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
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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.
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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.,,