Local Items. -ijjt Read M. Brink's ad. F. 11. Ingham and family spent Sunday in Eagles Mere. Leonard Collins returned from Say re Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith were Williamsport visitors last week. Henry Carpenter is convalescing after a harsh attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Fairchilds and children of Dnshore are visiting Mrs. T. J. Keeler. Marcus Horn and wife of Nord mont were calling on friends here last week. Cashier Edward Ladley is spend ing a few days with relatives in Kennett Square. A line monument has been placed on the (Javitt lot in Mt. Ash Cemetery. Ellery P. Ingham arrived in La porte Wednesday for the Hummer. Mrs. Ingham will join him here in a few weeks. Mrs. Amanda Cheney has re turned to her summer home in this place after spending the winter in Binghamton, N. Y. Mrs. E. S. Chase of Eagles Mere and Misses Edith Brunei' and Mar ion Raub of Muney, are the guests of Miss Fannie Meylert. Henry Stepp, who has K>en in Binghamton for some time doing contract work, spent part of the week with his family here. Allen Bitch, a Fishing Creek farmer recently shot a black-headed eagle that measured seven feet two inches from tip to tip of wings. Harry Deiffenderfer, wife and daughter Helen, and Chas. Cheney and wife of Kettle Creek were the guests of Mrs A. M. Cheney this week. Patsy Kelly of Glean, has been in Laporte for the past week re viving old acquaintances. Mr. Kelly was a resident of this section years ago and this is his first visit to his former home in 30 years. On Monday evening of last week Overton was swept by a gale dovel oping cyclonic force. A large barn 011 Louis Rinebold's farm was wrecked, and a large tree, uprooted by the wind, fell upon three cows belonging to Benjamin Hause kneclit, killing them. Announcement was recently made to Laporte friends of the marriage of Mr. Clayton Graff to Esther Maria Gregory of Washing ton, D. C, which occurred on Sep tember .'JO, 1010. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Virginia Brewster and is well known to the people of this place. Win. R. Collins of Mildred is asking the voters of the county to support him as a candidate for the nomination for commissioner. Mr. Collins is a man of large acquaint ance and will 110 doubt secure the nomination for his qualifications for the office he seeks are generally known. Joseph A. Helsman of Bernice is a candidate 011 the Republican tic ket for the nomination for County Treasurer. Mr. Helsman has the ability required to execute the du ties of the office to which he aspires and his knowledge of the financial affairs of the county makes him a proficient candidate. Messrs. R. S. Wilcox and C. H. Keeler of New Albany, and Hon. Mial E. Lilley of Towalida, en joyed a few days' camping and fishing at Forest Castle on Loyal sock Creek last week. They cap tured quite a number of Sullivan County's suckled beauties and went home as speckled lieauties themselves for the "plunkies" of this neck-of-the-woods are strictly Democratic and enjoy a juicy bite of Bradford County "elephant" oc casionally. SHUNK. The commencement exercises of the Shunk High School were held in the Union church 011 May 25. The church was tastefully decorat ed with the class colors, maroon and white, together with evergreen and potted plants. Directly above hung the motto: "Out of the Har bor; into Life's Sea," and from it were draped the trimmings which extended to other parts of the room. A pleasing programme was furnished by the graduates, Miss Hattie White, Miss Isabelle Potter and Mr. Edwin Fray, and the close and quiet attention of the audience was appreciated. Music was fur nished by E. M. Letts and Mrs. C. H. Warren. Blanche and Lavina McKay called at Mrs. E. M. Letts' Sunday evening. J esse Kilmer, Mrs. J. H. Par sish and Mrs. Claude Smith are vis iting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kilmer. Mis. O. J. Williams and daugh ter Helen called 011 Mrs. Clark Jones Sunday evening. Hazel Voorhees took the train for Dnshore Saturday morning to attend summer school. A number from this place at tended prayer meeting at the home of John Russell at Piatt Sunday evening. S. M. Morgan is building a new barn 011 his farm below town. Mrs. I/.ola Mason spent Sunday with Mrs. Isaac Williams. Blanche Brown was a Wheelerville visitor last week. John Frey has been 011 the sick list for some time. Edgar Campbell of Bucknell is spending a few days with his par ents in this place. Leslie McNamire has his mill completed and started it in opera tion Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell is visit ing her aunt in Shunk. Jesse Williams, Edwin Frey, Hattie White and Bell Rightmire, drove to Dnshore Sunday where they will attend summer school. Airs, Vinta Dryer of Vermont is visiting friends and relatives in this place. HILLSGROVE. Grace Lewis, who was operated upon for appendicitis at Dr. Nutt's sanitarium in Williamsport, is get ting along finely. C. W. Sadler spent part of the week in Canton. Mrs. C. R. Sadler and son Justin of New Albany, are visiting at C. W. Sadler's. Jacob Caseman, proprietor of the Sadler House went to Watkins Glen, N. Y., to take the Glen Springs treatment for rheumatism. He was reported Saturday as not improving. W. L. Hoffman, postmaster and proprietor of our general merchan dise store, is doing an excellent business and is one of those who looks for and expects good times, considering it far better than being a calamity howler, even if every does not meet highest expectations in business relations generally throughout the country. J. F. Miller of Williamsport is spending a few days with his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ludy. Quite a large party from Harris burg are enjoying themselves on the banks of the creek two miles above town. They are made up largely from the legal fraternity of their city and are here solely for rest. They certainly could not ha .'o chosen a more perfect spot. The Hillsgrove mountain road to Proctor and the creek road leading to Forksville have not been in so good a condition for many years. Supervisor Sadler is proving the right man in the right place. Unappreeiativ*. "Cr.rlyle was a great thinker. You can't turn to a single page without finding souse gem of thought. Here, for instance, he says that there la strength In cheerfulness." "So there Is In cheese,"—Exchange. PREMIUM CLUBS WORSTMENACE Their Inferior Goods Hurt Mer chant and Gustumer. DODGE PURE FOOD LAW. Ingenious Canvasser Qot Merchant's Wife to Take S3O In Cheap Stuff In Order to Get a "Fall to Pieces" Rock ing Chair. While the straight out nnd out mail order houses are receiving tho atten tion of merchants throughout the land, there are dozens of concnrns, also mall order houses, whose operations collec tively are perhups moro harmful to the people and the merchants than are the sell direct catalogue houses. These con cerns aro the premium givers which em ploy canvassers to organize clubs for teas and coffees, spices, extracts and dozens of other articles, paylug either a cash commission or giving some pre mium, such as sets of dishes, house hold furniture. Jewelry nnd the like. There Is scarcely a city in the land of any size but has one or more of these establishments, each doing con siderable business. Some of these houses pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for advertising space In the women's papers. The annual vol ume of business of some of these con cerns exceed that of Chicago's biggest catalogue house. Others do business exceeding a million dollars annually. The catalogues published only go Into the hands of agents along with sam ples to be used in canvassing. There Is not n city or hamlet whore these concerns do not transact business. They generally work on the premium plan—a premium to the purchaser of their goods and n premium to the can vasser. The goods handled are of an inferior class. They escape the inves tigation of the pure food officials be cause shipments are made direct to the consumer or to the agent who does the distributing, and no inspector has the audacity to take goods for analysis that go in this manner ton consumer. Various plans have been devised to head off the operations of these con cerns. So far no adequato plan has been discovered that will stand the tests of the higher courts. Strange to say, frequently wives of merchants are found among the patrons of these concerns. Not long ago the wife of a storekeeper purchased through one club more than S3O worth of stuff, a better quality of which her husband carried in stock, Just to get a cheap rocking chair, and then gave to her neighbors a lot of soaps, extracts and other goods she received in order to keep It out of her husband's sight. Funny game, is it not? But what can be done about it?— Agricultural South west. IRONCLAD RULE IN TRADE Best One Is, Have No Buch Rule—A Case In Point Of all Ironclad rules in business only one Is fit to tie up to, and that is to have no such rules. Fifteen years ago a man wishing to order a suit of clothes entered a cer tain tailoring establishment and be came interested in what today we call a pinhead check. "I admire that," he said, "but I nev er wore anything like It before and want my wife to see it. Cut me a sam ple—Just an inch square will do." "I'm sorry, but It is against tho rules of the house to cut samples," said the salesman. "What—not even an inch square?" The man walked Into another tailor shop on the same block, and for fifteen years he has been getting his clothes there—forty-flve suits In all. llow many samples would Tailor No. 1 have given to get an order on forty flve suits of clothes? As it is he'll never get the chance to hand over samples. If he were the last tnllor In CUri.steudom probably this customer would prefer the latest styles In flg leaves and shoestrings to the original pinhead check. in business the only rules that count are made by the customer.—Philadel phia North American. Jail For Mail Order Man. Imprisonment in ihe federal prison at Leavenworth. Ivan., for three years and a tine of SI,OOO is the seutence im posed upon William P. Harrison, wealthy head of n mnll order concern, by Judge Ilolllster In the United States district court at Cincinnati. He was found guilty of using the malls to defruud. conviction coming upon all seven counts of two indict ments, alleging that he advertised and sold through the malls a vacuum car pet cleaner and a washing machine neither of which would do the work required. The trial lasted more than four weeks and cost the government thousands of dollars to bring witnesses from all parts of the country. Grand Fork* to Have Water Filtered. The new rapid sand filter which has been in the course of construction since early last fall for the city of Grand Forks, N. D., has been com pleted, and official tests are now in op eration. It it expected that the city will accept the plant, and the citizens will again have pare drinking water after Mag without it for more than , four mootfw. DRINKING CUPS TO GO FROM | NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fountains to Replace What Many Be lieve Are Germ Holder*. I Tt Is goodby to (he drinking cup In New York public schools. The bonrd of education has decided upon the installation of hygienic drink ing fountains to supplant the tin cup, which has been universally denounced as a menace to the health of school children. As a test 104 of these special foun tains are to be installed. They will be distributed to tho schools where the district superintendents have head quarters. This means fifteen schools .T- ' jfe® .»» y 112!% . '' a*. DRINKING FOUNTAIN. In Manhattan, four in the Bronx, ten In Brooklyn, seven in Queens and three In Itichiuond. If accepted as satisfactory, they will be placed In all of the schools. The type of fountain agreed upon for the test is a nickeled fountain arrang ed with a mouthpiece. The pupil will release the water, which Is at low pressure, by placing thumb tips upon opposite sides of the rim of the foun tain and pressing downward. The mouthpiece is In the center of the space between tho thumbs. Opposition to the drinking cups has been led by the medical societies, par ents' association and other organiza tions for years. All of these com plaints recognized a danger to health and a home for germs in tho tin cup of the old days. MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE LOSING THEIR SIGHT. Light Coming In Through Window* Af fects Those Seated Near Them. In a recent physical examination of the school children of Klver Forest, 111., it was found that 55 per cent of those in need of medical attention were suffering from defective vision, says \V. L. Nlda in the Good House keeping Magazine. A study of con ditions in these schools and mony others has disclosed the fact that pu pils who are seated at the rows of desks by the windows are subjected ton flood of light rays coming direct from the open sky and striking their faces at such an angle as to cause se vere exhaustion. Their eyes are in danger of bciug permanently injured, not only because of the wrong direction of the light, but also by the undue amount received. These alarming conditions are known to prevail in nlmost all schoolrooms In the land, and open minded inves tigators may be convinced of the truth of this by themselves occupying for a few hours scats which the pupils are required to sit In for ten months of the year. f't' 't' 'l' 'I I 'l' 'l' 'I 1 'l' 'l' <§» <§l »*> ifr >|l ||| I*l !|| I*l||| A ,|, , J Josh Billings said, "I don't care Jj how much a man talks if he " only says it in a few words." That •• is the hub of the whole adver tising oreed and the secret of <• building trade. " ♦♦ HH ♦ H44»♦ ♦ »■>. 4/ * <4? A New Sanitary Scheme For Schools. Dr. C. E. Coulter, president of the board of education of Ogden. Utah, stated that in accordance with the board's determination to give the "sanitary towel" a tr.vout in the local schools orders have been placed with the manufacturers for a trial consign ment. which will be Installed at once. These towels are of paper about 12 by 18 inches In size and come In big rolls, ■which are hung In convenient places about the wash rooms. The Individual in using one tears it from the roll by means of the perforations and after drying himself deposits the towel in a metal box provided for the purpose, from which it cannot be withdrawn and used over again by some one else. Make Owners Improve Buildings. An inspection of the homes of the poor of Kansas City, which the board of public welfare considers the first move in Its social survey, has been In progress six months. When buildings have been found un inhabitable the owners have been compelled to mnke repairs or close their houses. The four commissioners of health who have been going from home to home have learned that poor ventila tion is the most prevalent evil. In sanitary plumbing, lack of sunlight and too much dirt also cause own plaints. AUTOS NOW TO GLEAN_STREETS Now Machines Can Sweep With out Raising Dust. NEW YORK TO USE THEM. Motor Driven Cars Can Clean Com munity Without Water—The Dirt is Sucked From the Pavement and Car ried to the Body of the Machine. The advisability of introducing an auto street clenner is being seriously considered by the New York street cleaning department. Tests have been made of a new type of street clennlng machine which have impressed many of the officials who have something to do about the welfare and improve ment of the city. The demonstrations showed that the streets can be thor oughly, noiselessly and dustlessly cleaned. The machines, which are manufac tured and operated by the Emerson Contracting company, as was shown in the tests, can, at the will of the operators, clean the streets either by a sweeping or a flushing process, it thus having a distinct advantage over the various types of flushing machines in that cleaning can be done without wa ter as well as ■when using water. It is not Intended that the machines are to be purchased by the city. The Emerson company's offer Is that tho street cleaning department shall lease these machines for the use of the de partment and pay for such use at a stated price per 1,000 square yards of streets cleaned, tho Emerson company paying all costs of operation and main tenance. The machines, which require but two men to work them, are motor driv en and built in different sizes to suit different conditions of traffic and street width, with a carrying capacity for sweeping proportional to the width of brooms. The brooms are five and nine feet in width, and the sweepings are Instantaneously thrown Into con veyors that carry the sweepings to the AUTO STBEET CLEAN EB. body of the machines, which hold five and ten cubic yards respectively. The process raises absolutely no dust, thus avoiding the spreading of germs uud doing away with other objectionable fentures of the present day method of cleaning streets. The machines when tilled can be driven to the nearest dumping station, emptied and the work resumed One of the claimed ad vantages of the machine for flushing purposes over the other types now on the market is that it will clean 1,000 square yards with forty gallons of wa ter as against 400 to 650 gallons used by other machines, and wet sweepings, too, are taken up into the machine just as expeditiously as are the dry. No sweepings are washed into the gut ter, catch basin or sewer. Texas Improvement Club a Success. The Civic Improvement club of San Antonio, Tex., looks back upon the year 1010 as one of distinct progress in civic betterment. Its educational work has Included the introduction of the study of civic Improvement into the public schools, so that when the young student leaves the high school to as sume the responsibilities of citizenship he will be fully grounded in its princi ples. The league has also worked for the establishment of a municipal band to give free concerts in the plazas and parks, for the removal of all unsightly billboards and fences, for new ordl nances making such improvements compulsory and preventing further en croachments on the river, for cleaning up vacant lots and planting trees and flowers nnd for establishing play grounds. Prizes For Home Garden*. The offering of prizes for home gar dens Is now receiving considerable at tention In many cities, for the commit tees on awards are completing their work. These premiums are offered by civic organizations, business firms and Individuals for general Improvement, best gardens and window boxes, and the high praise that is given the re sults In the public press and by those Interested In the movement Is proof that nothing beautifies our homes and dtles more than horticulture and Is more easily and readily appreciated. The florist should certainly give this movement hlB hearty approval and do all In his power to make the world more beautiful. >• • • J | Every sign in your atore Is aJ J 11 word directly from you to your ~ • • customer. If you value a repu ] | tatlon for veracity be careful ' j < i that every word on ivtry card • ■ 1 ' I* properly chosen to express ' j ) ju*t what you would *ay if in ' | < > personal conversation with the • > ]; purchaser. ; | I PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 3 tiHyp.HHB HHH a2HH82883 2^'H2Hti fRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. Office in Keeler'n Block. LA PORT F, Sullivan County, I A. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LA PORT K, I'A OFFICE lit OOUUTT BUILDINO WBAR COURT nOITRR. J # H. CRONIN, ATTOUIf KT W AT LAW. HOT A '< V PUBLIC. OrPini OH XA IN sT .BKT JtISIIOHE. I'A First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - $25,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. J. 1,. CHRISTIAN' KUW. I.AIM.KV President. Cashier. 3 per cent interest paid on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLUMT El>. Advertise; in the News Item. | " jj 3 CENTS A LINE ADS. j EGOS FOR SALE— Rufr Leghorn single or double comb. SI.OO per setting nf 15. M. J. Walls* Box 175, j LH porte, Pa. Jul i EGGS FOR SALE—The famous E. B. Thompson strain, Kinglet Barred Rocks. SI.OO per seltinfjof 15. S. K. Brown, Uicketls, Pa. .1 * Anybody needing llooroil should inquire of John Jassen, Jr., at i Hotel Bernard. In order to secure I reduced rate on oil for his < \vn use Ihe ordered a half-barrel and will ! sell the balance in gallon lots at cost. This is an extra quality oil which he will guarantee to give the best satisfaction to every buyer, ad DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patent aole. Communica tions strict ly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free, oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive tpecial notice, without charge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.nrerest clr. dilation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year, four months, |L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co, 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F St* Washington, Subscribe for the News Item. F. C.JONES OF PITTSBURG, Builder of Forbei Baseball Park, voluntarily writes: Electric Renovator Manufacturing Co., F. C. JONES. President. Pittsburg. Pa . March 10th. 1011. Magistral Chemical Co., New Ytrk, N. Y Gentlemen: 1 have received the XVRITO and my wife ha* given it a fair trial. Will say that for five or six years she has been afflicted with rheu matism. hut now la entirely cured of it nnd apparently as well as she ever was. I cannot say too much for this medicine. I have -ilao given thla to several of my friends and they all have had the same results. Very truly. F. C." JONES, rregldent. Is I Guaranteed Prescription tor RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA or NEURITIS "NURITO" is NOT a patent medicine, hut u Kpslclan's prescription, guaranteed rrder th« re Food and Drug Act. Serial No. 3r.,14fi. FREE from OPIATES OR NARCOTICS. NURITO Is guaranteed to relieve the moat stubborn easea cf Rheumatism. Sciatica and Neu ritis. Write for unsolicited fac-simile testi monials from prominent people yen knew. |1 and $2 boxes. Kent prepaid to nnj ad dress upon rerelpt of price. < ompounded by MAGISTRAL CHEMICAL CO., Suite 711, Flailroii Building, New Y«.rk. J GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR dull; winter clear, $3.25@3.50; city mills, fancy, $5.25((jJ5.75. RYE FLOUR flrm; per barrel, s."># WHEAT dull; No. 2 red, 91@91%c. CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, C,2j> 62% c. OATS steady: No. 2 white, lower grades. 39c. POULTRY: Live firm; hens, 14(f? 15c.; old roosters, lOJfllc. Dressed steady; choice fowls, 15c.; old roost ers, 10c. BUTTER firm; e\tra creamery, 27c. EGGS steady; selected, 2i> @* 22c.; nearby, 17'ic.; western. I7^4c. POTATOES steady; old, per bushel, 55 (n 60c. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE higher; choice, $6.23@6.40; prime, $6@6.20. SHEEP lower; prime wethers, $1.15 ©4.25; culls and common, s2sr3; veal calves, $7.50@8; spring lambs, $.">57 8. HOGS strong; prime heavies, $6.15 (?f6.20; mediums, $6.40<f?6.45; heavy Yorkers, $6.50; light Yorkers. $6.50; pigs, $6.50; roughs, $5 @5.40.
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