VOL. XII. NO 22. T524^000—544,000 > > Which Do You Prefer > r The average man earns about Si, ico a year. Hf r works 40 years and earns a total of 544,00 in a 112 time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or / I S6OO tor a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a J / life time. The difference between $44,1 ojands24-S v 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of -a J r practical education in dollars and cents The' in- V \ creased self-respect cannot be measure.l in rnoivy. J XWhy not stop plugging awav at a small salary when x Vthe International Correspondence Schools, of Scran / 7 ton, Pa., can give you an education that will make \ \ high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of V J work you care to foHow, ihis great educational Ins \ stitution can prepare you in your i-pare time and at x r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Ourr local Representative will show you how you can X your earning capacity. Look him up today. S / He,s c. if. iBiR/iEisriNr a isr, / WANDA, PA. COLE S'AAA/^vsaiW • HARDWAR No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, OOALOBWOOD. HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Toois of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition v \ Bargains that bring the buyer back. \Come and test the truth of our talk. A. loffW second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We pan sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and ' General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Satmief The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., v 313 Pine Street, PA. In tf)e P>est Possible 3f)ctpe This store is in the best possible shape fur autumn and winter business. Every section is completely eijnip ped with carefully chosen merchandise that is being of fered at the lowest possible price. Ladies' Stylish Garments This More in justly proud of its garment showing—Here are Stylish Suits, Jack ets Shirts, the choice ol the best makers anil you lout pay a l'anc\ print tor them either. BL.I XETB AND COMFO-RTABLES. WINTER Hv. SIERY. T l c warmth and worth is iiere lor you It's time to look alter winter hosiery, am! y'" cannot go wrong in buying Von'll not find a better line anywhere to bl.l-tgand com tort era here. White choose from than we are showing. We anil f-rey blankets in all qualities. Ton- open the stocking selling with some ex amine will com ince ot our desire to give ira values in ladies' lio.se at tit-? best at the lowest price. I2'», 15, '!■> and 85,? Plain and Mixed Suitings We are ready to show you the most complete line of fancy mixed Suitings d plain fabrics you will And everywhere for 50c. Outing Flannel We are showing a particular good assortment of dark and li<:lit lancv striped and checked outing ilannel. Every buyer will save money by buying these now aj rto, 10c, lie. and 121 cents. Plain Waists We have just received a new lot of plaid silk and worsted waists that ate very stylish and moderately priced. Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. "THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 1907. State Buildings Fronting 1 on Hampton ftfeda • V , Juaaegtovftfapwitloft » | - '* • . '•"■■■ '' \ ■: Independence Hall Reproduced. Pennsylvania was among the largest of the contributors to the Jamestown exposition, appropriating SIOO,OOO for participation. and it was decided thai this should lie expended rather In a historical exhibit than in an exhibit of tier resources. Her" stale building is accordingly n reproduction of Independence Hall. Philadelphia, reduced one-quarter and liulslied within In the main according to the old pattern. Some few changes were necessary upstairs to meet the exposition requirements, but the essen tial features, large apartments and halls and stairways, are exact copies. The building cost #30,000, and in It 1« nniell tine furniture of the old pattern A clock and bell were placed In ihe belfry at a cost of $3,000. The bell weighs LoOO pounds and Is four feel nt the spread of base. The clock strikes the hours and can be seen and heard .in all parts of the exposition grounds. Some tine old portraits are shown in the Pennsylvania building of historic scenes and personages. There ts a large portrait of Washington, one of (iJiber' Stuart's a private loan, and several others from the statehouse In llarrlsbnrg. The replica of the room In which the I declaration of Independ ence was signed has Its walls covered with copies of portraits of all the signers. A picture In the central hall shows the Interior of Betsy Ros»' house, with Betsy and the flag com mission examining the finished flag The committee consisted of Geoigf Washington, Robert Morris aud George Ross. Among the wall decorations are the flags nf the various cities of the state. Gettysburg Pictures. There are also 150 Gettysburg monu ment pictures. The Pennsylvania com mission, through its superintendent ot grounds and buildings, 11. B Kow land of rhiladelplila, has given much care to the grounds around the build lug. The grounds are UOO by Jtf) feet. The state holds the option on the laud as other state commission* do. A pleasant feature for Pennsylvania visitors is that they find all of the newspapers of the state contributed by the publishers. lu connection with the construction of the building Super intendent Rowland calls attention to the fact that white pine is used, as in the original structure. The Pennsylvania building is bril liantly illuminated. Two clusters of lights surmount the front terrace, while from the posts and brackets thert are additional clusters of lights in abundance. All the lines of the build lugs and tower are illuminated b> rows of lights. The members of tlie Pennsylvania commission are Governor Edwin S. Stuart, chairman; E. S. Stoutsburg, treasurer; Robert 8. Murphy, William C. Sproul, Henry F. Walton, John M. Scott. .1. Henry Cochran, Samuel P. White. Frank B. McClain. William Wayne, H. 1. Riley, Frank W. Jack son. 1.. O. Me La lie, W. S. Harvey, George T Oliver. James Pollock, John F. I.ewis, A. S. Roberts, Paul H. Gal ther, T. P. Patton, C. (J. Frlck, E. M Thomas, John S. Arnot, chairman ol the executive committee; H. F. Wal ton, executive officer, and James H Lambert, secretary, the private secre tary to tile governor. Pennsylvania History Exhibit. The Pennsylvania state history ex hlblt is located in the tireproof His tory building and is under the direction of 1 »r. Albert Cook Myers, an eminent writer of American history, of Moylan Philadelphia, and Professor M. D Learned, head of the department ol German at the University of Pennsyl vania, commissioned to prepare am] Install the exhibit. They have by rea son of their wide knowledge of th« subject and material with which thej had to deal succeeded In collecting possibly the best exhibit of the kind the state has ever made. A series of large wall mays, five In number, show the historical develop ment of Pennsylvania. They are at tractively arranged ou the walls, Inter spersing 1 tie large number of portraits of the distinguished makers of the state's history. The first of those maps illustrates the Pennsylvania of lt!00. the second Penu i sylvania of lt!90, the third Pennsylva nia In 1715, the fourth Pennsylvania in 17.xr». The fifth is a map of Penn sylvania. Maryland and Virginia for 1735. i The most extensive part of the ax liibit Is a loan collection of objects , Illustrative of Pennsylvania hlstorv arranged according to the state's tils j torlcai development. One corner of the space represents the early period the Swedish devel : optuent. As an evidence of the pains ' taken in collecting the Pennsylvania exhibit it may be stated that u trained university man was sent to Sweden, where he spent some time securing photographs of documents in i\ie otH cial files of that country relating t( the settlement of Sweden on the L>ela ware. Relics of Quakers. Much space is given over to the his tory of the Quakers, who wenp-mtmnn the earliest settlers In Pennsylvania There is a photograph of the Oalet Pusey house, .built in 1083, which | stands to this day and ts the oldest | house In Pennsylvania. In this house j William Penn was entertained. The Quaker ease contains old silhou ; ettes. An odd engraving, made l>> i Hemsklrck. of a Quaker meeting iu ; London about 1680 hangs on the cor i ner post. There are two valuable en I gruvings made from paintings bj i Benjamin AVest and his family, oue in I 177!*; the other of Penn's treaty with the Indians. 10S1. Of this early art- J ist's work two originals are shown, his j first painted portraits. They are por ■ traits of children, made about 1750 1 when West was only seventeen years i of age, prior to his election to ttu j presidency of the Hoyal academy. Along the side wall is a showcase L containing many ancient documents i relating to the history of old Chester | county, and above it hangs a portrait of the Quaker philanthropist, Lucretl# j Mott, painted by William Furness, ! brother of the great Shakespearean scholar, Horace Howard Furness. Along the top of.the rear wall Is a long row of oil portraits of the govern ors and other early officials of the state. In the center of the rear wall is a hamlso' e painting of William Penn in armor at the age of twenty-two. There I is also a glass case, known as the Penn i case, which contains many parchments ; deeds and other manuscripts siguetl by Penn and l)N The economic importance of the | Sumatra leaf in the American ci gar industry may lie judgid from ; the fact that though the manufac i turer pays for it stf.oO to #•"> a pound the cigar trade used of it in the census year, 5,000,0011 pounds. As Pennsylvania makes one fourth of the national cigar out put her pro portion of the Sumatra import may be fairly estimated to cost her cigar makers ijto,ooo,ot 10 annually. A few years ago Florida growers found that by shading plants grown tin sandy soil from Sumatra seed a very high quality wrapper leaf could be obtained. A probably fatal.shooting accident [ oarured at Haneyville last Friday, when a six year old boy, the sou of Mr. and Mrs. inard Packard, shot j his sister Kthiin, aged eight years, iin her breast with a JW-calihre re j volver. The child was taken to the I Lock Haven hospital where an op | eration was performed. The ehil dren were at home alone and were playing with the loaded weapon ' when it was accidentally discharged. 'l'lit' hired man on flit* farm is better oil' to-day in every sense than the ordinary village or city clerk, says an exchange, lie gets on an average about a month with board and washing, which is little if any less than the average clerk re ceives who.Hiust hire his hoard and washing. The clerk works fully as many hours a day and has little tint" for recreation. With the abun dant opportunities for spending money in the city or village, the fartu hand has a long advantage in a financial way. Hardly any fa.tmer lad of reasonably good habits fails to finish tip his seasons work with less than SIOO in cold cash to his credit while the clerk and his creditors are both lucky if he dots not < -e » hun dred. The -ame reason appuos to factory employe and many other ur bane bread winners. Yet the young men hasten from the farm and it i a difficult problem to I v*ow how to keep them at home to till the soil. Last week the pure liquor law went into effect. I'nder this law al) liquor solu in the hotels and saloons in this country must stand the test of government inspection and viola (ions of the law will bring trouble upon the sellers. The drinking of any kind of intoxicating liquors i.- •hati enough, but the sale of impure liquors is a crime. The adulteration is generally done by the retail deal er, but this crime will receive its proper punishment after the law has been given time to operate suc cessfully, and dealers who tail to comply with the lavs may not only have to pay a heavy tine, but may be debarred from engaging in the liquor business thereafter. At lent three couples from Penn sylvania should he ill doubt as to the legality of the marriage cere many performed for them in Elini ra. it ha-- been discovered that a carpenter in that city has been act ing as a minister of the gospel, al though he is only a notary public. This carpenter litis performed a num ber of weddings in which l'ennsyl vanians figured as the high oontract-J ing parties, and the authorities in Elmira are making an investigation in ail effort to discover w here the carpenter derives his authority to perforin tin* wedding service. The next Arbor Day in Penn sylvania has■ been fixed for Friday Oct. IS It ought to be an occasion of special and widespread interest. Nothing of more importance to the people of this state than the pre servation of the forests yet remain ing and the planting of new ones. The Luporte Athletic Association has let a contract to Alvice Dunham of Eagles Mere, for t.ie completion of the Athletic field. The contract! provides for the perfect grading of' the field and the seeding ol the same J with lawn grass. It is the purpose j of the Association to make (of it a! sod field that can be used for base! ball, tennis, croquet and other ath-1 letic games. Mr. Dunham is now! at work with a large force of men ! and teams. When the work is com pleted, the Athletic Association will \ doubtless have one of the finest bull ] grounds in the State. 75C PLR YEAR ' Rev. Thos. F. Ripple Weds Miss Vinnie | Dddy. | Rev. Thomas P. Ripple and Miss j Vinnie V. Eddy both of thin place, i were joined in matrimony at the j Methodist Episcopal church at noon | Wednesday, October 9. The c®re mony was performed by Dr. Thom as Wilcox, D. 1». of Williaiusport, assisted by Rev. S. H. Engler r»F Medix Run. The church was decorated with j potted plants and hydrangeas, j A few minutes after 12 o'clock Miss Alice Pennington began playing the wedding inarch and the bridal party entered the church. The ushers were liarry 11. Kuinm and Carl O. Bird. The bridesmaids, Miss Fre da Crossiey and Miss Ella MKiran aliau, both dressed in white, came in first and were followed by Miss Mary Eddy, the bride's maid ol honor, also in white and carrying white carnations, and It. B. Hippie, who acted as best man for his broth er. The flower girls, Verna and Alia <fumble, carrying baskets of pink carnation preceded the bride and groom--who came in together. The bride was becomingly attired in a gown of white silk trimmed with vaiencienes lace, and carried a large hoquet of white carnations. The church was tilled with guests, among them being a number from Nordmont and Eagles Mere. A reception for the bridal party and relatives was held at the bride's home after the ceremony. After a wedding trip Mi. and Mrs. Hippie will continue to reside j here, Mr. Ripple being pastor of j the M. E. church. J They begin married life with the j best wishes of a large circle of I friends. | Last week rumors were afloat that I the National Protective Legion had j tailed and Miat policy holders had ! been duped ."it .iteir money. ; It was simply a misunderstanding of the change that was made in the constitution and adopted at the last convention which reads as follows: The National Protective Legion con ventian at Buffalo decided on an amendment to the constitution that after January 1, next the payment of dividends on the class B proposi tions should not be held to the $250 basis as at present. Members have been receiving 1250 for *l3O paid in, but under this amendment the amount which a member gets at the j end of five years will be computed | by an actuary to a mathematical cer j tainty. That is whatever the money j that a member puts in, plus the j lapses and the interest amount* to at j the end of five years. All those | whose five year policies expires be j fore next Januiry will receive #250 j but after that time expiring policies will come under the amendment. Ect win My res, who was counted one of the most successful hunters in Lycoming county some years ago, has been honored by being selected by the state game com mission to draft new game laws for the consideration of the next legislature. Nimrod Myers is cap able of devising laws which will accord with the views of the real spostsman. Jasper Dougherty of Ralston, died att'ie Williaiusport hospital of lock jaw. He was injured some time ago near Ralston, while standing near a blast at a stone quarry. A flying piece of stone struck him on one of his legs and fractured it. First of all states to indorse a can didate for President, the Nebraska Bepuhlican State Convention, held Sept- 21, 15)07, at Lincoln, adopted a ringing endorsement of the Roose velt policies anil added: while not presuming to forestall the action of any future condition. We express the lielief that the He publicans of Nebraska recognize in the HON.WILLIAM H. TAFT,OF oil lO,one whose personal character and whose long pudlic service,mark him as PRE—EMINENTLY the man under whose leadership these policies would be perpetuated.,,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers