Republican News Item. VOL. XII. NO 27. —544,000 > r Which Do You Prefer • r 112 The average man earns about si, 100 a year. works 40 years and earns a total of $44,00 in a /time. The average day laborer gets #2.000 a day or 112 I S6OO tor a year of 500 days. He earns $24,000 in a J J life time. The difference between $44,000 and v 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a J / practical education in dollars and cents The in-V \creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. J 112 Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when \ Vthe International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- / /ton, Pa., can give you an educat.on that will make 1 1 high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of V / work you care to follow, this great educational In- J V stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at \ 112 a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Ourf \local Representative will show you how you canX your earning capacity. Look him up today. / C,S C. IF 1 . A IST» / COLE ' * HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns arid Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the trutli of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and range! for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a flue Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Saiiiiidt The Shopbell Dry Good Co., - 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. In tt>c P>est Possible v3f)ape This store is in the hesl possible shape for autumn and winter business. Every section is completely eqnip ped with carefully chosen merchandise that is being of feredat the lowest possible price. Ladies' Stylish Garments , This stove is justly proud of its garment *l.owing—Here are Stylish 1r 1 • ets Shirts. tin* choice ol the best in a kern ami von lout pr\\ a fancy price tor them either- '338 ——— .KETB AND COMPOBTABLBS. WINTEH Ht SIEBY. 1' • warmth ami worth is here lor yon It'.* time to look after winter ho«ierv a and vi,u cannot j/n wrong in buying You'll not fiml a better line'anywhere to bl i' kets atid comforter* here, white choose from than we are showing. We and grey blafikots in all qualities. To ex- open the mocking selling with some ex mni(ie will convince of our desire to give tra values in ladies' hose at thtf at the lowest price. 12J, 15, 2.) and 3"» c Plain and Mixed Suitings We arc/eadv to show you the most complete line ol fancy inked Suitings a>'d plain fabrics you will find everywhere (or .'»or. Outing Flannel We are showing a particular good assortment of dark and light fancy striped and cheeked outing ilannel. Every buyer will save money by buying tlics. 1 now at Sc. 10c, lie, and I2A cents. Plain Waists We havvjust received a new lot of plaid silk and worsted waists that are very Mylioh and moderately priced. Subscribe lor the Newsltem LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1907. ODD MMESOF MINES Peculiar Titles Given to Some of the Black Hills Claims. WHIMS OF PIONEER MINERS. Marty of the Barly Prospectors Select ed the Names of Wives or Sweet hearts, Which Stand Now ae Remind ers of Romances of Bygone Daye. Behind the names of many of the mining claims and tniues of every min ing district in the west there lies a wealth of romance and history, both pathetic and ludlcrouS. The Black Hills furnish as many and as good ex amples of the peculiar circumstances under which many claims are named as any locality in the #ouutry. One of the best known mines lu the southern hills Is the Iloly Terror. Back in the early days this claim was lo cated by an old miner who had work ed some years without success. The claim was a hard one to work. When the man went home In the evening after locating his claim his wife asked him what he named it. He smiled and told her, "For you, my dear," and her further inquiry drew forth the fact that he had called it Holy Terror. An other man once named his claim Gen tle Annie for his wife, while still a third perpetuated the memory of his wife, who was a noted clubwoman, by naming his claim Silent Julia. The hills are dotted with the names of clulms recalling romances of bygone days. Many a young, ambitious man came here when the mining bootu of the eighties was at its height, lured with hope of a fortune, and all that re mains to tell the tale is the name of Katie W. or Mabel K. or Lulu J. Many a sweetheart or wife In the faraway east was honored in the naming of a claim that Its owner hoped would prove a bonanza. Some few made good. Wit ness the Annie Fraction and the Joeie, both of which were uauied for the eastern wives of their owners. They are in the Bald mountain district and have produced thousands of dollars for the locators. In rhe Galena district there is a small abandoned claim knowu as the Widow, with which there goes a story. Years ano a youth named Hanley ap peared from somewhere with a few thousand and with zeal commenced to sink bis money In a hole In the ground in the hope of a vast fortune. Back in the old home u little widow waited In vain for the golden wealth he said was sure to come and the wedding day tiiat would celebrate it. It took but a short time for the youth's saurit savings to dwindle away with his in experience, and, chagrined and dis heartened. he put a bullet through his brain on the site of his blasted hopes. One prospector who worked diligent ly on a claim which was'staked by au outsider and had difficulty In even get ting his living expenses secured his re venge by naming his claim Old Per simmon. Men of patriotic turn of inind have choseu names of those famous In his tory. as Washington, I.lncoln, etc. Kach of the presidents bus been re mcmbered, famous generals, all of the states, seafaring heroes aud heroes of the Philippines, as Dewey and Fun ston. ludlan names by the score are found, as Hiawatha, Mlnnekahta and N'anoma. Those of sporting proclivi ties chose race horses, as Nancy Hanks, Salvator, Maud S.. Red Wilkes, Joe l'atchen. Favorite authors have been remembered, as Longfellow, Burns and Dickens. One student named bis group Miltiades. Mark Anthony, Atttla and Cleopatra. Oue man of a pessimistic vein chose What's Left and Some Left. The aver age business man in naming claims will choose a simple name and use a series of uuinliers, as, for instance, Thomas No. 1, Thomas No. 2, etc. One man favored his wife by calling bis claim Bed Headed Woman. Two ad joining claims aro knowu as On Time and Late. An odd case was knowu in the napae of the Hoodlebug claim, which was lo cated by a German and an Irlslnqau and iuteuded by the former to be cafltfjll Heidelberg. When the Irishman reach ed town to record the location he bad forgotten his partner's selection of a name aud said it was something like Hoodlebug. which, for convenience, was the name recorded. The l'rodlgal Son lived up to its name by bankrupting its locator, who returned to lowa at the behest of the father who had put up the funds for the venture. Among the names that doubtless couceal stories never knowu are Old Whiskers, She Devil, Crack Brain aud Crank. Some of tile gulches have names that refer to Incidents. Two Bit was named because a placer miner de clared his first puuful would yield about two bits. Then there ore Poor Man's Gulch, Sheeptall. Blacktall, Whltetall. Crooked Arm. Poverty and Prosperity. Cor St. I.ouls Republic. | Mrs. N. K. Woodward died at her home at Lincoln Falls, Friday Nov. 1. Mrs. Woodward's maiden name was Marian Winifred Rogers. I She was a daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth([luckell) Rogers, of Lincoln Falls. She was born Feb. 14, 1848, and was the oldest of four teen children. She taught school a number of years, and in the fall of 1883 married N. K, Woodward of Dushore. Mr. Woodwaid died June !5, 1888. After the death of her husband she moved to Lincoln Falls, where she has sinee resided. Mrs. Woodward was a sincere Christian and exerted a noble (in fluenee in the communities in which she lived. She is survived by, an adopted son, Edward, her mother and twelve brothers and sjsters. The funeral was held Monday, the remains being interred in the cemetery at Forksville beside those of her husband. . * . J.,. . Before any person permits liini self to get frightened he should try to find out if any occasion exists for alarm or excitement. The value of presence of mind and cool, col lected action is proverbial. Some timorous individuals say there is "something in the air", something indefinable, that warrants a plunge at the banks-, to withdraw money not because it is needed for eur ent uses but to insure its safety. Is it safe out of a bank as in<it?~ Mani festly, it is exposed to multiplied risks when kept in the house or on the derson and if locked in a safe that could defy burglars' cut) ning and explosive ceases to draw interest or to strengthen the pur poses of a circulating medium. If a food famine were impending there would be ground for alarm. If em ! ployment were scarce, wages poor and industries closing down a thoughtful concern for the future would be justified. Nothing of the kind is in sight. The American l>eople are busy doing well. N.iture in its harvests rewards them amply, and there is not the slightest, sign of any failure in this respect. All over the world at this time a conservative spirit is shown in lendiug of money. Is this a reason able cause for panic'.' A great ma jority of the people do {not want to borrow money. Money jias been tight in the money markets of the world a thousand, times before-, and. the difficulty indue time ad justed itself. St.-cks -pre offered at low figures, but thusi* wHo have paid for their holdings can fjiy them aside for bettor prices. Tlwsje who hhose who have been speculating on margins are in trouble, but is this any reason why a jersoti with money in a savings bank should draw it out and put it in a trunk or uudcr the carpel'.' Do fearful souls imagine that stock gambling is the cornet - stone of fi nancial stability'.' It is by keeping money in motion that banks are able to pay interest on deposits and, to safeguard them for the con venience of the public. Depositors should proceed as usual. Tli-re is no occasion for general distrust, and if there were blind j panic would work nothing but harm. A somewhat "obsolete but jlraptic' law against blasphemy has hepi in voked for enforcement by K*-v C W. Blodgett, pastor of the 'North Avenue Methodist church, the most influential church in.UM* city 6f Al legheny. In a church paper Editori al he,trails upon a} 1 Justices to enforce this statute epacted in 18tt0. jis fol lows: If any person shall wilfully, premesjltatjvely, and despwelully blaspheme or speak loosely or pro fanely of Almighty God, i Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit or the|Script ure of truth, such person on Convic tion thereof *hall be sentenced to pay a tine not exceeding 1100 ar un dergo an imprisonment not exceed ing three months, at the discretion of the Court. According to State Superintendent Schaeffer, the Snyder minimum teachers' salary act will add!Bs6'ooo per year to the pay roil of the state. Every district will be required to make a statement that it |>aid the increase before it can receive a cent of money next June. J. G. Stouten, lv-q., of Dushore, has purchased the property known as Proctor Inn, of Jamison city, this famous hotel is located but a few; rods from the Columbia-Sullivan j line in the former county and was | erected a few years since by a syn dicate of capitalists of Bloomsburg, at a cost of about $17,00. The building is modern design, 100 feet long, four stories high with an annex of 60 fret in length supplied with pure* spring water throughout, is healthfully aud beautifully locat ed up on a hillside overlooking the town. John 11. Yonkin of Dushore, favorably known as a hotel keeper, will hereafter conduct the same un der the name of the "New common wealth," and under bis guidance it promises to become one of the most popular resorts in this section of the state.—Dushore Gazette. Joseph [lVppcrman, the hornet nest prophet of Butler county, pre dicts a mild winter from the fact that the hornets have built their nests high in the air. The hornets in some way get an inkling of the brand of weather to be dealt out during the following winter and if the signs are for severe cold they build on the ground where the snow drifts cover them and protects the larva from the cold. If they select a high place for their nest they prophesy an open winter. —The suggestion that the Presi dent ought to call an extra session of congress to deal with threatening financal conditions and to devise a more rational currency system than the one in existence was sure to l.e made. It is gratifying to observe that it does not seem to have im pressed itself upon tin* Presideut. At least the intimations come from Washington that he is disposed to wait a while. The Congress will meet in another month 1n regular session. There is every reason to believe that the situation will have cleared considerably by that time and whatever financial-legislation is i undertaken can be promoted unde.i tranquil skies and without undue haste y.r excitement. |- Stanley Welfling, a thirteen year old lad of Germitnia, killed a hear one day last week. lie was gather ing beach nuts in the woods and at the advice of an older friend had tak en « gun with him. While picking lup nuts he Jheard a peculiar noise, and badly frightened started to leave the woods. When be picked up his gun he heard another growl, which hastened his flight, lie hud only taken a few steps when the beat loomed up in front of him. Not withstanding his had fright the lad raised his gun and taking deliberate aim fired, billing the bear in his tracks at the.first shot. Friday October. 2">th, Jeremiah Hunsirtger of Belhtsylva, celebrated the !>!., anniversary of his birth. A dinner at which roast hear was the feature was given to a number of relatives aud friend* in honor of the occasion. The day was very pleas Vintly spent. Mrs. Barbara Seltzer, aged 72, and Mrs. Charles Schook both of Lopez, amused those present by an old time dance to violin inn-, sic. Mr. Hunsinger is one of the pjoueer settlers of Behasylva. A record shipment of apples was made this season from Columbia County, And the last have been loaded into the cars during the past few days, it is estimated that fully 200,000 bushels or six train loads have been hauKd away from the va rious shipping stations in the county, and of these one carlo.id or 800 bush el* went to Germany,-mother to Eng land and a third to Nebraska. The bulk of the shipment, however, was taken by the New York and Phil adelphia markets. It was the l>est apple year the county has ever had and the fruit was of a fine quality. Estimating the 200,000 bushels at 40 cents a bu shel the famers and fruit raisers of | the county got SBO,OOO. it is said, too ! that from 50,000 to 70,000 bushels i have been held hack either for home [consumption or for later sales. 75C PLR YEAR ruder the industrial system of the coal operators in the bituminous dis trict of Pennsylvania, non English speaking foreigners no longer meet the new Is of the business, and the operators are looking in all directions: for substitutes. For tins purpose agents have been sent to canvass England, Scotland and Wales for good miners who are will ing to come to this country Amor.a others, the L'. 8. SteePcorporation offers work to two thousand English speaking men to take the places of foreigners in the Connellsville coke district. It Is understood that the company will do everything in its power to get rid of the Italians, Hungarians, Poles and Slavs be cause of the number of holidays that they observe. While English speak ing men observe about eight holi days a year, the foreigners observe about thirty-five, including all the feast days snd other religious holi day.s Clinton county farmers are consider ably chagrinned over the recent rul. ing of the State fore-try commission, whereby cattle will not be allowed to graze upon the lands owned by the State, says the Lock I raven Ex press, The State owns H"i,0(1(1 acres in Clinton County, most of which lies between Ihe B *ech creek and the Susquehanna river, and owners of cattle realize that they cannot turn their cattle loose upon their wdd land unless they wander upon the State's domain. It looks as though the hundreds of cattle turn ed loose by farmers each spring will have to be provided with other pas ture which means that many farm ers cannot keep many cattle. Another explanation given for the scarcity of pheasants is that during the hatching season the weather was wet and cold most of the time, which accounted for the small amount of breeding. Many ot the eggs were chilled before they were hatched and the young birds \< <-re unable to live under such cone Anyway those sportsman who have until now held that there were plenty of birds in the woods sav that there really is a wonderful scarcity . Deer season opens next Friday, but this season will not ba as happy for the average hunter as previous seasons have been. The law enacted by the recent legislature makes it prohibitory for any one to kill a doe. The only speciman that may be lawfully killed are bucks with horns and the horns must he visible to the hunter before the shot is fired. No shotguns may be used, the ri fle being the only weapon with which the fleetfooted creature may bo hunted. The law is the same as the act in force last season with re gard to the length of the season and the number that may be killed. The season opens November 1"> and closes st midnight November :SO. One deer is all that any one man may kill. The fine for a violation of this law is $10(1 or imprisonment in the county jail of one day for every dollar of the penalty imposed. On Tuesday October 22, the stock holder- of the First Nati nal bank of New Albany, met and effected an organization as follows: President, L. C. Allen of New Albany; vice president, Carl Osthaus of Overton; temporary cashier, T. A. Kelder of New Albany. In would be hard to find three men in this vicinity who enjoy a greater ilegree of gener al respect and confidence than those chosen, and they will not only give the future patrons of the bank an honorable, oonscientious service, but will attract business to their institu tion. It is expected that the bank will be open for business about the beginning of the new year.—New ! Albany Mirror. | The following is a report of the | Nordniont school for the month end i ing November 8: Number enrolled - 42. Those present every day were | Belva Phillips, Amanda Hess, Amy ; Knouse, Lenna Fiester, Laura Fies j ter, Clara Morris, Gertrude Knouse, i Edith Morris, Hilda Hotsford, Freas Hess, William Arms, George Arms, I Charles Laird, Thomarf Laird, Brady Walizer, Earl Hotsford, Raymond Walizer. I Anna Hearu, Teacher.
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