Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, October 02, 1902, Image 2

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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
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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
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