ANNUAL STATEMENT. (Concluded.) INTEREST Ac'< OUNT. To— Boyd Bennett, int. on $4210.50 nt 4 r. Randall, medical attention .... 0.00 Judson Brown, boarding prisoners... 208.50 Judson Brown, commitments & exn... 01.35 Judson Brown, hoarding prisoners... 01.70 COI'NT V COSTS. Elklnnd poor dist. care Jas. Taylor.. 12.00 ]\ P. Martin, burial uuknown iuuu 25.00 S. U. Morgan, copying duplicates. . 1.00 COCNTY BRIDGES. .T. W. Lnird, labor 5 .On Win. W. Lewis, plank ni.2o James Meyers, plank J'JX> Roger Bros., plank 42.33 W. Moran, plank 2.02 Coleman, shingles 4*voo John A. Rolie, hauling sningles ln.tL Jaiues Meyers, replanking 1 J. W. Laird, labor n.nn A. L. IMotts, labor 00.75 M. W. Lewis, plank IGI Rogers Bros., plank 30.4*» James Meyers, plank 51.00 Joel McDerniott. labor and material 40.12 Ralph Robe, plank 4.1" John Tavlor. plank J. B. Yaw, repairs s»;2«.P» Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. County of Sullivan. ss We, fix iiinlerslgne»| auditors of Sullivan County do hereby eertif.v that in pursuant «• of tin virions duties imposed upon us by the several :n i - «»f Genera! Assembly, and tlif supplements thereto, did meet a! the oi.'iee of the County Treasurer in riie Court Hons- in the Borough of Laporte on Tues day. the seeond day of January. A . D. 1012. and did begin to audit, adjust and settle, the sc\»'ial aeeounts of the County Treas urer, County Commissioners and all such as nre required of us by law, for ili»* ye'ir 1!• 11 : and . F. McCARTY, County Auditors. k I If You Want I _ - i can frct jj JiC them ad i vertising in this 9 paper. It reaches |.5 ILj the best class of 1 people in this community. I |u I L T , 5 Use this paper if il you want some H k-P of their business. I Use This Paper LSI Your Printing 1 " f=l If it is worth doing at all, it's worth do ing well. □ First classwork at all times is our motto. □ Let us figure with you on your next job. c== h=] | — _j GEORGE j WASHINGTC , CHVPCH HE first president of the United States y C was a church-goer in the true Bense of the 112 | n word. There have been public men In the history of the nation who weut to church f'Tifi ar uiore regularly after they were elected VgfflflfnjM to high official positions—or at least after they were nominated for such places of Infwgr distinction —than they eyer did before. rKfi However, it would seem that no such fluctuation in church devotion can be WTjTffily charged against George Washington. He c& was naturally and instinctively a religious man and he made every effort to attend divine worship every Sunday, no mat ter where he might happen to be. This was the case even in the trying days of the War for Independence. However, Washington was enabled to be most regular In attendance at church when In his home state of Vir ginia. And yet, even in the Old Dominion, church-going required much more of an effort on his part than is ex- acted of tlie average public man today. Washington made his home, as is well known, on the vast estate known as Mount Vernon, and there was no church on the estate or in the immediate vicinity. Attendance at divine worship involved, therefore, a Jour ney of greater or less length by coach, and this was not always pleasant, as any per son may readily surmise who has had experience with the "red mud" of old Virginia in the winter or following heavy rains. That ho was as persistent as he was in church-going under such cir cumstances casts an interest ing sidelight upon the char acter of Washington. George Washington attend ed, from time to time, vari ous churches located within driving distance of his home at Mount Vernon, but the place of worship to which he most frequently repaired was and is located in the town of Alexandria—for, he it ex plained, the historic edifice 6tands to tills day in a per fect state of preservation. This structure, Christ church. to give it its proper title, has for more than a century been known as | "George Washington's church." not : i only because he attended its services j j more regularly than those at any oth- i er church, but because he was a mem- j ber and a pew-holder at this church, j It was. indeed, while Washington | was a member that the congregation j in t'ne year 1767 built 'i>» ptr.tely j ; house of worship -"inch has not only i defied all the ravages of time but is in [ ! regular use to this day and has been, | even within very recent years, the • scene of many Interesting religious | ceremonies. Something of George ; Washington's Interest in the new \ church may be surmised from the fact j that when it came to assigning pews I ! in the new edifice he outbid all other j j members In the competition to win j first choice oT location and subscribed ! the record-breaking price of nearly | SIBO for the pew upon which his fancy had fallen and which he regularly oc cupied on almost every Sunday there- | after. This pew is marked with a sll ! ver plate bearing a fac-simile of Wash ington's autograph, and it is interest ing to note that just across the a'-'e ts the pew long held by the Lees <~f j Virginia and which was occupied prii r to the Civil war by Gen. Robert E. Lee, the military leader of the Con federacy. The pew which George Washington i bespoke when Christ church was first I opened and for which he agreed to | pny a yearly rental of five pounds i sterling (equivalent to nearly $25) In i addition to the thirty-six pounds, ten 1 shillings wliich he subscribed for It I at the outset is now reserved for the ' use of strangers, and this is a much ' appreciated courtesy on the part of ! the present congregation, for, of j course, every stranger who visits Alexandria longs to Bit in the great square pew which was once occupied by "His Excellency, the General," and to gaze up at the high pulpit from exactly the viewpoint of the Father of His Country In the days when he was the most conspicuous participant In the church services. George Washington's pew in the old church remains to this day exact ly as It was when he occupied It each , Sunday morning, and this preserva tion Is a matter of congratulation in asmuch as all the other pews In the church were somewhat changed In style In the year 18C0. The Washing ton pew Is In reality a double pew, or two pews, bearing the numbers 59 and i f,O. This pew, which is located on the left, side of the church, has two seats, one facing the other, and there Is a ■ third cross scat against the wall, so ■ that there was supposedly ample room i for the Washington family and the i relatives or house guests who so often accompanied the distinguished Virgin- 1 lan to church. In the vestry room of ( the ehdrch may be seen the original i official record of Washington's pur- i chase of his pew upon the completion 1 of the church, which, by the way, ( had been under construction for sev- t eral years. 112 And, speaking of the vestry room, t It may bo of interest to explain that I George Washington was himself a i vestryman of Christ church. Indeed, r the young landed proprietor, then but I Ttii'QLD GMmUD <3l/jBPOU/Wm''CEQBG£ WMINQTCH'S OJUSCfT 33 years of age, was among the first vestrymen chosen when Fairfax par ish, to which the town of Alexandria belongs, was created about the year 17C5. It was a couple of years later that the congregation decided to build a church and the edifice was not fin ished to the !n»t detail until a few ywar's before the firing of"the shot heard round the world." From that day to this the exterior of the church has undergone practically no altera tion. At one time some alterations were made In the interior, but later this was wisely decided to have been a mistake and the church was re stored to the style of Colonial days. Some of the original fittings, notably the sounding board and the wine-glass pulpit, had disappeared In the course of the transition, but these were re placed by fac-similes of the originals. Many of the most Interesting ob jects In Christ church are the gen uine originals which were here in Washington's time. For instance, there is the elaborate crystal chande lier of solid brass with Its twelve can dlesticks typifying the twelve Apos tles. Nor, indeed. Is this the only re minder of tho days when the church was lighted by candles, for on the pil lars one may yet detect under the paint the marks of the tinder boxes. The chancel rail and mural tablets of tho Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed, which always nrrest the at tention of visitors, are relics of the days when George Washington was a leading member of the congregation, and so likewise are the communion table, reading desk and chairs. Aft er all, however, perhaps the most curious of these mementoes of a by gone age are the long-handled purses which were used in Washington's Blamed for an Earthquake Amusing Instance of Efforts to Stop Terrestrial Commotion Comes From Mexico. While an earthquake Is a phenom enon of a nature not likely to be treat ed with discrespect, still less with in dignity, an Englishman nevertheless tried, 24 hours after his arrival in In dia, to kick one. He was writing at a table one afternoon when he became aware of an annoying unsteadiness in the furniture. Thinking that this was due to the rubbing of a dog against the leg of the table, the Briton kicked at the beast several times, and it was only when he looked under the still shaking table and saw nothing there that lie realized his Inability to stop terrestrial commotions. An American woman who resided for some years in Mexico also had an experience with an earthquake. She was the mother of two lively small sons. One day the? had been especial ly obstreperous and did not grow quieter as the time for her siesta and theirs approached. After rousing her from her nap two or three times by their antics, she gave them fair warn ing that if there was any further com motion severe punishment would result. Again she dropped off Into sleep. time to receive the offer ings of the congregation. The baptismal font, which is much admired, is not a relic of tho Wash ington period, although it was putin place nearly a century ago. Ilowener, the Alexandria i church boasts the possession of Its first Bible aud church service, the j Bible having been printed In Edin- j burgh in the year 1767. Of the latter- | day contributions to the contents of the historic edifice there may be men tioned the silver plate bearing a rep resentation of the autograph signa ture of Robert E. Lee and the twin mural tablets set In place in IS7O which are Inscribed In memory of George Washington and Robert Ed- j ward I.ee. These various objects are of sufficient Interest to attract a con- j tinual stream of visitors to the old church, and while (unlike historic churches abroad) the edifice is not ! officially open on week days, the sex ton can usually be found on the prem- ! ises and will obligingly open the j on request and without demanding the inevitable "tip" which is besought by caretakers of similar Institutions abroad. Quite as Interesting as old Christ church itself or any of its historic j contents is the graveyard which well nigh surrounds the edifice and Is en closed by a quaint wall and fence. Here are buried many of the close personal friends and neighbors of General Washington—men and women whose names are well known to his- j tory—and the inscriptions on the an- ! clent tombstones seem decidedly odd in the eyes of modern visitors. Christ church Is not located in the most fre quented section of the ancient town of Alexandria, but its lofty spire, or j rather tower, renders It easy for the stranger to Identify nnd find his way to the time-honored brick edifice and on Washington's Birthday anniversary he has, indeed, but to "follow the I crowd." j ' Suddenly she found herself awake and on her feet, with Bounds of banging still In her ears and the room quiver ing as If from the fall of a heavy piece of furniture. The boys, scared and guilty looking, were In the doorway. She seized the nearer, reversed him and had him half spanked before the excited protests of his brother pene trated to her brain through his an guished howls. Then she became aware that she was spanking him for an earthquake. To Join Black and Caspian. Swiss engineers have convinced the Russian government that It Is per fectly feasible to bore a tunnel through the Caucasian mountains near Tllflis, In order to Join the 131ack and Caspian seas. This will be a tremend ous undertaking, as the tunnel will be about sixteen miles In length, and the Russian government had practically decided that It was beyond the limit of reality. However, the Swiss experts have reported that thr tunnel could be built within seven y«ars without much difficulty, but at a great ex penße. A Paris firm of bankers. It Is understood, Is supporting the enter prise which will be put Into execution about the early cart of 1913. AFTER BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE | Julius Heidenreich of Chicago Tells | of Lying Wounded Two Weeks on Battle Field. Hairbreadth escapes are related by veterans of the Civil war and won | dered at by a younger generation, but I the tales of fortune in the thick of ! battle are sometimes not the most I wonderful of the war. Those that I come nearest to being incredible and ! leave the listener confounded by the ' thought that only through a miracle has the narrator been saved to the world are those of long continued suf- I fering in prison or in hospital. One j : man who has such a story to tell is i p Julius Heidenreich, who lives at 11112 : Faiirfleld avenue, South Chicago, 111. Mr. Heidenreich, who for twenty- j five years has been a member of U. | : S. Grant post of the G. A. R. and color j ! bearer, was in Company K of the Fif- j j ty-ninth Illinois infantry regiment, j j which with the Thirty-seventh Illinois i and Eighth, Eighteenth and Twenty- | second Indiana regiments and the j Peoria battery made up the division i of the Union army commanded by i Maj. Gen. (then colonel) Jefferson C. j : Davis. The story is of the three days' ! ! lighting at Pea Ridge, Ark., one of tha half-dozen big battles of the west. "My regiment, the Fifty-ninth Illi- j nois, was sent west after it was formed late in the summer of 1861," \ said Mr. Heidenreich. "By the begin ning of March, 18G2, we had gone on j foot about 700 miles from Jefferson ! City, Mo., and were headed into Ar kansas at the rate of twenty miles a day, hot In pursuit of General Price's Confederate army. We were 200 miles from our base of supplies. We were shoeless and in rags and we lived on ; | corn issued in the ear by the commis ; sary. "We caught up with General Price i and had three days' fighting with him. : I This was the battle of Pea Ridge. The afternoon and night of March 6 1 helped build defensive breastworks. I i The next afternoon we were sent | through an open field into the woods j and there saw soldiers partially con- j | eealed by a scrub oak thicket. They | displayed the stars and stripes, but J ; we suspected them. The order was j i given to advance, but to hold our fire ; until the fact that it was the enemy ! C-:.\ •rpwf "I Fell in the First Volley." beyond a doubt. Then we fired Into them and they returned the fire. They were ten to our one. "I fell in the first volley. One shot went through my forehead, two others, ' which I slill carry, through my right i arm and shoulder, another through my left leg and a fifth through my left side and a sixth struck a needlecase and a tintype that 1 carried over the I right breast and knocked mo over among the others, who were left for ! dead and dying. "What was left of our regiment fell back and the rebels advanced, shoot ing Into our rear. At my left lay a corporal, wounded. A rebel plunged his bayonet through the man. who grasped the blade, called out to his wife and daughter, and died. The ' rebel was about to do the same to me i when another stepped up and pre vented him. This man gave me a drink of water from his canteen, washed the blood out of my eyes] I straightened my wounded limbs and took my revolver away. While be stooped over me a heavy volley came from our army and 1 saw a rebel com- \ inander fall from his horse. "J lay there for thirteen days with out medical attention or anything to eat except soaked corn Water was 1 brought to me in a greasy haversack. The wounded comrades beside me were ail silent and just beyond my head there was a trench in which the dearl were buried. Day by day I could hear the grave diggers at work and hear the bodies cast into the ; trench and the clods falling back I again. This went on six feet from me and yet 1 saw nothing of it, for I could not move or turn my head. After thirteen days Samuel Pearsons of the Third lowa regiment found 1 was still alive, lie picked me up and hauteo me on the bare, hard bottom of ar army wagon 28 miles over rocky roads •o the hospital in the Cassville court louse " [ZpfCiWfiEN !SSE#ABINB:T JB| A ICE care that your professiou does not outrun your posses •ion. Artificiality and hypocrisy tea* character to shreds. Whatsoever a man soweth that chalk he also reap. ! SOME GENERAL SUGGESTION® FOR SERVING. Move as noiselessly and handl* dishes as carefully as possible. Serve hot things hot and cold thing* cold. A well and neatly-laid table is a big 1 step toward a good meal. Fill the glasses two-thirds full. Do not lift a glass when filling it, but tr necessary draw it to the edge of the table, never touching the top of th« i glass. Finger bowls are to be filled one third full; a rose or petals, a leaf or j a bit of lemon, in tbe bowl is an addi tion. I Water should be put into tbe glasses ' the very last thing before the guests j are seated. j Never reach in front of a person j when serving; serve to the left when ] the food Is a matter of choice by the | guest. Remove all dishes from the right j and place all food not chosen at th* right. Relishes, like nuts, olives nnrt pickles, may be left during the entire meal for the guest to help himself. A doily should be placed between the plate and the sherbet cup as well as under the finger bowl. With the salad, crackers or bread find butter are served. Sugar and cream should always be passed with black coffee, as many pre j fer it. One service should be removed at a time, not stacking the dishes; this i savors too much of boarding house ; life. When changing courses, every thing j pertaining to the previous course j should lie removed. Two vegetables may be passed fit i once at the left, allowing the guest to help himself. The knife and fork should be placed j side by side when passing the plate to be replenished or when the course ! Is finished. The intimate process of mastication should be performed in as noiseless a i manner as possible with a closed I mouth. This may seem superfluous . advice, but existing circumstances warrant a reminder. j JLMHH J'KACiS ther.' is, in sacrifice -JL. 3a&. secluded; A life subdued, from will nnd passion ; free; \ "Tls not the peace which over Eden brooded. ! But that which triumphed In Geth semane. —Jessie Rose Gates. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Desiccated cocoanut can be made at home with a little work, but cost ing much less than the proprietary ar ticle. Break the shell and carefully ' remove all of the brown coat and run , the white meat through a meat chop j per, using a coarse cutter at. first, j then a finer one. This will not lake J as much time as trying to cut it fine i at first. To every quart of the ground ; nut meat add a cupful of sugar, stir ; well and stand in the oven or w&rxn | Ing oven until thoroughly dry, stir ring occasionally. It will take two days to dry. but the result will be very satisfactory. Cocoanut Cookies. —Cream cne and i a half cups of sugar with a cup of j warmed butter. Add three well beat- J en eggs and three tablespoonfuls of milk, a cupful of desiccated coocanut and three cupfuls of flour, sifted, with ; four teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor and bake. Roast Beef Sandwiches.—These are j very nice for a hot supper or lunch i eon dish. Place rounds or slices of buttered bread covered with slices of cold roast beef, season and pour hot gravy over the sandwich and serve i hot. Pear Dessert. —Take the Juice of ; canned pears, add a little mace to it and boll to extract the flavor. Pour over the pears and serve with whipped cream for dessert. Uncooked Mincemeat. —Two cupfuls of chopped meat to five cupfuls of chopped apple, three cups of raisins, one cup of vinegar, a clip of cider, a tablespoonful of cinnamon, a cup of molasses and s cup of suet. This will keep a long time if very cold or may be cooked, and will keep indefinitely. Potato Puffs.—To each cupful of mashed potato take one egg, one ta blespoonful of milk, two tablespoon fuls of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoon of baking powder and salt to season. Mix well and roll into finger rolls, fry In deep fat as doughnuts. Serve hot. Willing to Be Persuaded. "Arc you in favor of government ownership?" "It all depends," replied Mr. One. tin Stnx, "on how much the govern ment could b« persuaded to pay for thy privilege of owning some of Um Uiinas I control."