Republican News Item.
XII. NO 13.
24,000- $44,000 >
/hich Do You Prefer •
The average man earns about si,ico a year.
>rks 40 years and earns a total of $44,00 in a life V
ne. Ihe average day laborer fjcets $2,000 a day or 112
00 (or a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in a J
j time. The difference between s\ooands24- v s
•o is $20,0u0. I liis is the minimum value of a J
actical education in dollars and cents The
eased self respect cannot be measured in money. J
'hy not stop plugg : ngaway at a small salary when x
e International Correspondence Schools, of Scran x
n, Pa., can give >Oll an educaton that will make \
iigh salaried man of you ? No matter what line of V
ork you care to follow, 1 his great educational In- J
itution can prepare you in your spare time and at x
small cost to secure a good-paying position. Ourr
cal Representative will show you how you canX
iple your earning capacity. Look him up today, r
C. F. BR/E3STX>T_A IT. /
.I. S. Representative. TO WAND A, PA. C
HARDWARE^
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
TOVES and RANGES,
COAL OR WOOD.
HE A TE
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
♦use Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
ot of second hand atoves and ranges for sale cheap,
v e can sell yen in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base
'■urner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
>t Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
Generai Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
he Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
' 112 WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
uad es' 0) h te LovnWci st
The stock is at iti best just now, and a; y ideas you
ave may be readily satisfied here, iis we have all the
ewest st\ 1* s that have been shown this season, and
bove all a larg assortment to choose from.l he_, are
eatly made and are reasonable in price.
adies' and Children's Embroidery for Corset
an Hose Covers
Ladies' plain and lace Tan llosc. ex
i good (|iialitieß for
125 c to 50c a Pair
C'lii iren's Tan Hose in a'! sizes for
15 and 2">c
1:; ants' Dresses and
We have just opened some Infants'
: Hresses with lots or taste and baby
•ce beauty in thein. Sum' plain, others
itli lares and tucks. Prices start at 2">c
id up to #2.75
Sh til I»resses tor older babies. All
lintv anil well made from tine Cambric
r Nainsook, at 25c and up.
Infants'and Children's lung or short
'nrts on waists at s()c Ui sI.OO
Ladies' White Dresses.
Ladies White l.awn and Swiss Hresses in the newest styles. Neatly ma A 9
ui trimmed with emdioidery or laces. It doesn't pay to make them when you
n buy nice dresses here tot- >'i.Ull to J7,50.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.
We are showing some very hail>l.«nin<-
and new .lesions ol IS inch <'orsct '.'over
Kinbroidery: the prices range from
to 7">c a Yard
Wearables tor Babies.
Infants' and Children's Hand Crochet
ed Saciptes, in plain or white or pink and
blue trimming.*, 25c to 1.50.
Buliy's and Children's White Mull
< 'aps, at 25c tn 75c.
Infants' Cashmere Hands, 25c a id 50c
Infants' Wool and Cotton Hose in
white, pink, blue, tan and fast black
extra ipialities, lor 15c and 25c.
i Standard Oil Fined Over $290,000,000.
In imposing :i fin** of over twenty
nine million dollars upon tin- Sinu
111:it'll < >il com p my for having engag
c«l in rebating Judg.) l.iinilis, of (lie
fedeial court of Chicago, has shown
a regard for the fitness of things
which stamps him as an upright
and unique occupant of the federal
court bench. That the Standard de
serves this heavy sentence there is
no doubt, ami Judge Landis declares
that the inditcmcut of the monoply
was strictly in accord iance with the
law.
Of course the Standard will be in
110 hurry to pay the fine imposed
upon it. The company will appeal
from the sentence and the case will
eventually find its way into the
United State supreme c >urt. All the
money and power of the Stand ud
Will be used in attempt to avoid the
payment of the fine, but it is not be
lieved that the supreme court will
reverse the judgement, although it
may reduce the amount of the fine.
The caustic lecture delivered by
Judge Landis was not much less un
pleasant to the Standard than was
the salty sentence.
The privilege of writing messages
on both sides of an ordinary govern
j nient postal card has been given to
I the public in an order issued by the
postmaster general and which went
into effect Friday. For some time
past the users of private postal cards
had that privelage and to remedy
the inconsistency the new order was
insued. Only one-third of the space
011 tln» front of the card may be used
for messages, the other portion to be
used for the address. A very thin
piece of paper may be attached to
the card if it completly adheres and
such a paster may bear both writing
and printing. Postal cards conform
ing to the new regulations will be
placed on sale at the poslotfices
throughout thocountry.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Nathan Schactl'er has just issued
a circular to various borough anil
County superintendents in tin* State
to the effect that teachers must tile
certificates granted by the superin
tendents before they become eligible
to receive the benefits of the new i
salary act as passed by the last legis j
lature.
These blanks have not yet been
prepared but will be sent to the var
ious borough and county superinten
dents in ample time for filing prior i
to the opening of the school.
All teachers holding certificates or
all normal school graduates who (
have taught less than two years will
receive the minimum salary of #lO,
while all holding professional certi
ficates \\ ill receive a minimum sal
ary Of !?•")(>.
Base Ball Picnic
August 15,1907, at LaPorte.
PROGRAM OF GAMES:
10:30 a. m. Bernice vs Hughesville.
::oo p. m. Eagles Mere vs ''All County" Team.
'I lie W. and N B. R. R. will run a special excursion,
arfving at LaPorte at 9:30. Round trip tickets from
Hughesville, Picture Rocks, Chamouni, Muncy Valley,
and Sonestown for soc; from Nordmrnt 2^c.
The Hughesville Band will Furn
ish Music for the Day.
Refreshments will be served on the ground by the
V. I. S. of LaPorte. A fine dinner can be obtained with
out leaving the grounds.
BY ORDER LAPORTE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Travclinjj School for Farmers.
Ilarrisburg, Aug. s.—Deputy Sec
retary of Agriculture Martin an
nounced today that he is arranging
to put into operation his plan for the
erection oi traveling schools for in
struction in horticulture, poultry
farming and dairy work and hopes
to establish one in each of the con
gressional districts of the State The
first four will be located in Mont
gomery, Chester, Adams, and Brad
ford Counties, and will be modeled
on the New York State plan, the
work being done under the auspices
of the Farmers' Institute Division.
The addresses will be delivered at
separate meetings from the institute
but with the assistance of local in
stitute managers.
The men selected are: Prof. 11. K.
Van Ormcr, of Slate College, and
Dr. J. I». Deitrick, North Whales,
in charge of dairy work; Prof."Stuart
(.1 State College, and Dr. J. 11.
Flunk, of Orrstown, fruit trees and
shipments, and W. T. Witman, of
Alleutown, and J. C. Campbell, of
Hartstown poultry interests, includ
ing raising for the 111 - rket, and eggs.
Woodbine, N. J., ia> notable for
being the first city to be governed
wholly by Jews since the fall of Jer
usalem. Woodbine, according to
The Circle lias no crime, no poverty,
and a record of but one arrest a (Jen
tile who got druuk. Though the
people are unused to political rights,
the government runs smoothly.
How long this will continue remains ;
to be seen. The Jews, though in j
dustrious and thrifty, seem to have j
an inaptitude for self government, |
and their history is a series ot down
fall and subjugation to other and
more domineering people. The 1
requisite quality for making
them independent appears to de
lacking.
Every American with real red j
blood in his veins loves our flag. 1
lint do you possess a good one? Von
can get a beautiful flag almost free
if you send check for $3.50 to TIIH
PHILADELPHIA PRESS. This
will <* 1»ti11e you to THE PItESS
daily except Sunday, for one year
by mail, postage paid, and also a tine
hand-sewed flag, size 3xo feet, fas
colors fully guaranteed. This flag
also is really worth the amount ask
ed and then you have the great
home newspaper of Philadelphia.
He a patriot! When you have a
good flag you can •K»ni ) i Urate your 1
patriotism at a tint - wlmn 'Old
tilory" should be displayed. If
your children are set a good exam
ple they will learn to love "Old
tilory" like they should be taught.
Today is the time to order. Send
all orders 10 Circulation Department
of Tl I E I'll ESS, or hand your order
to 1 lie newsdealer or postmaster.
: Several thousand acres of Lehigh
county wheat were recently cut by
1 moonlight. The harvest, tliree
weeks late on account of cold weuth-j
ier in spring was much delayed by i
rains, Farmers accordingly took ad
| vantage of the full moon to cut their
j grain, which was dead ripe. Self
! binders were brought into play, and
relays of horses used. The moon
! wasso bright that it was as easy to
; reap the grain by night as by day.
; Some farmers kept their binders
I running without stopping for sixty
: hours. The farmers paid neighbor
ing boys and girls twenty cents an
! hour to shock the grain as fast as
I the reapers cut it, besides giving
them three meals, breakfast, dinner
and supper, and three luncheons at
at !) a. m. 8 p. m.and at midnight.
Some of the boys and girls worked
a full twenty-four hours for a day,
making SI.BO, besides getting their
board. This is believed to be the
record for farm labor in the United
States. Even at that the farmers
regarded the work done for them
more as an accommodation than cold
blooded labor done for hire. Many
of the harvest workers thus employ
ed were school teachers, their [rec
ompense for working Jin the fleld
being double that of the school room.
The harvest was prolific beyond ail
expectations.
The term printer's devil as appli
i'd to the boy who chores around a
printing office has a peculiar roman
j tic history. In early days printing
I was styled the "black art," and
1 printers were supposed to be in
i league with Satin. Hut it was in
: the time of .Aldus Minutis in Venice
I that the matter took serious turn.
This was the 112 uiious printer who first
published Greek ami Roman classics,
lie took into his employ a negro bo\
| who was homeless on the streets of
Venice. The people supposed the
boy was an imp from Satin and that
he assisted in printing. Mobs col
lected about the office and were
about to wreck it, when the boy wa
brought forward anil exhibited show
ing that lie was flesh and blood, but
lie wis still culled the printer's devil
and every boy who lias held his posi
tion has been so called.
1 lonesdale Citizen-on Tuesdai
evening last Benjamin Gardner, for
thirty-six years an engineer of trains
on the Erie railroad, finished hi
last run in that capacity. lie i>
credited by one of our contempora
ries with having covered l"»(i miles it
day during his service, which would
give him a total run 1,971,001) miles,
more than sufficient for four round
trips to the moon. In all of his long
experience, engineer Gardner never
killed a person with hi-» engine, and
has a record of hitting only two or
three.
The following snake story is taken
from a dispatch sent the Philadel
phia North American:
After having killed four copper- ,
head snakes and having cut a large
black snake from the body of his dog.
"Bowser," Ralph Stoltz, a young
miller of Muncy, is wearing the
complacent smile of the unassuming i
hero.
While driving through the Sulli
van county forests he stopped to 1
water his team, and wandering up ,
tin roadway for a distanace of a few I
>anis, found himself in the midst of 1
a half dozen big copperhead snckes, |
basking in the sun. There were ,
plenty ol' loose sticks about the place
and he gathered a good springy oak
and went after the nest of reptiles.
Four were stretched out and he
heard the dog yelping farther up tin
road, i
Thinking it was possible Bowserl
had come in contact with the van- !
guard of the snake iami!y,he started
out, and found the cog almost j
smothered in the tightening grasp :
of a six-foot blacksnake. Pulling it j
large knife, he cut the snake off and !
laid him out with the other four.
Because of the inability of the
Bloomsburg and Sullivan railroad
company to secure enough extra
cars the Farmer's Picnic at Grass
mere Park, lias been postponed un-j
til September sth.
75C PER YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
Mrs. Margaret Cook i> visiting her
, daughter at Clifton Springs.
Charles lliligret lim-4 resigned his
j position in the meat market anil has
returned to his home in Green
Ridge.
John Connor was at Towanda
one day last week playing hail.
John Kits!jeralil of Lopez is
working in the meat market.
Mrs. .John Harney returned home
on Thursday after spending four
weeks with her son in Factory villc.
Mrs. Michael Murry of Dunmore
is visiting her mother Mrs. Cunim
iskey ol Mildred.
John Harney was a Scranton visit
or two days last week.
Charles Jackson and and Dr. J. L.
Brennan were Wiliiamsport visitors
Monday.
A. L. Weed is building a black
smith shop at Mildred.
Mrs. Patrick Ilannon accoinpan
oil hy her daughter Miry returned
to their home in Mildred after spend
ing the past four weeks with friends
in llobokcn and Xinv York City.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ilill'sm in and
tamily, S. \V. Meyers and Charles
Jackson were at Klmira Sunday.
The 141st infantry of Pennsyl
vania regiment will hold their S Ith
reunion in the Presbyterian Church
at Monroeton on Aug. 2S all the old
soldiers and their families are in
vited to lie present as their number
is decreasing each year it will do
them all good to meet and talk of
the days gone by.
PRIZE SPEAKING CONTESTS.
A Suggestion Which Has Many Possi
bilities In It.
[Special Correspondence.]
The grange is a training school for
public speakers. Vany a mail can
trace his initial effort along that line
to the opportunity for debate, recita
tion or extempore speaking offered la
and by the grange. It may not have
developed many orators, lint it has
given self poise and confidence to ninny
who have found themselves quite at
ease in public address.
This being so. should not the grange
endeavor to bring out Its latent ability
and develop the talent for public speak
ing which it may not know it pos
sesses, and where such talent is al
ready evident 'should it not be en
couraged In every legitimate way? To
this end a suggestion.
At the next meeting of the state
grange In every state let the executive
committee or a special committee be
empowered to formulate a plan where
by there shall be a prize speaking con
test at the following session of the
state body in which the contestants
shall be chosen from I'omona granges
where on a previous date a like prize
speaking contest had been held, Its
contestants being chosen from sub
ordinate granges in which also such
contests had been before held, or. to
reverse the order, each subordinate
grange that cares to enter the contest
should first have a competition among
Its own members to determine which
one should represent the grange at the
Pomona public speaking contest.
At some Pomona session, regular or
special, there should be a speaking
contest for representation at the state
grange. It is unlikely that every sub
ordinate grange would have a contest
jut. At any rate, not more than ten
competitors should be allowed at the
Pomona contest, nor at the state
grange should more than ten speakers
be permitted to contest for honors.
There might be more than ten Pomona
granges to have representatives at the
state contest, but ll' there wore the
others could lie represented the follow
ing year. The state grange should offer
either a cash prize or a medal or both
for the best three speakers. The Po
mona grange should pay the expenses
of Its contestant to the state grange,
which will be a sufficient honor for any
winner in the Pomona contest.
The prizes should be awarded for
originality of thought as well as elocu
tionary art, and therefore only original
essays or orations should lie consid
ered, not memorized selections. Sub
jects might be confined to any of the
great public reform questions of the
day, not necessarily pertaining to the
grange, however. A further step might
be taken In having a national grange
speaking contest, the winning competi
tors In each state grange contest lieing
representatives. Here would be an
honor, Indeed, for the fortunate prize
winners, and an elalnirato medal should
adorn the breast of the first honor man
or woman.
This Is a crude plan briefly outlined,
but the idea is what we are after, and
this article may lead to a development
of it. The highest good would accrue
to the several contestants In the train
ing they would receive In the perpara
tlon and presentation of their literary
productions. J. W. D.