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Tina crmHN, Wednesday, apiuij 3, 101a.
Ono Million For Good Itonds.
At a meotlng of tho Highway Com
mlBslon Superintendent C. Gordon
Reel offered a resolution, which was
adopted, appropriating tho $1,200,
000 made available by tho laws of
1911 for tho construction of portions
of Uouto -1 In Urooine, Delaware,
Orango and Sullivan counties.
" In building State Highway (Route
4, Commissioner Heel will mako a
direct route from Now York city via
West Point through Mlddlotown,
Montlcollo, 'Hancock, Doposlt nnd
Windsor to ninghamton, opening up
with a first class road a largo section
In tho southern part of tho stato,
whoro property holders and produc
ers have been nt a heavy loss from
poor transportation facilities. The
direct route to the west will bring
its necessary quota of tourists, adver
tising theso countries, raising land
values, and putting them in immed
iate touch with tho Hudson Itlvor
Valley and large cities east.
Broome county will get. . . .$107,000
Delawaro county 261,000
Orango county will get. . . . 203,000
Sullivan county will get. . . 469,000
Hns Leased Hotel.
On Monday next II. F. Westbrook
leaves Equlnunk for Long Eddy,
where ho has leased the Arlington
Hotel. Wim. Emrlch, former proprie
tor of tho hotel, conducted at Equln
unk by Mr. Westbrook, will again
resume the management. Hancock
Herald.
Hon. .1. E. Wooilinaiihco Iluys Farm.
Tuesday last Frank Bonnofond sold
tho cleared land of the farm known
as the Busfield place to Hon. J. E.
Woouniansee. Consideration $3,000.
It is located a short distance below
Hancock on the road to Stockport
and Is considered one of the best riv
er flat farms in that section. The
calo was made through E. S. L.aBarr,
tho hustling real estate agent.
More Postal Savings Hanks.
The Itoxbury postofllco has been
designated to receive postal savings
deposits, to take effect on April 10.
The Jefferson postofllce, is to be
mado a savings depository soon.
To Complete Joint-Count)' Bridge.
The Scott Construction company
which 'has the contract for tho erec
tion of the Wayne-Susquehanna
ounty bridge, at this place, has com
pleted the erection of tho D. & H.
round house, in Carbondale, and tho
force of englneors are preparing to
return to "Pittsburg. W. C. Saladin,
who has charge of the Forest City
Job, will remain hero until it is com
pleted. Forest City News.
Inspector Mn.vcy Complimented.
Mine Inspector Benjamin Maxey,
of this district, who recently made a
suggestion to Chief Roderick of the
Department of Mines for an improve
ment in tho regulations regarding
falls of ' rock and top coal in the
mines, has received a letter from
tho chief complimenting him on the
suggestion and advising that he take
it up with tho Inspectors appointed
to appear before the commission ap
pointed to amend the Anthracite law.
I'npuiur judge.
Hon. It. B. Little returned to
Montrose to-day from Philadelphia,
-where ho has been conducting crim
inal court the past fortnight. Judge
Little has gained considerable popu
larity on the Philadelphia bench, and
an attorney speaking of the recent
dinner given by Philadelphia law
yers In his honor at the Bellevue
Stratford, said it was the first of its
kind ever given to a resident or
visiting Judge, and plainly indicates
the regard they have for Susquehan
na county's jurist. Susquehanna
Ledger.
Like Dear Old Dud.
Down in Scranton a young mar
ried woman just out of hor teens is
asking for a divorce all because
ihubby stuck Ills feet up on tho stove
and whistled, "I Want a Girl Like
the Girl that Married Dear Old Dad."
And now it may Ijo that If tho young
man had 'been more liko "Dear Old
Dad" tho girl would have been more
like that other " best friend " the
boy ever had.
1 1 curd in ,i Newspaper Olllee.
"illonesty is the best policy."
"I wish I could believe it, but I
have in mind the woman who sent in
an advertlbumcnt reading like this:
'Wanted A husband with money;
o'bject alimony.' 'Did she get an an
swer to her advertisement? Not
one."
Places Illume on Palmer.
Tho chairman of the old guard
Democratic committeo includes In his
plan of conciliation tho demand that
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
mako no attempt to be elected na
tional committeeman. 'Slnco the
whole rumpus was started because
Mr. Palmer wanted tho Job, what
hopo is thoro of conciliating on such
a basis? AVIlkes-Harre Record.
nnd while In prison ho put through
a real cstato deal which notted him
a fortune.
Blslilo's Petition.
Tho appeal of William Potor
Blshlc, In jail at Scranton, undor
sentenco of death for tho killing of
United States Express Messongor
Irvnn G. Borger, on a Lackawanna
train tho night of Novcmbor 17 last,
was not argued Wednesday ibefore
tho board of pardons In Harrlsburg.
Blshlc's counsel did not hnvo their
petition for commutation of tho sen
tenco In shnpo and the caso will not
bo nrgued until the April sitting of
tho board.
Pupils Must Shine Shoes.
Professor Charles Reaglo, of tho
Belvldero Public School, has request
ed that nil puplls must como to
school with their shoes cleaned nnd
shlncd. 'Bolvldoro Note, Phillips
burg Press,
When grnndma wns a girl sho
wore red flannel and turpentlno as
protection for her chest. The girl
of to-day wears talcum and a bangle
on hcr's.
PHXNSYIiVAXIA IS GREAT SILK
STATE.
The marvelous development of tho
silk industry in Pennsylvania is
shown in tho annual report of Stato
Factory Inspector John C. Delaney.
In I 88G there were in tho stato seven
silk mills employing 1,344 persons.
The reports to tho department for
last year showed 226 milllB, employ
ing 34,579 persons. Pennsylvania Is
now In the forefront of the silk (man
ufacturing states.
The development of this great in
dustry in Pennsylvania is traced by
Captain Delaney to a series of dam
aging strikes in the New Jersey silk
mills, which opened tho eyes of tho
operators in that stato to tho fact
that Just across the 'line they could
establish factories with little or no
dnngor of strike troubles. Land and
fuel were cheap and abundant In
Pennsylvania and there were thous
ands of women and children await
ing remunerative employment. In
the anthracite region especially,
though boys did obtain employment
In tho mines and breakers, there
was very little wage-paying work for
women and girls.
Dauphin Well Vp.
To-day in the seven anthracite
counties of Carbon, Columbia, Dau
phin, l,ackawanna, Luzerne, North
umberland and Schuylkill there aro
ninety-ono silk mills, employing 15,
255 operatives. In tho one county
of Lackawanna there arov six times
as many silk (mills and six times as
many (persons employed as In tho en
tire state in 1884. Other counties in
which tho silk Industry has become
well established are Lehigh, North
ampton, Berks, Bucks, Bradford,
Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, 'Leba
non, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour,
Philadelphia, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne, Adams, Cumberland, Frank
lin, York, Cambria, Blair, Crawford,
MjcKean, 'Lawrence and Lycoming.
Of tho present day employes in
Pennsylvania silk mills, 11,042 are
males and 23,527 females. Of tho
males 1,448 aro under 10 years and
of the females 2,996.
Another textile Industry that has
seen rapid development In Pennsyl
vania is, that of lace-maklng. In
1884 there were but two establish
ments of that character in tho state,
both 'being in Philadelphia and em
ploying 75 persons. The returns for
last year give 13 lace-maklng estab
lishments, employing 2,691 persons,
of whom 1,081 were males and 1,
610 females. Theso establishments
are found In Philadelphia, Luzerne,
Lackawanna, Berks, Carbon, Dela
ware, Montgomery, Northampton and
York counties.
The entire textile industry in
Pennsylvania, 'including the manufac
ture of all manner of woven and
spun goods, comprised last year 2,
542 establishments, employing 193,
847 persons, of whom 78,209 were
males and 115,638 females. Theso
Included 5,100 boys and 10,322 girls
under 16.
WIFE SACRIFICED FOR HUSBAND
Many Violations of Gume Ijuvs.
According to the report of Stato
Game Commissioner Kalbfus raoro
arrests have been made this year for
violating tho game laws than cvor
in tho history of tho Stato. In tho
northwestern part of Pennsylvania
nearly $4000 was collected In fines
and cases awaiting trial will probably
nd In tho collection of nearly ns
much more. Most of tho offenses
wore those of using ferrets and kill
ing grouse.
Mnkcs Fortune in lail.
Levi H. Klockner, who has Just
been serving a sentence in jail at Al
lentown, after being convicted for
ombezzloment, was released Thurs
day, richer toy $36,000 than when
he was locked up fifteen months
Ago.
Klockner is a real estate dealor,
Small Fortiino Found in Old Furni
ture. Out in an old tumble down shack
on Ant Hill, Slbletown, lives a weather-beaten,
timo-worn, work scarred
old man with a small fortune Fred
erick Harp is his name, but "Fritz"
is what his friends call him.
Little ho know when ho married
his wife, Christiana, who died several
weeks ago, that sho was laying tho
foundation of a fortune to keep him
In his old ago, tout a few days ago he
round $1,670 in tho lining of an old
couch, and an old rusty kottlo.
On her death bed, Mrs. Harp call
ed to her husband and nsked him to
listen well."
" Fritz, dear," 'she was just ablo to
whisper, " look In the old kettle un
der the sink, and then go to tho old,"
then, exhausted, she fell back on her
pillow. Again she rnlsed herself and
muttered, "iDn't sell the furniture "
and then again sho sank back, nnd
said no more. A few minutes later
she died.
The Rusty Kettle Produces Gold.
Several days later the old man, re
membering what Ills wife had Bald,
got an old rusty kettle out from un
der tho sink. When ho took oft the
illd, he found $165 In gold pieces.
' Intending to go with his daughter,
Mrs. Frank Dubbs, 1221 North Cam
eron street to live, Mr. 'Harp decided
to break up housekeeping several
days ago. JIo called in a second
hand furniture doalcr, hut only being
offered 75 cents for what he had,
ho decided o chop up tho furnituro
for kindling wood. Ho started on a
broken down couch. When ho toro
open the head, a package, carofully
tied with newspapers, fell out on tho
ground. Tearing tho hundlo open,
Mr. Harp- found $1,505 In flvo and
two dollar hills.
Snved It From Living Money.
"Well, woll," sighed tho old man,
"that wife of mine must have saved
tho money out of what I gave her
caoh week for the living.
"I never gavo her so much) either,
hecauso I never had much to give."
Tears gathered in tho oyos of tho
speaker, "but Christiana always was
a good wife, as kind to me as my
own mother, and bless her heart, sho
saved it all unknown to mo."
Mr. Harp decided tho bank was
tho plnco 'for tho money, for accord
ing to him, throats woro mado on his
life by several of his step-children,
because ho would not glvo up sorao
of tho fortune. Air. Hnrp said furth
er, that ho believed theso Banio step
children dug a hole four foot dcop In
search of money In a collar of an old
houso along Pnxton creek, whoro ho
UBCd to live with his wife, slnco tho
discovery of tho money In tho old
couch. Hnrrlsburg Telegraph.
MADE HANGMAN'S HOPES.
Philadelphia Man Supplied Tills nnd
Several .Other States.
A gontlc mnnncred nnd dollcatcly
featured man nnmed Godfrey Bogor,
who has just died in Philadelphia,
whllo not widely known during his
life, certainly enjoyed a unlquo dis
tinction, if such It could bo called.
At least ho was rather proud of his
record, which was unmntched of its
kind In tho country. For llfty-soven
years ho had made all the ropes1 used
In legal executions In his own stato
and had met like demands in a num
ber of others.
A fresh execution always meant a
now rope. Tho same ono never did
duty twlco. They aro not kept In
stock but mndo to order, and ho was
the specialist In tho employ of a cer
tain cordago company who waB al
ways employed upon the task
through that long porlod.
iHo had known tho history of ovory
criminal who had suffered tho ex
treme penality of tho law by means of
di is handicraft during all that time
and until a few days ago he kept a
piece of each blgget ropo labeled with
the namo of tho man upon whom It
hnd done duty, until Anally tho
growsome collection got on his nerves
and ho destroyed it.
iHo took prldo In tho fact that of
all the ropes made by him in his
long service only ono ihad ever "brok
en, and that due to a cut from a
sharp edged pulley. There has al
ways been more or less superstition
connected with tho service of Jack
Ketch and thoso who have furnished
the ropes. If they have not them
selves shared it, have yet been sub
ject of pitying observation from oth
ers who did.
Disaster and early death were tho
fates popularly assigned for tho rope
makers of the hangman, but Boger
was never troubled hy theso obses
sions and as ho began his record
when nineteen and continued it
through many placid years until he
was seventy-five, he might have tri
umphed over the prophets of evil,
only most of them died before he
did.
Perhaps it has heen because of
some vague superstition, also that the
company which he has served has
never charged for a hangman's rope.
In every case It has been gratuitous
ly contributed, possibly because hack
of the service, there was a feeling of
reluctance to make gain out of the
instrumentality that was responsi
ble for the death of a fellowman,
even though recognizing it as a pub
lic duty. Boston Transcript.
ntttiniiiintuii;tw?Kttnuuton
WHEN THERE
IS ILLNESS
in your family you of courso call
a reliable physician. Don't stop
at Hint; liavo his prescriptions
put up nt a reliable pharmacy,
even it it is n little farther from
your home than some other store.
You can find no more reliable
store than ours. It would bo im
poesiblc for moro care to bo taken
in tho selection of drugB, etc., or
in the compounding. Proserin
tion8 brought here, cither night
or day, will bo promptly and
accurately compounded by a
competent registered pharmacist
and the prices' will bo most rea
sonable. O. T. CHAMBERS,
PHARMACIST,
Opp. D. A II. Station. Hokf.sdalc. Pa.
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Complete History of Scranton Dio
cese. rrha mnst rrnniYletn and authetlc
history of tho dioceso of Scranton
yet published appears in tne tmr
innntii vninmn nf thn n.ithoiie. En
cyclopedia which has Just como from
tho press.
Tho early history of Catholicism in
Pennsylvania Is graphically told and
the rise of the diocese from Its hum-
hlo hnfinnlncr to Its nrnsent Influen
tial position In tho community treat
ed at length, interesting statistics,
hitherto unpublished, hnvo been
tlprl hv tho author. Rev.
Dr. Andrew J. Brennan, chancellor of
the diocese, showing the 'full extent
of the ecclesiastical, educational and
charitable work of the diocese.
Tlio Unr-PKn nf Scranton. a suffra-
gansee of Philadelphia, U. S. A., es
tablished on Marcn a, isi, com
nrisoa thn counties of Lackawanna.
Ttr.nlfnril. Susnuehanna.
'Wayne, Tioga, Sullivan, Wyoming,
Lycoming, I'lKe ana Monroe, an in
tho north-eastern part of Pennsylvania-
nron R.r,R7 Rnliarfi TnlloS.
Scranton, tho 'Episcopal see, Is In tho
heart or tne antnracuo region anu is
a progressive city of 100,000 inhabi
tants (1900). Other largo cities aro
Wlllfoa-Tlnrro T.VIlHnmnnnrt. Hazlo-
ton, Carbondale and Plttston. Tho
pioneer Catholic settlers were princi
pally of Irish and German descent,
lint In roennt Years tho coal mining
industry has attracted numerous
European laborers, mostly or mo aiav
and Italian races, until these number
almost one-half of the Catholic pop
ulation. The earliest permanent Catholic
settlements were at Frlendsvlllo and
Silver Lake, Susquehanna county.
These, as well as other Catholic set
tlors scattered throughout tho dis
trict, were attended occasionally by
a priest sent from Philadelphia. In
1825, largely through the solicitation
of Mr. Patrick Grlllln, father of Ger
ald Grlilln, tho Irish novelist, dramat
ist nnd poet, then a resident of Sus
quehanna county, Bishop Kendrlck of
Philadelphia, sent Rov. John O'Flynn
as tho first resident pastor, his work,
howover, was rather that of a mis
sionary, as his field of labor com
prised thirteen counties In North
eastern Pennsylvania and flvo coun
ties In New York Stato.
Tho first church was hullt In 1825
near Silver Lake. Father O'Flynn
died at Danville in 1829, and wns
succeeded by Father Clancoy. On
Fobruary 1, 1830, Rov. (Henry Fltz
slmmons was sent to take his place In
Carbondale, whero a church had been
built In 1832, Silver Lake being at
tended from Carbondalo as a mission.
In 1838 Rov. John "Vincent O'ltoilly
was sent by Bishop Kendrlck to as
sist In administering to tho Catholics
of this extensive territory. Ho took
up his residence at Silver Lako and
Ma nnnrln ffimnrlflftfl thfi COlintlOS Of
Susquohanna, Bradford, Tioga, Pot-
tor, and Sullivan in ronnsyivnniu,
and the llvo adjoining counties In
New York stato Tho early history
of tho dioceso Is intimately hound up
with tho truly heroic labors of Fath
er C'Rellly, and tho foundations of
many of tho present parishes wero
tho results of his missionary zeal.
His fruitful career was brought to an
untimely end at tho railway station
at Susquehanna, Oct. 4, 187B. Ho
was killed whllo rescuing a friend
from tho path of an approaching
train.
THEODORE KLINE
Republican Candidate for
Representative
In General Assembly
Saturday, April 13
Use the STICKER or Write
my name on the ballot
Stickers available at all polling
places In the county.
W. C. SPRY
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AT
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right. And the "Square Deal" feature enters into all our transactions.
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You will find something
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to say nothing of his needs.
Wo bought our new goods
for tho benefit of "Discrimi
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them.
Wo respectfully call your
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season's novelties for tho littlo
Gents.
Wo want to quicken tho
minds of our readers to realizo
what a visit to our recontly
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instance, you will bo shown
the new
Spring and Summer Clothing
tastefully displayed. Our
Knox Spring stylo Hats aro
here. And thoro aro other
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Wo carry a large lino of
Trunks, Bags and Dress Suit
Cases. In our Furnishing
Department we carry tho
Columbia shirt with tho now
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