VOL. IX. NO. 10.
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j irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
i of this section. Many years here in business, always 3
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112 with a care and judgment commensurate with its !
\ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \
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Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
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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.
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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JULY 14, t904.
| WILL HE BE ALLOWED TO CLIP THE EAGLE'S WINGS?
THE GRANGE
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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.