SHUNK. The rain is appreciated by all except those who are making hay. Miss May Williams who has been working at Clifton Springs, N. Y., returned home last week. The following persons spent Sun day with Mrs. Cora Rumsey near town: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rum soy of Masten, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Fuller of Columbia Cross Roads, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brenchley of Shunk. Howard Kilmer who is being treated at the Sayre hospital spent Sunday with his parents here. Walter Horton of Corning, N. Y., is spending some time here. Boyd Bagley of Sayre is visiting friends in this vicinity. John Fox of Towauda is visiting friends here. The amateurs are fast becoming proficient tennis players under the apt instructions of the "College Bjys." Harold Fanning and Leon Bar ter have obtained positions on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mrs. Kate Williams of Canton is spending some time with friends and relatives here. Asa Baker of New York State is visiting his parents near town. Leslie Campbell was calling on friends near Ellenton Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Parish was taken to the Sayre hospital Monday to undergo an operation for cancer. Edna Williams who has been ill for some time is able to be out again. Mrs. Harry Shaddock spent Sunday with friends in Masten. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dumond called on friends in town Monday. Mrs. F. B. Foster is suffering from a relapse. ElKland Items. Nat. Rogers has gone to Rome, N. Y., where he has employment as carpenter on the Erie canal. Mrs. Banona Frazier of Bath. N. Y., and Miss Mollie Rogers of Brooklyn, are visiting their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Rogers. John Griffus has taken unto himself a wife. She comes from the Empire State. Mrs. L. M. King. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bullock and children of Columbia Cross Roads are spend ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kave. Victor Bird, who has been working in Trenton, N, J., since he finished his college year, has returned home. He attended Syracuse University during the past year. Miss Bessie Rogers had the misfortune to fall from a ladder and dislocate her shoulder Satur day evening. She is getting along as well as can be expected. Edson Pardoe accompanied his wife to Sayre 011 Thursday, where she will receive treatment in the Packer hospital. W. A. Gage and family were autoed to Overton 011 Sunday by the Jennings car. They spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. George Musselman. Pomona Grange will be held here the latter part of August. Full announcements will l>e given later. NORDMONT. Miss Lottie Speary visited friends at Hughesville Sunday. Justin Hunter of Laquin spent Sunday with friends here. Miss Etta Hunter has gone to Laporte to work. Mrs. Bruce Reese and daughter Pauline of Bernice spent Sunday with her parents here. Bert Snider and Leuna Fiester drove to Laporte Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Ardway of Rochester, N. Y., is visiting friends here. Zera Cox was a caller at Dushore POWER GOAT COMPLETED AND IN OPERATION. IS NAMED "CLINTON LLOYD." The new power boat 011 Lake Mokoma is completed and was given her trial trip Tuesday even ing. Wm. T. Simpson, State Boat Inspector of Scran ton, Pa., made the inspection Monday and pro nounced her a perfect boat in ever respect and issued the proper certificate to the Company. Pie also examined the master, Mr. George Ladley, and engineer Ma ben, both of whom passed satis factory examinations and received certificates. The boat is fifty feet in length and is permitted to carry one hun dred passengers. On the trial trip she proved all that could be desired. Although the machinery was new, there was no delay, and when the power was turned on the boat moved away from the pier eaisly and gracefully. In the name of the boat, "Clin ton Lloyd," will be recognized a just tribute to the man who first formed the idea of the develop ment of Lake Mokoma. Hon. Clinton Lloyd was for many years Chief Clerk of the House of Rep resentatives at Washington, D. C. He was a lawyer by profession and attained a national reputation as a lecturer and public speaker. He was a native of Lycoming County and business often brought him to Sullivan County. It was 011 one of his trips to Laporte that he was impressed with the possibilities of Lake Mokoma as a resort. He immediately set to work, interested capital in the enterprise, formed a company and purchased nearly SOO acres of land. Had his life been spared, greater progress would have been made in the develop ment of the enterprise. But with his death progress ceased until the new company was formed and took possession about three years ago. It is therefore a most proper thing to honor the memory of Mr. Lloyd in the naming of the beau tiful new boat, and the company is to be congratulated upon its happy selection of a name. lawn Fete. The lawn fete to be held in Ma ple Park 011 Friday evening will begin at 7 o'clock. Our command of the English language will not enable us, nor will space allow us to tell of the many good things the ladies of the V. I. S. have pre pared for your inside and outside comfort and amusement on this occasion. Anyway, there will be a fish pond for the children, candy, peanuts and lemonade for the young folks ami sandwiches, pie, cake and coffee for everybody. Ice cream will also be on sale. The beautiful doll and base ball outfit will be presented to the holder of the lucky number at X o'clock. One of the principal features of the evening will be the presence of a professional fortune teller whose services have been secured to tell the past, present and future to those who care and dare to have it told. At !l p. 111., when all are filled to the neck with good things served in the park, it is time to hike to the I. O. O. F. hall across the street where something out of the ordinary in the line of ininis trclsy will be presented to those who pay 10 cents for admittance. This is the big show after which cake, coffee, etc., will be again served in she park. Saturday. Mrs. Frank Cox and little sons, Mervin and George of Philadel phia are visiting her parents hero. Born, to Henry Rooker and wife July 13, a son. Raymond Steck, wife and son of West Virginia are visiting the lady's parents here. Silvia, the little daughter of Henry Rooker aud wife died July 18, aged 2 years and 3 days. Lopez Young Man In Serious Trouble. Joseph Meeks of Lope/, is charged with a serious offense. For the past two years, some one lias been tampering with Lehigh cars near and at Lopez, and serious accidents have been narrowly averted. Air 1 brake equipments have come in for a good deal of changing, and other mischief has been done. On Thursday of last week, Le high Detective Cooley of Towanda. went to Lopez and after a thorough investigation, secured enough evi dence to justify the lodging of a complaint against young Meeks, and an arrest was made. The charge against the young man is tampering with air brakes, mal icious mischief and larceny. lie gave bail in the sum of S4OO for his appearance at the next term of the Sullivan county court. Relationship Does Not Count. Under the new school code, teachers who happen to have rela tives in the sehool board of their homo town are going to have a hard time to get electgd, unless they are absolutely faultless. The section of the code relating to this reads as follows : "No teacher shall be employed in this Com monwealth by any board of school directors who is related to a mem ber of the board as father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, stepson, stepdaughter, grandchild, nephew, niece, first cousin, sister in-law, brother-in-law, uncle or aunt, unless such teacher receives the affirmative votes of three fourths of all the members of the board." Recipe For a Vacation. Take a sunglass and blister the back of your neck; allow 1,000,000 mosquitoes to bite you; sleep on a cellar grating; pour a bushel of dust over your clothes, and throw all your money except cents into tin#lake. You can do this in one afternoon without leaving home.— Chicago Post. LaPorte Township School Audit for 1911. George Karge, in account with Laimrte Town ship as Collector of School and Building Tax for the year ending June 5,1911. To amount due Town ship bv Audit, 1910 17 55 To amount of School Tax Duplicate 1269 90 By Exonerations 47 20 " Land Returns y 71 " Treasurer's Commission is " " Receipt no " Rebate ;;y 47 " Commission J per cent on $350.00 11 00 " a $'200,00 -j oi 381 :,9 381 39 Morgan Gavitt, Treasurer of School and Build ing Funds of Laportc Township for year e-iding June 5, 1911. To amount due by Audit of 1910 "fi 75 Amount received of Geo. Karge, Collector 1502 71 Amount received of State S7S 15 Amount received of Mi's. Mary Walsh Overp'd in'st 1 50 Amount received of ('o.f Treasurer 1120 00 By Orders Redeemed: Teachers' Salary Ix9o 00 Teachers attending Institute 1,000 supplies 120 32 Freigtand Express 3 57 Fuel 159 50 Auditing and Advertising 12 00 Judgments and Interest 702 37 High School Tuition H 50 Secretary's Salary and Postage 35 70 Rent and Repairs 91 05 Attending Convention. '£< sti Supt. Election 0 42 Attoruey Fee 10 no By Treasurer's Commission 111 09 Due Township 310 13 3579 11 3579 11 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Resources: Amount due from Collector 22 01 Land Returns 12 91 Due from Treasurer 310 1:1 Liabilities in excess of Resources... 33 07 |378 75 Liabilities: Amount Ernest Botsford Note 125 00 " Ambrose Walsh Order 253 75 378 75 We, the undersigned Auditors of La|iorte Town ship, find the foregoing account true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. HOWARD C. HESS, JACOB H. FRIES, Auditors. Used Extensively , ROYAL STANDARD TYPEWRITER The Simplest, Strongest and Most Practical Typewriter Made PRICE, $65.00 ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO. Royal Typewriter Building, New York, N. Y. I 904 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa 8 Dependable Efj I Goods, i sjSj! i§*3 \\ e handle goods that are cheap, but not -4, cheap goods. We want our goods to become your goods and our store your store. If it is II Clothing, or §§ ■V -V *-| -* ' •v < *'' " m Shoes or H | . 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This first spins it into a coarse yarn and then draws and spins this yarn until it becomes fine and quite strong. Where a hard, strong thread is required for certain fab rics the asbestos yarn is put into a doubling and twisting machine, where two or more of the yarn threads are combined. Of course if the asbestos is to be impregnated with rubber a smooth, hard finished thread is not desirable. The spinning of asbestos for a long lime seemed of great difficulty, owing to the manner in which the threads persisted in slipping past each other. Finally it was discov ered that under the microscope a thread of asbestos showed a notched surface and that by means, of spe cial twisting the spinning could be made successful. Now, after much experimenting, manufacturers are able to spin a single asbestos thread j of 100 yards in length not weighing I over an ounce.—lndia Ilubber: World. Burglary In England. Burglary cannot be committed in the daytime. The English rule is that if there is light enough to see the face of the intruder there is no burglary. Tins, However, does not include moonlight, for a house j breaker entering after nightfall, ! however brightly the moon may be j shining, is legally a burglar —that ! is, if it is reasonably certain that he has entered with the intent to com mit felony, for while a tramp break -1 ing into a house to sleep may bo a ; housebreaker he is not in the proper 1 sense of the word a burglar. Bur glary, however, may consist in breaking out as well as breaking in. for one who hides in a house before nightfall to steal and after stealing | breaks out to get away is just as much a burglar as he who to elTect his purpose breaks in. A Long Walk. A professor of the University of Pennsylvania who has greatly en deared himself to the students on account of his kind heartedness has one particular failing—that of ab sentmindedness, the Philadelphia Times relates. He visited his married nephew ■ and had listened to the young wife's praise of her firstborn. The gen tleman felt that he must say some thing to give the impression that he was interested. "Can the dear little fellow walk?" he inquired quietly. "Walk?" the mother shouted. "Why, he has been walking for five months!" "Dear me!" the professor ex claimed, lapsing again into abstrac tion. "What a long way he must have got!" Just What He Said. "I don't believe a word you have faid," snapped the skipper, "but I'll tell you what I do believe—that you are a confounded sea lawyer and that you would talk the hind leg off a donkey. Did you hear what I said?" "Yes, sir," replied Able Seaman Danks sulkily. "What did I say?" "You said that you believe I would talk your leg off, sir!"— Lo ndon Express. M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week. ton 100 lb Corn Meal 20.00 1. r>o Cracked Corn 29.00 1.50 Corn 20.00 1.50 • Sacks each 6c with privilege of returning without expense to me. 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