' IM.'V'O 1';..-.'-:. C WiHC, tei-.rr. Pmlii <jd . .vary Thoralay Atwrnoj 8y The S,. fliffiß Publtslung Co Attno County Moi. af UolUvan Coutny. LA?OB'I'E, PA, W r. MASK-? Prrstden, THOs, ,i. ijcc'y iSTreas. Entered at thi Office at Laporte, as eecond-claee mail matter. STATE TO PREVENT INFANT BLINDNESS Health Commissioner Dixon Says One-Tiiird cf the Cases of Blindness Can be Pre« vented. MOTHER SHOoLD CALL DOCTOR Old Law to Be Enloreed That Will Btcur« Proper Treatment For Ntw-2orn Infants and Save Loss of Eyesight. To guard new born infants against that terrible misfortune, hllndnsss, Stale Health Commissioner Dl' jb h-;a revived a t- ate law passed ooaie years ago for just this object, but. caver en forced to any extent. This law, June 23, 1£95, Is entitled "An act for the provenaon of blindness, imposing n duty upcu ail midwives, uui'nes or other persons having the care of in fants. and also upon the health officer, and lixlng a, peualty for neglect there of." Dr. Dixon declared today "that if the provisions of this law are carried oat there is reason to hope thai oue third of the cases of blindness which so L'really diminishes the productive val'.:~ of the individual and 100 often renders him a burden on society may be prevented." Le'ter to Physicians. To ten thousand physician*? through out Pennsylvania Health Commission er Dixon is sending the following let tor: "Y ■ are probably aware of tin fact rhot the American Medical association Ht it? last annual meeting authorized the issue o." the report of the '.ommit tee on ophthalmia neonatorum, which fo; 'lily called attention to the fact that a very lar,a;e percentage of the eases of blindness which the state !s upon TO support Is caused by that. 'liseane, and urged the necessity tor organised and concerted eEort on the part of the profession in a'l of the stf.tcp of ths? Union to diminish this ev'l. That this appeal is most timely is sufficiently indicated hy * recent re port from the Pennsylvania School for the Blind, which "hows that in the past tight ? f-ai-g more than one-third of th persons admitted to that insti tnrion have owed their affliction to this cau.se. "This department has, therefore, thought It desirable to revive a law whie 1, has for many yeais lain dor mant on o-.:r statute books, and a copy of which is herewith enclosed, "Ir.r "much, however, as 1 doubt the wisdom of intrusting the treatment of so ' ate an organ as the eye to uu sliillt I hands, i have appended to the law Instru- t!-"' Tanking it.(he duty of the henlt'.. ofllcer to urge those in charj. to p.'eure the per ices of a phy sic:. at the earliest !•■ =.;lb!e moment after the t! c ■ very of the disease, and have sugg " ted a hrr. .loss rlemsing sol lit n to ho «• :••.'! ii!'.''" r • '.ime as the physician ' arrKe lailia , » the . "tive trectmeat for Which the nitrate of silver ot xnsf c'li r silver > fectlvo. May I hope for your nsai!-1- • anco -n carrying'out thia n!.-n for di- ing a fertile cautie of misery and disability?" 1 '.tructior.s to Health O.Mccra. The state department of health h?.» sent to each of Its 730 township h'llth officers full instructions as to theh duty under the law These instructions ar* an follows: "In order to carry out the provisions of th? above law it becomes your duty to a quaint yourself with the names and addresses of all midwlves and nurses residing or practicing in your district, and to place a copy of the law in ihe hands of each, Instructing her as to its requirements. "Immediately on receiving notifica tion from a midwife or nurse of the occu rence of a ease of red or swollen i-yrr. n a yeung Infant you will inform the atten-Vng physician of the fact PTI'.I will place in the bands of the mid wife or nurse the accompanying in- Rtr- 'ions, explaining that she is to foil v them only until a physician rive- to tak charge of the case. If no physician has been employed, you will urg" upon the family the necessity for one. as otherwise the child may become permanently blind." TT: re is the prescription given for trcatlne inflamed eyes in new born in fants until the physician arrives: "To one pint of boiled water add two te<v poorifu'of boric acid antl half a tea poor l fill e" table salt and keep cov ered In a t - :r which has been boiled Wi'h a perfectly clean cloth or a wed of absorbent cotton bathe the lids with rhis solution and drop a few drops in th" eye three times a day." •'•tfite He ",Ith Commissioner Dixon 1 i also requested the department's radical inspector In evt-ry county in trie state to assist the health officers in the dl3cl arge of the duty assigned them A levter ha 3 also been written to tho secretary of every city, boroush fi-.-l firs' CH33 'nvii'l ip be * ."d r* i"~ \'!.h In V nr—,-tvaa!% culHr-* thei* to the law nul rr<r}?<? tfcr U" ;r> l)o*»rr-Jcrt «w?h nt«aar.r-»P r -jlll lead to carlv or.foree-uert i>' tils muu'elpp.'.ity v.ndsr the local bi ard's jurisdiction The wordln? of t.bj act of Jilt" 26. 1895, Is as follows: The taw. "Whereas, Statistics compiled In th!i country and Ivurope demonstrate taut t*.lly 25 per centum of the blind ow i their aEietlon tn na lcflprim*.tton of the conjunctive u.ppearlag & few days blr.h; and "Whereas, Experience las proved that the Inflammation ca'i be cured ui t the eyesight saved in ti?e majority of cases if tr-atinent be instituted at ar early state of the disease; and "Whereas, Destruction of the eyes ar i blindness ».re usually the result of dc'fiy of treatment. "Section 1. Be it enacted, etc. That ih. uld or*e or both eyes of an Infant be orne Inflamed or swollen or red dened at any tima within two weeks aft .-r birth, it shall be the duty of the midwife or nurse, or other person !:av- Ins the er.re of such infant, to report in writing, within tlx hours after the discovery therenf, to ths health officer or legally qualified practitioner of the city, town or district in which the mother of the child resides, the fact thrt. such Inflammation or swelling or redness exist*. "Section 2. That It shall bathe duty of said health officer, immediately upon receipt of said written report, to notify the parents or the person hav ing charge of said Infant cf the dagger to Iba eye or evos of said infant by reckon of said condition from neglect of proper treatment of the same, and he shall also enclose to them direc tions for the proper treatment thereof. "Section 3. Every health officer si all furnish a copy of this act to eatb per son Who Is known to him to act as midwife or nurse In the city or town for which such health officer is ap pointed, end the secretary of sta'e shsll cause a sufficient number of copies of this act to he printed end supply the same to such health officers on application. "Section 4. Any failure to comply with the provisions of tills act shall be punishable by fine not to exesed |2OO. or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both." Reriedy For Bad Roads. The remedy for bad roads, it seems to me, lies wholly with the men wbc OT\ u property along them. Elect nc man to the position of overseer whe does not understand how to make good roads out of poor ones. If there is nc such mmi in your neighborhood, hire on - from outside. This is, ninety-nine ticios out of a hundred, the widest thing to do, for the chances are ilml there is uo man in the neighborhood who has had practical experience enough to make it safe to trust the work to him, sn> s liben E. liexford in the Ou.lng for June. He may have good sense, good Judgment and all that—in short, there may be tin making of a good road builder in him— but what you need is a man who is 8 good road builder, a man who has gol the trade already learned. In othci words, you ean f t afford to wait foi home talent to develop if the man whe ha:. devi! ped his ability hi that direc tion is procurable. Have your road ta:: paid lu cash. Secure a skillet man, and let him assume rcsponsibilltj for the work he undertakes. If you <l* this, you ; land in a fair way to Eolvt the problem of good roads. The grange locatedAlnt Swanzey. i N". H., recently bail a w>vel meetiijg. j Tli_' admission wns 7 cents, and every seventh person was admitted fret'. Seven "rid ladles from Laver.dei town" sang seven old time songs. There were tableaux and recitations. Nearly every grange in New Hamp shire has purchased a flag for Its hall, as a rate passed at the last annual ses sion of the state grange requested. YELLOW JACKET SAYINGS. Wanted—a leader for Miss Democ racy. She's splashing about and still a-bunting. but nothing In sight yet. Call them what you please, but the Democratic platforms all stand for free trade and free soup. You Can't rub thar out. There are two sides to Democracy. There is the pie side for the politicians and the soup side for the suckers. Where are you "at?" The Democratic and Republican par tlas are both levelers, but they work differently. Republicanism levels things up and Democracy levels them down. Here's an appropriate plank for the next Democratic natlonHl platform: Resolved, that we are stuck up in the blue mud of political pollution, and we don't give a darn who knows it. I.ots of those who are eternally wor rying somebody with platitudes about the "eternal principles" of the Demo cratic party couldn't furnish bffhanded a list of these "eternal principles" to save their necks. If what the Clerelandites and the Bryauites are saying about each other is true there is no Democratic party these days, but the old thing has gone to seed and the seed huve rotted. And it almost looks like It. What is hurting many Democrats more than anything else Is that they can't point to a Democratic administra tion that ever gave the country such prosperity us the Republicans are do ing. No wuuder they are worried. Short "fa Iks on , c* i No. 19. People generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago. The reason is to be found ia the advertisements themselves. Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make the advertise ments mora readable. Some of them even become, in a way, a department of the paper, and people look for them v — —J every day with as much *est and pleasure as they turn to any other feature. This is true of many department stores all over h Jyj&jf] /s^ In many cities there Is just one man who appre- ll^f! ciates the value of such interest. / lie breaks away from the old set style. lie tells / f something interesting in his space every ML There are lots of interesting things in ■ business. Look over the miscellany page of cny paper—look at its local news columns, J 1 and its telegraph news, for that matter, M i and you'll see that the majority of the 1 ' items are more or less closely related to some business fact. W*<%< Dress those facts up in a becoming "Ut the merchant emu damn °JT Mt garb of words, and they will find readers, pedestal." even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant come , down off his pedestal and talk in his jMA He needn't be flippant—far from it //A *y but let him not write as if he were ad <1 ~ T~ ftp dressing somebody afar off, and tellinj l£j*j I jij* W him about something at eves a greate: j !j ig,-S11 The newspaper goes right into it: ~ m r< " atl ' cr s —g°cs in and sits dowi fhrfM It is on the table when he eats, ant I x : hlilnM&b-lin his hands while he is smoking afte •--"--1 the meal. It reaches him when he is ii I',i' Ba approachable condition. '' KWMwM Thai's the time to tell him abou ISJWP ' wr business—clearly, plainly, con vine ingly—as one man talks to another. ( • Tkt anotfiaHw 112 « rieU int# its 'eadaf't _ . hjuse amd eitt dpuit uiik Aim." C&ritkt, Chart,. AuMi Bate,, fi'rm Yark. MUNCY VALLEY, PA. j Never Before Have We Received 50 and 75 so many praises and hea r d so Boys' Knee many flattering remarks as we ■ Pants Heavy weight h ave had this Season. |..H 4 Assorted style Special. Were you one of the vast thr. n that feg ■■ ■ . ..« crowded our store during the p-ist we< kt fe* , . Did-you i»et your share of the aitic't s It advertised? It not you shoul .! CQAE MERE NOID B We are making new friends fast: selling* moiy gOods than ever before But we still want more friends, want to sell our stock faster, ye W we are spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wo'u I <-r h w ~ we can do it. lo this we can answer, tnat no other sto'e m ;In ctodawj section£has the wholesale buying facilities enioved by this e>i. b auwyr^l^ns«» lishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower. < " ' Sweater Coats Specials Men's ( crduioy Pants IV!en S Shirts From I 19 10 Men's Negligee Sliirta 39c Men's'or) Boys' Sweater Coats .38 fUll |}yl,'WC' SUITS Men's Work Shirts 39c coats •- CHILDK..NS SUNS Men's Flann,l Shirts Sic Mens sweater coats 1-5, FrOlll Q>C t<J and 550 Uichy Flannel overshirts 1.39 Mens sweeter coats 1.50 Tr.AllCCliC Mens"sweater coats 2.001 MKN > TWOUSERS SenT\ T "neck sweaters 25 and 4Gc; From 6QC to $4 7'' • Men's extra lieuvy cott<«n '- a ' MEN'S OVERALLS. X Underwear From :1: 1 BovTshirts MEN'S ODD COATS . £ ribbed or fleeced 20 and 26c! A I Prices All P.'lCt S _ Men's ril)bed;.inderwear DUCh and CordurOV 85C to 2 2=, Also lug line men s lumbermen . * ~n • nib hers—Lamhertvule atuM Ball all colors 39c , . Men's fleeced lined underwear Pami - A l "* sav, "« U,r _. ; ■» <iolor6 39c Q T T / V Q Men's Caps 1 9c Boys Corduroy J £VO »<■>■«' c« P s i.» L Pants Also ,ine S ' loes at sav * KURS at " reat rc,,nc,io "' Bovs'cord'urov knee pants, lined, ing prices sl-6$ for 2.i0 DreSS 11KI > BLANKETS from 75c up. 'jSJI Men's Men's Suits pices. Doug ' as Shocs at red "" d Ladies' Sweaters I Men's Suits 4.65 q. ■ . _ p |\/1 ' 0 1 Ladies' Sweaters all colors 99c j j Men's Stiits 6,75 Line 01 IMCn O 3110 Ladles' Waists, blue, black, 39c j iSTS!." M. Children's Overcoats at rc- . , , 112 . Mens Suits 11.75 14.50 HllPpH nHPPS LdUltJb V^Udlb Mens Suits 15.50 16 25' UU *' CU pill/Co. j Ladies' Coats from 3.50 to 12.00 l§o Come to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Remember i ale only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte and 'Nordmont for purchase of sio*oo or over, : | Cultivate the liabit of buying reputable goods i'rom a reputabe concern. i We are n<v nts lor W. I . i)(:IJGLASS ; rK '!:> fro ' A GOOD ASSORTMENT &T £\ V\ * of CHILDRENS' and i Pi W\ LADIES' HcrvyShoe ' I IjKL Fine Goods at correct ' 112 PriCeS ' i /A n x - Clothing Made to Order ; All have the right appearance and guaranteed otsd • in both material and workmanship and price mte. Wo also manufacture Food, the Flag Brand. It is not cheap, but ! good. Is correctly made. Ask your dealer for it or w rite us for prices. J NORDMONT SUPPLY Co. : General Merchants, f SBStI-?eam N m?ll * TDIMX'->lsr , T' < FA, ts IOTMTM— nnr'HT iflT—" Will" I I IWII ■>—a—»■ 1 WMWf N C H ESTER j "NE ; *** m FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS \ No black powder shrtts on the markc.» compare with the "NEW RIVAL" In ufll. 1 formity and strong shooting qualities, fc. ire liie and waterproof, Get the genuine. j M WINCHESTER REPEATS ARMS CO- Hew Haven, Conn. | feoHESp Irkeumatisml lIUMBAGO, SCUTIGS|j PEURU6IA and i KIDNEY TROUBLE| M "S DROFS" taken Internally, rids the blood b8 of the poisonous matter and acids which Ira are the direct, causes of these diseases. MS Applied externally It affords almost In- yi L| star i. relief iroiupain, v.hile a permanent .< J 89 cure Is fteine effeotrd by purifying tho Jr 5 anil Had Cried all the remedies tfcal 1 could ba M gather from medical workr, and alflo consulted E2 Neuralnla. Kidney Trouble or any kin- Sg dred dluease. writs to us for a trial bottle 112. ol ''6-DKOPS." and test it yourself. ir-« raj "8-DROPS" can bo used any length of X SH time without acquiring a "drug habit," as It i", entirely free of opium, cocaine. Eg alcohol, laudanum, and ctiier similar g£ B£ lnsrredients. P-i Eft Large BUe, Uotfle, "S-DROPS" (800 Dotal) ;*• gj tI.OC. For Bale Ly Drurtfiata. ra B BW.» «SOB IHEUMATIB CUrtE COMPMY, SB M Dept. SO. 160 Lake Btrtcl, Chicago. g. i MARKS, $ $ COPYRIGHTS ANJ DESIGNS. > £ Send your business direct, to Washington, { { g;iv«'H time, costs less, J»etter service. J # My olftce clooe to U. 8. Patent 03ce. FREE prelimln- 5 t arv «xp.mln.vtlona made Atty'a fee cot du-> until patent i> | i«. BfCired. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN-19 YEAiV * 112 ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. Book "How to obtain Patents," J 5 etc., a<*nt fr -e. Patent* procured through E. Q. Bigg-rh 5 Jrcceivo p.pocial notice, without charge, in the? INVENTIVE AGE; £ iliuatuvted monthly—Eleventh year— term*, SJ. a ye*r. Ifi.SIOGEBS.sm^S vvvv | V We promptly obtain V. s. and PoreijpT**^ :.» ; ; : v." j \ « Tlor t I r free report on natotitabil.lv. >Ol free book \ lf ; r : r ... , li ! l l ; Opposite U. S. Patent Office* | WASHINGTON D. C. S
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