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\ The average man earns about sx, ic-o a year. He/'
J 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
/ S6OO lor a year of ?oo days. He earns $24,000 in a I
S life time. The difference between $44,000. and $24- r
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value ot a ?
C practical education in dollars and cents The in- C
J creased self-respect cannot be measured in mon »y. J
\ Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when \
J the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- \
\ ton, Pa., can give you an education that will make /
1 high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line ol \
112 work you care to follow, this great educational
V stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at
r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r
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O. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA.
COL£T
HARDWARE
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
GCXA.IL OPi WOOD.
HE A TERS;
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 floe Jewel Base
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
Saittuef
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
" >' 313 Pine Street,
WILLIAM SPORT, PA.
CORSETS
OF THE BEST
Wb can't aflord to have any but the best. Every corset shows the new line
demanded by late styles. We do more than merely keep step with your needs
We anticipate them. Before the new gown a new corset ol course. I.et us help
you select the right one.
Of Course there are Gloves to Buy.
Togo with the new-Spring costume. Here you will tind a kid glove slock ol' rx
cellcnt qualities and splendid color range at moderate prices. You can't go far
wrong when you come here lor gloves.
Veilings White Waistings
Here are all the best ol the new style The assortment Includes nil sorts ol'
veilings. There is so little ditlerenee be- new white waist mate ials—plain labrics
iwcen the cost of'a good veil mid a poor fancy checks, neat figures, stylish stripes,
one that it pays to buy the best here. dots, eic.
New Spring Suits
Their presence is a pleasi'.g fdifinge from the sombre color of winter. Everv
Hay new styles are being added to the collection. They are made in the smartest
of the new spring styles. We enn't describe them in detail, but ask you to see them
Knit Underwear Embroideries
Wo show a splendid line ol medium and insertions in ali the various widths
weight knit underwear fur early spring and qualities, Fine dainty edges or
wear. wide flouncing widths.
Black Silks
Never showed a better line of black silks than these we have in stock today.
McCall's Patterns and Magazine for April are ready, Patterns 5c and 10c
Magazine 5c a copy.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY APRIL 8, 1909.
Explosives on Trains.
I As an illustration that many of
the users of explosives are not con
; versaut with the requirements of
the law iti the handling; t>f explo
sive, a ease was recently discovered
where a valise was checked from
Pittsburg Penna., to Gary West
Virginia. During transit the valise
came open and disclosed the presence
of an assortment of dangerous ex
plosives. It was delivered to the
railway company as baggage by two
1 foreigners who have been arrested
land are now in prison awaitng trial
bef ire the United States Court for
violation of the Act of Congress ap
proved May :i0 1908. This act pro
j iiibits the transportation of explo
sives in vehicles used for transpor
tation of passengers, or in freight
cars unless full information is given
to the common carrier in regard to
tiie contents of the package and un
less it is prepared for shipment
strictly in accordance with the regu
lations prescribed by the Interstate
( oinmerce Commission.
The penalty provided for violation
]of this statue is a tine not to exceed
I two hundred dollars, or imprison
! merit not to exceed three months,
Unch both tine or imprisonment at
I he discretion of the Court.
! ('orten An y, the ID yeara old son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Arey of Jenn
jingstnn, West Virginia., was fatally
injured in the Jednings sawmill at
that piace on Thursday afternoon of
last week, by being struck on the
head by a board A hub flew from a
snv near which he was working.
His skul! was crushed by the force
of the blow, causing his death on
Friday morning. The reinaihs
wire brought to his former home at
Wilmont, this county, where the
funejal services w< re held. on Mon
day mornitig at II o'clock: the inter
ment wa- made in the cemetery at
Norkonk. The Areys were formct
residents of Wilmont, having moved
to Jenningston about six years ago
when the Jennings brothers bega .
to take the lumber of their tract of
land at that place. The young man
was a nephew of Mrs. W. O. Farr
of Wyalusing.
Some Facts About th«s Great Houlton
Grange of Maine.
Houlton grange of Maine was organ
lzed in April, ISO 4, with twenty-eight
charter members. It had uphill work
fur several years. Four years later it
laid only fifty-four members. In 1879
the question of giving up the charter
was seriously discussed, and the rec
ords of one evening read something
like tills: "Met according to appoint
ment. Quorum present. Xc meeting
opened. Nothing said, nothing done,
nothing received." During the winter
of ]ssß meetings were held at the
homes of the various members, and la
that year the grange became incor
porated and built its first grange hall.
When it. celebrated Its twentieth anni
versary it had only fifty members but
from that time on it took a new lease
of life, and now it has nearly 1,000
members.
The grange now owns a large hall,
built In 1808. which Is 30 by 60 feet,
two stories high, with lodge room on
the second floor and dinlnu room and
kitchen on the ground floor. It also
owns a blacksmith shop, two large
stables and a store and feed mill.
The present store, built In 1902, cost
about $1,900. It is 30 by SO feet and
one and one-half stories high. The
cost of running the store in 1903 was
about sor>o. Six years ago the store
had no capital, but bought on credit
and was open only three days each
week. The stock on hand in 1903 was
loss than SI,OOO and the volume of
business $15,000. The store was not
open six days a week until 1904.
Withfii the last six years the capital
lias Increased to $H!,000 In stock, and
the store has turned over to the
grange treasury about sii.ooo. The
cost of running the store the last six
months was SI.SBO.SO. The volume of
business for the year ending Dec. 10.
1908, was $137,000.
The grange feed mill was built in
1907. It is a two story building 50 by
90 feet. The second story consists of
storeroom and grain bins. The mill j
I proper is on the ground floor. It is
I simply a feed mill run by electric pow
er from Aroostook falls. There are a
twenty horsepower motor and a twen
ty Inch attrition mill f«r grinding feed,
vlth a capacity of .<ixty bushels an
hour. The miller and electrician is
Guy C. Porter.
Although siince 1898 the business of
the grange lias been so pressing that,
"the moral, Intellectual and social ad
vancement of the American farmer"
has been somewhat neglected, the
prange Is still doing excellent work In
literary and social (Ircles.
| Sober's Chestnut Farm.
f 1 By the purchase of l(io acres of
'; timberlaud in what ia known us
"Pine swamp" in Cleveland town
■ ship, Columbia County, Coleman x.
' Sober, of I,ewisburg, known the I
1 world over as the "Chestnut King," |
has secured a place which he eonsid
' siders 'ideal ,for the developing of
! one of his well known chestnut
' farms. The property was bought
from Martin Luther Sober, last
1 week. It is his intention to take
off what timber is marketable, and
then to clear the plot of all under
brush, rotten limbs, and etc. After
this is done he will commence the
systematic planting of his "Para
xon" chestnut trees, with which he
won fame and fortune. It is his in
tention to make the Columbia coun
ty chestnut farm the equal of his
1 Northumberland county property.
.Mr. Sober lias 400 acres of land on
bis Irish Valley farm, near Sha
mokin* Here he has planted
thousands of native chestnut tr-es,
upon which he has grafted the
Italian or "Paragon" chestnuts.
La.st year he harvested 3,000 bu«.h
els, all of which were sold in the
state of Washington for the average
price of $6.00 per bushel. This year
he has 300,000 grafts started, and ex
pects to graft lOOjOOOtrees on his
farm there. The balance he will
->ll to Glen Brothers, a nursery
tirm in Rochester New York., which
has contracted to take all the grafts
he can raise. With uew trees com
ing on this year, and a good crop,
there is no present reason, he says,
why the crop ought not to exceed
0,000 bushels on the farm. The in
tention of Mr. Sober is to eventually
sell his chestnuts in all parts of the
country. lie has had bis farm in
Irish Valley about ten years, and
has made a great success of it.
This month as in other years, the
price of coal is reduced a half dollar
but there is not the usual confid
ence that the price will increase by
a dime each month until the max
ium is reached. The customary de
crease may be canceled altogether if
the miners should strike as the re
sult of their conference. That the
negotiations should take such a turn
is unlikely, to be sure but as it is
possible prices are less sure than us
ual and deliveries of large quanti
ties are not arranged with entire
r 'admass. This puts miners, em
ployers, and consumers, in the
same boat, and creates a very
specific and general interest in the
situation. The employers have
offered to make a three years' con
tract with their men. Hut until it
is signed anything else may happen.
The Union leaders who assume to
speak for all the men, although rep
resenting only a tnauority, are now
willing to sign as indviduals, claim
ing the right to sign as union of
ficers, and this employers will not
allow. There is some suggestion
that work should proceed without
any agreement. In. that case the
men would strike whenever they
thought it to their interests, and the
company would be free to reduce
wages, whenever he wished. In
either case prices and quantities of
orders for coal are subject to corre
sponding alteration.
Buyers of coal were not quick to !
see how their interests were affected
by the previous strikes but they
ought to have a clear idea this time,
Says the New York Tribune, every
grievance the miners have alleged
! as been investigated and adjusted
by the Conciliation Board. The
conditions of their employment are
now relatively better than in other j
trades. It would not seem to he a I
good time for the miners to ask for I
public suppi rl of a strike merely to I
enforce recognition of their union. ;
'•Yes we had snow storms in the
spring before" said the venerable
Theodore F. Mill, of Williauisport,
recently, commenting on the recent
flurry of snow.
"One occasion in particular I re
member was on April 10, 1854,
when over two feet of snow cover
, fd the ground. The roads were
drifted so badly that we were com
pelled to drive through the fields in
, going from llughesville to Muney.
I remember helping a moving on
' that day ami the loaded wagons had
' great difficulty traversing the drifts."
—Muncy Luminary.
I Sullivan County School Directors will
Meet in LaPorle Friday and Saturday
I April 23 and 54.
J The annual meeting of the Sull
; i van County School Isirectors As
sociation will he held in the Court
! House, Laporte, Pa.. Friday and
Saturday, April 23 and 24. Four
sessions will be held, at 10 A. M.
1:30 P, M., BP. M., Friday, and
10 A, M. Saturday.
All directors are urged to be
present. Directors el ect who will
take their oaths of oO.'ce in June
are requested to l>e present.
The law provides thufc all direct
ors who attend receive S2 per day
and'mileage for their attendance.
The program will be announced
later and will depend birgely upon
ihe New School Code. In the
event of its passage its vill be im
peratively necessary i every di
rector to attend as the New Code
will be explained by n member of
the Commission which drafted it.
Full particulars next week. The
meeting is held on FlT. ay and Sat
urday to enable all tetchers who
t esireto attend. W a expect a
well-attended and profitable ses
sion.
G'omi.iittee.
Cost ol Neglect.
An expert who has i vamined the
snade trees in Harris' lu-g declares
that it will cost the citizens one
million dollars to repaid or replace
the trees in that city which have
been damaged in various ways or
neglected by property t>v. ners. This
i a heavy penalty for one city to
pay for failure to care f>r the shade
t'-ees in its streets, and the experi
ence of Harrisburg wouid no doubt
be duplicated by other cities of the
state. Laporte is noted for its shad
ed streets, but in this illage very
little care is given to t'-e protection
of shade trees from iuji; ■■ especial
ly from such dßiiitigf as may be
done the trees by the employes of
companies having wires strung
through the highways.
In 1907 the legislator, passed an
act providing for the panting and
ere of shade trees, and for the
appointment of shade t commis
sions in cities, borough and town
ships. These com mi -ions would
have charge of ail slue > trees—see
that they were planted Toperly and
protected. It was optional with the
municipalities whether or not they
appointed such commissions, and up
to this time ouly two cities have
taken advantage of t'«e privilege
conferred upou them by the act of
the assembley.
Unless the citizens of Laporte
provide for the better protection of
the shade trees they will in time
decay as those in Han Isburg have
done. The pride' of the citizens in
their beautiful shade trees should
induce them to ask of councils that
the provisions of the act of 1907 be
accepted and a commission as there
in provided be appointed. It ines
sential that this matter shall be tak
en up at an early elat *, before the
line trees in this village -hall be de
stroyed by injury or neglect. With
out her shaele trees I.i orte would
become as an arid piiun and her
citizens would be deprived of the
( >!easant aud comforting shade
which is now so greatf • ly enjoyed.
Texas an Orang: State.
Texas is a mighty hi;;- state, and
her people are doing nil they can
lo persuade Northerners to settle
where there is room acd to spare.
I .lecent Texas newspapers report the
arrival of at Houston a d Qalviston
iof thousands of home seeekrs. In
j Houston such visitors are greeted
, with roses, each home seeker receiv
, ing one, the proeluct of the home
-arden in mid winter, (t is claim
i ,'d that hundreds of these prospect
live settlers had sold their farms in
! the North and stood re. >ly to buy in |
the Lone Star State. "They prefer ;
. j working a ten-acre tract that will
. oroduce as much as tv, ire that acre
age in the North an" putting the
( rest in their pockets."' Meanwhile
I attention is called to the growth of
> j the orange industry in the Texas j
i coast country from the sabine to
75C-PLR YEAIF
the Reo Grand. It is claimed tb
the California Orange district b
three frosts and freezes to one in t! .
Texas coast country, and that tl
quality of the Texas yield is t!
best.
Hosts Await Teddy.
Mombasa, British East Afrit-
March 31.—Preparations for the r
ception here of Theodore Rooseve!
are now hearing completion. S!
James Hayes Sadler, Govornc
and Commander-in-chief of the pr<
tectorate, who has been transfer* • •
suddenly to the Windward Island
is very much disappointed that b
will not be able to icceive the form
er president of the United States
This duty will devolve upon Free:
rick John Jackson' Lieutenan
governor of the protectorate, Mr
Jackson is a famous sportsman an
the author of the book of hig gam<
in the Badminton library series.
Package s addressed to .Mr. Roose
velt are arriving out 011 every steam
er from London. They came ]>rin
cipally from British firms in tin ex
port business. A cablegram ha
been sent to Mr. Roosevelt at A dot.
inviting him to be the guest of tlx
citizens of Mombata at dinner 01
St. Georare's Day, April 23rd. R. J
Cunningham, the well known burn
er and field naturalist, who is tc
manage the Roosevelt expedition
is completing his preparation with
much secrecy. He has not beei
fceeu in or about Nainrobi for a fort
night |>ast. The governor is con
structing a new road to facilitate l!>
landing of the Roosevelt partv »>
Kilindlni, the lauding place ft.
Mombasa. Since the advent of tin
rains lions have been terrifying tht
natives within four miles of Kilimii
An elephant that evidently ha<
strayed away from a herd made it
way into the Bazari at Mating
March 30 and played havoc.
Government Expenditures in the Lucres
ot Agriculture.
During th" month of February
the New York State department of
Agriculture referred to the Attorney
General 127 cases of violation of tin
agricultural law for prosecution
Eighty-nine cases were violation
involving adulterated milk ind thi
sale of oleomargarine; 2S related tr>
the sale of vinegar; 37 had to d<
with violations relating to quaran
tines on account of contagious dis
eases of animals, and the shipment
and sale of bob veal, and 11 were
violation of the pure food laws.
There was one violation of the dried
apple law.
Some brood sows have a greater
tendency to lay on fat than other.-,
and this tendency is kept within
proper allowance by using less corn.
A sow at farrowing should not hi
overly lat, but should be putin 11
good round condition as soon after
pigs are weaned.
The Connecticut Experiment
Station recommends that for tin
best results in hatching eggs not
over five days old should be used
There is 110 need to hurry about
removing tht! mulching from tin
strawberry bed until growth begins.
It is needed as a protection from al
ternate freezing, and thawing unti*
settled spring weather. The firsi
few mild days of March were follow
ed by severe frosts, and along it
April, or when warm weather real I\
comes, lift a little of the mulch will,
the hand, and if you find thatgrowt!
has started and begins to look whit,
for need of sunlight, it is time to re
move the mulching. The ideal time
is just befe>re this happens.
Pigs after they ate weaned shoul<
be taught to eat a variety of feee!
and be supplied with them daily, s
their digestive organs will be iu ,
position to utilize feeds inelependent
ly ot the sow.
State Dairy and Food Commission
er, Foust lias given instructions t
his special agents to enforce* the nev.
State laws governing the* sale o!
milk from which cream has been
skimmed e>r water aeleleel ami 112
give the ice cream trade notice t
1 the approval «»f the new law. ('e>tt
missioner Foust says that his agent
have not repeated any violations e
the rotten egg law. which prohihi.
th" sale of partially decompose*
■ eggs, but that special attention wi
In- triven t«» Philadelphia, as son.
1 efforts to ship in olei eggs may be
made.