RAILROAD TIME TABLES PENN K K fcAST. WEST. 7.11 A.M. '.I ll A. M -10.17 " l-I'M' M 3.21 P M. 5.50 " «-'> l SUNDAYS to. 17 A. M. I I I'. M. |D. L & W. R li. KAST. W KST. 7.07 A.M. .Mi \ M. 10.19 " 12.41 l*. M. 2.11 P. M I ' 543 " 7,07 A. M 12.44 P M. 543 P. M. '.MIS " PillLA RHAIMXO R. K NORTH. son li 7.63 A. M. 11 24 A M 3.5« P. M «.'•■"> P M. BLOOM 7.55 A. M. 11.22 A. M. 8.58 P. M. tf.Ot P. M. BOYS' CHRISTMAS ( Oue of ttie fin* -f > uteri aiumeuts of Christmas time i- tln* i• <» ; tion to tlit* Thomas Beaver Bo\-' I*.ih 1• ■ <"las at tho Y. M. (' A In oi I'T in accommo date tho various churche-, which will hold Christmas exercist tint ov> re ception this y' ar will be 11 ** 1« 1 on TUPS dav (Wiling of n*■ xf week, December 22. The usual inteii-ting program i being prepared I \ th»• Leli»— Auxili ary Talent for the occasi in is being selected from among the boys them selves as well a- from aim ng older persons outside, who are willing to help the entertainment along. A very n e i■ t(ure praetit I and helj'tu lin its way.of the Bo J - recep tion at Christina- i- the eu-tom the boys of the more favor* i! t'aiuilii - have of bringing then toys, i > oks. • fc re ceived as presents the year b< -foi. and of presenting them in turn to the less favored boys of the Bii>'« lass. In tliis way tlie little fellows are taught to realize something (it tf.• pl asureof giving. Many very nice books aud oilier present-* ai • disposed ot this way and many a little In art is made glad that but tui 11■ - 11• ■ w way oft« idling generosity might mr '.v !>■ -oine the possessor of anything halt so nice. The various articles I rouglit to the reception are handed over to > special committee, which inak-» tie distribu tion. Y. M. 0. A. NOTIS. The Y. M. (J. A. For Colored Men. The Consolidated Coal Company of Buxton, lowa, his jn.-t open da build ing for tho Young Men's Ciiri.-tian Association organ./.' d among their employes, who are almost entirely colored. The company and three in dividuals who are financially interi -t --ed in the mining husine-- a' tlii point, spent nearly >'20, 000 tor this building. Th reading room will con tain, besides the usual cum nt litera ture. a finely selected li-r of periodic als aud books on mining and allied subjects,to be used in connection with the educational work of the Associa tion for the coal miners. There will be also an amusement room, dining room, kitchen, gymna.-ium and baths, a good hall which will be the public meeting place of the community, for the latior unions of the tow n and for lodges. The hoildiug is d' signed to be the central meeting plu • • for all occasions and organizations in the town. The plan of the Association contemplates provision for »1 feat ures aud entertainment for the miners for educational chits, > tc. The com pany has leased the building to tlie board of trustees of the Association without rental. The miners at a pub lic meeting, when the oigani/atiou wa effected, voted to make the member ship sl2 a year or $l.O a month, and instructed th" < omj my te de<»uet that amount from the pay ot each member. The president of tie Association is secretary of the labor union. Other mining towns in the West have under consideration the establishment of similar organizations. The Norfolk A. Westeiu Railroad Company,at Bluefield, West Virginia, has co-operated with in colored em ployes, who center in large numbers at the division point, in e-tabhshiug a railroad Association, giving it the use of a large building, pre . ided with dormitories, a restaurant, ami privi leges for social life. Wedding Anu:v<"<ary. Mr. and Mr- Edwaid D it/, euter tained at their liom< on Chambers street, Saturday evening, tin oca-ion being in honor of tin ir tenth wedding anniversary. 'J'ho-" pr> -eut w, r,. ; Mr. and Mrs. H> nry Sliutt, M: and Mrs. Cyrus Diet/, Mi. and Mrs Jchn Diet/ aud son Karl, Mr. and Mr-. Lewis Dietz arid -on Walter, Mr. and Mr-. Joseph Kreiner, Mr. and M . Harvey Kreiner, and danght r Mildn I, Mr- Ben'J'ookroi lb ; Mi - Harry F ■ tu i daughter Kathryn, Misses Kathryn Sraidley. Marv Even tt.K ithr.wi Sliutt, Jennie Reichenbaeh, ' !• inline Rcieh enbach, Annie Diet/, M< -srs Walter Raver, William Keim, <"\u - R. • son, Oharle* Sliutt, - mini ! S : itt. William Baker, .1 , < ! tins city Mr- E. E. ("rowft and < h ilr .l, M t •. i and Elmer, and Kathryn R> ; iienlei< h of Elysburg , Mr. and Mr- l» t/ w n the recipient -ot man v pi • n • \ n elaborate -upper wa- -• rved. John L. Evan- ImproviE:'. Another letter was re.v. d Satur day from .John L. Evaus, who i- -n --jouruing in the \V -i, whieb a-- un tile uniformly ' good lew- i- to the gradual improvement of I - health. He is now some twenty I unc- It ivi• r than when lie left Danvilh uid - nis in the best of spirit- - . Mr. Evans lias left New Mc xi"o and is now sojourning among ti orange groves of California Hi- last 1 tier was written from Kediand-.S in Rem ardmo County is quite -harmed with the mild climate,tie | i due',ve ness and the natural beauty ot tl country. The return of our college fnends for the holiday season has begun KILL NOT IWLOy CHILDREN UNDER 1! Heads of industrial establishments iinl stoics throughout tin l State an now positively declining to lure any ; children over whom any question as ' to whether or not they are 13 years old could arise unless a certificate from the Department of Factory In specior i> presented. Inspector John C Delaney express ed himself as highly pleased with the n -ulr nt the department's work. """Prosecutions in Philadelphia, Al legheny, York. Reading, Scrantou, Wilkesliarre, Harriaburg ;>ud other places have had their effect," says the inspector, "and employers realize tint it is almost impossible to evade the law, under the present system of sup • rvision. When people goto the em ploying head of an establishment tor a place for a child, the applicaut is immediately told to get a certificate. "No, we don't anticipate any trou ble during the busy season before Cliri-tm is," he replied to a query. "Our prosecutions have brought mat ters to a point where employers are ti in wary.'' It has been the custom in past yeais for firms to gradually run several chil dren under the legal age in with their stall of regular and extra employes when everything is extremely busy during the middle of December .Facto ry Inspector Delaney's words indicate that little law breaking in this line i> liki'iv to occur within the bounds oi this Commonwealth this year. Some parents are only too willing to have their children earn a few extra dollars tor Christmas and instances have not been rare where they have sworn falsely that children were over thirteen years old. Employers, however, through their own experience or the experience of neighbors, have found that breaking the factory laws is an expensive diver sion. a fine of £">o or .SIOO generally be ng imposed for the tii'st otTenci ihe maximum fine is s"iOi),but it has never been found necessary to impose the lull penalty as a second offence i practically unknown. New Year's at Y. M. U. A. New Year's day at the Y. M C. A. will be observed by the usual "open house'" and reception followed by a concert in the evening. The La lies Auxiliary will have charge ol the program and during the afternoon t e visitors will be entertained in various ways. Light lunch will be served. The usual New Year's concert will be given by Wyle's orchestra in the evening, assisted by .Miss Margaret Ammerman and Miss Emma Gearhart. The program will be made up of popular numbers and is as follows March "Uncle Sammy" Holzmati. Popular Airs of 1903 Witmark. Intermezzo "Cupid s Garden". Gypsy Love Song. Miss Emma Gearhart Overture "Raymond" ..Thomas. "Violets" . i for violin and flute) Bierce. Mr. McCormick and . . Trombone Solo "Romance" Beuuett. Mr. E. H. Miles Indian Dances <a)"Sun Dance' ib) "Laughing Water" Soprano Solo ."Flowers ol Dixie Land" ..Francis Miss Margaret Ammerman. Waltz "A New Year's Dream" Von Tilzer. Selection ."The Mocking Bird" March "Anniversary." Christmas Buyers. The usual busy throng of holiday shoppers reminds us that the greatest festival of the year is almost upon us, with its good cheer ami joyous fel lowship. Certainly the use of Christ mas as a season of gift-giving has so expanded that now hut little more re mains of the old celebrations than the memory of its simple but deeply relig ious observance. However, if gift giv ing is made the principal means of expressing the Christmas cheer there need to no complaint on the score of scarcity of material from which to se lect the desired present. Modem methods of merchandising have so widened the sphere of the buyer that lie can with comparative en-ti find just the thing lie wants for the season able offering. The wise merchants have come to an appreciation of th laet, that publicity in newspapers, which appeal to home readers and pos se-s only such clean features as will interest and edify the women in the home, are the ones which bring them the most huvers and the best results, so a clean homo newspaper like The Nt-ws becomes an important link be tween the Christmas thought afxl it? ultimate realization Bequest of $25,000. Dr. George W. Fillers, president o1 tie Susquehanna University, Selui grost . announces that there is a > asli le_'V*y of*.'.">, 000 HI the vaults of an A lie i) town trust company for the univer-ity. This represents one-half ol an i-srati which was left by the lat« Reuben Hill.D. D., who died at Phila delphia, leaving the interest on tin i s?ate of sfiO,<X)i) to to his widow uit til 11 *r death. She di"d recently, and now bv the provisions of his will the • state is to be equally divided bet ween the university and a Lutheran chuicli i \teti-io!i society of Philadelphia Tin hoard of trustees passed a re solution devoting SIO,OOO of the legacy to the endowment 112 ind. The btlanci will be invested and the interest will be pl:i"cd at tin disposal of the fiuanct committee. One Hundred Dollars a Box. i- th" value H. \. Tisdale, Summer ton. S. (J , plates on DeWitt's Wifcl Hazel Salve He says:"l had tin piles tor 20 years. I tried many doc tors and medicines, but all failed ex i pt DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It cured me " It is a combination of tin healing properties of Witch Hazel with antiseptics and emollients; re lieves and permanently cures blind, I let ding, itching and protruding piles, sores, cuts, bruises,eczema salt rheum and all skin diseases. Sold bv Fault* •V <'i i . .1 I • (Josh <t Co IMPRISONED IN THEIR CAR Tli«" P. IK li. station Monday w;i> 11 «e ~ ii' 1 ot ail o« 1' 1 i'|iisoili When the II :'24 p issenger train rolled into the depot those in waiting; w< re surprised to see our two police oliieers, who had mounted the train ar Bloom street, one on the platform at each end stand ing guard at the d" n - id the r> in car, an old 11in stailit d < inbinatii n hay gage and -mokiug < ir \Vh« n tin' train . mie to i standst ill tin oliieers in a >ti in and authority iv • torn command ed ih" 111tigers in tlic car in que*, tioii to i 'main seated and to make no attempt tog- t out There was a liur ri"d consultation betwet n the inmates ot the car and Dr. I'. C. Ne.vbaker and J 15. Gleavi r, members of the local Board of H- tltli, who also had mount ed the train it Bloom strict. A mo ment 1 iter tie train pulled out. It stopped just east of the s'ation; the car was sidctracke i and the oliieers r< sunied tlc ir stations as guar Is, one at each end ot the car There wete a grit many in<[uirie9 as ti> what i f all meant The cause ut the uuusuul procedure, Ii twever, lie in the fellow nig i xplanat ion : The car containc I tie meiiih. rs of the Bennett iV Moulton theatrical company booked for the opera hoi:* 4 in Danville during this week, one of wlinsii members had been placed under quarantine in Mil ton as a - nallpox su^p ct. The degree of vigilance exercisi d -hows that our Board ot Health wa- determined that no risks should be taken wheic a dis ease so much dit aded a- »in.!ll; x i involved The first intimation "1 the alYair here w early Monday morning, when Che t of-Bolice Miiioeniovcr re ceived a tip lroni mie of oui neighbor ing towns. He at once laid the mat ter betoi- Manager Angle,who opened communication with Milton It was learned fiom one of th ] I.v- • ians of that place that one ol the memh rs of the Bennett iV; Moulton Company hail the smallia >.x and that a quarantine in some cftcctivt form would !«• i stablish e'i that would take in the whole com pany. There wa- no doubt expri d i- to ti* nature ot th dis-ase and the information was emphatic that the company would not be permitted to come to Danville. I ndci the eircum srances Managet Angh cane lied the .week's engagement Meanwhil 1 th <*h i I■< if'-Bid ice and Dr. I'. C. Ncwbuket. President of the Board of II alth, w ■ r ■ also in com munication with Miltou. Dr. New baker was informed that the cast- wa that ot -in illpoN Otto is :n comniuni cation w th the Pr< -i«l«'iit of the Board of Health an i the Chi< f-of-Police lat i r \vei" b -s emjihatic as to the nature ol the di- ».-e, Dnl all admitted that the case was a suspicious one. Some time towatd in on the author 11i• ~in Danville wet' notified that the Benuett ,v M< niton Company was on its way to Danville. It was ex plained that > very nicmlii : of the coni- I any had I ti va inated after taking an amis ~t lath; every bit <d t!eir clothing and baggage, too, had been thoroughly fumigated by being •x --posed to formaldehyde gas for three hours. Under the circumstances it was believed that all danger of contagion had been removed. This was a matter concerning which th" local Board of Health took alto gether a different vi> w. Even though the small; susp rf might be dt tain ed in Milton the style of quarantine under which the remaining members had been place I v\a- not regarded effective undi r the circumstances and the Board of Health decided not to permit the company to enter Danville. It was in carrying our thi-<b -ign that the two policeim n mounted the train at Bloom -treot and kept guard ovei the car at th st.it ion. The two oliieers positively refused to permit anyone of those in the car to leave. Th - watchers had a long, a cold and a weary vigil ol it, but their lot was one to I coveti I in compaii son with tha' of the twenty some peo ple confined 1:1 flu; 1 o, among whom were men, worn* n and lielpb -s babes, who had not. only spent the entire morning in the old coach, but hail slept in it the night before. The mem bers of the company ware at a loss to know what to do. They had expected to find tlcir manager here but In was not in Danville. In the midst ot their worr\ lb v remembered that they had only a sandwich for breakfast and it was now long past the dinner hour The Board of Health generously came to their r> seuo and saw to it that a warm ileal was sent up to the car from tii H> dd us Hous' The theatric al i .'opl. d. ued sumptuously at th rx pense of the Borough,which generous ly permitted them to keep the dishes. The ne in her- of the company pro test that the case i- not one of small pox. One of the g ;ill eiii"ii from the platform ot the > \r explained how "it all cam • about Oie of their young men lie said, had i bad-looking erup tion on In-- 112 i 'e. Hi- case attracted attention at Shamokin Sunday. A con ductor in pa -ing through the train asked liiin what was the matter with him and the young fellow joco.-ely an swered '' smallpox. The conductor, its 'em-, took him at hi* word and the news was tele graphed ale ut of them tl it there was a ea-c of .-mallpox in the train. At Milton where the. attempted to stop lor the night their troubh s be gan. Guards were placed at the bridge to prevent them from crossing over from West Milton into the town. These the most of tie iiupany eluded only to find tie m.-elve- shut out from every hotel ml hoarding h >us and obliged to tramp hack ' i West Milton, where tie y were fin ill; permuted to bunk in the old cat, which brought them to 11 in vilie. The smallpox .suspect for a while was at lirg in Milton, but vmis final ly found and p'ae <i uiel r ijiiarantlie II wis {mit u a car and with a nurse to take care ot him was sidetracked out of the way of trav' 1 It will ie quire on Iv a few davs for the case to show win 'le r ' is smallpox or -one thing t Ise A nolle r ca:-' of sin illpox h is tuoken out in Berwick and the town is again in cotistetuation BADLY DAMAGED B! FIRE Tin large four-story warehouse of lie Danville Stovi and Manilla- tin 1 • ouipan \ at Pittsburg, wa- visited In ire on Saturday and stovi - to the . aluu of >;'(),000 v\ere totally d< -trov • d ir rendered unlit for use The warehouse of the Danville Stove tnd Manufacturing Company is at No. jO:i Wood street. The lire broke out about noon in a building adjoining or iijiie<l a• a house supply -tore and as :T printing otlice It HI tl latt> i part of the building where the North American we. kly 1- print' ! that the tire originated. An employe 1 i 111• i a piece of paper, which lie threw aside where it ignited, a chair tilled with excelsior. The tire quickly spread communicating to the upper stories of the stove warehouse. The lire ptove I a li rce one and in striving to subdue its veral tireinen were nearly over come by the dense smoke. Both build ing- were saved from total destruction although as far a- damage to good- is concerned the ruin is complete, for of the contents on the lower floors what escaped the tire. w« re literally dieiich ed with water. U. K. Kdmunds is manager ot tin Pittsburg branch house. The full de tails of the tire were learned in this city through A H. Stat/, assisiant mauagi r, who arrived here vesteiday morning on the early D. L. <V \\. train, having left Pittsburg Saturday night. General Managt r, \Y. A. Sech ler left for Pitttsburg last evening ac companied hv Mr. Stat/ During an interview yesterday Mr. Scchler stated that there was a big sto-k ot goods in the Pittsburg ware house awaiting shipment to custom era Stoves are shipjed there by the carload fiom the plant in Danville and there was probably l."> 00 stoves of var ious sorts on hand representing a value of some .*:)(),000. The los- 1- entirely i overed t)V insurance. The only way in which tic company may sutler, Mr. Sechler says, is in being unable to r>-- place the stoves so that I e oideis c n be tilled and the trade held which h i been established. Kotlol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests all classes of tood, tones ami strengthens tlio stomach and digesti vi organ-. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Stomacli Troubles and make- rich red Idood, health and strength. Kodol D>-pepsia Cure rebuilds wornout tl sue», purifies, strengthens and sweet etis tlie stomach; Gov. G. W Atkin -on, <d* \\\ Ya . -ays "I hive Used a numb r of bottle- of Kodol Dyspcps Cure and have found it to be a v< r_v effective and, indeed, a powerful rem erly for stomach ailment- 1 recom mend it to my friends." Sold hv Panh sit Co., J. 1). Gosh \ Co. The Glad Reason. It i- but ten days to Christmas am th tide of shopping i- fairly on Street scenes oil Saturday gave testi ne 11y to the fact that Danville is -til pros) > rous and that the bundle hrigath i-marching joyfully onto a glad iioli day. A glance in the stores is >!iou,.l to convince any one that a more at tractive display of wares ha- nevt been seen in this city. The holiday ar ticb - are more beautiful than ever There are people, even in this day who de -ry the custom of gift-giving at Christmas time,and who would de prive the holiday of its chief signiti cauce to the young people Tin -> critics are not wis' They need mini of the generous spirit to which tin holiday season is c-pecially dedicated "Peace on earth; good wiH to men. pe parsimouious all the other week of tlie year, if you please, but in thi fie.a-ou be generous. Have juorta trieuds and give token of your friend ship The stoics ought to he hu-v. To Improve the Game Laws. The following petition praying fo amendment of the game laws whicl will be presented t > the next ture.is being circulated among sports men ; I. I'll it thete shall be 110 GUU U-ei to kill or assist in killing deer thai propels more than one metal bullet o pellet at any one shot from a gun oi any one discharge of powder. _ That the season for killing deer hare, rabbit, pheasant, grouse, wood cock and quail shall open at -aim date of same month of each year. That no person or persons sliai kill or assist in killing more than on< deer in any ono lawful season. i. That no person shall kill or leivt in In- possession more than t\vent\ pheasants, grouse or woodcock, quai each in one lawful season •Y That there bo a liberal hoiuit* paid tor each and every wt asel, bawl and owl killed in the Commonwcatll of Pennsylvania to be paid by tin township in which said Weasel, liawl and owl are killed. Curios Freak of Oil Stove. The curious prank of an oil stove n the residence of Mr- Augusta Mi \cr Church and K.t-f Market street-, c;mit within an ace of bringing out the fire department on Saturday evening A coal oil stove was lit and placet HI a front room in the second story. The inmates of the house were busy e|- where and the stove wash ft alcti in the (dosed room. When the apart incut was visited later it was fount: black with smoke and the stove wa working in a very unnatural way, al though neither the carpi i nor the fui niture had become ignited. The windows were quickly opened when the smoke poured out 111 such dense volutin s a- to create the impi- - -ion that the house was on lire The stove itself was filially got under con troi, hut not until the content- ot tin room wer.i pra tieally turned. Tin lace curtains and even the pip i <>n the walls were changed to a 'ink brown color. Graduated as Trained Nurse. Miss Mary Beaver, daughter ot our townsman Jesse He iver, graduated »- a trained nurse at the Children's Ho pital, Philadelphia, <>n December l-t, taking the honors of her class in th" surgical course She has accepted a line position as a surgical nurse in Philadelphia. FREE DELIVERY LETTER BOXES The ai ol Collar - »ft; : :v<■ • I April cry, provide* a -•%.-! • | • ii, kit' flu in terfereiiee with private bo.v - or r<- ct;j twit - |mit up I'M the if ipt ol in til matte. 'ln I tv> on tin; -uh.ji et -ImuM || _'' ti( r illy tin 1 r-tood. It i a- follow " Whoevc -Ii tl! I r> ill r v. illl ully or maliciously in.! in tear down or ill—troy ui lift r box. or oiler re- Cjitarh i ! ililt in (l ! y ordet ot tin Postman r General or approved or des ignated l>y itiin I'ir th rt'i-i ipt or 1 ivory < t mail matt' r • u any rural free | d('livorv route,or shall break open the |.-aine, or willfully or mahciou-ly m i tor dopositt'il therein, or -1 ■:111 willtul ly take or ,-tt al such matt r from or out of such ) tier bi.x or otll r ro ceptael' oi sh ill willfully aid or a -ist in an\ ol the a! rementioned off ense-. -hall fir every -uch offense he puni-lu d hv a file ot not mnr < than (itm t! on-and dollars or hy imprison ment for not in !••• than thre-• years." It will surprise you try it. It if» the in' di' .lie above all other - for catarrh and is worth it - weight in gold. Ely - ( ream Balm doe- all that i-* claim oil t,.r it I! \Y Speitv. Hartford My ' Oil wa- afibet -d wit ii catarrh'- j He used Ely t'n.iiu Balm and the dis agi' cable eat • rrii all left him •' <' |« dm-toad. Ar 'ola. 11l | The Balm does riot irritate or cans ' s„ee/iiv.r Sold hy druggists or mailed !h\ Eh Urol lit : - War: ell St New ! York ■ 1 The Stat' Gi align in so.-- ion at WilUesliai'n hi* mapped out a -eliod ule ol proi '- I legislation, the carry ing out of whii 'i, t' Granger- be lieve, would t outer a hit-sing oil all j the pi oph Imlut. il in the li.-t which | will he -uhmitft I to Hie to xt M .--ion of the I. si- atui' , will he a recom ; lie mla> i at' .i liw to . ijuali/e t t\- ;at ion. Tin- i- i ot i new matter, how j ever, it- it a - I.• en I ai dof fit fluent ly of late y ii -. Th oi .mi,i/ation al |h> linds taalt w itii rt new - ate high way law. i lain, ng that it is unsati-- • factory !»• 'an.- it inijo-. - what :- t conslden 1 a hurden on por town ships tlirnuj.ll whoso turifory new load- may !• h u it \ reeomnienilat ion for .is ameml'in it to i iiitorm with the Grant;" id- >v ill he submitted to the Legi-latui Among other topics favorably discus-i d hy th body was one faYoring th e ulying <d' freight hy elec i" i ; .!road-, which, it is . ! ers to com] -it v. th their western rival- who- -ami p •• luct- i- carried j to the eastern m iti. is hy steain roads . j di-ci mi it ii in freight rati -w a- ad • t> in i- abo favor* i. It is i :ob ihl' t legislative com ! mitfi-e of th<3 Grangers will he eon . ' hling ol i. - i• xt I.' gisl it •»* They nroivise t • rut th ir ii -ire.- in the ; form of ,i e.' : .ano. c ■ timing that the The rights of th laimers must lie i< - | -peel. d. CI r stuias Trte Supply. Maine lie it |ra 'it illy control the Chri-tma- 11 ■ ! usim s.liut few know how tin ti' v- -as discovered. About !SO vt ars ago a 'uinih. rot duck hunt er- erui.-ing a' .ng tl (i.i-t ot Maine ii"tii • d tin mi!! on.- young balsam tir.- which i_-i a it's the -iiort s, and ■ j the hrillta it i i i oc in red to one • j member oft.m pirty that the sym j m trie il woul ! make ex -1 ci'lleiit < 'hri-Ima- 11'■ - Then-fore. wh'-it the New York i yaehtsm no .--i- Ito buy ii few tdiip i load- of young li -, the honest, Maine ' | farmers fai'<■] to -ee tlm joke But | when the cttv i!i mi opened hi- ptir-e j they fell to with a will. The first V' ntiue \ iovnd a .-lie-e-s. j and other- hurried into the business. Ten year lat r Ihe \vli<)lo coast of Maine I wa- stride ! of tirs and tlio business ! moved inlaml. From this beginning the trade has grown until now over a million and a half ot Christinas trees are sold in New York and Now Eng land every year,of which about a mil lion come from Main alone. A Hard Christmas in England. London i- the largest city in the world, an i so congested, that in some sections t ; tint he thousands of poor people, aed s 'editions prevail ing at till tin not creditable to a Christian nation, ami in this age of civilization. V mu-t expect, and will find privation in all cities, wher ever located. But from all reports this Winter prom• -to be the w. Ist that the poor of Brii ish met ropolis have e\ - er had tot at The ,-aI. it ion Army is already h -it j: .1 h" . : re than twice a- many applicants fo n 1i• t a- it is n-ually called upon to i rovnle tor at tlii- sea-on "i they- ar.uiol ■ very night betWt t n :?,<>< u and l,oi o people are be ing turned away from th Ridley, member oi parliament for the Southw st divi-ion ot Bethnal Green, ■ incut by th" thou- uids. owing to the general depr' -ion and trade ' A- an indii ition of th coiidition ot tilings it may b id that a London paper which ha- looked into He matter fiutls th it there a o about '■■»apjdieant- tor each po-ition that is advi rti-"d in the eitv pa> r- It h been found that in some quart' t- of !•«• British melrop ( olis p. ■ »>l< het 1 to. tlier lii.c ani mals hi i c i-e before oin of Hie courts a few d iv- a"i '' tat" wi- hrouphr out th it 1:1 main "* i ■' poorer dis trict- a lull mah s a I It males wore crowd' 1 into ili» ■ .mo apartment* without r _-t, I to : lat: "llsh ip. ill nne eas> a room fc> id It .'ii sublet by its tt mint-,- ith ,t in addition to th fain 11 y that bad origin illy h i.-t'd the place there w to ten men ami women occupying it rhov lepl on the floor and in bo\. Nor i- tl - d -tres ing condition contim d to London, 'filings are repotL il to i•> jn-t is had in the northern part > t laiglaml and almost as had in the southern districts in. LcDOC'S HEAVY TASK Mr LeDuc is cxperh ncing a good di .«,! ol difficulty in getting his coal digger cut of the rivci 111 order to be -tin' that li<* may have it next -i-ason when lie wants ton sumo coal dig yinj; Should he permit it to become !<i< Ut 1 in tin ice it would lie almost impossible to save it wlien tin river riv and the break-up occurs. All day Saturdu lie bad a force ot men employed below tie? water works riving with rope and tackle to draw tin? digger out ot the water. The machinery had nearly all been remov ed. but • veu then the flat hoat had a vvi ight of some t> n tons and the united strength ot half a dozen men could make but little impression upon it. Long skids had been laid from the water's edge to the top of the river bank along Water street and the in tention was to land the craft high and dry beyond all danger of high water. When night came, however, the dig g< r wa- barely out of the water and the work was abandoned for the day. P> v vcsterdiy morning tin river had arts, n and the digger was again afloat while one of the accompanying flat boats,which was loaded with coal,had entirely disappeared. Whether the lat ter has been carried off down the stream or is buried under the ice wiiieh lias formed a jam about the spot is not known. Revelation Imminent. A sure sign of approaching revolt and s-rious troiihh in your system is ner vousness, sleeplessness, or stomach up sets Electric Bitters will quickly dis member the troublesome causes. It never tails to tone the stomach, reg ulate the Kidneys and Bowels, stimu late the Liver, and clarify the blood. Kun down systems benefit particularly and all the usual attending aches van ish under its scurf-hill;; and thorough elTect iveiie--. Klei trie Bitters is only .VV, and that i- returned if it don't _• i>. pei feet satisfaction. Guaranteed h I'aub -A. Co., druggists. Funeral of John MoE'rath. The r -mains ol John MeElrath, w ileath occurred at Marietta, Thui'-lay, arrived at South Danville .Saturday morning on the 10:17 train and \vi ic taken direct to the First I' iptist i lurch where funeral services were held Hrv. E. H. Dunn, pastor 111 the United Evangelical church,offi ciated. Tie- deot a-'d was a veteran of the Civil war. serving in Company B. Fifth He'insyhania Volunteers. Tiie p ill 1 e irers were vefeian- of the war : Lt-vi l>. Sechler,William Keener,Sam u ! Morrall, Lyman Milroy and Samuel ' Motteru. Th ■ de >c ised wain years of age. He died suddenly while visit iug at tin home of John Hogentogler at Mariet ta He was accompanied f.n hi- visit i to Marietta by hi- soil CI are net* and the latter's wife, who is a dangiitei ot Mr Hogentogler. Mr and Mrs. Clarence McKlrath ! were - en at their home. Iron street, rhi- city, on Saturday evening. They -late that death was utterly unexpect ed. About in o'clock Friday morninj; the deceased was chatting playfullj with the family when lie suddeulj n-eli il and fell over. A moment later he was dead The deceased had been an inmate at the Soldiers' Home af Dayton, <>., and at the time of his d' alb was at home on a furlough. Fight Will Be Bitter. Tiio-e who will persist in closn their ears against the continual recorn men tation of Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption, will have a lout, and bitter fight with their troubles, il not ended earlier by fatal termination, lit ad what T. K. Heal! ' 112 P»nll Miss., has to say: "Last fall in- v- • had every svmptom of cousin:; <. m. Slit took Dr. King's New 1) ■ ■ v.-r> after everything else had faile ! > novei M -nt came at OIIRI aud . ■. ; • .• -'ties cut i rdy cure 1 her. " li.i > .itee lby Pauley & Co., Druggist i'ric - -iOc, and sjl.l'd. Trial bottles free. D. E. Haring Superintendent. David E. Hariug ot this city, hat nuecerded John Hooley as Foundry Sujierintciiflent at the Danville Stovi Works. Mr. Hooley was at the head of the foundry for some twelve years Mr. Haring,the new Superintendent, is a moulder ot twenty-one years' ex perience. He learned his trade at the Stove Works heio and was foimerly fou n Irv Superintendent at Waynes boro, Va "Keep Your Head 0001. youi c niscieuce clear and vour bowt 1 open." There is a ton of common sense in it. Constipation is death in life. The intistitles ate clogged with matter. Yon must move it or he -id; —tever possjbly. Take Cal-cura Solvent, Dr. D»vid Kennedy's new medicine an:il the bowels are clear mil natural. Write to the Cal-cura Company, Kondout. N. Y., for a free sample bottle. Church Doors Were Locked. Because of the fact that the persons who accompanied the body ot the late Zachariah Kreischer, ot Mount Car mel. formerly proprietor of the Five Points hotel in Catawissa township, had lived win-re they were likely to spr- id ih contagion ot smallpox,both the Reformed and Lutheran churches ol' Numidia loeKc I their doors against holding funeral services of the deceas - 1 in those edifices. Pastors of e ich ot these churche- had previously noti tii■ I the relatives that be ause of the pri hable >pread of the contagion it t-ie churches were opened tor services ! at Numidia. the official board bad do -1 cid- I agai n<t n They further advis > , 1 that the funeral services be held at | the homo of the deceased. V when the cortege reach - el Numidia tlu\ found the church doors locked. The only services that W II b- Id were those at the grave. Baud Concert and Dance. Stoes' Band will give a ball in the Artiiorv on New Year's Eve. This is looked forward to as a very pleasant event. I'ho <1 nice will he preceded by a baud concert. MILTON WOMAN IS BEWITCHED The shades of the seventeenth «'••!»- turv have reappeared A genuine wit' h ease has been unearthed id Mil tun and the lady who has passed through the stages ol a hew itched oijp i- most decided in her belief The lady in question—several week- ago, wa- tak-n sick, and soon underwent the strangest hallucination- in which -he saw things awful 111 everyway. Her sufferings were so strange that on lookers ventured the suggestion ot the presence of witches. At OUCe seven teenth century enlightment recalled a tamous witch doctor troiii the lower end of the county, and tlie wise wo man was sent tor. At first glance she confirmed the feat - of the relative-and called for a Bible, from which -lie mumbled a tew lines an I placed the holy book under the pillow of flu sufferer. The witch, if any has lim ed the advance ot time, departed foi parts unknown, and the sick one soou became well. To discover the ideufitj of the witch the do tor left in-true tion- that, Muce all witche- return ti their former charge- every month, i broomstick should he laid ivro-s tlit threshold which the witch would nol pass over without asking permission t' remove the stick. The above facts art related seriously, and the person un der consideration is dead sure she was bewitched. Every precaution is beinj taken hv the family to discover tin witch.in which case the Saletu scene; will likely bo reenacted. If any witche: read this, it would pay them to he \s are. Good for Children. The pleasant to take and haruile- <),. i Minute Cough Cure gives iniuiediati relief in all cases of Cough,Croap auc LaGrippe because it doe- not pa-sim mediately into the stomac i. hut takes effect right it the seat ot the trouble It drawn oat the inflammation, heal: and soothe,-, -tn I cures permanently In enabling the lung-, lo contrihuti pun life-giviug and life-sustaining oxygei to the blood ami tissues. Dr. Arm strong ot Delia, Tex., prescribe# i daily and says there is no better couul remedy made. Sold by I'aules A Co. J. D. Gosh & Co. Electric Light Wiring. T i an imperfectly insulated ele tri( light wire is attributed the catt-e of the tire at Sandringham t'ala e whir! very nearly resulted in the death o: the popular (Jneen of Great Britain Th • royal h >as hoi 1 was ,irn*is> •! nol a moment too - ion. the fl <or ng Irop ping from beneath the <,)u • n bei an instant after she had - m.iit »fet\ in flight. The reports -*>' that am i one of the best equipped and mo tuoderu dwelling places used by tin royal family. Every safety appliauct that money cm purchase ha- been re sorted to in order to insure security peace and comfort. Not a thing ha been left undone to guard against tin possibility ot a disaster like that - narrowly averted ou Thursday last it is presumed that the electric wir ing was done by the best British ex p' rfs, yet notwithstanding all thes precautions the royal family cam near being roasted in their beds he cause one little piece of poorly in sulated wire slipped in. If this danger was pos-iible at S.iud riugham what is the situation in ten of thousands ot American home where electricity i- used as an ilium inant? It is possible that just sue little defects as this may be the caus of many mysterious and unaccuntabl tires. The growing use of electricit ought to be attended by the greates care in the wiring of structures, am the time is near when legislation ma be necessary to regulate work of thi character —a work that should be en trusted only to the most expert hands The Lone Star State. Down in Texas at Yoakum, is a hi) dry goods tirni of which Mr. .T. M Haller is the head. Mr. Hallor on ote of his trips East to buy goods .-aid t( a fiieud who was with him in tlit palace car, "llcie take one of thes< Little Early Risers upon retiring aui you will be up early in the morninj feeling good." For the "dark blown' taste, headache and that logy feeliuj DoWitt's Little Early Risers are tin best pills to use. Sold by Paules A Co., ,T. D. Gosh & Co. Lincoln Society. The tegular meeting of the Lincoln -ocirtv was held in the High school room on Friday afternoon. The fol lowing program was rendered: In-trumental Duet Miss Sanders and Miss Jenkins. Recitation.... "The Bachelor's Sale" Miss Hoffman. Declamation "The Soldier's Last Salute" Mr. Edniond-on. Essay " The Culprit", Mis- Moore. Debate, Resolved, that wealtl causes more crime than poverty. De cision rendered in favor of the affirma tive. Recitation "The Singing Lesson" Miss Movt i Declamation . Mr. Wolf, —l—bcsjuhhp, Long .■*: .-"■rmaaaar " About a year ago my hai<- was 8 coming o:it \ci\ fas', s<> I fought I a bott Ha \ 11 I stopped t!ic i illin.; and made my 0 hair grow very rapidly, unnl now it 9 is 45 inches in length." Mrs. A. I Boydston, Atchison, K n«. There's cnothcr hunger | than that c!' the stomach. Hair hunger, {'or instance. Hungry hair needs food > needs hair vigor— Ayer's. This is why we say that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restore" color, and makes R the hair <nv.. long and | heavy. »i 0 2 hr.iic. All dr.<£<;!>!*. I If your dm , I ••• t >-->u, 1 * 2 I J.t A YKll ( 0,, JLowell, ■ NHMAMMMrVM 1 I ni* MMMMI i 11?... Id want 18 S» all Ms of Priming itTHn - 1 Jll'li 112 J uu y I "111 1 /1 41 | I !!'*! 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