Republican News Item. VOL. IX. NO. 26. ? i his Is the Place c (To Buy Your Jewelry C N Nothing in Town to Compare WithX 112 the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always J S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen 112 I with a care and judgment commensurate with its « S desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ r our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X V RETTENBURY, > The Jeweler. COLE —-i HARDWARE. > No PiacelJke this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP 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 range 3 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, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Cloak and Suit New Silk Department Plaids What you will he shown here will be the very latest the best makers and de signers are producing in stylish tailormide suits, walking skirts, jacket tourist c >ats, rain coats, silk waists, children's coats and jackets. Ladies' Silk Waists the best styles and qualities we have evershown tor the price, plain black and fancy colors, and neat, stylish plaid waists. Fine Furs , , i >ur furs combine tlie elegance and completeness of up to date fashion. All the latest and most approved styles can be seen here in ladies' coats, scarfs, boas and novelties in lur neck pieces with muffs to match in all the popular and best selling furs; then the prices are very moderate. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1904. _ We have just receive*! a nice line o( silk plaids lor waists. Tliey are in vari ous colors, including tlie new green a d blue Scotch etlee.ts. You know IK W scarce they are. We are glad to get these good styles to sell for #l.OO. |g Fine French Flannels For waists and dressing saddles. We show in (he best < t uality all the plain colors, such as navy i>lue, cadet, green, receda. cardinal, garnet, castor, 'old rose, cream, gray and lavender, lor 45c A YARD. M , . Mohairs Are now an all the year around fabric fur dresses, and especially for sliirt waist suits The demand lor this material has made many of the mo.it desirable colors scarce, . vet we have been able to keep our line ver . v complete in black and colors and 'aticy figured ones. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y., Press Currcspowlcnt New York state Grange F. E. DAWLEY. Director of Farmer** Inntitiiie In Xew York Stute. P. K. Dawley of Fayettevllle, X. V.. the present director of farmers' Insti iutes and a prominent member of the grange, was born at Elbridge, Onon ilaga county, N. V., Sept. in,l S«t:i. and received his education in the common •schools and the Monroe Collegiate in stitute in his native village, in lS'.il he moved, with his father's family, to a farm which they purchased near Fayettevllle and which has become so well known as 'Dotshome farm. There Mr. Dawley has L since resided. / ' rt 11 / CjSHPhr breeder of Jer- I ctit ih# tnd -' ' /-.lfe'- lire at the' fairs r. t. DAWI.EV. throughout the state and lias acted in the capacity of Judgeof dairy cattlein the past ten years and has picked out the winners at more than a hundred fairs with 4' a pro test being made. In ISUI lie becan.e secretary of the State Farmers' league, ! was six years secretary of the New I York State Poultry society, has served' as master of tiie Syracuse grange, sec- ' retary of the I'omona grange, treasurer' of the New York State Dairymen's as- j soclation. is at present one of the di rectors of the New York State I'reed crs' association, chairman of the execu tive committee of the New York State Fruit Growers' association, secretary of the American Cheviot Sheep soci ety. trustee of Cornell university and director and trustee in at least a dozen other organizations which have to do with the Interest of the farmer. 111 18tHi lie was appointed director of farmers' institutes anil has made the work a markeil success in this state. When he undertook the work he started an edit cntlonal campaign to secure larger re sults in the dairies of the state, and much of the increased production per cow froui il.tniLj pounds in 1880 to 4,.t73 In IS!I!* has come from his work. Mr. Dawley is likely to be the appointee of the president to tiie vacant office of assistant secretary of agriculture at Washington. Money In Granite Hallx. In the state of Maine there are over 40.1 Mitt members. There are i!t!7 sub ordinate granges, and! 275 of these own their halls, costing an outlay of over $500,00( 1. In the county of Androscog gin there are eighteen granges. Seven teen of these own halls, at an average • ost of JSo.ti 10 each, and three of them cost $8.(100 each. In New Hampshire about sllß,OllO is invested in like man ner. Connecticut has about $140,000. New York leads iu the cost of grange halls, one at Ilerklmer costing over $l!i.()00. In that state are several cost ing *0,0(10 to sß.tio(i and a total id' about $300,500. But 1 will not weary you with details. As far as 1 have received returns I iltul the sum invested iu tills manner exceeds $2,000,000. Where a subordinate grange owns Its building Its Influence for good iu that communi ty is greatly enhanced.—O. 11. Kelle.v. A Power In Mit'liiKun. Michigan is one of the strongest grange states In the Union. The influ ence of the grange is felt and admitted by all parties. The state grange has a strong legislative committee of five members, among whom are the master and secretary of the state grange. They are prompt and untiring in carrying out the instructions of the state grange in legislative matters. There are now upward of 700 subordinate granges in the state and -1!» Pomouas. Since Jan. 1 last r.;S subordinates and 4 Pomona granges have been organized. The to tal membership of the Order in the state now exceeds 45,000. T'.venty-nlne (.ranice Stated. There are now twenty-nine state granges, of which Maine. New Hamp shire. Vermont, Connecticut New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana have so thoroughly organ ized their jurisdiction that there are from one to twenty grange's in nearly ev.ery county. In New Hampshire and Vermont there is a grange, sometimes two. In*each township. There are also granges In Canada, and the Dominion grange always sends a delegate to the national grange meetings in this conn j A Xe« llnmpKhire Mflhotl. i The excellent standing of the subor j dlnate gran .es in New Hampshire is known to nil. They take pride in the I work, and ti estate graiyre encourages ! them hy otiering a prize portable cabi net desk for superior excellence In lit ; entry work. Thirty or more d< ks will |be awarded this year. Prizes are also I offered for excellence in degree work. REVISiON OF Tht Mni'rr nui « PRESSING QUESTION. The UliiK'lV) I.uw I* Fairly Adequate itm it Iteveuue I'rinliicer—Wli y (lie I \V2lN»ii-<«ornmii Hill WaH a Fnllnre. Our (irawiuic Qxiirntea. Discussing the matter of tariff revi sion, tlio St. LOttls Ololio-Democrat says: Kepresentutive 1 lubcoek of Wiscon sin is reported to have said that Presi dent lio.sevelt was likely to call con gress in extra session early in tiie com ing spring to take up tiie question of tariff revision. It is possible that this story is true, litlt the probabilities are in tiie other direction. Hy next spring Hie Diugley l>ill will have llve.l more years than any recent tariff. Itopublic an or lieinocratic. It was enacted ear ly ins.ton. after McKinley en tered oflice the first time, lie called congress in session for the purpose of making a general overhauling of the | tarifl. The ait which was in operation I when McKinley entered oflice was the j \Vilsoii-<J ormun law, which had been passed three years earlier. The Wilson (Joinian law of ISO! displaced the Mc- Kinley act of ISflo, and tiiat one suc ceeded the act signed by President Ar thur iu INS:!. Ity tin- early days of Roosevelt's new term tiie present tariff will In- eight years oil as compared with a duration of three, four and seven years respec tively for its immediate predecessors, enumerating them backward iu tiiue v It is well to remember, however, that the net which the first McKinley con gress repealed was the "party perfidy and party dishonor" act, to use the phrase employed by Cleveland, whose party passed it. That was the net which Cleveland refused to sign, al lowing it togo 011 the statute book by the expiration of the time limit. It was said at the time that Cleveland preferred the McKinley act of 1800, which the Wilson-tJornnin law was to repeal, but h>s friends persuaded Idm iu the interest of his party not to veto the latter, lie compromised with them by contemptuously ignoring it, and as lie took 110 action against it the meas ure sneaked onto the statute hook. That law did much, through the tight which it precipitated between tiie Cleveland and the Gorman factions, t > disrupt the Democratic party. If helped to roll up the immense Republican ma jority in the congress elected in 1894, a few months after the mongrel tariff law went on Hie statute hook. It helped likewise to weaken the Democracy for the campaign ol' ISO.;. l!nt there was a reason for abolish ing the Wlison-Uorman law. which does not operate against the Dingley ait. Tiie former gave neither revenue nor protection. In days when the, army and navy were much smaller than they are now and the expenses of the government much less the tar iff law of 181)4 did not furnish any thing like its quota of revenue to meet the expenses of the government, while it was equally defective in providing protection for the industries which needed protection. The present law Is fairly adequate as a revenue producer except that, owing to the recent re ductions in the taxes, the govern ment's income for tiie moment falls short of tiie heavy outgo. It is pos sible that some of the government's expenditures may be cut down, but the chances are that not much can be done in that direction. The country Is growing rapidly. Army and navy call for very mueji greater expenditures now than they did just before the Spanish war. The question of mak ing both ends meet in the government accounts is large. Speaker Cannon is understood to lie determined to reduce expenditures in the coming session if tliis can be done with safc.y to the public interest. This question will re ceive very careful and Intelligent at tention from the veteran Republican leaders in the next three m mths. Re fore March -4. 1!H)5, tiie country will know whether or not new sources of| revenue will have to he provided. I'n til congress takes a thorough survey of the field the question of an extra ses sion of congress for tariff revision which will furnish additional revenue may safely be left In abeyance. A Hnntlierii Mnn'n Surprise. Mr. Williams of Mississippi will rub his eyes when he sees the Missouri del egation of nine Republicans and seven Democrats march into the next con gress, in addition to a Republican sen ator. Who says Missouri hasn't been shown? St. Louis <}lol)e-Democrat. Tiie Object inn to Hay. From the criticisms of the able Dem ocratic editors we are led t 1 infer that the chief objection t 1 Jo! n Hay as a dipl uuatist is that he wrote the "Pike County I'allads." Chicago Tribune. ><itiiinu nut rii..i.«iit«. Mr. Cleveland has nothing to say, which would seem to cover the situa tion quite adequately, but nathless it is suspected that he has thoughts a-plenty. Indianapolis News. >1 Iknoii r lit ii m Alarmed. Some Missoitrlans are said to be fearful that their state in its newborn Republican xeal may even go ho far as to change the name of Jefferson City to something else. Teachers' Local Institute. The (lrst local institute was held at ForksviNe, December 3d, 1904, when the following program was carried out: Institute was opened hy Superin tendent Black. Oliver Bender was elected presi dent and Jewel O'brian secretary. The program in the forenoon con sisted of a Question Box, which be ing discussed, institute adjourned until 1:30 P. M. Afternoon session was called to order by chairman Ilendc'r. Sing ing, "A1 W ill Depend Up< a You. ' Fiist Number Work, Jewel O'Brian. Recitation, Lou Snyder. When shall l'lipils begin to Study Algebra? discussed by Cora Warburton and Superintendent Black. One of Ri ley's poems, Dudley Wright. Duties of School Directors, Prof. 1). M. Flick: It is the duty of the school directors to constantly remain in touch with the work done in the school room, and to do this they must frequently visit the schools. It is the duty of our hoard of direct ors to look after the sanitary condi tions and pleasant appearance of our school houses and lots. The one great duty of the individual director lies in the employment of the teach er. Every director should do his utmost to secure as the guide of the pupils, the ideal of all that is moral and true. Recitation, Delia Norton. Solo, Lou Snyder. Importance of TV-ach ing Current Events, was discussed by Antoinette Lancaster, she said: The events of the present time form the history of the future, and the boys of to-day will be the men of to-morrow, and should be taught political history to enable them to vote intelligently. Solo, Maud llttnsinger. Bryant's Thanato|Msis, Tena|JMulnix. Quar tette, Leon Stevens, Fred Schana- Imcher, Roy Smith and D. M Flick. Possibilities of our Country Schools, was discussed by Oliver Bender, 1). M. Flick andSupt. Black, who said in part: Thechildren of our country schools have more knowledge of practical things t'tan children of the same grade in our city schools. The greater number ot our educated men were educated in the country. Recitation, Bessie Wright. Maud llunstager read an interesting paper on, Language Work. Her methods of conducting a class in language work were well illustrated. Flagex ercis» 112 Primary Class. Importance of Thorough School work, was dis cussed by Rev. Huntley and D. M. Flick: Thoroughness of work result in habits of thoroughness, and habits of thoroughnes» once secured will l>e carried into any work of life. Ques tion Box, continued. Prof. Flick i suggested that the enrollment fee for the County Institute be raised | from one to two dollars. A vote of i the teachers was taken and unani ! mously carried. A motion was made and carried 1 that the next local institute he .held jat Estella. The chairman appointed . the following committee to prepare a program: D. M. Flick, Cora War burton and Maud llunsingfT. institute adjourned. J kwEi, <)' nr.ian', Sec'y. Considerable excitement prevail ed in the village of Nordniont one day last week which terminated in much amusement for those who did not participate in the affair. While i traveling in the suberbs of the town, i Scott Wieland saw a loose piece of bark clinging to a dead tree, which had the appearance of a cub bear. He conceived it would be a good joke to play on the boys to report that lie had discovered something worth looking after. He announced the discovery to some boys who visited the scene near enough to be convinced that it was surely a bear and ran home to tell their dads. Everybody who owned a gun was soon on their way to capture the hear. The town became so thorough ly stirred up and every l>ody hurry ing with guns and dogs, Scott con cluded that it must surely be a bear and likewise shouldered his fire arms and brought up the rear. Aft er the true state of affairs was learn ed each one shook hands with him -elf and walked home. 75 TS. PER YEAR The annual distribution of garden seeds by the agricultural department jto congressmen began on December 1. Each songreasmen is entitled to 12.000 packages of vegtable and 500 packages of flower seeds. The best varieties of vegetable seed have been seleted by experts of the department, ranging from watermelons, rnusk melons, cucumbers, tomatoes and the like to the finest kind of peas, beans, com etc. A new rule has been adopted for the distribution. The country has been divided into sections according to climate, and seeds will not be sent into districts in which climatic conditions are known to be unfavorable to their growth. For cities and large towns special arrangments will be made that the dwellers therein may be furnished with such garden and flower seeds as will be most desirable to them. Packages will ba prepar ed for the cities containing flower seeds that will bloom successfully in yards, alleys and window boxes. Special attention will be given to the selection of appropriate seeds for schools. Williamsport Sun. An effort is being made to have the legislature enact a law requiring the acts passed by that body pub lished in two newspapers in each county in thejstate. The legislat ure luts been passing so many laws that it is impossible for the people to know what they are reduired to do or prohibited from doing, hence the old axiom that "ignorance of (lie law is no excuse" Is an unjust proposition. The general public may well excused for being un acquainted with the many laws now on the statute books of Pennsylva nia. The cost of publishing the acts passed biennially by the Legislature would be considerable, but the peo ple who would l>e benefitted there by would the expense as ..a sligh} matter. It would be a grea? saving to the people if they were made acquainted with the laws which humanity is so prone to violate un consciously. Lot the laws be pub lished in the interest of the |»eoplc who now suffer for lack of such pub lication. The big fair that was held by the residents of Williamsport, at the Park Hotel, last week, for the pur pose of raising funds for erection of a children's ward addition to the hospital at that place, was the big gest event of its kind ever held in that city, and the enterprise netted s<>,ooo, which will assure the erect ion of the proposed building. The people of Williamsport are hustlers and generally get whatever they reach after whether it be in the bus- J iness or charitable world. There will be four eclipses during the year 1905, two of the sun anil two of the moon. The date of the sun eclipses are March sth and Au gust :10th. The eclipses of the nioon occur February 19th and August 15th, the latter only being visible in America. SOUTH BROOK. • Mrs. Amanda Fraley of Dusliore, i spent several days here, with her sis ter, Mrs. Eli Kunkle. Bessie and Stella Searfoss of Lopez visited this place several days last week. R. Is. Herd who has been living i at this place has moved to I Miss Nellie Walsh of I,opcz is istaying with her sister Mr«. M. (111- j foyle. Mrs. M. Trowbridge and Mrs. Burton made a trip to LojK'Z Mon day. George Brown made this place a call last week. Miss Millie Kunkle made a busi ness trip to Ixipez. Monday, i Mrs. Ida Kniffen who has been ■ living in Maryland, has returned to ; this place for the winter. Mr. M. Oil foyle hud one of his ' valuable cows taken to the hone of ; his father at Saco, Bradford county. Mrs. Patrick Oahill of Lopez, vis i itod friends here one day last week. James Conaty who is working at 1 lticketts, made South Brook a call | last Thursday.
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