When Washington Was President Mra. Washington Was a strict dia eipllnarian about certain matters, and ■mr.ny other things always required the members of the household to fol low the example of her husband and dress for dinner, which was at S o'clock. On one occasion Nellie Cue tls and her cousin, Martha Dandridge, appeared at the table in their morn ing gowns, but no comment was made upon it until a coach was seen ap proaching and the visitors, some French officers of high rank and Charles Carroll, Jr. of Carrollton, one of Miss Custls's ardent suitors, were announced. Instantly the girls, in a flutter of excitement, begged to be excused In order to change their gowns, but Mrs. Washington shook her head. "No," she said, "remain as you are. A costume good enough (or President Washington is good enough for any guest of his." Needless to say, Miss Nellie never overlooked her proper garb for dinn »r again. Owing to the prominent position of her grandparents, Nellie Custis had untold advantages and was accus tomed In early life to both flattery and attention from the notable men of the time. She was one of the most Interesting figures In the White House during Washington's regime, yet that she was content to take up again life in the country is evidenced In a happy letter written a few days after the family returned to Mount Vernon (Washington having com pleted his second term as President), In which she writes: "We arrived here os Wednesday without any ac cident after a tedious journey of seven days. Grandpapa is very well and much pleased with being once more Farmer Washington." National Monthly. * George Washington. Down the road to Valley Forge, in the grip of winter weather, Death, defeat and hunger stalked along; Phantoms grim upon his vision; wond'ring If his God would ever. Crush the tyrant, help the helpless, right tiie wrong. Patient in disaster he, misery and wast around him. Who a ragged band of heroes led; Blackest specters of the night ever vigilant they found him, True and faithful to a cause so near ly dead. Out of depths like these he came, an 4 the dawalng ef a satlon Was the guerden that he wrested from the foe; For himself the wreath of laurel, steadfast love and adoration Of a hundred million freemen her# below. Gone the day of Valley Forge, gontf the salsery and sorrow, Like the cleuds before the sun all welt away; And memory Immortal will hall hla name te-»orrow As his countrymen remember It to day. —I. R. R. The February Tree. Now blooms for all the world to seal The February cherry-tree. Whereof, with all veracity, We now set down the history. First Cupid saw it standing fair And cried, "A tree, I do declare!" Then, whipping out his knife, with care He left initials carven there. George Washington then cut it down In order to acquire renown, And nipce in every vale and town The story serves his fame to crown. A few years later Lincoln came; He also wished to make a name. Pursuing thus the noble aim, He split it into rails and fame. —Lippincott's. It is no more than fair, however, to point out that when Washington had carried the American revolution to a successful end, whea the infant nation was bewildered and helpless and he was approached from his army with hints of royal power and dignity awaiting bhm, he repelled and silenced them with this stern reply: "Let me conjure you if yoiv have any regard for your country, concern for your self or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind and never commsnicate as from yourself or anyone else a sentiment of the like nature." That Cherry Tree Story, "The fset that Georgie could not 11a Does not appeal to me." Bald Ibsen Browning Emerson, Of Bestoo, aged just three. "It showed his small ability— Imagination poor. He'd make no great Impression now Were he alive, I'm sure. Had he remarked, 'I will not lie,' It would hare shown he could Yet would not Then I might admit His elalm to being good." < —T. B. M., In the New York Tole ■rna. "TU our trun policy to steer clear •112 permanent affiances with any por tion of the foreign world. Georpn Washington. _ FOREIGN TITLES IN AMERICA Massachusetts Member LoatSeat In Congress Over Conleat Back in 1795 SLAVERY QUESTION INTRODUCED Law Permits Native Citizens to Ac cept Nobility from Potentates But Foreigners Must Renounce Distinc tions Before Naturalization. An inconsistency in American law lies in the fact that while native citi zens may accept titles of nobility from foreign potentates, foreigners must renounce their hereditary titles before becoming naturalized citizens of the United States. That provision of the Federal naturalization laws goes back 115 years, and the subject led to a curious parliamentary fight in Con gress. It also resulted in the tem porary retirement of a conspicuous Massachusetts Federalist from public life and stirred up a lively discussion on the slavery question. Immigration was exciting a good deal of talk in 1704, when French no bles were still fleeing from the reign of terror which ceased in the summer of that very year and when other French refugees had recently fled from the black terror of IJaytl. So late in the year Congress began to revise the naturalization laws. The residence period necessary for naturalization was raised from two years, at which it had been fixed in 17110, to five, where it has since re mained. except for a short time in John Adams's administration, when it was made fourteen years. While the matter was under debate Giles of Vir ginia proposed that foreigners seek ing naturalization should be required to give up any title of nobility that they might hold. It was at this point that Samuel Dexter of .Massachusetts, a Federalist, brought the slavery question into the matter. He made a speech ridiculing Giles's amendment as childish. He proposed an amendment requiring for eigners wishing to be naturalized to give up any slaves of which they might be possessed. Dexter's amendment stirred the Southern members, for they were a bit uneasy in view of recent massa cres of whites by the insurgent slaves of Hayti. nnd they protested that the Massachusetts Federalist was Inciting Southern slaves to insurrection and endangering the social system of the South. Dexter, nevertheless, stuck by his amendment, though some of his fellow Federalists were a trifle un easy at the storm he hsd raised, es pecially as they well knew that Giles's amendment would be popular in New England. Giles on January 1. 1705, did a thing that scared Dexter's friends even more, for he called for the yeas and nays on both motions. Cnder this call Dexter's amendment was de feated. and that of Giles was carried. Dexter, although he knew he was do ing what would be unpopular at home, voted against the amendment requir ing naturalized foreigners to give up their titles of nobility, and he failed to return to the next Congress, though he lived to enter the Cabinet of John Adams. The requirement was so popular that It was not repealed, when in 1798 the naturalization laws were ma ter-ally amended, and it was left un disturbed when in Jefferson's first ad ministration the residence period re quired of foreigners seeking naturali zation was reduced from fourteen years to five years. The five year period had prevailed in Virginia in late colonial days. Oddly enough the first man known to have been natur alized in this country, Augustine Herr man, one of New York and later of Maryland, received from Lord Balti more about 1666 the title of Lord of Bohemia Manor. Some naturalized foreigners have been known socially in this country by the titles whiuh they adjured on giving notice of their intention to seek naturalization, though In all public relations they have figured under sim ple surname and Christian name. Of the few native Americans who wear titles of nobility most perhaps owe them to the Pope. American hankering after titles, which fell into general disrepute dur ing the French Revolution, revived early In the nineteenth century, and It is said that one thing to attract some men to Burr's expedition was the hope held out that his Spanish- American State would have orders of nobility. Young men making ready to Join him bantered one another as to the titles that they should bear, and a clever woman in the confidence of Burr was said to have gone so far as to draw up rules for court cere mony and make sketches for ceremon ial costumes. Within a few years a young Vir ginian shocked some of his kinsfolk by expatriating- himself in order to claim an English title long in abey ance in his family. It is said, on the other hand, that although the De Courseys of Maryland have an en tirely clear and legitimate claim to *n Kngllsh title, the rightful heir de clines to give up his American c:tl censhlp for the title. HE MADE KANBAB CITY PRETTY. That'* What They Bay Out Th«r# About George E. Kessler. Soon after George £. Kessler was born In Germany, In 1862, bia par ents noticed that a handful of posies sniused him more effectively than anything else. That discovery was significant. The family came to this country In 1865 and young Kesaler was educated In the New York pufajlo schools. Then he.went back to Europe for a special course In engineering, for estry and botany. When be returned to the United States he headed for Kansas City, where be announced that he was able to make a boule vard out of a dump heap. That was in 1892. Now Kanraa City, has thirty-eight miles of boule vards and 500 acres of parks. The cost was $9,000,000, but according to Hampton's Kansas City Is glad she spent the money. Mr. Kessler is a landscape archi tect, but his fleldlls that of cities and not that of Isolated residences or a once in a while 'cemetery. In the be ginning he transformed Kansas City from a rugged, hilly, dirty town out in the West to "that pretty Kansas City," a place of boulevards and parks, of playgrounds and breathing spots. There does not appear to be much of the dreamer about Mr. Kessler, but Just the same he does dream, and those visions have resulted in giving Kansas City one of the best park systems In the country, remolding the vacant and dirty lots of Memphis Into public gardens, beautifying Syra cuse, N. Y.; creating a butterfly meta morphosis for Indianapolis and mak ing and restoring the World's Fair buildings of St. Louis and then show ing the city how to create a boule vard system worthy of the size of the place. That is not all. The natural beau ties of Pensacola, Fla., are being add ed to by hiin. Fort Worth, Tex., is being converted Into a city where a visit would not be complete without a trip over the boulevard system. Kansas City, Kan., the little sis ter of the larger city, on the Missouri side of the State line, is being made to conform with the example of its neighboring municipality. Workmen are busily tearing down the shacks and replacing thein with drives, flowers and shrubbery in many other cities, and even the tourist catering Denver, which nsserts itself as "the Queen city of the West," has realized that parks are necessary. An Unnecessary Confession. ' A hearty laugh was occasioned kat tbe Itinnlnghain police court byl a prisoner who gave himself awajp,*in a very delightful manner. The fman was tbe first on the list, and, the charge against him was merely|one of being drunk and disorderly. He stepped into the dock, however. 'Just at the moment when the dock dttoer was reading out a few of the tsines which were to come before the «ourt that morning, and a guilty conscience apparently led him to mistake these items for a list of his previous con victions. He stood by passively enough while the officer read out about a do/en drunk and disorderlies, bul when he came to the one "shopbreak ing" the prisoner exclaimed excitedly, "That was eight years ago, your Honor." Every one began to laugh and the prisoner, realizing the blun der he had made, at first looked veijr black Indeed, but Anally saw the. h\un orous side of the matter, and a broad smile spread over his face. HJte blun der did not cost anything. Where Walking Sticks Are Made. Among the agricultural industries which flourish In the environs of Paris is one which is known to com paratively few people, namely, the growing of walking sticks and um brella sticks. At Maule, not far from Paris, there is a plantation of nearly 500 acres devoted to this pur pose, consisting of crab, maple, ash and poplar trees. These are cut off close to the earth In order to promote on each trunk the growth of several offshoots. At the end of three years the shoots are cut down and dried In the sun, after which they are twisted and fashioned under steam as required. Sometimes the ends of the shoots are bent while they are growing to form handles or small twigs are allowed to bend themselves and graft on the parent stem, forming a ring or crutch handle. The stick* so treated are sent to the manufacturer to be var nished and otherwise finished for the market. —London Globe. Rare Gases Above. Samples of air at a height of near ly nine miles have been recently ob tained and examined for the pres ence of the rare gases. Tbe collect? ing apparatus, carried by a large bal loon, is a series of vacuum tubes, each drawn out to a line point at one end. At the deßlred height an elec tromagnetic device, connected with each tube and operated by a baro meter, breaks oft tbe point of the tube, admitting the air. A few min utes later, a second contact sends a current through a platinum wire around the broken end, melting the glass and sealing the tube. All the samples obtained show argon and neon, but no helium was found in air from above six miles. After regarding It as a true mot tusk for many years, French scien tists have found that a small snall i:i.s croature found on trees Is the laiva of a species of Qy. Court News. All Civil eases were continued by agreement. Quarter Sessions. Commonwealth vs. John Hart/.ig Grand Jury find'"Not u true Bill'' Prosecutor, Julius Bahr to pay the costs. Commonwealth vs. J. Win. Morar. Grand Jury find "Not a true Bill." Prosecutor, Dennis Palmatier to pay cost. Commonwealth vs. John Clialie. Defendant pleads guilty. Seutenced to pay costs of prosecution, fine of 1500 and mouths in county jail. Common wealth vs. J. Win. Morau. Grand Jury find "Not a True Bill." Prosecutor, Dennis Palmatier to pay costs. Commonwealth vs. Thomas Hans. Heard before court with out a Jury. Defendant discharged and ccunty to pay costs. Election Notice. In accordance with the Act of the Assembly of April Cth 1911. The County Commissioners of Sullivan County hereby publish : That at the primary election (known as Spring Primary) to be held by the electors of Sullivan County on the second Saturday of April the following Delegates and Alternate Delegates are to be elected, viz. : Two Delegates and two Alter nate Delegates to represent the 10 Congressional District, of which Sullivan County is part to the Democratic National Convention to lie held in [Baltimore, Maryland June 25, 15112, One Delegate to represent Sulli van County in the Keystone State Convention of 1912. one Delegate to represent Sulli van County in the DeinocniticJState Convenion of 1912, Two Delegates and two Alternate Delegates to represent the 10 Con gressional District of which Sull ivan County is part to the Repub lican National Convention to be held in Chicago 111., in June next. One Delegate to represent Sulli van County iu the Republican State Convention to be held at Harrisburg, l'a., in May next. Five Delegates and Alternate Delegates elected to the National Prohibition Convention in Atlantic City, N. J., July 10 11th, and 12, 1912. Notice is also given that there are to be voted for in Sullivan County, at the General Election to be held on Tuesday. November sth 1912, Candidates for the following offices: One Representative in Congress. One Representative in the General Assembly. IRVIN HOTTENSTEJN, JCSEPH SICK, GEORGE BROSCIIART, County Commissioners. Judson Brown, Clerk. There's a Reason. As you will note the News Item has been enlarged to eight pages this week and will here after be of that size. Making this enlargement has made the paper unusually lute this week as it was necessary for us to ship the County Statement, which is in lynotype form, to New York City. Today we received a letter firoin Now York in part as follows : '•The type was awaited day by day, but did arrived until twelve o'clock on Wednesday, the 14, al though you shipped it on the 10th. When it did arrive it was in the worst state of "pi" we have ever 9een. It is evident thst the box broke enroute and that the express men gathered tip the fragments and piled the slugs hack into the box in a perfectjumble. They then slap ped the top on and tied it up with cords. In this condition it was de livered to us and we were at a loss what to do. We had the agent of the U. S. Express Company to call and showed him the condition of the type, but they refused to make us any allowances or to grant us the power tores« 4 the stuff at their ex pense. Knowing your anxiety to nave this matter appear in this week's issue, we set all hands to work on the "pi" and it took us until ten o'clock last night to get it in shape for proof reading." So we are late and that is the reason, if you have any quarrel 'Wiit H, out with tb» r. S Express | Company, tltey are io hluuie. RICKETTS. Win. Dull is suffering with ton silitis. Mr-s. Alzada Slua, who has been ill ali winter is slowly recovering. 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First, we have arranged for a very complete and interebting news report, covering the events of the week preceding, and supplemented by Pennsylvania state news and a complete market report, giving lat est New York quotations. ladies will welcome their own special department, devoted to the latest ideas in pretty, "fussy'' fe minine things and tempting sug gestions in cookery; The old sol diers will find each week a "camp fire" story to bring back the old life and drum days, and, in short, the News Item will hereafter con tain such a variety of good things that its visits will, we believe, be more than ever welcome. Ailminstrator's Notice. Letters of Administration oil the estate of John W. ifeaton, late of Laporte Township,-Sullivan County Pennsylvania, having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebeted to the said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having claims, to present the same without delay, to. JAMES C. CAVKN, Adminis'r. Jan. 29, 1912. fIT Pill, then— yjmd TaKe Take What Pill ? Why. a Dr. Miles' A-nti-Pain Pill, of course. Good for all kinds of pain. Used to relieve Neuralgia, Headache, Nervousness, Rheu matism, Sciatica, Kidney Pains, Lumbago, Locomotor Ataxia, Backache, Stomachache, Period ical Pains of women, and for pain in any part of the body. "I have used Dr. Miles' medicines for over 12 years and find them excellent. 1 keep Dr. Miles' Aiiti-l'ain I'ills in the house all the time and would r.ot thirl. of taking a journey without them, no matter how short a distance 1 am going. I cannot praise them enough " Miss Lou M. Cuurchili -63 High St., I'enacook, N. 11. At all druggists. 25 doses 25c. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. green lis a sure resource Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right ,
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