VOL. X. NO. 9. Vv—y } This Is the Place < s To Buy Your Jewelry \ C Nothing in Town lo Compare With ; ( the Quality that We are Giving J ) Yon for the Low Price Asked. p C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ ;> irresistibly draws into our store the best pationagt r 112 of this section. Many year* here in business, a ways 3 X with a full line of goods above suspicion; chose:n l 'with a care and judgm< nt commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to Mine taste, maKes \ / our store a sale place to invest / Repair work done on short notice and gu'iran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated, p $ RETTENBURY, > S DUSHORE, l.'A. The Jeweler. <> CO HARDWARE-% No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OIK, WOO D. HEATERS; j ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Descripiicn, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth oi our talk. A. lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. Wo can sell you in stoves anything a fine Jewel Ease Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and j General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Sdittuef P>etter than made to Measure and Aorx 1=), i5 and S2O sSoits are equal to the finest ni.nl.' to measure, even if you would pay $40.00 ih.reis no coin try tavlor that has the workmanship 1 ke Hart, Schaffuer and Marx's Hand Made Clothing Hart, S chaff uer and Marx Clothii u are leaders in style. They guarantee their suits to hold the shape for one year. We also have a larg.-assortment of clot'iir.tr for young n en. Men's suits from *s.oo t> SI2OO in all th»* latest make. Come here, we have a big varittv and guarantee the Clothing and Prices and pay your car fare d u purchase amounts to si< ur over. • Ja.ccb Pes*, HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905. The ravages of San Jose scale, a tiny insect living under ;i hard shell on the hark of trees, have grown so pronounced throughout Pennsylvan ia that the State Department of Ag riculture is aroused. Millions of dol lars worth of fruit trees and other plants have hcen destroyed entirely. A 112" wj\ cars ago San Jose scale WHS unknown in the Fast, though the West sull'ered heavily. Now, how ever, the pest has spread and has. reached the Atlantic seaboard. For that reason the department deter | mined to give a practical illustration of the most clli'divo way of exterm ination —the use of the limc-sulpluir : salt solution, which anyone can make and apply, and whose efl'i ctiveness has heen at tcst< 111 iy I lie I'iiitei] States government and many State experi mental stations. For a small quantity one pound of Hour of sulphur or sulphate of pot ash, one pound of fresh lime and two gallons of warm water arc required. The lime is si icked and then the sul phur stirred in. With this solution every portion of the tree is coated. The covering makes the tree yellow at tirst, hut it dries white. There should he repeated spraying during several days. The cost is ahout 1:5 cents a gallon. Years ago the pest was known in China. From hence it made its way to .Inpan, then suddenly appeared in California, where it received its pres ent name, and slowly came east ward. It is a little fellow, and a score of them can flmiri.-h on a piece of hark as big as a pin head. It hites into the lurk, eventually killing it, ami spreads over the fruit, discoloring it. Kventually the tree dies. i utii recently many solutions were trinl, hut none were found eU'ective until the lime-sulphur salt compound was prepared. The i tccnth annual convention of j the Rradlbrd Sullivan Fndeavor Fn ion held iti the Wyalusing I'reshy- j t rian church, June 21, and 22, prov- j i d the work and cllort of the socie- : ties in these counties. Nearly every ; speaker on the program was present and the addresses and talks were: very helpful and much enthusiasm ! was shown in the work. During each session anthems hy the Fastern IJradford Choral society anil the con- ! gregational singing were enjoyable! features. On Wednesday evening j the delegates met in the church par lors in a prayer meeting led hy ltcv -11. S. Riglitmire after which they marched to the auditorium of the church singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" when the session opened with prayer hy the Rev. Kightmire. As the lecturer of the evening, Rev. T. C. Fdwards could not he present, Ilev. I!. 11. Rent of Rernice, gave the address on "Inspiration of the leadership of Jesus Christ," and in an earn* t manner pointed all to the one source of good, Christ. JWlien the addressee were made on "What our churchf s are doing in evangelis tic work," Rev. Hoover of Dushore, -aid that the Redeemer Reform church is doing wondehais labor to reach the people and 11i11- do the work of the Master. If aft. r two wecl>.s of rainy woutlier, followed by one hour of sunshine, a bicycler can spent atom; at a gait of eight miles mi tiour nmt sling 110 mint up li.s hack, if after a dry summer's tradie a funeral train can move over tii" road without raising the dust, if aftiv several yea in' use there are no perceptible ruts made hy wagon wheels or horses' 1 then we can pro nounce it a good load. S line of >oii may think this hut an Idle dream, luip iswlhle of realization. You need hut travel a little In sonic of the European countries to undeceive yotll el ves ill this res|H'ct. oil will Hint tn.it such roads arc posnihle. and not oiw.v p..! ;<■, hut in the long run die most < on .uiu-al. In this country in extensive drives or tiicycle rides we re iti'c when we approach a town, for there w expect to llnil solid roads. In in" t of the KurojH'iin countries, on the other hand, we rejoice when we i nigh paving block* and reach the smooth, i lean country iua< adaiu la ili.-i country, especially in the western ,-tat -. the plan Is to make the 1 ■ ik'>~ wu) w ide eiuaiuh to enable u* to luru on' froiu uiudhole* and du t> tracks, hi the old country the plan is to kc.-p Ibe l mnl narrow enough to eUatde the lit tu IK It property. I.a nil i-> vuliwlno lor cult.v.illoii, btlt I'" . ate Mevdl me a nill.aitcM. r.ol ..or P A »"'ei\ tub The fishery Commission have met j and received Commissioner Mehan's , report of the work done iiythetle-i partment for the six months ending ! May .'list. From December Ist. to I June Ist. there were hatched and (lis-1 tributed from the live hatcheries 145,1 I£»7,SMK lish, witli probably several millions more eggs hatching after thai date. From all appearances, at j the end of the calendar year the out put will exceed that of any year in the history of tish culture in Pennsyl vania and exceed by many millions the best efforts ot any other state last [year. Of the fish hatched and dis tributed the las! six months, 124,07'.),- i 000 were white lish, lake herring, wall-eyed pike and blue pike, K,!>.">(), 000 pickerel, 8,800,000 brook and lake trout and 3215,000 shad. The lish wardens made 202 arrests and se cured ls'i convictions and the impo sition of fines amounting to $:),920. (Seventeen cases were discharged and seventeen defendants went to jail, nine in lieu of payment of tines. The board confirmed the appoint ment of William llaas and \V. 11. Safiord as superintendents of two of three new hatcheries authorized i by the legislature. The annual bible conference will be held at Eagles .Mere, July •"> to 12. | The speakers this year include tbe J following: Robert W. lingers, I'll, j 1). 1). I)., Rev. John F. Carson, D. ' I)., Bishop Rudolph Dubs, l>. I)., 1., j I<. 1)., and Rev. Charles F. llnlhurt, ! director of African Inland Mis-ion. ; The natural attractions of Fagles i .Mere are well known and doubtless! many will take the opportunity of enjoying their outing at a time when j they may hear the noted speakers ' mentioned. The program includes j address mornings and evenings, leaving the afternoon for recreation. I Upon payment of $2 for registra tion fee one may gain admission to the sessions and get reduced rates at the hotels ranging from eight dol lars to fourteen for the conference. The President lias appointed a com-! mission of tried men in the govern-1 i> -nt service to investigate the meth-1 ods of the executive departments. I There is room for investigation and | reform in those quaiters, not for t'le reason that "graft" is believed to be i extensively practiced, though there may be some, but because there are unbusinesslike methods in the de partments which in the opinion of the President need overhauling and correction. They have never been | reformed since the days of the spoils j system, when it was not a question ; of how economically a given amount of work could be performed, but how j many places the work could furnish \ an excuse for. It is only a few years ago that prominent members of the Cabinet would apply to Congiess for a much greater number of employes than were necessary to do the w >rk they i wanted to undertake. By means of the extra places provision was math I for brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts mother-in-law, and public expense incurred that was absolutely un ! necessary. Relatives of i mbers of Congress, provided for in this way, | usually performed no labor other i than to draw their salaries. With the extension of civil service, it was intended that such practice-1 should come in an end, but a good ileal of it still lingers in the depart ment, and In effect ii- thorough erad icalioli the President has appointed | the commission to discover all sue!. i I cases and bring them to his attention. When he ha- definite cognizance ol , tlieni itmay be confidentially expect- It'll tliul they will be stopped, j The fresh egg- which will be put upon the market about next Christ inas are already in the cold storage j warehouse, Millions of dn/cn liavr Itecn Hiingl\ packed iwav to await the season when a long -of fering public will be willing to pav » (wuls a i|o/en for "fresh egg>" There was a time when housekeep ers had the advantage "112 tie- hens' bn-y I'llsoh, price going down in porportiiut to the number of e- ■- that were being laid. But this ha» '•cell changed h\ th • -toi s\ stem. 11l lio pal t of the \c ir are c..gs ,t drug in the market. While digging;- a well in Center county a few days ago an oil and gas company struck a vein of solid iron ore sixty feet thick. This is ■ an indication that the people ofj Pennsylvania have yet to find out the real wealth under her soil. The millions of tons of iron ore, even in Centre county, are yet to he developed. The Post Oflice authorities have a novel case to consider is that of a young woman out in Nebraska who has tho engagement ring fad in an aggressive form. She has cor responded with hundreds of suitors through matrimonial agencies and other bureaus, becoming engaged to scores o p them. Her plan was to bring the matter up to the ring stage and then to stop. A full halt has been made on discovery of her use of mails. The young woman is certainly a ringer. If Luzerne county would uggree to pay an Italian detective, two mur ders would be avenged and the Black Hand now operating in Pittston would all be brought to justice. It takes one of their own countrymen to do the work and without their aid a capture is almost impossible. This was tlie statement made by County Detective Richard Jones. That it is true is the general opinion as all experiences in the past have proven that it is necessary to secure one who can talk the foreign tongue in order to secure evidence among that class of people. Two foul murders have been com mitted in the vicinity of Pittston within a short time. Both, accord ing to the best evidence obtainable were the result of work of the Black Hand. In order to work among these peopie with any degrees of suc cess it is necessary to secure service f>{ their countrymen who can talk the language and go among them. Without this weapon it is almost u-eless to try and run down the mur derers. In other cases in this country when the detectives found it an utter im possibility to run down the culprits, men who could speak the foreign tongue were secured from the Pinker ton detective agency. In one recent case one was secured and as a result one man was executed and another given twenty years. The Bloomsburg plant of the American Car and foundry Company will start work in the near future on the contract for .">OO gondolas which will be entirely built at the Blooms burg plant. When the drawings for the cars are received and the mater ial assembled, it being nece-sary tn import Mime of it from England, the plant ill some departments will be required to work night ami day with a largely increased force of men. I'lte contract calls lur the delivery of 200 cars iu July and to get them out on time it will require more than double the u*n.y output ol the plant in the past. This is one of the many iers booked by the Japenese gov ernment following their overwhelm ing naval victory. The town of Troy, Bradford conn- i ty experienced an electrical storm j last Thursday ••veiling that came in the nature of a cloudburst, and did thousands of dollars worth of dam ige in a few minutes. The princi- ! pal damage was dune to property ly-' ing along the creek that runs from ■iuiith to North through the borough I Small bridge* were swept away and j chicken house* mid small barm ami I out houses were whirled down j -treaui. The Moor of the brick \ tiuilding o en pied by th Troy R'u I i-ter printing office was covered with water, au I theeiiy ine and tire room* of the clectiit plant were tlootled, 1 the dynamos were injured and tin ! town lelt in darkiif". The louiida i lion and a portion of the biiildinti ol the furniture store wareroom with much furniture were '•wept away. The iiitnt *eriou-« |t>-- witi »tiil'ereii by the Suc*f« A < ;I»E lauultcr com pany, and uiul Mitchell, Wllowtt lllliltier yard - lav a lon/ tioth ■title- of the creek Thousand* of feet til valutblf (IIIIIMT were »wcpt ' a Way. 75C PER YEAR Sunbury's Social Clvb. On Thursday la.st the American Social Club to the number of about fifty, visit# d Laporte. They came in their own parlor car and carried about everything good for the lnn< r man. The Laporte hotel dined them to their hearts content and after dinner they demanded base ball for desert. The "kids" were summoned and a nine innings game with Hitter in the box for Laporte, resulted in defeat of Americans !t to 11. However they were so well pleased with the game that they made up a purse for the "kids" who are now rejoicing with new ball and bats. The American Club are gen tlemen every one, and will always be welcome at Laporte. They in formed us by the way, that Gilbert Burrows our Court Stenographer would be nominated and elected I'rothonotary of Northumberland county. We note his nomination and hope to chronicle his election in November. Extraordinary Base Ball. A game of extraordinary base ball lias been arranged'for Saturday July 8. Supt. Thomas McLaughlin o f Bernice will bring over the married men of Bernice and Mildred to play the Laporte married men. This will be a tin.) display and worth traveling miles to see. A pail of water at third base will refresh alt who reach that point. Fine pict ures of the following prizes will be offered. For a home run, a Cadillac Touring Car; for a three base hit, a ('bickering I'iano; for a two base bit, a Remington 10 shooter; for a one base bit a tine Shetland Bony. No pains will be spared by the players, a corps of doctors will be in attendance and the umpire will be protected by an iron cage and four policemen. Attend the game and bring along your accident policy. Colley vs Mildred. <>n Saturday June 2-1, an exciting game of ball was played at the Ath letic Bark at Bernice. The Colley (•rack team came to Bernice to defeat the Mildred Athletics, I ut failed to do so. The Colley team played a tine game from start to finish. but were unable to score until the itth inning and up to that time the score stood 11 to II in favor of Mil dred. One man out and two men on bases and a small hit made in the tleld and was thrown wild to the catchers causing two runs, and fol lowing that other errors were made when Colley scored two more runs making the score M to I in favor of the Mildred Athletics. The battery for Colley was Erie, pitcher and Dieftanbach for catcher. The bat tery for Mildred was Hclsman, pitcher and Coolbaugh for catcher. RICKETTS. a The I'. O. S. of A. hall is com pleted and on the opening iti • iit nearly a hundred dollars were taken in. Shows are of nightly occurence now. Mrs. Arthur Streevy i-very ill but is improving -nine at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. A. J Barnhart are rejoicing over the birth of a daught er after eleven years of married life. l>r. Bradford and wife returned home Saturday morning. The doc will again i*-nine Ids work, whi during hi- •tlwence has been in ne care of l>r. Christian of Lopez. Mr. \V. S. May's children ar • suf fering with drpthcria. Dvalh ol Wm. S Shoemaker. The sad news that Mr. William S. Shoemaker of Shunk, bad died -uddenly on luesday, while out i camping, brought sorrow to many of hi-> friends where lie had long re-id ed and was I>e»»t known. Mr. Shoe maker but been in poor health for some time and thought a few weeks of t amp life « ii lt bunting and li-h iug Ik reeiv.itlon might Improve hi- health, and with a friend went in tamp near Mill-grove. lie wa* there only u few day* when he wa* taken -uddenly very ill uud died In fore lie t'ttuld lie taken to bis home at Shunk lie s».e» highly rt-|«-eted in the community where he lived.
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