Republican News Item.
VOL. XII. NO 30.
£524,000—544,000
C Which Do You Prefer « ?
C The average man earns about $i ic o a year. H'f j
y works 40 years anil earns a total ot $44, 00 in a |
\ time. The average day laborer .yets $2,000 a day or 112 \
J S6OO tor a year of 100 days He earns $24 000 in a I
\ life time. The difference between sjm 0 > and $24- Q
JOOO is $20,000. This is the minimum value ol a ?
V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C
vcreased self respect cannot be measured in mon -*y. S
v Why not stop away at a small salary when ?
/ the International Corresp >ndence Schools, of Scran V
S ton Pa can give you an educ it on that will makeX
I high man of you ? No matter what line 0! \
J work you care to follow, ihis great educational In
v stitution can prepare you in your hp ire time and at
112 a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our £
\ local Representative will show you how you canV
your earning capacity Look him up today, 112
VHe is > |
7 o. :B:R,:KnsriNr a 3sr, 5
C. I. S Representative. TO WAND A, PA. ;
COLE.
HARDWARE.?
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,i
COAL OB WOOD
HE ATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap
We can 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.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
" 313 Pine Street,
""•jf .WILLI AMSPORT, PA.
(\ Few Works About
Christmas Chopping.
It's time now for your thoughts to turn Xmas ward.
Do your planning, preparing and providing eaily. But
while you have the time to think, consider and weigh.
Escape the feverish rush —the tirins; hurry of the latter day
shopping
PILLOWS. TABLE COVERS
You'll find a good assortment of Pit and Couch ('overs. We have just receiv
lows here to choose from, either Satin, rd a new line ot Fancv Colored Tapestry
Tapestry or Velour Tope. Price* from Covers that are very cheap at
*1 50 to $3.00 1.00 to 3.50
Dress Trimmings for Holiday Dresses.
Trn Newest--The Prettiest and Most Aitractive Priced.
l'hc dress pattern of Silk, or Wool lnl>ric thai you will select for fii" giving'
needs proper trimming. We have provided (lie right trimmings for all materials"
51 .!<e the ;»i(t complete hy purchasing both here.
Furs for Christmas Gifts.
Among ihe many usetul things tor sjifts, none will be more appreciated than a
nice Vjr Neckpiece or Mull. We've tome beauties to show you and they are
reaaot.ably priced.
HANDKERCHIEFS WOOL KNIT GLOVES
Nobody can have too many. Such is- Ladies' and Misses' Wool (lolf <i!o\es,
softinent and values as we are showing in plain and fancy colors. Men's and
will surely command your attention. IW>vs' Heavy Wool Knit <>lo*es. at inost
Handkerchiefs from 5c to $2.00 any price vou want.
Ladies' Tailored Suits.
li you come here and examine these, the chances are vou'l find ju-t what yon
want and at less price than yon expected to pay lor a stylish and well made suit.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907.
Death ol C. S. Horlon.
Charles S. Horlon, hem I of the
; Ceiitrul Pennsylvania Lumber Co.,
i died at Wednesday evening at
, his residence in Williuinsport. lie
! was stricken with <poplexy Hi 2:15
!in the afternoon when in his offfte.
i In l!iO;> Mr. Morton became the head
I of a concern that is one of the larg
est producers of Hemlock in the Un
ited States. At that time the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Lumber Co. was
organized, lie was also president
of three railroads controlled by this
company. lie was president of the
Cotton States Lumber Co. of Missis
sippi; president of the Cnnipeehe
Land and Lumber Co. of Mexico,
and was a director in several large
enterprises.
Mr. Horton was 45 years of age.
lie is survived by a wife and three
children.
After being out about eightien
hour-, the jury in the case of Anna
M. Bradley, for the murder Jol ex-
Senator Urown of I'tali, on Wed
nesday at Washington, I). C. re
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
oldest man on the jury held out
against acquittal for some hours but
was was won over, and when the
-econd ballot was taken the verdict
for acquittal was unanimous.
The apple crop in Wyoming coun
ty was a large one this year, more
than .'s<l,ooo bushels being sold to
wholesale dealers outside the county.
The prices paid for the apples were
from sl.lO to >1.25 per ewfc.
A Modol Grange Home.
Very few granges In the country hove
bad tlie good fortune l hat has come to
Laurel grange of Went Newbury
Muss., which lins just had placed at Its
disposal an elegant *20.000 hail, which
they ure to occupy with no other ex
pease lliau the janitor service. Tito
building Is of (he old English style.
."8 Ivy 90 feet hi slue, with front porch
12 li.v 22 feet. The first story is of brick
nnd the second of wood, with corneal
stucco, high pitched roof and colonial
Interior, finished very handsomely
The "auditorium sent* 300 people and
has been elegantly furnished. A stag*
12 by an feet lias dressing rooms anil
nil conveniences. In the building are
also a banquet hull 30 by 00 feet, o
kitchen 12 by 10 feet and fine puutry,
closets and paraphernalia rooms. There
Is also a delightful reading room 16 by
22 feet, with a good library and read
lug tables.
An Eloquent Granger,
Mortimer Whitehead. the stiver
tongued orator of the grange and one
of Its olilest members, has beeu doing
yeoman service for the Order the past
summer In New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. Hl»
home Is near New Brunswick. N. J.
| In the national congress there are
I 350 members, of whom only nine are
i farmers, aud we doubt If they are
j grangers. Something wrong there!
A Bargain.
He— Miss llunt. I love you, but now
I dare not dream of calling you mine.
Yesterday I was worth SIO,OOO, but
today, by a turn of fortune's wheel,
I have but a few paltry hundreds to
call my own. I would not ask you to
accept me in uiy reduced state. Fare
well forever!
She (eagerly)— Good gracious! Re
duced from SIO,OOO to $100! What a
bargain! Of course I'll take you. You
might have known 1 couldn't resist.—
Magazine.
Problems For Which the Serious Mind
ed Are Needed to Solve.
j There Is nothing that women cannot
do, but the work must be planned with
a thoroughness that precludes failure
and done with a modesty which Is the
Inherent charm of the superior sex,
says the Woman's Home Companion.
As I snid, every community has Its
own problem. Most of these originate
outside of the home. Pure water, pure
i food, pure air, clean streets, sanitary
schools and tenements, district nurs
ing. the education of the ignorant In
the care of babies, the question of pau
pers, the public baths and traveling li
braries, the treatment of our women
prisoners In prison and after, the lodg
ing house problem—these are only a
lew of the civic puzzles crying for
trained women to solve.
A woman does probably her greatest
share of her duty as a citizen when
she makes a home a safe and happy
harbor or refuge from a stormy world,
when she brings up her children Into
noble manhood and womanhood and
when she il m-s not destroy her husbaud
and family bj bad cooking and bad
temper, but that same woman crowns
her career as a citizen when she in
terests herself in and becomes a vital
part of some problem of government.
A woman successful In home life Is
desperately needed In civic life.
| To perforin five marriage cere ;
j monies in less than thn-e hours,
would make it appear that the work i
of a minister is rather strenuous at j
times. This, however, is the record j
|of a minister of Millville, N. J.,j
who on Saturday evening, Nov. 30, j
performed live eeremones betwt en '
the hours 6p. m.and 9 p m. None |
of the couples had any previous
knowledge of Ihe intentions of any
of the others. The dominie scarcely
had time to make out the niarriflge
certificate for a couple untill there
was another ring of the door hell,
and another pair stood before him,
applying for the matrimonial knot
to he tied. Four ceremonies were
performed at the parsonage, and to
finish up his evening's work Ihe
I minister went to the uewlv furnish
«tl home of the last couple where lie)
made them man and wife.
Georgia society women who have i
made a practice of serving liquor to |
their guests at their homes nre|
threatened with arrest, and prosecu
tion "according to instructions given
I>y a judge of that state to a grand
jury to investigate the matter, in
his charge the judge said that it was
as great a crime to serve punch,
! champaign! or other intoxler.uts to
young ladies or minors nt a recept
ion or card club as it is to furnish it
from a saloon, lie said that the
liquor laws were being continuually
broken at society functions, and it
was the grand jury's duly to indict
those who allow intoxicants to la*
served on such occasions.
The residents of Lock Haven
wore somewhat surprised lust. week
when Judge Hall and his associ
ates made the announcement that
seven licenses iu that city had been
refused. There were no remon
strances against the places which
-howed conclusively that at least
two of the judges were opposed to
the places. The decision of two of
the judges, either the president judge
mid one associate or that of both as
sociates, is sufficient to refuse the
granting of license.
If meat price* all over the country
ire net being reduced, or rather
have not been reduced iu the last 30
■ lays, the retailers ar<- the ones who
are gauging the public, according to
a recent statement by a representa
tive of one of the big packing com
panies. The packers within that
time have rcdu.ed the price tore
tailors on pork from 3 I 2 to r> i n
cents a pound. Pork chops now sell
to the retailer at 0 1-2 cents a pound.
Thirty days ago they were 10 cents
.Mutton is one cent a pound lower
than 30 days ago. Beef has fallen
off from 25 lo 30 cents a hundred
pounds. The packers are anxious
tliAt the tetailers should also reduce
prices because there has been so
much criticism of the packers.
Ilarrisburg, Dec. 2.—State officials
believe that the question whether
uniform primaries are compulsory
will l»e brought to settlement in the
courts this winter, and they arc con
fluent that every county must hold
them, in spite of any leelings its of
ticials may have in the matter of re
imburst ment for expenses of Ihe
primary law. A few days ago tin-
Bradford county commissioners d«- i
cided that they would hold primal-;
ies under the old law and now the
Butler authorities are talking the
s:ime war. Btiller eounly Ileptibli
cans demand the new Liw and may
go into ed'drt. The counties Have
iiOt Lteil paid 1W Ihe wilM* prima
ries Iwcause Attorney General liodd
haShOt deeded tlie IMhility of the
state.
•the Canton Wbrhl says: "Mich
ael Welch, an old coal driller of Ral
ston, after about three days' search
among the mountains in the imme
diate vicinity of Rottring Branch,
has succeeded in locating several
veins of copper in which there is a
Very good showing of silver.
A lumberman named Hlnkley,
working near Ralston, in the dark
got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid
I in mistake for turpentine and took a
• teaspoonful of it, and narrowly es
caped death.
! Superintendent's report of the at-j
tendance in the public schools of
| •Sullivan county.
Second Month.
Whole number of pupils enrolled, j
2,380. Average dally attendance,'
2,027. Average percentage of at
tendance.
Honor Roll.
Rank I.—Ringer Hill, Ella Sween
ey, teacher. Per cent of attendance
100.
Rank 2—tlollacher, Margaret
Doyle teacher. Per cent of atten
dance 9s.
Rank 3. —Fox township High.—
Frank Smigeisky teacher. Per cent
of attendance 97.0
Rank 4. Bernice Primary, K;rt4i
ryli Donohoe, teacher. Per cent of
attendance 97.2
Rank 5. Dushore High, F. J.
Kilgore, ass't. IVr cent of attend
ance 93.9
Rank 7. —Colley township High,
11. R. HeiiLiiug, teacher. Per cent of
utteudanoe 95.5
Rank B.—Elktand township High,
M. R. Black, teacher. Est el la Pri
mary, Olive Plotts, teacher, l'orks
vllle. Primary, Autonette Lancaster,
teacher. Sheets, Mable Speary,
teacher. Per cent of attendance of
these schools 94.4.
Rank 9. —Murray advanced, Sadie
Walsh, teacher. Percent ofattend
ance 94.1.
Rank 10.—Bernice liib rmediate,
.Inlla Burus, toucher. Kicketts
Grammar, Myrtle Kiutuer, teacher.
Ricketts Primary. Edna Miller,
teacher. Soiuwlown Grammar, "\V.
B. Hh/.od, tea char. Carnpbellsville,
John Molyneux, teacher, llillsgrove
Primary, Emma Biddle, teacher.
King, Agnes Rroschart, ueachcr.
Per cent of attendance 'tf tbcsO
schools 94;tJ,
Rank 11.—Dushore Primary, Jew
el O* Brian, teacher. Per cent of at
tendance 93.5.
Rank 12.—Thomas Hnn, Muwl
Hunsingcr, teacher. Obcrt, Sara
Cangley, teacher. JIU .ewif., Ve
rona Brion, teacher; per <*ent of at
tendance of these schools 955.0.
The following schools are entitled
to honorable meutiou for the atteod
ance <luring the mouth: Bernice
High, Beruii-e Graramer, Bernice
Intermediate, Donovan, Soncstown
High and Primary, Jamison City,
t'entennial, Elk Lick, Eagles Mere
Primary, Lake Run. Church, Forks
ville High, Center, .South, Bridge
1 view, Xordmont.
Teachers are especially requested
to forward the attendance slip just
as soon as the mouth closes.
J. E. Rkksk Kimsohk, <>>. Supt.
More than 3H,000 rural routes are
in operation iu this country, am>rd
ing to a statement made public by
the fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral. The total uumber of
for service handled in the depart
ment up to November was."> 5,380
iq>on which 15,237 adverse reports
were made. There are now 1,898
petitions for roubts pending. Rural
free delivery now costs the govern
ment more than *35,000,000 a year.
No winter primaries will be held
in Bradford county next year. The
state has failed to reimburse that
county for the primaries of last win
tor, so the board of commissioners
have decide I to siva that county
! the expense next year and will e*-
'errl«ethe right given in the uni
form primaries act a* amended in
1907. Last winter's primaries'cost
the c.mnly of Bradford $1,700, Jand
It was supposed the statu would pay
the bill. The bills were sent to Har
risburir, but M ere returned unpaid
to the commissioners with the ex
planation that "in-lt bills would not
jbe paid until an opinion had been
j handed down by the attorney goner-.
•al. !
I The thirteeu year-old son of a I
; well known photographer of Sha-j
niokln, is in receipt of a check for
j 11,000, the gift of a wealthy profess j
: »ir in New York, whose name is not
disclosed by the family. The boy
j visited in New York recently and
! the professor took a liking to him.
. They have corre»pondo<l and the
! aged man, who has DO relatives
j liviug, to show his love for tbe
youngster, sent him ihe princely
tftt.
75C PLR YfeAP
The revenues of the Common
wealth for the fiscal year ended lust
Saturday were $20,4'25,5(;«, exclusive
of several hlimited thousand dollars
froai the sale of govern
ment bonds an«\ not properly belong
ing to the revenue account.
Thi* Income exceeds the great fig
ure of the previous year by
ami wotdd have been still larger had
there not been a notable falling off
in the past few .weeks iu the amount
reeeived as bouus on charters. This
was doubtless due to the uiouey
stringency throughout the country,
and show* pretty clearly how quick
ly the revenues of the stain may be
affected, up or down, by general
business conditions. The big receipts
for the past two years are largely ac
counted for by.the general prosper
ity.
The fact that the receipt* were
larger and the payments last
year than for Ihe previous year ha*
considerably increased the balance
in the Treasury. Including thesink-
Ing fund, it is now si2,nis.j,7ol>, near
ly #1 ,o00,»)l>0 ipore than it was a year
ago. It is less now by ftf,uoo,ooo,
however, than it vvaa at tlie close of
the fiscal years of 190;5 arid 15)01, but
the extravagent. payments on the
capital will account for the differ
ence. Within the present fl-tcal
year the increased appropriations of
the legislature at its last session will
wit into the balance some, while the
large revenues of the j>ast two years
can liardly be looked fort • offset
payments.
The Towaudu Review says that
tor every marriage ceremony per
formed in Bradford county there is a
petition for divorce. It ascrities
(his astonishing conditions of affairs
to the fact that a large percentage of
the residents of the county go across
the line into New York state to have
their marriages performt-d. It fur
ther says that nine-tenths of the i-e
--titious for divorce state that the pur
lies interested were innrried outside
the county.
At the Tioga county commission
ers sale of unseated lsnd a few mont hs
iVgo a couple of Wellsboro young
men jocularly bid ou a 2-Vacre
tract of wild land. being no
other bid the tract was knocked
down to them. One day recently
lhey were offered for it, as it
contained a valuable, bunch of tim
ber.
Thomas A. Edison auuouucts that
he soon will be able to build a com
plete two-story concrete bouse for
*IOOO, and that It wiil take but 12
hours to do the work. The. building
problem is becoming serious and if
Kdison solves it with his concrete,
molds the workingmen of America
can afford to erect a monument to
his memory, says an exchange.
This is the wjy one fanner
rats aub mice away from his premi
ses. lie said: If you will sprinkle
sulpher on your barn Hoor and
thiN>ugh<your eorn as you gather it,
♦litre wHI But be ai rat or mouse to
bothyK 1 havfulooe this for several
years indliftve nip'Ver been bothered
with rats aud mice.
One of the most remarkable feats
iucideut to deer hunting in the vi
cinity occured several miles uorth of
Warrensvilie on the afternoon of
Thanksgiviug day. F.merson Chap
ell, the i! 0 year old son of Chauney
Ohapell, shot a large buck with a re
volver. The buck had evidently
heeu chastid by hunters and came
dashing through a corn #eld near
the Chapeli farm bouse. Young
Chapbell saw it coming aud ran in
to the house and procured a .Smith
| A Westen 32-calibre revolver and
• waited fur the haudsome buck to
I pass. The buck rtin swiftly but the
| true aim of the young farmer brought
'it to the ground, the bullit struck
j the doer in the head.
A number of people in Tioga
ieouuty were presnaded last spring
1 t>y a smooth tongned anunnlns to or
der apple trees budded on oak roots.
( They are now payiag for very com
iiion tree* »ud saying harsh things
' abont those engaged in the nursery
j business.