The One Who Wasn't
It was in a large school, and one
Of the hoys had committed some
grave infraction of discipline. The
teacher announced that he would
thrash the whole class if some one
did not tell him who had committed
the offense. All were silent, and he
began with the first boy and
thrashed every one in the class un
til finally he reached the last one.
Then he said, "Now, if you will tell
me who did this I won't thrash
you." "All right, sir; I did it,"was
the reply.
An Unintended Er,ror.
The Critic—ln the twelfth chapter of
your novel you say, "As Clifford Dan
gerfield came slowly up the long gar
den walk Clarissa, with maidenly ad
miration, gazed upon hiin."
The Author—Well, Isn't that all
right?
The Critic—Hardly. llow can Cla
rissa "gaze" after she has been blind
ed?
The Author—After she has been
blinded? What are you talking about?
The Critic—Why, in the previous
chapter, HI which you describe Clif
ford's plaulng mill, you say, "For a
long, fascinating minute Clarissa rest
ed her beau'iful brown eyes upon the
swiftly revolving buzzsaw."—Atlanta
Constitution.
Hanged the Clever Forger.
Of curious petitions against the
death penalty being enforced one re- 1
calls the eighteenth century case of
William Lyland, who was sentenced
for forging a bill for £7,114 on the
East India House. The forgery was
a work of art. No less than thirty
signatures were Imitated, and at the
one of the victims could
swear that the signature was not his
own. However, with the help of the
paper manufacturers Ryland's guilt
was brought home. Then came tho
petition of his friends. So clever a
man ought never to be hanged, they
pleaded. Ills craftsmanship should
save him. It gained him a respite.
He was allowed to finish a fine en
graving he had begun, but nothing
more. Though the engraver was a fa
vorite of George 111., that king quite
failed to see how a forgery could be
excused on the ground that U was a
clever forgery.—Pall Mall Gazette.
The Soap and Water Cure,
The traveler In the Himalayas must
be prepared for surprises. Two days
after the Hon. C. G. Bruce had reach
ed Mana he received a message from
a young lady saying that ever since
»he had seen him on the day of his
arrival she had been 111. "I was very
much hurt, I allow," says Major Bruce
In "Twenty Yenrs In the Himalayas."
During the course of a short but inter
esting career no such snub had ever
been administered to my self respect.
I said, 'But can't I do anything?' She
said, 'Yes; wash your face and let me
have the water.' So we got hot water
and soap, and she sat on a rock to see
that there was no deception. The
water, or, rather, the decoction, was
then put into a long tumbler, and she
then and/there drank it all! What is
more, the next day she sent word that
she was quite cured."
Four Hundred Years Before Peary.
The north pole is the place of great
est dignity in the world, and the peo
ple who dwell near it"have a won
derful excellency aild an sjceeding
prerogative above all nations of the
earth." How blessed we may think
this nation to be. for they are in per
petual light and never know what
darkness tneaneth, by the benefit of
twilight and full moons, as the learned
to astronomy do very well know,
y'hich people, if they have the notice
9t their eternity by the comfortable
light of the gospel, then are they
blessed and all of nations most blessed.
AVhythen do we neglect the search of
this excellent discovery, against which
there can be nothing said to hinder the
came?—From Ilakluyt's Voyage (Six
teenth Century).
An 111 Fated City.
The 111 fated Sicilian city of Mes
sina was almost entirely destroyed by
an earthquake in 1093 and greatly
damaged by another In 1783. In 1743
the plague carried off nearly half of
Its inhabitants. In 1784 the city was
visited by a terrible quake and tidal
wave, which finished its destruction.
In fact, it would be difficult to find
anywhere a cky with a more mourn
ful history than Messina, which has
been practically destroyed twenty-one
times during the past 3,000 years.
Below the Average.
Apropos of loss of friends somebody
was saying one day, before Morgan,
the jjreat calculator of lives, that they
bad lost so many friends, mentioning
the number, in a certain space of time,
upon which Morgan, coolly taking
down a book from his office shelf and
looking Into it, said, "So you ought, sir,
and three more."—Thomas Moore.
Willing to Risk It.
Uncle—My dear boy, it's a fact that
the bacilli on paper money have caused
many a death before now. Nephew-
Well, uncle, you might let me have a
few notes. I'm very tired of life.—
Fllegende Blatter.
A Thousand Refusal*.
Kate—That Bragson girl claims to
have made a thousand refusals of mar
riage. Ethel—That's true. When Gus
asked her to be his wife she replied.
"No, o thousand times, no!" Boston
Transcript. s.
QOi%frbws.
Charles t>. Hood; by his next
friend. Emma C. Hood, vs. Connol
Anthracite Mining Co mpany.
No. 9 May Term, 19'0.
Trespass.
Plea - - Not Guilty."
Scouton Mullen
McCormick
-2-
Wilham T. Faircliild vs. Lehigh
Valley liailroad Company,
No. 08 May Term, 1910.
Trespass
Plea - - "Not Guilty."
Scouton Thome u
Kanfmau,
Mereur.
-:i-
A. T. Mulnix vs. Setli P. Shoe
maker and Wm. T. More,
No. 10 February Term, 1911.
Framed Issue
Plea - - "Payment."
Mullen Beouton
-4-
Alice M. Putnam, a. d. l>. n. c*
d. a. of Luman Putnam, deceased'
Assignee of N. N. Betts, Executo
and Trustee of .Mrs. 11. Charlotte
ffard, vs. C. F. Huusinger and
Liz/.ie (or Elizabeth) Allen, and
James P. Allen, her husband,'
No. HI February Term, 1011
Scire Facias sur Mortgage.
Plea, That Mortgage is not a [Mm
upon lands, etc.
Thomson. Scouton.
H. Laussat Geyelin vs. William
J. Lawrence, Charles T. Lawrence
and O. IT. Lawrence,
No. 8 May Term, 1911.
Framed Issue.
Meylert. Mullen.
-(>-
Patrick Collins va. Northern
Anthracite Coal Company,
No. 22 May Term, ]Oll.
Trespass.
-7-
The Township of Cherry, to
he use of the Treasure of Sullivan
County, for Cherry Township
school District, vs. Ered Frieder,
No, 25 May Term, 1911.
Defendant's Appeal.
Walsh. Mullen.
Howard C. Het*s vs. the Ford
niont Chemicßl Company, a cor.
poration,
No. 34 December Term 1911.
Assnuipsit.
Plea, "Non Assumpsit"
Mullen. Meylerit
•8"
Albert F. Heess,
Prothonotary.
Prothonotary'i Office.
Laporte, Penn'a
Apr. 8, 1912.
Bathing an Elephant.
The elephant's bnth takes a week
to carry out in detail; itrequires the
services of three men, and it costs
S3OO, the Philadelphiaißecord says.
This treatment is necessary for a
circus elephant, and if tthe animal is
a valuable one the proprietor of the
circus does not consider the money
wasted. The first process consists
ingoing over the immense body
with the best soap procurable—lso
pounds of soap are fused—and the
elephant's ears are especially care
fully attended to. When the soap
ing and drying are completed the
elephant is well sandpapered and
after that rubbediall over with the
purest Indian oil until!, the mouse
gray skin is supple and* glistening.
This last finishing tcmcljis the most
expensive part of'the whiole bath, as
has to be spent »«n the oil
'alone.
itorily. In two or three 4. ■ nft<
(planting it will be found i'jo. ";ir!
(potato is covered, with Ii nv \ hit'
points which several davs J.iter
change into little potatoes th«f '
prow rapidly.
When the little>jiotatoes :!r<* rea
sonably large they may ho can fully '
iiremoved, leaving in place the nlil
ipotatoes, which continue to hear.
iSeveral weeks later another crop 1
rmay be gathered and even a third, i
tThe budding continues until the
parent tuber is cornpWoJv exhaust- !
ited and nothing remains of it hut 1
ilthe skin.
In case sprouts push-forth on the
potatoes they must be cut off with
'scissors. Potatoes grown in this
,way have one very CTceHentif|ualitv. 112
.They have so thin a skin that it [
'may be simply washed off. Xo t
scraping or paring is necessary. I
/They also have an excellent 1 flavor [
oand are firmer than ordinary farm [
grown varieties, with less tendency (
to soften.—-flew York World.,
Mercantile Appraisment,
The renders of domestic uitil foreign mercliftli-
L dise etc. in Sullivan county Pa. will lake notice
' that they are appraised and valued by the 1111-
I dersigned Appraiser of Mercantile and other
1 business for the ye ar 1912, as follows, to wit:
Bernice Store Co Cherry Twp...Ketaii Mere').
801l Peter do do
Baldwin, J. H do do
Conner, J. J do do
Daley, John do do
Donovan Mike do do
Kdgcl Sandor do do
Flnan Frauds do do
Frouiberg Simon do do
Gross, John do do
Uatta, Lewis do do
tiraifley, W. C <4; Lewis.... do do
Hymun. Bros do do
llyuiun, B B do do
HeUmaii, Joseph do do
iiojie.C. P do do
Hood Mrs. Paul do do v
Iluruig, Hurry 11 do do
Leverton, L. K do do
Lowry, Lawrence do do
Meyer, prank. do do
MeOee, Patrick do do
Panich Samuel do do
i Potter Wm do do
Kamsey Kobcrt do do
Kamsey, Jauies do do
Schaad, 11. J do do
Sick, Francis J do do
Summons (ieo do
Sick, C. do
Sick, Joseph do do
Touhey John W do do
White, John F do do
Yoiikiu, Joseph <& Sou do do
Fating House
Kennedy Wm. £ do ....... do
Colley
Berk Wm do do
Collins P. J do do
Dieflenbach Wm, F do •id
Dyer, A. L do do
Fulmer A Hevcriey do do
Hrubenak Joseph do do
Haluhuk, Steve do do
Hurtouitz, Ike do do
Johnson, W. L do
Johnson C. A do do
Kellogg, li. M do do
1 Leyfcrt, Fred do do
Lo|>e/. Drug Co do
1 Lojiez Store Co. Ltd do do
Murry, I*. P do do
licticu .J P do do
Martin, lrvin do do
Pculer, 1). W do
Pottei K K do do
House, A do do
Kohc L do do
Slovinski, John do do
Simon, Abe no do
Simon Abe do do
Suiich, Mike do do
Weiustein Jacob do do
Yarish Simon do do
Armstrong, A. T Davidson do
Buck Agt. John do do
Boudman. Smith do do
llaslcy, Harr;. do do
Crist. Nora do do
Ilouscknccht, B do do
Lorah Miss Ida do do
Meyers jarm-s ... do
Moran.J. W do do
Miller, J. P do do
Magurgcl, Frank do do
Meyers, Geo. W do do
Phillips KUery do do
Snore Mi's Forbes do do
Starr, Chas do to
Taylor Bros tio do
Winton, Jacob do do
Wutson, John do do
Bahr, C. A Dushort do
Connor Margaret do
Cunningham, Jauies do do
Connor. P do do
Croll, ("has do do
Crimmins. J. H do do
Carroll, D. K do do
Carroll, T W do
Cole, Samuel do do
DiciTcnbach, W il do do
Dccgan, Geo. T do do
Farrell, F, H do do
Finan, P. J do do
Fulmer & Heverley do do
Grace, P. E do do
llauier, John do do
Hileman, John Jr do Jo
Hatton HaroldH doj Jo
Hoffman F do do
Holla. Chas. W do do
Holla J. S & Co do do
Hammond 0. M do do
Harrington, J. 8 do do
ilolconib V do do
Kraus, Wm, li do do
Kliue. Bernard do do
K&'liiuka C. It, do do
Keefe, Den do do
Lunch, Frank do d>
Mosler, Willis do do
MeGee, Koliert do do
North. I'. W do do
MessersuiltW i;. li do do
Obert, H. K do do
Pealer, chas. K do do
Keeser, J. D do do
Kittenbury, Mrs. Bernice lio do
Sylvara, K. G do do
saxer, B, F do do
Stastord UcoJW do do
Tubach A. L do do
Williams, C.M do do
Wagner, Winifred M .... do do
Youkin, J. 11 do
Crangc Boya do do
Driesbaugli iMlss do do
Kherer, Daniel.ikSon Kagles Mere do
Bloum& Foshage do do
Laird, Wm. L do do
Parmeter William do do
Siegfried Kstella doj do
Shogry Regina do do
Tayior, W. I do do
llartung August Elkland Twp do
BodfOrd U <i do do
Hugo, Cieorge do do
ilart, William do do
Jennings, E do do
Jennings, C. B do do
Kay, Albert do do
Mulnix, A, T do do
Snyder, J. L do do
Norton Powell Forks Twp do
Kester J. Wonck do do
Fawcett B. W Forksville do
Calkins, Wm do do
Kaudall W J do do
Kogers aud Sons do do
Campbell, A. E Fox Twp do
Ayern Charles J do do
Casemui), C „ do do
Bedford, Mrs. Jos do do
Fanning, W. II do do
Hill, E. W do do
Kilmer A. B do to
Kilmer C A do do
Kaub Mra. C. E do do
Williams,O.J do do
Ilillsgrove
Galough, 8. T do do
Hull, Vernon do do
llolfmau, C. M do do
Tompkins Thos S do do
Fiester, G. M Laporte Twp -do
Nordmont Supply C 0... do do
Snider, VV. B do do
McFarlanc, Jas do do
Buschhauscn A.II Laporte Boro do
Bah I Julius do do
Crossley F M do do
Carpenter Joseph do do
F II Farrell do do
Kraus, Henry do do
Hassen, John Jr do do
Loeb, William do do
Smyth, John L do do
Socks, Wolf do (io
Stackhouse, J. H....Shrewsbury do
Atlantic Refining Co, Dushore, wholesale Mere'].
George W. Snyder Forksville
Kiess, E. R. Eagles Mere. two pool tables,
do one billiard table
do 4 t«u pin alleys
" do two shuttle tioaros
Cenuskey Frank Mildred 2 I«X>1 tables
Hymen, B. 1). do 2 Pool Tables
do do 2 bowling alleys
White, John F. do 2 pool tables
Carpenter, C. D. Dushore Boro 2 pool tables
Leyfcrt Fred Lojxv. 2 pool tables
Bahl Julius P. Laiiorte Boro 2 l'ool'lables
And that an appeal will t>e held In the olliee of
the County Treasurer in LaiKirte, Pa.,oii the Ist
day of April, 1912, at luo'clock a.m. when and
where you may attend if you think proper.
JAMES C. CAVEN, Mercantile Appraiser.
iMTENtS^&i
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112 Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured. 1
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Buy An IH C Spreader
From Your Loc^Dealer
BEYOND doubt a good man
ure spreader is a necessity
on every farm. Every
live farmer has asked himself
"Which spreader is best?"
"Why is it best?" and, "Where
can I buy that spreader?"
The answer to these ques
tions is—buy an I H C spreader
from your local dealer.
The fertility of your soil de
pends as much on proper distri
bution as on the manure itself.
Settle the manure spreader
question once for all. See the
local dealer and buy an
IH C Manure Spreader
Kemp 20th Century
Corn King or
Cloverleaf
The I H C local dealer will
show you pood spreader con
struction and explain why it is
good. When you buy your
spreader from him, he will set
it up for you, show you how to
adjust it, start 3 011 off right, and
be right there nil the time to
take care of any future needs.
Study fertility; learn why a
good spreader i: ; good. Buy an
I H C spreader from your local
dealer that h the beginning
of the most profitable farming.
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I H C Service Cur^j-u
The purpose of this Hiir. ui : t > furnish,
free of charge to all, the Hi -t iulurm.it ion
obtainable 011 better 112 iiniins! it \ou h.ivo
any worthy questions com-.-ruin-'soils, ciops,
land drainage, irrigation. 1.1 tili.er. 1 tc. ,
make your inquiries specific and send them
to 1 H C Service bureau. Harvester Building,
Chicago. USA
Taft to Visit Atlantic City.
President Taft accepted invitations
to address the Christian Endeavor
convention at Atlantic City, July 7;
to vigit the New York state fair at
Syracuse in September, and to stop
off at St. Louis, Mo., later in that
month.
Billion Dollar Congress Session.
Appropriations made during the
third session of the Sixty-first con
gress amounted to $1,02t>,682,882, ac
cording to a joint statement by the
house and senate appropriations com
mittees.
Connecticut For Parcels Post.
The Connecticut senate, in concur
rence with the house, passed the res
olution favoring a parcels post law as
proposed in the Sulzc'r bill now before
congress.
Smuggling <n Italy.
The Italian laws against smug
gling are most severe. A peasant
eaught with only a pound of contra
band tobacco is pretty sure to incu;
two years' imprisonment, besides
paying a heavy fine. The cnstoim
officials, too, are authorized to>hoo
1 persons crossing the frontier wh.
refuse to halt when challenged. an<
Be vernal ives are thus sacrificed ev
ery year. Still the profits of --nm •
gling are so great that many lira"
these perils. A knapsack filled wir
tobacco or salt, s»foly landed, vieM
a small fortune to the smuggler, s.
heavy are the taxes upou these. -
London Chronicle.
home and an emhryo nation out of a
savage, hostile forest land were u<»t
the sort to submit forever to such ig
nominy. For 11 long time they Kought
to appeal to England's Justice. When
these appeals were vain they tried to
bring the mother country to her senses
by armed resistance.
At last, however, nothing remained
but the choice between slavery and
absolute independence. Delegates from
each of the thirteen colonies met in
Philadelphia in the enriy summer of
1776 to make that choice.
And without one dissenting vote they
declared for liberty.
Thomas Jefferson, a young lawyer
and farmer, drew up a paper embody
ing the colonies' defiance of oppression
and their Intention to form a nation '
for themselves, independent or every 1
foreign power.
This paper was called the Declnra- '
tion of independence, it was adopted
on July 4, 1770.
That was the birthday of the United
States of America. In memory of that
first Fourth of July—the day when we
ceased to be subordinate colonies and
became a free nation—we have ever
since celebrated the anniversary.
When one remembers all the date
really means and all that It commemo
r:i»o«> there ataoald surely be as mucb
every Ameilctui heart for grat
-1 ' patriot -i. - ii.mefcet
i" .j. ; .*».
Executors Notice.
In He: Estate of A, C. Little,
j Deceased. Letters Testmentary on
the Estate of A. C. Little, Late of
Eagles Mere Borough, Deceased,
' having this day been granted to the
( undesigned, by the Register of Wills
of Sullivan Coonty, notice is here
by given to all persons indebted to
; said estate to make payment, and
all persons having claims
them, duly authenticated, for set
tlement. to, *
FRANK S. LITTLE, Executor,
Eagles Mere, Penn'a., February
1<)12.
Roll Call.
Bernice. and Mildred Present
Sonestown Absent
Muncy Valley ' Absent
RickettP Absent
Nordmont Absent
1* orksvillo Absent
Ilillsgrove Absent
Eagles Mere Present
Remember we furnish stamped
envelopes and paper to corre < 11-
dents.
M. BRINK'S
PRICES For This Week
ton 100 11)
Corn Meal 32.00 1.66
Cracked Corn !!2 00 1.65
Corn 1.05
" Sacks each 6c wit.J privilege of
returning without c-xp.*n. e to me.
Schumachet Chop 32 aM 165
Wheat Bran . 2.00 165
Fancy Whim MidcL 33 r )0 1.70
Oil Meal 42.00 210
Gluten 3!.f,b i.V. r
Alfalfa Meal '21.0 > 50
j Oyster Shells 10.00 <>o
; Brewers Grain .HI.OO 1.50
Choice Cottonseed Meal 33.00 1.70
Luxury Flour sack 1.25
I " " "per bbl. 4 00
Beef Scrap 00'8
Oats pr l) |. 7 ()_
Chaictal 60 [q sack .61
Oystei Shells .35
140 lb bag Salt coarse or line .50
100 lb bag Salt .35
Slhumach r Flour sack 1 60
" ' Pej b'sl. 620
Spring Wheat , Marvel) " 1.70
Veal Calves w all ted OH Monda r,
Tuesday and Wednesday Liv»
fowls and cliicl e:i < n We lnes}a)
11. BKINK in ik.v ''a.
Administrator's Notice.
Estate of Martin Mullen, lute of
Laporte Borough, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Let
ters of Administration upon the
estate of Martin Mullen, late of La
porte Borough, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania, eerdased, have been
granted to the undersigned. All
persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and
thos" having claims or demands
against the same will present said
claims, duly authenticated, to
E.J. MULLEN,
Administrator of Martin Mullen,
deceased.
Laporte, Pa., March 11, 1912,
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