VOL. Xlfl. NO 31 <524,000 $44,000 > v Which Do You Prefer 45 < \ The average man earns about si, 100 a year. He r V works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a life V \ time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112 J s6oo' for a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a I life time. The difference between $44,000 and 524-r J OOO is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ? V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C vcreased self-respect cannot be measured in money. > x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when < / the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- \ \ ton Pa., can give you an education that will make / 1 high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of V / work you care to follow, this great educational In-Q x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at \ r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r \local Representative will show you how you can N /^tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 V He is j* ? c. if 1 . iBiR/iEiisriNr a isf, s O. I. S. Representative. TO WANDA, PA. CO EE 1 * HARDWARE:, J No Mace Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, CO-A-XJ OR WOO D. HE A TERS: ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges fcr sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a Cue Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cool: Btove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating a,;;! General Repairing, Roofing and Spotting. Satnuei ore, The Shopbeii Dry Good Co.,j 313 Pine Street, V" /■; WILLIAMSPORT, PA. - JL Cf)ristiwis Selling r>eo Ins: It is natural that our stocks should be larger, riiore com plete and varied than ever—it is a growing business. Fashionable Suits. When a woman buys a Suit she requires style and durability. I lie materials ami expert tailoring of our Suits assure her on that point. Ladies' Winter Hosiery l.»Jies' Fast Black Cotton Hose, extra Ladies' Black Fleeced Lined Cotton quality for 12$ c. 15c, 25c, '!")<•, and 50c, Hose for I'J jo, Usc, 35c, ami 50c. Ladies' Fast Black Silk Lisle Ifose, Ladies' Black Wool and fine Cashmere specially good values, for 25c to 75c. lloß e, splendid assortment, iniiging Irom 25c to #I.OO WHITE WAISTINGS WOOLEN GLOVES New styles and just the weights you will want I'or winter wear. These have"l all sorts for men. ladies and children, just come in, and among them are the Excellent qualities for any price vou want handsomest designs we have show n. l0 . NEW SILKS FOR WAISTS DT * XT VT7"TQ You will be interested in them. New -D-LiAJNiVilj 10 plain and fancy Silk for Waists. Thev ..... . , . / , . , ~ . White and Colored Blanket* in all come in new tancv designs and all the i , ~ , - I newest light and dark colorings that are S r!l, 'es ot Lofton and tine all wool soils in vogue. Muncy Blankets in all qualities. BUSSES* WINTER COATS FANCY SILK One of the special features of our gar-; CREPE De CHINS inent selling is Misses' and Children's Winter Coats, Never have v e been in For Scarfs and Neckwear, plain light better shape to supply your needs than at colors and new styles with borders <>! present. | floral effects and Persian designs. Shopbeii Drygood Company. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 10, 1908. Farmers' Institute Program TO BE HELP AX MUNCY VAL._LBV, PA. Friday and Saturday, FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION, ] : 3O Music, By Choir. Prayer, Rev. S. B. Bidlack. I Address of Welcome, Rev. S. B. Bidlack. Response, Joel A. Herr. When, Where and liow to Fse Lime, M. S. Bond. M..1. Phillips. Poultry, Lice, ( Japs and Diseases, J. L. Campbell. I Spraying, A. W. Stephens. ! KV I'M N • SI'SSI ON (I'ilupnti»i!«il) T:->0 j Short talks to Boys and <.irls ahout advantages of Farm Life. M. S. Bond. Looking Ahead, Rev. S. B. Bidlack. Two papers, '\Sonestown High School" Address, J. 10. Reese J\illgore, County Supt. SATIRDAY MO I! S I \<l SESSION <( A. M. Commercial Fertilizers and How to Use Them, J. A. Herr. Some Important Facts Necr.-sary to M ike Potato (irowing Profitable, M.S. Bond, ] Crop Rotation in Relation to Soil Improvement, Short Talks, . Torrence Bender. ! SATURDAY A K'IERNOON .SESSION, 1:30 The Height Side of Farm Life, J. A. llerr. 1 Making an Old Orchard Profitable, A. W. Stephens. I Poultry—the Business Side, T. .1. Campbell. Selection and Hreeding Cows, J, A. Herr. SVIVRhAY EVF. MNO SESSION, T:••<). Some Important Insects and How to Control Them, A. \Y. Stephens Making of the Soil. ("Lantern Slides.) T. J. Campbell. Bright Side of Country Life, Miss Flora Cook. j "If 1 Don't Know. Why I>on't I,"' M. S. Bond. Question Box in charge of Torrence Bender and Alvin Fullmer, Program S, B. Bidlack, Chairman. Boyd 1. Bennett, lion. M.J. Phillips. County Chairman, L. It. Waiburton. Interesting Program. On world's temporaries Sunday the following programme was reniP end by members of the Fvun/olieal .Sunday school in the F. V. Church at Nordrnont: Organ Voluntary,—Alice l'< nuing ton. Song, by Sunday School. Prayer, Jlarry BoNford, Supt., Heading of Scripture Addrass of welcome, l ay Heess. Recitation. the Rumseller's .-ign, Agnes <iorman. Fxircise, Temperance pledga -igu-; Primary department. Sketch of Francis F. Willards life, Flora C'< <k. Solo, Drunkard's Lone Child; liuth 5 Traugh. i Kvils of strong drink, Mrs. <Jor i man. Moral and financial sid( > of temp-' I era nee, Harry Hot-ford. Oti'ering for temperance work, Closing song. In discussing the evils of intemp i erance, Mrs. (icorge eornian tirst j noted the effects of alcohol and to i ttacco on the liody. Teacher* of the public school should teach temper ance in the physiology classes, to I their hearts content a-it is a law | and a good one. Strong drink is a bait with which the devil lures I many a soul into its clutches, for ! what deflleth the body detileth the j soul. In countries across the ocean i they have temperance posters in | Fllglaild and Scotland, they giv< I about thirteen reasons why their I people shonld not use alcohol, j t 'nited States is not the only country ! lighting intemperance. Many | ments have been given why pro hibition ; holt Id be enforced. A : great movement in tbe Sunday j world brought about by the influence of the Sunday School and the liter ature connected with them. Harry Botsforl the energetic con iacienscius superintendent of the (Sunday school gave the moral and i financial sides of the temperance I nuestion in a short address at the | close of the exercises. Not only should temperance b.» ; in forced because of the moral sideol' the question, but also finances would Ibe belter. Saloons are destructive, j Men may clriuk without saloons but j they do not entice our boys to drink : in their homes a* they do in the *a | loons. Flora Cook Press. Supt. A very interesting debute tool; ; place oil th 1 day of November l!li)S at the l!;k Lie : *ll »I between Miss' Flora Cook, teacher and Hire pupil-<'! the seventh grade. Subject: Re.-olved tlint Thank.-- giving is a more important day than Christmas. Those »n the posi tive sid", vli.-s Flora Cook, u aclier. Pi.o-e on the negative side were Dolly Snider, Adona Sick, and Ann. Cox. But there being no judges l gi .i' the decisi(»u which side cam uiit bent, they both claim tin: honor. ; But ill visions present compli- , , meiiti'd tlie Nfguti ve side on how; w 'll they tii i a.i i iv' they -urc l> <ame _out best. JI. is a settled fact in the minds of the intertste ' hearers,, that I hristuias is the ino-1 • 1 import.itit tllt.v, but who can bl iin- Mi*s Cook l' 'i' cLiiauog the honor, as the i- ltk<- i drowning m in grasp ing to a straw for rescue. She must cling tow hat little hope she has. By the Negative side. rhe followim; is a correct report <. the Sugar Ridge School, for the third month, ending Wednesday, Dec, 1!)(IS: Number of pupils onrolled, males! 11 femah s7. Average attendance males 111 females (>. Percentage o l ' ; attendance; males '.)•"> females !KS. Those present every day are: Blanch 1 Fiester, Phoebe F. Bogari |M. 13elva Harvey . Wesley E liar vey, Boyd F. Logan, Bryan 1». ißogart,' Harry M. Bogari. 1 hose absent two nays or less: Freda V. (lavitt,dvathryn Shullz, Make J. Cavitt, Alonza C. Murk, j Reamer t>. Fiester,* Emerson D. j Shipnian, Lee R. CJavitt. Visitors,-- Mrs. William Bogart, ; Francis liogart, Messrs. F truest and j Clayton Lowe, Mrs. Harry JotKs and Miss Anna Ilorton. Parents are cordially invited to j visit the sihool. | -Means ie>t tardy. I . I reue 1 luntor, teacher. Wild pig hunting is the iatest I sport to be enjoyed by Pottei County 1 hunters who visit the Cherry Springs j section. Ti e pigs are said to bens wild as deer, and very tleet-footed. ■ i Since lumbering began in that vicinity the jobbers have los a num ber of pi - v iii■ •Ji wandered away in the wood* and were unable to tied their way back to the premises of their o.vmrs. Their nuniher las ; greatly ii.cre.is"d until at present j there an many in the woods. Farmers' Institute at Mvncy Valley. Without the least doubt the best | institute ever held in the county I will he rendered next week. F.yery I farmer in the count;: -hould he pres- Sent. I "our of the l< agricultur j alist.s of the state v, i I give courses! |of instruction. Muiey Valley has j three hotels now in the best condi tion to entertain any number of I quests. Let every one interested in the future of Sullivan county come. ; The statement that -.t K ant twenty I dealers in rotten eggs in I'hila ; delphia are to be arretted and tried I for foisting their nauseous product | upon the market is welcome news ■ 11 is to he hoped that the offender- ■ | will get the limit of the law. J It seems that these enterprising ; gentlemen bait discovered a way of i disposing at a good profit the ancient I and addled eggs whi'h collected in j I the markets. They could buy these j : eggs of the grocers for a | ittance, bt - j I cause they were ab-o n:.-ly tin-ai! I able in the. ordinary way. Taking j them to an obscure shop it* some j ! back alley, they broke tlie shells and J ! poured them out in bulk, adding j i formaldehyde to prevent further de- ( cay, borax to nenli .li/.e the bad • odor and beer to freshen up the rvias i and make it appear like live eggs. This mixture was then sold to j I bakers, who used it in cakes and pastries. Restaurant keepers also ■ ; bought it for making omelets, etc. Notwithstanding th<» close watch that is kept upon the purveyors of food products, there.'are always con-j ! sciensciusless scoundrels who are i willing to run the ri . «>f detecting j for the sake of the profit to be se cured. It i- doubtful if a period of drought in the country has ever been of sm ii serious nature - the present. From ev. ry point in the North ern Tier of 1 Vnrisvl vaiia and the Southern Tievof New York reports tell the same story of lack of water, with no relief in sight. Farmer* are without water and are driving their stock iong disl t; - for supply. \V ! ;tr. (Vrt ring * til!" •" the ground will free/." and unless a . goodjy rainfall conrs before the freeze-up, the agricultural district will be sure to sulf. r grc-.t loss. Only alatridaut rains can r- ■- >r normal conditions, liil the dried up wells and the sluggi-'i streams. Tii • truth i-. that t!i • dr »y •»!>•• bus r'ach ■ ed alarming proportion- ind no nn> can for tell the losses to dute and stir .to follow unless rain i i.-. plentifully. We are reaping the fruits of the seed of folly s>w i f>. years. Our forests have cruin •!•"! ami fallen leaving barren waste on the hill sides. Nothing is left t>> conserv. the rainfall of early m >nths and we are by our own slior -ightedne-r . alone responsible for present condi tions. When the S: »t«-s and the Nation are able to drive ban! sens into the destroyers of he forest and 'when new forests are grown, we ' shall not fall so easily prey to the j seasons of drought. We are gaining wi loin but the MISS i - by no means I i hi. | Escaping from the Moutro.-' 1 jail I on.Saturday night, T :n M-aidon, a boy seuteri - I to the reformatory, got afraid of the sin lows he -aw | and th ■ - Kinds ne hear I i i the dark as he wandered iu tin* neighboring | wood, and was glad to get back t > his cell. His knock at the prison door wis answered by the sheriff, who cheerfully took vii;■ boy in and again lo 'ked him u . Young Scanlin and and anothei prisoner, .Joseph A"io| ki, who wa togo to the penitentary under sei:- ! tenc '. bad ese.ipi I fro a 'i ■ j;iil b. removing a bar from the ceil wii - dow, but two others w h<> wanted to get away also, were too stout to pass through the apcrtture and they had to rem tin belliud. The.S'iulin bay s j» tr tted 'from Kiopski and was wa i lering abou; ia the Wo ids wllOfe h iui igitied th . State police and other things were after him. He prefer I j til t i ''bog ies" an<l obgoblins" siiid police,and ; I got back there as quick a- he could. , Kiopski wasn't afraid of tae.se things and he is yet at I trge. 7SC PLR YEAP BERNICE ITEMS. Mr. -iini Mrs. Urban of Benton | were vi.-iting Mr. ami Mrs. Diefan ! baugh <if Mildred Thursday, j George Webb ofSayre was calling on friends at this place last week, j Thomas Ramror was an 1-11 mi iu i visitor last week. j John F. Hco; ton of iJushore vas ] attending to legal business at this ' place Wi-iint sday. Wlien you want to buy your Christmas pri outs call on 11. W, Middle and save oar faro, as he has only tho In st that money can pur chase. Mr. Reese if Wilkes-Rarre was visiting John Ilarner of Mildred last week. Ifyou intend to make some one I happy at Christinas time t all on I Morris I.i verton Mildred popna.r I clothier and you will save money by ' so doing. ; Jamc-.Colliii.-i \> as calling on Du ; shore friends Sand iy. | Sheriff Un.wn of I.aporte was a visitor at this place Monday. Mrs. Fallon was a Rushore visitor Monday. Mr. and Mr••. Frank Shaffer, gave a birthday parly on Saturday eve j uinir, in hoimr of their daughter Beatrice. The following guests were present: IJ"=M.> wluatley, Kl . soy Freed, Aim-- Morter, Myrtle j Shaffer, Marguret 11« od, Alice Joh u (son, Mable Collins, M ttie Allen, ; I'earl Brown, Anna Lowey, Patrie | Shaffer, IVof. If. A. i Jodson, George l'runer, Oharlo-i I loud, Willi.on ' VVhcatley. S. A. White, Fred Gore land David Shields. Kx-Sheriff ifovton of Towonda . was a bn .ness caller al. this place ' Weduesd iy. : Mr. and 31 rs. Morris Foverton of of Mildred were Wilkes-Bar re visit ors Thursday. It; was a joily crowd <.f young peo ple that met ; t the home of ltev. and Mrs. Fried. The following ye,,ng people were prcsenl: Grace Schaad, C-n-i ei .I, Mahd Collins, Carrie <i"ea, Ros-ie Wheatley, Fearl Brow u, Willi am Wheatley, G< I'uruer, Cao-a II !sm oi, Prof. J>odson, Charles II od, 15i-r --!:• 1 s;.. ••;<!«'. . ...:'icis Mm.t, ; Stanley Whit", and Charles drown. Wti'liair. !'. fSho' l ';oak< rand F.J. ' .Mullen of I.aporte wore business ! callers a', this place last wc I*ive liundi: d ;'a -and il- 'lars i:i ; gold arc being t .an; d every day at ■lhe Philadelphia Mint to meet the demand which has already set in for l'.he yellow pieces for Christmas | gifts. There is an unprecedented I early aud hvavy call for Christmas coins. To meet the demand Snper inti taleoi i mdi.s hi tak( non a ■ score of e\i ra adjusters. Fach day | orders from t-übiri uries all over | the country i:: • » ■me larger, and ; within a wc-< k almost twice as many ■of the coins will la- turned out by th" Mint pre -es. "Thei i vi yr« a ai to believe" ! says' Superintendent Landis, "that I the demand w*l 1 i continue right up ' j to Christ pa'- ." | Genrgo Collins of 1 baring Branch, | harvest d (»!-**» be mis of potatoes j from thre" ae!i. ,at a c st oi seven J cents per hndiel for planting, culti- I vating and harvest i ig. There v. s | never a hoe in the tb id. A crop of ; rye was plowed under and in every (third farrow potato- - w> re dropped, :about I- inches apart. The harrow and the cultivator did the vo . . 1 lore is somelhinu' n w i'. farmin-r. 'I I eaders of the A nli-S.aloon I .. Ie 1 | plan a local option ni.KHure to COM!" I before the tieA t Re-i Mature fruit n 1 1 !on the li a s of the » • .ven bill, whi h | wa-d' fealed at tlie I:.-.tsi -ion. They will a.-k h'cal option opinion by wards it, cities <>J the t'.rsl and •; >'. CIIKI ■ la.ss and the larger cities of ; th" lir-t class, ami ! v Inn ui-iis and town.-:ups in the lesser niuuicipali ' ties. ' A news ill-patch li an Media this state, r-ays: Alter a half hours dc | lib ration the jury in the libel case |of Lewi- Fmery Jr., gainst Thom as V. Cooper and Son-, proprietor of Urn Delaware I'ounty American r •- turned a verdict in ;Y. a - of Kmery '' fo 1 1 -"it's. The -ail like a nutn ' i IHT of others of.!«' sate character, • was brou.:ld by Mr. Fmery because < of an arti-a • published in the Finery* ! Stewart Gubernatorial c 'litest.
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