Republican News Item. VOL. XIII. NO. 8 \ time The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or ( ) S6OO (or a year of days. He earns $24,000 in a I N life time The difference between §44.000 and *24- r J OOO is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a> V practical education in dollars and cents Ihe in- C Vcreased self-respect cannot be measured in money. V x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when ? ✓ the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V \ ton Pa can give you an education that will make 112 1 high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line ot \ x work you care to follow, this great educational In-Q' \ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at j C a small cost to secure a .good-paying position. Our r \ local Representative will show you how you can X r triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 C. IF 1 . zßiß,:E]:isri>r A i O. I. s. Representative. TO WAND A, PA. COLE . HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OR "WOOB • 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 strves 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. Samuel Gole^Msftore^fa. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., jp 313 Pine Street, " 112 WILLI AMSPORT, PA. SHIRTWAISTS Dainty and Lov Prices. What will you have? What will you pay? Tell us that and we will surprise you with just the Waist you want — only prettier, and at a price that will surnrise you. Fine Hose For Low Shoes Nothing like a silk stocking for drese wear. We have a nice quality in las black lor SI.OO a pair—better qualities up to .51.85. Beautiful qualities in fast black silk <iau/.e anil cotton lisle hose-in a variety of prices. Ladies' and children's plain colored tan hose to match all shades of Tan Shoes. Ladies' Muslin Underwear We can hut mildly dojustice to the goodness ol our undennuslins. They are as pretty and as dainty as I'ndermuslins can be—they are stylish and perfect titling, they are skillfully made of fine cambric, muslin and nainsook. They are a H good as can be sold t<>r their respective ibices or they wouldn't be here. Wash Cotton Dress Fabrics Whether you consider quality or price or both you will find it to your profit to visit our wash goods section. Yon may find here many helps and suggestions lb,, he proper summer dress and cheap enough to appeal to your saving instincts, I I KYI 1Q O ' ' ,e Lycoming Wireless Umbrellas in ali qualities for '* * CllwO ladies anjj gentlemen. Buy an umbrella made near your home town and have the best made for the price you want to pay. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY JUNE 25, 1908. Had No Evidence to Convict Officials. The public Irs bound to accept the verdict rendered by the jury in the second trial of the men charged with conspiracy in the Capitol cane. Ma ll HIS Snyder and Shumaker were set tree by the order of the court, the judge stating that the evident'.) was not sufficient to hold them. The ac quittal of Cassel and Houston local ly followed. That extravagance and waste marked the furnishing of the Capitol goes without saying. Everybody knows that. But to prove a criminal conspiracy to rob the State is quite another thing. The contractors were working under warrant from the Legislature, and the blanket ap propriation which that body made Wits sufficient to legalize almost any thing in the way of expenditure. To be sure at the first trial the defend ants were declared guilty, and in the minds of some.'people the second ver dict should have been the same, but law is law, and courts are bound to he governed by it, eveu'if a miscreant slips through its meshes now and then. The march upon the last great timber tract in Clearfield county has begun. The Goodyear Lumber com pany is installing nine camps of 7"> men each on its 20,n0u acre tract on (he I'pper Medix Run, and by Kail not a stick of the 00, noo,ooo feet of hemlock and 20,000,000 feet of hard wood will be standing on it. A am way -<> miles long is being built over which the lumber and bark will be hauled to connect with the Alleghany Valley railroad and the outside world. The combined force of men engaged in the 20,000 acre tract will be at least Too, and these will average a wage of S' a day and "found.'' But even already (here are applications for every job. The Goody ears have contracted wtth (he jobbers to cut the stock 10, 000,000 feet this season and .">O,OOO 000 feet next year. Thfs is the hem lock and pine. 1 lie hard wood oas been sold to a New England paper manufacturing firm for pulp, and will be made into bond for the print ing of paper money by the govern ment. More than half the surface of the globe is hidden beneath water two miles deep: 7,000,000 square miles, lie at a depth of 18,000 feet or more. Many places have been found five miles and more in depth. The great est yet sounded is :J 1,200 feet near the island of Guam. If Mount Everest, the worlds high est mountain, were plucked from its seat and dropped into this spot, the waves would still roll 2,000 feet a hove its crest. Into this terrible abyss the waters press down with a force of more than 10,000 pounds to the square inch. The staunehest ship ever built would be crumbled under the awful pressure like an egg shell un der a steam roller. A pine beam fifteen feet long which held open the mouth of a 1 trawl used in making a cast at a I depth of more than 18,000 feet was j crushed Hat, as if it had been packed < between two rollers. The body of a man that would at* I tempt to venture to such depths | would be compressed until the tiesli I was forced into the interstice of the I bones and his trunk was no larger than a rolling pin. Still (he body would reach the bottom, for anything that will sink in a tub of water will sink to the utmost depths of the ocean.—Brooklyn Eagle. THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS has a woman's page of uncqualed value to the women readers. Written by women about news in which wo men have a vital interest. Every woman should read this Great Home | Newspaper. The subscription by mail is SI,OO per year, or if served by carrier, THE DAILY PRESS co ts one cent each weekday and five cents a copy on Sunday. Handsome prem iums are given to readers of the THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS. Write for a catalogue. Ertncate Tour Boweto tVltti taiciirecik Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. XtC. C C tat l . Uruutiisu rtiluuU uioiius ! Pretty Wedding ol Miss Fanny Tripp, Daughter o! H.P.Tripp, Former Sherill I of Sullivan Couny, | From theKlmlra, N. v., Gazette. I Jn beautiful Trinity Church last I evening amid a profusion of green- I ery and delicately tinted flowers, | occurred one of the most beautiful weddings ever seen in Elmira. Miss Fanny Elizabeth Tripp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Tripp of this city, was united in marriage to Charles Marriott Dean son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dean al so of Elmira. Miss Anna S. Tatter shall, of Whitehaven Pa., was maid of honor. The brides maids were: Miss Mabel Morrow, ot Elmira, Miss Matie 1). Tripp of Freehold, X. J.; Miss Katherine V. Wilson, of | Philadelphia, and Miss Winifred j Fuller of Ithica. Robert T- Turner Jr. of Elmira, was best man, and j the ushers were. Messrs Norman Hay Thurston, Herbert Bartholo mew, Richard (J. Gregory and Royal W. Franc of Canandaigua. .Little Miss Ethel Morrow was flower girl and Master Elmer Dean, Jr., acted as page. The Rev. Charles Hamilton Me- Knight, rector of the church, per formed the ceremony, being assisted by John Clark Dean, brother of the groom, Mr. Dean having been or dained deacon, in the same church Sunday. Ueorge Morgan McA'night presiding at the 1 organ, played the wedding music, which included the Jenson "Bridal Music" "Prize Kong" from "Die Meistersinger" the Nevin "Wedding March", Hridai chorus from" Lohengrin", and the wedding march from the "Mid Summer Nights' Dream", Mendelssohn. The Church was tilled with the friends of the young couple and at the appointed time, to the strains of the "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohen grin" the wedding party passed up the center aisle of the church to the altar. The ushers leading, then the bridesmaids and maid of honor, then the flower girl and page, and of all the bride with her father. The page carried the wedding ring on a silver tray and the little flower girl scattered rose petals and buds from her basket in the path of the bride. The bride was met at the altar by the bridegroom ami his best man. The first part of the service was performed by John ('lark Dean, and after the bride had been given away by her father the bridal party went up into the chancel where the. Rev. Charles 11. Mcknight, joined the young couple with the ring, re reiving their vows and pronouncing the blessing. The wedding pair then led the way back through the church. No more lovely bride has been seen this year than this one of last eve ning. She wore a beautiful princess lace robe, with a long veil, and she carried a prayer book bound in white and gold. The maid of honor's gown was a white embroidered robe over nile green and she carried a bou quet of maiden hair fern tied with green ribbon. The bridesmaid's gowns were of pink crepede chine with sunburst skirts and yoke and trimmings of Point Venice. They carried pink roses tied with pink I ribbon. The little flower girl was all in white with her basket of rose leaves. A reception was held after the ceremony, at the brides home, 1130 Hall street, where a company of thir ty including the bridal party and immediate families were entertain ing. Florist Durand decorated both the church and the home. At the i hurch tie; color scheme was white and green with touches of pale pink. Greenery was massed aloug the altar rail and choir stands with hyderan gia blooms interspersed, and white and pale pink flowers were placed in relief against the white and gold of the altar. At the home piuk and green were employed. A profusion of palms were employed with pink and white roses for the tables. The gift of the groom to the briue was a sunburst brooch set with dia monds and his gift to the best man anil ushers were scarf pins. The bride ami groom were the recipients of a great number of beauttful gifts, including much cut glass, silver and handpainted china. The bride is one of Elmira's lovliest young women and the groom a most highly respected young man, who is with his father in the well known firm of Sheehan, Dean and Co., this city. They will take a wedding trip to Eastern cities for about two weeks and will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer iX'an at 709 Park place. Taft and a Sound Platform. The Chicago Republcnn Con vention grows in importance and ap proval as its work is better and more fully known, more completely un derstood and seen in all its relations. The convention was as wise in what it refused to adopt in its platform as in what it adopted. It showed as much wisdom in its declaration of party principles on new and impend ing issues as in its choice of a candi date for the Presidency. Both nomination platform have given the country assurance and confidence. For four years changes have been in progress. What has al ready come seemed wholly improb able in 1904. The platform of that year did not alude to rates, rebates, Federal railroad supervision, or the regulation of trusts. The exposure, the agitation, the legislation, the prosecutions and the convictions of the jwst four years no one anticipat ed. The work done is aproved by the overwhelming majority of American citizens. As always, when great changes are in progress, when agita tion is active and new legislation af fecting great interests is enacted 1 the work done is open to criticism ■ A plowshare must rip up much in order to open the furrow for a future harvest. But their is a deep conviction that the work which has been done was necessary. Railroad rebates must be abolished, never to return. The use of a place of trust in any board of directors for private profit must end. Common carriers mint treat all a like. The great corporations, known as trusts, must be brought under a fair and just regulation, which will protect the interests of their own shareholders, of the small producer, of the consumer, and of the public. This constructive work has now to he done on conservative constitution al lines. No one wishes it togo too far Neither does any one wish this work halted. To do this work for four years to come the National Re publican Convention has selected a sound lawer a trained judge, a man of impartial just habits of mind, knowing all these questions thor oughly. The period of agitation of .iwakeniug the public to abuse, of convicting the people of the need of reform is over and the convention by its nomination of Taft asks the peo ple to place in charge of the next stage, the execution of permanent reform, a man precisely fitted to ex ecute this great task. In voting on a plan and program for four years to come the convention flatly refused any extreme policy. It voted down by overwhelming ma jorities every rash radical or revolu tionary proposal. The "valuation" of railroads, an income tax and other extreme steps the convention refuse ed to accept and adopt. This is not the time for these things. Bryan may urge them but he will convince no one of their need. The task now is the completion of the work already begun by ending discrimination in railroads and securing, through ade quate regulation publicity and pro tection for all public interests in every trust and combination. In this task the convention refused to abridge the power of the courts or to give any class of combinations special prlvileg* ■<. Its refusals wore as wise as its dec larations and wisest of all it put the work and task of carrying out a great reform in the hands of a cool, trained impartial, equipped expert William Howard Taft. The Rev. William Powick, a Methodist Episcopal minister of Stroudsburg, does not approve of preaching sermonettes during the hot Summer months, because they are apt to make preacheretts, and the out come will be christianetts, he says. 75C PLR YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. A. J.Bradley of Dushore was a visitor at this place last week. Sheriff Brown and E. J. Mullen of Laporte were calling on friends at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wlieatly of this place are visiting friends at Wimber i'a. Mrs. Carolina Watson of Wimber is visiting friends at this place. The Itev. En right along with the* committee is working night and day to accomidate the crowd that will bo at this place July fourth. Mrs. It. K. Bent and family are visiting friends at Philadelphia. The Mildred Athletics traveled to Hillsgrove Saturday to cross bats with the nine of that place. After the roar and din of the battle was over, we were defeated but not dis graced. The score was .j to 2 in home game favor. The return game will be played at this place Saturday June 28. If you want to see the indian parade be at this place July lib. John C. Connor who has been at tending the Bonabenturc college, returned to the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. James J. Connors of this place, with honors which any young man would be proud of. John takes everything (hat comes along as far as honors are concerned and never loses his head. The attraction at this place will bo so great on July 4th. that all the young ladies of the county have con sented to wait on the tables, so you will have beauty and a good dinner combined. All that is required of you is to pay for all you eat and drink. Mr. and Mrs. Didiack of Wilkes Barreare visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hels man. C. E. Jackson of this place surpris ed his friends one night with his singing, had the people spellbound for over one hour. He has consent ed to sing on the Ith of July so don't miss this treat. Where are yo > going my pretty maid'.' "To the Banner picnic sir" she said, Can we go with you my pretty maid? Jf you have the chink to spend" she said. James \V. Van Cleave, writing in American Industries, points out ! that every industrial collapse which the country has had has br ou some needed linancial improvement. The panic of 18:17 compelled Con gress to establish the independent treasury, in which the Government ever since that time, has control of | its funds. The panic of. 18">7, by destroying many of the wildcat banks, compelled changes in the laws In many states which strengthen the banking system of the country. One j')f the measures of the Civil War legislation was the creation of the national banking system. The pan ic of 187;5 forced the dominant party to pass the greenback redemption bill which brought all the coun try's currency up to the gold level in that year, and which has kept it up to that line ever since. The panic of 1893 compelled us to stop buying silver for the dilution of our currency, andthussaved us from a worse catastrophe later on. He does not call the tlurry of 1 MOT a panic. Unlike the convulsions just mentioned there has been no general dislocation in the country's industrial and financial scheme. We have neither wildcat streak bank notes nor irredeemable greedbacks' to combat now, nor have we debased silver. Every dollar all so. ts of American currency is worth one hundred cents in gold today. Our industrial and financial conditions are inherently solid. It is stated that Mrs. liussel Sago is practically a prisoner in her own home, afraid to venture out because of the cranks and beggars that be siege her. They have driven her from her house on Fifth Avenue to her place in Sage Harbor, where de tectives see that she is not annoyed. She is paying the penalty of the generous. Her announcement that she intended to dispose of the estate left her by her husband made her a marked woman. With that an nouncement she gave away one thing that shefcan never get back—her free dom.
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