. . | VOL. X. NO. 36. V— *s\j^ ' ,y V/ v V'W y This is the Place C| CTo Buy Your Jewelry S j C Nothing in Town to Compare WitliS 112 the Quality that We are Giving j 112 Yon lor the Low Price Asked. C t Ouality and moderate prices makes a force Ihat\ \ irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage c • I of this section. Many years here in business, always J j s with a fnli hue ol {.'.00 '.s above suspicion, chosen 1 {with a care and iudum; iit u. nm nsurnte wdh its , \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1 / our store a sale place to invest. C Kep.iir work done on short notice and guaran-Q S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A s RHTTENBURY, >! <, DUSIIORB, PA. The Jeweler. $ COL £ HARDWARE /wvys/v— ■*" For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, HEAT ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishing Goods, Tools or 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 soil you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base i Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. •iliorwPa. The Shopbeii Dry Good C 0.,! 313 Pine Street. WILLI AM SPORT, PA. Austin Qndervcire and d)f>ite Goods CScile.j Wednesday morning, January 3rd, we be an the j greatest sale ot White (iooiK and Muslin Ui derwear in j this Store's h story. Hundreds of pieces of new fresh | 1./ rid rmuslins will be 1 Urn-d al prices that must commend them to the most careful buyers. You'll t e prompted to replenish your Musiin outfits lor months to come# Garments for l<> cents Muslin Wear for 15c. I..l,lies' < : 11111■ ri<■ lull trout cor-tr covers Ladies' drawers. cambric liemwtilcllt'U ( < hildron's Drawers with duller tucks. rullle. I i.'lii .Irons' W ii-us and Skirts. I.Mtlif*' «' iinltriok em-set rovers. hem- In!.oils slips willi lace stitched or hire trimming. < 'liildretis' ilravveis hemstitched | . rullle. : Garments for 5<»C, ' l,il«Jri lis* waisis. extra good- -tr:.|.|.«-.l Ladle*' Cambric Drawee*, with wide •*»»!» Infanta' slip*, eta flounce ui lace and iiisi-ilii.il i' 1 ■ 11111111 ill f(jr 25C. I ;v, tin - IH'SI valm- vim over had i.-r In- , .. . , I- "'"- '"'"'us. three styles *.|U«re | I u'lii-' <'• iinlil ie ' :..wi.-. s.juarr hi \ neck, hems; irlioil rull'lc or \' neck with i neck Yoke* made til' emliruidery or lace ,BCe embroidery—theee are worth Atic insert ion. rullle at neck ami sleeves. o'dv < 'ie » ill be sold to a.cuslomer. Several slvlis to eli«...se an.! under price l.niJi. ~ < imhric I >HIH or—some have i «ii ci "»> ' • i"«i ! < m.stite.licil, ollu:r lace inner ! I. mie* Skirls, With !«»••,■ n.- , ; ans a||( j m r'.ion am! e«l^e- — otlui .1 \ 14*.- lit* nisiill*l» 11 • . , . 11 , . , . | .... with I ■ . & ■ <• ,■ . ... '■ tlii'imse am! ftiiort ikirui witli { 1,,-!...- > <WMI < over,- Ins, henwt | |ch|M , 51! '! 1 ' ' . ' v Lull < * 1111 i»ri«* < Y»r--rt ('OVTS full ' willi 1 Y'" 11 ' V F , frontH 1 here*H •, 11 i,«• a varieiv ol Mile. - ,f,M " , " 1 A " '"■ -n.e are trimmed win, httv," o.her will, • 111 hi ni'li lvol t llf *lx Hltd ril»(HiliK Mi- »•-' lt)iiL'Kkiri- \ arioiip. m\ U»!^. Subscribe fa * the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1906. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Chatham, N. Y.. iYtiw Correspoiuient Mew York Mute Granae AN APPRECIATION. THE GRANGE AND THE DAILY NEWS PAPERS. Wlia t n Ri«i»H'Ni»ii<fltlve IVewnpaper Thinks \ltoa( IH<> Hope of tlie \ntion In llie Farmer"—He In SHIM*, I'ritetienl ami Direct. The groat daily newspapers have not been accustomed, as ;i rule, hi recognize farmers' organizations ;is worthy of much else than contempt, but wo believe there is a change coming "o'er the spirit of their dreams." Tho farmer lias taken a very largo place in the pub lic eye of la to.even as late as Secre tary Wilson's announcement that the total value of farm products for the year amounts to st>,4iri,o<MUH)o and that farms have increased in value during the past live years something like s<>.- 1P,3.000,000. Ail organization like the Patrons of Husbandry, with well nigh 1,000,000 members and the only fann ers' order of great influence in the country, has a right to command the attention of the public and the news papers. In an editorial article entitled "A Voice From the Fields'' the Philadel phia North American has this to say: The uninformed city man sometimes inclines lo think rather lightly of the agriculturist as an intellectual and moral force and ]>• rhaps to underrate his influ ence. His voice Is not always distinctly heard. The middlemen who distribute products and the money men who tinaneo the operation have the advantage in reaching the peblic ear and usually in the division of profits, but the man who knows Is fulls aware that, as the indus try of the farmers is the most important, so the inert' number of them gives to their opinions exceptional force. He also is aware that for unalloyed patriotism, solid worth and strong common sense the Americans who till the earth are unsur passed by any other class of men in the land. Truly the hope of this nation lies with them. The cities are the centers of vicious living, vicious politics and wicked financiering. It is to the man in the fields we must chiefly look for main tenance oi the high standards all along tiie. line of human endeavor. Any one who has read with care the daily reports of the proceedings of the national grange must have been impress ed. first, by the clear sanity of every thing th it was done and said and. sec ond. by the unanimity of opinion respect ing the important subjects which were considered. The discussions were sober, wise and able. No extravagance and no foolishness was apparent. Debate was free and open, and it dealt directly and judiciously with the matters in hand. The farmers know exactly what they want, and th« ir wishes, formulated in the local granges and then filtered into tho state granges, found clear and unmistak able expression iu the convention of the national grange. Tin mighty railroad interests which are antagonizing the president in his demand for reform of railroad abuses may read with dismay that all the farmers are with the president. The railroads have almost immeasurable power. TN-y arc strong in money, they exert meat Influence over their wage earners and stockholders, they are skilled it corruption of legislators, they have their men in swarms In con* grexs. and they may. in a measure, con trol tin pr«vs. lt.it here is a mightier force, here is nearly half th*- voting power of the nation, h« re is the largest of all bodies oi shippers by railroad, and lure is an in»!e*•!;•■ »■ absolutely beyond the r« ach of corruption and.from the nature of things, irresistibly impelled to express devotion to the r -luireinents »>f fair pla. . The national grange has formally sec onded the president's demand for "a "sqi are deal for every man"on the part of tne i ilroads. and it has sent its mes sage to the White House to make stronger the resolution in the soul of the people's great leader that this thing shall be in deed brought to pass. J'einiN.vl vaut u nnil Hie Oleo I.tit*. State Master W. F. Hill and his co adjutors in the Pennsylvania stale grange are keeping an eye on oleo leg islation. At tile present session of congress the oleomargarine law of 1880 will be amended so as to take from j line fifteen of section 0 of that act the word •'knowingly." The act now reads, "Kvery person who knowingly sells : * * * oleomargarine," etc., "shall be [ guilty," etc. The amendment proposes j no change except to strike out the word , "knowingly." it is said that many vio l lators of the law still escape puuish- I ment by pleading that they do not j "knowingly sell." The suliordinate ; granges of Pennsylvania are asked to I par.s resolutions favoring the amend- I meat so that violators may no longer escape punishment on this pretext. ; Why would it not be well for the sub i ordinate granges everywhere to pass i like resolutions and forward copies to i their congressmen? dmiiire Mfe liiKfirnnee. i The committee oft Im* national Krniijro to which was referred the matter of j devisinjr a feasible iiranjre life insitr mice pin it reported as follows to that | body. "I'pun examination of Insurance laws in different states we tinil them so eon i tllctinff and so different in their re quirements that it is practically Im possible to report a plan of insurance that \\ ill meet the requirements of the laws iu the various state-; in the t'n ion. After careful investigation of the whole subject, we I'eel compelled t . report the matter back to this l.i><'-, with the «mrire-<ti m that each st i' • work out Its own |IIM:I. which ■■hall ' In barmoni with its laws." I The ft'eilnift stufl's Law of I'cnn- I sylvaniu provides for the inspection lof concentrated feeding stnlls fouMl in tlio niiirketK of the Ht:tt»* for the purpose of collecting samples of K'MKIS sold for feeding purposes. These samples are forvvurded to the chemist of the Feeding StutT's con trol, Department of Agriculture, at IlarrrisUurg, who carefully analy/< s each sample, notices any violation of j the law and reports the results to the j Secretary of Agriculture. During ! the past year .over :!llli samples have | been taken and sent to llarrisburg I for examination. The chemical ] work is now going on and when completed, tlu- result of the analysis together with such additional infor mation as may lie considered neces sary will lie published in a lndletin ami sent free to all interested parties. Only one serious adulteration has thus fur been reported by the chem ist. In October, a firm in West- I moreland county was selling as bran, a mixture of wheat bran and rice hulls. As soon as the chemist made . bis report, information was math | against these dealers who pleaded | guilty and paid the stipulated fine j and the sale of the goods was stop j ped. Between forty and fifty prose ; cutions have been brought within | the last month, in ten different j counties, of which, fourteen cases were against desilers handling a feed manufactured by a company outside of the State. This brand of f«««l contained from 1 to -I per cent, les.- protein and about one and five-tenth per cent, less fat than was guaran teed by the manufacturer. The de ficiency in protein and fat, the two most important nutrients in feeding stuffs, caused a serious loss to tin consumer, varying from live to seven dollars per ton. The company tlia* sold this material to Pennsylvania dealers has very wisely agreed to pay the tine of iS."in.nO and analysis fee of So.on for each dealer, with draw the inferior article from the j market or either lower the guaran tees or improve the quality of this brand of feed. This is an important j step in the right direction and will prove a great benefit to dairymen and others using the feeds manufac tured by this firm. As a result of these prosecutions about have been and will be collected in line and analysis tees and covered into j the State Treasury to be used in car | rying out the previsions of the I Feeding Stuffs Law. This fact, j however, is of minor importanct ; when compared with the amount of I benefit which will accrue to dairy ! men and other dealers within Ha state. Manufacturers or jobbers shipping goods into this State should ; properly brand and guarantee their j articles as required by the Pennsyl ; vaniu law for the protection of tin i dealers of the State who are respon ; sible for the proper branding or tag ging of feeds they offer for sale. | The Department of Agriculture is j anxious to promote the be.st interest I ofall parties. It believes in mutiai | good will and honest cooperation, ! and will in no way interfere with ' legitimate trade. The Department will gladly fur nish copies of the Law on application. The courts have, decided that if you listen to a conversation between your neighbors 011 a party telephone line ami overbear one of them say that you are an old fool or a dishon est man yon have no redress in law. because you have no right to play evesdropper, in order to insure peace and good feeling in a community using a telepone line in common, there are a good many things that may lie true and which one may think which it is not best to send over the wire. Much excitement w.is caused at Mt. ("armei and Shamokin last week when twenty -aloon k'-epers at each place wire placed under arrest, charged with having violated the liquor laws by selling on Sunday and also -eliing to minors. The churg* s w ere preferred by Jtev. W. L. Kiley, 01 the anti-s:ilnon league, who will cause 10 my more arrests in Nortiiumbi-rh 11 I 1 ounty, and in all probability many licenses will leu Miked. Kighfy tive Odd Fellows' repre sentatives elected by the lodges of the Central Pennsylvania district, convened on January 9th, at the Odd Fellows' Home near Sunbury, for the purpose of electing the offi cers to manage the home for 1900. Mr. P. K. Wagner of Girardville, j was elected President; Win. Stroh of Sunbury, first Vice President; A. D. Hay of Wiikesbarre, second Vice Presiden; S. it. HHUurd of Watsontown, Secretary, and Ilohert Davis of Mt. Carmel, Treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess were reelected superintendent and matron of the home. The Thanksgiving donation to the Home amounted to s7">o in cash and #2")0 in other donations. The Christmas donation amounted to S:(S. r i in cash and and about s7o in merchandise. The Home i* in a prosperous condition «ith its 70 children. There tire 130.000 Odd Pel In Jn the State and four Homes. I'lie district supporting this Home litis about 30,000 Odd Fellows a id it only costs each member six cents a year to make this benevolent Work possible. Last year the board directors decided to enlarge the home and erect a number of buildings, necessitating an expenditure of $-40,- lino, of which amount #II,OOO has already been subscribed. A stren uous effort will la* made this year to raise the balance. Fader the rules of the Department of Fisheries the receipt of applica tion from individuals for brook trout for spring delivery is now closed ami any which are received hereafter run the risk of not being filled until next season. The number of applications received last year greatly exceeds those-of the previous year. Com missioner Meelmn stated that while he has not yet made a tabulated list of the applications, he is under the impression that tliev are more even ly distributed than heretofore. The greatly Increased supply of trout in the Corry, Bellefonte and Wayne hatcheries will allow every applica tion to he filled and probably 1,500 lisli to each application. Walter Albertson of Jamison City, an engineer on a log train of the I'enn. Lumber Co. is lying in a serious condition at his home as a result of a log falling ti|>on him on Wednesday of last week. Albertson was making his usual trip and in coming down the mountain, when at F.mmous, the train stopped and lie got down out of the cab and stood dong side a car. The fireman was in charge of the engine and he back ed the train up suddenly when one of the large logs fell off the car and caught Albertson beneath it and ,hc was badly injured. lit was taken to his home and doctors were Mllll tnoned Several hones were broken, and at first it was thourht his injur ies would prove fatal but later reports say he will recover. Commissioner of Health, Samuel o. Dixon, has decided to establish as soon as possible in connection with the Department, a bacteriolical and j chemical laboratory. This will en able the physicians of the State ami especially those of the rural districts |to take advantage of the most ad j vanced methods of diagnosing their cases by having blood counts made by examination for the micro-organ j isms that produce tuberculosis, diph- I theria, typhoid fever, malaria and other diseases. The Health Com -1 missioner states that he will get the new laboratory in operation and be i ready to receive specimens from the physicians of the State at as early a date as possible as he appreciates . the wonderful opportunity for more 'thorough work that will In 1 afforded ! medical practioneo. The State De , pin fluent of Health will be able to make its own examinations of water I when trying to find the original source of infection in the typhoid l outbreaks that are so frequent i throughout the State and in many other ways the new laboratory will be of assistance to the Commissioner and the physicians of the State in improving the health of the people. Pilai-ate Vour linwnl* With liuorait. i'may Cathartic, cure conatlpallon foreror. I? 0.0 C fail, UruKKisls rcfuuJ luuuo 75C PER YEAR UERNICE. Judge Kishinka of Cherry, called on friends at this place Wednesday of last week. Simon From berg wow a New York visitor last week. Misses Ruth Moyer, Maggie Wat son and Winnie Dloffenbach were Dushore visitors Saturday. It is surprising what interest a candidate takes in a voter this time of the year when they are williag to travel miles through snow to see you, and after election ask you who you are and say "1 don't know you" if you want anything from them in return. Mike Mutchler of Murraytown, near Lope/., committed suicide by shooting himself, on Saturday. For the past six month he had suffered with cancer of the stomach aud fail ing to get relief after being treated by different physicians he became despondent aud took his own life. l>r. J. L. Hrennan of Mildred waa u Williumsport visitor on Friday. The business men of this place were harvesting their ice last week. There was an error in the commu nication last week, it should have read 91-1.90, Mr. Dunklehtirg's bid, instead of $ 11.90. John Schaud Sr. is on tbe sick list. S. A. Dieffenbach visited liIK par ents at Dushore Sunday. Mrs. J. H. Schaad and Mi»s May O»ok ware Dushore visitors Wed nesday. The Williamsport train was three hours lute on Saturday night on ac count of the trucks leaviHg the track below Satterfield. WfLLSGROVE. W. H. /fiddle has wild hi# recent ly acquired property on Main street to Hichard Mcßride. Jake Caseiimri is Improving lite hotel property by addjug a b*w wing to the building. It is nearly ready for the painters brush. The National Protective legion will give their Hrst annual baaquet in the basement parlors of Christ church next Saturday evening. Henry Darby lost a valuable horse tin Friday last. The High School has organized au athletic Association thai we pre dict will be heard from iu the future. Mrs. A. A. Ludy was called to Binghamton, N. V., by. the dt*ith of her grandaughter. John A. (Jibbsof Leraysville, Pa., was shaking hands with friends here the first of the week. Harry Green the genial principal of tHe Estella schools greeted his many friends here Saturday last. We learn that he is selling his home j near this place and will awept a | lucrative position with a Scruutou j Grocery House. Harry possesses in a marked degree those sterling prin ciples of honesty, temperance and industry which should wiu for him success iu his new Held. Thursday last a wreck oecured iu the yardsof the Eagles Mere aud Susquehanuah railroad at this place in which a car load of furniture be longing to Martin Quick waa badly broken. The Company appointed appraisers and settled all damages. Now would be a good time for all progressive citizens to tuihstTibe to our public school library. Humor has it that one wf oar school directors enjoyed a novel ex perience at the County Institute, lie's going again next year. An epideinie which Is called grip or influenza, in a new form, has started on the seaboard and i» trav eling inland The Philadelphia pa ; pers describe it in the form of facial, limb, back and body neuralgia. It . seems to iittuck (lie nerva* and, like | grip, will run ita courae In aplta of 1 all that doctor.-, or patient* can du. j What seems like a cold too frequent ly accompanies the attack, which lasts from a few days to several weeks. Those who are now in its grip have pains iu their Javttr and think they have the toothache aud i frequently «o to the dentist in th« 1 ho|ie of vetting relief.
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