.ES. WEST. 9.00 A. M 12.10 P. M 4.31 7.151 ' 4.1! P M W R R WEST. 7.07 A. M. it If A. VI 10.19 " 12.44 P. M 8.11 P. M 4.8!! " 5.43 " 9. It) " aONfIA V" 7.07 A. m. 12.44 P. M 5.48 P. M 9.10 PHILAA RKADINU a. It. NORTH. 30CTM. 7.58 A.M. 11.23 A.M. 3.56 P. M. P- «• BLOOM BTHEKT. 7.55 A. M. 11.21 A. M. 8.58 P.M. 0.33 P.M. DANVILLE AND BLOOMSBURU STREET RAILWAY CO. Leave Danville 6.00, 6.40, 7.30, 8.20. 9.10, 10.00, 10.50, 11.40 a. m., 12.80, 1.20,2.10,8.00, 3.50, 4.40, 5.30, 6.20, 7.10, 8.00, 8.50, 9.40, 10.80, 11.20 p. m, Leave Bloomsbnrg 6.00, 6.40, 7.38, 8.28, 9.18, 10.08. 10.53, 11.48 a.m., 12.83, 1.28,2.13,3.08. 8.53, 4.43, 5.38, 6.23. 7.18, 8.03, 8.58, 9.43, 10.33, 11.20 p. m, first oar Sunday morning 7.30. Last oar, 11.20 at night goes to (Jrova nia only. Wm. R. Miller, (len'l Manager. ILL SIM JUATOM Pursuant to au agreement arrived at at the special meeting of council Mon day night the streets and bridges com mittee yesterday went carefully over North Mill street to ascertain some facts relating to natural drainage and to gain information on other points that will be useful when it comes to dealing with the paving problem. This preliminary visit by the com mittee on streets and bridges yesterday will be followed next Saturday by a survey of the portion of the street af fected by the paving proposition. Bor ough Surveyor G. F. Keefer will come up from Sunbury Saturday morning and accompanied by Street Commis sioner E. S. Miller and the committee on streets and bridges will proceed to North Mill street and make a survey of the section between Centre street and the borough line. From this sur vey a blue print will be made, which will be forwarded to the highway de partment in accordance with the form ality required by the Sproul good road act. The committee on streets and bridges yesterday determined not only that the arch under North Mill street, which takes care of the small stream that comes down over the hill, is in au ex cellent condition and will not have to be rebuilt, but also that there will be no necessity of constructing a sewer on the east side of the street to receive the surface Water as it was at first thought would be necessary. Indeod, the contour of ground and the natural drainage both lend themselves to an easy and economical reconstruction of the street. The committee yesterday concluded that It would be illadvised to macad amize any part of Nortli Mill street. The traffic, they think, is too heavy and judging by the effect on the State highway just outside the borough where some threo inches of mud exist, it would bring about conditions but little better than exist in the borough at present and would be just that much money misspent. The committee will recommend to council that instead of macadamizing between Chambers street and tho borough line that the entire section of North Mill street be jiaved with red vitrified brick. MOVING TIME. Spring fiittings are already on. This is not only true of town residents, who have begun to move but also of the farmers who this year change farms. Nearly every day a procession of heavi ly laden farm wagons wends its way through town. Some of the3e present an interesting sight, and contain not only household goods and the family dog and cat but farming implements and the live stock of the farm. The live stock of one of these movings yes terday consisted of a lone brindle cow which seemed much averse to leaving her old home. The cow was in the hands of two farmer boys,one of whom led her by a light chain some twenty feet in length and the other followed in tho rear. About every roil the cow stopped and stubbornly refused to move; the boy in front tugged witli all his strengtli at the long chain but the cow objected to being towed along in that fashion and bracing herself be came all the more stubborn. There was one extreme measure, however, that the boys resorted to and whenever the cow planted herself firmly aud re fused to move the boy in the rear would twist her tail; this had the de sired effect until the cow Mopped again, when the operation had t o be repeated. The whole tiling seemed very funny to bystanders and the boys began to feel very awkward and asham ed. After this they didn't resort to ex treme measures oftener than necessary and the consequence was that old brindle had her own way for it most of the time and during the journey down Mill street" contested nearly ev ery incli of the ground." 0 At the Brown Building. K. J. Evans lias removed his barber shop from the first floor of the Brown building to the room formerly occupi ed by Woods' shoe store. The room vacated by Mr. Evanß, which is now being occupied by the Standard Gas Company, lias been repapered and oth erwise very nicely fixed up. Boy Doup, who lias charge of the United Telephone lines, with his wife, has re- ! moved into the rooms on tho third : floor of the Brown building vacated by the family of K. J. Evans, whioh lias removed to East Market street. Judges in all parts of the state have ! been strioter this year than ever be fore In requiring hotel koepers apply-. ug tor license to reipect the law. PETTY TIMING AT KNITTING MILL A discover; was made at the Dan ville Knitting Mills yesterday morn ing, which will probably bring to au end a system of petty thieving that has given the proprietors much con cern of late. i # For some time those in charge had been missing stockings and despite the closest watching and inquiry they were unable to fasten the thefts upon any of the employes. The goods missed were only in small quantities, a few pairs at a time, and the logical con clusion was that the pilfering was done by those employed in the mill. What strengthened the suspicion was the fact that persons about town wore known to be wearing Danville stock ings, and as none of the product of the local plant is sold in Danville it was pretty plain that the stockings worn here could have got out of the mill in only one way. The efforts to find where the loak oc curred were redoubled and yesterday morning the mystery was in part cleared up. The theory proved a true one ; at least one of the persons who pilfered the stockings was au employe and he was "caught with the goods." Chief-of-Police Mincemoyer was call ed to the plant and the offender was called out and made to face the officer. It was a clear case against him ; sever al pairs of a flue grade of goods were found secreted in his dinner bucket. As above intimated it was believed that more than one about the plant was guilty of the petty thieving, but all efforts on the part of the officer and others to obtain from the fellow trap ped any information that would im plicate others proved unavailing. Although ]x>remptorily discharged the young fellow was not placed under arrest, but was allowed togo free pro vided he would return tho goods tak en, making complete restitution so far as in his power. Meanwhile a veTy close watcii will be maintained and others about tiie plant who may have fallen into the erring ways of tlie fol low disciiarged will have to reform or tliey will run a very great risk of be ing caught, in which event it is not safe to assume that they will get off as easily as the fellow caught first, ! whose name under the circumstances 1 we have seen fit to withhold. JOHNSTOWN FIRE BURNED 3 BLOCKS , In Business Part o! the City--Fireman Fatally Hnrt-Loss Was $500,000. > JOHNSTOWN, Marc 11 28.-Johns -1 town early this morning suffered SSOO, - 000 loss from fire, which destroyed ' three large business blocks in Main, ' Bedford oud Clinton streets, and dam aged several others. The flames wore I not under control until 8 o'clock this 1 morning. The buildings destroyed aro : those of the Swank Hardware com pany, six stories, where the fire origi ' uated: P. S. Fisher, wholesale liquor dealer, three stories; the Wild build ing, four stories, which housed tho Johnstown Journal, and other offices, 1 aud the handsome residonce of L. A. ' Geis, furniture dealer, whose business building was slightly damaged by fire: ; Alderman Levergood's office aud the Excelsior printery. 1 City Solicitor Greer lost all of the ' documents belonging to the city that • were in his office, comprising old and ! valuablo records that cannot be replac > ed. Mayor Young closed all the sa ' loons until the fire was extinguished. Tho fire was under control at 4 o'clock. Tiie losses will be : Swank. $225,000; Henderson, $100,000; Journal, and building, $125,000; Fisher, $50,000; . Geis, $5,000. Other losses, $75,000. , Insurauce will only amount to sixty , per cent, of the loss. All the burned-out firms are hunting places to resume business. The Jorunal . will issue tomorrow morning from tho Tribune office. William Campbell, a member of the . Vigilant Fire company, was badly . crushed by a falling wall. It is thought , that he will recover. Several other firemen were slightly injured. John A. James, a reporter on the Journal, , was a member of the Couemaugh Fire | company. He is badly burned about t the head aud face, and cut by glass, . James Swank's arm was badly cut by I falling debris. William Campbell, al so a fireman, is dying at the hospital , from a fractured skull and a fracture j of the leg,along witli internal injuries. He was caught under falling walls. How the fire started is not known. Danville Defeats Lewisburg. The Lewisburg Athletic Club was defeated in a well played game Satur day evening by the Danville basket ball team. Score 3615. Both teams played good and consis tent, although not brilliant ball. The Danville boys seemed to have their eyes on the basket to better advantage than the Lewisburg tossers, scoring more goals in proportion to the num ber of tries than the visitors. The first half was played under inter collegiate and the secoud half under national rules. The feature of the game was tiie sensational work of Frank Russell at guard. His quick work in getting the ball down the floor resulted a uumber of times in goals for Danville. Tiie line-up: Danville. Lewisburg A. C. Peters forwam Evans Bedea forward Russell Sechler center Harris Russell .. guard Minor Gilmore guard . Jones Goals from neld : Peters 7, Sechler |6, Russell 4, Russell (L) 2, Evans 2, Harris 1, Jones 1. Goals from fouls: ' Peters 2, Harris 3. New battleships are about to be dei i signed here which will match the ! ' British terror. If there is any killin 1 to be done our strenuous'administra i . tion ohampious are on hand to give it I a boost along. i MIDNIGHTFIRE ATJNIfDERTOWN A disastrous firo occurred early yes terday morning at Snydertown that completely destroyed the home of Dr. E. A. Smith and the residence and general store of J. E Eckman. The Are started soon after midnight and when discovered had already gain ed considerable Headway in the cellar of the Smith home. Snydertown does not possess an organized fire depart ment and, as the hastily formed buck et brigade was unable to cope with the conflagration, both buildings together with the greater part of the contents were entirely consumed. Dr. Smith and his family had been visiting in Williamsport and arrived at Snydertown on the Philadelphia & Reading about one o'clcok while the buildings were burning.i The fire was discovered by Grant Gonsar, whose attention was attracted by the crackling noise of the flames. He at once gave the alarm and the citizens, responding,made every effort possible to stay the conflagration. It was once thought that their labors were successful, but the fire again burst out in aii another part of Dr. Smith's home, and then, communicat ing to the Eckman building burned more fiercely than ever. Some of the furniture in both of the houses was saved, but the most of the furnishings were lost It was neces sary to carry Mr. Eckinau, who is part- no.jr IU uiii) »"i. r.v.muu.njiuinpir ly paralyzed, from his burning home. Much of the merchandise in the Eck maii store was saved. Nothing has transpired to throw any light 011 the cause of the fire. Tlio Smith family being away from home, there was nobody residing in the building where the fire started. There was, however, a fire in the furnace in the Sinitli cellar, which was tended, during the family's absence, by a man who lived outside the home. The fur nace, however, was under the rear of the house, while the fire,wlien'discov ered, was burning only in the front part of the cellar. It is a theory that the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion among Dr. Smith's medic ines, which were kept near the place where the fire originated. The Smith home was a two atid a half story brick house. The Eckman building was framo, the store occupy ing tlio front room on the ground floor. FIRST DAY OF CONFERENCE Bishop Declares Star Chamber Meetings Against His Views—Report from Danville District. TYRONE, March 28.—The businosf sessions of the Ceutral Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist church be gan today at 9 o'clock. Yesterday was a day of conferring on part of Bishoj Berry and his cabinet. The conference opened this morning with Bishop Perry presiding. A UO\N feature of the conference session wai introduced by the bishop when lie ask ed the members of the conference tc rise while a roll of the honored dead, since conference had been organized was being called. This departure made a deep impression upon the large audi ence present. The following member! of the conference have died during tlu year: Revs, Furmau Adam, Robert L Armstrong, Amos S. Baldwin, Craw ford L. Benscoter, George M. Lamed Dr. S. M. Frost, William C. Hesser aud John L. Leillich. The roll cal showed that with but few exception all the active members of conference were present to make their reports ant help transact the business. Joseph F. Anderson,secretary of tin last conference was re-elected by ac clamation. The following transfer were made: [lsaac L. Wood, from tin New York East conference; J. L. A1 britton, to the Illinois conference; J R. VauPelt, from the Illinois confer ence; William R. Ilirons, from tin Wilmington conference; Benjamin F Hilibish, from the W T est Virginia con ference. The Rev. W. L. Armstronj was elected statistician, aud the Rev John Homing, treasurer. A telegran of sympathy was sent to the Rev Emery T. Swartz, of Riverside, win is seriously ill. By order of the confer ence the morning sessions will, open a 8 :45 o'clock aud close at 11:45 o'clock At the close of the organization o conference Bishop Berry expressei great pleasure at presiding over tlii mcetiug. Ho incidentally remarko< that he was somewhat embarrassed oi accouut of the number of persona friends he had amoug the members o this district, as this would make thi matter of appointments all the in or difficult. He also said that notwith standing the fact that there were fou splendid oponiugs this year the assign ing of ministers would be exceptional ly hard, as there was a large numbe of ministers who felt that, it was tim< they should be promoted. He emphatic ally declared himself iu favor of tin open shop principle in reference to tin working of the cabinet." Every preach er," he said, "has a right to know ii advance of the adjournment of con fereuce where ho has been assigned, so that if it be uecesasry he may adjus himself to the change." He hit stai chamber cabinet proceedings a hart blow. The Rev. J. Ellis Bell, presiding elder of the Altoona district, made t most interesting aud eucouragiug re port. During the past year there were 2,078 conversious in that district anc of this number 1,800 have joined tlu church ou probation. A new churcl has been built aud dedicated at Clear field, at a cost of 175,000. The Rev. George W. Stevens, presid ing elder of the Harrisburg district, who has been presiding over the Dan ville district since the death of th< Rev. Mr. Baldwin, gave a good repon of this district. There have been 1,00( conversions during the year aud the missionary collection has reached sl2, 385, an increase of $1,700 over the former year. He also spoke of the ded ication of the new organ at the Mil ton church. There was no session this I afternoon. NEW INDUSTRY SUGGESTED An inquiry was received in this city yesterday asking whether Danville would be a desirablo place for locat ing a large plant for a cheese factory and the shipping of milk and cream. The people making the inquiry mean business and in a short time the pro prietors of dairies and creameries in this vicinity will be addressed on the subject by tho promoters and will] be made fully acquainted with the prop osition. It would be difficult to deduce any reason why an industry sucti as sug gested above should not prosper here if properly taken hold of and pushed. Our town is situated in the midst of a fertile farming section, with the broad valley of the Susuehauua to draw on. A. plant sucli as doscribed would bring lairy products immensely in demand ind on nearly overy farm would be in stalled a dairy, which incidentally ivould add to the quality of the soil ind thus contribute to the general ivealth of the community. In addition, it would give Danville i new industry, which is needed here is well as in any other town if there is to be any material growth and de velopment. It is hoped that the Board )( Trade will not miss the opportunity ;o assist the proposition along when ;he proper stage is readied in the ne jCOtiations. To Protect Costly Glass. The beautiful stained glass window of Gothic style, at the eastern end of Christ Episcopal church, this city, which has already suffered some in jury from careless or wanton hands, is in the future to be protected by heavy screens manufactured expressly for the window by the DeWitt Wire Cloth company of Philadelphia. The great east window, the top of which is forty feet from the ground, | with its rare tints and its beautiful al legorical painting from the interior of the church is a striking and inspiring object. It is a most superb work of art and while there are rumors as to its cost it is said that no one in Danville isjin a position to state just what sum of money it represents. All argee that it is very costly. During the twenty odd years that the church has stood tho window lias not wholly escaped injury and recently it was decided to jlrotect it in the future by installing wire sfcreens or guards artistically manufactured to fit each of the divisions of the window. One of the worst blemishes the window bears was inflicted by the ball of a flobert rifle, which pierced the glass right at the knee of the Savior, which is the central figure of the painting. This has suggested how easily other in juries of a still graver sort could be inflicted. For instance a stone idly thrown might cause irreparable dam age. The screens arrived on Saturday and will be placed in position iu a very short time, probably as soon as a scaffold can be erected. There are three screens each a graceful pointed arch in shape, to correspond with the windows, 15*£ by 8 3 4 feet, besides a round screen 6 feet in diameter to cov er the great circle in the window above. Milk Wagon in Wild Dash. The team of horses and milk wagon belonging to W. J. Orossley of Liber ty township, aud driven by his son Frank, were the central figures in a wild runaway Monday|morning,that ended in South Danville when the run aways collided head on with McOor mick's bus. The trouble started in front of the Montour House where the team had been left while Frank was delivering the hotel. Some men who were clearing the roof of the ice were throwing the ice cakes into the street. The horses became frightened at the chunks of ice flying about them and started off down the hill toward the river, gaining speed as they went un til when they reached the bridge their gait was a mad gallop. Luckily no vehicles were met in the swift progress across the bridge. Tho ruuaway team got to the south side soon after the departure of the j 5) :00 passenger train, and McCormick's bus had just left the station and was about turning into the road leading to the bridge when shouts of warning ap prised tho driver, William Miller, of approaching danger. Ho stopped his team, but had no time to get out of the way when the terrified animals came down the grade of the south side ap proach, and swerving just before they reached the railroad crossing, collided with the bus team. One of the bus horses was knocked down, and in endeavoring to get away one of the runaways also fell to the ground. The team was taken in charge by some men before they could again start off. All of tho horses in the mixup had an almost providential escape from ser ious injury. The milk wagon, how over, was a sorrowful appearing specta cle, with its interior a chaos of milk bespattered cans aud bottles. Consigned to the G rave. Arthur Famsworth, whose death oc currod at the home of his brother-in law, Jesse Lunger, Wednesday night, was consigned to the grave on Satur day afternoon. The services were con ducted by Rev. C. D. Lerch, pastor of Mausdale Reformed church. The pall bearers were : Charles Feigles, Arthur Lewis, Ralph Cope, Oliver Cope and Earl Wren. Interment was made in Odd Fellows' cemetery. The funeral, which tooK place from the residence of Jesse Lunger, Ferry street, at 2 o'clock, was quite largely attended. Among those present from out of town being the following: Wil liam Beacham and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller, of Shamokiu; Jackson Guffy and sou of Milton ; Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Faester and Clark Surgeon, of Northumberland. The way the people are moving this j week indicates that the bulk of it will be.out of the way by Monday. And while you are doing it don't neglect to have your paper change with you. Notify this office at ono*. ELABORATE MINSTREL SHOW The members of the Sinker club of the Y. M. C. A., have been occupied for some time past completing the ar rangements for an elaborate minstrel show. The club numbers among its members many of the best known youug men of Danville and they pro mise to give a show thrt will distance any previous efforts in black face pro ductions in this vicinity. The first part of the performance is to be given in the old fashioned min strel way, with a double circle of 25 burnt cork artists. "The quips and quirks and wanton smiles" will be dealt out liberally by the following end men : Tainbos : Harry Peters, Tom Ryan and Clyde Davis; bones: Will Spaide, Bob Jacobs and Will McCoy. The soloists have been chosen as fol lows : "Somebody's Waiting 'Neath South em Skies"—Will Jones. "Star of My Life"—Edward Price. "Gypsy Love Song"—Frank Brown. "Trouble"—Tom Ryan. "What You Qoin' to do When You Love a Gal"—Clyde Davis. "Lucy Lindy Lady"—Will Spaide. "Bible Stories"—Will McCoy. The chorus and soloists have been rehearsing the music every night for the past two weeks under the able dir ection of Dr. Stock. An orchestra of eight pieces will accompany the sing ers and fill in the entre acts. The nature of the second part the members absolutely refuse to divulge. It was arranged by General Secretary Charles F. Johnson aud the boys say it will be the finest and funniest col lection of wit and humor ever present ed iu Danville. The company will give two perform ances iu Associatiou building, Friday aud Saturday evenings, March 30th. and 31st. A matinoo performance may be given Saturday afternoon. A Scientific Wonder The cures that stand to its credit make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a scien tific wonder. It cured E. R. Mulford, lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry, Waynesboro, Pa., of a distressing case of Piles. It heals the worst Burns, Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Cuts, Wounds, Chilblains and Salt Rheum. Only 25c at Paules & Go's drug store. PLANT A TREE. Gov. Pennypacker's request that many trees be planted April 6th, or 20th, which he has designated as Arbor days, should be carried out with en thusiasm. The forosts are being de vastated in order to supply lumber and other material needed in these busy times. If they are not replenished it will be but a few years before they dis appear and a greater calamity could hardly befall the country. The trees planted this spring may not reacli size sufficient to cast much shade on the person sotting it into the ground, but in the years to come- it will delight the eyes of other people and shelter many from sun and storm. It would be well for adults as well as childreu to plant a tree on Arbor day, the sap ling will cost but little money and hardly any labor. It will be a joy to watch it grow and when the planter is no more the tree will be a monument to tho memory of one who loved nature and had consideration for his fellow men. What more noble wish could have been expressed than that told by the last words of former Gov. Hogg, of Texas, who died a few weeks ago. He asked that nuts from the favorite tree of his state be planted on his grave aud that they developed the nuts the young tree bore should be distributed throughout the state for replanting, thus replenishing the for ests. If the dead statesman's wish is obeyed, audit is likely to be, there will iu a few years be a monument to his memory on every hillside and ev ery street in the Lone Star State. LAWRENCE COTTER. florist at Castle Grove, on Monday returned home from Boston, where last week he attended the Exhibition of the American Rose Society in couj unction with the spring Exhibitiou of the Massachusetts Horti cultural society. Mr. Cotter says that the event was a great success. Every year brings out new development and greater perfection in the cultivation of flowers. Not only in the scope but in the beauty and the superb quality of the specimens the exhibition this year probably eclipsed all previous shows. The exhibit of American Beauty roses, especially, surpassed anything ever seen. While the exhibition was not inter-uatioual in its -character in the sense that any of the exhibits came from the old world, yet the occasion brought together a galaxy of the most cultured and eminent men of the world,not only those directly interest ed in floriculture, but journalists, authors, artists and all those who love the beautiful iu nature "and appreciate that rare bit of God's haudiwork dis played in flowers. It was Mr. Cotter's good fortune to meet a large number of old friouds not only froiu every part of our owu country,but from England, Scotland aud Irelaud. An Enjoyable Event. An enjoyable dance was given Sat urday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gottshall, Mahoning town ship. Music was furnished by T. Del site aud H. Heudricks. Refreshments were served. Those present were: Misses Mary Straub, Stella Churm, Florence Wilson, Margaret Cook, Bessie Wilson, Katherine Bower, Regina Risliel, Gertrude Everett, Grace Diehl, Lizzie Philips, Sarah Everett,Blanche Wilson and Clara Herman; Messrs. Frank Blolin, Evan Hawkins, Norman Krum,Thomas Gething, Herbert Blohn, Arthur Cook, Purdy Arter, Morgan Herman, Harry Hawkins, Jasper Stetler, Spencer Arter, Walter Wilson, Jasper Philips and Walter Blohu, All the talk that has been made about the imminence of an outbreak iu China and the necessity of immedi ately sending warships and emergency troops to the Far East seems to be dy iug down. [ SERIES OF INTER-" ' ESTING EXPERIMENTS All scientific farmers will be iuter sted to learu that Mrs. Kate Jones nd her son, Horatio P. Jones, of Val- By township, are among those who ave made interesting experiments in inoculating the ground." The experiment relates to one'of the nost remarkable scientific discoveries 112 tiie age. A few words of explaua iou may prove timely. In the first ilace it should be stated that there is i curious relation between the soil ,nd the atmosphere. Four-fifths of the ,ir>onsists of nitrogen, which is as aother's milk to plant, life. Wheat, ye, oats, etc., would perish from lack it that very elemeut of their composi iou, but for the fact that the roots of he graiu draw nitrogen from the soil, lot in its pure state but in the form of oluble compounds called nitrates. In >rder, therefore, that the life of the [raiu may be maintained nitrogen nust pass from the air to the soil, and ;here be formed into nitrates. The rail liko growing wheat canuot absorb lure nitrogen direct from the air. The {rain draws the nitrates from the ground and when the harvested crop is carried away the soil is left sterile mil another crop can bo raised upou it inly after it has been artifically ferti lized witli manures to supply the miss ing nitrates. It is no secret even with the uusci sutific farmer that a crop of clover grown up on exhausted soil will ferti lize it and leave it richer. This prop erty of growing upou au exhausted soil and supply it with nitrate belongs to a particular group of plants called leg iuminous plants, to which clover.peas and beans belong. The experiments of the department of Agriculture in the "inoculation of the ground" was prompted by the question : "How does the clover man age to take its supply of uitrogeu, not from tiie Boil as wheat and other grain, but from the air?" The auswer is that bacteria are the agents that give to clover and other leguminous plauts the power to take uitrogeu from the air. These bacteria are found in the roots of leguminous plauts, where in respouso to the irriga tion that they cause little modules or tubercles are formed which swarm with the micro-organism. Plants that possess sucli bacteriufi-lled tubercles or their roots are able to live in the sterile soil, drawing all the uitrogeu they ueed aud more, too, from tiie ex liaustless store of the atmosphere. The surplus they leave in the ground and thus make the soil richer with nitrates. By meaus of cultivation there have beeu produced a type of nitrogen-fixing bacteria far more powerful and vigor ous than their nature-bred ancestors. The bacteria are dried in bits of cot ton, which can be sent through the mails aud the department does thus seudiug them together with directions to farmers who choose to apply for them. Tiie progressive farmer who desires to avail himself of the wonderful dis covery upon receiving the bacteria soaks them in water containing sugar, pottassium phosphate and magnesia sulphate aud theu inoculates seeds that are about to be planted by dipping them in the solution. Or else they in oculate the soil itself by moistening a little earth with the solution aud then spreading it upon a field as they would spread manure. The seeds of leguminous plauts should bo chosen for the experiment. The inoculation lias no direct effect, ou other plants. The treated seods aro planted in sterile or worn out soil where 110 grain, corn or tiie like will grow. The clover springs up with ex traordinary luxuriance, ten or twenty times as abundantly as it would have grown from ordinary seeds. Owing to the use of prepared bacteria a supply of uitrogeu of such abundance is drawn from the air that the surplus which remains in the ground in the form of nitrates is far greater tliau that left by au ordinary clover crop. The soil having beeu fertilized the next step is to sow it with grain aud the results as reported are astonishing. Wheat, potatoes, etc., grown on soil fertilized by inoculated clover show an increase of from 40 to 400 per cent, above thjir ordinary yield. That the above is not in any way overdrawn is well attested by the splendid experiment conducted by Mrs. Jones and her son on the Maus farm, the detailed result of which has beeu furnishod the office of the News aud is as follows: Plot No. 1, an acre in extent, was seeded to Canadia peas aud oats in April. The seed was treated witli iu oculatiug material obtaiued from Washington, D. 0., aud attained a luxuriant growth. It was ploughed down in the latter part of July. Iu a short time a second growth came on, which was again ploughed uuder when a crop of oats came up. Orimsou clov er was sowu also aud was allowed to remain ou the ground as a mulch dur ing the winter. Plot No. 2, one-half an acre in ex tent, without auy fertilizer of auy kind was seeded to soja beans in July and the growth was exceedingly>ank, tud strong. This was cut down aud mowu iuto hay for experimeutal pur poses. The one-half of an acre pro luced 1% tons of feed, which when 'ed to cows caused an increase in milk iwiug to the protein contained in the >eans. A Pleasant Event. Au enjoyable social aud entertain neut was given by the Now Columbia 3. E. society Monday evening at the lome of O. F. Styer. The affair was irrauged by the social committee: bliss Libbie Pursel, Miss Ella Maus eller aud S. F. Styer. The principal eature of the evening was an imagi lary excursion to the Allegheny moun ains. Music, recitations and games iccupied the time until a late hour. Baylor—Forney. Frauk Baylor aud Miss Crissie For iey, daughter of Mr. "hud Mrs, Wm. i. Forney, botli of South Danville, rere married last evening at 8:80 'clock by Rev. O. D. Lercli at hli ome on Mill itreet. x xj/era For hard colds, bronchitis, asthma, and coughs of all kinds, you cannot take any thing better than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cherry Pectoral. Ask yout own doctor if this is not so. He uses it. He understands why it soothes and heals. " I had a terrible cough for weeks. Then I took Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and only one bottle completely cured me " Mas. J. B. Dankoutj*. St. Joseph, Mich. 25c...We.. £I.OO. •». C. ATltn CO., T"- for *!"'• Coughs, Colds You wi!l hasten recovery by tak ing ©no of Ayer's Pills at bedtime. Fnneral of Mrs. H.J.Aten. Mrs. Henry J. A ten was consigned to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery Monday afternoon. The funeral took place from the family residence at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. L. D. Ulrich, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church. The Keystone Male Quartette tendered a couple of approp riate selections. The pall bearers were : Thomas Johns, Charles Baker, Grant Fenstermacher, Harry Redding, Tho mas Swank and John Jones. The flowers formed a very touching and beautiful tribute. There was a beautiful casket bouquet from the Ladies' Relief Corps of Berwick, the organization that sent a flower laden boat adrift on the Susquehanna on last Memorial Day, which boat capsized near Danville, but which was rescued and redressed with flowers by the de ceased and her husband and sent on its way down the river. It was in rec ognition of this generous and patriotic act that the ladies relief corps of Ber wick sent the beautiful floral tribute to the funeral. There was also a cas ket boquet from the grandchildren ol the deceased ; a sheaf of wheat fron ; Mrs. Dieffeubacher, Williamsport; and . many other offerings from individuals. , Among those who lingered in tin L house of mourning Monday wer< the representatives of four generation) of the Aten family. The great grain [ children are a boy and a girl. Tin , former is a bright little fellow, Karl grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles , Peifer, and great grandson of Henn r J. Aten jtlie latter is a little miss stil in babyhood, named Sara Martha granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Rausch and great grauddaughte , of Mr. Aten. j Among those who attended the fun , erai Monday were: Mr. and Mrs . Harry Foltz and family ; Mr. ami Mr? Charles Peifer and family of Sliamok . in ; Thomas Aten of Baltimore ; Mr and Mrs. Grant Aten of Danville ; Mr L and Mrs. William Rausch : Mrs. Wil liam T. Snyder, Mrs. Thomas Dixson Mrs. Gills, Mrs. McNinch of Berwick . Miss Myrtle Beagle, Mrs. John Moyer r of Bloomsburg; Mrs. Ikelor of Harris burg ;Mrs. D. F. Dieffeubacher of Wil r liamsport; Mr. and Mrs. Osear Leig how, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leighow . of Catawissa. Hiss Klmmerer Entertains. Miss Jessie Kimmerer delightfull; entertained a number of her friend Saturday evening at the home of he grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amo Vastine,in honor of Miss Nellie Haas of Sunbury. Those present were Misses Edith Kramer, Katherine Vas tine, Bertha Kase, Blanche Sechler Messrs. Arthur Campbell, Robert Ja cobs, Myron Bernheimer,Paui Vannan | Will McCoy and John Kase. It seems that whon a Pittsburg mai strikes it rich, nowadays, the iirs thing lie wants to do is to get rid o his wife. FINANCIAL STATEMENT A. J. Stineman, Supervisor, inaccoun with Valley township for the yea lS»0fl. Due towuship from 1904 . $ 74.2 Amount of duplicate Jl9B. K License tax ... 85.51 Unseated land . 2.21 Total .. . $1360.8( Work done by citizens . $ 625.1! Bridge plank 72.41 Posts and railing 5.6( For repairs 2. II Lawyers fees 10. (X Paid to J. H. Cole 14.1 i Duplicate, warrant and books 1.91 Rail bond anil oath .... 1.2J Shear for road machine . .. 1().(H Paid to T. G. Vincent 1.5( Watering troughs 10. (X Supervisors services, 81 days at $1.50 per day 121.61 Percentage on total collected 26.3! Exonerations .. 1.2< Return tax 11.8( By error iu Duplicate 8.4S Auditor fees . 2.0( Use of house 1.0( Printing statement 3.0 C Paid on note 74.0( Merrell's work tax 13.76 Interest on note 12.5 C Paid on note 336.95 Total ... 11360.80 E. E. RENN, S. H. WINTERSTEEN, Auditors. D. R. P. Chi Ids, Supervisor in ac count with Valley township for year 1906. ' J Amount of Duplicate $698,06 Liceuse tax 85.50 1 Received of Commissioners .. 2.27 Due towuship from last year. 91.27 Total .. $872.10 Work done by citizens $406.60 Material and merchandise 161.59 Supervisor's time, 61 days at $1.50 per day .. 91.50 Exonerations and returns 2.40 Paid on stone crusher 91.00 Interest on note 12.50 Auditor's fees 2.00 Use of house 1.00 Percentage on money collected 17.60 Paid on note for crusher 86.01 Total $872.10 E. E. RENN, S. H. WINTERSTEEN, Auditors. Audited March 12th, 1906. J. J. BROWN, M.D, THE EYE A SPECIALTY- Eyen tesed, treated an tilted with glafWH. 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