VOL. IX. NO. 10. C To Buy Y ouj J e welry.C S Nothing in Town to Compare With > ( the Quality that We are Giving / x You for the Low Price Asked. S Quality and moderate prices makes a force that j irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r i of this section. Many years here in business, always 3 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C 112 with a care and judgment commensurate with its ! \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ / our store a sale place to invest. C Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q S. teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X S RETTENBURY, ) <, DUSHORE, l'A. HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; 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 fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAM SPORT, PA. Snowy attractive Muslin I "uderwarc tlia.fr combines so much comfort anil beauty was never offered at more attractive prices. All these garm ents are full size anil splendidly made of excellent Muslin and Cambric. LONG SKIRTS. DRAWERS. SHORT SKIRTS. CHEMISE. CORSET COVERS. GOWNS. Shirt Waist Suits. Women's Stock Collars. Nothing daintier, nothing prettier \Ve,ve made a purchase of dainty nothing so economical as the two- Stock Collars, an endless variety of piece summer suit, \\ e have about styles among them. Some are plain, every style that is won.. I'hese are others embroidered. We have made of Percale, Madras. Linen and bunched them in lots, other cotton fabrics and silks. I>sc, 50c AND 7OC. Wash Petticoats. C ° ol Summ e r Corsets. We believe thee Petticoats to be New ,m>(lela - °° mc aml see them better value than yon ever bought We can recommend several makes before. They are made of plain color 50e to SI.OO that are made of and fancv striped' Seersucker with Ü B ht Batiste ' hut for thoße wh ° rutiles or deep tucked flounces, at want finer we have them «1.0()To«l.fi0 1,1 better qualities. Black Taffetas and Peau de Soie. When asked for here they are shown in all qualities and widths and the prices are very reasonable w hen the qualities are taken in consideration. Fancy Silks for Dresses. I To merly mention the kinds and varieties of each would make a pretty 1 long list so we simply say come and see tliein and get the prices. \ Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JULY 14, t904. | WILL HE BE ALLOWED TO CLIP THE EAGLE'S WINGS? THE GRANGE - Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y.. Preu OomiriMituleiU A'ew Yurk State Orange WHAT IS THE GRANGE? A Mnr.tluu That Hhuald Need No 1 Answer. With 800,00U members in the United States, It would «ii'in altogether un necessary to ask or answer the above question. But this paper may come ! under the eye of Home one who is not familiar with the aims and principled of our Order. It is an organization of farmers for their mutual welfare. Among the specific objects named in its declaration of purposes are these: To develop a better and higher man hood and womanhood among ourselves; to enhance the comforts and attrac- j tlotis of our homes; to further co oper- . ation; to buy less and produce more la j order to make our farms self sustain- 1 lug; to bring producers and consumers, i farmers and manufacturers, into the , most direct and friendly relations pos- ! slble. The grange is nonpartisan, yet i its principles underlie all true polities and statesmanship. It believes in co- j operating together in every legitimate i manner for their own protection and to enhance their mutual Interests. The Order is called the I'atrons of Husbandry, anil the head of the na tional grange is Hon. Aaron Jones of South Bend. Ind. Twenty-eight states have state organizations. Below them are the county organizations, called Pomona granges, and below these are the numerous subordinate granges. Meetings of these subordinate granges are held once a month or oftener, where subjects pertaining to the fann ers' Interests, social, educational iilul agricultural, are discussed. Women are on an equality with men in the grange, and to them not a little of the wonderful success of the organization 1M due. Its purpose may be stated In a word to be: To uplift the farmer mor ally, socially, educationally and mate rially. NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING Manr Portland Or(anlintlou> Bestlr rlu* Thtniwlvri. We learn from a Portland (Ore.) paper that several committees have al ready been named by the various or ganizations In Portland, Ore., to ar range for the next meeting of the national grange in that city. The or ganizations that are Interesting them selves in the matter are the board of trade, chamber of commerce, the Manufacturers' association, the Com mercial club and the state granges of Oregon aud Washington. At a meet ing of representatives from these sev eral bodies committees on finance, en tertainment, reception, transportation and an executive committee were ap pointed. It was decided to raise a fund of $2,">1)0 to defray the expenses of entertaining the national meeting. The Portland Oregonlnn says that one of the special features contemplated by tlie committee In case the meeting can be secured will lie an excursion for the delegates to Corvallls. on the west side of the river, returning on the east side. The citizens of Corvallls have signified their willingness to as sist in defraying the cost of such an excursion aud are enthusiastically in favor of securing the national meet ing for Portland. We are informed by the chairman of the executive committee of the nation al grange that he understands the con ditions the committee named have been or will be met by the Portland people and the Oregon and Washing ton state granges. It is proposed to have all the delegates meet at the St. Louis exposition aud go from there In special cars to Portland. New York State Grange Scholarship. At the last meeting of the New York state grange it was voted to apply S2OO per year to four scholarships at the Cornell Agricultural college for young ineiiiliers of tlie grange In New York state. The arrangement of the details of the plan has been left to State Lecturer Fred Shepard anil State Secretary W. N. Uiles. However, it is practically decidiil that the scholar ships shall be awarded to the two boys or girls in the state, members of the grange, who stand highest in a com petitive examination to be arranged by the college. It was thought iirst that the scholarships would lie awarded to the counties making the greatest gains in membership, but this did not seeui feasible. Wbr Co-operation Pays. Worthy Master Gaunt of the New Jersey state grange says that co-opera tion is a fundamental grange principle. In this state tlie value of co-operative effort has been thoroughly demonstrat ed, particularly In the matter of fire Insurance. In the purchase of fertil izers the Patrons of some counties are saving thousands of dollars annually, and yet co-operation Is not what 1L should be. If farm supplies could be ordered in several hundred ton lots, as in fertilizers, feed, etc.. It would be much to the farmers' advantage. Join the Grange. Join the grange aud grow up with It. says the New Y'ork Farmer. It Is a social center, an Intellectual nwaken er, a polisher of manners, an educa tional gathering, a business enllveuer, an Idea expander, a harmony promot er, a developer of talents and an all round good thing for you. After July 1 rural mail carriers will receive $720 per year. They are not allowed to receive subscriptions for papers or to solicit business and can only carry merchandise for patrot'B along the routes. A Progressive Grange. Stockholm Depot (N. Y'.) grange is doing good work. It has a well or ganized literary programme for the year. It has a membership of 200. owns a building lot anil has $340 In the treasury. At a recent meeting It was unanimously voted to unite with other organizations of the county to form a county dairymen's association The Kansas state grange reports show that the balance in the treasury is greater than at :iny time during the last twenty-five years. At the last meeting, held at vrkaasas City. Hon. K. W. Westgate was re-elected master i of the a- ange. JUDGESHIP NOMINATION IN STRONG DEADLOCK. The Sullivan-Wyoming Democratic Conferrees Cannot Agree. Conference Has Met Four Times and is no Nearer a Solution of the Muddle Than at the Beginning. The Sullivan Wyoming Judicial district conference was held in Wilkes Barre Tuesday for the pur pose of trying to come to an amica ble agreement on the nomination for Judge. The conferrees were in sess ion all day hut adjourned without making any nomination. This is the fourth conference held sineejthecounty convention, and they are no nearer a settlement of the contest than they were at the lie ginning. The two candidates for the nomination are James W. Piatt, an attorney of Wyoming county, and John Scouten, of Dushore. The conferrees failed to accomplish much and returned to their homes, unable to report anything new. Bishop Talbott at Laporle. Next Sunday at 7:30 Bishop Talbot of the Episcopal Church will pay an official visit to St. John's Church when a class of seven young women will receive the rite of Confirmation. The following are in the class: Pearl Heim, Mamie Helm, May Brieger, Mrs. Lena Decker, Hazel Diltz and the Misses Magaret and Celia lleim of Lancaster, Pa. The Church Choir of IS voices will sing anil will be in charge of Mrs. K. M. Dunham, the organist. Bishop Talbot is widely known throughout the country in ecclesiastical and literary circles and has the reputation for being a pleas ant speaker. The choir procession will start promptly al 7:.'10. WOULD STARVE LABOR. Tarig Joggling Fatal to Those Who Work For a Llvlug. The i)rniwn;ts In pleading tor ••tivr -Ift' reform" profess to be speaking for the worklngmeu. yet If a revision of the tariff Is attempted in the interest of less protection who will be the chief sufferer? The manufacturer who feels threatened by a cut In the schedule he Is interested in can close his works and wait for the turn of the tide or retire If he finds conditions likely to be too much agaiust him in favor of the for elgn manufacturer he Is now protected against. In that case his workmen will have to seek employment hi the smaller market for labor the changed condi tions will create. The capitalist can gather his money bags about him and live on his capital until the storm blows over. But the workinguian has no such resources and must seek new employment, perhaps learn another trade. Biiighamton worklngmen and work Ing women had a strong taste of Just such an experience when the Wllson- Uortnan tariff was under considera tion. The local overall factories were kept then in such a state of suspense as to the future that they closed down or ran short time duritig the session of congress. The cigar Industry suffered a great ileal from the hesitation in the tobacco trade over the probable duty to be laid on Sumatra leaf, then occupying a very prominent place In the esteem of smokers. The unsettled condition In j two of our principal Industries is typ ical of the situation throughout the en tire country at a time of tariff jug gling. It was the worklngmen and the working women who suffered most then, and it was they who paid for the cost of the whole wretched agitation.— Blnghauitoti Republican. A Means, Not nn End. The grange is a means, not an end. | It has no merit only as it accomplishes something. A machine Is useless un less It works. The grange organiza tion, or machine, is valueless except It works up better results for the farmer. In the early days thousands flocked to the grange, expecting to get rich through It in a few months; others thought the augel that guards the farui ! era' welfare would with one stroke sweep away all wrong and Injustice. So today some people expect too much of the grange. They forget that the best work of all organizations takes time to ripen. The ripe fruits of edu cational work cannot be gathered In a day. Social culture, mental growth, moral font?, the power that conies from i cooperation, are not "Jack's bean j stalks," to spring up in a night. It j takes time for a grange to do its best, ! and many of Its finest results are nev i er seen In outward ways.—Mrs. Sarah jG. Baird, Master Minnesota State i Grange. 75 TS. PER YEAR Peach Crop a Failure. » I'he peach crop in Pennsylvania will amount to pratieally nothing this yeaj, and there is a strong pros pect of pearli culture dying out in this state, according to a statement jiist made by State Economic Zoolo gist Surface, who is informed prob ably better than any other person upon the condition of Pennsylvania fruit trees. Dr. Surface has visited many parts of the State and is in con stant communication with fruit growers, and he pronounces their re ports regarding the fruit crop most i discouraging. The remarkable increaee of the | San Jose scale, the Chinese insect ; which feeds on fruit trees and which was imported to this country only during the past decade, is principally responsible for the prevailing con ditions, though the hard winter just past is also biamableto some extent. Harrow Escape lor Mrs. David Dishel. Mrs. David Uishel had a narrow escape from being killed by a pass enger train atSonestown on the eve ning of July the 4th. She was cross ing the creek on the railroad bridge when a train came rapidly toward the bridge. Some men who saw I the danger shouted an alarm. Mrs. | llishel started to retrace her steps | when she slipped between the ties I and would have been run down but j for the heroic action of a man who ! seized her by the arm and dragged i her out of the way. She wasconsider j ably bruised and suffered from shock, but is now much improved. Ellis Karto was also on the bridge j and had to hang himself over the , side to avoid being ran down. Dushore Enterprise. Samuel Cole and James Cunning ' ham of Dushore have purchased the j stock of the Dushore Silk Mill Co., : which was owned by Scran ton ! parties. The stock is now all owned | by Dushore parties and the silk mill !is being putin shape to do a good i business. Communication. The large crowd of people which I gathered here from the surrounding j country and nearby towns to cele ! brate the glorious fourth and enjoy | the sports and various entertainments j were treated to an unusually nice ' game of ball in the afternoon be tween a padded aggregation called I Sonestown, comqound of play -rs I from llughesville, Picture Rocks, j Muncy Valley, aud Sonestown teams and the Xordmont team. Xot ; withstanding the picked team which j Sonestown run out, the Xordmont i boys held them down to within :t j runs of ticing the score which was is to 121 in fay or of Sonestown. Eor a while it looked as though Sones ; town would have a walkover. Hut j in the 7th, Kth and !>tli innings the ; Xordmont boys pulled themselves | together for a winning streak and ; run the score up rapidly. The only thing which prevented the Sones ! town boys from suffering severe de ! feat was the talent imported from the above named towns. The writer was an eye witness of the game from start to finish and is positive from the pall the Xordmont boys put up that they can easily defeat theSones | town team it thev use their own talent. Wetland who pitched for Xordmont although unsteady by tiir.es pitched an excellent game, having !> strike outs to his credit. The features of the game were the fielding by Eddy anil the batting of Minor and Weiland who have to their credit each a two base hit, and the only •'{ base hit in the game by Weiland to center field. We would like to have the game repeated and I we are confident as before stated by useitig strictly home talent Xord ■ mont can easily carry off the honors. W. A. S.
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