Local Items.
-HM Road M. Brink's ad.
One week from next Tuesday is
Memorial Day.
Miss Muble Moran was a Du
shore visitor Saturday.
Michael Gilligan of Herniee was
a pleasant caller at the News Item
office Monday.
AVm. Fallinger of Nordinont has
moved into the Association build
ing on South Muney street.
Miss Fannie Meylert has re
turned to her home in Laporte
after spending the winter in Eagles
Mere.
An exchange says tlie reason hen
eggs are iu greater demand then
duck eggs is that tlie hen cackles
when slie lays and a duck waddles
oft' without making a noise. In
fewer words, it pays to advertise.
John 11. Knouso of Nordinont
liits moved into the Feter I). Miller
residence on South Muney street
and will reside there during the
time he operates his steam saw
mill on the F. 11. Ingham tract
near the stone quarry.
The People's Daily Advocate,
the new paper started in Towanda
to advocate the policies of the
Keystone Party, has suspended
publication after a live months
struggle for existence in the Brad
ford county seat. It was a loosing
game from the start and although
the proprietors still talk of reviving
the paper in the future, it is
probably sleeping in its permanent
grave.
Showing every symptom of being
affected with rabies, several dogs
have recently been shot at Jamison
City, and the rest of the animals
are being tied up or muzzled. The
last dug killed was that owned by
Constable A. 15. Vansickle which
a few days ago showed signs of
being mad. It was watched care
fully and on Friday it began
snapping at anything that came
near it.Benton Argus.
Ellery Carpenter, who left La
porte several weeks ago to try out
with Berwick in the Susquehanna
Base Ball League, is doing good
work. On Friday of last week lie
pitched his first full game having
sixteen strick-outs and allowing but
one hit. He shut the Seranton
York State Leaguears out with one
hit for three innings in a try out
game and the Freeland Tigers
failed to get next to his twists in
the same number of innings.
Reily Steinback.
Reily Steinback of Newell, near
Lopez, died May 4, at the age of
74 years. Mr. Steinback moved
from Sonestown to Lopez when the
lumbering interests started up at
that place and was engaged in con
tract work, after the lumbering
ceased at Newell he bought the
town of Newell and had the honor
of owning a whole town. He has
lived at that place since. Mr.
Steinback is survived by his wife,
three sons and one daughter living,
Leroy, of Rieketts; William, at
home; Sillick, of Masten one
daughter. Mrs. George Staekhouse,
of Rieketts; one daughter, Mrs.
Ellis Casselbery died several
months ago, and one son Daniel is
dead. Mr. Steinback is also sur
vived by 1.'5 grand children and 34
great-grand-childreu. The remains
were taken to Sonestown Saturday
and interred there Sunday.—Gaz
ette and Herald.
Freak Lightning.
A freak stroke of lightning
wrecked th<s house of Charles
Zimmerman, of North Berwick,
shattering every room in the house,
as well as tearing off the weath
erboards. Zimmerman's son Wal
ter was about to unhook a screen
door, when the lightning tore the
door from his grasp, ripping it to
pieces and rendering the young
man unconscious, lie, as well as
his mother, overcome by the shock,
is in a serious condition.
I Looking for Bobby j
"It's good to see a man around the
place at last, even If it's only a boy,"
was the general comment on the ar
rival of Robert Henderson Hillman
at the Sherin home. Years had passed
since men had been admitted within
the sacred precincts of Sherin Hill.
Mrs. Sherin's great love had come
late in life, when she was a widow
with live daughters. She had fairly
worshipped the unworthy man who on
the eve of their wedding had eloped
with a chorus girl, Mrs. Sherin had
turned recluse, and forced her daugh
ters to follow her example.
But somehow Hay, the eldest daugh
ter, managed to meet and fall in love
with Hob Hillman, a tourist, visiting
the little town. She married him first
and asked forgiveness afterward. The
forgiveness was refused but she was
very happy with Hillman. The shock
of the tragedy of their double death in
a hotel fire brought the belated par
don and opened Sherin Hill to the lit
tle 6-year-old who had been left alone
in the world.
Nearly a whole year had passed
(before Robert really began to
miss his boyish playfellows and
realize that even four very pretty
aunts who adored him, were no lair
exchange for one boy chum. Aunts,
despite their prettiness, cannot climb
trees or coast or whittle and so 11
happened that Bobby struck up i.
warm, though surreptitious, friend
ship with Ned Huntington, who lived
to the east of Sherin Hill and who had
looked long and longingly after tlie
pretty aunts with no happy results sr.
far.
A broken sled started the friend
ship.
"Going to fix it?" Nod asked, and
Bobby nodded, solemnly.
"It'll take a lot of time," he said
ruefully. And you'll have to wait thro
days before you can go coasting aguln
Just because there is no man up al
your house to use a screwdriver and
a hammer?" Ned asked, pityingly.
"You poor little chap. Pass the sled
over here and I'll have it fixed iu no
time at all."
Very unwillingly Bobby passed thi
sled over the low wall and followed it
over himself. He trotted beside Ned
as that long-legged young man sped
toward the toolhouse, and he was lost
in wonder at the display of tools in
the little workshop.
He did not intend to make a secret
of his visits to Ned's, but some Innate
delicacy prevented him from telling
the willing aunts that he had found a
playfellow more to his liking, so it was
several weeks before Dell Sherin, who,
being the youngest of the pretty aunts,
was Bobby's most frequent playfellow,
began to notice that the boy no long
er came to her with please that she
coast or skate or throw snowballs.
Wondering why he should suddenly
find new amusements, she slipped out
one afternoon to see what took him so
often to the east lawn. Careful
ly she parted the branches of the
hedge to peer through. Bobby and a
young man were pelting each other
with the newly fallen snow, and she
gasped with indignation as she saw
the young man occasionally throw a
snowball with what seemed to her to
be brutal force.
She was about to push through anil
demand that the game cease when
Ned suddenly sent a ball whizzing
toward Hobby's head with such force
as to cause the youngster to duck.
The ball sped on and struck the hedge.
The branches broke Its speed, but with
no light shock it broke against Dell's
snug little fur cap. She gave a scream
of terror that brought Bobby and Ned
running toward the spot. Dell was
more scared than hurt, but it was with
a white, anxious face that Ned leaned
over her, and sought to assure him
self that no damage was done.
"I had no idea that there was any
one back of the hedge," he cried in
distress. "It was very thoughtless
of me, but —you all seem to keep away
from this side of your property. Only
Bobby ever comes here."
"It was to see what he was doing
here that I came," she explained. "I
was afraid that he might be getting
Into mischief."
"He was only seeking his own
kind," declared Ned. "A small boy
has a right to a father or an uncle or
some one masculine and since Bobby
was not provided with any of these
very essential relatives, I sought to
supply the deficiency.
"You are very good," she murmur
ed, realizing for the first time that
the young man was good to look upon.
Blie struggled to her feet, swaying
slightly, and Ned caught her arm to
save her from a fall.
"You must let me see you to the
house,"he said with a gentle impera
tiveness that was new and very pleas
ing to the girl.
Mrs. Sherin and the three elder
girls regarded the appearance of a
man In the Sherin grounds with shock
ed surprise, but Bobby hastened to
the rescue with an explanation.
"Me and Uncle Ned was having a
snowball flght," he announced, "and
Auntie Dell came to look for me and
he soaked her with a snowball be
cause he didn't know she was there.
"I call him Uncle Ned," he explain
ed, "but, of course, he ain't a real un
cle —yet."
He looked searchingly at his pret
tiest aunt and paused expectantly.
The soft color flooded Dell's cheeks,
and there came a new look of deter
mination In Ned's blue eyes. Bobby
was only si*, but somehow he felt
content that presently his playfellow
would be a real uncle. It wasn't such
a bad Idea either.
Fire at \lasten.
The worst fire that ever visited
the Masten district of the Central
Pennsylvania lumber Company's
operations raged last week.
The llames wore discovered Thurs
day afternoon about 3 o'clock, the
wind having carried them fr >m
what is known as the "Cascade
country." Soon the cry of "lire"
which carries terror into the souls
of intrepid lumbermen was ringing
through the forests, and the hun
dreds of men prepared to light.
All night Thursday they worked,
and Friday they were joined by
reinforcements from Laquin, IS
miles away, the mills there closing
down so that the men could goto
Masten and help light the lire.
Friday night the llames were con
sidered under control. "Back
firing" was worked to good effect.
The llames swept through and
over several thousand acres of first
growth timber owned by the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Lumber Com
pany. A number of contractors'
camps were wiped out by tlie
llames, and fully 800,000 feet of
hardwood lumber, together with
about 1,500 cords of chemical wood
fell prey to the llames.
Millions af feet of hardwood
lumber were exposed to the Haines,
but the hard work of the firefighters
prevented damage.
The loss is considered siiin 11
when it is taken into consideration
that only a small portion of the
exposed lumber was destroyed.
State Spraying Demonstrations.
Application of Insecticide and
Fungicide Spray will he made l.y
State Demonstrators in 250 model
orchards of Pennsylvania iu the
future. Following the public
demonstrations in pruning fruit
trees and spraying them for scale
insects with the lime-sulphur
solution in the orchards conducted
under the co-operation of the
Division of Zoology of the State
Department of Agricultture, the
work of spraying for codling moth,
eurculio, canker worm, bud moth
and tent caterpillar, and the
prevention of fungous diseases will
now be taken tip at this season.
The public is cordially invited to
these demonstrations. A lecture
on the above mentioned pests, giv
ing their lite history and best me
thods of destroying them will be
explained, and literature treating
on these enemies of the fruit grower
distributed free. The local Hort
icultural Inspector will he present
and spray a block of trees at 1:.'!()
p. m. The dates and places of
holding the meetings in this coun
ty are: Monday, June f>, orchard
of J. G. Scouten at Dushore
Tuesday, June t>, orchard of Jessica
Ivneller near Dushore; Wednesday,
June 7, orchard of J. J. Sick at
Nord uont.
Standard Oil Smashed.
In one word—Smashed! The
Supremo Court of the United
States yesterday handed down a
decision upholding, with slight
modification, the decision of the
lower court in which the original
suit was tried.
The company is declared a
combination in restraint of trade
and is given six months to wind up
its affairs.
This is the biggest piece of news
in America for many a day. It
strikes the popular notion as being
the proper method of dealing with
trusts that throttle competition.
Hut it should not l>e expected that
Standard Oil will obey the order
without making soniestarling move,
either against the interests that
have been fighting it. or for its own
protection. It has many millions
at stake. It has the arrogance of
unlimited capital which has been
the weapon most largely used in
putting other dealers out of business
and strengthening its own position.
There has been —and is—but one
power its superior, and that is the
Supreme Court of the United States.
It has met that power and is van
quished. Other illegal trusts will
be scattering this morning for such
cover as is available. -"Williamsport
Gazette and Bulletin.
MAKE VACANT
LOTSUSEFUL.
Get the Owners to Lend Them
to People to Cultivate.
PHILADELPHIA TRIES PUN.
Quaker City Association Succeed* In
Getting Poor Families to Grow Vege
tables on Borrowed Land— Kansas
City Also Takes Up "Farming."
Every town has vacant lots which
nre eyesores to the community. Some
of them are used as rubbish dumps and
nre littered with tin cans, garbage,
ashes and other unsightly things. Oth
ers are covered with rank weeds. If
these lots were planted to useful vege
tables or beautiful flowers how much
more attractive would they be!
Why not get busy and transform
Buch lots Into gardens and make them
look ornamental Instead of unsightly?
Get the owners to lend their unused
land to the poor, who will be glad to
cultivate it and raise vegetables.
The splendid work of the Philadel
phia Vacant Lots Cultivation associa
tion Is ably exemplified in the four
teenth annual report.
Last year the association conducted
355 family gardens on vacant lots.
The land under cultivation was loan
ed by generous owners. They were not
using it, and the association bound it
pelf to return possession to them when
they desired to put it to use or sale.
Tiie harrowing, plowing and all nec
essary preparation for the cultivation
were carried on by the association, and
about one-sixth of an acre was turned
over to each family. The families
spread the fertilizer, planted the seed,
cultivated the growing crops and gath
ered their mature produce. They took
to their homes what was necessary for
their tables and sold the surplus, in
suring fresh vegetables for home con
sumption and a snug income.
The association plans to carry on this
work the coming summer, and they are
overwhelmed by the new applications
received daily from those anxious to
raise crops.
Owners of vacant lots In Kansas
City. Mo., who would like to see them
blossom like the rose without any la
bor on the owner's part can get some
information as to how it may be done
by communicating with the home gar
dening committee of the City club.
The committee, which obtained such
good results last year, now is prepar
ing for its spring campaign, which ts
to be opened with a general cleanup
day, the date of which lias not been
fixed.
"While it is a little too early to
plant, it is not too early to begin to
think about preparing the ground,"
W. C. Winsborough. vice chairman of
the committee, said. "As the prepara-
Photo by K. Mahoney.
HEAD OF CABBAGE GROWN On TOWN LOT
tion of the ground involves a cleanup
of the winter's accumulations of rub
bish, we are co-operating with the
board of health to make that opera
tion a thorough one this year."
The distribution of seeds will be
through the schools, as last year. One
of those gardens, cultivated by two
boys, yielded a $75 crop of potatoes.
• An effort is being made to Interest
the real estate exchange In the work,
and through that agency the commit
tee hopes to get in touch with owners
of tracts that can be cultivated by
volunteer labor.
"It's Just as easy," Mr. Winsborough
said, "to grow vegetables on a vacant
lot as it is to grow tin cans and ashes,
and we will leave it to the owner to
say which crop makes the best appear
ance and enhances most the value of
tils land."
Selection of vegetables which it will
be worth while to grow under condi
tions unfavorable as to soil requires
study and patience. Experience in
gardening under such conditions has
proved the following vegetables to be
profitable in the order here given:
First, the round red radishes, which
should be sown in a row not more
than fifteen feet long at one time or
there will be more than can well be
disposed of.
Next, the loose leaf lettuces, notably
the ITanson variety. Make sowings a
month apart to obtain succession. To
matoes are profitable next In order.
Set out tomato plants if it Is possible
to get them. They can be easily raised
in a hotbed. Prune them when a good
crop la set so they will ripen.
"I had been given
up to die by three
or our best doctors,
I could not stand it to be on my
feet and 1 was so swelled in the
abdomen I could hardly breathe.
But thanks to Dr. Miles' Heart
Remedy and Nervine I am able to
be about the streets, a walking ad
vertisement of the curative qual
ities of your remedies, although I
am 70 years old."
JOHN R. COCHRAN,
Lewistown, 111.
Better than any statement we
could make regarding the value of
Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy
are these words of Mr. Cochran.
He speaks from experience, the
highest possible source of knowl
edge. If you have any of the
signs of a weak heart, such as
pain in the left shoulder or arm,
fainting and hungry spells, short
ness of breath, smothering spells,
flutteringor palpitation of the heart,
you need
Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy
which for over twenty years has
been recognized as the best prepa
ration of its kind to be had.
Sold under a guarantee assuring the
return of the price of the first bottle if It
fails to benef t. AT ALL DRUGGISTS.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
Sealed Proposals.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Suite Highway Department,
Ilarrisburg, Pa.,
Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the State Highway
Department in the Capitol Building,
Ilarrisburg, Pa., until two o'clock in
the afternoon of May 21, 1911, when
bids will be publicly opened and
scheduled, for the construction of
10, lt>7 feet of road, extending from
the Cherry Township line to forks of
road at Col ley Corners, in Colley
Township, in the County of Sul
livan under th° Act of Assembly ap
proved May Ist. 19(15.
Plans and specifications can be
seen at the office of the county com.
missioners, Laporte. Pa., and at the
ottice of the State Highway Depart
ment, Ilarrisburg, Pa. Each bid
must be made upon a blank furnish
ed by the State Highway Depart
ment (which blanks will be supplied
upon request) and enclosed in a
sealed envelope endorsed: PROPO-
S ALS F()R REC'()XSTRUCTION
OF HO AD IN* COLLEY TOWN
SHIP, SULLIVAN COUNTY."
JOSEPH \V. HUNTER,
State Highway Commissioner.
NOTICE.
I ' The undersigned constituting
the Hoard of Examiners for mine
inspector for the Eighth District con
sisting of the Counties of Susquehan
na, Wayne and Sullivan, will exam
ine candidates for the ottice of mine
inspector of said district at room 122,
Hotel Casey, Scranton, Pa., on May
25th and 2tith, 1911, beginning at !•
A. M.
T. Ellsworth Davies,
Thomas W, Parry,
John W. Jones,
Wi'liam Mason,
11 Lewis Jones.'
. Board of Examiners,
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given
ters testamentary on the estate of T.
J. Ingham, late of the Borough of
L,aporte, Sullivan County, Pa., de
ceased, have been granted to F. 11.
Ingham, resident of said
to whom all persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make
payment and those having claims
or demands will make known the
same without delay.
F. 11. INGMAM, Executor.
Subscribe for the News Item.
The Addition.
"What makes you net so grouch}
tills morning. l'obkins?"
"Hail nn addition to my family."
"WlintV Why, you ought to be
ashamed to be gloomy over that! To
think that a normal human being
should be angry because of the advent
of such a cherub! Do you actually
grudge a place in your happy home to
au Innocent creature fresh from heav
en. bringing with it the very fragrance
of those celestial realms? Do you
greet with an unwelcoming chill a
small epitome of all purity and sweet
ness given into your keeping as a
priceless though undeserved treasure
by a too benevolent Providence? A
lovely copy of what fancy feigns the
angels to be like—a tiny shred of grace
aud glory snatched from the"—
"Say, that's very prettv, but do you
know you're talk'- my motber-
In-law ?"—New I.
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fRANCIS W. MHYLERT,
Attornoy-nt-Lnw.
Office in Keelpr's Block.
LA PORT F, Sullivan County, I' A.
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney at-Law.
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Also copper, l>rt>ss, hides and furs.
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single or double comh. $1.0(1 per
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reduced rate on oil for his own use
he ordered ii half-barrel and will
sell the balance in gallon lots at
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When Knighthood Was In Flower.
Mrs. Llteknlght—Could you oblige
mo with n heavy hummer, a chisel,
your plnrers unci half a dozen riv<>ts?
Mrs. Knlghtllght—Certainly. Are you'
doing a little sewing for the children?
Mrs. Liteknight—No. My husband
ripped his Sunday eoat yesterday, and
I want to mend It.