1 COUNTY NEWS; HILLSGROVE The telephone "'between here and I 'rocter lias been abandoned for want of business. W. L. Hoffman has placed a Soda Fountain in his store and is now ready to serve.his patrons with re freshing drinks of different flavors. Miss Georgia Brown who lias been quite ill is better. The French quarter of our town •rot quite boisterous on the 4th. The Superindendent of the tannery aud one of his guards went over and quieted them down. Miss Josie Lewis has gone to La porte to work. There was quite a display of fire works here on the night of the 4th. Lester Wood ley is visiting friends in Dusitore. Mill Johnson is away on his sum mer vacation. Fulnier Jenkins, Geo. Corson and Bone Dewitt took in the dance at Birdsalls pavillion 011 the 4th. Bone played the bass violin in the orches tra. Mrs. (lias. Saddler of New Albany w'lo has been visiting at Mrs. Asa Saddlers, returned home Wednesday night. Mrs. Henry Vronian is visiting at S. K. Mcßride's in Williainsport. Steve Vroman is visiting friends and getting points on pitching quoits in Elmira, N. Y. Sam Galough and ("has. Peck with their ladies drove up to Kstella on the Ith. Geo. Dobbs and family of Bloss burg visiteil at John Gooilics last week. Isa Bryan, Joe Morgan and Albert Ricliarnson were in Williainsport last week. Ernest Lauer of Laporte was in town last week. ESTELLA. > The Fourth of July passed off very pleasantly at Kstella, a very large and orderly crowd were in attend ance at the picnic. After singing and reading of the Declaration of Independence Rev. Geo. P. Morse of Leroy, Bradford Co., was intro duced who gave a splendid address on the subject of "Great Men" and closed his talk by calling attention to the greatest of all men, the Savior of the world. 11. W. Osier and daughter Marion of Bern ice, visited the former's par ents at Lincoln Falls 011 Saturday re turning home Sunday. Albert Heess and wife of Wash ington, 1). ('., are visiting friends in Kl k land and vicinity. Miss Ada Sherman of Overton is visiting at A. T. Mulnix. A few of the neighbors and friends met at the home of Ellis Brown, Sunday afternoon for short prayer services conducted by Rev. G. J'. Morse of the Church of Christ, after which they partook of the Sacrament of bread and wine as Mrs. Brown is in too feeble condition to attend di vine services at church. Geo.' More and John Rosbaugh with their ladies took in the big 4th of July celebration at New Albany. Roland Bartow, wife and little daughter of New Era, are visiting relatives in this place. ( has. Vargason and wife spent the 4th at New Kra. The Grangers have rented J. J. Webster's old hall over the post of fice and expect to move in this week. There is a boy number two at the home of E. J. Kaye. Mrs. Chancy and Mrs. William Wheatly conducted an ice cream ta ble in the old black smith shop 011 the evening of the 4th. We under stand that they will be there one night each week during the hot weather. Mrs. Chaffee with her little son of Towanda are spending a short time 011 their farm at Mr. Fetherbays. Mrs. David Osier of Bryans Mills and Mrs. D. T. Iluckle of Forksville visited at J. >l. Osiers last week. Haying will be late in this section on account of frequent showers which is helping the grass ev"n at this late day. Eagles Mere School of Methods for Sunday School workers will be held at Eagles Mere Chautauqua, under the auspices of the State Sabbath School Association, from Julyl'ito IMO2. There is no charge for tu ition or entrance to the grounds the students. itnno bushels of lime at Reeder's Lime House, one and one half mile below Laporte. The Bible Conference at Eagles Merc. To the careful thinker the Bible Conference has more than one ser ious lesson. In the first place it demonstrates that men aud women in considerable numbers can be per suaded to come to Eagles Mere if the right inducements are offered them as early as June, and the session first held here proved that they could be induced to come in September. Then these who have most at heart the welfare of the place need to start from a correct premise and they will reach conclusions different to those arrived at by a superficial treatment of the question. More than six hun dred Christian Endeavor people were brought here in two weeks at the time the experiment was made for meetings in the last week of June and the first in July. Again it is demonstrated that larg er ji umbers of people than we real ize are profoundly interested in questions that concern the spiritual well being of this life and the next, and that they will take a good deal of trouble and goto some expense to sit under competent teachers under surroundings as pleasant as we have here. We are of opinion that the managers have not risen to a full grasp of conditions on this subject. So far as the material arrangements for the Conference are concerned very much better could be done. The "Pit" in the Auditorium has been condemned from the start and promises of its improvement have been made from year to year. Fred. Brooks and every other of Chautau qua's real friends have urged a change with consistent persistence. The stage should be lowered or the floor of the "Pit" raised so that there would be 110 Pit. There have been headaches, neckaclies and backaches to have paid for it long ago. Then again, at any time, storms may occur at Eagles Mere or any where else, in June or any other month, and the very first year dem onstrated the insufficiency of the curtains 011 the Auditorium to pro tect the people inside, let alone their constant flapping in windy weather making it impossible to hear the speaker. It may be all very well for the management, well houaed in brick structures at home, to think it makes but little difference but it is absolutely barbarous to the people urgi-d to come to us to put them into such a place. Sash enclosures in place of the curtains have been prom ised for several years. Again, the con para tive cold of last month out of doors would have made little difference to the four or five hundred people so earnestly seeking to hear Mr. Morgan and Dr. Seofield if they had been only reasonably comfortable in the Auditorium. With a steam plant only a few feet away, comparatively, an insignifi cant expense would carry a line of pipe to and around the inside of the Auditorium that would have made the audience indifferent to conditions outside especially if the sash enclos ures had taken the place of the mis erable shift of curtains that flapped around making such a noise and let ting wind and storm in 011 the people. With this provision for affording some warmth in the Auditorium an expense of one cent per day for each of the four or five hundred people would have made theui forget what the weather was and enjoy to the full the feast of good things offered them by the speakers. We believe that a judicious study of the needs for the comfort and pleasure of our visitors, and conserv ative measures to promote it anil then widening out the efforts to bring people here, would result iu a considerably lengthened season and not only »o but would really be do ing a good work in distributing the real benefits of our favored spot thousands of homes that do not real ize it now. President Roosevelt has sot the pace in talking about the "strenuous lives" but to sustain the strenuous life there must be a buitiling up and conservation of the human forces mental, moral and physical some where and at some time or the raw will pay a high price for the "strenu ous life." ; B. G. W. Public Letting. , •The School Uoard of Colley Township J will let the contract for building a school bouse at Murray-Mines. Specifications limy be seen by calling on C. K, Arey, Sdc'y., I.opez, Pa., at the ottice of the i News Item, Laporte, or the. Sullivan lie- ! view, Dushore, Pa. All parlies desiring! to bid on the contract are requested to j send sealed bids to the secretary on "or before July 19th, ou which date the board i will meet at two p. in. at Murray Mines , to award the contract. The board reserves the right to reject i any bid or bids not meeting their approval. K. „ late ot Sonestown, .Sullivan County, Pa., dee'd. Notice is hereby given that letters tes tainentarv have been granted to the under signed Executor. All persons knowing themselves indebted to the late John H. Kothrock M. D., ol Sonestown, Pa., will please call and make payment; and those having claims against the estate will pre sent tiiem at once. C. K. WACKKNHUTH; M.l>. ' Picture Hocks, Pa. Administrator's Notice. Estate ol James Stull. fate oi' Fox twp., deceased. . Notice is hereby given that letters ol'; administration upon the estate of said de- ; cedent have betti granted to the under-. signed. All persons indebted to said es tate are requested to make immediate ; payment, and those having claims or de- ! mauds against the same will make them j known without delav to J. It. BI'DDLE, S'hunk, Pa. IN/n/. —Political, Commercial and Physical. flixton/. —American History ami Civics. I'l'rfat/fH/icx, —Methods of Teaching, School Management, Psychology, His tory of Education. INSTRUCTORS: Prof. Erin in E. Mill will instruct in English, History and Civics. Prot. J, E. lteese Killgore will instruct in mathematics. Supt, M. li. I'lack «ill instruct in work designed especially lor prospective teach ers. (Uher sjiecial instructors are yet to be engaged. The tuition Ibr the full term will be ?>">.oo, and for those not in attendance the entire term #l.. r »0 per week. M. K. I'LACK, Co. Supt. Special Special Prices. Prices. Busy Days at VERNON HULL'S The Mid-Season sale of of seasonable goods is at tracting many well pleased buyers. More people than ever are realizing and appre ciating the efforts of this store to give the people good qualities at reasonable prices. Snmmer Goods on lexhTbiWonl is**************** ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT / / % ' p\\ answered su Vernon Hull's Large Store. mm Fa. i Bout Tobacro Spit aad Smoke Voir Ufe Aiymj. I To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic. full of life, nerve unil vigor, tuke No-'l'o j Bac, the wonaer-worlier, that makes weak men 1 strong. All druggists, 60c or»I. Cure unaran ; lC"d booklet und sample free. Address i BterUng itemedy Co., Cnicago or New York. I , FAOTS NOT FICTION. . A. Plain Statement of a Bad Condition and a Cure that Never Fails. I -■ |. Mrs. Edward John ot No. 330 Wash ington St., Pitteton, Pa., says:—"For :i I long time I had had trouble with my nerves and guttered so much from liead : aches. 1 did not rest well and when I difl sleep I would have a smothering sen nation. 1 saw Dr. A. \V. Chase's Nerve ! Tills recommended and got a box and used them'with good results. 1 was feel ing well and looking so much better after their use. 9 ' Dr. A. W.Chase's Nerve Pills nrc sold at 50c a box at dealers or f>r. A AV.f'hase Medicine Co., Htiftalo, N. Y. See that portrait ami-signature of A. W. Chase, M- I>. are on every package. ASSIGNEE'S SALE. The < 'onrt of < 'ommon Pleas ol Sullivan County has ordered a pereintorv sale of i the real estate assigned by .1. \V. Buck, i for the benefit of his creditors. ; The property is situated at Sonestown, I Sullivan < oimty, Pennsylvania, ami con -1 sists of the following lots and parcels of land. Lot No. l. Beginning at an ash tree on the bank I of Muncy creek;tlience up the creek, north ! 22 degrees east 2ti perches to an old bjrch stump; thence by land of Lovelace and Itilev Steenback, north 5C> degrees west 21 j perclies to an iron- bolt; thence south 72 , degrees east 11] perches to an iron bolt; | thence south 2(> degrees west 2 5-10 per ! dies to a post; thence south 72 degrees | east 9 perches to the place of beginning. : Containing three acres and fifty-eight pet j ches, there being excepted from the said ; lot eighty perches of land lor school pur poses. Having erected thereon a two ; story wagon house. : Lot No. 2. .Beginning at a post in the public road I leading from I.aporteto Muncy, thence by lot late ol .lacob l.orah north 05.! degrees west 10 perches to a post: thence north 21! j degrees east 4 5-10 perches to a post;thei'ce south 05J degrees east 10 perches to a post, in the aforesaid road; thence along the saiil road south 21 degrees west 4 S-IU perches to the place of beginning. Con taining 47 perches more or less, on which !is erected a large store house, a good : dwelling house and a large barn. Lot No. ■>'. Beginning at a stone in the outlet of I Kagles Mere Lake, thence by lot known |as M..1. l'a in ton's land, south .'>2 degrees | west 12 perches to a stone: thence south 5X degrees east II perches to a stone in outlet; thence up the said stream north I 11 degrees east 10 perches to the place of ' beginning. Containing 77 perches more ; or less, j Lot No. J,. i Beginning at a stone comer, thence north 07A degrees west 12 perches to a post: thence north 21 j degrees east 7 '.MO perches to a stone; thence south 571 de i grees east 12 perches to a post, thence 1 south 7 9 10 perches to a stone the place lof beginning. Containing '.14 perches ol ; land more or less, on which is erected a j j;ood dwelling house and barn. This ! lot is to be sold subject, to a mortgage irom .John YV.Buck to Harriett Steenback | made to secure the payment ol' #OOO, and ; recorded in mortgage book 4. page 304. j The sale to he at the store house on the premises, at Sonestown, on WEDNESDAY, .11'LY 30, 1902, at 1 o'clock p. m . by public vendue. Terms, cash. L. 11. BI'CK, Assignee. State Normal School East Stroudsburg, Pa. ' This POPULAR State Institution is ' located in the most beautiful, pictures.pic j and healthful part ot the State. It is in the < rHKAT SUMM Kit RKSORT ItKC j l<>X of the BLl" K It II Hi Kami P< »Ct >N«> ; MOL'NTA INo and within two miles ol I the famous Delaware Water Gap resort. Tuition Absolutely Free. The total expenses for Boarding, Furn ished rooms and all other expenses only j $3.50 per week. In addition to the regn : lar Departments, in the Normal proper, we have a line CoI.LKCK I'WKI'AKA 'TORY DEPARTMENT. We can save : you one full year in your* 'ollegc Prepara tion. Departments of MI'SIC, Kl.oCl*- ! TIUN, ART-DKAWINti. PAINTING IIN CHINA and WAT Kit COLORS, j taught by Specialists. A New Recitation Building. is now in course of erection, which will | give a line Laboratory and fourteen other recitation rooms, A. Fine Gymnasium ! | Our own KLKCTRIC LIGHT I'LA NT ! A Superior Faculty ! Backward Pupils I «'(>A< 'II KD Fit KK. Nearly Fl V K lII' N j Dlt KD ITPILS KNItOLLKD this year. ! FALL TKRM OPKNSSKI'T. 8, 1902. For Catalogue ami particulars address GEO. P. BIBLE, A. M. Principal. ONDKNSKD HEFOKT of the condition of the FIRST NATIONAL HANK of liusliore, fa., At closeof business, April :U) tUo- KKSOUBCKS: ' Loans and IMsconnts RHiti.4sl 75 i U. s. Bonds to Secure Circulation f>o.oUo 00 ' Stock Securities 17, till' i)."> 1 Other Real Kstutc etc iISU «V> • p milium ou U. S. Bonds H, 1.54 :i7 I Lw'.,ii' ro ; 1.000 00 I ruriui, 'units Approved reserve Agt ll'.ilsuo I froiu.J.. Tender Notes is, 175 ft! I H|iecie ami Lcfc.. J 24 LL ABII.ITI ; , .. I 50,00000 Capital 2>25USt i Surplus and t'lidivided profits 50 000 00 . Circulation 217 10«. 7li • Delimits ■ ! "" S6ti 21 : ' • *'. cv. | State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss: j 1. M. P. Swaitu, Cashier of the above named tmnk. do solemnly swear that the above state ! incut is true to the best of my knowledge and be j „ . , M. D.SWARTS. Cashier. Subscrilied and sworn to before me this 7th day of May 1902. JOHN H. CRONIN, Notary Public. ! My commission expires February 27, I'joi.. 1 Correct—Attest: A.WALHII. ") &.U''"JX V VARIA. ;• Directors. JNO. D. KKKSEK, J DO YOU SHOOT? If you do you should send your name and address on a postal card for a WINCHESTER [GUN CATALOGUE.' *IT'S FREE. I It illustrates and describes all the different Winchester Rifles, Shotguns and ' Ammunition, and contains much valuable information. Send at once to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.. New Havn, Conn. ClirlHltnu Life Not Anitere. Christian life Is not narrow and aus tere, holding the threat of hell over our harmless enjoyments. It shuts out only that which is wrong or doubt ful.— Itev. Pearse Pinch, Congrogatlon afllat. Chicago- . Vacation Days. Vacation time is here ami the children are fairly livingout of doors. There could lie no health e ■ place Ibr them You need only to guard against the accidents in cidental to most open air sports. No re medy equals DcWitt's Wicli Hazel Salve tor quickly stopping pain or removing danger of serious consequences. For cuts, scalds and wounds. -'I used DeWitt's Wicli Hazel Salve for sores cuts and bruises, "savs L. B. Johnson, Swift,Tex. ••It is the best remedy on the market." Sure cure for piles and skin diseases. Be ware of "counterfeits. Tlic First Impulse. The fjrst impulse of one who has found the new life is to run to share It with one whom bo knows to be grop ing In unrest. So Christianity spreads. —ltcv. E. C. .Moore, Congregatlonalist, Providence, It.l. Tlie Invisible Foundations. Our responsibility and our character rest upon Invisible foundations of thought. Thought lias moral force. We have control of it, else it were not for moral value in our lives.—Rev. Dr. Alon/o Monk. Methodist. Atlanta. Ga. Mother Always Keeps It Handy, My mother suffered a long time from distressing pains and general ill health dile primarily to indigestion, '■ says L. W. Spalding, Verona, Mo. "Two years ago I got her to try Kodol. Shegr-w better at once and now, at the age of seventy-six, eats anything she wants, reniarkings that she fears no bad effects as she has her bottle of Kodol handy. ''Dont waste time doctoring symptoms. Go alter the cause. 1 112 your stomach is sound your health will lie* good. Kodol rests the stomach anil strengthens the body by digesting your food. It is nature's own tonic. Foley's Kidney Cure ! makes kidneys and bladder right. Your Lifcis Insured ol Coarse Or if not you are expecting to get it iu sured. In that case one ofihe questions you are trying to solve is : Where shall I insure? Which is the best company? These «treperple.\ingquestions,and perhaps the more you read and hear the differing claims of ditlerent companies and their agents, the more bewildered and uncertain you become. Now, in a matter in which you may have little knowledge or experi ence, why not accept the knowledge and experience of your friends aud {neighbors who have a great deal of both ? Here, as elsewhere, experience is the best teacher anil the surest guide. A postal card addressed to the District Agent ol The Pcnn Mutual Life Insurance of Philadelphia, requesting a copy of the folder, "Which is the Best Company" will bring you much information on the subject and the testimonials of JVfony Sullivan County Business Men concerning this old and reliable company. In the end, take what suits you best, but don't 112 iil to investigate the merits ol the Penn Mutual. A riome Company 55 YEARS OLD, Cheap, Liberal and Sale. _ A lilress all communications to M. A. Scureman, DISTRICT AGENT DUSHORE, PA. BANNER SALVE * the most healing salve in the world. PATENT Good Ideas '. 1.1 may he secured by LI I I I our a Address, U JJ ft HI THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore. Md. Subscriptions to The l~*ieat Record ll.UUper autium. Foley's Honey and Tar for children,safe,sure. No opiates. LIME At the OLD OPP KILNS Located near Hughesville. This is the purest lime on the ridge. We will compete with any dealer on car load lots delivered on the W. &N. B. R. R. with our own cars, giving purchaser ample time to unload. All correspondency will ro . •; n prompt attention, receive . , , A "'dress, A. T. ARMST. R( ? NG ' SONESTOWN, t A " RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. Giema Gleaned From the Teacklagl of All Denominations. The stars teach omnipotent order.— The Late Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Tal tnage. Character and Destiny. Eternity is your destiny, and your character depends upon your destiny.— Rev. T. B. Roth, Lutheran, Greenville, Po No False Claims. The proprietors ol Foley's Honey ami Tar do not advertise this as a "sure cu t lor consumption," They do not claim ii will cure this dread complaint in advanced cases, hut do positively assert that it will cure in the earlier stages and never fail to comfort anil relief in the worst cases. Foley's 1 lonev and Tar is without doubt the greatest throat and lung remedy. Ue- I'use substitutes. For sale by C. I>. Voorhees. Sonestown, and James Me Far lane, Laporte. Man's Suiiremest Need. What man needs supremely is free dom to develop himself to live for thu worthiest ends. Rev. Dr. Raymond, Schenectady, N. Y. Bronchitis for Twenty Years. Mrs. Minerv Smith, of Hanville, 111., writes: , t | had bronchitis (or twenty years and never got reliel until 1 used Foley's Honey and Tar wich is a sure cure.'' For sale by C. I). Voorhees, Sonestown, and .lames McFarlane, Laporte, Pa. The Mission of Poverty, Sometimes to have been born poor and to have to struggle with difiieui ties make you the better man.—Rev. Dr. Ilyde, Episcopalian. Brooklyn. Worth More Than Wealth. God's blessing on a man's honest life will be worth more than the whole world's wealth.—Rev. George 11. Hep worth, Congregationalist, New York. Two Bottles Cured Him. ''l was trouble with kidney complaint lor about two yeais" writer A. 11. i'avis, of Mt. Sterling, la., ''but two bottles of Foley's Kidney cure effected a permanei t cure. For sale by C. I).,Voorhees, Sonestown and James McFarlane, Laporte. Sound kidneys are safeguard of life. Make the kidneys healthy with Foley's Kidney cure. Csefnlness Beyond Death. No man's life is really a success if Its usefulness ends when he dies.—Rev. William Rader, Congregationalist, Sail Frauclsco. Question of Good Government. No (juestion which Involves good gov ernment should be without interest to the Christian.—Rev. L. A. Crandail, Baptist. Chicago. When Other Bemedies Have Failed. Take Foley's Kidney < 'ure. it has cued when everything else has disappointed A. I!. Bass, of Morgantown, lml.. had to get tip ten or twelve times in the night and had severe backache ami pains in the kidneys. Was cured by Foley.s Kidney cure. Foley's Kidney Cure purifies the blood by straining out impurities and tones up the whole system. Cures kidney ai.d bladder troubles. Present Itesiionslunity. If we are not Christians in the en lightenment of today, God will hold us responsible according to our light. If we are not forgiven, we are not Chris tians.—Rev. J. T. Stone, Presbyterian, Baltimore. Treat Your Kidneys for Rheumatism. When you are suffering from rii»"- matism the kidneys must be attended to at once so that they will eliminate the uric acid from the blood. Foley's Kidney (Jure is the most effective remedy lor this pur pose. R. T. Hopkins,ol I'olar. Wis., says, "After unsuccessfully doctoring three years for rheumatism with the best doctor. 1 tried Foley,s Kidney Cure and it cured me. I cannot speak too highly of this great medicine." For sal by C. 1). Voorhees, Sonestowfi, and James MacFarlane, Laporte. Sentiment and Commercialism. Jesus justified sentiment as opposed to commercialism. He taught that the poor are sometimes more than months to be fed; that hunger of the heart Is real.—Rev. T. J. Villers, Baptist, In dianapolis. Poisoning the System. It is through the bowels that the tiodv is cleansed ol impurities. Constipation keeps these poisons in the system, causing headache, dulness ami melancholia at first, then unsightly eruptions and finallv serious illness unless a remedy is applied. I>eWilt's Little Karlv Risers prevent this trouble by stimulating the liver and promote easy, healthy action of the l>owels. These little pills do not net \ iolently but by strengthening bowels enable tliein to perform their own work. Never gripe or distress. History Moves Ontvurrt. History never moves backward, and the time is couiiug when man shall have dominion over nil creation.—Rev. Dr. J. H. Henry, Presbyterian, Pitts burtr. Aots Immediately. Colds are sometimes more troublesome in summer than in winter, it's so hard to keep from adding to them while cooling off after exercise One Mi unite Cough Cure cures at once. Absolntey safe. Acts im mediately. Sure cure lor cough, colds, croup,throat and lung troubles,