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 '