Republican News Item. VOL. IX. NO. 24. This Is the Place C To Buy Your Jewelry C V Nothing in Town to Compare WitliX ( the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a torce that \ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r [ of this section. Many years here in business, always } 5 with a lull line of uoods above suspicion; chosen 112 j with a care and judgment comm nsurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ / our store a sale place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. \ \ RETTENBURY, > <,DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler^^ HARDWARE Nb Place Like'this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OIR* WOO D. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Too!: of Every - Description, Guns and Aramumtion. Bargains that bring the buyer t|ack. 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. £=»,isiHsc! (JoSe^usfiore^a. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, - - WILLI AMSPORT, PA. Blankets and Comforts Chilly nights suggest that Blanket season is near at hand. The assortment is now at its best. All our Blankets are carefully selected and may he strictly relied upon. We huy and sell only the best Blank ets. We keep a full assortment of the celebrated Muncy Wool Blankets. Wool Blankets. White Blankets, Scarlet Blankets. Cotton Blankets, Colored Blankets, F.incy Blankets, Crib Blankets, Grey Blankets, Kobe Blankets. BED COMFORTS in a great variety of floral effect patterns either light or dark colorings. They are lillod with pure white cotton. EIDERDOW X COMFORTS when you are looking for Eiderdown Comforts, don t forget to see the nice sateen covered ones we .we sell ing at very reasonable prices. . The New Tailored White Goods for Waists. Suits and Gowns. 112 ~. •,• , I he Bale of white cotton W aistingß, has Suit making has reached a higli state l>een so satisfactory that we have largely of perfection. This perfection von will extended the assortment. You are in find fully emphasized in our stock. They vited to see these new designs in white are the representative styles from repre- mercerized Waistings. eentative makers. Tailored Suits Haiti Coats, Dressy Golf Blouses, downs, Tourists Goats, Silk Waists, . ...... ~, . Children's Coats. Kvcning Wraps, Infant's . '« kn.t Wool <.olf Blouses, sever (joatß styles to select from in navy, gray. *° d ,bown Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1904. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW, Chatham. N. Y„ I'rftg OirrcMiMmdent Xrw KorF. Stah Gran ORCHARD EXPERIMENTS. A Prominent f.raaiter'i MothoSa of Katabllablna Oreluu->la. George T. Powell of Ghent, N. 1., a prominent member of the Order and formerly tlie head of the school of practical agriculture at Briar Cliff Manor, N. Y., Is conducting some vala able experiments on hi* "Orchard Farm" relative to establishing orchards and their care. His praftice baa bee* lu recent years to purchase trees of strong vigor like the Northern Spy on which choice varieties have been top worked. He has practiced the selec tion of buds and their grafting for fifteen years. . 'X'wo thousand trees were planted last spring, ail of whlob were top worked by selecting bu<U from the choicest bearing trees front Drcliards In various sections of tha country. Mr. Powell is a believer Ui heading down trees, starting them within eighteen Inches of the ground. The chief reasons for this are to bet ter meet the conflict with the San Jose scale, the greater ease in thinning out the fruit on low headed trees nnd thfeir advantage In case of severe storms. He also favors the Introduction of Jwarf trees. 11s has Imported a very I'hoice English variety knswn as the Cox Orange l'lppln. Mr. I'oweil keeps the soil In his orchards fca a high state jf cultivation by plowing under clover annually. PROFESSOR W. G. JOHNSON. A rrouilueiit Caadldata »'ar Aaeiat ant Secretory of Afrlcaltare. Professor \V. G. Johnsoa of New York Is the most prominent eumlidats for assistant secretary of agriculture under consideration at Washington at this writing. He is the manuglng ed itor of the American Agriculturist and Is widely and favorably know* throughout the country. He was born ou a farm lu Plaiu township, Franklin county, 0., July 4, Indue tlma he took a course in tha Ohio State uni versity and lat poatgraduata course In tha l,eland Stan ford university ! A professorship jon the faculty ;M [_/ 112 of the Uidver %r ' slty of lllfuuls aud left that position to be coiua state am- PBOFKSBOB joii.nson. toLuologtat of Maryland. He was one of the tva Americans who were awarded gold medals at the Paris exposition for both practical aud scientific work In agricul ture. He is a member of several agri cultural aud horticultural societies and also of the Order of Patrons of Hus bandry. He la an intereetlog pubMe speaker, and his services are la great demand at cnuvsntious. institutes tvad grange meetings. Agrlvultore u Hartl M*»U. The study of agriculture Ui Its rud<- nicuts iu our rural schooka Is one of the pressing deiuuuds of the times. It is a question that will not dowa. It ia one with which the grange caa deal, aud the grange must agitute the re form until It has been accomplished. As H. E. Cook well says in an ex change. the Order has never in its hla tory approved and pushed aay juat cause that was not (ranted by our executive and bodies. This Is a just aud righteous cause, aud when this strong organisation gets squarely behind the proposition with something like a definite scheme, suf ficiently worked out and concretely presented, then will agriculture be a part of the rural school curriculum. A suggestion may be addod that our la bor unions adopt the fundamental grange principle of education. Tha grange originally made a strong effort to build upon petty financial savings, but failed. When education became the watchword all other tlilags wars added thereto. If, therefore, trade ua ions would begin a systematic organ ized demand for Industrial training In the city schools and thus co-operate with the grange In the co-ordinate »e --tjueat for agriculture la the rujal schools, we should soou revolutionise the social and Industrial life *f our commonwealth. The Ideal Fair. While many of the old time agricul tural fairs are drifting away from their original purpose, tha turn of the wheel brings us to the grange falls, which In many instances ara now tbe Ideal agricultural fair. Managed with slight expense, they bring out genulna sociability and instruction in a way that is extremely profitable. Fvural Delivery Notes | 4. ■» The National Rural Carriers' assoclu tlon lias just completed Its first your of organization and lias a membership of about r>.ooo. MUs Viola Bennett of Owlnnett county in the only woman rural mail currier in Georgia. The route she daily traverses cavers tweut.v five and one eighth mi lev ami lias an area of twenty square utiles. There are about 300 rural free deliv ery at'eutu iu the field, the majority of whom me engaged in the Inspection of uew service. The rural free delivery service start ed * few years ago with only t»-n routes, and at that time It was pi'<i nouueed a failure. Today there are nearly 59.U00 routes La opera tim. and the service is being rapidly extended. Prrwnftrnt R<*n<l' llnllrilaic. Nathing can add more to the pros perity of the state, nothing can serve ta lift farm values so materially. noth ing can bring suuiiuer tourists and resi dents to settle and beautify and enrich oar valleys so much as permanent road bullri'iig.—(Javeruor of Vermont. EFFECTS OF BAD ROADS. Tkr; Coat HaimfiirlHvn and Farm era a l.nr(r Sum Anuuallr. If the wliulesaler* aud manufactur er* ftnd collections slow nowadays they may attribute it lurgel) to tlie condition of tha country roads, says a writer la farm Machinery. Indeed, soma Implement meu have told us that it was Impassible tor their men who worked la the country to get around, end whan the harvester man tells you that "U la too wet for business to oe fcood" you may be sure that bud roads ure oae of the prime en-uses of his troubles. A check is placed upon his baaineas, ami while his own hands are tied so also are the haxids of his com petitors boand, aud his dealer agents have nothing to do but wait for the weather to clear up again. The farmer must communicate with the outside world over the public highways, and whea these highways are impassable be ia shut up at home, and his auviety to get out Is not greater than the anx iety of thoee who desire to do business with him. Nothing whatever is gained liy this retarded state of affairs, but valuable time is lost, wholly lost, ren dering u» remunerative returns what ever What one man loses in a busi ness transaction usually proves the gain ef the isau with whom be ia deal ing, but what Is lost through bad roads Is eternally lost to every human being, and tie man gains anything from it. The Implemeut people are compelled annually to pay a pretty heavy tribute to the bad roads cause. They don't gel naythitig out of it either. The high ways are not improved a jot by it, but year after year the same demand is mad*, with seetniugly no effort to pre vaat it. The farmer loses a great deal every year through bad roads, aud if the roads are Improved he would have mora mo key to spend for implements as well as for other uacessitieis of life. If the reads were Improved lie would d« more hauling, thereby increasing the demand for wagons. He could do his hauling even if it were too wet to plow, sua wheu the earth had dried suKuieuiiy he could plant and culti vate his crops and aot be losing time ruaaiag Vo towu after goods, tie could thereby increase the acreage of bis creps #r give better attention to a smaller crop aud Increase the produc tion of his laud. Uaod roads would he a boon to the farmers, a beou to retail dealers, a boea tw the wholesalers and manufac turers. Had roads are a heavy tax upon tfeeia nil. SAVE TIME AND LABOR. Valve •( S»«4 Coaatry Haadi to the Karatr. The Uiierexr taken in good roads by almost ovary class of cittseuc wherever tiie sabject is discussed gives promise that something etilcient will soon be done in that direction, says the St. Lauls Globe-Democrat. Good roads through the country seem to be of more immediate and direct value to the farmer than te any ether class because he is more dependent upon them than any one else to bring his products to market at the least cost. There Is In deed to hlai so such labor saving ma chine iu use anywhere ou his farm us a gaud read front his farm to the town or point where he does his marketing, lie saves time aud money by the use of improved implement*, but he loses much of what lie lias saved if he has no good way to get bis products to market when they should be sold. Were he to count the time wasted In plodding through the mud during the winter and spring months over the country roads in doing bis mar keting and shopping and then should udd to the value ef the time and wear and tear ef wagens and teams and harness, he would lie surprised at thv> amount it coats hhn to get what hs has rained to market. Hut this *s a part of the expense he never takes iuto account, although it costs tlina and labor, just aa the seed lag and the reaptag ds , President Roosevelt AsKs His' Countrymen to Observe Thanksgiving. The President i-sued his procla mation on November 1, fixing Thursday, November -4, as a day "to l»«* observed as a day of festival and thanksgiving '».v all the people of the United States, at home and abroad." Ft is a paper well worth perusal. He sets forth the blessings that have been vouchsafed to the nation and calls tipon the people to make hum ble acknowledgement. Continuing he says: "Much has been given to us and | much will be expected .from us. We | speak of what has been done by this Nation in no spirit of boastful ness or vainglory, but with full and reverent realization thatour strength lis as nothing unless we are helped from above. "Hitherto we have been given the heart and strength to do the tasks alloted to us as they severally arose. We are thankful for all that has been done for us in past, and we pray that in the future we may be strengthened in the unending strug gle to do our duty fearlessly and honestly,with charity and good will, with rc6pect fur ourselves, and with love for our fellowmen. "In this great Republic the effort to combine National strength with personal freedom is being tried on a -c.de more gigantic than ever before in the world's history. Our success will mean much, not only for our selves, but for the future of all man kind, and every man and woman in our land should feel the grave re sponsibility resting upon him or her, for in the last analysis this suc cess must depend on the high a\ er age of our individual citizenship, upon the way in which each of us does his duty by himself and his neighbor." McHenry-Crosslty. Miss Pearl Crossley and Mr. Ben jamin Mi-llenry, both of Benton, I'a., were married Tuesday evening of last week at Wilkesßarre and left Wednesday morning for St. Louis where they will spend their honey moon. Mr. Mcllenry is a son of the late Dr. T. ('. Mcllenry and a cousin of John (J. Mcllenry of Benton. The young man is assistant secretary ofi the Mcllenry Distillery Company and is popular throughout the si ction where he lives. His bride is a charm ing young lady with a large circle of friends. They will make their home in Benton upon their return from St. I.ouis. Mrs. Mcllenry is a sister of Mrs. Hurley Kdklu. formerly of Satter lield, and a niece of Mr. Frank Crossley of this place, where she visited lust summer. Hvnter Kills Two Bear Cvbs. While hunting about three miles out of Jamison City, last Thursday, John Sherman, aged twenty years, (if that place encountered two bear cubs at which he look aim and kill ed on.) of them with the first shot. Sherman fired a second time but | -ucceeded in only wounding the oth er cub which started to escape. The hunter emptied a third shot but the , 1 | •artridge stuck in his riHe barrel. The plucky young man was de termined that the bear should not escape and started iu pursuit and with a powerful and well directed blow of his gun stock, broke the animal,s neck. The cutis weighed : respectively, forty and thirty-six, pounds, and sheriuan disposed of them for &M'. Partners Ready lor Winter. The several weeks of line autumn ! weather has given the farmers a good opjM>rtunity to husk their corn and to finish up other farm work. Theapphs are all gathered in and; cider making for the season is over. What farm work yet remains to be done can easily be accomplished in ' the fair days between this and win ter. Th" farmers have had a fruit ful year Prices for produce aver age well, bringing in an encourag ! ing return for a season's hard work on the farm. 75 TS. PER YEAR Scovten Squirms. As the News I tern turns' the light on Seouteu's unsuccessful campaign in Sullivan county Scon ten squirms. That he feels badly bit is shown by his last week's issue. In no less than eight different Articles he tries to show the people that Seoutea is not a political failure. His jntper is filled with self praise for his man agement. He seems to think that by repeatedly asserting his superior political ability he will finally get the democratic party to believe in it. The News Item does out claim that he is not a successful sennnd grade politician, but as a chairman, a successful manager of a campaign outside of his own borough he cer tainly is a failure. Of course right at home where he Is best known, and has the best opportunity of showing what his work really is, he i« a power that needs the serious consid eration of the Democratic party. lu 190J Dushore gave a democratic ma jority of 44. lu 1304 Seonten claim ed Dushore would give Terry 39 «« i jorlty. Now let as see what it did. Dunham had 104 votes and Terry had SO;a mujority of 18 for Dunham. Hermann had 140 votes and Phillips had 51; a majority of 89 for Herman. Buck had 12t> votes and Hartzig had 00; a majority of Oti for Buck. Ken nedy had 11H votes, Molyueux had lSi; a majority of 100 for Kennedy. These are fiicts which Mr. Scoab-n can not get around. We would ad vise him to issue u card to the pub lic refusing to accept the chuirmuti ship again for verily Johnny Uie grapes are sour. Teachers' Local Institute. The first local institute of the sea s>n will l>e held at Forksville, Dec. tfrd. PROGRAM. Question Box. First year Number Work.—Jewel ()'Brian. Nature Study in the Public Svhoal*. —Frunt.e Pardoe. When should pupils Begin to study Algebra?— Cora Warburton. .Duties of School Directors. —Pmf. Flick. importance of teaching Current events—(J. Antonnette Lancaster. Method of teaching Fractions.J. ; R. Molyneux. i Possibilities of Country Schools.— Oliver Bender. Primary Language Work. -Maud Hunsiuger. The Importance of Thorough School Work.—Hattie Molyneux. The other institutes will fee held a* follows: At I.aporte, Dec., tw, at Dushore Dec. 17. Programs for these institutes will be published next week. All teachers wre «x --[ pected to attend one of these insti j lutes. All institutes will cotumenca at 10 o'clock a. m. M. R. Uluck, Co. SupT. Christmas o Day ol Prayer. j Christmas Day, this year, will be .observed by the Presbyterians in ; this state as a day of special prayer I for the restoration of peace in th« I far east. The synod of Pennsylva- I nia has taken action recommendiug ; to all ministers and churches within I its bounds that on December 25th I there will be special prayers for. | universal peace. They invite lh«t I cooperation of all religious bodies in all lands in such an observance of ! this holy day. Wants More Money. The thirteen State Norma) selwwU in Pennsylvania will ask the next legislature to increase their biennial I appropriation from #20,000 to s4oti*W ! This was decided at a meetiug at Bloomsburg Friday of the trustees and principals of these school* i discuss the legislation which they | vill advocate at the next session. Berks County Corn Baiser. (irnnville Prey of Berks comity, an average of 10ft bushels of corn to the acre on three and a half acres of land, and another farmer of the name county had an ear of corn j with 1507 kernels.
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