Republican News Item. VOL. XI. NO 13. C To Buy Your Jewelry < C Nothing in Town to Compare P the Quality that We are Giving J ) You ioj the Low v Price Asked. \ C Quality and moderate prices mnkes a force that\ \ irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r r of this section. Many years here in business, a ways 3 Swith a lull line of goods above suspicion; chosen { 112 with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to rehne taste, makes \ / our store a safe place to invest. v S Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X \ RETTENBURY, ) cdushore, No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D 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 Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Summer Knit Handkerchiefs. Underwear. . i' • , T a «rontl handkerchief month with sheer it vou have thi » Knil i nderwear to » , . . . , . . , . , 112 , tine and meHy hu shed liciiiKliteneii ones huv, nee our assortment. Msule Iroin Hie c ... . • i.i i . i,. lor .)<*. (» lor J:>o. best yarns »»v the best makers. Ladies low neck, short sleeve and aleev I'me nil Linen Handkerchiefs, some less Vests tor are plain hemstitched, others aie em 10c 121 c ami 15c. hroidered and lace tiitnmcd, for Ladies' Kililied Swiss Nest extra value ' " LSO. for 2") c• and ">oe I'ine Mercerized Sill; \'ests for Knit Ready Made Sheets. Underwear, in most all qualities you ... could ask for. , « ! -p F ! ire housekeepers won t hesitate aliout buying them when lliey see now — ™ o od and well made tliev are. plain hem Summer Weight Hemstitched Sheets lor 05c to S. r >c. Corsets. It's not enough that a Corset he merely P|||n\A/ f oopc light weight, hut must ho perfectly shap- • lllv/W vUOCOi ed and good titling as well as light. You . . , . . . won't find hotter models or a he:ter range Pillow Cases with plain hem iia.lv tor of styles or better value ihan several ~B<| ~ir ," 4 r o '!,. makes we are selling for #1.1)0. Less ex- emstitehed pillow cases IHe to 22c. pensive ones are here as well in ample 1''«"» Bolster Mips for .ilc to A>c. variety. Hemstitched Bolsters for 40c to 45c. Linens and Towels. Have you tried us to,- Linens? Never Fine Damask Towels up to $2.00. a qetter time than now. Tliev are reason nhle prices at Shophell's these days when lluck and Bath Towels in a'l qualities we are showing an excellent line of new am ) pricec. designs of Tahle Damask. Napkins and Center Pieces. It will pay von to spend a little time I'lain and hemstitched Towels. at our Linen counter. 12Jc to *>(ir. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1906. Americana are used to bit? figures. They are so familiar witli the superior ly of our industrial situation that tUey lo not often take pains to remember what it means. It means, first of all, that this na tion makes a closer approach to out fight industrial independence than was ever made by any other nation since human society was organized. We L-ould shut our doors and live In per fect comfort, feeding ourselves, cloth ing ourselves and supplying nearly all our other needs from our own re sources. It means, in the second place, that the possibilities of wealth from the prosecution of successful industry are far greater hero than elsewhere and that all the nations of the earth must flock to us for fooil and fiber and pay tribute to us. It means also that in the exploitation of our natural riches and the produc tion of our goods we give to our people more uninterrupted, profitable employ ment than is permitted to the laborers of any other land. It is a fundamental requirement of sound political econo my that the people shall be kept at work at good wages, and we do that in such fashion that the laborers in other lands flock in here in multitudes to ob tain a share of the good things we have to offer. Philadelphia North American. FRAUGHT WITH DANGER. The lluul Tttriir Striken at Home Markets. The prosperous west lias been led to believe that a reduced tariff on manu factures would largely inure to its benefit, and for that reason it is fa vorable to any scheme of reciprocity proposed. But the west loses sight of the dangers of a reciprocity on any odi er line than that proposed by the late President McKinley in his last public speech to his countrymen, when he de clared in effect that there should be uo reciprocity that interfered with tlie pro tection of home industry. That is tlie line congress should hew to in dealing with the subject. The agrieultural west also should remem lier the inevitable truth that its pros perlty is due to the prosperity of the manufacturing east and that any tariff arrangement that threatens to endan ger manufactures and labor will surely have a disastrous effect on agriculture by diminishing the home market for Its products. The dual tariff scheme Is fraught with danger, and congress will be apt togo slow in its consideration should it come before It. —Camden Cou rier. Tuft nutl thr Plillipitliie*. There are two main (mints in the Philippine policy for which Secretary Tart seems to stand. One is that when a people who are utterly Incapable of governing themselves have come with in American control It Is the right as well as the duty «>f the American gov ernment to administer their affairs in the Interest of civilization and prog ress. That he does 11 >t believe In self ish exploitation of a weaker people by a stronger Is apparent from his plea for the modification of the tariff laws of the United St ites to admit of tin free entry of Philippine products to the American market, llis liberal views are also e\ idenced by his en couragement of the American plans for educating the rising generation of Fili pinos, with the object of Imparting to the people of the i land ; a capacity for self government and ultimately con ceding them the political independence which will be a boon to tliein when they are fit for it. but would be a curse to them at the present time.- Milwau kee Evening Wisconsin. An Plll l»l»* l«!«*nl. Free trade I,< an Ideal theory. Rec! procit.v is an approach to the Ideal, if nil nations would do unto others as they would have others do to them trade could be carried uu along ideal lines, but that is not the way of com merce, and self defense is the law that must govern. When a man buys goods in a foreign country lie gets the goods, but the for eigner gets the money. The goods wear out, but the money does not. It stays In the foreign country, increasing its wealth. When a man buys goods made at home lie gets the goods, and the money stays at home, adding to the wealth of the country. The men who make the goods here get good wages, and the man who uses the goods gets good material. The country benefits by encouraging its own manufacturers. If reciprocity could offer as good results it would be a good thing, and It would not be necessary to hold conventions to advocate it. —Jersey City Journal. The lli'al t'cuae. Free traders are quick to claim that the census figures Just reported show that the protective tariff Is not helping our industries, but the real cause of the failure of manufacturing to In crease as much during the last five years as during the preceding five years Is not hard to find. No one who has traveled in the south and Been th< children who work in the mills there also the hours the mill hands work wonders that the cotton Industry is more profitable in the south than 1E this state. Other industries may have suffered in the name way.- BIG DAY AT LAPORTE Avgust 15, 'O6. Base Ball Carnival. A base ball carnival will bo given under the auspices of the Laporte Athletic Association at Laporte, on August 15th. There will be games both morning and afternoon. The Hughesville team, amateur cham pions of Lycoming county, the Eag les Mere team, composed ot some of the best college Athletes in the country, the Dushore team recently reorganized and now playing the fastest hall of any team in the coun try and perhaps another team, yet to be secured, will contest for the championship. The W. A- N. Ji. railroad has giv en a special excursion rate for the day as follows: twenty-live cents round trip from Satterfleld and all points as far south as Muncy Valley. From all points south of Muncy Valley, forty cents. From Eagles Mere, round trip, sevnty-live cents. It is proposed to make the day a general gala day. Refreshments will be served on the grounds of the Association and picnic parties will be made welcome. The grounds are now being putin tine condition for the games and no etlbrts will be spared to make the day the greatest base ball occasion in the history ol Sullivan county. ltev. Irl U. Hicks makes the fol lowing predictions for Auaust in Word and Works: A Reactionary storm |>eriod is central oil August the 2ud, :trd 4th. This period will culminate, within forty-eight hours of noon OH the 4th, in very marked electrical and seismic perturbations over many quarters of the globe. In our own country, H wave of intense warmth, attended by very low barometer readings, will start in the westat the opening of the month. As this wave advances east ward, many violent, summer gusts, with severe lightining and thunder, will sweep wide localities, being most general and violent from the northwestern statcsalong paths lying between the central to extreme northern parts of the country. A regular storm period lies bet ween the 7th and 12th. It is central on the !lth and will culminate from the Bth to the 11th. Great increase of temperature, with corresponding fall of the barometer, will pass like a wave from east to west during this period. Black, blustering clouds, thunder and high winds, witli possi bly cloudbursts ill scattered localities may be expected, but we do not be lieve that a sufficiency of rain w ill be diffused generally over the coun try. Increased and positive reactionary storms on the 15th, lGth and 17th. A rapid, but temporary rise of tlui barometer will follow these storms, with brief respite from Augu.»t heat. A regular storm period runs from the 19th to 2:>rd. The indications are that the heaviest and most gen eral storms iu August will occur dur ing ami next to Sunday the llltli to Wednesday the 22nd. We will name the 20th and 21st as the crisis. These dates will also be at the center of the seismic period, hence a maxium of earthquake tendencies will tie natural centering on and about tin- l'.hh. The best outlook for rains over tin great rain belts and other sections in August is during this period, or from about 171 li to2:lrd. Violent summer storms need not surprise any reader at this time, and in the north western open parts of the country reasonable care should be exercised against vio lent hail storms. A reactionary storm period is cen j tral on the2sth, 2t»ihand 27th. The i last storm period for the month, 25th !to 28th, will culminate in higher | temperature, low barometer, cloudi | ness and more or loss storms and rain over thccountry in general. August promises to wine •<> an end with fail and cooler weather spreading east | wardly over the country. In bin annual r< port, submitted to ! the school hoard of Reading, city Su perintendent, Charles S. Foos severe ly criticises the multiplicity of Iligh school societies, or so-called greek let ter fraternities. He says: "Every friend of the public schools it.seems to me, should deplore the ad vent of these fraternities in our com mon school system. Above all in stitutions, the public schools are a product of a democratic government, and every boy and girl should stand on the same footing. These societies divide schools into cliques and foster an exclusive and clannish spirit. They form unnatural friendships, engender contention, promote selfish ness and snobbishness, set wrong standards of excellence, encourage club life among boys and girls, foster habits of extravagance, demoralize study and discipline and lower the standard of the schools." There is great complaint by par ents in many places because of the existence of these societies, and many failures of pupils are attributed to membership in the organizations. The fact that the Columbia-Mon tour judicial conference which met on Wednesday was adjourned until August 28 in order to give the candi dates, John G. Harman and ex-judge Grant Herring, time to think the situation over and come to an agree ment if possible, gave rise to many rumors. From present indications it looks like a deadlock to the end, and should Herring and Harman both take out nomination pa pens there is little doubt that the result would be the election of Charles C. Evans, the Republican candidate. The question of nominating a man from outside the district is scouted by the candidates and their friends. Herring takes the ground that on account of his age that is the last chance he will have to stand as a candidate for judge of the district while Harman will be young enough ten years hence. Harman, however, does not take this view of the matter insisting that he is entitled to the nomination in view of the fact that the voters ot the district declared for him by giving him 72 majority. An argument as to which would consume the greater quantity of whis key resulted in a wager of $lO be tween two young men of Shenandoah in a .saloon. Drink after drink was ordered and the glasses were tilled to i the brim every time. At the end of an hour each had consumed twenty live drinks and almost simultaneous ly the men fell olf their chairs and rolled under the table. Ice water was dashed in their faces and a hose was turned on them but they could not be aroused. A physician who worked over the pair until morning succeeded in rescuing them from death. The actual quantity of whis key consumed by each man was one .tiid one-fourth quarts. Both are members of prominent families but they are evidently on the downward truck. President Uoosevelt draws a sala ry of #.".0,000. llis pay day comes it.i- last day of each month. William 1!. Padgett, a clerk in the treasury of I ,ice, carries the President his check every time, lie gets eight checks during the year for 14,100 60 and fniir checks for $4,100.08 which makes the $50,000. Oil one occasion w lieu Urover Cleveland was presi dent, a mistake was made and nine checks were drawn for #4100.00 in stead of At the end of the yt ar in order to balance the accounts a check for one cent was drawn for Mr. Cleveland, which was not only one of the smallest cheeks ever drawn but the smallest check that could be used. This check was never cashed. Some time when the Ex-President ; gels hard up he will have it to fall j back on. [ The Rev. Emory M. Stevens, for ■ ; several years the able pastor of Pine | Street M. E. church, at Williams • | port, is the new jrt siding elder of the llarrisburg district of the Cen i' tral Pennsylvania conference,official ; announcement of his appointment by •j Bishop lierry being made last week. He was once presiding elder of the district. 75C PER YEAR GERNICE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Connors of Philadelphia are visiting the formers parents Mr. ami Mrs. J. J. Connors at Mildred. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Taylor of Ter ry town were calling on old friends. The Kev. C. J. Zeiglebrier of Mil dred, has moved to Williamsport. Mr. and Mrs. Harry DietFenhach of Mildred, have been visiting the former's brother, S. A. Dieffenhach. Edith Harney, Janet Watson and Lucy liannon all .of Kemnton, are visiting their parents at Mildred. CJuite a number of Dushore visi tors attended the base ball game at this place Sunday. Frank Scouten and son of Parsons, are guests at the Schaad hotel. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Uahr of Du shore, spent Sunday at Mildred with Mr. and Mrs. S, A. Dieffenbaeh. Miss Lula Newell of Mildred, who has been visiting her aunt at Dor rencetown, returned home Saturday. The Presbyterian Sunday School will hold their annual picnic at Eag les Mere, on the loth of August. Here is a question that was pre sented to me: If lit hundred brick tan be sold for one dollar, and it cost IU dollars a thousand to replace them, how much was gained or lost by the transaction? Jerome Ortleib has been awarded the contract for building the new school house. The building cannot be completed in time for the open ing of the school term. The property owners of Centralia, Columbia county, are up against a most seri >us proposition. The Le high Valley Company has issued an edict ordering them to leave their homes to avoid being engulfed in the mines. The company intends to re move the pillars which support the surface. To protest against this the people of the town intend to bold a mass meeting soon. About SKO,OOO worth of real estate is involved, which would be lost if the company carries out its intentions. Should all arguments fail, the United Mine Workers may take a hand in the matter and refuse to permit its mem bers to dig out the pillars, for the property the company is virtually confiscating represents the homes and savings of miners. Mr. J. H. Fuuk, State Pomologist, sent out the following warning: "The season is at huu