uSPVELIC&H HEWS ITE/i. CHAPEL WING, Fditor. Faotinual M/ory 'PttarScUy Aftornoo By The Sullivao Publishing Co At tho County Seal, of balUvau County. LAI'OHTE, PA. W 0. MASON, I'ri'sideii. XHOS. J. IN(. HAM, Sec'y & Treas. entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. 'I heir Purpose Is Purely Educational. Practical Ideas Advanced. [Special Correspondence. ] In considering tlie methods which t\ ill bring success to any organization ivb should first consider the purpose of that organization. The purpose of the juvenile grange is purely educa tional. and the training it gives is dif ferent from any that may be obtained elsewhere. No order in the world cov er:) so broad a field as the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, and the juve nile work trains and prepares each member for the work $t liper years. The first element of success in the juvenile grange is a good mftt.'on. She need not have had experience with children nor as a teacher. She can de velop her peculiar needs as the work goo ; on if she Is fitted to her work. The first thing to be taught is to be a good Patron of Husbandry. The beautiful words of instruction in our ritual should be often used, and in the iinpv essionable iniud of the child they will take deeper root than they do with the careless adult. The next thing Is the careful training in the rules of the Order. The children should have regular drill work in the proper open ing and closing of the grange, each child receiving personal attention and Instruction in carrying out his or her part with dignity. Children naturally love anything of a military nature and will fall gracefully into doing their regular work with precision, prompt ness and dignity. The degree work is a deilght to them, and the lessons learned in their order'will be carried out in the' future when they have be come members of the larger Order which they closely resemble. After all parliamentary rules are thoroughly learned the regular routine business must be managed by them selves. The matron can easily hold theui to this by judicious praise and eu courairemeut. Not often will they need this, but her watchful care will pre vent « areli habits, and this training v. ill be of the greatest benefit to them. Never in after life will they lose the j Kelt' confidence and business ability i thus gained. After tho business is thoroughly learned the most delightful studies can Ie opt. dup to them through the study of nature and agriculture. The leaflets of the Cornell Junior Naturalist Series will be sent to them on applica tion, and from them can be developed the most delightful object lessons, (he illustrations showing them just how each part of the work must be done. The planting of seeds and bulbs, the distribution of moisture, the habits of plants, birds or animals, the sprouting of Me Is, the test for starch in plants, the competition between weeds and plants, the mother instinct in plants and animals, the diseases aud enemies of plants and flowers and many, many other valuable lessons may be fastened upon the child's mind by the simple ob ject lessons which they may them selves conduct. The recitations, se lections and other work of rnis nature in the lecturer's hour will give confi dence for work of the saute nature in the regular grange in the future. Experience shows me that the ju venile grange is the surest method by which we an build tip the Order. In our juvenile grauge at North Hannibal the children count the days until they can l;e admitted to the larger grange. No question ever arises its to whether or not they will join. It is a foregone conclusion they could not be kept out. In : ome granges where 1 have been sent lo talk this subject I find that a fear of unforeseen difficulties or ardu ous labor is standiug in the way of the organizing of juvenile granges. To such I would say: Do not fear for the children. They will put into the work the enthusiasm of childhood, they will Imbibe the grange spirit, and before .sou know it they will have infused new life into the parent organization. <':irei'ul study, observation aud actual experience teach me that the best thin;.; for the Order of tlje future is the juvenile grange of today. ELIZABETH P. FARNHAM. National Grange Officers. The following officers were elected by tlse national grange on Nov. 'JO: .Master—N. J. Bachelder, Concord, N. It. Overseer—T. C. Atkeson, Morgan -1 own, W. Va. Lecturer—W. F. Oaunt, Mulliea Hill, N. J. S.eward—J. A. Newcoiub, Golden, Assistant steward—O. D. Richard son, West Brookfleld, Mass. Chaplain—O. S. Wood, Ellington, Conn. Treasurer— Mrs. E. S. McDowell, Home, N. V. Secretary—C. XI. Freeman, Tippe canoe City, O. Gatekeeper- A C. Powers, Beloit, Wis. Ceres Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, fill lege Park. Md. Flora Mis. Ida 3udson, Balfour. la. Pomona Mrs. S. G. Bairil, I'dina Mills, Minn. Lady assistant steward— Mrs. Joanna Walker, Marshalltou, Del. Member executive committee—Frank . Godfrey, clean, X. V., master New Y'irk state grange, succeeding E. B. \orris, whose term expired at this sea ls ion of the grange. PAPA'S STORY. i His AtUmpt to Tall It Whilo Trying to Put Robert Asleep. ''Papa!" "Well?" "Tell me a story." ' I'll tell you just one If you will promise togo to sleep." "My pajamas don't feel good." "Don't think about them. I'll tell you a story, but one will be all." Mr. Todd sat beside the bed aud be gan: "Once there was a little uoy"— "What's his name?" "1 forget." "Didn't ho have any name?" "Yes. to be sure he had! Don't inter rupt me, Robert." "Then what was it?" "Why, his name was—his name was Julius." "Julia's a girl's name." "This boy's name was Julius, not Julia. He was named for Julius Cae sar." "1 know something übout Julius Caesar," Robert exclaimed, sitting up suddenly and quoting: "Julius Caesar "~ Was u wise old geezer. But lie froze off Ids feet In a Ice cream freezer " "Where did you ever hear such a thing as that?" "Alfred Potts told it to me." "Well, don't you ever let me hear you use Unit word 'geezer" again. Now I goto sleep." "But you didn't tell me the story." "All right. This isn't about Julius Caesar at ail. Julius Caesar was a king, and he died a long time ago." "When he froze his feet off. papa?" "He didn't freeze his feet. That is I a piece of silliness Alfred Potts told j you." | "What is a piece of silliness, papa?" j "Don't ask me such foolish questions, j Settle down aud goto sleep or I'll go I back downstairs and leave you alone." "Papa, my pajamas don't feel good." i"I told you not to think about them. I Now, listen and I'll tell you about this little boy. He went out one day and saw" "Was his name Julius?" "Yes, yes!" Mr. Todd answered. "His name was Julius, aud he"*— "Did he die a long time ago?" "No. Julius Caesar died a long time ago. This t>oy didn't." "Where does he live now?" "I don't know. Be still." "Ilow'd yon know what's his name, then?" "Well, he lives—he lives in a town somewhere. And one day he went out and saw a tree that was simply full of birds. The birds"— "What did the birds do?" "The birds sang, of course." "What did they sing?" "They sang songs. Now, if you want me to tell you this story you will have to be quiet. So this boy looked up at j the birds and"— "My pajamas don't feel good." "They never will feel good if you don't stop thinking about them. So this boy looked up at the birds, aud he was a bad boy—and lie thought it would be smart to throw a stone at them." "Did he?" "Yes, he threw a stoue at the poor little birds." . "And what did the stone do?" "It made the birds fly. And then"— ! "Papa." "Well?" "What did the fly do?" "What fly?" "The fly it made the birds into." "Robert Gallahue Todd, 1 am going i downstairs, aud if you are not asleep I in two minutes I shall punish you!" Mr. Todd strode from the room, and j at the stairs he halted at the sight of j a woman sitting on the top step with | her face in her hands and her shoul- j ders aud sides shaking, it was his i wife. Wilbur Nesbit in Success Mag azine. Some Famous "Dunces." Nathaniel Hawthorne was the dunce of his class. Walter Scott was told by his professor that he was a dunce. Both Napoleon and Wellington were dull j boys at school, and when ('live won ; Plassy his father said he did not think the booby had so much sense. Chal mers. the leader of the disruption, was expelled from his school as an incorri gible dunce. Chatterton was sent home as a fool, and I.eigh Hunt was con sidered beyond all hope. Isaac New ton. the great oriental scholar; Sir Wil liam Jones and Robert Morrison, who compiled the immortal Chinese Bible i anil dictionary, were all regarded as extremely dull boys. Minneapolis Journal. Two Duels. Salnte-Beuve got an excellent adver- ! tisemeut out of a duel fought on a j wet day by insisting upon holding his j umbrella up with one hand while he \ fired his pistol with the other. He was j willing, he courageously said, to take j the risk of being shot, but he must be j excused from taking the greater risk of catching cold. The duel which Benjamin Constant, j who suffered from gout, fought sitting | in a Bath chair may have been of somewhat similar character. Honor in i that case was declared to be satisfied when the Bath chair was hit.—Straud Magazine. Dangerous. Father—What are you doing, Emma? Daughter—Oh, Arthur is coming to night, aud I'm cooking something for j him. Father—Emma, Emma, you'd j better be careful. You'll keep on cook ing for him till he breaks the engage ment Ileitere Welt. It takes a lot of courage on the part | of a youug man to tell a girl how pret ty some other girl Is.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. p . Snort Talks on " | AdVertisihd > : l —— People generally read advertisements more than they did a fewyears ago. The reason is to be found in the advertisements themselves. Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make m exits more readable. Some of them even become, in a •way, a department of the paper, and people look for them il>( every day with as much xest and pleasure as they turn to any other feature. This is trua of many department stores oil over In many cities there is just one man who appre- T/ \ ACT; / ciates the value of such interest. flYv ■ He breaks away from the old set style. He teils j 112 something interesting in his space every 1 There are lots of interesting things in business. Look over the miscellany page of any paper—look at its local news columns, J ' —■ and its telegraph news, for that matter, K I ■ and you'll see that the majority of the items are more or less closely related to Jg? some business fact. y/'v-l Dress these facts up in a becoming .. u , tkt „,^ hnHt cam , dm £ hi , garb of words, and they will find readers, ftdrstml." even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant come down oif his pedestal and talk in his file needn't bo flippant—far from it, but let him not write as if he were ad- 1 dressing somebody afar off, and telling him about something at even a grep-ter , The newspaper goes right into its ; It is on the table when he eats, and in bis hands while he is smoking after the meal. It reaches him when he is in an approachable condition. That's the time to tell *him about your business—clearly, plainly, convinc ingly—as one man talks to another. I **TJtt nr,utf»p<T ft,, rit+t mt* iU «■ <■ *■ „ „ . Juust tUt MM MM JUm." <&*****> Ckmrlm Mutom B*U., Ntm Ym-K MUNCY VA PA. Never Before Have";We Received |5O and 75 so many praises and Vll ;Boys' Knee many'llattering remarks B aslwe Pants " eay y v ; ei .s 1 l lt have had this Season. \r'K&£- *■ Assorted style ntf i Q'nppia 1 Were you one ol the vast that IpK-4* | " crowded our store during the past w etk? BMHISm Did y your share of the ; 1 1u Its advertised? II not you should ConrTiiEß E now 'mm \Ve are making new friends fast: selling' more !goods than ever before HV ! But we si ill want more friends, want to sell our stock taster, ye twe are'spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wonder how _ , .-s jwe can do it. To this we can answer, tiiat no other store in thi ! section? has the wholesale buying facilities enjoyed by thi> es ta 1 , avQm^. D lishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower, I Sweater Coats Men's or'J'oye' Sweater Coats ..is Mens'sweater coats Mens sweater coats 125 Men* sweeter coats 1.50 Metis sweater coats 2.00 i-riV' vTiiM'k sweaters 25 anil 4tic Mens cariligan'jaeki'ts l-- :> Underwear V , I„ r t, Hoys Shirts or Drawers, m ' ribbed or tleeced 20 ami tl'<v Men's ribbcd'underwenr ■ill colors '^' ,c Men's fleeced lined underwear all colors 39c ! Boys Corduroy Pants. " I ]»ovs ? coniuroy.knee pants, throughout, flue ribbed quality worth regular 75c Special 3'Jc Men's Suits Men's Suits 4.05 Men's Suits 6,75 Mem a Suits 8. 50 Mens,Suits y.f.5 10.50 ; Men" Suits 11.75 14.50 L ; 15 50 Ifi 25 So Corne to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Remember ' sale only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte and I Nordmont for purchase of slo'oo or over. Specials Men's Corduroy Pants From 1.19 to 2.50 > CHILDREN'S' SUITS From 99c to and 5 50 ! MEN'S TROUSERS From 69c to $4 75. MEN S OVERALLS. From 39c to 75c MEN'S ODD COATS All Prices All Prices Duch and Corduroy to 2 2^ I SHOES Also big line of Shoes at sav 1, ing prices SI. for 2.u) Dress Shoe. Ladies' 1.6s shoes for 1.09 Men's Working Shoes i.fc 1 ) W. L. Douglas Shoes at reduced prices. Big Line of Men's and I Children's Overcoats at re ; duced prices. THE THE ] TRIWEEKLY 3 LAPOBTE GAZETTE and BULLETIN REPUBLICAN NEWSITEM Tells ali the general news of the, Best dressed and most respected world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan county. State, ail the time and tells it Pre-eminently a home newspaper impartially. Comes to subscrib- * The only Republican paper in ers every other day. It is in fact county and conies from the seat almost a d«iily newspaper, and of justice with new news from you cannot aflord to lie without I the county offices, clean news it. We oiler this unequaled from all sections of the county paper and the KLWS ITEM and political news you want to together uue year tor read. This with Tri-w#eklys at $ I -501 dt 131.50 The REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM 1 and Tri-Weckly j GAZETTE AND BULLETIN. nri Tu city there is one best If you want to keep in touch peper, and in Williauisport with the Republican party it is the (inzette and Bulletin. organization and be informed It is the most important, pro- °" tt " mi ' estate transfers or gressive and widely circulated legal matters in general that paper in that city. The first transpires at the county seat to hold the fort journalistically. you must necessarily take the Order ot the News Item. NEV.'S ITEM. I" IJI#/ WCtf £gTEW flflv "NEW RIVAL" m FACTORY LEADED SHOTGUN SHELLS No black powder shells on the murke.* compar" with the "NEW RIVAL" in tifli* lormity and strong shouting qualities, t ire lire and waterproof. Ciet the genuine. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. .... New Haien, Conn, —MW—BH—g—lftWi' I. ■ OBIIIVWMMWWBWMMMMaMSHMWa—WW—K Men's Shirts Men's Negligee' Shirts :>9c Men's Work Shirts ;i9e Men's Flannel Shirts 85c liicby Flannel oven-hirts 1.39 Men's extra heavy cotton mixed socks OSc Men's, all wool'socks 1 '.is Boys and 'lirls Stockings 09c Ladies' Hose 09c Ladies' Facinatprs 19c Also big line men's lumberinen rulibers—Lambertville arid? Ball Band. A Idg saving lor vou- Men's Caps 19c Boys' Caps 19c Ladies' FUIiS at great reduction. BED BLANKETS from Tsc2up. TKI'NKS all sizes from 1.50 up. Ladies' Sweaters | Ladies' Sweaters all colors '99 c Ladles' Waists, blue, black. .'i9c Ladies' Coats Ladiet-' Coats from .'5.50 to 1:2.00 I"" "The Jewel Shop." Where your repair work receives special attention ind you are sure to be pleas ed. Wh.re you can get "glass es correctly fitted, that make voir tves see like young eyes. Where jou can get high grade Watches, Clocks and all kinds t-t'Jewelery at the bargain prices you have long ooked lor. LJ.Voorhees, SONESTOWN . | Administrators' Notice. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration upon the estate of Fran ••i.- \\ . (ialla;iher, late ol La porte Boro., Sullivan Couutv, Penna.. deceased, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted 10 said estate are re • I'tcstcd to make payment, and those having claims or demands against tb Vatne will make them known without' (V • lay to MRS. THERESA tiALLAGHEJI, La porte, Penna., Administratrix. I January 4. 1909. QOI'RT t'ROCLAMATION. WHKREAS, HON. ('HAS. K TKKIIV President .• j fudge. Honorable* llcnry Richlin and H. R. - Kakinka Assoc. Judgesoljthe Courts of oyer and - ! Terminer and in'iieral Jail Delivery, Quarter . se.-sions of the l'eace. Orphans' Court and com mon I'll :I- tortile ' ounty of Sullivan, have issued . their precepl, bearing dale the U day of Mar. ISOU. to me direetea, tor holding the gevera •• courts in the Ho rough of La porte, on Monday thu IT day of .May 1009, at 2o'clock p. m. There lore.notice is hereby given to the Coroner i | Justices of the l'eace and Constables within the I ; county, that they lie then and there in their prop -1 er person at J o'clock p. m.of said dav, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and other rememberauces to those things to which their offices appertain to be done. And to those who are hound by their recognizance to prosecute against prisoners w ho are or shall he in the jail of • the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be then and there to prosecute against them as will be just. JCDSON BROWN Sheriff, j Sheriff sOffice,Laporte fa.,. », JLU IMS' S > We promptly obtain C. S. uiicTTorcigiT'^^ iEZSIkES {Send model,sketch or photo ofinventionlort c r free report oil patentability, for free book C TRADE-MARKS • j Opposite U. S. Patent Office? L.. -WASJ4 WGTON D. 0. | Educate Tour Bowel* With I'tlctratt. Candy Cathurtic, cure constipation fore™* »oc.i3e- If C. C C. fait, druggists refund moaa» w
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