Jjntelligciiccr Established In 1828. 3D. ATJ3T Xj-WTZ Editor and Proprietor DANVILLE, PA., JAN. 18, 1907. Published every Friday at Danville, the county neat of Montour county, Pa., at 91.00 a year In advance or 91.25 if not paid in ad vance; and no paper will l»e discontinued until all arrearage is paid, except at the option of the publisher. Kates of advertising made known on ap plication. Address all communications to THE INTBLLIGBNCEK, DANVILLE, PA. THE NPOLITI CAL PENDULUM The political pendulum is a delicate instrument, and no one knows it bet ter than the man who has made poli tics a life-long profession. It is swung by every breeze, no matter how light or seemingly insignficant that breeze may blow. The politician watches that peudulum as closely as a hawk watches a fat rooster upon which it hopes to make a midday meal. Incidents of national life that would ordinarily pass by unnoticed by the average person are taken by the professional politician and warped and distorted into "issues" of supreme importance to the country. The men who have "aspirations" in the poli tical line never let an opportunity pass to make political capital. That such a condition is unfortun ate, or that we are burdened with too many politicians of the pinliead class, is a fact that is patent to anybody who takes a lively interest in national aHairs. We have about reached that stage in our national life where one Representative or one Senator can block important legislation for weeks and months by raising or making an "issue" that at best really interests only a hundred or so of the voters whom he hopes to influence with his harangue. Everything that one of this class of politicians does is done with an eye singular to the effect that it will have upon the voters of the country in the event that he is "call ed" to lead his party in a national campaign and election, rather than the good or bad effect that it will have upon the country generally. Bills that are introduced in Congress are judged not from the stand point of merit or public good, but from the stand point of partisan, vote-getting politics. Indeed, the making of po litical capital and campaign thunder has become such an active industry ill the halls of Congress that its manu facture is not confined exclusively to the material that is offered in the various bills presented for Congress ional consideration and action. In cidents and events with which Con gress has little or nothing to do are dragged into the limelight through »}•?. ?pi?r political mill and ground into pieces fine and small enough to furnish every voter in the country a crumb of political comfort. The people may get tired of politics, but the politicians never do. The people had reason to expect something of this session of Congress, but as the days and weeks pass with practically nothing dene in the upper house, it begins to be apparent that C2rtain members of that body intend to do nothing but manufacture politi cal buncombe for the campaign two years hence. It's an oft year in poli tics everywhere except in Washing ton. There we have politics always, or rather we have politicians who seemingly don't know when the coun try is surfeifed with the article and who believe that their own political fortunes are of greater moment to the country than the most important leg islation ever offered. They won't let the political pendu lum remain stationary long enough for those Congressmen who have the interests of their constituents really at heart to do anything worth while. By and by—maybe—the political pendulum is going to swing back and knock some of these small-bore politi cians into the oblivion with which they should forever be enveloped. — ln his efiorts to acquire all the railroads of the country, Mr. Ilarri man was perhaps ouly trying to beat the Government to it. -—The railroads of the country don't seem to need a new system of signals half as much as they need a competent corps of signalers. — lt seems that we will have trouble over those Indian lands as long as we have Indians and lands. The "grafter" these days thinks the "good Indian" is the lauded In dian. — Judging frim the attitude of nearly every legislature that has ex pressed itself this year, King Booze is a decidedly unpopular individual, but King Boodle still gets a glad hand once in a while. — ln attempting to reform Wash ington, Aunt Carrie Nation has tack led a hard job sure enough, but it is hoped she won't find it necessary to whet her hatchet on Washington's mortuinent every morning. — Franc*: urging little Japan to goto war somehow or other reminds one of that old story about the mon key urging the cat" to let him have the use of her paw while he raked a few roasted chestnuts from the fire. — lt would appear, from the inter pretation placed upon our wonderful primary election law, as if a man simply had to be a candidate, whether lie wanted to be or not, if a sufficient number of his friends filed a certifi cate to that effect. Down in Phila delphia the County Commissioners give the unwilling citizen fortyeight hours to escape, but not so in Montour. Here if a certificate is filed the candi date is in for it, willing or unwilling. It is certainly a queer law, rendered additionally queer by a peculiar inter pretation. ( MONEY IS KING. The Pennsylvania railroad manage ment announces a need of obtaining two hundred millions, half in stools and half in bonds, in addition to its present investment, making a total of five hundred millions of stock and nearly three hundred millions of bonds, an aggregate which would have been startling a little while ago, but in this age of thousand mil lions corporations isMiot remarkable. The Pennsylvania railroad was taken by President Cassatt into a new and rapid gait, which he deemed to be needful in these fast times to keep it in the forefront; and there is abundant reason to believe that the changing conditions called for the pace. The other great railroad com panies started to swell and to com bine in a manner that has made the fashion, and calls for the abolition of the little fellows, and requires the big ones to do fast work in the game of grab so vigorously inaugu rated. To stay in this game there has been lately demand from all directions for additions of hundreds of millions of capital; and the people who have money to lend have the comfortable assurance of profitable demand for it for a Jong time to come. The day of low interest has evidently passed for a season, and money is king. Maybe when Congress gets to work upon the report of these gay and rapid railroad dances there may be an end shown to the tremendous pace; until then we may profitably hold our hands amid our wonder. —A MORE or less distinguished theorist, having nothing else to do, has figured it out that the decadence of the mother-in-law joke is due to the fact that there are less mothers-in law now than there used to be. Whether he is right or not, it is an indisputable fact that most any kind of a mother-in-law is more sensible than the jokes perpetrated about her. — ALTHOTGJI the city of New York covers an area of about twenty-two square miles, and we are accustomed to think it is all densely built over, such is really not the case. During the past five years 1 (i, 1 58 flat houses were built, providing homes for near ly six hundred thousand people. The cost of these buildings alone was §390,000,000, while the land on which they stand was itself worth twice that sum. The investment to house caeli individual dweller was 31,710. If eai)h renter had paid, on an average, ten per cent, oil the cost of housing him his rent would have been about 8171. And yet, with all this building going on, the city's area is not yet built up, but there are still many vacant lots for future dwellers to build upon. What Women Really Want. Resenting the claim that women and need to lie emancipated, Bishop Staug declared at a meeting of the Catholic Union in Boston, recently, that the question now being put bv various phases of socialism as to what shall be the position of woman is bas ed on the false assumption that up to HOW she has been deprived of the chance of developing and utilizing her faculties of soul and body. Insisting that good women wish only to love and obey, the bishop considers spas modic declarations of woman's inde pendence as a moral epidemic border ing on insanity. lie fears that it is only the female ot the modern culture, as she is called, with her head cram med full of undigested knowledge and her heart blinded by man who cannot understand woman's lofty aspira tions—she who cannot find the right sort of man to appreciate her. Con fidence marks the prelate's belief that the true Christian women of the land—the anxious mothers, the af fectionate daughters and the sweet sisters—those guardian angels of our homes and cheerful companions of our life—prefer to remain as God made them—women. Knowing (rod's order in society, they cheerfully and willingly submit to the firm and wise direction of man. The great church man finds the cause of woman's dis satisfaction in the unworthy conduct of so many men—in the rapidly in creasing number of male loafers aud volunteer bachelors. The good bishop is not far wrong when he says that what the world needs most is strong Christians, who are willing to use their brains and muscles to pro vide for women, and when this is done, the woman's question and the great social question are solved, for then women will leave public life and return to the happy home.— Brockton (Mass.) Times. Those Pert Paragraphers. Arkansas has begun sending State legislators to jail for bribery, and if all is true that is told, the next session of the legislatuie will adjourn to the penitentiary.—Philadelphia 1 nquirer. The estimate that 850,000,000 more wages will be paid out in this c mil try in 1907 than were paid in 1900 indicates that labor will cut something of a melon, too.—Philadel phia Inquirer. As there are difficulties in the way of his issuing another yachting chal lenge, how would Sir Thomas like to take on the American nation for a bit of ago at roller skating?— Chicago News. This is an Osier administration. The ne.v chief of the bureau of yards and docks in the Navy Department has been iu the service only eight years, and jumps 11 seniors.—Phila delphia Record. A Connecticut baker has produced the "Uucle Joe Cannon custard pie." A little crusty as to outward appear ance, perhaps, but all to the good so far as the heart of it is concerned.— Washington Herald. Free magazine, worth ten cents, with every copy of THE PHILA DELPHIA SUNDAY P 11 ESS, every week. Pest magazine publish ed—stories, pictures verse. Famous contributors. Get THE I' HESS every day—you get all that's worth having. New Stats Capitol, Sean From the West. GREAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT i Extension of Capitol Grounds at Harrlsburg a Prime Necessity, j MUST BE NOW OR NEVER Opportunity to Secure Proper Setting For Splendid State Houss Will , Never Come Again. Harrisburg, Jan. 15. During the present week a bill will be Introduced In the upper house of the state legis lature by Senator John E. Fox to pro vide for the enlargement of the grounds surrounding the new state eapitol by clearing off all the buildings In the section lying between the pres ent eapitol grounds and the Pennsyl- j vania railroad and extending from j Walnut street on the south to North street on the north. This tract which contains about 14 J acres of land, exclusive of the streets which intersect it. will more than double the site of the park. More than GO,OOO persons, since the \ eapitol was dedicated in the presence of the president of the United States j on October 4 last, have come to Har risburg to see it. It is safe to say that not one of these 60,000 men nnd women from all parts of the commonwealth failed no note j that the grounds surrounding it are j inadequate for the magnificent eapitol which has cost the people of Pennsyl vania about $13,000,000. Whether the capitol has cost too much and whether the money has honestly and providently expended are questions that will be determined offi cially during Governor Stuart's admin istration. But whatever way those questions are answered, the fact re mains that Pennsylvania has the most beautiful, the most dignified, the most magnificent state capitol, externally and internally, of any state in the Union. The people who are acquainted with the conditions in Harrisburg, un derstand that if the new capitol is ever to have a proper setting In grounds commensurate with and worthy of the building and of the great commonwealth containing 74)00,000 people to whom this building belongs, now is the time to secure it. The territory which it is prosposed to take is covered, generally speaking, is estimated to acquire the whole sec tion, clear it of buildings, will cost not more than $1,500,000; but these condi tions will not continue. The land lies adjacent to the main tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad, and if the state not take the property it is Inevitable that in a very short time it will be built up with great \s rehouses and extensive manu factories. Then the opportunity to secure It will be gone forever and Pennsylvania's splendid capitol will be absolutely shut off from view from tlie east as Phila delphia's $25,000,000 city hall Is now hemmed In. shut off and dwarfed by great buildings. Millions of passengers pass through Harrisburg every year on the Pennsyl- vania railroad without leaving the cars to walk about the city. If the pro posed extension of capitol park is made they can all get a splendid view of the magnificent capitol as they pass through on the train. You readers, practically all of whom will pass through the capital city some day, do you want to get a fair, com prehensive view of the state house that has cost the people $1.1,000,000 as you pass, or do you want to catch a glimpse of it through some narrow, Turner's Alley; Characteristic View of the Section It is Proposed to Take For the Enlargement of Capitol Park squalid alley, such as Is shown In th ' accompanying picture, which Is fairly characteristic of the whole section which it is proposed to clear off and make Into an extension of the park? Fcrty years ago Philadelphia could havs secured a setting for its city hall from 15th street on the west to 13th ( reel on the east, and from Arch street on the north to Chestnut street on the south, for a comparatively small sum of money. Probably $50,000,000 could not buy it now. Seventy-five yea»s ago the whole sec tion lying between the present capitol park In Harrisburg and the Susque hanna river- which. If cleared of all buildings, and it contained the finest residences and most magnificent churches in the capitol, could not now be bought foV less than $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 —was offered to the state au thorities for $35,000. Our forefathers, in their blindness, thought the price was more than the state could afford to payf If we neglect the great opportunity now offered to secure the land on the other side of the capitol, when It can bo bought for a very moderate sum, we shall commit as great a blunder as the state authorities did 75 years ago. A bill similar to that which will be introduced by Senator Fox this week was introduced in the legislature of 1905, and passed the sena f ,e unani mously. The lieutenant governor of the state, the president pro tem. of the senate, the speaker of the* house, and many of tho leading memlers of | bofti houses, at a put) He me#Wng, ne clared themselves at that time enthu siastically in favor of the measure. It would undoubtedly have passed tho house without a dissenting voice as it passed the senate, had the word not gone out just before it was ex pected the bill would come up in the liouce that the auditor general doubt ed whether the funds in the treasury would be sufficient to meet the require ments of the schools and all the char itable and penal institutions, asylums, hospitals and colleges, and the other regular expenses of government, and leave enough to provide for the en largement of the capltol park. The event proved that the auditor general was mistaken; a magnificent surplus was left in the treasury, and it has been gradually growing ever since. The revenues of the state were never so great as now. There are and will bo ample funds to meet this ex penditure and all other legitimate ex penses of every kind. Moreover, the money will not all have to be expended in one year, but will run over a period of three or four years, as It will take at least that length of time to acquire the grounds, clear them ofT, c hange" the lines of the streets and transform this now rather unsightly section into a magnificent extension of capltol park. All should remember that this im provement will be made by a commis sion to be appointed by Edwin S. Stu art. whom the people last fall, having confidence in his patriotism and high purpose, elected to the great office of governor. This commission will not be made up of citizens of Harrisburg, but will be selected by the governor from the sections of the state where he can find men best suited for the duties. None of the money will be required this year, as the commission cannot, under t lie most favorable circumstances, more than fairly start the work. All that can be done during the next 32 months will be for the 'legislature to pass the bill, the governor to select the members of the commission and for the commission to get the matter fairly under way. The money required for this pur poso will not in any way encroach upon the appropriation for schools or good roads, the maintenance of all state and semi-state charitable and correctloiiary institutions, the proper conduct of the state government or any ' r»tl\er proper enterprise that the legis- J lature in its wisdom shall determine , upon. This is an improvement which every —-dnt4i uUuuld work fop. and it may be confidently averted that every citizrn who is acquninted with the situation will earnestly advocate I if;. | Collector £ I Cupid " By ESTHER HARNDIN | Copyright* lOfft, by P. C. Eastmont Peggy Hall sat among her shattered household idols and wept. The particular idol which she hail elected to moisten with bitter tears was a small desk of mission wood, around which had centered her happy house hold Interests. llow she had kept her -accounts, calculating with infinite pains her steadily reduced living ex penses! Ami she had written to the little town in New England letters which fairly brimmed with the content ment she had found in her life in the bustling city which would have terri fied most girls from her native village. l or she had been content—nay, more, she had been happy. She had done her I est, too, to make things move smoothly, but now— No, she would not say that she hated Kit and Lucy, but she did think they were playing a very small part. Then she dried her eyes, pulled out her bank book and a sheet of blank paper and began to figure. At the end of fivo minutes down went her head again, and this time a sheet of paper sprin kled all over with relentless figures re ceived the flood of tears. Perhaps at tills time Kit and Lucy, who worked in the suit department of Keith & Blank's store, felt a bit un happy too. It was a rainy, depressing May, and customers were few. The lloorwalkeK went downstairs to con sult with the head of the advertising department, so Kit and Lucy stood shoulder to shoulder In the big square window overlooking the rain swept street. . I "I never dreamed she'd take It so hard," remarked Kit, with slight asper ity in her voice. "Why, she just acted as If we were cheating or d>lux something dishon est," assented Lucy in aggrieved ac cents. "I'm sure we haven't hurt the furniture, and the company has had more than rent on It. They'll polish It up and sell It for new." "I don't think it was the furniture exactly.'*! said Kit. "Peggy Is Just crazy about keeping house, but for my part I don't think girls in business have any right to do housework. I got so I just hated to think of going home and waiting 011 myself." "Mrs. Hopkins says we can have our old room back at the same figure. She knew we'd get sick of light housekeep ing. She says the head bookkeeper at Alnsley's has the second story back, and he plays the piano splendidly. Maybe we can get up some Friday j night dances." "Well, anyhow, I'm glad we're giving up the apartment. Peggy makes love ly salad dressing and fudge, but I can't make a bod decently, so housekeeping was a mistake so far as I am con cerned." Talking in this strain, each imagined that she was convincing herself, if not her companion, th:it they had treated Peggy in a perfectly fair way and were altogether justified in their posi tion Down In their hearts they did not feel quite comfortable, and neither could forget the pathetic figure they had left in their small living room. Peggy, Kit and Lucy had met at a noonday lunch room in the days when Peggy was working In a fashion syn dicate ofllce for $lO a week. A kin dred spirit of homesickness lmd brought them together, and when Peg gy had pushed her way to the point where she could afford a tiny studio of her own and command regular or ders she had fled the offices of the fash ion syndicate and had asked the girls to start up a small establishment with her. They had selected an apartment with ii northern exposure for Peggy's work, furnished it on the Installment plan, and for a time all went well. Peggy, being most domestic In bet* Instincts, picked up the burden of household management, and in time the Other two girls not only depended upon her for managing the little estab lishment, but failed to do their share of the work. in her first enthusiasm Peggy bore this meekly, but very soon she found that the housework Inter fered with her work at the easel. She ran behind on her orders, and then, diplomatically and kindly, she took up i the question with her housemates. Kit and Lucy promptly announced that they were disappointed lu the house keeping scheme, and they would be only too glad to return to boarding, where working girls belonged. If she wanted to pay the re*t on the furni ture and keep the flat open for herself, they would not begrudge what they had spent. And that was just what Peggy found she could not do—meet tln^*rent and furniture payments. She sat up, wiped her eyes and figured some more. The girls were leaving Saturday, the rent was paid for two weeks longer, and the collection day for the furniture cempany was ten days distant. She would enjoy It while nhe might. Pei haps within the fortnight— She shook her head. It was no use to depend upon girl chums. She felt somehow that Che furniture company would get the best of the bargain, and yet she would be break ing her word for the first time In her brief business history, and tills hurt. Henry Brtghtwell. with a clipping from the want ad. columns of a morn ing paper, stepped Into the collection office of the Jones & Grab Furniture company. "I don't know what yo*r Job Is," he said earily as the chief collector mo tioned him t<> a chair and looked' hlin ! over shrewdly, "but I'm sober. Indus trious and strong, and I want work— ! any kind to get a start." "You look as if you might do," re ! plied the collector dryly. "Rut looks I don't count much in this business. It's 1 your ability to get the money or the 1 goods. We sell furniture on the in stallment plan. A lot of people forget the last few installments. That's where our profits come In. You get the last : payments or the furniture. We don't 1 care which. Want to try It?" "Yes," replied Hrightwell proinpUy. ' "When do you want me to begin?" "Right now." And after a brief discussion of terms, hr.nry otr» ltfifrl.fi.>..ll L armed with the book of his predeces sor. I He ran down the list. "Moore, I Greenwich, Hall," an within a block of each other. Moore and Greenwich were marked as "slow." The name of Hall had this memo, written after it: "Hear that two of the family have skipped out. Expect trouble." It was characteristic of Rrigtitwell that lie started at the hard end of the game u.m rang inv nt-n uiauea nan. , He climbed the narrow stairs and flung back his shoulders as he rang the private bell on the second floor. "Is Mrs. Hall in? Peggy—why, Peg try Hall!" he exclaimed. Then he step ' i «>.v iii.ii':e nnn closed Hie door behind him. "I I thought It was the furn— i Henry nrightwell. what are you doing here? However is your mother getting along without you?" She had led the way Into the tiny living room and now stood regarding him with a severe bole not at all In keeping with the s >;:g her heart was singing. "I decided that Alf was big euough to look after mother and that If I ever won you I'd have t > follow you to New York and ma Re good, as you have done, or you'd grow away from me." Peggy's gaze fell. Ilenry bad never told her he loved her or wanted to win her. but of course she had thought- He drew her very close. Perhaps he had recognized tills as the psycholog icall moment. "I struck a job ttie first place I went, Peggy, dear. 1 think I can make my way here. Will you help me?" Fifteen minutes later he remembered the firm of Jones & Grab. "I guess I'd better be moving on. I was looking for a family by the name of Hall that owes my firm some money"— Peggy turned scarlet. "I'm the Hall, and I can't pay you. The girls," her eyes snapped—"the girls went back 011 me." Ilenry Hrightwell sat down very sud denly 011 the sofa on which $7.50 was yet due. "Well, what do you think of that?" Then his face cleared. Yankee shrewd ness asserted Itself. lie began to fig ure, and Peggy helped him. That afternoon 110 walked Into the ofllce of the collection department and laid down his book and a roll of bills. "Moore and Greenwich paid up to date. Miss Ilajl I* up Against it. Iler two partners skipped and loft her with all the furniture 011 her hands. She wants to keep it if she can. There's $1)7.50 still due. Will you let me compromise with her for £7." cash?" "Sure," said the collector. "I kind of thought you would, so I took the $75 while she was In the frame of mind. You never can tell how women will jump, you know." "You're all right, young man. You can have a berth here as long as you keep up this pace." The head bookkeeper from Alnsley's did not find Mrs. Hopkins' select board ing house to his liking, and the Friday evening dances never materialized, but sometimes when Kit and Lucy want a real pleasant evening they goto the Hrightwell apartment, where there are aHvays guests worth meeting. Then they go back to the third story front, with Its cheap brass beds and moth eaten hangings, and one says to the other: "Well, of course we get no credit for , it, but we' helped to pay for Peggy's I pretty things." His OuMnK. j "Were you out driving yesterday?" | "Yes, out S(J for the rig.. The girl I told me she was engaged to another j fellow*."—K.vchange. PCI CP For l.ovcrn "If I am not too presumptuous," said the young clerk. "1 will ask yon to 1. ok r»t our new typewriter especially adapt ed for writing love letters." "Oh," exclaimed the blushing maid, "Is there any-difference?" "Yes. indeed! 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Our *'Aetr Home" machine haq never been rivaled ns n family machine.—it Stands at the head ofall Hij/h inraite sewing machines, and standaon it* otrn merits, The ** Aet r /Some" in the. only realty HIGH Glt A IfII Sctritt y Machine on the market. It Is not necessary for us to enter Into a trust to save our credit or pay any debt* as we have no debts to pay. We have never entered into competition with manufacturers of low grade cheap machines that are made to sell regard less of any intrinsic merits. l)o not be de ceived, when you want i sewing machine don't send your money away from home; call on a " Aetr Home" Healer, lie can sell you a better machine for less than you can purchase elsewhere. If there is no deuler near you, write direct to ip?. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO ORANGE, MABS. , New York, Chicago, 111., St. Louis, Mo., Allan* . (Ja* Dallas* Tex., buu VnuMiMOfc CM. w IS. 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The roads will have to answer lor the*BggrivatibU of much profanity. Appointments Confirmed. HAIiUISBUKG. .Inn. 16. The senate today confirmed tlio ap pj ntmeut of David Martin to bo in surance oomuiipsiouer, by a vote of 8Q to 6. The appointments of llobert Mts Afee to be secretary of the Ootninou wealtli, M. Hampton Todd to le af toiuoy geu< ral and Tlion as ,T. h'tewait to bo ndjntaut general were confirmed unanimously by the seuato. Our new governor Fays some in ic'lty good tliiups iu email space.