Republican News Item. Published Every: Thursday. Volume 5. } 'y went y/Years in Dushore. \ p The largest and best stock of goods We ever had for the V £ jfall anb Minter TLrabe £ 1 The finest line of Q 112 Time* Keepers, ) Q Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan S RETTENBURY, S N DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. / QOLES ~ right Will sell you the Best a BICYCLE: MADE for jk/Q CflSlV THE >ffv m Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from $25 00, $35.00, and $50.00. The Columbia Cbaiuless on exhibition now with coaster brake. Call and see my line, if you contemplate sending for a wheel. 1 will give you as much for your money as you will get elsewhere. GENERAL. LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIKS. STOVES and RANGES, FURNACES. Plumbin s and general job work. Estimates given. Goles Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. furniture I ho K u ™ and CARPETS.' "led Will do well to see Our White Enameled Beds $4.75, 5.25 and 8.76 ' I HARDWOOD BEDS $2.75, 4.75 and 6,75. Chamber Suits #2O. to 25.00. Solid Golden Oak Double Cup boards 9.50. Extra High Back Kitchen Chairs 3.95. High Back Dining Chairs, 8.50. Rockers, 1,50 to #8 Ingrain Carpets, 30, , 40c. Brussels Carpet 75 to 85c. Rag Carpets, 30c to 50c. Matting, 12 to 30c. Childs Cradles, 1.00 and 1.50, Cribs with springs, 2. 75 and 3.00 (Look Stoves anb IRangcs RED CROSS MAKE, B—2o Herald with high pipe shelf *23.00 8 20 Ditts $20.00 B—lß withreservoir, B—2o with reservoir, #4 ex tru. 8—23 Champion Cook Stove $2:5.00 8—25 Ditts, $25.00 Every Stove warranted to give satisfaction. Jeremiah Kelly, J HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY^ liFUM, MA, TIMM, JIB It l» Democrats and Republicans! In fact it matters not with what political party you are affiliated, you should be a Protectionist in one re spect. That is to say you should protect yourselves against loss by the destruction of your property by fire; and what is still more essential, protect your families against the lass of their support by the death of the person who produces that support— the husband the father. This latter protection can be obtained practical ly without expense, since it is pos sible, and in fact compulsory, for the life insurance company to safely in vest the funds paid into their hands, and, after a term of years, return same with profits to policy holders, if living, on demand. This matter should commatid your seri ous attention. Delay is dangerous and expensive. You will therefore do well to consult the agent in regard to the merits of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Phila delphia, which is justly reputed to be the most conservative and the most economical its well as the most liberal and equitable in its dealings with policy holders. It is no experiment or adventure but by all odds the safest and best investment you can make, besides furnishing protection to your family. The Penn Mutual is already over f>;t years old and has over 200,000,000 of insurance in force, several hun dred thousand dollars of which is in Sullivan county. You may obtain all desired infor mation by addressing M. A. ScuiiEMAX, Special Agent, Dushore, Pa. This strip is manufactured under a U.S. patent and is the neatest, strongest and most durable window shade holder on the market, and we guarantee it to be as represented or money re funded. The price, Express paid, to all points in Pa., Md., Del., N. J.and N.Y.,One Dollar per doi. other states Your order solicited. JOHN A. PARSONS ft CO. CatiwlMa. Pa. TJ. KKELEK. • Justice-of-the Peace. Olllceill room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collect ions. All matters left to the care ol this otiice will lie promptly attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSIIORE, l'A. One uf the largest ami beat equipped hotel* iu this section uf the."tutu. Tul le ol Ilia best. lL.tes 1.00 dollar per day. Lirge at. tiles. (JLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old lines and coiners, ami draw ing maps uKpeeiiilly. Will usually lie found ut home on Monday*. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa, LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court house square. Steam lieat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also j»nod stabling and livery, WM P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law. Cilice iu Count)' building. L.YFOKTK, l'A. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. A. J. BRADLEY, ATTORHBT-At-LAW, OrriCß IH COUBTT BUILDIHB NIAR COUUT HOO«B. LAPORTE, PA riRST NATIONAL HANK ' OK DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL . - #60.000. SURPLUS . . #IO.OOO. Doeßla.fieneral Banking Business. B.W..JENNINGS, M. D. S WARTS. President. Cashier J.J.& F. H. INGHAM, ATTORN BYS-AT-LAW, Legal businoHS attended to in i\i\» and Adjoining counties -APOHTK, PA. £ t J. MULLEN, Attorn«y-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler'sjstore. H. CRONIN, ATTOBRBT>AT -LAV, BOVABT PUBLIC, i orricß o» maib nun, DUBUORB, PA ■ HI JIB. Brings to Light a Horrible Cus tom in the Northwest. MAN-EATING FRATERNITY Hideous Rites Practised as a Spring Festival—ln Ancient Times a Young Squaw Was Always Sacrificed for the Occasiion. An Indian cannibal has been sent to Jail in Vancouver. Ills crime was part of an ancient rite. He was an initiate of the Ha-mattsa, an Indian secret fra ternity which demands'of its'memberS that they acquire a taste for human flesh. One of the prisoners was a well known lialfbreed named George Hunt. He had charge of a band of Indians ex hibited at the World's Fair, and he acted as Interpreter for Dr. Franz Boas, of the Museum of Natural His tory, New York, when the latter was In Vancouver collecting data for his Important work on Indian customs, now tiled at the Smithsonian Institu tion. There was Insufficient evidence for the conviction of Hunt, and the same Is true of all the defendants save one. He was convicted of having devoured a portion of the body of a squaw. It Is only among a few of the far northern and Inland tribes, remote from civilization and stubborn in their resistance to missionary effort, that the horrible rites of the Ha-mattsa, or flesh-eaters, survive. Every Spring the Ila-iuattsa holds its Initiation ceremonies for new can didates. accompanied by feasting and dancing and other wild orgies. The chief pyrpose of the initiation is to create In the aspirant the taste for human tlesh. Many curious facts about the canni bal fraternity are known. For initia tion Into the lla-mattsa the novice must go and live four or live weeks la the forest, seeing no one and eating no food. At the end of his banishment his "spirit" appears in the shape of some animal, which he at once kills and de vours raw, whereby he is supposed to imbibe its courage and strength, which thereafter dwells in him. He returns to the forest adorned with a headdress of cedar bark, dyed red, which Is one of the emblems of the flesh-eating fraternity, and Is worn by him during the progress of the in itiation. He is met by a band of the secret brotherhood, who escort him to the village with much ceremony. They are joined by an attendant bearing in his arms a dead body, which < (Cannibal Orgle of the Ha-mattsa.) must be that of a young squaw. In an* clent times she was sacrificed for the occasion. Walking behind the body the candi date Is led into the dancing-house, which has been cleared for the cere mony. The body is tied to a post and the unspeakable rite begins. Then comes another stage of the cer emony—the eating of living flesh. The Ha-iuattsa run hither and thither among themselves, biting with the ferocity of a wildcat, and eating their flesh. It is a point of pride with the victims to endure the onslaught with stoicism. Besides, the customs of the order pre scribe gifts for those who allow them selves to l>e bitten. The first prize on one occasion was awarded to a boy who allowed a large mouthful to be detached from his forearm. Having faithfully performed all that Is required of him. the candidate is pronounced by the elders a full-fledged !fs-siftttsa. PAINTING LEO' 3 PORTRAIT. H. J. Thaddeue Calves Some Interest ing Rentlnlsceriees. H. J. Thaddeus, the artist, makes the following Interesting contribution to a recent Issue of Mainly About People: If, as tlie dictionary declares, a Bitter bo "one who sits," the term is paradoxical applied to Pope Leo XIII. Nervously restless, he rarely sits for any; length of time, and never with out Incessant changes of attitude. The difficulty of producing, under these circumstances a satisfactory, likeness of hjs holiness, maye be im agined; rapidity of draughtsmanship is lndispenslble, and I found quick studies of his individual features, the deep-set eye, the mobile mouth, large and characteristic ear, of great as sistance. The Pope has a precon ceived idea of how he desires to have his portrait appear. Squaring him self in his seat, his hand upraised, with two fingers extended as in the act of benediction, a conventional smile drawing back his colorless lips, he would sit motionless for a mo ment, stiffening every muscle as we all do in photographic expectancy; then, abandoning it, "Volla, mon en fant!" he would exclaim, with an air of triumph. This, however, was exactly as I had determined not to represent Leo XIII. In painting him, one must, as it were, paint the mind and soul of this remarkable man, for they seem to shine through the frail, almost dia phanous flesh they have subdued. In telligent, ascetic, with broad forehead, the thin skin of which shows the tracery of the veins, with massive features and deep-set eyes of startling brilliancy In a countenance pallid and composed as that of a corpse— it was thus that Leo XIII appeared to me, a dominant and imposing per sonality, whether arrayed in the sim ple sottana of white wool and the plain calotta (skull-cap) as I first painted him, or in splendid pontifical robes and priceless gems. The Pope has changed but little since I had the honor, in 18S4. of painting him. How well 1 remember my introduction to him! It was my first important commission. The Pope received me with the utmost kindness, but could not conceal his surprise that so young a man should have been chosen for the work. He was much interested in the portrait, and gave mo every assistance, except that of remaining still, which, per haps, was out of his power. When I submitted the portrait he was some what distressed' at the look of age given therein, and he remonstrated gently, saying, "Mon. enfant, les Papes n'ont pas d'age!" And truly Leo XIII's frail form has set the years at defiance. For. while prepared for death, as befits one of his supreme sanctity, he believes that his race here below is not yet run. "Long life," he said, "is a characteristic of the Pecci family; they live long, but death comes to them suddenly in the end —very suddenly," he repeated. This was certainly the case with his holiness's grandfather, who died very suddenly Indeed, but at the age of 96. During the sittings Leo XIII talked insessantly in French sometimes, sometimes in Italian, and always with extreme rapidity. His range of sub jects was extensive. He spoke of strange experiences in brigand-infest ed Benevento, where as delegate he restored peace; of England, and of his nunciature at Brussels. He told me, to my great surprise, that ho had only commenced to study French when appointed to Belgium, and"l could speak it as fluently as I do now by thie time I reached Brussels." he said. "King Leopold used to exclaim, 'I fonget Pecci is an Italian.' " Virgil and Dante, Kneipp and the water cure, the condition of Ireland—these are some of the subjects on which Leo XIII. discoursed with knowledge and discernment, taking snuff con stantly. Latterly, by medical advice, he has renounced this, his one indul gence. I have been indeed fortunate in my sitters —Gladstone, the Abbe Liszt, the general of the Jesuits, Sir Richard Owen —and many others, whose conversation was an intellectu al treat; but, inspired by his wonder ful personality and gracious kindli ness, I never worked with deeper in terest than at the portraits of my august sitter. Pope Leo XIII. Did You Ever Notice That— Cold coffee is apt to make a man hot? The smaller a man's mind is the less he seems to know It? The man who is in love with himself has no fear of lieitig jilted? The rooster is a tidy bird? He in variably carries a comb with him. The water shark bites a man's leg off. but the land shark merely pulls it? A seventeen-year-old girl refers to herself as an old maid with amusing frankness? - The woman who doesn't talk has iess repenting to do than the garru lous individual? 1.25 Per. . Number V FATHER OF 41 CHILDREN. , First Wife Bare Him 15, Second Wife 12, Third Wife 14. Levi Bresson, an old Frenchman of North Foster, R. 1., recently celebrated the birth of his forty-flrst child—a boy of ten pounds. It was boru to his third wife, who is the mother of four teen. His first wife bore him fifteen i C*7V!>\Ei\ OF 41 ) CAA)LP RjLbJ children and his second wife twelve. Thirty-two of the children are still liv ing, or were up to a few months ago, when the father last heard of them, when the father lust heard from them, lie kept the names of his grandchil dren until they numbered over one hud red, and ihen gave up the record. Bresson ran away to this country from Canada to marry his first wife, and settled in Connecticut. She pre sented hint with triplets within the first year, and with twins the next, and they all lived. In 1802 Bresson went to the war. The family commenced to grow again as soon as peace was re stored, and lias been growing ever since. After the death of his tlrst wife Bresson married a neighboring farm er's daughter, who in her lifetime thrice bore him twins, in addition to six single babies. All of his children were remarkably healthy. At one time he had sixteen down with the measles at once. When he moved here from across the Connecticut line a few years ago the authorities thought an orphan asylum was coming to town. FORM IN LETTER WRITING. Points For Those Who Are In Doubt as to Beat Usage. To every one outside the family cir cle the Christian name and surname should be written in full. A married woman writes her name, "Mary Bruce Talbot," and in a business letter adds beneath it.in brackets, "Mrs. John Talbot." An unmarried woman writer "Miss" in brackets before her full name to a stranger when a reply Is ex pected. Typewritten letters are only admis sible for business comOlujplcatlons. In such epistles the signature shAtild be written by hand. Speak, tlrst of the interests of yoiu correspondent and afterward of those whjch concern yourself. Never, write, any thing over ypur own slgft&ture of which you might later be ashamed. Never allow ny one it read a lettei intended for .r eyes alone. It Is in trusted to } .tr honor, even If not so explicitly stated. One does not use the words "house party" in an Invitation, but says"l am asking a few friends, etc." A letter sent by hand should kr left unsealed, unless a servant In* the mes senger. Business letters should begin with "Sir," "Dear Sir," or "My Dear Sir." or if in the plural with "Gentlemen." and end with "Yours truly," or "Re spectfully yours'—never "Respectful ly" alone, omitting the subject of tne sentence. Ladles are addressed as "Madam," whether married or uqpar rled. Varnish Yetir Oilcloth. In putting down a qew oilcloth, it will last twice as long If yon give It a thin coat of varnish and let It dry well before using. A little milk In tepid water Is excellent to Wipe ollcoths or painted floors. SayeeM!? had spots may be removed by rutting a little sa l»tlo on a cloth and Wfflag off tmme diatal*
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