THE COHNTY County Superintendent C. W. Derr Tuesday for tho first took up the work of visiting the schools of tho county. The rural schools aro now all in full swing and are doing good work. Condition*? in the country districts differ somewhat from in town aud in stead of crowded schools tho attend ance just now is found to be nothing to boast of. It will not be until Octo ber or November that the full number of pupils will bo onrollod in tho rural schools. Meanwhilo owing to the heavy crops and scarcity of farm help the boys and girls will bo noodod to as sist with fall work on many of the farms. County Superintendent C. W. Dorr Tuesday stated that lie; ha-s perfected no plans for tho county institute be yond the fact that it will bo held on the same date as last year. will coufor with Borough Superintendent Gordy with the view of arranging a program that will be beneficial alike to the town aud the country teachers. The fact seems evident that the even ing entertainments of the county in stitute, as has boon the case during several years past, will not be a very prominent feature. The county super intendent has not booked a single at traction as yet. It. does not soom un likely, however, that one evening ot the week niaj* be occupied with an en tertainment of a '.high ordor, the en tire proceeds of which shall bo applied to a memorial to Thaddeus Stevens, the great champion of tin; free schools This memorial, it is planned,will take the form of an industrial school or home, erected at Lancaster, where in digent orphan boys can bo taught some useful trade. Montour is one of tho 1 few counties of the State that has as yet contributed nothing toward the grand memorial. Big Barn Burned. Evidently the work of an incendi ary, who was discovered and shot at as he fled into tho darkness, tho barn of Russell Karns in Benton township, Columbia county, near the Mcllenry distillery was burned to the ground just beforo midnight Monday night. The farm was tenanted by Chester Campbell and his son. Alex. Campbell was returning homo at 11:80 o'clock. As ho approached the barn he heard tho snapping and crack ing sound of firo coining from the building. When not more than twen ty-five foot away the door was flung open and a man who could not be re cognized in the dark rushed from tho building and fled across tho lield. Young Campbell cairied a revolver which he promptly pulled and fired af ter tho fioeing figure, but the shots either went wild, or tho calibre was too small to bring the man to a stop. Almost instantaneously with this strange occurronco, the roof of tho building burst out in a mass of flames which soon enveloped tho entire struc ture. The entire neighborhood was quick ly ou the scone, and two horses and two cows were saved from destruction. The barn was a large ono and was fill ed with hay and grain all of which made but fuel for the flames, and the entire structure with all contents in cluding a calf,was in less than a hour a mass of ruins. Just who the ]>erson was who was seen running from the barn is not known, but he undoubtedly was con nected with the fire. Whether the man intentionally or accidentally fired the building, however, is a question. On numerous occasions in the past, grain had been stolen from the building; and it may have been that the maraud er was after another haul when he ac cidentally dropped a light whi<?li start ed a blaze in the hay. Trolley Line In Hore Trouble. The Shamokiu-Mt. Oarmel Transit company is getting into deeper water every day. The borough council of Centralia at a meeting held Monday night served notice that unless cars were run within the next 10 days they would tear up the tracks, pull down the wires and cut down the poles within the borough limits. The Ashland council has already placed a bar across the track and torn up a rail where the road enters the borough. Further trouble coinos to tlio elusive manager, Mr. G. M. Smith,by failing to meet the employes Monday as he had promised t0..-The men wero anxi ous to come to a settlement, but now are more determined than ever. Sunday afternoon tlio committee rep resenting the striking employes wore summoned to the office of Attorney Faust, of Mt. Oarmel, who is well known in this city,and who is a heavy stockholder in the company, to talk the situation over and to see if some arrangements could not bo made to bring about a settlement. After a con ference of about an hour Faust called up Smith and lie agreed to moot tlio men Monday morning at 9 o'clock in the rooms of tlio Mt. Oarniol Banking company. The men wore on time and patiently waitod until 10 o'clock and Smith failing to appear secured tally hos and drove to the power plant to demand their money. When they noar ed the plant the manager was seen in the office; by tlio time they arrived he had disappeared. Clerk Thomas hand ed out the checks and tlio men return ed to Mt. Oarmel and hail them cash ed. The people in the coal regions are becoming tired of the inconveniences of a trolley tie-up and are demanding a settlement. Particularly is the un diplomatic and unlucky manager being heaped with abuse. Ho should take gome lessons from tlio gonial and ob liging manager of the local trolley company. DOGS IN HAZLETON. Hazleton has just 585 honest citizons who own dogs,according to the Stand ard. There are supposed to bo about that many moro whose owners are de termined to evade the tax by escaping the vigilance of the police who are equally determined that they shall pay tax for their canines or else surrender them to be shot COMMISSIONERS' APPOINTMENTS Below will bo found a list of ap pointments matlo in accordance with the act authorizing the county com missioners in each county to appoint a suflicient number of suitable persons in each township and ward at the ex pense of the county to look after, bury, and provide headstones for the body of any honorably discharged soldier,sail or or marine, who sorved in the army or navy ot the United States during the late rebellion or any preceding war and shall thereafter die leaving in sufficient means to defray the neces sary burial expenses. Last year seven veterans were buried in Montour county under the above act; hence it will bo seen that the position for which tho appointments are made is an important one and calls for men who will carefully attend to their duties. lit making their selec tions the county commissioners were governed largely by advice from Good rich Post, No. 22, G. A. H., to which they appealed before making tlio ap pointments. Tho jiersoiis selected by the county commissioners will serve indefinitely. The full list, is as follows: Anthony township—Joseph Acor. Cooper township—Honry Wert man. Danville-—First ward, W. M. Hod dens; second ward, Samuel M ills; third ward,Benton 11. Brown; fourth ward, Abram O. Angle. Derry township—Frank G. Blee. Liberty township—Samuel Kester. Limestone township Daniel F. Gouger. Mahoning township—Honry Wire man. Mayberry township—Montgomery Bird. Valley township—Henry Winter steen. Washingtonvilie—,l. Hudson Leidy. West Hemlock Calvin Shultz. Threaten to lilow lip Trolley. The situation over the failure of tho Shauiokin-Mt. Carmel Transit com pany, through a strike, to resume op erations is becoming desperate at Cen tralia, and tho residents threaten to blow up the entire track and not al low tho company to again put a track on the borough streets unless cars are HOOII running. The Centralia borough council held a special meeting last evening and took action on the matter. The council has been at loggerheads with Smith, manager of the road, for some time, and will take advantage of tho present situation to make him live up to the agreement made when the fraucliise was first granted the com pany or get out. The council will send a communication to Smith,telling him to oporato his cars in the borough at once. In the oveut of his failure he will be told to take up liis tracks. A great many residents of Centralia work in other places and have hereto fore been entirely dependent on tho trolloy line togo to and from work. The community as a whole is highly incensed over the failure of tho com pany to operate cars ; they say man ager Smith has always conducted things with a high hand in the past ; and they now threaten to blosv up the entire track from Conyngliam town ship into the borough unless the cars are very soon placed in operation. YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY IT. The young pooplo of Centralia are getting buuehos of real fun out of the trolley strike situation. Many young men and maidens from the town on tlio hill work in Mt. Carmol. There is no early train to bring them down and they must walk to work. Some of them get oIT in the afternoon in time to get home on the 4:30 Lehigh train, but they must walk back homo at night. It is as good for the physical makeup as a vacation in tlio country! The young folks will develop muscles, and promoto health,and help tlio shoemak er on his way to wealth. lialustrade Being Installed. The front of the courthouse took on au additional attraction yesterday when the handsome balustrade of metal was installed above the artistic stone work enclosing and forming tlio three [doorways of tlio building. The wood en parapet, which did service from tl;o time the courthouse was built, was torn down a couplo of wooks ago. The balustrade is very ornamental and is manufactured of galvanized iron and zinc,materials which are bo ing used very extensively not only for that purpose but also for window frame, window sash and tlio like. Tlio halustrado was manufactured by John E. Polil, of Lancaster, and bad to be made expressly for the courthouse from plans made here and forwarded to the factory. It was installed yester day afternoon under the supervision jof John J. Reilly, a representative of the factory. Rofore the balustrade was erected the top of tlio stone work was covered with shoot lead, so as to preserve the expasod surface and especially the joints from the action of the weather. Altogether tlio job when completed will be a most thorough one. Large plate glass nearly tlio height of the doors will ho inserted at the middle entrance which will still fur ther add to the attractiveness of the front. Tho huge panels have already been cut out of the middle doors and every thing is ready to insert the plate glass as soon as it arrives. Challenges County. | Tho record for farm work in this I section of tho State is without doubt hold by David Howe,who is employed oil tho farm of Joseph Patterson, in Mt. Pleasant township, Columbia coun ty- Monday morning ho cut and sot up sovoiity-fivo shocks of corn ;and in tlio afternoon ho cradlod two acres of buck wheat; ami all this was done in a working day of ten hours. In the ovon ing ho was not at all unduly fatigued, and says ho could have kept up thai work at the same rate for several hours longer. It must bo remembered too that this was done in spite of tho fact that Monday was an unusually warm and humid day. Mr. Howo offers a challenge for any ono to surpass or equal bis record made Monday. SNAKES THAT HELP THE FARMER Professor Surface sent to the State printer Saturday his copy for the first "Snake Bulletin." The object of this bulletin is to givo the farmers of Penn sylvania accurate information with re gard to the food of snakes. It is gen erally supposed that all snakes are harmful and that they should be kill ed on sight. As a matter of fact many of them are valuable allies of the farm or, killing slugs and destructive worms. This bulletin gives practical facts oil tho subject, and as their data has nevor boon brought together bo fore in this manner, the preliminary demand for the bulletin is large. BULLETINS FOR SPECIMENS. Professor Surface states that those people wishing hulletius can secure them by sending to him some live specimen of snake, worm or bug. Those specimens are studied, drawings are made of them, and in some cases col ored plates are prepared. Many pub lic schools all over Pennsylvania have written to Professor Surface astyng for zoological specimens. If tlieso schools will send live specimens to the State department of agriculturo they will receive in return those same specimens mounted and labeled ; very possibly, too, they may receive addi tional ones. It is no difficult matter for school boys oi school girls to col lect a large number of bugs or insects. After the Stato department has studied these and made drawings of them it is quite ready to return the specimens in such shape that they will last for years; they will bo labeled so that tho pupils can study them intelligently. MUSEUM IN NEW CAPITOL. Tlio department of agriculture lias quite a large museum 011 tlio fifth floor of tlio new oapitol. Any person wish ing excitement can find plenty of it there. At least a dozen large snakes arrive daily; thoro are live rattlesnakes and copperheads,as well as live adders and others less venomous. Two small boxes contain rattlesnakes five feet long; in ono are yellow rattlers; in the other, black rattlers. Their rattles sound a vigorous alarm whenever the box is touched roughly. Professor Surface states that the rat tlesnakes and the copperheads are tli only really venomous snakes iu tho State. Many other snakes aro really harmless, and in many cases they act ually do beneficial work. HATCHING SNAKES Even a dozen snakes a day is not a largo enough supply to suit the de partment, so it has started a snake in- cubator. Scores of suako eggs are hatching out. Saturday morning a black snake was partially hatched ; its head projected only an inch from the shell, but it showed signs of vigorous life, darting its tongue out and biting the fingers of Professor Surface. This suake oven at maturity is not venom ous. The small ones now hatching are spotted; as they grow oldor they be conio perfectly black. A black snake hatched a week ago is now a foot long; the attendants pick up a hand ful of small black snakes us roadilv as if they wore handling so many cher ries. A number of house snakes wore in the incubator also: these snakos kill rats and mice ami keep farm houses free from vermin. They are quite harmless. SNAKES PLAYED 'POSSUM. Some very vicious looking snakes called spreading adders, wore pro nounced harm loss. They are usually regarded as most dangerous. The at tendants handled several likely speci mens without gloves ;the tongues dart od out simulating the action of tlio really deadly serpents ; but although the reptiles wore tossed up in the air, and were handled after the manner of footballs, no one was injurod in the least. Ono of tlio snakes finally grow tired of being maltreated and stimul ated death, turning over oil its back, lying motionless. It lay with its mouth open and its head flattened as if crushed : no amount of rough treat ment suflicod to make it move unless it wore turned ovor. Then it whirled onto its back instantly—evidently rea soning that a snake could not be dead oxcopt. in that position. HICKORY HORN DEVIL SECURED In another portion of tlio museum are 800 larvae cages. Probably a more ropulsive sot of worms was never col lected. The department studies all of these, learning particularly on what they food and what parasites food up on thorn. Some of the most ropollant ones are really not injurious. Saturday morning a larue green larva arrived at the department sent by J. it. Gilmoro, of Chamborsburg. Tlio specimen is known as the hickory horn devil. Tlio larva is an enormous groen worn seven inches long and covered with horns. All stages of devolopiuont from the egg to the full image may bo seen at the museum. In many cases the pupa is forming inside of the glass case so that the process is perfectly visible. The work of the department along this line of investigation is much moro enormous than is generally realized. The main objoct is to benefit the farm er; to teach him who his friends are. Almost daily the department receives specimens of tlio "thessala," a wing ed insect with a three-forked tail which is at least four inches long. The writers say that this insect is doing harm to their trees and that they kill it whonever possible. As a matter of fact the thossala is a friend of the farmer, using its long tail to place its tiny eggs down under the bark of trees, on wood grubs which are really injuring the lifo of tlio treo. The eggs hatch out and young thossala eats tlio grub for its food, thus really perform ing a beneficial deed. The department of agriculture is giv ing tlio farmers, in a practical way.the scientific information which they need so much and which will enable them to distinguish friend from foo. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought 100,000 TO ATTEND THE DEDICATION liarrishurg must rise to the occasion wliou the now capitol is dedicated on October 4, for there promises to be more people in Pennsylvania's capitol 011 that occasion than there has ever boon before at one time, the estimates made by tho now capitol dedication com 111 it too at its mooting in Philadel phia Friday giving the figures at 100,- (KX). To care for those people and re tain them there ovor night will be Harrisburg's part of tho outortain lnent, and to aid in the good work the commission will givo the board of trade committee $2,500. PAYNE TO BUILD STAND Goorgo F. Payne & Co., of Phila delphia, will erect tho grandstand to I hold 8,100 people, for $5,619, and it will bo guaranteed to be of tho most substantial character. It will be plac ed over the brownstono stairway 0111 West State street and will command a | view over a great stretch, so that ev erybody can see President Koosovolt, although many may not be within the sound of his voice. The president will leave Washington 011 tho morning of tho 4th of Octobor in a special train of throe cars, one a combined parlor and diner for his special party, one for the newspaper correspondents and an extra car as a buffet next to tho engine. He will reach Harrisburg as near 11 o'clock as possible and bo rocoived by the new capitol dedication committee and May or Gross and escorted to the capitol by tho governor's troop and the first troop of Philadelphia. At 11 :30 the exercises in front of the capitol will take place 011 the grand stand. A salute will he fired as the president arrives in the city,and as he leaves for the station. 011 the stand former governor Stone will make an address formally turning over the cap itol to the State,and Governor Penny packer will respond, at tho same time introducing the president, who will deliver the oration of the da v. TO BE THERE FOUR HOURS. The presidential party, accompanied by the new capitol commission and the dedication commission, will then proceed to tin) executive mansion where luncheon will be had, after which the president will goto the station and take the train for York, where he will make a speech at the county fair. Ho will be in Harrisburg just four hours,and the pressure to see hi 111 will be something great. The commission decided to issue as souvenirs a solid gold medal for the president twenty-one silver gilt med als for the different commissioners and sixty composition medals for the leg islative reception committee. Tho de sign of each sot of medals is tho samo ; the design is a scroll medal, the ob verse charged witn a bas-relief of the new capitol and the reverse bearing the date of the dedication. Congressman Marl in E. (>1 instead, of Harrisburg, was selected as chief mar shal of tho parade with authority to soloct. his own aidos and to map out. the route; ho was also given such oth er incidental powers as it may be nocossary for him to exercise. Colonel D. B. Hyatt, of the West Chester Military academy, was chosen as marshal of tlio independent military organizations, and Adjutant General Stewart, was authorized to make the necossary arrangements for tlio mil itary parade. Brigadier Genoral Wiley, commander of the second bri gade, N. G. P., will command the pro visional brigade which will consist of throe regiments of twelve companies of infantry,each,the governor's troop, the first troop of Philadelphia; the Sheridan troop, of Tyrone; the State college cadets, the Soldiers' Orphan school cadets and throo troops of the State police. Prohibitionists at liloonisburg. On Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock the Prohibition party conferees of this congressional district will meet at tlio office of M. P. Lutz & Son in Bloonis burg, for the purpose of solecting a candidate for congress. In contrast to many conferences held this summer this meeting promises to be one of great harmony. There is no keen rivalry tor the nomination but 011 tlio other hand there is not even a candidate in the field up to date. Just whom will bo selected it is impossible to foretell. While no applicants have vet come forward it is thought bv partv leaders that tlio nomination will goto either Montour or Northumberland county. Winter is approaching,but the south side approach— not. yet. |JK(aSTKIt'S NOTICKt*. To AM. ('ItKOITOItS, I.KOATKKS ANUOTIIKK I'KKSOXS 1 NTKKKKTKII—Notice IS hci'elty niYCII that the following named persons did 011 the date allixed to their mimes, tile the accounts oft heir administration to the estate of those persons,deceased,and Guardian Accounts, Ac. whose names art- hereinafter mentioned, in the olllcc of the ItCKister for I lie i'rohate of Wills and grant ing of Letters of Administra t ion, in and for Ihe County of Montour, and 1 hat the same will he presented t o the Orphans' Court of said county, for confirmation and allowance, on Monday, the iltli day of Sep'i A. 11., limn, at the meeting of the Court in the afternoon. Aug. i:ith. The first, and final account of E. U Lyons, Administrator of the estate of George Fry, late of Limestone Township, deceas ed. Aug. 25th. The first, and fiual account of Thomas E. Murray, Adminis trator of the estate of Martha W. Pnrsel, lato of the Borough of Danville, deceased. Aug. 25th. The first and final account of M. Grier Vonngman, Admin istrator cum testamento annexo ..1 the estate of J. H. Uinstead, late of Liberty Township, de ceased . Aug. 25th. The 'second and partial ac count, of William C Frick an Cordelia E. Gearhart. Execu tors of the last, will and testa ment of David Clarke, late oj the Borongh of Danville, deceas Ml. Aug. 25th- The first and final aocoun of Mary Catharine Moser and George W. Moser. Administra tors of the estate of Philip S. ! Moser, Int.** of Valley Township deceased. WM. L. SIDLER, REGISTER Register's < Mice, Danville, Pa. August 25th. A. D. 1 DUtf. ' PASSENGER TRAIN WAS STRANDED Passenger train No. 1, duo to arrive I at South Danville at 4:511, was strand- j od at Boyd's station for two hours Sunday and passengers on hoard j as well as those at the station here 1 had a long and monotonous wait of it. Tho traiu was sighted above Boyd's j at about schcdulo time. Later it van ished and 4 :31 o clock came and went and tlioro was no sign of the train. Half an hour passed ; an hour came and went, and still 110 train. Long before this it became kuown that something had happened,although just what, was a matter of the barest conjecture. Tlioro was a large crowd at the South Danville station. Some of these bocamo weary ami returned to their homes rosolvod to postpone tiieir trip. By far the groater number, howover, I reserved to wait for the train, j All up freight was lying 011 the sid ing awaiting the arrival of tho passen ger. ; Shortly before six o'clock Bag gage Master Hottensteili.of the strand ed train, came tramping down the track and brought the first news to clear up tho mystery of the delay. Tho train, he said, was just, pulling into Boyd's station when tho valvo stem 011 the right side of the locomo tive broke. Until repaired it was im possible to inovo tho engine. A good deal of time was lost trying to fix the broak temporarily. Finding that it could not be accomplished the hag gage master volunteered to walk down to South Danville, some two mlies distant, where the nearest telegraph offlco was located. When nows of the breakdown was rocoived at headquarters the engim* belonging to the freight lying here was ordered to 11111 up to Boyd's and bring the disabled engine along with the train to South Danville and t hence onto Klinosgrovo where it would be met by another engine. It whs about H:4O o'clock when tlio train with two locomotives arrived at South Danville. Thomas Attig, oi Snuhury, is onginoor of No. 1 At Annapolis Commencement Mr. and Mrs. W. J**rod Jacobs, Mi>. A. L. Voris, Miss Emily Voris, Ellis Lando and Robert M. Jacobs left Sat urday evening for a trip to Washing ton, Baltimore and Annapolis. At tho lattor place they will attend the coui lnencenient oxercises of the September section of the class of I HOT, United States Naval academy, of which Ran dall Jacobs is a member. The Tonrth of July Casualties. Tho returns are all in from tin* var ious scenes of Fourth of July casual ties and tho journal of the American Medical association is able to definite ly annonnco that 158 deaths directly resulted from this year's celebration of the anniversary of our national in dependence. "LUCKY" BALDWIN. VIIn \\ li i rl».. iml of Speculation In (ho RcfflOllN. In 18.VI a little party of gold seekers with a meager outllt of borne- and wagons started for California from the village of Uaclne, Wis. In eommand of this adventurous expedition was a young man who took with him his wife nnd infant daughter. Ills name was 10. J. Baldwin and be made a wise rholce in shaking from his restless feet the dust of a tamer civilization, lie deeded a larger theater of action for his pent-up and surging activities. While trailing through the mountains of Utah the pioneers were attacked by Indians, who were beaten off during a six hour tight In which young 1 Wild win killed their chief. After six months of bard ship the party reached llaugtown (later called Placerville), In California. Here Baldwin tarried and began placer mining, lie appears to have I been no more than an ordinary red sliirted argonaut, meeting the ups and downs of mining luck until the dis covery of the Conistock lode at Virgin ia City. Thither he drifted and discov ered tli.it ills natural bent was gam bling with tho mines that other men had opened. Amid a whirlwind of speculation he fought his way with such success that he loomed from tho smoke In a few months as "Lucky" Baldwin, the man who had cleaned up s7.f>'>o,o<!o in the gigantic deals in the stock of the Opliir mines. San Francisco was the Mecca of those lucky sons of fortune who were rearing a great city by the Golden Gate. As a stock and mining specula tor "Lucky" Baldwin shone respon dent, but lie was also a loyal son of San Francisco. He built hotels and {heaters and business blocks even while he was amazing that far from conservative community by madly, freakish extravagances. In a very lucid Interval ho bought all the Spanish grants ho could find near Los Angeles and there spent a million in making tl.is ranch of Ills not only a splendidly i reductive property, but al so one of the most beautiful estates ever laid out in this or any other coun try. It was his h.»bby, his pet, and he planted mlle-i of avenues with noble shade trees and made wonderful trop ical gardens, surrounding his home by a paradise of vernal beauty. Ralph I>. Paine in Outing Magazine. A v.- .Inyr tin* Doctor. Dr. San leivou. an old Scotch phy sician. was a queer character, but a clever doctor. So roughly did lit l handle his patients that the Ignorant were chiefly anxious toe ■•ape hh;i. The story goes that as he was passing along the street one day a sweep rolled from tho top to the Dot t an of a staircase outside one of tho houses. "Are you hurt?" called tho doctor, running forward. "Not a bit, doctor -not a bit," replied the man in haste. "Indeed, I feel a' the better." Wemißteric* at Home. Jones I'oclloed to visit the zoo with his f.imd, .-ays London Health. *'l don't have togo to the zoo," lie said, "because my eldest daughter does tho kangei'oo walk, my second daughter tallis like a parrot, my son laughs like a hyjx.: 1 my cook is as cross as a bear and my mother in-law says I'm an old gorilla." \-: KxeejHlon* Mrs. Pi •g \ , eti— Is 111 always an un lucky number? Not wh mi you hold all of the trumps In a game of whist.—Kansas City In dependent. THE MAHONING TOWN CLOCK The town clock 011 the Mahoning Presbyterian church 011 Saturday af ternoon proclaimed the correct time for approximately two hours ami a half. This is an unusual record for the Mahoning time piece, which for a long time past has been giving usjiny old time. Were the clock to take a notion to strike once more it would prove an unfamiliar sound. Edward Lunger, who lias the winding and regulating of the Mahoning town clock in charge is authority for the statement that the clock has not struck for two years. Indeed, the old clock is derelict in so many ways that it is a question wheth er, instead of proving a convenience, it is not something directly the opposite. Any person who regulates his move ments by the town clock ami starts out to make a train is apt either to miss it. altogether or to have a long wait. It would be interesting to know how many pernous the clock has deceived ; how many appointments have not been kept through its instrumentality. Viewed thus all will agree that a clock that does not keep correct time is worse than none at all. Just now the town clock has a penchant forgo ing fast and seems to he struggling to break its own record. What the old clock needs is a gener al overhauling. It has done service for some fifty years, it is true, but it has by no moans outlived its usefulness. It was overhauled seven years ago by Heury Hempe, who repaired thocsca]>o ment and inserted new bushing at one of the wheels. Since that time noth ing has boon done to the clock. Why it. has not boon thought necessary to put. any repairs 011 the clock during this long intorval it would be hard to toll. The town clock was manufactured at Norristown by Jacob D. Cutter. li is a first class piece of mechanism and if properly repaired and taken care of will no doubt give the best of service for many years to come. It is hoped that some one will take the initiative and agitate tho matter a little. The town clock should be put.in order. THL TABLE J OF STONE. A Curii.uM C From th« •i . x.t.l the Bible. l»id j, • « » llgure on the proba ble si::.- .mi immense strength of ' Mi- cs, basing your calcinations on the dimensions of the tabUvf of stone, as Klvcn by the Talmudic writers? In tnc T.'lmud (foil) "s, column 8) it is said that the tables of stone upon which the commandments were writ ten wore six ells long, six ells broad and three ells thick. 111 the Bible, Exodus xxxii, 15, we are told that "Moses went down from the mount, ind the two tables of the testimony tverc in his hand." "hand," inhid you, not hands, though It must he admitted that It would have taken a strong pair of hands to per form the task of carrying them, even 011 the level. Now, we will put tho Tulmudlc and the Biblical accounts to gether and apply tho mathematical rule. The Hebrew ell or cubit was, at Its least estimate, a measure of eight een inches, which would have made each of the tables a stone block nine feet long, nine feet wide and four and one-half feet thick. If common stone weighed as much to tho square foot then as It does now the tables would tip the beam at about twenty-eight tons! Was Moses one of the glunts of those days or has some one mado a mistake in calculations or in tho state ment of supposed facts?— Exchange. SARDINES. The Wny Tlicy Are Cooked and Pre pared For Market. Sardines are caught In nets, and after being well washed the heads are ctit oil' and the flsli are sprinkled lightly with salt. After lying for a few hours tliey are placed 011 grids In rows almost perpendicular. The frames are then placed In pans containing boiling olive oil. The oil is changed as soon as it becomes too black and dirty for con tinuing the cooking process. As soon as the fish aro considered sufficiently cooked, they are withdrawn from the pans of oil and the grids aro placed 011 the tables covered with zinc, the surface of the table Inclining to ward a groove In the center. The oil Is thus carried to a vessel prepared to receive it. Itound the tablo stand the women whose business It Is to pack the fish closely and uniformly lu boxes. The boxes being full, the flsh are cov ered with fresh oil and the lidtare then soldered down. Thus hermetically sealed they aro placed in Iron baskets and Immersed In boiling water. Tlio smaller boxes are thus boiled for half an hour and the larger ones somewhat longer, in proportion to size of box. The fish are then ready for the market. —Pearson's Weekly. Itendlncr on n Train. If you travel back and forth Into town every /lay you 110 doubt read your paper or a magazine on the train. While this Is not, indeed, the best prao tlee for the eyes, It seems a pity to waste so much time which might bo turned to good account. Much of the annoyance which comes from train reading is due to the Jolting of the cars, which continually knocks tnc printed lino out of focus with the eye. This can be in some degree obviated by laying a card or some other object below the lino to be read and moving it steadily downward while reading. This acts as a guide to the eye and helps to keep the sight fixed. Those who have tried it say that it wonder fully assists to decrease the difficulty of reading while in motion. VocnhuliirleN. | The English language, according to a ! Oerman statistician who has made a study of the comparative wealth o* languages, heads the list with the enor mous vocabulary of 200,0 un words; German comes next; with 80,000 words; then Italian, with 75,000; French, ,10.000; Turkish, 22,500, and Spanish, 20.000. "Soiih tliloff Juftt an Good." The pretty darling entered the book* (store. ' I want to get 'Kidnapped/ by Mr. Stevenson." she sn'l. "Er- I think," replied the clerk—-"I think I'd like that Job myself." Hos ton Tran« rlnr Jjyie'H c.iii:2o'i, "Jane is so suspicion "What has .lane done now?" "She thinks the postmaster Invnrl nb'y reads all her I 'tters, so she puts •Personal' and 'Private' on each one of them." New Orleans Times Demo crat. CoarlUKlve Evidence. "My husband says he Is not afraid of horses," said the visitor. "llow fortunate!" answered young Mrs. Tork-ins. "That shows that he doesn't play them." REV. E. J. SWARTZ , HAS RESIGNED Hey. E. T. Swart/*, pastor of St. Peter's Methodist Episcopal church, Riverside, has tendered his rosigna tioii to take effect the lirst of October. This action on tho part of Rev. Swartz has been made necessary by his failing health. On October Ist Rev. Swartz will have completed a two and one half years' pastorate at St. Peter's,and dur ing his sojourn in tho community 011 the south side his gentle kindness and his simple and generous Christianity havo endeared him to all the peo ple ; so that tho fooling of sincere re gret that his departure will cause will not he confined to tho members of his own congregation, but will extend to all who came in contact with him. Rev. K. T. Swartz has earned the rost lie is about to take. Last spring ho completed 45 years in the Method ist ministry. In JKtU he entered the conference at Chambersbun,', and in 18*53 was ordained a deacon. In 18(55, at a conference held in this city, he was ordained an elder. Rov. Swartz has served 'J2 pastorates. His lirst appointment was to the Oata-1 wissa circuit, which included the Clearhart church that stood on the site of the Mt. Vernon cemetery. Af ter that his successive appointments were Rloomingdale circuit, Sunbury circuit, Catawissa circuit (second time), Beaver Meadow, Duke street church, York; Hazletou, Mt. C'armel, Jcaucsville and Andenried, llyner, White Haven, Selinsgrove, Fairviow and Marysvillo, Northumberland, Weatherly, Jersey Shore, Hollidays burg ;Simpson church, Altoona ;Muncy, Mt. Holly Springs, Free land, River side. It is the present intention of Rev. Swartz and family to move lo Scran ton upon leaving Riverside. Pleasant Surprise. Friday evening a surprise party was tendered Guy A. Mowroy at the home of his parouts, Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Mowroy at Grovania. At the appoint ed timo the guests rushed iu and it was a comploto surpriso to Guy. The occasiou was his 27tli birthday. The ovoning #as spent iu games, music and singing. Also Alonzo Manser en tertained tho guests with his new phonograph. Refreshments were serv ed. Tho guosts departod at a late hour wishing Mr. Mowroy many happy birthdays. Those present wore : Mr. and Mrs. (J. 1). Garrison, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Mauser, Mr. and Mrs. Olias. Fonst, Mrs. Minnie Middloton, Misses Edith Keller, Laura Pursel, Hester Pursel, Emma Fount, Cora Foust, lOlla Boyer, Alda Shultz.Kdna Shultz,Laura Krum, Anna Faux, M.iud Fry, Lottie Hunt ington, Laura Huntington, (Jolia Rea ver, Pearl Heborling, Ella liartman, Haitman, Grace Thomas, Ruth Thomas, Anna Krum. Emma Krum, Rebecca Hawkins, Pauline and Mary Mauser, Ursa, Dora and Ruth Mow roy, Messrs Stewart Hartman, Roy Weaver, Fred Roth,.Tosepli Itotner, .la cob Thomas, James Beaver, Arthur Foust, Ray Huntington, Tlieo. Krum, John Thomas, (Jhas Thomas, Curtis Walter, (Jloveland Boyer, Geo. Heini bach. Surprise* Party. A very pleasant surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Fern in Cooper township, Sa turday evening, the occasion being tho l(lth birthday of their daughter, Flo otta Fern. A most enjoyable evening was spent. Refreshments were served. Those prosont were : Misses Verna and Isabel Morrison, Cora, Emma and Mazie Foust, Blanche Johnson, Lydia Hartman,Florenco Blechor.Dora Wert liiau, Alice Millard, Margaret Pursell, Bertha Lewis, Eva and Anna Man ning, Florence and Maggie Krum, Martha Boyer, Rebecca Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rishel.Mr. and Mrs. Lormor,Calvin Kashner,Ralph White, Stewart Hartman, Frank Krum, Geo. Krum, Thornton Krum, Hurley Cot uor, Nathan Krum,TaringSeidel. James Beaver, Walter Dell, Charles Elliot, Charles Thomas, George Heimbach, Clark Blecher, Ray Weaver, Roy Fern, Lafayette Foust, Harold Dougherty, Oliver Angle, William Fern, Curtis Walter, Joseph Cotner, Jacob Koclier. INSURANCE FOR CANDIDATES. The Franklin Herald, which is a prohibition daily, gets off the follow ing joko iu its editorial columns. "There are insurance companies now for most overything under tho sun and moon, tho latest boing a company to insure those who ride in an airship. Why does not some en tor prising genius get up a company to insuro candid ates of their election, or recompense them in case of defeat? This is no joko. And it is no joke to be defeated, and a good wad of cash i:i case of the loser could be put to good account." Were Not Legally Passed. The Muncy council has gone back eighty years to Hud out how to legal ly pass a franchise through tho bor ough council for the new electric light company. During their investigations they made the startling discovery that the franchise of the old electric and water companies were not lawfully passed and therefore of no legal value. , Bitten by Mad Dog. Helen Ross, a little girl residing in Berwick, was bitten 011 the chin and lips by a bull dog last Wednesday. Since then an examination by the State veterinary shows that tho dog has a violent case of rabies. The lit tle one was taken to the Pasteur In stitute at New York yesterday and ev ery effort will be made to save her from a horrible death from hydropho bia. NOT PLEASED. Sunbury is not a bit pleased abour the addition of a number of foreigners to its population. Recent disorder at other places contribute to the uneasi ness. But Sunbury wants the improve ments on which these 111011 will work and will have to put up with the means to the end. It is a good oppor tunity for the people who don't believe missions to do or promote a little home mission work. There are few umbrellas that cau stand as mupli rain on Sundays as on other days of the week. For Coughs ana Co There is a remedy over t.ixty years old Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Of course you have heard of it, probably have used it. Once in the family, it stays; the one household remedy for coughs and hard colds on the chest. Ask yourdoctorabout it. The best kind of a tnatiinonial-- " Sold ior ovor Bixty yourH." M Main by J.O Z.& j SAIISAPAMLU. /I i/ers 1 Wa havo no eccrotnl W» publish tho formulott of nil our medicinca. Ayer's P'lls increase tho activity of tho liv r, ami thus aid recovery. J. J 3?? OWN THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Kyes tested, treated. Til led u iih n«v e 'Mid artificial eyes «111»|1. 1 , M .rk.M Street. ItliMiiiinliiir;!, »•*. Honrs 10 a. 111. t" sp. in. chnrU-s V. Amerman, I Alio t niy-nl-L w Notnry t'ubllc HASVII I.I:, PA. I NSI'KANCr.. UKN'I. LAW I'UACTICE DR. J. SW LI SPORT, DENTIST. ; Uses ODdMDNIH K for (hi* painless ex traction of teeth. Dentistry in all its branches and all work guar anteed. s CHARGES RtDUCED. Opposite Opera Mouse, Daav lie iA'S C. W i: 1 ".-It t STTOI<Nf»-Ai-lAWi 0 0 Ol.trlot Attorney of Mnntun? Coi-oir " Na. 107 MILL HTBtifU, r - DANVILLE. y 0 ' Patronize " A. C. AMESBURY, Bent Coal in Town v ROSSMAN & SON'S PHARMACY y 345 MILL STRtEI, HMVILIE, P* Two Strrlstarad I, Madlclaaa and fon«lrta» S FINE OIOABB OOOI> COI.U IODA. G. BHOOP HUNT. PRESCRIPTION DRU9QIBT, Opposite o|)i'i:l ttuiige. ° 'IAK V I I.LIi, I'iCNN'A WM. K A S1: WEST. 1 ATTORNI r-AT-LAW. Ro. SBO MILL STHKRT. DANVII I B CHARLES CHALPANT. S ATTORNEY-AT-law. ll*. 110 MILL STRI'.HT, DANVII.LB s , WILLIAM L. SIDLER, ATTORNEY-AT.LAw. 1 rot MILL AND MARKET STtIETS, MNVILLI. BEST FOR THE BOWELS If yon haven't a regular, healthy mnvnmnnt of the bowels ovnry dny, you're 111 or will I.e. Keep your bowels open, and be well. Forco. In the shape of violent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. Tlte HinouthcHt, ensirst, most perfect way of keeping ' the bowels clear nml clean IH to tako Ploasant, Pnlntnble, Potent, Taste Oood, Do Oootl, Never Sicken. Weakon orOrlpe; 10. 'if, and 1 60 c«>ntH per bo*. Write for frou sample, and book let on lii'iiith. Addreat Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. KEEP YOUR BLOOD CP.Eflfi CMUHESTER'S fc.NGL.ISH PENNYROYAL PILLS &*s***' •// 0 At p '■ Mmfr. Always reliable. I.niilr*. ask T>rnnlat for (Hinusnits KNta.INII ill Krd and Uold metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbou. Take no other. Itefuoe ilniiKerem mulk.ll - itn«l ImllntloiiM. Huyol your DruKKial, or send lc. in stumps for I'arllriilura, IVnti ■nonlalN ami " Keller lor in letter, a return .Hall. 10,000 Testimonials. Hold by tMaatata. OUIOHKBTRR OHKMIOAL 00. ■loo Blndlaon Mquarr, I*llll 4., PA. MeaUorj UU Junior lilble Class. The Junior Uiblo Class of the Y. M. C. A. will hohl its first meeting of the eason at Asociatiou Hall on Friday evening at seven o'clock.
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