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VOL. X. NO. 20.
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} This Is the Place <
<\ To Buy Your jewelry j
CNothing in Town to Compare With*)
( the ( v :-'itv that We are ( nvvg i
) You tor the Low Price Asked. \
C Ounlitv and moderate prices iru-kes a force that
V; draws into our store the b£st pat / oijiage
' • Many years here in business, always J
V. | )l in ■ of goods above suspicion;
ti■ care and judgment curate with its .
Y desirability and adaptability to refine Jaste, mawes 1
{' our l<. '• :i sa e place to inve ■ \
> ir work done on sliort notice^nnd^ua^r
S|ciJ, by skilled workmen, Yourorck ... ppr-cmieu. v
S RETTENBURY. Sj
s nrSIIOKK. !'A- The Jeweler. $
C( jL .— ; ; j
HARDWARE?s '
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OS, WOOD.
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House 112 mishiug Goads. Icy;, of Ever ( y
Cans and Ammiirition.
I' , renins that bring the buyer hack.
Come and test the truth of our talk* . 4
Akv of.-;: id lr ud stoves and ranges for s?le cheap.
We '!y<.-t in stovf.c ai v /il: M .g fro: v' wel'-Eose. i
Bur;:-..:'t; u-low pjicod but co .'. stove.
HCv'Air, Steam and Hot Watoi Healing and <
General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting;. J
. v.; * VAC*? it it 9it O ■■
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street.
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
In Che Midst of
Aotom Pjtisiness
Stylish \uturnn Garments for Women
: > .;;' \, wear Suits. Skirs ("o itsin the very newest |
s ! > les jur st uk :s more extensive ihan ever: we are nov.'
s .owrn..' is' k• •• irments tha• represents ti.c very latest |
id a, of the l-es- makes.
White Goods for Waists.
New Plaid Silks.
~ Mie - lien! While < \\ aintini;
VV v * Hit \I»U to the new l'\ u\
s ' * 4, -» [k A rMa '' i\ i»ii- . lit. rtim . lin r
$1.40 * * ■ -
BROADCLOTH
I, lit 1 til.. ulnin Uhrii tor tnll ua<l »ml#r. li'» ih - I'a-hiun lor -ir<-. t
i'('ti Ulwi - < 'i M - u ■!.•••» -ill it»> »• l»i»«l»»
BLANKETS and COMFORTS
We I'll} nn( mil u»»U it In-I lu|»k<».
Hf I Comforts,
\\ m»L ttl,AM.i l•> , , ri t u ~1 ||,„„. |rt»t
112 i |«»N 111, \M\KT*. i.rn-, >Ult*r llgtrlii or lark rtil.trii"
( win IW.AVKKIX N, T « R TU ..) .OIIUN,
v iir Ist. v.: t ■ Eidoi'down Comfocta
«i»:.iuu.ii 1 TANK 1 t VVI».M >..« «n liwkun i
t.KKV RUM)?r.I 1 imMfU «».«'« i<» *•«* iin i»hf
the News Item
. C "JL".S'.'AN COUNTY* PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1905.
j the chance
Conducted by I
J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y.,
Press Correspondent New J'crfr State
Oranoc
THE JUVENILE GRANGE.
lioiiii' I'erllnent Suuu:i a KI lioin 1111 Ila
OrKii nfxalioa,
[Special Corresqxindencn.]
"V\" 1 lilo the Juvenile grange is not
eery thoroughly established and mem
bers of the grange do not seem, to be
taking hold of the idea readily, >in all
sections where tliere are enough cliil
dren living on farms and in teres tied in
nature study nothing better for them
can be done than to interest tlieni In
this movement. I do not mean by this
that we should try to make farmers of
all our boys and girls on the farm, be
cause many of them are not destined
to take up this occupation either phys
ically or mentally,• but the training
which can he given the children in
speaking, debating anil in the conduct
: of a meeting will be of practical ad
-1 vantage to them no matter what call
j ing they decide to follow.
The programmes should be so ar-
I ranged as to. awaken an interest in the
I ! things which the children see about
them every day and shouldibe so con
ducted that they will learn ito observe
i more closely the workings of nature
and have impressed upon tliem the fact
j that throughout the universe no ef
» feci is manifested without a cause
and that life is not ruled by din nee.
The nature study leaflets and the .Tun
. for Naturalist sent out from Cornell
I university contain many thoughts and
lessons already prepared which would
be <>t' great assistance in conducting a
1 Juvenile grange and can be had without
i expense These would furnish the mn
-1 tron with ranch valuable material for
I the programme.
The various publications devoted to
j bird lore, the little magazine Our Anl
' nulls, the Arbor Kay Annual prepared
i by our stale department of public in
struction and the humane leaflets pub
lished by Mrs. Helen Wells, one of our
own members, would all furnish val
uable hints which could lie readily
utilized. The stale department of agri
culture has during the past three or
four years furnished lecturers who
have treated the subject of birds and
insects and their relation to the farm
life, particularly from the children's
standpoint, and have been able to In
j 11 rest many young people iu these sub
i jects.
S mie may think that children are
i not interested in these matters, but
| while we have no Juvenile grange in
j this village we have made it a point
durln ibe past year to invite children
not only the children of our members,
i but othe-• to our lecturer's hour when
i he had anything especially Interesting
j for the young people and have goue so
1 far as to Ii ild the lecturer's hour the
, Jirst thing ia the evening and then dis
miss the children so those living near
I could get home early. We had one
' siev • iptieon lecture on poultry and one
ou nature study, in this case it was
"Our Native Trees." And one of our
meeting- was devoted to telling army
stories by some of our members who
are also members of the (5. A. It.
QUEER REASONING.
I'rrr Trader* I-'avor An> Trent? That
Annihilate* Tariff.
Tho tariff revisionists innl free trad
ers are tilled with scorn auil anger at
(he impudence of the (Jloiu ester peo
p!e in protesting against the reciproc
ity treaty with Newfoundland on the
ground that it would ruin their fishing
, Industries. To the ordinary mind It
' would seem perfectly natural that auy
industry should protest against u
aunty wliieh would ruin it. Hut bj
i-oiuc peculiar twist of reasoning th*»
I tariff tinker and the free trailer regard
' the i: aking of a treaty with a tariff' an
nihilating clause a t a duty paramount
, and superior to the preservation of tlift
national Industries.
ft* an industry is to be wiped out by
ii operation, so much the more reason
i I - ratili. it ion The eastern mug
wump pros. today teems with edltoli
e.iilai,' atti-nl n h the Impudent
||. cell 111 (if the Ijlouccster people to
•lie do I I U their tlsidllg Indus
. , . ||, hi ... .-itii ■ this opposition as
r, .; , y icc.pio, it) treaty will'
-. ',,.1. i' I. i,U ■! ...ild be rati tie, I. -New
J York Pre-s
'1 rm'e \V»ll» l-'nr Homl*.
Hi Ihire Oleic John Tmn "» Bill.
1 j<. .! i.v » (ih i >*.lit trued w i!t;
I -,, t pi,on,l.- ifl lUI-l turn.
Hi lie In.ll tile I m-.v cue n'.-r:
Ho i| .mi- to tl.e iMIbMIA John
\\ h.n ' Ik>Hum! Weil. I »*»#•
1 ! |>- it! 4 mini ilim-m 1., it all whewt
l, , . ,rl!i « fro»» tli*i
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. , h. I • • lit .lniy ■ leur
A „ ~ ii, ,i . i ru.i4« lilU
In i lt« lon - I'lve mill
\ lv- Iii!• Oft oi4 U*l.
I i.lll lot I> J Kul It li»«»' I
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lii regard to tin? mail order busi
ness h recent ruling of the Postofllce
De|nirtincut is arousing considerable
opposition among the country mer
chant-'. ]( has been decided l» t y the
government that all rural free deliv
ery boxes must be numbered. This
scheme, the country merchants claim
is pari of a conspiracy of the mail
order houses and great city stores to
invade the Held of the small town
storekeeper. The postoflice official's
j have reali/.td that the opposition is
| developing into a serious one and arc
I going slowly in the matter. If
i rural mail boxes were numbered
j consecutively and mail would be dc
' livcred to them by number it would
J ept n to mail order houses a magnili
eent|<>jiportunity. It is almost a
regulation of tho department that a
r iral route must have not less tin n
! 1(1(1 patrons before it will be estal -
lislicd. So a mail order house would
I be safe in adflressiug for every rural
route numbers from 1 to 10(1, and
the list of rural routes, which is to
be obtained from official source
without difficulty, would be the only
thing necessary in order to reach
with ci euhirs millions of possible
customers. There is little doubt the
plan would be in effect now but for
the opposition its discussion caused
Postal officials who want the parcel
post plan adopted believe it will be
a long step in that direction, and j
patrons of rural routes generally
favor'it. The country merchants
stand alone in opposition, but they
have immense 'power. Kvery coun
try town interest stands with them.
Their political influence is immense,
and if it should come to a matter of
legislation it*is" uxtrcmely doubtful
whether they could be defeated.
On Tuesday of last week when the
pupils had been dismissed from from
h country school house about one
mile below Jersey Shore, a heavy
rain was falling andjine of the boys
started home for an umbrella for his
younger sister. He had reached his
home and was returning to the school
by a road that runs through a thick
woods and it was there that he was
confronted by a large catamount that
jumped into the road and toward the
boy. He beat the animal back with
the umbrella and hastily picked up
a stone fr< m the road and threw it
with all his strength at his antago-j
nist. lie did not know just where
he bit the animal but it lay dead !
almost at his feet. Farmers in that |
locality for the past two years have
been troubled by the visits of a cat- j
amount and they are now hoping i
that the one killed was their nightly |
visitor.
Several boards of health in north
ern New Jersey are taking measure
to protect citizens from pneumonia.
I'lie health board of Washington, j
Warren county, publishes a receipt
which, it is said, is a sure cuic for
pneumonia. Other health board
ire looking into the prescription
with a view of having the same
tiling published for the good of the'
general public. Here it i-: "Takei
six or ten onions, according to -iz<-
chop til e, put into a large-piler over
a hot tire; then add the sain * ipianti
ty of rye meal and vinegar enough
to form a thick paste. Stir ihorougl
ly and let simmer five or ten min
utes. Then put into a cotton bag
large enough to cover the lungs and
1 ippty to the chest as hot as the pa
tient can bear. In about ten minutes
apply ano'her and t.iu- continue the
, rehe.il ing t lie poult ice-. In a few
hour* the patient will be out of
! lunger. It is said that this remedy
11:i- never failed to effect a cure
I Iroiu three to four applications u
iii dly i- all that is needed to stm t
l'ie pel—piratlou freely from tin
flli -t. The r lliedy is -aid to IlllVej
IK 111 originated by a Neu I-'.upland
p' • iciuii uho ai hie veil gre .t -ucci --
through tie' application of simple j
remedies.
A \c.ii ago the contractors for the
l.aur-l I.ine tunnel it -sennitou con
11acted with.l. I' l.oydol' Wyoming
In t'ltiiii-lt a million pound- ol I'yu
oniti Ihe tunnel let- ju-t In en
c iiopli ted and all but 100 |«,iind- of
tin order Wa- 11-iil 111 tile Uoilt.
lilt* wan "lie ot the hirgi-I order
tor d,. uxiiiile ivi r given in thin
. country.
The third at.nual < , onvention of
the Pennsylvania State Sabbath
School Association w ill bo held in
the first Haptist church of William
sport, on November :21st and 22.
The following bodies arc earnestly
requested to send delegate-: Kadi
county Auxialry and each county
coinmittee where there is no county
Auxialry, and Presbyteries, Synod-,
Conferences, Associations, Kvnti
gelical Alliances or Federation of
churches, National Keforiu Associa
tions, congregations, Christian F.n
deavor and other voting peoples'
societies, Women's Christian Tem
perance I'nioiis, Brotherhood Chap
ters, Labor Cnions and all other
bodies that favor men having a rest
day. The object of this Association
is to encourage a proper observance
of the first day of the week, by se
curing an auxialry organization in
each county, which shall hold meet
ings, distribute liturature on the
Sabbath question, encourage the en
forcement of the Sunday laws, and
unite the entire state in opposition
to the repeal of our Sunday laws.
J. Walter Wardell a young bust-1
ness man of Liberty Corners, died
from the effect of wounds received
in a hunting accident Thursday.
.Jus! how the accident happened is I
not known. Wardell and a compan
ion were hunting rabbits, and it i -
supposed that in getting over the
fence the trigger of his gun caught
and discharged the weapon. 11 i-•
right ear was torn half '••*'- I ''
skull broken into for ,-cwia.
-
This is a notable year in the histo
ry of the Woman's Home Missiona
ry society ot the Methodist KpNco
pal church. It completes the first j
25 yeais'of its existence and very
notable been achieved.
More than three million dollars has e
been'expended in various Minis i I
beneficent work, and property lias
been accumulated to the value i i
nearly one million dollars. The]
annual meeting of the board of man
agers, which has just closed its sess
ion in Indianapolis, was a season el
rejoicing and thanksgiving. Tin
principal interest centered in the
silver anniversary. A call has been
made for an offering of #20(1,(1(1(1 from
the women of Methodi-.ni to put the
society upon a basis where it will bt
able to clear oil all obligations
against ii and lit in a position to <!<•
more thorough aggressive work than
ever before. The sum of >12,00(1 ha
already been paid into the treasury.
At the wonderful anniversary cele
bration !■!!(),000 was pledged by indi
viduals and representatives of the
different conferences, to be raised
during the present fiscal year. It i
eonttdently expected that the whole
amount desired will "be secured.
Probably no one body of woine -
representing one church only iia
ever undertaken so great a ta-k. ,
The effort and achievment will stim
ulate other bodies ,if workers as well
as strengthen this one.
John Strevy Jr., of Hatch 11i1 1 ,
!i ! his left leg broken while sa via
at Dorsey'scanip near llittgda>
t'iie fallen tree which wa- bring cut
into saw logs was sprung in between
standing trees in -ti -Ii a maimer that
w hen it was cut in two, the log lb -
around again-t young •'-.rev,* , break
ing Ids leg. He was taken to hi
lioiiie on Saturday.
An exploding lamp caused a fin
at Muncy Hills last I'liur-day 11ii.
which tompletciy de«troyei| fin
home of Phillip Heiiler. 'l'iic Ihnin -
gained considerable headway before
the family were arou-ed and Mi
and Mrs. Hi'hh r with their t\n
| children ewenped with little liiori
1 (hail their lives.
The tir.t Impulse of a mm wl.
-llccei ds ill -o il|Vc«liltg hi- 111 • ll• • >
thai though -ale, Ityhl' 1 - liiiu an
nmi-iially large rcluni i- to put .mi l
the increment at etpltlly | ..1 > lc
intere-t. That i- why the lii( . in.
Iradi -mail wh i bi .In - with a Iw■ •-
Inch lie I-pupil' "ad" a- a feele
rapidly brain lie- out into dtspia.v
Niw-paper IMIV'I rll-IIIT i the on,
investment tual bring- -m h return
a» arc generally anticipated only
from -|M-i illation.
75C PER YE/ P
*! The Merchants Association of
l IJenvick, has declared war on ail
dealers in that place who use short
measures. Investigation 11 i- 1 -1. >- > d
I this practice is in vogue in several
instances and this works a great in-
Ij'iryon the honest dealers who can
not compete in prices with tliose
j who do not give full ipiantitii s.
A guaranty fund of nearly half a
I million dollars has hcen subscribed
by members of the \Yilli:>msporL
Hoard of Trade for the purpose of
as-isting in the expansion of local
indurtries and to ]< nd to manufac
turers who desire to locate in Wili
iamspiirt. FMve year- ago a guaran
ty, fund of was subscribed.
Che contract under which, this fund
was created w ill expire in December.
The plan of doing away with the
right of tax payers to work out their
road taxes and Kuhstitutin * in its
place the money tax, is one of the
questions which i- being discussed
hy the
in Bradford ec.iunty. At a recent
mec tiny which was largely at ten !
nearly lhll voters In ing present, one
association decided to take'the nec
essary step-; toward tic accomplish
nicnt of the plan.
A woman in main attire; who was
beating her way o i the railroads,
was arrested in Wi.UesUarre, but
was released oi. the donning prop r
clothes, 'j' 1 \ u „ J ie h: '
beaten her; _ - .8 l'r< • 1
ada and that she was on her way
ewisburg.
I
The light against the l>e< 112 Tru.st is
taking practical form, five hun
divd retail butchers in New York
have termed a company and are co
op-crating for self protection. They
recently celebrati d the dedication of
a tine slaughter lion-: . Foui th"t;s
anil steers and el-li > en' > 11«iu :■ i; 1
smaller animals may be dressed these
per week. In Chicago restaurants
and hotels have united will- 'hoie
sale butchcs sand are erecti inde
pendent slaughter houses.
President ltoosoveli has i~ ! his
proclamation designating T! day
November .'itl, as Thanksgiving Day.
lie says that "It is eminently fitting
that once a year our people should
let apart a day for praise and
thanksgiving to the tiiver "112 good
and, at tiic same time, tii f ex
press their thatikfuln/-- 1* <r the
abundant mercies reieived. -aould
manfully acknowh <lge tiieir -•inrt
coining- udii pledge lh< in- l\v- sol
enmly and is good faith to sinve to
overcome them."
Last Friday .Mr-. Frank Morgui
and two children started for Canton
with a load of It ittcr and eggs. Li
crossing a "thank-yo t-m t'aai" near
her h mi", the singletreebroke, - • tr
ing the hos'se which started to run,
throwing Mrs Morgan out of the
buggv, rendering her une in--i ms lor
s line lime. A little farther along
the buggy collide I with a tree, tm »v
ing thechildi -n out, bruising them
! eoiisideral ly. Tne buggy wi • u- •
j molished. -Sullivan ■>tar.
There are no epidemics of <*m.ill
po\ ill tierm iiiy. All the children
j ire vaccinated at the ag -of l.t The
medical men are enraptured if they
j -an get a c ise for - Meutitic study; th •
students flock In crowds. At one
' sueli exhibition Ji> i attcn I tx i of
! them caught s;n,|!lp'i\ rid thee
AVIV two Italian stlld nts, w'l i li d
never been vaccinated. Toe- - facts
show the ad vis ability of all persou
coioplying promptly with the r. <|iur
nieuts of the state board of h • ill a • i
r< !"• rence to vaeciu iling 'h »i ebi I i
r< 11.
A writer iu a western pip ,•
"liny a farm, young man N > mat*
t< r how small it may he, buy a I »rm
and prepav. it -i ill it y. ir !.< id w ill
provide you a living. Twentj yinr
froni now the man w owi his
farm Mid IH» in H|M tid< it. ai. I will
have «i his ecu imanil the »»n in* of a
j itvi lihoo l, no mull! r w hat oidaMi < '
•n«i • oe -ti able, lie «• v|n*n-i.-n
•112 i.iaiitiiH tur> - cannot goon I >r vi r
an I tin r will conn it du,\ in ids
.inialry, a th re lw« in olh« i«, when
tiie -apply w ill '-Vi I lh< demand,
and the oily at -diilely *ur«« m, i.
I.m .. ' " t.irmitn lie it in
while mil' may IH- hud."