VOL. XI. NO 9. C To Buy Your Jewelry S V Nothing in Town to Compare With> 112 the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always 3 N 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 safe place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-A \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X S RETTENBURY, ) $ DUSHORE, COLE'S-^Kj^u^j^r^r HARDWAR> No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB "WOOD. HEATERS; ONE OP 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 Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Satfiuel The Shopbeil Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Ladies Cotton Wash Shirt Waist Suits New line to show you; ik thing daintier, nothing pret tier, nothing so economical as these two piece summer suits. We have about every style that will be worn in striped and figured parcale, madras and plain colored cot ton fabrics. Prices vary Irom $1.50 to so. Ladies' tailor made White Lawn, Duck and Linen Suits siJme are plain, others are trimmed with embroidery for sb.oo to $12.00. BLAOK TAFFETA. White Shirt Waists Taffeta in tlx* leader of the ailk Uhric* Some of the prettiewl we've ever ween We have two M|iecial ijiialitii-M of 27 inch ""*> are made of gheer white lawn, SwitiH. talltla that are extra value for etc., with dainty embroidery and lace oe i trimmings. Then vou will lind an nti- OOC cillCl ®I . U-». lli i it uxiially variety to ehoone Irom; all i .lftfU chiflon tailetn, .tfV incheH wide Rrt i new atylea, perfect in flniih and and the lienl \alne we haw e\er ottered reaxonable in price. lor We have j lint opened a new lot of ladie«' white wa*h heltn. Some are plain, other* S ex. we have oilier i|iinlin<-* that ranife nre embroidered. 'l'liere are aome excel in price Irom l«*nt value* anions them tor S"C tO $I .*IO lOe. Use, 500 and SI.OO White Wwili Silk- lor waixU are \ery Von have light underwear to huy. We IHipular ju-l imiw. S e the <|U*litieH we are *howiii(f Mime value* lhat are hard to are xhow ill)*, at heat. I.rdien' low ueek and *lee» eIeKH rn>c, 7 r »c and SUM) . ril ' u,,v '"" ,ur .. , , „ tOo, 111 I-2i. lb and Mo Men* l> tMiriX'ian Shirt* and Hrawei*. Shirt* have either long or nliort »leeve»— l.adie'n Hue Swi*» liihhed Veal, e*lra two good i|ualitie» lor flue value, lor ab aud &00. 50u to 1.00 Subscribe for the News Item -v Republican News Item, LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906. I THE GHAWGF Conducted bjr J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. r„ Preu Correspondent New York State Orarngt A STRONG PLEA. national Master Bachelder Before Way* and Mean* Committee. A strong plea for deuaturlzed alco hol was made by National Master Bachelder at Washington before the ways and means committee recently. He gave a number of reasons why .Patrons of Husbandry, with a mem bership of 800,000, representing the organized farmers of the entire coun try, are actively urging upon congress the enactment of legislation providing for the use, free of tax, of domestic alcohol, which has been rendered unfit for internal use by the mixture of some noxious substance. The great importance to agricultural Interests of the proposed legislation rises from two comparatively recent discoveries—first, the invention of a method to use alco hol iu couuectlon with the incandes cent mantle for lighting purposes, and, second, the perfection of the Internal combustion engine and Its general adoptiou as a motive power for motor vehicles, farm englues, etc. Authorities state that a little more than two and a half gallons of 90 per cpnt alcohol, the strength which has been found most suitable for lighting and motor fuel purposes, can be pro duced from each bushel of corn. This estimate is confirmed by the report of the commissioner of internal reve nue, showing the ijuantity of distilled spirits produced from corn, barley, rye, etc. With corn costing the dis tiller 85 centtf a bushel the cost of al cohol would be 14 cents a gallon, and at 40 cents u bushel alcohol would cost 10 cents a gallon. It is estimated that the value of the byproducts of the corn after the alcohol is extracted is aliout sufficient to pay the cost of dis tillation. Co-operative distilleries for the sole purpose of producing deiiatur ized industrial alcohol could be estab lished by the fanners and by this means create a greater outlet for such commodities as corn, potatoes, sor ghum, etc. Iu this way the cost to the farmers of this material for light ing, heating, cooking and motor fuel purposes could be kept at the least possible itoiut. Closing his address. National Master Baehefder stated that the fanning in terests of the country heartily and ear nestly favor legislation which will give them this material for lighting, heat ing, cooking and for motor fuel, this to be distilled front the products of their farms, which will give them larger additional markets for surplus farm products and which will promote man ufacturing Interests and Increase do mestic and export trade. Women In the Grange. One of the nice things about the grunge is that it lets the women In. The farmer's wife and his daughter are admitted on equal terms with the farmer himself. They hold their share of the offices, contribute their part to programmes and have their voice in the proceedings. And why should tliey not? The wife is usually the most Im portant "until" on the premises. She does her share of the w.trk, more than her share of the planning aud nearly all the saving. She Is the friend and companion, the partner, the associate aud the best adviser, and without tier not only would life on the farm lie un endurable, but It Is a oni-stioD If there would be any farm. If to belong to the grange carries with It any benefits or advantages, it Is certain that the wife Is entitled to her share. The founders of the grange probably looked at It In this light, und possibly their wisdom in letting the women Iu is the secret of the great Order's success and pros perity.— Exchange. ICilnaloa Work. It Is gratifying to know that the new administration of the national grange promises to widely organise the farmers of the west under the banner of Patrons of Husbandry, says the New England Homestead. The new national master, ex-Governor N, J. Bachelder of Concord, N. H.. is a man of sound judgment, much experience tu this work aud of great energy. The grange has been develop*! In New England to a most brilliant aiul en during success. The lueUiuds there pursued, grafted upon our western Ideas and Ideals, should restore this or ganisation ihroughoirt the west to s far higher pimltion even than It oc cupied tklrty years ago. It Is the one farmers' order that has stood the test of time. What do farmers, anil particularly i granger farmers, iliiuk of an agricul tural pa|M'r that deems the grange of : so little Importance as to never give a paragraph attout a farmers' orguulxs- I lon with MNMMM mem Iters? Home of : the agricultural papers will get (heir eyes often later ou. National Master Hacbelder Is ths imslm! man in uluetweu states or psr hsps twenty. The recently atempted assassaina tion of the King and Queen of Spain has revived the question of the pre vention of such crimes and the pun ishment of anarchists, counterfeiters and dangerous criminals of all class es. Major Sylvester, Chief of Po lice of Washington, D. C. is the ad vocate of a plan which he believes will tend to check the operations of professional criminals to a large ex tent. He urges the establishment of an International Criminal Identi fication bureau by the United States, lie contends that the movements of i criminals should be shadowed, no matter on what part of the globe. Every (tit of information regarding them should be kept where it can be procured quickly. The United States und all the other foreign gov ernments should co-operate and pro vide an arrangement which would constitute one great web that the malefactor could not elude. The expense of the maintenance of this bureau would not exceed $20,000 a year, but the value of a complete knowledge of the personality, habits and haunts of the habitual criminal could hardly be estimated. The question of the retirement oi superannuated government clerks on pension seems to be agitating, tin country at large to a extent than the clerks themselves. As a matter of fact the large majority ol clerks are not in favor of the move ment. The prevailing opinion seems to be summed up in the words of the head of one of the departments. "The government should be conduct ed on the same principles that obtain in ordinary business transactions. It should pay good salaries to good men and should discharge those who are incompetent. I see no reason why a provident man should lie tax ed to support one who has been im provident. There is not a siugle clerk in tliejgovermneiit employ who is there merely out of devotiou lo the government. He is there be cause he wants the saiury. The government which ban paid me my monthly salary on the tick of the clock every pay day, dosn't owe me uny more for tny having done my work faithfully, than it does any one else for conducting an honest busi ness, and being a good, law-abiding citizen. Then why should my fel low clerks, or the people of the eoun tsy be taxed to provide for me if I neglect to save anything in a life time, in a good job? More than $5,000 was received at the dead letter office of the Post Office Dept. in the mouth of May. Only a small amount of this cau be returned to[the senders, for the reas on that the writers gave insufficient addresses. The majority of these jetfers were written by poor persons, including many foreigners, aud are, for the most part, intended for.the mail order houses, but on account of wrong uddresses finally reached the dead letter office. The laxly of Mr. Joel Saxon of Ber nice, was brought to this place for burial Thursday of last week. The funeral was largely attended by peo ple front Bern ice audjvielnity, among whom were Mr. aud Mrs. Walter Wheatley, Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc. Malum, Mrs. Frank Moyer, Mrs. Joseph Uelsman. Mr. and Mrs. J as. McDcrmit, Mrs. 11. Osier, Mrs. It. Moyer, Mrs. C. J. I)ongan, Mrs. James White, Mrs. Jotieph I'atton. A numiter of bloodhound* arrived atShamokin from southern keuuels oil Tuesday ami will lie put ou fields of farmers in Irish Valley to pursue gangs of thieves who have, for sever al mouths, stolen chickens, eggs and fruit. l<ast week (lie farmers form ed a protective association ami sub-1 scrilted fund* l«t purchase the houuds. The farmers sHy many hundreds oft dollars worth of produce have been ' stolen since May. —AI tack til by u hive uf bees ou Ills farm, near Albania on Wednesday, Joseph S. Burkhsrt was so (sully > stung that bis life is indauger. The ttees settled i'ii him In-fore he could get out of the May, und slung him In aland I INI places ou the head, face ami back. i An aged womun who had never , ridden on a railroad before, becom . ing frantic with terror as the train . rolled along making it necessary to ) stop and let her off before she hud . gone half a mile Irom the station, was . the strange and pathetic incident oc . curing on the early morning B. &S. i train from 7Jenton, a few days ago. r The woman was . Mrs. Charles Bkinner, of Jackson, where she has > resided all the 70 years of her life, her home being four miles from the railroad. All her years she made • very few trips from home and then , only ou short journeys with a horse and carriage. She had never been on a railroad trolley car until the day in question when she set out with her son John to make a trip to Danville. The B. & S. train was boarded at the Benton station. The train hud no more than started when the aged woman became terrified by what was to her such a strange ex perience, and as speed was gained and the rumbling increased while the landscape fiew by the windows, she became actually frantic and be gan to scream to let her off. The train was stopped at Maple Grove, about a half mile from the Benton station, where her son assisted his mother to get off and they returned to their home, the woman being on the verge of collapse. Witnesses to the incident say they firmly believe the aged woman would tiave actually died of fright had not the train been stopped just when it was.—Bloomsburg Republican. What kind of u commercial ferti lizer does my soil require? is a question of interest to nearly every farmer. Pennsylvania spends for fertilizers somewhat over (0,000,000 annually, a sum nearly equal to the State appropriation for public school. The best answer to the question is gaiued by direct field experiments on the soil involved. To aid in a systematic study of the various soils of Pennsylvania, the State Experi ment Station, through its chemist, Prof. Frear, has organized a series ol cooperative soil tests with the three principal classes of commercial fer tilizers, to determine the presenf need of the soil, for one or other ot these aids to fertility. These co-op erative tests are now being made in accordance with the Station's in structions, in thirty-eight counties of the State. After lingering in an unconscious state, during which she was not ex pected to recover, Mrs. Clyde Van horn of Benton, who some days ago drank carbolic acid in a fit of des pondency while visiting at the home of her son, Elmer, in Greenwood township, Columbia county, has at last regained consciousness, and is re covering strength in an unexpected manner. She is able to speak but little, but hopes are now entertained for her ultimate full recovery. The first words uttered when she regained her senses and was able to speak, were "Why didn't you let me die?" Ow ing to her frail condiiion as yet, no questions regarding the deed have !•. i n asked Iter. Judging from later development* t!ie locusts that had reached this sec tion during the last few davs were oidy the advance guard of tl e main body which are now arriving. They are now abont all here, and are mak .ing themselves heard on every hand. What puxzles naturalists is how they know when the 17 years are up and put iu an appearance on time. -Sun bury American. A party of HO State College im'ti are at Eagles Mere when- they will do engineering work. Struck on the top of the head by u j dead limit falling from a tree near where he was pealing iiark on the I North Mountain neur Emmons, lust 1 week, Char lea Watts, aged yeara, i and unmarried, suatatned a frtetur* i ed skull, the fracture Iteiug of such a grave character that the victim's brains nuial out on his head. Walla was carried to the home of hla hither, a mlie sway, and l»r. Me. Ilenry, of Henton, was ■umiuoned- Ho critical ar>> hla Injuries that there are small lio|mm for hi* recovery 75C PER YEA BERNICE ITEMS. Mine's Lucy Hannon and Maggl< Watson are visiting friends at Scran ton. C. E. Jackson has moved from th< hotel into the Connell house and wil manufacture soap. Editor Streby or Dushore was i business man at Bcrniceand Mi Id ret Saturday* Frank Coolhaugh who was oper ated upon for appendicitis die< during the operation. His bodj was shipped to this place on Satur day, funeral held on Monday. John Cbnnor who is attendin; school at Alegheney is visiting hi parents at Mildred. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Dieffenbacl spent Sunday with the former's par ents at Dushore. Dr. Brennan and Harry McLaugh lin united with the Red Meu on Mon day evening, Six years ago when the school dl rectors were qualified to fill th offlice of Secretary it cost the tax payers, $75 a year but things hav changed si net that time and it nov costs $125 for a man to do thei thinking and deciding. These ar just the people that want reform. F. F. Schaad has received hi commi&sion as D. G. S. of Red Me of Mildred. Miss Cassie Schaad of Parson, Pa is visiting her father, William Schaa at Mildred. Just previous to Fourth of Jul last year State Health Coir missioner, Samuel G. Dixon throug the public press of Pennsylvani called the attention of the people t the great danger of lockjaw (tetanu from wounds of toy pistols and oth< explosives, and he urged the necess ty of immediate medical attendant in such cases. That the warning w« widely heeded was shown by th great reduction iu the number « tetanus cases following Fourth of Ji ly accidents. Indeed there were r> ported only a few scattered <»s< throughout the whole State, ilealt Commissioner, Dixon again sen< out a warning message in antic pation of the coming Fourth. The germ which produces tetani grows best buried in the tiesli aw# from the air," says Dr. Dixon, an this germ which is found in eart! in the dust and iu horse stables, ar sometimes suspended in the air i windy localities, lodges easily in tl small, clean cut wound made f< instance by the blank cartridge. "What I wish to impress upc every one, especially mothers, is tl very great seriousness of the wounds if they are not proper treated by those with full knowledt of the subject. Early treatment I a physician will often prevent t! development of tetanus. Therefor a doctor should be called at once treat a penetrating wound even slight, such as powder or other e plosives are apt to make. Iu case prolonged delay in obtaining thes< viws of a physician a compete druggist or trained nurse mig thoroughly wash the wouud i.nd a ply hot untlseptics." Contractor Thomas C. Whalen Towanda, now has 180 men and Wains at work on the grading <.f t I'., 11. A- E. railroad from Powell Canton. Gangs of men are world at several points. Kails have t>e laid from the connection with the A N. Y. tracks to the ahutement the bridge over Schroder Creek. T bridge iron is expected at any tin Oil Saturday a quantity of tools MI shipped to Powell for the Enip Const ruction company, who u erect the bridges. The farme/s in this section are in arms over the Pure Food I which |weed the house on Saturd last. The bill prohibits the use all coloring matter 111 butter, whett of a harm lews nature or not. A I delegation of llr.«dl\wd county far era, nearly All nieiuberaof IheUrai have gone to Waahington to prot against the bill. They say that I bill will UmU a ertppiiug blow HI I dairy interest* throughout the nail and that the fltwium will there# exert every ialtMewe they ran ce uiand to deftsat —Valley HeeorU
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