VOL. IX. NO. 29. This Is the Place £ C To Buy Your Jewelry \ S Nothing in Town to Compare With> ( the Quality that We are Giving / r You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that J irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage C of this section. Many years here in business, always y with a lull line of i,00.i. c . above suspicion; chosen C ( with a care and judgment comm nsurjte with its 1 \ desirability and adaptability tore line taste, makes \ { our store a sale place to invest. / Repair work done on short notice arid guaran-£ \ feed, by skilled workmen Your orders appreciated. \ S RETTENBURY, S <, niTSHOKE, PA. The Jeweler. $ COLE HARDWAR No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COJLXj OK- WOO D. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing 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 soil 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, WILLI AM SPORT, PA. January Sale, Muslin Uuderwear. 1 his week, we an important sale of Muslin Underwear, at special prices, that is wor hy of more than the umi il att .Mit on of muslin underware sales. Every garm nt is entirely new and the prices are very much less than you have been paying for equal value. For 10 Cents Ladies' Comets Covers: Children's lirawers, to (i years; Hoy*' and Girls' 1 willed Muslin Waist.-: Children's Skirts, I to •» year.-, and Infant's Dresses, Neck and Sleeves lulled with Lace. for 10c. For 15 Cents Ladies Corset Covers, edged with lace or honiestitehed rufHes: Ladies' Drawers, with nitHes: Childrens' J'lain or Unfiled Drawers, sizes '1 to 8; Childrens' M aists and Infants' Dnsses will. \okc and itiscrHon, for 15 els. For 55 Cents Ladies Gowns, either square or V neck, tucked yoke or lace or embroidery insertions; Ladies Drawers with Flounce and lucks: Ladies' Long and Short Skirts, with hemstitched ruffle; Corset Co\ers daintily trimmed with lace and ribbon, and Infants' Dresses, lor 25c. For 50 Cents Ladies' Corset Covers with lace embroidery and ribbon; Ladies' Drawers with deep flounce edged with embroidery or lace; Ladies' Long Skirts; Ladies' Short Skirts with lace edge—several styles of gowns to choose from, fur 50c For 75 Cents Ladies CIOWIIH with tucked yoke, lace embroidery insertion; Ladies' Long Skirts, with tucked flounce tr insertion arid lace edge: Ladies' Drawers with deep flounce trimmed with tucks and embroidery or lace, A large line of Corset Covers daintily trimmed with fine lace and embroidery, excellent values for 75c For si.o() \\ e show a large lineot Ladies Muslin. and' Cambric Uuderwear elaborately trimmed with fine laces and embroideries: the best assortment we ever showed lor $ 1.00 In connection with ibis special sale of Muslin Undeiwear we will have dis. played a large line of ,the finer gra.les ol Muslin and Cambric Under Garments, that are elaborately trimmed with dainty laces, embroidery ami ribbons. (Quality considered, the prices will be very low. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1905. I THE CHANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Ch&Jh&m, N. Y. t Press Citrrcspouilent .Vcir I'irrk State Grange TH€ BARGE CANAL. Senator Amliler of thee w York Mate tiruiiKi' LoglNlntivc Commit tee Z'nvorH IteMiitinjlMMlou. Senator Ilenry S. Ambler, who was ane of the most ardent opponents of She barge canal scheme in the legisla ture last winter, will introduce at ilie earliest opportunity at the next session of the New York state legislature a 1,111 for the resubmission of the propo sition to the voters of the state unless prior action may lie taken by the Icgis lature for the repeal of the act. Sena tor Ambler argues that the expendi ture of $101,000,000, as now cnutem plated, will not suffice for the pur pose, but that it will require at least .$300,000,000 to complete the canal. If the canal is constructed he believes it will be a huge burden upon the agri cultural interests of the state and upon real estate in the cities. lie further says that there lias been a radical change in the opinion of many who supported the measure before, as they did not then, have full information as to the possibilities of cost of construc tion nor that it would be inadequate to the purpose. lie believes that the canal should lie made a national wa terway and its construction paid for by the national government. He has recently caused to be sent to the mas ters of the subordinate granges in the state a communication asking that they forward a petition signed by their members to the canal board asking that no more expenditures be incurred for the barge canal until such time as the legislature shall convene and con sider the proposition anew. Xew York State Dntrymen'* Aaaodn tlon. The New York state dairymen's an nual convention will be held in Herki mer, N. Y., on liec. 13-15. This is one of the strongest agricultural organiza tions in the Kmpire State, and its aim is educational in every particular, it is self sustaining, although it receives no sj.af 1 .- a'i;>ropriation. AinongV>'e speakers will be ex-Governor Hoard o£ "Wisconsin, l 'r. \V. 11. Jordan of | Geneva experiment station, Professor Pearson of Cornell and Dr. Hills of j Vermont, and several others will be in-, vited. It has been decided to elimi-! nr.te the exhibition of dairy appliances from the convention for the reason j that most of the prominent houses J who deal in dairy supplies are now making exhibits at St. Louis at great expense, and the exposition does not close until a late date, which will ren der it quite impossible for them to make a creditable showing at tiie con vention. Grangers of central New York will attend this meeting in large j numbers. I Jurisdiction of Kntionnl and S»ale j (ira ntcca. The national grange has jurisdiction over all the granges, issues charters, makes the laws, except that each state grange of course makes its own by laws, which must conform to the na tional grange constitution and laws. Each state grange has jurisdiction over its county or district and subordinate granges. In some of the New England ; states instead of county limits there I are district jurisdictions. The subor dinate granges are the local divisions. | Usually there is but one subgrange to | a township, but there may be more if [ they conform to the grange law that no | two granges shall be nearer together than five miles. Antl-Oleo LeglHlatlou. There will be business for the legis lative committee of the national grange before congress this winter. It! is stated that the oleo manufacturers | have organized tin association and are j soliciting contributions from o'.co deal-j ers in the United States to raise funds j to repeal the ten cent tax law this win- j ter. There is no doubt that a large sum of money will be raised for this purpose, as the tax on each dealer will be $25. As the grange has been ardent ly in favor of the ten cent tax, it was largely through its influence that the law was enacted. It behooves the sub ordinate granges to petition their con gressmen at once that the law be not i repealed. A County Kiiuril of Tritdc. The I'omona or county grange of Androscoggin county. Me., is organiz- j Inu a board of trade. Each of the i eighteen subordinate granges of that county is to appoint a representative j its financial agent, and these, with a representative of the I'omona grange, I will form a board of trade to look i after the interests of members of the : Order in the county. Count)' Lecturer* - Conference. If the lecturers of ail the subordinate! granges in a county would occasionally j meet for consultation on their work they would find the results exceedingly j profitable. Such a conference could be j held at the time of ijio I'omona grange meeting, or porluips they would find i more time at t'.ieir disposal if the con ferencc was held on some other date. I NOPDMONT CHEMICAL WORKS One of the Greatest in the Country. SHIPS ITS PRODUCT TO ALL PARTS OF THE WOPLD. A PROGRESSIVE CONCERN WITH LARGE OUTPUT. The Employees Are Well Paid, and '.he Relations ol Employer and Employees Are of the Most Cordial Kind. I A prominent industry of Sullivan ; county is the Nordmont Chemical Company's' acid plant located one- 1 fourth mile above Nordmont, occu pying, a site of several acres aD>n _r the banks of the Mnncy creek and stands as a sentinel to the long \\ hid ing valley reaching to the headwaters of the stream that supplies it with an abundance of water. This enter prise was started in the Spring of I *OO, by the Mutton I'(v« Chemical l Co. who were at that time operating I a similar plant at Emmons, erected lat that plate in 1808. This enter | prising firm operated the two plants until last year when they sold their J interests to other parties. The Kin | mons plant is now operated by the Fishing Creek Mfg. to. An inter-j est in the Nordmont plant was pur- i chased by business men of Scrunton | and W'iikeslJarre, forming a com-; : pany known as the Nordmont Cheni- ( I ical Company. This company in | their purchase of the acid works ut ; Nordmout, included the stave factory ! at l.aporte and vasts tracts of limber j land extending to the vicinity of Rickett and estimated to comprise over JOOO acres. . After the purchase was made the j ! acid works closed for alterations and \ enlargement to meet the increasing ' demands of the trade. A new plant I was erected by the side of the old one | in which was installed mod* rn equip- 1 irient and labor-saving deviets which I shows a marked contrast with the old part of the present plant. The new part roughly estimating must have cost a sum not less than SOO,OOO 1 in its construction. The old part in j its erection is said to have costs2o,ooo : however these figures cannot be) given as correct. The plant resumed operation on the Ist of November, 1004. The News Item editor was recently entertained for several hours at this hive of activity and was given much valuable information in the varied process of extracting alcohol from hardwood timber and the many uses made of the products. When coming in view of the plant one is first attracted by the .six large) smokestacks towering high in the | air and by the busy appearance of workmen hurrying from place to j place. On entering one is further! impressed with the fact that it is an industry which ranks with the most prominent in the manufactur- ing world. It has a floor space of over 1:1000 square feet. A boiler; capacity of .100 h. p. is required at i the new plant. The old and new plants are worked independently of! eaehother, excepting the distill room : where the refining of raw liquor is done. There arc twelve pairs ol retorts in the old part, each holding 1 \ cords each, which are tilled by hand. In the new part huge ovens take the place of retorts. Four of j { these ovens each holding six cords, are quickly tilled by three iron cage ' like cars each containing two cords of fifty-two-inch wood which arc loaded in the yard and run into the ovens where the distillation takes place. Sixteen cords of wood for the old part and twenty-four cords for the new part istheduily consumption when working at full capacity. Each month seven hundred bushels of time is used in the manufacture of acetate of lime. Four hundred tons of coal is consumed monthly for heat ing the ovens and retorts and gene rating steam. From the forty cords I of wood consumed daily, over thirty cars of charcoal are shipped monthly. HOW TICK DISTI i.mxi; is lIOXK. As soon as the wood cars have been run into the ovens, two massive | iron doors are wedged securely shut 1 making the ovens air tight. In this ! manner the wood is given a baking i process. At the end of each oven |is a large iron tank into which the j smoke from the wood passes. Many copper pipes are connected to these tanks which are called condensers, j in these condensers a gas is generat !' d which is conveyed by pipes to the Uoilcr furnace where it serves as j fuel. Through another pipe loading from each of the condensers pours a steady stream of liquor which is {called pyrolignous acid and contains : the elements that make wood alcohol ! and acetic acid, the latter being con verted into acetate of lime through a process of an introduetion.of lime by distillation. From this product ! all the different salts of acetate are j made such as soda acetate, led acetate (etc. Acetate of lime is found to h< I the most expeditious way of hand ling acetic acid and for that reason the lime is introduced as an absorb ent. Acetate of lime is also used as one of the principal ingredients in the manufacture of smokelss powder. It is us <1 exteusiv«ly in for niing component parts of chloroform, white | iead, celluloid and various other sim ilar articles. The market for this product is principally abroad. The wood alcohol finds its market I mostly in America, only a small 1 portion being exported. It is used us a better substitute for grain alco ! hoi where a more powerful solvent !is needed. It is deadly poison and ils use is confined entirely to ehomi cat purposes. In distilling the raw I liquor,, or pyrolignous acid, wood : tar is obtained. After the acid has I been extracted from the wood, char |coal of the best grade remains and is found to be a most profitable bi-pro ,duet for the market, it being used in large quantities by iron foundries for use in melting-furnaces. Char coal is also used extensively for making gunpowder, it forming the body and serves as an absorbant of| the explosive substances. It is estimated that this factory 75 TS. PER YEAR ! has it timber supply to keep it in operation for thirty years. A force i of twenty men are employed at the> works and about sixty workmen are ; engaged in cutting and hauling the : Wood. Mr. \Y. E. Smith, a graduate In chemistry, is foreman of the works. The directing force and energy of this establishment is It. Kessler, Jr., general manager, who is constantly widening the saies territory to meet the requirements of increased pro. duction, and is one who takes pride in being progressive and up-to-date in business affairs. In Mr. Kessier's '•Mice are seen two striking mottos hanging where the eye cannot escape lhem. < >iie i*, "I>o il Now!" another cads, "Me who takes his time, gen rallv takes other people's too." 11 is ellieient bookkeeper Mr. Ernest totsford is the only office assistance te dials necessary to keep the busi tess end of this successful enterprise ii uniform motion. The officers of the company are I'lieo. (i. Wolf, President, Scran ton; i. A. W.itres, Vice.Pres., Scranton; <'. M. Ililem.in, Treasurer, I'ittston. Vi s; D-lh fiutil Becomes the Bride of Mr. M. L. Potter. A very pretty wedding look place it the risidence" of Mr. and Mrs. lohn Dyer, liicketts, Pa., when heir neice, Until X. Putties was narried to Milton 1.. Potter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wintield Potter of Lopez. The ceremony was perform ed Wednesday afternoon, December JB, at three o'clock by llev. J. F. i lower, in the presence of the imme liate relatives. The bride was at tended by Miss Pauline Meeks, and 15. ('. Potter, brother of the groom was best man. After the ceremony m excellent winkling dinner wi.s served and enjoyed by all. Soon af erward the bride and groom disap peared from their friends until the •veiling train came in when they ap peared on the platform amid a show er of rice. A very enjoyable reception was endered the bride and groom at the lome of the hitter's parents at Lopez, Thursday evening, December 2i>. I'he happy couple received many useful presents and start out on the sea of wedded life with the best wisVes of a host of friends. They vill commence housekeeping the irst of February at Laquin, where the groom holds a good position as •lerk in the company store. Advance of Ten Per Cent in Svjar. Sugar was advanced ten per cent, ast week on all grades ot the New York exchange and the prices will nost likely continue to advance for some time. At this time last year the price of granulated sugar was luoted as 1.55; now the quotation is A prominent grocer says that lie high prices are due to the failure of the European and Cuban sugar •rops, and that in the southern states he planters are reboiling the syrup md turning it back to sugar, as they ire paid nearly double for it in this form. The refiners refuse to guar antee their shipments for thirty lays, as tney formerly did, and they >vill not allow the wholesalers to "o speculate before hand. They >»iust order the exact amount they want. "Love Lav&hs at Locksmiths." The Hughesville Independent of last week says: A new version of •'love laughs at locksmiths" was en icted at Picture Itocks last week. Itev. A. S. Williams, the Methodist minister, performed the marriage I ceremony for David Converse and Mrs. Sarah llulismith. Because o r the prevelanee of diphtheria in hi household, pastor Williams and his family are quarantined. Hut hoist ing a window, and while Converse ■ind Mrs. Huffsmith stood on the sidewalk six feet away, the mar riage ceremony was solemnized. The payment of the fee, however, was deferred until the preacher is able to get out. Congress reassembled after the holiday recess, Monday. The liill creating two states out of Oklahoma and Indian Territory and Arizona anp New Mexico was called up and postponed. Not much will be done during the present week.
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