ROOSEVELT Advice to Pennsylvania Repub licans From the Chief of the Rough Riders. STAND BY M'KINLEY. National Issues Everywhere Involved In the Election of United States Sen ators and Representatives to tlie Lower House of Congress. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the rough rider hero of the Cuban war and Republican nominee for governor of the Empire state, has received many in vitations to speak in the present cam paign in different states in the Union, says a special dispatch from New York city. He has had most compli mentary letters from Republicans in Pennsylvania, who desire to tender him ovations such as would demonstrate to the popular admiration of his valiant services in the cause of his country's honor and his loyalty to President Mc- Kinley and the Republican party in the present national political crisis. Colo nel Roosevelt has stated that if his en gagements made by the Republican committee of his own state will per mit him to do so he will make at least one speech in Pennsylvania for Colo nel Stone and the whole Republican ticket. Colonel Roosevelt is impressed with the fact that every Republican should stand true 10 his party colors at the COLONEL ROOSEVELT. coming election, especially in states ' like Now York. Pennsylvania. New j Jersey and the others where legisla tures are to IK- elected which should send Republicans to the United States ] senate and with as nearly as possible a full delegation to the lower house of I congress. National issues are paramount this j year," said Colonel Roosevelt in com- j menting" on this subject. "It is not ; more possible to,, conduct a state elec tion now without regard to national issues than it was possible so to con- | duct one in 1861 or ISS3. As it then was. so it now is. the interests of the na- j Hon as a whole, which is of vital ab sorbing interest to each citizen. Then, as now. the Republican party was 112 forced to lind new issues, to confront new problems. Then, as now, it was forced not to follow, but to make pre- ! cedents. In 1861 we had to preserve the republic for its great destiny; in 1898 we have to take a long stride toward the accomplishment of that destiny. The Republican party, therefore, in its state platforms, does well to reiterate the promises under which it was pos sible to elect a Republican president; pledges which made it possible to re store prosperity to our country and to put the nation where It is possible to i work out the glorious future which Is now before a reunited nation. The is- I sues for honest money, for protection to American industry, for the upbuilding of a merchant marine adequate to car- j iy the commerce of the world and to: form a naval militia in times of war, I are as vital this year as they were in the great contest which was so suc cessfully fought in 1896. We must fur ther strengthen our navy and build up our army, so that they may be equal to any demand made upon hem as we work out our destiny. Hawaii and Porto Rico are ours, and in the East and AVest Indies the Interests of the nation shall be safeguarded. "Republicans everywhere should up hold the administration of President McKinley by standing loyally by their party nominees." MINIfSjIBK In the Coming Election in the Key stone State. HE MUST HAVE SUPPORT. A United stales Senator and Thirty Congressmen Who Ar» IXeettod to stnnd by the President In n Great National Crisis. Pennsylvania at next month's elec tion must elect a legislature which will name a United States senator to succeed Colonel M. S. Quay. There are also 28 district representatives to con gress, and two from the state atlarge, who will deal with questions as im portant as any that ever received the attention of the national congress. The next congress must act upon the question of the tariff and internal reve nues. Our new possessions will disturb our tariff revenues. A large portion of the, increased receipts from the war revenue bill will become unnecessary. These matters must all be revised, and this can only be safely done by the Republican party. The Teller resolution declared that, nil our rational obligations, both bonds ...... t.ti. payable In silver dollars. Its avowed purpose was to make depreciated lti to 1 silver dollars legal tei.iUr in discharge for national obligations, and to pave t lie way for unlimited coinage of these dollars. This resolution passed the senate by large majority, and was defeated in the house by the Republicans. STAND BY M'KINLEY. It rests with Pennsylvania Repub licans to say whether they shall follow the Wanamaker malcontents, and, by aiding in the fusion deals of bolting Republicans, ambitious Democrats and Prohibitionists, contribute to the suc cess of the Democracy, or stand by the regular Republican nominees that rep resent the party of President McKinley, patriotism and prosperity. President McKinley expects every Republican to stand by him in the present crisis. The great problems that have grown out of the war have yet to be settled. The president knew at the beginning, as the country now knows, how unpre pared we were foi war. We had a navy which any nation might envy. We had only the skeleton of an army. To I properly equip and organize an army ' of 300,000 men and place them In the ' field within »o days was a tremendous undertaking. New questions have grown out of the war. New territory has been acquired. What shall be done with it? Shall we adopt a colonial policy? What shall it be? Whatever is done with these islands we must lift up their semi barbarous people toward the level of American citizenship. Shall we trust their settlement to those who two years ago were mak ing a crusade against law and order, against American credit and appealing to the lowest motives of the citizen; or shall we stand by the administration and give to President McKinley at the national capital a senate and a house of representatives who will aid hint in every patriotic endeavor to carry sound systems of government into those isl ands of the sea? THE ISSUE IN KVERY DISTRICT. | The question before the people is simply this: "Is William McKinley to stand alone at one end of the avenue with a hostile house and hostile senate at the other, or are we to stay up the arms of that brave, gallant, wise, pa triotic president, and give him at the other >-nd of the avenue not onlv a house of representatives, but a senate I that will help to solve these problems?" In every legislative district in the Keystone state where the United States senatorship is involved, and in every congressional district. Republicans l must stand by their party nominees at ' the November election. They owe this to themselves, they owe It to their party, they owe it to their country. A STEER'S STRANGE DEATH. Ill> Horn* «rrn Tlirouith His Kyi-a II n.l K Illei! Htm. A squatter in the back blocks of New South Wales had a young steer with horns so perfectly turned that t.hey formed two artistic loops at the sides of his head. One day "Boss" strayed with a mob of store cattle in | to a piece of wild country infested only Jay kangaroos and the out-station [boundary riders' families. These cattle are rounded up and otherwise handled but once a year. Before this annual yarding took place j "Boss" had become a fractious terror to every animal and man in that range. He had terrified and scattered the herd that was once his mates; fie had charged madly every kind person who was wont to pat him. Because his horns curled like those of a sheep he was called "Sheep Head." His mild, tractable nature added to this delusion of likening him to a lamb. Six months after his entrance upon the range he began to act strangely. A wild look shot out of his eye under the points of the ingrowing horns, whose shadow fell heavier and heav ier upon the retina. He constantly shook his head, as if trying to rid himself of some annoyance. Then "Boss" would stand and stare at the points which were pressing the pupils nearly up against the sockets. He became more irritable and unfriendly. He roared, stamped, shook his crazed head and stared at the creeping things before his vision. At. hist "Boss" went mad and bel lowed through the night like an en raged demon. He chased everything I In sight, and viciously dashed himself j against the forest trees. The mere | tramp of a foot angered him. The points of the horns were cruelly press ! ing his helpless eyes back in their sockets, and every jar upon the ground tortured his brain and enraged j him. "Boss" had scattered the mob ! of his ruminating mates and had so | terrorized the few people about that fences did not give a sense of security. Women and children lived in mortal I dread of the unfortunate beast, i At length his maddened roar WHS i heard no more. About a month after that the out-boundary rider went out 1 with dogs and ;t Winchester rifle to end the suffering of "Sheep Head Boss." After searching for two days the bullock was found. "Boss" was j dead. lie was lying under a clump I of acacia, less sweet than their blos soms. He had evidently been dead for a week or more and had been : blind for months. The horns had grown into his eyes and almost touch !ed the bone of the skull behind. Thu 'head of the poor beast was as strange tin object as ever was seen. The horns of "Boss" were neve: j curved by any art. They grew as na i ture directed their fatal tips, and, u»- ' less sent to the Royal College of Vet ♦rinary Surgeons, England, the pre- A Negative Privilege. It is privileges of Chinese i that they may j DEMOCRATIC _HOPES They Are Banking Upon Capturing Congress. WORKING STATE ISSUES. The Pennsylvania Ciiltcil Slates S»Ml alorshlp ut Stnko-Xew York lie* l>u 1)1 leans. Too, Are Alarmed, ami tlio Chairman <>r tlio Republican Congressional Campaiirn Committee Sounds tlie Alarm All Alongr the Party I.lnes— Bryan .Men In Kxeel lent Spirits. (Special Correspondence.) Washington, Oct. 4. —The Democracy have high hopes ol' capturing tho noxt congress. This fact is daily becoming more apparent. Since William Jen nings Bryan, in the full uniform of a colonel in the volunteers, c ame to town to consult v/itli his friends on the po litical situation tnc-rc have been nu merous evidences of activity and con fidence al the headquarters of the Democratic congressional campaign committee. In what is generally re garded as "off years" in politics the Democrats invariably make gains. They count on unprecedented acces sions this fall. They seem to have not the slightest doubt of getting the house by a good majority. The Republicans lacking three of a majority out of a membership of 90 in the senate, against a combination of Democrats and Popu lists, it will be seen that the situation from a Republican standpoint is quite serious. The recent election returns from Maie and Vermont, showing a great falling off in the Republican vote, clue to apathy and over confidence, no doubt, is what make the Republican leaders fear that the same condition of affairs may be encountered in other heretofore reliably Republican states and districts. The Democratis are ex pecting substantial gains in Connecti cut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and many of the far western states. THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR SHIP. Ex-Congressman James Kerr, of Pennsylvania, who is secretary of the Democratic congressional committee, and who was one of those with whom Bryan conferred, makes no secret of his prediction that great gains may be looked for in the Keystone state for the Democracy. Kerr is in touch with the Judge Gordon leadership of the Phila delphia Democracy, and is in a posi tion to know the inside workings of the Wanamaker and Swallow organizations in the state campaign. The Democratic leaders seem to think that Wanamaker, Swallow and Gordon thoroughly under stand each other and that their in terests lie in the same lines. This Wanamaker-Swallow-«Jord<>n combina tion, according to their information, has undertaken to disrupt the Repub lican organization. Wherever possible they are to get votes for Swallow for governor, and elect independent or bolting Republicans, or Democrats, to the state legislature. The I'nited Oiuffey, the Democratic millionaire, and national committeman, is also said to have hopes of getting to the senate through these fusion deals in Pennsyl \ ania. The Republicans of New York are be coming alarmed at the outlook in the Empire state. The Democrats there, as In Pennsylvania, are trying the game of putting state issues to the front, and while publicly ignoring national poli tics, are quietly at work planning to capture close or debatable congrea •ional and legislative districts. J A MKS A. FH KEMA N'S SONS AICTION 1:1". its. No. li'i! Walnut St., Philadelphia. Sale Wednesday. Oct, 111. IsilH, at the exchange N. K. I'or. Third A* Walnut Sts. Phi la. Valuable Tract 'KI I ') FOX Township. '' 11 " ' IMW ' Sullivan. County, Pa..on Towanda Creek, accessible from < trover station Nor thern Central It. It. Executors' sale estate of Thomas 1 seeming deceased. Try The News Item Job Office Once. Kine Printing NEAT WORK \\T VS * 4- MODERN FACILITIES. \\ Q 111 II I To Please. fCATHARTIC CONSTIPATIO^^^^ 25c 50c DRUGGISTS /■* ' > bvru. "Running sores appeared on my leg spread over the entire lower portion of the limb. I got no help from medicine till I tried yours. I was cured by one bottle of e Ayer's darsapariiia." 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Onr Declaration of War Has been in effect for a number of years and our Bombardment of High Prices Has created havoc of late in the sale of MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS, PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES, and ROAD WAGONS all at the lowest cash price. PHOSPHATE, ThiJty tons of different grades will bo sold at a low figure. W.E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa. Hsk no Questions Why We Sell So Cheap. All We Ask You into come and examine onr large Kali and Winter stock of Clothing, Shoes anil Ladies' Coats anil Capes, ami convince yourself about our prices being the lowest in this section. Thousands of people have been convinced that we are the lowest priced store and we surely appreciate your trade. We are always studying about giving the best goods at the lowest prices. Read and see for yourself. Men's black suits at 2.7.*>. Youth's suits at i2.. r >o. Children's suits well made, at L2. r ». Overcoats in black and blue, best ever offered, at 5.00 Children's overcoats at 1.25. Knee pants, 35c, are strictly all wool. Top shirts and undershirts at wholesale prices. Heavy cotton undershirts at 26c. LADIES' COATS AND CAPES at prices when you see them you will surely buy them. Shoes tor ladies. Shoes for men. Shoes for uiisses and children, at special low prices. Our store is crowded with new goods and we are still getting in more. We must sell the goods and the prices will suit the purchaser. Come an.| see. We advertise exactly as we intend to sell. I*, s-i.nl* YTrt** The Reliable Dealer in Clothing JaCOn rCr Boots and Shoes. HUGHESVILLE, PA.