, but had not the strength to ex
tricate them. He ran for a black
smith, who lived a few doors away,
but the blacksmith's hand was too
gig to put into the man's mouth.
A doctor had been sent for, but he
was so long in coming that the victim
of the accident seemed likely to die
of suffocation before the physician ar
rived. A little girl of ten years was
brought, under the impression that her
small hand might reach the obstacle
and withdraw it, but she not frighten
ed and began to cry. The sufferer be
came black in the face, his throat
swelled out and his friends expected
every moment to be his last, when
finally the doctor arrived. He heard
the history of the case, saw that the
teeth were not on the man's Jaws nor
in their nightly receptacle, felt the
throat and chest of the sufferer, and
cast his eyes seriously upon the floor.
There he saw the whole set of teeth,
lie adjusted them in the jaws of the
patient, told him to breathe freely,
and every symptom of suffocation dis
appeared.
Lansford, Pa., Dec. 18.—Notices have
been posted by the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company to the effect that
market price of coal at tide is six pet
cent. below the basis, and that all eon
tract miners and inside laborers will
be paid accordingly. This means an
increase of twenty-six cents per week
in the miners' wages and twenty-one
cents for laborers. It will effect three
thousand employes.
Maine to Have a Naval Reserve.
Portland, Me., Dec. 18.—-Adj.-General
Richards has issued orders for the or
ganization of a division of Naval Re
serves in Portland to consist-of 40 men.
The State will uniform and eiiuip them,
and the men will be drilled as infantry,
artillery and in signals, and will have
boat and seamanship, as well as theo
retical, drill. The division will be mus
tered into the National Guard of the
State before Jan. 1.
Theatres Prosper in War.
London, Dec. 18.—In spite of the war
the theatres are generally prospering.
Mr. William Archer has received the
final proof sheets of Ibsen's new play,
on a translation of which he is busily
engaged.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York, Dec. 18.—The British dis
aster caused a big drop at the opening
of the stock market. Sugar fell 4 points,
Metropolitan . r >, Tennessee Coal 5, Pitts.,
C., <'. St.l.. 6. The trading was
heavy, but slow and cautious, and
while the declines were large there
was no indication of a panic. I.ater
the market rallied a little.
Cash prices for produce:
Wheat, No. 2 red, .74%.
Corn, No. 2 mixed, .40%.
Oats, No. 2 mixed, .29%.
flour. Minnesota patents,
Cotton, middling, 7 11-16.
Coffee, No. 7 Rio, .06%.
Beef, family, 12.75.
Iseef, hams, 22.75.
T tllow, prime, .05.
Pork, mess, 10.00.
Hoes, dressed, 160 lb., .05%.
Lard, prime, 5.72V£.
Butter, Western Creamery, .27.
Molasses, O. K. prime, ,S6.
Sugar, cranulated, 5.18.
J. W. Buck opens a new i°t
lumbermen's gum shoos this week,
also it line of men and women's over
shoes.
New buckwheat Hour at J. W.
Bucks.
Goto T. J. Keeler's for your X
mas presents.
Sonestown.
Our people are getting ready for
Christmas.
Christmas entertainments will be
held in both churches on Monday
evening.
J. U. Magargle is stocking his
farm with sheep.
John W. Buck has a nice holiday
store, work boxes, shaving sets,
bibles, books, fancy stationery, and
lots of useful and ornamental articles.
< (in- schools are progressing finely.
Muncy Valley.
Prof. M. I). Sweeney, of Sones
town, Was seen on our streets
Saturday.
Mr. Wm. Shaw, of Highland
Lake, spent Sunday in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Itesh, of Carlisle,
spent last week with their son Rev:
J. J. Itesh.
Mrs. Charles and Mrs. Alvin
Milltr spent one day last week
shopping in Hughsville.
Miss Sullie Reed, Unityvill, spent
Sunday with her sister Mrs. Clyde
Welliver.
Messers Wm. Taylor and Charles
Crowley spent Saturday in William
sbort.
Mr. and Mrs. I). M. Taylor spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
Charles Croll of Dushore.
Messers Judge and Frank Ingham
of Laporte, and A. Walsh of Du
shore, transacted business in town
last Thursday.
Xmas
COMING!
A
It you don't know what to get for an
Xmas gift, come in and get some idea
of what you want.
We have an up-to-date line of
Xmas Goods and
House Furnishings.
UNDERTAKING.
We conduct funerals in the most approved style.
Telephone call, Hotel Obert.
HOLCOMBE & LAUER,
DUSHORE, PA.
(irdova
1% Candles
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; I to the charm of the drawing j
I room or boudoir an tho softly rath- 2
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/LI Nothing will contribute more to the 1
ifYfJJ artistic success of the luncheon, S
tea or dinner. The best decorative J
ygy candles for the simplest or the 1
fefy most elaborate function—for cot- 4
l==l tage or lnAnuion. Made in all colors J
TST and the moHt delicate tints l»y «
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A. T. ARMSTRONG,
SONESTOWN, PA.
DEALER IN
Flour Feed anil Groceries
13} pounds of pure Lard lor SI.OO
Baking molasses, 25 lo 50c.
8 pounds Rolled Oats for 25c.
7 pounds of Corn Starch lor 25c.
7 pounds of Laundry Starch for 25c.
2 pounds of Uio Cofl'ee for 25c.
8 hars ol I.enox Soap for 25c.
Xo. 1 mackerel per jiound Bc.
Best Sugar Coated Hams (aillc per lb.
Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack'4sc.
Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, SI.BO.
Yellow Corn per 100 pounds 90c.
Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 90c.
Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 90c.
Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50.
Flour middlings, 140 pound sack $1.40.
Fine middlings 20(Apounds §1 .GO.
Flour per sack SI.OO.
Winter Holler per sack SI.OO.
Good Flour 90c.
Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c.
Graham Flour 12} pounds 30c.
Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20.
EXECU TOR'S NOTICE.
Letters testamentary having
been granted to the undersigned up
on the estate of John R. Rogers,
deed., late of llillsgrove township,
Sullivan county, Pa. All persons
having claims against said estate are
requested to present them at once;
and all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immedi
ate payment to
En. F. IVKS, Executor.
Muncy, Pa., Dec. 9, 1899.
Charter Notice.
Notice is hereby given that an
application will be made to Hon. E.
M. Dunham, President Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan
county, on the 20th day of January,
1899, for the charter of a corporation
to be called "Tne Citizens Cornet
Hand" of Lopez, Sullivan county,
Pennsylvania, the character and
object of which is for the purpose
of promoting a knowlddge of the art
and science of music, to t'urnishjjmu
sicand entertainment for the pub
lic of Lopez, Pennsylvania, and of
having a permanent organization
known as "The Citizens Cornet
Hand," of Lopez, Sullivan Co. Pa.
A. J. Bradi.EY, Solicitor.
Laporte,-Pa., Dec. 19, 1899.
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! All answered at
VERNON
HULL'S
STORE,
HILLSGROVE.
New Stock of
DRY
Goods.
Vernon Hull,
Hillsgrove* Pa.
G. A. Rogers
FOKKSVILLE, PA.
Watches, Jewelery,
Silverware, Etc.
Gum boots and lumbermans Man
uel at J. \V. Bucks.
Williamsport & North Branch R.RI
TABLE.
In Effect Tuesday Sept. 12. 1899.
Northward. Southward.
pm.jp. m. a.m. a,m p.m. p. m
I 15 12 55 io JO Halls 945 12 00 Too
4 181 fl 00 10 23 Pennsdale 941 11 57 m55
127 11010 32 Huprhesville 98211 48 345
135 11810 38 Picture Rocks 92511 42 B>'
f4 39 fl 21 10 41 Lyons Mills f9 22 f3 34
f1 41 fl 24 10 43 Chamouni 920 11 37 IS 31
112 t 48' 132 10 48 Glen Mawr 914 11 32| 3 23
ff>s6,f 141 10 54 Straw-bridge 'f9os 11 29 8 14
5 01!f 145 Beech Olen f901|.. 310
5 0T) 14911 00 Muncy Valley.... iBSB 11 20' 306
5 111 155 11 05 Sonestown ' 852 11 15 3 00
5 26 Nordmont i 8 37
, r > 43 1 Mokoma ; 8 21
5 45 LaPorte ! 8 19
f602 Ringdale f8 05
6 15 j «atterfleld 1 7 55
pm. lam. a. m. p.m.
Connection with Fhila.& Readingfat.Halls
For Philadelphia, New York and inter
mediate stations—LeaveWilliamsport 7:42
a.m., 10:00 a. in., Arrive Halls 7:59 a.m.
10:19 a. m. ForShamokin and intermed
iate stations—leaves Williamsport 4:30 p.
in.; arrive Halls 4.51 p. m.
From Phila., New York and intermed
iate stations —leave Phila. 10.21 a. m.and
11.36 p.m; leave New York,via Thila.7 30
a.m. 9.00 p.m.; leave New York via Ta
ma<|iia, 910 a.m. Arrive Halls, 6.34 a.m.
and 521 p. m.
From Snainokin and intermediate sta
tions—leaves Shamokin 810 a. in. Ar
rive Halls 9 49 a.m.
Connecting with L. V, B R. at Satterfield.
For Towanda and intermediate stations,
leave Wilkesbarre 3.05 p. ra.j arrive at
Satterfield 6.25 p. m.
For Towanda and intermediate stations,
leave Bernice 6.40 a.m.; arrive Satterfield
7.04 a. in.
For Wilkesbarre and intermediate sta
tions—leave Towanda 645 a.m. and 10 30
a.m.; arrive Sat'field, 7.52 a. m. 1.04 p. m.
BTAQE LINES
Stage leaves Ilughesville post office for
Lairdsville, Mengwe and Philipedale daily
Wilson, Beaver Lake and JFribley on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30
Stage leaves Glen Mawr tor Hillsgrove
and Forksville at 11 02 a. ni.
Stage leaves Muncy Valley for Unity
ville, North Mountain and Lungerville
daild at 11 19 a. in.
Passengers taking trains at flag stations
can secure train excursion tickets from
the conductors.
Philadelphia A' Reading, Lehigh Valley
and New York Central mileage will be
accepted only tor through passengers trav
eling from Halls to Satterfield or Satter
field to Halls.
The general offices of the company are
located at Hugheeville, Pa.
B. HARVEY WELCH.
President, llughiville, Pa.
S. n. TOWNSEND,
Mgr. Hughnvilie, l'a.
tbursday 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, sc.
COFFEE, ioc.
FLOUR, 85c.
COTTON, Bc.
WASHING GAS, sc.
BAKING POWDER, 15c.
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 Store.
JENNINGS BROS.
We keep in stock at our mills a
complete line of dressed lumber
in hemlock and hardwood.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Gang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber.
I.QPRZ. 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 t Maple,
The same woods in 3-8 ceiling.
CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED.
| JfeJ| i 'n a Pretty
' s the woman who must entertain
unexpected company—unless she
- ' s w supplied with canned and
bottled groceries. 1 112 her pantry
shelves are nicely lined with our
WBfw famou brands of pickles, soups,
' .y./'A 1... I HI vegetables, canned meats and flsh
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 anew line of Ginghams, Shirtings, muslins etc.,
or the spring trade, which we would be pleasedjto have you*inspect.
Tor women and men. We have |ffl|||B
. ck of women's un
dainty, the leather fine, the workman
ship exquisite, and the fit perfect.
Cash Paid for Countryj Produce.
E. G. SyIvara 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,
Rubbers,
Fine Assortment at Popular Prices.
CALL OUST XTS
Remember GAEiinrS BLOCK,
the Place, DUSHORE. DUSHORE.
J. S. HARRINGTON.