VOL. IX. NO. 34.
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C To Buy Your Jewelry • C
N Nothing in Town to Compare With >
( the Quality that We are Giving 112
/ You for the Low Price Asked. S
C Quality nnd moderate prices m:ikes a force that\
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Cof this section. Many years here in business, always }
\ with a full line of above suspicion; chosen C
( with a care and judgment comnv nsurate with its .
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112 Repair work done on short notice and guatan-Q
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$ DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler.
COL HARDWARE^
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OB WOOD
HEATERS;
ONE OF 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 ranges for sale cheap.
We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting.
S-assinsl (Sofe^iisftorc^a.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLI AM SPORT, PA.
Ladies' and Misses' Ladies' Tailored Suits
Coats
At half price. Away down in price.
The great cloak sale that began here a
few ilavs ago hat certainly lieen appre- \\ t . have a tew ladies" line Tailored
culled bv » number ol ladies who have Suits left which we will close out at less
bought stylish new winter Coats at half ,|,an half the former prices. The mater
the regular price and less. ials comprise the newest fabrics shown
We believe the same uua'ities com- . • . . ,
, . 1 , . . tor winter wear; thev come in plain, black
tuning fit, finish and materials are not to • . '
be had in the citv. <'olur a . also fancy mixed materials.
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
We cater to your needs with a stock ot all ipiali.ies from the lowest to the
h igheet grades of Muslin I'nderwear. All arc made of good muslin nnd cambric
nea ly trimmed with embroidery and laces: every garment is generous in pro|K i
lion and cheap in price.
Good Wool Blankets
Would you invent in si pair of good
wool Blankets, il they were very cheap?
Come in and let us show you what we
have ielt and how cheap you can hity
them
AN KXTUA.PAIU WILL CtiMK IN
(ii )()f) I'll KSK CO Ll' N li> HIS.
Grey Cotton Blankets
We have a few pairs of Cray Cotton
Blankets that are heing cloned out at
much less than the Conner price.
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Republican News Item.
There is com tort in these Woolen
wearables these cold days: then the\
have ail hecn reduced. Hettcrjo .1; theni
over.
Men's and hoys' woolen Cloves.
Men's and hoys' scotch Cloves.
I.adics' and Mi—woolen glove*.
Ladies' and Misses' woo. Mittens.
Ladies' Jersey cloth I.eggins.
Misses' Jersey cloth Leggins.
Ladies' Knit tiolt I'louses.
Ladies' Flannel Skirt patterns.
I.adiet- Outing Flannel downs,
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1905.
THE GR.ANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARKOW. Chithim, N. Y..
Pros* Corree/jumhnt yew York State
GranQi
AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
?2»e (Jranjro and the Prena DlNonaiied
by Mlmm ( lurii
I Special Correspondence.]
It lias lons beeu my conviction that
the grange does not half appreciate tlic
tfilm* of bright, judicious aud persist
ant newspaper reporting. In my very
liniiietl experience 1 have been uiuuli
impressed with the large returns for
the labor expended. I have many times
been surprised at the niyaher of people
outside the Order who tell me that they
regularly read the grunge reports and
at the interest displayed In quarters
where i least expected it. In interest
ing people in the grange or iu anything
else we have at heart the personal
touch is indispensable, but it alone is
tot slow and laborious to accomplish
all that we need to accomplish. We
need the publicity which only the
newspaper can give us, and this, sup
plemented by the warm human touch,
w ill awaken a friendly interest which
will. 1 believe, in time draw to us the
men and women whom we need and
who need our Order.
Hut in emphasizing the value of
press work 1 must insist on the high
quality of that work. Nothing should
be reported which is not interesting to
the public and creditable to the grange.
The reports must not tie commonplace
either in style or iu subject matter.
They must lie clear, concise aud bright.
Some one gays that selection Is one of
the highest mental qualities. Certainly
it is one which is peculiarly necessary
to the grange reporter. The ability to
seize the salient points aud state them
clearly and forcibly, ignoring those of
less Import:'lice, is a prime requisite.
If addresses or discussions are to be
reported it Is imperative that the
speaker be not misquoted nor his
views misrepresented. If the subject
is an achievement of the grange, exag
gerated statements or any attempt at
tine writing is to be studiously avoid
I'd. Overstatement and bombast will
bring the grange into ridicule and dis
repute.
Systematic press work on a large
scale is a recent development and a
promising one. Very efficient work to
being done in New York, whose state
grange maintains a press correspond
ent who sends out a monthly bulletin
of grange news to 400 newspapers of
that state. Without doubt this wide
spread advertising contributes much
to the success of this leading grange
s#te. The correspondent also furnish
es to the American Press Association a
grange page, which Is used by about
l."0 papers in various parts of the
I'liitetl States. The same correspond
ent supplies grange matter to a syndi
cate of some fifty daily papers carry
ing a daily agricultural department
and having a combined circulation of
about 1..1011,000, ns stated in the re
port of the correspondent to the nation
al grange. <<range leaders everywhere
recognize the great value to the Order
of this service, ami it seems only a
question of time when it will become
even more far reaching and valuable
in the extension of the Order. But
while this systematic work covers the
Held more easily and completely than
any other agency can it will always
need to be supplemented by the bright,
prompt, clearly expressed local corre
spondence.
Perhaps some mention should be
made of the grange departments of
various farm papers. Many of these
are of little interest to the general
public or indeed to the grange, because
they are so evidently conducted in a
perfunctory manner anil are so pain
fully lacking in originality or force.
There are some notable exceptions,
however, which are helping to make
the Order widely and favorably
known. The contrast serves to illus
trate the point 1 have tried to tmike—
that presswork badly done is a by
word and a reproach to the cause it
serves. Skillfully and conscientiously
done it is a most effective agency for
strengthening and extending the work
and influence of the grange.
CLAKA M'DEHMiD.
Battle Creek, Mich.
!W%% .li» !•■«*> Stnt«- Graiißf.
The thirty-second annual session of I
t lie New Jersey, state grange was held j
at Trenton. The secretary's report j
showed the membership to he 7.000 in !
that state. The deputies' reports show- I
cd Increased interest in the Order
throughout the state and especially ,
commended the Held meetings iu the
summer as a means of increasing the i
membership. Resolutions were adopted
favoring a direct vote for United States !
senators, advocating stricter regula
tions for automobllists. favoring the
parcels post law. opposing the repeal
of the oleo law and favoring antitrust
laws. tl. \Y. K. Gaunt was re-elected
master of the state grange.
The handwriting of the grange may
be seen on many of the statute books
of the various states.
Two New States Added
To the American Flag.
Stateshood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory as One State
and New Mexico as Another.
j Washington, Feb. 7. -After the
continuous sitting of almost nine
I hours tlit* Senate at 8:45 tonight
! passed the joint Statehood bill. As
! passed tlie hill provided lor the ad
mission of the state of Oklahoma to
| lie e niposed of < Jklahoron and Indi
an Territory and New Mexico ac
cording to the present boundaries,
with Arizona eliminated.
The town of LaJose, in the -out! -
ern part of Clearfield County, along
| the Pennsylvania and Northwestern
division of the Pennsylvania IS IS
i- having a terrible epidemic ot
small-pov, and as a result ol t'ue
lack of preacution through the en
forcement of a <|tiarantine, the dis
ease is spreading no the .adjourning
' towns and it has now readied Figart
which is getting to dose to Altoona
for comfort.
The epidemic has been raging ill
La.lose for several weeks and tin re
are now II cases, there|having been
above 50 sin.ie it broke out. In
view of the fact that LaJose is a
town of 400 inhabitants, this 1-an
appalling situation.
The Pennsylvania State Sabbath
School Association has inaugurated
a campaign that has for its aim the
inspiration, improvment and -pit it
ual-ijuickeningof the Sunday school
work and idl Sunday school work
ers throughout tin state. A t< ur
party of six, specialists along all
lines of Sunday school work, has
been made up and will be in the
Held from the -J:srd. of January un
till May Ist. In that time forty-six
countries will have been visited and
a series r ♦' four meetings held in eat h
county.
Although once made to walk the
principal streets of W'ilkes-liarre
with a card inscribed"! am a thief"
pinned to her back, Mrs. Sarah
Jones again took to pilfering. She
was before Judge W'lieaton Friday
for sentence for shoplifting, but sen
tence was suspended. Mrs. Jones
belongs to a good faftiiiy. Her
weakness lies in the direction of pet
ty thefts. Friends of the woman
have tried in vain to have her mend
her ways. It was Mayor Nicholas
who some years ago tried the plan
of pis icarding her as a thief.
Thomas Elliott; of Freeland, l.u
y,"rne County, is the king of anthr. -
cite coal miners. 11 is net earnings
for the year past amounted to $40(10.
He has always worked as a gangway
miner, anil during the year he ha
opened inoo yards of gangway and
sent over 4000 car- of coal to the
breaker.
This would yield over l-i,(X>o tons
of clean coal, which in market v du<
nets the mine owner « i lJ,otMi. F.lli
ott has spent :S0 years at ti is work,
aud has the business down to a
science. He has driven more miles
of gangway and earned more money
than any miner in America.
People generally are beginning to
realize that road btti.uing i- a public
matter, and that the lust interest of
American agriculture ami American
people as a whole, demand the con
struction of good roads, and that
money wisely expended for this pur
pose is sure to return. Looking al
them only from the "almighty dol
lar" side, good roads are found to
pay a handsome dividend each y.iar.
Uncle Sam Opposed lo Vicious Dogs.
Persons living along routes of ru
ral free delivery mail service should
keep in mind the fact that the post
ofiicc has issued orders to the own
ers of vicious dogs that unless the
animals are removed, delivery of
mail to those houses will be discon
tinued. It should be also remem
bered that the roads must be kept
in good repair and that the snow be
.shoveled away ( froni the boxes, or
mail need not be delivered.
1 ; The Tunkhannock Republican of
last week says: The entire week
t
was occupied by two cases in court
last week, the jury in the last case
'* being out all day Saturday, and
0 i reached a decision just before night
fall. The issue was between Itecd
Frutehey of Lopez and the supervi
'• . sors of Forkston township, the plain
! till'suing for S2OO tor damage to one
!of his horses. Mr- Frutehey was
i hauling out props on Forkston
- | Mountain when his team got into a
" | bad place in the road, and ill tloun-
I
i tiering mound, one t>l tin in wa- bad
-1 ly cut on the leg Frutehey alleged
i that the supervisors were negligent'
lin not keeping the road in repair
and sufficiently free from snow to
- make hauling safe. The defense
1 sought to prove that the horse was
:l not injured upon the highway at all,
but brought witne-scs who stated
1 that they broke through and fell
'' down in the swamp whore the props
1 were hauled Iroin, and that blood
' appeared upon the snow in the Held
' between the swamp and the road.
1 After spending a day iu trying to
reach a d cision, the jury rendered a
verdict of .-is for the plaintiff.
'j
' The salient points of the decision!
; against the beef trust, as stated by 1
' j the attorney general, are as follows; j
'j First It prohibits the continuance
"I of a combination to suppress •>inpe
r j tition in the purchase of cattle for
' | slaughter. The branch of the in
junction redounds to the benefit of
cattlemen and farmers.
Second The injunction forbids
I j combinations to maintain uniform .
' |»rices in selling meats. This section
I I of the injunction will more directly
j a fleet the consumer.
i Third —lt fort I ids combination be
'! tween parties to obtain discriminato
' ry rates from the railroad compan
ies. This branch of the litigation
1 will he of benefit to the cattlemen
' md consumers alike.
Wholesale competition and the
" : breaking up of artificial-rigged pric- .
' es should follow this decision, with '
"(the important result that the price j
" of meat will be more reasonable than j
' il lias been in a .ong time. This is
1 what should happen. liut will it'.'
> Miss Anna I>. Slate of W'illiam
sport, who is a missionary at Yoko
hama, Japan, under date of January
•j 2, writes to her parents a graphic
■ description of how the news of Port i
• Arthur's fall was received in Yoko
-1 luvma. She writes:
' t "W'e were all in the parlor when
tin- news came. The room was full !
I; of Japenese men who had come to j
; pay their New Year's calls and to i
I meet Mshop Harris. Suddenly the j
j whistles began to blow; then bells I
i to ring, then rocket- togo up, and j
! 'Ac all tiew out on the -teps. People
• j were running and shouting 'Port ;
: ! Arthur has fallen!'
■! In a few minutes (lags were be-j
• ginning logo up in all directions. |
! Miss Lew is and Iran over to the;
! school house and rang the bell wild-1
1 ty to call the girls to tell them the j
j good news. The cook, who had gone |
down tow n to buy sonic things, left j
I his purchases in the store and ran j
i home to tell the story,
j 1 must tell you the sweetest thing |
|about the girls in the school across '<
I the street. At tic time of the news ■
| Mi-s Pratt tan to call the bible worn- j
ien to tell them, and she found that j
they had already heard. Most ofj
them were in their rooms praying.!
She said -he never heard such beau- j
tiful prayers—and w hat.rdo you |
think? With tears running down j
their cheeks, these Japenese women
were praying that God would com- '
fort Russia and bless Japan. Pray- '
' ing r or their enimies--wasn't that
beau.'iful?
As 1 write the shouts ot 'banzai'
conies floating up tome. There is ;
no confusion. W'e were afraid at !
the beginning of the war that the i
| people would become proud and i
75 TS. PER YEAP
I brag of their victories, but I never
hearil one man, or women either do
it,
"It is wonderful, their composure
and calmness. It must be because
they know it is a life and dealh
struggle and fur all the victories
they are paying a fearful price."
The complete Auditor's Report for
the year 1904 shows that the county
debt lias been reduced by payment
of $4201.22 of the six percent inter
est bearing judgement.
Program.
Programme of (he Semi-annual
Convention of Klkland township
Sunday School to he held at Lin
coln Falls, Church, Feb. 16, 1905:
Morning Session 10:80.
Devotional Service, Ithristian Sny
j der; Enthusiasm for Bible Study,
| Rev. J. 11. Bowen; Christ's Teach.
' Examples and Methods, F A.
' Boyle.
Afternoon Session 1:;J0,
Devotional Service; (J. F. Brown;
j The Assistance tin; Sundaay School
j shouid render; First—To the Nation,
Vernon llnll; Second—To the
Church.Rev. It. E. Huntley; and
Third—To the Home, Mrs. J. 11.
Bowers; Greatness of Sunday School
Work, Conference led Ity G- E. Bow
wn; Cradle Roll Word; Mrs. Albert
Kaye.
* Evening Session.
Devotional Service, Rev. R. E."
Huntley; Question Box in charge of
j Rev. (iuy Sayles; Address by Rev.
| I*. H. Hoover. A collection will he
i taken, Music in charge of Miss
! Rachel Rogers.
Christian Snyder, Pre; ident.
liable Boyle Secrytary.
Teachers' Institute.
The local institute for LaPorte
; Boro, LaPorte Twp., Davidson and
j Shrewsbury, and Eagles Mere school
I districts will be held at Nordmot,
Saturday, February 18. Institute
j will ccmmence promptly at in
|o'alock A. M.
Program.
j '-Personal Habits of the Teacher",
: W. B. Ilazen; "Teachers Association
Anna Quinn; ':The Boyhood of
Great Men", Martha Brnndage;
"Primary Language Work", Mar
garet Burns; "Whai does the school
yield?", Lula Duuahoe; "Physical
I training—lts importance", Anna
(learn; "Contents of children's
) minds on entering school"' Lizzie
| Kernan; -'Drawing", Margaret Hof
i fa, "The American Boy and How to
help Him", Clyde Worthington;
•'Literature in the School", Am
brose Walsh; "Manual Training and
Drawing in the Ungraded School",
i Flora Cook; "The Teacher as a
| Character Builder, Anna" Kargc;
j "How to be Interesting in Teach,
i ing", Emma Kurge; "Primary Lan
i guuge Work", Elsie Lawerence;
j "Perpetuity of the Teacher's Work"
I Tlios. Kernan. Recitations will he
! rendered by the children.
By order of committee.
The State spent $28,650,21 for
| maintaining five tish hatcheries dur
j ing the year 1904. The output of
j trout, black bass, yellow perch (sun-
I tish and frogs was T5,985,857. There
! were Ts;» arrests for violation of the
| law and 701 convictions during the
i.vear. It has been decided to raise
lake trout for breeding purposes at
! the Corry and Wayne hatcheries in
sufficient numbers to 5,000,000.
The lake trout eggs have heretofore
been taken from tish caught in Lake
Erie. Tlie dedarfment has devoted
nearly all the acreage of the Wayne
county hatchery to the cultivation
of black bass and yellow perch. /
Ponds for their cultivation will be
built at the Bellfont and Torresdale
hatcheries. Last year there were
sold in Philadelphia markets alone
190,000 pounds of carp, realizing
£171, "00. The catch in Pennsyl
vania alone was more than $100,00(1
of that sum,
Lincoln's birthday falls this year
on Sunday, Feb., 12 and as a conse
ipn nee Monday will be observed as
the holiday and banks will be closed
Election falls on the third Tuesday
in February, or Feb. 21, which is a
legal holiday and Washington's
birthday falls on Feb. 22, making
two suc/essive days on which
national banks will be closed-