VOL. XII. NO 33
t $24,000—544,000 }>
< Which Do You Prefer ® q
C The average m:in earns about Si no a year. !l /
x works 40 years aiui earns a total of $44, 00 in a
\ time. The avenue dav laborer gets $2,000 a dav or /
J S6OO tor a year of 100 days He earns s2.{ 000 in a T
life time. The difference between S 1 j,< 0 > and $24- Q
y 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of :i ?
education in dollars and cents The in-C
vcreased self respect cannot be me. sured in mon y. X
\ Why not stop plugg'iu awav at a small salary when c
✓ the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran \
1 ton, Pa., can give you an educat on that will makeX
I high salaried man o' you ? No matt -r what line oi \
JT wor< you care to follow, this great educational In £
v stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at
r a small cost to secure ago position. Our /"
\ local Representative will sirw you how you can \
triple your earning capacity Lock him up today, 112
V He is 1
? O. IP- A IST♦ 5
HARDWARE^
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OE WOO ID
HEATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House furnishiug Goods, Toois 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 stovo.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
Samuel
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
:, WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
E>d(D'lES J HOSIEIUI.
Ladies' last black Cotton Hosiery in Ladies' taut Mack fleeced lined Hose
medium and heavy winter weights, for We are showing some good values for
l'JjC. loc, and 2.jc. 15c to f>o,.
Ladies' fast black Cotton Hose two 11 La, ' 1 i '~' NV ' 4 ' ol *" d C ** h, »* T * in
special gtod value., tor 35c and 50c. w,,0r8 : "" 1 £"T ~ ,
20c to M.UO
Fashionable Furs Outing Flannel.
< >ur furs Hre»fnrs of duality—They are We are selling some extra value i•>
(he result of the most perfected finishing outing flannels " Then we have a large
process known lu the furrier's art. Here assortment to choose from, hoth in light
you will find neck pieces and muHs in and dark stripes and figures—New neat
Mink, Lvnx, Squirrel, Fox and all popu-- designs tor underwear for 8. It), 11, and
lar grades in the newest style etfects- Il'.'C.
Bed Comforts Black Velutina.
Inn r 'eat variety ot tloral eflect pat- We are showing two specially good
tern", either light or dark colorings of qualities of Mack Velutina that have
sate >r silkoline. Some are plain on the solt silky appearance of Lyons V'el
one iii•*. These are all filled with pure vet- These are much in d.'tnand now
while cotton. They vary in prices from for floats and Full Dresses. These nurn
Sfl.OO to $'.75. l ers are sold for 75c to SI.OO.
Corsets for all Figures. Knit Underwear.
Every figure has its appropriate Corset How about vour underwear supplies ?
here. We use the greatest care in giving Have vou everything vou need? If not
the customer the right model. Some let u- furnish what vou want You
brands are best for stout figures, others won't find any better values than we are
suit slender figures better. We know showing in either men's ladies'or child
the brands and we know their limitations ren's warm knit undergarments Some
Ask our Corset advice on these. specially good values in ladies' I'nion
Suits.
Good Warm Blankets.
either white or colored in all qualities are here and you cannot go wrong in buy
ing them. The prices are very reasonable.
Subscribe for theNewsltem
Repuolkan News hem.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908.
FOR PUKE WATERS |
AND BEITERHEALTH
~ I
Health Commission fir Dixon's Great
Task Is to Reclaim the Watera i
of the State From
Pollution.
THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE
f-anitary Engineering Division of the
Department of Health Is reaching
Municipalities Efficient and
Economical Methods of
Drainage.
A lamentable and tremendous ,
amount of needless suffering. sickness, j
expense and death annually result.
IIOITI itie wanton pollution of tho
i'.i t-;<ins of Pennsylvania among those
individuals dependent upon these ,
.'Ginres of supply for drinking water. I
Hundreds of communities hang in the
balance and at any time may have an
epidemic of typhoid fever stalking
through their midst and decimating
'neir numbers Hundreds of the young
best lives of the commonwealth :
m » annually sacrificed to the unsani- j
tsry customs of sewage disposal. Poi- j
son material of human origin from j
public and private institutions, sewers;
nnci privies arc emptied into streams j
■U points but short distances above wa- |
iei works intakes, and in a few hours j
thereafter are delivered through the j
•va'er pipes of public systems to many !
im.orent and unsuspecting individuals, j
who rest secure in the belief that the'
P'lhlir authorities, having in charge
;ii» /uruishing of driuking water, and:
who are responsible lor the purity of I
the water thus supplied, are faithfully |
performing their obligations
Public and private corporations, J
aowever, even when earnestly inclined, |
;m<? often limited in their powers to'
j'tc<tnt |.v..igc> contamination of t*u
souri c * water supply.
Alter jvars of ailliction, and at a
!e?riii< <o*t in human life, it has Dually
iUwutd upon the people that a highet j
authority than the municipality must I
grapple with tire problem and afTord a
remedy. It is, therefore, of interest j
to eveiy citizen of the commonwealth
o know about the work that Health ;
Commissioner Dixon is doing to pre
nerve the purity of the waters of the
stats in fulfillment of the duty laid j
upon niiu b) the act of April 22.
1900.
The enormity of the task is com
prenended when one realizes the fact
that almost without an exception
eveiy city, borough and municipality;
i« Pennsylvania having a sewer sy.t ;
torn discharges its tilth into the most
convenient nearby stream, regardless
of consequences to the user of thai
utreurn at some point below.
Further, where there are no sew {
?rs. privies are almost universally lo
cs teJ on or near the banks of natural
wfttm courses, which thus serve as
open sewers. By uo known mat he- j
uiatics is :i possible to compute the J
extent of evil, the misery, expense,
poverty, lifelong suffering and death
which this custom entails; hut it is a
fact thai a large amount of it all would
be rtr| in itour the state if sauitary
methods of sewage disposal were !
a'topteo
tf !• fb* privilege, as well as the '
duty of the State Health Commission I
otto bring about just this result. No
short sighted, vacillating and radical '
policy could be successful in such a
sr*si undertaking. It will necessarily
bv t!,«- work of years to undo the cus |
U.Oirf ol generations and establish uni !
va'isal healthful conditions. Its sue |
re*.s lu a measure depends upon thb
enlightenment and co-operation of thf :
p<*ople. The stupidity auil scepticism
of h preoccupied and selfish populace j
th * barrier to quick results. Where
the public conscience is quickened !
voluntary reforms will be inaugurated j
nod benefits will be at once secured ,
In other cases the law will have to bt ,
Invoked and enforced.
The Chief Engineer of th« Depart
ment, F. Herbert Snow, and his assis ,
t.ants are now traversing every part o» :
the State, making examinations ot
bewera.ge systems and water supplies ,
and collecting data with respect to th«
quality of all of the waters in Penn
sylvania. More than this is being done i
sources of pollution and menaces which 1
ran be abated at once are reported te
the commissioner, and in many case*
a request on his part to the ownci
of the premises is sufficient to cnua*
i> removal of the nuisance. The num
ber of letters of encouragement and
co-operation in this kind of reform
received by 11»commissioner splendid
ly Illustrates the willingness of the cit
izens of the sta'e to do what is right.
In a few cases owners wilfully refuss
I 'o do away with the causes of disease,
I in which event they are b(,inp. brought
i into court or forced to comply with the
law.
Another Important feature of the
i commissioner's work is appealing tc
the municipalities, namely, the utiliz
ing free of cost to them of the services
of the engineering department in con
[ sulfation and advice respecting the in
. retaliation of new water works ami sew
i cr systems and the extensions of exist-
I ing systems. This engineering sirvicc
I doec not. interfere with the work ol
A Hint to Uranga speakers.
liobert J. Bimlette. now pastor of
a Baptist church in Los Angeles, Cal.,
: and always a humorist. Is opposed to
the length of the form of service for
! the presentation of children and says
that, as a rule, he thiuks that the serv
ice should not be longer thun the baby,
i Likewise grange speeches should not
| be longer than the speaker can make
j tbecn Interesting.
Ths Question Box.
i Whet is the specific advantage to a
(rrans« In becoming: an Incorporated or
> tanization?
The advantage of grange Incorpora
tion ts that It gives the grange a busi
ness standing, allowing It to buy, sell,
1 voutract—in fact, do business as an
individual. The acts of Its purchasing
agent arc binding on the grange treas
ury and not on the members. If a
purchasing agent of a grange makes a
bargain. It may be repudiated by an in
corporated grange and he held re
sponsible, but If given authority by an
incorporated grange the grange Is re
| sponsible as far as its treasury goes
I and no further— that is, there Is no in
i dividual liability.
Harrioburg to Hartford.
: Pennsylvania granges are preparing
| to attteml ihe national grange meet
j ing at Hartford. In goodly numbers,
j Plans are being made for a large party
! to rendezvous at Harrislnirg, then to
• proceed to New York, stop overnight
and goon to Hartford next day.
New York will have added about 10-
OX) new members by the time the next
: state grange meets in February, 1908.
Exact Justice, equultty and a fair
| reward are the watchwords of the
I grange.—Aaron Jones.
The Pennsylvania state grange will
meet at West Chester, Pa., Dec. 10-13.
J W. DAKROW.
Lee J. Spangler, whose prophecies
have attracted attention all over the
; world lias issued his 1908 bulletin.
It is more startling than some of
those previously issued, for he an
nounces that the world will come to
j an end.
Spangler has made many prophe
cies. One of his moid recent was
; the prediction of the W ill street
i '
; troubles and the death of a banker.
Some time he issued a state
ment in which be a-serted that the
I'nited States would goto war and
would be victorious; that it would
ride the sea with its vessels anil be
-upreme on the high waters, and
that all the nations will be involved
I in the coming war.
His Latest Bulletin.
The following i> his last bulletin
1 over his signature:
„Tlie treasury will go dry.
"l'eople will carry their money in
their pockets and hide it in their
houses*
"Families will steal it from one
another. This is the gold that
:is piled up for the last days. This
| gold will be rust in your |K>ckeUj. It
I will give you more trouble than
good.
i Labor organizations will come
; under one head and rule the land.
"There will be great wrath among
I the people; hatred; killing one an
j other; hanging themselves, and
children will rise agaiust their par
! euts, two against three and time
'against two; mother-in-law against
: daughter-in-law.
| All plagues that are written iu the
Bible will be brought forth. They
will be full of lice, frogs, crickets and
; locusts. Whosoever will be stung of
i these locusts will die.
Signs in the Sun.
! There will be signs iu the sun, iu
the moon and in the stars.
] "In the end of time the sun will
lie black and the laud will be in
darkness. The moon will be as
\ blood, the stars will fall and the
heavens will be shaken.
"This coming summer and fall the
elect, the saints, will be gathered to
gether. 'For unto Jesus shall the
gathering lie.' The Bride is getting
ready to meet Jesus, the Bride
groom, and we shall be changed in
the twinkling of an eye and meet
the Lord iu the air."
! Practical jokers sometime* run
j across people who rio not appreciate
1 tricks which appear funny to llie
! perpetrator. Olio of these practical
j, jokers in Bradford county went to
| the house of a neighbor, whose wife
| was known to be afraid of burglars,
i The practical joker made a noise
| like a burglar and <hemau of the
I house happened to he at home,
i promptly sent a load of shot in the
| direction of the noise. The practical
'joker retired to his home with a
Ishattered shoulder. lie then sued
1 1lie housekeeper for assault with in
• tent to kill, and the justice of peace
I pomptly discharged the shooter.
Here is one case in which the
practical joker received what he de
served, although the load of shot in
his anatomy did not teach him good
sense, lie was lucky in escaping
arrest on the charge of attempting to
rob the house of his. neighbor, a
charge which might hove been justi
fied by the facts. Frightening other
people is one of the funny tricks of
the practical joKer, and little sympa
thy is wasted on the fool who runs
across a man who shoots first
aud then tries to find out afterward
whether the practical joker was a
real burglar or only an imitation
thief.
A more frequent use of the shot
gun or dub would make practical
joking rather uncommon. —Kx.
Or. Nathan Hchaffer, superintend
ent of public instructrion, strikes a
sound note when he states in his an
nual report that our public schools
ought to be brought back to the pur
pose tor which they were originally
established. "Heading, writing,
reckouing aud accuracy in keeping
in keeping accounts and in the add
ition of a column of ligures," says
that experienced educator, are a
inong ; 'the essentials in the educa
tion of the individual which should
not IK- omitted in the course of study
for the sake of solving later problem
that, have been: Med at our schools."
This movement to put the public
schools of the state hack to the
realms of "readin, writeu and rith
matic" throwing physics, French,
pink paper pictures aud the like to
the dogs, is about the sanest agita
tion we have heard of for some time.
A boy or girl who who can ntford
only a common school education
needs to know common things and
to know them well. In fact a good
deal better than they are taught in
the public schools today.
A Hobart College professor—who
by the way, must be a graduate of
the I'niversity of Chicago—declares
that with the aid of radium a wo
man could retain all her freshness
and beauty for one hundred years or
more. If there are any women in
this countrv who wish to live to be
one hundred years old, carrying
with them through the years their
youthful bloom ami freshness, they
have only to buy a stock of radium
and use it as dirrected by the pro
fessor. <>f course there are plenty of
wo nen who would like to look
beautiful so long as they live and to
the radium preventative of decay
will appeal.
The fact that radium is quoted on
the market at this time at S-t»" to
#IOO an ounce will not, of course' de
ter women from following the Ho
bart college professor sad vice, when
i woman is assured that she can
keep her beauty indefinately she
will not stop to inquire the cost of
the illp into the fount of youth.
The trouble is that if the women
hoar of tin- new beautifier there will
be such a i u-h for the radium that
the stuff will advance in price to
such an extent that only actresses
and Pittsburg millionaires' wives
will be able to provide themselves
with a supply of the beautifier.
In the meantime the poor girl will
be wise to cling to the usual beautti
ers found in the drug stores.
The postmaster general has issued
% notice to rural mail carriers that
they are required to present u neat
personal appearance; that the vehicle
used by them must be suited to the
service, kept in good order and pre
sentable, and that the animals used
in serving their routes must be fit
to work and such as not to cast dis
credit upon the service. Laxity in
these matters must be immediately
reported by postmasters.
75C PLR YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
Allen A title of spent Christ
mas with friends at this place.
Mr. anil Mrs. lianicl Connors of
Philadelphia art" spending t Hoi r
Christinas holidnys with the formers
parents Mr. and Mr,*. .1. J. ('minors
of Mildred.
Edward Manix spent Christmas
with his family at Philadelphia.
Gordon Saxon of Philadelphia is
is visiting his mother Mrs. Joel
Saxou of this place.
John O. Connors of Tioiirenport
College Alleghany .New Yolk, spent
his Christmas vaeation witli his
parents, Mr. And Mrs. James J. Con
nors of Mildred.
Mr. and Mrs. Ridlack of Wilkes
Marre are visiting the Inters parents
Mr. and Mrs. Hcl~maii of this
place.
John Harney, R.ibert Watson and
Lewis l>ieffen!>ach all of Mildred,
were Scranton victors la-t week.
Frank ltamsey of Sayr»- is visiting
his parents Mr. and Mr* James
Ramsay of Mildred.
Albert lleUman of Scranton was
visiting his parents at this place
last week.
Mr. James J. Connors and K.
Jackson entertained friends on
Christmas night. All report a good
time; hut C. E. ami he lost his rahhit
foot.
For a town wliero the people cir
culated a petition to court tu refuse
a wholesale license last February
court, it only took three wagon
loads of beer to supply the demands
last week. .Not so bail for a dry town.
I Some foreigners were arrested for
breaking into a mans room and also
insulting, him they were ordered to
pay five dollars a piece to the pro
secutor and cost, and the prosecutor
to furnish $50,00 bail.
A happy New Year to the Editor
I and all the readers of the. News I tern,
NORDMONT.
On Saturday evening, December
! 28, a very pleasant surprise party
j was held at the home of Mr. and
| Mrs. Charles Little, in houor of their
j daughter Hazel's sixteenth birthday.
The evening was spent in a very
delightful manner in games and mu
sic. Mabel Hunter, Clara Hradley,
Freddie Arms, Edith Lcma and
Laura Fiester, Veda Myers, Edna
Reichard, Dollie Snider, Hazel and
Vernia Little; Messrs Frank Bots
ford, Shediic Hess, Frank Foust,
Harrison Little, Minard peters,
Lloyd Sperry, R.iy Anders, Bert
Snider, Robert Cook, Edward Rob
bins llrady Lpase, Calvin Myers,
Watson and Jason Little Mrs, Jane
Sperry and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Little.
Miss Gertrude Perry has been very
ill for the past three weeks but is
somewhat improved at this writing.
Mrs. E. L>. Smith spent Friday
and Saturday of last week in
Wi||ianisport.
The Christmas entertainment held
in the E. V. church was very largi -
ly attended.
Mrs. Mary Botsford spent Friday in
Hughesville.
The chicken and oyster supper held
the gtange hall was well attendey.
Charles Foust of thi-> place spent
Christmas with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Aron Foust at Hughesville.
Miss. Alma Horn of Wiiliamsport
spent Christmas with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Horn.
Mrs. Claude FriU is very ill at the
home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Foust.
Tin* wise person always profits at
the expense of others. A .Michigan
farmer who had become afraid of the
I tanks drew his from the bank
and deposited it in the bureau of
his house. The next day the house
burned down and the money was
consumed. Another Michigan in
dividual drew #IOO from the bank
and carried it in his pocket. A few
days later he accidentiy dropped the
"400" wad into the flume in a beet
.sugar factory where he waa working.
It came out at the end of the flume
converted into uranulated sugar.
The banks from which they drew
the money have all along ami are
today as strong as (iiberaltar, ready
to pay out every dollar ou deposit.
The men are out just onethodsand
dollars.