KAILKOAD TIME TABLES. PgNN'A It. K. K AST. W K.ST 7.11 A.M. H. 14 A. M. 10.17 " 12.15 P. M. 2.21 P. M. Ol " 5. SO " 7.51 " SUNUAYSi OM7A.It. 1.31 P.M. I), uA W. K. . EAST. W EST. ti.»7 A. M. A. M. IU.IH " 12.44 P. M. 2.11 P. M. 4.SH » 5.43 " S-37 " SUNDAYS ti.57 A. M. 12.44 P.M. 5:43 4* M H37 " 4*lll LA 4 HEADING It. K. NORTH. SOUTH. 8.03 A. M. 11.24 A. M. 4.00 P. M.- 6.05 4*. M. BLOOM STHKKT. 8.05 A. M. 11.22 A. M. 4.02 P. M. K. 04 P. M. J. J. BROWN, THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es *ud artificial eyes supplied. Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours —10 a. m.to 5 p. ru. To phone 1430 Good News for Goal Oonsuniers. Judgiug from the tone of the follow ing article from the Suubury Item, Danville consumers of anthracite coal need not become alarmed for fear of tho price soaring up to altitudinous heights. Tho Item says: "With all their vast losses staring them in tho face, Pennsylvania coal anthracite operators coal will sacrifice a sure opportunity to clear many mil lions of dollais when the mines re sume work, it was announced Friday, in order to protect the public. "Further thau this it was said by a leading official of the Philadelphia and Reading coal and Iron Company that the chief producers of the much needed fuel would do their utmost to protect consumers from mercenary dealers who might be planning to mulct them after the mines started again and fresh coal reached the market. "This will be a large undertaking, it is admitted, but with the Reading the Lehigh Valley aud other big opera ting concerns standing together it is believed that the end will be accom plished. "Just as soon as the coal is ready for general delivery it will bo sold for the regular list price, without any re gard for the prevailing famine rates, and the retailers who receive the fuel will be required to sell it directly to consumers' and for rates such as they would obtain under normal conditions. "In this way, the official who told of the scheme said, the operators hope to show that the oft repeated story that they wanted a strike in order to reap large profit, is false. "In considering what might follow the opening of the mines, it was said, the operators concluded that if the coal were simply turned upon the market speculation might keep the price at a high level for several months after the strike's termination, aud that retailers would be In 110 hurry to scale prices down. This led, the official declared, to the agreement to check the retailers." School Buildings Wanned With Wood. Wood is being used with fairly good results in heating our public school buildings. It was feared that it would not prove at all adapted to tho fur naces of the heating and ventilating ystems employed, but it is found to auswer during the present mild weath er, although it keeps the janitors pretty busy looking after the fire. Cold weather of course will make the use of coal necessary aud this brings the school board face to face with another phase of the problem. The school buildings of the borough require three hundred tons of coal an nually, which is usually made up of No. 2 aud No. <5 sizes in equal quanti« ties. To procure hard coal the present sea son seems out of the question and the board has decided to see what results can be obtaiued with soft coal. Should it be found to answer the purpose the district will still be considerably worse off for the coal miners' strike. The price paid for No. 2 coal last year was $8.89 per ton ; for No. <5 §2.51) per ton. Soft coal is already selling for $4.50 per ton with the probability of its soaring much higher, by which it will be seen that the price of coal for the schools this year under the most favorable circumstances must be considerably over a dollar a ton above the average price of last year's sup ply. This increase of cost is an item in the expenditures of the school dis trict which the board had not figured upon, and is only another evidence of how far reaching aud burdensome are the effects of the tie-up at the coal mines. Campaign Costs More This Year. The Pottsville Republican says: "The tact that there is a big strike on in the the mining towns of the county has a curious effect 011 politics. It is almost impossible for a candidate to go into one of these towns, where the men are all idle, without treating the entire imputation. The result is that many of the candidates of both parties have decided not to make any canvass in those towns. To do so would be to invite bankruptcy. One candidate 011 the democratic ticket paid out SSO for the drinks in a towii of small popula tion lately. He will not visit that section again." Died in Philadelphia. Max Ettinger, of New York, form erly a resident of this city, died of heart failure in Philadelphia on Mon day. He was taken ill at the hotel where ho waH stopping and was sent to the Hahnemann hospital in au ambulance. Death came upon him as the ambulance passed through the hospital gates. He left Danville about twenty-five years ago and took up his residence in New York. He made fre quent business trips through this state and was well known here. Recovered Speech and Hearing. Messers ELY BROS.: —I commenced nsiug your Crearu Balm abont two yerfrs ago for catarrh. My voice was some what thick and my hearing was dull. My hearing has been fully restored and my speech has become quiet clear. I am a teacher in our town. L. G. Brown, Granger, O. The Balm does not irritate or cause sneezing Sold by drn<r:»ist at 50 cts. or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warrea St., New York. TROOPS ORDERED TO • NORTHUMBERLAND CO. The trouble at the Richards coll iery,between Shamokin and Mt. Car mel, resulted in Governor Stout l order ins ont the Fourth Regimont to that place Monday night the soldiers arriv ing there tho uextmoruing at day break. Sheriff Samuel Diotrick, of Northum berland county, was compelled Monday night to make an appeal for troops. When the soldiers wore lirst sent to Shenandoah two companies of the Fourth went into camp at Columbia Park. The call of Monday night was the lirst for the remaining eight com panies and for the regimental staff. The situation at the Richards colli ery Monday night was very serious as it was surrounded by a mob of over a thousand men. They were encamped on the hills and it was plain that tho sheriff was unable to cope with the angry gathering. Hemmed in by the mob was Sheriff Dietrick and a small force of deputies. Victor Thompson, lieutanaut of the Union Coal com pany's police force, was also there . with fifty-five men. Up to midnight the mob had made no demonstration but remained on the hills watching tho sheriff and his men. It was 7 :30 o'clock when Sheriff Diertiek sent word for troops and he urged that ' they be sent as soon as possible as trouble was momentarily expected. This was the first disorder in North- 1 umberlaud county and the scene ol it ! is between Maysville Park, the well known Shamokin summer resort, and 1 Mt. Oarmel. The Richards colliery is i operated by the Union Coal.Company. 1 A mob numbering about three hund red stopped a miners' train on the Pennsylvania railroad Monday morn ing at Green Ridge junction between Shamokin and Mt. Carmel, and the passenger coaches were stoned. There was on board twelve non-union men, twenty-five carpeuters and stone mas ons, Special Officer A. J. Brittain, of 1 Sunbury, and six other specials. When the train reached tho switch at the junction Brakeman O. F. Reed got off to tain it so that the train could go up to the Richards colliery. He was surrounded by the mob and told to leave the switch alone. He returned to the train and some of the 1 mob jumped on the cars and engine. Brittain and his squad of specials forced them off at tho points of re volvers aud Engineer William Mc- Elhattau was told togo onto Mt. Carmel. Then the mob began throw ing stones and nearly every window in the cars was shattered. About fifty shots were fired, some of which pen etrated through the woodwork. Un der orders from Special Officer Britta in the occupants got down between tho seats aud thus escaped injury. On the arrival of tho train at Mt. Carmel those who were on board returned to Shamokin via the Reading road. Samuol Dietrick, sheriff of North umberland county,was in Mt. Carmel, which is his home, and immediately went to Green Ridge with bis deput ies, all of whom are mine workers. He was brought to Sunbury on a spec ial traiu, the same that was stoned. A conference was held between A. L. Allibone, superintendent of the Sun bury aud Shamokin divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad; Trainmaster J. H. Swenk, Ex-Judge Joseph Buch er, counsel lor the railroad company; Harry S. Knight, counsel for the sheriff, and Sheriff Dietrick. At its conclusion the whole party went to Shamokin on a special train. When the sheriff and tho railroad officials arrived in Shamokin tlie sheriff swore in a number of deputies to guard the trains between Shamokin and Mt. Carmel. A street car running from Mt. Carmel to Green Ridge was also attacked Monday morning and three fire bosses were pulled from the car and severely beaten. One of them was so badly hurt that his death is looked for. The Sheridan Troop, of Tyrone, is now on duty with the Thirteenth Regi ment at Olyphant. It was called out late Sunday night and passed through South Danville Monday morning in a special train having come from Tyrone by the way of Lock Haven and Sunbury. The special was rushed over the Sunbury division to Wilkesbarre and Olyphant. At Mahauoy City an attempt was made to blow up the home of Michael Weldon, a non-union fire boss. The front of the building was wrecked by a charge of dynamite which was exploded on the front porch. No one was injured. President John Mitchell and Secre tary-Treasurer Wilson, of tlie Mine Workers' Union, arrived in Philadel phia Monday from Pittsburg. They were met at Broad Street Station by district presidents Nichols, Duffy and Faliy. A conference was held at the Hotel Walton, but nothing was given out. New developments in the strike situation are looked for as the result of this conference. From Pottsville comes a statement that the indepen dent coal operators will make conces sions to the striking miners this wi < k aud expected that their collieries will be permitted to resume operations. Good Wood Going to Waste. Farmers are complaining about the scarcity of help, which they ver3* much need at this season to assist in cutting and husking corn in order to be prepared for winter. Besides, there are many who have plenty of dry wood upon their farms and they feel that they now might make some money out of it, but they have 110 time to prepare it for market. A well known farmer in town Monday was heard to remark that if all the good wood that is going to waste within a radius of five miles could be got into Dan ville the people ln-re would have no cause to worry over the fuel problem even though the coal strike should last all winter. His Life in Peril. "I just seemed to have gone all to piece," writes Alfred Bee,of Welfare, Texas, "billiousness and a lame back had made life a burden, I couldn't eat or sleep and felt almo-t too worn out to work when I began to use Electric Bitters, but they worked wonders. Now I sleep like a top, can eat any thing, have gained in strength and enjoy hard work" They give vigorous health and new life to weak sickly, run-down people.. Try them Only 50c at Paules & Co, drug store. HEW LECTURN DEDICATED 1 The handsome lecturn presented to Christ Episcopal Church bv the family of tho late Daniel DeLoug as a mem orial to their father was dedicated Sunday morning with a very beauti ful and impressive ceremony. The lecturn which is of brass throughout, is of appropriate and graceful design, supported on a heavy pedestal and surmounted by a large eagle bearing upon its outstretched wings the Holy scriptures. The Bible accompanying, a costly and elegant bound volume, is also a gift of the DeLong family. The new lecturn,which stands a trifle over six feet high, occupies tho usual place just, outside the choir rail. The services Sunday were marked with special music, although other wise very simple. The rector, Rev. Erskine Wright, consecrated the lec turn,after which F.'C. Angle as senior warden read a statement accepting the lecturn on behalf of tho rector and vestry, while John Doster, Jr.. as junior warden accepted it on behalf of the congregation. This Snake Took a Ride. A big snake which took a ride from Blue Hill to South Danville in a load of wood Monday came very near caus ing a panic among the citizens. One of P. H. Cotner's wagons loaded with cord wood had just driven upon the scales at J. H. Kase's store when the snake was seen coiled around one of the logs. No sooner was the alarm given than tho copperhead disappear ed down among the cordwood. A moment later his snakoship was seen for the second time, again quickly disappearing. Some half a dozen per sons caught a glinips. of the snake,all agreeing that it was a copperhead aud a big one at that. Naturally the wagon was givon a wide berth, even the driver preferring to walk as he drove away from the scales. How to unload tho wood without running the risk of being bitten was the problem that those interested tried very hard to solve. Snakes are very numerous at Blue Hill and vicinity this season. Burgess W. T. Shepperson,of Riverside, while at his saw mill at Roaring Creek Monday on looking down at his feet saw a black snake 7'- a feet long coiled up beside him. The snake which be longed to the "racer" variety, was later killed. In late years men have mide for tunes out of the tailings of gold mines. The nulls in which the ore formerly was crushed and the crude processes then in use allowed a large percentage of tho precious metal to escape, and that loss in some cases amounted to a fortuue. The stomach is just like a stamp mill in this re spect, that when it is not in perfect order it allows the escape and waste of much of the precious nutriment con tained in the food. That loss when continuous means the loss of man's greatest fortune—health. Science offers a remedy for this condition in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. It corrects the "weakness" of the stomach, prevents waste anil loss ofjnourishmsut, and puts the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition into a condition of health which en ables them to save and assimilate all the nutriment containd in the food which is eaten. In all cases of con stipation the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets will speedily and per mnaently cure the disease. Extending 'Phone Lines. The Philadelphia Times-Ledger of Sunday contained a lengthy article on the intention of the Keystone Telep hone Company of that city, to enter New York, Chicago and Boston. Those cities are now controlled by the Bell Company, which is using every means, it is said, to maintain the monopoly. The only other city of importance which has no independent system is Washington and the Keystone will en ter the national capital after the sys tem has been established in New York Boston and Chicago. The Keystone aud the United com panies have an agreement which gives the subscribers the use of the lines of both systems. There has been no con solidation but the agreement is termed a "traffic arrangement." On Wednes day a long distance service will be opened between Philadelphia, Pitts burg and other sections of Pennsyl vania, with Buffalo and New York state, with Wilmington, Baltimore and the South, and with Cincinnati and the west. In this state there are 155,000 telephones in use on the lines of the United and Keystone compan ies. The Corn Crop Not Heavy. The farmers are now busy cutting corn. Here and there a field is in shocks, hut probably on a majority of the farms the work is little more than begun. Corn while on the average a fair crop is not the heavy yield that was anticipated by many. The incessant rains which followed planting contributed to its rapid growth, it is true, but they also kept the ground so wet that it was impossi ble at any place to give corn the prop er cultivation. As a consequence the ground became packed and solid,while the weeds grew up in profusion and ran a race with the corn. It is said that there are many corn fields which received no cultivation whatever dur ing the entire summer, the ground be ing too soft to hear the weight of a horse. The season was a most phenom enal one, unique in more ways than one in the experience ol even the old est agriculturists. A Boy's Wild Ride for Life. With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding for life, 18 miles,to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W. 11. Brown, of Leesville, Ind., en dured death's agonies from asthma,but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. He writes: "I 'iow sleep soundly every night." fjike marvelous cures of Consumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its matchless merit for all Throat and Lung troubles. Guar anteed bottles 50c, and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at Panics and Oo's. drug store. During the month of September I''. P. Johnson Co., shipped three thousand Acme skirt hangers to a New York firm, in two shipments. HAL ROUTES STARTED WEDNESDAY Wednesday morning, at eight o'clock the four rural free delivery carriers start* d from the Danville post-office ou the first trip over their routes. This is the inauguration of this system iu this county and it marks a now era tor the residents reached by the service. They will have a daily delivery, Sun days excepted,and will thus be brought into closer contact with the great, busy world and its doings. There is much enthusiasm over the service and its advantages will be ap preciated even more after it has been in effect for a time. There is some delay in putting up boxes because of delay in their shipment. There are quite a number of rural routes in oth er counties and states that will also be started today and this has caused such a demand for the boxes that the manufacturers are pu. hed to their ut most capacity to fill orders. The fol lowing are the Montour county routes and carriers: ROUTE NO. 1. Charles Ruckel, carrier—Beginning at. post office, northwest to Maasdalo, west to E. Berger's corner, northwest via Oak Grove meeting house to J. Billmeyer's corner, east to J. Robin son's school house, southeast to W. Davis's corner,southwest to J. Flick's corner, southeast and northeast to A. Bogert's corner, southeast to Burton's corner, west and south to Davis cor- j ner, east to Washingtotiville road, southeast to post office. Length, 22J 3 miles; area,B square miles, houses 85; population, 425. ROUTE NO. 2 H. H. Stetler, carrier—Beginning at post office, northwest on Washing tonville road via Fenn'a, hotel to A. J. Oarr's corner, southeast and east, via school house to G. Dietrich's cor ner, southeast to P. Byer's corner, east to.l. W. Byer's corner, north to U. Cooper's corner, northeast to Orle ans school house, southeast and south west to Hendricksou's school house west to Roger's corner, south to Old Tannery, southeast to post office. Length, 2K'„ miles; area <> square miles; houses, 87; population, 435. ROUTE NO. I! Daniel Byerly, carrier—Beginning at post office, northeast to Kaseville with closed pouch, northeast to C. F. Styer's corner, east to G. Irwin's cor ner, northwest to Moore's corner, northeast to Swenoda corner, north west to Crossley's corner, southwest to Sheep's school house, northwest to Shultz shop, southwest to B. Shultz' corner, south via V. Shultz to J. Ben field's saw mill, west to E. Apple man's corner, southwest to Blue's cor ner, east to Edmopdson's farm, return to Blue's corner, southeast to post office. Length 22 l 4 miles; area, 8 square miles; houses, 103 ; population, 515. ROUTE NO. 4. John McClure, carrier—Beginning at post office, east on Bloom Road to Hagenbach's corner, north to Pursel's corner, west to M. A. Girton's coiner, southwest to E. White's corner,north west to Kaseville post office where closed pouch will be received, east to Moore's school house, north to Evert's corner, west via 11. Sandel and G. B. Kase to E. Sidlev's, southwest to Fork's, southeast to post office, de livering closed pouch. Length, 21 miles; area. 10 square miles; houses, 1(10; population, 800. The government has put up seven large boxes for the collection of mail, such as art) used in the cities, and these are the largest of this style manufactured. They are located as follows; Route No. 1, Oak Grovo meeting house; Route No. 2, Ortman school house; Route No. 3, Sheep's school bouse, A. Shultz's shop, Blue's cor ner; Route No. 4, Hageubach's cor ner, W. Pursel's corner. FAIR EXCHANGE. A new back for an old one. and how it is done in Danville. The back aches at times with a dull indescnahle feeling,making you weary and restless; shooting pain shoots across the region of the kidneys, and ag;»i» the loins are so lauie to stoop is agony. NO use to rub or apply a plas ter to the back in this condition. You cannot reach the cause. Exchange the bad back for a new and stronger one; Follow the example of this Dan ville citizen. Mrs. H. A. Millard of 122 East Font St.,says: 'I was doctered for Bripht's Disease but could not get permanent relief. Owing to rheuma tism 1 was not able to walk without a cane and iu addition to this I was very much bothered witli pains across my loins and an embarassing weak ness ot the kidneys. I took almost everything I could hear about with out obtaining success. Doan's Kidney Pills did mo mere good than any other remedy I ever used. They positively relieved the aching in my back and the annoyance from the kidney secre tions. They gave me relief not afford ed by any other medicine." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Fos'er-Milhuru Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no substitute. Always Full of News. The Philadelphia Press has one of the strongest news services in the world Specials correspondent in all the capitals of Europe and the im portant cities of this country; exclu sivel correspondents in all the cities and towns within its circlulation; ex clusive privilegl of nsing all news re ceived by the New York World, the New York Tribune, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the Boston Journal and the Cincinnati Commercial-Tri bune; and the service of the Associat -led Press keep Philadelphia's Great Home Newspaper full of the latest re liable news every day. The Press at one cent daily is within the reach of I all, and you can hardly afford to do without it. Goes Like Hot (Jakes. "The fasest selling article I have in my store," writes druggist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky , "is l)r. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, because it always cures. In my six years of sales it has never failed. I have known it to save sufferers from Throat and Lui,g dis eases, who good get no help from doct ors or any other remedy," Mothers rely on it, best physicans subscribe it, and Paules & Co. guarantee satistao tion or refund price. Trial bottles free. Reg. sizes, 50c and |l. 160 ORDERS EOR COAL HOOKED To fully appreciate the gravity of the situation as it relates to the want of fuel one should spend some time about the coal offices. The bins of the various dealers usually filled to over flowing at this season are practically empty. It is true there is now and then a shipment of washery coal, but these are never sufficient to fill the orders on hand. One dealer yesterday stated that he had one hundred and sixty orders on his book. As a result ho has stopped taking orders. With the near approach of winter no one can afford to be indifferent or neglect a single opportunity to ob tain coal and buyers or would-be buy ers are giving the dealers little rest. Few of them have probably fully re alized the gravity of the situation. When informed by the coal dealer that he can not even take their order a look akin to despair settles on each face as if the individual realized for the first time that ho is, indeed, "out in the cold." The majority of the people are not. particular and would be very glad to get even washery coal ; but it is the same old story—none on hand and no shipments in sight. The operators are quite candid with the dealers and hold out no hope that in the face of the tremendous demand for the washery article they will be able to ship more than the most limited quantities to any one town. Soft coal, which it.was thought, might take the place of hard coal to some extent has already reached a price whose effect is likely to prove prohibitive, especially, as this coal for domestic purposes in this sec tion is a matter of experiment and its use will be attended with much dis comfort and inconvenience. The limit ed quantity on hand at our local yards has been retailed at five dollars per ton and yesterday the disquieting news reached our dealers that a scar city lias developed anil that as high as seven dollars per ton was being offered for soft coal at the mines. Under the circumstances it is doubt ful if bituminous coal could be retail ed for less than eight dollars per ton at the local yards, even should its use become popular. BEYOND A DOUBT. Good Hard Facts. Told in a few Words as Possible. Thomas Kear of No. R32 Mill St., Danville, Pa., says:—' Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are certainly what they are represented to be. I got a box last fall at Gosh's Drug Store and found they did me a great deal ol good. They inigorated and toned me up generally—l rested better and felt. Ihe benefit of my night's rest. My business is of a sedentary nature and trying on the nervvous system but 1 felt so much better after their use." Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are sold at 50 cts a box at dealers or Dr. A W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. V. See that portrait and signature ot A. W. Chase, M. I). are on every package. Above the Average. The second performance of the Mur ray Su Mackey Comedy company was greeted by a good sized and well pleas ed audience at the opera house last night. The plaV, "The Reward of Crime" shows every member of the company in an entirely different role from that assumed the night previous and places tlieni above average reper toire companies. Mr. Donovan as "Harry Newton" and "Snowtop" again demonstrated his ability as a real actor; always doing conscientious work, never posing or doing the heroics so common with the majority of lead ing men. Miss Murray as "Gypsy" shared the honors with Mr. Donovan. She can "make good" in any char acter and do it to tlie satisfaction of the most critical. The balance of the company gave their usual good sup port, and the costuming and scenery is in keeping with each and every play. Specialties were introduced by John .T. and Florence Murray, and John kept the audience in an uproar until he had to stop for breath. John is a great laugh producer and general ly makes people forget their troubles. Burke O'Neill in his usual good style sang "Just to Kiss Her Tears Away" and" Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow," finely illustrated. The Mc- Canu family came in for their share ot applause. Tonight a good comedy bill, "Driv en From Home," will be presented for the first time in this city, with new specialties, illustrated songs and moving pictures.—Look Haven Ex press. The Murray & Mackey Company will appear in Danville all next week. Firemen Going to Bradford. The State Firemen's convention at Bradford will bo attended by forty members of the Continental Hose Com pany. The company held a meeting Saturday evening and decided togo to Bradford. There will also be a num ber from the other companies who will attend the convention. The fire men will leave next Monday, October t>, via thc> Pennsylvania, at 12:15 p.m., and will take tho Buffalo flyer at Sun bury. Alter the convention some of the Danville firemen will visit Buffalo. A Typical South African Store. O. R. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sun days River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Africa, at which can be pureased anything from te pro verbial "needle to an anchor." This store is situated in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-five miles from the nearest town. Mr. Larson says:"l am favored with the custom of farmers within a radius of thirt3 - miles, to many of whom I have supplied Cham berlain's remedies. All testify to their value in a household where a doctor's advice is almost out of the question. Within one mile of my store the population is perhaps sixty. Of these, within the past twelve mouths, no less than fourteen have been abso lute ly cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy This must surely be a rec ord. " For sale by Paules & Co., No. , 352 Mill street. FlEL^^g^iN A GOOD RIIPORT ON RYE. The Mammoth White Variety—ll ye «* it Cover Crop. We sowed a small patch of the Main moth white rye lust fall, and cut it this year (June 12) and send y»u a pic ture of a sniiill bundle of it. The man Is 5 f<s t 11 inches tall, so you can get an idea of the growth it innde, much of it being over eight feet high, and most of ft over seven feet from tho ground to the top of the head. The heavy rains and wind lodged it bad ly before it was ready to cut, so that nearly all the straw was more or less broken. We picked out a few of the soundest straws to make a bundle v MAMMOTH WHITE HYE. for illustration. Our land Is light, sandy loam. We generally sow five acres or more of rye every year for a crop, the grain to supplement the corn crop for the hogs and the straw for betiding. We also use a good deal of rye every year to sow for a cover crop for the winter on ground intended for corn, potatoes and oat and pea hay the following season.—Cor. Ohio Farm er. FACT AND FAD. The llflKinn llnre n* "lleulth Food." Mr. lirvl ner*M Comment*. Now that the Belgian hare boom is dead and burled, apparently beyond prospect of Immediate resurrection, comes Mrs. Rorer, the exponent of good cooking and expert on cooking materials and methods, and not only mgea In her lectures the use of Bel gian hare meat and cooks it before her classes, but also has gone into the busi ness of raising hares on her farm, in tending to sell them next fall at 25 cents a pound In the Philadelphia mar ket. The present price there Is said to be 35 cents. She says, according to a statement in the Bucks County In telligencer: "The special value of the flesh is Its being highly nutritious with out being stimulating, as rich in nitro gen as beef without the stimulating quality thought deleterious by physi cians. The hare meat Is white, of del icate flavor, resembling capon. It Is now used in hotels and private fami lies. Canned hare meat Is also being placed on the market." All this is only In line with my ear lier remarks and expressions on this subject, says T. Greiner In Farm and Fireside. The Belgian hare, after first being ignored, then extravagantly boomed inid denounced, will finally find the true level of Its worth. There certainly is a place for It In rural and domestic economy which It can and will fill. This at least is the conclu sion at which I have finally arrived. Give the hare a reputation as "health food,"and its new boom will bo as sured. Whether Mrs. Rorer, however, will tlnd it quite so easy a task to raise the Belgians as she evidently and pos sibly without much practical experi ence supposes is In my estimation not quite so certain. The recent Belgian hare boomers have advertised the ani mal as practically exempt from dis ease. We used to find it so years ago. Th- n we could multiply them and es iiy the crosses between Belgian ' sand common rabbit females— f r in--at purposes are practieal to the pure bred Belgians at !•: ..sure both in confinement and In orchards and groves outdoors. But times have changed. Some disease, the nature of which we do not understand, carries off the young stock by the wholesale and without previous warn ing when kept in confinement and kills many older ones. We simply find the animals dead in their pens. The mat ter of feeding seeuis to make no differ ence either. 111T KN HIIII Tnrltej ». The deadly enemy of grasshoppers and other Insect pests, according to Field and Farm, Is the plain domestic turkey, which farmers, sugar beet growers and fruit culturlsts all over Colorado are now raising and turning Into tho fields and orchards to eat tho insects. The turkey as a bug killer la creating a good deal of Interest in all sections, and turkey eggs for hatching have been in much demand. niverne Appetite*. "1 wonder why donkeys eat th -ties?" said the man who Is always finding something peculiar in life. "Oh," answered the person who likes plain food, "there is no accounting for taste. 11' a donkey were to give the matter a thought, I suppose lie would wonder why human beings eat olives." —Washington Star. An r.ininiilc Position. Biggs I met a uian yesterday who makes bis living by buying millinery. Boggs Well, what o£ ttt Higgs Oh, nothing; ouljjM've been buying millinery ever since I was mar ried, and I never made any money j by it.—New York Herald. IS'ot l»% CoviilliiMMilt. Husband Your hah is your crown i lug glory, my dear. Wife—That's all right, but I've got to have a new bonnet just the same.— Exchange. A JVe«Y Suit 111 IVoSIHM'f. 14 AII m % v l>rst gowns were destroyed In that railway wreck." "And didn't the company give you any redressV"—New York Press. SUGAR BEET ACREAGE. The Area Thin S«*a«oi> That off l.uMt Year. According to the < 'rop Reporter. the an a sown to sugar beet in th< I' State* iu 190'J, as eutli iati tl by .Mes-rs Willett and <»ray, New York, is 513 acres against 107,!»2."> acres sown in 1901 and 132,000 acres in I'.WMI. OUT of the eleven states enumerated as pat ticipating in this industry in ll*Ki . ight show an increase and one only a de crease in area over tliat of the preced ing year, the aggregate increase for the entire country amounting to 1-1. OS* acres. The most notable in< reases in area are in four states, wlii< !i are en-dded with about ss per cent of the amrre gate area of the country vi; Jilchi gan, California, Colorado and I tali. Michigan, with an area in the present year of (iX.otto acres, shorn- an ineieas. over the area of the preceding year ol upward of 70 |>er cent, and for tin first time in the history ■ 112 the industry takes rank as the leading state in tit* area devoted to this product. California, which has heretofore b< en the foremost state in respect of snirar beet area, is this year in s'-eond place, with an acreage of 71,2:'. 1 acre*, the largest area, however, ever sown in the state and one showing an increase of ntioiit In per cent over that of the pre vious year. Third in importance in this industry is Colorado, with an area of 3t» IP.» acres in 1902 against 23.700 in the pree, "Pig year, an increase of tjti per cent. In I'tali the 1002 area is lN.tioO acres against 12..V*i arrs in 1!**». an increase if I'» per cent. Tin other states of sni 1 r production which show inereas in area are Washing ton, Oregon, N -' raska and Oliio. Wisconsin and New York are credit ed with the same area as last y r. The only state which shows a fleer- a so is Minnesota. l)o ire l or IIRIIIIIIII!; n L.aildrr. This liandy little device wa- ori~ inally shown in the Farm Journal. (mi' |torson to | move a heavy ladder to any ile sired place sr 11 lone. Tvv o ■ ll' .!•• S WED r* - ' ; o|e -• lioreil ALA 111 Hlt ON i 111 iK •. tiro i| h their center and 11l 1 1l^ ■ en«!- • 1 :11 tli( heavy ladders on tin place. The < t iiinl trni !;?• can be siipp< <1 i to place in a moment ai;d held b\ pi;--, a diown. The other end < 112 tie l.iddei is then seized ami the whole »vh» e'ed off. (uttlnT* and When celery rust is prevalent, pull off the small bottom leaves and - de shoots; also keep clean and well wa tered if drought prevails I'.e sure to Water well. Celery plants should l>e handled as soon as they obtain suttieient size. Common draiutiles are excellent for blanching. On sandy land and in a hot climate It Is not advisable to plow under a heavy growth of clover and |«ea plants while in a green condition. Itye does well on lij:lit soils with little nitrogen and comes in well after a crop of corn. One i*»or cow in the stable may turn profit into loss. Nitrate of soda hurries along the sweet corn. Their I! rnneli of Service. "To what branch of the military service do captains of industry be long'/" asked the recognized yet sur vlving joker of the party. "I give it up," replied Ids victim wearily. '"To the artillery, bi-eause they're all 'big guns.' See 7 Ha, ha, ho, ho!" Syracuse Herald. AMENDMENT TO TIIK CONSTITI IM\ Pl(i ill »SKI> I " I'll K i IT|/.t N- of THISi i>M.\ii>.\\\ K.vi.tii i«»i: i HI- 11: \i PU< IV AI, i 'lt ItEJ K< "Tl" >\ in nil 'ON KKAI. ASS KM HI A oK TIIK co;.i\|o.N WKAbTII «»K PKNNS\ I.VAMA, l»l »J- I.ISIIKI) 11 V OKIIKK <|| TIIK SKI Kl I \IJ\ OK TIIK I'OMMIINWKAI.TH. IN I'l KSI AM'KOK AKTU I.K XVIII <>l 111 H < >N STITI'TIi i.N. A JOINT UKsOU TloN Proposing an amendment lo -cctlon tin of art l«:It- one of the Constitution, so t hat ;i discharge of a jury for failure to >• or other necessary cnase shall not work an ac quittal. Section I. He it resolved t>\ in scnsio- and Howie of Representative* "I the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in licmral AsseniMv met. That the following !«• projioscil a- an amendment to the Cotistiriilioii; that Is to say that section ten of article one, which reads as follows: "No |HT>OII shall, for any indictable otlcn«i . Ih' proceeded against criminally l>y Informs lion, except In cases arisins In the land or naval forces or In the lutlltla. when In act ual service, in time of uar or public damrcr. or by leave of the court for oppression or mis demeanor In office. No person shall, for I lie same Otlense. lie twice putin jeopardy of life or Itmh; nor shall private i>r<>|x rtv l.c taken or applied to public use. without authority of law and without just compensation hi n; first made or secured," tie amended soil* to read as follows: No person shall, for any indletabh «■ tt«-11~. lie proceeded against criminally b> informa tion, except in cases arisini: in the land or na\ a I forces, or in the mil it ia, when in act MI service in time of war or public teal, or bj leave of I he court for oppression or m nor in office. No |ierson shall, for the » r • offense, be I wlce putin Jeopardy of life or limb: tint a discliiirgeof tliejury for failure t.. auree, or other necessary iwnse, shall not work an acquittal. Nor shall private prop. ri> be taken or applied to yaWc us,-. trttlNl an thorityof law and without just eoiiipeh-afion heiny tirst made or secured A true copy of thcJoint Herniation. W. V. UIIMI Secretary of the Common weal I h AiIKNOMKNT Ti> TIIK CONsllll II 'N I'ROl't ISKI' I" Till CMI/.KNs .i| THIS «'< »MMo.N\\ K M.I II K<d: ill i IK \r PROVAbUR REJEtTHtN HI lilt KltAI. ASsK.MHIA ul itll diMVI'iN WKAI.TII nh I'KN Ns> IA\N |\. I'll l.lslllll HV <»Hl>Klt «>l HIK -SKI KKI AO oK TIIK CtIM.Mo.NWI-.\l 111. IN PfKsl ANCKOK MITIIKF. \ VIII oK ITU ST IT I TI ON A JOINT KKSol.l TloN Pro|«»slnK an amendment to the t oust it lit ion of the Commonwealth. Section I. licit resolved In tin >• r.riti and House of Itepresentativi s of the t'ommoi wealth of I'ennsy Ivatiia in tieneral \s«,mti|> met, That the following is propositi as an amendment tothc Constitution of tin ton moil wealth of l'«nnsy I \ aula, in ac< ordanc. with the provisions of the eighteenth ar? ■ • thereof: Amendment. Add at the end of si, lion NIM three the following words: *| uti lie fore it shall lie intro<liice<t in the < leneral i>vi : ~ such pro|siseds|>ei - ial or lix al law shah: t lieet first submitted to a t>opnl*r voti it « Kcneral or sjieeial elei'tion in the IncaltC or localities to l»> affected by its operation, un der an order of the court of common picas »i the rcs|Kftive county alter liearin. ami ip plication granted, and shall have been ip pro*ed by a majority of the Voters at >m-h election I'rovid-d, That no such eii <>,. . shall l«' held until I lie decree of court oil In • i/.in« the same shall haw lieeniMlvi-rtis.il at least thirty (:>»■ da> sla the Nmllt] ortoi al i itles atteeted, ill sucil inailnei as tin . -urt | may itire»-t. A true copy of I he Joint Ifes.iiirtltni W. W i ilt I KS'I". Secretary i>fthe Comntonwealtli. 11 Slylisli Spring; Mm To any one who will mention THE MONTOUR AMERICAN, and send us 25 cents we will forward immediately the pattern of an ail vance Paris style for a Sprite Jacket. Address The norae-Hroufchton Co. Publishers of L'Art de la Mode, l-'ast loth Street, New York sjnKle copies of l.'Art ih la M.• I, lii II rl( #e want to io all kiuils of Pnutina liL d I I Ml IK, I rs w. !II will M.i |is mm A well print- 1 tasty, liill f-»- I 111 tcr H ' A/i Ticket t'iicu Program, L/J mcnt or u»i |j| an n,1v,,i„,,, t n for your *> i in- - • satisfactitm »«• \ov Hew Type, New Presses Best Paper, Stilled Wort Promptness- Ml you can as A trial wilt ma you our custom We rcsj>tctttil!; that trial. I Mil •' \o II H. Mahofliiif Si. 112
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