Republican News Item. VOL. XIII. NO I. <524,000—544,000 v Which Do You Prefer \ The average man earns about si,ioq a year. He/* J works 40 years and earns a total of $44,00 in a \ time. The average day laborer gets §2.000 a day or / J S6OO lor a year of days. He earns $24,000 in a I life time. "The difference between $44,000 and $24- q J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C J creased self- respect cannot be measured in money. X \ Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when # 112 the International Correspondence Schools, pf Scran- V \ ton Pa. can give you an education that will make X V high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of\ J work you ore to follow, this great educational In-^ V stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our £ \ local Representative will show you how you canV P triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 V k,> o. :F\ ißißyiEiisriNr A isr, i C. I. S Representative. TOWANDA, PA. COLE i 1 HARDWARE.? No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK/ 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 flue Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samus 112 The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., ' m 313 Pine Street, " _ ff WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Price Reduction On 3ait 5 Most 01 tin' saving are prettier than you would expect thi- early—in the season—You can't afford to miss such an opportunity a* tliis one if you are inter ostetl in Suits. < >ne lot Ladies' Spring lailor, Jlude l.ioii and Jacket Suite—made of new striped ami fancy checked or plain colored material-*— These Suits were cheap nf $20.00 to £'!o.O Now sls. Another iot of Ladies' Eton and .Jacket Tailored Suits made of light and -iark »tripe<l and miscd materials. Spring Styles, regular slß.oo to $22-50 Suits Now SIO.OO Still another lot of Ladies' Eton Tailored Suits- -mostly mixed materials hut ,;ood styles and as well made Suits as you could expect to purchase tor sl2 to $1.3 Now $6.50 Misses Suits Half Price We have a few Misses' 12 and 14 year size Suit*. Some are plain, others mixed materials. Former price on these Suits were from SIO.OO to .515.00 Vow $5.00 to $7.50 Ladies' Wrappers One lot I.adits Percale Wrappers, month small sizes, hut $1.09 and $1.2.> <|tial ities, to close tliem out wo make the price 50 Cents. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY MAY 7, 1908. Mrs. Ella B. Deegan of Dushoie •lied Monday morning, a >* L dropsy. She was born in Mouroeton, j March 19, 1843. Mrs. Deegan was marrsed to Jeremiah Deegan April 5, ISO.'!. Mr. Desgan died March 21, of this year. Mrs. Deegan was the mother of nine children, of whom five survive: George T., Mrs. J. P. Carinody and Mrs. 11. K. Arnold of , this place, and Mrs. 11. J. Castle and , Mrs. y.. L. Solomon of Wilkes-Barre. The funeral was held Wednesday morning, interment taking place at St Basils cemetery. AN INK PENCIL" ALMOST FOlt NOTHING. Everybody nowadays is buying a pencil. A first-class ink pencil is worth $2.50. You can get the Com mercial Ink pencil, one made by a reliable American manufacture, worth $2.50, and THE PHILA DELPHIA PRESS, daily edition, one year worth $3.00, or both worth s."i.iiO, by sending a check for $3.50, to the Circulation Department of THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS, seventh and Chestnut Streets, Phila delphia. This pencil is always ready and will do all that a fountain pen or lead pencil will do and responds to <iuiek touch and is important for 1 rapid writing. It makes clear car bon copies, is leak proof and can be ! carried in any position; it is perfect- ( ly simple and cannot get out of order. ' Just the right si/.e for the vest pocket, < purse or bag, and is invaluable to the teacher, preacher, student, clerk, 1 stenographer, farmer and business i man. Every one is guaranteed to « give universal satisfaction. Here is your chance to get a great metro- 1 politan news paper, THE PHI LA- ' DELPHI A PRESS, for one year, to- '< gether with this ink pencil both for < .50. Send your order to-day. 1 _ I I The Bird Enjoys the Sport and l« ] Landed Uninjured. , With the birds settling by the down , It is easy enough to capture specimens for examination without causing In- 1 Jury or pain. Any sharply barbed hook I Is altogether superfluous. Tbe alba- i trosses absolutely enjoy the excite- ( rnont, and tbe sport obtained Is not ] without a novel interest. A small metal frame shouldfbe made ' In the shape of a hollow triangle at tached to 101) yards of stout line and kept afloat by a good sized piece of cork. The sides of the metal frame arc then covered with bits of fat pork, ' 1 lie hard skin of which is securely | bound thereto. The bait Is thrown j astern, and the Hue is slowly paid out. Presently a great albatross swoops through the air, Impelled by curiosity 1 to investigate the nature of the float lug pork. It settles before the dainty Hiorael of food; numbers of birds fol low suit, each one made bold by com petition. aud then tbe sport begins. At this moment additional line must | lie given in order to compensate for the progressing of tbe ship, thus en abling a bird to seize the desired food. With a sudden rush the supreme of fort Is made. Once or twice the at tempt proves Ineffectual; but, rendered bold by greediness, a final grab finds - the curved bill securely wedged inside the apex of the triangle, as the fierce tugs on the line quickly Indicate. Steadily the haul is made, hand over hand, until a helpless albatross is bodi ly lifted onto the poop In an absolute ly uninjured condition. A slackened line enables ihe bird to escape, and if scattered wits permitted such an ef fori sudden flight would obtaiu release The other birds Invariably commence to attack a wounded comrade, a steady pull being required, even if the line does cut your hands, to stive It front its friends. i>nce safely 011 deck the mandibles are tied together, for oth erwise the bird throws up an oily fluid, a disagreeable habit possessed by all the tribe. Subject to this precaution it may wander gravely around to survey the new horizon of life. The large eyes gaze with a truly pathetic confidence expressive of anything but fear. 11 is a strange spectacle to witness the inquisitive bird solemnly waddle to rnd fro among Ihe equally lnquisi t've 1 limn beings around. True, it objuc's slightly to the process of irieas'ir n .-nt. pecking sharply by way nf prop jt but a gentle box on the ear soon itulf-es submission as the dimen sions are rapidly noted, the all>.:tross meanwhile reposing affectionately in the arms of the secoud officer. The specimen happens to be a small one, but the wing expansion from tip to t.ip Is less than ten feet, the extreme length of body is three feet six inches and the formidable bill measures up ward of four Inches.—Combill Maga zlne. County Superintendent Killgore Bc-clcc!- cd and Salary Increased. | The tri-ennial convention of I the School Directors of Sullivan county was held at the courthouse Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a county superintendent for the insueing three years and fix ing his salary. J. E. Reese Killgore, the present incubent, was un animously re-elected and his salary made SISOO an increase of S3OO. The convention was called to order in the main court room at 2 o'clock, with nearly every school district in the county represented by one or more directors. 57 being present. Frank Magargle was elected Presi dent, Jacob A. Meyers and Harry Minnier vice presidents; F. W. Mey lert and Charles B. Heverly Secre tary. Are power companies in a con spiiacy to make Niagara Falls entire ly Canadian? That will be the result according to Dr. Joseph W. W, Spencer, if they avail themselves to the full extent of the grants under their franchises. He is an eminent Canadian geologist, and according to Leslies Weekly, probably the best known authority on the water flow and power capacity of the Niagara River. He is the author of a mono graph published under the authority of tho geological survey branch of the Canadian department of mines entitled "The Falls of Niagara: Their Evolution and Varying Rela tions to the Great Lakes; Character istics of the power, and the Effects of its Diversions". After making a careful suvey of the river above the first cascade which rushes over the wide ledge at a considerable distance above the Canadian Falls, he is convinced that the division of water has decreased the flow over the rim of the cascade by one foot, and perhaps three feet at more remote date. The American Falls, now about a thousand feet wide will then be reduced to a few shallow streams trickling over the edge of the precipice, and the main fall which has already lost 115 feet of its width as the result of artificial embankments will lose 2.50 feet more, while its depth at the brink will be two or three feet less. Since 1900, when the Canadian Falls were 2.950 and the American 1,000 feet wide, the total width has been diminished to 8,500 feet; if the power companies insist upon utiliz ing all their grants for diversion, the width of the cataract will be re duced to 1,500 feet, all of it in Ca nadian territory. To make St. Louis the greatest grain market of tlm west, a grain barge line company, capitalized at $2,000,000, has been formed in St. Louis, to operate on tho Mississippi river from that city to New Orleans. The grand Growers, Exporters' Transportation company, which was chartered a year ago with a capital of $50,000, is the originator of the pro ject. It is sincerely to be hoped that with the fruit trees budding so rap idly there will lie no more heavy frosts. For the past sever al years there has been a scarcity of fruit on account of late frosts, and if we escape similar loss this season we shall l>e lucky. Oil has been discovered on Penn sylvania property belonging to a church. Just how the congregation is to profit by the find without com ing in contact with "tainted money" is more than we can figure out. A Colorada man who killed four persons has just been sentenced to prison for life—or until pardoned, Murder is considered a mere pastime in some of the western states. Mrs.|Anna Sadler died at her home in Hiltegrove Wednesday, April 29, after a short illness of grip and pneu monia, aged 73 years. Her maiden name was Bothwell. Her husband died about 17 years ago. She has lived all her married life in Hills grove, and was a woman of sterling worth, a faithful wife and mother. She is survived by one son, Weldy Sadler of Hillsgroveand one daugh ter who resides in Wisconsin. Pennsylvania Educational As sociation at State College in July. A meeting of the Pennsylvania Educational association will be held at State College Center, county, be ginning Tuesday evening July 7th., and continuing until Thursday even ing July 9th. State College is one of the most l>eautiful places in Pennsylvania. All Superintendents, Normal school principals, college presidents and teachers in this state should a vail themselves of this opportunity of spending a few days in rest and rec reation at the noted college. There will be first class accommodations for one thousand five hundred people. The table board will be exceptionally fine and unusually cheap. The mem bers of the convention will be given every opportunity of visiting the different departments of the college and will see some of the most com plete laboratories in this country. It will pay any one interested in popular education to spend a few days at State College for the purpose of seeing what wonderful work is be ing done there in science, dairying, manual training, scientific farming etc. The suggestion that the advocates of anarchy be sent to some lonely Island where they could try out their theories of fredom and no government is offered by the Rev. l)r P. S. McArthur, of the Calvary Baptist church, New York, in his latest sermon. lie expresses a be lief that a brief experience in the actual practice of those theories would make anarchists of the Qerkman and Goldman type glad enough to return to civilization which they now denounce and try to destroy, while the rest of the world "would learn with great composure of the result which would follow their theories on this lovely island." Dr. McArthur does not hesitate to connect the invectives and activities of the better class of Socialists with the throwing of the bo.nit in I'nion Square. A question to be brought before the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church held at Baltimore, which finds opposition and support is contained in para graph IMS of the book of Discipline. It is the intention of the church dele gates to have this rule, which refers expressly to the discipline of mem bers of the church who indulge in cards and dancing or 'he patronizing of other amusements not in conform ity to the faith, changed so that certain of these minor matters may be left to individual selection- The difference in the new and old widow's pension law is this: The old law would not pay to widows having an income of $250 or more a year or to widows whose husbands did not die from illness contracted in service. The new law pays to all civil war widows married before 185)0 no mat ter what their income or cause of husbands 'death and also pays to widows of Spanish war soldiers. A proportionate increase is paid to or phans of soldiers under 10. A Connecticut potato grower has found a way to get into market with his potatoes some where from two to three weeks earlier than any body else, a decided advantage, all potato growers know. He puts the potatoes in a warm place, gets the sprouts started until the leaves begin to come out, and then sets them in the field same as tomato plants. The Start they have received puts them into market ahead of field-planted potatoes. Boston May s.—Charles C. Clapp, who has returned recently from Mexico, has culled the attention of Professor Louis Agassiz to the dis j covery of a cave containing 200 skele tons. each of person more than eight feet in height. The cave was evidently the burial place of a race of giants who antedate the Aztecs. Mr Clapp arranged the bones of these skeletons, which he found to total of eight feet, eleven inches. The molars he said, were big en ough to crack a cocoa a ut. The head measured eighteen iuches from front to back. 75C PLR YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. Rev. Rufus K. Bent lias taken charge of a clmrch at Scranton. He will move his family in the near future. J. A. Helsman and son were at Wilkes-Harre visiting Mrs* J. A. Helsman who is a patient in the Mercy hospital. John Fit/Geralds ami C. E. Jack son were Towanda visitors last week. Mrs. Patrick Hannon and son Ed ward were visiting Scranton friends last week. Hon. John C. Schaad was attend ing the Republican Convention at Harrisburg last week. C. E. Jackson has moved his moving picture show to Cortland X, Y. Buster left on Monday to operate the same. Joseph Ryan of Lchighton is call ing on friends at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myers and daughter of Beech Creek Pa. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyers of Mildred. If yon don't see any thing in the Item about you or your friends it is your own fault. If you have any items for the paper, by leaving them with William Davis manager of the store or in box 58 Mildred, they will be attended to. Our Township audit is like some ailment which the Doetors fail to cure and the patient dies; they de clare it a complication of diseases. James J. Connors is making some alteration on his house, on account of Nora getting a Merry Widow hat. 11 is said that there are three differ ent kinds of liars but we havs a man who has all three combined and he is a lulu at it. F. T. McMahon was a Sonestowu visitor last week. It is a matter of common observa tion that grass does not gro.v so well close to trees as in the open. Exper iments in this country and in Eug land have shown that the deleter ious effects of the near neighborhood of grass and trees are natural. The trees suffer as well as the grass. This is especially true of fruit trees. The cause is ascribed to the ex cretion of the trees, on the one hand of substances poisonous to the grass, and by the grass, on the other hand, of substances poisonous to the trees. It thus appears failure grass to grow well near trees should not be aserib to too much shade, but to the ex haustion of the tree roots of the food supply needed by the grass- Notice has been received by the dealers in peanuts that the supply is smaller this year than in the past ten or fifteen years and that as a consequence the price has been raised from one and a half to two cents a pound on the various grades of pea nuts. The scarcity of the crop was due to inability of the nuts to mature last fail and the rotting of a lot of them while still in the shock. Harry Lear of Gray's Run, a break man on the S. and N. Y. railroad, was instantly killed on a log train near Marsh Hill Saturday afternoon The shifting of one log in a large pile caused several to roll over upon Lear. He was 2/> years of agf. titid is survived by his mother, "three brothers and two sisters. The re mains were removed to Grays' Run for burial. r V A good idea pertaining to Mem orial Day which has found favor iu one of the largest towns in the State is for each child old enough to care for them to cultivate some plant, the blooms of which be used to decorate soldiers' graves. No time to loose, so begin at once by selecting a plant that is far enough on the way to bloom about May 30. Prof. Warren, of the State Agri cultural College, Ithica, states that the markets are being flooded wffli cheap and almost worthless clover seed, imported from Europe. This is of so low grade that it will not pass European inspection, and so is dump ed into this country and finds ready sale among famers, the majority of whom pay little attention to getting tests of seed, but are looking for something "cheaper".
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