i\cws uciuu VOL. XII. IVO 37. i $24,000—544,000 > Which Do You Prefer ® r C The average man earns about Si no a year. Hr y works 40 years an,! earns a total <>t $44. 00 in ;i lHe V \ time. The average dav laborer gets £2.000 a day or ( J S6OO for a year of v<o days He earns $24,000 in a I life time The difference between S 14,000 and $24- r y 000 is $20,000. 1 his is the minimum value of a^ V practical education in dollars and cents The in- <L vcreased self respect cannot be measured in mon *y. x n Why not stop plugg'na' a\v:iv at a small salary when 112 112 the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran \ S ton. Pa , can give yo 1 an '•'ducat on that will make / I high salaried mm 0! von ? No matter what line of \ s work you care to loilow, this great educational In 112 \ stitution can prrp.iro you in your : pare lime and at X r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r \ local Representative Will show you how you triple your earning capacity. Look him up today. / V He is i ? c. if*. a ist\ s C C. I. S. Representative. TO WAND A, PA. " OL HA RDWA No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK/ WOOD HE ATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing 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. ££>3 time I 3ofc,Siisfior^fa, The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, '< , WILLI AMS PORT, PA. B(JDIES 5 HOSIERS. Ladies' fust black Cotton Hosiery in Ladies" lasi l.lack fleeced lined; Ho?e medium ami heavy winter weights, for We are showing some L'OO-1 values for 15c, and 25r. „ 15c to 50.• Ladies' last l.lack Cotton Hose two '""I'" 8 ' Wl ? 01 nu,i Vnthmere Hose. i„ special j>«od values, for 35c and.soc. all colors an,, P'.'™— . , 1A 2i)' to yi.no Fashionable Furs Outing Flannel. Our furs are furs oi finality—l hey are We are netting some extra value i"' the result of the most perfected finishing outing flannels Then we have a large pr. cess known to the furrier s art. Here assortment to choose from, hoth in light you will find neck pieces and niufls in and dark stripes and fibres— New neat Mink, Lvnx, Squirrel, Fox and ali popu- designs tor underwear for IS, 1(1, 11, and lar grades IU the newest style effects- I2'c. Bed Comforts Black Velutina. ! '■ ireat variety of floral effect pat- We are showing two specially good ter . ither fight or dark colorings of qualities o! Black Velutina that have sat. or silkoline Some are plain on the solt silkv appearance of Lvoos Yel on. -lie. These are all filled with pure vet- There'are much in demand now wii i. cotton. I hey vary in prices from for Coats and Full Dresses. These ntim SI.OO to hers'are sold for 75c to $ 1.00. Cjrsets for all Figures. Knit Underwear. hv. ry figure has its appropriate Corset How about vour underwear supplies? here. We use the greatest care in giving Have von everything von need V If noi the customer the right model. Some let us furnish what vou want You brands are best for stout figures, others won't find any better values than we ave suit Mender figures better. We know showing in either men's ladies' or child the brands ami we know their limitations reti'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 von cannot go wrong in buy ing them. The prices are very reasonable. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908. | A bill has been introduced in the Senate by Mr. Penrose, which mav : be regarded as the forerunner ofi I penny postage on all first-class mail matter. The measure ; rovides that ! sealed packages may I.e sent through line mails as lirst class mail matte; ; on the payment of two cents for the lirst ounce and one cent for each ; additional ounce. The existing law makes a charge lof one cent an ounce for all unsealed I packages to travel as fouiih-elass J mail matters, and be subject to all j the delays and risks attending the handling of mails other than the first-class matter. All lirst-clas mat ter, such as letters and sealed articles now pay two cents an ounce. Cu ller Senator Penrose's bill a three ounce package, sealed and handled as first-class matter,could go through the mails at the cost of four cents, Cnder this law a package, scaled and entitled to the same careful treatment and handled as in accord ance to letters, would be carried through the mails cheaper than a letter weighing more than one ounce Those desiring to take advantage of every opportunity to save a penny could en«ily make bulky letters up in (lie form of packages, or claim that letters are packages. The effei t of the law would be to nullify the effect ofthe two-cent letter, or first elass mail matter rate. Senator Penrose appreciates the effect ofthe legislation contemplated in the bill, but is in favor of it passage. lie looks upon it as the initial move towards legislation to secure a 1-eent an ounce rate on all first-class mail matter, or p> nny postage for letters. A thousand signers are opposing by petition the establishment of a saloon midway between Waverly and Say re. It is just at the upper end of the railroad yards, and as many railroad men pass there in going to and from their word, the railroad company opposes the grant ing .if tin* !i-en-e. In reply to the Brewers' Association, wnich protest ed against the action of the company a Lehigh Valley official said: "One mistake by a drunken man might cause a wreck that would cost the Lehigh company more money than il received annually for carrying of freight shipped by the brewers." I Mrs. Harry Hefts of Jersey Shore, received a letter the other day that was somewhat bewildering at lirst but upon close perusal, proved to have been written by her mother four years ago. Tin writer who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Melts, was visiting frh nds at Mack cyville at that time and wrote to her daughter, sending the epistle to the postottiee at that place, but through si >ll it' neglect or oversight the ser- j vices was very slow and four year- | elapsed before the message reached ' its destination. The postmark was j of very recent date, but the envelope ; showed the discolormcnt of age. It has been said by some one who I possesses eonsideral know ledge of j human nature that if girls were to !spend more time at the wash tub land not so much at the piano or in | attending matinees there would be a less number of scandals in this coun try. There is more truth than poe- I try in this statement. The girl who has nothing else to do but to sit around reading novels of doubtful morality is certain to imbibe notions I which are not at all conducive to a j true understanding of life and its j important duties. The mother who thinks she is doing her daughter a : kindness by saving her from house ■ hold work will return to trouble her in the future. ! The healthy minded girl is the girl who has a healthy body, and being able to work the girl should !be set such tasks as will fit her for the duties of wifehood, which should be the chief aim of every girl. With a tired body the girl will remain home at night instead of walking the streets or attending entertain ! ments where a false view of life is often gained. Labor is honorable, and its A ward is usually a contentid and virtuous life.—Ex. Danger of Measles Shewn By SlaU' j Report. The fact that me-islc caused two j and a half times as many deaths as j scarlet fever in 1901'., and that they | were responsible for 1163 lives are. shown in the records of the bureau of vital statistics of the State De partment of health. Of this terrible mortality, due to a disease which gives little concern, 1210 we e deaths unong children under five years ofi ijji', During December alone of this past year, there were reported to the J depart nieni :!-'to7 cast s of this disease. | I low to make the public appreciate] ihe really serious danger of measles md get them to observe precautions to prevent the spread of the disease is about the hardest problem in ed ucational sanitary work that has j been encountered, says Health Com-) inissioner Dr. Dixon. A scarlet fev er case in a neighborhood strikes terror to every l her's heart. Ifj quarantine regula are broken by j members of the it ed household ! the health otiicers it ,-ive immediate | •omplaints fi'Mii other parents in tliei vicinity who are fearful that the dis- i ease may be transmitted to their own children. This is natural and | right for scarlet fever i* a dangerous ■ disease, an I if only mothers were | equally concerned in keeping their! children from the infection of mea- j sles, many u home might be saved ; from the sorrow of an infant grave. ; if the child who has contracted mea-! sles and is not properly cared for, ; escapes death, too often a terrible! atiiictiou follows as for instance seri ously impaired hearing, damaged ! ■yesight or chronic iespiratory af- j fections that sadly interfere with the < normal mental and physical (level- j opmcut. Is it not possible that par- | ents will wake up to these real dan gers in measles before it is to late j and a life long sorrow and regret is . the penalty of their carelessness. ! The Chicago Keeord-llerald call attention to what it calls a recen ' -Hiking confirmation of arguments in favor of the establishment of the ■ postal savings bank system in this \ country. It says that if the country j had been in posession of the benefits j of that system when the panic began i in October there would have been' no contraction of the currency, for! the reason that the people who! drew their savings out ofthe banks would have inim< diately deposited; them with the po.->tal savings bank.: That would have made an end of, the stringency before it began. It: so happens that Holland has the po-.- ; tal savings bank in active operation. I I'lie country, in common with the j whole of Europe, felt the effect ol'j conditions here. Many depositors! I hastened to withdraw their money I ' from the banks. They did not put j j their money in old stockings or bury ! iit in the earth. They put it directly ! in the postal savings bank. Indue ; : time the banks which did not sus- j ; petal payment received the greater j part of the money back again. ! nder the new quarantine law ; now in effect in - Pennsylvania, red (cards will be put up at houses where • diphtheria, scarlet fever and mciM j Ics exist, and the period of quaran ! tine will be longer than fornierK . j For ehickenpox, mumps and whoop- ! | ing cough white cards are to be put |by the health authorities. Typhoid fever will also be placarded with a j ! white card. The time of quarantine! ; in cases of diphtheria is now twenty j one days and thirty days exclusion from school after illness or a total of fifty-one days. Heretofore the per iod of quarantine was two weeks win re antitoxin was used and three weeks where it was not applied, with ten days out of school after re jeovery. The time of quarantine in • cases of scarlet lover is forty-two days and thirty-two days absence from school after recovery, a total of i seventy-two days. Under the old rule the quarantine remained effect ive thirty days. When children of a family where contagion breaks out are taken to the homes of relatives so as not to bo exposed to the dis ease of the person ill the places where they remain must be placard ed for fourteen days and thechildren kept out of school fourteen days. A- far us they hove been tested tl,.* new rulings of tin* postotttoe de partment relative to the discontinu ance (if new papers and ic*»iis, whose subscriptions remain unpaid j after a certain period and reducing j the percentage of sample copies | which may be sent out appears to be | working well. From all parts of the; country Third Assistant Postmaster; Feueral A. L. Law-he is receiving editorials and letters commending j tin course of the department. Some i ol these surprise the department by I coming from publications which in! the past have been n.iled offenders I against the postal regulations and! lead to the conclusion either that the* ] owners are cheeriuliy complying] with the new rules or are boldly ad-! vertising the alleged fact that their circulation was all right anyway and , could not be affected by the change. : It is estimated that not less tlian (>,000,(100 pieces already have been cut out of the mail by llie new rules. This estimate is made dy a promi nent syndicate publishing firm, and [ it is eon tinned by the officials of the department.. In one case in New England it is known that the circu lation of an advertising periodical lias been cut down from an alleged 1,700,000 to an actual fi0i:,ooo, and j the publisher is beginning to build up the quality of his paper and j hopes to reach a standard and circu- j lation where he will make more real I me ey than he made befor Trie; .Massachusetts Press Association ' cheerfully accepted the new rules,! but sent a letter protesting against ] the precipitancy with which they had been putin force. This was true also of some other publishers, but the department pointed out that j its circular announcing the change- j had been sent out well in advance, j and no further protest has been re ceived. There is a move on in IJradford ' county to bring about the early clos-1 ing of all licensed places at what is; considered a reasonable hour each j evening. The '<nU't. while having j no jurisdiction over such a',move, is | greatly in favor of tire inovation. | Following is a brief address made I by Judge Fanning on Monday be | fore passing upon th" application foi ; license: 'T hold in my hand peti- j lions from church organizations and j congregations fro n nearly every vil- i lage, borough and portion of the county. You will agree with me that it is proper and my duty to in form you of the request that are be ing earnestly made. The petitioner being of the opinion that a large proportion of the trouble, disturban ces and excesses re>ulting from tin use of liquors are attrinuted to ketp | ing licensed places opeu,late at night, I earnestly request that all bars be I closed at 10 o'clock. 1 , t j The State Treasury is carrying ; along on its books obligations ! amounting to $98,100' in the shape of ' bonds issued in 18-11, and never pre j sented for payment. They matured | nearly forty years ago, at which ! time the interest ceased, »o that j there cannot be any object in any one holding them. There are bonds ' and certificates of a still earlier date, | amounting to more than $-0,000 that have never been paid. The State i ready at any time to pay these obli. cations, and would be glad to do so. i* there can never Jbe an absolute clearing up of the Commonwealth's debt ;ts long as they must appear on the books unpaid. The probability is that tlies'. 1 bonds have been de stroyed or lost, and if it is possible it would be a g »od idea to clear them of the record. That probably could be done by an ac' of the legislature, which should also provide for the bonds should they turn up at any time. The postottiee department has ap proved a new style of mail box for use on rural delivery routes. Its | use is optional with the patron. The box is arranged at the end of a bar. 1 which works on a pivot. The ear 1 rier does not have to leave his vehicle 1 but simply reaches out with a rod and draws the box to him. In rainy weather this feature will enable the carrier to pull the box entirely with. I in the buggy. 7SC PLR YEAR NORSMONT. > Mr. Frank Foust of this place spent Sunday with his parci.i.s at 11 vil l«*. llev. Titos. 1". Hidple is holding revival services at the M. K. church. Mr. Kay Kessler of i'ittston, tran sacted business til l!ii-> place Thurs day. Misses Veda Myers, Hazel Little, Calvin Myers called on Miss Dt.llie Snider Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard 11 ess and daughter, Katherine, spent Sunday with friends at S'inestown. The supper held at the home of Norman I leys on Saturday bight for the lieneilt of the K. \'. church was well attrnded. Those who took dinner on Sunday at the home of K. I). S: i»111 •. were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith and children, Mr. and Mrs. M. Is Horn and children. Mrs. Charles lies.-, and little daughter, Violet, «>l" 11 irrisburg, is visiting her sister Mrs. Harry Smith of this place. \V. H. Snider was a Dushore visi tor Saturday. The Towanda lteportej Journal of last week says: The Towanda po lice department has a longing to in terview a man who gave his name as U. \V. O'Malley, Carhondalo, I'a. O'Malley left Towanda one week ago taking with him ahout one linn <lred dollars of- good, hard eartn d money to which he had no right. After coming to town about three weeks ago he made a house to house canvass and succeeded in selling ;in shares at one dollar per share, in what he called a furniture pool, be hind which he alleged was (Jately and Fiizgerakl, the Scranton install ment house. After the ;i(t nhares were sold the names ol' the stock | holders were to be written upon j dips of paper, placed in a hat, and the one whose name was drawn l would get worth of furniture. Then another stockholder would be •;ecuru'.l, jill would chip in the second dollar and again a name would be drawn and S-IC> worth of furniture would belong to some other lucky stockholder* and so on. t O'Malley secured the stockholders easily enough and a few names were drawn and orders given for the fur niture, a'carload of which was to arrive in a few days. The scheme I worked beautifully, and .First ward ers were in the pool on good shape I and determined to stick till they drew some furniture. After the second week, the stockholders com menced to gt impatient and O'Male ley was kept busy 'fixing dates on which the furniture would arrive. I Seeing that there was going to be ! bother, the bnnecoist made a trip ! among the stockholders and for the I consideration 112 a few dollars extra I arranged to fix the drawing so they ! would get the next batch of furni ture. Then O'Malley became con spicuous by his absence and inquiry revealed the fact that he had left I Towanda for pastures anew, j O'Malley, or whatever his name j may lit? is a shyster, pure and sim j pie, and the good people of neigh ; hot ing towns are warned to be on j the outlook for him with his little furniture game. j Relieving that leniency would | have a better moral effect than a term served in a reform dory, Judge Hart of Lycoming county, last week suspended sentence in the case of three boys who were brought before him. The boys were to report to the district attorney once a month and inform him of their conduct. Iln the course of his remarks tin* I Judge said that boys who were j placed in the care of their parents (and placed on their honor'seldom | came before the court the second I time. He gave the boys kindly aI ! vice, and urged the boys to attend j Sunday School and church, and to i stay off the streets at night, j A few days ago one of these boys was again before Judge Hart, on charged with breaking into a sport | ing goods store in that city and 1 stealing several revolvt rs and other articles. The boy confessed the t crime and said that he stole them ; with the intention of becoming a 1 highwayman.
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