Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-24

IF. w. Gallagher has placed Q
street lamp at his hotel corner. Il
burns gas, generated from gasoline
and throws very brilliant light.
An exchange tells Of a anWho
sent five dollars to an advertiser tC
learn how to live without work.
The response was, ''fish for suckers
as we do"
Shooting girls who reject theil
suits seems to have become quit a
fad with brutes who have by some
error of nature been given the shape
of men.
The Presidents liberal distribu.
ton of official plums among news.
paper men indicates that his lump OF
gratitude is larger than that of most
politicians.
A successful operation was per-
formed on Mrs. Chas. l.. Wing at
the Williamsport hospital on Thurs
day of last week by DIR. Mutt who
removed badly diseased appendix.
She is now improving nicely under
the excellent care of nurse, Miss
Myrtle Miller.
Boosting of her industrious hab-
its, a hotelmaid in town said she
rose at five, put on the kettle, pre-
pared the breakfast and made all the
beds before the guests or anyone
else was up in the house.
During the three year, ,97'99,
our farmers sold $5O0,000,O00 more
to foreign countries than they did
for the three years 1896. No
wonder the country is prosperous.
There was a social hop at the Ken
nedy hall ON Friday night of last
week. There was an air of genial
sociability circulating that helped to
make the occasion pronounced sue
cess.
The President has sent positive
orders to Cuba to show 10 favor or
mercy to the guilty, connected with
the postoflice scandal. That is em-
inently proper.
Census enumeratOrs will perform
their work between June and June
Is. Persons who expect to be abb
sent from home during that time
should arrange to be included in the
count.
Think seldom of your enemies,
often of friends, and every day of the
printer-if you owe him dollar,
try and pay t,as the trust prices have
put up paper over sixty per cent.
If the government responds to
the demand for half cents the circula-
ton of that coin will enable many
economical people to participate in
works of charity, and it will be a
favOrite in the church contribution
box.
-Laporte society was treated to a
delightful innovation in social func-
tions Tuesday evening at social
dance in the i. O. O. +. hall held by
the young people of town. There
was a novelty about the affair." being
the first dance held in the hall for a
number of years past.
Montana is Mortified. The act
ing governor has appointed Senator
Clark to the seat from which he has
just resigned. Montana's horror and
woe results from the fact that there
will not be another Senatorial con-
test there for some months to come.
THAT $4,000 verdict for Mrs.
Reading against another woman for
alternating the affections of her hus-
band seems topic of much interest
to women. The average woman
may feel that if she could dispose of
the affections of her husband for one
tenth that sum she would be realiz-
ing big money on doubtful securities.
The Kansas youth who set fire
to house in order that he might
play the hero by rescuing the family,
got an eighteen year sentence, which
will give him ample time to think
over the difference between a vicious
fool and hero.