Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-01-02

the house Of Il neighbor, whose wife
was known tn be afraid of burglars.
The practical joker made noise
like burglar and the mau of the
house happened to be at home,
promptly sent load Of shp, in the
direction Of the noise. The practical
joker retired to his home with a
shattered shoulder. He then sued
the housekecper for assault with in
tent to kill, and the justice of peace
pomptly discharged the shooter.
Here is one case in which the
practical joker received what he de-
served, although the load of shot in
his anatomy did not teach him good
sense. He was lucky in escaping
arrest on the charge of attempting to
rob the house of his neighbor, IA
charge which might have been justi-
fled by the facts. Frightening other
people is one of the funny tricks of
the practical joker, and little sympa
thy is wasted on the fool who runs
across man vino shoots first
aud then tries to find out afterward
whether the practical joker was a
real burglar or only an imitation
thief.
a more frequent use of the shot
gun or club would make practical
joking rather uncommon n.-EX.
DR.. Nathan Schaffer, superintend
ent of public Instruction. strikes a
sound note when he states in his an
nual report that our public schools
ought to be brought back to the pur-
pose tor which they were originally
established. "Reading, writing,
reckoning aud accuracy in keeping
in keeping accounts and in the add
ition of a column CT figures" says
that experienced educator, are a.
mong "the essentials in the educa-
tion of the individual which should
not be omitted in the course of study
for the sake of solving later problem
that have been sisied at our schools" :"
This movement to put the public
schools of the state back to the
realms of "readin, written and rith-
matte" throwing physics, French,
pink paper pictures aud the like to
the dogs, is about the sanest agita-
ton we have heard of for some time.
A boy or girl who who can etford
only Il common school education
needs to know common things and
to know them we'll la fact a good
deal better than they are taught in
the public schools today.
A Hobart College professor--who
by the way, must be Il graduate of
the University of Chicago--declares
that with the aid of radium wo-
man could retain all her freshness
and beauty for one hundred years or
more. If there are any women in
this country who wish to live to be
one hundred years old, carrying
with them through the years their
youthful bloom and freshness, they
have only to buy a stock Of radium
and use it as directed by the pro
fessor. OF course there are plenty of
wo nen who would like to look
beautiful so long as they live and to
the radium preventative of decay
will appeal.
The fact that radium is quoted on
the market at this time at 5000 to
$500 an ounce will not, Of course de-
ter women from following the Ho-
bart college professor $ advice. when
a woman is assured that she can
keep her beauty indefinitely she
VIII not stop to inquire the cost of
the dip into the fount of youth.
The trouble is that if the women
hear of the new beautifier there will
be such rush for the ralium that
the stuff will advance in price to
such An extent that only actresses
and Pittsburg milliOnaires' wives
will be able to provide themselves
with supply Of the beautifier.
In the meantime the poor girl will
be wise to cling to the usual beautfi-
ers found in the drug stores.
The postmaster general has issued
q notice to rural mail carriers that
they are required to present Il neat
personal appearance; that the vehicle
used by them must be suited to the
service, kept in good order and pre-
aont ta hlQ aud that the animals uSel