DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER
VOL LXXVI.
ARBANBEIIENT3
COIPLIiTED
All arrangement* to tiro Blooms
burg State Noimal School educational
tour to Washington, P. C., have b»ion
compl ted. T'ie excarsi >n 11u• 11 will
leave the Philadelphia uud Heading
Railroad station at Bloomshuig Mon
day morning, December I'.), at 0:45,
fifteen minutes eaili«r I Inn li e
time. Tliis hour is made necessary by
the change in tho tcliedule on the Sha
inokiu division A later hoar woald
cause that much delay to tho train
throughout the entire day. Arrange
ment have been effected to reach Phil
adelphia returning Thursday night,
leaving Washington after all depart
ments are closed and the sight-seeing
is douo. This will provo a decided
gain Instead of spending Thursday
eveniug at the hotels in Washington,
the excursionists will use the time in
traveling, arriving in Pniladelphia at
a reasonable hour and thus gaining
Friday for sight seeing iu the "Quak
er City." Persons desiring to remain
longer iu Philadelphia cau do so at
their own expense, as the tickets will
be good to return to Bloomsburg
Throughout the entire trip the excur
sionists will have their own special
train of vestibule c»rs. The cost of
the entire trip including railroad fare,
hotel expenses, trip to Mt. Vernon,
transfer of baggage iu Washiugtou and
fee 9of gua ds will be sls. This is a
slight increase over the charge for pre
vious years, auri is caused by the fact
that some lit tels and the Mt. Veruou
railroad havo raised their charges.
The party will b* conducted by mem
bers of the Faculty who are well-in
formed in regard to all places to be
visited. The excursionists will be
divided iuto groups,so that all can get
the full explanations of the taachers
and guides. The same oversight of the
students will be exercised as is exercis
ed at the school. Alumni and friends
of the school who desire to visit Wash
ington, will bo permitted to join this
excursion, if they apply promptly.and
the number is uot too great.
Y. n. C. A. NOTES.
The Young Meu's Christian Associa
tion in Japan, after months of delay
lias been finally authorized by the Jap
anese War Department togo forward
with the troops with tents, riding
matter, stationery, gramophones, masio,
games and popular and Christian lit
erature, magazines aid all the pira
phernalia that the Y. M. C. A.'s have
used in this country and tho Philip
pines for their soldier Assooiatious.
The secretaries put up their tents tirst
at Antnng, Manchuria, and within a
we«k h ul 1,500 of the Japanese soldiers
about them. In one day they srvid
ten buckets of tea, and 375 letters and
postals wore written home. Tho most
popular thing the secretaries do is to
give gr.tmo ( :h me concerts and enter
tiinmeuts at the hospitals, as tho poor
fellows are glad of any break iu tho
monotony. Eveu au Americau is an
intending curiosity iu himself to the
average Japanese soldier, who is from
the country. He wondeis what tho
man is there for,and appreciates every
little atteutiou and help in the relief
of the suffering and tedium of the day
and night.
O. V. Hibbard, secretary in charge
was first taken for a Kussiau spy, and
saved only by his passport from tho
War Department. He soon got to bo
well kuown, and instead of the call of
suspicion, " Russian spy," it was of
appreciation, "See the American "
The acting governor of the city, the
military governor and ohaucollor have
called at the Association tout repeat
edly.
The Chinese Association members
have undertaken to finance for six
months another Association tent at
Yiukow. Youug men of tho churches
in Tokyo have beeu giving concerts to
raise money to support these teuts. A
number of Japanese secretaries who
liave been in training with tho As
sociation are already at the front.
Their Annual Jaunt.
Tho annual excursion of the Literary
Institute and State Norm il Sdiool of
Blonmsburg to Wadiingon.D C., will
take plan next Mon lay. The pirtv
will travel in a special train of vesti
bule cars and will be divided into sec
tions, each of which will be iu charge
of a teacher. Members of the faculty
well informed of the places of interest
to be viaitel will couduct tho excur
sion. The same oversight of the stud
ents will be exorcised as is exercised
at the schoil Iftoogreita number
do not apply alumni will be allowed
to accompany the party. Not only will
points of interest iu W ishiugtou b*
visitel, but circumstances are such
that considerable fcimt can b) employ
ed in t'liijad*lpliia. The party wiil
return Friday night.
An Experienced Electrician.
H .rry Murty,former manager of the
United Telpehotie and Telegraph Co.
at Shamokiu, has ho no lie red aud ac
cepted tin superitendeiicy of liie Sha
mokiu Light, He it aud Power Co.,
aud will arrive on Dece uhrr 15, to as-
MI ire cl aryn A largo aim tint of im
provements are in contemplation at
tin pi suit, but w I at ihey will be will
not ho seitl-d upon until the arrival
of M«\ Murty, who is mi experienced
eleciiiii.ian aud will be a valuable man
to the plant.
The person who In grudges his pifts
or who makes ilicm with the hope of
gctfc i g tho het'or of the exchange has
uo true COIIO Jilioii of tho rral Christ
auas spirit
jFIRST TROLLEY CAR
ON MILL STEEET
"Mill street!"
The exclamation was made in ring
ing torn s by a coudnctor on the Dan
vil e aud Blojmbsnrg trolley line, last
night.
His car was the first to run through
to the intersection of Bloom aud Mill
stseets. llence his jubilant shout.
The long expected had really occur
red.
It was exactly 9:25 o'clock.
The car was packed from end to end
with passenger*. There was "stand
ing room only," aud hardly that. Both
platforms and all the steps were crowd
ed. A number of boys clung to iron
rods at the rear of the car. The only
space not occupied was the roof. The
trip around the Bloom street curve,
down '"A" street, through the sub
way, along Walnut street to Mill was
made with ease. Not the slightest
trouble was eucouutered enroute.
When the car stopped the motormau
pulled the string and permitted the
whistle to get in several minutes solid
work. Its thrilling tones on the crisp
air, was the first notice that mauy had
of the arrival of the first trolley car
to Mill street.
Tuesday night's extreme cold weath
er caused another delay in getting the
Bloom street switch in position and
the work of making the teed wire con
nection at that point. Orders were
giveu during the afternoou for every
man employed in laying the switch to
report for duty that night, in order
that the work might be pushed to a
finish with the utmost speed.
It wasn't a pleasant order to re
ceive. The workmeu were already
tired aud chilled through. The thought
of homes and warm stoves were more
to their liking, tliau that of having to
resume work again at night aud when
mercury was hovering around the zero
mark. American members of the crew
readily consented to turn out aud work
all night if necessary, but the Italian
portion of the gang rovolted and em
phatically refused to subject them
selves to the bittor elements. "We no
workee," too much colde; by aud by
laboxe!" they said. Interpreted the
expression is this: "We will not work
at night when the weather is so cold.
If we do we will get sick, dio and be
putin a bcx." The few men who went
to work coutiuued at it until 10
o'clock, notwithstanding the stinging,
frosty air. But the work was not com
pleted, and it took the full crew until
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon to finish
laying the switch. At about the sauie
time the liueinen made tho last wire
connection. That left only a small
portion of track requiring straighten
ing aud strengthening to be attended
to. A portion of tho rails on "A"
street and extending along Walnut to
Bloom, thence to Mill were covered
with ice and snow to a depth that
made them invisible. They had to be
dug for, audit was necissary to clean
them before cars could be run over the
lino. A crew of men commenced clean
ing the rails shortly after dinner aud
it took them until 4:30 o'clock to
reach Mill street, and au hour later
to reach tho crossing of the D. L. &
W. It was impossible for the men
with picks and sorapers to remove the
ice sufficiently for the current to have
any effect on the wheels of the cars,
so to expedite matters a heavy layer
of salt was scattered aloug both rails
the eutire length of the frozen track.
I Then it was up to the salt as to the
length of time that must of a necessity
j iuterveue before the cars could run to
Mill street.
The Pure Food Farce.
| It is suggested that the Pennsylvania
pure food laws should bo enforced only
agaiust dealors who have beeu warned
that certain goods which they handle
are impure and who nevertheless per
sist iu selliug them.
Justice would approve such depart
ure from present methods of euforoing
the laws. As now enforced these laws
are farcical.
The retailers agaiust whom the arms
of the Commonwealth are leveled are
in most cases iunocent of wrongdoing
or of complicity in violations of the
law. They buy what they believer are
pure goods aud sell them under that
belief. It is unjust to mulct them, up
on the representation of ohomists from
whose findings there is no appeal, for
tho selling of alleged adulterated
goods.
It should be cleat to everybody that
the retailer is himself the victim of
the adulteration. What can be said iu
defense of that law which punishes the
victim of a crime or misdemeanor?!
What would bo siid o' the mental lovel
of a people who would send to jail the
victim of au assault and take no action
agaiust the assailant?
Owner Pays if Dog Bites.
The following will be of informa
tion to many a person who owns a vic
ious dog. In the case of Joseph Nor
whose sou was bitten by a dog belong
ing to William Mell, the jury in tho
court of common plea* ac Carlisle,la<t
Wednesday, rendered a verdict in fav
or of the plaintiff. The father receives
SB3O damages and the son $l,lOO. The
suit was brought for $2,500 damages.
Public Library for Williamsport.
The will of tho late James V. Brown
bequeaths $100,00') for the buildiug,
equipment and maintenance of a pub
lic library for Williamsport. This be
quest is in accord with the expressed
intention ol Mr. Browu made 10 years
ago. He is estimated to have beeu
worth $1,500,000.
"PLBDfIBD BUT TO TBUTH, TO ÜBIRT A 59 LiW-HO FAVOR SWATS US AND NO JTLAB HHAT.L AW*"
DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY. DECEMRER it:, 1904
THE HOLIDAY
VACATION
The School Board held a regular
meeting Monday. The members pres
ent were: President Dr. Harpel, Sec
retary Orth, Directors Pursel, Fischer,
Trumbower, Werkheisor, Burns and
Adams.
The Finance Committee reported
$3,584.75 in the hands of the Treasur
er. On motiou the report was accept
ed.
The matter of moving the trolley
pole from the pavement in front of the
Third Ward school building, which
was referred to the Building aud Re
pair Committee at the last meeting
of the Board, was disposed of.
W. F. Pasooe, General Super
intendent of the Standard Construc
tion Company was present by request
of the Building and Repair Commit
tee. Mr. Fisctier, Chairman of the
Committee,stated the ease to Mr. Pas
coe.and informed him what they want
ed done with the pole. The Commit
tee desired that it be moved from its
present location on the sidewalk out
flush with the curb. Mr. Pascoe said
that he had no objection to moving
the pole, or of placing it wherever the
Sohool Board should instruct him to
place it. But he thought that it would
be a mistake to move it out flush with
the curb. "You will always regret it
if you do, but I will put it there if
that is where you want it,"he said.
"™!rheu Mr. Pascoe suggested doing
away with the pole entirely, and the
placing of a bolt in the school build
ing to which the trolley wire could be
fastened. That was objected toon the
grounds that it might be dangerous to
attach tho wire to the buildiug. It
was finally decided to instruot Mr.
Pascoe to set tho pole out flush with
the ourb. as had beeu first proposed.
Mr. Werkheiser reported that new
furnace pire had been plaoed in the
Third Ward building.
Superintendent Gordj was called on
to explain a matter he had under con
sideration. This was relative to a sys
tematic outline of study in the schools.
There was no complete, uniform line
at the preseut time, and it was ex
tremely necessary that ono should be
compiled, aud adopted so that it could
be placed iu use at the earliest possi
ble moment. It should be a course of
study that would be of advantage to
the teachers aud understood by the
people. It is as important for the
teacher to have a system to work un
der,as it is for a builder to have plaus
and speoifioatious of the buildiug that
he is erecting. Mr. Gordy is compil
ing the kind of an outliue system that
ho explained to tho Board. He has
prepared sufficient matter to make a
book of about 40 pages, aud before ho
is through it may reach 60 pages. Ho
had made inquiries as to tho cost of
getting a certau number of the books
printed, aud asked the Board to take
some action in the matter. Ou motion
it was referred to the Printing Com
mittee, to bo reported at tho next re
gular meeting of the Board.
It wan decided to close the schools
on Friday, December 23 and to re-open
them ou January 3, 1005.
The next meeting of the School
Board falling on Monday, December 26,
which will be observed as Christmas,
it was deoided to meet Tuesday even
ing, December 27.
The following bills wore ordered
paid:
Standard Gas Oo I 2.05
Danville Stove & M'f'g. Oo 16.80
H. G. Salmon 2.80
Miles, Peifer & Oo 7.50
D. R. Williams 55.60
W. J. Williams 22.50
William Quigg 5.50
T. L Evans' Sons 7.50
Xmas Shoppers Out in Force.
The near approach of the Christmas
season is being heralded in this city
in many ways, bat one of the most
noticeable manifestations of the ad
vent of the Yuletide is the steadily
increasing 'number of shoppers that
throng the Danville stores. Last even
ing many persons were on the streets,
aud nearly all were bent on gift pur
chasing expeditious.
In the toyland stores especially large
crowds are to be found, many bring
ing the little ones to see the wonder
ful collection of toys. This season is
always a delight to the children.
The wiudows of the stores are also
beginning to reflect the brightness of
the season. Many have taken on their
Holiday attire, aud are beautiful in
their festive decorations. The merch
ants of Danville deserve great credit
for the attractiveness that is always a
feature of the stores at Christmas time
in this city.
Ready for Distribution.
The Executive Board of the Dan
ville Fire Department held a meeting
Saturday night in the hull of Friend
ship fire company. The department
hadgi s having arrived, the {secretaries
of the four companies were given them
to distribute to tho members. Each
member is entitled to a badge and by
calling on the secretary of their com
[ panv they can get. oue. The badges
| most be worn on the lapel of the lire
men's coats, especially during a fire,
iu order that they can ho recoguized
and admitted within tho ropes.
Shot a Rabbit.
Tho Hev. S. B. Evans, pastor ot St.
Paul's M. E. church, went to the
woods ou a hunting expedition ou
I Tuesday, aud bagged a rabbit. It
• wasn't a good day for hunting either.
NARROWLY ESCAPED
BEING CREMATED
The lond mewing, unusual noise and
commotion made by a family oat at
the home of Frank Arms, 23 West
Front street, early Saturday morning,
doubtless'saved the house from being
destroyed by Are, aud the family, con
sisting of the father and soveu chil
dren, from beiug creinatod in their
beds.
The smoke from the kitchen range
makes its escape through a large old
fashioned stone chimney of wide di
mensions. A few inohes below where the
store pipe connects witli the chimney,
the upper portion of the latter is sepa
rated from the lower by a number of
boards, leaving under them] a vault
like space several feet square and
about six feet high. This aperture
during the early history of the house
was no doubt nsjd as a Are plaoe, and
the opening into it is closed by a wood
en structure composed of light, thin
boards that would ignite quickly from
a spark.
About 9 o'olock on Friday night,
Mrs. Arms imagiued that she scented
the odor of burning wood or soot. She
oommenced an investigation in order
to learn if her suspicious that some
thing about the bulldiug was on Are,
but finding nothing in any of the
apartments,she went out side to look at
the top of the ohimney to asceitain
whether or not it was burning. Dis
covering no flames issuing from the
chimney and no more smoke than
wonld ascend irom the fire in the kitoh
eu range, she re-enterod the house and
shortly afterward retired.
Betwoen 1 and 2 o'clock the follow
ing morning Mrs. Arms was suddenly
awakened by an unusual noise of some
kind. At first she was unable to either
locate the point from where the sound
came or what was causing it. Then she
heard the eat mewing in a peculiar
manner. The animal had frequently
mewed at nights when wanting out of
the house, but the placid, unruffled
tones of her calls on those oooasions
were vastly different from what she
was giving vent to then. The cries, if
such they can be called, weie loud,
pierciug aud agonizing. The oat ap
peared in great distress, and to be ap
pealing for assistance with all tlae
force and power at its command.
Mrs. Arms interpreting the yells and
mews to b) cries of diatross hurriedly
responded to them, little ezpeoting,
however, tho startling scene that was
so sqon to greet her vision. When she
reached the heal ot the sta'rs she heard
another sound, ou;i that deadened
the still frenzied howls of the cat. It
sounded like the roar of an Niagara,
fairly causing the house to tremble.
Not knowing the oause of the terriflic,
thunderous like'vibratious beneath her
foet.and imagining any and everything,
Mrs. Anns, after listeniug for a mo
ment, hesitated whether to prooeed or
return to her room and awaken iier
husband. Hut she decided ou the form
er, and courageously continued on
down stairs. Throwiug open the door
at the bottom of the stairs she discov
ered tho kitchen filled with smoke,and
the board covering of the old fire place
behind the range buruing fleroely. The
flames were leaping up the wide chim
ney, and asceudiug high abovo its top
on the outside. It was the roar of
these which Mrs Arms had heard dur
ing the short time she had stood at the
top of the stairs.
A thrill cry froin her after <\ single
glance had taken i i the situation, re
sulted in bringing imr husband quick
ly to her side. He rushed to tle front
door aud called to the night employes
of thejWater Works, whioli is nearly
on the opposite side of the street.
They promptly responded and in a
short time had the blaze under oontrol
and a few minutes later extinguished.
When assistance arrived the wooden
covering in front of the ohimney was
partly consumed aud the flamos mak
ing rapid advancement toward the in
terior of the kitchen. Had Mrs. Arms
not discovered theiu when she did,
they would SOOTI have reached the
stairway leading to the second story.
That would have cut off the ouly ave
nue through which the imprisoned
family could have esoaped, except to
have jumped out of the windows,thin
ly clad into the ohilly winds of a Dec
ember night—provided tliev had been
awakened in time to have taken the
opportunity thus given |them to save
themselves from being cremated.
The only thing burned besides the
ohimney covering and a portion of the
floor under the range and near the
stairway, was a small hole in the roof
and a few articles of clothing which
Mrs. Arms had suspended to tho shelf
of the range before going to bed. Con
sequently the damages are Blight com
pared to what they might have been,
had not the cat sonnded an alarm.
Sparks falling from the stove pipe
aud igniting the boards separating the
chimney, and these buruing through
and dropping down and setting fire
to the soot in tho old fire plaoe is sup
posed to have beeu the origin of the
blaze.
Favorably Impressed.
The members of the Printing Com
mittee of the School Rrard to whom
the matter was referred at Monday
night's meeting of the Board, are fav
orably impressed with Professor Gor
dy's proposed Outline of Study, aud
shall so report to the Board at the
next meiting. They have authorized
Mr Qordy to get estimates of ihe cost
of printing Ihe number of books re
quired, so as to insert that item in the
rep >rt.
CHARGED Willi LAR-j
CENYBY BAILEE;
Saturday afternoon P. Miller,a farm
er residing in Liberty township, wa<
placed under #3OO bail by 'Squire Dal
ton for his appearance at Court to an
swer the charge of larceuy by bailee.
The prosocutor was Benjamin Mill
er, a junk dealer of this olty. He testi
fied to having visited the farm of fie
defendant on November 28, last and
negotiated for the pnrchase of a lot of
old iron, at 40 cents pur hnudrod. lie
paid $3 ou account, and left for home
with the understanding that lie was to
return in a few days aud get the iron
On Monday, December 5, lie weut back
and upon looking around, discovered
| that the pile of iron that lie
was the one lie had purchased, was
not as large as it had beeu at tho time
of his first visit. In fact, he said, only
a few pieces of it remained aud as they
were of an iuferior quality,he refused
to take them. He asked P. Miller what
had beooine of the pile, and the latter
replied that he liai sold them to Jaoob
Bugle that moruiug at 50 cents per
hundred. Ooutiuuiug the prosecutor
said that he oane home, and had a
warrant issued for the arrest ot' P.
Miller. Tho latter claimed that lie
made no specific agreement with Beu
jamin Miller to sell him tho iron. He
oame there ou November 23, and Fald
he wanted a load of iron. He did not
say whether he wauted scrap or oast
iron, nor did lie mention how mmy
hundred weight he desired to seoure.
"Iliad seven piles of iron abiut my
premises. He simply saidhewantel
iron, and that he would be back in a
few days. He offered uie £2 to bind
the bargain. At firit I refused to take
it, but when ho insisted that I should,
1 put it In my pooket. Jaoob Engle
came to my place ou the moruiug of
December 5, aud I sold liiiu I(500
pounds of iron at 50 cents per hundred.
Later in the day Benjamin Miller put
in an appearance again. Ho threw a
load of iron into his wagon, then lie
got mad aud thiewjit off, saying lie
didn't want it. I gave him bank his
$2 and he threw it ou the Riouud,
where it buried itself in the snow.
After he weut away I picked it out of
the snow aud put it in my pocket.
"Yes, I have it now," he replied to a
question addressed to him by tho mag
istrate. Beujamiu Miller was held iu
his owu recognizance to appear and
prosecute the caeo
Growing in Interest.
Under the supervision of Physioal
Director Carpenter the work of the Y.
M. C. A. gymnasium is gaining a high
standard. All the classos are well at
tended aud growing iu interest aud
popularity.
Five physical culture classes are
now in successful operation. The busi
ness men's evening class aud the busi
ness men's afternoon class both meet
twice a week. The latter is not as well
attended at present as it might be,but
will, doubtless, have a larger number
prei-ent at the uieetiugs after tho holi
days. The class for yonng men aud
the boys class eaoh meets twice a week
in the evenings, and the young ladies
class twice a week in the afternoons.
The latter olass is popular with the
young ladies, well attended aud grow
ing in interest. It is confidently ex
pected that after the first of the year
greater interest will be manifested in
all the classes.
Parents who have an interest in the
physioal development of their boys
aud girls, should present them with a
Y. M. C. A. membership ticket,which
will be good for one year iu any Y.M.
C. A iu the Uuiteil States and Canada.
Council Will Attend Funeral.
There was a special mooting of Town
Couuoil last night, at 7 :30 o'clock, to
take suitable actiou on the doath of
Councilman David A. Montgomery,
of the Third Ward.
Joseph M. Gibson, Amos Vastiue
and George F. Reifsuyder were ap
pointed a Committee to draft appro
priate resolutions, and to report the
same at the next meeting of Council.
It was decided to attend the funer
al, which takes place at 12:30 this af
ternoon, in a body. Couuoil will meet
at the City Hull at 12 o'clock, and
from there proceed to the family resi
deuoe, corner of Mill and Centre
streets.
Abutments To Be Filled in.
The Commissioners of Northumber
land and Montour Counties liavo taken
the initiatory stops toward having the
Danville and South Danville approach
es to the new river bridge filled in.
At a joint meeting held in the Com
missioners' office in this city, yester
day, the two boards of Commissioners
decided to take immediate actiou iu
the matter by advertising for soaled
proposals. These will be received at
the Moutour County Commissioners'
office on or before Saturdny, Decem
ber 24. Bidders must statn the kind of
material to be used, aud the Commis
sioners reserve the right to rejeit any
or all bids. Tho coutract, as a matter
of course, will bo awarded to the low
est bidder or bidders, aud he or they
will be required to do the work with ;
the least possible delay.
Shoe Shining Parlor.
William Anderson has opened an up
to-date shoe shining parlor in the
Loticr building opposite tho Post
Offioe. This establishment will no
doubt be well patronized as it is the
only shoe shining pallor in tho oity.
Hours from Ba. m.to Bp. in. Satur
days until 9 p. m. Ladies' shoes a
specialty. '
'DEATH OF
| 1). A. MONTGOMERY
David A. Montgomery, one of Dan
ville's most promiueut citizens and a
member of Oounoil, died at 9 o'clock
Monday eve, after suffering with a
complication of diseases for about two
years and a half.
The deceased was born iu what was
then Newbnrry, but now the "til and
lltli Wards of the oity of Williams
port, 44 years ago. He was married to
Miss Emma Pursel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Pursel. April 1, 1895,
lie moved to Danville from Hughes
viHe. At the latter place he was en
g igod iu tho livery business with liis
father-in-law, Mr. Pursel,aud iu Dan
ville he was in the grooery business
with his brother-in-law,E. K. Pursel.
Mr. Montgomery was elected to
Council about 3 years ago, aud took
au active part in the affairs of the
Borough. He was a member and deacon
of the Trinity Lutheran church. He
is survived by liis wife, also his moth
er—Mrs. P. C. Miller, of Tivoli, Ly
comiug county, and the following
brothers: George Montgomery,Eagles
mere ; Edward, of Tivoli; William, of
Picture Rocks aud a sister, Mrs. Charles
Rooker, ot Muncy.
Music of Great Composers.
During the time intervening between
now and Christmas day the Amerioan
will publish a number of music
al programs to bo rendered by the
churches aud Sunday schools ou Christ
mas.
It has become the oustom to present
in the church ou Christmas eve or
Christmas day, the choicest vocal aud
iustrumental sacred musio of the great
est composers with augmeuted choirs.
Elaborate docoratious are also au at
tractive feature, aud the churohes in
every way endeavor to show their
jubilation and joy iu commemorating
the coming of the Savior of mankind.
The choral Holy Eucharist on Christ
mas morning in Christ Episcopal
olinrch has come to be one of the mark
ed religious features of the year's ser
vices in the parish. This service seems
to meet the convenience of a large
number of people who keep a religious
Christmas before the duties day
begin. The service begins at 6:30
o'clock. Following is the musical pro
gram to be rendered at this and other
services at Christ church ou Christ
mas day :
Prooessional—"Adeste Fideles"
Reading
Kyrie Eleison, Gloria Tibi, Gra
tias, Credo Simper in C.
"Blessed Morn" Roper
Presentation of Alniß Whitney
Sursam Corda.Sanctus, Benedict us
Qui Venit, Agnus Dei, Gloria
in Excelsis
Nunc Dimittis in E Flat Stainer
Recessional—"lt Came Upon the
Midnight Clear" Willis
Low Celebration Ba. m.
Moruiug Prayer 10 a. m.
Choral Holy Eucharist.... 10:30 a. m.
"Hark the Herald Angles Sing". .
Mendelssohu
Kyrie, Gloria Tibi.Gratias, Credo
Simper iu E Flat
"Sing, Oh Sing, this Blessed ....
Mom" Smart
Preseutation of Alms Anon
Snrsum Corda, Benedictus Qui
Venit, Agnus Dei, Gloria in
Excelsis Simper in E Flat
Nunc Dimittis Gregory
Adeste I'ideles Reading
Choral Evening Prayer 7:30 p. in
Processional "Regent Square"
Smart
Psalms 89, 110, 132.
Magu ificat Gregory
Nunc Dimittis Gregory
Hymu—"O Little Town of Bethle
hem" Redner
Hymn—"While Shepherds Watoh
ed Their Flocks by Night"..
Tausur
Presentation of Alms Whitney
Recessional— "Hark the Herald
Angels Sing" Mendelssohn.
Tlust Pay Annual Tax.
Representative Snyder of Scliuylkill
oounty, is preparing a bill to present
to the next Legislature askiug that a
dollar tax bo put upon every man who
carries a gun. In every senso of tiie
word this law would be a good oue if
it were properly euforood aud tho pro
ceeds of tho tax wero applied in the
direction of increasing aud piotectiug
the game supply in the State, whiuh,
iu this section at least, has readied a
low poiut.
The trus sportsmen will doubtless
welcome a law of this oharacter. Cer
tainly those in those counties where
for many years a few men interested
iu hunting have clubbed together aud
footed bills for importing birds from
the west—putting them out in most
likely places iu tho couuty ouly to
have them slaughtered by the hordes
of gunners who take to tho fields the
first few days of the season.
Preparing for the Holiday.
Tho publio schools will olose for the
holidays on Friday afternoon, Decem
ber 23. During the closiug afternoon
interesting and appropriate Cluietmas
j exercises will be held iu the several
buildings All the grades will be giv
en au opportunity to part oipate aud
as a result,the members of the various
o Ises are kept busy in the double
task of preparing themselves for the
oorning entertainments aud keeping up
their regular studies.
The programs will be arranged with
the greatest oars,and iu a manner that
will not ouly interest the pupils of the
j school, but all of the parents and
' friends desiriug to attend.
!THAMS CROSSING
RIVER ON THE ICLI
Teams and vehicles are now crossing
the liver 011 tiie ioe. The mail was
brought over in a wagon Tuesday even
inn; teams crossed yostorday withooi
mishap. Pedostrians are still making
good ase of the foot path. Trie path
way is safe in every respect at the
present time, but in order that it maj
coutiuue in that condition, the New!
suggests that wagons, sleds aud othui
heavy vehioles be given an entire li
different aud distinct route to follow
Wheels and horses hoofs will weai
the ioe through more rapidly than tin
feet of men aud women. Consequent
ly there should be two roads acrosi
the river. Leave the present path fo
pedestrians and locate another fo:
vehicles.
As a safe guard against possibli
slipping and falling when desceudiof
the South side bank, the snow aud ic<
should be coveted with ashes. Tin
same precaution should he taken 01
this side.
Thoughs on Christmas.
Christmas with its many hallowei
and enchanting associations is agaii
about to dawn upon the world.
Christmas!
What magnet in the Eound: wha l
subtle charm iu the word. How i
stirs the fount of memory.
With the quickness of the lightning'
flash it restores childhood. Old ago 1
given a baokwaid glauoe into the dis
tant past. A moving panorama por
trays soenes of other days when tlx
years were young and hopes bright
The faoes aud forms of youthful com
pauions, now either bout with age o
gone to their reward, distinctly ap
pear on the canvass. Loved- parents
around whom children gather at tin
old homestead and listen to tho storj
of the babe born in the maußer, ar<
presented with startling effect. Thei
features are so distinct and clear tha
the beholder is nearly forced to believi
that the picture before him,is real ant
not a trick of memory.
The whole world loves Christmas
It gives pleasure to youth and .joy am
oonteutment to age. Children loot
forward to it with bright anticipation
wondering what the day of all days ii
going to have iu store for them. Par
ents anxiously await its coming, hap
py in the thought of the pleasure tlies
oau give their children.
It is a day of family re-union, whet
parents, brothers and sistors loug iopa
rated, are re-uuited around the olr
family hearth stoue,wishing each otli
er "A Merry Christmas and a Happj
New Year."
On Christmas old acquaintances ari
renewed aud friendship re-cemeuted,
Angels rejoice and again heralc
abroad the glad tidings of "Peace 01
Garth—Good Will to All Men."
Let everybody try to make the coTiT
ing Christmas one of geuuiue pleasnri
and rejoicing throughout Danville
Above all things else "remember tin
poor,whom ye have always with you.'
Make it au object to make some om
outside of the pale of your immediate
family aud friends, happy on Christ
mas. From your abundance give ti
the needy aud the distressed, remem
beriug that it "is more blessed to givi
than to receive."
Holding Church Fair on Sund.
Despite the fact that the church au
thorities are violently opposed to til
scheme, the churoh fair in the base
meut of a Shamokin house of worshi|
is open to the publio Sunday evening
and there is great indignation ove
the deseoratiou of the holy day.
Tho fair is run full blast aud one o
the prominent features is the wheel 0
fortune giving each and every one i
ohanC3 to wiu a prize.
Although the profits resulting fron
the fair are turned over for a gooi
oause, there is great objection over tin
praotioe of conducting the place o
ainusemout opeul.v 011 Sunday even
ings.
During tlip progiess of the fair Sun
day evening, Wallie Bellsfeey, of On
eida street, aud Joseph Zubky, of Mo
hawk street, Shamokin.got into an al
tercation over a girl. A fight ensuei
aud Wallie laid his antagonist out foi
some time by dealing him severa
wicked blows on the head with a " bil
ly." The defeated youth was uncou
scions for some time aud was scverelj
out about the head.
Vacation for Rural Carriers.
Representative Lafoau. of Peunsyl
vauia, has introduoed a bill in Con
gress which provides for the grautiui
to all carriers who have beou in sorvic
for over a year prior to July 1, 1905,
leave of absenoe of fltfeen days with
out loss of pay. Carriers who hav
been less than one year iu the servio
are to be entitled to a leave of ab
sence of one and a quarter days fo
each month served. The bill also pro
vides for the employment of substi
tutes at a salary of SBOO per annum.
National Guard News.
The bill for the construction of arm
ories has been prepared aud will be iu
trodaoed early in the session of tin
legislature.
The olive drab oap, recently mad
regulation iu the Uuited Stales arm
has not yet been adopted iu Peunsyl
vama but probably will be before til
next encampmeut.
Some of the oompanies of tho Twelft
are making good progress with th
New Drill Regulations but othors ar
taking tilings so easy that tho spriu
inspection is bound to catch them uu
prepared.
NO. 5
SCfIABFFER WANTS
SOME NEW LAWS
lu his annual report Dr. N. C.
Sohaeffer, Superintendent of Pablio
Instruction advances arguments in
favor of increased salaries for teach
ers, claiming that better paid teaohers
give better results in school work. He
commends the act passed by the last
Legislature placing the minimum sal
arv for rnral teachers at |35 per month
and asserts that this increase of salar
ies has raised the standard of scholar
ship, for passing the examinations for
liceuse to teach, fifty per cent. The
supeiintcndent further asserts that the
increase of teachers' salaries in the
rural districts emphasizes the need of
a similar increase in the cities, where
the cost of living is in excess of that
of the rural districts.
Concerning new legislation for the
schools he says:
"The law should specifically empow
er directors to haul children to sohool
whenever tliey deem it expedient to do
so, t3 provide a safe escort over stream*
and along railway tracks and in other
ways to bring the pupils to school
when the school is situated too far
from the pupil. There should be a law
the payment of
the pupil's tuition in nearer or more
accessible schools in adjacent district!
when the distance to the nearest school
in his own district is over a mile and
a half,or when the road to said sohool
is impassable during a portion of the
year.
"The directors should have all the
power necesasry to bring all the chil
dren to school by conveyance or other
wise when this end can not be accom
plished in tho usual way. It is only
by granting to tho directors the most
ample powers that the Legislature can
succeed in banishing iguorance and il
literacy from the Keystone State."
Dr. Sohaoffer is opposed to director!
assuming the duties of health boardi,
saying:
"The schools are seriously hamper
ed and sometimes absolutely crippled
by the duties which the law impose!
upon the directors when they volun
tarily assume the functions of health
officers. It is undoubtedly a mistake to
mix the administration of the sohool!
with the functions of a Board of
Health. Funds raisod by taxation for
school purposes should not be diverted
from their legitimate pse."
Don't Bny Guns for Boys.
Parents who contemplate giving their
sous a flobert rifie, air gun, or spring
gun as a Christinas prosent.are remind
ed that the discharge of any such gun
on any street or alley of the city i!
prohibited by state law under penalty
ot a fin 3 and imprisonment.
The Act of Assembly,approved April
15, 1903, is as follows:
Section 1. Be it euacted, etc., That
six months after the passage of thi!
act it shall be unlawful for any per
son to discharge, on the streets or al
leys of any city or borough in thi!
commonwealth, a flobert rifle,air guu,
spring gun, or any implement which
mpels with force a metal pellet of
any kind.
Section 2. Any person violating thii
act shall be arrested and fined in the
sum of five dollars before any commit
ting magistrate; and for the second
offense shall be fined iu the sum of
fifteen dollars, and undergo an im
prisonment in the county jail for a
period not less than ten days and not
exceeding thirty days, the person !0
offending to pay all costs of prosecn
ion.
Engineer Insane Over Accident.
Worrying for almost a year over hi!
locomotive running down and killing
an old crossing watohman at Mahanoy
Plane, on the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway, Michael MoAndrew. of
Frackville, has worked his mind into
such a condition that it is necessary
to place him under restraint, and a
commission has been appointed to in
quire as to his mental state, with a
view of placing him in a sanitarium
for special treatment.
The stricken engineer was known a*
a careful man,but when l.is engine,on
a foggy morning, struck aud killed
Peter Kissinger, the old crossing
watchmau, he became unnerved. Hii
fellow railroaders argued in vain that
he was not to blame, and ho finally is
olated himself at home and persisted
in assuming tho responsibility. There
is much sympathy for him, and it ii
considered possible that a ohango of
location may relieve his mind.
An Important Question.
An attorney now comes forward with
the statement that boroughs can not
compel railroad companies to employ
watchmen or to erect gates at cross
ings, that this right is reserved to sec
ond cla-s cities. He says boroughs may
pass an ordinance regulating the speed
at which trains shall run over cro!!
ings aud if such ordiuauce is violated
the police may arrest tho crew for vio
latiug the same. Plymouth appears to
be up in arms iu this respect. Acci
dents at un watched crossings are num
erous aud the council at a recent meet
ing instructed its attorney to draw op
an ordiuauce amending the present
oue, to the end that the evil could be
remedied.
Wallize—Luckenbill.
George F. Wallize, of Exchange,and
Miss Mary Luckenbill,of Valley town
ship, Montour couuty, were married
yesterday morning. The ceremony wai
performed a* 417 Mill street,at 9 o'clock
by the Rev. O. D. Lerch.