Republican News Item. VOL. v Which Do You Prefer B ? \ The average man earns about SI,ICO a year. J works 40 years and earns a total ot $44,00 in a life V \ time. The averaue day laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112 y S6OO lor a year of }oo days. He earns $24,000 in a I X life time The difference between $44,000 and r J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a 9 V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. S \ Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when ? V the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V V ton Pa can give you an education that vvi'.l make / \ high salaried man o< you ? No matter what line of \ J work you care to follow, this great "C Q stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at \ r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Uiirr \ local Representative will show you how you can V P triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 / HC C. BK-E3STXnT A3ST. i O. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA. COLE S HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, CO-A.L OK/ WOOD HEATERS; 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 for sale cheap. We oan sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samaiel Jols^usfiore^f^ The Shopbell Dry Good Co., ' y 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Coßa t T 5 OF THE BEST We cuirt aflord to have any but the bet-t. F.vcry corset shows the now line demanded by late styles. We do more than merely keep step with jour need?. | We antici|>ate them. liefore the new gown a new cornet ot course. Let us help you select the right one. Of Course there are Gloves to Buy. Togo with th" new Spring costume. Here you will find a kid glove stock ot ex. cellent qualities and, splendid color range at moderate prices. You can't go far wrong when you come here tor gloves. Veilings White Waistings Here are all the beet of the uew style The assortment includes all sorts of veilings. There is so little difference be- new white waist tnatei ials—plain fabrics tweertdie cost of a good veil and a poor fancy checks, neat figures, stylish stripes, one that it pays to buy the best here. dots. etc. New Spring Suits Their presence is a pleasing change from the sombre color 01 winter. Kvery day new styles are being added to the collection. 1 hev are made in the smartest of the new spring styles. We can't describe them in detail, but ask yon to see them j Knit Underwear Embroideries We show a splendid line of medium and insertions in ali the various widths ; weight k nit underwear for early spring and qualities, Fine dainty edges or j wear. wide flouncing widths. Black Silks Never showed a better liue of black silks than these we have in stock today. McC'all's Patterns and Magazine for April arc ready. Patterns 5c and Kic. . M gazine 5c a copy. Subscribe for the News Item, LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY MARCH 25, 19Q9. KEEPING UPHIGHWHYS Government Bureau's Sound Ad vise on Road Drainage. REIVjOVE ALL WATER QUICKLY. That on Surface and Underground as Well —Center of Highway Should 3c Raised—Size of Tiles and Laying Them Matters of Importance. The United Suites office of public jouds iu Washington sent out tlie fol lowing bulletin regarding the proper manner of road drainage: With an average of 27.000 tons of water falling iu the form of rain on each mile of public road in the United States annually, it is scarcely to IK marveled at that the ten command ments of the road builder can he sum med up succinctly in the word "drain age.'" The saying has truth for a basis, as good drainage is the primary requisite for all roads. Even sand roads this holds true, for there "good drainage" means such as will safely remove the storm water without ero sion or gullying and still retain the surface moisture. To obtain good drainage one must take into consideration both the sur face water and the underground wa ter. The surface water must be re moved quickly and completely and without subjecting the road to excess ive scour or erosion. I'or this reason the center of the road should he raised, and the slope toward the side ditches should he from one-half to one inch to each foot distance, or so that tin water will run freely to the Ride ditches and not flow down the road or remain in puddles on the roadway The side dih lies should l>e of ample size to care for the severest, storms, with a fall of not less than six inchc to each hundred feet. Frequent, am ple cross drains should be constructed and every opportunity taken to get the water away from the road as quicklv as possible Any road along whi. h yon see water standing in the side ditches or on which puddles of water have colli'-ted or which list's been badly trnl lied and eroded by the rains has poor drainage ajid is iu need of Immediate attention In fact, earth roads nearly always require n little nttenrion »iftri each rain. The split log drag is essentially a too) to maintain good drainage on our I 11. l $Ol ig||f -A." . A KO.U>THAT DK AIN AUK Vi Ul'IJ) IMl'tiOVK. earth roads and should he used afli i each rain. On a heavy clay or gumbo soil tile drag when properly used tends to puddle the road surface, keep it free from ruts, dense, smooth and hard, thus securing the best surface drain ago possible. But in many places the underground water is too near the surface and must be removed before a good road will be possible. This means that some form of subdrainage must he resorted to, usually tile drains or clay or concrete Water from whatever source must lie got rid of effectively. As water in freezing expands oue eightli its volume, the road heaves out of shape, and when the Ice melts the road disappears beneath the rising tide of mud constantly fed by rains, melt ing snowand underground springs In seepj and boggy places the sub drainage in order to be fully effective should lower the water level to not less thai: three feet below the road surface If tiless are used they should be carefully laid, true to grade. Most failures in tile drainage can be at tributed to carelessness in laying or too flat grade. Tile less than four inches in diameter should rarely bo used, nor should a grade of less than six inches to the hundred *feet be used ; unless absolutely necessary. In a ven I dense soil it is always advisable to j cover the tile to at least a depth of 1 six to twelve inches with a coarse sand or fine gravel. <'are should always be ; taken to procure a free outlet for the ; drains and to protect tlie outlet with ! a concrete bulkhead or catch basin, 1 which can always tie kept clean and j the outlet free. The kind of tile to be used depends on local conditions. Concrete tile if ! properly made is quite as good as clay | tile. Which kind to use is entirely a I ' local question of dollars and cents. If | ! concrete tile can be made nit re cheap- j • ly than clay tile can lie had, use eon- ' crete; if not, use day tile. vtiue of Thorough Head WorK. • ! -hwgn It rains there nine months 1 In* the year, British (lulana's roa V. j ! have boon so well built that a muuuj | I one seldom ii' ever is fuu.id. Jvry List ior May Term. UKANI> JURORS. Armstrong, .John Laborer Ricketts Beave,r William Laborer Lopez Bartlow. William Miner Bernice Bahi. Charles W. Laborer Dushore Collins. Patrick Miner Lopez ('ox, Charles Farmer Davidson Cuhill, .lolm P. Miner Lopez Davis, William A. Manager Bernice Kiil.ii!, Warren Farmer Mt.Vernon (ireen, Isaac Mason Davidson (ireen, Reno Laborer Hillsgrove (iraifly, Lewis Farmer Cherry Lewis, Moses Farmer Hillsgrove Lsudback. (leorge Farmer Co Hey -Miller, James P. Foreman Davidson McCarty, Silas Farmer Klkland Met'any. Nelson A. Farmer F"orks O'Neil, Patrick Laborer Dushore I'ciiMngton, Joseph Farmer Laporte I wp Speaker, John Farmer Hillsgrove Vogel, George Mason Dushore Weisbroad, Coleman Farmer Cherry Williams, (ico. W, Laborer torks Watts, llarry Carpenter Kaglei Mere TRAVERSE JURORS" Viimbs. Frank Farmer Cherry Brenclt ley, Win Held Farmer Elkiand Uattin, Jethro Farmer Fox Calkins, Willis Undertaker Forksville I 'rawley, George Farmer Mt.\ ernor 1 'arpenter, Charles Laborer Ricketts Cavanaugh, James Farmer l-orks Daly, John Hotel Keeper Bernice Durkes, John Farmer Fox Dickerson, Arthur Farmer Fox Dunham. Clarence Electrician L. Mere Fritz, S. S. Laborer Jamison City Fritz, (iearhart Farmer Davidson .'ulmer, K. A. Farmer Davidson I'lemming, John It. Farmer Forksville tilockner, David Laborer Forksville i ireen, Irvin Farmer Davidson Ifolliday. Albort Farmer Fox Danzig. Harry Jeweler Bernice 11eess, Theodore C , Farmer Klkland llottenstein, George Farmer Forks Hotfa, John Miner Bernice Kellogg, Herman N.. Jeweler Lopez! Kelley, William (•., Farmer Forks Kinsley, Lewis(>., Farmer Cherry 1 Lusch, Julius Farmer Cherry i.udy, A. A., Farmer Ht'lsgrovej Law renson, Walter Farmer Davidson 1 Laylon, John Laborer Shrewsbury j Martin. Luther Farmer Davidson lc I '.ride. Samuel Laborer Hillsgrove Morse, George P., Minister Einlntt# MeClintock. Thos. S., Farmer Davidson May, Patrick Laborer Dushore Phi'.bin, Michael Farmer Forks Porter. Orwell Farmer Fox Reed. Robert K Farmer Elk land Shatter. Joseph Sr.. Farmer Laporte Twp Shultz, John Laborer Ricketts Shatter, Jessie Butcher Forks' Saxer. Frank Laborer Beraice Vromßn, Stephen I.aborer Hillsgrove Varjason, Samuel ('., Farmer Klkland Waldron. John Farmer Cherry Wrede. Joseph Carpenter LaporteTwp. | Wright, James Farmer Forks' White, Ernest Laborer Lopez j Webster, Charles R., Farmer Forks j The verdict of the jury in the Cooper murder case in Tennessee was a surprise to the country. The most that was expected from the jury was that it would disagree and j force a second trial, and the verdict! of murder in the second degree | against Colonel Cooper and his son. j was not anticipated. The sentence of the jury that the prisoners he im-j prisoned lor a period of twenty years may not stand, hut the fact that these tire eaters were convicted I of one of the most dastardly crimes ; over perpetrated south of the Mason and Dixon line gives satisfaction to those persons who do not believe that any person has a nght to shoot down another simply because they differed regarding political questions. 1 The murder of Senator Carinack was premeditated and deliberated. The Senator was a man of peace. He was an editor who spoke his mind, but was not abusive. The Coopers especially the elder man, were politicians fur reveuue only,, and when Senator Carmaek exposed some of their corrupt practices they determined that he should die. They sought him out on the street and ; shot him down without giving him a chance t<> defend himself, even if he had desired to do so. Every ef fort was made to persuade the jury that hi cause Colonel Cooper was a man of wealth and of high standing in the state he was justified in kill ing Senator Carmaek or or anybody else who told the truith about him,' hut the jury refused to believe that it was lawful to slay editors as you ■ might slaughter a dog —Ex. Death of Mrs. Electa Mead. Mrs. Electa Mead, telect of the late Salathial Mead, died at her home in Laporte, Tuesday, March 23, at 2:30 o'clock p. in., after an illness extending over a period of several months. Mrs. Mead had suffered from an abrasion of a bunion on her left foot since last July which finally developed into gangrene aud caused her death. She was very tenderly cared for throughout her ■nany weeks of suffering, but only dissolution brought relief. Mrs. Mead was Ixjrii in Deleware County, N. Y., March 22, 1839, and died the day following her 70th birth day. Sha was a daughter of David and June White. Her father moved from Deleware County to Abington Township, Luzerne County, Pa., when sht' was a child. Mrs. Electa White was married to Salathael Mead the 19th of August 1854. Mr. Mead moved from Chirks Green, Lackawana County to Laporte Tvvp. April 1, 1878, where lie cleared a rine farm from a dense forest aud surrounded his family with all the comforts that rural life affords. In the fall of 1903 Mr. M ad sold his larra and moved to Laporte where iie lived retired. Mr. and Mrs. Mead celebrated their golden wed ilng August 19, 1904, which was >ne of the leading so ••ial events of Laporte history. Mr. Mead died the ollowing August, 1904. Mrs. Mead was blessed with a very generous and happy nature which made her greatly beloved by all who her. She was a model wife and mother, looking always on the bright ide of events and readily appreciat ing the mirthful. Her home was ever open to church sooials and the .young enjoyed no place more fully. From early years she was a member >f ihe M. E. church and always con tributed in every way to the limit ol j her strength for its support. She was loyal to her church under all conditions. Her long lingering ill ness was beautified by a sweet resig nation and a calm trust in the Infi nite. The funeral services were held from the Methodist Episcopal church, Wednesday afternoon. William Conncll Dies at Scranlon. William Connell, of the Connell Coal Co., operating at Bern ice, died .Sunday morning at his home in Scran ton, of apoplexy sustained on Thursday, and because of his 81 year his death had been expected. Mr. Connell was born at ("ape llreton, X. S., September 10, 1827, his parents being of Scotch-Irish de cent. When quite young his parents moved to Hazleton, Luzerne Co., and it was there he began his life's work in an humble capacity at 40c a day. He died a multi-millionaire. In 1856 he went to Scranton and shortly after was placed in charge of the mines of the Susquehanna A Wyoming Valley Railroad. In 18- 70, when the charter of that corpora tion lapsed, he was enabled to pur chase the plant and reorganized it under the firm name of William 'onnell A Co. From this beginning he developed into the largest indi vidual coal operator in the Wyom ing coal region. He was president anil director in many of Seranton's leading enter prises and banking institutions. In polities he had always been a liepub i lican and was a delegate to the National Conventions in 1890 and ■ 1908, lie served four successive terms in Congress. Mr. Connell was i member of the Methodist Episco pal Church and was very prominent in religious aud charitable work, Wayne C junly Importcs Potatoes. It hardly seems possible that po atoes, one of the chief products of he soil of Wayne county, could be i: hipped from Europe, pay duty and compete in the home markets with the local product, but such is thej ■ ase. On Monday a Honesdale man received a car load of potatoes that had come from Scotland. The pota- j toes are of excellent quality and are a part of a consignment of 340,000 bushels gathered in Scotland,lreland 1 and Belgium, and shipped to New York. The duty on the entire con I signment was nearly SIOO,OOO, being ' 23 cents per bushel. 75C PL R YEAP To Slop Tux Dodging. The State and the communities are annually cheated nut of hundreds of thousands of dollars by misrepre sentation on the part of persons who have money at interest and upon whom a State personal proper ty tax is levied. Part of the tax is returned by the State to the counties in which it is collected. The holders of securities are made to make a r - turn of them but the opportunities for deception are very great. The authorities are not in position 11 detect the fraud. The bill introduced in (lie House providing that the treasurer of a corporation shall file a list of the people in the State who hold bonds of the corpo: ation would enable the taxing authorities to get track of tin holders and ulso the extent of their possessions. The evidence could lie used in making up duplicates. 1! i-. estimated that the passage of the lib; would result in an addition of $2,000- 000 to the State revenue. The possessor of real estate am. improvements cannot escape tlx vigilance of assessors, and this chi - ef property owners i* made top the burdens which others who make investments in securities escape by deceit, nays the Wilkes liarre Keeord The authorities have Ion; been an.\ ious to devise some effective plar to get the better of the dodgers. The proposed bill will no doubt en able them to make some progri-> ■ in solving the problem. The Noted Owls at ROOsI Again. The Eagles Mere Mountain Osv held their annual roost on the < tree at that place last Friday nigi. Members present w ere Sidney Fu: Clayton Dunham, C. E. Dunham, Floyd Dunham, E. S. Chase, R. D. Kelirer, Walter C. Trapp, \V. i. Taylor, and Harry S. Watt . There was the usual hooting ami expression characteristic of tb • owls. It was decided at a former meeting to give up the diet of mice to the Chinaman, so the big horned owl provide 1 .urk;y, oysters, etc.. which were served at 1 o'clock A. M, the usual custom. At 2:30 A. M.the secretary, a wise bird, informed the flock that there were stray birds on the roost, that they had been feeding with the flock and desired to become members. The stray birds were Clyde Sheets, S. E. Worthington, Fred Snyder, Conley Obereiuler and Brady Bennett. These bird.- were then conducted to the cavern on the mountain peak, the abode of the Great Goblin, where they received their initiatory bumps and also their faces had a decided ebo ny hue, pot black being used. At 5 A. M. these good owls ceased their hoots and sought their re spective abodes, all having declar ed it an enjoyable time. The Spraying of Potatoes. That it is profitable to spray pota toes with Bordeaux mixture in dry as well as wet seasons N indicated by the results of the potato spraying experiments conducted lust year by the New York Agricultural lv\pert inent Station, a report of which work has just been made by the ex perts in charge. It is well known that in seasons when blight is distinctive spraying will check the blight and consider ably increase the yield; but the ma jority of spraying is profitable in seasons when blight is not prevalent. The experiments conducted la-l year with potato spraying were part of a series of investigation designe! to extend over a period of ten year-. The work was commenced in 1 !H>_! and will be continued until ISM 2. During the seven years that ti; practice has been under investig: - tion it has been found to result in an increased yield and a net profit. D. W. Houser, an employee of the 1 State .Fish Hatchery at Bellefonte, went to Bloomshurg last Friday, with fifty-seven cans of trout fry. They were taken to Benton and dis tributed to whom they were cor.- -itrned. On Monday another lot was taken to Jamison City to bo distributed in that neighborhood.
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