_ate Normal School East Stroudsburg, Pa. This POPULAR State Institution is ! located in the most beautiful, picturesque i and healthful part of the State. It is in the UREAT SUMMER RESORT REG ION of the BLUE RIDGE and POCONO MOUNTAINo and within two miles ol the famous Delaware Water Gap resort. Tuition Absolutely Free. The total expenses for Boarding, Furn ished rooms and all other expenses only $3.50 per week. In addition to',the regu lar Departments in the Normal proper, we have a tine COLLEGE PREPARA TORY DEPARTMENT. We can save you one full year in your College Prepara tion. Departments of MUSIC, ELOCU TION, ART-DRAWING. PAINTING IN CHINA and WATER COLORS, taught by Specialists. A New Recitation Building. is now in course of erection, which will give a fine Laboratory and fourteen other recitation rooms. A. Fine Gymnasium ! Our own ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT ! A Superior Faculty ! Backward Pupils COACHED FREE. Nearly FIVE IIUX DR El> PUPILS ENROLLED this year. FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 8, 1902. For Catalogue and particulars address GEO. P. BIBLE, A. M. Principal. Bargains! It is our business It is our business to save our customers as much as possible on Harnesses, Robes, Blankets, Whips, Platform Wagons, BUGGIES AND ROAD WAGONS. Call and examine my stock and see what you can save on a pair of Blankets. You can also get your horses shod while you get your grist ground at the mill. W. E. MILLER, FORKSVILLE, PA. 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. NEW Goods on IETHTbITONI ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. AH answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HMaipflTO*. .-Pa. Horse Blankets and Robes Wieland & Kessler have thirty-two pairs to select from at 75c each to $8.50 per pair. A manufacturers consignment. We have the BLANKETS and guarantee the price. 5-A Goods our leader The BLANKETS are right. Tne PRICE is RIGHT. Wieland & Kessler, Nordmont^Fa., AMENDMENT' #T>HH-E CONSTI TUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEAL TH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR RF. JECTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEM BLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OF A RTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section ten of article one of the Constitution, eo that a discharge of a jury for failure to agree or other necessary causes shall not work an acquittal. SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met. That the lollowing be proposed as an amendment to the Consti tution; that is to say, that section ten of article one, which reads as follows: "No person shall, tor any indictable offense, be proceeded against criminally by information, except in cases arising in the kwid or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war o; public danger, or bv leave of the court foi oppression or missdeineanor in oflice. No person shall, for the same offense, be twict putin jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall private property oy taken or applied to public use, without authority of law and without just compensation being first made or secured," be amended so as to («>d as follows: No person shall, for any indictable of fense, be proceeded against criminally by information, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the malitia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger, or by leave of the court for oppression or misdemeanor in office. No person shall, lor the same offense, be twice putin jeopardy of life or limb; but a discharge of the jury for failure to agree, or other necessary cause,shall not work an acquittal. Nor shall pri vate property be taken or applied to pub lic use, without autority of law and with out just compensation being first made or •ccured. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI TUTION PROPOSED TO TIIE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEAL TH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR RE JECTION BY THEGENER AL ASSEM BLY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth. SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment. Add at the end of section seven, article three, the following words: "Unless be fore it shall be introduced in the General Assembly, such proposed special or local laws shall have been first submitted to a popular vote, at a general or special elec tion in the locality or localities to be effected by its operation, under an order of the court of common pleas of the re spective county after hearing an applica tion granted, and shall have been approv ed by a majority of the voters at such election: Provided, That no such elec tion shall be held until the decree of court authorizing the same shall have been ad vertised for at least thirty (30) days in the locality or localities attected, in such man ner as the court may direct. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. The undersigned will open his cider mill on Thursday, Sept. 4th and will run each Thursday Friday and Saturday of each week'until November 14, 'O2. JOHN M. CONVERSE, SONESTOWN, PA BANNER SALVE. the most healing ealveln the world. No-To-Bac fop Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak uieu strung, blood pure. 50c, sl. All drutfKists. Foley's Honey Tar heals lungs and stops the cough. IDE CORPORATIONS PAY m TAXES Under Republican Rule the Burden Is Placed On Them. CITIZENS PAY NO STATE TAX Republicans Have Paid Off Over $40,- 000,000 of Debt Left By the Democrats, and Now Pennsylvania Is Free Frctn Debt—Some Figures For Democratic Shouters to Study. Every home owner in Pennsylvania has a vital interest in the approach ing election. It is not only a question of Democrat or Republican, of Pattl son or Pennypacker, but it is a matter of dollars and cents to every owner of n foot of land in the commonwealth. It was the Democratic party that plunged the state into a debt of $40,- 000,000 that has required forty years of Republican rule to lift. Republi cans should not forget this. And yet in spite of this fact the Re publican system of state finances has been the subject of the most persis tent attacks from its enemies. Demo cratic leaders when they assail the Re publican financial system In Pennsyl vania know that they are deliberately misrepresenting the facts. Unfortu nately the public at large does not seem to have a very clear Idea of the meth od by which state taxes are assessed and collected. Under the wise and beneficent legis lation of the Republican party In the past thirty-five years, the burdens of state taxation have been lifted from the shoulders of the Individual and placed upon the corporations of the state. CITIZENS PAY NO STATE TAX. An Impression prevails among the people that they are taxed for all the appropriations made to the public schools, charitable Institutions, the Ju diciary, legislative expenses, the new capitol, etc., etc. As a matter of fact, our citizens pay no state tax except a liquor license tax, and one mill on the dollar where they own personal securi ties, such as bonds, mortgages, etc., the tax on the same being four mills, three of which are returned to the respective counties. Money for all expenses of the state comes from tho corporations. In direct contrast to this has been the attitude of the Democratic party and Its legislation, Before the Republican party came into power all roal estate, occupations over $200.00 per annum, cattle, etc., were taxed by the Demo cratic party in time of peace; and even with this enormous tax burden it left a debt of over $40,000,000 in 1860, to bo provided for and lifted by the Re publican party. And tho Republican party has redeemed the credit of tho state; it stands to-day before the world free from debt. MISLEADING TAX RECEIPTS. The manner in which the various collectors of taxes of the common wealth have their bills and receipts printed is largely responsible for the misapprehension that exists In the minds of the people upon this question of state taxation. In almost every in stance instead of having a separate item for state taxes to be used where the person has money at interest sub ject to taxation, and not otherwise, almost all bills that are sent out by the tax collectors have one item entitled "State and County Tax." Opposite thi6 head Is placed the amount of the county tax, and the person receiving the bill is naturally under the Impres sion that the amount charged repre sents a combination of state and county taxes, and if questioned upon this point the answer is always the production of a tax receipt showing the payment of a certain sum of money under the head of"State and County Tax." The taxes paid to tho various local collectors, under the designation "State and County Tax," go directly into the coun ty treasury for the exclusive use of the county authorities. The constant aipi of Republican leg islation has been to relieve the Indi vidual taxpayer. Prior to 1883 the in digent Insane in the asylums of the state were wholly supported by the various local municipalities. This was a burden upon tho individual taxpayer. As the state debt was reduced under the judicious management, it was be lieved that the commonwealth could afford to assist the counties in the sup port and maintainance of their unfor tunate poor. By the Act of June 13th, 1883, the expense of the care and treat ment of the insane poor of the state was equally divided between the state and the several counties. Tne amount paid by the state since 1885 under this act amounts to $10,525,000, more than $860,000 annually. HELPING THE TOWNSHIPS. Just as the burden of taxation has been liften o the shoulders of the Btate to that extent have the townships, cit ies and counties been aided and over burdened i >al estate owners assisted. In the two items of Indigent insane and public schools, the state pays out of its treasurv nearly $8,000,000 a year. To that extent every home-owner In the commonwealth Is correspondingly benefitted. By the Revenue Act of June Bth, 1891, three-fourth of the personal prop erty tax is returned to tho respective counties. The amount returned for the year ending November 30th, 1895, al the close of the Democratic adminis tration was $1,575,019.70. The amount of personal tax returned to the several counties for the year ending Novem ber 30th, 1901, was $2,572,676.00 Under the act of June 9th, 1891, th« liquor licenses were taken from the state and given to the different local ities. This was an additional benefit to the taxpayer because prior to that all liquor licenses has been paid Into the state treasury. They amount to about $2,000,000 annually. In addition to all these things the state pays the entire, cost of the judi ciary which amounts to upwards of half a million annually. INTERESTING FIGURES. The following is a partial list of the amount paid out of the treasury of the state for the benefit of the different localities and municipalities: Amount paid annually since 1883. for the indigent in sane $658,000 Amount paid annually for common schools 7,015.720 Amount of personal tax re turned 2,572.675 Liquor licenses diverted from the state to the local treasuries 2,000,000 Amount paid to support the judiciary, annually 652,662 The amount paid annually by tho state for local pur poses (12,899,057 Annual saving on account of the exemption from taxa tion of real estate, horses and cattle, and trades, occupations and profes sions 7,000,000 Total annual saving to the respective localities, an nually, since the Repub licans assumed the con trol of tho state affairs. .$19,899,057 Prior to the passage of the Act of 1885 the whole amount of moneyed capital returned for the purpose of state taxation was but $145,000,000. In that year, even under the imperfect working of the act, the amount re turned for taxation was $395,000,000, an increase of $250,000,000. According to the auditor general's report of 1901 the amount of the four mill tax on per sonal property amounted to $2,563,375.- 02, and of this tax there was returned to the several counties $2,572,675.42. These facts and figures speak for themselves. They are more Impres sive than any words could possibly be in demonstrating what the Republican porty has done In the way of lifting the burden of state taxation from the shoulders of the small home owner and farmer. WHAT CORPORATIONS PAY. The total revenue of the state dur ing the year ending December Ist, 1901, was $17,727,432. Of this amount $lO,- 807,433 was derived directly from the corporations by the various forms of taxation imposed upon these artificial bodies. The only direct taxation affecting the Individual was that upon money at In terest, from which the state collected $2,563,875, as stated above. This in reality Is not a state but a local tax, collected by the state and returned to the various municipalities. The aggre gate revenue of the commonwealth for 1901 after deducting the personal tax refunded, was $15,154,757, of which amount the corporations paid $10,307,- 433; $2,452,201 was derived from licen ses; $1,232,082 from the tax on collat eral Inheritance. These three Items amounted to $13,991,716, leaving tho sum of $1,163,041 received from a va riety of sources none of them affecting the Individual citizen. It will be seen therefore, that out of the entire revenue of the common wealth tho only portion that could be contorted Into a direct tax upon the citizen was that part of the money at Interest not returned to the municipal ities amounting to one-fourth of the to tal collected from that source and amounting to the Insignificant sum of about 10 cents per annum for each per son." ALL RUN DOWN. An Every Day Story. No Ap petite. No Ambition. Con stant Headaches. No Rest. No Sleep. Listless. Lan guid. All Played Out. Here's the Cure. Mr. Samuel Rogers, of No. 128 Hyde I'ark Ave., Scranton. Pa., says.—"l wns in a run down condition, headaches, ner vous and sleeping badly and the. appetite I oor. I was told of Dr. A. W. Chases Nerve Pills and got a box. As a result 1 sleep and eat well again. The nervous ness and headaches are gone and my gen eral strength back again. I ant very much pleased with them and glad to rec ommend them to others. This 1 can do conscientiously." Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Tills are sold at 50c a box at dealers or Dr. A.W.Chase Medicine Co,, Buflalo, N. Y. See that portrait and signature of A. W. Chase, M- D. are on every package. 3000 bushels of lime at Reeder's Lime House, one and one half mile below Laporte. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Mfe Anay, To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag nc lie, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No lo U.ic. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, r>oc or 11. Cureguaran teed Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. BANNER 8A LVE ' the most hnllng valve In tho world. CHESTER wr Y " LEADER " and " REPEATER " V " SMOKELESS POWDER SHOTGUN SHELLS i ■re used by the best shots in the country because they are so accurate, uniform and reliable. All the world's championships and records have been won and made by Winchester shells. Shoot them and you'll shoot well. USED BY THE BEST SHOTS, SOLD EVERYWHERE of our oriental and other markets than any other part of the nation. Her manufacturing industries are new and must seek outlets in new fields because there Is the line of least resistance from established rivals. Yet her rep resentatives, obedient to an outworn political tradition, almost invariably oppose these policies because thev ore Forty Years Torture. To be relieved from a torturing' disease of over 40 years' torture might well cause the gratitude of anyone. That is what DeWiit'n Witch Hazel Salve! did tor C. Haney, Geneva, O. He says: "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me of piles after 1 had suflered 40 years.'' Cures cuts,burns wounds, skin diseases. Beware of coun terfeits. Republican. Thus the southern De mocracy puts Itself continually In the attitude of biting the hand stretched out to aid southern industry. The Worst Form. Multitudes are singing the praises of Kodol, the new discovery which is mak ing so many sick people well and weak people strong by digesting what they eat, by cleansing and sweetening the stomach and by transforming their food into the kinds of pure, rich, red blood that makes you feel good all over. Mrs. Cranfill. of Troy, I. T.,writes: For a number of years 1 was troubled with indigestion and dys pepsia which grew into the worst form. Finally 1 was induced to use Kodol and after using four bottles I am entirely cur ed. I heartily recommend Kodol to all sutlerers from indigestion and dyspepsia. Take a dose after meals. It digests what you eat, Foley's Honey and Tar for children,safe,sure. No opiates. Administrators Notice. Estate of Harry Zax, late of the Boro. of Lft|>orte, County ol Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration upon the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims against tnesatne will present them for payment, duly authenticated; and those indebted thereto, will please make payment to A. J. BRADLEY, Administrator. Aug 20,'02. At Laporte, Pa. Administrator's Notice. Estate of E.l.Brundagelateof I>avidson twp., deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration upon the estate of said de cedent have been granted to the under signed. All persons indebted to said es tate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or de mands against the same will make them known without delav to Mrs. LOUISA BKUNDAGE. Administratrix, Nordniont, Pa. MULLEN, Attorney, Laporte, Pa. Notice to the Public. The Forksville Grist Mill is in good running order for grinding WHEAT, BUCK WHEAT and CHOP. With thanks for your patronage in the past,will try and please you in the future, WILLIAM ALLEN, Forksville, Pa. LIME At the OLDOPP 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 receive prompt attention. Address, A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. CONDENSED KKPOHT of the condition of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Dushore, l'a., At close of business, Sept. 15 lUo'2 KRSOI'RCES: Loans find Discounts 5221,002 26 IT. S. Bonds to secure circulation 5.000 00 Premium on U. 8. Bonds 8,400 00 Stock Securities 15,000 00 Furniture 1,375 00 Due from Banks Approved reserve Agt 57.439 28 S)>ecie mid Legal Tender Notes 28,232 W Redemption fund U. 8. Treasury 25,000 00 « 354,54* 5S LIABILITIES. Capital S 50.000 00 Surplus and Undivided Profit* 21,938 19 Circulation 48.750 00 Deposit.* 233.850 39 Dividens unpaid 400 9 354,548 58 State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss: I, M. D. Swnrta, Cashier of the atiove named bank, do solemnly swear .hat the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and l>e lief. M. I). SWARTB, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th dayofSupt mi JOUN H. CRONIN, Notary Public. My commission expires February 27, 1905. Correct—Attest: A.WALSH. ) JNO. D. RKKSKR VDirectora. B. W. JENNINGS. j DYSPEPTICIDE Tho groatoot aid to DIOCBTION. A Dozen Times A Night. Mr. Owen Dunn, of benton Ferry,W.Va writes; l 'l have had kidney and bladder trouble for years, and it became BO bail that I was obliged to get up at lea: t a dozen times a night. I never received any permanent benefit from any medicine un til I tried Foley's Kidney Cure. After using two bottles, I am cured." For snl by C. 1 1. Voorhees, Sonestown, and Janit'H MaoFarlane, Laporie. ' M'LAURIN'S APPEAL. Be Urges the South to Foriset It» Past and Brlnur Itielf Up to Date. Senator McLaurln has again ap pealed to the white men of South Car olina to come out of the dead past, to consider the facts of the living present | and to base their political action upon those facts. lie points out that the South Carolina Democracy no lonw Spent More Than SIOOO. \V. W Haker of Plainview, Neb.,writes "My wife suttered trom lung trouble lor fifteen years. She tried a doc tors and spent over SI(XK) without reliet. .She became very lowland lost all hope. A friend recommended Foley's llonev and Tar. and thanks to this great remedy, it saved her life. She enjoys better health than she has known in ten years." He fuse substitutes. For sale by C. D. Voorhees, Sonestown and James Mcl'arlane, I.aporte. pursues vitnl alms, out Is bouna to a political trudltlon from which all life has departed. The tradition Is that the Republican oartv's national policies nre Inmowa. Never Ask Advice. When you have a cough or cold don't ask what is good lor it and get some med icine with little or no merit and perhaps dangerous. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar, the greatest throat and lung remedy, it and colds quickly. For sale by C. I). Voorhees, Sonestown; James McFarlane, I.aporte. bie froth negro rule In the south and therefore must be opposed without ex ception by every white southerner and that the Democratic party's nutlonal policies are throughout those of "a white man's government" and'there Danger in Pall Colds. Fall colds are liable to hang on all winter leaving the seeds of pneumonia, bronchitis, or consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar cures quickly and prevents seri ous results. It is old and reliable, tried and tested, safe and sure, contains no opiates and will not constipate. For sale byJC. D. Voorhees, Sonestown; Jsmes McFarlane, Laporte. fore must be supported without dis crimination. As a result of the per sistence of this tradition the white men of the south have done practically nothing to advance their own material Interests bv uolitical methods, and Natural Anxiety. Mothers regard approaching winter with uneasiness, children take cold so easily. No disease costs more little lives than croup. It's attack is so sudden that the sufferer is otten beyond human aid lie fore the doctor arrives. Such cases yield readily to One Minute Cough Cure. Liqu ifies the mucus, allays inflammation, re moves danger. Absolutely safe. Acts im mediately.. Cures coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung trouble. F. S. McMahon, Ilamton, Ga.: "A bad cold rendered me voiceless just* before an oratorical contest. I intended to withdraw but took One Minute Cough Cure. It re stored my voice in time to win the medal. their representatives In congress have almost uniformly opposed the very measures best calculated to promote tho welfure of their constituents. The south's great need at the close of the civil war wus diversification of industries, tho addition of manufactur "Watch the Kidneys" "When they are affected, life is in dan ger," says Dr. Abernethy, the great Eng lish physician. Feley's Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys. lng to agriculture. More than any oth er section of this country the south needed the stimulating influences of the protective policy. More than any other section proportionately to eco nomic conditions before the war the south has profited by that policy. Tit Bronchitis for Twenty Years. Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville. 111., writes: "I had bronchitis for twenty years and never got relief until I used Foley's Iloney and Tar which is a cure cure." Contains no opiates. For sale by C. I>. Voorhees, Sonestown, and JamesjMcFurlane,porte. Pa. No danger of consumption if you use FoleyVlloney and Tar to cure that stub born cough. Foley's Iloney and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia. it had always to be rorcea upon ner 111 th« face of the political opposition of her representatives. Voting always against protection, the south yet owes her great economic development to Its effects. So the south today is more vitally interested In the development of our new possessions and in the extension Look Out for Fever. Rilliousness and liver disorders at this season may be prevented by cleansing the system with DeWitt's Little Early ltisers. These famous little pills do not gripe. They move the bowels gently, but copi ously, and by reason of the tonic proper ties, give tone and strength to the glands.
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