VOL. XIY. NO 8
<524,000 $44,000 >
v Which Do You Prefer * r
\ The average man earns about si. ioo a year.
x works 40 years and earns a total 0f544,000 in a lite V
\ time. The averaue dav laborer uets $2.00 a day or 112
/ s6oo' tor a year of 100 days. He earns §24,000 in a I
\ life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- Q
JOOO is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ?
V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C
vcreased self-respect cannot be measured in money. J
x 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 make /
1 high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line of \
y work you care to follow, ihis great educational
x stitution C3n prepare you in your spare time and
a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our (T
local Representative will show you how you
r triple your earning c3nacity. Look him up today, t
x He is i
? c. a isr, 5
I.C. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA. V^
COLbL
• HARDWARE
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OB WOO D
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 can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook f;tove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
Samuel
The Sliopbelf Dry Good Co.,
" 313 Pine Street,
WILLI AMSPORT, PA
(l)hite Wash Fabrics
.
Now is the time to select materials for those pretty White Dresses you have
been planning tor. Here are some of the white fabrics ami their prices.
PERTIAN LAWN, 45 inches wiile, in INDIA LINON, some specially good
a variety of qualities for values are offered tor
25c to 50c » 10c to 25c
FRENCH LAWNS, in Hue sheer quali- WASH CHIFFON, a tine sheer fabric
ties, 45 inches wide, for for dressy dresses, prices vary trom
50c to 85c 50c to Xsc
FLAONX. a new white checked aid EMItRUIDEREP SWISS We are sliow
striped fabric for whists anil dresses; tor ingsome very handsome new designs lor
25 cents. 50c to ( .'oc.
Fine Imported Swiss
The most popular of all White Fabrics for dainty dresses and waists. Investi
gate the qualities. They ore very cheap.
< >ne lot Ladies' Coit Suits, mostly light colorings, in fancy striped and checked
materials, |12.50 and $15.00, for $5.00 \
Ladies' Tailored Suits.
<>ne lot Ladies' Coat Suits, made ol plain colored and fancy light and dark
milling materials, all new styles, regular prices from #15.00 to SIB,OO, now S ( J.'JS
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 S3O to #25, now $14.00
Suits worth from $27,50 to $32.50 for $19.75
Suits worth from $33.00 to $37.50 for $22.50
WASW SKI RTS, Push their way to the C< >lf SETS F> 11 { A LI. FKil' RES, Every
frout lor cotnlort. There is nothing figure has its appropriate Corset. Our
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
SI.OO to $4.00 Corset tor the right figure.
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LAPOHTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. TH"RSDAY JULY 1, 1309.
HI THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW, Chatham. N. Y..
Press Correspondent Acw York State
Oranue
- THE GRANGE FAIRS,
| They Are Growing In Popularity
1 Every Year.
)
Some Suggestions In the Line of Mak
ing These Fairs Most Profitable—The
j Young People Should Be Given Spe
' I cial Consideration.
[Special Correspondence.]
! There is a great opportunity for sub
j ordinate granges to do a good work by
| | creating an interest in grange fairs,
| which are becoming more popular each
| year—not fairs got up by many days
i ! of planning and of hard work, but
j fairs got tip for a day or 1111 evening
! in :i very simple manner.
! There have been both benefit amj
i pleasure derived from studying tho
| exhibits which were brought in and
• arranged as the members came to tho
I regular meeting. A part of a day spent
| in arranging the exhibits of members
I living nearest the hall would of course
J make it possible to have them ar
i ranged more artistically, and the wo
| man's work committees would be just
j the ones to have it in charge. Lot each
member label his exhibits with his
j name and the name of the variety of
| the fruits, flowers, grains and vegcta
| bles which lie exhibits.
T)o not try to give prizes to tho older
members, as it would take much time
and trouble to judge the exhibits and
award so many prizes, and much valu
able discussion among the members
concerning the different varieties of
fruits and vegetables and tho best
methods of growing fliem would be
lost, for no one would know to whom
the different exhibits belonged if the i
names were left off so that they might
be judged, but begin right now to In
terest your grange in offering first and
second prizes to the children for a few
things to be grown by them this year j
and exhibited at a grange fair next ,
fall.
Have a special committee appointed :
to name some half dozen tilings to be
grown by them, such as carrots, beets,
popcorn, squash, sunflowers and as
ters, and to take charge of the pur
chasing of the premiums, which need
not necessarily be expensive in order
to please the children. Let them have
a special table for their exhibits, and
do all that you can to make it interest
ing for them, and you will be doing
something toward helping to keep the
boys and girls on the farm. Exhibits
of fancy work and of old relics have
been made very interesting in many
granges where they have room to dis
play them properly
LIZZIE A. RUE ADS.
PLEASURE "EXERTIONS."
What the Grfnirja Pi Id D-ys Should
and Should Not D 2.
Tho "pica: ure o?;ortIc:i" of .Tosiali
Allen's wife ha* I con 1 ;\>d often
in the cxpericiM e". 1 i' 1 ,;i , a tired mor
tal on an oiV.I:;:!i-..- ;ii ■nicking.
Another woman v,.:, o l tho :itintents
of many of tlioe when .--' ie aid: 'l'd
sooner ha' brewln' day a-i<! wa.-hin
day together than one of those pleas
( urin' days. There';! 1:0 w k tlrhi'
j as danglin' about an' starlit' an' u< t
| rightly knowin' what you're y;< ia" t"
! do next."
The grange rally, or field day. his
been Instituted as a modification of
the old time picnic that had no aim
beyond that suggested on the spur of
the moment or unfailing its big dinner
together in the woods. Under the
auspices of a live grange the rally is
full of purpose. It is a rallying in act,
as in name, of all the forces that goto
make a strong, vigorous rural life. It
aims to promote joy and zeal in de
veloping the active resources of the
; farms and farmers both,
j The rally is thus more than a day
of physical recreation and feasting.
| Tlie mind is rested and fed also by
I means of as good a program as can be
j devised and secured. Pacts of what
1 organized-effort through the grange is
I doing for farmers at large are pre
sented to those who cannot be reached
otherwise, and these same facts are
ofteu pressed home upon members in
a more forceful way than ever before.
Inviting grounds with all convoni
| ences for comfort possible and a good
! local program, not too long, to intro
duce and sot off the main address are
j requisites of the best rally success.—
1 : Exchange.
The Grange For Peace.
j At the late session of the national
grange a commission on International
arbitration, with Mortimer Whitehead
as chairman, was appointed. Its pur
j pose Is to co-operate with tho niimor
( ous peace societies of tho country and
; to carry on a propaganda for Interna
j tionnl arbitration. Mr. Whitehead lias
been for many years as active grange
j worker and was national lecturer dur-
I lug the early years of the grange move
ment.
Warning Ic r Road Supe visors.
A case of genera I interst, not only
1 to the people of Bradford county, but
aii over Pennsylvania, is the one
. which was settled Monday before
l Squire Meredith of Towanda.
There is a law on the statue hooks
jof Pennsylvania which makes ir
I | compulsory upon the part of the
road supervisors to remove all the j
j loose stones from the public high |
I ways of their respective townships. |
I For a failure to do tiiis there is a j
I penalty of $lO tine for each super-j
] visor. Many of the supervisors in j
9 ' Bradford county neglected to com-j
. ply with this law and among the)
number were the supervisors of I'!-'
Ister township.
Last week ('. 11. Ross, a rural free I
' delivery mail man running out of
• i Ulster village, came to Towatida, j
| and before squire Meredith made j
t complaint against tho supervisor-, j
: charging tlieni with violation of the
! law. Win. Maxwell represented
I j the plaintiff and when the parties)
1 I got together, Mr. lto.-s not desiring!
I '
■ to push the case, agreed to with- j
draw the complaint if the superyis-1
Mors would remove the troublesome j
I stones. This they agreed to do, tho
. j complaint was withdrawn, and they
' escaped the £lO line.
This should be a warning to all,
supervisors. r l'iie majority of pen- I
pie like Mr. Boss, have no desire to j
j make any trouble for the supervisors, I
! but it obligatory upon their part!
; to obsei .he mandates of the law.
Farm for Children.
There will he dedicated 011 Thurs
day just beyond the limits of Wil
j liamsport what will hereafter he
j known as a farm for Children. Tbi |
farm will be in charge of John L. j
(joldy, of Wiiliamsport, who for
several years has labored assiduous,
ly iu behaif of the poor children of
j that city. That farm will be known
as a branch of the children's Aid So
j ciety of Pennsylvania, whose head- j
quarters are in Philadelphia, and
will be conducted as a home for ehil-1
dren who are not fortunate in hav-J
itig parents to care for them, and in
this work Superintendent (Joldy'!
will have the assistance of the citi-|
/.ens of Wiiliamsport.
Mr. (loldy deserves great credit
for having established this home.
Himself n poor man, he has always
had sympathy for the unfortunate
orphans in this community and l>\
requesting 112 from the citi
zens he fo some years has gathered
a large q' untily of clothing and food
for sucl poor children whom he |
found in the city. By his persist-,
ence and through the elforts of the j
citizens Mr. Gohfy gradually enlist- j
ed the sympathy of men of means in
his project, with the result that he
was enabled to lease the 112 irm which
will in the future he the retreat of
children for whom homes will be se- j
cured.
A great many people worry un-j
consciously, -ajs o. S. Maiden in j
'tSuccess Magazine" They don't 1111-
derstaud why they are so tired j
in the morning, why their sleep w;.- |
so disturbed and troubled
This mental disturbance is otter
caused by the habit of taking thing-;
too seriously, carrying too gnat a ■
weight of Responsibility, livery -I;
wt lire wo see people who take 111' |
too seriously. Most of us are like j
the moturman, who not only start- ! 1
and stops the car and tries to keep',
from running over people, but also 11
feels tremendous anxiety and n
sponsibility about the motive power |
One of the most helpful lesson-It
life can impart is that which show-, 1
us how to do our work as well as it j s
can be done and then let Principle j 1
take care of the result. How often j 1
have we been ama/.ed to find thing j
come out much better than we an- I
ticipnted; to lind that the great un |
seen Power that governs our lives l j
through a wilderness of trial and j I
tribulations into the open has guided j I
our lifeship through storms of hard- j
ships and losses, safely into port.
The pilot does not loose heart j
when he cannot find his way. He h
turns to that mysterious contpsa-j t
which set s as plainly in the fog, and 1
glides Ms faithfully in the tempest, us 1
when the sea is like glass. We arc !
in touch with a power greater than <
any compass, greater than any pilot, <
a power that can extricate us from ]
the most desperate situation.
! BANK
' DIRECTORS FOR THE FIRST
NATIONAL 0i r LAPORTE
ELECTED.
'Stock Was Over Subscribed. Rank Will
I Soon Opsn for Eusii:.
i'lte stockholders of (lie First
1 National Bank of L'i porte met in
| the Court House 011 Sa/urday, June
j 120, to complete the organization an i
j elect a Board of Directors to serve
j until January next.
Ulysses Bird of El.' -!. ■ 1:d was chosen
■ chairman of the meeting and A. H.j
| Buschhauseu and i v . W. Meylert
I secretaries, and Chevies J. Pennock
temporary Treasurer. Mr. Meylert
j amiouneed that the stock had been!
!over subscribed, which announce-!
! mc ut drew a round of sq.plause from j
! the fifty stock holil 1 present,
j The next thingin niter was tliel
j payment of the subscriptions and
; when this had been done the elec- j
; tion of directors foUowed.
By resolution the rumher of direc- !
j tors was fixed at fifteen and the:
Chair appointed E.P. ; nghain, Sam-1
1 uei Pennock, Chas. L. Wing, It.(i. ■
1 lingers and Prof, II" airg as a 110m-j
; mating committee. Lite following!
j names were presented a- candidates j
I for directors and cleci< d unanimous-1
I ly:
Hon. T. J. Ingham, Laporte,
; Hon. J. L. Christaiu, Lopez,
Peter J. Murray, Murray,
Hon. A. L. Dyer, L.ipez,
E. J. 31 alien, 1 ,apotie,
W. ('. Mason, Laporte,
A. If. Busehiiausen, Laporte,
F. W. Meylert, Laporte,
! T, J. Keeler, Laporte,
j Ulysses Bird, Estdia,
Dr. C. 1). Voorhees. Sonestown,
John M. Converse , Sonestown,
W. B. Snider. Xordmont,
C. Pennock, Kenuett Square, 1
E. S. Phillips, Kennett Square, Pa. I
! The meeting of tiie «tockhold< r-!
| then adjourned and immediately:
i thereafter the new hoard • direc-
I tors met and elected the following
j officers:
j President, Hon, T. J. Ingham;
I Vice Presidents, Hon. J. L. Chris
1 tian, A. 11. Buscbhauseir, Solicitor,
li. J. Mullen; Cashier, Edward Lad
ley, of Kennett Square.
A committee was appointed t< :
take steps for securing a lot and croc-,
tion of banking house. Sever.il'
other committees w re also appoint
ed who will report at ;t meeting to
| he held Saturday, July 10,
It will be the policy of the hank
to get into operation at the earliest
j date possible.
Examination will be held as fo!-}
lows:
Dusliore, July 2(i and J7, Forks-!
ville, July i!s and Sonestown |
i Julv !>o and :il.
| All examinations h gin promptly !
| at s o'clock in the morning.
I Candidates will supply theinselve | j
i with pencil, ruler, e mipass, erasei i
and paper Bxlo inches.
; One ami only,one examination!
will be given, unless epon a written j
i t (piest of four niemi •ef some one j
school hoard, when peeial exami
nation will lie provhitd. The ex- j
amiuations will be announced later. .
1 All professional ce; iflcates issued j ;
before the lirsl Monthly of June litos, !.
expired June 7 INo profession- j
al certilieates will be renewed excepi I ;
upon examination it! t'u- subjects Ol :
Theory of Teaching, '.iraivtmar and ,
Arithmetic. The examination iu j
these subjects will b arranged for .
the first day's examination so that I,
all desiring to he ex .mined for a re- j
uewal of the professi itial eertilicatt (
must he present lite 112, •,t day ; ,
No regular <\\an: i'.aiion will be
held under any cir» '.stances. Ap- , ,
plicants desiring to qi dil'y for teach-1.
ing high schools Mil! he examined;,
later. All such are 1 quested to in- j
form us not latei than Juhl 10.
J. E. Iteese Ki! .fore, Co. Supt | t
i l
Have the PHILADELPHIA | |
PIIESS served wilh your hreakfa>t!,
every morning. Ord r from your
newsdealer or write lo the Cireau-j
lation Department of THE I'HILA- 1
DELPIIIA PRESS and your order (
will lie filled at on- . The Phila- "
delphia is the great breakfast table ,
paper of Pennsylvania, Delaware,'
New Jersey and Maryland.
7'5C PIR YEAP
Headstones for Soldiers
The 1: v which was j>;t-xeci provld
, ing for fin- gi viler of i>- .!<!;- 's to
mark the grave* <•:';!< rattr: - ( ;j< 1(
has I icon men'ionoo, ' :it it i- dou ■ i.-
ful if nil understood the lit, , »
j visions of the olTer, which t o
I government makes so the following
lis given;,
Upon application to the QuartT
; master General I.*. S. Army
| headstones will be furnished for un
' mark I'd grave-, ol soldiers, sail rs
i ami marines who served in the ist■ *
I Milira or the Army or S'avy of :i 0
United States daring any war or in*
isurrocliun, including the Rev< i
j lion, whether regular or volun;
land whether they died in theservi ,
|or.-ince their muster out or •• -
!charge therefrom. lleed-'oi s \ .1
jhe furnished for utimarked ;> iv 112
| Army Nurses who had regular or
i volunteer commission as such,
j The headston ■- are of the !• ;t
; white marble, yo ins. long, !:.! I
j wi(ie and four inches thick the i ,>
slightly rounded and the porlioi- .112
the stone which will he above ,e
ground when .set is hand-ruhbi i;
leach headstone is inscribed with t. n
j name. rank, it above private, eo -
pany and State regiment or oti r
| organization to which t'.:e decea- ,!
I belonged cut in r lief within asm -
ien field. No deviation eau be ma 'e
j from tie .so specifications, which are
l prescribed by the Secre; .r ■ ol \v r
jaod the law doesjnot provi If for any
I expenditure for fences or for any
j other purpose except for the h(/.<!-
stones as above described; nelth r
j;s it lawful to make any mo.toy al
lowance in place of furnishing tho
I headstone.
Headstones wiil he shipped by
I fn-ight prepaid by the Government,
| only to the nearest railioad station
or steamboat landing; t!..y will not
jbe delivered t .• the -in el addr< .-s or
j to the cemetery.
The following instructions to ap
| plicant- ire flrint->i on the hack of
| the blank applicants.:
j Write plain and b<* ■■■.•< ...t to spel!
j the names of ••'di: ci .rc-.ly or
i other persons for wiiose grav s
headstones are desired; if any of
j them served under .in assumed name,
j both the true name and alias must
j he viven.
j Write the first or given name in
■ full if known, as ('has. T. Jones, i
i-toad of(.'. T. loins. Where soldi r
served vith State troops, the state
and arm of service, whether infe -
try, cavalry or artillery should be
given; and in ease of a sailor or ma
rine tic name of one or more vessit *
011 which he served, or tho approxi
mate date of enlistment is require.l
By carefully observing these di
rections and living the information
called for in each column deiay v,l
be avoided.
Officers or committees of O. A. :1.
Posts and other persons havji g
charge of securing headstones 112. r
soldiers buried in their vicinity aru
requested to forward applications on
ly quarterly, vizi Jan. 1, April 1,
July I.and Oct. 1 i including th- iem
all headstones required and not pr ■-
viously applied for tip to date a,'*
plied for up to the date it was mad .
Wayward Gui a Forger.
Becoming imbued with romai ! •
and porhapa too ii -kle idors by re. -
iug 1 lashy no -els, Cora Poust, e 112
Slumiokin. ciecidi d to leave
home of her fithr and depend
her own resources for her li\ 1.
She did not intend togo with
money, howex; r, so sht carefo
imitated her father's h:n M ! a.
and I'orgc.s a check for - ie on
count in the Market Street 2v,U<>. .1
Bank. liefer.' her parents had th e
m discover tin fact, she drew •■• '
money and left home.
The girl who ha i been obedi t
until lately, fell into bad eompan ,
and, tog. iher with , number of olh r
girls, began reading trashy no\
A< sh - is but fourte. u years of,
she was ea ;iy lead from iiie strait
and narrow path, with tin-result th. t
the police are now looking for I
llerfather, Klin r Koust is a hard
workitjg respectable man.
Preachitig services in the Hit t
church Sunday evening July 4 . t
~i: In o'clock. Mr. t feorge l'\ .\liieh
of Buckneil University will prea ii
Ah are invited