CUKSIDBK THESE CASES Notwithstanding the vigilance of the truant officer there is now and then a case which in the very nature of things he is uuable to cope with. The truant not unusually combines along with the indolent heedless qualities that make a poor student of him an astute and crafty nature which makes htm an adept in eluding the officer. There are cases, therefore, where the truant simply has the best of it and the records at school show up badly on that account. When truauts of this nature have parents or guardians, no matter how indifferent,there is some hope.as these people under threat of arrest can be induced to co-operate with the officer. Hut when it happens that the boys are without parents and there is no one responsible for them it is altogether another matter and whether they are at school or not depends upon whether they want togo or the truant officer is able to catch them in a daily chase about town and "terri ory adjacent thereto." Two of such pieces of hu man driftwoofl without any one direct ly responsible for them the officer has on his list at present and the boys goto school when they want to. which is seldom. The question arises whether in such cases something should not be done that would be effectual in bringing the boys under restraint and prevent them from pursuing a course that will l»e sure to make vagabonds of them. Why does not someone upon whom such duties devolve take the boys in hand and if it is necessary to send them to some institution where they w ill have to obey the laws that govern other people, then let it be done. Un der proper restraint there would at least be half a chance that the bo>"s would develop into lawabiding and u>eful citizens. Will Monopolize Court. Mount Carmel will practically mon opolize the attention of the judges and officials at the sessions of criminal court to begin at Sunbury the first Monday in May. Mt. Carmel will have almost fifty cases, all developed since the term of court held in February. The list includes cases representing almost every known crime, from mali cious mischief, one of the lightest of the minor offenses, to murder, the worst of the major crimes. There is a manslaughter case, two of highway robbery, one of criminal malpractice, several of assault and battery, also some of aggravated assault and battery : with intent to kill, a speakeasy case, , and even a witchcraft case. The latter case is one of the oddest known, and is quite a novelty for the present officials. It grows out of the defense to be made by Walter Heavy, j now lodged in jail on a charge of bur- , glarizing the Parsick home on Vine street, Mt. Carmel. Heavy 's friends allege that the pros ecution against him was instituted because of "information" gleaned from the incantations of several for tune tellers. Thev claim that Mrs. ) Miller, of Ashland, aud other alleged fortune tellers held seauces at the Par sick home to discover the identity of the burglar, aud that the "witches" said the guilty uiau was Heavy. No doubt the story will be vigorously denied,but nevertheless the case is in teresting. •ONE MAN'S VIEWS. A member of our board of trade ami a practical business man Tuesday de plored that more is not being done to promote the growth aud development of our town. < tur present industries, all of which are booming, these pros jierous times,he held, should see their way clear to expand, as a result of which our population would grow. The municipality should be carefully looked after in all its relations and he suggested that a taxpayers' association be formed as exists iu many other places to see that there is no derelic tion of duty on the part of those in office. A spirit of enterprise and of civic pride should bo encouraged and this should extend to land owners in the immediate vicinity of town, whose property uinst rise or fall in value as Danville grows and prospers or stands still ami retrogrades. This suggested to the gentleman that while the residents of Columbia county are prospecting for all sorts of minerals and are actually finding some laud owners in tlie vicinity of Dan ville seem to feel no curiosity to know what may lie under their farms. In these days when drilling has taken the the place of slow and expensive me- j thods iu digging into the earth lie thought there were few farmers who i could not afford to do a little prospect i ing. Coal in some quantities is known ' to exist as war ;»s Kipp's run and it . i- not beyond the range of probability that underlying this immediate viciu- i ity are both oil and gas. It might be several hundred feet below, but the j probability is that the outlay required j to bore down in the <md would be a ; pretty good investment. Tlr. and Mrs. Mauser Knlertain. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Mauser enter- | t.lined a large number of friends at an oyster supper at their home at Grov- i am a Friday evening. Those present were: Misses Edna Shultz.Ella Boyer. Pearl Heberling, Ilettie Pnrsel,Flora Linn, I'rsel Mowrey, Emma Kriim, Kebecca Hawkins,Beulah Knorr, Dora Mowrey, Emma Foust, Cora Fonst, Maud Fry, Annie Kapp, Celia Beaver, 1 Alda Shultz,Flora Krum, Lydia Hart ! man, Martha Boyer, Pauline Mauser. Marv Mauser, Dorothy Welliver:! Messrs. Guy Mowrey, Charles Krum, Joseph Cotner, Fred Both, George Heimbach, Arthur Foust, Charles I Foust, John Thomas. Charles Thomas, j Roy Weaver, Clarence Cotner, Roy j Fern, Hurley Cotner, William Drum. Charles Heimbach, Stewart Hartman, | James Beaver. Cleveland Boyer, John Deli, Curtis Walter, Mrs. John Wei liver. Mrs. Minnie Middleton. The Buckhoru charge of the Luther- I an church has extended a call to Kev. G. D. Strail.of Brewerton,New York, i to take effect Mav Ist. CONTRACT WAS NOT AWARDED Tuesday * was the date set for the meeting of the trustees of the hospit al for the insane for the purpose of opening and examining the bids for building the heat, light and power plant at which electricity is to be em ployed. The occasion brought some twenty experts to Danville,representa tives of the parties bidding, but they were obliged to return home disap pointed,as the contract was not award ed. The trustees present at the meeting were: H. M. Schoch of Danville; Dr. 13. H. Detwiler, of Wilkes-Ha in ; Dr. Shoemaker, of Williamsport; Ilr. Cou ncil, of Scranton; Howard Lyon, of Hughesville; W. F. Shay, of Watson town, and C. (i. Van Alen, of North umberland. Mr. Van Alen, who was recently appointed, met with the trus fes for the first time Tuesday. The session occupied all day. The trustees found themselves up against a weighty proposition. The specifica tion- are voluminous, while the prop osition involving as it does electric ity leaves a good many different points to be taken care of; but what seemed to occasion the gs§atest delay was the difference of opinion as to which of the two sites should be selected. At the previous meeting held March lath, Philip H. Johnson, of Philadel phia, the architect,submitted two sets of plans and specifications for the heat, light and power plant, one on the site first selected at the coal dump just west of the hospital buildings and the other at the rear of the hospital taking in the present steam power plant, where the air compressor main tained in connection with the new filter system is installed. Both sets of plans and specifications were adopted by the trustees and bids were invited on both of them. There were a dozen proposals on hand Tuesday and it was in examin ing these and considering other mat ters in connection with them that the time; was largely spent. Each of the two sites has some features to recom mend it. The principal objection to the site at the coal dump lies in the tact that there will be a loss in power owing to the distance from the main building,about a thousand feet. Those of the trustees who believed that the loss of power could be obviated saw many objections to the site at the rear of the hospital, which involves a re building of the present boiler house objections which they were not slow to urge. Ou whole there were so many matters to consider that night arrived the trustees were ready to award the contract and adjournment was agreed upon to reconvene at some date yet to be determined upon. Representatives of the bidding firms, experts and others, numbering in all twenty or more appeared in Danville early it* tho day. Many sought in terviews with local contractors anxious to get their views as to estimates for certain lines of work, etc., the fact implied seeming to be that if they got the contract the local men would be in line for sub contracts. Blue Print Ready. The blue priut relating to North | Mill street, prepared by Borough j Engineer Keefer, which failed to ar ! rive in time for the regular meeting Friday nigltf. was acted upon at a special meeting of council on Monday night. It was approved in all respects and delivered over into the hands of Borough Solicitor E. S. Gearhart.who will see that it gets to Harrisburg iu due time. The borough solicitor will make an other trip to Harrisburg to hurry up affairs iu the State highway depart ment. Council has now decided to pave North Mill street along its entire leugth, provided aid comes from the State. It will be a fine improvement and will add much to the value of property in the northern end of town. The same change will occur that took j place in the other portion of Mill ,-treet. The driveway will be made | narrower, which will result in a cor i rescinding widening of the sidewalks. In addition to this a sewer will be laid along the east side of North Mill street from Center to Chambers street. The sewer will be of 8-inch terra cotta ]>iJ*e to connect with each of the dwel lings aud from Mill and Centre streets it will be carried down to the rear of the armory where it will connect with j the northern terminus of the present ' sewer. Danville Defeated. Fresh from a conquering tour | through the \Sest, where they earned the title of champions of the United States, the Tamaqua basket ball play ers came to Danville evening aud easily tock the locals into camp. It is doubtful if such brilliant bask et ball was ever seen iu Danville as the Tamaqua boys put up at that time. The locals, too. were playing good j hall, and made the champions work for each point. In the first part of the j second half especially the Danville : iioys for a while out jiassed and out tossed Tamaoua, but the spurt soon ! passed off and the visitors once more I started forcing ahead. Fogarty, one of Tnmaqna's forwards,that nightwon ; the distinction of making a record for goal throwing in one game, tossing 27 baskets. Score was The line-up: Tamaqua Danville. Fogarty forward Bedea forward Welliver O'Donuell forward Johnson Mulliuer . center .Sechler Kinkaidc yuan! Gilmore guard Russell Hough guard Peters Goals from field : Fogarty 27, Mill liner 12, O'Donuell 8, Hough 4, John son 7, Welliver 5, Mechler 4, Bedea 2, Russell 2, Peters 2, Gilmore 1. Goals from fouls: Bedea 2, O'Donuell 1. Trains Taken Off. On account of the mines JbeingVlos ed down two of the miners' trains on the Pennsylvania railroad plying be tween Shamokiu aud the collieries have been taken off and will not be re placed until the strike question is set tled aud operations resumed. LEGAL CAMPAIGN LIPHRSHX There are many inquiries as to what are legitimate election expenses under the corrupt practice act passed at the recent extra session of the legislature. The act defines them as follows: 1. For printing and traveling ex penses and personal expenses incident thereto, stationery, advertising, post age, expressago, freight, telegraph, telephone and other public me--enger service. 2. For disscmiuat ion <>t in format ion to the public & For political meetings, demon strations and conventions and for tin pay and transportation of speakei . .4. For the rent, maintenance and furnishing of offices. 5. For the payment of clerks, type writers, stenographers, janitors and messengers actually employed. 6. For the employment of watchers at primary meetings and elections to the number allowed by law. 7. For the transportation of voters to and from the poles. 8. For legal expense-, bona fide,in curred in connection with am nominii tion or election. These are the authorized expendit ures. Candidates or treasurers of political committees are forbidden to pay, lend, give or lend, agree to pay, give or lend either directly or indirect, ly any money or other valuable thing for any nomination or election ex penses whatever, save as d« land, in these eight exceptions. Considerable latitude is allowed a- may be seen. All the expenditure- permitted are perfectly legitimate however. There are some things that both candidates and political committees must do. and there is no purpose in the new law to interfere with anything that may be proper to promote the interests of a candidate or partv. The purpose is to prevent the corrupt ues of money in politics, to prevent the purchase or support through bribery, either with money, or other valuable thing, such, for instance, as the promise of a fut ure office. It puts in more definite form the principles of a t- which have been in existence for many years. The law provides for an accounting by which the candidate and the trea surer of the party committee must state, under oath .just how much money has been expended and give the details of such expenditure, in tier the state ment must be itemized, and the law rtates very clearly what are legitimate expenses. Furthermore, every expense account incurred by a candidate for a state office must be tiled with the sec retary of the commonwealth, and can didates for other offices must file with the clerk of the court of quarter ses sions. Chief Clerk Bartho has uow in course of preparation blank- to be -cut to all candidates for state office, including senators and members of rlie house of representatives, and i hey must all iile their accounts, which will 1» open to public ins] lection. These blanks will be forwarded to candidates from the department. Danville and those for county offices must be supplied by the county commissioners. Delays Trout Fishing, Fish Commissioner Meehan hi - issu ed the following warning in connec tion with the opening of the trout a son: "The trout season is fixed by law to open Ajiril 15th. That date this year falls on Sunday. The season,will not. therefore, open until next day, Monday, April h'.fch. Any one caught fishing on Sunday, ill not be pro secuted for ti-liing on Sunday, but for having in his possession li<ll caught out of season. The jieualtylor tisliing on Suuilay is a fine of $23. hut the penatlv for catching Ji~ii out ot season is .$lO a fish. This warning i- issued in order that there may be no misun derstanding between fishermen and employees of the department of fisli eries.'' Destroyed by hire. After Mr. F. G. Delbaugh.of Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, attended market at Sunbury Saturday morning he learned that af ter he had left home fire broke out iu his smoke house which was consumed with a quantity of meat in it, the. fire communicating with an adjoining chicken house, which was also burned with a number of fowls. Although these buildings were not far from his residence the latter was not ignited. No one was at home but Mr- Del bough. The fire evidently originated from material that was being burned for the smoking of meat. Col. C. Bow Dougherty Promoted. The announcement of the appoint ment of Colonel C. Bow Dougherty,of the Ninth regiment, Wilkos-Barre, to be Brigadier General commanding the Third brigade, Nat ioual Guard, to suc ceed General Gohin, promoted to be Major General, will be made next week by Governor PeunypaVker. Col onel Dougherty i.the oldest colonel iu commission in the brigade, and natur ally succeeds to the command of the brigade. Installed Officers. A delegation of Odd Fellows con sisting of Dr. J no. Sweisfort, district deputy, and John Foust, Robert Rich ardson and I). <Williams, as mar shals, drove out to Washingtonville and Exchange Saturday night at each of which places they installed the newly elected officers iu the Odd Fel lows lodge. Dr. Sweisfort and Rob erf Richardson officiated at Washing tonville and D. William- and John Foust at Exchange. Favor the Widow. The term of the postmaster at Ash land being about to expire th <■: • were a number of applicants for the office, but all of them, including the present incumbent, who would like to have had another term, have withdrawn in favor of Mrs. Patterson, widow of Congressman George It. Patterson,who died some three week- ago in the midst of his congrt --ional t> rm l're-j dent Roosevelt will probably appoint her this week. HAVE you HI TEES FEME IT Hanker- of Pennsylvania will at once get ready to fumigate all money that pasM-s through their hands, and lrom a health point of view this is the proper t'ling in order to ward off con tagion. State Health Commissioner Samuel (I. Dixon will call upon bank officials thoughout Pennsylvania to assist him in checking the spread of disease by taking the precaution to fumigate money before it passes out of the hank's hands. Dr. Dixon has found disease produc ing germs on liltll3- paper money in circulation and says that undoubtedly many cases of communicable disease throughout the State must be traceable to infected money. He has prepared the following cir cular letter to bo sent to every bank in the State which he believes will not only prevent infection but be of direct benefit to the institution itself as a business proposition. "As the germs of disease are found in money in circulation, the depart ment of health respectfully suggests and requests that you co-operate with it in the protection of the health of our people by fumigating all money received by your bank before it is again putin circulation. Such a pre cautionary measure, I am confident, will avoid many cases of sickness aud death in your community. "The disinfection of money may be accomplished by spraying with a form aldehyde solution or exposing to the fumes of formaldehyde gas." Dr. Dixon's attention was called to }he importance of washing and disin fecting money through the action of a bank in the eastern part of the State, which invariably fumigates all of the paper money that passes through its hands thus insuring immunity from disease germs. This was a pretty good idea, aud led the State health com missioner to send out the above cir cular. Another bank in the western part of the Slate gives a bath to the dirty paper money that it receives. It places the notes in a basin of clean water, aud in a short time the ac cumulated filth scales off and the note, alter being dried, becomes crisp and clear as if just issued from the print ing press. In New (Quarters. A<lams & Company's express with \\ illiam M. Sechler as agent lias taken possession of its new quarters in the building adjoining the Baldy House, Mill street. Electric light was putin the build ing Monday but all the furniture is not yet installed that is required to accommodate the business. It will be several days before the office will be fully equipped. (July one wagon is in use up to the present. Whether or not another wagon will be added will de velop later. 1 The new quartern are probably not as convenient as Grone's book store, which has a rear door on the alley, through which the goods could be loaded and unloaded directly on and off the wagon. In the new quarters the goods handled will have to be car ried across the pavement and t lie i'rout door w ill have to be used exclusively. Miss Elizabeth Fischer, daughter of School Director Jacob Fischer,has ac cepted a position with Adams and Company as clerk. She entered upon her duties Monday. ON THE RAILROADS. The congestion of freight trains on the Peiinsy, which held up things about i South Danville only a week or so ago, seems to be no longer in evidence. In fact quite a falling off of freight is re ported. On 11 10 P. &R. apparently there is no diminution of traffic, although it is noticed that on all trains there are more empty cars than loaded ones. This is because in view of a probabil ity of a coal strike on all the lines the ! foreign cars are being sent back to the roads to which they belong. The P. & R. company is shipping its own empty cars to Newberry Junction and to the coal region, where they will be kept until needed. Flyer Wrecked in Landslide. Plunging at high speed into a land slide at Port Clinton, Monday even ing. the Wilkes-Barre "flyer" on the Pennsylvania railroad was badly wreck ed. The locomotive, containing engineer Harry Hoffmeister and fireman Wil liam Weismiller, went down the 15- foot hank to the Reading railway, and both men were badly hurt, and were taken to the Pottsville hospital. The passengers were transferred to the Reading, as tlie Pennsylvania was blocked all night. The passenger coaches kept the track and beyond being violently shaken, none of the passengers were injured. SATURDAY NIGHT. Mill street was thronged Saturday night as it had not been for months previously. It was the first Saturday night on which the weather was any thing like agreeable and the weather conditions as well as the approach of Easter had the effect of bringing out a crowd. The spectacle, indeed, was a most enlivening one after the dull season, in which few persons appear ed upon the streets that were not bent upon business. The stores wore their gayest- Easter attire and presented a beautiful appea-ancc. That the merch ants diil a good business goes without saving. ONE TOWNSHIP'S PLAN. i lie supervisors of West ('hillisqua qii' township, Northumberland county, at a meeting held recently, laid a three mill cash road tax. This tax is to he paid in cash. It was decided, however, that taxpayers could have the pri\ I lege of working to the amount of their t i\ if they elect to do so and comply with the stipulations agreed upon by the board. They must be read to come when the supervisors call up- ' on them All work must be done by the hour Teams will be paid thirty ' cents an hour and shovelers and labor- ' i.rs twelve and a half cents. NOT I FAVORABLE Si«(! The repirt printed in the State Medi cal Journal relating to the health of the State reveals that Montour's show ing as to typhoid fever is bad com pared with other counties. I lie article states that during the month of February in the State there were 2,280 cases of typhoid fever re ported, ol which only 11(1 were from the rural districts while .2,172 were from cities aud boroughs. Typhoid fever during the month was reported in fifty-one counties, being particular ly prevalent in Philadelphia,Montour, I'ulton, Erie and Allegheny counties. It is not reassuring that Montour county should be placed in the same category with Philadelphia, which is considered a hot bed of typhoid fever. By referring to the report of the local registrar for three months past we find that during March there were five cases of typhoid fever; that during 1' ebruary there were ten cases and dur ing January there were ten cases. The local registrar's report quoted covers Danville, Mahoning, May berry, Coop er, Valley. Liberty aud West Hemlock townships. Just what the showing is in the other district of the county re lating to typhoid fever aud other con tagious diseases has not bet 11 determin ed, but it is safe to assume that of the cases of typhoid reported in Montour county during any month a big pro portion arc found in Danville. The above report of Health Com missioner Dixon suggests that it might be well to institute an investigation t« determine what conditions exist here affecting our water supply that we are ranked next to Philadelphia, a city where typhoid is bred by pollut ed water. Now would be the time to secure an analysis of our river water to see where we stand. Meanwhile it would not be a bad thing to remove the filth from the river bank above the intake of the water works and brush up around town generally to make things clean and sanitary. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES Itching, Blind, Bleediug, Protrud ing Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money ifPAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in »'> to 14 days, "it) cents. "TOWNEY" HOWE. J. T. ;'lowuey> Howe of Scrautou, came down to this city Sunday to see his old friend, Captain .T. If. John son, who is on the sick list. Mr. Howe,who is an alderman of the city of Scrautou, began life in Danville and is personally known by every resi dent here of middle life aud upwards. He never visits the town but he meets with a royal welcome. He is a news paper man and learned his trade iu Danville under Charles Cook. He went to Bloomsburg aud Berwick work itig 011 the newspapers there, after which lie returned to Danville where he enlisted in the United States Armv during the Rebellion. \fter the war he drifted to Scrautou where for over thirty year- he was on the "Scranton Republican." Nothing will relieve indigestion thai is uot a thorough digestant. Kodot Dysjiepsia Cure digests what you eat, and allows the stomach to rest—re cuperate—grow strong again. A few doses of Kodol after meals will soon restore the stomach to and digestive organs to a full performance of their functions naturally. Sold l>v Panics & Co. I). L. & W. Will lap Coal Fields. That the Delaware,Lackawanua"and Western railroad will tap the Schuyl ! kill coal field is now believed to he i certain. It is admitted by civil engi j neers who have been surveying iii tlie northern cud ol' Columbia couuty l'or a I time past that they represent the Lack awanna.and that the properties which | have been bought aloug the projected j route were for the use of the company. So far as has been discovered the Lack- I awanua lias not secured any coal lauds j though there have been a number of i large and mysterious purchases. I What good does it do you to eat if | your stomach fails to digest the food? j None. It does you harm—causes belch j iug, sour stomach, flatulence, etc. ! When the stomach fails a little Kodol I Dyspepsia Cure after each meal will digest what you eat and makes the stomach sweet. Sold by Panics & Co. No Personal Services. The various superintendents of the Pennsylvania railroad have been notifi ed that in the future they will he com pelled to purchase their coal supplies through tlie general market, the rail road company refusing to sell it to them any longer at reduced rates. They were also told that hereafter they must not use railroad employes for personal services such as making repairs arouud their homes and sim ilar employment as bus been the cus tom in the past. In place of these re strictions the superintendents have all received an increase in their salaries. If you ever bought a b>x of Witch Hazel Salve that failed to give satisfac tion the chances are it did not have the uame "E. C. l)eWitt& Co." printed ou the wrapper and pressed in the box. The original DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve utver fails to give satisfaction for burns, sores, boils, tetter, cracked hands, etc. For blind, bleeding, itching and pro truding Piles it affords almost im medi ate relief. It stops the pain. Sold by Panics & Co. Purchased Another Motel. Mrs. William Hnntzinger and son Robert, former residents of Suubury, and proprietors of the Broadway House at Milton, have purchased the Hotel Boyce and Avoudale Park at Win burne, Clearfield count \. There is a large summer theatre in the park, and the hotel is one of the finest in that section. The consideration wa» 000. TO CURB A COLD IM ONE DAY Pak< I. \X\I I \ I III! (M». M.^uinine Tablets. Druggist-; refund moue\ it it fails to curt |; \\ < ;u< > -signa ture is mi each l"ii\. eenr-. FINK HOhSKS. 1 The Hanover Brewing Oompanv ha» |mrcbased two line teams of iron -.'revs, which are much atlniired h\ our 1 townspeople. The animals were pur 1 ■based at (»f»rg • W Weaver's horse \ -ale at Milton on S,ituri!<\ and were 1 brought to this eit\ u;i Suildav. < 'lie ' team weigh- 2HOOJIOUIKIS an. l tli. other ( 1,200 pounds. 1 UN INTERESTING EIPBEMEHT J lirough the courtesy of our former townsman, .Jolm G. Brown, now of Meriden, Conn.,a series of interesting experiments havr been conducted by M. H. Scliram to illustrate a wonder ful by which pure nickel is pr< iduced. Mr. Brown sent Mr. Scliram a quant ity of nickel thermit, the invention of Professor Goldschmidt and one of the most wonderful things known; also three small crucibles and the same number of small packages called "ig nition powder.' Accompanying were full directions for the experiment, which Mr. Brown thought would prove very interesting to Mr. Scliram and the group of inquiring minds who are apt to drop into his place of busi ness. Among other features the experiment produces a heat of 3000 to 3."i00 degrees without flame or tire, melting nickel in the open air. One of these experiments was con ducted in M. IL Schram's store on Saturday night. The small crucible, less in size than an ink staud, was placed on the floor and into it was pour ed a small quantity of green powder, known us the nickel thermit. On the top of tliis was placed a small quantity —less than a thimble full—of the other or ignition powder. A tiny fuse was inserted, which was lighted with a match. In an instant there was a chemical change, a tierce white blaze, the brilliancy and heat of which was such that no eye could stand it. It burned only for a minute, after which in the crucible where the two powders had been placed was found a lump of nickel. Mr. Brown states that in pro ducing nickel for manufacturing pur poses they fire large quantities of the nickel thermit in the machine shop where he is employed, revealing that the method is found to be a wholly practical one. The whole thing of course is diffi cult to understand. That the pupils might have the benefit of the experi ment on Friday afternoon Mr. Scliram took one of the crucibles, a quantity of the nickel thermit aud ignition powder to the high school where in the laboratory a demonstration was held. The pupils and the faculty were alike much interested and are now conducting investigation along new lines to learu something more about the discovery. DON'T EXPERIMENT. You Will Make No Mistake if Ytu Follow »Ibis Dauville Citizen's Advice. Never neglect your kidneys. If you have pain in the back, it's time to act and no time to experiment. These are all symptoms of kidney trou ble, aud you should seek a remedy which is known to euro the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to use. It has cured many stubborn cases in Danville. No need to experi ment. Follow the advice of a Danville citizen and be cured vourself. John James, puddler,of 11 Sycamore street, .says: "Doan's Kidney Pills were of immense benefit to me in a case of backache and kidney complain! some years ago. I bad suffered for months with pain and lameness in my back and used all kinds of remedies but received no permanent benefit. ] was becoming discouraged but when Doan's Kidney Pills were recommend ed to me by Levi Alleger, I concluded to try them. I got a box and used then as directed. The result was far be yond my expectations. They cured m< and I have had no return of the trou ble." For sale by all dealers. Price 5< cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo New York, sole agents for the Unitec States. Remember the name—Doan'i —and take no other. Einjoyable Birthday Event. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lewis gave : party on Saturday evening at thei; home near Mausdale in honor of thei: daughter, Essa's seventeenth birthday anniversary. An enjoyable evening was spent with music and games. A delicious supper was served after whicl the guests departed wishing thei: hostess many happy returns of the day. Miss Lewis was the recipient of man; handsome and useful presents. Those present were: Mr. Alber Lewis and mother, Mrs. Albert Lewis Misses Essa Lewis, Jennie Kindt Rachel Fensterinacher, Orgie Winter steen, Emily Lewis, Florence Lewis Winifred Beyer, Mary Chapel, Anm Fornwalt, Nora Fornwalt, Mrs. Join Kocher and daughter Helen ; Messrs Harry Marr. Grover \Vintersteen, Jos eph Sweitzer, Harry Carodisky, Beri < 'burm, Warren Fensterinacher, George Bennett. Raymond Lewis, ('baric Lewis, William Kindt,Joseph Bryant Frank Stetler, and Mark Roberts. Is The rioon Inhabited. Science has proven that the moon has an atmosphere, which makes life ii; some form possible on that satellite but not for human beings, who haves hard enough time on this earth of onrs especially those who don't know thai Electric Bitters cure Headache, Bilious ness, Malaria, Chills and Fever, Ja'in dice, Dyspepsia Dizziness, Torpid Liv er, Kidney complaints, General Pebi i"\ and Female weaknesses. Unequalled*as a general Tonic and Appetizer for weak persons and e<p cia ly for the aged. It induces sound sleep. Fully guaranteed by Panics &C> Druggists. Price only r>Or. Arrests for Sunday Selling. Seventy saloon keepers of Schuvl kill county were arrested Sunday by tie Law and Order net v for Sunday selling. Vester l.«\ iriie.vs for the - >eiety, asked the court to revoke the licenses of all of the defendants. The large number of violations of the law is considered extraordinary,in view of the fact that the society only i few months ago secured the convic tion of upward of 100 dealers for sim ilar offenses, and six weeks ago the license court distinctly warned everv lealer of the necessity of keepingclos mI 011 Sunday. Li\ing indoors so much during the winter ni< nth creates a sort of a stuffy, want of iiz n.e <■ <udition in the blood lud system gene rail v. Clean up and get tadv for spring Tike a few Karly IJis. is. Tie se famous little pills cleanse lie liver, stomach and bowels ami trive lie blood a chance to purify itself They •elieve head iche, sallow complexion. <t.e. Sole! bv Paules & Co CHARGED m II PERSOIITIRG OFFICERS Amnion \\ eller, Selon Boyer, Ira Hughes and Arthur Cherry,four young men, oft nion Corner, came over to Danville Saturday night and had the time of their lives. In a nuts! ell the boys, none of whom are much over twenty-one while in Danville imbibed a little too freely and as a consequence were soon half seas over, in which con dition they fell a victim to the mach inations of designing persons and had trouble of all sorts. They did not ar rive home until Sunday morning, when ou<' found himself minus a gold watch and a sum ot money The aftermath of the affair took place Monday, when our two policemen putin a full day looking up two young men of our town who are accused by the two young farmers of having impersonat ed police officers and endeavored to ex tort money and valuables from them. Cue arrest was made. Two of tlie young farmers accord ing to their own confession were in no condition Saturday night to know what was going on,although it is evid ent that they were shamefully abused. One of the number—Arthur Cherry—a very bright young fellow ot pleasing personality, was perfectly sober and did the best he could to take care of his boozy companions. It'is his testi mony that will have to be relied up on in the law suit that will probably follow. The four young men came over to Danville Monday determined to have justice. Ammou weller lodged infor mation before justice Oglesby which sets*forth that on the 7th of April at the D. L. & W. depot '"Mart" Forney and another, whose name is withheld for the present "(lid without due auth ority preteud or hold themselves out to tlie said Amnion Weller as police men, thereby endeavoring to extort money or other valuable things from the said Weller and Selou Boyer." Forney was apprehended shortly af ter noon at the rolling mill where he is employed. The other man named in the information was nowhere to be found in Danville, although the offic ers scoured pretty much the whole town and were busy from morning un til late in the day. Forney was arraigned before justice of the peace Oglesby about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He pleaded not guilty. Amnion Weller was sworn. He had fared the worst, his face was badly scratched and it was he who had lost his gold watch and his money,his loss in all footing up twenty dollars or more. He identified Forney as one of the fellows who had come up to them (the country boys) near the D. L. & W. station. He was emphatic that the town fellows said they were police men and would lock them up; also that they were not permitted to come down to Mill street, but they were piloted around by Church street and over the river bridge by the parties that had accosted them at the I). L. & W. station. The witness said he protested but was told that if he had a bottle and would give the fellows a drink they would release him. Forney being permitted to make an explanation said that while it was true that lie was with the boys he did not impersonate au officer. He said that he merely wanted to see that the boys got home safely. Ho took them around by Churcli street to keep them off Mill street, feeling sure that they would fall into the bauds of the police if they ventured there. He said they were so druuk that they could not staud. He merely told them that if they went down to Mill street they would get locked up. Selon Boyer was the next witness, jt was iie that the accused had hold of, the other party named in the in formation having Weller. Boyer at the hearing,said addressing Forney: '' You said you would take us to the lock-up and pen us up. I said, 'you better let go' and you said : 'I must attend to my business.' Then one of you said if you have a bottle give us a drink and we will let you go." Arthur Cherry was the next wit ness. When the farmer boys were first accosted it was lie who went to their rescue. This was iu the vicinity of the D. L. & W. railroad. There was a crowd of town fellows present.among whom he recognized Forney. He heard one of them say, "If you don't pay your line we will put you in the lock up." On the river bridge again Cherry came to the young farmers' rescue, who were in the hands of the two men named in the information. He tried to get his companions away, but was I himself seized with the threat that tbev would put him iu the lock-up. Cherry said : "I fold them tlint they were no police and broke away from them."' Hughes wa« iu no condition to navi gate further and he fell 'by tin- way side. Cherry then dropped bacK to j look after Hughes and a few minutes ; later found the chief-of-poliee, to ! whom he told what had occnrie 1. j Meanwhile We ller and Boyer were i taken across the bridge •*y the two j men named in the information. Ira Hughes was next called ui»ou to testify, hut Ie declined and said lie didu't know anything. Hughes was tlic poor fellow who had troubles of I his own When lie fell u the bridge In- was drags;" 1 down to the water works, where e became in a very ser- i ious coudit io;j. It was necessary to take him 112 i the ! ick-up, but he was too limber i t walk and Chief Mince mover borrowed a wheel barrow, which lie used in lieu of a patrol wagon. Hughes spent the remainder of the night in the hostile, but secured his release on Sunday. Chief Mincemoyer the last wit ness at the hearing. He saw Forney and his companion returning from ov er the river bridge sometime after the affair was reported to him. The officer asked them concerning the two young farmers ;they denied having seen Them, hut later acknowledged that they had weompauied them across the bridge. I IUV active part in the affair and said he was not well acquainted with the true char ihecter of the otr party named iu the information The justice, however, p took the view that since Forney was with the other man accused lie was in the eyes of the law a party to what occurred at the time and lie could not do better than to hold him court. He fixed bail at SIOO, which was pro cured. Whether the other party w ill be ar rested or not remains io be seen Chief of Police Mincemoyerswore that when he came up to the two- fellows as they were returning from Over the bridge he heard Forney's companion remark to him: "I had a notion to throw him into (lie river. 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He was sup ported by all of the Harrisburg and ; Lancaster lodges and was a favorite among the Philadelphia lodges. An election as grand warden means ad | vancement through the chairs of the j Grand Lodge. Human Blood Marks. A t-ile ot" horror was told by marks of i human blood in tlw home of J. W. Wif liams, a well known merchant of Bar. Ky., He writes Twenty years hgo I i had severe hemorrhages of the lungs, and was near death when Ib gan tak ing I r. Ki• y's New Discovery. It com pletely oared me and I have remained well ever since." It cures Hemorrhages | Chronic Coughs, Settled Colds and Bron- I chitis. and is the only known cure for j Weak Lungs. Every Dottle guaranteed by Panles & Co., Druggists. 5o c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Reading Cutting Time. The Tamaqua Courier says:"The Philadelphia and Heading shops at Catawissa, Milton, Newberry and I Tamaqua have been placed on tliree ! quarters time. This move was made | in accord with the general retrench -1 meut policy that the Reading will I carry out during the suspension of | work at the mines. At Sliamokin and j Gordon the engine house men have ' been placed on half time, while those " at Mahanoy Plane have been placed on J quarter time." Devil's Island Torture. , is no woise than the teriible case of ! Piles that affiiicted me lOyears. Then I was advised t> apply Bueklen's Arnica Salve, and less than a box permanently cured me, writes L. S. Napier, of Rug; les. Ky. Heals all wounds. Burns and ( S ires like magic. 25c at Panles & Co , druggists. Wholesale Revoking. Following the seventy arrests for j Sunday liquor selling in Schuylkill , county, the sensation of the year was j sprung in court Monday when Judge 1 Beclitel.on motion of attorneys for the ! Law and Order society granted rules upon 4!) saloonkeepers to show cause why their licenses should not be revok ed. All these saloons are in Slienan , doah, and as 00 more similar cases are to be brought in that town, which has a saloon for every 20 voters, the num i ber of drinking places is apt to be cut down by two-thirds. I Don t tie a coutm or a cold up in voar system by taking a remedy tuat binds the bowels. Take Kenned) s Laxa tive Honey aud Tar It is different from all other cough syrups. It is better. It opens the bowels-expels all cold from the system, relieves ooniihs. cods, croup, whooping cough, etc. An ideal remedy for young and old. ( hildren like it. j Sold by Panles & Co. Heavy Weight champion. Donald Herring, sou of former Judge Grant Herring,of Bloomsburg.has been decided champion heavy-weight wrest ler of the inter-collegiate contests. Wrestlers from Princeton. Yale, Col umbia and Pennsylvania contested in the match aud although Vale captured j the contest by the greatest number of points, the individual heavy-weight championship was captured by Her ring. He was easily champion as none of the bouts in which he took part was of more than two minutes' duration. The most rational remedy for Coughs and Colls is Kennedy's Laxative Houev and Tar. It acts ou the bowels as a mild cathartic—expels all cold from tin* system. Cuts all phlegm out of the throat, relieves coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, etc. Au ideal remedy tor children—equallv good for adults. Sold by Panics & Co. Ayers W ien the nerves are weak everything goes wrong. You are tired all the time, easily discouraged, nervous, and irritable. Your cheeks are i Sarsaparilla pale and your blood is thin. Your doctor says you are threatened with a nervous breakdown. He orders this grand old family medicine. K' T M.. re flmti vi VPUJ ! have used AT. T « Sarsaparilla in my family It Is a jrraiid tonic- I V pure blood " H i' ||u|i \Y.-«t Haven. Conn. •I O. (VERPO,, for •■»■«■■■■!>■■« Weak Nerves Keep the bowels regular with Ayer's Pills, Just one pill each night.
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