IM*— ifl/WxIfcww A Little Printer's Ink Makes Millions ] Think —Think —Think I 1 \ ry. A little Printer's Ink | prints a little advertise- vm 1 I J ment in h little ''maga- \ *5 c zine" that circulates at a A I Printer's ink. " j > 112 Sometimes when tliey receive the stuff they order by }niail thev have another Think coming. They think, "What fools we mortals be," and apply the Think to themselves, C And sometimes some of them think something like this:l I '"Wonder why Mister Man, our local dealer in 5 many things we need, doesn't advertise these I | things in our local paper? Maybe if he did we A I wouldn't be tempted to send to the big city for T y these same things. If we were sure we could I | buy them at home for about the same price and 5 4 have a chance to see the goods before taking, j | we think we'd prefer to buy them at home." 1 S.N' o\v. Mister Man, what do you think—think—think? l CONCLUSION: THERE'S PLENTY OF PRINTER'S INK IN THIS NEWSPAPER SHOP. * i»n>« m* ollaw—Hills— rnmr*k CLEAIINE OF STREETS What the Women of Kalamazoo, Mich., Have Accomplished. CUT COST NEARLY IN HALF. Women's Civic Improvement League Took Up Problem and Proved It Could Be Solved—How Streets Were Flushed—Cans Provided For Rubbish. THE GRANGE MOVEMENT. ' The Parcel* Post Plan Which the Grange Favors. It is only fair to say that of late yen re the leaders of the grange move meat have been farsighted and con servative. They have been thoroughly convinced of the righteousness of any cause before they have espoused It; but. once so convinced, they have brought all the force of a puissant or gauizatlou to bear upon the subject In band and in matters of legislation have hern most notably successful. The rural free mall delivery system, the Interstate commerce commission, the denatured alcohol law, to mention uo others, are achievements made pos- Klble very largely by grange Influence and grange effort. Rut there are other problems at hand •which the leaders of the Order believe to be wlthlu their province to solve or at least to lend a hand In their solu tion. One of these Is the parcels post tjuestiou. The position of the grunge on this subject Is this: It eliminates the passenger Idea entirely and pro poses the establishment of a mini mi) JI weight pun-els post, both g-neral nnd rural, to begin with a practical minimum. Increasing the package •weight by easy and experimental stages until as perfect a system as may be is obtained. For a general par cels post they would make the maxi mum weight eleven pounds, on which the rate would be *jr> 112 onts from any postofflce to any postofflce in the Unit ed States. This rate mid weight are reached by ensy gradation, thus- Three ounces and under, 1 cent^ over throe ounces arid under six, 2 cents; over six ounces awl under nine. ?. cents, over nine ounces and under twelve. 4 cents, over twelve ounces aud under one pound, & cents, aud 2 cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof. In the rural parcels post !Ue;< . * • 112» <•'. 1 cent for Republican News Item. Sound Doctrine Now and ThM The grange declaration of purpose* was drawn up forty years ago, bat these words which appear In It might have been written yesterday: "We ape opposed to such spirit and manage ment of any corporation or enterprise HB tends to oppress the people and rob them of their Just profit*. We are not enemies of capital, but we oppose the tyranny of monopolies." That's sound doctrine for present day statesmen to consider. State Muster Derthick of Ohio say* no subordinate grange can become dor mant in a county having au active Po mona grange If you own «r expect to own your grange hall, better Incorporate' Tbe grange that Isn't doing nosu*- thing might, as well be dead. 4. W. DAKBOW. Her Method- Uncle Bob—Yes. my wife alius b'Ueved in tyln' a string to her finger to remember things. Uncle Bill—She has one on her finger most of tbe time, I notice. Uncle Bob Yes, 'ceptln' when she has somethln" very pertlkler to remember: then she leaves off the string, an' when it ain't there she re member* why. He Had Traveled. "Speaking of the 'Mysteries of Par te,'" said the literary boarder. "The greatest one of them," said the boarder who had been <>n n "personally conducted." "Is the iMnaiiage."—Cincin nati Enquirer. The poor must be liberally cared for. so that mendicity shall not ho tempted Into mendacity or- want exasperated Into crime.—Wlnthr.ip "The expe*iini :»F ;'IJ <I cess. The at:v- ; '■ i < lew. i liked it, visitors commented <vi it.i ; chants said the l.<«* >n' tlisvr i.i i stores was most noticeable. ami we it with no n»ore cost to the city thai the old dirty way—namely. $J> a di'.y. "Then the street coin<.uissl'iu«i- tm dertook to ko»p the street: tis clean s's we did, but without the Waring sys tem. It cost hlui $8.90 u day. "The league made to the city's com mittee on streets and bridges »n ex haustive report showing the need of ronli.V v'J-.M., Mri'Oi ; Ijri U'4 !(.' 112 . »••• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LAPORTE, PA., FEBRUARY 27, 1908. NATIONAL GRANGE NOTES. , Matters of General Intorest to Mem bars of tha Order Fr?m Maine to California. New York stands at the front among grange states. State Master F. N. Godfrey reports the membership at about 75,000. There are 059 subortli uate granges, thirty-eight having been added the past year. The Patrons' tire insurance associations are strong factors in a financial sense. They rep resent nearly $100,000,000 of risks. There are 17i! grange halls owned in the state, the total value re ported at $343,070. Much {fas been iloue by the state grange in legislation benefiting rural conditions. State L<eoturer Thompson is one of Maine's enthusiastic grangers. He says there are over 400 granges in the state, and ever 300 of them own their own grauge balls, which range in value from $1!,000 to SO,OOO or more. A grange of 200 members is almost cer talu to have its own hall, and this gives » permanence to the grange movement that is unquestionable. The grange membership has Increased from IW.OOO to 54.000 in twelve years The largest grauge In the state *nd per haps in the United States is Houlton grange, with 900 members. It has a grauge store, which did a business of SIOO,OOO last year, and there are half a dozen more younger stores in the state. National Treasurer Mrs. Era S. Mc- Dowell of Home, N. Y., report* tbe tinancUl condition of the national grange as follows: RECEIPTS Balance Oct. 1. 19t*> 130.89g.i1) From v»ri<iu« source# ilili.iSl ftg.lOS.S9 PAYMENTS. OK «r<l«ra 82.711* Balance Oct. 1, JOT 10,m.(W B*. 101.88 The total resources of the national grange, including the above balance and money Invested in bonds, savings bank deposit*, etc., is 1102,021.44. Slate Master George W. F. Gaunt of New Jersey says:"The past year has been the banner year in grange work in the Gardeu State. Sixteen new sub ordinate granges have been organized and two Pouionas. making lIS sub ordinate and fourteen Pomona granges. Nearly 3,000 new members bave been added to our membership, making a grand total of 15.000. Our Grange Fire Insurance company has t>een stead ily growing, giving safe protection to our patrons. We have nearly SIB,OOO, 000 worth of properly 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 local character. The Grange Com mercial Exchange has been recently in corporated with a capital stock of $125,000, which it is expected will be very helpful to the members of the grange." G. W. Peiree, state mister of the Ver mont grange, reporta thirty new sub ordinates and one Pouaoua organized the past year, adding 2,000 members. Questions were freely discussed, and education was the watchword. Agrl culture and nature studies were being Introduced into the common schools. The grange stood for better roads, bet ter methods and better everything. He will not be satisfied until there are u» many granges In Vermont as there are towns. C. 1)- Richardson, state master in Massachusetts, says a great growth is going on with enduring results. The problem of child education was engag ing the attention of Patrons In Massa chusetts. Growth of membership was of little consequence unless every one had some definite object. The grange is winning Its way to the front. 1 The exemplirtoatiou of the ritualistic I work was never better than this year j The first degree was exemplified by i New Britain (Conn.) grunge officers, i the second by a Cheshire (Conn.) team, j the third by a ladles' degree teaiu from i Keene, X. H.; the fourth by u ladle*' I degree team from North Rrookfleld, Mass. The fifth degree was beautiful ly presented by a Central Pomona de gree team of Connecticut and the sixth by the officers of the Connecticut stat# grange. This work, particularly in the i lower degrees, cannot fail to tie an In ! splration to all who witnessed It, and ! through them the various subordinate ; granges here represented will be in ! cited to Improvement In this very ini { portant phase of grange work. ; Governor Woodruff of Connecticut | gave an informal reception to the na : t tonal grange and visiting delegates , just at the clog* of one morning's ses sion. In the receiving line were Gov ernor and Mrs. Woodruff, ex-Governor and Mrs. C. J. Rell of Vermont and ex- Governor and Mrs. N. J. Rachelder &t New Hampshire. Several hundred visiting I'atrons took occasion to pay thetr respects to the chief executive on this occasion. Governor Woodruff is * recent member of the grange. Potato Growing Contest. A novel grange contest took place at North Augusta, Me., this fall In pota to raising between the brothers and !';C : ' T.JLCU OHO hud been pro GOOD THEY'RE SMALL. If Aate Were Largor They Would Vn. doubtedl.r Own (he Kartli. If ants were large enough they would rule the earth. As it is, they predom inate the politics of their own aphera, and have many human characteristics. The longest time for which an ant sleeps is three and a half hours. On awakening, they stretch their legs, yawn, and then carefully clean them selves, by applying their legs to then mouths and rubbing them over their bodies, very much in the style of a cat washing her face, after which they comb and brush their heads and bodies with the natural comb which nature gives them. The most remarkable thing about this is that almost every necessity for which we are obliged in our case to employ more or less complicated me chanical contrivances is provided for by the physical structure of the ants. Ants clean themselves both before and after sleep, and also after eating. Frequently one ant will lick and brush another all over, limb by limb, the ant operated on sprawling on her back, relaxing her muscles and abandoning herself to the enjoyment of the opera tion. They are great hunters, attacking snakes, lizards, rats, mice, centipedes and beetles. They even kill the great African python. It is said that if a python has killed an animal, he dare not gorge himself with it until he has made a wide circuit and satisfied himself lhat there are no driver ante in the neigh borhood. If, however, he meets with any, he abandons his prey to them, and discreetly retires. A certain spe cies actually keep cows—in other words, plant lice. When the ants are hungry they actually milk the apli rlik'H by tappiug them briskly on the sides of the abdomen with their an tennae till the fluid exudes, when it is at once sucked up by the ants. They shut them up in cowhouses and use them for days. Ants act as soldiers in a very real way, and it is no stretch of the lan guage to call them pitched battles be tween ants of the same species, and raids of one species upon the nests of another, sometimes to carry off the larvae and pupae as food (a modified form of cannibalism), and sometimes to supply their own nests with slaves. Certain ants are agricultural, and allow ant rice to grow up in a circle round their nests, while every other plant is carefully cut down as fast as it appears. They sow the crop reg ularly. tend it.and harvest it. When the seeds fall they are carried into the nest, and the stubble is cleared away. When the grain in the nests gets damp ed by rain these ants carry it out into the open to dry. New It iinil Mail SyMmii. The I'nited States postoffice depart ment has officially adopted and com menced to operate a postal wagon, which is intended to replace the major ity of the star route poetoftkes in the United States. The star route offices are those which are called fourth-class postoflices. and the postmasters in charge of these have been paid a per centage on the postal business they transacted. As fast as possible these wagons will be introduced throughout the United States. Each state will be divided into circuits, these circuits be ing of the length that a wagon can cover in a day. The postal cierks in charge of these wagons Issue money orders, register letters and transact a general postal business. The mail is delivered either at the houses of the people along the route or placed in what is called a rural free delivery box near a residence. The postal clerk has one key to this box and the occupants of the residence the other. In this way the postofflce comes to the peo- COLLECTING MAIL ON C'OCN'TKY lidAl>. pie Instead of their going to the post office. The inventor of this postoffice wagon is Edwin W. Shrlver of Westminster, Md., who was for years a purser on the Iron Steamboat line between New- York and Long Branch. Mr. Shrlver has been appointed postal clerk of the wagon which began operation last Monday. It is estimated by the pogtoffire de partment that about 40,0(10 of the minor rural postoftu'es will be done away with by the use of these wagons. Compiling a IJlctinnnry. Nearly everyone has had the bright idea that it must be a tremendous amount of work to get up a diction ary, but few have any notion of the real size of the tank. When Johnson got his famous dictionary started he calculated that, with six assistants, hi could complete the task in three yeara It took him nine years Instead. He re ceived the small recompense of $7,500. and had to pay his assistants out of that. Webster worked 24 years before his dictionary made its bow to the world. Webster was very, punctilious In his definitions, and so painstaking that it was a wonder he completed the work when he did. The words which give the compiler of a dictionary the most trouble are the little one-syllable Saxon words. Their history extends hack Into the Saxon period, and their meaning has become twisted in many directions. Words with pedigrees are the hardest to trace. When a new dictionary Is projected one man Is selected as editor-in-chief and he appoints his subeditors. Then appeals are sent out to literary people in general for voluntary contributions in the nature of rare nnd curious Tvordn. There are ov«- i npo nponle who have offeixl iht. j . !.'• OWL COURTSHIPS Show t Devotion Rarely Met Among More Favored Creature*. Very funny it Ib, from the human point of view, to' witness the love-mak ing of a couple of owls on a moonlight night, as they sit togeriher on the cop ing at an old wall, or ou the horizontal limb of some giant of the forest. Perch ed on the same bough, or the same wall or ruin, the lady owl, though usually much bigger and atroager than her mate locks the picture jf demure coy ness, if a little excited inwardly, like a girl at'her first ball. But the male owl, says the Pall Mall Magazine, is very much in earnest; for a moment or two he remains quite still, then he puffs out all his feathers, liows, and utters a softened scream, followed by a modified hiss that is full of tender meaning, and tfcen he nudges her with his wing; sn« opens her big eyes very wide, and gives him a side long glanco that may be a hint, for, horrible to relate, front the depths of his interior he instantly brings up a half-digested mouse; and, although she 9 full of similar rodents and stag beetles as she can comfortably hold, she opens her mouth and accepts the fragrant gift wiith a murmur of satis faction that speaks volumes of love and thanks. Tben, when the dainty morsel has been disposed of, they ca ress each other tenderly for a moment or two, and then sit closoly pressed to each other's side while the process of assimilation is perfected. after which they simultaneously flit, away into the moonlight on noiseless wing in search of further prey. Not only do the owls guard each other with a devotion th-V. is rarely met: with among more favored creatures, they positively idolize ,'neir ill-favored | offspring, for whose sak* they willing ly risk not only liberty, but life. A young owl is not au attractive looking: object from our pu nt ,i view, but in its father's and mother's eyes it ta per- : fection, and the way they wait on it, ; cuddle and caress it, feed it and keep ■ it clean, must be seen to be believed. I Among (hi 1 Though It was a dangerous under lining for the African explorers tc travel through the bind of the pigmies, there must have been a huge interest in observing the ways of those little imps, who were generally struck spell bound at the sight of the white men. Mr. Lloyd, writing in Chambers's Journal, says he was twenty days walking through the great forest in habited by the pigmies, a forets so dark that in many places it was im possible to read, even at noonday. The pigmies were fairly intelligent, ;iud peacefully disposed, although their arrows were tipped with deadly poi son. They had a frightened appear ance. and covered their faces. TTke shy children. when spoken to. The forest was alive with elephants, leopards, wild pies, buffaloes, and antelopes. After leaving the forest Mr. Lloyd came to one place where he took the opportunity of screwing together the bicycle which he had brought with him. A spin on the machine brought out thousands of men women, and children from their villages, and they danced and yelled with delight at see ing. as they expressed it, a European riding a snako. Wlilttler Color llllinl. "Mr. Wlilttler greatly surprised me by confessing that he vas quite color blind." says the Bookman. "He ex emplified his condition by saying that If 1 came to Amesbury I should be scandalized by one of his carpets. It appeared that'lie was never permitted by the guardian goddess of his hearth togo 'shopping' for himself, but that once, being In Boston, and needing a carpet, he had ventured togo to a store and buy what he had thought to be a very nice, quiet article, precisely suited to adorn a Quaker home. When it ar rived at Amesbury there was a univer sal shout, of horror, for what had struck Mr. Whittier as a particularly soft combination of browns and grays proved, to normal eyes, to be a loud i pattern of bright red roses on a field j of the crudest cabbage green. When | he had told me this, it was then easy j to observe that the fulness and bril-1 liancy of his wonderful eyes had some-, thing which was not entirely normal, about them." His Bible a Hint. Hugh Montgomery, whose father owns a large ranch in the fertile San ,!oafniin Valley, California. went to San Francisco and paid a brief visit at the house of a clerical uncle. This divine, who Is one of the best and most hospitable of men, follows the custom of having prayers before breakfast. In connection with this service each member of the family circle Is expected to recite a verse of Scripture. Hugh, who has habitually a very healthy appetite, became decid edly sharp sot before the amen waa said. When hla turn came to recite a vers* 1 he significantly repeated the fa miliar words: "How many hirod servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, while 1 peris!) of hunger?" The reverend uncle listened with twinkling eyes and there waa a speedy adjournment to a well-spread table. Birds and Bills. "There Is something wrong with thli bill," wid the young married man to the milliner who has imported Par isian prices' as well as styles. "It Is correct in every item," after looking It over. "Eight dollars for that bird, no big ger than my fist?" "Yes. air, and cheap at that." "All right, madam, I'll settle, but It's robbery. We had our first anniversary yesterday and I bought a ten pound turkey for $1.25." —Detroit Free Press. Well Qualified. "Mr. Blankson," raid the lawyer, tur ning to the man who had been drawD as a Juror, this is a case in which—by the wiy, Mr. K : ml>.>nn. have you ever bt •1' .1 V. - :■ -C .li! invi-iiii-' Ui."}; DRYING THIN GLASSES. K Dealer Tolls Why the Maid Break« Them So Often. "Oui limlij certainly worked destruc tion on those sherry glasses, those del icate little glasses," said the customer to the dealer. "There were six, and she broke, three Inside of three months." "Oil, you pot off easy, judging from the stories thut come to us." replied the store man. "Well, 1 see how It Is," responded the oils to trier. "I tried wiping a few if these glasses myself the other night, and the first thing I knew I wiped the side right out of one. A« the maids say. 'Why, they break In the towel!" " "Now, If you would wait until they were nearly dry," remarked the dealer, "you'd never break any at all. Take this cordial glass with the very thin stem. You naturally seize it by the foot and turn it while you wipe the bowl with the other hand. While the glass Is wet the dish towel, gripped between two fingers, holds the bowl like a vise, and you Just naturally twist the stem In two. But if you let the glass get nearly dry the towel slips, ami the danger Is over." "Doesn't that make streaked glass es?" "No, not If the water and towels are clean. Of course you ought to have towels that you use only for glass ware. Towels that have beeu used on dishes are likely to have grease ou them, and grease Is the great enemy of brilliancy in glassware." "Then can soap be used in the wa ter?" "Oh, .ves. Wo use pure white soap with ours. The main point Is to have the water hot enough. That helps with the drying, too, because when you take a glass out of very hot water and set it aside to drain it will dry Itself be fore you can take a towel to it. Ti me paper is good as a polisher becau-e usually it has never touched grease. Alcohol has a reputation as a polisher but its function Is rather to clean. Cut up potatoes are good to shine up the insides of pitchers and carafes."—New York I'ost. A FAREWELL CHAT. Interview Between the Boss and tli Man He Fired. Neither of the partners had arrivet aud the clerks that morning were li dulgtng In their usual bout of gossip. "IHd 1 tell yon, chaps, that 1 wa leaving?" drawled the languid sw6 of the staff, whose Incompetence wa as palpable as the splendor of his a tire. "Heard you'd got the sack," replie the spectacled cashier gruffly. "I answered an advertisement ye terday for what looks like a first cl«- Job," resumed the overdressed one. 1 uoring the remark. "I've pitched rati er a strong yarn, but you've got to i that if you want to keep up with tl times." Just then the senior partner entere and all wrote intently. Within five minutes the "old man who had been opening letters, cnllc the last speaker Into his room, and t following dialogue became plainly a dlblc to those outside: "Have you been In our service sevi years?" "No, sir; only fifteen months." "Aud is your salary £4 10s. a week "Eh, no, sir: 30 shillings." "And are you iu entire charge oft counting house?" No reply. "And are you leaving us because a difference with the firm regardi the management of our colon branches?" Dead silence and a short pause. Then the old niau: "You should lie more careful in yc statements, sir. This Is a small wor The advertisement you answered v for the situation you are leaving Saturday. That will do."—London 'J Bits. Americanism In England. The following speech Is put Into 112 mouth of an American heiress In English Rtory called "A Subaltern Horse:" "I've a bunch that this Is the I gcst game of spoof I've officiated yet. Mr. Herrics. You have a nei and no mistake." Then as Ilerr withdrew she caught sight of Fc smiling face. The Bud turned on I hotly. "You were In this too. I 1 your neck. You'll have to pitch a t to pop. He's drawn on a man for I out west. Come, Margi. let's t we're the lobsters this hike. Cupti will you please escort us to our ( rlage?" He Aimed Higher. Fie kissed her hand. She withdrew It hastily and ga reproachfully at him. "1 didn't think it of you." she s almost tearfully. "I had always c sldered you a young man with ldt and"— "I —I am sorry if 1 have ofTendt he stammered. "I" "Well," she said bitterly. "I cert ly expected you to alnt higher." So he took heart and made new olutions and things. Why will the newspapers persis railing the meetings of the nafl ind state ™innires "conventions?"' Willi! *.« v':> If • •::1 '
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