Republican Uews Item.
VOL. IX. NO. 32.
i his Is the Place
(To Buy Your Jewelry S
Nothing in Town to Compare With >
112 the Quality that We are Giving /
s You for the Low Price Asked. ' S
C Qualitv arul moderate prices makes a force that S
3irresist bly draws into our store the best patronage r
C of this section. Many years here in business, always 3
> with a full line of above suspicion; chosen C
{ with a care and judgment commensurate with its «
S desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \
Q our store a safe place to invest. C
r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
V teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A
> RETTENBURY, >
<> DUSHORE, PA. Tlie Jeweler.
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No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANG ES,
COJi-Xj OK/ WOO D
HE A TERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every
DescnViicn, Guns and Ammunition.
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
A lot -;:f socond iicuid atoves and ranges for sale cheap.
Wo can oel! you in stoves r.rything from a fine Jewel Ease
Burner to a low priced but sutiefactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hut Water Heating and
General Flepuii Jig. Roofing and Spouting.
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l-u k£ -v* >i v *V O*■ $>JSf 01 1- d«
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLI AMS PORT, PA.
January Scile, Muslin Underwear.
This week, we i egin an imp >rt:snt safe of Muslin
Underwear, at sp 'ci.,l pn- es that is hv of more
than the usual att iton of n uMin underware sal s. Fver>
•.rami nt is cn'irt-lv i.evv :nd the prices are very much
less than vo i have been p.i>ing 112 >r equal value.
For 10 Cents
Ladies' Cornets Cover.-- Children's Drawers, '1 to (Wears; Buys' and (iirls'
Twilled Muslin Waists: Children's Skirts, 1 to IS years, and Infant's Dresses,
'Nock ami Sleeves Edged with I .nee. lor 10c.
For 15 Cents
Ladies' Corset Covers, edged with lace or homtstitehed rtillles: Ladies'
Drawers, with rtillles: < 'hihlretis' l'lain or liultled Drawers, sizes 2to Childrens'
Waists and Infants' Dresses will, yoke and insertion, tor louts.
For 55 Cents
Ladies' fiowns, either square or V neck, tucked yoke or lace or embroidery
insertions; Ladies' Drawers with Flounce and Tucks: Ladies' Long and Short
Skirts, with hemstitched rullle: <'orset Covers chyntily trimmed with lace and
ribbon, and Infants' liresscs, (or 125 c.
For 50 Cents
Ladies' Corset < 'overs with lace embroidery and ribbon; Ladies' Drawers
with deep llounce edged wi ,h embroidery or lace; Ladies' Long Skirts; Ladies'
Short Skirts with la< • ed^e —several styles of gowns to choose from, for 50c
For 75 Cents
Ladies' (iowns with tucked vok', lace embroiderv insertion; Ladies' Long
Skirts, with tucked llounce i.r insertion and lace edge: Ladies' Drawers with deep
llounce trimmed with tucks and embroidery or lace. A large line of Corset Covers
daintily trimmed with line lace and embroidery, excellent values for T.'ic.
For Si.OO
We show a large line of Ladies' Muslin, and Cambric Underwear elaborately
trimmed with tine laces and embroideries: the best assortment we ever showed lor
SI.OO
In connection with this special sale ol Muslin Underwear we will have dis
played a large line of the liner grades of Muslin and Cambric Under (iarments,
that are elaborately trimmed with daintj laces, embroidery and ribbons. (Quality
considered, the prices will be very low.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURL HJARY 26,1905.
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Penna. State Capito! Building as it will appear when compfeierl.
CAPITOL BtAUTIHS HIDDEN
Park Should Be Extended to Af
ford Setting For State Building.
A bill will shortly be presented In
the state legislature at Harrisburg for
the extension of the state capitol park,
a project which has been urged for
years, and which in the opinion of
everyone who has seen the new state
capitol, is needed if the magnificent
structure is to be given an adequate
setting. This measure has been out
lined and will receive the hearty sup
port of members of the legislature :
from all parts of the state.
The plan for park extension has !
been endorsed by Architect Huston. !
whose plans have been carried out for
the new capitol, and to whom is due ;
the splendor of the building which is
risinc on historic Capitol Hill. It has
been a subject which has received
periodical attention for many years,
but which never took definite shape j
before. Now general interest in all j
parts of the state has been aroused, I
and since the proportions of the state's j
new official home can be seen it is !
realized that unless something is done i
to provide more room the structure, on j
which there has been expended a
wealth of idea and millions of state j
•aou/v, will be practically hidden. 1
building notable for its stately appear- j
ante, its handsome decoration and
beautiful material. IF being built in the |
midst of a city, so tha* it will be tin- [
appreciated unless one goes almost be
side it.
In order to appreciate this condition
it is necessary to give some idea of
the location of the state house at Har
risburg. The building is being erected
on Capitol Hill, au eminence which is
from eight to 15 feet above the streets
in the heart of Harrisburg, and which ;
is bounded on all -<ides by paved thor
oughfares lined with business and resi- 1
ilential buildings, some of which, es
pecially on the side which it is pro- j
posed to take, are anything but beau- ;
tiful. On the west <ide of the capitol
park stretches the chief residence dis- j
trict of the city containing many fine
homes, several of the city's largest
churches, the new V. M. C. A. building,
one new theatre, the government's j
stately granite building and for which I
are projected a Masonic temple and a
Roman Catholic cathedral, which will
cost far over half a million uol- ;
lars, in addition to other buildings. To
extend on this side would be manifest- !
ly impossible because of the expense j
even though it is bounded two squares j
from the capitol by the beautiful Sus
quehanna.
The proposed improvements are to j
be on the east side. If it had been
destined by the founders and builders
of the capitol to have it taken into the
park some day it could not have been
planned better. It has never been de
veloped worth speaking about. It con
tains some industrial plants,, none of
them attractively built, a soap factory
or two, a market and some small
churches, the bulk of the buildings be
ing small and many of them rickety :
frame buildings, characteristic of the j
poorest section of a city. Some idea j
of their character can oe gleaned from
the photographs presented.
Because of this growth of the city 1
there are just two points from which .
there can be obtained good views of
the new state house. One is on State
street, west, where from a distance of j
a block a view embracing about half
of the front of the building, with its
flight of steps, can oe lind. Extension i
of the park there is considered out of
the question because of the expense.
On the east side State street gives the
other view, equally circumscribed. At
no place can there be obtained a view
of the state bouse so that its decora
tion and graceful outline <an be satis
faitorily observed. On the side where
it is proposed to make the extension
of the park the capitol rises from a city
street, towering so that even on the
opposite side of the highway it is
necessary to crane one's neck to see
the balustrade on top of the main
building.
The section which it Is proposed to
take contains four streets running
Toward Capital Building from Fifth Street on North Avenue.
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Looking west on South Avenue from Fifth Street.
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north and south and an eq ial number j
running east and west, there being also
several alleys whose removal would ;
be a good thing for all concerned. This .
projei t lias long been a favorite one
with lawmakers and state officials to
whom the eastern outlook from the ;
capitol has been *n eyesore, and who J
realize that at comparatively small
cost the park can be extended so that
the $t,500,000 capitol will not Vie hid
den, but can be given a setting like
those of other states, and where the
citizen of Pennsylvania may view
with pride the unmatched capitol of
his state.
The death of ex-Governor Nash of
Ohio left a vacancy on the board of
i trustees of the Ohio St.to university,
i Coventor Herrick promptly appointed
i Hon. I\ A. Dcrthick, master of th*
Ohio state grange, to till the vacancy.
i Every deputy organizer should know
the history of the Order by heart and
be nMe to tell what it lias done for the
farmer.
Bradford county. Pa., has twenty-five
granges, and eighteen of them own
their own balls. Its membership ia
2,3.10.
75 TS. PER YEAR 1
Wf
THE GR.ANGE
> Conducted by
J. W. DAKKOW, Chatham, N. Y..
I'rrm Orrrcßpmuient New Yirrk State
Orange
THE ORDER FLOURISHING.
Ilrit-f of the Condition of the
(irunico In VnrlouM State*.
Now Hampshire reports 200 subordi
nate awl 1!) Pomona granges, and 100
members of the Order were elected to
ihe last legislature, Pennsylvania re
ports nearly 7,000 new members the
past year. Maine now has 374 subordi
nate granges and 24 I'oinoua granges.
The total state membership Is 45,772.
Thirteen new grange halls were erect
ed the past year in that state, cost
ing on au average $3,700, the most
expensive one costing $14,500. One
subordinate grange in that state has
a membership of about 800. New
York has organized 32 new granges
the past year and has dedicated 7
grange halls. The gain in membership
is between 0,000 and (>,OOO for the year.
Kansas lias added (5.000 to the member
ship during the past year. One Are ln
wwfcfcvt 1 in that state carries
risks tv'fofe vWkueof more than $3,200,-
000. fair prosper
ity for megraimKS Mutual Are insur
ance companies flpport a saving of 50
per cent on the cost of insurance.
Maryland reports prdsress. Michigan
has added eighty-one granges the past
year, malting 71 i) granges in the state,
with 44,013 members. There are about
twenty county and district fire insur
ance companies in |lie state, the aver
age cost of Insuranc£*ftn each SI,OOO
being about .$1.25 perjknuum. They
have 520.000 In t(uv ma treasury.
Four hundred awned
by subordinate are
twenty-four In one Vir
ginia is rapidly iwningnKpi^w front.
There are about 100 granger In good
-taml'.ng. New Jersey has increased
its membership about 2,000 the past
year.
Ti>i>le* For OlscuNsion In the Grange.
Will the exclusive use of commercial
fertilizers tend to impoverish land
when used continuously?
Is the food value of a ton of corn
either increased or diminished by put- ,
tin;: it into a silo? *" -fc
Should a farmer* join the grange
merely to make or save money by so
doing?
Is the abolition of corporal punish
ment in our common schools proving n
blessing or an injury to the youth of
our country'. 1
Is it possible for manufacturers of
farm impl< ments to sell direct to farm
ers and dispense entirely with agents?
Does improved machinery increase or
decrease the cost of production of a
crop, everything being taken into con
sideration?
Is it equitable and fair for one lo
cality that has already built good roads
to be taxed for the improvement of
roads in other localities where roads
are unimproved?
Tlie Subordinate Urnn«e.
The subordinate grange is the basic
.stone of our Order, and without it
we could not succeed, says State Mas
ter (Jaunt of New Jersey. It is the
strong link in the chain that binds this
Li-eat farmers' organization together
from ocean to ocean. The influence
and usefulness of the Pomona state
and national granges depend upon good
work done by our subordinates. It be
hooves us as Patrons to look well to
the great superstructure upon which
the order re-it ;. Let each be a farm
ers' school, where rlie mind and heart
can be cultured, the vision be broaden
ed and life made worth living.
An EntCi'iu'isins Maine tiraiiffe.
Wesaweskeag grange, up in Maine,
is noted for something besides its
name. This grange, we learn from the
Maine I-'armer. is to acquire title to a
small farm property at South Thomas
ton, whereon it will erect or remodel
one of the present buildings into a com
modious grange hall. The hall will be
on the second floor, with banquet hall,
kitchen, pantry and other facilities on
the first floor. This will involve an
expense of about .SSOO, and the money
for the entire deal is in sight. The
property cost $1,300.
The llrniiEi- In Illinois.
We have added eight granges to our
rolls during the year and increased our
membership about 20 per cent. The
profits to the membership, so far as
reported for the three quarters past,
by co-operation in buying supplies and
disposing of products, were about 14
per cent as compared with the local
prices. Our dealings reach from the
disposing of products in the east to
the buying of l'ruit in Washington and
California.— Oliver Wilson, State Mas
ter of Illinois.
The Grnnpre In RltOile Inluiicl.
This little Roger Williams state, con
taining a little over 1,200 square miles,
reports within its borders twenty-one
subordinate granges and four Pomona
granges. Frank E. Ma reliant is the
worthy master.