VOL. XI. NO 47. This Is the Place 112 'To Buy Your jewelry s r -V x Nothing' in Town to Compare With X ( the Quality that We are Giving / P You for the Low Price Asked. S Quality and moderate prices makes a force that \ j irresistibly draws into our store the best ( ofthis section. Many years here in business, always 3 with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C 112 with a care and judgment commensurate with its « j desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ { our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q S teed, by skilled workmen Your orders appreciated. A > RETTENBURY, > <> DUSHORE, PA. The jeweler^^ COL HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS: ONE OP WINTER S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing 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 range? 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. Canine! The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAM SPORT, PA. A M.i'.P CUT PR ICE for Ladies' Spring sSoifs * * r * ~ . ! • w. ii! .u' da sot sp/.ng are just beginning. But the selling days .re slipping awav. I his has been an un usu. liy backward sens >n which compells us to dispose 112 a i, umber ot ladies st>lish suiis and gowns at a price— Th y come in Navy, Black, Brown and in the new tanc\ mix ure striped ; nd checked materials that are so popular 11 is seas' n. We otier t< l:i y MM exceptional opportunity to procure i thoroughly well made and LA wup toclate tailored suit or cI IVSM v gown at a remarkable reduction from the regular price, ami at a -ea-on wlien theie are .-till month* ol wearing time ahead. Tin -i; • ari' made u:th K Hon pony or cutaway coat.- lineil throughout with sill< or nali llie .-Ivirt- are cut over the very latest models. At the prices we have mark'd ijiei-e -nits make it economy to huy one if only to wear till hot weather I ejus. Come here for the best values in ladies suits that you have seen lor many a da v. These are all This Sea on Styles at an Honest Mark Down. Subscribe for the Newsltem LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY BA. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1907. Death of Ernest Lauer. The sad news of the death of Frn est V. Lauer of Laporte, youngest 'son of M. C. and Marie C. Lauer came as a great shock to this com munity last Saturdey morning. About two weeks ago Mr. Lauer sustained an injury to his knee hy an accidental fall upon a saw. The wound was given immediate atten tion and, although painful, was not considered especially serious. But in spite of every effort to 'prevent it. i blood poisoning developed. 'For the ! past week his condition lias been j most serious and two physicians and a trained nurse have been in eonstan! I attendance. Strong IK. pes were en | tertained for his recovery until two days before his death, when compli cations arose too serious for medical skill to combat. Mr. Lauer was born atThoriukile, January :>, IST", but Jiis parents re moved to Laporte when he was but a few months old. With the except ion of a year or two spent in attend ance at school at Athens and two years spent in the west, he has lived ! his entire life at this place. He was a young man of splendid habits and sterling worth. His generous, unselfish nature endeared him to all and his happy, genial dis position made him a general favor- I ite. Thoughtfulness for others and j helpfulness in every situation were i marked characteristics of his life, j flint he should have been called : away at the very threshold of what I promised to be a highly useful and ; successful career seems sail to con- i template. The funeral services were held fuesday and were conducted by Rev. ' (>• A. Buxton, of St. John's Episco- | pal church. The services were most i impressive and the church was lilled j with mourning relatives and sorrow- j nig friends. Following the services j it the church, the remains were laid ! to rest in the family lot in Mountain v->. cemetery. The sympathy of the community j out in an especial manner to the illlicted family of the deceased who j have so recently suffered a double bereavement in the loss of a mother i uul brother. Hon. E. W Samuel Visits Panama. The Congressional party which left New York on March oth for Panama, j ui order to make a thorough inspect- j ion of the developments and work- \ ings at the great canal in process of ■oustruction, arrived home safely ! Saturday afternoon. The trip was successful from beginning to end, and all of the party landed in New York in the best of spirits- Congress men E. \V Samuel, of this district, was one of the forty-six Members of Congress who constituted the party. His story of the trip is highly inter esting. The Congressmen who were to take ' t lie trip, upon the invitation of Presi dent R losevult and."secretary of War raft, assembled at Washington on March ">ih. Twenty-seven states were represented by the legislators chosen. On Wednesday afternoon, March oth, the party set sail for the canal zone on the ship Pana na, owned by the Panama Steamship Company, which the United States Government controls sixty-nine seventieths of the stock. The voyage lasted six days and was uneventful, except for the fact that it was very pleasant, good weather prevailed throughout. <>n the way the islands of Sin Silvadyr, upon which Cristopher Columbus first s.-t foot after leaving Spain in 1 102, was passed. The members of the party gathered at the rail and saw the island of Cuba and 1 layli as the ship sailed on tiie bosom of the brimy deep. Most of the Congressmen employ ed the time on the trip in studying the conditions at Panama and famil iarizing themselves with the details of the work they were about to in spect. On Tuesday, March 12th, the port of Colon was sighted, and in a few ; hours the party landed. The states men were met at the dock hy the offieiuls of the Panama Commission i and the General of Colon, | who gave liini a royal welcome. A special train was then taken to I Panama. The railroad is sittiated di rectly on the course which will be j taken by the canal. No stops were ' made until the special reached its destination. Arriving at Panama, the party ! went to Hotel Trivoli, erected by the United Govesmnent for ' the lodging of employes and Ameri can citizens who are desirous of oh i tabling the comforts of home while in the land of the stranger. The ho tel is a magnificent structure and l the Congressmen were much im pressed by it 1 n the afternoon the partv went : about tin? town, purchasing straw j hats, negligee shirts and light cloth -1 ing, that they might not suffer from the torrid weather. In the evening they were visited by several United I States people. On Wednesday the party boarded ; a special train and were soon at the I Culebra Cut. JThe party inspected i the cut and then visited the hospital l at Panama. This institution was j built by the French and is complete | in every particular. Friday the Congressmen visited ; Laboca, which will be the entrance to the new canal. The first lock of the canal is there situated. After a short inspection the party entered launches and were taken to Tadoco. On this trip the members sailed on the Pacific Ocean, an arm of that great 4 body of water lying between the two towns. At Taboca a sanitar ium for the convalescent is located. This was also built by the French, hut is now maintained by the United States. Saturday was spent in the ancient city of Panama, the many attract ions affording considerable pleasure to the Congressmen. On Sunday a special train convey ed the party to the Gatun Dam, where the great canal locks w ill be built. From that place the party went to Cristobal and inspected the storehouses and shops. Sunday afternoon the patty em barked on the Panama and set sail for the United States. The first two days of the voyage were very rough and many of the Congressmen were stricken with sea sickness. Tuesday tin ship arrived at Kingston, Jamai ca, and the party spent four hours viewing the ghastly ruins of the re cent earthquake. The rest of the voyage was pleas ant and the party arrived in New- York ( ity on Saturday afternoon. Bill to Increase Salaries of State Officials. Senator ,OOO a year. That of his secretary from $2,500 to s:>,oo. S laries of Insurance Commission er ami the Banking Commissioner are reduced from SO,OOO to $.">,000 each. Some of the others are increased. Following is the list: Lieutenant Governor, $.">,00(1; Secretary of the Commonwealth, $8,000; Attorney General, $12,000; Auditor General, 5,000; State Treasurer, 8,000; Secre tary of Internal Affairs, 5,000; Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, 5,000; Adjutant General, 5,000; Fact ory Inspector, 5,000; Chief of Mines Department, 5,000; Highway Com i missioner, 0,5000; Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, 5,000; Super erintendent of Printing, 3,000; state Librarian. :{,000; Superintendent of State Police, 000; Fish Commission ers, 3,000 each; Secretary of Agricul ture, 4,000 Albert Wigfield a farmer resid ■ ing near Butler, while cutting fence posts announced that lie was going Ito cut his leg off Following his statement he placed his leg against a log and with three bio vs of his ax j severed it cleanly between the knee i and the ankle. He was taken to the ; Butler county general hospital in a , farm wagon and when asked why ; he did it replied "The Lord directed ; rue to," Ex-Judge Benj. Taylor Dead. Ex-Judge Robert Taylor, Jr., I better known everywhere from j Muncy to Dushore as"Ben"Taylor ; died at his home at St raw hi idge Tuesday evening of Bl ights disease and uremic poisoning. He was aged seventy-five years and six months. The funeral, in charge of the Rev. 8. B. Bidlaek, will be held Friday morning at *.>::{(> o'clock, interment to be made in Mount I Zion cemetery. Judge Taylor suffered a sudden and violent attack of illness last Thursday while returning to his home from Mui.cy Valley, and though the attention of a physician was secured in a very short time his condition soon became hopeless. Characteristic of the disease lie soon became deranged, due to the violent neuralgic pains in the head and he suffered intensely. A train jed nurse from Williamsport was secured. In 188(5 he was elected associate judge of Sullivan county, and ser-j ved five years with honor and dis- i tinetion. Besides a large circle of friends, j he is survived by his widow, and the following children: Mrs. A. T. j Armstrong, of Hughesville: Harry, j at home, and Miss Edna, also at ! home. Mrs, Jerome Reed Passed Away. Mrs. Jerome Reed diyd at her' home in Laporte township, Friday, i April 12, aged 10 years 8 month*; and fifteen days. She was a patient sufferer from cancer for the past year and the hest of medical -kill could not allay the malady. She was a patient in a sanitarium at Home. N. V., several weeks hist Fall hut as no permanent relief could he given she returned home and received local treatment with hut little hope for recovery. She is survived hy a hushann, one •on Boy lteed, and one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin King. The funeral services were held on Monday from the M. F. church at Nordmont, and were conducted hy Rev. T. F. Ripple of Laporte. In terment was made in Cherry Grove cemetery. An Flk county paper says: la these days, wheij lumber prices are gilt edgt, and each splinter of wood or bucket of sawdust is worth if' weight in pennies, Elk county is experiencing some unique revival in lumbering. No fewer than three jobs of second harvesting on timber land that we origioually cut off from J2O to .'SO years ago are now in pro gress, and none of them shows !<•»> I than SIO,OOO clear in sight. Two years ago the old Divine saw mill, near ltofie, was torn down rind moved to Venango county, its owners believed that all market able timber had been gathered and cut. But last fall the New York and Pennsylvania company bought up the old tract of land at a very low -11111 per acre, and people wondered what they were going to do with it. But now a fair sized mill has been rebuilt on the same site occupied l>\ the old Divine mill, the miles of tramway into the mountains have been rebuilt and truck load after truck load of "clean up," shingh bolts and lath bolts is brought to the mill. Hundreds upon hundreds of saw logs that were in the heydey ofluin tiering believed to be of insufficient value to bother with, arc now being brought to the mill, and as much a i S2O worth of lumber sawn out of part ! of them. IMne tree stumps from four j to seven feet high, round as a dollar and weather-reasoned to the core, i are found in the gulleys and swamps where in deep snow or on account of almost inaccessibility the first chop persextravagantly cut tlieni farabove the ground. These stumps yield a bounteous crop of the best kind of shingles. Besides, since the abandon ment of the tract by the original owners, a second growth of hardwood has grown into trees of from nine to I fourteen inches, ami these, mostly oak, quarter sawed, are worth from : 475 to SOO per thousand feet 75C PER Y IAP- BERNICE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Taylor of < Well, l'a. worn visilin.' friends :•( this place la.-t week. Mrs. Jackson of Say re is visiting her son C. K. Jackson at thi - place Our popular young man Janus Mellvay, of this place was calling on friends at Seemaii, l'a. last week. Mr. and Mr . Robert McOee, of Say re are spending a few clays with the latter.* parents, Mr. and Mr-. Ryan of Mildred. Quite a number of Dushore peo ple attended the entertainment in the St. Frances basement on Friday evening. The following friends of Miss Josie Mrennan of Scran tun met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 11. I'. M Laughlin to tender a farew ell party on the occasion of her returning home; Mr. and .Mrs. ('. iJ tli kson, Mr. and Mrs. rhomas V. McLaugh lin, Mr. and Mrs. William !>avN, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLaughlin, Misses Anna and A'atie Donahut : Alice Cunningham; May Fairly. and Messers Messers Charles Jackoon, James Mellvay, I)r. J. L. lircnnati, Kugene McLaughlin, Len ord Donahue, and Thomas Murray. All reported a good tint - but Buster who lias not for-.ro'ten hi- scare from the woman in black. John Iloffa of this place visilid Miss Welsh of Coveytown on Su>.- day. Miss Welsh of Waverly formerly ol'thi- place was attending the ente! tainment held in the basem. Nt of the St. Francis church on Friday. Missc- lvunnel and Snow of Sayre were at k the cntertainmant i riday evening. Mi.-s Anna I>onahue of Sayre who has been visiting her parent- at this place for -nine time ha- i"lnriic< attending- v\cry night rtl |> l-'t t\\ ( • •!, i|. . u if : safe to travel at night as loii" - the woman in bl.ek i- around. lion. John ('. Seiiaad i- spending his vacation with his family at Mild red. A few friends of our popular land lord James 1. Connor meet it In home on Saturday evening and pen • an enjoyable time. There :n v< r was a more social gathering. All en joyed t lit nisei ves and none more so than the host, but toward the close there seemed to be a chiii strike the merry company but we think it w: a case of cold feet. The following are under Dr. Bivn •ian' • care; • hind i the times when it come- tog' tting j married. According to there. mlsof the clerk of the court i!i< ri* hns net lieen a single marriage in the county j this year. I'he clergy, magistral - and the court clerk are very tinea -y about Hie ev isting stat<- ofatYai - and are anxious to ascertain the cause of j the trouble. According to a news paper man, Dike county girls don't, j like to marry in the cold months I, ;> j prefer to wait for the balmy days 112 | June when the flower- will be j K-H ''. | fill and cheap. Sine aic el-' • •iV.-r --i the solution that the buys ar • all j leaving the county to seek w el- • I where, but whatever the can- my ;be tliep l i< nothing done in the in ,r --! riage line. I The modern woman's aim i-< to ho : business.like, and her affairs nf the ' heart, such as tiny an , she eondu ts on the same principles a- she Wian I conduct a public meeting or a cliar ity ha/, tar. She play- ho i.ey and golf fences and wrestles in order to d velopc her nuis,-Irs,and le :rn- i jit- ; principally because : - the fashF i but also because, as an etli >r'al deba taute reniit'k'il the other day, 'lt's si j illy useful if you want to knock a man down."