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DANVILLE, PA.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
WILLIAM H. BERRY,
of Delaware county.
JUSTICE OP KI'I'REME COURT,
JOHN STEWAItT,
of Franklin county.
FOR JUIXiE OF THE PUPERIOR COURT
JOHN B. HEAD,
of Westmoreland county.
Democratic County Ticket.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUIMJE,
FRANK U. BLEE.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CI I AS. P. CiEARHART.
FOR COUNTY COMMIHBIONER,
CLAREXpE W. SKI DEL,
UKOR6E M. LEIGIIOW.
FOR COL'XTV AI'OITOIt,
THOS. VAX BANT,
AMANDUB BHULTZ.
WHY!
OH WHY?
AMERICAN men very gener
ally accord womankind all
the virtues of the rft.ee.
They say women are. endowed
with a keener perception of right
and wrong, a quicker intuition of
justice, greater regard for truth,
and call attention to the fact that
the larger per cent, of liigh school
graduates year after year are
girls.
Now these same men are in con
gress, state legislatures and city
councils, where they can endow
all degrees of executive power on
women, and why is it that they
accord so much ability in theory
and grant so little exercise of it
in the practical affairs of govern
ment ; A keener perception of
right and wrong brought to bear
on questions of corporate as
against individual interests would
be of great value in many quar
ters ; and a quicker intuition of
the justice of the measure would
enable legislatures to dispose of
bills looking toward humanitarian
ends with a saving of time, while
a greater regard for truth would
materially improve almost any
public or private enterprise.
There are grave questions con
fronting this generation of men
and women who have grown up
since the war, requiring clear,
high thinking and moral courage
to settle. For instance, regula
tions of public utilities, enforce
ment of present and passage of
better laws relating to rights of
children, the problem of convert
ing shiploads of immigrants to
our ideal of citizenship, the ne
gro, the treason of Utah, to say
nothing of nice points of diplo
macy in the relations with foreign
countries.
"Now if our chivalrous broth
ers think woman so capable and
worthy, why do they refuse her
assistance Where is the con
sistency in attributing ability and
deny any play for its exercise
Why not utilize this reserve of
moral and inte'lectual power; "
may be her arguments.
The ordinary, matter-of-fact
woman fails to comprehend but
let her ever remember and cherish
the fact that her Creator intended
her for the home ; to bo mistress
of her own domicile and mother
to her offspring.
— IN view of what is now known
in regard to the situation at Ports
month it is generally assumed
that Japan made a great tacriiice
in the peace treaty. It is certain
that Japan might have got some
indemity. The original demand
would never have been met. Hut,
as a matter of fact, Japan came
off victorious, and time will show
this to bo the ease. The wisdom
of the mikado and his elder states
men will be recognized in time.
Japan might have continued the
A\ar, but another year would La e
cost upwards of §400,000,000,
and at the end of that time, as
suming that Japanese arms were
victorious in Manchuria and at
Vladivostok, the ledoubtable Rus
sian would still bo protesting
against indemnity. Hut by mak
ing peace now this enormous ex
pense is saved, the possibility of
financial ruin is avertjd and Ja
pan is in a position to take part
in a great revival of industry that
will soon wipe out all evidences
of the war. Japan has done well.
The attitude of the rabble toward
the peacemakers represents only
the first impulse of the people.
The bishop of Kensington at n prize
distribution recently tola of n case in
which a boy got the better of the ex
aminer. "Suppose," asked the exam
iner, "I offered you half nn orange and
two-thirds of an orange, which piece
would you take?" "Plense, sir, the
half!" shouted the lad. "Stupid boy!"
exclaimed the examiner. "I shall put
n black mark against you for that."
Subsequently a deputation of scholars
waited o» the examiner to convince him
that lie was wrong. "Why am I
wrong?" he Inquired. "Because Tom
my does not like oranges at all," was
the conclusive answer. * ~
At the Court
of Rex
By FANNIt HEASLIP LEA
Otpifrtght, 1905, hu Fannie llcaxli\t Ijca
"I am lost!" said the pretty maider.
with a quaintly tragic air.
She stood hack against the window
of a big department store on Canal
street and scanned the surging crowd
before her. It was .Mardi Gras day in
New Orleans, and the pretty maiden
had been in town only three hours, two
of which had been spent in a hotel.
"I have iost my mother," she said
again as if to Impress the fact upon
herself—"aud my father"—then she
added as nn afterthought, "and my
purse."
In the street the people crowded each
other for more room, and there was a
constant stream of maskers, gay dom
inoed fellows with tinkling bells and
snapping whips, and the pretty maiden
watched them from the entrance to
the department store, and her ideas
quite lost their balance and toppled
over Into the mad whirl of carnival.
"I'm glad I'm lost," she said to her
self; "they'll know I was separated
from them by the crowd and they'll be
fearfully worried, but after awhile
they'll lind me, and meantime I. feel as
if something were going to happen—a
wild adventure perhaps. Oh, I love
I carnival. I'm glad I came."
A drum throbbed subtly in the dis
tance, the crowd surged to the edge of
the banquette, then surged back again
with easy laughter, for 110 parade ap
peared. .
I "Ah," said some one at the pretty
[ maiden's elbow. "I beg your pardon,
1 but I thought I was never going to
find you. The crowd is so thick."
The pretty maiden stared. A young
man, clean shaven and eminently pre
sentable, was regarding her, hat in
hand.
"I'm afraid you don't remember me,"
he suggested, a trifle crestfallen. "Isn't
this Miss PrestonV"
The pretty maiden's eyes widened.
•To herself she cried, "The adventure!"
but aloud she said quite coolly:
"I'm afraid the advantage Is yours."
"I'm sorry," he answered stiflly.
"But please don't think me an Imperti
nent stranger. My cousin wrote ine to
meet you here, you and your sister.
She asked me to show you around for
the parade. I—my name is Robert Ran
dolph," Jie liuished awkwardly.
The pretty maiden hesitated a bare
moment, but the carnival spirit was
strong within her, and the trick that In
her natural environment would have
been impossible unfolded Itself like
magic In this atmosphere.
The moment was a bare one—then—
"Oh," she said, with the friendliest
smile imaginable, "you are Hobby Ran
dolph?"
"Of course," he agreed cheerfully.
"It's been a great while since we saw
ench other, but still"—
"So it has," said the pretty maiden
cunningly. "Let me see, Just how loug
exactly?"
"Just ten years," said Mr. Randolph;
"ten years, three months, seven days,
two hours and, I think, twenty-seven
minutes."
"Dear me," she murmured breath
lessly.
"And, by the way, where's your sis
ter? Didu't she come?"
"My sister? said the pretty maiden,
quite astonished. "My sister? Oh—er
—yes, of course she came. But she
lmd a fearful headache, and she decid
ed to stay at the hotel, and I hate to
miss the parade, you see."
"Of course. Too bad she won't see
it," said Mr. Randolph regretfully.
"The trip was so long and tiresome,"
said the pretty maiden incautiously.
"Two hours' long I I like that. Why,
It's only forty-eight miles between hero
and Pass Christian."
"Distance," said the pretty maiden
sententiously, "is not a matter of miles
—with me, at least," she added pru
dentl}'.
"Well, we can have a jolly time by
ourselves, anyhow," Mr. Randolph as
sured her.
The pretty maiden hesitated—that Is,
she would haye hesitated.. Uut Mr."Ran
dolph's cheerful confidence left her 110
room to do so.
They walked on rather slowly, for
the crowd was dense, and Mr. Ran
dolph's shoulders acted as a buffer
more than once.
"We'll have time togo and get somo
hot chocolate before Rex gets here,"
lie calculated cheerfully. "Look out
there, will you?" This last to a line of
collcgo boys who were going through
the crowd like an animated wedge.
The pretty maiden laughed deli
clously.
"You looked so angry," she explain
cd between gasps, then slopped sud
denly because a small red devil, with
battered mask, aimed a shower of con
fetti at her laughing face.
There was a blare of trumpet! ilown
the street and the long roll of a drum.
A wave of excitement submerged the
people. Randolph used shoulders and
elbows with a skill that bespoke long
experience on the football field, and tlio
pretty maiden found herself In the
front of the crowd. Mounted policemen
paced slowly past her, a band shrilling
forlh "If Ever I Cease to Love," and
then Rex and his cohorts.
The pretty maiden dimpled and blush
ed from sheer delight at the gorgeous
spectacle, and the capering maskers on
the fantastic floats repaid her interest.
0110 threw her a great fragrant buucli
of violets, which she clasped with both
hands like an excited child; another
tossed an armlrt of brass; a third a
box of Fnjiieh sweets, until young Ran
dolph was hugely protid of her. Then,
whoa ilia last silver towur and shim
mering veil had melted down the street,
he swung her Into the crowd again, her
checks pink with excitement and the
great purple violets nestling In the furs
under her pretty chin.
"Now let's have that chocolate," said
Mr. Randolph. The}' found a corner in
a pretty tea room, and he dispatched a
waiter for their order, whilo the room
tilled steadily.
"Do you know,"he said, "you ve
changed somehow?"
The urettv maiden came back with
a start to the fact that Mr. Randolph
was not a lifelong friend.
"Have I?" she asked safely.
"Yes," he repeated, "somehow you've
changed. You always were pretty, you
know, and I always was your abject
slave, but now"—
"I've changed?" asked the pretty
maiden mournfully.
"You're so—so much more so," he ex
plained lucidly.
"Vou remember," asked Mr. Ran
dolph presently, "how we used to love
each other when you wore ton and I
was fourteen V"
"We didn't," she said, with a start.
"Oh, nonsense! You cried your eyes
out when I left for school. And you
said you'd marry me when you grew
up—and when we said goodby—you 1
kissed uio.*'
"I did nothing of the sort," cried the
pretty maiden, very pink and furious.
"You've forgotten,*' said Mr. Ran
dolph. "There's no reason why you
should be ashamed of It. A childish
affection is the most sincere—and you
certainly were fond of me," he finished
tamely.
"I've changed very much," said the
pretty maiden, thoughtfully selecting
a macaroon from the plate of cakes.
"I'm sorry /'.said Mr. Randolph sim
ply, "because you're even nicer than
you used to be."
"I want to tell you something," she
said. "I'm not Miss Preston—l never
saw you before. I'm here for the car
nival, and I lost my people in the
crowd this morning; and then you
caino and—l know it was horrid of
me"
"Well," said Mr. Itandolph stliHy.
"Well, it was just a lark," she plead
ed defiantly, "and won't 3*oll please go
—now—hurry, please." The pretty
maiden had seen her mother and father
across the room.
"If you wish it, of course," said Mr.
Itandolph with most unreasonable dig-
I nity.
"I think you better," she said, and
fairly pushed him away, and In a mo
ment she turned to her father nnd
mother with indignation in her eye.
"Well, you lost me," she said with
hypocritical anger, "for two whole
hours, and I'm nearly starved."
The pretty maiden and her parents
dined with friends that night, and the
pretty maiden went into dinner with
Mr. Itandolph, to her unbounded sur
prise. Mr. Itandolph looked a similar
feeling. Then they both laughed.
"The world isn't so large after all,"
she said.
"My world," said Mr. Randolph,
"comes only just up to my shoulder."
A Malay Water Slide.
In Pcrak, a state In the Straits Set
tlements, the Malays have one form of
amusement which is probably not to be
enjoyed anywhere else in the wide
worlil.
There is a huge granite slope in the
course of a mountain river, down which
the water trickles about two inches
deep, the main stream having carved
out a bed by the side of the bowlder.
This rock, the face of which has been
rendered as smooth as glass by the con
stant How of water duriug hundreds of
years, the Malays—men, women and
children—have turned into a toboggan.
Climbing to the top of the rock, they
sit in the shallow water with their feet
straight out and" a hand on each sido
for steering and then sii4o down the
sixty feet into a pool of watt:*.
This is a favorite sport on sunny
mornings, as many as 200 folks being
engaged at a time and sliding so quick
ly one after another or forming rows
of two, four or even persons that
they tumble into the pool a confused
mass of screaming creatures. There is
little danger in the game, and, though
some choose to sit on a piece of plau
tain, most of the tobogganers are con
tent to squat 011 their haunches.
A Cult In riilnn.
A cult in china and a craze for china
are not synonymous, but they can lay
claim to have the same foundation, and
both have antiquity and very good
people to back them—yes, and to refer
to as having withstood the jests and
caricatures of wits and artists ever
since the Egyptians burned tiles on the?
Nile.
Hogarth, Charles Lamb, Sydney
Smith and J)a!zac have all made their
mark with brush or pen on this faisel
natiug fad of fashionable women, and,
to the writer's credit be it said, they
have each shown a very well consid
ered acquaintance with the matter,
and the china lias always been bene
fited by their interest.
Charles Lamb was not ashamed to
confess to an "almost feminine par
tiality for old china,"and he didn't
mind admitting that when lie visited
any great house he inquired first fcr
the china closet and next foi* the pic
ture gallery. China jars and saucer.?
have a way of kodaking themselves
upon my memory, and their features
yes, and their histories—interest me as
they did "Cousin Pons."
A I'ulillnhor'N Utile Joke.
In Twenty Years Ago it is related
that when one of Dowling's Christmas
tales had sold very well Tinsley, the
publisher, thought ho might be par
doned for "taking a rise" out of the
author. lie introduced Dowllng to a
stranger at the (Jaycty and then wills
peied to him: "Dick, uiy boy. do your
best to make yourself agreeable to our
friend. lie Is the largest buyer of
[ thoae Christmas stories of yours. I
j must be oft'."
[ Dowling spoke for awhile on gen
! oral topics to the stranger, and at la it
| he ventured 011 the subject of books.
| "I suppose you know,"he said, "that
I am the unfortunate man who wrote
Tinsloy's last annualV" "Yes, I recog
nize your name, Mr. Dowling," said
the stranger. "Mr. Tinsley tells 1110
you are a largo buyer of books," said
Dowling. "Yes, I l>uy a lot of stuff of
one bind or another. lam a waste pa
per merchant."
nintre.n* Sitfnnl* at Sen.
When ships at sea are in want of
provisions and starving the signal used
is a pendant with a ball underneath.
Should the signal be reversed—i. e.,
ball uppermost—lt would signify that
the vessel addressed was running into
danger. If a ball should be hoisted
superior to a large'square flag it would
denote that the cargo is on fire or ship
leaking and requires immediate assist
ance. All "distant signals" are an
swered by hoisting a ball at ship's
masthead or masthead of signal staff
011 shore and arc used at all tiir.o3
when the colors of a ship's flag cannot
be distinguished. The above are inter
national signals.
Seaweed*.
Aside from their use as food by man
nnd beast and as fertilizer in agricul
ture, seaweeds have numerous uses lu
the arts and sciences. From them are
obtained soda, chlorides, sulphates, sil
icates, iodine, bromine and gelose. |
They have ever occupied an Important
place in the rude pharmacopoeia of the
untutored savage as well as of the
higher one of his more civilized breth
ren. Certain varieties are used in stuff
ing chairs and bods. They are especial
ly suitable for the latter purpose, as
their aromatic smell is said to drive in
sects away.
WtilklnK aixl llitlanelnff.
It is pointed out that in walking or
running the arms and legs produce a
"balancing" like that of the reciprocal
lug and revolving parts of a locomo
tive. The movements of the legs react
upon the trunk and tend to rotate it in
ornate directions about, a vertical
axis. P>et the swinging of the arms,
each in unison with the opposite leg,
produces an opposing mechanical cou
ple, the effect of which is to rotate the
trunk in the other direction, thus bal
ancing, in part at least, the rotating
action of the logs.
SEROIB A
A cow, m
Steer, Bull or Horse
hide, Calf skill, Dog
! f!:in, or any other kind SS/Mzfh g
of hide or si. In, and let
us tan it with the hair
on, soft, light, odorless |M|H
and moth-proof, for robe, P *
rug, coat or gloves. fejsjjyjiS
But first get our Catalogue,
R ! vi UP; prices, nnd our shipping Mil B
tag . and instructions, so as lo 4-&
raw furs auU ginseng.
TliU CROSBV FRISIAN FUR COMPANY.
116 Mill Street, Rtichcster, N. Y.
j WANTED —BY CHICAGO AJAN'U
| facturing House, person of trust
worthiness and somewhat 112» miliar
willi local territory as assistant in
branch office. Salary $lB paid week
ly. Permanent position. No invest
j ment required. Previous experience
! not essential to engaging.
Address, Manager Branches, Como
, Block, Chicago. 1-21) 06 j
A SHAMEFUL RECORD
Plummer Earned Machine Favor By Abject
Servility.
His Legislative Career Shows a Continuous Course
of Iniquity and An Unbroken Record of Obedience
to the Bosses —Voted For AH the Vicious Legisla
tion of the Gang and Against All Measures For
the People.
[Concluded From Last Week.]
The Session of 1005.
J. Lee Plummer's abject subserviency
to the machine in the contested elec
tion cases disposed of during the ses
sion of 190'] made him a prime favor
ite at the beginning of the session of
1905. During the two previous sessions, 1
Ward B. Bliss, of Delaware county, 1
had been chairman of the committee
on appropriations, admittedly the most
important position in the Legislature
rrom a machine standpoint, with tne
possible exception of the Speakership.
According to precedent. Mr. Bliss,.hav
ing been re-elected, stood to succeed
himself, with Mr. McClain, of Lancas
ter, the fittest man in the body, meas
ured by experience ami ability for the
office, first in the line of succession.
Shortly before the session opened, how
ever, Mr. liliss died, and Plummer was
jumped over McClain's head into the
coveted position.
Few outside of those intimately as
sociated with legislation understand
the vast power for good or evil vest
ed In the chairmanship of the house
committee on appropriations. He is in 1
fact in control of the purse-strings of j
the Commonwealth, and supported ly !
a well-disciplined machine can dispose {
of the revenues of the State almost at !
his pleasure. For years it has been i
one of the principal sources of revenue 1
for the machine, the rake-off from ap- !
proprlatlons to charitable and educa- !
tional institutions amounting to a vast
sum each session. But to make this
graft available, it is necessary to have
an absolutely obedient and entirely
conscienceless man at the head of the
committee. In the contested election
cases, Mr. McClain showed that he
couldn't be depended upon, and Pium
mcr proved that he could. Therefore,
Plummer was taken.
State Charities Perverted.
The record of the appropriation:!
committeo of the last Legislature is
so notorious and rotten that it's hard
ly worth while to cite it in detail. The
managers of every charity in the
State know how their recommenda- 1
tions were ignored, the members of the
committeo remember how they were
slighted, and the general public has
come to understand that political ex
pediency rather than the merits of in
stitutions or the necessities of the
wnrds of the Commonwealth was con
sulted in dispensing the charities. Rep
resentative Hays, of Butler county, a
lifelong Republican and member of the
committee, openly charged Chairman
Plummer with usurping authority and
betraying public interests by shaping
the appropriations to serve the politi
cal machine rauior than the interests
of the people. Plummer was silent
under the accusation because he knew
it could be proved.
His relationship to other vicious leg
islation of the session of 1905 may well
be examined by the voters who ire
asked to entrust him with a closer as
sociation with the treasures of the
State, it can be said without fear of
contradiction that he supported with
voice, vote or personal solicitation
every iniquitious measure considered
during the s.i in and that in- didn't
vote for a single measure in the inter
est of the people unless it was some
trifle which the machine consented to
as a sort of sop to the reform whale.
For example:
He voted against a resolution in
structing Pennsylvania Senators, and
requesting our Representatives in Con
gress to vote for the legislation ad
vocated by President Roosevelt pro
hibiting discrimination in freight
! charges and the payment of rebates.
Legislative Record, pages 200-204.
Against Personal Registration.
He voted against the resolution offer
ed by Mr. Sheats, of Philadelphia, to
discharge the elections committee
from the further consideration of his
personal registration bill for cities of
the State. Legislative Record, pages
977-78. The measure had been held in
committee so long that the purpose to
smother it stood revealed, and the ob
ject of the motion was to put it on
the calendar in order that it might
have a rhance of passing. Mr. Plum
mer and most of the Republicans
der orders from the machine managers
voted against the motion and defeated
it. *
He dodged the vote on the resolu
tion offered by Mr. Creasy to put the
bill allowing trolley railrads to carry
freight on the calendar. Legislative
Record, pages 2219-22. That neasuro
was also being stifled In committee by
machine orders.
He voted against the resolution offer
ed by Mr. Scofleld, Republican, of
Clearfield, to take the employers' lia
bility out of the committee on Judiciary (
general and place It on the calendar. ,
Legislative Record, pages 2224-27. This ■
bill was advocated by the United Mine ,
Workers and other labor organizations,
ar«l Is already In successful and satis- |
factory operation in a number of i
States.
% The Infamous Vice Bille.
He voted for the atrocious Puhl bill.
Legislative Record, pages 1039-40.
This measure was designed to de- ;
ptroy the Philadelphia Law and Order i
JHodety. When the partnership ba- !
tween the police department and tho
purveyors ol vice became BO notorioi:*
1906 Calendars to Give Auttv.
This id an age of competition, and only
t ie live man dares to Kiu ceed
Advertising is half a man's business, and
if this is neglected business will lie a
failure. One of the l»est and neatest
meansjof reaching the public \» tliioutfh |
an attractive calendar. This will lie
eagerly asked f«»r and cherished by all i
members of the home for at Icat-t one
y ar. The Intclligt ncer oilice has ficom
plete li.ie of the very prettiest and inofct
attractive samples, to suit all businesses,
yet placed on display in this city. We
invite onr business people to inspect
them, and learn our prices, which are
pronounced by all to be much lower
than any of onr competitors. If our man
fails to see you in a few days, drop us a
postal or call at the oltice and we will
gladly do our best to please you.
'i lie imurai:ce inveMigutiou in re
vealing thn fact that the interests of
policy holders ne=er bothered the
head# cf HULLO of the insurance com
panies when the chance aiosc to make
| money for tlieni6clves.
that the public conscience revolted,
the Law and Order Society was or
ganized as a defensive expedient by
well-meaning people. For several
years it had been the only agency to
repress vice, and its activities were in
some measure menacing the prosperity
of the odious partnership. The society
operated through deputy c onstables ap
pointed by friendly Magistrates. The
constables operated under the direction
of agents of the society, and without
consultation with the police. The Puhl
bill required all such organizations to
make public all Its movements, Includ
ing its sources of revenue, the obvious
purpose being to enable the police de
partment to "tip off" the criminals all
contemplated raids, and «punish those
who contributed to the funds of the
society as unfriendly and venal police
authorities can.
He voted for two of the infamous
Ehrhardt bills, and dodged the vote
on the other. Legislative Record, pages
1080-81; 1414-15.
These monstrous measures wore In
tended to protect the "white slave"
I dealers in Philadelphia. A number of
miscreants had formed a syndicate to
I recruit for the brothels of that city
and New York. Their method was to
! send agents into the country towns
| and to the ports of entry where, under
promise of lucrative employment, they
i would induce attractive country girls
and likely immigrant girls to accom
pany them to the dens of vice and
crime. Once there, there was no es
cape, and they were starved or coerced
into lives of shame. The Law and
Order Society having obtained infor
mation of this most awful iniquity,
set about to break it up. The deputy
constables were invoked and several
arrests made. The Ehrhardt bills pro- .
hibltod deputy constables from serv
; Ing warrants unless they were coun- ,
tersigned by the Superintendent of Po
lice, the purpose being to notify any
of the "white slave" dealers when war
rants were issued against them so that
tbey could escape arrest.
Plummer was fully informed of the
nature of those infamous bills as well
as the object of them, but he support
ed them nevertheless.
Other Votes Inimical to Public Interest
He voted for the Quay monument in
capital park. Legislative Record,
page 2202.
He dodged the vote on the bill abol
ishing fees for District Attorneys and
substituting stated salaries. Legisla
tive Recdfa. page 2324.
He voted for all the Philadelphia
"ripper" bills. Legislative Record,
pages 3027-35.
He voted for the freak libel bill in
troduced at the instance of Mr. Oiler,
of Pittsburg. Legislative Record,
pages 391 J); 3057-58.
He dodged the vote on the bill giving
privileges to the paper trust in Penn
sylvania that are not enjoyed by other
foreign corporations. Legislative Rec
ord. pages 818-51.
He spoke and voted against the
amendment to the general appropria
tion bill, offered by Mr. Creasy, in
creasing the appropraltion lor town
ship high schools from SIOO,OOO to $200,-
000. Republic an Floor Manager Mc-
Clain and ethers supported ihe meas
ure. and tin day after its defeat the
machine bosses compelled Plummer to
move a reconsideration of the vote,
and stultify himself by an apology for
.his blunder. Even Durham and Pen
rose wouldn't stand for such lolly.
There i? no record of the vote on
the motion of Mr. Dunsmore, of Tioga
county, inn-earing the r.ge limit in the
odious Judges' retirement bill from 70
years to 90, bat. as that bill was a ma
chine measure, and as Plummer had
voted for the Judges' salary increase
at the previous session. It may ba pre
sumed that he voted with the other
servile tools of the machine against
the amendment. It was adopted, how- I
ever, and the iniquitous bill was sub
sequently laughed off the calendars. '
DR. WESTON 1$ FOR BERRY
The Venerable Theologian Congratu
lates Candidate On His Speeches.
The religious world, as it is repre
sented in Pennsylvania, is concerned in
the pending political campaign more
than usual. That is, those concerned
with the conservation of the moral in
terests of the State are cordial in their
support of the Democratic nominee for
State Treasurer.
For example, when the newspaper
comments on Mr. W. H. Berry's speech
accepting the Democratic nomination
for State Treasurer reached the re
treat of Res'. Dr. Hem*' G. Weston,
president of Crozicr Theological Semi
nary. that venerable educator and
clergyman was delighted, not only with
the fact of the nomination, but with
the high plane upon which the candi
date placed himself.
In proof of this fact, the following
|eter from Dr. Weston to Mr. lierry
is ppropo:
Crozier Thculopicul Seminary.
Chester. Pa.. Sept. 3. 1905.
My Dear Mr. Berry: Allow me tp say
that I have been exceedingly pleased
with the reports in the newspapers of
your fcpeeches -your campaign speedier
throughout the State. They are not
only admirable in spirit. biTt most poli
tic in their Influence on the contest.
Attacks on the personal character
an opponent Invariably arouse sy&i
OUR NEW FALL LINE
tLiulics'. Misses', Children's
COATS,
fllS. SKJB HIS
Ladies' Coats from
$4.98 up.
The Largest and Best. Stock
J to select from.
9 EVERYTHING UP-TO-DATE
PEOPLES' STORE,
275-77 MILL STREET, - - DANVILLE
FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN!
t ATTENTION!
Orders will l>e taken for n guaranteed
43 per cent. Protein Brand of Cotton
Seed Meal, delivered off the ear at Potts
grove, at a reduced price. *
Send inquiries and orders by mail t
Pottsgrove. Persons having orders in
will be notified on arrival of the car
C. H. ricMahan & Bros.
j ... 11 K A I. Kit IV .. -
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Pottsgrove, Northumberland Co., Pa.
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[>athy for the man abused, and a waken
or increase a personal dislike for the
speaker. Where it is possible, a manly
tribute like that you paid to the latb
Mayor here intensifies the impresssion
that you are honestly striving for a
principle and not tor personal advance
ment or personal revenge. You can
not do better for yourself or your cause
than to rigidly adhere to the course
you have thus far pursued. For your
success yo.j have my best wishes and
my words always when they will do
you any good. 1 am very truly
yours. HENRY G. WESTON.
Dr. Weston is widely known through
out this country and.Europe as a theo
logian and scholar. His tribute to the
personal fitness and character of Mr.
Rerry will have a profound influence
CJQ the public mind of the country.
BITS FROM THE WRITERS.
Audacity stands in the place of an
cestors to those who are not well born.
- Lucas Cleve.
A long, slow friendship Is the best;
a long, slow enmity the deadliest.—
Sctou Merriman.
Among the quieter satisfactions of
life must be ranked in a high place the
peace of a man who has made up his
mind.—Anthony Hope.
Many men have ability, few havo
genius, but fewer still have character.
Character IK the rarest thiug In Eng
land.—John Oliver Ilobbes.
Who steals hearts steals souls, where
fore It 11 hooves woman to look that
the lock be strong and the key hung
high.—P. Marion Crawford.
Any fool can get a notion. It needs
training to drive a thing through
training and conviction; not rushing
after the first t'ancy.-Kudyard Kip
ling.
Important Ofllclul*.
Whether the officers mentioned by
Mr. Whlnton in his "History of An
trim" (New Hampshire) regarded their
position seriously and lived up to their
official dignity is not told. It Is certain
that the small boys would have hailed
the opportunity of exercising sucli
functions with glee and would have
discharged their duties witli vigor and
alacrity.
In 1703 the town of Antrim officially
appointed three responsible persous to
fill the position of dog pelters. It was
their duty to sit near the meeting house
door and to pelt, drive away or cane
any dogs that dared to enter the sa
cred edifice. In the official records
of the town are lound votes of subse
quent years, continuing the vocation
of the dog pelters.
One might question which would
make the most disturbance In the
church, the chance dog or the pelters
in the exercise of their official duties.
WISDOM'S WHISPERS.
It's lucky we don't know liow un
lucky we may be.
It is difficult to take a woman by sur
prise iu a love afTaiis
Some people are cranks simply be
cause you can't turn them.
Some men secure all the glory at
tached to whatever part they assume.
A woman may know very litllo and
yet have a way that carries conviction.
The want of refinement i" H man
cannot be corrected by the gloss of set
phrases.
Some men take on an air of conse
quence to conceal the weakness of their
position.
When a man can hide his thoughts In
it smile he holds a powerful weapon of
Uefouse.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Stationery for Farmers.
Fanners and others, particularly those
living on the Rural Delivery routes,
snoukl have printed stationery as well as
business men. It is not only more busi
ness like to send a letter with name and
address printed on the notehead and en
velope, but it insures the return of the
letter in ea eit is not delivefed. We
are especially well equipped to do this
class of printing and can do it promptly
and neatly. We will supply 250 note
heads and 200 envelopes, extra quality,
for $1.50, or 75c for either one lot. This
is cheaper than you can buy the paper
and envelopes regularly at retail stores.
We still continue to give The Great
American Farm Journal to all of our sub
scribers who pay in advance. Think of
it. Two papers for the price of one, and
only SI.OO, too.
The Goods for Fall
iArc l)oginninft to arrive,
and each day sees new and
II choice styles added to our
i stock.
112 The Dress Goods
Department includes the liost val
uos and choicest styles the
market affords.
if You are looking for Flannelettes
We have dozens ot styles
: s : that cannot lie told from
the Wool Flannels
Good selections of Blankets and Com
forts that are so much needed these cola
nights.
Prices are right in all departments,and
you will make a big mistake if you do
all your buying before coming to see us.
W. M. SEIDEL,
344 Mill Street.
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It proves successful In cases where all other medi
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Send for a free trial b»«t1o and booklet con
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R!v»IEMEIER, the full name is Dr. David Ken
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The standard Railway 01 Thte
Continent
PROTKCTEI) THROUGHOUT UV 'ftlK
Inlcrlockiiig Switch & Blcclf "ionai jysU-ii
Schedule in Effect Nov. 29, 1903
J 'J A Hit
STATIONS A.M. A.M. P.M. p.*
Kunbury Leave | 045 j 9 65 § 2 00 8 r,
K line's (irove I(i 51 tIOUI ... I/, 86
Wolverton I U6S flnoo f2)U 1 687
lvlpp's Hun 112 7 00 112 10 11 .. i 5 J.I
South Danville ) 7 .. ... ..
Danville / ' ll 10,7 550
Hoy J 112 7 10 no 21 112 2 25 I 6 58
Roaring Creek 112 7 2:1 flO 28 1 2 31 I li 01
tatawlasa Arrive 732 10 35 'Jiiii 008
Catuwlwia... .. I. t . avo j 7 38(1085 5 2 :J0 | CO#
Lust Bloonisburg ...» _ . .
liioomsburg j ' 10 43 015
Espy Ferry... .. f7 42 110 47 It 19
Stony low 11 terry 1 750 no 58 1 i.27
Creasy.... . 752 10 58 *2 35 030
N escopeck.... A rrlve 1
Berwick ( »02 11 05 8 of.(! 40
Ncßcppprt I.cave I8 02 111 06 |Bosi UlO
lieaeh Haven Kerry.. I 8 Oil
Wupwutlopea Kin || 20 ' "six 052
"I" I 8 251 11 25 I 32fi I Bo#
Mocunatiua » ~
Shlckshinuy / B ' { ' 113- 3'»o 701
1 let rent «13 II 42 310 710
Nunlleoke.. Nsi li ;{ MI 7| H
Buttonwood •. 1 0 (10 112 12mi 18551 725
Plymouth Ferry t i»O2 fWO2 I 1:7 17 2b
South Wilkes-Rarre... 900 1200 1m» 7 .so
jli'/l'- su« « ! Hus 12 OH 4UU 733
W likes-Barre... Arrive 910 12 10 405 735
«<DO?OWAiIi)
STATIONS A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M
Wilkes-Banc.. .Leave g 7 25 § 10 86 | 2 16 § 0 00
Hassle SI reel 72R 10:17 21V 002
South \\ ilkcs-Barre.. 780 1010 2<o t>os
Plymouth IVi is I 7 .'l2 lIOIJ I 'I Iti 07
1 hit ton wood r 7 1 1015 12.M 1 009
Nanticoke 712 1050 801 017
i.*'« . ea K 751 1058 310
Shickshinny 1
Mocauamut } 81 * 11 07 320 037
J!? im H ! 1 rsui rn u 112 335 1 ois
\\ apwullupei) HlO Uio 831 047
Heath Haven Ferry..
Nescopeck Arrive 818 11 20 342 700
Berwiek ) „
N escopeck Leave/ §2o\ ll l Blß 342{ 7 00
!Vr ~v *l2fll Hi I (12 1" 720
ISloonishurg » .
Mast Blooms burg ] ' 725
Catawissa Arrive 855 11 57 118 732
Culawlsua Leave 856 1157 113 732
Boa ring Creek 112 9 0-1 fl2 05 1 I 19 112 7 39
d 112 9 10 1 12 II 1 4 20 1 7 4tf
1 )an viilt- |
South Danville ) 1-18 431 751
Kipp's Bun .f9l9f 12 20 112 1115 f7 58
Wolverlon 1 JV2S 112 12 28 I 1 12 I .s 03
Kline's drove 112 9 27 112 12 30 112 4 15 1" s 00
sun bury Arrive $ 9 35 g 12 40 | 4 55 | 8 10
I Dally, jj Dally, oxeept Sunday, 1 Stops
only 011 notice to Coudnotor or A cent, or ou
signal.
Trains !#»ve South Danville as follows:
lorl it Ist.Ml and Seranlon,7 II a m and 221
and 6.j0 pin week-days; It) i7 a 111 dally.
_ For I'ottsvll le, Heading and Philadelphia
1 11 a 111 and 2 21 p 111 week-days.
For Hizleton, 7 11 a in and 2 21 and 550 p ni
week-days.
I'or Lewlsburg, Milton, Willlanisport, Lock
Haven, Benovo and Kane, 12 15 pin week
days; Lock Haven only, 9 11 a in and 131 pin
week-days; lor Williauisport ami intcrmcdi
ate stations, 9 11 ain and 751 pin week-days.
1 Phllllpsburg and
Clearfield, 9 11a in and 12 15 p 111 week-days.
For Harrlsburg and Intermediate stations,
..• .IH.l"' I' 1,1 a,,d 7 P 1,1 week-days;
481 pin daily. * '
For l'hlladelphia (via Hilrrlsburg) Balti
more ami W ashiiiKtoii, 9 11 a m and and 12 15
and . a! u 111 week-days ; I :il p m dally.
ror 1 ittMburg (via llarrlsburg) !i 1» a m and
7a I p 111 week-days; 1.11 p m daily ; (via Lew
istown .luncthni) 9 11 a 111 and 1215pm week
days; .via Link Haven) 911 a m and 12 li p
in week-days.
I'ullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury, Williams
port and Frit*. between Sunbury ami Phila
delphia ami Washington and between Harris
burg, Pittsburg and the Wist.
For rurther int'oriiiation apply to tleket
agents.
W. W. ATTEHBUHY, J. K. WOOD,
General Manager. Piuw'r Trattle Mgr
Oho. \V . BOYD, General L'ass'r Agt.
FH)B SALF-A SMALL FABM OF FOlt
ty-six aeivs, known as the Manger farm
located 2 , . J miles north-oast of l'ottsgrove.
!• air buildings, g<md fruit, water at house and
barn. All cleared and under high state of
cultivation. This farm Is offered at private
sale and Is a dcs'rablc properly. Will leave
hay, straw and fodder 011 the place. Posses
sion given this fall. Address,
L. O. KVKBIIT,
B. fr. D. 1. l'ottsgrove, Pa.
Notice !
NiHlco Is hereby given that W. H. Dlldine
and 11. A. Snyder have formed a partnership
under the name and style or the Peoples'
Telephone ('onstruciioii Company, for the
purpose o! building, cuulppiiig and operating
a telephone system to lie known as the Peo
ples Telephone System. Faeli partner has
subscribed Five Hundred (8500.0O) dollars to
the Ten Hun lred («1(WIM») dollars capital of
the partnership the same to be paid in by
each pro rata as needed in conducting the
business of the partnership. Us duration
shall be for a period of six years. The liabili
ty ot both partners is limited to the amount
subscribed by each to the eapital of the part
nership in accordance with the act of May 9,
l*S»9, I'JL. -til. The articles of partnership
have been left for record in the office of the
Hecorder of Deeds of Montour county, Penn
sylvania.
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Heart-Ache
Every pain in the breast, dif
ficult breathing-, palpitation,
fluttering or dizzy spell means
your heart is straining it
self in its effort to keep in
motion. This is dangerous.
Some sudden strain from over
exertion or excitement will
completely exhaust the nerves,
or rupture the walls or arteries
of the heart, and it will stop.
Relieve this terrible strain at
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"I suffered terribly with heart dls
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different physicians for my trouble
without results. I went to a physi
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J had dropsy of the heart. He put
tiie X-ray on me. and in connection
with his medicine he eamo near mak
ing a finish of me. Some time beforo
this a Mr. Young, of St. Louis, was
In our town, lie saw my condition,
and recommended Dr. Miles' Heart
Cure to me. I gave it little attention
until my return from Memphis, when
I concluded to try it, and am pleased
to say three bottles cured mo.
CHARLES GOODRICH.
Caruthersville, Mo.
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first bottle will benefit. If It fails
he will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
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I Many newsp&p irs hare lately given currency
to reports by irresponsible parties to the effect
that
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had entered a trust or combination; we wish
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such reports. We have been manufacturing
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selves and our machines that is the envy of all
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