Republican News Item. VOL. IX. NO. 33. C To Buy Your Jewelry s S Nothing - in Town to Compare With > ( 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 C of this section. Many years here in business, always 3 5 with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C ( with a care and judgment commensurate with its • \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ 112 our store a sate place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. S RETTENBURY, S <, UUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. C ° 'hardware """" T v " No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the bnyer 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. S u us ms i Fa. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AM SPORT, PA. January Sale, Muslin Uuderwear. I his week, we hegin an important sale of Muslin Underwear, at special prkes. that is wor hv of mon than the usuil attention o( muslin underware sal s. Hverv garm nt is entirely nevV and the prices ;>re very much less than you have been paying for equal value. For 10 Cents Ladies' Corsets Covers; Children's Drawers, to (1 years; Hoy.-' and <iirls' Twilled Muslin Waists; < 'hildren's Skirls, I to years, ami Infant's Presses, Seek and Sleeves Edged with l.aee. for 10c. For 15 Cents Ladies' Corset Covers, edged with lace or homestitchcd rnilies; Ladies' Drawers,'with rnflles; ('hildrens' Plain or Unfiled I'rawers, sizes 'J to S; Children*' Waists and Infants' Dresses with yoke and insertion, lor 15 ets. For 55 Cents Ladies' downs, either square or V neck, tucked yoke or lace or embroidery ilist!riions; Ladies' Drawers with Flounce and Tucks; Ladies' Long and Short Skirts, with hemstitched ruftle: Corset ('overs daintily trimmed with lace and rihhon. and Infant*' Dresses, tor 25c. For 50 Cents Ladies' Corset Covers with lace embroidery and ribbon: Ladies' Drawers with deep llounee edged wiih embroidery or lace; Ladies' Long Skirts; Ladies' Short Skirts with lace ed^e — several styles of gowns to choose from, for 50c For 75 Cents Ladies Cowns with tucked yoke, lace emhroiderv insertion; Ladies' Long Skirts, with tucked flounce < r insertion and luce edge; Ladies' Drawers with deep llounee trimmed with tucks and embroidery or lace. A large line of Corset ('overs daintilv trimmed wiih line lace and embroidery, excellent values lor 75c. For SI.OO \\ e show a large line o( Ladies Muslin, and ('ambric I nderwear elaborately trimmed with fine laces and embroideries; the best assortment we ever showed for SI.OO In connection with this special sale of Muslin I'nderwear we will lmve dis played a large line of the liner grades o? Mutdin and Cambric Under (iarments. that are elaborately trimmed with dainty laces, emhroiderv and ribbons. «Ju j» lity considered, the prices will be very low. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1905. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y- Pre** Ciirrewiowicnt A'eic Yurie State (irainie PENNSYLVANIA GRANGERS. Over (S.OOO Xcw Member* Added to tlie Roll the l*iiNt Yenr. Tlie Pennsylvania state grange met this year at Erie, \V. F. Hill of Mont Alto, worthy master, presiding. Sec retary Ailnian reported 0.204 new names added to the rolls during the past year. This does not Include those reinstated. There are now .">4O granges iu tlie state as against 501 l'or last year. The receipts for the last year were $11,440.80. The sixth degree was conferred on a class of 215. The elec tion of officers occurred, and W. P. Hill was chosen master for the tenth year. Evidently Pennsylvania believes in keeping good men in office, for they have re-elected their overseer for the seventh year; lecturer, seventh year; treasurer, fourteenth year; secretary, eleventh year; gatekeeper, seventeenth year, and assistant steward, seventh year. The legislative committee made one of the most important reports ever submitted to the state grange. The Hon. William T. Mct'reary was at the head of tlie committee. The report favored legislation allowing trolley companies to carry freight; a tax of 1 mill on corporate and personal prop erty for road purposes, to be distribut ed according to public road mileage; favored laws whereby license taxes under both county and municipal laws be paid to the counties in which such taxes are collected; favored tlie initia tive and referendum, parcels posts mid postal savings banks. It also favored Increasing the public school appropria tion to s'_'ot>,ouo, (he amount appropri ated at the last session being $lOO.l it HI. A Wine SuKSMllnn. To try t" set the farmers' organiza tion at the rather formidable task of correcting all the real or supposed evils of our social system, says tlie Country Gentleman, is about as Judi cious a proceeding as if the Methodist or Presbyterian members or the Repub licans or Democrats, for that matter, should want to dragoon the whole Or der into tlie ranks of their particular churches i>r political parties. Let the grange .-stand for agriculture and ag ricultural interests, ever ready not only to defend these from attack In any quarter, but actively to promote every measure that is for their benefit, at the polls, in the state and national legisla tures and everywhere else. I.ot it stand for nothing else and undertake nothing else. To tackle the job of re forming the political, liuancial and Ju dicial methods of the country is slni ply to invite dissensions within the Or der find ultimately to disintegrate and ruin it. Stuii«l by the (iiins. The supreme court of the United Stales in its recent decision sustuius the grange contention that palm oil coloring in oleomargarine subjects It to the legal tax of lo cents per pound. Evasion of the law lias proved abor tive, and now a herculean effort is be ing arranged by the oleo people to re peal the law. The grange editor of the National Stockman remarks that or ganized agriculturists should improve the intervening time in recruiting and disciplining for a stand by the guns when the contest opens in earnest. Tlie P«rcM« POM. in Switzerland you can seud a par cel weighing forty-four pounds for 33 cents by mail. You could mail tlie same in Germany for 24 cents. In the United States you couldn't mail it at all unless you divided it in eleven separate parcels, and then it would cost you $7.u4. The grange stands for the parcels post, which will give Amer icans postal facilities equal to those enjoyed by the residents of an}' other country. If you belong to the grange you are helping. If not, you are hin dering. National Stockman. Vt' r moll I Stale Crime*. The thirty-third annual session of the Vermont state grange was held at Bel lows Palls, Governor J. Bell, mas ter. presiding, in his opening addrt s lie referred to the laws which have been passed by the legislature within the past year that have been beneficial to the rural communities and predicted other reforms in legislation to come. The net increase iu membership the past year was SoO, the aggregate being about B.UOO. Worthy Master Bell was re-elected for another term. Vullonol <;rnuc«» Property. -The national grange executive com mittee reports that the property of the national grange c.insists of twenty-nine farm mortgages, amounting to $40,300; deposits in savings banks. $12,712; amount in fiscal agency, $20,490; total investments, SOO,IOO, or a total of SBO.- 090, which is an iucrease during the fiscal year of $0,203.57. The practice of indorsing candidates 112 ir political office in the grange is of doubtful propriety OBITUARY. We are sad to announce the death ofJohiißrown mho died ;tf liis home near rfonestown, in Davidson Twp., Sullivan County, Jan. G, 1005, agt d (58 years, 7 months and (i days, lie is survived by three children, two sons and one daughter, Chas. W. aid F. 11. Brown both of English Centie and Mrs. Mary Bradley of Davidson Twp. The funeral was held at the Cherry Grove M. K. Church 011 .Jan. 10, 'OS, when a most tenderly at.d consoling sermon was belivered by Rev. .S, B. Bidlack of I lugher-ville and assisted by Rev. S. 11. Eugler of Lal'orte. Mr. John Brown his been a constant christian professor the 'greater part of his life. His disease was a t nit it rous cancer with whit h he was contlned to his bed for four months. Everything suggested by science and afl'ection was tried to stay-the ravages t 112 his di.-eas \ lie bore his sufferings with patience and christian fortitude but at last with out a manner hey ielded up his soul in full ami concious "rest in Jesus", lie was ;t man of sterling integrity. Ilis affectionate relatives have the sympathy of the noble community. His peaceful departure is a mo*t striking evidence of a sou Ice -h "at ian hope. John Brown was born in Mobile, Scotland, May 31st., Ls:lli. lie came to this country w hen but a boy at the age of IS years, and in the year of 1803 he bought a piece ol land near Sunt slow it an I Ii veil theie -011 the ro*t of his life. He was inai ried to IMieobe A Speiiry, danghtei of Samuel Speary. She tlied at her home October 12, loan. After tin death of his wife he lived alone, un til the last two years, when M > inn- Speary rented his farm and moved in with him. Mr. Brown was draft ed February 17, 1st;;; and reported at frov November, Ilh., of the same year, luttjieing an allian was not ac cepted. lie was naturalized in lstis A Friend. NORDMONT. The snow storm in this vicinity was quite severe as it blockaded the roads. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Converse of Kansas were vMting friends and relatives in tow u last week. Miss Alice King who Im* been working in William-port for some time has returned home. Mr. Brad Bartlow has moved back in town. The lamp of Mr Monroe Speary's was sitting on the table Sunday eve ninr last and by some means explod ed and threw the oil nearly all ovei the floor; but as the lire w.i.-> quickly extinguished no damage was done. Mr. Edgar Bobbins of near Sones town was through ibis vicinity get ting signers for the It. F. D. Bonis. Every one is anxiotisly waiting loi it to come soon. HJLLSGJROVE. Misses Josephine and I-'rank ford Lewis gave a reception to their Sim day School classes at their home on Friday evening, Jan. l'O. A sumpt uous supper was served, all report a pleasant time. A familiar form of salutation among the chappies here is "Where dill you get your peg leg cottrdoroies. Just who is to be (i. M.of the new L. It., to be built in this .station of the country next summer is not known. Several of our popular townsmen will apply. Mr. Reidy smiles ami treats his twin boys, born 12 inst. Miss Dora Burkholder accom pania-' Miss Edna l.udy back lo Binghh.iiton last week. Frank Bry is able to be out again and does not sei m to be seriously haudicapetl by the loss of his foot. Humor has it that Fro.''. Robert Molyneux of Elkland has purchased the fam owned by Miss Anna Ives and will take possession of it April Ist. A gentleman from Dushore and Mr Weaver of Monloursville will open a general store and a meat market in the Sad It r Block this spring, both gsntlemen well come itvommenued and should receive patronage. The fever patients are fo far re covered as to dispense with the serv ices of their nurse*. The United States Civil Service eommission announces that an ex amination for clerk and carrier; will i j be hold at Milton on Saturday, Feb ruary 4th. This examination tilers an opportunity to hright energetic young persons to enter an interesting Held riT government employment, where the salaries compare mi S[ favorable with those p:u«l in private employment. The salaries of letter carriers run from $(>00 to SI,OOO p<r annum, and postoffiee [ clerks from $-100 to SI .000. The age limits from eighteen to forty-live. Applicants must have the medical certificate in the application blank executed. Male applicants must be at least five feet four inches'tall and weigh not less than 12"i pounds. The postolllce department has stated that no person who is defect ive in any of the following-mimed particulars will be appointed in the postal service: Deaf mutes; hunch backs; persons having defective hear ing, sight or speech; pel's >i s t ally blind or one ey; oue-;irmed one-handed,or, one-legged persons, or those having crippled arms or legs; and those stilfersug from asth ma, consumption, hernia, or any other physical defect or desease which would prevent a proper dis charge of the duties <»f the position. All persons who have been exami ned for the position of clerk or car rier within the past year and failed io pass may be re-examined upon filing new application- indue time. This examination is open to all citizen-of the I'nited Slates who comply with the requirements. The old time country stores are disappearing. They have had theii day and they are passing. The farmer drives by them on his way t<> the larger centers of trude. The old methods of I are gone. The farmer sells his products for cash and buys where it suites him best, lb has learned to farm better, to buy belter and to sell better, lie has learned that his hay and corn go to '!■> rU-cf eh nn<i more p/otltable as fat beef and pork than as hay and corn, and scut thus, they leave the valuable manures behind. The farmer is learning to concentrate' his power, his education and his energy io make a fertile farm more fertile and a profitable crop more proiitable -aud he is doing it. lie has better markets and gets better prices. A provisional brigade composed of one regiment from each of the three brigades of the division of the Nat ional Guards of Penny. militiawill b in tlii' inaugural parade at Washing ion, on March Ith. What regiments will be assigned to the brigade is not as yet known and it will be a week or more before the assignments un made. Mi" Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt have met upon the peaceful iield of the White House officers anil ex changed compliments, which for wit and brillancy could have been excelled by any modern hero of ro mance, but which were clearly in dicative of mutual respect. It is something of an intellectual triumph when a man of Bryan's avowed principles of four years back can gracefully and apparently with sin cerity congratulate the President on some of his accomplishments, and i; is not less a demonstration of l'oose velt's breadth of spirit and liberality that lie received Mr. Bryan with such cordiality. Both of these men are still young audit maybe thai neither has reached his fullest de velopment- Bryan, certainly iu the last few years has shown a broad ening of vision and pronouncement that may or may not have been due to that enlighteniug experience of a trip abroad, Senator Cullom upon meeting Mr. Bryan spoke of that gentleman's increased avuidupois saying aptly, "You have grown in more ways than one, Mr. Bryan. Doubtful as that compliment may have been to the one addressed it had the merit of truth audit is i phenomenon that a man of Presi dent Roosevelt's character wou'd be quick to recognize. Foley*s Honey ana Tar turns colds, preventM ptuummmtm. 75 TS. PER YEAP Sugar Ridge Items. Ou Saturday evening a Jojwsrowd of young people drove to the homb of Sylvia Burk's and completely gV prised her, it being her sixtetfvth birthday. The evening was aipeut pleasant Those present were: Misses | Ada' Simmons, [Mildred flail, Nora Charist, Agnes latin), Lela Landon, Anna Russell, Meda Watermain, Edith Fiester, Carrie Lovelace, Anna Jordan, Roxauan Harvey, Ambia Smith. Messrs. Harry Willson, Leonard aud Harry Boatman, Harry Ruasel, Frank Ren, Ibty and Minard Peters, Leo Fiester Sam nel Stack house, A. Laird, Kd. Christ, Harry Fries, Qrval Hall, E. Smith, Beily Olidewell, George Lovelace, Otto Boatman, Burrows Dewald, Carl Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Converse, Mr. and Mrs. S. P- Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell and Mrs. 11. A. Dent. The nine day sale of Jacob Par's stores at Hughesville and Muncy which S. Schliehter and Co. con ducted .nuied Saturday. Jauuary 29th., ,03. It was a big success. Thousands of customers were per fectly satisfied with bat gains they got during that successful sale, lie lias sold all his old stock and from now on will sell much better clothing and shoes at a less price than ever. The main success of Jacob Per'a* stores at 11 ughesvillc and Muncy is owing to the fact that they sell exactly as advertised ami appreciate the trade. He is receiving new goods every day and is ready to serve thousands of sat isfied cusiomera. Program of Local Institute to be held at Estella, Saturday, Feb. 11, comprising the districts of Forks, Fox, llillsgrove.Elklund and Forks ville Boro. "Fractions," J. R. Molynoux. "Nature Study in the Public School" France Paruoe. "In what way can we improve our Rural Schools from the Teachers point of view?" Lulu MeCurty; from the Director's point of view" William Norton. "Litera ture in our Public Schools" Wallace Burgess. "Primary Geography" Phoebe Albertson. "Daily Prepa ration of the Teacher" llattie Moly neaux. "Centralization of Schools" general discussion. "Should Politics be taught in our Public Schools" Mr. Green. "History Exercises in Low er Grades" Nelson Mullen. "What Good is our County Institute" gen eral discussion. "How may a School Acquire a Library?" Alice Corcoran. Jonas Fisher of Williamsport, has started to improve and make valu able some waste laud by planting J,OOO walnut trees to be used for manufacturing purposes when they | attain the proper growth. In the spring lie will increase the num ber to 10,000, which will make a good siicil timber tract. He also will plant some swampy laud with locust trees, they grow more rapidly than walnut and will be marketable at an earlier date. S-14 pays six weeks instruction and board at the College of Music, Freeburg, Pit., Piano, organ, King ing, brass and string instruments taught. Young people are as well cared for as at home. Terms begin May Ist.. June 12th.. July 24th. For catalogue address. Henry B. Moyer. Here is a tribute to a splendid in stitution and its supporters, coming from thd Williamsport Sun: "No nobler work could be conceiv ed than that which was started by the Od l Fellows in establishing the orphanage near Sunberry. This or phanage is one of the most com mendable charitable institutions in the State, and its successful oper ation has attracted the attentiou of the people generally. In maintain ing this orphanage Ihel Hi I Fellows are giving an example to the world of the noble principles of the order. The enlargement of the orphanage will mean increased facilities for ear ing for the children of tho<« Odd Fallows who have p»ss d i.way. I.ime at Kteder.s Lime HIOM, below Laporte, Pa.
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