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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-04
Muncy Valley.

Mrs. T.. f.. Webb attended the
funeral of her sister, near Hughes
vile last Sunday.
Jacob Stackhouse buried his little
baby last Sunday.
Miss Carrie Fague of Picture Rocks
visited ID. M. Taylor's over Sunday.
Mrs. +. Hall of MontoursviIle,
visited Mrs. Alfred Taylor for few
days.
On Saturday evening the NJ. f.
Sunday School held an ice cream
festival on the lawn near the church.
The Picture Rocks band furnished
music for the occasion. The small
children of the school marched to the
depot with flags to receive the band,
and then marched back to the church
where they were all treated to ice
cream. Every thing went off lovely
until about half-past eight when II
very heavy shower came up, which
made them flee for shelter; which
was found by going to the church,
where they proceeded with the
festival.
Another little scrap in town Satur-
day evening, but no body hurt very
badly.
The School Board of Davidson twp.
met in the school house at this place
on Monday and finished electing
teachers for the various schools. NJ.
ID. Sweeney was elected to teach the
high school in town again, ,and Frank
Shoemaker the school above Nord-
mont.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-04
Number IS,
Danger From Aguinaldo.

Gen. Merritt has again cabled the
War department relative to the sit
uation in Manila, which he finds
very unsatisfactory and dangerous
owing to the attitude of the insur-
gents. In the opinion of Gen. Mer-
rift, the attitude of the insurgents
there is similar to that assumed by
Garcla's Cubans upon the question of
their right to enter and possess them
selves of the city, although the in
surgents are very much more for
mldable element, being not only
more numerous but better armed and
filled with the arrogance following
numerous victories over their Span
ish foes. Gen. Merritt, however.
indicates that he will do his utmost
to protect the citizens from the
savagery of the insurgents, though
his task is delicate and difficult
one, because of the fact that he must,
while fighting the Spaniards, be
ready at any moment to repel the
insurgents. The general gave notice
that he was about to combine with
Admiral Dewey in a joint demand
for the surrender of the city to the
United States forces, thus forestallino
the insurgents, and this move NAV
cause IA rupture.
Up to the date of the report Gen.
Merritt had with him about $4,000
soldiers. So far seven expeditions
have left San Francisco CARRYING
soldiers to the Philippine, and it is
the intention to furnish Merritt at
least 5000 men more than his pres
ent force. If he delays his attack
until all these have reached him
Manila will not be taken i'm that way
before September, for the last of the
troops have not yet started from
San Francisco. 1t may be, however,
that the arrangement as to the Phil
ippines, which it is expected will be
included in the peace treaty, will
obviate the necessity for further
action on the part of the American
commanders.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-04
Prospects of an Early Peace.

New York, Aug. "a special to
the Evening Journal from Madrid,
says: "Spain accepts the principal
conditions of peace as set forth by the
American government, and only the
peace details are needed to cause all
hostilities to cease at once.
GA peace delegation will be chosen
at once to confer with the represen-
tatives of the United States. The
peace conditions set forth by Presi-
dent Mckinley We're discussed at
length today by Minister Sagasta,
and at the conclusion it was given
out officially that the terms of the
United States would be accepted.
There are one or two amendments
in the proposition of the United
States that Spain will ask to be
made, and if this is done peace will
be declared at once"
While this government has strong
reasons for believing that its terms
of peace have been agreed to by the
Madrid government, the President
is taking nothing for granted.
Arrangements for pressing the war
to Il successful conclusion are going
forward precisely as if no negotia-
tiOnS for peace were i'm progress
Notwithstanding the warlike prepa-
rations being made, the belief in
official circles amounts almost to
Il conviction that active hos
tilities practically have been con-
cluded. The first step probably will
be towards an agreement to close
active hostilities, pending the draft
ing of a treaty of peace along the
lines of the accepted terms.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-04
Large Attendance and Interesting Ses-
sions at the Normal School.

Large Attendance and Interesting Ses-
sions at the Normal School.
About seventy students are now
registered at the Normal School and
the work grows daily in interest and
effectiveness. The large number of
teachers i'm attendance are receiving
the most careful training and prepa-
ration for their work in the schools
of the county later ON. The course
of study gives not only the branches
required to be taught in our schools
but affords an opportunity to those
who are ready to take up work in
advance subjects. Have you been
down to visit the school yet? If not,
go some Gay. You will be cordially
welcomed and you will be interested
in the work.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-04

Judge Ikeler Passes Away at His Home
Judge /. r. Ikeler, of the 26th
judicial district, comprising Column
bia and Montour counties, died Mon
day after at 2:45 o'clock, at his resi-
dence in Bloomsbury. He leaves a
wife and two sons, Frank A. and
Fred G. Ikeler, both lawyers. The
funeral was held on Wednesday.
A Well Known Teacher Called to Her
Final Reward.
Miss AnaStasia Lusch of DushOre
died in Atlantic City early Tuesday
morning. The sad death of Miss
Lusch was a shock from which the
teachers attending the Normal at
this place, has not yet recovered.
The young lady was general favor
ite among her acquaintance and was
a most estemable person, classed
among the very best teachers of the
county.
She had undergone an operation
in Philadelphia during the summer,
and was thought to be out of danger.
She was taken to Atlantic CITY i'm
hopes OF Il more speedy recovery.
Deceased was brought to Dushore ON
Wednesday where funeral service
was conducted.
While Sagasta is wondering
what to say, Alger is sending out
more soldiers to Porto Rico. This
is the difference between the two
kinds of people.
The herald., 1898-09-18

ivory taffetas. Two wide insets Of gui-
pure, as stoles, border a pleated chemi-
settle of plain gauze, while the hem of the
skirt Is trimmed with three gathered
flounces. The elbow sleeves are entirely
guipure. cerise or black. Another toilette
is a long pleated blouse in cream gauze, en-
crusted at the edge with circles of cream
Chantilly and opening in the front over a
chemisette of pink gauze encrusted with
the same lace. The foundation is pink sati
An embroidered bolero of pink velvet
frames the long floating sleeve and COM
pletes this graceful ensemble.
Some bewitching tea gowns are made in
pink, pale blue or saffron gauze, encrus ed
or trimmed with Valenciennes. One in
pink. and absolutely Regency in style. had
the coat rounded at the sides and trimmed
with a double frill of gauze and lace; the
chemiset.e was treated with Valencennes,
the sleeve Ia duchesse de Bourgogne, with
a very deep fril1 Of gauze, and lace butter
flies and satin comets were scattered in pro-
fusion over the fulled flounces. Frequesnt-
~ one sees gem dog collars sewn ON the
material itself or on velvet, in small bands,
held by little jeweed bars, or simpy made
in coral, Venetian or o:her fancy sub
stances. Frillirgs Of gauze or lace emve1op-
~ effect, but they are especially becoming
where the neck is unduly long-the swan
like neck 80 admired by our grandma theirs.
The herald., 1898-09-18

feminine grace or more wildly recalls the
airy adornments of the eighteenth century.
Sara Bernhard, with her tall, slender fig
ure, adopted the deshablle which became,
with the artistic draplng of Material and
soft laces, the very acme of grace. Her
deshabilles in la Dame aux Camelias'
are thing to remember. The snowy white
ness of lace, Indian gauze( crepe, cashmere,
soft eastern silks, interlaced with gold, en-
veloped her as In a cloud. Lighter than
eiderdown were these long draperies of
Crepe de Chine, fastened with jewels, OPEN
ing on a soft chemisette of Venetian poin t
similarly secured at neck and waist by in
sets of diamonds. Others were in ivory
velvet, recalling mother-of-pearl, bordered
with feathers and forming a soft coat over
the chemisette Of Brussels point
Dresses for the house are made this sea-
son entirely of gauze They are built on a
foundation Of satin of the same shade
They are puffed, pleated, stitched, encrust-
ed with lace or covered with Valenciennes.
Never have the adornments been more airy,
more snowy, more ideal. They require
mousseline de sole in their creation, ard
the narrowest of ribbons for their ornament
tation. The result is fairy-like and re-
sembles the finest web Of the tiny spider,
whose invisible threads vie with those Of
the most complicated embroideries. A very
effective gauZe dress, embroidered with
large cream spots, covers q tran sparency OF
The herald., 1898-09-18
An English Woman Socialist

Mrs. Webb, wife of the English Socialist,
Sidney Webb, has just passed through the
United States while making a tour of the
world. Before her marriage Mrs. Webb
was Miss Beat rice Potter, a ward of Her,
bert Spencer. She was ONE of seven daugh-
tiers popular in the drawing rooms of the
West Erld of London. One day she became
interested IN the shop girls and went and
lived among them for two months. At the
end Of that time she decided 10 give up
society and give her attention to the work.
ing girls Of london She compiled AIN arti-
Gle for one Of the Leading English Journals
which brought the attention Of the wihoIs
British empire to the condition of the sweat
shops. One of her bodgraphers tells the
story as follows:
From that day Beatrice Potter returned
no more to the world. Her sisters had all
married men Of position, but she scorned
their happy, busy, domestic lives, auNd was
to be found only among ;he manual labor
ers, sharing the curious delusion of other
Socialists that the only labor worth coneid-
GRAFTON is such as may be performed with
the hands, Her studies led her all over the
Continent of Europe. Occasionally she
would reappear for brief space and gather
abou, her for anaftemoon her early friends,
but her real companions had ceased to be
the men who we're making and creating its
science, literature and art. Her friends
were these who called ON her in heir shirt
sleeves and smoked clay pipes IN her draw
| ing noon. Two years ago the result Of her
research into the progress of poverty ap-
pea1ed In a carefully prepared work. which
The herald., 1898-09-18

powerfully illustrated and to the sorrow
OF a clerk in the linen department of Mar
ket street firm. A well-known matron, VIII 0
lives in the ia shtonable portion of the city
Is the heroine of this tragedy. She was out
for what she could get, and incidentally
wished to purchase a tablecloth She en-
tered the house Of the firm and going to the
linen department. asked the clerk what a
certain :ablecloth which was in the stock
was worth. He priced them for her at 49,
This did not suit at all, and after an ar
gumert of some minutes She finally per-
suaded him to sell the tabecloth for $3.50
When she had got the poor clerk to his
stage She had him just where she wanted
him. She looked the tablecloth over once
more, and then remarked that she could
get tablecoth at another place fer the
same price.
The clerk. feing "sore'' because ne had
allowed woman to beat him down, replied:
well, If you can, I'll give you this cloth"
you WHIP" she answered, eagerly. "All
right. Just wait here minute"
She left the store and going 10 the other
place asked the head clerk to show her
tablecloth Of the kind she had seen at he
other store. 1t was priced al So, but this
did moi daunt her. She said:
"They tell me over at So-ond-so's that
II YOU let me have ;ablecloth like this for
$3.50 they VIII give me one"
OF course. the clerk Immediately let her
have one for $3.50, Taking the ticket and
The herald., 1898-09-18
Max O'Rell on Women

According to Max O'Rell, The F'renchman
whose lectures on women always receive
the closest attention, French women make
the best wives for poor and striving hus-
bands. At recent talk he gave in Eng
land on women of the world he remarked
that he had found only two countries where
men were in leading strings and women
were the leaders-France and the United
States. The lecturer manifested keen ad-
miration for the French woman, who, he
went on to say. under all the varying cir
cumstances of life, freely offered her hus-
band advice-whch he generally took. She
advised him in money matters-that was
why he retained his money. The French
woman, too, always remained interesting.
She never even wore her hair more than
three weeks in the same way. She knew
that the same dishes became ineipid if
eternally served with The sama sauce In
business she was the husbands adviser
She knew all his aairs and shared them.
English and American women often did
not know whether their husbands were on
the road to ruin or wealth. Mr.. ORell
The herald., 1898-09-18

The checked materials are also Charming
A favorite design is plain color with mar
now lines in Il deeper shade crossing TO
form from two to four inch squares. A pale
pink wool has squares of dark red lines.
You can ina CINE the other combinations in
new browns, olive, greens and reds. These
crossing lines are often black and II mus.
not be forgotten that the size of the blocks
prevents them from dwarfing the figure.
In silks the changes are also rlmg on
plaids. Many of these are plnided with the
addition of printed or broche patterns, such
as single fiowerets of different sizes, spots
OF all shapes, trefols and the like.
Black silks will be worn this winter and
the choice is large one. Mo.res with fancy
waterings will be used for skirts redngo-
ties and long NANTES. The markings on
these watered silks have great variety.
There are wavy lines, and zigzags, and
some specimens are quite regular. Some
run across the silk, some lengthwise and
some have a diagonal direction.
In some of the black brocaded silks the
happiest effects are obtained by combining
faille with satin, now one style Of weave
The herald., 1898-09-18

snake bites If applied quickly and copiously
and changed often. Animals know this,
too, as witness the speed and directness
with which a snake-bi;ten dog or horse
reared in the country will frequently make
for the nearest stream when bitten by
poisonous reptile. Here, half buried in
the sticky mud of the shores, the nature
wise animal will remain until instinct tells
him that the poison has been all removed
The country girl who believes in mud as
a complexion beautifier uses it both as a
preventive and a remedial agent. The city
girl in all probability, will employ it only
in the last named capacity. But If she tries
it once, plastering her face, hands and
throat quickly with it at night and allow
ing it to remain on the skin despite the I'M
pleasantness of the resultant feeling and
appearance until the morning, she will be
more than rewarded when the horrid-look-
ing stuff Is washed off with warm water
and soap by the renewed and charming
freshness and fairness Of her erstwhile sun
spoiled complexion.-Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-09-18

neighborhood of the nearest park very
early some bright morning and carefully
carrying a mysterious looking cardboard
box or bottle you may know her errand
and the contents Of the cherished recepta-
Gle. Clay-like mud is the best for whiten-
ing the hands and complexion, and she has
been to the park to procure some mud from
the shores of the artificial lake Merely wet
earth or sand from the lake beaches or
back yard will not do half so well.
The reasons for the bleaching effects of
mud are MOI nearly so well known or au-
thentic as the cures 1t undoubtedly effects.
In many parts of Canada and of the west
ern states where the hot sun and the dry
winds combine to parch and discolor deli
cate compilations the country girls know
very well what will make and keep them
fresh and fair again. They are fond Of
plastering their faces, hands and threats
night and morning. some times leaving the
npleasant-looking but efflcacious plaster
on all night in aggravated cases, with the
mud from the creek or river beds. For the
The herald., 1898-09-18
SUMMER GIRLS RErIOVE
SUNBURN WITH MUD

kind of sunburn which blisters, peels off
and makes Itself generally unpleasant there
is nothing better than this homely remedy.
And the city girl has somehow or other
acquired this knowledge, as new-old as the
remedy itself, from her rural sister.
To do this identifying work best the mud
should be applied over a skin newly washed
in soap and warm water. Il presumably
acts by drawing out of the epidermis all
the inflammation and fever which has
caused the unpleasant redness and by
bleaching the darkness out of the badly
tanned complexion. 1t does this just as
hunters and woodsmen in general know that
it will draw the poison out of insect or even
The herald., 1898-09-18
A Pretty Garden Gown

A stylish gown worn recently by pretty
debutante to garden party was of NOUS
seine de sole. one Of the new makes in a
delicate shade of gray, patterned over with
oblong squares of black, whilst from the
center of each oblong sprang tiny green
rose and Its leaves. The foundation was Of
glace silk in the same shade of gray. and
the trained skirt was bordered with five
rows Of ribbon frills in black satin. The
charm of the gown lay in the cunningly
contrlved bodice. This was in the ordinary
shape, tight fitting and pointed back and
front, with the fun pleats on either side Of
the bust drawn down into band of green
ribbon velvet, finished with a bow. The
girdle was of bouillonneed white chiffon,
over white satin, and the broad epaulettes
which extended some three or four inches
over each sleeve, matched it, and were
edged with a frill of black satin ribbon
London Telegraph.
The herald., 1898-09-18

The up-to-date Chicago girl who brings a
lovely case of tan" back from the coun-
try with her is trying rather peculiar rem
edy for the injured complexion this sum-
mer Everyone wants to reach the city
with sunburned cheeks and throat which
tell OF outdoor and vacation joys and JOLT
ncatlon, but nobody wants the said cheeks
and throat to remain so deeply coored long.
so complexion tan, freckle and sunburn
lotions are always Immensely popular in
the summertime and the summer girl tries
them by the hundred.
The newst cosmetis on her list is mud
Just plain, common, ordinary mud.
SO If you meet Il girl returning from the
The herald., 1898-09-18
PLAIDS AND CHECKS
FOR TAILOR MADES

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-(Speclal Corre-
spondence to The Herald) If you Go not
care for the plain wooden ma terials this fall
you can get the variety of color perhaps nee
essary to insure your good looks, by selec.-
ing the new rich plaids, or the checks of two
colors. The pla.ds are certainly very beau
;Iu!, rich dark red, purple, and pale green.
in TWO inch blocks plaided with black, is
one combination, and so becoming is 1t 10
any slight woman with complexion that
needs tonlng up, that 1t is selling wonder
fully notwithstanding the high price. But
these plaids are imported ones-straight
from French looms-so we need not wonder
at the tatste of their color combinations.
The herald., 1898-09-18

For instance, faille will have wavy scrolls
Of satin on which are brocaded lines of
spots. In other specimens the ground Is
satin and has brocaded leaf Of faille,
while the ground itself has tiny clusters Of
iowerets, spots or little crosses. Then
there are those equally divided between
scrolls of satin and those of faille.
The world of fashion cannot at present
have too much of the Louis XIV bow, and
wa see this reproduced In broche satin on
faille grounds, or vice versa. Sometimes
open or TWO colors are combined to form D
relief on the backgrounds. There are also
colored brocades with watered grounds.
The Louis bow Is not the only design of the
The herald., 1898-09-18

then spoke at length of the American wo-
man. In America Mrs. Jonathan was a
distinct type. An American girl from the
age Of II had almost every liberty, yet
American women inspired respect every
where. The different positions which wo-
men occupied In America, as compared
with England, was due, he thought, largely
to education. American boys and girls sat
together in the same school. and the girls
took the majority of the prizes. He also
paid a compliment to the chivalry of the
American men to the opposite sex, which,
he said, he had found in no other country,
The herald., 1898-09-18
he cloth she returned to the clerk.

the cloth she returned to the clerk.
",rhere," she said, showing it to him. II
got it for $3.50"
No proof was wanting to convince the
clerk that she had got 1t at that price, so
he gave her the cloth and charged himself
with it.
Then this lady returned with the pur-
chased cloth to the other place and got
credit on it. after which she went on her
way rejoicing, just one 50 tablecloth in.-
Louisville Commercial.
The herald., 1898-09-18
SHE GOT THE CLOTH
A Smart Woman and a Clever Little
Trick

There are callings and callings open to
both men and women by which they can
gain a livelihood, but when 1t comes to the
"old confidence game as means of living
the men must step back and take off their
hats to the women. To be sure, there are
not as many women up to this racket" as
there are men, but those who are knowing
ones are gentuses at the business They
could make killing where nine ICON" mon
out of ten would have to either starve or
work honestly for living.
Il vas not long ago that this was most
The herald., 1898-09-18

The Beetle was blind, and the Bat was
binder,
And they went to take tea with the scissors
grinder.
The Scissors-grinder had gone away.
Across the river to spend the day,
But he tied his bell to the grapevine swing.
The Bat and the Beetle heard it ring,
And neither the Beetle nor Bat could see
Why no one offered them any tea.
So, polite and patient, they are waiting yet
For the cup of tea they expect to get.
-Carolyu Wells in st. Nicholas.
The herald., 1898-09-18

Sc; forth plainly the condition of affairs;
and this year a SECOND volume, bearing her
own and her husband name, has appeared,
in which deductions are made and theories
ire built upon the facts CLEANED in previous
years Of hbor-Boscon Transcript.
The herald., 1898-09-18

period which is finding favor. There are
festoons, garands and baskets of flowers.
1t is as If the gowns our great-grea.-
grandmothers wore were once more seeing
the light, and these goods are in fact beau
tiful limitations Of the last century mate
rails. They are not to be worn for whole
gowns, however-that is, those brocaded
colors-but as coat bodices for smart re-
ception gowns, and for facing lapels and
large yoke-like collars covering the shoul-
ders, and other similar purposes An
other scheme into which these materials
enter is seen on few of these new dresses
The sleeves are of the plain material down
to the elbow, and the lower half of the fig
uN. small ruffle is mounted on the
Join,
The herald., 1898-09-18
Tea Gowns Up to Date

The general adoption of tallor-made cos
tunes, so severe in their simplicity. caused
bound few years ago In the opposite d.
rect.on. resulting In the tea gown, the YER
liable apotheosis Of the former dressing
gown, and link between the demi- toile ties
and the ball costume. The theater was its
birthplace, for no style so well displays