Home Paper —-For llie line Ihe circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR OR. HIVING 11. JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office I fount .9 A. M- to 1-1 M 'OS, Mill St., IP. M.to 4P. •'/ Danville. Pa. siui/r/., M. n -425 MIM. ST., DANVILI.E, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty I yt. W. I». ASt VLB, DENTIST ()I KICK: -l> s MII.I STKKKT. Teetli Extracted without I'aiu. Crown itotl Bruise Work it s-j•!-<• i;« 11 \ - Equipped with the luteal "»d most Improved li.Mtrniuent«ai . HOUSE THIEF SENTENCE# Michael Katz. frequently under pol ico surveillance here,who with Abram Burger was convicted of horso steal ing at Blcomsburg, Tuesday, was sen tenced yesterday noon, receiving the full penalty of the law—ten years in the Eastern Penitentiary at separate and solitary confinement. Burger, who had two offences to answer for, ,vas given a sentence of seventeen years in the penitentiary at separate and solitary confinement. Katz and Burger were arrested in Snyder county <>ll September 10th, by officers from Mt. Carmel. They were charged with the theft of two horses belonging to William Raiig and J. S. Levan, of Scott township, Columbia county. Burger pleaded guilty of complicity iu the theft of one of the horses. Katz pleaded not guilty. The latter was ably defended by Ralph Kisner of this city. Burger, charged with steal ing Levan's horse, was put on trial j uud defended by E. .1. Flinn of Cen j tralia. Both men were found guilty, tiie jury returning a verdict Tuesday night. Katz operated about town as a junk dealer and was arrested some two or three years ago on suspicion, hut was discharged for want, of evidence. Burger, who served a t.Tin inSunbury jail for horse stealing, is also known in Danville. Another Large Congregation. Another large congregation assem bled in Mahoning Presbyterian church last night to hear the Evangelist Schiverea. The sermon was fouiul"d on Exodus, 20th chapter, 16th verse: "Who is on tiie Lord's side'/ let him come to me." The sermon was a strong appeal addressed to men and made a profound impression. It started out with the proposition that to be on the Lord's side is to bo on the side of per manent joy, permanent prosperity, permanent happiness—that the Lord's side is the safe side in life and the safe side in death. Coming on the Lord's side involves three things: I sr., Forsaking the course of sin ; 2nd., casting ourselves upon the mercy of God; 'srd., the simple act of faith in accepting Christ as Redeemer. The evangelist for the first time dar ing the serio?? »if meetings hold Ull after service, a large proportion of the congregation remaining. A Victim of Diphtheria. Alice, the five-year-old daughter of Charles Ashtou, Cooper street, died last evening of malignant diphtheria. The attending physician first saw the child on Monday when the ease was far advanced. The child will be buri ed this morning, the funeral being private, as required by the rules when death is caused by diphtheria or like infectious diseases. There are four other children in the family, who, it is hoped may escape infection. Every precaution possible has been employed to prevent the spread of the disease. Schiverea at the Stove Works. The evangelist, Schiverea. yesterday i noon addri ssed a big meeting at the Stove Works, practically every em ploye being present. The best of good order prevailed and the speaker was treated with the utmost respect. To-morrow the evangelist will ad dress the employes at Curry & Van nan's between 12 o'clock and 12:30. The Bible reading at the Mahoning Presbyterian church yesterday after iioon proved of a very practical and helpful nature. The Bible reading this afternoon will take place at :5 o'clock. All are invited to • present. T ase Court January 23. Licens court for Montour county will convene on Friday morning, Jan uary 23, at nine o'clock. The court usually sets for the granting of licenses (>n the first Friday after the third Monday in January. All applications or new licenses or renewals must be advertised for four weeks. It is also necessary that the applicant's name be published along with the location of the property to be licensed. It is rumored that there will be several new applications. Heptasophs Elect Officers. The following officers were elected by Lotus Conclave, No. 127, 1.(). If, last evening : Archon, John Richards; Provo, E. E. Peters; Prelate, F. M. Herrington ; Secretary. C. (». Cloud ; Financier, W. L. McClure ; Treasurer. E. W. Wetzel: inspector, Charles White; Warden, ,n Kilgtis; Sent inel, K. !•!. Mui'rtv: Trustees, W. O. Green, P. H. !' •'.! > and W. B. (fear hart. Repres' 'Mai ive to the Supreme Convention, E. W. Wetzel. Alternate, John Kiluns. Invit 1 Montour Oonnty Teachers. Dr. .1. P. Welsh,of Blooinsburg, has extended through County Superintend eiit Derr, an invitation to the teachers of Montour county to join the annual Normal School excursion to Washing ton, D. (7., on December ITith. Mr. Derr informed the teachers of the in vitation yesterday afternoon. New Oyster Wagon. A. M. Peters has received from Baltimore a noveltv in the form of a wagon to be us'd in delivering oysters, it is fashioned after a pattern new in I this citv and !o make it more unique it | is painted w lute. STRI Cli B¥ SWlll'll TMCET 11. S. Innis a brakeman on extra | freight No. 3131, easthound, met with :ni accident near South Danville Sun day afternoon whieli obliged him to return to Sunhury. As the train approached the station a hot box was detected. Innis'who was riding on the locomotive was w.itcliing the trouble some box and to get a Rood view was leaning far out of the window. The train, which had an engine at each end, was running very fast, As it swept I >3" siding No. \J the brake - man's head struck t switch target. The blow, was a severe one, but the force was somewhat broken by the brake man's cap, which fell to the ground, while the brakeman himself bleeding aud badly stunned fell back into the cab. Innis snon recovered from the blow, when it was found (lirit his worst in jury consisted of an ugly scalp wound, which necessitated surgical treatment, lie was unfit to continue on duty and was left off at the station where he took the 1:31 passenger train for Sunhury. He went to the Mar/ M. Packer Hospital. The accident is one which frequent ly happens to railroaders. Notwith standing the frequent warnings that occur even experienced railroaders forget thoniselves and expose them selves to terrible daug'-r b\ I<-tiling out the windoiv. Innis is regarded as very fortunate, for hud the blow been received on almo t in/ other part of his head it would M v probably have resulted in ;i broken neck. Annual Election Saturday Night. Tli • annual election of a Chief aud four assistants of the Fire Department of tli is city will bo held on Saturday evening at the Friendship Eiigiuc House. Thomas Trainor, Jr., of the Uontineutal Company for the office of ['hie? has no opposition o that his election si t nis assured. The following aro candidates for as sistants: Edward Pnrpur, Friendship; Benjamin Livziev, Washington Hose Jo. ; Georg ■ Yerrick, Continental and lolin Jenkins, Goodwill. The election will be held from <5:30 to !S p. in.and will be under the sup ervision of the followng : Chief James Kreeze; Secretary, John L. Jones, of :li ■ Friendship company,W. W. Davis, jf tnu n ;> Company, Thomas Jacobs, of the Continental jompsny :md Dallas Hummer of the LJoodwill coni])any. Business Directory of Pennsylvania. A state gazetter or business direct ory is now beiug compiled wiiicli will jontiin the name of every city, town ind village in the state. their popula lou, location, railroad facility s, •x --iress companies, stage lilies, charac :er of industries,banking institutions, icwspapers, churches,etc. A complete ist of every firm or person in business is well as physicians, dentists, law rers, clergymen and teachers, as well is other important features, making it t work of great value and the only nedium open to the general public in i reference way. The work will bo issued from the Pittsburg oflico "112 R. L. Polk & Co., lie largest directory firm in the world, lublishers of ten directories of nation (l scope, some twenty state gazetters, iver one hundred city directories, tmoug which are tin l city directories )f Pittsburg and Allegheny, Altoona, Lancaster, York, etc.. The position if this firm in the directory world has jeen attained through thoroughness in Himpilation,legitimate business meth >ds, and their rule of never pay nouey to directory solicitor- in ad rance of publication. Appointed General Manager. Thy Mutual Lite Insurance Com pany, of New York, recently appoint ed George I) Edniondson of this city as its General Manager in the Central Pennsylvania district. This district •omprisos twelve counties. Mr. Ed niondson will have his headquarters at Allentown where his company is tit ling up office ■ for him. Twelve years ago Mr. Edniondson accepted a position as solicitor for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. After several y- ars service he was ap pointed a special agent. For three years 1 ast he has been awarded the prize for writing the largt I amount of insurance lor his company in Penn sylvania. Mr. Kdmondson's now ap pointment c;»riii - with ii a larg -al ary aud commission. Died at Danville Hospital. Mrs. Harbara IS. Shipinnn, wife of John If. Sliipmau, of Sunhury, died at the State Hospital yesterday morn ing, of a complication of disease, sup erinduced by l'light's di-'-is -. Mrs. Sliipmau was first stricken on the 27th of June last and was brought to the Danville ho piial on the 17th of Nov ember last. Hei a; was 70 ye ars, 7 months and 17 day?;. She is survived by a iiub-aii*i and two daughters, Mi - Edith and Mi-- Coia. The remains were taken to Sunhury yesterday. Congressman Billuieyer. Congressman Hilliu ye • of this dis trict was sworn in on M' uday to si rve the unexpired term of II in. Itufus If. Polk. lb) bis a gnid seat, on the Democratic side, lat lv occupied bj' Congressman Hall, <>. tl Si ite, who resigned to become :'tatn Senator. Mr. Uillmeyer stop ;ii the National hotel, Washington, D. C. DAXVILLK, PA., TMIKSDAY PK< EMIiKH 4, 1902. 11l SilH (IP IT.KIN The announcement that Mrs. Gamc well, a returned missionary was to speak in St. Paul's M. E. church Son day morning oil tho "Siege of Pek i in" brought out a largo congregation. ' Mrs. Gamewell told a thrilling story and told it well. Being one who pass ed through and was consequently an eyewitness in one of the most prolong ed and terrible sieges of modern times the discourse possessed an absorbing j interest,t be eloquence and the graphic language of tho speaker bringing the congregation almost faco to face with the stirring scenes she described. The reading public are familiar with tin 1 Boxer uprising in 1900 and in a general way with the siege of Pekiu. Neither is it news to learn that there were warring factions in China—that the Empress Dowager with the Imperi al army at her command wain league with tho Boxers and that tho secret object of the uprising was the total annihilation of all foreigners, ft re mained, however, for Mrs. Gamewell to describe tho life behind the bar ricades in detail, tho sum total af pri vation and suffering and the full hor ror of those two long months when only a handful of 450 soldiers stood between the missionaries and a horde of frenzied pagans thirsting for their massacre. The speaker emphasized the fact that throughout the entire siege every development tench d to show the baud of an overruling Providence. Time and again they stood face to face with what seemed to be inevitably the end, but at the last moment something in tervened to save the imprisoned lega tions. On one occasion during a high wind a conflagration was started with the object of burning out the foreign ers. The flames were driven onto the very threshold of the legations and all hope seemed to be at an end win 11 the wind providentially veered, not only saving the refugees but driv ing the flames in another direction where several large buildings were laid in ashes which previously had constituted a vantage ground for the enemy. Such fires started by the besiegers were of very frequent occur rence and those within the legations only saved themselves by tho most heroic efforts, the women as well as the men assisting to carrv water queii'.-n the liro as it ate into tho outlying buildings. Several thousand people, ranked as foreigners or their sympathizers, the latter being Christian converts, repre senting seventeen different nationali ties were crowded in the legations ami tho problem of food became a serious one. Mule and horse meat were stap les, but even food of this repellent sort would have bcu exhausted hail not one of the missionary s been prov identially h d to an abandoned ware house near tho firing lino where a big store of rice was found. In the same way a lot of wheat was discov ered later, as well as a mill with which to grind it. Mrs. Gamewell says the Christians were wonderfully sustained by their religious faith. Otherwise they could not have withstood the horrors or the long siege. The crack of musketry was incessant and shot and shell were flying over and nhout tie Wit!; at any priv; y, lui Idled to. 'ther like slice]) in pen, m a and women fell asleep from sheer exhaustion, only to bo awakened later by louder tiring or the concussion of the earth as some shell exploded near. Mrs. Gamewell regards the i-ioge of Pekiu as illustrating not only the depth to which a nation not Christ ianized can descend, although learned and civilized, but also that there is urgent in d of renewed and redoubled missionary work in China. 700 Miles Run in Two Weeks. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad can at any time now take its wires from the Western Union Telegraph Company and the latter will still do business at the old stand. A. F. Kelley, lepre sentative of Superintendent E. M. Mulford. of New York, and General Foreman of Construction Daniel Roth of Buffalo, state that all new wires to take the place of all Pennsylvania wires are ready for service whenever orders come from New York to use them. By midnight Sunday every wire bad been tested and all but two were in good working order. The extent ol' the work of the West ern Union is shown by the number of wires run. From Williamsport fifteen were run to Comley, twelve from that place to Danville and three to Snn bury, and seven from Sunbury to Northumberland. Going west thirteen were run to Lock Haven and ten from there to Butler. The wires are all 210-pound copper ones. Foreman Hotli can feel proud of the quick work done. In two weeks, be tween Williamsport and Danville and Sunbury TOO miles of wires were strung and 1.000 cross arms putin place. To obtain tho right of way for their wires the company had to pay largo amounts; 000 will bo left in tins territory, states Mr. Ivelloy. Twenty gangs were employed, a total of 1500 men, and thirty teams, besides four men and tlx lr chief, from New York, to make tests. On Monday one crow of linemen left for Fort Worth, Texas. Four have re turned to New York, one to Omaha, Neb., and tho others to St. Louis, Mo. < >ni row will be retained for repair wor! I Only three weeks until Christinas. I'EllSOJill. Miss Ella Moyer, of Berwick, is vis iting relatives in Danville. William Kashmir of Berwick, spent Sunday in tliis city. Howard Clark of Bloomsburg. spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. \Y. K. Clark, South Danville. John Eyerlv of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with 11is family in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mills, ot Bloomsburg,spent Sunday at the home of C'li irles Mills, West Mahoning stroet L •onard Foulk, of Berwick spent Sunday in this city. John Messiier, of Sunbury, spent Snndav in this city as a. guest at the Mapstone homestead, Bloom street. Miss Tillio and Grace Ricketts spent Sunday with Catawissa friends. Hugh Bennett, of Northumberland, spent Sunday at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bennett, Church street. Mrs. Richard Metherell and son, Gomer,spent Sunday with relatives at Berwick. Thomas Morris,of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday in this city. Miss Katharine Sharpless, of Cata wissa, visited friends in this city yes terday. Mrs. Arthur Myerly, of South Dan ville, left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Pittsburg. Harry Mitchell, of Berwick, was a visiator in this city yesterday. George I). Edmoiidson left for Al lentown yesterday morning. Yetter, Esq., of Bloomsburg was in Danville yesterday. Walter Keiner.of Philadelphia,spent yesterday in this city. Reese Edmoiidson was in Berwick yesterday. James Mellenry.ol Benton transact l ed business in this city yesterday. Mrs. George D. Payne and daugh ter. Miss Lillian,left yesterday morn ing for New York City where they will take up their residence. Mi s Edith E. Keller and Miss Verda Corn 11, ot Bloomsburg, are attending Institute in this city this ween. Miss Mav Levan, of Milton, is vis iting friends in this city. William Waite, of Sugar Notch, is visiting his brother, John G. Walte, Perry stn et. Harrv o_-«- » business trip to Sooth Danville yester lav. Mihia. Mrs. M. E. Brarkmau left for Mill vii'W, Sullivan county,yesterday after i visit at the home of William Hauck, Grand street. Grant Sower- made a trip to Ber wick yesterday. Mrs. William Bo wye c and son, James, are visiting relatives in Sun bury. Mrs. W. 1 . Zeliff, of Washington ville, return* d yesterday from a visit svith relatives in Sunbury. Mrs. K. Williams,ot Sunbury, spent yesterday with friends in this city. Mrs. Charles Morgan, of Wheeling, W. Ya., arrived in this city last even ing for a visit with the Misses Bas ■>< r, Mill street. Harry Esterbrook came up from Sunbury evening. Miss Helen Ramsey returned from a visit to Philadelphia, last evening. Mrs. George Frain left.yesterday for I visit with relatives in Wyoming. Rabbi Adolph May-r was in Blooms burg last evening. Mrs. J. E. Harmony returned to Berwick yesterday after a visit at the home of Leonard Hauck,Grand street. Thomas Toohcy was a visitor in B1 oomsburg yesll»rday. Rev. Dr. D. I). Fox left yesterday for Bloomsburg where he delivered a lecture last night. Isaiah Fenstormacher of Catawissa, visited friends in this city yesterday. Frank Johnson of Northumberland, spent last evening in this city. Miss Margaret Ainmermau is visit ing friends in Wilkcsbarre. Cost of Bridges. The State has just awarded con tract- for $280,500 worth of bridges to replace structures destroyed by the floods of last winter and spring. Of this sum Wayne county gets s73,B£(i for three bridges and Columbia $37,847 for two, but Luzerne gets nothing. More than half of the s*2Bo, f>oo goes for a bridge over tho Juniata river at Mitlerstown,which is to cost $144,680. Tin contracts are but the beginning of many more to follow, from which it appears that high water is quite an expensive luxury to the people of Pennsylvania. Entertained at Dinner, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt entertain ed a number of friends at dinner yes terday at their home on West Mahon ing street. Those present were Mrs. E. B. Ilayhurst, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Harder, Mrs J. K. Sharpless and Miss J. 11. Harder, of Catawissa, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Yastine, of Sunbury, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams,of South Danville. Reading Promotions. D. L. Mauger, traveling passenger agent on the Reading, lias been pro moted to tho position of district pas senger agent, to succeed C. I>. KautT man, of Reading, who has been pro moted. Mr. Manger will have charge of all the. territory in the Sbamokiti district. FACE TO FAIT WITH DEATH Ira Maupin, l'onman of a telegraph gang, who missed his footing on the top of a fifty foot pole Sunday, sav ed himself by a most remarkable feat, which consisted in clutching one of the lower arms of the pole as lie plung ed head-first downward. Mr. Manpin's gang of linemen for several davs past have been at work patting up cable boxes, rearming the poles, etc. It was while assisting at tliis work about a o'clock Sunday eve. that the foreman climbed to the top of the cable pole on Mill street near the 1). L. & W. crossing. The falling snow, which clung to the arms of the pole, made it difficult to keep a foot hold. In tightening one of the burs he found it lo his advantage to lean for ward with his stomach pressing upon j the topmost arm and his head hanging downward. While in this position his I foot slipped and unable to balance himself on his narrow support he fell downward headiirst. The man realized his peril and in an instant saw how he might save him self. Below him was a cable; he might be able to grasp it in passing, but be fore lie reached it actuated more by instinct than reason ho threw out his hands and succeeded in seizing one of the lower arms. For a few moments lie swung like a pendulum in midair forty feet abovo the earth,hut lie final ly succeeded in swinging his legs around the pole and getting a firm hold. Mr. Maujiiu stated later that it was one of the closest calls that he ever experienced. As lie plunged down ward he said lie gave up everything as lost and will never forget tlio emotions that passed through his mind. In his efforts to save himself lie felt like a drowning man grasping at a straw. South Swept by a Furious Gale. Louisville, Ky.,Dec. :j.—The advent of winter in the South Atlantic and Gulf states, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri, was accompanied by gener al rains and in some localities high winds, which worked considerable damage to property and resulted in the fatal injury of at least two per sons. Th« ■*— ' " ly before daylight. All communica tion southwest from Memphis iias been interrupted, and every other telegraph centre reports a disturbed condition of the regular circuits. In some sections the rainfall has been followed by clearing and colder weather, with a continuance of high winds. New Orleans, La., Doc. 3.—A severe windstorm swept the western suburbs of this city just before daylight. The house occupied by Prof. John Denier, a brother of "Tony" Denier, the clown,and his family was blown down and three persons hurt. Denier was bruised and cut about the head and fatally injured. Mrs. Denier suffered serious injuries. Prof. Denier is an old theatrical man. like his brother—a circus clown, tightrope walker and all-around ath lete, known jill over the United States. The wind prostrated trees and fences in various parts of the'eify, and tele graph and telephone wires are down in every section. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 3. —A des tructive wind storm swept over north Mississippi and western Tennessee earlv this morning, causing consider able loss of property. No fatalities are reported. The velocity of the wind reached a maximum of 52 miles an hour. Reports from the sorrounding country say heavy damage to tele graph and telephone wires i as been experienced. Communication with southern points is in a demoralized condition. At Memphis several small boats in the harbor suffered damage,the smoke stacks of two stepmers having been destroyed by the force of the gale. The storm followed the river from the south,and its effects were not felt in Arkansas and Texas. Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. —A severe snow storm reached here today and is moving south before a high wind. The temperature has fallen to zero. Married. t)n November 22, at the parsonage of the Reformed Church, Strawberry Ridge, Pa., Mr. John D. Sees, of Mon tour Co. and Miss Eva May Sechler, of Northumberland County, by Rev. Jos. W. Bell. l)n November 26, at the same place, and by the same, Mr. Amos Sclienck, of Hardford Co., Maryland, and Miss Hannah M. Sechler, of Montour Co., Pa. ; On November 29, at the same place, aud by the same, Mr. linsh Shaffer, of Washingtonville, Pa.,aud Miss Jessie A. Heller, of Columbia County, Pa. Fatalities of Foot Ball Season. It may interest followers of the , sport and others interested in it to I learn that during the foot hall season j just closed there were twelve fatali- ' ties as the result of injuries sustained in foot ball games. About seventy players were seriously injured during the season. Quiet Day Services. During the Advent season Christ Episcopal congregation will observe Quiet Day services. Friday, December 12, will be the date. The preacher for this occasion will lie the Rev. 11. R. Sargent, O 11. C. KSTABIJSHKI) 1855. Till: CIIIISTV INSTITIiTf The Montour county Teachers' lusti tuto cr,nveucd in tho High School room Monday afternoon, County Superintendent 0. W. Derr presiding. The attendance was quite largo foi the first day, sixty-eight out of the eighty-one teachers of the county be ing enrolled. The opening prayer was offered by Rev. Harry Curt in Harnian. The teachers were welcomed to the county seat by Ralph Kisner,Esq., in a brief hut very felicitous address. Two excellent talks were given Monday afternoon. Professor Albert of tbo Bloomsburg Normal Scliool occupi ed the first period on "Fundamental Principles in Teaching." He dwelt upon the importance of general infor mation, which can only bo acquired by a wide range of reading. With him it was a question whether teachers are doing their whole duty in this respect and he said lie would like to have a glimpse at the private libraries ot many of them just to see how many books have been added during the y< ar. Ho dwelt very entertainingly 011 the 'development of the child's mind un der the various and often conflicting influences exerted upon it, first by the mother, then fhe father,by playmates, by relatives, bv tho street and lastly by tbe scliool. He enlarged upon the subject of "method" and "device" marking tho distinction between the two which are often erroneously used interchange ably. A "device" be defined as some thing used to enlighten or make a method clear. Professor Albert does not believe in the absolute uniformity of method. What :« person of phlegmatic tempera ment can us • to advantage may prove unsuited to a person of nervous temp erament. Even the much-abused old a, b, c, method he thought might be tolerated where th teacher had dem onstrated her ability to get admir able results by that way of teaching. Professor Deatrick prefaced bis talk with a few general remarks during which he stated that in his visits to county institutes this year he is gratified to find a more professional spirit than what was probably common *i._ t. T-- .. - - """"fi 8 1111 teachers seem inclined to grasp at little in tho line of pure amusement or entertainment but there was much solid work done. Professor Deatrick took as his subject "The Thinking Shop." By this he refers to tho in struments of a child's mind, brain, nervous system, otc. In this lie took care to draw the distinction. Mind is not brain,although the two are strange ly linked together. Under this head he alluded to the misconceptions of ancient times, when the seat of the mind and soul was thought to bo in the heart, stomach or in other parts of the body. lie insisted that teachers be thorough ly familiar with this "workshop" of the child's mind, as whatever enters into the mind must pass through it. It is just as reasonable for an elec trician K) try to secure good results without a knowledge of the power house as for a teacher to do successful work without a knowledge! of a child's brain and nervous system. The music, which is under the direc tion of Professor Cogswell, i< a very enjoyable feature of the institute, the entire institute joining in tho singing. Miss Elfriede Weiss officiated at the piano. TUESDAY'S SESSION. Tho second day of tho county insti tute brought out a large attendance. All tho teachers of tho couiitv were present with the exception of three, while many citizens, patrons of the schools and others interested in educa tional matters dropped in during the day to witness the proceedings. Mr.Corson's place was tilled by Sup erintendent Coughlin of Wilkesbarre, whe occupied the last period of the forenoon with a practical talk on the subject of "Arithmetic", dwelling especially on language in its relation to arithmetic, preparation for advanc ed work concrete methods &o. Citing an instance in bank discount lie show ed that the language employed in pro blems may be beyond the comprehen sion of tho pupil even though he be familiar with the principles and the methods involved. Such problems turning up in reviews and examina tions are apt to prove a great stumbl ing block to pupils and to keep down their averages below what they are expected to attain. He urged teachers to give more attention, to language— to be sure that pupils understand all the terms and to keep the mind of the child active on the thought side. Superintendent Coughlin advocates concrete methods for beginners and ridiculed the old fashioned drill in the multiplication and other tables as a sheer waste of time and contribut ing not at all to the development of the child's mind. Thus instead of giving a child abstract numbers, as" I plus 3 are (i", which he is apt to re cite mechanically, 110 should be given something in the concrete form as "four apples plus two apples aro six apples.'' In the afternoon Mr. Coughlin took the place of Prof. Albert continuing the subject of Arithmetic. Prof. Deatrick's highly instructive talks 011 the brain and brain develop ment has had the effect of directing the thought of tho teachers iu a comparatively new channel. Ilis talk Monday afternoon on "Brain JOB PRINTING The olice of the AMERICAN bein furished with a assortmen o job letter and fancy type and jo!- material generally, the Publisher announces to the public that he is prepared at all times to execute li the neatest manner $ JOB PRINTING Ofah Kinds and Description our prices before yon place your orders. * Cultivation" was especially edify ing aud from the interest display ed by the in&tituto'it is evident tliat tho teachers realize that in order to vils of diet and the irregular hours for meals,the people of tlio country would be considerably worse off physically than those who live in town. His view, therefore, was that physical training is as much needed in the •ouutry schools as in town. Professor Aldiuger concluded with a practical illustration of the proper way to breathe, which is to throw the hips back, raise the chest up, keeping the head erect. This will lower the dia phragm and introduce air into every part of tlio lungs. Hon. \V. W. Stetson, State Superin tendent cf Maine, was introduced to the institute. Hon. Stetson, among institute instructors is one of the heavy weights Ho has a charming faculty of quickly introducing himself and of making the teachers feel thoroughly at homo before him. Ho commended the speakers who preceded him for their sound common sense views which he said always appeals to a Yankee. Common sense, he re marked, makes "common people." His subject was "Order of Develop ment," which yesterday embraced child training. Ho ridiculed in his very effective and inimitable way many of she mistakes that teachers make in this branch of school work and made suggestions that will assist them iu a reform. Mr Stetson was followed by Pro fessor John P. DeMotte, who made a charming address. Will Receive Increase This Month. The pay which the Pennsylvania and tlio Heading railroad men will re ceive this month will have the ten per cent, increase.