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Published ;'J very Thursday After -loon
fiv The Sulliyau Publishing Co
At the County Seat of Suilivau County.
I,APOBTE, PA.
\V O. MASON, Presiden.
THOB. J. INGHAM, Sec y it Ti<a».
Entered iu the Poet o:liee at Laporte, c.e
second-class mail matter.
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<S\ HARRISBURG.PA.,
CUBES ALL DRINK'AND DRUC. ADDICTIONS.
NCWLI FUONISHEO New MANAGEMENT
WARSHIPS AT NIGHT.
From the First Call at Sundown io
the Mournful Taps.
The routine of life on a battleship
■«i night will Interest boys who have a
nautical beut.
Tln> "first call" is sounded five miu
f.tes before sundown, when the ensign
find 'lie jack halyards are manned and
<d st:'v light made ready for hoisting to
;iulir;ite Tin? ship's whereabouts during
;!ie night. Then the color call follows
at sundown as the flag is lowered and
saluted by iili as it reaches the deck
The assembly is then sounded for
evening quarters and muster, butethere
I?? nr> drill.
As a ruie, it is just after sunset
when the bugle call is sounded to
"Stni.tl by hammocks." That brings nil
the crew on deck, and they stand in
silence close out to the ship's side bo
wide iiie hammock nettings, tu two
rani. -! facing the stern, uutil the boat
swain's mate reports to the officer of
1In» deck. "All up and aft." The hitter
then orders. "Uncover; pipe down!"
and i:i obedience to this order and the
boatswain's whistle the nettings are
Ihi'ov.'n open and the hammocks are
served out and taken below to their
>per places. Each hammock has
printed ou it a number, nud that same
number is on the books below decks
win ''o the hammock has to be swung,
so that each rnau sleeps In the same
place every night, and that place Is
called 'us "billet."
T iilesg a boat is called away there
will be no more bugle calls until five
minutes of 0 o'clock. The period is one
of complete relaxation and is spent by
the c .iilors in smoking, spinning yarns,
singing, playing ou musical instruments
ninl dancing. At five minutes of 0 the
iir»t call is again sounded as a warn
ing 10 the crew to prepare to turn into
their !i immocks anil goto sleep. Then
at 0 o'clock conies the call kuown as
'•Tattoo."
This tattoo is the survival of an old
custom. In the "old navy" it used to
hist fifteen minutes and was performed
drum and fife, playing all manner
of air.-- and quicksteps according to the
fancy or ingenuity of the drummer and
the lifer. It is even said to have been
handed down from a period of super
stition. when they used to make a hul
labaloo after dark to drive the devils
out <■? the ship. At the last note of
tattoo the ship's bell is struck twice for
:> o'clock, and the boatswain's whistle
sounds "'Pipe down." Every man must
then turn into his hammock, whether
he is sleepy or not, for an inspection is
made by ihe master at arms to see
that all have done so. Then sounds
that last long, mournful call, "Taps."—
Chicago News.
A Universal Word.
One of the first words that a baby
says is mamma or mother, and it is
not arrange, therefore, to find it one
of the first and simplest words in ev
ery Innguage. There is no word easiet
for n i hiid to say than "ma" unless
it be "pa." In Hebrew and Arabic
mother is "em" and "am." It Js
"mam" in Welsh and "moder" in An
glo-Savon. In other languages Jt is
slightly different, but near enough
like onr own woid "mother" to make
it an almost universal word, so that
n child crying In any language could
be understood in almost any other
la u gunge. Ilere are a--few of the
names:
Madr In Persia-. Moder in Swedish.
Matr irs Sanskrit. Moder in Danish.
Meter In Greek. Moeder In Dutch.
Mater in I.atlr.. Mutter in German.
Madre in Italian. Mater in Russian.
Mere in French. Mathairin Celtic.
Odd bso For the Tongue.
The brnkeman moaned and sighed, a
cinder in his eye.
"I'll tongue it out for you," said the
conductor, and he bent over his asso
ciate, ran liis tongue over the pupil of
the man's eye and in a Jiffy had out
the cinder.
"Oil railroads, in foundries, in stoke
holes." the conductor said afterward,
"wherever cinders gut continually iu
the eye, there everybody extracts them
in one way—with the tongue. The
tongue removes things better than any
Instrument would do. It sweeps the
eye clean as a flood sweeps a river
bed. Further, it is painless. Its pas
sage over the eyeball is, indeed, a
rather pleasant sensation. As regards
the sensations of the owner of the
tongue—welll" >'ew Orleans Times-
Democrat.
A Queer Epitaph.
I may perhaps lie allowed an inquiry
with regard to a stone said to have
bec-u 'emoved from Epworth church
yard rithiu the memory of persons
now living, but when or by whom
nobody can say. It was to the memory
of one Kichard Towrls, audit bore
this inscription:
Who ilea here? Who do you think?
Richard Towris, and he liked drink.
1 'rink? Drink, for why?
iitcause Richard Towris was always dry,
—London Notes aud Queries.
NATIONAL CBAKSS rCDTEO.
Ma'.ters of Gimr-al Inlcrsst to Mem
bt-ra of <iie Ord<r From Mtina to
California.
New York stands at the front among
graiige stall's. State Master E. N.
Godfrey reports the membership at
uhouc 70,'X)0. There are GJJ) subordi
nate granges, thirty-eight having been
a (111 etl the past year. The Patrons'
tire Insurance associations are string
fac irs in a financial sense. They rep
resent neai iy $100,000,000 of risks.
'J'hi "e are 172 grange hails owned In
the stale, the total value Ijping re-,
ported at .">343,076. Much ifus been
doue by the state grange In legislation
benefiting rural conditions.
State Lecturer Thompson is one of
Maine's enthusiastic grangers. He
says there are over 4<)o granges In the
state, and over 800 of them own their
owu grange halls, which range in value
from $2,000 to SO,OOO or more. A
grange of 20rt members Is almost cer
tain to have its own hall, and this
gives a permanence to the grange
movement t.iut is unquestionable. The
grange membership has Increased from
20.000 to 54,000 in twelve years. The
largest grange in the state and per
haps iu the United States is Houllon
grange, with 000 members, it bus a
grange store, which did a business of
$.100,000 last year, and there are half
a dozen more younger stores in the
state.
National Treasurer Mrs. Eva 8. Mc-
Dowell of Rome, N. Y., reports the
financial condition of the national
grange as follows:
RECEIPTS.
BElf.nce Oct. 1, lOCf, $20,55«.30
From various sourc«s. .i 42.212.09
J63.105.83
PAYMENTS.
On orders ts2.7tl.Sii
Balance Oct. 1, WOT.: 10,307.03
163,108.89
The total resources of the Rational
grange, including the above balance
and money Invested in bonds, savings
bank deposits, etc., ie $102,021.44.
State Master (ieorge W. F. Gaunt of
New Jersey says:"The past year lias
been the banner year in grange work
in the Garden State. Sixteen new sub
ordinate granges have been organized
and two Pomonas, making 11.8 sub
ordinate and fourteen Pomona granges.
Nearly 3,000 new members have been
ad(bvl to our membership, making a
grand t*tal of 15,000. Our Grange
Fire Insurance company lias been stead
ily growing, giving safe protection to
our patrons. We have nearly $18,000,-
OOn worth of property insured. For a
number of years subordinate and Po
mona granges have been co-operating
In the purchase of farm supplies at a
great saving. This has been, however,
of a locar character. The Grange Com
mercial Exchange has been recently In
corporated with a capital stock of
$125.000, which it is expected will bo
very helpful to the members of the
grange."
G. W. Pelrce. state master of the Ver
mont grange, reports thirty new sub
ordinates and one Pomona organised
the past year, adding members.
Questions were freely discussed, ;:nd
education was the watchword. Agri
culture and nature studies were being
introduced into the common schools.
The grauge stood for better roads, bet
ter methods and better everything, lie
will not be satisfied until there are as
many granges in Vermont as there are
towns.
C'. IX Richardson, state master In
Massachusetts, says a great growth Is
goiiig on with enduring results. The
problem of child education was engag
ing the attention of Patrons In Massa
chusetts. Growth of membership was
of Utile consequence unless every one
had some definite object. The grange
Is whining Its way to the front.
The exemplification of the ritualistic
work was never better than this year.
The first degree was exemplified by
Ne-,v Rrltai'i (Coun.) grange otflc rt>,
the second by a Cheshire (Conn.) tenin.
the third by a ladies' degree team fmni
Kcene, N. II.; the fourth by a lades'
de-vee team from North Krookfleld,
Mat's. The fifth degree was beautiful
lv presented by & Central Pomona de
gree team of Connecticut and the sixth
l>y the officers of the Connecticut state
grange."''This work, particularly in the
low er degrees, cannot fail to be an in
spiration to all who witnessed It, Mid
through them the various subordinate
granges here represented will be In
cited to improvement In this very im
portant phase of grauge work.
Governor Woodruff of Connecticut j
gave an Informal reception to the nn- i
Uor.ul grange and visiting delegates j
just at (ho close of one morning's fcs- ,
sion. In tlie receiving line were Gov
ernor and Mrs. Woodruff, cx-Govenior !
Mrs. 0. J. Rell of Vermont and ex- i
Go\eriior and Mrs. N. J. Baclielder of
New Hampshire. Several hundred I
visiting I'atrons took occasion to pay
their respects to the chief executive on !
this occasion. Governor Woodruff Is j
a recent member of the grange.
Potato Growing Contest.
A novel siauge contest took place nt
North Augusta, Me., this fall In pota
to raislug between the brothers and
the sisters. Each one had been pre
viously required to plant five hills of
potatoes, care for them and dig them.
The losing sKle was to furnish the
supper. On Oct. 5 each one carried
the potatoes raised to the gra:ig>,
where they were weighed. The broth- 1
ers won by the small margin of llvo [
and one-half pounds. The largest crop
raised was twenty-two pounds by Ever
ett Wither. J. W. DAKBOW.
Cuiliv-ate'-the ilabit of buying" reputable'
goods lroui a reputabe concern.
We are agents for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro .'.so
t to 5.00 p? »
x Tracy s Shoes for';
XT SSS farmes are, we find, i
always satisfactory. ;
A GOOD ASSORT MSNT :
I4T iC.r\ VA of CHILDREN'S' and I
1 \o\ LADIES' Heavy Shoe I
H liPL r % Fine Goods at correct i
I
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Clothing Made to Order
A'l have the rk'ht appearance and guaranteed otsd
in both material and workmanship and price mte.
We also manufacture Feed, the Flag Brand. It is not cheap, hut
good. Is correctly made. Ask your dealer for it\)r write 11s for prices.
NORDMONT SUPPLY Co.
General Merchants, nord
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The Best place
to buy goods
!s often asked by the pru
pent housewife.
Money saving advantages
arealways being searched for
Lose no time in making a I
thorough examination of the j
New Line of Merchandise
Now on
jymi iiilliMrw
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ABOUT THEM.
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Large Store.
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Cream ol Mar
Baking iPowdcr
Alum Baking Pow
ders interfere with
digestion and are un
healtkful.
Avoid the alum. ?
Dyspopsia Care
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
ditfeslants and digests all kinds ol
food. It gives instant relief and never
falls to cure. It. allows you to ear. all
the food you wani.. The must sensitive
stomachs can take. it. My its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after « verytlnng else failed. I
unequalled for the .ston.,wh. I'liilti
ren with weak sUomuehs thrive on it.
First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary.
Curas all stomach troubles
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Anyone sending a sketch nnd description tniv
quickly ascertain our opinion free vrnetlier ati
I invention is probably patentable, Coiimmnlca
i tAonaiHtrlntlyconfidential. HANDBOOK on Patents
sent free. Oldest auoncy for securing patents.
Patents taken through Mutin A Co. receive
tpeclal notice* without charge, in the
Scientific American.
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culation of any HcientiUo Journal. '1 erms, f;i u
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To Cure tonHtipuooo Forever*
TakeCascurets taiulv f.'ntliariic. 10c 0r250
tf C. c. C full to cure. druiurists refund money
lu'iat i o .Spit and m. uko lum i.ue
Tn cjuit tobacco easily nd forever, be ma£
netic. full of itfe. nerve nm! vi*ror, take No-To
Hue, the wonder-worker, that* makes weak men
str<:'"/. /\ll or vl.
it- n Hooklet un.i Katroite free. Address
*ter<ing Itewudy Co . rsuicavo >T'<v York
GIGANTIC SALE
at Jacob Wihton's,
AUNGI VALLEY PA.
Men's Boys' and Cfyldrens' fine Clothing
IHats and Furnishing Goods at unheard
|of LOW PRICES.
Sale Commenes This Week
i OVERCOATS—Men's good MEN'S 5.50 PANTS at 2.99
I warm Overcoat?; not many I Mens' HATS Men's}.so pants, worth 0 ot
jof them but enough for p- U + 4-U + I money, sold at Z.ZO
fairly heavy demand. I*lll6 M3tS tM3t 31- Mens heavy shoes, at 1.55.
... „ ... 0 - Irl f A r onn LINE OF BLANKETS
I IAC ?Q7 WctyS Sold TOP 2.00 5 00 a || woo | blankets o r n
close them out at • a great sacrafice at 3.50
■ 8. 4=) Overcoats at s.so this SBl© 2 e '° blankets S°°d Quality
L , _ 4 , sold at 1.50. The 1.25 blank
-1.65 98 cents. ets .it 7 5 c AH the goods in
1 J J market at these low prices.
Fifty Suits for Boys', long trousers, very fine goods, sizes from 15 to 19 at 190
j M EM'S SUITS 15.50 Suits f0^7.75; 10 50 Suits for 6.50; 8.50 Suits for 5.50
BIG SALEgOF LADIES' HATS 3.50, 3.00 and 2.50 Hats for 1.19 at Clearance Sale.
2.7 c; Ladies' Hats at 99c. An extensive line of Ladies' Hats at 38c.
Aen's at Clearance 3a(e.
W. L. DOUGLAS S Shoe for 2.85; and the 3.00 Shoe for 2. at this sale only
i A Big Lot of Ladies' Shoes, 2 * co and 1.75; shoes at 1.19.
Men's Felts and Rubbers 3.50 at 2.99, Men's Felts at Men's woolen under
wear, all wool, red or green at 33c. Men's Caps worth 1.00 at 6QC; 90C caps at 36c;
e Caps for 19c. Ladies' Sweaters 1.90 and selling at 99c.
\ Please don't delay your coming too long. Better come at once for tlrst choice.
J. M. WIHTON,
■ MUNCY VALLEY. PA.
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Great bargains
Groceries and Provisions.
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want a good sack of Hour, try the Laura! BrancU,f winter
| wheat and you will use no other. Special prices on large
quantities. Our motto is: "Best Goods at Lowest Prices."
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DUSHROE. PA.
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