Local Items. Read M. Brink's ad. Oysters at Boudman's, Sones town, Pa. L. M. King of Davidson Town ship made our office an agreeable call Monday. Thcron Allen made a business trip to New Albany Sunday return ing Monday morning. You can get a warm meal at Boudman's "Sonestown Hotel" at any hour of the day. Fred Vincent, Appraiser of the l'ort, of Philadelphia is acting as juror in Court this week. Attorney Crawford of Ilughes vilie was in attendance at Court Monday. Ho made the News Item a pleasant call. 8. K. Brown of Rickctts is in town this week. Mr. Brown re cently embarked in the poultry business and lias an order in for a pair of Kinglet Barred llock roosters for which he paid sls. Benuie Lee who has been living in Buffalo for several years war in town Wednesday morning on his way to Elk land to visit his sister, Mrs. I). F. McCarty. He will leave New York next Wednesday for Brazil where has business en gagements. —New Albany Mirror. Frank Paine a daring young aviator from Harvey's Lake Lu zerne county, is attracting consider able attention with his six horse power biplane. Mr. Paine will take part in the big aviation meet which will be held in Wilkes-Barre during the coining summer. On Washington's birthday he will at tempt a (light at Bridgeport. Members of the State constab ulary who are working 011 the Bernice murder case in connection with the Lehigh Valley detectives in locating two men who disappear froin Bernice about the same tine as the section boss was missed. The Lehigh Valley detectives under the direction of Captain Booth are working hard 011 the case, but have very little informa tion which will assist them in locating the guilty parties. Preaching in the M. E. church at Eagles More Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Service in the M. E. church at Laporte Sunday evening at 7:30. Theme of sermon: "Bank ing in Heaven." Epworth League Devotional service as follows: La porte and Eagles Mere at 7 p. 111. Let everybody come to the League services. Sunday School at La porte Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the church. All are cordially invited to attend these services. There will be an entertainment and Sock Social 111 the M. E church at Laporte on Wednesday evening, Feb. 22. A delightful time is anticipated. As it will be the anniversary of Washington's birth, an endeavor by decoration, entertainment, etc., will be made to fittingly celebrate and com memorate the occasion. An appropriate program will be render, ed. Refreshments consisting of ice cream, cake and coffee will be served free of charge. Eetertaiu ment begins at 7:30 immediately followed by the "Social." Invi tations will be sent out indue time, which will .admit the beare l ' to the church. Come, eat, laugh and grow fat. Mildred Licenses Refused. Three out of the four new applications for liquor license in the village of Mildred were refused after hearing evidence given by remonstrators. The fourth appli cation made by Francis Sick for restaurant license was granted by Associate Judges Kschinka and Kichlin. Those refused were to Frank Teitelbaum, wholesale, Lousis Gatta, restaurant and Lewis Schwartz, wholesale. The remain ing applanations with the exception of Ilillsgrove were granted making a total of 3!> in the county. NORDMONT. Mrs. W. B. Snider spent Tues day in Laporte. 11. C. Hess was a business caller in Williamsport Friday. Miss Hattie Traugli has been employed by the Nordmont Supply 3 Company as clerk. Many from this place attended 3 Court at Laporte this week. Claud Fritz and son Allen are visiting at her parents, Mr. and t, Mrs. Amos Foust. Minard Peters, wife and son Kenneth spent Thursday at Hughesville. * Reba Hess lias gone to Hughes ville to work. Walter Hazen of Sonestown at tended the S. S. convention hero Friday evening. Bert Hazen spent Tuesday in Hughesville. T. J. Keeler of Laporte was a guest of W. B. Snider over Sunday. Mrs. Frank Boals of Derry is ; visiting her sister Mrs. H. C. Iless. On Wednesday evening Feb. 8, the friends of Freda Armes gather | ed at her home and entirely sur prised her, it being the 17th. anni versary of her birth. After play ing many games refreshments were served. The young people, after wishing her many more happy birthdays, departed for their homes. Those present were Misses Edna Jones, Dollie Snider, Latlial and Reta Sellers, Etta Hunter, Katie an 1 Fay Young, Agnes and Marion Gorman, Mary Harrington. Ger trude Knouse, Clara Norris, Laura Fiester and Alice King, Messrs Dewey Fiester, Harry Horn, Hai ry Hunter, Harry and Abe Knouse, Ray Anders, Albert Sliarrow, Edie Keeler, Willie and Max- Young, Horace Edgar, Brady L l ase, Shedrick Hess, Will Gciger, Stanley May, James Faulkner and Waldron Sliarrow. ' SONESTOWN. Robert Simmons and James Marshall were Nordmont visitors Saturday. Harold Bender and Ritner Fiester of Muney Valley, who have been on the sick list for some time, have returii"d to their studies in the Senior Class of this school. Presiding Elder, Messenger of the Evangelical church conduct ed services here Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The pastor of the Evangelical church, Rev. IleVtz is having great success in his revival services here- Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bondman and daughter Myrtle spent Sunday at Eagles Mere. R. W. Simmons and wife, L. K. Freas and wife, Harry Basley and James Marshall visited Wm. Remsnider and family at Muney Valley Sunday. A jolly sleigh load of youi g people drove to Fulnier's at Mt. Vernon Friday Evening. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Wlll. Donovan and family are visiting relatives here. m m - Keeping Quality of Liine Sulfur. A prominent farmer of this State recently wrote to Prof. H. A. Sur face, Mating that last fall he bought a barrel of commercial lime-sulfur wash, ami, owing to previous work he was not able to apply it. He wished to know if the material would be satisfactory to use about the first of March. The Professor's reply follows: to your inquiry ask ing if your commercial lime-sulfur which you bought last fall, can be kept to use for successful spraying this spring, I can say that it will be all right. I would recommend j testing all lime-sulfur solutions! with a hydrometer before using! them. You can obtain a good in- J strument, with full directions for, the use of jar for testing, and carrying case, for only one dollar, {$1.00) of the Carbondale Instru ment Co. Carbondale, Pa. This will save an immense amount of trouble, and it need not be tested until it is dilute and ready for use." oi II II K 1 The Two Hetties 1 "■ —*■ ■■ '9 Paul Andrus drew a long sigh of relief, as he laid the letter he had been reading on the table. "She says that she will come and take charge of the house and Allle," he meditated. "I must have some one, and a poor little old maid like her will be very glad of a comfortable home. With romantic visions of Aunt Het ty's serene face floating through his mind's eye, and a bundle of wraps, to shield the "dear little woman" from rain, under one arm, while a mammoth umbrella was held firmly in position by the opposite hand, Paul Andrus started for the station, nor did he arrive a moment too soon. Quite a number of gentlemen step ped out of the train, but only two solitary female figures. One was a duinpy little woman, with a puff of snowy hair showing under the rim of her ancient bonnet. There was a worried look in the eyes, turned inquiringly upon the strunga faces about her. "Please, marm, be you Hetty—Het ty—l forget the other name," said an awkward coachman, approaching her. "Yes," she said, with an emphatic nod, "I'm Hetty. How kind of my nephew to send such a fine carriage for me. He must be rich to afford It." Paul Andrus had not heard their conversation, for after mentally decid ing that the "dumpy little woman" was "some one's grandmother," he glanced about in search of his "Aunt Hetty." A pretty girlish face, with a tangle of nut-brown hair escaping from the coil at the back of her head, and a world of trouble in the blue eyes, attracted his attention. "It must be she," Paul soliloquized. "There were only two ladies got off here, and the other is disposed of. What a pretty little creature she Is. Don't look a day over eighteen. I never thought it possible for a woman to preserve her youth like that. It's risky business taking her home. I'm afraid that I shall fall in love with my Aunt Hetty. It'll never do for a great six-footer like me to call her aunt. "Your name is—ahem! —Hetty, I believe?" he said, in evident confusion, as he approached the lady, quite for getting to speak her surname in his embarrassment. "Oh, yes!" she said, quickly, in tones of relief. "I am Hetty, and you have been sent for me. I am so glad. I was quite worried for a min ute, for fear my letter had miscarried; and I have such a terrible headache." "Your letter came all right," h4 said, cheerfully, beginning to wrap her iq the waterproof he had brought. "I am so sorry that I have no car riage," he continued; "but it is only a little way, and I will see that the rain does not touch you. Ah!" he exclaimed, coming to an abrupt stop, "the crossing is bad here. My dear" —"aunt," he was about to say, when, glancing into the sweet, pathetic young face, he checked himself in stantly. "Madam," seemed too re served, and, after a slight pause, he added —"Hetty, I think you will have to let me carry you. Such a wee lit tle woman as you are, I can do It nicely." Without waiting for her to object, and almost before she had realized what he was about, he had lifted her In his strong arms, and had borne her across the muddy crossing. "What a splendid fellow he is!" Hetty thought, with a shy glance into his face. "She has always been sound ing her brother's praises In my ears at school, but I never thought he could be so genial. It is strange that he did not Introduce himself; and I don't quite like his familiar manner in call ing me Hetty. But I presume he feels quite well acquainted with me through Sue, though I shall stand on my dignity and show him that there Is a proper way of forming an ac quaintance after to-night. I am too queer now for anything. I don't be lieve I would care much If he carried me all the way in his arms. I don't understand why he didn't bring the carriage, though." All these conflicting thoughts made a tangle of IdeaH in the girl's mind, and her head was ach'ng so badly that she did not attempt to straighten matters. "I think I can persuade her to re main," he thought, complacently, and he banished all troublesome doubts on the subject. "Can it be that Sue's papa has fail ed in business, and lost his property?" Hetty asked herself, as they entered a pretty little cottage, not at all like the fine residence Sue had described to her so many times. "No carriage or coachman. Poor Sue! It must be that reverses have come," she decided. On entering the wee, cosy parlor, Hetty turned to her escort, and said, pitifully: "Can I be shown to my room at once? I am quite 111 and must rest before I meet the family. Tell my dear Sue that I will see her In the ' morning." A dreadful doubt began to creep into Paul Andrus' mind. Was it pos sible that a mistake had been made. One glance into the girl's pallid ' face assured him that It was no time to rectify the mistake then, and she must get to bed at once. Stepping into the hall, and, closing the door behind him, he went to the dining-room. I A roguish child of eight years came noisily forward to meet him. i "Has our Aunt Hetty come? I want to see her this minute!" ,»he cried, quickly. "Hush, dear!" said Paul, gently. "She Is ill with a headache. You must take her to her room as quickly as possible. You may kiss her good night, If you wish," he added, seeing the wistful look In the child's eyes, "but don't call her aunt. Remember, dear. We shall no doubt see her quite well in the morning." i "Brother says that you are ill," said Allle, appearing at the door to guide Hetty to her room. "I am to show you the way to your room. I think you are just as sweet and —and beautiful as you can be, and I shall love you very much!" "You are a dear littlo girl!" said Hetty, stooping to kiss the bright face good-night at the door of her room, "and I shall love you a great deal when my head is better. Dear me!" she added, when the child was gone, "I never was so confused and bewildered In all my life! Sue never told me that she had a little sister. What does it all mean, and where is Sue?" Paul Andrus was pacing the floor in the deepest perplexity when the door bell rang. Stepping into the hall, he answered the summons in person. "That's my nephew!" said a voice, from the shadows, which were dense In that part of the place. "He's got the Peters' nose. How do you do, Paul?" The dumpy little woman he had no ticed at the station came into the hall, and began shaking him vigorous ly by the hand. "There's been a mistake, Paul; but I don't mind, for it gave me a ride in a splendid carriage this rainy night. Ain't you gHd to see your Aunt Het ty?" "Glad? Of course, I am!" he said, dutifully, returning her caress, while a disappointed feeling crept into his heart. "But, if you are my Aunt Hetty, who Is the other Hetty—the one I brought home with me?" "I reckon it's the one they're ex pecting at the big house," said Aunt Hetty, beginning to untie her bonnet. "She can go back in the carriage." "But she has retired." said Paul; "and she is quite ill with a headache." "I do believe —" began Aunt Hetty. "Yes, I'm certain that it's my friend, Mary's daughter. I met her in the train. No, she shan't be disturbed." Addressing the coachman, she said: "Go back and explain matters, and you can come for her in the morning. We'll take the very best care of her until you come." Hetty was awakened in the morn ing by a gentle kiss dropped on her lips by a pair of rosy ones, which were smiling beside her as they looked up. "My other Aunt Hetty has come," explained the child. She isn't pretty and sweet like you; but she's got nice, soft arms, and I shall love her, too. I'm glad I've got two Aunt Het ties." "My dear," said a kindly voice, as the other Hetty came forward, "a mistake has been made; but don't wor ry about it. Your mother's daughter Is perfectly safe with me." And another kiss was dropped on Hetty's lips. In the parlor, a little later, Hetty met her escort of the evening before, and mutual explanations were ex changed; but when the Howard car riage came for her, Allie burst into tears, exclaiming, indignantly: "You shan't carry my sweetest Aunt Hetty off!" It was not until Hetty had prom ised to visit the little girl often dur ing her stay that the child was paci fied. Through Iletty's'influence, Paul An drus was Invited to picnics and other amusements at the Howards' home, and Allle was made happy by more than one visit from "her sweetest Aunt Hetty," who felt it her duty to please the child, and become better acquainted with "mamma's friend." But the real pleasure for herself was when the happy day was over, and Paul Andrus walked with her to her friend's home. He always thought of some place of Interest to show her which the rest had forgotten, and, altogether, they were thrown in each other's so ciety quite frequently. At last she was going home. Allle was inconsolable, and Paul felt quite as bad as his little sister. The evening before Hetty's depar ture Paul spent at the Howards', and during a quiet walk in the pleasant grounds he told her how dear she had become to him during the weeks just past. Then followed some whispered words which the writer did not hear; a delicious little silence, in which two hearts wert viewing life in the halo of love's golden light; and then Paul said: "I was dreadfully disappointed when I learned that you were not my Aunt Hetty, but I am more than thankful now." Aunt Hetty proved to be a blessing in Paul Andrus' home, as he had I prophesied she would; and when he brought the other Hetty home as his bride, little AUle's cup of happiness was "full to the brim." "My prettiest Aunt Hetty is my sis ter now, and we'd rather have her so—wouldn't we, Paul?" "Of course, we would," he replied, fondly. • Both Hetties are blessings in Paul Andrus' home, and he often wonders how Allie and himself ever managed 'so lons without them. ROSE THORPE. Pomona Grange. The Quarterly Session of (lie Po mona Grange No. <52, will lie helil at Colley on Manh 'i and I. 11)11. The Friday Session will open at 10:110 o'clock l>y music and the forenoon devoted to the organiz ation of Pomona. The afternoon ses sion will open at 1:.'}(). Dming this session officers will he elected and installed. Evening session will start at 7:.'!0 o'clock, and the conferring of the fifth degree will be an important feature. Satur day morning session w ill start at !) o'clock. At this session State Master, lion. Win. 112. Creasy will deliver an address. Afternoon ses sion starts at 1 State lecturer, S. I>. Domett and lion. M. \Y. Reeser will be present and make addresses. Hon. E. G. Kogers will give a talk on"The Grange as a Potent Factor in Legislation.'" Fred Saxer will address the meet ing on "Thorobred vs. Common Stock," Music for the meeting will be arranged by the following com mittee: M. \V. Shores, J. 11. DielTenbach and 1). L. Erie. Hillsgrove License Refused. Ji dje Terry refused lieense >o Jacob Caseman for a hotel in llills grove Township, on Monday. The j application was held t p by re-1 monstrances and evidence Was) li aid from several witnesses who| claimed that a license hotel is m - necessary in llillsgrove and th. t t ie applicant is not a pro.icr persi n t) conduct a li'cnsid hotel bi ctuse of his acting as distributing! agent for buyers of beer since the time his license was refused one year ago.' Lawyers J. G. Scout en : for the remonstrators and E. J. Mullen for the applicant presented the case. Sufficient evidence was produced to satisfy the Court on the above claims and the license was refused on these grounds. John Strew Jr. John Strevy, Jr., died at the Packer hospital in Say re on Wednesday night of last week, al tera long sickness of rheumatism and heart trouble. For the past y.'ar or two Mr. Strevy has been engaged in the clothing business in Lopez, but was obliged to sell the business on account of his failing li-alth. lie was 20 years of age. A Classified Ad will sell it. Short Talks on 1 Ad vert, isind The first insertion of an advertisement very seldom pays. That is to say—if you have never advertised before in a certain paper it will take some little time for its readers to get acquainted with you, and until they do, don't expect much return. There are occasional exceptions, of course, but they are few and far between. It is the systematic, persistent effort that pays in advertising as in everything else. In taking medicine the regularity of the dose is almost as important as the drug itself. For that reason the columns of the newspaper offer the very best medium for business announcements. For thai reason, programs and wall hangers and schemes of all ' " ■ sorts, from an industrial write-up i I of the town to a picture card, are - y_V- \<* \ uever effective. It may be well I j s enough to indulge ia a pretty ffST"II I ygft? ' novelty occasionally, if you are £ n I \\ A \\\"Ca using all the space you need in '£ •. \\h\ 1 have been a publisher of I ' ■^V -\\ \ programs and of other " schemes" \ —I have advertised in'them, and W' ! it p /\ in my whole experience on both fy , BVAyf SI I sides of the fence, I have never < tv Jt/3 4 jfj heard or known of a single adver- I N I tisement in a medium (?) of that ' 11 kind that paid. "The l*:al *«!•*/,i/.-r go's into the home bristling zuith The local newspaper goes into intelligence." the house bristling with intelligence, brimful of the news of the world, sparkling with the daily doings of the community. ML "*////// *' —"— If its advertisers are awake to their oppor "tyy / 1 tunitics it contains business news of value I AT/ to evcry reader . for pays to read adver * i tisements. Advertisements are becoming L- MA more truthful every day. Business pien 112. ■'know that their news must be true, or it will fail—they remember the story of the BtSaL.- l\\ i&jjC boy and the wolf. I think it is safe to say BByMlahh. »*? that any woman who makes a business JgWa| mHmI of reading business news—ads.—will in ("s§S» Übt» /.rfgir. crease the buying power of her husband's \J||a dollars as much as twenty-five per cent. jaM I am not sur e but thai the percentage is ' **** oven greater at my bouse. Uemombtr the story of the boy and the wolf. Copyright, Charles Austin Botes , Me tv Ymr4 Frank D. Cooley. News icaches us announcing the death of Fiank 1). Cooley of Whitesboro N. V., a former resi dent of Laporte. ilis death was due to an attack of typhoid pneu inania, from which dcce.ise li • v.-;; •, sick for about two weeks. Mr. Cooley was born in Creig, Lewis County, in When he was about four years of age the 112 imily moved to Laporte. About eight years ago he went to Rochester where lie was employed by the Electro Surgical Instrument Com pany. lie married Miss Isabelle Brad luiry of Whitesboro about seven years ago, who died a year later. lie is survived by liis par ents. three sisters and one brother. Many of this place who knew Mr. Cooley and his parents, wijl regret the news of his death. Agricultural Society Meeting. The Sullivan County Agricultur al Society met in the school house at Forksville on Saturday, Feb. Jl, and elected the following oMicers: M. lv Wilcox, President; (J. Eugene ISown, Vice President; O. N. Molyneux, Secretary; E. J. Bedford, Treasurer; T. S. Kilmer, iI. J. l'ardoe and Albert Kaye, I Executive Committee; A. (i. Lit jt'e, li. P. McCarty and M. R. Black, Auditors; A. (}. Little, J. (i. Cott ami A. T. Mulnix, I)>>le , g.ites to State Col I ego; Watson Faucett, member of State B >ard of Agriculture for a term of three i years. The date for tlit' County Fair was fixed for Oct. 3, 4, and <> P.UL Birthday Party. The following friends of Mrs. J. Fries met at her home on Friday evening. Fob. lit, it being the occasion of her M.'Sd birthday: Mesdames: F. A. Taylor, W. H. Roger#, James Moran, W. P>. Rit ter, Andrew Van I lorn, A. 11. B ischhausen, Simon Fries, Carl Wrede, Leo Fries, Clarence Frey, Emma Wrede, Misses Francis aMI Mable Moran, I i/.zie McXel lan, Tessie Fries, Adda Ritter, M mie F.ies, Fabina Vanllorn, A ina Heavn, Julia Walsh, Mamie Col iiis. Me s s. W. B. Bitter, W. 11. Rogers, Jacob Fries and Ma; - tor Paul Fri i s. The e\e iing w: s very | leasantly spent. FOLETSHONET^TAR Ourcs Colds: Prevents Pneumonia
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