Republican News Item F, L. TAYLOR, LESSEE. B. M. VANDYKE, EDITOR. PUBLISHED FRIDAYS 8y The Sullivan Publishing Co At the Uounty Beat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTE, PA. THOS. J. INOHAM, Sec'y & Treas. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as Becoud-claßß mail matter, F-irst national bank OF DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPTT/VL - - $50,000 r ÜBFI.UB - - $40,000 Does a General Hanking Business. FI3HER WELLES, M. D. SWAHTS. I'renidetit. Cashier 8 per eent interest allowed on certificates. j- RANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. office in Keeler's lilock. [.APOIVT 17 , Sullivan County, I'A. J. & F. H. INGHAM, attorhbys-at-law, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties .A PORTE, PA J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAI'ORTE, PA OrFICB IB COUHTY BUILDIBfI HEAnCOI'BT nOUSB. J H. CRONIN, ATTOBBKT-AT LAW. IfOTAKY PUBLIC, orrill OH HAIR SflllH. iH'SIIORE. l ' A First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Cktp'tal - $20,000. oo Trail acts ft general banking business. TIIOS. J. TN(iHAM, KJ>W. liADLKV President. Cashier. 3 pur cent interest paid on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. l'utteth not your faith In a gasoline 0 itrine, or ye shall lie disappointed. It is a goat in disguise; it bucketh when ye are not looking. It is a mule incog; it balketh in times of trouble. It snee/.etli when it should cough. You treat it like a much be -1 iviil pet poodle; you feedeth it s ><>t liing oils and canned lightning: you coaxelh it with sw<-et sips of gasoline and lo! a chug chug bre.iks forth on the stilly atmosphere of oM Laporte; the wheels begin to sp : n. Ye say, "At last thou vidian, I h ve conquered thee and thou shalt obey my commands." Thou turn eth to thy duties at the press. Hut alas, the moment thy back is turned old essence of a gas factory, giveth a warning wheeze and layeth down lo sleep, while the ethereal space is polluted with blue and hitler words likened unto the language that issueth from the mouths of bad bad men. What nearly every town needs is a more pronounced public spirit. Civic stagnation is the result of in difference and that indifference has its root in a selfishness that considers nothing but private gain. Takeany community whose citizens are intent only on their private affairs and you tind a community destitute of pro gress and public spirit. II is a short .sighted policy based upon the wrong idea, that it does not pay individual ly to spare even a fraction of time to d> vote to the general good. 1 u fact it does not pay not to do it for in tin se pushing days the town desti tute of that wholesoin, wide awake spirit which makes for the public welfare, falls behind. Other towns pass it by, draw away its trade and leave it hopelessly in the rear as it fossilized specimen of antiquity, pet rified through clinging to a dead s«'l lishness and obsolete methods. Now is the time when many a pleasant evening will he spent look ing through the numerous seed cata logues that enter the rural homes, smil in planning for the garden, great or small, that is to be made in Un tiring. The glowing description of tl iwers and vegetables and the high i> colored pictures showing every thing on a mammoth scale, tire the imagination. But, alas! the differ ence in the size of the plant grown by the average nian from that in the catalogue picture is usually so great as to present a discouraging contrast rather than a gratifying comparison. FOR SALE—A team weighing about 2,000 lbs. Broke single or double. Sell separate or together, inquire ot (J. S. Eddy, Laporte, Pa. English sparrows are generally ae knowledged to be destructive pests, j but they make good "ating all the' same. It may be that in these days of soaring prices, when so many 1 people have sworn off meat until the price drops, sparrows may be consid ered as a providential supply to re plenish the larder with meat, in . some sections. If so, then in more i ways than one the high price of iat ; may be considered a blessing in dis-i guise. But think of the time and ; powder wasted (at le.i>t «t would be ! if we wert behind the gun,) in try-! ing to kill a sufficient number to' make a pie. HILLSGROVE. Alvin and Irvin Lucas are confined to their home with scarlet fever, but are improving at present. The Book Club of the Union church enjoyed a sleighride to Forksville on Monday evening and were agreeably entertained at the home of Miss Sar ah Iluckell. Miss Elda Hoffman has returned to her home from Bloonisburg where she has been attending school. Mrs. Chas, llaas is suffering from i lung trouble. The ladies of Christ's church gave ; a social in the church parlors Satur day evening, Mrs. Robert Dewar of Lock Haven, spent part of last week with her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Mervine. Mrs. Win. Giiinble and daughter Nelle have been visiting in Muncy and Williamsport. A surprise party was given for Miss Ellen Striclaiul at her home, Wednes day evening of last week in honor of her thirteenth birthday. Those pres ent were: Misses Hazel Gumble, Hattie Sclirader, Grace Hoffman, Mable Itoyles, Sadie Howard, Cecilia and Mary Morrissey, Alice Clegg. Ellen Strickland and Phoebe "Wor tliington, of Sonestown, Thomas Morrissey, Glenn Jackson, Sheldon Boyles, I.eland Lewis, Mynard Dar by, John Strickland, Mark and Karl Gumble, Greydon Hoffman and Clin ton Brong. Liquor License Notices. Notice is hereby given that the following applications for License have been (1 ed in my office utiil the same will be presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions < 112 the Peace of Sullivan County, I'enu'a., on Mon day the Mth day of February, 1910, at two o'clock, P. M.: CI 1 EH It Y TWP. Cherry Mill?. John E. Gross, tavern license, Dusliore. Leonard Ililbert, wholesale license. Mildred. Peter 8011, tavern license, Frank F, Schaad, distillers license, .lames J. Connor, tavern license, Joseph A.llelstuan, tavern license, John Daly, . tavern license, George P. Driscoll, restaurant, license. Adam Morev, tavern license, Frank Teitelbaum, wholesale license, M array. William Ilaley, tavern license, Satterfield. Patrick McGee, restaurant license, CO 1., LEY TUP. y an unknown person near Wy- M)X, Wednesday night of last week. Mr. Niles resides at Home and r-ince taking up his work as secretary of (lie league has spent much time in Towanda. On Wednesday night he was returning to his h >me, driv ing in tin open wagon. When at a ]>< >i i) t near Wysox someone stepped from hesitio the road and dealt him several severe blows on the head and shoulders'rendering him unconscious in which condition he rem lined un til the horse had traveled about a mile and a half. The weapon used by the assailant was a piece of board taken from a fence at about 100 yards from where the asstult took place. 'l'llis fact convinced the investigators that the crime was premeditated. i\li. Niles had previously received letters from different parts of the county in which he was threatened with all sorts of punishment, but as they were unsigned he paid no atten tion to them, and not until he was waylaid and beaten into insensibility did he realize that they were not written as a bluff. Rewards aggregating 62")0 are of fered by different parties for the ar rest and conviction of the criminal. Candlemas Day. Wednesday was Candlemas Day according to the almanacs, and if there is anything in the story that Mr Turfpig decides the weather for the next .six weeks, on that day, then we are in fur quite a spell of good sound win'er. The Towanda Kcvie.u lias it: "Tradition says that the pesky little groundhog makes his appe.ranee promptly at 12 o'clock noon on the second of Feb ruary. Ile then squints around, as everyone can see who looks at him. If there i-- enough s. nlight coming through the atmosphere to make him cast an observable shadow he goes hack again into his hole and waits six weeks for the end of win ter, when he comes out again and stays. Meanwhile the winter has been going on. Hut if on the second of February there is so much mois ture in the air that clouds are formed so dense that be cannot see his shad ow, he remains out of his hole and spring follows at once. Now this does not mean that there is a sudden jump into July weather, and that it is time to plant gardens, put on gau/.e shoestrings and sum mer suspenders, but only that the grip of winter is at once relaxed, and that as the earth gradually thaws out and gets warm, sap begins to ascend in the trees and buds swell." S. S. Conventions. Commencing at llillsgrove on Monday, Feb. 7, 11)10, a series of Sunday School conventions will be held in Sullivan County. Unless present plans are changed the plac< s that will be visited are as follows: llillsgrove, Monday, Feb. 7, Lin coln Falls on Tuesday, Forksville or some other point in Forks township on Wednesday, Luporte on Thurs day, Nordniont on Friday, and Sonestown on Siturday. There will be an afternoon and evening session at each point. The following speak ers will assist in these conventions 1 Martha Robinson, State Field Work er, Vernon Hull, County Chairman, I'rof. Carl Hird, Rev. Jarrett, liar riet (iriinlll, Rev. Ruth, Rev. Hertz, Hcrt Hasten, and Mrs. Gorman. Rev. Wilkes of Dushore will have charge of the singing. All Sunday School workers are especially urgtd to lie pi< cut and all others are in vited. Wreck At Bernice. A derailment of three cars on a Lehigh Valley freight occurred at Hi mice Saturday afternoon. One of the cars jumped the track a few feet from a small house and had the car fallen over, would undoubtedly have killed or severely injured a woman and child who were in the building. A brakeman, Martin Lynch jumped from a derailed ear sustaining slight injuries. Turner--Bever. Mr. (Jcorge 11. Turner of Berniee and Miss Edna Hcvcr of Murray, were married at the manse in Ber nice, Tuesday, Jan., 18, by the Rev. Joseph K. Freed, pastor of the Presbyterian church. MESCAL .HABIT GROWS ALARMING How the Use of the Narcotic Has Spread Among Indian Tribes of America PRODUCES MILD HALLUCINATIONS Clubs are Formed for the Social In dulgence In this Strange Drug— Give it a Religious Character with Weird Rites and Ceremonials. The constant spread of the use of mescal as a narcotic among the In dians grows alarming and must soon demand widespread attention with a view to discovering some remedy for this pernicious habit and some check to its growth. Mescal is the product of a certain cactus which has long been used in various ways among the Mebicans as an intoxicant under the name of pel lote. The form in which it is used by the Indians is the mescal button — a kind of bean, very bitter to the taste, which is sometimes chewed and sometimes brewed in a kind of tea. When taken in either way it produces mild and delightful hallucinations of such a positive character as to place this plant In the same rank with has heesh, opium, or any other of the fa mous drugs which have produced for men the joys of an artificial paradise. The Kiowa Indians of the Ho Grande are said to have used the mes cal button from time immemorial for the purpose of producing a beatitlc state of mind In connection with cer tain of their religious ceremonies. Gradually the practice has spread northward from tribe to tribe. The I'oncas and some of their neighbors in Indian territory and Oklahoma took it up and soon counted many worship ers of this strange god. Thence it extended to the Omahas and Winne bagoes, among whom it is at present constantly gaining new adherents, and now the practice is acquiring foothold among the Sioux. The tribes which have longest used it have, in the ar dor of their devotion, sent mission aries to introduce their wonderful new medicine among other tribes, and wherever it becomes known its allure ments prove irresistible. Clubs are formed for social indulgence in this narcotic, and for mutual participation In the rites and ceremonials which always accompany its indulgence for the purpose of giving to it a religious character. In some cases the stu dents returned from eastern and oth er boarding schools have become members and promoters of these clubs. The meetings usually ai'e held in the afternoon. After the mysterious ceremonies in acknowledgment of the secret power of the strange divinity have taken place, the buttons are passed around for chewing, four or live to each member, and the tea Is brewed and drunk. Only the novice experiences any nausea or unpleasant sensation, and this soon passes off. There ensues only a blissful feeling of lassitude, accompanied by a de licious sense of happiness and peace. All thoughts of care or trouble or en mity roll away and the devotee is possessed by the feeling that all men are brothers and a'.l the world is good. Meanwhile his sense of vision is pow erfully affected, so that he sees chang ing and beautiful harmonies of co'.oi In everything upon which his eye? rest. This lasts throughout the night, and until sleep comes next day, whetf the effects pass off and he gets up and goes away without any feeling of de pression or other unpleasant results And throughout this saturnalia of tlit senses and orgy of vision the mind it self remains clear and the devotee 1? a self-possessed spectator of all hifr" hallucinations. One other effect o' this remarkable drug must be noted in this brief summary. The tnesi.r takes away all desire for alcohollf drink. It is no wonder that the mescal habit appeals strongly to the siple mind o* the Indian. No doubt, in many casesi the effect which appeals to him the most powerfully is the one last named He loses the desire for whiskey which he knows has been his undoing. Whether the means Justify the end is a question he is little likely to ask. Just what steps may best be undertak en to counteract this pernicious habit are not at once apparent, but the practice is assuming such proportions as to require some action. However slight may be the physical effects of the habit —and they do not appear from brief observation to be either rapid or serious —the moral effecta ar® obvious, for these must be the sam 6 as those which follow from any form of the drug habit; and from these at least it is the religious duty of the friends of the Indian to try to save him. Worldly Wisdom. As there is a worldly happiness which God perceives to be no more than disguised misery; as there are worldly honors which in his estima tion are reproach, so there is a world ly wisdom which In his sight is fool ishness. Of this worldly wisdom the characters are given In the Scriptures, and placed In contrast with those of the wisdom which is from above. The one is the wisdom of the crafty, the other that of the upright; the one terminates In selfishness, the other In charity; the one Is full of strike and bitter envylngs, the other of mercy and of good fruits.—Blair. MAKE BIG MONEY Devote All or Part of Your Time Taking Orders For Our HIGH QUALITY LOW PRICE MADE-TO-MEASURE CLOTHES WE PAY LARGE COMMISSIONS Write us at once lor our Handsome Springfand Summer Agents Outfit. 1 HF, CUSTOM TAILORING CO., Bridgeport, Pa. M. BRINK'S PRiCt S For This YVetk. 100 lbs. 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