ODR CARPENTERS !l ORGANIZE The carpeutera of Danville and vic inity have organized a local uniou of o the United Brotherhood of Carpenters tl and Joiners of America, tlie object be hi ing to reduce the bourn of daily labor, a to eeonre increased pay for work and o in a general way to reap the benefits d of the prosperity prevailing. o The carpenters were organized last a week by D. M. Post of Wilkes-Barro. organizer for this district, who was 11 accompanied ta Danville by Joseph 11 Ephliu, a former townsman, now a a member of the board of trustees of the s Wilkes-Barre union. The officers elect- c ed were : President. John L. Russell, 1' vice preaident, J. O. Mowrey; record- r ing secretary, Arthur Myerly ; financi al secretary, O B. Switzer; treasur- L er, William Price. John M. Sechler. 112 T. W. Bartholomew anil David Guest 1 were elected trustees. Last night the uewly organized uu- i iou held a meeting in the Friendship o engine lionse, where it considered the 112 question of by-laws and adopted rates. « Notice of action pertaining to the latter will in all probability he given r the contractors today. 1 The regular number of hours that s carpenters worked in Danville up tot the present was ten, although a good fl many followed tlie custom of other > places and worked only nine hours. ' The wages paid were S5 cents to 28 ' cents per hour, the latter being the i contractors' figures when they charg ed for day work. < Now tliat. organization has been ef- 1 fected the carpenters will demand a 1 regular day of uiue hours. The wages will be fixed at 28 cents per hour. The < contractors when working on ropaiis i and charging by the day will have to 1 fix the price at a figure that will al- 1 low them a profit, which will proh- ' ably be 30 or 31 cents per hour. : There are twenty-six charter mem bers of the union, but there are some 1 forty carpenters in this vicinity eligi ble to membership aud, it is thought the most of these will eventually joiu * union. There is said to be nothii g in the i^rganization that conflicts with the contractors' interests aud these, unless they happen to be members of the lumbermen's association, am per fectly eligible to membership. Iu fact, a couple of the smaller contractors of Danville are already members of the local union. The objects of the United Brother hood are: To discourage piece work, to encourage an apprentice system and a higher standard of skill, to cultivate a feeling of friendship among tho craft and to assißt each other to secure em ployment, as woll as to furnish aid iu cases of death or permanent disability. The initiation fee of all members can not be less than five dollars. Dues of beneficial members shall not be less than fifty cents per month ; of semi beneficial members and apprentices not less than thirty cents per month. To be admitted to beneficinl membership a candidate must not be less than twenty-one and not over fifty years; he must be of good moral character and competent to command standard wages. Apprentices under twenty-one or candidates over fifty or persons in bad health when they joined are classed as semi-benefical members. The disabi 1 ity benefit is graded according to length of membership. There are funeral b 'unfits, both for the member aud his wife, the amount paid iu eacli case also correspouding to the length of time the member belonged. John Batemnn in Charge. John Batemau, formerly proprietor of Lyndlinrst hotel, Shamokin, has purchased the wholesale liquor store of J. T. Kindley, this city. He assum ed charge yesterday aud iu a short time will have the business in perfect running order in all its departments. Mr Findley has purchased the Cent ral Hotel at Plymouth, Luzerne coun ty. His family has already removed to Plymouth and he will follow iu a few days. Mr Batemau, the new proprietor, is a native of Danville and grew to man hood in this city. At the age of nine teen he removed with his parents to the coal region and during the greater part of the subsequent time ho has been a resident of Shamokin. Mr. Bateman is an ardeut votary of base ball and for several years was the owner and manager of the famous clnb of Edge wood park,Shamokin. It is his intention, lie says, to look after base ball in this city and under his influ ence it is altogether likely that b»*e ball, which in Danville lias lagged for a couple of years past, may enter upon a new lease of life. EVIDENCES OP GOOD TIMES. Saturday night, although not a gen eral pay night, the mainstreetß of the town were crowded with people. Many were out merely for pleasure wains, but many more were bent on shopping tours, and went home laden with big bundles. Danville merchauts generally ■av that trade is good, and they an ticipate still better times as spring ap proaches. Many of the stores liavo al ready received part of the spring stocks,aud the showing is most tempt ing. horse's Bite Caused Insanity. Louis Ringer, of Alleutown, was bitten five months ago by a horse, itud as a result of the wound, it is believ ed, he has become mentally deranged so that he Imagines lie owns the Penn sylvania and the New York Central railroads and has boon spending money lavishly on various purchases. He has been taken into custody and his condi tion will be investigated. GOOD ORDER PREVAILS. 'The justices of the peaco in Danville say that business is verv quiet iu their departments, especially aloug crimin al lines. The police also report mut ters very quite, only an occasional drunk being run in. This, however, is • very satisfactory state of atfairs so far as the general publio in concerted. Public Sales in all parte of the CtAuXty qtyw. APPLICANT'S NAME POSTED ! Isaac Stein, tho Russian shoemaker on Mill street, has the honor of being the first alien iu Montour county to seek citizenship under the new uatur- j alizatiou laws aud regulations of Oct- j ober, 1006. His name along with other data required is posted iu theprothou otary'a office, whereit attracts atteutiou as one of the features of the uew law. The procedure uuder the new reg ulation, in several respects, is essent ially different from the former law and the standard of qualification is slightly raised. The changes will he come apparent if we glance at the leading features of tho uew laws aud regulations. The aliou seeking naturalization uapers, first, must declare on oath be fore the clork of court two years at least prior to his admission, after he has reached the ago of 18 years, that it is his intention to become a citizen of the United States aud to renounce forever all allegiance aud fidelity to any foreign prince or poteutate, &c. Secoud, not less than two years nor more than seven years after he has made such declaration of intention he shall make, and fill a duplicate,a peti tion iu writing signed by the applic ant in his own handwriting aud dulv verified iu which petition such applic ant shall state full name, the country irom which he emigrated, date of ar rival in the United States, &c. He must nut be a disbeliever in or opposed to organized governments, neither can he bo a polygamist, nor a believer iu polygamy. Sectiou sth, provides that the clerk of courts shall immediately after fil ing petition give notice thereof by posting in a public or a conspicuous place iu his office or in the building iu which his office is situated, uuder approDriate heading, the name, na tivity aud residence of the alien, the date aud place of his arrival iu the Uuited States, &c., aloug with the ua nes of two wituesses. Section 8 provides that uoalieu shall hereafter be naturalized or admitted a* a citizen of the Uuited States who can uot speak the English lauguagV. Isaac Stein, the applicant, is the Russiau Hebrew, formerly a soldier under tlfe Czar, an interview with whom relating to the conditions iu the Russiau army aud the hard lot of the Rnssian soldier was printed iu these columus duriug the Russo-Japauese war. He is an ardeut admirer of our couutry and its institutions and iu ap- plying for naturalization he is taking a step that he has contemplated from tho day he landed ou Americau soil. Each district must hold a naturaliza tion court under the naturalization law and regulations of October, 1906 Iu tliis couuty Judge Evaus has select ed the May term for holding natural ization court. SUPERSTITIONS. There is nobody liviug uow who be lieves that if you look over the left shoulder at the new moon you are sure to have—is it good luck or bad? Not a siugle reader of the News who visits a friend insists upou going out of the ideutical door he entered lest he leave his luck behind. Who now believes that if you leave your homo in the morning and turn back for something you have forgotteu all your good for tune for that day will vanish? Nobody insists upou directly carrying a new born baby to the topmost room iu the house in which it was born,to the end that it may always be high raiuded. . None of the farmers or gardeners of the twentieth ceutury bother them selves about the "signs" that used to command the atteutiou of their ancest ors aud which were believed to have a potent influence upou the crops. When a baby will not grow we no longer think of taking it to the powwower who will put it through mysterious processes aud presently present it to its anxious pareuts every whit whole. SHAKE-UP AT MT. CARMEL. Au exchauge tells that Mt. Carmel is to have a shako up. "The wrong doer aud the law breaker will tremble iu their boots, as Burgess Peunmau is nosing out all that is had and suspici ous, with the iuteutiou of prosecuting oue aud all, great aud small." If halt of the reports that come from Mt. Car mel are true, that towu ought to be a shining mark tor a real live reform wave Shortage of Locomotives. Although there is uo shortage of coal miuod and uo shortage of cars, New York aud the New Euglaud states are threatened with a serious anthracite coal famine, because of a scarcity of eugiues to haul the coal from the mines iu this State. Died at Sunbury. The iufaut daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Deau Clark, of Sunbury, died yester day. The funeral will take place Fri day moruiug at 11 o'clock at Reed'* station. Mrs. Clark, the mother, was formerly Miss Kimpel, daughter of Charles W. Kimpel, of Reed's station. The Shortest Bill. Tiie shortest bill yet introduced in the legislature the preseut session is this by Senator Felker: "The first day of Jauuary, commonly called New Year's Day. shall hereafter be a legal holiday." WHISPERINGS OF SPRING. The sunny side of the street yester day afternoon had a strong suggestion of sprint*. Passiug aloug the way, one instinctively listened for the chirp of the robiu aud the mellow srtaius of the discordant street piano. Returned from hospital. John Reiloy.who was injured iu the coastiug accident on Ash street, Feb j ruary 19th., has been dismissed from the Joseph Ratti hospital. He is very I much improved. Mrs. FranklinS. Keller, who suc cessfully underwent an operation at . the Joseph Ratti hospital, several weeks ago, has returned to har home ou Church stcuet. Pllithe f|l li^a^SpKildren I or f e omo l|^W%cK^»U They usually want | You remember the hunger you had V^Jj - _jj omc C ooking counts for much *"» in the child's health; do not imperil it with alum food by the use of poor baking powder. Have a delicious, pure, home-made muffin, cake or biscuit, ready when fhey come in. To be sure of the purity, yoy must use HAVAI BAKING I if UTAL POWDER Royal makes a difference in your home—a difference in your health— a difference in your cooking. ROYAL is absolutely Pure. WHEN ICE WAS jj S3O PER TON I A. M Peters, seated iu his cozy office ou Mill street, last night, grew c reminiscent He noted that ou March 1 3rd, thirty-nine years ago, iu 1868, 'c with his pareuts he removed from the ( 112 first ward to the second ward of Dau- t ville aud began his career as au ice- i man. He recalled that on the day the J. moving occurred the snow lay ou the j - ground three feet doep.reaching to the window sills. i The transition from snow to ice was i au easy oue for Mr. Peters aud the subject of ice suggested au interesting i array of facts relating to the ice busi- j uess which covered nearly half a cent- i ury of time. i Upon moviug to Sageburg Emanuel Peters immediately went iuto the ice , busiuess and Arthur, then a lad of) about 13 years was his right baud man. As boy and man Arthur has beeu in i the ine business ever since. He related several interesting ;ircumstances iel - ative to his busiuess last mglit. One of these is that at one time owing to< scarcity they retailed ice at #1.50 per hundred weight or S3O per ton. The j ice that summer was shipped from Maine* Those who thought they were ; paying exorbitantly for ice last sum- j mer would do well to reflect on the i figure quoted by Mr. Peters. Incidentally, whether ice was plenti ful or scarce there uever was a season ; iu the loug interim siuce 1868 when the Peters ice wagon was not daily on its rouud through the town. Amoug the patrons now are some whose grand pareuts were supplied with ice by Mr. Peters aud whose parents were also amoug his patrons, affording instances in which three generations have beeu supplied by the same dealor. Allusion to the"three generations," it is true, makes it souud as though Mr. Peters were a patriarch, but we beg to refer our readers to the figures quoted when it will be seen that Arthur is still a 1 young fellow ou the sunny side of ' fifty. Building Church vVith Pennies. Members of the Presbyterian church at Sayre have adopted a uovel method by which to raise money for the erec tion of a uew church at that place. The idea is an exemplification of the old adage, "Take care of the peuuies aud the dollars will take care of them selves. " The object is to gather a "mile of peuuies," aud to do this eacli member has beeu provided with a narrow strip of paper a foot in length The obverse •tide of the strip is divided into spaces just large euougli to hold apenuyeach ' »u<l is covered with glue. The reverse side coutaius a description of tho plau. This description coutaius an au uouueemout to the effect that "Your foot briugs us ouo step nearer the £oal. If you miss your foot we come short Not a case where a miss is as <ood as a mile." Each strip of paper will hold exactly sixteen peuuies, aud tho members of the cougregation are urged to stick their spare peuuies ou the strip of paper,aud when they have accumulated a foot of peuuies to turn . them over to the treasurer of the fund. I It is calculated that when the mile of j pennies is received tne sum of #844 48 ( will have beeu added to the building fuud. Peuuies are likely to become a mighty 1 scarce article iu Sayre within a few i mouths, unless the treasurer of the fuud seuds them back into circulatiou again immediately after their receipt ' by him, for it would be a rather ser ious problem to collect 84.488 peuuies iu a commuuity of about 10,000 popu lation unless they were used over aud over agaiu. Prison Board Too Good. 1 The prisou officials of Luzerne coun ty have beeu charging the city of Wilkos-Barre 45 cents a d#y for board ing city prisoners,aud have been feed ing them ou choice meats, iuoludiug i tnrkey occasionally. Mayor Kirkendall aud City Attorney Mcllugh have pro tested against these pyicds, and say i they will uo longer pay for such choice 1 boarding The youug man from Plymouth wli ■ married ou a capital of 75 cents prob ably banked on his wife's ability to wrestle with a wash tub. ATTACKED ON STREETS OF CENTRALIA Two nieu are now belliud the bars ot' the Columbia county jail at Blooms burg,aud several others are beiug look ed for, charged with a murderous as sault with kuives on William Merton. a prominent resident of Centralia. who uow lies at the Miners' hospital at Ashland covered with stiletto wounds, which may result iu death. The men arrested are James Lacli rock aud Tony Baese, and were cap tured only after a hard chase by Dep uty Sheriff Coudy Laugdon aud Con stable Oweu Caiu aud others. Oue of the assassins was placed un der arrest at Big Mine Run, after sev eral shots had beeu fired at him by the pursuers The other, more desperate, pulled a kuife ou Sheriff Laugdou 1 when he attempted to arrest him aud would in all probability have stabbed | tho officer were it uot for timely inter ference. Merton was returning to his home in Centralia after midnight Sunday moruiug, when six Italians, all for eigners, all intoxicated, met him aud begau addressing him iu Italian. In an instant ho was surrounded aud af tor several stilettos had been plnug jed into his back he fell to the pave ment. Then the swarthy sons of Italy, maddeued by the sight of blood, set about to murder their victim. They plunged their sharp stilettos into his | face, neck, chest aud abdomen and would uot have stopped uutil they had accomplished their purpose but for the interference of some citizens who hap peued aloug. No Sooner had they reached the spot, however, than three of the assassins covered them with re volvers and forced them to retire, but other citizens arriving, the Italians j lied. The wounded man was carried to a nearby house and later takeu to tho hospital where it is said he has over thirty wounds. Those who were implicated in tho affray and who have not yet been ap prehended are said to be Mike aud Tony Gedro, Touy and James Panero. Three of them live at Marion Heights. It is thought the foreigners mistook William Martin for his brother Ed ward with whom a number of them had a fight receutly, and James Bease made a murderous assault ou him, be ing arrested aud taken to the Blooms burg jail with his brother and Lac ratch by officer Laugdon and assistants Monday night. School Entertainment. A very interesting aud enjoyable en tertainment was given by the pupils of Madden's school, in Liberty town* ship, ou Saturday. The program was arranged aud prepared by the teacher, Miss Grace Billmeyer. George Moser save a number of selectious ou his phonograph. The exeroises were very well attended. The program was as follows: Song—"Jolly Boys." Dialogue—"Little Cherry" Recitation —bv Edith Miller. Song—" Jesus Wants me for a Sun beam." Dialogue—"The Auuiverary Meet ing". ' Recitation—Kathryn Miller. j Recitation —Sidney Moser. Dialogue—"The Baby's Sad Fall." Song—"The Baujo's Silent Now." Recitation —Miuuie Ware Dialogue "How Edith Helps! i Things Aloug." Dialogue—l'm Lost." Recitation—Stella Beaver. Recitation—Elmer St. Clair. Dialogue—"Trying to Raise the Price of Butter." Recitatiou— Edith Miller. Recitation—Laura Beaver. • Song —"Baby is Going to Bylo land." Dialogue—"Taking the Census." Recitation—Kathryn Miller. Soug—"Nellie Gray." Recitation—Edith Miller, pialogue— 'The Bashful Boy." Recitatiou—Russel Moser. Dialogue—"The Second Topsy. " Recitatic u—Stella Ware. 1 Recitation—Lizzie Beaver. Recitation —Li Hie Beaver. Dialogue r" The Model Class." : Song-*" Marohiug Through Georgia*' Recitation—Frank Hageubach Recitatiou—Elsie Beaver. Recitation—Russel Moser. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION HEAR IT. CARMEL | A terrific explosion of dynamite, dynamite cartridges and blasting pow der occurred at the Richards colliery, between Mt. Carmel and Centralia Tuesday morning at 8:15 o'clock. Teriible havoc was created. At least 80 persons were more or less injured,a number of the company's buildings were blown to atoms, and the towns of Centralia Mt Carmel, and other smaller places were rocked on their foundations, and much damage done to property. The exploded material consisted of 5000 kegs of dynamite, 5000 dynamite cartridges and (50 kegs of powder. All this was stored in the company's pow der house. It is thought that the cat- j astrophe was caused by an over heated j steam pipe. One of the wonders of the affair is that there was not a big loss of life. There were at least 50 people in the immediate vicinity of the explosion, and mauy more in the shattered build iugs. Lewis Dowie, of Mt. Carmel, is the only mail seriously injured,and he was removed to the Miners' hospital, where it isjwnouuced that he is not expected to recover. This man was chopping wood 150 feet away from the powder house when tlie explosion oc curred. Others in much closer proxim ity escaped unhurt or with sliglit in juries. Most of the injuries received were from falling buildings. There was no one in the powder house when the explosion occurred. The Richards colliery is located be; tween Centralia and Mt. Carmel, be iug but a short distance from the lat ter town, and for tliat reason Mt. Car mel received the brunt of the shock. Buildings were nearly overthrown, plaster was shaken from the walls, wall hangings and articles on tables thrown to the floors,and the glass was shaken from nearly every window in town. The brokeu window glass was so thick on the pavement along the main street in Mt. Carmel,that it was? shoveled off like snow. The damage wrought in the town is estimated at over SIOO,OOO. The damage to the com pany's property is about $25,000. The fiue new Polish church at Mt. Carmel which was just completed last summer, had a number of handsome aud costly stained glass windows im ported from Italy. All these Windows were completely demolished. At Centralia the entire town was shaken aud every building rocked, but no serious damage was caused. Amoug the shattered buildings are the blacksmith shop of the colliery, ■ carpenter shop.two engine nouses, the superintendent's hom -, aud the colli ery offices. About 700 men aud boys | will be thrown out of employment uu til repairs and rebuilding are com ( pleted. Party in West hemlock. Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Pursel euter- I tained a number of their friends at their home in West Hemlock town |ship 112 Friday evening. A fine time was enjoyed by all. Refreshments were served. j Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. Heury | Gable. Mr. aud Mrs. Albert Hartman, | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cicssley aud son I Glen, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crim, Misses Mary Crim, Maggie Gable, Emily Crossley.Libbie Pursel, Messrs, Wellington Pursel, Blaiue Hartman, ; William Gable, Charles Maus,Charles Crim aud Jesse Crossely. Children's Party. ! Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mottern euter i tained a party of children in honor of I the 4th birthday of their daughter j Heleu, at their home ou Railroad I street, Saturday. Those present were i Ruth Gulliver, Catherine Evans,Eliza i bptli Grotty, Thelma Mottern, Susie Ward, Alice Hauev, Elsie Mottern, I George Musslemau, Miles Motteru, j Howard Ward, Palmer Mottern, Ethel Repert.Mrs. diaries Ward, Mrs. James j Hauey, Mrs. Motteru. The children | were eutertaiued with music aud i games Refreshments were served. John Housemau.of Pennsburg,Mont gomery county, tias lost by death, re cently. two horses aud six cows, wd an investigation has led to the con glusiou thit some enemy has poisoned the auiuial* 'FARMERS' TRI CODRTY PICNIC The Farmers' tri-county picnic as sociation held a meeting at the court house ou Saturday foreuoou. The com mittee ou grounds was instructed to select a place for holding the next pic nic. Beyoud this all matters pertain ing to the annual outiug were thoroughly discussed, during which suggestions were made, which, if act ed upon, will result in making the farmers' picnic the grandest success in the way of au outing that has ever been achieved in this section. The date selected for the next meet tug is the third Wednesday in August. Whether the grounds selocted will be the samo as last year or some other park will depend entirely on the ac tion of the committee in whose hands the matter rests at present. Three years ago the first farmers' picnic in Montour county was held in Hunter's park, and, although gotten upon short notice.it proved a well-at tended and most enjoyable affair. The idea of such an outiug annually prov ed popular with the farmers and an association was formed at the flri»t meeting. It was made a tri-county affair and since then has become an enormous proposition The last outing was held at DeWitt's park and was attended by an enormous concourse, all farmers, with few ex ceptions. A conservative estimate placed the number of people on the grounds at over four thousand. After providing liberally for sports, etc., a balance of some sixty dollars remain ed in the hands of the treasurer and will be available for the next picnic. The committee, of which George M. Leighow is chairman, is already busy with plans for auother year and is de termined that the picnic next summer shall eclipse the outing of last year. I* is planning to secure a baud for the occasiou,iu addition to which it is al together probable that the surplus will be applied to procuring a first class eutertaiuer from some of the larger cities, whose performance would be something new and a source of much delight to hundreds of farmers and their families. The idea of a speech, even on econ omic subjects is not so popular as it ouce wi s The outing is desigued an a day of )• t and recreafiou for the farm ers aud while a few may be int* rested by far the larger number on that day do uot care to puzzle their brains about matters relatiu»-to the wealth or resources of the country or the en actment and the administration of laws. Besides, while on this grouud the speaker is pretty sure to tread dangerously near the line of partisan ship, which is under the ban at the tri-couuty picnic, a resolution,appear ing ou the minutes of the association to the effect that politics must be stud iously excluded, aud by which it is uuderstood that candidates are not ex pected to visit the picuic for the pur pose of electioueeriug. At the same time the committee realizes that something in the way of eutertainment is uoeded, but it must be amusemeut that amuses—something will appeal not ouly to the men. but also to the women and the chil dren of the farm. Fully comprehend ing the needs the committee is now castiug about for the proper kind of amusement. That there will be some surprise in store for the farmers at their next annual piciuc seems alto gether likely. Stole From Collection Plate. Peculation of the offering of the congregation of the Methodist church, Shamokiu, from the collection plates is the grave charge hanging over Wal ter Witmer, one of the ushers of the churoh. The accusation is to be in vestigated by the board of trustees. The peculation amounts to a large sum, the exact amount of which is not known. Theft of the offering was discovered from the fact that several of the members had uot been giveu oredit for the payment of their week ly dues. The envelope system is used aud the members place the amount of their pledges toward church support on the collection plate. The accused is one of the ushers who take up the collection in the church. Before turning over the alms basins the ushers retire to the vestibule. This is when the thefts were made. Owing to the reticence of those in vestigating the matter it could not.be ascertained whether the trustees will prosecute the offender. According to one trustee nothing will be done uutil his guilt or innocence is absolutely established It is said that some seusatioual de tective work was employed to trace out the offeuder, including the lay ing of a marked $3 bill in the plate which lead to the detection of the culprit. Died at Sunbury Hospital. John B. Marshall, a well-known and life-loug resident of Montour county, died at the Mary M. Packer hospital, Sunbury, at 9:30 o'clock Saturday moruiug. The cause of death was pneumouia. i The deceased, who lived with his sou, I Harry Marshall, on Fousfc street, was taken to the hospital ou Tuesday last. His condition was serious from that time ou and admitted little hope For a number of years past the de ceased lived in Danville and was em ployed as a puddler. He was farmerly a resident of Liberty township. The deceased was fifty*three years of age. A wife, seven sons and two daughters survive. The sons, all of whom reside, in this city, are : John, George, Harry, Charles, Ed ward, Lafa yette and Calvin. The eldest daugh ter, Mrs. Frank Eugler, resides io Philadelphia; the younger daughter, Catherine lives at home Injured Hand. While Frank Keiner, an employe on the South Danville work train, was assisting to unload rails on Satuiday, oue of the rails caught his right hand, smashing throe fingers. Dr. Barber dressed the injury. Amputation will not be necessary. Reports from around the town in dlcate that there will be quite a num ber of June brides this yvar. DM PLANS TO GATHERJTATISTICS From the 87,757 cases of communio able diseases reported to the State de partment of health during the year 1906, there is considerable interesting aud valuable information to be gather ed. There were 24 431 cases of typhoid fever reported, 6,902 cases of scarlet fever, 10,842 cases of diphtheria and 23,72!) cases of measles, the balance of the cases bieng distributed among the other communicable diseases. The attempt to collect morbidity re turns in the cases of communicable diseases has been made in several large cities,but in no State has such reporir ing been made compulsory thrQughout the rural districts until the system in augurated by Health Commissioner Dixon in Pennsylvania was putin force. It has also been Dr. Dixon's desire to make these reports more compre hensive thau any heretofore collected. Reports of communicable diseases in the rural disricts are made diroct to the department of health aud also to the county medical inspector by the physicians in attendance. It has been the custom to restrict the list of reportable diseases,and this has been due rather to a subserviency to public opinion which looked upon all public health with suspicion, than to any lack of recognition of the im portance of the diseases ou the part of health officers and physicians. With increasing knowledge of the exact causes and methods of transmission of many diseases has cornea development of methods of prevention, and modern sanitation demands that this knowl edge be used for public beueflt. Iu connection with the reporting of communicable diseases by the physic iaus Health Commissioner Dixon said recently, "I cauuot too strongly ex press the gratification I have experi enced at the hearty and prompt re sponse which I havs met from most of my fellow physicians to this new and somewhat unusual demand upon their time and attention. "During the coming year I feel sure we will get far more reports from the physicians than we have been doing, for the prompt placarding of every case in the rural districts by the health officers that we are now appointing and the disinfection of the premises ' upon the termination of the case, will |be an added incentive to the pliysic -1 ians to report their cases promptly.'' Other Counties Heard From. | County Commissioners' Clerk Horace O. Blue yesterday mailed several doz en copies of the county statement to \ neighboring counties of the Common j wealth. This was done, according to custom in retnrn for statements re ceived from the commissioners of thoße counties. Our genial clerk took a special delight in returning the com | pliment for the reason that little Mon j tour has nothing to be ashamed of in I her financial showing and reveals an j amount of liabilities in excess of as j sets that is flatteringly small in com parison witl) any of the other counties heard from. This sum as shown by onr present financial statement iu Moil - is |S, 884.26. Iu Columbia county the liabilities iu excess of assets are $168,228.57 ; iu Union county they are, 185,553 77; in Snyder county, $26,327.16. To fully understand the significance of Montour county's showing it is only uecessary to refer to the county tatement of 1897 when the liabilities iu our county in excess of the assets were shown to be $30,953.84. All who have the figures of this year's state ment before them must argee that the reduction of debt iu Montour connty during ten year's time is something to be proud of. The snow flurry made bad roads in places. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE & Personal Properly Pursuaut to au order issuing out of the District Court of the United States for the Easteru District of the State of Pennsylvania, the undersigned Trustees of the estate of William H. Latimer, Bankrupt, will expose at public sale or outcry, at the Couit House Steps, in Danville, Montour County, Penn sylvania, on SATURDAY, Mar. 9, 1907. at 2 o'clock p. tn. the following described real estate: All that oertaiu farm tract of land situate partly in Derry aud Anthony townships, county of Montour, State of Pennsylvania, bounded on the North by public road leading from Washing ton villa to Exchange, on the Kast by lauds of Roup, on the South by Chillisquaque Creek aud lamU of Howard Billmeyer, on the West by lauds of Kleemau. Diehl aud Love. Containing three hundred aud seventy one acres and forty perches, common ly kuowu as John R. Bennett farm. ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE THE FOLLOWING DE SCRIBED PERSONAL PROPERTY : About twenty six tons bailed hay; about three tons bailed straw; About thirteen hundred aud fifty bushels of shelled corn ; about one hundred bush ols of oats TERMS OF SALE:—ReaI Estate, Three thousand dollars shall be paid in cash upou striking down of the property salauce within thirty days. Personal Property: Twenty-five per enturn of the purchase price to be paid upou striking down of the prop erty balauce at the time of delivery within thirty days. J. HECTOR McNEAL, Trustee. M. BRECKBILL. Auctioneer. Pale, Nervous Then your blood must be in a very bail condition. You certainly know what to take, then take it —Ayer's Sarsa p:;ii!lj. If you doubt, then consult your doctor. We know what he will say about this grand old family medicine. This is i' > flr»t one at ion your doctor would an I \ *-.• ■ • ,i • ll tli. • s iil>*oliitH) ami vein- l.n'vHs i ulur liy' takii'K luxntive dose/of Aycr'H PHI*. jm Mad" Vv J.C. Ayer Oo.,T.nwMl. Mas* A 1.? HA!R VIGOR. f\ fjO h Q AG; n owe. fIL -A. X% Vtf 3 .' : (JK/ PECTORAL V. e hi' • publia'i 3 t l .. • ■ ■ j To Ciet Big Appropriation. The public schools of this city will | be greatly benefitted by live uew sehool appropriation bill which allows the . sura of $18,000,000 for education. | The apprlpriation bill presented to , fcne house Monday night ami members of the committed are showing of the great reforms instituted in the word iug of the bill, which carries a total , of $22,879,000. The school system has been reeoguiz ' ed to the extent of $ 13,000.000 which is $2,000,000 mure than last year, and | the department of health also secures au increase. All the shouting is due to the fact that the capitol expenditures have , caused a move for the eliminatiou of the slipshod methods of fluaucial ! housekeeping that have prevailed iu State administrations. It is proposed to strike out of all | appropriation bills the joker which roads "to bo uaid out of moueys iu the State treasury not otherwise ap propriated." It was clause . that the #9,000,000 "trimmings" were ' placed iu the new capitol and the State printing was paid for, and uu dor a similar clause that all mouey was paid for bridges erected by the State. I"The publfc schools this year, " said Chairman Sheatz,"will be given $13,- 000,000,and there will be a special ap propriation ot $705,633 to the board of publio grounds and buildings, which will bo sufficient to cover all expenses for the next two years, including sal aries, supplies, coal, the care of the capitol and everything as it is now. Tli is meaus that, uulike the old board, the new board will not have the entire general fund of the treasury at its dis posal. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS DIAMOND BRAND j LADIES I Ask your Druggist for A CHI CHHS-THR S PILLS In RED and /j\ GOLD metallic boxe9, sealed with Blue< O ) Ribbon. TAKE NO OTHER. Buy of your \/ Druggist and nsk for CHI.CIIES.TEB'tt V KNOLISII PILLS, the DIAMONI> BRAND, for twenty-five years known as Best, Safest. Al« vays Reliable. Sold by Druggists everywhere. 'IIJCHEST23R CHEMICAL CO., PHILA., PA. J J. BROWN THE EYE A SPECIALTY. | Kyes tested, treated, fitted with /las ie ♦m 1 artificial eyes supplied. I Market Street, Bloomsburg, I'a, Hours —10 a. m. t«» 5 p. m. DR. J. SWEISFORT, DENTIST. : Uses ODONTUNDfcR for the painlene er ; traction of teeth. Dentistry in all ; t its branches and all work guar anteed. CHARGES REDUCED. Opposite Opera House, Danv lie j i. r UUOi ! J: i, ! PRESCRIPTION ORUBBIST, Opposite Opera Mounts - I'ENNi ROSSMAN & SON'S PHARMACY, S4G MILL STREET, DANVILLE, »*, Two WMgitfw* FhirmirliU In shtrg* rut FrMk Drag* and mil lln* of r»M»l MadlclaM and fvndrlaa. s rui 019 AM fIOOD OOLD WD*, Patronize A. C. AMESBURY, Rent Coal In T nwit'. BEST FOR THE BOWELS If yon haven't a regular, healthy movement of the bowels every day, you're 111 or will be. Keep your bowels open, and bo well. Force. In the ahape of violent physic or pill poison, la dangerous. The 6moot heat, easiest, most perfect way of keeping the bowels clear and clean ia to take EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken or Qrlpe; 10, 2S and 60 cents per box. Wrlto for free sample, and book let on health. Address 433 Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or Naw York. KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEM "ON THE OTHER HAlfl}". The Miltou Standard admits that the coal tax proposed by the bill now b(. fore the legislature would yield the State a revenue of $!i,o00,000. But it looks at the oilier side of the question aud observes: "Ou the other baud it would probably be takeu as au excuse by the operators for adding ten or twenty cents a ton to the price of ooal. In the cud the consumer would pay the tax, as lie always does. "
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