ll ß' reputable r »ncern. a* ** r _... VOL. XI. NO 4-t {«!« This Is the Place CTo Buy Your jewelry s v Nothing" in Town to Compare WilliX 112 the Quality that We are Giving* J / You lor the Low Price Asked. N Cf Quality and moderate prices makes a force that 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best { ot this section. Many years here in business, always ) } with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (witli a care and judgment commensurate with its 1 \ desirability and adaptability to refine laste, makes \ { our store a safe place to invest. 112 p Repair work done on short notice and gtiajran- q \teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X S RETTENBURY, f > Sous HO RE, FA. The Jeweler COL HARDWA^E^ --y-%y 'JW'" "s No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OR WOO D HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Toois 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 stove? anything from a fine Jewel Base j Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Mot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbeli Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILL! AMS PORT, PA. Nev Dress Goods For Spring. ARE ON DISPLAY. Kxcell them ? Impossible! Equal tlunr? Try! Wei a . proud ( 112 our selection —eager t r you to see them —I confident o! your approval. Foi with a jrreat cure we have picked and cho.-en and purchased. and know tlia' ilier «ii' not to lie found tnore worthy and ln-autit'ul representatives ol the new est and best in Spring I'ress (louds. Novelty atnl e.xclu-iveness arc-the feature.- of ilie rarest combinations of weaves collor- 1 anil etleet evei manufactured are included. Certainl) the display is the -it perior ot any in this section,and you need jro im further in your search tor modish fabrics < I the moment. Make vour seleetion- earl) when the fabrics, the weaves, the color combinations and the prices are sure to delight you. Wide Material for Tailored Suit We are showin;: an exceptionly larj."' collection of."D to.V. inch fabric- lor ■ lackel Suits in the new'stripe-, i iiccka and lane) mike I material-, some excellent value- at s| iNiaud $1 -•"» a yard. Plain and Fancy Panamas. Panamas are now ; reep«jnized as one ot the very best materials made tor ,-er\ ice, and then ihey are stylish. We have them in all the plain colors and fancy mixed and over plaid checks. ALL WOOL BATISTE MIXED SUITING. lii ah the new dark and evening shades. We !m . n-tdv to show von the mos, I'lieie i- no belter fabric made lor ine.\ , , . . , • , ,i . ,!■ ii i complete me ol lancv mixed suitings and pen.-ne dressv wear than this all wool 1 batiste for plain labries you will find anywhere lor 50c 50c Subscribe for the Newsltem Williamsporl Til ln Keall the following day) jtiie little boy was taken to Klmira j | and examined by Dr. Westlake ' : With the use ot the X-ray machine j I the physician decided that the quar ter was located in the right lurig. i j Then lie was taken back to Say re j and 1 »r. 11. < Mt. after an exaiiiin i ition, disagreed with the diagnosis | jof l»r. Westlake. Dr. (Mt decided j : J that the quarter was too large to I enter the lungs. <>n the following | day 1 >r. ott operated. He first pass- j ed an instrument into the esophagus hut from what has since been ascer- i tained it i< known that they .simply j 1 slipped past the coin, for it was ! tightly wedged into the tit lie with j ! one edge turned straight up toward | 1 the mouth. Xe\t 1 »r. all railroads in the State. There is pending a measure exempting short lines. Hy short lines the bill in question refers to companies with forty miles of trackage or less not wwned or controlled by larger roads. It is not improbable a new bill will | be introduced to amend the bill sign ed to-day to exempt such short lina roads. This will be done to put before the courts the question whether the Legislature may discriminate be tween one road and another. Few persons Relieve the Legislature ! may do this, but the amendment ! probably will be offered as a eon ! cession to the smaller roads. I _ .Jonn Millard of Laquin, recent ly was arrested by detective Guy ! (J. Hollon of Towanda. on the j charge of forgery. A letter oon i t.'lining a cheek for 850 was given to Millard to take to the postoHlee but instead of depositing the letter at the ollice he opened it and took I theic l'roin the check and forged the name of the payee to the check. Klias Sa vcreool. a contractor of La quin. who had issued the check swore out a warrant for the arrest 1 of Millard whom Constable Hollon found at Monroeton. He was tak -1 en to the To.vanda jail and locked i up. I $25 Prise For Keeping Tidy Premises. In order that the citizens of Hughesville may have a special stimulus to beautify the surround ings of their properties Burgess Townsend will give #25 iu gold for the three most tidly kept premises in town, divided in three prizes, one J of #ls, and two of #5 each. A committee of three ladies will ; be selected, who will keep a super vision on the homes of those persons who have entered the contest for the prizes. The Avis Advance says that 10. Hertram Sylvia, engineer at the Avis Cut Glass company's plant has discovered a secret compound that lias almost the same effect on coal and ashes sis that discovered by John PI more, of Altoona. Mr. Sylvia has been working on the thing for about II years, but was not able to perfect it until about two weeks ago. He has kept his secret quiet until he could secure the time to give it a thorough test. Mr. Sylvia has been using the preparation in the glass company,s furnace and with about one-fifth of a ton of coal and four-fifths of a ton he can produce about five time the amount of heat that a ton of coal will produce. About 10 cents of the compound will be all that is necess ary to use for each toil of coal con sumed. During the time the prepar ation was used not a particle of smoke issued from the big stack at the glass works. The amount of refuse from the fire-box since Mr. Sylvia has been trying his secret could be loaded in an ordinary toy express wagon. One feature about the preparation which cannot be found in the Klinore compound is that the firebox, flues and stack are cleaned out to perfect ion and shine like a silver dollar, every particle of soot being con sumed. When asked what he was going to do with his secret Mr. Sylvia said he intended to have a factory built and manufacture the article in Avis. The largest all-steal freight car ever built has been received by the Lehigh Valley. The car was con structed at Sayre. It is 100 feet long, three times the length of an ordinary car, and has four trucks, with .'l2 wheels, while the ordinary ear has two trucks jmd eight wheels. The monster car weighs about 250,000 pounds, nearly seven times as much as the ordinary car. Ten thousand rivets were required in building it. John William Wood, Sr., invent or of an improvement on car-facing springs now in use on cars by all the principal railways iu the country, has just been retired at Altoona by the Pennsylvania, because of ill health, at the age of 60 years. Wood, who was one of the most expert machinists iu the service of the Pennsylvania, invented over 100 tools and improvements on tools and machinery, many of which have been patented by the Pennsylvania and [Hit in exclusive use in then shops over the system. For three years during the civil war, Wood held the position of foreman of gun boat repairs at League Island navy yard. David P. Funk, another vet eran employe of the Pennsylvania, was also retired, having reached the age limit, 70 years. Funk served through the greater part of the civil war. He was captured by the Con federates and was almost within sight of Lilihy prison, where he had 1 been doomed to imprisonment, when he was retaken by the Union soldiers. The bill introduced by Representa tive Kiess of Lycoming and which is now a law, providing a bounty of j 75 cents for the killing of hawks, | has led to a universal inquiry from farmers and hunters as to the man- I ner of collecting the bounty. When a hawk is shot it must be produced ; before a justice anil the bounty i* given to the man who killed and j brought the hawk to the office. 1 After the justice has the sum he is reimbursed by the county at the ' offlice of the county treasurer. Mrs. James Tliall, of Cherry township, died April 7 [at the "age of 54 years. She leaves a husband, two sons 'and one daughter. The remains were iutered at Dushore I Tuesday. 75C PER YEAP BERNICE ITEMS. Patrick White is a Wilkes-Barre visitor this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Roberts or Say re are calling on friends at this place. James Mellody was a Scran ton visitor last week. John Pendergarb was a Say re visitor last week. The woman in black is all the rage at tins place and she is keeping our streets in a normal condition as far as the young people arc concern ed for you will not see one around after dark if we could only get some one to take the old men in charge there would be less mid.night oil burnt and more happy woman and we would have also a model vill age. The death of David Hymen son of Mr. and Mrs. Hymen, age 15 years and 8 months has cast a gloom over our town, less than two weeks ago he was enjoying himself along with the rest ot his school mates lie wis only sick a few days, last Wedncs day Or. Hermann of Onshore was called in consultation along with Or. J. L. Brennan of this place and they decided to send him to Wilkes- Barre to undergo an operation. Ho was taken on the morning train on Thursday and was operated on that day, the operation was successful but he passed away on Friday morn ing and was buried at Wilkes-Barrc on Sunday. His parents brothers and sisters have the sympathy of the whole community in their bereave ment. As Buster was returning from a surprise party on Thursday evening he meet the woman in black at the Bernice store but he did not putin time talking to her so he cannot tell whether she is tall or short or what she is tor the distance between the Bernice store and ('. E Jackson's drug store v.:!! r.i'v.T be cover, d in less time than it took him that night. Since that night you cannot }><'t the young man out after dark. The following people met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Deffen bach of Mildred and tendered a sur prise to their oldest son Louis; Misses Bessie and Nellie Gallagher; Lucy Hannon, Alice White, Bart low, Nora Connors, Margaret Wat son, Winnifred Deffenbach; jMesseiv Tom and Frank Ramsay, Kugene ana Clarance McLaughlin, Thomas Walters, Fred Weaver, Robert Wat son, < Jeorge Spence, William White, Allen Anile, and Julius Meyer. Another candidate from Bernice C. K. Jackson for Prothonotary. Sheriff Buck of Laporte wes serv ing Juror notices here on Tuesday. William P. Shoemaker of Laporte was a business man at this place Thursday. The following were Onshore visit ors last week; 0. Sehoonovcr; L. J. Lowery; Allen Ande; Robert Wat son; Patrick Hannon; William Col- Ions; C. I"L Jackson ami 11. I'. Mc- Laughlin. MVNCY VALLEY. Misses Murl and Vearl Jillson, and Mr. Joseph Watts of Muncy Valley visited the formert grand-* mother Mrs. Margaret Mapes at La porte over Sunday. Miss Ruth Stroup is spending some time at Mrs. Margaret Mapse's. Miss Anna J learn of Onshore is spending a few days with friends at this place. Misses Mabel Moran and Anna Ilearn, and Mr. Joseph Watts were callers at Miss Anna Karge's school at Mt. V°rnon on Friday. Mr. J. P. Miller was a Williams port caller Saturday. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Finery Smiter, April 7, a son. Miss Klla Mapes of Laporte is spending the Jweek with her sister Mrs. L. F. Jillson. Mrs. Oscar Stroup |*pcnt Wednes day with her auut at Tivola. Governer Stnurt has approved the bill providing for the payment i of $2 a day for two days and mile age at the rate of three cents a mile of school directors who attend the annual county association of school directors in Pennsylvania.