Republican News Item. VOL. XI. NO 11. To Buy Your jewelry S CNothing in I own to Compare 112 the Quality that We are Giving j y You tor the Low Price Asked. C Quality and moderate prices mnkes a force that \ j irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r I of this section. Many yenrs here in business, always 3 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C ( w ith n care and judgment commensurate with its ! j desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ 112 our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guar.in-Q teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X S RETTENBURY, > <>DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler COLE^S[RDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, coal o:r, woo ID HE ATE RS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a line Jt-wel Ease Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. j mac! sjofe usfi o rc, Pa . The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Summer Knit Handkerchiefs. I I n/'lnr\i/An r Haw you enough Handkerchief*? UllviVyl vVvcll • Few prisons have 100 IIIMIIV. July i* l! VOU have .I,in Knit Underwear to R rol.i. l month'will. slieei huv.-ee our assortment. Mu<l. iron, the i ' 1 "1 j s l '." 1 °"" hesl yarns hy the heat makers. Ladies low neck, short sleeve and sleev I"'""' «H l-i« en Handkerchiefs, i-omi hs j Vests tor are plain hcmsliiehed, other* aie em* lOe, llMo an<l Ise. hroidered ami laee 11 iin I, tor Ladies' liihhed Swins Vent extra value ' ,c '° tor li'ie and "iOe Fine roerized Silk Vesta lor ( blld re u't and Mi MM' HuiuDicf Knit Ready Made Sheets. I'ndervvear, in most all ■ ,utilities von could ask lor. We're sure housekeepers won't hesitate ahiiiit IIIIVIIIJ.' (hem when they see how and well made they are. plain hem Summer Weight lli'inslitched Sheets lor ti "a* lo Corsets. 11 a uol «i»riUL' li I lit li' 'o i -«■ Ihe merely P j 11/\\ 4/ 1O OC Wrl'.'lll, I 'III lllll> I" | ly ft 1:1) • ■ lllv/W vUDvJOi ed and jfiwiil tilling I. H well iin light. You won t tind better model* 01 :i l»i:ur ' iliow 1 ;IM * with |»laiu hem randy lor ol Hivle- or heller value iltan several ane for lOr lo :_'o<\ make* we are Helling lor *I.OO. I.e** ex 11 e111H itched pillow ea>e I I I. -to 'J'Jc. j pensive onen at*' here a* well in ample ' tinier Sli|»n lor »lc to variety. Hemstitched ltol*tei\- lor HH* lo 45c. Linens and Towels. Iliivu >Oll tri.dti* to. Linen.? Never Kine Damask Towel- ui> to a «1* Hi r lime ilom now. I liev art* reason- Hi.l. |.ri.e« Ml Sho,,l.elU lbi-.edu>» when || lir |, llh ,| )(,„!, - ¥te ure show n»|f an excellent lint- ot new Hll ,| |, rM d« ol I "aide Hamask, Napkin* and Center hwi*!'. Il will pus you lo »|M*ud H liltle lime I'laii* and lie m*l tic lied I owetn, al our l.ineii coimlt r, IVjn 10 ot**. 112 Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1906. Most of us have unfortunately come to consider beauty as a luxury, and , generally an expensive one. Hence, ; BTEJCIi - CONCRKTE lIKIDOK, I'L,AIK\VKJ>I<, i MICH. when a beautiful bridge is suggested we take alarm ut the cost aad are apt 1 to decide offhand that the older type I without its good appearance is well j enough. This is a phase of tbe subject tbat is ! very pertinent, whether it should be de- ! plored or not. It is only by reason of I this careful consideration of cost that ! our country is able to compete with ' European countries in the construction . of bridges in foreign dependencies. It i has been said that any fool could build a bridge if he had money enough, but it takes an engineer to do it econom ically. This matter of cost has compelled us to limit the construction of stone arch bridges to a very small number and to putin their place a metal truss of straight lines and sharp angles. It is not that we have failed to appreciate the beauty of the curved arches, but rather that we could not afford the lux ury when we needed so many of thelii. Thirty years ago our bridge builders were crying the need of reform as to aesthetic design, but had to offer us in place of sham decorations only the simplicity and harmonious construction of a •tv-ell built truss suitably painted, and there can be no doubt that great improvement lias been made. The sheet iron abominations which covered up the outlines of the truss and which were what liuskiu would have called "constructed decorations" have been abandoned, and the bridge is left to depend for its beauty on the noble lilies of strength and the general symmetry of its construction. As progress has been made in the j building of our roads so have we moved forward in the design of our bridges. For many centuries cement and broken stone have been used to replace the ex pensive cut stone inarch construction, I but only recently have we succeeded in j surmounting a difficulty long recoguia- | ed. Concrete is a building material | generally accepted when it is to be sub letted only to a compressive force. It lacks suilicient strength if any pull or tension is applied. This fact has so limited us in the use of concrete that only in rare instances lias it been eco nomical to use it in bridge construc tion. A feature that requires careful con sideration in the design of any engi neering structure is llie effect of the changes in temperature upon the ma terial used. The fact that steel and concrete are affected in the same way and to the same extent by heat ill'si suggested their use in combination This idea has been dcveloMc | now b such an extent that \\c are able to »is« the steel to re-i-t the tension In oa structure and the concrete to t.:\e c.tr< i>f the corupressi .11 am! to s > i!c .;i tin whole that there will be a • nil:, ienl amount of ca. h iiiati rial an 1 yet M> expensive waste. We have found lie stone arch too expensive and the ■ til truss lacking in beauty. Combine the two, and the result is the <ocl couc:vte arch having tbe requisites as to beauty and comparing very favorably as to cost. W hen one is considering the construe tion of a bridge several points should be considered: First. That it shall answer the util itarian purpose for which it is wanted. Second. It should be a monument to the progressive Ideas of the community mid serve as an education and au in spiration to others. Third. It should be built for tbe fu ture as well as tbe present, and Its per i ma nonce should be assured, j These can all be /net by the use of I Heel concrete lle\ Islim lint DlKfKt. j Several changes In the digest of our , Order were reported to the national ' grange by the committee appointed a year ag > for this purpose. The sug ; gested changes are t > be printed In I connection with the section or para graphs ef <vlilcb they form a part and then sent to each state master for bis tonslderatl HI. At the next meeting of the national grange tin' committee will present Its tltial report la II Nliuuld He. An announcement of ihe 112 •rthcouilng meeting* of the farmers' Institutes In Maine reveals the fact that every one in the list referred tj ■» called to meet 111 grange halls. The grange ami the farmer*' Institute an working togeth er In uiaii) ways for the advancement of the farmers' luteresu. I On Monday evening the employes of the Williainsport and North; Branch railroad were convoyed to! 1 lughesvillc by special train, and as- j | seniblcd in Train Despatcher Kauf man's ofllce for the purpose of orga- j nizing a relief association, about six- j ty-live persons being present, | General Manager Towtisend called | | the meeting to order and stated the l object of the gathering, when the following temperary otHeers were elected, pending a permanent organi zation: President—S. 1). Towtisend. Vice President—J. 1). Musgrave. Secretary—J. S. Newman. Treasiuer—(Jeo. W. Woodley. A committee composed of the fol j lowing persons was appointed to I prepare a constitution ami by-laws, | and report at the next meeting: F. | W. Corcoran, John Manning, J. I). Musgrave, Alex Buhh, John Watson, i 11. A. Knipc, (i. B. Edkin, 1). It. Bennett, 1). K. Towtisend and John j Morrison. j The object of the organization is to | provide sick and death beuelitn for ' its members, employes of the \V. A j X. li. K. it., out of a fund provided ; by dues and assessments from tin members, (supplemented by a "nest egg" provided by the management of the road,) similar to the organi zation of the employes of the Penn sylvania railroad. Sunday services in the auditorium at Eagles Mere were inaugu rated Sunday, Dr. Wha len, ol Carbondalebeing thespeaker. ! A Sabbath school was organized in tbe afternoon with lJr. Whalen as superintendent ami Miss A'athryn Welch, of Philadelphia, secretary and treasurer. Dr. Whalen instruct ed the children and Mr. Leggitt, n Philadelphia iron manufacturer, taught the adults. The lesson was the parable of the Good Samaritan and as Mr. Leggitt had visited the scene wherein the parable is laid and had stopped at Good Samaritan Inn, tie made the lesson very attractive to i bis hearers, The Uev. Mr. Ander son, pastor of the lirst Baptist Church of Harrishurg, and tbe Kev. W. Northey Jones, rector of Christ Epis i copal church, Williainsport, spoke | further on the subject. The lirst vesper service at the lake I was a delight to all who attended. It was conducted by Dr. Whalen, | with prayer by tbe Kev. Mr. Ander- ; son and address by the Itev. Joseph \ Welch, of Philadelphia. Many per- ■ sons in boats surrounded the pier, on which the service was held, and the scene, reverently pretty, was strong ly suggestive of Galilee. Owing to the increase in the mini ber of cottagers and Forest inn guests a new boat house has been built at the beach, and as always, the bath ing and boating are leading features of Kagles Mere life. Edward Kamiuerer, of Williains port, w hose house was damaged b\ lire on the Faurth of July, litis re tained an attorney to collect from | the city the amount of his damage. ! which lie estimated at S2OO. his i contention being that the citv I caused the damage by placing the | ; lire department in the Fourth of July parade where it could not lie reached by tin alarm. Mote men and supples have ar rived for construction of the new railroad and the work is to lie given to a construction company to do in stead ol' iloing the work by the com pany. Within the past few days I X cars «d' supplies have an ived, in- • eluding one ear of horses. One hundred more men will lie put to work and the grading from Canton to I'owell, I'a. will be rushed. Canton Sentinel. Fourteen \ ear old Lorcttu Uosei,- grant was imii t ied at Tunk bannock recently to < 'lnmle Koss, a lumber- 1 man. alter lirst ha\ ing obtained her father's consent, in 11MN) her father sold her mother to Raymond Palmer for three dollars, and tin* papei which WII< drawn in record the transaction wa> the statement, ''and to thiovv in the little girl." l.ot'ettu was (lie little gill. She met iSo engraut ill the lumbering dl-tl let <>l \\ \ (lining. While the farmers of the whole j country are lamenting the scarcity of j harvest hands the perennial tramp j ! continues to imitate the lilv in that! I lie toils not, neither does he spin. | j The Connellsville News, for instance, j I indulges in the following remarks: j "Tramps are Hocking to the coal re- I ginns in large numbers. They would be welcomed there if they would work as there is plentv of it for them but instead of working all of them eventually litid their way to the city hastile. A celebration the Fourth that would blow all of the worlhlessand indolent known as the genus hobo to someother land would be opportune." But then it would lie tough oil the "other land." The Johnstown, Pa., Hood, in which 2,142 people lost their lives .and nearly 510,000,000 worth of property \v;is destroyed, ocetired May 31, ISS'.I. Last week, laborers who were excavating for a building in the city unearthed 12 glass jars filled with preserved berries, and all in good condition. Tliey were un doubtedly buried by the great Hood. The following day laborers found an old pocketbook, which on exami nation was found to contain S3.(it!. There were three silver dollars and the balance in small change. The pocket book and other relics of the big flood were in a fair state of preservation. A boro with not enough voters to till all the lioro offices is the situ ation likely to be presented in Still water, Columbia county. The re moval of the Edgars StaufTer plan ing mill and many of its employes to Berwick is the cause. Stillwater is a regularly incorpo rated boro and boasts of 44 quali fied voters, the majority of whom worked at the planing mill. The constitution requires 20 ofllcials—a chief burgess, six c.ouucilmcn, six school directors, two constables, two justices of the peace, one assess or, one tax collector, besides election ollicers and other minor ofllcials. The most horrible Fourth of Ju | ly accident ever recorded in this j section of the State, happened at ! Wannamie a mining town near j\\ ilkes-Barre. A party of boys ] from .10 to li! years old, all of them ! foreigners, were "celebrating. 1 ' They had a piece of iron pipe an inch in diameter and about eighteen inches long, into which they insert ed a stick of dynamite. On top of this was poured powder and a match applied. Twice this performance was repeated and no explosion re sulted. Then one of the boys took the pipe in his hands and be gan pounding it upon a rock todis ; lodge tin' dynamite. There was a I terrific explosion ami live of the j IM3 s were instantly killed, at <1 j II liree others were injured, one of j i hem so bad that hew ill die. The I | mother of the two inpired lads! aw the explosion. The bodies were horribly mutilated, hands and feet ' being blown away and the faces j made almost unrecognizable. Alter living -even weeks in a bono ! ainde incubator, the infant dailghtei < id' Professor allil Mrs. Joseph Wolfe, nf I.euisburg, has gained tllleeouil , ces .old bids fair to grow to a healthv child. At lirst it was thought thai the babe would not survive, hut I when it showed signs of life the in j ciihator was hurridly constructed ol i wooden IMI\, lined with paper, cot •t in batting and Manuel. The top is |of glass ami a temperature of "s <h grees is maintained by means of hot ■ water Imtth s. When lii-t put into I the incubator the child weighed bill three pounds and -i\ ounces, but since thai lime three ounces have been ginned. Nourishment is given by means of a drop|M-r. The Infant is |M>rficlly formed and will no doubt mature ,i» it should. It has huge, clear black eye* and it wealth of dark hair. Mistical circles 111 thai county are Wiltcllil'g the CII-C slow ly lllldui e anxious to burn whether thei'Aperl II•• -itt with a home-made iucubitlor .» ill IM- >ll<vcs-lul 75C PER YEAR SERNICE ITEMS. Joseph Ilelsman went to I'hiladvl | I'll in lust Thursday morning, and ion Friday undrwent an operation for I appendicitis from which lie had been sutt'tring for the past three weeks. ; He is getting along as well as can lie expected at the present time. Mr, and Mrs. E. L. Seeds of Phil adelphia, visited the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. 11. Sornoski, at Sugar Hill, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and .Mrs. John Harney who have been visiting friends at Scran ton, have returned home. Mrs. A ton Roberts and family of Sayre, are visiting friends at Mil dred. Michael Donovan of Mildred is working at Sayre where he expects to make his future home. The tuneral of Mrs. lirogan who died on Wednesday was held Satur day, and was largely attended. In terment was made in St. Francis cemetery. We hope that the "directors will put aside friendship in the letting'of the school house and the hiring of teachers and truant otlicer and jani tor, snd see if expenses cannot be cut down. A case of chicken stealing was brought before a squire recently and after a great deal of argument and testimony on both sides the prisoner was found not guilty, but, neverthe less, he was compelled to pay half the costs. This may be law, but surely not justice, for if a man is not guilty he should have nothing to pay. Any man can accuse another of a crime and drag him before a squire and make him pay half the cost to prove ting, he is an innocent ! man. \\ hat lias become of justice? County Treasurer Farrelland fam ily of Dushore visited friends at Mil. dred Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. David Cook spent Sunday with the former's mother, Mrs. John Cook. (iordon Saxon who was called home by the death of his father, has returned to Philadelphia. The township auditor who refused to sign the township audit, wants to know what the taxpayers are going to do ahout the directors paying twelve dollars this year when they refused to pay three dollars for the same work last year. V. K. Jackson is enjoying himself 011 the river, bass tishing. Casper Meyeys of Philadelphia, has charge of the new bridge build ing. Thomas Mahatley was arrested for assault and battery on Mr. and Mrs. (iunuski. Squire Laurie bound him over for court without bail. According to the llarrishurg Star Independent, old Ilaniel llrawbaugh the original and real inventor of the telephone, has another discovery < r invention that may yet bring him reward for his genius, it i*a fuel to tike the place of coal. This fuel, continues the Star Independent, is manufactured from chemicals and ruin) or tihroiis matter and i much ' liable, in weight than il \v 1 I take about tons ol the artificial cos. I to make one of the natural, but th ' liticial will give the same if not i greater amount of heat. I'lie .11 liticial fuel is math.'in mould•» of ai, -i/,i sand likweoal, can bo bad eitli< : hald or Mitt. At present tile mi l 1 manufactured at llowinanstla.c .■ ii< 1 ■ as soon a- the Until papt r- are >t euiiil ' for the p.ili nt il will lie placed upo 1 the market. A demonstration wa given this morning at the stor* <>l 11ieorge IliiiM's, to Nor 111 s>e.*oint >1 A IIIIIIIIMT HI die proinineut lui-nn - men of (he city investigated the fu» I nil! all seemed pleaded tin lire u . built in ii large old t.. -1' i> >u< d< gg j -love and whether the draft- \\i-i ■ 011 or not the luci t>u 1 inll freely. It does not clinker and burn- to a tine ash. llnre 1- ni> priv« ptible .iiimiiiii of gas even uhi 11 the door of the •love I- allowed to remain open. I'llis arlitiild fuel « lit II placet I oil the market Will lliake a decided Ili Hen lice in fuel bills, for a ton of it will e«Mt just about iliehalt the pliee of coal ulid flinn w 11111 could be learned liiiiii the diilt rent trial- that have Ihs-ii given, Mill la»i longer.
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