Republican News Item.
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 189*.
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
—lt was a prrcat Fourth, wasn't it?
—l>id your hat fit you on Tuesday
morning;
—Atty. S. Is. Karns of Hon ton was
in town on Friday.
—Jethro Battin i> visiting Sliunk
friends this week.
—Win. Finkle was a visitor in
Western Sullivan last week.
—Walter Spencer Sr. is confined
to his room with severe illness.
—A. E. Tripp spent several days
with Shunk friends this week.
—Geo. Gorman of Nordmont, was
a business man in town Monday. 0
—Mrs. A. J. Bradley is on a visit
to friends in Dushorethis week.
—Mrs. Cora Stormont returned
home from Pottsville last week.
—Mrs. S. F. Colt and family left
for their home in Buffalo on Tuesday.
—Judge and Mrs. T. J. Ingham
called on Eagles Mere friends Sun
day.
—County Com. 11. G. llufl'master
was a business visitor in town Mon
day.
—Judges Line and Kraus were at
the county capitol on official business
Monday.
—Dist. Atty. A. J. Bradley was
transacting business in Towanda
Tuesday.
—The refrigerator works best with
the door open, under present circum
stances.
—A party of young people are oc
cupying the Weirwold cottage for
the summer.
—Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hugo of
Dushore spent a few days last week
with F. M. Crossley and family.
—Prof. J. W. Moyer was very un
expected called to Philadelphia on
Monday. He returned Tuesday.
LOST—A pocket-book containing
slight value, owner can have same
by applying to parties occupying the
Weirwold.
—Judge Dunham|is spending the
week at Delaware Water Gap,attend
ing the State Bar Association meet
ing.
—Mrs. Chas. Wackenhuth and
sister-in-law Mrs. Rinehard of Wil
liamsport, are visiting friends in
Jamison City this week.
—New arrivals at the Mountain
House this week are: Miss Mary
Lloyd and Miss Turner of Philadel
phia, Miss Martha Stulan of Athens,
Miss Wager-Smith, Philadelphia.
—A valuable cow belonging to Mr.
Kohensparger was killed on the
railroad track Monday by the south
bound freight.
—Thos. E. Kennedy is having a
new board walk laid in front of the
Commercial House in addition to a
stone curb and two stone tie-j>osts.
—There will be a social dance
given in the Kennedy Hall on Thurs
day evening. A cordial invitation
is extended.
—Mr. and Mrs. Brewster and
daughter Mrs. Cassidy of Washing
ton, are occupying thd Green resi
tence for the summer.
—Chas. Lauer, B. F. Crossley, Val
comb and Jas. Corcoran compris
jolly party who camped along
■took several days on a fishing
Ution. The boys evidently
large time but a small catch.
some
TBE SLOGAN
Protection, Prosperity and Pa*
triotisin the Party
Watchwords.
CHAIRMAN ELKIN'S VIEWS.
He Believes in An Aggressive Re
publican Campaign,
NO PARTY FACTIONAL SOBES.
A tutted Kront to Be Presented to
the Enemy In the Fight Against
Free Trade and Free Silver—lmpos
sible to Have Any Division of Issues
or Principles In the Assault to Be .
Made on the Democratic Fortlflca- i
tlons.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, July 11.—Three P'S— |
"Protection, Prosperity and Patriot
ism"—are to be the watchwords of the
Republican party in Pennsylvania this 1
year. Those who are in charge of the |
organization are confident it will be
one of the most dashing campaigns
held in the Keystone state for many
years, and that the ticket will be elect
ed by a rousing old time majority.
State Chairman Elkin has sent out
a call for a special meeting of the Re- !
publican organization for Tuesday, |
July 19, at i p. m„ for the purpose of i
nominating a candidate for judge of !
the superior court, to fill the vacancy !
caused by the death of Judge Wick- ;
ham. There is no doubt but that Judge j
William D. Porter, of Pittsburg, who
has already been appointed to Judge
Wlckham's place on the bench by Gov- ;
ernor Hastings, will be nominated by
the committee for the full term of ten j
years. His ability as a jurist Is so !
marked and so universally conceded j
that his selection is likely to be made |
without opposition and with acclama
tion.
BROAD GAUGE IDEAS.
While the members of the state com- I
mittee are in Philadelphia Chairman
Elkin will take the opportunity of
bringing about a full, free and fair in- ,
terchange of views, in order that the j
members may agree upon a definite j
plan of campaign. The issues were
never so favorable for a successful j
campaign as they are at the present |
time.
The chairman has gone about the '
preliminary organization in a broad
gauged and liberal manner. The Re
publican party is to be regarded as
so large that no man who has ever
voted the ticket will be refused admit
tance. Any factional wounds which
might have existed by reason of per
sonal or political quarrels in the past
have been healed so effectually that
the party will present a united front to
the common enemy in the coming fight.
The chairman has gone over the situa
tion very carefully already, and he Is
convinced that it will not be a very
serious task to elect the governor and
other offices to be filled at the Novem
ber election.
Colonel Stone, according to the chair
man, will go Into the gubernatorial
chair with a majority that will astonish
his friends and confound his enemies.
At the same time the chairman and hia
corps of able assistants of the state
committee headquarters do not propose
to leave anything undone toward get
ting out the full vote and polling as
large a majority for the ticket as pos
sible. Mr. Elkin believes that harmony
has been established throughout the
state and that petty factional differ
ences will not appear during the cam
paign nor on election day. The de
tails have been mapped out in a thor
ough and comprehensive manner and
the most competent men to be found
have been placed in charge of the vari
ous departments of the state organiza
tion.
ENTHUSIASM FOR STONE.
Chairman Elkin in commenting upon
the situation today said: "With the
war with Spain wiping out sectional
lines in the nation and with the Ameri
can soldiers and sailors at the front
winning mangiflcent victories on land
and sea, there is no time for factional
disputes in the ranks of the Republican
party workers and voters of Penn
sylvania. In the last week or ten
days I have been practically all over
the state and it is simply wonderful
the enthusiasm that is being worked
up for the Republican ticket. Among
the great solid common people the
Stone sentiment is tremendous. It is
largely accounted for by the war feel
ing which permeates the common
wealth throughout Its remotest nooks
and corners in favor of the Republi
can ticket."
It Is evident to the dullest mind that
the Issues In Pennsylvania this year
must be direct and clean cut. There
can be no division of principles, and it
is idle to imagine that such an incon
gruous combination as half state and
half national issues can be foisted on
the Intelligent, voters of the common
wealth. Indeed, conditions have cre
ated, as they always do, the issues of
the campaign and they cannot be
changed, even if those in control de
sired to have them changed.
CLEAN CUT ISSUES.
Mr. Jenks, the Democratic nominee,
on one side, and Colonel Stone, the Re
publican nominee, on the other, repre
sent In their very personalities the two
extremes for which the two great par
ties are contesting at the present time.
Colonel Stone stands for the three
P's —Protection, Prosperity and Pa
triotism—already mentioned, while Mr.
Jenks, who is an estimable gentleman,
represents free trade and free silver,
the two things which the people of the
Keystone state will never tolerate.
Dr. Swallow is making a campaign
of his own which is not likely to at
tract any great or general attention at
a time when important issues are to be
decided. As the peculiar personality ot
the reverend gentleman becomes better
known to the people of the state his
prospects of polling a large, or even a
respectable vote, will rapidly diminish.
The conditions that existed last year
(krhen Dr. Swallow surprised himself
and hU friend* by polling over 100,000
votes do not exist at the pro sent tins*,
and those who are In a position to
speak advisedly do not believe that lie
will poll much more than the normal
Prohibition vote.
AN EARNEST CONTEST.
After the meeting of the Republican
state committee, when the ticket has
been fully made up and the details of
the campaign laid out in their an
tlrety, the contest will begin In earn
est. The stumping tours o£ the candi
dates and their orators and the real
lively public work of the campaign will
not be started until the early part of
August, and possibly the beginning of
September. In the meantime, however,
the state chairman and his assistants
and the members of the state com
mittee will place themselves In Immedi
ate touch with the organisation of the
various counties and will arrange for
the promulgation of the literature
which will be depended upon to con
vince the workers of the Justice of the
Republican cause. All of the indica
tions at the present time point to a
magnificent as well as a successful Re
publican campaign.
OUR NEW BATTLE CRT
U REMEMBER THE MAINE" LIKELY TO
BECOME IMMORTAL IN HISTORY.
It Originated With Commodore Schley,
and, as an Appeal to Fatrlotlam, l» as
Thrilling a* Was Nelson's Famous Signal
At the •( th« Nil*
"Remember the Maine/' Com.
Schley's now famous signal of attack
on the Spanish fleet, will undoubtedly
become immoral in American history,
in the history of the English-speaking
peoples, in fact; for, as an appeal to
patriotism it is as thrilling as was
Nelson's battle cry at the Nile, "Eng
land expects that every man will do
his duty."
"I have not yet begun to fight," was
one of Cob. Jones' famous replies to a
British captain with whom he had been
fiercely engaged for over an hour, and
who desired to know if he bad sur
rendered. It was not Jones who sur
rendered when the battle came to an
end.
The first commodore of tke young
American navy was Capt. John Barry.
In (he spring of 1781 he was hailed by
a British ship on his way from Havana.
To tke Inquiry as to his identity, he
replied: '"The V. S. ship Alliance,
Saucy Jack Barry, half Irishman, half
Yankee; who are you?"
"Not the value nor the command of
the whole British fleet could tempt me
from the American cause," was the
heroic reply of Barry to Lord Howe, in
1776, when be offered him 15,000
guineas and a commission in the Eng
| lisU navy to join the royal cause.
Com. Stephen Decatur was one of the
very bravest men that ever walked the
quarterdeck. His famous toast at a
public dinner in Norfolk, Va., in 1816,
"Our Country! In her intercourse with
foreign nations may she always be In
the right; but our country, right or
wrong," would, if he had never said or
done anything else, have won him im
mortality.
"Don't give up the ship," the dying
words of Com. Lawrence, the heroic
commander of the Chesapeake, . are
among the very noblest ever uttered.
They will live as long as ocean rolls
or ships float.
The gallant Perry flew that signal at
his masthead in the memorable battle
of Lake Erie, at. the glorious close of
which he had the inspiration to pen
that dispatch which has canonized him
in our history: "We have met the en
emy and they are ours." It was writ
tea on his stiff hat in lieu of a table,
ou the half of an old letter, and the ad
ditional Information In It gave the size
and number of the enemy, namely,
"two ships, two brigs, one schooner
and one sloop."
When the Constitution, under the
command of Com. Hull, engaged the
French frigate Guerrtere, a dramatic
scene was wltnesed on the deck of
"Old Ironsides." As the Frenchman's
guns began to thunder out, Lieut. Mor
ris, second in command, asked Hull if
be should glva the order to fire.
"Not yet," replied Hull.
Nearer and nearer came the two
ships. Again Morris asked for the or
der, and again came the answer, "Not
yet." A few moments later, high above
the roar of the guns, as the Constitu
tion completely covered her enemy,
Hull's voice rang out; "Now, boys, pour
It Into them!"
The Guerrerie was literally torn to
pleceß, "the blood of the killed run
ning out of her scuppers," says a naval
historian.
Com. Macdonough sighted the eneoyr
on Lake Champlaln on a Sunday morn
ing. He ran up the signal for divine
service, and, kneeling on the deck
among his men, offered appropriate
prayers. During the engagement a
British shot struck the hencoop on the
Saratoga and released a gamecock,
which flew into the rigging and crowed
lustily all through the fight, the men
loudly cheering. Macdonough'a vic
tory aroused the enthusiasm of the'en
tire nation.
A war cry that closely resembles
I "Remember the Maine" waa that which
i Gen. Sam Houston gave to his troops at
; the battle of San Jacinto—the battle
; which gave freedom and indepen
! dence to Texas.
Col. Travis was in command of about
: 185 Texan soldiers in the fort called
j the Alamo at Bexar. There he was
i surrounded by a greatly superior force
under the Mexican dictator. Santa
; Anna.
On the morning of March t, 183 It, the
; little garrison of the Alamo capitulated,
j on the pledge of the Mexican general
I that thglr lives would be snared. 2#vt
withstanding this pledge Col. Travis
■ad his entire force were massacred tis
soon as they bad surrendered. Their
dead belies were gathered together, a
huge jiiie or wood was heaped upon
theru. and tliey were burned to ashes.
On Aj.rll 19,153G, Oen. Houston, with
about 700 men, gave battle at San Ja
cinto to Santa Anna, with nearly thrae
times the number of Mexicans, and, In
spite of the disparity of numbers,
Houston's little force swept the Mexi
cans like chaff before the wind. It
was more a slaughter thau a battle.
Just before the assault of the Texans
WSB made on the army of Santa Anna.
Houston addressed his soldiers in a fer
vid speech, closing with these words:
"Remember the Alamo." These words
fell upon the ears of the Texans with
wonderful effect. Every soldier in the
little army at the same instant re
peated the words "the Alamo," until
the word became a shriek for revenge
that struck terror to the souls of the
Mexicans. When the battle was over
It was found that only 70 Texans had
been killed, while €3O Mexicans were
left dead on the Held.
A l.rgead Destroyed.
"Another familiar legend," says the
Critic, "has been relegated to the limbo
of the untrue, and it ie a question if
there will be anything left for the next
generation to pin its faith to. This
time it is 'The Prisoner of Chillon,' be
loved of and quoted by every school
girl. In the cell where the 'prisoner'
languished so long there was shown a
circle worn In the stones by bis feet
in walking round and round a pillar to
which he was chained. M. Vuillet, one
of the members of the grand council
of Vaud, was horrified to find that, in
repaving the cell, ihe 'Chemln de Boni
vard,' one of the souvenirs and attrac
tions of the country, had disappeared.
He brought the matter before the coun
cil, and was chagrined to learn that
the famous track had not been made
by the captive whom Byron made
famous, but had been industriously
scraped by successive keepers."
Hiuii a Blind Nation.
There are more than twice as many
blind persons in Russia as in the whole
of the rest of Europe. They number
19,000, which is equivalent to two in
every 1,000 of the population. It is
believed that blindness In Russia is so
prevalent because of the length of time
which snow lies on the ground, and
also owing to the uncleanly habits of
the people. Among all this number
only 200 or 300 are able to read, and
only about 2,500 are cared for in in
stitutions for the blind.
Two Natural Faea.
Water will extinguish a fire because
the water forms a coating over the
fuel, which keeps It from the air, dnd
the conversion of water into steam
draws off the heat from the burning
fuel. A little water makes a Are
fiercer, while a larger quantity of water
puts It out. The explanation is that
water is composed of oxygen and hy
drogen. When, therefore, the fire can
decompose the water Into its simple
elenents it serves as fuel to the flame.
l*e»alar la Orawlas Hooai.
In drawing rooms, handsome silk
damask curtains, made up with plain
linings to match the predominant color
la the damask, are xnopt popular, al
though one often sees severe contrasts
between curtains and lining, wbdto
bold effects are desired.
Administrator's Notice.
Estate of Mar// McCartjj, hitc <>/ F.tl
laml towns/lip, deceased.
Letters of Administration having ueen
granted to the undersigned, Administra
tor in the estate of Mary McCarty late of
Blklnnd township, deceased, notice is
hereby given that all persons indebted lo
said estate are requested to make immed
iate payment, and all persons having
claims against it must present them duly
authenticaled for settlement.
DOWNS, Attv. JOSEPH PARDOK, ( Allm „
THOS. Met!ARTV i A "" rK
Harrison |Krips.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
1500 Columbia Ave. PHILADELPHIA.
llegs to announce to the public that
after a year's absence he will re-open his
branch Photographic Studio at
Eagles Here,
for the season of 1898, on ,11'I.Y 4th.
Mr. Powell who has managed the bus
iness heretofore will be on hand.
1 n and outdoor photography executed
in an artistic and satisfactory manner.
IF SOME
Maim
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ADVERTISEMENT
IN THIS SPACE
II WOULD PAY!
WST??
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Wm. Itobbins Sonestown Pa.
■dncata Tour Bowels With CunnU.
Candy Cathartic, care constipation forever.
Mo, So. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Goto J. W. Buck, Sonestown, foi
rubbers, blankets, carpets, clothing and
dressgoods at December low prices. Higli
iest prices paid for butterjand eggs,
Williamsport & North Branch Railroad
TIME TABLE
IN KFFEOT TI'KSIiAV. JT T NE2B, 1898.
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10 nr. •> 40t i ;«• -at to 40 s2O Hughesviiie 7 a*. »32 144 »4« 4 112: 9
4S; 1 111 2 .".1; 111 It- ,s 2S Picture Roi ks !l 2.i ) :tf. :i 10 424 543
i.'i r>ii 441 12 oil no r>2, i'B :ii Lyons Mill pj 22 fi :u ft: :«i f4 22 112» 4*>
f."> 51 ft 40 12 42 fio 00 fS It! Cliuwotiiil <1 20 : fl 28' ft! 112 f4 20 f9 4:1
IS 02 Is!'. 24s 11 01 H3S Glen Miuvr y us' 122 :t 25 414 'I :;u
fii 111 ft. 01 *2 fi« 111 11 t» m Straw bridge In 0.".j fi i:j 112:: it; i' 407 ii 'v
hi |:.i (Hi, *:•. uo 111 Hi IS Ml Beech Olen f;i 01 il OH 11 14 of. 19 25
t: 111 5 111 :: 07 11 21 sss Muney Valley sSB 100 :i 07 401 922
ii SHI als .11 :io «t 10 Sonorttown s 52, 1 00 aOO a 55 915
■ ill II I'.' Norilmont 8 iIT 2 44
5 IS 12 lis La' Porte n 21! 2 25
•1 "•» 12 II La|s)rti>Tannery.... s 19 2 22
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ii •.*<• 12 45 Snttcrfleld 7 5. 1 MI
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EAGLES MERE RAIL ROAD.
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11 25 als 11 ao 19 In 517 Soilon AVII 552 505 11 00 aOO 915
Ii ao a2O 11 35 19 15 522 Will,lock s4S 500 |lo 55
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054 344 11 59 '.I 39 5 4<i Kucwnhdinn S2l I:». 10 ill 2IS «30
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p. ni, p. 111. p.m. a. in. p. 111. a. m . p. in. a. in. p. iu. p. m.;
L R oumbk,
Dealer in and
/Manufacturer of
CARRIAGES \m WAGONS.
ANI> Your Patronage
Lumber on ,e (, f LOW I>OII i !<M IL.ih lauf
- Wi» are getting rid of our large stock of hand made wagonH. 112
We also deal in factory made plattroin spring wajforiH.
Blacksmithing and
Repairing.
West Main Street, L-AJFOIE.. TE.
CAMPBELL The Merchant,
~ SIlt'XK. PENiXA
TO THE LADIES:
Mv new Spring slot*!v of Dry (ioo«ls Noiion and 1* nrnisliingH are now opened
lor yonr inspection. Call and examine. Plie prices are right. l)on't tail to look
over my bargain counter, lor I always have some bargains lor von. Hoys and girlu
black hose, .Oc pr. Ladeis vests, 5c each.
Gents, This is to Your Interest:
Fresh stock of pec-ds just arrived, at following prices until pold: Timothy, $1.75
bushel; mam clover, s-1.15 bn.; orchard grass, bu.: red top, .>'1.50
BOOTS. SHOES, CLOTHING, hats, cups Mini straw jjoods. An endless
variety. New goods, latest stylos ami best prices. I'lease examine before {roin«r
elsewhere Grocery <li-|»;irtliient replenished weekly. Agent lor Wiard plows and
rakes. Wheel harrows ami llowker fertilizers. Country produce taken in exchange
for goods. A share of your patronage is solicited.
Yum- vi iv respec.tfiillv,
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