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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24
Assignee Notice.

Assignee NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that j. W. Buck
has assigned all his property. real and
personal, to me Tor the benefit OF his cred
itors. All persons knowing themselves
indebtedlto him will please pay the same
to me, and all persons having any claims
against the said J. w. Buck will present
the same 10 me duly authenticated for
settlement.
l.. II. BUCK, Assignee.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24

Trial List for February Term. 1901.
Return day, Monday February rs. 1901 at p. IN.
Wheeler II. Plots vs. Geo. ID. Warburton and
Julius Derkes. No. 36, May term, 1899. Replevin
Plea, non Ceipt and.property in themselves.
Mullen Walsh. bradley.
. Henry l.. Mddendorf W Mrs wincfred SUR.
devant: No. ~ December term, lss9. Plifs up
peal. Plea non assumIsit. Mullen. Inghums.
3 The Lake Mokoma Land Company vs. James
Mcfarlane. No. 67, May term 1900. Trespass.
Plen, not guilty. Mullen bradley.
WM. j. LAWRENCE. Prothonotary.
Pot II. oilce, LaIorte Pa. Ian II. 1901.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24
Administrators Notice.

Letters Of Administration having been
granted To the undersigned upon the es-
tate of Mrs. :. II. G. Pardoe late OF Forks
Township Sullivan County, Pa, decd.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quired to make immediate payments: and
all persons having claims against said
estate are required to present same duly
authenticated for settlement to
II. G. PARpoE, Administrator.
Millview. Pa. Nov. :. 1900
Estate of Martha j. Sinclair, late OF
Laporte Township, Sullivan County, decd.
Letters OF administration upon the
above named estate having been granted
to the undersigned, all persons having
claims against the same will present them
for payment, duly authenticated: and
those indebted thereto, will please make
immediate payment to
JOSEPH :. NEWMAN, Admr.
Nordmont, Sullivan Co., Pa.
j. BRADLEY, Atty. Laporte Pa. Dec
ember Ia, 1900.
Estate OF Robert F. Rogers, deceased.
OF IIillsgrove Township, Sullivan County,
Pa. Letters OF administration on the
above estate having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons indebted to the
said estate are requested to make pay.
ment. and those having claims to present
the same without delay, TO
+. F. IVES, Administrator.
January II. 1901. Muncy, Pa.
4. j. BRADLEY, Attorney.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
EEooAR.s BANK ACCOUNT.
Faithful Dog Earned $4,000 for fts
Master,

Faithful Dog Earned $4,000 for fts
For the past ten years theater-goe
and other pleasure seekers who walk
ed on the Broadway of New York's
Ienderloin after dark were wont to
glance aside to the curbing at the at
tenuated harmonies of a hand-organ,
says the New York Times The glance
showed them a ragged old man, grind
ing out the wheezy greeting of age to
youth, but it also showed a grizzly
haired dog hard by. with basket half
full of coin in his mouth. The men
who saw it merely grumbled: "Pshaw,
only hand organ beggar Probably
worth more than l am" But their
Feminine companions were not to be
put off in that wise. But look at the
faithful dog" they would cry And
the result was that the dogs basket
became heavier every moment that he
was on duty. 1t was the tribute OF
woman to the dog.
Now, mind" the male escort would
say, Il do it simply out of Segard for
the dog. Several days ago Broadway
missed the dog. Broadway wondered
and then speedily forgot all about 1t.
The dogs home was in the tenement
house, 4O2 West Thirty-eighth street,
where a week ago he died. His master.
since dead, the Deighbors say, starved
both himself and the dog to death. The
dog is dead and the neighborhood
knows not his name, but there is left
to guard his memory noble monu-
ment. The savings of the master that
the dog earned amount to something
over s25 900.
Timothy McGrath was the dogs
master. For years he lived in small
room in the tenement in Thirty-eightn
street. OF late, since the death of the
dog he himself had been ailins, and
James Brown, tailor, who had his
shop on the ground floor, had been
accustomed to do the meager shopping
of McGrath.
Yesterday morning, as usual, Brown
went up to the top floor, but could get
no answer to his knockings. A police
man finally broke in the door Nc
Grath was dead. The ambulance sur
geon said that lack of proper nourish-
ment was the cause. In tin box Sc
creted in the room they found two
bank notes, one on the Emigrants'
Savings bank, and one on the Bank
for Savings, showing to McGrath's
credit $4,000. There was also the
deeds for house on Fortieth street,
off Fifth avenue, life insurance pol
icy. and deeds for lot and monument
in Calvary cemetery.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
RAIN YOUR BOYS.
Son. should BE orderly and Systematic

Sons Should BE Orderly and Systematic
In the House.
A wise mother will impress upon
her sons. as well as upon her daugh-
ters, the Importance and comfort of
being orderly in the household. 1t is
usual for the mother to strive to make
her daughter systematic and tidy, to
induce her to keep her bureau draw
ers, her closet and her room in order;
to put away her clothes carefully, and
to make her bed properly; but the boy
has all these things done for him, and.
consequently. never learns orderly
habits, unless they come to him by
nature. There is no sense in this dis
tinctiOn between the boy and the girl.
Neatness and orderliness In regard to
ones room and surroundings are as
essential to a well-bred man as neat
ness of person, and the boy is at a
disadvantage in whose home-training
these points have been neglected
able, after they are grown, to be away
from their care for years before es-
tablishing homes of their own. 1t is
a positive unkindness, therefore, to al
low them to grow up with slovenly
habits, which will cause them to be re-
garded as ill-bred by persons of re-
finement. and which will be a source
of discomfort to themselves. 1t is be-
coming much more common than for
merly for men to have knowledge of
domestic affairs. Many men would feel
it as much of disgrace to live in the
midst of dirt and disorder, when
thrown upon their own resources, as
a woman would under similar circum-
stances. 1t is not unusual to find cul-
tured men who take pride in being
competent to perform the ordinary du-
ties of the household. knowledge
of thees duties is most convenient to
any man, for in every home emergen-
cies come in which his own comfort,
and that of others, will depend upon
his ability to do the necessary things
in the right way; but If such profici-
ency as this is too much to expect
from every man. mothers should see
to 1t, at least, that their sons, equally
with their daughters, are taught to
take that care of their rooms and per-
sonal belongings which the require
ments Of refined living demand.-New
York Weekly.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
fALsE NROuH

This Is form of laryngitis, occur
ring in young children, which is ac-
companied by a spasmodic drawing to-
gether of the vocal cords. occasioning
more or less difficulty in breathing. 1t
Is usually called simply Group by both
mothers and doctors. but is much
less serious affection than true Group.
True Group is an Inflammation, usually
diphtheritic, with a membranous exu-
dation filling up the larnyx. whereas
false Group is spasmodic and of short
duration. False Group may begin sud
denly and without warning. but usual
ly the child has a cold for day or
two before the croupy symptoms ap-
pear. The attack comes on during
sleep. and the little patient is awak-
ened by the urgent need for breath.
Sometimes there is difficulty only in
inspiration; in other cases an effort is
required to force the air out as well
as to draw it in.
Accompanying the difficulty in
breathing is a short, Intellectual cough
OF a harsh, metallic character There
Is usually more or less fever, some
times very high one and the pulse
is rapid and hard The child seems
to be In imminent danger of suffoca-
tlon-and sometimes actually is-but
generally the spasm of the larnyx re-
lakes after while and the child falls
asleep. In many cases the attack, if
IL has been severe, terminates with
nt OF vomiting or the coughing up of
a large quantity Of mucus.
A second attack may occur the same
night or the next night, or there may
be no subsequent seizures.
The following morning the child is
generally in his usual health, except
FOR slight hoarseness and a spasmod-
lc' metallic cough. or there may be a
little difficulty in breathing for day
or two
Although the symptoms of sharp
attack of spasmodic Group are often
terrifying, it seldom ends fatally in a
previously healthy child Commissions
or Inconsistencies may follow severe
attack in a delicate child.
Relief may be obtained by applying
to the throat a cloth wrung out of hot
water. The inhalation of steam rising
from a vessel of hot water in which Il
teaspoonful of compound tincture of
benzoin has been dropped will some
times break up spasm. In severe
cases the child may be made to vomit
by giving him warm salt water, or by
tickling the back of the throat with
feather.
1t is not always easy to distinguish
between true and false Group, and it
is safer to call physician in every
case.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
CURIOUS HONDURAS PIPES.

Spanish and Aztec Implements Retain
Historic Designs and Color.
this country many Of the odd imple-
ments and curios of those lands. The
Spanish population has large admix-
ture of Aztec or other aboriginal blood,
and preserves many of the implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time of the Montezumas. One Of
the queerest survivals in this regard is
the long pipe which is still employed
in the rural districts of both republics
1t is made from shrub or a sapling
which grows somewhat like the elder.
The bush is cut down and the pith ex-
tracted from the stem, which is after
ward peeled, polished, dried and paint
ed with primary colors In barbaric
style. The simplest form is straight
stem from three to six feet in length.
more expensive kind is made from
stem with two terminal branches.
This demands much more care in ex-
tracing the pith, and enables the own
er to offer a friend mouthpiece on
one branch while he is enjoying an
other upon second. Three-stemmed
sticks are also made, and, very rarely,
four-stemmed ones. These are kept as
curios rather than as useful articles,
and are supposed to have been en-
ployed upon especial occasions in the
days of the Incas. The bowl is of red
mouthpiece may be of bone, or horn
or decorated silver and amber. The
length of the stem causes the tobacco
smoke to cool appreciably in its pas
sage from the bowl to the lips, and
gives taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargile. The
tobacco used with it is of rich red
brown color, about intermediate in
flavor and appearance between Vir-
ginia and Havana leaf. These pipes
make very pretty ornaments for
mantel or for wall, being much more
pleasing to the eye than the Church
warden" familiar to all smokers. They
are strong and durable, but, unless OIL
ed and vanished now and then, they
are apt to split in dry climate. Col
lectors make it rule to oil them on
the inside once year.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
strunr. Railway Wreck.

Frank Fisher awakened from sweet
dreams few days ago to find himself
perched high on the top of wrecked
locomotive. amid the ruins of far
worse wrecked caboose. The sudden
change from scenes of pastures green
and babbling brooks to winter land
scape, full of twisted iron. splinters
and kissing steam was so unpleasant
that Fisher lost no time in climbing
down from his high seat. but not be-
fore he had been painfully scalded.
This remarkable incident occurred dur
ing the wreck on the Schuylkill bridge,
on the Perkiomen railroad Fishers
escape was miraculous. He had charge
of a car of eleven horses. and was doz-
ing in the gig top of the caboose when
the locomotive plunged into the rear
end of the train. The horses were all
killed
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12

carpet-sweeper and dust-gatherer,
view of which we present in the accom-
panying illustration. The machine
comprises pair of brush cylinders, ro
tated by connection with f1uted rub
ber roller in frictional contact with the
floor, and there is also an electric mo-
tor inside the casing, which is utilized
to run a rapidly revolving fan. which
takes up the dust and drives it against
d sponge. The latter. being saturated
with water. readily retains the dust
and aids greatly in cleaning the room.
The current for the motor in the case
of the hand-operated sweeper is sun
piled by small generator connected
with the fiuted roller. but in case of n
large sweeper, for use in halls ana
churches. 1t is intended to attach the
sweeper directly to an electric-light
circuit by means of wires. In this case
the current is also made to revolye the
brushes. and 1t is then only necessary
for the operator to draw the machine
along the floors. the speed of the brush
es being SO high that a rapid sait
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
BROKERS IN INVENTIONS.
Di'appearance of the UnscrupulouS Spec
ulator-Odd Ideas.

usAtor-ouu lucas.
Inventors. as every one knows, are
deficient in business sense. Left to
themselves, they seldom realize great
profit from their work. They offer a
golden opportunity to business men,
who are not slow to take advantage
OF it. Two types of men make their
living out of the inventor. One is the
speculator. the other the legitimate
broker Of inventions. There are not
SO many spectators as there used to
be twenty years ago. Many made for
tunes out of the simple-minded in
ventors. The most notable case was
that of one who bought ten patents
from poor fellow in Washington for
$4,000, and in the next ten years
cleared nearly s1,OOO,OOO on them in
this country and in Europe. Brokers
have progressed steadily and are now
members OF recognized calling,
Many of them are thorough mechanics
and good, practical scientists. Such
as these are bound to be successful.
others are merely clever statesmen.
who at times make money and at other
times have their labor for their pains.
Their calling is full of odd and inter-
esting features. They meet inventors
OF every type, from those who have
genius to those who are cranks and
dreamers. 1t is among the latter that
they find queer inventions, some of
which, though ingenious, are not pat
entable. One of these was police
mans club, which at the end was per-
forated SO as to form red pepper box.
A small spring in the handle opened
the box and enabled the wielder of
the club to blind his enemy as well as
to beat him. A second spring threw
out as radii from the club a number of
small knife blades. which would cut
to pieces the hand of any one who tried
to snatch the club away. 1t was re-
fused patent by the examiners on
the ground "of its cruelty and inhu-
manity." Another non-patentable in
vention was lady's fan, in the stick
of which was concealed poisoned dag
ger.-New York Post.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
LOCOMOTIVES. AND CHARACTER.

well-known critic of art in France,
M. Arsene Alexandra, studied the ex-
hibit of railway locomotives at Paris
last summer from new point of view,
and drew some interesting conclusions
One of his most surprising inferences
was that the genuine art of to-day was
exhibited not in the museum of paint
ings, but among the locomotives. The
latter showed beauty of line and pro-
portion and true originality of treat
ment. National character was clearly
marked in them. The American loco
motive combined elegance, practically.
convenience and power. betokening a
race which takes its ease in working
The English locomotive was more trim,
snug and smaller, but without loss of
power. The French was lighter and
finer in line, but less powerful and
effective. The other nations showed
similar distinctions in their work.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
PRINTING WITHOUT INK.
Process That Is Proving "a Great su
in n.,u

Process That Il Proving n Great suo-
cess In En-; gland.
Printers are said to be much inter-
ested in the work of an English
photographer. Mr.. F. Greene of Lon
don, who has met with considerable
success in producing paper by means
Of electricity which may be printed
upon without employing inks or the
use OF any previous sensitizing matter
by saturation. as has hithertofore been
done. Instead of saturating this "elec-
tographic' paper with the sensitizing
materials, as has hitherto been done,
1t has been found best to mix them
with the pulp in the process of manu-
iacture, and so radical departure
has been made and new machine
made paper has been invented that has
rare properties. The chemicals used
are abundant and cheap, SO that this
paper can be produced as cheaply as
common paper. The prepared paper is
stable and colorless, 1t is unaffected
by any other agent than the electric
current; may be kept indefinitely and
sent to the press directly from the roll
treatment whatever; yields instantly
a dence black, permanent print. re-
qulres no subsequent fixing or devel-
opment; indeed, is ready for distribu-
tion Immediately, as there is nothing
ike ink to smirch or require drying;
briefly, it meets all the requirements
OF perfect medium for electric print
ing. The machine for electric print
ing is simply an ordinary press divest-
ed of all its mixing mechanism and
having the cylinder or paper-bearing
surface covered with suitable con-
Quoting metal. The work of make
ready is the same as for ordinary
printing, and line blocks, electrotypes.
wood cuts, half-tones, engravings and
all kinds of designs in relief may be
used at will. The form is connected
with one pole of the dynamo or bat
tery-for most purposes the current
may be taken from an ordinary incan-
descant light wire-the paper-carry-
ing cylinder or surface is connected
with the other pole. Thus the metal
surfaces of both cylinders are the cleo
trodes, while the paper is in reality a
very thin cell in which the pulp is an
inert medium and the contained chemi-
GALS the electrolyte which is to be SUBJ
tected to electrolysis. AS the cylinders
approach each other to press the paper
as 1t is fed between them, the current
is switched on automatically and flows
from one cylinder through the paper
at the points of contact to the other
cylinder, the impression being pro-
duced instantly by electro chemical
action.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
STORIES FROM OUR EXCHANGES


The career of Jonathan Prentiss Dol
liver. the mountain boy who became a
senator, is entertainingly described by
Cyrus Patterson Jones in Success for
March. The senator's love of humor
is thus described:
His wit is one of the most at
tractive of his gifts. He can tell a
story with wonderful effect His keen
sense of humor would have made him
a comedian If nature had not cast his
other faculties in more serious mold.
Therefore his fun only crops out at
times
When | asked him when and where
he first began to consider himself IA
nous he said:
My first term in congress gave
me my first sense of exaitation. The
people up In the Iowa hills had little
lake. and they named it after me. Then
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
INDIAN GIRL IN ROME

She is the brightest, most winsome
little tot of girl that we've brought
across the Atlantic in many day"
said Commander Englebart of the
North German Lloyd liner Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse yesterday morn
ing, reports the New York Times. The
object of his praise was year old
Indian child from the Rocky noun
tain region of Montana. Kolinzuten,
which In the court language of the
Flathead Indians means Child of
God" is the name of the diminutive
maiden, WHOM she landed, prompt
informed an admiring coterie that sur
rounded her on the pier that she was
just returning from Rome, where, with
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
rreel,les Indicate Consumption.

is freckled face indicative of con-
sumption? 1t has been suspected, re-
marks a medical journal, that re-
markable proneness to freckle is often
coincident with tendency to scrofula
or tuberculosis. 1t is most certain
that such proneness is associated with
the temperament of the individual as
shown by color of eyes and hair. Freck-
les are, as rule, conspicuous only in
the clear skins of children and younp
persons. In adults they either are
not often present or are comparatively
inconspicuous. An observation of some
interest has. however, recently been
made that they are liable to return in
senile periods and to assume infective
characters.
Rubber, spun glass, steel and ivory
are the most elastic substances.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12

LETTERS POURED IN ON Me-"
new postoffice was named in my
honor. and colored woman named her
engaging niche in some temple of
fame.
But, in my second term, l was
disillusioned. A climatic disturbance
dried up the lake, free delivery wiped
out the postofiice. and the child died
and l found myself back at the very
place whence | started.'
"A few years ago Mr.. Dolliver was
invited to deliver lecture in st. Paul
and Minneapolis. Mimi. before the
Young Mems Christian association ly-
ceum. In each city the hall was
crowded, some 1900 young men at
tending. His topic was Chances for
Young Men,
That said he to me, was a ia
vorite topic with me. AS in the case
of your own publication. believed in
young men, and liked to talk with
them, knowing full well that IL one
can stir them up to energy and am
bition he is doing grand work in the
world.
"'Well, have not changed my opin-
ion since the delivery of that lecture.
but, when l got back to Washington
to resume my congressional duties.
week later, began to hear from those
particular young men. Letters began
to pour in on me. They came in
punches of two and three, then in doz-
ems, and finally in basketfuls. Every
st. Paul and Minneapolis young man
who had heard me declare that this
is the young mans age wrote that
he fully agreed with me-and asked
me to get him government job!'"
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
TrLErHoNING ACROSS THE OCEAN

One of the most remarkable inven-
tions marking the opening of the TWEEN
tieth century is the method devised
by Prof. Michael 1. Pupin of Columbi
university for sending telephone mes
sages through ocean cables. The chief
reason why telephoning through sub
marine cables has not heretofore been
successful is because electricity is re-
tarded in passing through them. The
retardation is variable, and its effect
upon telephone message sent
through cable is to produce a jum-
BILE of the sounds which renders them
unintelligible. Professor Pupin's in
vention consists in attaching to the
cable. at intervals of about an eighth
of mile, little coils of wire, which
have the effect of preventing the re-
tardation of the current 1t is believed
that an Atlantic cable can now be con-
structed which will render conyersa-
ton possible between the opposite
shores of the ocean.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12

This little girl" said Mother Aman-
deus yesterday, accompanied me as
the representative of the 500 Indian
children who are being educated in the
diocese of Helena by the Ursuline
nuns. Dressed in the costume of her
people. with her gay feathers and
bright-colcred dress, she was present.
ed to the holy father. When she ap-
peared his holiness exclaimed in his
eagerness. Who is this child? Who Is
this child?' blessing her several times
during the audience. kolinzuten is a
member of the Flathead tribe-a tribe
that boasts of never having shed the
blood of white man"
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
LABOR SAVING UTENsII-

The accompanying picture shows q
newly patented machine, which may
be of use in Kitchens where saving
of time is an item to be considered.
1t does away with the necessity for
beating eggs, cake, dough, ETC., with
the hands, employing in lieu thereof
foot-power machine, which is pro-
vided with flexible whipper-
shaft. by means of which the agitation
of eggs and other ingredients OF
cake may be properly effected. There
is also a dish-supporting shelf, SO
mounted that it may be used to adjust
a dish at any desired angle. The ma
chine is somewhat like a sewing ma
chine in construction, and, in fact, il
the upper portion of sewing machine
were cut away to expose the rotary
shaft for connection with flexible
shaft and beater it would answer pre-
cisely the same purpose as the invent
or's model. All that is required to