RAILROAD TIME TABLES. PENN'A K. R. EAST. WEST 7.11 A. M. 9.14 A. M. 10.17 » 1215 P.M. 2.21 P. M. iHI " 5.50 " 7.51 " SUNDAYS. iO. 17 A. M. 1.81 M. D. 1.. &W. K. . EAST. WEST. 0.57 A. M. *>•(*•> A. M. UI.IM " w *'• M 2.11 P.M. 4.88 " •' " SUNDAYS 6.47 A.M. 12.11 I*. M. 5:43 1' M " Ptlll.A .1 READING R. K. NORTH. SOUTH. B.OS A. M. 11.21 A. M 4,01) P. M. 0.0-5 P. M K1.00.M STRKKT. 805 A.M. 11.22 A. M. 4.02 ! J . M. 0.01 P. M. J. J. BROWN, THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested, treated, fitted with ,<lass "s <uid artificial eyes supplied. Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours—lo a. m.to 5 p. m. Telephone IJ3G WILL BICE OF GOAL ADVANCE ? A new phase of tho coal famine has arisen. The question now is, will the operators raise the price of anthracite 011 Jan. 17. Owing to tho continued stringency in the anthracite supply comparatively little is heard concern iug circular prices to be put into effect by tho Reading and the other big anthracite mining companies. When distribution was resumed fol lowing the return of the miners to work, President Baer, of tho Reading, in announcing tho circular put out under date of Oct. -1, stated that those prices would continue until Jan. 1, 1903. Now considerable anxiety is felt by dealers aud consumers alike as to the probable action of the company in view of the fact that the independent operators are securing from 50 to 75 per cent, more for their coal than called for by tho Reading circular. A dispatch from Philadelphia, re ferring to tho question of advance, says: "Officials of the company have lit tle or nothing to say,and one of them, when asked about it, said : Dou't dis cuss it or agitate it.' It can bo said, however, 011 pretty good authority, that Jan. 1 will pass without the is suing of a new circular, aud that the present prices will be continued in definitely. Tho sales agents of the Pennsylvania railroad's anthracite companies will moot today to discuss tho question of prices. "Tho great shortage of anthracite is also likely to bring about a change iu the Reading's method of dealing with large consumers. Heretofore the company has bi-en making yearly con tracts with such consumers. These contracts were made for a year, sub ject to interruptions from strikes, car shortage or other matters over which the company could exercise no con trol. Many of these contracts are about expiring, and, while the officials are silent 011 the subject of renewals, it is known that the company has refus ed to renew some out-of-town con tracts, and if tho views of some of the company's salos agents are regard ed by tho officials there will bo 110 contracts made for tho comiug year. Tho argument of those opposed to tho renewal of those contracts is that there will be no difficulty in dispos ing of every pound of anthracite min ed during the year, aud that every consumer should bo required to pur chase his coal in the open market. If contracts are made they will probably be for periods less than a voar. The scarcity o c fuel is not by any means confined to anthracite, and in this city is presented the uuusual condition of bituminous coal retailing at $"2.25 per ton higher than is a-ked by deal ers 011 Reading tracks tor anthracite, or $9 i>er ton.Unlike anthracite, this sit uation is not the result of the scarcity of bituminous or Hie inability to mine it, but the failure of tiie railroads to transport it." Returned from Hospital. Edward Wort-man, whose too was amputated at the Williamsport Hos pital about three weeks ago, arrived in this city Monday afternoon on the 2:21 Pennsylvania train. He has very nearly recovered from all effects of the operation. The loss of tho toe will inconvenience him very little and he looks forward to a future of use fulness. He was in most excellent spirits yesterday, as was natural, con sidering that 110 had been laid up with his sore foot since last spring. Fred Hurie,- of this city, who was run over by the cars at South Danville a month or so ago aud a portion of whoso foot was amputated at tho Mary M. Packer Hospital at Sun bury, came home 011 the 2 :21 train Monday. He also has very nearly recovered. Dislocated Her Shoulder- Mrs. Johanna Boderholm, of Fergus Falls, Minn., fell and dislocated her shoulder.She had a surgeon get it back in placo as SO.JU as possible,but it was quite sore and pained her very much. Her son mentioned that ho ha l seen Chamberlain's Paiu Balm advertised for sprains and soreness,aud she asked him to buy her a bottle of if, which lie did. It quickly relieved her and enabled her to sleep which she had not done for several days. Tho son was so much pleaded with tho relief it gave his mother that he has since recommended it to many others. For ! sale by Panics & Co. Tiirew Him Into Greek. Hat-less and shivering from cold a j strange man, whoso clothes were froz- I <!! i stiff, while icicles hung from his j hair, Saturday night wandered into j Muucy seeking the police. Ho ex- 1 plained that he had been held up and robbed by six highwaymen who threw liim into Muncy creek. He had saved himself from drowning, but almost perished from exposure. Ho was a victim of the highwaymen who have been operating mar Muncy and Halls for several wet ks. INCREASING IN POPULARITY Progress is making rapid strides iu these early days of the Twentieth Ceutury. Changes and innovations are visible in every department of life even in localities the most remote from the great centres of business and population. This is especially true of tlie steam laundry, which has become such an important factor iu the affairs of today, creating something akin to a revolution in many households, eliminating the terrors of the weekly wash day and giving tho geutlemanof the present collars and cutis that bear a gloss and a finish which would have put to shame the product of domestic art which sufficed for wear until a recent date. Teu years ago if any one had predicted that within much less than a decade tho young men of the farm woulrl be wearing linen launder ed by machinery the prophecy would no doubt have been laughed at by tho conservative people of tho rural reg ions. Nevertheless the farming communi ties were not slow in yielding to the spirit of the times and it is a fact that today not only nearly all of Montour county, but much of the territory ly ing 011 tho other side of the river in cluding Kliuosgrove, Rushtown, and Elysbnrg in addition to South Dan ville aud Riverside patronizes tho steam laundry of this city. Regular agencies have been established,huckst ers and othors who make regular trips among the farmers collecting and de livering linen as a "side line." The steam laundry business is a con stantly growing one, which seems to know no "periods of depression." Tho machinery employed is constant ly undergoing improvements, so that what was up-to-date a year ago today is apt to be obsolete. To keep up with the times a Stand ard Collar and Cuff Ironer has been installed at the Danville Steam Lauu dry, which would seem to reach the acme of perfection, both in the sim plicity of construction aud the remark ably fine results obtained. The collars and cuffs are run under a heated cylinder. The pressure, which is applied by a lever, is maintained by elastic steel springs. A simple do vice attached operated by simply re versing a hand wheel changes the work from a gloss to a domestic finish. Tho new machine requires hut one operator and turns out 300 dozen col lars aud cuffs per day, which equals three times the product of the com bined ironer formerly in use. The Four D's. Charles Spurgeon once said that their were three great enemies toman "dirt, debt and the devil.' He might have added one more d aud included dyspepsia. The evil results of this disease could hardly be exaggerated It's effects are felt in mind and body, and are as far reaching as the effects of the curse that was laid on the Jackdaw of Rhfeims which was cursed in "eating and drinking and sleeping, iu standing aud sitting and sitting and lying." The good effects of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery are most marked in ag gravated and chronic cases of dyspepsia. It enables the stomach glands to secrete the necessary quantity of digestive fluids, and this at once removes that craving or gnawing sensation so com mon to certain forms of indigestion. It tones and regulates the stomach, in vigorates the torpid liver and gives the blood making glands keen assimilative power. "Golden Medical Discovery" cures ninety-eight per cent of those who use it. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are superior to all other laxative medicines when the bowels are obstructed. Good Effect of Factory Laws. The prosecution by the Factory In spection Department of people who secure employment for children under the ago of 13 years by illegal means such as svveariug that they are of legal age, or giving them a certificate to tho effect that they can read and write tho English language when they can do neither, has been going on ever since the law was enacted, audit is tho intention of Factory Inspector Campbell to prosecute whenever lie finds the law to have been violated. The Scrauton cases of Itst week where a woman was fined SIOO for swearing that her child was over 13 years old, and where a Justice of tho Peace was held for trial for giving a child who could neither read nor write a certificate that she could iu order that she might obtain employment, are not isolated by any means. Since Mr. Campbell became Factory Inspect or he has prosecuted over one hundred alderman and justices of the peace for violating the law as did the Scrauton mau.aud several hundred parents who wero coining their children's lives into cash have been compelled to pay fines because the children were under age and the parents had committed perjury in order to put them at work. The Lost Boy Recovered. Harris, tho eleven-year-old sou of George I). Edmondson, East Market street, was the innocent cause of a good deal of excitement Sunday night. He le't- home shortly after noon Sun day ; his absence during the afternoon was considered nothing uuusual, but when the supper hour arrived and he did not putin an appearance tli • fam ily became very much alarmed. Two hours later excitement readied a high pitch and the little fellow's disappear ance was noised pretty much all over town and largo numbers of people were assisting in the search. Shortly before nine o'clook ho was found playing with the children at Webster Fount's, all unconscious of the great oxoitement he had caused. During tho afternoon he had dropped in at the Foust residence and as even ing approached accepted an invitation to tako tea with the family. 11. ads Should Nover Ache- Never endure this trouble. Use at once tho remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va., —she writes " Dr. King's New .Life Pills wholly cured me of sick head aches 1 had suffered from for two years." Cure headache, Constipation, Billiousness. 25c at Paulos & Co. drug store. NATIONAL MILITARY HOME Our former townsman William Wal lace, at present an inmate of the Na tional Military Home at Dayton, Ohio, is spending the holidays with old friends in this city. Mr. Wallace has now spent a year at the Dayton in stitution and lie relates a very inter esting story of life among the veter- Tho National Military Home at Dayton is one of several similar in stitutions maintained by the United States government in different sections of the couutry. The vetoraus at Day ton number 5003. There is something very unique in a description of the Home, which covers 040 acres of land. The soldiers are domiciled iu brick buildings in companies varying in size from fiftv to one hundred and fifty men. Life lias somo curious pliazes in this community of old soldiers. It is town in itself considerably more than half the sizo. of Danville, in which the population are all males, all elderly and all to some degree dis abled, who go through the daily rou tine of life as one family. The meals are served at two tables,one following tho other, each table seating 2000 men. A separate table made up of the offic ers, musicians aud other attaches of tho Homo accommodates about one thousand. The government is very liberal in dealing with its veterans. No ono is excluded who can establish tho fact that he served in the Union Army and can produce a certificate from a re putable physician showing that ho is disabled. The inmates of the home are permitted to retain tho use of their pensions and regardless of this fact are clothod aud fed by the government. Moreover, those able and disposed to work are given something to do about the Home aud are paid for it, the wages ranging from $8 to sls per month. Mr. Wallace soon after entering the homo was given tho position of Com pany clerk. He later became United States Mail Carrier and 011 May last was promoted to the position of drum major, which ho has since held. There is a large farm in connection with the Home, which affords employment to a large number of the veterans. There are two churches at tho in stitution, a Congregational and a Catholic church, the pastor and the roctor being supported by the govern ment. Every veteran is given a mil itary funeral. Mr. Wallace says tho deaths are of very frequent occurrence and sometimes number threo per day. Nothing is omitted in the line of amusement that might add to the pleasure of the old soldiers. The band, ot 34 pieces, is oue of the best in the country. The open air concerts given 011 the campus during the sum mer evenings are a feature, which at tracts many visitors from Dayton. All Opera House with a seating capacity of 1(500 is maintained at the Home. During the winter season the baud concerts become frequent attractions on the stage. There are also perform ances by theatrical companies, lectu res and entertainments of other sorts. There are also club rooms at the Home, reading rooms, Grand Army Hall and pool aud billiard rooms. Everything about the home is 011 a large scale. The beer hall is 50 feet by 150 feet. Strong drink is prohibit ed at the institution and can not be obtained nearer than two miles. The veterans, however,must have beer and the authorities have doomed it best to gratify them in this respect. The profits of tho beer hall last year, Mr. Wallace says, amounted to $('>5,(XX), all of which was applied to the support of tho music, and the purchase of del icacies needed by tho veterans con fined in the hospital. Mr. Wallace, who has a fine war record, was nearly a life long resident of Danville. Another circumstance which adds to the interest of his nar rative is the tact that ho is a second cousin of General Lew Wallace, the author of "Ben Ilur." Red Men Enjoy a Banquet. Mahoning Tribe, No. 77, Improved Order of Red Men, held a banquet at their Wigwam 011 Mill street, 011 Sat urday evening at which the following delightful program was rendered : Presiding Officer W. J. Burns. Organist. Miss Julia Strouse. Singing Opening Ode of Tribe. Prayer Brother Ross. Address .. Rev. Dunn. Duet Dorothy and Win. Forney. Recitation Miss Edna Farley. 5010.... Miss Jennio Foulk. Recitation Miss Diehl. Solo Master Win. Forney. Recitation Mi-.s Margaret Kapp. Recitation.. .. Mr. John Detwiler. Solo Miss Dorothy Forney. Recitation Miss Julia Strouso. Singing Aten's Quartette. Recitation Miss Lewis. Solo Miss Chesnut. Recitation .. Mr. Detwiler. Essay . Miss Rank. Singing Aten's Quartette. A special feature of tin program was the pantomimic imitation by John Detwiler. "Attacked by an lu dian"and" A negro stealing watermel ons" were produced most naturally. The Rod Men are noted for their hospitality and in this r< spect they did not fali behind Saturday night as they were very liberal with their refresh ments. New Ceutury Comfort. Millions are daily finding a world of yomfort 111 Buoklen's Arnica Salve. It kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruises; conquers Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Boils and Felons; removes corns and Warts, Best Pih cure on earth. Only 25c at Panics <fc Co. drug store. Almost Smothered. Galen Hoffman and wife, who livo a short distance from Rebuoks, Nor thumberland county, were almost suff ocated with sulphur gas from a stove on Sunday night. Tho stove was in another room and the lid in some way was knocked off and tho gas filled the entire house. Both were so ill at last reports that they were not expected to rocovor THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER Much lias boon said about tlie young est soldior in Hie civil war ami quite otten we hear of such persons. Sha mokiu ami Hughcsvillo several weeks ago claimed the "youngest soldier" tut that distinction, without doubt, belongs to Danville. Several weeks ago when the death of William Taylor occurred at Sha mokin his friends gave him the honor of being the "youngest soldier in the civil war," he having enlisted at the ago of 12 years, !) months and 2 days. The gentleman certainly enlisted at an early age, but from Hughesville comes the report that at that place resides a gentleman, the Rev. I. B. Christ, who entered the service of the United States when 11 years of age, enlisting in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth regiment, Pennsyl vania Vuluuie.i. l , which was recruited at Gettysburg, as a drummer boy, and served for two and a half years, so. curing an honorable discharge for dis abilitios, as lie had been wounded at tho battle of Cold Harbor, his right arm being permanently crippled. During his service lie was in seventeen battles, among them being that of the Wilderness. Tho drummer boy was accompanied in his service by an elder brother, who acted as guardian or "godfather" to him, looking after him throughout his service. This elder brother lost his right arm in the battle of the Wild erness, the drummer boy's brother as sisting to carry him off the battlefield, lie himself being carried off in tho same manner several months later at Cold Harbor. But Danville claims tho honor of having among its citizens tho youngest soldier who served during the civil war. The following appeared in Sat urday's Philadelphia North American: "Tho distinction of having among its citizens the youngest soldier who served during the civil war undoubted ly belongs to Danville. It is true the honor is contested by other localities, but in every instance where the facts are verified it is found the youngest soldier went into service when about twelve years oid, rarely below that age. "Tho Danville claimant is C. P. Harder, who enlisted at tho ago of ten years and six months. He was the youngest of five brothers, all of whom entered the Union army. "Mr. Harder spent more than two years in the service, and had the hon or of being one of the boys detailed to drum on the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's funeral. "Mr. Harder is a member of the Montour county bar. He served a term as sheriff. He was a member of the Danville school board and served throe years as its president. He is now postmaster." HERE'S A GOOD THING. Something you can Readily Believe as its Danville Evidence. Grant Aten of No. 4l:i Church street, Danville, Pa., says:—"l have suffered a great deal from rheumatic neuralgia affecting my whole nervous system and seeing Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills recommended. I got a lx>x at Gush's Drug Store and tried them. They prov ed a splendid remedy giving mo prompt relief in every way. I rested better and do not suffer from those continuous headaches and feel stronger and better and have more vitality than before. I cannot speak to highly of them." 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. Y. See that portrait and signature ot A. W. Chase, M. I). are on every package. A Terrific Explosion. Twelve boxes containing five hundred pounds of daulin.or mining dynamite, exploded near Shamokiu at three o'clock Monday morning. A number of buildings were slightly wrecked and the report was heard for many miles, but no one was killed or* in jured. Tim dynamite was stored in a small shanty at tho roar end of William Fisher's lot at Burnsido colliery. The shanty was heated by steam from the colliery which caused the dynamite to explode. The building was blown to atoms and the houses in the near vi cinity were more or less damaged. Window panes wore broken into frag ments aud peoplo were thrown from their beds. Tho shock of tho explosion was felt throughout Shamokin and as far down the road as Gordon. Several large windows in Shamokin were broken, causing great excitement, tho people thinking that t here was an earthquake. Less than a.hundred yards from the shanty is located the main building of tho colliery in which tho blasting materials are stored in large quanti ties. At tho time -of tho explosion several tons of dynamite Was stored in it, but strange to relate it did not explode. The Secret of Long Life. Consist in keeping all tho main organs of the body in healthy, regular action,and in quickly destroying dead ly disease germs. Electric Bitters ro gulat • Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify the blood, and give a splendid appetite. They work wonders iu cur ing Kidney Troubles, Female Com plaints, Nervous Diseases, Constipa tion, Dyspepsia, and Malaria. Vigor ous health and strength always follow their use. Only T>oc, guaranteed by Paules <fe Co. druggist. Entertained at Dinner. Mrs. Frank Berger, of Washington villo, entertained a number of friends at dinner at her home on Saturday last. Those present were:—Mrs. Jonathan DoLong, Mrs. Mary Crom ley, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wagner, Elinor Cottier, Mrs. George Hoddens, Mrs. Adam Smith,of Washingtonville, and Miss Nellie Johnson,of Pine Sum mit. MOST BUY THEIR OWN UNIFORMS The news that tho new uniforms will soon be issued has caused a feel iug of depression among the officers of the National Guard. The state pays for the uniforms of the men, while the officers foot their own bills. The uniforms of most of the men holding a commission are in good shape and would be permissible for a year or two. These have now to be thrown aside useless, aud they are not avail able for business wear, and an entire ly now uniform must be purchased. Another inequality of which the officers do not complain, hut which they speak of as one of the things which need adjustment, is tho matter of service pay of the commissioned and tho non-commissioned officers. A first sergeant of infantry, with his al lowance for reimbursements, receives $3.50 a day, quarters and rations and clothing. A second lieutenant of in fantry receives §"1.89 a day and has to provide his own provisions, uniform aud accoutrements. As a financial proposition the commissioned officers think the non-coms, as they are call ed, have decidedly tho host of it. An order has been issued from Na tional Guard headquarters announc ing that the Guard will be inspected in the armories of the different organ izations beginning February Ist, un der the supervision of the Inspector General, who will arrange and an nounce the dates iii future orders. As all of the organizations whose uni forms are in bad condition cannot be reuniformod in time for inspection, allowance will be made iu the rating for tho condition of the clothing. This year the inspections will be very rigid and it is proposed to weed out the poor companies and supplant them with companies that will always bo up to the standard. The order says that all organizations in inefficient condition will be made tho subject of a special report, and will be disband ed unless there bo extenuating circum stances that wairaiit their retention in the Guard. Y. M, C. A. Buildings. Tho Young Men's Christian Associa tion is having a remarkable growth in those days, as will be seen from the following items: — Newark, N. J., by the will of the lite Cyrus <). Baker, receives $20.000, to be appliod to its Endowment Fund. Oakland, Cal., has purchased a site for a new building for $38,000, «ize l!il x 150 feet. The present building will bo sold. Hut $s,00;) more is needed ti com plete the building fund of SIO,OOO at Lexington, Ky. Directors of the Scrauton, Pa., As sociation added $15,000 to their already generous gifts, to complete the build ing; $21,000 additional is needed, and is being secured. Xenia, Ohio, roceivos by the will of Mr. Milieu, a deed of a piece of prop erty, on which is a substantial stone and brick three-story building, valued at $30,000. The Association has oc cupied the second aud third floors of this building for the last fifteen years, rent free, through the generosity of Mr. Milieu. The rented stores wilt yield an income of SI,OOO. Tho new building of Ansouia,Conn., Association, was dedicated October 21th. If cost over $50,000. The nucleus of the building fund was the gift of a man of limited means wno was with heart and soul interested in tho Association work. The site was a gift of Mr. Mark Buckingham The dedication of the new building at Augusta, Ga., occurred October l'Jtli. The address was delivered by Governor Northeu. At the opening reception, October 28th, the building was crowded with the best peoplo of tho city, and at the first religious ser vice following a deep revival spirit prevailed. The Home Paper. Did you ever stop to think what an untiring and steady letter writer a good local piper is. Wejk after week, year aftoi year, it goes on telling of marriages, births and deaths, the com ing and going of the people, tho suc cess and failures, the accidents, im provements, parties, revival meetings, socials, in fact all events of all kinds. All is grist that comes to the hopper of a good local paper. Why, if you wore to undertake to write a letter each week to an absent friend and tell half the news your local paper gives, you would soon give it up in despair. The supposed pleasure would soon bo como a tiresome bore, and they would grow shorter, further apart aud final ly ceaso entirely. What is the differ ence? Because with a newspaper it is business. People in a live town re cognize this and take pleasure in giv ing the editor news items you would never learn. Mad Dog Runs Amuck at Mainville. Tho good people of Mainville were terrorized on Saturday by the appear ance of a mad dog in their midst. After running amuck for sonio time during which it is said to have bitten several other dogs and some cattle,tho rabid canine was dispatched by a well directed shot while in the vicinity of the Koster flouring mill. Fortunately no persons woro bitten by the beast. A close watch, will however, be kept on tho dogs and cattle alleged to have been bitten and they will be killed should they display any symptoms of hydrophobia. Cut this out and take it to Paules & Co's drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic. Tliev cleanse and invigorate tho stomach, improve the appetite and regulate tho bowels. Regular size, 25c. per box. By the Aid of Newspapers. An officer of one ot Chicago's big gest savings banks tolls Printer's Ink fliat "thousands of persons have open ed accounts in the bank who had never before saved a cent, simply be cause Ihe advantages to be gained by having a penny laid up for a rainy day had been called to their attention through the columns of tho news pa)Kirs.'' HARD ON MR. JAMES Tho Philadelphia Record yesterday contained the following item under the head of"State News." "For murderous assault and jail broaking, U. Y. James was sentenced at Bloomsburg to 10 years' imprison ment. '' The above will lie recognized by our readers as a sample of tho "trash" sent out from Blooinsiiurg to the Phi la delphia newspapers under the guise of news. Lacking enterprise to hunt up facts for themselves tho penny-i-liii'-r --t'lere so z ■ uj on the American as a rich mors aland readily work over its contents. The item clipped from tho Record,which rorosonts the innoc ent victim of an attempt 1 hold-up a, the highwayman who has gone t<> the penitentiary, is a sample of their u -st efforts. There is scarcely an item re i lating to Danville that does net eon tain a glaring inaccuracy. Danville,of course is out of Blooms burg's jurisdiction but the penny-a liner there gets over the difficulty by unblushingly changing the so no of whatever event he has in ban I. II • either represent■; the affair as taking place at Bloomsburg or he jugtrh s j with the facts in such a way as to de lude the Philadelphia editors into the impression that Danville, Mausdule, Riverside" an 1 otic r local it i>s are more ! suburbs of Bloomsburg and the stories ' as they appear in print often convey this idea. While this may not he very ; creditable to the Philadelphia men, : who at least ought to know tho rudi- j ! nients of local geography, it reflects in I a worye way on the correspond* ut, who | deliberately resorts to lying in order to realize a few cents on news which | belongs to another field. ! Specials of this sort emanating from Bloomsburg generally posse-., tho ad ditional fault of being stale, although j this fact is very cunningly concealed : by the fertile-minded correspondent | who simply changes the date. Thus 'an event which occur.«• I here three or ' four days in the past is aid to loom up at Bloomsburg as taking place "last night." On the whole a few of the Philadel -1 pliia dailies are made at time?, to ap pear little short of ridicul ms through 1 the manipulations of the Bloomsburg correspondent. FAIR EXCHANGE. A Now Hack for an old one—how it is done in Danville. The back aches at times with a dull indescribable feeling.making you weary and restless: shooting pains shoots across the region of the kidneys, and again the loins are so lame to stoop is agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster t> aba-kin this condition. You can not reach the cause. Exchange the bad luck for a new one. Follow th • ex ample of this Danville citizen. Mrs. H. A. Millard of 122 East Front street, says:— "I was doctored for Bright s Diseases but could not got per manent relief. Owing to rheumatism 1 was not able to walk without a cane i and in addition to this 1 was very uinch j bothered with pains across uiy loins and an embarassing weakness of the kid ■ neys. 1 took almost everything I could hear about without obtaining success. ! Doan's Kidney Pills *iiil me more good | than any other remedy I ever used. They positively relieved the aching in my back and the annoyance from the ' kidney secretions. They gave mo re lief not afforded by any other medicine." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cent. Foster-Milbnrn Co., B'iffalo, \ Y., sole agents for the U. S. ! Reniber the name Doan's and take I no substitute. Not a '"Charity." "The appeal which the Young Men's j Christian Association from time to i time makes to businessmen is not,aud ( ought not to be regarded as an appeal ! for charity. It is, instead, the asking of an expenditure,on the part of those to whom the request is addressed, as legitimate to the futherance of their business enterprises as that which is incurred for police or fire insurance or any other layout which has regard for I the protection and preservation of ' their property interests. If is as *s j sentially legitimate, and yields as | much in return, as tho very money paid to the employe himself. In short | it is a sum which ought to be set apart each year as an improvement and betterment fund, and the man who fails to give heed to the call of the j Association, after once being made , acquainted with its merits, makes so j grave an error as to reflect upon the j soundness of his business judgment." —James H. Echols. Inducted Into Office. On Monday next tho now District ' Attorney, Ralph Kisuei*, will he in- I ducted into office together with the | three County Commissioners-elect: ' George Leighow, C. W. Cook aud j Henry Coojier. Tho oath of office will hi adminis tered a*, high noon by Prothouotary Thomas G. Vincent. A great deal of interest now centers | on the selection of a new clerk for the Board of County Commissioners. J. I C. Peifer, who has filled the position iof clerk so acceptably for nineteen j years, is not a candidate for the place j under tho now board, a-i he intends I embarking in business There are ! soiuh half a do/, mi applicants for the I clerkship on either of whom the hoao.' i may fall. I'lu* annual salary attached is SSOO. Delivering Coal cn Sunday. At Lewisburg it was foam! ii«iv»ary to deliver coal on Sunday last. This is the first time in rhe history of that I town that such a thing has boon found necessary. Tho shipments of coal to Lewisburg have been few, and when a carload arrives there is one gran 1 rush of people to got a portion of the coal, "n Saturday a oar load arriv* <1 there for W. B. Smith, and the scene that occurred during the distribution was unusual. Residents of tho town with buckets, baskets, wheelbarrows, wagons, etc., suriound ed the ear,and farmers from tho conn try districts woro on hand with sleds and wagons. A LIBERAL OFFER. The undersigned will give a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one wanting a reliable remedy for disorders of the ! stomach, biliousness or constipation This is a new remedy and a good one. Paules & Co BANK OFFICERS ELECTED Tlie lirst meeting of the stock lir>l>i ers of the People's Bank under tin charter, which wan by th. station Wednesday, I2lth, was held at their hanking house in tie Opera House block on Saturday after noon. As soon as the interior is liui«ii ("l and tin fixtures placed in |>ositioii the hank will b ready for !»u-in< s>. An announcement of tie- opening will hi; made in a few days. A nunilier of alterations have bet n made in their rooms. Two large windows ha\ ten added on the Mahoning street side affording excellent Tie- tir proof vault has been < omph-ted and ;t burglar proof safe which recently ar rived will placed inside. The following officers were elected at Saturday's meeting: Directors, 4. K. Smith and <». S. Ferris, of Ber wick, Joseph Ralti, of Bloomshiirg, .lames L Brenii-n, of Kxrh;iU|{e, J. 11. Cole, John Bonlicid, John Duster, •Ir., David Thomas and Samuel M. Trumbowor, oft city. John Beti field was elected Piesideut, J H <'ole. Vice-President, and J. i' Wat son, cashier. Innocently Imprisoned. There was much „ty and happiness at the home of Mrs. Kvan Kerlin, at Shamokin, last week, when Kvan, her son, returned home after an nbstuci; of almost six years. Fivo years of that tint i was spent in the Pottsville jail for a hold robbery committed at Shenandoah. It has always h en ion tended that the Shamokin young man was innocent of tli • crlm •. but efforts to secure his relaese failed. Kvan Iv -rlin was reared tom mhond by oae ot the sweetest christian wom en of Shatnokin, hut boy-like he be came wayward. When a bold Shen andoah burglary took place one night, Kcrtiu and several others were cap tire I near Pottsville anil charged with the crime. The Shatnokin hoy plead ed iuno.'e ie •, but lie WIS coiivictcl with the others and sentenced to serve live years in the S -liuylkill county jail List February a to.igh ch named Campbell, was arrested at j S'ioh in lo i'i and seat t » jai lon i rob bery ciiarg • While tV'iv h • eonfesM e 1 to a fell iw prisoner t!i it K> rlin was inuoe.siit. This infouuitioa was im ; parted to the prison offiet ils.buf when they requested 4' implicit to make a clean breast of the affair, lie refused The in \t t t was then dropped until ! last August when Cinpbell, who hid been released from jail, was shot ! while prowling in the vicinity of Slienandoih. He was taken in a (Condition ro the Miners' hospital. He w.h on the point of making an j other confession regarding the in | nocenee of Kvan Kerlin,when his con dition took a healthy turn and here ; covered without unsealing hi* lips re- J girding the burglary for which the Shamokin young man had probably 1 served almost live years innocently. Overcame Paralysis. For the lirst time in twenty-eight years Miss Deliah Breech, of Cata ; wissa township, (Columbia county get ! out of lied one day last week and i dressed herself, unassisted. I This act is little less than miracu lous for all these years it was thought she was a hopeless paralytic. She has been out of bed a nnmher of times but always with assistance and never has she been able to walk. Her one side was affected, and her condi tion all these years has been critical. When she succeeded in getting up and dressing herself,entirely unassist ed the entire family was amazed. Since then there has beeu no relapse and it is thought her recovery i> now only a matter of time. Officers After Brass Thieves. Special oflh i .-s of the Reading Com pany arrested five boys at Tamaqua. (in Tuesday, changed with stealing brass from the yards at that place. The boys names are Harry Berkert, Harry I.adv. John (.». Rater, K. O. Knlf. Thomas Robinson, and their ages range from thirteen to eighteen years. The boys plead guilty and their cases are now in the hands of the di triet attorney of Schuylkill county. At Reading last week James Seifert. who bought brass stolen from the Reading Company, from bovs, was sent to the Berks county jail for six months and sentenced to pay costs and a fine. The Reading officers are de termined to break up this briss steal ing and will arrest and pros, ute to the end any man or l>oy, whom their detectives secure evidence against, and any junk dealer in whose posses sion the goods are found. To Extend Trolley Road. The approval of the court. Monday, ot tic modified agrcem -nt between the Columbia County Commissioners ami the Columbia & Montour Electric Railroad and M. K. D. Scanlan A; Company, whereby the latter are en abled to cross the Catawis-i liver bridge, removes the last obstacle that blocked the extension of the troll, y tracks into Catawissa. P. 0. S. of A. Officers. At a meeting of Washington «' ini| . Xo. MM, P. <> S. of A.. Mi last evening, the following officers wen elected: President, <ieoige Wert:i>an : Vice-President, Harry Wert man. M jof F.. D. F. Kyerly; Conductor, Lamar Kelly; F S.. J. V Wilson: U, S, C B. Wil-on; Treasurer, l>r. C. Shut!/.: Inspector. I. Rank; t». <r , Stephen Nevius; Trustee. (Jeorge Wert man. Inter County Bridge. Judge Savidgo has ; sued a man damus on the Northumberland county commi-siou i r- to proceed in connec tion with the State and enramis-ioners of Union county in the building of the free bridge across the Snsipiehann i river at l.ewishurg. This i- in furth ' erance of tin- act providing tor su« ii ; structure passed by the State legi»l t lure through the efforts of Senator Fociif, the bridge to built bv the commissioner- of the two couutie-. and the State to pay one half the ex peuse. A FAMILY OF BLACKSMITHS As the widow of a man who was for y.-ars tl.e mo-s prominent blacksmith in this section, and th mot! rof four blacksmith*, and the moth i in law of another, the death of Mrs Harry Fink at her home at Roaring Cre. b at ten oVlmk Moieiav night, after a I « hours illness, is of particular iw»te. Apoplexy wa.- tie .an-* •>! I.» r death and she was -trieu.-n wltil* milting in a rocking chair. fall;ug to th- Bmr When a |»hy*ici m ;i' iv i| -be was «l n-.wly in then ip or >1 ath. Her husband, who died only » few years ago, at the ..f eighty years, was until within t.vour three year-, of his death, to If found at his anvil every day, and, as a hlftck-mitb, he enjoyed an unique re; atati«i>. He was. (let haps, one ot tier In t known men in this section. The family m • -v-uttally o«e nf blacksmiths. Four -ons -urvive tie mother and all an |.i »• 1.-miths: Jobi,, of Slabtowu; Jw <ib. of Numidia; David, of Catawissa, and (M-ori:**. of K ading. Her daughter. Mr- H iffo- Jones. liv. : at R. wiing. while le-r hu-liand is employ' t as a with the United States <»ov rnm nt All wbo t3S<» Atonrz '» tr> atin na*n| catarrh will g«t tb>* b> 4 r <;il*- fr..ni Hy s IJqnid Cream Uilui Pri«-- incin*!- ing spraying tain I. <-t<. >l>l by tlmir iristsor mailed by Bl* Br>- .V 5 Warren sr ■ v Sew t Orleans S»-pt. |. Mam Messrs. Kt.v IJl£' »S I <• i|d tv* Im* ties of vonr t ream Baim to a nxteiwr Win Lanilwrton. 1415 De'a<*hais.- >r New I>rlemn« he hs- i th- ti■> '- r ties jiving htm w- ti l-rful and r.i -* satisraetory n-ults. «»!-.» VV M |»t ie Phannacist. Men Idle in Hint District. There are -aid to Is 5,000 ni n idb in the Ninth District, and th ot'i rs of the C. M. W. A . in tie vicinity of Pott k'l!|e,hav•• d *ii|-ti to i»-%tii.-r facts and statistic- b- iiiinr •ntl •» t »—•, and then lay the matt rI• 112• >r«- th- Anth racite Strike Commission Hundr d of men are leaving th reitum be.m-- no work can be bad Th n mb'-r- of the Tremont nniou say that tie- con ditions are particularly »-atc in tle-ir vicinity. Every Bo:t!e of CLaniberla.n's Ooaeh Remedy WarraEted. We guarantee ■ v rr I ttl- "t t'li »m --lierlain's Cough Remedy and will re fund the money to anyone wle« t- n«.r it is tied aftT u-i.i_' tw>.-thiols nf t!»». eoutents. This i- th l»-t remedy in the world for la irrip: - . , . i, ( croup and whooping cimgii and i pleasant and safe to take. If ;t-t. it any tondeney of a i <dd to r>-<«ult in pneumonia. For sab- by Paul - vV «*<> P. 0. S. of A. Offi' <»rs Elected. Tin- follow tag offic rs wre flo-lwl at a reijul ir o- Wa-htngt Camp, No. .V">7, P. «> S of A . ..f Riverside, which wa ! Id on Mondav evening last: P. P., W. J. Nus,; p., William I>-wis; V P.. J. <> - : ioll M.of F . Frank I.' wis. R S. "y, C K. Mill-: F. > y. K !! K»«ler; Treasurer. K. W. Vouu«t: Conductor. Rols-rt Bnw'k-: iriiard. J «» Eb»*rly; Inspector. William Mori - Trust. . A. C. Diuamick. Crup The ]»• *ultar r-iugh v\ !.i ndi-afe cronp. i< usoallv well!;nt»*n to tlo» mothers of eroopv cbildnn No time should be lost in th tr - itui- ir of it. and for flu- | ir] li in- 1 i ruceived mor> uiiiver a' i -o\ »i than Chaml<erlain's t'ouirh R. rn .iy. i'o not waste valuable tine in ex| •ri menting wiih untried r>m.-die-. matter how highly »I.v rr »v It. re commended. but give Ibis medicine i dir.ct ..| ai I al' -'in :n- <>f .-nup will <|uickly *ti-a| .r I - k : ! v Panics A" Co. Pools of Crude Oil. Freight car- were I nr_- -tuft I m the Philadelphia ami K«'id ng yar i- »t Newberry Jiinetion Sir » :• ' when a hole was kuockt-.s tti .- mens» t ink car ti' i-d * r er« i roleum. I.VH) gallons ot wtn. ii ran ear, forming a lake m tle» n> * rk ..i th. tracks. Fearful that a sj> : »-k o- hot . .k»: from apas-iag bn oneHiv ■ _ ig-i * the oil and can—' a di-astr.'tts blase in the yard, which I- I : Nil d Wi'l valuable fr* iiillt. tie rail: • r« w are forc.- l to » rk in t yard w in an appr. hensive -rai I i- ri• panic. Finds W,y t. Live Long. The startling wiin>. . m» ntofal>i covery that will-or lenntti . lite is made by • ditor «> II i*>wn.y. 112 Churnbn-t o, Ind "I «i- t -r i» lie write*, "th it l»r Kind's New f»»- covi-ry tor Con-umptiori is tie n*«»»t infallibl rent ly that I have .*er known for Cough-. Colds and «»rtp It'- invaluable to i up!' w i w as 'lungs. Having tin- wonderful nrA j cine no oite n« ■ d dres<l Pncamiiei* «»r Consumption Irs relief is instant and j cure rtain. " Panics A Co. guarantee ev-ry •"> ' • and fl 1 I »n*l sive i trial t>ottles tree. Whv Caleudar Are D ay Merchant- an I «>tb« r- ] 1 »• cd orders tor 1.-al .feiars aie won d. riiii: why the order- h iv>- ( • n d laved. A letter from ala . »ie<idar i mannfactnrer fullv \t I »n< th. -it nation. He -»y- 'Tb n>o4iti>iw ; tbisyear Ii '• nth wer ; -ve hav ,» T ,. r ,»11 m thee le idar business ilHvinit to the »1 -trik. t'> • )£r»-af r :>art of the consumer- in the mal reg tons teluse It" ptae their orders on I til conditions wer.- - t»l ! Tl«e r>* snlt was that abont f«>u m >f*f ! b.s ii. -- his t> -n pi! I ni'l r<- *i- I ißf > two mouth-' tine,ami th-- *to *s ha*.* tiern entirely cleaned oat. white new i ones bave hail to be manufactured to rtll tli many orders awaiting ship meat." Will M--'t Toe-day, Jan .irt 6th. The Legislature will m». 112 at twelve o'clock, noon, on tlie first Tu» s«lav of January, making their nt. ting time for the corning -s»on mi Tu- --lav 1 Jannarv Hth, IVO-'t
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