VO L, XIII. NO. 6
< $24,000 —$44,000 I
v Which Do You Prefer * r
The average man earns about si,ioo a year.
works 40 years and earns a total of $44 ,00 in a
\ time. The average day laborer gets §2. 300 a day or 112
/ S6OO (or a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in a I
S, life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24-q
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a>
V practical education in dollars and cents. The in-C
J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money, s
x Why not stop plugging away at a small, salary when ?
✓ the International. Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V
1 ton, Pa., can give you an education that will makeX
1 high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of \
J work you care to follow, this great educational
\ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at \
r a small cost to secure a good-paying position.
\ local Representative will show you how you can V
/'tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today. (
He is >
/ C. IF 1 . A IST, >
C. I. S. Representative. TOWAND A, PA.
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No Pl£tce Lik#this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
■ „ ■ COAL OB "WOOD
./ HEATERS;• '
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ONJI OF 1 WINTER'S 1 OREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furmishi? ig Goods, Tools of Every
Description,, Gur Ammunitiui,
Bargains th at bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk. \
A lot of second hand jutoves and ranges for sale cheap.
We can sell you in 5 .toves anything from a tine Jewel Base
Burner to a low prii d but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repair.) ng, Roofing and Spouting.
Samuel
The Shop bell Dry Good Co.,
jr 313; Pine Street, r
"in WILLI AMSPORT, PA.
Sniß T(DAISTS
Dainty 3 and
Lov Prices.
What will you have ? What will you pay? Tell us that
and we will surprise y< >u with just the Waist you want —
only prettier, and at a | )rice that will surprise you.
Fine Hose : For Low Shoes
Nothing like a silk stocking lor drese wear. We have a niee quality in las
black lor SI.OO a pair—l>etter<iui ilities ii|> to 81.85.
Beautilu! qualities in last bl: ick silk Gauze and cotton lisle hose in a variety of
prices. Ladies' and children's ■ plain colored tan hose to match all shades ol lan
>lioes.
Ladies' Muslin Underwear
We can but mildly «k>justie«t; to the goodness ol our undermuslins. They are
•as pretty and as dainty as Undemai islins can he—they are stylish and perfect lilting,
they are skillfully made of line- & ttnbric, muslin and nainsook. They are a s
good as can be sold for their re.+pmrt ivc prices or they wouldn't be here.
Wash Cottc »n Dress Fabrics
Whether you consider wj-ality o " price or both you «ill find it to your profit to
visit our wash good-section. Yon. -nay rind here many helps and suggestions lor
he proper summer dress andcheap-« j nough to appeal lo your saving instincts.
llm hfol lac " u> ,-C0l "' n " Wireless Umbrellas in all qualities lor
111 UI CI 1 ClO ladles asi I gentlemen. Hu van umbrella mad* near
your home town and have the best'irna de for the price y*u want to pay.
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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY JUNE 11, 1908.
A process of sterilizing milk, that
unlike most methods, introduces no
substance having injurious or dis
agreeable effects, is that of adding
one-twenty-fifth of one per cent of
hydrogen peroxide. The milk is
preserved many nays almost abso
lutely freed troin micro-organism
In tests reported form Hudapest,dis
ease germs—like enteric fever, chol
era, dysentery and tuberculosis were
added, but quickly disappeared and
left no trace. Neither the taste of
the milk nor its digestibility were in
the least perceptible degree altered.
.So let the milk drinker cheer up.
The time may come when he can in
dulge in his favorite healthful bever
age with nothing to cause him alarm.
Many of the Early Prospectors Select
ed the Names of Wives or Sweet
hearts, Which Stand Now as Remind
ers of Romances of Bygone Days.
Behind the names of many of the
mining claims und mines of every mill
ing district in the west there lies a
wealth of romance and history, botli
pathetic and ludicrous. The Black
Hills furnish as many and as good ex
amples of the peculiar einniustances
under which many claims are named
as any locality in the country.
One of the best known mines in the
southern hills is the Holy Terror. Back
in the early days this claim was lo
cated by an old miner who had work
ed some years without success. The
claim was a hard one to work. When
tlie man went home in the evening
after locating his claim his wife asked
him what he named it. lie smiled aud
told her, "For you, my dear," aud her
further inquiry drew forth the fact
that he had called it lloly Terror. An
other man once named his claim Gen
tle Annie for his wife, while still a
third perpetuated the memory of his
wife, who was a noted clubwoman, by
naming Ids claim Silent Julia.
The hills are dotted with the names
of claims recalling romances of bygone
ilili. Many a young, ambitious man
c .e here when the mining boom of
tiie eighties was at Its height, lured
with hope of a fortune, and all that re
mains to tell the tale is the name of
Katie W. or Mabel E. or Lulu J. Many
a sweetheart or wife in the faraway
east was honored in the naming of a
claim that its owner hoped would prove
a bonanza. Home few made good. W lt
ness the Annie Fraction and the Josie,
both of which were named for the
eastern wives of their owners. They
are in the Bald mountain district and
have produced thousands of dollars for
the locators.
In the Galena district there is a
small abandoned claim known as the
Widow, with which there goes a story.
Years ago a youth named Ilanley ap
peared from somewhere with a few
thousand and with zeal commenced to
sink his money in a hole in the ground
in the hope of a vast fortune. Back
in the old home a little widow waited
in vain for the golden wealth he said
was sure to come and the wedding
day that would celebrate it. It took
but a short time for the youth's small
savings to dwindle away with his in
experience, and, chagrined and dis
heartened, he put a bullet through his
I brain on tlie site of his blasted hopes.
C)ue prospector who worked diligent
ly on a claim which was staked by an
outsider and had difficulty iu even get
ting his living expenses secured his re
venge by naming his claim Old Per
simmon.
Men of patriotic turn of mind have
chosen names of those famous in his
tory, as Washington, l.incoln, etc.
Kach of the presidents has been re
membered, famous generals, all of the
states, seafaring heroes aud heroes of
the Philippines, as Dewey aud Fun
ston. Indian names by the score are
found, as Hiawatha, Miunekahta and
Xauouia. Those of sporting proclivi
ties chose race horses, as Nancy Hanks,
Salvator, Maud S., Red Wilkes, Joe
Patcheu. Favorite authors have been
remembered, as Longfellow, Burns aud
Dickens. One student named his
group Miltiades, Mark Anthony, Attila
and Cleopatra.
One mun of a pessimistic velu chose
What's Left and Some Left. The aver
age business man In naming claims
will choose a simple name and use a
series of numbers, as, for instance,
Thomas No. 1, Thomas No. 2, etc. One
man favored his wife by calling his
claim Bed Headed Woman. Two ad
joiulng claims are known as Ou Time
and Late.
A:i i dd case was known in the name
of llie Doodlebug claim, which was lo
cated hv a German and an Irishinau
and Intended by the former to lie called
Heidelberg. When the Irishman reach
ed town to record the location bj had
forgotten his partner's selecti a of a
name and said it was something like
lloodlebug. which, for convenience,
was the name recorded.
The Prodigal. Son lived up to Its
name by bankrupting Its locator, who
returned to lowa at the behest of the
father who had put up the funds for
the venture. Among the names that
doubtless conceal stories never known
are Old Whiskers, She Devil, Crack
Brain aud Crank.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
will Exhibit at Williamsport
Tuesday, June 23.
The event of the out-of-door a
musement season in this vicinity
will lie the appearance of Buffalo
Bill's Wild Westand and Congress of
Rough Riders of the World as re
ferred to above. The exhibition has
been away from America for four
years, during which time it appeared
in eighteen different European coun
tries and held up pictures of Ameri
can history>bef(,re the gaze of delight
ed thousands, who then for the first
time gained their first intimate idea
of early life in far west. Buffalo Bill
travels with the exhibition, person
ally directs the performances and
participates in some of the big Indian
battles, enacting in one instance the
role originately created, in 1 StJW, at
the battle of Summit Spriugs. In
this scene one hundred Indians par
ticipate. and the real red-men of the
plains also appear in a Holiday »•
'T-E' Ranch aud An Attack on an
Emigrant train. These big scenes
of 1 ndian depredations are the princi
pal historic features of the show, but
th,) Rough Riders comprise another
part of the entertainment equally
instructive. There will be riders
from all nations, Cossacks,Arabiaus,
South Americans, Japanese, Ger
mans, English and our own Ameri
can cow-boy, best type of dauntless
horsemen. Bucking ponies, trained
horses and any number of acrobatic
displays and feats of of horseman
ship. And at every performance,
rain or shine, the original and only
Buffalo Hill will be in the saddle,
leading his care-conquering hosts.
Thoughtless Americans, riding in
noiseless horseless carriages and eat
ing germ less meals from tireless cook
ers, may hav new joy this summer
in drinking heatless beverages at ice
less soda fountains. Soulless corpor
ations, therefore, which have been
drawing $lO, 000,000 a year from the
pockets of soda water dispensers for
providing ice to 75,000 fountains in
the United States face loss and are
worrying.
It has taken two years of constant
work by the most efficient experts in
refrigeration iu the country to pro
duce the iceless soda fountain and
open a way for a monopoly to gain
control of the beverage that made
the chocolate-ice-cream-soda girl fa
mous. The scientific marvel which
cools soda water without ice is said
lo be a product of the concentered
energies of thirteen inventors.
Though a demonstrated success, the
iceless fountain is a commercial
mystery jealously guarded.
The rest of the country—that is
those who have not visited New
York and sqyi something of the
seamy life in that city—are of the o
pinion that there is nothing but hap
pyriess in that city, or the counter
feit of happiness which people buy
with money. The best part of
New York life is exhibited to the
country at large, but the poverty
pain and suffering which attend ex
istence in a large city arc generally
hidden from the world at large. The
slogan is "Little Old New York",
and the outlander is made to believe
that then; are only two streets in
Gotham—Broadway and Fifth ave
nue,
Of course everybody knows that
there is crime in New York and that
it is not all confined to Wall street or
the Bowery. But it remained for
somebody to discover that there are
four hundred school children in New
York city who are starving to death.
Now that the city has made this dis
covery efforts will be made to relieve
the distress of the poor foreign ele
ment which crowds into the city,
lured there by the hope of improv
ing its condition, only to find that
besides being a city in which wealth
abounds it is a city in which poverty
prevails.
Negotiations between the United
States and Japan relative to conven
tions securing protection for Ameri
can commercial interests in Japan
and Core a, including patents, copy
rights and trade marks, have been
brought to what is believed a satis
factory conclusion. The question of
American rights has been under dis.
cussion for three years.
A Liberal Reward for Planting Trees
Below we give extracts covering
the important points of a law now in
effect in this State, providing a re
ward for planting trees along the
highway by persons who are obliged
to pay road taxes.
Sec. 1. Any person liable to roail
tax who shall transplant to side of
road on his own premises any fruit
shade or forest trees of suitable size
shall be allowed on road tax one
dollar for every two trees set out No
row of elms to be placed nearer apart
than seventy feet; and no row of ma
ples or other forest trees nearer than
fifty feet, except locust and Carolina,
which may be thirty feet, and except
fruit trees may be set forty feet, and
all must bejlivingand protected from
animals.
Sec. 2. Any tree growing natural
ly by side of highways through culti
vated laud shall be allowed in same
manner.
Sec. :i. Trees planted on highway
in place of trees that have died shall
be allowed for as provided in first
section.
Sec. 4. No person to be allowed more
than quarter of his annual road tax.
Sec. 5. Any person who cuts or
injures any live tree planted or grow
ing naturally as aforesaid, or suffers
an animal of his to injure such a tree,
shall pay a penalty of from one doll
ar to five dollars, or he may plant
and maintain another tree in place
of the one cut or injured.
J. A. Patton of Chicago, under
took to make a corner in May corn
and oats, and so far as sustaining the
price was concerned he succeeded.
It is stated that 4,780,000 bushels of
corn and 8,8000,000 bushels of oats
were delivered to him. The ave
rage price he paid for all is hard to
determine, but May corn closed at
at or above 80 cents and oats in the
neighliorhood of (it). At the same
time J. Ogdeu Armour was monopo
lizing the wheat and ran the price up
to $1,12 and thereabouts. The coun
try was ransacked for cereals, and
and every pound of wheat, corn and
oats that could be scraped up was
shoveled at these men like a hail
storm.
When a man undertakes to corner
anything he must buy all that is of
fered and at the highest market
price. The difficulty is not in buy
ing, if one has the money to pay,
but in getting rid of it without loss.
That is what the Chicago men cal|
"burying the corpse" and it is that
difficult proposition that confronts
Armour and Patton at present. Ex
clusively high price causes a great
falling off in the article and
as necessary as wheat, corn and oats
'.r'l there is no doubt but that thous
iruls of people will curtail the a
irionnt used, thus lessening the de
mand.
Whether these men have made or
unmade fortunes is of little concern
to the public. The manipulation of
th,) market creates fictitious values,
upsets the calculations of small deal
ers and creates hardship for the poor
who find it hard to put bread in the
mouths of their children. The law
undertakes to correct other abuses;
why not this one.
State Treasurer Sheats says that he
will be ready to distribute the school
appropriations given by the State
as soon as the warrants are given out
by the department of public instruc:
tion. This year's appropriation will
be the largest ever made, as §7, ">OO,
000 becomes available June 1.
This money is to reimburse school
districts in part for what they have
paid out in the school year which be
gan last fall. The allotments made
on a basis oS one-third citizens, one
third teachers and one third children
warrants arc issued upon filing of re
ports by district officers that moneys
have been expended for certain pur
poses and indicating in what manner
the appropriation was disbursed.
At an early hour Sunday morn
ing, a large barn on the farm of
Valentine Rolie, between Dusliore
and Cherry Mills, was totally de
stroyed by lire, together witn most
of tne contents, consisting of farm
maclnmry etc. The origin of the
lire is unknown. There was about
81700 insurance on the building.
75C PLR YEAR
LaPortc will Celebrate the 4th
o! July in Old Style Fashion.
The grounds of the Laporto Ath
letic Association are rapidly Hear
ing completion. Mr. Dunham of
Eagles Mere, who has the contract,
has done a splendid job. The
whole field has been graded, lev
elled and will hereafter be a sod
field and kept trimmed with lawn
mowers once each week. A better
and more beautiful field for base,
ball tennis or other sports will be
hard trt find.
The Athletic Association is plan
ing for a big day here on the 4th
of July, when the grounds will be
used for the first. There will be
ball games and a general picnic at
Lake Mokoma where refreshments
will be served. Dancing and other
forms of amusement and entertain
ment will be provided. Special
excursion rates on the W. it N. B.
R. R. are being arranged asd full
announcement will be made in the
county papers and by posters next
week. Plan to come to Laporto
for the 4th of July celebration.
Cheap European Postage.
No possible reason exists why 2
cent postage should not be establish
ed at once by the United States with
evfery European country that will
accept this reduction.
The present international 5-cent
rate was established a little over
orty years ago. It succeeded pro
hibitive rates of twice to five times
as high. These were Asiatic coun
tries to which the postage on a single
letter was 7") cents to sl, and some
distant lands to which the foreign
rate to this country was $1,50.
To tne present generation such
international postal rates seem in
conceivable; but the 5-cent rate to all
parts of the world seemed a prodigy
when it began. On the North At
lantic, between this country and
England, the 5 cent rate was profit
able from the start. There is a pro
tit today on it with all Europe.
The post office should not be a
source of revenue. The present rate
is a grievious tax on the immigrant
when he is at his poorest. It adds to
the cost of trade. It serves no use
ful purpose.
Some European countries will re
fuse to surrender the revenue they
receive from the 5-cent rate, but
with England possessing the ad
vantage of the 2 cent rate to the
United States, France, Germany, and
Italy cannot deny it to their people.
The United States has always led
in cheap postage. Our Post Office
Department having secured accent
rate with England, should extend it
to all Europe as far as is feasible.
If you possess a mere matter of SSOO,
000,000 or so in surplus money, what
would you do with it? Uncle Sam
soon will have about that much pa
per currency on hand, but he doesn't
know exactly what to do with it;
he will not be able to spend it—at
least not until there is another fi
nancial panic—and in the meantime
he is worried as to just where and
how he can keep it safe, where
thieves break through and steal. The
new emergency bill, of which the 5,
10 and 20 dollar denominations will
be ready for circulation by July 1,
will make an awful big pile, and
treasury officials are non plussed as
to what to do with the money when
it is printed. The law provides that
it shall be kept in reserve at the
various sub-treasuries to allow of
quick distribution in time of panic'
but none of the sub-treasuries can
find space to accommodate its quota,
Therefore the authorities see no way
out of the difficulty but to construct
additional vaults at Boston, Chicago,
Cincinnati. New Orleans, San Fran
sisco and Washington.
Settlers are flocking to the lands
vacated by the Michigan lumbermen.
The soil is very prolific and thous
ands of sheep, goats and cattle ar« be
ing fed on the "cut-over" lands—
that is, land from which the pine
trees have been taken. Potatoes are
a big crop here, yielding as high as
four hundred bushels per acre. In
northern Wisconsin onions, potatoes,
and sugar beets are offering big re
turns.