Republican News uem.
VOL. XII. NO 35.
<524,000 $44,000 «-> )
V Which Do You Prefer • ?
x The average m:in earns about Si no a year. Hr
/ works 40 years and earns a total of 544,00 in a i
\ time. The average dav laborer yets $2,000 a day or 112
J S6OO for a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in aI j
\ life time The difference between $44,000 and $24- Q !
J 000 is $20,000. i his is ihe minimum value of a ?;
V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C
y creased self respect cannot be measured in money, s
x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when <
S the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran \ i
\ ton, Pa., can give you an educat 011 that will make / 1
V hitrh salaried man of you ? No matter what line ol \
) work you care to follow, this great educational In Q
V stitution can prrpare you in your <pare time and at \
r a small cost to recti re a good-paying position. Our r
\ local Representative will show you how you can \ !
/^tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 1
S He is J
/ C. IF. A IST, S
C. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA.
COL E
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 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.
Samuel
The Sliopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
j WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
EDDIES 5 HOSIER*-!.
Ladies' fast Mack Cotton Hosiery in Indies' f H st black fleeced lined! Hose,
medium and heavy winter weights, for \\ e are showing some pood values lor
1:21 c, 15c, and _'sc. 15c 10 50e
Ladies' fast l.lack Cotton Hose two )l La ' l l ie r 8 ' Cb*hmere Hoee ' in
special g»od values, for 35c and 50c. a < oors •> r > ( ' SI 00
Fashionable Furs Outiug Flannel.
Our furs are furs ot bualitv—They are We are selling some extra value i• i
the result ot the most perfected finishing outing flannels Then we have a large
process known to the furriers art. Here assortment to choose from, both in light
you will find neck pieces and mutts in and dark stripes and figures —New neat
Mink, Lvnx, Squirrel, fox and all popu- designs tor underwear for H, 10, 11, and
lar grades in the newest style etbets- )2Ac.
Bed Comforts Black Velutina.
it. •> jjreat variety of floral ettect pat- We are showing two specially good
ter"««. either light or dark colorings ot qualities ot Black Velutina that have
or silkoline. Some are plain on the solt silky appearance of Lyons Vel
ot e<- de. These are all filled with pure vet- These are much in demand now
vvt.it,- cotton. They vary in prices from for Coats and Full Dresses. These num
¥I.OO to $3.75. bere'are hold for 75c to #I.OO.
Corsets for all Figures. Knit Underwear.
Kvory figure has its 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 let us furnish what you 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' Union
Suits.
Good Warm Blankets.
either white or colored in all qualities are here and you cannot go wrong in buy.
ing thetn. The prices are very reasonable.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1908.
For tin* kindness shown to Olio F.
Kuctizler nearly a quarter of n cen
tury ago George 15 Ki.froth. ;i former
hotel clerk of 1 loneylirook, Lancaster
I'ouuly has presented with >7">,
| 000 which had heeli left him ill the
will of the man who never forgot
i the aid Kafroth rendered the former
w hen he was in hard I nek.
Twenty-four ..years, ago < >tlo I".
| Kuenzler, a Swiss pea-ant eame to
America. He was without funds
and friendless, hut secured employ
ment at ditl'rent time- ni hotels at
New Holland, Honevbr.iok and El
verson. When down on his luck
I the foreigner went to Kafroth for
I assistance and food. Shelter and
clothing were gi ven him freely.
Slill alone, apparently, Kuenzler (
died a year ago and in his will lie
left his all to Kafroth. At the time:
the mattter appeared to he a joke,]
I hut subsequent developments proved;
I that Kuenzler almost the sole legatee j
of a rich uncle, a form 'r silk manu- ;
facturer of St (iallen Switzerland. j
The money was received in this i
I country, ami to prove that the tale,
jis not liction it is now deposited in I
! a L incaster hank.
j llloomsbnrg, Jan. To Harry j
I Shaffer, of this place, goes the lion- j
or of having trained a fancy l->njjfllsh j
setter dog, which w ill lie given as a j
present to Theodore Roosevelt, pies !
ident of the I'nited States.
The dog, which is valued at §IOOO, i
was sent here hy L, A. Patterson, ot
Carhondale. It was eight months j
old, hrown in color, and named !
"Brownie". Shaffer had the dog
during the hunting season and says'
it is the finest dog he ever handled. J
It was shipped to „Mr. I'atterson !
I'nesday, and lie will present it to j
the President.
A STRANGE SENTENCE.
Punishment For Murder That Wai
More Cruel Than Death.
In ISOI a man died in the < a 112 skills ,
who had been condemned bj one of
the* si.r:ue; • t scutch-cs oil record. .
Halpti Sutherland was I ni in 1701 una j
lived in a stone house near I.eeds. lie
was a man of violent temper and mo- j
rose disposition, shunned by his neigh- j
l>ors and generally disliked Not be- j
lug able to get nn American servant. |
he Imported a Scotchwoman, and, ac- j
cording to the usnges of the times, vlr- 1
tually held her 111 bondage until her j
passage money had been refunded.
Unable to endure any longer the
raging temper of her master, the girl
ran away. Immedlatelj upon discov
ering her absence the man set off in
an angry chase upon his horse and j
soon overtook her. The poor woman j
never reached the house alive, and j
Sutherland was indicted and arrested ,
011 the charge of murder.
At the trial lie tried to prove that
Ids horse had taken fright, run away, !
pitched him out of the saddle and j
I dashed the girl to death upon the
rocks, but the Jury did not accept the
defense, and Sutherland was sentenced
to die upon the scaffold.
Then came the plea of the Insuffi
ciency of circumstantial evidence and
the efforts of Influent lit I relatives.
These so worked upon the court that I
the judge delayed the sentence ot' j
death until the prisoner should hy
ninet* -nine years old.
It was ordered that the culprit !
she h lie released on his own recog- j
ilia.../re and that, pending the final ex- j
edition of his sentence, he should keep I
a hangman's noose about his neck and j
show himself before the judges of J
Catsklll once a year to prove that he
wore Ills badge of Infamy and kept
liis crime in mind. It was a more j
cruel decision than the sentence of iui- ■
mediate death would have been, but j
it was no doubt in harmouy with the j
spirit of the times.
Thus Ualpli Sutherland lived. Ileal- |
ways lived alone. He seldom spoke. |
His rough, imperious manner had j
gone. Years followed years. At each
session of the court the broken man !
came before the bar of justice and si- !
lently showed the noose that circled !
his neck.
At last his ninety-ninth year came,
the time when the court had ordered j
bat the utmost penalty of the law 1
should be executed. For the last time ,
tlie mail tottered before the judge's
bench, but new Judges had arisen iti
the land, new laws had been made, old
crimes had been forgotten or forgiven,
and there was none who would accuse
him or execute sentence. Indeed, the
awful restriction that had bound his
life so intimately to the expiation of
Ids crime was now legally removed.
Itut the spirit of self punishment
continued, and when Sutherland, after
he had passed his hundredth year, was
discovered dead, alone In his house, his
throat was found to be encircled by
the rope which had been placed there
nearly three-quarters of u century be
fore.
J • \<* !>
Jury List for February Term.
(i RAND .1 t'UOKS.
Bender, Oliver. Farmer, Forks
Boatman. L. i;.. Laborer. Davidson
Movie, Cyrus A., Farmer. Elk land
Cain. Cli/irlex, Liveryman. Dmdiore
.' 'angley. Thomas. Kntrineer. Lopez
Collin*, Charles. Laborer. Forksville
| Fraziur, Banona. Farmer. Forks
I'fc.is. Lloyd. Laborer. Davidson
tirem, .lolin I'., Farmer. Mt. Vernon
1 Hidewell, Canneal. Farmer, Davidson
■ Kinney. T. K.. Laborer. Jauiisotit ity
• Kane. Michael, Inspector, Lopez
| l.iisch, Frank, Manufacturer, Onshore
i Maliath v. Thomas, Laborer. Laporte B.
.| Miller, Dunlap. Laborer, Lopez
iMcKernan, William, Farmer, Cherry
i Mo I mire, ( liarles. Farmer, Forks
' I'hillips, Harvey. Farmer, Davidson
; Sice. -Joseph, Farmer, Cherry
j Snyder, lieorge W., Merchant. Forksville
. Severance, <'larenoe, Farmer, Fox
; Sylvara, I). <!., Merchant, Dushore
1 Tiukham, ('liarles P.. Farmer, Fox
I Walsh. William .Jr., Laborer, Lopez
Fist of persons, drawn 11s traverse
1 and petit Jurors, for February Court,
|commencing February IT, 100s.
I Bagley, William P.,
I Holm, Jacob H.,
| Hatimunk, Walter,
j Buck L. If.,
i Bowman, (iabriel,
I Motstord, Harry,
1 Bender, George Wasbinglon,
Cook, Henry,
; Cox, A. L-,
j Decker, William,
I >arby, Samuel, N'.,
; Dew aid, Harry,
; I>unu, Maurice,
| Davanney, Owen,
: Douglass' 11. D.,
Dewur, Hugh, K.,
Kicbenlaub, Waiter,
! Lrle, Emanuel,
j Fanning, Perry,
! Pttirnian, Lloyd,
i Fellinger, William,
I Fenster, Harry,
; Heiber, < )scar,
' Hartley, John,
j Huusiiigor, Ezra,
: I lartzig, Geoige,
i*less, George I'.,
| 1 iolmrs' Edmund;
j Kiess, George,
i Kun/.mati, John D.,
; Kinsley, John,
I Lester. Henry,
j Levnn, L. H.
: Mover, Frank,
McClintoek, Wilbur,
.Met 'arroll, John,
Neuber, Nelson,
; Kobe, John,
| Schoonover, Daniel,
j Sehock, Adam,
, Steafather, William,
Swingle, John,
i Vanhorn, George, ' |
j Warburton, I'. It.
Weed, Charles,
Walsh, James P.
Wright, Daw son D ,
Yonkin, Otis,
The following article from the
i Mouesdale citizen, is well worth j
' reading and reflecting. upon, accord j
ling to another of our exchanges,
j "The supreme objection to gamh-!
i ling in ail its forms, whether in j
i-port or in speculative business, is
I that it works harm and loss to soci
ety. As soon as any practice or cou
! duct is found to be socially hurtful,
; it thereby Incomes wrong, whatever
1 men may hive thought of it befor .
Now the long and costly experience
: of mankind bears uniform testimony
i against gambling, till at last thever
| diet of civilization has become as
1 nearly unanimous as human judge
ment can be that it is an intolerable
! nuisance. it is a dangerous and
'unsociable form of excitement; it
| 7
hurts character, demoralizes indus
try, breeds quarrels, tempts men to
| self destruction and it works special
injustice to women and children.
1 We may not know precisely why
morphine preys upon the nervous
I system and has to be labeled "potf
j onous". The fact is the main con
sideration. So with the stimulus or
! excitation of gambling."
| The soda mill at the Wapwallopen
powder plant near Bloomsburg, was
destroyed by lire Monday night,
caused by a lighted torch which an
emplyce was using to thaw a frozen
pipe. The building was 140 hy 40
1 feel. The loss is >IO,OOO. Seventy
five men are out of employ ment.
I There was J 0,1 Hi) deaths from vio- i
lance in Pennsylvania during the'
year 1007, according to records col- 1
* leeted by the bureau of Vital Statis
| tics of the State Department of!
Health. This gives a late per 100,
' 000 of population of 1 Ki.o. These j
j deaths were distributed among the.
4 principal forms of violanoo as fol-!
, lows; Suicides "SO, fracture- o.'lT, |
, burns and scalds 847. drowning 1 "»■"», i
1 accidental gunshot wounds 110, in
juries in mines railroad acci-j
~ dents 2,.'1*7, homicides
? Of the total suicides, tsos were:
. males and l"o females. Of the var- j
' ion- forms of suicide, 254 were by \
> Hrearms, IS;} by poison and lot) by
■ hanging. Seven suicides were less j
1 than I*> years of age, the youngest j
being 12 years. The suicide rate j
per 100,000 of population was 11.2. j
[ In comparison With other causes, 1
railroad accidents contributed the |
largest number of viol lent deaths, j
Of this number 228 deaths were!
I
» the result of street car injuries, audi
1 2,159 from steam railroads. The j
rate per 100,000 of population was :
34.4.
One homecide occttred for each j
day in the year. The rate per 100,!
000 of population being
These be melancholy days for the !
large mail-order houses, mt ailing j
particularly Sea s, Roebuck & Co.,
of Chicago. Indicted by the I'nited
States Go/eminent, its stock heavily
I slumped and its business so reduced
jby the loss of public confidence
•and the money troubles together,
I that the concern feels compelled to
j offer more expensive premiums for
j orders than have ever been known j
: before.
In a circular just issued Sears Hoc >
! buck A Co. offer premiums for orders i
! amounting to sso, SIOO, sl7o, audi
$•">00, which are quite unprecedented j
j in their apparent exponsi veness. for'
instance, for sooo worth of orders a !
j piano is offered!
1 This permium offer gives some in. l
j sight into the "small profits" of the!
j mail-order house. Assuredly a pro (
fit is still being made even with the j
premium included; otherwise the
concern would prefer to keep its,
goods. The piano given with S-lOn I
could scarcely cost less than 5;100, !
jand even at that it would be close to |
j trash. Which means that Sears Hot- j
j buck & Co., can seemingly lop 20 j
| per cent off its price and presumably ,
' still make a profit.
! Sportsmen through out the State |
.will learn with considerable appre-1
I hension and many of them with'
| indignation that an effort is being
| made upon the part of the game
j commission to prohibit hunting with I
j dogs in Pennsylvania,
O'ame warden John Kelly, of Sha-j
inokin, returned from Uarrisburg, j
where he attended a meeting of the '
commission and he informed news-1
paper representatives Monday morn |
• iug that it is the purpose of the com - j
I mission to exert every influence to!
j have the next legislature pass a law, j
j making it illegal for a man to take a j
dog into the woods. The prime oh-j
ject of this law will be the protection '
of game, and if it is passed any dog!
found in the woods at any time of;
the year, in seasou or out, w ill he
shot by the wardens.
| As indicated by that financial hn
j rometor, tin- New York bank state-
I merit, the financial flurry which has
I caused so many failures and created
jsucli alarm in money circles is a
1 thing of the past. On January 11th}
the bank statement showed a sur- j
I I plus st>,OSl.OoO above the legal re-j
jquirements. It was the first time)
j since the panic of October that a sur-;
11 plus has been r<•corded.
The second institute, in a series of,
Co. W. (,'. T. C. lunDlutes will be
1 1 held in the Christian Church at
Ilillsgrove, l'riday, January 17,
1908. Afternoon session at 2 o'clock
r evening session at 7 o'clock.
A novel feature of the evening ses
sion will be a debate upon a subject
' 1 of national import.
Visitors desiring to remain foj
, j evening session will kindly provide
11 themselves with lunch.
, i Everyone is invited to attend both
.! sessions and take part in the dis
courses, that the exchange of ideas
may be of unusual benefit to nil.
Sara A. Hackle, Co. Pres.
75C PLR YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
j Joseph A. 1 lelsman was a Scmn
ton visitor last week.
Mr. and Mrs. t \ K. Jtu kson of
j this plaee were at Sayre Friday and
{Saturday visitiuyr theformers moth
|er who is under tin- doctors oh re
•at that place.
t Archibald llav met with a ser
ious acidont in the ('ontiell inin< s s .>n
; Thursday morning he was attending
J to the electric pumps examining the
I valves to see that they were in good
i working order. The -dci-ve of his
j coat, was caught in tin- gearing
I his left arm was pulled it to the
1 machinery. As there was 110 one
jat hand to stop the pump, his arm
was ground to a pulp, lie was tak
en to his home and JL)r. Randall of
I Onshore, and Dr. Hrennati of Mil
! dred were called attend to the arm
j which they found so hadly injured
! that amputation was tenssary. It
I was amputated three inches above
1 the elbow. Mr. Jlay is :m exper
ienced miner, having worked in tie'
'mines for <!1 years. lie was 70
! years of age when he m> t wilh this
| accident, aud is getting along as well
| as can he expected.
The game of basket ball betwean
j the teams of the Bernice high -chool
and Sonestown high school was play
jed on Tuesday evening of last week
I before a large audience. It was a
keen contest but our boys were out
classed and did not puh together.
It seemed that the size of the .Sones
town men was too much for our
boys to tackle, but we look for better
results when the return game is
played. The goals were liernice I I
j Sonestown 25. The referee was
; Prof, liallentine of New Albany. A
large number of New Albany and
■ I inshore high school students were
j present, also Supt. J. E. Reese Kil-
I gore and wife.
The entertaining committee of Ku
j tonka Tribe No. will give a
j dance and box party in the K. of L.
j Hall on Tuesday evening February
Ith. A cordial invitation is extend
! Ed to all.
j .Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schoonover
j of Mildred are visiting their da tight
jer Mrs, \V. 15. Brown of Wilkes
j liarre.
I Miss Mary Watson, twenty years
j old, a daughter of Cliarle- li. Wat.
[son of Mildred, who is residing at
iScranton, was held up and had a re
volver thrust in her face by an un
known 111.vn 011 Myrtle street shortly
after S o'clock Satu id uy night. Her
| screams and tin- arrival of assistance
frightened her assailant away
I Miss Watson wis on her way to
[to the Armory at the time of the
attempted assault. Her screams in
1 addition to attracting the attention
i of Mr. Reed brought several youug
i neu t > the scene, and while Reed
[ was pursuing lior assaultant, they es
corted her to the Armory. Reed
pursued the man for some distance
aud was gaining on him when the
shots warned him that he had gone
j far enough. The assailant escaped
lin the darkness, and. though Lieu
j tenant Palmer hurried to the scene
j as soon as the case had been reported,
1 he was unable to find any trace of
> him.
Miss. Watson showed remarkable
j nerve. Instead of being prostrated
land wishing to return home, a most
i women would have done under the
1 circumstance?! - , she continued 011 her
' way to the Armory.
NORDMONT.
' Mrs. Sarah Spotts, Mrs. Finery
j Smith and children spent Friday at
j the home of W. li. Snider.
I The dance held at the home of
'Norman Hess on Saturday evening
was well attended.
Miss Dollie Snyder called on Miss
j Gertrude Perry Sunday afternoon.
Miss. Nellie Perry spent Monday
! and Tuesday of this week at Benton
Miss Gertrude Perry is visiting
friends at Benton.
Miss Veda Myars Sundaved with
friends at Strawbridge.
Max Lehman, a lunatic, who es
caped from the county home in Pot
ter county, and for nearly a week
held all officers oft' with a Winchester
rifle, has been captured and is a
gnin in jail. He was taken at (Mean,
New York, by the chief of police,
w bile warming himself beside a fire.