Republican News Item. VOL. XII. NO 34 <524,000—544,000 C Which Do You Prefer • c x The average man earns about $i 100 a year. S works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a \ time. The average dav laborer gets £2.000 a day or / J S6OO for a year of }oo days He earns $24 000 in a I life time. The difference between $44.000 and 524- r J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ? V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C vcreased self respect cannot be measured in morvy. J x Why not stop plugging awav at a small salary when # / the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran V 1 ton, Pa., can give you an educat on that will make / V high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of \ s wor«c you care to follow, ibis great educational In x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. \ local Representative will show you how you can V /^tripleyour earning capacity Look him up today, 112 V. He is } ? C. IF. BBENK A UST. 3 ! Cp O. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA. j C 0 HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAIj OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every |; Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. j! Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of aecoiid hand atoves 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 1 General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samuel The Shopbell Dry Good Co., " 313 Pine Street, ', WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Ladies' lust black Cotton Hosiery in Ladies' last black fleeced lined; Hone. medium and heavy winter weights, for We are showing some good values for l-'jf. 15c, and 25c. 15c to 50c' r , , .... ~ Ladies' Wool and Cashmere llose, in Ladies last black Cotton Hope two HI > „ • R OR I SA H II colore ana price?— special g®ou v»lues, for 35c and 50c. r .>r )C to Fashionable Furs Outiug Flannel. Our turs are furs of buality—They are We are selling some extra value in the result ot the most perlerted finishing outing ilanncls Then we have a large process known to (he furrier's art. Here assortment to choose from, both in light you will find neck pieces mid mutts in arid dark stripes and lijrureH—New neat I Mink, Lvnx, Squirrel, Fox and all popu- deigns lor underwear for 8, 10, 11. and lar grades in the newest style effects- 12.1 c. Bed Comforts Black Velutina. In rreat variety of Moral etfect pat- We are showing two specially good tern®. . ;:lier light or dark colorings ol qualities of Black Velutina that have sat« .<r silkoline,. Some are plain on the golt, silky appearance of Lyons Vel oiif •'•!<;. These are all filled with pure vet- These are much in demand now whit, motion. They vary in prices from for Coats and Full Dresses. These nuin #I.OO to $3.75. hers "are sold for 75c to <I.OO. Corsets for all Figures. Knit Underwear. Every figure ha-- it- appropriate Corset How about your underwear supplies? here. We use the greatest care in giving Have you everything you need? If not the customer the right model. Some lei us furnish what you want. You brant!.- 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' Union Suits. Good Warm Blankets. either white or colored in all qualities are litre and you cannot go wrong in buy. ing them. The price- ;,re very reasonable. __ \ _____ Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1908. John 112». Me Henry who repfwerit* | our district in ('on tress has present-1 tnl a bill to immediately relieve dis | tress ia the ease of serious mine; j accidents. Tin* hill is to profile for a fund that will be in the keeping ofi | the Department of Commerce and labor, so as to be ready for imme diate distribution, and it also pro vides that that department shall! have the power to make strict in j aestivation as to the course of dis-!< asters, by experienced and scientific persons. Owing to the many frightful min ing disasters in the mines of Penn sylvania and West Virginia in the past month or so, the measure may l>e acted upon very favorably and at an early date. The Commonwealth Telephone company, which has a large number' of telephones on their exchange at! Mcsshoppen and have been making ] rapid advancement in increasing | their business in this end of Wyo- J ] ming county, are 111 week closing! | up a deal whereby this company will | take over the company as well as the J territory, of the Loyalsock (Hell j Telephone company. This company j operates in Dushore, Laporle and | a large section of Sullivan county. ] Meshoppen Kntcrprise. Mrs. Cupp. Wife of.John K. (Jupp Ksq. died at their home, No. Ml.j I >iamouil street, Newberry, Wednes day of last week. Mrs. Cupp had suffered from -toinach and bowel trouble for sever al mouths, but was not regarded as i ,11 a critical condition until within ■ the last two weeks. Mrs. Cupp was 112 rmerly Miss. |, Anna Hess Harb, danghter of Hev. j J. 11. Harb. I). L>. of llughesville. j She was born in Virginia, June 11, i IS80 ( and was aged '27 years, l> . months and 20 days. i Mrs. Cupp Spent a summer vaca tionat Laporte, shortly after her marriage. Pegiuniug Dec. 1, I SHIS, one thous and mile tickets issued by the IMiil- , adelphia and Heading Railway Co., . Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., and , New Vork Central mil Hudson Itiver Railroad Co., will be honored on all trains of the Williamsport and North Branch Railroad (except the , Kagles Mer" Railroad) for both lo cal and through travel. Williamsport and North Branch Railroad five hundred mile tickets will be good for use of any person or persons regardless of name or pur chaser. In speaking of the pure food law a New York paper says that it has effected the raspberry situation so that one brand now bears this in sciiption: "This jam is made of glu cose with artificial seeds ami is col ored with harmless analyne dyes. Those who think a raspberry or two might help the mixture are free to add them of their own hook. The law is not against it." And strange to say, instead of refusing to buy the mixture now that its ingredients are known, the people seem just as fond of them, and the business of manufacturing fruit jams from glu cose and other substances continues to be a profitable one. Reports from every part of the country indicate an unusual preva lance of pneumonia attended by a very high percentage of mortality. This is the season of the year when the disease is most to be dread ed. It appears that there is very little that the Droe tori can do when pneumonia has attacked its victim more than to watch and hope, have the best of nur-tiug and take advant age of every hopeful symptom. A celebrated specialist in pulmon | ary and heart disease, who died re . cently, in speaking of the death of ■ his father from pneumonia, aecurate -1 ly described the action of the disease in many cases when he said: "It is if one were walking in the street and were suddenly shot down." ! While the doctors can do very little, ' perhaps, to cure pneumonia, every one may do something to prevent it by keeping in good physical con dition,avoiding over-fatigue and ex- I ereising all possible care against tak- i ing cold. Married at Meehan Junction, Miss. A Meridian, Miss., paper has the following article concerning a rc- 1 cent marriage near lhat place, 1 which will l»e of interest to many 1 of our readers. The bride was born and pew to young woman- ■ bood in this town. ( "At the home of the bride's par- ( eiits at Meehan June,lion, Tuesday i evening, Miss Edna Breiger and ( Mr. Nicholas I.ofttis were united t in the holy bonds of matrimony, i Dr. William Mercer Green, rector 1 of St. Paul's Church, this city of- 1 liciating. The wedding was a very quiet but none the less a beautiful affair. The bride is a charming and popular young lady of that section of the county. The groom is a locomotive engineer in the employ of the Cotton States Lum ber company. Mr. Loftus is a na tive of South Africa, and was a valient soldier of the Boer army in the late fight with England." Subscribers Must Pay in Advance. The Postottice Department at Washington lias notified ponmasters throughout the country tha't hereaf ter tJiey must not accept at present pound rates of postage any newspa pers for which the subscriber is more than one year in arrears. The pos tage upon all such papers must lie prepaid at the rate of one cent for -1 ounce. That means that it' the pub lisher trusts his patrons longer than one year lie must atl'ix a one-cent stamp to each paper sent out. The rule was supposed togo into effect January I, but the postal authorities has granted a reasonable time in which publishers uiav get their ac counts straightened up. Newspap ers at the subscription price of 7"> cents or SI.OO per year will have a »mall profit if they are obliged to pay »jo cents of that amount for pos tagc. Frederick Shoollenberger, of I'ara dice, near Pottsville, has constructed a device which is claimed to solve the problem of perpetual motion, lie lias placed upon a frame a whet 1 with seventeen spokes, which are hollow, ami are almost S shaped.- In each of these spokes are bullets, of which nine roll to the end and eight, remain at the hub of the wheel, thus the wheel is kept going by the weight of one bullet. Shoollenberger claims that on this principle, large wheels could be con structed to give power to operate machinery Dr. Benjamine Lee, ol Harris-burg, assistant State Health Commission er registered a String kick last week with the creamery in an adjoining county. A pound of butter was purchased of a local deal er for use on the Lee table. When it was cut into it was found a rag, bound round with a string, which hail apparently slipped from a sore finger of an employe in the cream ery. The butter was returned to the dealer and Dr. Lee at once wrote a letter to the creamery, recommeud iug inspection of the employees hands each morning. It has l>een frequently said that under the new naturalization law, aliens niu-t be able to show some understanding of our institutions and system of government. It is certain that the new law makes great advance in the safeguards it furnish es against naturalizing unfit appli cants. Hut what it says in respect to the aliens knowledge is slight, i In a recent application for naturali zation before Justice Pound, of the supreme court of New York, at Lock port, a special assistant United States attorney is quoted as saying that the appli ant shall have read the const 1-. I tution of the United States, have a I knowledge of the state, county aud i municipal governments and know ! about taxes and schools. The judge j however declined to accept this statement and quoted the .require -1 ments of the statute, which is naere -Ilv that the applicant shall be "at , tached to the principles of theconsti ' tution oJ the United States." This leaves much to the discretion of the court. Gave Dead Body gl Child to Dogs. The llughesville Mail gives the j harrowing details of the frightful . result of a debauch alleged to have ; | occureil near Unityville. "It appears that a fortnight ago a , man and two women residing in Devils Hole near Cnifyville indulged quite freely in hard cider and be came bea<tlv intoxicated and enjoyed | themselves in such a manner as drunken persons would. During their carousel one of the men picked up an infant child threw it to its mother, the child falling heavily on the floor. The drunken mother then : picked it up and attempted to place it in the cradle, but her condition was such that the infant again fell to , the floor where, it.was left lay. After a time the man and women , tumbled into bed together, regard less of marital relation, and slept off their debauch. In the morning the child was found, where the uunatural mothci had left it the night before, cold in death. The question now was to dispose of the corpse and an effort Mas made to induce two large dogs to devour the body. Failing in this the remains of the little one was rudely prepared for the grav£ and consigned to mother earth, in the garden. "Our informant stated that when one of the neighbors asked the con stable of the township why he did not investigate the matter he replied that there would be no use to do so as there would be no witnesses to prove the charge. So far as we can ! learn, no action has been taken to in [ vestigate the matter by the author ities. Since the above was in type we have interviewed several persons from Unityville, but all are reticent concerning the matter, saying they heariLof the oceuranee but could not vouch for it being correct." It is reported that unless the two cent fare is declared unconstitutional the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is said lias decided to reduce the passenger train service on all its branches in Pennsylvania so as to increase its in come. For the past two months ex peri mentshave been made on the various lines of the company to ascertain how many trains can bo taken oft' without reducing existing traffic. Thanksgiving Day and Christinas Day as many as forty trains were annulled out of Pittsburg. The fig ures on this annullment were tabulat ed anil will be used as a record in the new tram schedule to be a dopted if the two-cent fare stands the test of the Supreme Court. James Martin, who as Sheriff of l.uzern County, led the posse that fired upon the striking miners at Lattimer September 10, IKD7, kill ing twenty and wounding seventy, died at his home in Plains at 7 o'clock Wi>dnesday evening, of hem orages from the lungs. Mr. Martin was put on trial for murder together with as many of the posse as could bearrainged. Some of them evaded arrest and fled. The trial lasted froiri February to March Ist 1898 when a verdict of not guilty was re turned. If lie lived to l>e a million years old he would never cease re gretting the bloodshed at Lattimer- Scranton, Dec. 27—The largest Christmas present here was the #2O, ttoo bo*ius given by the people's coal company to its 60 ) employes. It was ilisti ibuted pro rata according to the earning of each man. The bonus represented a percentage of the pro fits for the year. Tills is the third of its distribution. The ,»o npany operates the nlv strictly non-union mine in the region, and it was the only colliery that w irked full band ed and full time during the last strike. The company received as high as #lB per ton for coal, and some days mined us much as 1000 tons realizing a profit of easily $lO 1 000 « day. J. L. Crawford, the prin i cipal owner, who was made a mil 1 - nionalre by keeping the mine in operation and whose health was un der mined by the six months' strain, • has since died, and his estate is uow < the subject of the sensational contest » instituted by his nephew, Geo. B. Schooley of Philadelphia. 75C PLR YEAP BERNICE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. 11. P. McLaughlin visitf'il Scrantou and liunmore friends lust week. Miss Jennie Collins of Berwick Is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs, William Collins of Mildred. Miss Bessie W'lieatly of Philadel phia spent her N't"*' Year holidays with her parents Mr. ;tll<l Mrs. Jas. Wheat ley. Charles K. Jackson of Mildred WHS a Berwick visitor last week. John O'Connors ami sister Nora are visiting Scran ton friends this week. Michael Kinney who was knock ed down l>y a hor-e ridden by chief May, between O'Boyle and Eoys colliery and Murruytown, is getttng along as well as can he expected. James J. Connors and I >r. Bren nan held a love feast Friday night. They both want to go into the news paper business. li some of the coun ty papers w ill allow them a sheet they w ill till it up with adds and items each week. This i-a chance for some of the count)' papers. They will pay whatever amount the edi tors ask. ThisisO. K. No politics will he indulged in. NORDMONT. Mr. Hradv Craig of Straw bridge was calling on friends at this place Thursday. Mr. Ernest Botsford of Pitt,-ton spent Now Years with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. \V. Botsford. Mrs. Charles perry, is on the sick ist. Mr. Charles (iansel and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a (lau ghter on Jan 2. Miss Edna Wilson of this place is visiting her parents at I'nilyville. Mr. Hay Kessl.tr of Pittston speht Thursday and Friday of last week at this place. if you are inclined to join the Pessimistic c.'Wb stop to consider the benefactions of tint past year. Char ity covers a multitude of siiH, but charity also proves that deep down in the human heart there is a feel - ing which prompts men to regard the condition of their fellow men and causes them to open their pocket books at the appeal oft he deserving poor. The past year was a record breaker in beneficience. Nearly $1 ">0,000,000 was given away by men •if wealth in PMiT, besides the mill ions among the nenly poor in small amounts. John I>. Rockefeller, who has more money than any other person in this country, heads the list of givers for the past year. Mrs. Russ ell Sage, who has just begun to dis tribute the riches left to her by her her husband, is second, and An drew Carnegie, the lord of Ski ho, third. These three persons give away many millons of dollars, help ing to relieve distress and educate the peoplo. Of course these persons had the money to give, but all tho same they proved by their bent factions despite all that it said about them the spirit of humanity dwells iti thesr hearts. It is good to think of these things w hen the clouds hide the sun from view and despondency threatens to destroy our optimism. -Ex. Of the 2900 Bradford County boys enlisting in ISOI and I*ti2 in Penn sylvania commands 20 per cent or every fifth man never returned. We doubt if there is any other county iti the state for the same nt to iler of men that can show such a great loss. Towanda furnished the first enlist ed man. Burlington had the first man killed and Granville the last man. Sheshequin hist more men than any other township, while Or well suffered the greatest percentage i of loss. Albany made the greatest sacrifice iti Rebel prisons. Her loss ! being one-seventh of all from the , county. ! The atigel south of Towanda, com prising the townships of Monroe . i Asylum Albany, Overton Wilmont t and Terry, with one-eighth of the . i population of the county, furnishcb lone sixth of all her soldiers.
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