Republican News Item.
VOL. XIV. NO 5
<524,000 $44,000 >
v Which Do You Prefer • ?
\ The average man earns about si, iro a year.
/ works 40 years and earns a total 0f544,000 in a life V
\ time. The average day laborer gets $2.00 a day or 112
J s6oo'tor a year of }oo days. He earns $24,000 in a I
s life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- £
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value o( a ?
X practical education in dollars and cents The in- C
J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money, y
C Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when j
✓ the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V
\ ton Pa., can give you an education that will make /
I high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line of\
J work you care to follow, this great educational
\ 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
/^tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today, r
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1.0. S. Representative. TO WANDA, PA.
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No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OR/ WOOD.
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 range 9 for sale cheap.
We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base
Eurner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
Samuel £oSe,Xrusfiorc,pa.
The Sliopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
y :> IWILLIAMSPORT, PA.
wM e Wash Fabrics
Now is the time to select materials for those pretty White Dresses you have
been planning for. Here are some of the white fabrics ami their prices.
PERTI AN LAVtN» > inches wide, in INDIA LIXoN, some specially good
a variety of qualities for \ allies are offered tor
25c to 50c 10c to 25c
FRENCH LAWNS, in fine sheer ('piali- WASH C'll IFFON, a fine sheer fahric
tit-s, 45 inches wide, for for dressy dresses, prices vary Irom
50c to 85c 50c to 85c
FLiAONX, a new white checked at'd EMHROIDERKI) SWISS We are show
i triped fabric for whists and dresses; (or ing some very handsome new designs lor
25 cents. 50c to 90c.
Fine Imported Swiss
The most popular of all White Fabrics for dainty dresses and waists. Investi
gate the qualities. They are very cheap.
Oi.e lot Ladies' Coat Suits, mostly light colorings, in fancy striped and checked
materials, $12.50 and $15.00, lor $5.00
Ladies' Tailored Suits.
• >ue lot Lidies'Coat Suits, made ol plain colored and faiicy light and dark
suiting materials, all new styles, regular prices from $15.00 to SIB,OO, now $9.95
Ladies' Tailored Cot Suits, in plain colors, two-toned and fancy Herringbone
striped effects, including the new Spring shadings, these have been specially cheap
at S2O to $25, now $14.00
Suits worth from $27,50 to $.'12.50 for $19.75
Suits worth from $33.00 to $37.50 for $22.50
WASW SKIRTS, Push iheir way to the CORSETS FtHi ALL FKJI'RES, Every
front for comfort. There is nothing figure has its appropriate Corset. «)iir
like a washable skirt. We have them in salesladies use the greatest of care and
white and colored, for the utmost patients in securing the right
$1.0(1 to $4.00 Corset tor the right figure.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY JUNE 10, 1909.
Fire Insurance an Important
Consideraton.
Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Farm '
Property Insured In Grange Mutual
Companies at Small Cost—Some In- ,
teresting Facts.
The reports from the various'coun
ties at the state grange meeting show '
that many granges in New York are
doing considerable in a business way
for the bene til of their members, par
ticularly in insurance. We glean the
following facts from the reports of
the delegates which appear in the pub
lished proceedings recently issued: j
The Westchester-Putnam Fire Relief
association carries over $450,000 in in
surance.
Cortland County Fire Relief associa
tion has 1,237 policies in force, carry
ing $2,734,275.
The Patrons' Fire Insurance com-1
pany of Cayuga county carries nearly '
$3,000,000 insurance.
Clinton and Essex Patrons' Insur- j
ance company reports over 1,000 poll- ■
cies, carrying $3,075,000 in insurance, j
The Patrons' Fire Kelief association ,
of Tompkins county carries nearly $3,-
000,000 and is working to the satisfac- '
tion of its patrons.
The Patrons' Fire Insurance com-!
pany of Otsego county carries $4lO,- ]
000 in risks at about half the cost of |
the old line companies.
St. Lawrence county has a member- !
ship of over 5,500 in thirt.v-flve ;
granges. Their fire relief association j
carries $10,000,000 of insurance.
Genesee County Patrons' Relief as
sociation is carrying over 1,700 poli
cies, representing $3,900,000. The as
sessment last year was $1 on the thou
sand.
Krooine county lias two grange
stores, doing a business of $15,000 to
$20,000 a year. Ringhamton grange,
in that county, did a $15,000 buslnr-.s
in coal, feed and grass seed Inst year.
In Clinton county the Patrons' Fire
Insurance company carries risks of over
$3,000,000, and the cost of insurance
is about $2.75 per thousand, of which j
only 50 cents per thousand was for i
expenses.
In Columbia county one grange (Ger
mantown) did a purchasing business
of over $15,000 last year. The Colum
bia and Dulchess Insurance company
had 2,700 policies in force Jan. 1, car
rying $0,705,750 of insurance.
Out of the thirty-three granges in
Steuben county ten own their own
grange halls. The Patrons' Fire Insur
ance company, including also Living
ston, carries $3,500.000, and the rate
last year was sl.Bl per thousand.
The Wayne County Fire Relief asso
ciation is a strong feature of the Or
der in that county. The company now
carries $8,253,437 in insurance in that
county. The Pomona grange of Wayne
has 800 members. Palmyra grange of
that county has a SIO,OOO grange build
ing.
The largest fire insurance association !
in the state is that of Jefferson county, j
which also does a business in Lewis !
county. On .Tan. 1 it reported risks !
amounting to $14,108,992, of which I
over $10,000,000 is in Jefferson county. !
The assessment is only about $1 per
thousand per year.
Monroe county, with a membership j
of 844 in Its Pomona and 4.840 mem
bers in the county in subordinate ,
granges, reports Insurance business ;
amounting to $7,908,310 on 3,325 poll- j
cies. The losses last year were very j
large, being $10,248. The greatest i
trouble was the small boy with the j
match.
In Orange county the I'lster and Or- I
ange County Fire Kelief association
carries $4,000,000 Insurance. In the
seven years of its existence only one
assessment of $1 per thousand iias
been necessary. The subordinate
granges in Orange county own real
estate assessed at $34,000 and did a
commercial business of over $300,000
the past year.
Co-operation For Rural Improvement.
A personal letter to the writer from
J. Horace McFarlund, president of the
American Civic association, with head
quarters at Harrisburg, Pa., conveys
the information that this association
will bo glad to co-operate with the
grange on matters pertaining to rural
improvement. The association has a
section on rural improvement, headed
by Dean Davenport of the University
of Illinois. Mr. McFarland says,
"There are many ways" in which sug
gestions going through the grange
would be effective, and the association
will be glad to co-operate with you
heartily and in detailed effort."
Grange Trophy Cup.
At the last session of the Ohio state
grange a resolution was adopted in
structing the executive committee to
1 offer a trophy cup to the grange mak
j ing the best exhibit of corn at the an
j nual meeting of the Ohio Corn 1m
: provenient association, the award to
■ be made according to rules of the asso
ciation.
State Master Laylin of Ohio had sev
eral broken ribs and many bruises
from a runaway accident a few weeks
ago.
Ma.vfleld (O.) grange has connected
Its grange hall with the homes of most
of Its 237 members.
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Redeeming the Fourth.
There are many encourageing indi-!
cations that the redemption of the;
Fourth of July as a day of genuine j
patriotic rejoicing instead of a day of;
Hooliganism is not far distant. The '
Phillip Livingston Chapter, Sons of
the American Revolution, at Al
bany—sin organization whose patrio
tism cannot be questioned—has pass
ed resolutions demanding a safe and
sane Fourth and galling on the
Council of that city to make such
restrictions as may be necessary.
These in the judgment of the Phil
ip Livingston Chap., include the pas
sage of ordinances that will limit the
sale and use of firearms and except
in public display under the charge
of the city authorities. The Chapter
has also gone on record in favor of a
provision limiting the hours in
which explosives may be used.
The district commissioners of the
city of Washington have approved
a regulation stipulating that there
shall be no sale and delivery or ex
hibition of tire works in the built-up
sections of Washington except in ,
public celebration. The Board of
trade and the Chamber of Commerce
of that city have united to prepare
a citizens' celebration,' 'in the in
terest of a safe and sane Fourth of
July." The plan will not eliminate
all noise on the Fourth but it will
reduce the danger of accidents to a
minium. The action taken m these
two cities is a sample of the reform
which is being inaugurated at many
points. "Civic bodies throughout
the country are at work to promote
a safe and sane observance of the
Fourth of July," remarks the El
mi ra Advertiser. 'This term means
of course" it continues "that the in
discriminate discharge of high ex
plosives and firearms shall be dis
continued. The unseemly noises are
to be put under the ban and ex
plosions in which the small boy is
usually mained or killed are to be
•'upplanted by some sort of program
of patriotic observances."
The public is waking up to the
knowledge that suppression of the
dynamite firecracker is an evidence
of good sense, not of a lack of patriot
ic spirit. It is beginning to realize
that there is nothing sacred about
the nuisances which have made the
day a horror, and that they can be
abolished without curtailing our
liberties or threatening the stability
of our institutions. The doom of
the objectionable features of the cele
bration in its present form is there
fore sealed, and it is only a question
of a little time before they will be a
thing of'the past. Ex.
The Pennsylvania Railroad com"
pany is endeavoring to provive pure
drinking for passengers and to this
end has installed a device that is sani
tary in every respect. The cooler
runs the water through coiled pipes,
which are surrounded by ice and
nearby is a slot machine which con
tains paratln cups. The dropping of
a cent in the machine allows the cup
to drop out and the person who de
sires a drink may use this individual
cup. The cup can be retained and
will serve for an entire trip.
Plains Township, Luzerne county,
is going to spend $40,000 for an un
necessary school house just been use
the board of school directors possess- j
es more power in the matter than
Citizens of Courts. Judge fuller has
decided that in spite of the evident j
preponderance of public opinion the
law provided no means for prevent-1
ing the directors from erecting build- j
The Court declared that it was un-.
fortunate that no such protection is j
afforded.
If you are an inthusiastic lover of
i sports you certainly try to keep in
touch with all sporting events. It :
may not be possible for you to at
! tend all games personally, but you
can keep informed by reading "The
Philadelphia l'rtss" which covers
all important sporting events. The
scores of the major and minor base
! ball leagues are published in full, as
' well as the many other games. "The
i Philadelphia Press employes" a
large staff of skilled wire service,
| gives you the news of all the games
and sporting events, completely,
accurately, fairly artd first. Be a
i real fan and read "The Philadelphia
i Press" daily and Sunday.
Sunday School Convention.
Tlie Sunday School Convention
for Colley Township mot in the E.
V. Church at Lopez May 21. Devo
tional Exercises were conducted by
Dubs Stover of Dushore. Mr. C. A.
Johnson opened the subject, lectur
ing or asking questions 1 n class for
discussion. George Streliy District
Chairman suggested that in teaching
a class the dull pupil should not be
shown ofT to the rest of the class.
Vernon Hull County Chairman re
marked that neither the lecture or
the question method should be used
exclusively.
The successful Sunday school
teacher was then discussed by Cora
Pealerof Lopez. The Convention
voted that her address he published
in full in the Dushore papers.
Rev. La Rose of Dushore then dis
cussed the strategic work of the
church. Quoting from Goodell he
stid that "when we have saved the
world. Of the church, 8.'5 per cent,
come from the Sunday School
because the child of to-day is the
father of tomorrow, and to supply
the lack of spiritual training in the
family.
How to get the indifferent boy in
to the Sunday School, was then giv
en by Flora Cook. The convention
voted that this address should be
published in full in the Dushore pa
pers.
Rev. Fried of Bernice in discuss
ing present needs of the Sunday
School, mentioned the fol
lowing* Need of realization of re
sponsibilities of the Sunday school
(2) Education in the home, (:!) Pro.
per equipment (4), Improvement in
teaching, (5) Knowledge, ((j)Tact.
Evening Session was opened by a
song service conducted by Rev. 11.
R. Wilkes followed by a consecra
tion Service by Rev. Fried.
Officers for the ensuing year are:
Pres., George Streby; Vice l'res,
Dubbs Stover; Sec'y.. Cora E. Peal
er; Treas., C. A. Johnson; Normal
Department, Rev. Wilkes; Home
L)ep't., Rev. Fried; Primary Dep't.,
Mrs. John Mosier.
Vernon Hull, County Chairman,
discusseu" The Normal Ctass." Our
class organization has become a
world wide affair. The great Nor
mal reform was not brought about
In a day, it wis a gradual growth.
The men and women who work for
Christ have plans and ours is the
Class Movement. Plan and purpose
are necessary to accomplish any
thing. 1 want to Impress upon the
teacher the necessity of doing better
work, and is there any better work
than teaching? Pastors spend several
years in preparing to preach, Why
should we not better prepare our
-H-lves for teaching?
Flora Cook Pres. Supt.
During the month of March, Bert
Smith & Son of Grainville Bradford
county sent to the Glenside Cream
ery the cream from a herd of nine
grade cows. Eight of these cows
milked the full month and one cow
milked for 11 days, miking an
equivalent of 8 and one-half cows for
one month. For the month's cream
they received $!(5.05. The total cost
of grain feed was $29.75. This made
the return for butter from each cow
$11.24. The cost for grain feed each
cow, $3.5(j. Does it pay to keep
good stock?
A Detroit genius has a scheme for
i building an airship equipped with a
set of bells which when rung are ex
pected to produce vibrations which
l will overcome the force of gravity
i and lift it from the ground. He pro
poses to give tli e theory a practical
test, "If lie can raise the money." An
exchange is feeling sorry for him,
and thinks it is unfortunate that the
ringing ol the bells could not raise
the money as well as the airship.
I How dear to our heart is the old
I silver dollar, when some kind sub
| scriber presents it t > view—the liber
ty head without necktie or collar,
i and all the strange things to us seeiu
1 so new, The wide spreading eagle,
! the arrows below it the stars and
words wMJi the strange filings they
tell. The coin of my father! we're
glad that we knew it, for some time
or other'twill come in right well'.
The spread eagle dollar, the star
spangled dollar, the old silver dollar
we all love so well.—Kane Leader.
75C PLR YEAP
Cherries Rolling on Trees.
A number of inquiries were receiv
ed lately by the division of zoology
of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture for a formula for a
spraying mixture to be used on
peach, plum and cherry trees to
keep the fruit from rotting. Tho
answer of Prof. IT. A. Surface, the
State Zoologist, is as follows:
"The ripe rot or brown rot is due
to a fungous disease, which attacks
the ripening fruit of peach plum and
cherry trees, and is to be prevented
by spraying before or at about the
time the fruit is half grown with
the self-boiled lime-sulfur wash. In
to a barrel put eight pounds of
fresh lime or quicklime and eight
pounds of sulfur, and into this pom
four or five gallons of hot water, and
cover it with a cloth to keep in tin
heat. Stir occasionally with a hoe
or something to keep It from burn
ing to the bottom and to keep it
from settling to much. Let it re
main an hour. Then dilute it to
fifty gallons, and spray it over the
trees. Cold water should be used for
diluting. Repeat this after a hard
rain, or if it does not rain repeat in a
week or two, and continue until just
before the fruit commences to ripen,
when there is no need to continue
the spraying because to spray it on
ripening fruit means to discolor the
fruit and thus render it unmarket
able, although it would not be poi
sonous, and will not be unfit for use,
even though it should be stained by
spray liquid.
This self-boiled lime-sulfur wash is
not recommended for scale insects
it is a different preparation, made
t>y a different formula and method,
and these materials should not be
confused.
In answer to a correspondent, writ
ing from Pittsburg a few days ago,
as to what treatment to use to dew'
troy the wooly Aphis on apple trees,
State Zoologist Surface gave the
following inform-.* U<>n, which is
published for the benefit of every
body interested.
The Wooly Aphis on apple trees
generally works in spots where the
bark has been injured and can at
such places be easily killed by paint
ing with a very strung soap solution,
using a paint brush, and pushing
the soap solution well into the cracks
of the infested parts. Jf not treated
it keeps the wound sore and often
results in knots, galls and other de
formations. Where the pest has
spread to other parts of the tree,
such as the leaves, it can be killled
by spraying with whal" oil soap,
one pound in <5 gallons of water; or
common laundry or other soaps, one
pound in three or gallons of water or
perhaps best of all, with an 8 percent,
kerosene emulsion. This emulsion
1 recommend for all sucking insects,
such as plant lice, rose leaf hoppers,
young scale insects, etc.it is made
by shaving one half pound of hard
soap of any kind into a gallon of
boilingjwater and stiring it until it
is disolved. Into this pour two gal
lons of kerosene (after removing it
from the tire), and beat it or whip it
like beating eggs, or, better, churn
it around through the spay pump,
about five minutes, when it will
assume thick crearnv mass, and will
be a permanent emulsion from
which you can take a supply and
mix in water when needed. For
this take one part of the stock emul
sion to ten parts of water, and
this will make about eight percent
actual kerosene in the diluted emul
sion. By this treatment the kero
sene loses some of its original quali
ties, and does not float on the water
but becomes dissolved or absorbed,
anil does not do ihe injury to vege
tation that it would if the pure
kerosene were used on foliage. At
the same time it is always strong
enough to kill such pests.
The Wooly Aphis also works on
the roots, often causing serious de
formities or knots, and remains at
such injured places. Whenever tlu-y
are discovered they can likewise bo
treated by painting with strong soap
solution or by uncovering the roots
and coating them well with finely
powdered tobacco dust, and then re
placing the earth. The fertilizing
, value of tobacco dust will alone b
'sulllcient to justify this work.