FIRST S'ATIONAI. HANK
OK OI'SHOKE, PENNA.
OAVIfAL " " $60,000
frapiius • • *IO.OOO
Does a General Banking Business.
W. .IKNNINO3. M. D. BWAKTB.
President. Cashier
J BRADLEY,
Attorney at-Law.
I illico. corner ol Main and Muncv Sts.
LAPOUTK, PA.
Having opened an office at 132S Arch
St., Philadelphia, I shall still continue to
practice in t lie several Courts of Sullivan
i 'uiintv. When not in my office personally
a coin pet nt ' person will lie found in
charge thereof, Bonds of various kinds
furnished.
pRANCISW. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-Law.
..ffice in lveelers Block.
LAPOUTK, Sullivan County, PA.
HUBII J. Thomson, Albert F. Ileess,
IST I. 1902.
JHOMSON & HEESS,
LAWYERS,
MJSIIOUE, PENNA.
Long Distance Telephone.
Jannfary I. 1908.
J J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOKK ETS-AT-LAW,
Legnl l>usine»B .ittond«.l to
iu >iiis uud adjoining cotntion
_AI'OHTE, PA
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LA PORTE. PA.
OKriOK ll* COUNTY BUILPIH6
SBA.<I'OITT NOCHK.
j H. C WON IN,
A.TOHWBV AT LAW,
NOTAMV I'UBLLO.
OJTPIC* 0" MAI* TK»KT.
. l'A
D is 1 HOUR
qj. lyneaux, d.D.s.
CJraduate Univoruity'of Pennsylvania
NI-.W ALBANY, PA.
At I.■ i|ie/.. Pi., Wednesday »nd I hursdav
each week.
I.APOKTE HOTEL.
p. w, GALLAGHEH, Prop.
Newly erected. -Opposite Court
Ilouse square. Steam heat, hath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barber shop: also good stabling
and livery»
T J. K KKLKIt.
I . J ustice-of-the Peace.
Office in rtKiin over store, LAPOUTK, PA.
Special attention given to collections.
All matters left to the care of this office
will be promptly attended to.
M. Brink
New Albany, Pa.
There is a hot old time in New Al
bany to see vvho'ean sell corn meal
anil lii'.tn the cln-api-st"; in ton lot
for spot cash. My corn meal, crack
ed corn anil corn is selling for s?I!LK.»
per ton, (> cents each for sacks which
may Be returned and money refund
ed. If you we'e about my ware
house some day miring the week
you would imagine that yow were in
liroadway New York to see so many
teams hauling away feed and iir.iiii.
Veal calves and dressed poultry
wanted every Wednesday.
M. BRINK.
FREE! FREE!
A Housewife's
Delight,
A N'.CELY ARRANGED
TABLE.
Buy your goods of us
and get a set of this
Hand Painted
■
China Free!
ASK FOR COUPONS.
AT
Buschhausen'
112 County Seat )
) Local and Personal Events]
I Tersely Told. J
Miss Freda (Yossley visited friends
at Sonestown last week.
The next annual convention of the
Bradford Sullivan ('. E. Union will
be held at Wyalusing, Wednesday
and Thursday, June 21 and 22.
John Fish >f Nwrdmont, was tak
en with a violent nose bleed Tues
day night and but for the timely as
sistance of a physkian, he would
have died from loss of blood.
Miss Hazel Voorhees of Shunk,
daughter of Dr. C. I>. Voorhees of
Sonestown, is reported as improving
from a severe illness of pneumonia.
A Philadelphia preacher thinks
there is no objection to a politician
occupying the pulpit. We ar.i in
(k)ubt as to whether the politicians
have lowered the preacher to their
standard or whether the preacher
hopes to give them a litt.
The trustees of the Methodist
church have secured the courthouse
is a place in which to give an enter
tainment on the evening of March
10. when Mr. Justin M. Johnson
will entertain with his new and im
proved Victor talking machine.
This is not the sdiite machine that
was heard here sometime ago, but
is a larger and latest improved one
While l>r. Randall was in the
house attending to a patient, ni
Nordmout one night this week, his
horse unhitched himself and mail'
for the woods to hide from his mas
ter. Uut after losing the contents ol
the sleigh and badly damaging tin
shafts the horse returned to the road
and although headed for home, stop
I>ed and wailed for the l>nctor.
A Washington Birthday Social
will be given by the young peoph
•112 the Methodist church, on the ev
ening of l'ebruitry 22, at the horn'-
of Sheriff and Mrs. 1 rank Buck.
Lunch will be nerved, and among
the other amusements provided foi
the evening there will be a fishing
pond on exhibition. A cordial in
vitation to come is extended to ev
ery one.
11. C. Boatman of Sonestown, who
was employed at the clothespin fac
tory at that place met with a seri
ous accident on Tuesday of last week
as he was about to leave the mill
after his day's work was finished.
When the whistle blew at "> p. m
Mr. Boatman went down under tin
mill to get bis dinner pail and whih
there a large iron wrench fell, strik
ing him on the head and shoulder,
•utting a large flesh wound on his
head and bruising his shoulder quite
badly.
(in Wednesday evening, February
stli at six o'clock, Mr. Wintteld S.
A'eiland and Miss Mable Benning
ton, both of Nordmont were united
in the Inly bonds of matrimony by
Itev. S. 11. Engler, of the Laporte
M. E. church. The ceremony oc
eured at th" home of the bride's
pirents. The bridal party entered
the parlor to the beautiful strains ol
Lohengrins's wedding march, play
ed by Miss Alice Bennington, a sis
ter of the bride. The pretty bride
looked charming in a gown of white
china silk. After the ceremony and
congratulations, an elegant wedding
dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs.
Weilaud left on the for a short
wedding tour, and upon their re
turn wil. live at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. I'ennington for the remain
der of the winter.
A. C. Jenkins, one of our interest
ed readers contributes the following
pun, which he believes not only
covers a multitude of sins, but one
that will excite a good amount ol
amusement. It reads:
"A rich young man had a piece ol
land on which a young mule was
grazing. '1 shall harness you' said
the man to the mule, 'and make you
plow this land to grow melons on,
of which I am very fond, while the
stalks will supply von with food.'
To which the mule replied: 'lf I con
sent to toil on your terms, you will
have all the melons and I shall be
worse off than now, inasmuch as 1
shall have to eat dry stalks instead
of fresh green grass. I'll not do it
Sir.' "How unreasonable you are"
remonstrated the land owner, "your
father never had any food but thist
les, and yet worked .sixteen hours a
day without grumbling." "Alas!
that is true," retorted the mule,
"but then you know my father was
an ass.'
Mr. O. S. E Itly of this plaee has
sol I his firm situated near New Al
bany, to Del her t Benjamin of liber
ty Corners.
Miss llattle Sehrader has been
quite ill with symplons of internal
poisoning.
Atty. A. J. Bradley was a William
sport visitor Tuesday.
Mjfss Edith Eddy has gone to (Men
Mawr where she has accepted a po
sition its agent in the railroad station.
Mrs. E. Louise Barrows is visitngi
friends in Athens.
<)ur new flag will have forty seven
stars in its Held, with the possibility
that there uny yet he fifty in al'.
When Arizona finally gets in she
w ill represent;d by the forty
eighth star: and eventually llawlai
Alaska and Porto liico may beclaini
ing their right to a star each.
The many policyholders of the
I'enu Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany in this section will be inter
ested and gratified i . knowing that
the ,s"th. year of the company
eclipsed all its prior records, bring
ing with itgains in insurance, assets
Hid surplus. The close of the year
s'unvs the following approximate
totals and gains as compared with
the preceding year.
Assets, $08,000,000; gain,
Surplus, 9,000,000. " 1,.",:i7,0J0.
Interest, 3,400,000. " (170,000
,'remiums, 1;1,32n,0<K». " 1,270 000
insurance, 312,000,000 " .51,000,000.
Hie gains exhibited in iy be re
garded as truly remarkable, lien
a mutual concern with 115,000
nembers wiih insurance to the
.mount of #312,000,000., a gain of
<31.000,000,, or over eleven per cent,
There are other items in the re
port of the greatest interest to the
large fa nily of Penn .Mutual policy
holders, for the Company is a family
)f which every member experiences
nutual b 'tieflis. There is the ex
•euse ratio for example. l.nt year
t was two per cent lower than the
iverage of all companies. Tills
iieaiis an extra saving to members
if two per cent on $17,775,000 of in
■oine had its expense r.ite been up to
lie average of all companies.
Payments of policyholders have
grown porportionally. The C'oin,-
iiy paid to policyholders last year
or death claims #3, 101,7:12,75 and
•r natured endowments and an
ilities iM,320,032,8(5. It apportioned
> surplus #1,471,W00, 1:1, of which
WH0,540,0-1 was used to reduce prem
um payments on annual dividend
•olicies, the remainder being held
or the lieiH-tlt of the policies on the
Vi'cnniulated Surplus plan.
The mortality experience of the
ountry last year was very satis
factory. 1 lad the death rate been on
a level with the expected, there
vould have been incurred death
losses to the amount of #1,519,598.
I'lie actual death losses were only
>1,520,000 or a saving of #1,509,598.
Those interested, whether as policy
toldersor intending insurers, will be
gladly furnished with a detailed ac
ount of the Company and its tran
sactions for the past year upon ap
ilication either to Bourne Dur
ham, General Agents, Philadelphia,
M. A. Scureman District Agent,
A* i Ikes-Bar re, I'a. or to C. M. Bend
er, New Albany, Pa., special agent
for this section. Mr. M. 15. Wilcox,
ofC'ampbellsville, Pa. also represents
the Penn Mutual locally in Western
Sullivan.
Lime at Keeder,s Lime ilouse,
below Laporte. Pa.
WANTED.—Some one to love.
<■ iris between 17 and 19 years ofage
please write to me and do not tarry
for when 1 find a suitable one I in
tend to marry. I am 24 years of
age. My height is 5 feet 8 inches,
and my weight is 100 pounds. I
will answer all letters.
<i. M. Breitmeier,
Muncy Valley, Pa.
an kntkutaixmest —The '"Vic
tor Talking Machine"' operated by
Mr. Scot Wieland of Nordmont, on
I Saturday evening, Febr'y 18th.,
'OS, in the M. E. Church. All
are welcome. Admission 10 and
15 cents.
Lime at Keeders i-ime House
below Laporte, Pa.
s.">4 pavs six weeks instruction
and board at the College of Music,
Freeburg, Pa., Piano, organ, sing
ing, brass anil string iustrmnenD
taught. Young people are as w ell
eared lor as at home. Terms begin
May Ist.. June 12th., July 24th,
For catalogue address,
lienry B. Mo yer
I The Local Instituted Forks Tu p.
Forksviile Boro nnd Estelin, he'd n
! Fstella, Feb. 11, 1005, was called to
order by Supt. Killgore at 1 <>;: 10,lo,
! o'clock. This session was devoted to
fie question box, adjournment m
12:00 oVIm-kJjpl
igAfierhoon session opened by Chaii
! man Flick; Question box resumed;
[Frictions, .J. It. Molynetix; lleci
t tion, C larence Molyn-i x; What
do we «et from the County Institute.'l
discussed by Ulysses Bird and Prof.
Frank Moyineux; Hecitation, Mi-sj
Bin Nail; Hong, by Primary tiirb;
H;ritatioi), John Studevant; History
Exercises in the lower Grades; Nel
s>n Mullen and Ulysses Bird; Heci
tation, Victor Bird; Duet, Misses
liutisinger and Boylcs; To what ex
tent ought politics be taught in the
public .-choolsV, Supt. Killgore, i». M.
Flick and J. It. Molyneux; Iteci
tation, Madge Jennings; Ili-citutior,
Belle McC'arty; Song, Primary t fir's;
Solo, Maudo llunsinger; Ceutiali
zation of Schools, »Supt. Killgorc,
Ulysses Bird, J. U. Molyneux, and
Prof. D. M. Flick. Institute ad
journed.
Jewel O'Brian, Sec'y.
Cherry Twj>. Itepublicon Tii-ket.
Judge of Flection. 1 lonry Touscii
n -r; inspector of Flection, Samuel
Rein bold; ltouri Coiumis.siontr,
Henry J. Sclniad; School Director,
Robert K. Kshinka; Treasurer,
Win. 1). Bahr; Constable, Charles
Morter; Auditor, Henry llull'master;
Overseer of the Poor, Joseph Sick.
Berniee Precinct.—Judge of Fleet
ion, Thomas Shell; inspector oi
Flection, James 11. Spence; As^is:-
ant, John l.ot.ey.
According to Mulliaii's Diction.ti\\
of Statistics the amount of money an
nually expended on alcoholic liijuor
in the United Stales is s):!i>,ono,nou,
*15,000,000 going for wine, sJin,ooo,
000 for beer, $5,(100,000 for cider and
*05,000,000 for spirits.
SENATOR DEPEW'S RECOKD
;i#» IIIIH Ably mid *ufully llcpre
*«»nt<»<l lUm SI a 11- In (oiiKfi'NN.
The agreement of the Republican
party in New York to return Chauucey
M. Depew t.i the f'nited States senate
hau been received with gratification
throughout the country, says the Phila
delphia Press.
The strong and universal regard for
Mr. liejiew is easily understood. For
more than forty years he lias been con
stantly at the command of his party,
lie has been the most familiar figure
liefore three generations of New York
Republicans. Last year he spoke ill.'
over the state to sons whose fathers
mid grandfathers gathered again in
their ripening years to hear the unbro
ken voice, with the rippling humor and
the persuasive appeal, which charmed
the in in their youth. No labor too
great, no service too arduous, for Sir.
Depew in all these strenuous cam
paigns from Lincoln's first election.
Besides, lie lias been every man's
friend. (Jood nature, kindly disposi
tion, true camaraderie, beam from his
genial face.
As a senator he has been a creditable
and successful representative of his
state. He has been quite content to
leave the political management to Mr.
Piatt. The social sides and the orator
ical demonstrations of the senatorial
career have appealed more strongly to
his tastes and his temperament. If he
has not been as aggressive and reso
lute as some others it Is because his
inclination is more diplomatic uud his
touch more velvety. But his intimate
knowledge of the business and com
mercial Interests of New York through
long association with their foremost
representatives enables him to speak
for them with force and effect. He has
made several notable speeches upon
the large public questions which have
been uppermost during the list few
years, and altogether there will be a
general feeling that his re-elo. tion Is a
fit tribute to himself and a fortunate
determination for the state and the
senate.
ronfliifd to Prnytr.
Democratic Interest in the present
tariff discussion is confined mainly to
praying that nothing will be done.—
Sioux City Journal.
A Snltlofiny.
[With apologias to Hamlet.l
To revise or not revise—that Is t'ae ques
tion.
Whether 'tis wiser in the main to softer
First the doubt and disaster of suspense.
Then rip wide open the turifT wall
Which has brought a measure of pros
perity
t'nparalieled In the nnnala of time
And by this ripping and revision ioso
Our great home market and the chanee to
work,
Leaving untouched oar con! and ore,
Closing our mills and shops. <
And haying from abroad till we are broke.
Or. by letting well enough alone,
Clo on and on and further oa.
As we have gone for seven good years.
I'roof against drought and panic.
Changing from a debtor nation
To a lending people of htgh< t credit.
Elevating each year our living si .ndnrd
And after ali Is told enjoying a aurplus
Measured by half a score of billions.
Revise that which Is well nigh perfection?
How can it be?
Methinks we did it hut a d< -rule back.
And to remember the resi.lt is to con
demn the cause
Our present ills are f-^vv.
Which we may rather hear
Than fly to worse which always
Follow and attend and oft precede
That dreaded scours*, free trada.
Campbell "The Merchant"
SHUNK, PA.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY
FALL and WINTER STOCK of
CLOTHING.
Marts' Boys and Youths' SUITS and OVERCOATS.
SHOES for all; the Mile tot to the. old man. Also
the well known Wats >ntown Lumbermans Shoes.
Also RICH'S celebrated Woolen Goods. Always have
Up to date as well as Fresh
Groceries and Provisions.
Yours for Business,
A. E. CAMPBELL
Extraordinary Showing
of Winter Suits.
for Men, Boys and Children
are now here lor inspection.
Suits in black clay and unfinished worsteds and "Thibets
Homespuns, Trench and English Fl; nnels, and Scotch
Goods.
Overc a's in Genuine West of England Cover's.
Hundreds ot Exclusive Trouserings.
Bo\ sand Chikirens' Suits in .>ll the rew fabrics and
nak s.
Prices as'wel! as variety :>re < xtr.-v rd nary. All new
m ! up to dite line of Gents i urui Hats, Caps, etc.
\lso thec n'y place injjtown v\ hvre >ou can g t the
"Walls Over" Shoe.
J. W. CARROLL'S,
Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA.
/V\id=Winter
Sale.
H tving in stock a supply ol {\\ inter Grods which
iiust be sold by i « bruarv 15, 1 propose to seil
Men's Suits worth sl4 00 and 15 00 at $7 50
B )ys' Overcoats 10.00 to 2 00 at 4 30 to s 00
B >\ s' v uits 800 and $!o/ 0 n >w at 5 "jo
I adies' Co ts Slooo and 1200 n»w at 5 so
JNDEUWEAR at greatly reduced prices. Caps, Mit -
t.*ns and;JGlows for Ladies arid Gems, at very low prices
Felts and Rubb ts at half price; Me i's and B .<ys' Sweatee
at half pr-Ct .
JACOB HERR,
DEALER IN
Clothing, Shoes and Ladies' Cloaks
GENERAL STORE
gd iDaporte Tannery. ®
FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS FOUND HERE.
Just received a special purchase ol ' Riches" Flannels,
Lumbermens' Sbiits and Drawers, Men's, Ladies' and
| Childr. ns' Mitts, Gloves and Hosiery.
■
There's Lots Here to Show You
From the City.
Fre h s'o:k of D<y Goods and Nations, Boys and
Men's Hats and Caps full line of Snagproof Shoes and
| Rubbers. Ladies', Gents'and Children's Goodyear Rub
bt rs Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all.
I
Our Usual Quality of Groceries and Provisions
are Equal to the BEST.
i JAMES McFAf?LANE.