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*
] <lay afternoon was packed to the doors
' with some 800 people ou the occasion
'of the Elks' memorial service, con
ducted by Bloomsburg lodge, No. 186
and Danville lodge, No. 754.
To the solemnity and Impressive
: uess of the event was added the at
tractive beauty of a finely arranged
' and well rendered program. The
I stage of the Bloomsburg opera house
was profusely decorated for the occas
ion with palms and colored incandes
cent bulbs.
Danville lodge, No. 754 with about
!>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
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