VOL. XIII. NO 47
<524,000—544,000 ?
C Which Do You Prefer • ?
V The average man earns about si, ioo a year.
V works 40 years and earns a total 01 $44, 00 in a
\ time, The average day laborer gets 82.000 a day or (
j S6OO lor a year ot 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a I
V life time The difference between $44,000 and r
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a?
\ practical education in dollars and cents "I he in- C
J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. S
\ Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when ?
/the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V
\ ton Pa can give you an education that will
V high salaried man o! you ? No matter what line of \
y work you care to follow, this great educational '"~C
\ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at \
? a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r
\ local Representative will show you how you can
112 triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112
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HEATERS;
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 caa 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.
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CORSETS
OF THE BEST
We cau't aflord to have any but the best. Kvery corset shows the new line
demanded by late styles. We do more than merely keep step with your needs
We anticipate thenu Before the new gown a new corset ot course. Let us help
you select the right one.
Of Course there are Gloves to Buy.
Togo with the new Spring costume. Here you will find a kid glove stock of t.\
cellent qualities and splendid color range at moderate prices. You can't go lar
wrong when you come here lor gloves.
Veilings White Waistings
Here are all the best of the uew style The assortment Includes all sorts of
veilings. There is so little diflerence be- new white waist mate' ials—plain fabrics
iweenthe 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 of winter. Kvery
.lav new styles are being added to the collection. They are made in the smartest
of the new spring styles. We can't describe them in detail, but ask you to see them
Knit Underwear Embroideries
We show a splendid line of medium a:id insertions in ali the various widths
weight knit underwear tor early spring and <|ualitiee, line dainty edges or
vear. wide flouncing widths.
Black Silks
Kever showed a better line of black silks than these we have in stock today.
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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY APRIL 15, 1909.
A bill has boon introduced in con
gress which provides for the pay
ment uf s2oo additional to rural oar-'
riors per year for the purchase and j
maintai nance of horses, wagons and 1
equipment. That is another move
in the right direction. We hope it
becomes a law.
The author of "When Knight
hood was in flower" and those
"Uncle Tom Andy Bill" stories,
has attempted to do for German
literature in his "Knighthood Vol
ume. The story is called the "Mar
grave Schwedt." and will be printed
in the SUNDAY PRESS Edition of
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS in
serial form, the first chapters appear
ing May Kith. The Margrave and
Other cliaraeters are historical per
sonages at the Court of the Father
of Fredrick the Great. Young Fred
rick and his favorite sister, Princess
Wilhelma, figure conspicuously in
in the story throughout, If you
have over read the story "When
Knighthood was in flower," you
will surely appreciate Majors efforts
in shis latest success. "The Mar
grave ofSchwedt."
Don't fail to read the opening
chapters appearing exclusively in
THE PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY
PRESS. May lQtli. Send your or
der in advance to make sure you
won't bo disappointed.
A live wo. kins arrange In a communi
ty so improves tlit* social conditions
that farms for rural homes are actually
worth more for its having been, in It.
The Grnnce National bank of Tioga
county. Pa., has been open seven
aiontiis and curries deposits of over
SIOO,OOO.
NEW KIND OF ROAD MATERIAL
Salt end Alkali Scale From Boilers
Used In Parts of Kansas.
The farmers lu central Kansas as
well us tlie people in the towns have
been Interested in good roads for se\
eral years, and Iti Ellsworth aud its
vicinity one can see almost au.\ kind
of a made road.
At one or two places In Ellsworth
comity there nre short roads where,
treatment has been given similar to the
pavement on Douglas avenue in Ells
worth. Here there are two blocks that
fool four-fifths of the visitors to the
town. The treatment of this street
was commenced about two or three
years ago. consisting of coarse and
tine cinders lu layers, then a covering
surface of salt and alkali scale.
The water lu this country is very
hard, and in all the steam hollers at
the salt mills and other factories a sort
of alkali forms which must be rernov
ed frequently, and this, with the salt
and alkali scale that forms in the salt
pans, is used on Douglas avenue, it
forms a hard crust and makes a most
excellent street. It is a success on
the most busy thoroughfare of Ells
worth. and !f the supply was not so
limited the farmers would use it for
the rural roads and more of the streets
of Ellsworth would be paved with It
The salt aud alkali crust on Douglas
avenue Is now about three inches
thick, and this lies on three inches of
coarse cinders and three inches of fine
cinders. It makes a pretty street, in
appearance being like an asphalt pave
ment before it becomes dirtv.
Cost of Oiling Rosds.
A recently published report of the
Boston park commission is interesting
In 1000 twelve miles of road were
treated with oil to keep down the
dust, and the result was so satisfac
tory that in T!»07 the whole extent of
more than forty miles was treated in
this way. Mr. Putnam, the engineer,
has carefully calculated the cost, and
lie says that the annual cost of sprin
kling a thirty foot roadway was $-IS9
a mile, whereas the cost of oiling the
same roadway thirty feet wide was
In addition to laying the dust,
the asphnltum in the oil had a binding
effect on the surface of the road and
very materially lessened the enst for
repairs. The oil Is put on In an emul
sion In which fifteen pounds of soap
dissolved in llft.v gallons of water are
mixed with a hundred gallons of crude
oil. the whole being agitated to the
proper point of emulsion, and then 150
gallons of this are mixed with 450 gal
lons of water and sprinkled on the
roads. The plan has given the very
best satisfaction in Boston and might
be tried elsewhere with corresponding
ly satisfactory results.
A Move For Good Roads.
Nearly 1.000,000 voters of Pennsyl
vania have signed petitions asking the
state legislature to start the movement
which in 1013 will give a bond Issue of
$50,000,000 for building good roads
The sum of $5,000,000 will be asked
for to begin Immediate work.
Rubbish Fire Causes Death ol Mrs. Chas.
DcHaas.
Mrs. Charles Dellaas, died at the
Williamsport hospital Tuesday from
shock and burns sustained when her
clothing caught fire from flames in
a rubbish pile that she was burning
in the rear of her home. Mrs. De-
H.ias was engaged in elearinig up
the house and grounds around her
home, usual litter of papers and
other tilings that are about a house
incident to a moving had been tak
en out into the alley to be burned.
Mrs. Dellaas had burned up a great
deal of the stuff and was engaged in
putting more paper 011 the fire
when the wind switched her dress
into tlie lire. In an instant her
-kirts wore a blaze and screaming
for help she ran toward the house.
Her mother Mrs. J. B. Mendon
liall ran to her aid and tried to
smother the flames with her hands.
This was impossible, and so the
mother by nnin force threw her
daughter to the floor of the porch
and grabbed for a rug that lay on
the floor. By the time she reach
ed her daughter, the latter who had
become frantic in her agony had
gotten on her feet and had run out
to the street. The Rev. S. S. Mum
inoy, pastor of St. Pauls United
Evangelical church, grabbed the
woman whose clothing were now all
ablaze and with the help of Mrs-
Mendenhall and souie neighbors
managed to extinguish the flames
hut not before they had burned al-
most all of the womans clothing
from her body.
Mrs. Dellaas was not unconscious,
and was carried into the house and
the ambulance summoned. She
was rushed to fhe hospital and
medical attendance given her. She
was terribly burned about the limbs,
body and the back of her neck, but
her face was not touched by the
flames. Un until 12 o'clock she
remained awake, suffering terrible
pain from the burns. At 12 o'clock
she fell into a sloop aud at ;> o'clock
Tuoday morning died. The doctors
at the hospital stated that death
came more as a result of the shock
than from the burns.
Mrs. DaHaas is survived by her
husband and three small children,
Dorothy 11. Martha E., and Charles
\Y. The youngest child is only a
year and a half old. The deceased
was aged 2!> years. Funeral servic
es wore held on Wednesday after
noon at the First Church of Christ
on Walnut street at 2;30 o'clock.
There is a newspaper printed in
Susquehanna County whose Editor
has the right idea about the curfew
business, lie advises every fami
ly into which his paper rinds its way
as a friendly visitor to institute a
curfew of its own. When that comes
to pass there will be no boys and
girls 011 the >treet at an unreason
able hour. Each head of the fam
ily will see to that. The father will
be at home at a proper hour himself
and will make it his business to en
force the local curfew ordinance with
rigid impartiality. If each home
in the land were to adopt this meth
od and adhere to it, much good
would result andmany rt lad who is
likely to end in penitentiary un.ler
existing conditions would grow up
into a useful citizen. It will not do
for parents to shift personal respons
ibility to thes boulders of the state.
The man in town thinks all a
farmer has to do is to sit under a
a shade tree and watch things
grow. A farmer thinks all a town
irinn has to do is to sit behind the
t ounter or at the desk and rake in
the money. This is the reason that
every farmer wants to move to town
arid every town man wants to move
on a farm.
QOIKT I'ROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS. HON. ('HAS. E, TERRY President
Juiliie. HonoraMes Heury Kichlin and It. K.
Ksklnka. Assoc. Judges oftthe C ourts of Oyer and
Terminer and General .'ail Delivery, Quarter
Sessions of tlie Pence, Orphans' Court and Com
mon Pleas tor the County of Sullivan, have issued
their precept, bearing date the 11 day of Mar.
190 SI. to lue directed, tor holding the sex era
courts in the Itorough of l.u|>orte. ou Monday the
IT ilar of May P«i9, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Therefore, not ice is hereby given to the Coroner.
Justices of the Peace anil Constables within the
countv. thatthev lie then and there in their prop
er person at2o'i lock p. in.of said day, with their
rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and
other rememiieranees to those tilings to which
their otllccs api« itain to be done. And to those
who are bound'by their recognizance to prosecute
against prisoners who »re or shall be in the Jail of
the said countv "112 sullivat), tire hereby notified to
be then and Were to pniseeute against them as
will be lust.
I JDDSON BR'» VV sheriff.
Sheriff's Office,Laporte i'a... V Jun 190S-
The Constitutional Amendments.
All of the proposed constitutional
amendments save the one relating
to elections were dropped. That
one was passed, and if ratiflod by
the people next fall, will become a
part of our constitutional law. The
The changes which were abandon
ed related to the debt limit of muni
cipalities and to the consolidation of
courts iu cities, and were of no par
ticular interest to country districts.
The amendment which was pass
ed abolishes all February elections
and provides for the election of
county and township officer in No
vember on odd numbered years, and
the State and national officers on
even numbered years. To con
form to this change, the terms of all
officials which are now of oue or
three years duration will be chahge
< d to either two or four. This change
will uot affect the term of any offic
ial now iu office, but the first elec-
iion under the new order will take
place in 1911.
As we have stated, the final adop
tion of the amendment lies in the
bands of the voters, but it ia more
than probable that they will favor
it by a large majority. The adopt
ion of the uniform primary system
has increased tht [number of elec
tion so that they have become not
only an expensive burden but a nui
,-ance because of their froquencey.
To cut out the February election
w ill relieve the people of the State to
that extent,
Distinctive Fire at Chippewa,
Firtf Tuesday morning destroyed
a woodshed and milk house on the
Reeder place, kuown as the Chippe
wa farm, causing a loss of about
S7OO. The blaze originated from a
spark from the kitchen chimney.
As soon as the fire was discovered
an alarm was sent out aud a large
number of persons from the sur
rounding country and from Muney
hastened to the scene. The burn
ing buildings were within twenty
feet of the largo farm house andit
was only by heroic efforts that the
volnteer fire fighters succeed in sav
the house and barn.
The story comes from, Washing
ton that although he is not saying
any thing about it, the fact is Presi
dent Tuft is greatly worried about
the state of affairs in Porto Rico.
Auan by is the only word that de
scribes the situation there. The
failure of the legislature to make
appropriations for anything will
bring the situation to an acute stage
in July wlieu the new iicial year be
gins.
The United States Court because
the Legislature failed to make a de
ficiency appropriation of SI,OOO is
closed, Judge Bernard Ilodeney is in
Washington. He might as well be
there as at San Jaun. His docket is
as cluar as he can get it. He might
go back, issue writs and compel
service without pay until such tiuu
as the Legislature chose to make the
necessary allowance, but as there is
no pressing business he will remain
for a while. The lower house of the
Legislature undertook to abolish the
Federal Court. It was greatly
astonished when the council or up
per house informed it that, inasmuch
as Judge Rodney's court had been
created l.y Congress, tiiat body is
the only one that can al>olish it.
It was feared that when the time
comes in July President Taft will
have to send troops to the island and
have the officers till tin* offices for
which no appropriations were made.
That will throw many l'orto Ilicans
out of minor jobs. When that hap
pens it is believed there will be a
revulsion ol feelings.
Increase tax tll diamonds is being
demanded in many letters which it
is reported, are beginning to pour
into Washington from the West,
Some of these letters represent that
instead of putting more tariff on
the necessaries of life, luxuries
ought to be taxed, and that Con
gress ought to start with diamonds.
Representative Hull, who is getting
many letters, is pointing out that if
the duty on diamonds is put at a
very high figure it will be an invita
tiou to smuggle.
75C'PLR YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
J. J. Connors was a Laporte visit
or last week.
Doctor Davis of Forksyille in
stalled the officers of Bernice Lodge
No 962 on Wednesday night.
Miss Rose Milhoey ol Drifton Pa.
is spending her vacation at Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Clemmins.
Miss Mollie Shovlin is visiting
Freeland friends.
Miss Leverton of Athens is visit
ing her brother Morris Leverton of
Mildred.
Squire Lowery was a Towanda
visitor Friday and Saturday.
Samuel Duncan has moved his
family and household goods from
Vintondale to Mildred where he
will make his future home.
W. C. Mason of Laporte is doing
some surveying at the Schaad and
Ilaudall mines.
It is with deep regret that we
announce the Sudden death of Mich
ael Connors, the beloved son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jaines J. Connors of Mil
dred. His sudden death has cast a
gloom overall the place. His death
occured on Sunday morning after a
few days illness. His boy hood com
panions will miss him in all of
their daring for he was always ready
to help the needy and those neeiiing
assistance. lie took an active part
in their sports and was a faithful
worker church, was the eldest
of the altar boys and was to have
taken an active part in the Easter
services. We cannot find words too
good to say of him as he lead a lift
above reproach. To bis bereaved [tal
ents, brothers and sisters, we ex
tend our heartfelt sympathy in hour.*
of their bereavement.
Matching Their Wits.
The squabble between the coal
operators and miners has resolved it
self into a strategic play for ad
vantage, in which the operators have
the best of it thus far. The miners
have apparently resolved neither to
strike nor to renew the three year
wage contract, but to continue work
ing without agreement until such
time as a favorable opportunity for
recognition of the union may come—
the scarcety of coal, the opening of
au important political campaign, or
something of that nature.
It is hardly likely that the oper
ators will be caught napping, They
| understand the ins and outs of the
mining business pretty well and
are not likely to let things drift into
shape so that the miners will have a
strong leverage upon them. They
were well prepared for the
situation that they knew would con
front them this spring, and have
coal enough above ground today to
last for seven or eight months even
though not another pound is mined.
If they allow the miners to work
without contract, they will doubt
less keep the supply good, and
should the miners strike, a climax
would not be reached until the en
durance of the miners is practically
exhausted.
The question of recognition of the
union, like all other questions,
should be settled upon its merits,
and not upon economic- necessity or
political expendiency. If the union
is an indispensable feature of the
coal business, that fact ought to be
apparent to outside and disinterest
ed people, and pbulic pressure
should be brought to bear to com
pel I the operators to recognize it.
but the anthracite Strike Commis
sion jand the conciliation boaid
were none of them so impressed and
did not consider it essential in the
dealings between the employers and
the employed. The miners them
selves are far from unanimous upon
the question it seems for there are
many more of them outside the
union than within.
It is up to the organization to
show its necessity IK fore it can
assert itself with any authority.
The right of the miners to orga
nize unquestioned but that is
aside i.nd unrelated to the question
of forcing recognition from tin
operators.—Tunkhannock Republic
an.
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