DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER. VOLUME 78. CMC SEASON CLOSED FRIDAY Saturday marked tlie end of what is known as the hunting season in Penn sylvania, as the ?losed season on most animals generally known as name be wail on the first day of December. At the office of tlie State game com mission at Harrisburg it is said that Ihe season lias been a good one, and that instances of violation of the law have been comparatively few and those ; low swiftly punished. State Game Protector Kalbtus says 1 that moat of the violations of the game j laws were by foreigners, who paid no j attention to the restrictions in regard to the number of birds and animals or the time of the season. On the other hai.d most of the residents of the State have showed that they appreciated the laws and creerfully complied with the requirements, even aiding game ward ens in tlieii work. The amount of-; gnnie killed will probably break all : records. Tlic game oil which the season clos ed Saturday is as follows: Deer, pheas ant, urease, hare or rabbits, quail or partridge, wild turkeys, wood cock, squirrel aud plover. Locally the hunters agree that tlie season was a fairly good one. So far as is known only two deer were shot by Danville hunters this year, but n great qnautity of other game was bag ged. cspeolally pheasants, wood cock, rabbits and the like. Quail have been well protected ing the season just passed, and there are numerous large coveys to be found iu the fields ready to multiply. All now depends on the kind of winter that follows. Should this be harsh and snow bound enormous numbers of quail will perish, as occurred a couple of winters ago, while should the win ter bo mild, nearly the entire number will survive and one of the best sea sou's shooting will be iu store for sportsmen next year that was ever known. Funeral of /Mrs. Eyerly. The remains of Mrs. Mary Eyerly, widow of Peter F. Eyerly, whose death occurred Friday, were consigned to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery Mon day afternoon. The funeral was very largely attended. The seivices were conducted by Rev. Lloyd W. Walter, pastor of Pine Street Lutheran church,to which the deceas ed belonged. Four sous and two grand sous acted as pall bearers: Jacob H., Daniel F., Edwin C. aud John W. Eyerly,Peter Sandel and Frank Bidle inan. The flowers were very beautiful. The following persons from out of tAwii attended the funeral: Mr. anil Mrs. 11. O. Saudol aud sou Peter, of West Hemlock township; Mr. aud Mrs. P. Eyerly, of Espy; Mrs. M. R Eyerly and Clark Eyerly, of Light Sfrpet; Mas. Abel Delly, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. John Gray, Mrs. George Ringler, jfr. and Mrs. C. H. Guutou, William Keefer, William Bidleman, Charles rtiruwahl, Edward Eyerly, Michael Eyerly,Mrs. Flank Eyerly,of Blooms burg; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Allen, of Milfoti; Mrs. Charles Oetkin and daughter Florence, of Ceutralia, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Getkin.of Sunbur.v ; Clark Boers and daughter Lucy, William Martin aud Miss Lizzie Mar ti)u 'Of Catawissa. Two selections were rendered with very impressive effect bv a quartette from the choir of the Pine Street i Lutheran church, consisting of Mrs. Pauses, Mrs. Johnson, J. W. Swartz, and A. H. Grone. One of the selec tions was entitled, "I would not Live Alway." the other was "Some Day the silver Oord will be Broken." Buy Presents Early. Christmas shoppers are urged to make their purchases early in the sea son, before the great holiday rusli comes on. This is wise for two reasons. First, one is not jostled and hurried and crowded, but can go about the task of making selections, confident that he will receive careful atteuton from the clerks. Secondly, there are large and unbroken stocks from which he can chose such articles as are most satis factory to himself. Thus the early buyer has a great ad vantage over those who delay making their holiday purchases until the last thing, and no one is made to realize this fact more thoroughly than the de linquents.. the remnants of once complete stocks-left,and not very much more, and are compelled to take w hat they cau get, which same they usually do with much grumbling. Now is the best time to buy articleH that you intend to use as gifts, and j the sooner you get about it the better j for you. Regular prices prevail, and i the clerks are all attention. Better j bargains prevail than you can obtain ! later. They will be found at the many excellent stores that advertise in the Morning News,and if you do not land HOIUB of them it will be the fault of no ono but yourself. NO USE. Professor 11. A. Surface, State ologist, affirms in his recently publish ed book on the snakes of Pennsylvania that "it-is a remarkable fact that in some parts of this State the oil of snakes has a vory high commerioai value tor its supposed curative qual ities." "This,"he says, "is founded on superstition." Perhaps it is, but the scientific gentlemen may talk uu til they aie speechless and the belief of the common people will not he af fected. WILL 1 BOARDS BE POSTED? It was learned at the office of the county commissioners Saturday that the large boards setting forth the new rules relating to speed ou the river bridge will be posted early this week. It was explained that the delay in in stalling the boards was not dne to any desire to recede fiom the ]>osition tak en, butAvas caused by some alteration necessary in the lettering and the high wind prevailing during the last tew days. 5 Meanwhile not a few of those who drive the bridge daily have had their heads together and openly deolare their intention of resisting the meas ure as uncalled for and unreasonable. One of these, a gentleman who is not likely to recede from a position of the kind when ouce assumed, 011 Saturday expressed himself in terms that could not be misunderstood. To begin with he ventured the prediction that the boards would never bo installed. At all events the warning would be un heeded. Nothing could be more absurd and unjust as this gentleman viewed it. 111 the first place, he said, the State built the two counties a ponderous iron bridge that would carry a freight train. A trolley company has been granted permission to use the bridge and it runs its cars at high speed. Automobiles may run at the rate of ten miles an hour, but the man with a light vehicle is obliged to walk his horse. Few liorsea trot across the bridge at a rate of speed as great as ten miles per hour. These persons who take exoeptiou to the new rules agree that the speeding of horses and the fast running of au tomobiles on the bridge should be pro hibited, but they strenuously object to rules so sweeping as those which have been adopted by the county com missioners. The river bridge is a bleaky place ill winter, exposed to winds of frigiil tempeiaturo that sweep with fearful velocity up the river, and to be obliged to walk a horse in cross ing, to say nothing of the unwarrant ed loss of time, would bo to entail up on those who daily or frequently drive the long bridge a vast amount of dis oomfort. if not positive suffering, which might easily result in illness. Election in Fire Department. The annual election ol the Danville tile department for chief and four as sistants took place Saturday evening between the hours oft! and 8 at the Continental hose house, and resulted in the election of John Tooey, chief and Wlliiam Sliultz. (irst assistant. There was no contest for the office of chief. The office is given to each company in turn, and this year the selection was made from the Contin ental. There were 1(57 votes cast for Mr. Tooey. The contest iu Saturday night's election was for the positions of first, second and third assistants. Each company mado one nomination and the precedence of the nominees was determined by the number of votes received, the nominee from the Third ward, however, taking fourth place. The assistants were voted tor aud elected as follows : First assistant, William Shultz.Good Will, 7-4; second assistant, Harry T. Rupp, Friendship, 58; third assistant, Harry Long, Washington, 82; fourth assistant, Thomas Grimes, Continen tal. Appointed Pump Erector. ~ John C. Heddens, son of our towns man, William M. Hoddens, has just received an appointment in the de partment of public works in Philadel phia. He entered the competitive ex amination for the position of pump erector and won the highest average— -91 per cent—in a class of eighty-five. Only eight applicants passed the ex amination. Mr. Heddens won out by one per cent., the next man having 9J per cent. Mr. Heddens has already been form ally appointed and next week will re port to Cassius E. Gillette,Esq., chief of the bureau of filtration for instruc tions and assignment of duty. Mr. Heddens learned the trade of machinst in the machine shop con nected with the big mill in this city under Peter J. Adams and others. He was always studiously inclined and as is shown by his successful examina tion very proficient as a machinist. He went to Philadelphia about seven years Rgo- Repairs on Church Resumed, j The extensive repairs, on the Straw- 1 berry Ridge Reformed church, which J were begun in the summer and which ' were discontinued on account of the j laok of help, have again been taken jup and will be pushed to completion i as rapidly as possible. I It is the inteution to thoroughly re ! novate the building. Among other im ' provements that will be made will be tfie installation of a new bell,repaint ing and re papering the interior, rear ranging the seats,the erection of a new vestibule and the placing of a new roof. Work on the iiupovenients waß begun this week and as the church on next Sunday will not be in condition for occupation,service will be held in the Strawberry Ridge grange hall at 10 o'olock by the pastor, Rev. W. .T. Kohler. The last session of the flfty-uiuth oongrttss promises to do thiuga. "TLKDOKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO t-TRKRTT AJTD LAW—SO WAV OB SWATH US ABB M FBAB BHAI.L A*l* DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 190(5. ELKS' MCE OF SORROW ■ The Bloomsburg opera house Sun* ] 0 members accompanied by some 50 guests, wont to Bloomsburg on a speci al Danville and Bloomsburg car. The program was as follows: ORDER Of SERVICE. Processional, "War March of the Priests," Mendelssohu, LaTonrrette's Orchestra. Overture, "Bohemian liirl, ' Balfe. Orchestra. Opening Cereuiouy, Bloomsburg Lodge, No. 486, assisted by Orusnde Oommandery Quartet, R. F. Oolley, E. H. Euf, A. N. Yoat, O. H. Vetter. OPENING ODE. Great Ruler of the Universe, All-seeing and benign. Look down upon and bless our work, And be all glory thine. Oil, hear our prayers for the honored dead, While bearing In our minds The memories graven on each heart For "Auld Lang Syne." Prayer, Rev. J. W. Diggles, (St. Paul's Episcopal Ohurch. Solo, "Tantum Ergo," Millard, Mrs. Oora Post Keatley, Shickshinny. Selection, Orusade Oommandery Quartet. Eulogy, Hon. John G. McHenry, No. 486. Orchestra Selection, (a), Sacrea In termezzo, "Trinity," (bl, Sacred In tormezzo, "Uupidietta," Tobaui. Solo, "O, Divine Redeemer," Gou nod, Miss Rosa E. Vollrath, Blooms burg S. N. S. Memorial Address, Hon. John H. Bigelow, Hazleton No. 200. Solo,'' One Sweetly Solemn Thought,'' Zabriskie. Mrs. Cora Post Keatley. Solo, Selected, Walter Russell, of Danville. Orchestra Selection, Andante from "Surprise Symphony," Haydn Closing Ceremony, Danville Lodge, No. 754. Audience join in singing, "Nearer My God to Thee. " Benediction, Rev. J. W. Diggles. Recessional, "March Pontiflcale," Gounod. The officers of Danville lodge, No. 754, are as follows: Exalted Ruler, W. W. Gulick; Es teemed Leading Knight, PaulL. And rews; Esteemed Loyal Knight, Simon Ellenbogen; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Scott Eves; Secretary, Ed ward Purpur; Treasurer, Ralph Kisu er; Tiler,.!. Beaver Gearliart; Esquire, Arthur Auiesbnry; Inner Guard, Wil liam Ellenbogen; Chaplain, Thomas Vincent; Trustees, Charles Snyder, J. \\'. Robisou. John F. Tooley. The officers of Ploomsbtirg, No. are as follows: Exalted Ruler, Charles M. Evans; Esteemed Leading Knight, Christian A. Small; Esteemed Loyal Knight, William Clirisman; Esteemed Lectur ing Knight, Gerald Gross ; Secretary, Charles B. Ent; Treasurer, F. D. Den tler; Tiler, W. Clark Sloan; Esquire, Anthony Meuzbach ; Inner Guard, And rew Evans; Chaplain, L. H. Tooley; Trustees, John G. Harman.J. H. Cole man, John Gross. COMMITTEE ON MEMORIAL SER VICE. Christian A. Small, J. Gere Jayue, Charles E. Randall, W. Clark Sloan, H. J. Acheubach, Charles M. Evans. The members of the lodges who pass ed away during the laßt year were : Danville,N. S. Harris, John L. Evans; Bloomsbuig, Clemuel Beishline, An thony GolemblUßki, W. T. Huntzlnger, Dr. W. H. Purman, Stewart A. Ash. Entertained at Supper. Landlord William Spade entertained a number of hia friends at a bauson peffer banquet on Tuesday evening at hotel Trainor. The occasion, which was consum mated iu Mr. Spade's usual elaborate and hospitable manner, was most en joyable. The banquet room was elab orately decorated for the affair with red, white aud blue bunting aud flags. Mr. Spade's guests were: Mr. aud Mrs. Augustus Bachinger, Mr. aud Mrs. George Bachinger, Mr. aud Mrs. Grant Aten, Messrs. Simou K. Hoff man. Thomas G. Vincent. Horace C. Blue.W. Kase West, Samuel Johnston, Clarence Haupt, Theodore Hoffman. Jr., Walter O. Greene, J. C. Peifer, H. N. Lyon, William O'Blosser, Thomson Jenkins, Isaac Sweitzer and John Jenkins. A POINTKH. Lehigh Valley trainmen who hud been arrested and fined in Wilkes- Barro for obstructing the crossings re ceived cold comfort when they appeal ed to the company to pay their fines, according to a dispatch from Wilkes- Barro. The officials told them they would have to pay their own flues, as ! they were supposed 10 arrange their work so that the trains will not block the crossings and interfere with the olty's traffic. has con PROCEEDINGS j A habeas corpus proceeding of much interest took place before couit Mon. | day the relator beiug William E. Pensyl, who is couflued iu jail charg- i ed with being implicated in the at ! tempt n ade about a month ago to de- I fraud J. M. Vought, „of May berry j township, out of a horse. Pensyl con tended tiiat Justice of the Peace J. W. Gearhart, of ay berry township, nu der the testimony was not justified in holding him for court. The habeas corpus proceeding, however, brought out evidence of a very positive nature and Pennsyl was held to answer for conspiracy. In default of one thousand dollars bail he was remanded to jail. His Honor Judge Evans and associ ates Blee and Wagner were on the bench. District Attorney Gearhart was opposod by William Kase West and Charles V. Amerman as attorneys for the relator. The first witness called was J. Mad ison Vought, of whom the horae was fraudulently obtatined.Hesaid Pensyl brought Tate, alais Ethworth, and Dunmoyer to Vought's farm, repre senting them as friends of his aud as business men of Sunburv, explaining that he frequently transacted business with them. On the strength of this representation by Pensyl Mr. Vought sold them one of his best horses for $l7O and iu payment took Eth worth's check, which was later found to he | bogus. O. H. Vought,son of the prosecutor, i being sworn, corroborated his fath- ! er's testimony. William Taby, the constable who | effected the arrest of the three men ; implicated in the affair, was a wit- J uess. He told the story of the horse's recovery and subsequently of the ar rest. When Eth worth (or Tate) and j Dunmoyer were accused of being horse j thieves, tlie constable said, they lost j no time in getting ont of the neigh borhood. They tied so precipitately | that they left the horse standing in ' the road Each of the witnesses felt convinced | that the two men never were in busi ness in Sunbury, as represented by | Pensyl. Each witness was subjected to a j searching cross examination by Pen syl's attorneys with the hope of show- I ing that ho was altogether an innocent ' party, who had been hired by Tate and ■ Dunmoyer to drive them over to Mr. Vought's. Each witness, however, . held firmly to his testimony. It seemed to take the court only a minute to decide after the testimony • closed, Judge Evans auuouuciug that' they would require the defendant to enter into bail in one thousand dol- , Jars for his appearance at next term of court to auswer for conspiracy. In de fault of bail he was remanded to jail. Would Have Good Results. State Highway Commissioner Hunt er advises road supervisors to organize as school directors are now organized in the several counties in the State; If the supervisors in each county were to organize and hold frequent meetings there is little doubt that the result of their consultations and conferences would be beneficial to the public road improvement movement. School di rectors find it profitable to hold meet ings at least once a year at which the interests of the schools are discussed. That better roads would result from the orgauization of road supervisors there is not the least doubt. Of course the improvement would depend upou the ctiaracter of the men who should be chosen for supervisors, but with an organization such as that which is suggested the useless members of the board would be weeded out and ouly those who are active and energetic would be asked to serve as supervis ors. With an organization of this kind in Montour county the supervisors iu the ! soveral townships could get together ' and discuss questions relating to the j public roads, exchange views as to the j best methods of improving the high- j ways aud plan for work which would j in a few years bring about a decided aud much needed change in the man- , ner of repairing the roads. An organ ization of this character iu Mi is coun ty would aid very materially in ad vancing the good roads idea in the several townships. Appointed Supervisor. On the petitiou of W. Boyd Mooro aud L. C. Shultz, supervisors of West Hemlock township, Judge C. C. Evans has appointed Paul Mansteller, an elector of West Hemlock township, to serve on the board of supervisors of' tlie above township, vice A. D. Cross-; ley, resigned. Mr. Crossley has recent ly removed to New York City. Here and There. Two well-dressed womeu of Pittston I were sent to the Lackawanna county 1 jail for three months 011 Monday.They had been arrested for shoplifting in ! Scrauton stores. They wept when ! sentence was imposed. Attending Institute. j \uioug the visitors atthecouutv in stitute yesterdav was Judge Mayuard .1. Phillips, of Muncy Valley, known prominently as one of the school book i 1 men of this section, who is apt to turn up about institute time. Judge Phil ; i lips is a jolly compauionable fellow < and has a multitude of friends among ' teachers and school directors. PERSONAL ij PARAGRAPHS 1 Mrs. Walter Cook, of Camden, New Jersey, and Mrs. Lewis Lee,sons Rob ert aud William,of Philadelphia, have returned home after a visit at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. T. W. Snyder, Spring ntreet. Mrs. Charles Jones aud sou Law rence are visiting friends in Philadel phia aud New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Heddeus and 1 sou, of Washingtouville, were visitors in this city yesterday. Charles N. Heudershot left Satur , day for Berwick, where he has accept ed a position as night watchman at the mill of the U. S. Lumbei com pany. Mrs George D. Edmoudsou left yes terday for a visit, with friends iu Philadelphia aud Alleutown. Mrs. John Welgold, First street, is visiting friends in Milton. Mrs. Jasper Perry left yesterday for a visit with friends iu Milton. Mrs. Jacob Fisher and daughter Miss Clara spent yesterday with frieuds iu Sunbury. Miss Sue Ellis, ot Ottawa, is visit ing at the home of her aunt, Mrs. James S. Ellis, at Exchange. Harry Renuer aud George Wolf re- Lewisburg yesterday after a visit witli Miss Goldie Mockeuheim, Mill street. sterilizing Filter Tubs. The filter tubs at the water works | are this week undergoing steriliza tion, an exceedingly interesting pro , cess, to which they are subjected at j least once a year. Two tubs were com ; pleted by Tuesday evening and yes ! terdav work on the third one beguu. It may not be generally known that I in the bottom of each of the immense I tabs lies a layer of crushed quartz or | sand four and a half feet thick. Nat -1 11 rally in the process of many months ! this material becomes impure, very | rusty in color and not above suspicion of harboring bacteria, while owing to its condition alum will not properly I adhere to it aud the efficacy of the ! plant is much impaired. ! The material used in the tubs is ! quite expensive,otherwise when it be | comes impaired by uso it i thrown out aud new material substit i uted. It is much cheaper to subject it ; to the process of cleaning. One tub *s taken at a time. Seventy j live pounds of caustic soda are placed ion the filter bed, then steam under 80 pounds pressure is turned on. The cou ; tents of the tub is boiled from 24 to 80 I hours. It is then permitted to cool gradually so that uo injury may result to the flue mechanism of the tub. 1 Next comes the process of washing the filter bed to remove the soda, the dirt aud other particles dislodged by the boiling. A heavy stream of water under a 100-pound pressuro is turned ou the bed washing it for % of an hour. This leaves the sand clean aud pure as when new. The revolving rakes do not reach within a foot of the bottom of the filter bed, but the sand is carefully shovoled arouud, so that every particle is thoroughly agit ated and washed. About two mouths ago the reservoir was thoroughly cleaned so that the sterilization of the filter tubs removes the last obstacle in the way of abso lutely puro water. All of which shows that great care is taken of the filter plant and that those who have charge of the water works are determined to see to it that the borough has pure water. Some Very Old Relics. Mrs. James Heudershot, West Hem lock township, has iu her possession some very old and interesting family relics. Among them is her grand father's wedding vest which is. well over a hundred years old. It is cut iu the 1 quaint stylo of those olden times. The ' material is black satin, with a straight; j front aud stand up collar. Mrs. Hen- . j dershot also has her graudmother's ' i wedding shawl, a quaint white silk o rape, hand embroidered affair. It was the style in those days for a bride to wear a white cap. and Mrs. Heuder shot has the cap that her grandmother wore when she WHS married! Among other possessions that Mrs. Heudershot prizes are a set of silver tea spoons that have been in use in her famliy /or over a hundred years. Old Bills of Lading. William fCnapp, is the possessor of two old bills of lading which he al lowed au Intelligencer reporter to ' view yesterday. The documents are relics of the days wl.eu the canal was ' 1 the principal common carrier that had entered Danville. One of the bills is dated July 19th, 1855, aud contains a memorandum of the Montour Iron company, of this 1 city, which was shipping 154 rails on the"Go Ahead", to the Allegheny • Valley R. R. company. 1 The other document is from the firm » or A. G. Cattell & Co., of Philadel phia, and is dated Nov. 29th., 1814, and contains a number, of separate shipments to Danville people, among • theui being 12 sacks of salt to Peter 1 Baldy, Sr., a piano to O. B. liallord u aud a chair to Chalfaut & Hughes. A feature of the documents that n strikes a humorous chord is the clause, I- inserted in both,that the parlies agree ,v to deliver the goods entrusted to their g care ou the caual, "the dangers of the seas ouly excepted." REPAIRS OR RICE OFMRER The agitation relating to the ap proach to the river bridge on the South side seems to have borne some fruit; at least, a remedy i* being oipplied, which while not bringing about the construction of the retaining walls will nevertheless improve conditions very much. The Pennsylvania railroad company has come to the rescue. It has agreed to furnish free of cost all the lirae stoue needed to construct a fine maca dam roadway the entire distance from the river bridge to the freight house below the station, provided Gearhart township will do the hauling. It is hardly necessary to add that the town ship has decided to accept the prop osition. As a matter of fact it has al ready taken hold of the work. The Pennsylvania railroad company has fixed no limit to the quantity of crushed stone that it agrees to fur nish. Already three car loads have ar rived at South Danville and there is more coming. The material consists of limestone or something that closely resembles it broken up into regulation size aud is the same material that is used by the company for ballasting its track. It is shipped from the yards of the Susquehanna Stone company at Georgetown, where the railroad com pany gets all or a I q iaiftity of the stone it uses for ballast. Gearhart township had two teams hauling yesterday ami more will prob ably be employed today. By last even ing a fair beginning was made at the Work on the approach to the bridge. The course of crushed stone hero as far as the roadway is finished is two feet thick, which raises the approach nearly to a level with the trolley track. Practically the same thickness will be applied from the bridge to Haz leton Avenue, as the street is known that leads from Peter Berger's corner down to the station. The entire width Of the last named •street will be covered with a coarse of limestone eighteen inches thick from the corner down to the freight house. Before the stone can be applied the track of the Dauville and Sunbury street railway, which now at some places is nearly concealed will have to be raided to conform with the im provement. Over the entire distaneo a course of limestone screenings three inches thick will be applied, which will make the surface smootli and will add to the durability of the road. The screenings to bo used were brought to South Dan ville a year or more ago to_ be used in repairing roads about the station. Road improvement, however, was never taken up and the screenings have lain on a large pile below the station where they were unloaded from the cars. State Demonstrator at Work. A. W. Stephens, the Stato San Jose scale inspector, who is at present work ing in this county, lias nearly complet ed his demonstrations, and by next Thursday will have finished his sched ule. Yesterday afternoon he gave a de monstration at the farm of J. I'. Mowrer, at Strawberry Ridge, before the largest number that has as yet at tended a demonstration in this coun ty, 25 being present. In a conversation yesterday Mr. Stephens stated that the first two or three of the demonstrations, which were held in the western part of the county, were poorly attended. This lie attributes to the fact that in the part of the county where these first demon strations were given, there are not as many fruit trees as in the section where he is now working. Ho says that as soon as lie tegau to hold de monstrations in the uortliern end of the county the attendance began to in crease. In the northern end of the county,among the hills,there are more fruit trees and the farmers are natur ally more interested in any measures that will save their trees from the de struction that the spread of the San ; Jose scale threatens The inspection made recently, and uow the series of demonstrations that are being given by Mr. Stephens are the first real work that has been done by the State in Montour county, and it is not the intention to allow the good work to stop there. Mr. Stephens states that if at each demonstration two f&rtners can be induced to spray their trees, he will feel satisfied with his work, for if but two persons will use the spray conscientiously they will be so pleased with the results that their recommendation will soon in duce other farmers to nee the same methods. After Mr. Stephens finishes with his demonstrations ho intends to spend some time in Mayberry township. The demonstrations that Mr. Steph ens has still to conduct are as fol lows : Thursday, December ti, at Frank Miller's, 2 miles S. W. from Washing tdnville. Friday, December 7, at Mrs. F. P. Appleiuau's,4 miles N. from Danville. Tuesday, December 11, at Kichard K Rogers, mile N. from Hendrick son's church. Wednesday, December 12, at Cyrus Styer's 6>£ miles N. E. from Danville. Thursday, December 18, at John J. Johnson's 2)6 miles E.froni Mausdale. Mr. Stephens Is also trying to ar range a demonstration nearer Danville, if & suitable place can be procured B fll THEJSTIIE Music was an especially attractive feature at institute Tuesday morn ing. Miss Finnigan rendered a piano solo with very pleasing effect, after which J. J. Newman rendered a vocal solo, "The Armorer's Song" from the Opera of Robmhood. Mr. Newman is uu accomplished vocalist and by his artistic performance yesterday he cap tured the fancy of the teachers and he was vociferously encored. He was ac companied by Miss May Books, one of Danville's most accomplished piauists, whose exquisite playing itself was a feature. In the absence of Rev. John Sherman, who was down ou the pro gram for chapel, Borough Superintend ent Gordy conducted devotional ex eroises. The two addresses Tuesday morn ing were of especial interest. The first period was occupied by Professor T. S. Lowden, of Worcester, Mass., who resumed his subject of"The Teach ers' Health." The speaker took np the idiomatic health greetings of the leading nations of the world, applying each to show what habits in every day life are injurious or beneficial to the general health. The German greeting is: "How do you find yourself?" The Frenoh ask : "How do you carry yourself?" The Italian health greeting is : "How do you staud?" The Ohiuese inquire: "How have you eaten your rice?", while the little Japanese propounds the odd inquiry: "How do you breathe this morning?" Iu developing the notion cf each of these health greetings the speaker showed that it is a matter of vital con cern as to whether a person is correct in his habits of walking—whether he "carries" himself properly or not; whether he "stands" correctly ; wheth er he "eats" properly or "breathes" rightlv. In conclusion Professor Lowdeu dwelt on the influence of the teacher's voice on the health of the latter, as well as its influence oil the discipline of the school. As a member of the faculty in the department of philosophy and educa tion in Clark's university, Worcester, Mass., Professor Lowdeu for three years has pursued investigations on the subject of health. For a longer period he has been interested in the subject of insanity and lias examined into hundreds of individual cases in the insane asylums of Massachusetts. The second period of the forenoon was occupied bit' Dr. D. .T. Waller, president of the Kloomsburg State Normal School. He prefaced his ad dress with some kiud remarks relating to Dauville and the Montour county institute. His most pleasant recollec tions of institute work, he said, are associated with Montour connty, where he labored as institute iustructor in the past. The address dwelt principally on the elements of power, which should exist in the teacher in order to make the school room an agency to bring about the fullest meutal and moral de velopment of the pupil. Tluse elem ents are latent and not obvious; they are often complex in their nature. It is a power that should enable a teach er to maiutaiu in the pupil that faith which naturally abides in the child. The pupils to begin with believes the teacher, like its parents is able to guido and is willing to be guided. Thore are many things, however, that may come as a rude shock to break that faith. Dr Waller next enumerated the ele ments that goto preserve that faith in the teaoher which naturally abides in the child. these is personal cleanliness, the absence of which will bo a rude shock to a pupil brought up in a home of taste and refinement and will be sure to lower the teacher in the esteem of the community. Just as essential is the habit of personal neat ness, which is an evidence of good judgment aud good taste and if absent will weaken the respect of the pnpils. Voice, utterance and choice of expres sions play an important part; a single mispronunciation will do wonders to weaken the confidence of the pupils in the teacher. In this connection the speaker held that the people of Pennsylvania do not use the votoels rightly and in a great measure destroy the pleasure of speech. In this respect southerners and the people of the New Euglaud States are far in advance of us. "Conviction—firm faith" Dr. Wall er said, is among the latent powers that will enable the teacher to main tain a firm hold on the pupils. There are certain great things in which we must believe, such as God,truth, just ice, righteousness and in these we, must daily reveal our faith. Among the other elements essential j to the teacher's full success is knowl- I edge, wliioh will convince the pupils j that the teacher is authority on what i she attompts to teach ; also a dosire to benefit pupils and a desire of good to ward them. This foeling some teach j ers seem to think is best expressed by j the practice of kissing all the pupils at the close of school. That sentiment which should exist in the school room is the kind that figures in love and philanthropy and is not expressed by a hug aud a kiss. It is the deep senti ment that induces men and women to sever ties with home anil oountrv and to labor in uncivilized lauds as mis sionaries An important latent power NUMBER V is ''achievement," which will con vince the pupils that when the teach* or sots out to do a thing it is going to be accomplished. So loug as the pupils trust the teacher they can be led auy where. The first and the last period of the afternoon were occupied by Dr. Wall er. Professor T. S. Lowden spoke on "Effective and Ineffective Teaching." O. C. Hitter rendered a vocal solo with Miss Ida Secliler at the piano. A piano duet was also rendered by Miss Viola Hishel and Pearl Fenstermaoher. The proceedings (.f the teachers' In stitute this year possess a general in terest. The attendance is uniformly good, among those present,in addition to practically the full complement of teachers, being a large number of our townspeople, who are not identified with the schools. The proceedings yes terday were especially flue, culminat ing with an address from the teachera' old favorite, Deputv State Superin tendent Henry Hounk. Mr. Houck occupied the very last period of the afternoon. His visit to Danville was the first in some ten years. The veteran instructor has aged considerably,but in spirit and manner he is as young as ever, his handshake is just as lunguetlc and his laugh has the old-time merry ring. The weloome accorded him by the teachers, who fre quently came in contact with him in the past, was a demonstrative one,and at the name time heart-felt and sin- lii liis address the deputy State sup reiutendout made 110 attempt to Im part instruction along any well defin ed line. His alk, however, was an old-fashioned,characteristic effort,ser ious and mirth producing by turns, which revealed the man's sympathetic nature, and his varied experiences In affairs that relate to the school room. The special music yesterday, as on Tuesday was a feature that added much to the pleasure of the institute. Edward Slioevlin rendered a piano solo. A vocal solo entitled, "Thora" was rendered by George Eggert. Miss Mary Jonkins rendered a piano solo, entitled,"Home Sweet Home," whioh pleased the teachers so much that the was encored. Daring the singing by the institute Will T. Suter accompani ed the piauo on the cornet. Professor T. S. Lowdeu oocupled two periods with his spirited and char acteristic talks. His theme in the fore uoou was, "Teaching Children to Think." He took a most advanced ground, holding to views which dash ed somewhat with prevailing ideas. His object was to show that the course of study in schools should be careful ly graded to conform with the gradual development of the child's mind. He deduced the principle that the child must have physical development, which implies braiu growth, before there can bo any moral or mental de velopment. This brain growth is not attained until about the age of twelve years. The employment of children in factories during this period of growth, the speaker held, is a crime against the child. It shuts the boy or girl off from the sunshine, the pure air, the freedom and play that belongs to that period of life and prevents brain growth, without which mental aud moral development is slow. Researches show that in England workmen increase in efficiency from the age of 18 to 31 years, from 81 to 40 years they seem to remain the same but after the latter age they deoline Very rapidly. It is shown that among the educated classes in the same coun try there is an increase in effloienoT to the age of 58 and there is no per ceptible decrease until the age of #5. The obvious conclusion is that un der the industrial conditions in Eng land the children of the working class es are obliged to labor at an early age aud thus their brain growth aud phy sical development is retarded with 111 effects that follow through life. The work of the school room should be suited to the age of the child. The child during the period of growth should bo given memory gems, spell ing and things purely mechanioal. Difficult problems, even those involv ing percentage aud interest are out of place during this period,although this is ouo respect in which many of our schools offend. Professor Lose, superintendent of the Williamsport schools, made his first appearance before the institute yesterday forenoon, his subject being, "Modern Tendencies in the Teaohing of Reading." Superintendent Lose has had twenty years' experience in sup ervising the work of teachers and lie brought to the institute some very practical ideas. During his talk he emphasized the importance of supplemetary reading in schools. As at present arranged in many districts from the first grade to the high school the child uses sixty different books. This gives the pupilß a good reading vocabulary— they learn to pronounce a large number of words —niauy moro than when confined to the regular series adoptded. In sup plementary reading the pupil becomes acquainted with the world's great masterpieces. Only good classioal lit erature is desirable for supplementary reading. Nature books and books on geography should not be selected for this purpose. The regular series of j reading books will always have a ; place in the course of study,as it is to these iliat the supplementary reading | must be graded up to. The speaker deplored that in so ' many iustauces there is no supple mentary reading in the rural shoools aud ventured the opinion that in ev ' ery instance the rural school boards (Continued on Fourth Page).