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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
The Question Box,

What Is the specific advantage to a
grange In becoming an Incorporated or
ganization?
The advantage OF grange incorpora-
tion is that 1t gives the grange n bust
ness standing, allowing 1t to buy, SELL
contract-in fact, do business as an
individual. The acts of its purchasing
agent are binding on the grange treas
ury and not on the members. If a
purchasing agent of q grange makes
bargain, it may be rcpudlated by an in
corporated grange and he held re-
sponslble, but If given authority by an
incorporated grange the grange Is re-
sponsible as far as it's treasury goes
and no further--that Is. there is no IN
dividual liability.
The oranges of Orange county have
object Is to dispose of the products of
the dairy of It's members to the best
advantage, to make collections for the
same and to promote or defeat legisla-
tion affecting the dairy interests. \
membership fee Of % cents per COW
is charged, but no subscriptions are
binding until the signature represent
ing 10000 cows have been secured.
The secretaries of subordinate oranges
are to report to the chairman of the
milk committee of the Orange County
Pomona grange as to the number OF
signatures received The board Of
managers are to endeavor to contract
for the sale of the milk of the local
branches at the same time. The grange
farmers of Orange county seem to be-
lieye that farmers have the same right
to unite for mutual protection rs has
any trade or profession.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
FRANK w. BUCK,
HIGH SHERIFF.
Sheriti's flee, Laro'te, Pa, Oct %. 1907.
One person for
High Sheriff.

TO vote straight party ticket mark (x) in the
square opposite the name Of the party of choice
in the first column
A cross mark in the square opposite .he of any
candidate indicates for that candidate
The voter insert in the blank space at the bottom of
each group, the name of any person whose
printed on the ballot for whom he may desire to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
The Question Box,

Can a Identified member he received into
u new grange as charter member?
A dcmitted member can he received
as a charter member by paying full
fees A Identified member may visit
any grange while In possession Of the
annual word. but cannot receive the
annual word
Can delegates TO the New York state
grange be elected at the October meeting
of a Pomona grange?
Delegates to state grange must be
elected in December except by special
dispensation of the state master.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24

al the several election districts in the
county, to wit:
Bernice Precinct. at the Knights Of
Labor Hall in Bernice.
Cherry, Township, at the new township
house near Dushore.
Colley Township. at the Col,ey House.
Davidson Township, at the public house
of Harry Basley, in Sonestown.
Dushore Borough, at the iown hall III
said borough.
Eagles Mere Borough, at Hotel Eagles
Mere.
Ekland Township, at the new election
house at Eldredsville.
Forks Township, at the election house
Forksyilie Borough, in rooms known
as Borough Building,
Fox Township, at the township house
1t Shank.
Old School House.
Jamlson CITY Precinct, at Kiles Hotei.
Laporte Borough, at the ladies' wait.
;ag room in the Court House
Laporte Township, at the House oi
Joseph Mcintire.
Lopez Precinct, at public hall known
As Lopez Hall.
MI. Vernon Precinct, at the township
nouse.
RingdaIe Precinct, al the house Of John
Walsh
Ricketts, Precinct. at the 7. Q, s. of A
Hall, Ricketts,.
Shrewsbury, Stackhouse Dance Hall.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
A Hint to granae spcakers.

Robert J. Burdette. now pastor OF
a Baptist church In Los Angeles. Cal,
and always humorist, Is opposed to
the length of the form of service for
the presentation of children and says
that. as a rule. he thinks that the sery-
ice should not be longer than the baby.
Likewise grange speeches should not
be longer than the speaker can make
them interesting.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
Election Proclamation.

Atwhlch time and place the qualified
electors will elect by ballot the following
State and County officers, to wit:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
Cne person for
State Treas er.

One person for
PrOthOnOtafy,
Register and
Recorder and
Clerk of Court.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
THREW AWAY MILLIONS.

"I we'll remember when l was a
boy that our farmers considered the
seed of cotton positive nuisance and
of no earthly account" said T. B.
Brison, of Texas.
"Year after year these despised
seeds were thrown away by people
who were ignorant that at some future
day they would add millions of dollars
to the value of the cotton crop of the
South. I shudder to think of the
vast sum that was lost to our section
ere this was ascertained. Nowadays
the planter regards his seeds as big
asset, for they bring him at present
prices not less than $I2 ton. All
over the South cottonseed oil mills
have been put up, all of which are
making good money for their owners.
They not only get valuable Oil,
worth IS cents gallon, but after its
extraction produce a meal from the
kernel that is made into cakes and
exported to all the markets OF the
world. This meal is one of the finest
and most nutritious articles that IS
used for feeding animals. Even the
hulls of the seed are valued for fatten-
ing cattle, and bring good price. -
Washington Herald.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
white shoes to be put into condition.
I never knew he was so good at the

white shoes to be put into condition.
I never knew he was SO good at the
job
"'It's the speciality of your house,
cid man. I told him, and don't you
make any kick about it. Every house
has to have some particular attraction
nowadays for its guests. Yours IS
the pipe clay. Don't you spoilit.
"IIe laughed and said be was glad
to hear there was one thing at least
that made him attractive to his friends
as host"
Various things have combined to
make it natural for persons who go to
visit a great deal in country houses to
think of other things than the mere
charm of their host and hostess. Ac-
cording to the testimony of visitor
who has been going the rounds since
April the personality of the host or
hostess has much less to do with ones
pleasure than formerly.
Take my experience last week.
she said. "I arrived at house on
Friday afternoon at tea time. There
had been bridge and there were lots
of people for me to talk to.
when they went away went to
my room and rested awhile before !
dressed for dinner. When I got down
stairs there were already dozen per-
sons there who had been invited to
meet me and the other guests.
"We played cards until so late that
there was no time to talk. Nobody
came down the next morning until
II, and at noon we drove down four
finland to meet some new arrivals.
Everybody was invited out to
lunch, so I saw nothing of my hosts
in the morning. There was tennis
in the afternoon, and it was only on
the drive home with six others that
we talked with the people at whose
house we were stopping. There was
another dinner that night and bridge,
and we met one another only when
the game brought us together.
"On Sunday none of us appeared
until late then we went down to see
the stables. There was more COM
pany for lunch and in the afternoon
the party divided itself up in various
motors. At night we were again in
vited out to dinner and in the morn.
ing 1 left.
"You can we'll understand what
kind of a time I would have had If
my enjoyment had been altogether
dependent on the pleasure of the So
ciety of my host and hostess. I saw
no more of them than of the others
in the house. Indeed there are some
placesin which engagements are made
so long in advance that it is by no
means unusual for the hosts to go out
to dine at one house while the guests
are sent to another.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
GOOD NATURE.

Good nature Is one of the best as
sets woman can have. A good ma
tured woman is always welcome, even
when she is rather slow witted, and a
woman of the opposite class is to be
dreaded and Stunned, because what
ever brightness she possesses is of the
personal and cutting kind. Many a
woman brilliant and entertaining is
feared quite as much as she is admir-
ed because even her closest friends are
not safe from her wit and satire.
Many social engagement is brok-
en- on account of such women. Good
nature, like other desirable attributes,
can be cultivated. One can be edit
Gated to accept little annoyances with
complacency.
The victory over one disagreeable
thing gives strength to meet the next
two, and when the philosophy that
teaches one to remedy ills when rem
edy is possible and accept the incura-
bic ones with fortitude and good ma
ture is learned life Is comparatively
smooth.
Do you sometimes wonder at the
unnecessary annoyance human beings
court? The woman who has been
carried beyond her destination by the
carelessness of a car conductor gains
nothing by rebuking him. He may
not be rude enough to answer her,
but he and the other passengers will
find visible amusement in her wrath,
and she loses in dignity and self re-
spect.
Fault finding does no good, and the
best disciplinarians never indulge in
it. They find the best remedy tor
mistakes others make for them and
say as little as possible on the matter.
The parents who say the least are
the most respected. Men are given
to few words, so fathers are regarded
with respect and awe by the average
child.
Good nature that can be depended
upon at every turn is hardly desir-
able attribute, but 1t is not sufficiently
common to be matter of great solic-
itude. Few of US are tolerant of the
acts and speech of others, as tolerant
as we should be. When we have the
ability to put ourselves in the place of
those who annoy us we can call up a
supply of good nature that will tide
over any feeling of annoyance and
allow US to dismiss the matter as
trivial
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
WHAT Is THE sOILl

If you were asked to name the most
important of mineral substances, you
would doubtless hesitate for moment
and weigh the respective merits Of
coal, iron and the precious metals.
Only after some consideration prob
ably would it occur to you that these
highly useful substances have insig-
nifcant value as compared with that
familiar mixture of ground up min
erals which we call the soil.
Man could make shift to live and
even in measure to progress with
out glass or cement or metals, but his
very life depends upon the little film
of triturated rock that is spread over
the surface of the globe in the form
of earth. The constituents -cf this
are metamorphosed into the substance
of plants and ultimately into the It's
sues of man himself.
Properly to understand the matter,
however, it must be comprehended
that the soil is no important part of
the earth's structure, except from a
strictly human standpoint. At best
it is only little film of material fray
ed off from the jacket called the earth's
crust. To a giant of such size that
the earth were to him what an apple
is to US the soil would be no more than
the bloom on the peach.
With his handkerchief he could
wipe off the films of water that we
call oceans, like so much dew, and
polish off the soil as we rub the bloom
from an apple, clear down to the rock
foundations, without changing appre-
ciably the size or the weight of his toy.
To scrape away the entire crust of
the earth $50 far as known to us)
would be but to remove an ininitesi-
NAL shell, and the total bulk of air
and oceans aggregates only 7 per cent.
of that shell. Yet the oceans cover
three-ffths of the earth surface and,
as measured in human terms, are
some miles in depth. How, then,
shall we estimate the insigni6cauce of
that little powdering of soil, only a
few feet in thickness, that is busted
over the remaining two-ifths OF the
earth's crust. t.-Abblet0n'S.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
THE IRONY OF AN EDITOR.

A Kansas editor recently got off
this ironical satire, based on the al
most general propensity of the public
to consider the editing of newspa-
per as work of charity, self-support-
ing, but open to general criticism
"It takes wind to run a newspaper.
1t takes gall to run newspaper. 1t
takes scintillating, acrobatic imagi-
nation and half-dozen white shirts
and railroad pass to run newspa-
per. But money-heavens to Betsey
and six hands round, who ever need
ed money to run newspaper? Kind
words are the medium of exchange
that do the business for the editor
kind words and church social tickets.
"When you see an editor with
money, watch him. He will be pay
ing bills and disgrace the profession
Make him trade it out. He lives to-
swap. Then when you die, after
having stood around aud sneered at
this Jim Crow paper, be sure and have
your wife send in for three extra pa
pers by one of your children and when
she reads the generous and touching
notices about you, forewarn her to
neglect to send fifteen cents to the
editor. The editor knows your short
comings and how to overshadow them
in your obituary with the gener-
Gus (?) contributions which you have
made to charity, thanks to Sister Per-
kins' persuasive tongue. All the edi-
tor expects for the job-and the pa
pers-is heartfelt thanks. Then he
can thank the printers and they can
thank the groce-s.
"Don't worry about the editor.
He has charter from the State to
act as a doormat for the community.
He'll get the paper out some way or
other and stand up for you when you
run for Office, lie about your pigeon
toed daughters wedding and blow
about your big-footed boys when they
get So week job, and weep over
your shriveled soul when 1t is releas-
ed from your grasping body. and
smile at your giddy wife's second
marriage. He'll get along. The
Lord only knows how, but the editor
will get there somehow
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
MUSLIN WINDOWS.

The experiment ofusing muslin cur
tains in place of window glass, which
has proved so successful In poultry
houses all over the country, is now
being extended to dairy barns.
The problem of ventilation has long
been one which dairymen have found
difficult to solve, says Suburban Life.
The new plan is the acme of simplici-
ty. Several windows are removed
and replaced with frames over which
common muslin cloth has been tight
ly stretched.
Experiments have shown that even
in the coldest weather the tempera-
ture of the stable is lowered only two
or three degrees by the use of these
curtain windows while the barns ac-
tually have seemed very much warm
er. This result is due to the fact that
the air is kept dry.
Where this plan has been adopted
the cattle have shown less evidence
of suffering from the cold and the at
tendants have admitted that the barns
have been more comfortable places in
which to work than when the glass
windows were in use. It is the ex-
cess of moisture in the air which
causes dampness and chill which pre-
walls in many dairy barns. Although
the outside air is able to pass through
the muslin it is almost impossible for
any one standing three feet away to
detect its entrance.
1t is possible that the introduction
of a system of this kind will do much
to prevent the spread of tuberculosis
among cattle. Poultrymen have
found that whereas under the old sys'
tenn OF using glass windows and keep
ing the house as warm as possible
fowls were frequently afflicted with
colds and similar troubles, where the
muslin curtain system has been adopt
ed the birds are much more free from
such complaints, and it is expected by
advocates ofthe new system that there
will be similar bene6cent results in the
case of dairy cattle.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
MIsERLINEss.

"I'm not opposed to man saving
money!" remarked the undertaken,
lighting fresh cigar, "but I can't
help feeling that it is wrong for one
to do it by meanness and by denying
oneself comforts. It is because see
so much of this that feel this way.
Whatever is the reason must say
that in my observation the usual re-
suit is that when one has saved up
money by this self denial the ones who
receive the money after death usually
waste it.
"To illustrate this let me tell you
of specific case. A few years ago
an elderly woman died in our city.
was called to care for the remains.
I assure you that the room into which
I went was one of the barest ever
saw. There was none of those little
things that make room comfortable
and cheerful. / couldn't but help
thinking that the poor woman's life
had been dreary one. In way |
still think so.
"She was maiden lady about sew
enty. In the town was one woman
who had been her friend. She sent
word to me to bring the remains there.
No one supposed the deceased had a
cent in the world. When we were
about to remove the body the people
of the house called my attention to
small box which they said contained
all the effects of the dead woman.
"When we opened that box we
found that 1t contained $1,000, the
old lady's saving of lifetime.
"In her efforts to hoard up this
money she had gone without comforts
and necessities; had denied herself
every little luxury. What for? An
swer it if you can. I can't.
"a relative, the nearest one and
the only heir, came on from middle
Atlantic state and took the remains
home with her for burial. She also
took the money. On the day of the
funeral she had several hacks at a
cost of SIS each, then she made the
driver of each hack present of SIS,
gave the driver of the hearse the same
sum and each ofthe two men who dug
the grave S., and spent So, 500 for a
monument. The rest of the SIS, 200
she blew. At the end of six months
every dollar of it was gone.
"And that old lady had gone with
out necessities of life to accumulate it.
"And, my friend, that is but one
of several cases-yes, of scores of them
that could recite to you did have
the mind. ."-Lewiston journal.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
COURT TRIALS OF ANIMALS.

The decision of the Southwestern
Police (London) magistrate that a
monkey may use the pavement If he
causes noobstruction, reminds us that,
down to comparatively late period
on the Continent the lower animals
were considered amenable tc the laws.
Domestic animals were tried in the
common criminal courts; wild anil
mails fell under ecclesiastical jurisdic-
ton. French antiquaries have dis
covered the records of o2 processes
against animals, conducted with the
strictest formalities of justice, from
112o to 174o, when the last trial and
execution, that of a COW, took place.
Thus there was lawsuit that lasted
from 1445 to 1887 between the inhab-
itants of St. Julien and kind of bee
tie, and at Lavigny, in 1857, a SOW
and her six young ones were tried on
a charge of having murdered and
partly eaten child. The sow was
found guilty and condemned to death,
but the little pigs were acquitted on
account of their youth, the badexam-
pie of their mother, and the absence
of direct proof against them.-Londox
CHt0nicIe.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
BE CHEERFUL.
BY NJ. N. BAKER.

Why let the sad of other days
Drive happiness away?
Why let the clouds that have gone past
Shut sunshine out, today?
1t seems to me there's plenty now
To claim our notice here,
But if you use blue spectacles
The best will not appear.
What's past is past-no use to cry,
Or worry out our life,
For fear the futures going to be
Filled up with storm and strife;
So straighten out that worried face,
And chase smile or two
Around the corners of your mouth,
And try and get your due.
The present and the future are
Just what He wills for us;
Let's show that we appreciate,
And not His ways discuss;
For want of something better, try
To give word of cheer
To some poor soul that needs it, and
Your blues will disappear.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19

JUDGE-"Prisoner, have you any
thing to say to the court before SEN
tence is pronounced? 7"
Prisoner-"I beg the court to con-
slider the youthfulness of my attor-
ney."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19

"SL1cKER, the architect, is making
a big hit with the new scheme for su-
burban residences. "What scheme
is that?" "With every contract for
a suburban residence he guarantees
constant supply of servant girls for
ten years time"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19

LADY (entering kitchen and not
ing policeman $50 you are the BROTH
er of my cook. Are you an only
brother?
Oficer-I hope so, madam.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19

BREv1rY is the soul of wit, which
is perhaps why so few preachers are
witty.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19

IT ISN'T until man lives to learn
that he really learns to live.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19
SOME AFTER DINNER STORIES.

IA Ddlllu1OIG WOAdA WIZ AdO d
"perfect treasure of cook" was hor-
ri6ed recently when Maggie came to
her saying, according to Haybe,'s
Weekly:
please, mum, I'm givin' ye
wakes notice."
"Why, Maggie p exclaimed the
lady of the house, ''this is surprise.
Aren't you satisfied here? Do you
hope to better yourself?"
"Well, no, mum" responded Mag
gle, "'Tis not exactly that. The
fact is, mum, I'm goin' to get mar
ried."
Bridget had been going out great
deal, and her husband Mike was dis
pleased. "Bridget, where do ye spend
yer time nights? Ye're out every
evenin' for two weeks" he said.
"Shut ur, Mike! I'm gettin' an
edication," she answered.
cam what are ye learnin' p said
her indignant husband.
"Why, tonight we learned about
the laws of compensation. ;"
Compensation" said Michael.
whats that"
"Why, I can't explain; but, for
instance, if the sense of smell is poor,
the sense of taste is all the sharper,
and if yez are blind, ye can hear all
the better"
"Ah, yes" said Mike, thought
fully. "I see it's like this. For in
stance, if man is born with one leg
shorter than the other, the other is
longer"
Virge Bryan, manager of some
sawmills at Monarch, Colo, was in
the city the other day. Last sum-
mer Mr.. Bryan entertained a lot of
people, most of them relatives of his,
up at the mills. Among them was a
young lady from Boston. This summer
he expects most Of them back again.
He again invited the young woman
from the Hub, and several days ago
he received letter from her accept
ing the invitation.
"Dear Mr.. Bryan" the letter said,
IT shall be delighted to journey west
ward and join the party which is to
sojourn at your mills again this sum-
mer. I have a queer ambition, Mr..
Bryan. It is to kill Robert cat. I
am going to bring a fine little ~ cal
ibre revolver, and if you find it pos
sible to let me shoot Robert cat, I
shall be deeply indebted to you.
Yours, ETC."
"She evidently means that she
wants to kill a bobcat," said Mr..
Bryan, "and her Boston training
makes her say Robert"
Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton, was deploring the promis-
cuous giving of honorary degrees.
"Our universities have learned of
late," he said, 'to distribute honor
ary degrees judiciously. But in the
past"
He smiled.
'Well, in the past, met an un-
couth person at a dinner, and, being
told by an acquaintance that he had
three degrees, I asked why it was.
Well, said my friend, the third
was given him because he had two,
the second because he had one, and
the first because he had none.