Bone Paper For lire Home ihr «. irculation >»t this jiancr is in creasing rapid!)*- It will pay you to uhritise in the AMF.KICAN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR l)K IKVINti H. JKNNINdS, IST. - Offic? tlovn •t \ 1/ i,. t-2 V /<»4 MM St., I r M !<• S /'. w ihinviiie. I'N. | 1 >lll I.M. 1». t.' . Mil. l ST., DANVII IH, PA. ,»isr.ises «it' the StoniHch and Intestines •• Specially | >lt \\ »♦. \Mi DENTIST < I, ! tl I. -IS Mil l re|«nre« think ing attuut Xmas presents. The I'hi istmas feeling will now tie as-1 ItioiisK cultivated. Look out for t lie ( 'hrisl mas ails. Carrie Nation will appear in Dan ville in len Nights in a Barroom" Thursday. December 10th And no* the wild and woolly foot tialli-t an hut with his hull' and be- to look civilized again. 1 lie w i-e farmer doesn't seud all his turkeys tom irket at one time There «re a few left for Christmas. The thoughtful man now turns tils hack upon the bones of the Thanks giving tuikev HID! faces the Christinas problem. While ('ln istmas will not be here until near the end of the mouth every person i- i iinsideiatlg the Clirintuias pieselit. It is s-aiit President Uoosevelt's forthcoming message will make 17,(KM) words That many words ought to sav something. If took seven wagons all day t•> col lect the Thank-g. ving contributions to the charities from the public schools of Heading. t' hrist in as is the next tluug to tackle. The decks are all clear for action. You may begin tiring when you are ii adv. Ca| fain Santa Claus. Weather statistics show that the month of November just ended was tie drie-r on leeord as less than one inch ot rain fell during the entire thirty days I he prolonged spell ot cold weather ha- been a mmt welcome visitor for inerehauts. who are getting Winter stink disposed of before the holiday trade begins. Nine religious denominations, rep resenting all creeds,joined in a public I'luinksgiving service at Detroit Yet there are people who say the old world is not growing better. During the year ending November first, there were p'Wo cases of small pox and."><>:{ deaths from this disease in Pennsylvania. The largest number occurred ill Pittsburg where there we ie 1 v;:j4 cases and '.J3M deaths There is a mild epideiuiu of German m asles in some sections of William* [IOI t No deaths have been reported, but the disease in very contagion* There is an epidemic of mumps among the children of Kenovo. The Woman's Christian Temperance 11 uion of Bloomsbnig have caused to tie posted HI conspicuous places the taw against profanity which is section 30, Act of March Ist, IHf>o, and reads as follows If any person shall willful ly, premeditated I v ami despitefully blaspheme oi speak loosely and pro fanely of Almighty Go I,Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or llii Scripture of i'ruf h,«uch person on con v let ion there - of.shall lie sentenced to pay a fine not i Xe. eding one hundred dollais, an t undergo an iuiprisontuent not exceed ing three months or elthel at the dlf i' 1 ell on ot the COUI t "THIS COt.'NTRY W'll.L NKVHK HI: UN I IKI-LV 1-KKK I'NTII. IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS vol.. 4S--NO If. RAILWAY i Today will witness the cuusumiiia* i tion of the labors of the Danville ami : Bloomsburg Electric railwav Company IHI its loins aud tedious task to secure ! the right of way hetwi'e:i this city and Bloomsburg. i The property owners along the line have . K Murray, Sent inel; \V. <). Greene, P. II F«.ust and W. ,B Gearhart, Truster - The Improved order of Heptasophs is one of the most flourishing orders of the day and Lotus Conclave No. L>7 is not behind among the subordin ate bodies in its showing. It was org anized in 18SIJ ami since then there lias never been a period in which its growth was not rapid and constant It has at present I.V> members and the meeting forms a i e\ 'eption when one or more ineinbeis aie not taken into the older. The Goal Digging Season Over. The coat digger ha-gone out ot com mission for the present s ison The wind has quite a sweep out oil the river and during the cold snap last week it pioved something of a trial for a man to keep his p isl on the c > 11 digger. Nevertheless Mr LeDuc 11 Id onto the JO'i and only relinquished it when the accumulating slush and ice made the opeiation of the digger mi practicable. The digger will probably he partial Iv dismantled and hauled up on the hank at some eonvein. Nt point wber« j it w ill lie in winter quarter ; It I- not known > vith how mucl coal llll.S been ext rifled from the rivei ! during the summer and fall by Mi I Lelluc, lut 111- Coal diggei has dem onsfrated its ttu> and proven a sue eess, notwithstanding Ilia, high wate interfered \>iv much with the wot' ot exit ie| lllg coal A eltsp mil s|, It p lie e 111 be I nil 111 IIIL!. tills DANVILLK, PA.. TIIUKSDAY I>ECEM I»EK HHKI. j WORKMAN'S - Gail Yeager of Catawissa. acarpen i ter employed on the P. & It railway. ! sustained very serious injuries in ibis city Tuesday forenoon, by being piu ned bet ween t wo heavy st ringers whi lc engaged HI unloading a car of timber lon the cinder tip east of Church street. The stringers, which are to lie used on the ties!ling at Buyer's coal yard. | are of iinmeti.se siz i,twelve by sixteen inches and fifty-six feet long Mr. Yeager in throwing the timber off the ; car was assisted by several other car penters from Catawissa. The car was i nearly halt unloaded,when one end ot one of the stringers caught upon the skid. As the other end slid down to the ground the end which had lodged Hew back striking Yeager who stood upon the car and pinning him fast against the contents of the car. The man received the blow, which was a tenitio one, on the lower part of the breast and with the ponderous weight upon him lay helpless until released. It was not long until his compan ions sui'ceede I ill throwing off the ft ringer, but he was badly injured in the accident and suffered intense pain He was carried to the residence of j Adam Funk w here he was seen by Dr. j Curry. As lat as could bo determined no bones were broken. He suffered in tensely from the effects of the shock as well as with infernal pains. Mor phine was administered and the in jured man was made as comfortable as possible until the arrival of the 11 :24 passenger train when he was taken to Catawissa It t- much feared that the m in sustained serious internal injury. Fnneral of Mrs. John Bird. Mrs John S. Bird, of Riverside, whose death occurred Friday night, was consigned to her last resting place in Mr. Vernon cemetery, Tuesday aft ernoon. The services were conducted by Rev. K. J. Allen, pastor of St. Peter's M F. church. Riverside, who spoke in a very feeling and effective way con cerning the life an I character of Mrs. Hi i d Remarks w ere also made by Rev Martin B. Bird of St. Louis, Mo., a son of the deceased. The pall be iters were ; Joseph L. Shannon, W. R Clark. John MeCloughan, H. M Yocum, John Conway,and Isaac Hoff man. The following persons from a dist ance attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. James Bird of Nanticoke, Kev. Martin Bird of St. Louis, Mrs. Anna Bint and daughter .teiime. Miss Jessie Bird ami William Bird of Northum berland. Early Uohday Shopping. Oil)' has only to look over the col umns of the neWspa|iers,aiid the groan ing shelves ami counters ot our stores to note that the holiday goods for the present season are now before the pub lic. and the givers ot Christmas gifts have only to decide what and where to choose. M tiiv people of foresight make it a rule te exhausted before the great iusli, and tlie belated shoppers have to deal with weary salespeople who can afford hut little assistance in the selection from what is left ill any line. There are few more pitiable specta cles than that of the person who has ; delayed holiday purchases until the stores are jammed, and who squeezes through successive crowds in a vain hope of finding exactly the suitable articles for gitts. Usually such a buy er takes what is to bo had with the least effort, and is pretty certain to be dissatisfied in the end. To witness the crush of the later shoppers must he a source of infinite joy to the per son who gets through the essential part ot the undertaking during the early December days If all who are I able should begin their buying early it would be a valuable contribution toward the goodwill of the holiday season, since it would lighten the burdens of all other shoppers its well as of the store-people. The advertis ing columns of the Morning News present a complete directory of the establishments in this section where ild- holiday attractions are fully ar ranged Huuter Returned. Kev. N E ('leaver of Danville, is the guest of Ins brother, the editor. |{. v. Mr Cleavei just returned from a hunting trip an 1 brought with him a good si zed doe as the result ot his prowess HI the woods Mi Carim I New - derringer Ephlin. Ftatik C (Jei i itiger and Miss Minnie , Kphlln ot this city were married at lin parsonage of Shiloh Ketoruied church on Tuesdat evening at 8 I, Ihi k, tie Kt V George I I.Unbelt otfil latiug. PERSONAL Paragraphs MISS Emcliii" Grcsh ot Hazleton, is visiting at the home of George A. Myers, Walnut street. Miss Helen Swayze is visiting rela tives iu Milton. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Deilloiibacher j of Willianisport, spent Sunday in this city. Reuben Boyer who is employed at Berwick, spent Sunday with his fam ily on Honeymoon street. Mr. and Mrs Arthur Blooui of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with rela tives iu this city. Dr. J. D. McCuaig of Erie, is visit ing friends in this city. Dr. ,McCuaig was a former resident of Danville. Eugene Doran of Berwick, spent Sunday with his family in this city. Dr. Edward Davis of Berwick,spent Sunday in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills ot i Bloomsburg, visited Danville friends over Sunday. John Kramer of Berwick.spent Sun day in this city. William James of Berwick, spent Sunday with his parents. East Dan ville. Amnion Reiser spent Sunday in West Milton. Clarence E. Voris Esq., of Milton, was a visitor in Danville yesterday. Mrs. 11. A Kline of Northumber- I land, visited friends in this city yes- \ terday. Mrs. George Beck of Northumber- j land,called 011 friends 111 this citv ves- j i terday. Myron Lowe of Lime Ridge, spent yesterday 111 Danville. Mrs. William Hazlett of Suubury, I visited friends in this city yestreday. ! W. H. Adams of Catawissa, trans- j acted business in Danville yesterday, j Clarence Lock hoot of Washington j ville.diove to Danville yesterday. D. J. Lynch of Bloomsburg. was a ' visitor 111 Danville yesterday. James Scarlet, Esq., returned yes- j terday from a business trip to Phila delphia. Samuel Roach returned to Johas town yesterday after a visit with fiieuds in this city. Mr. Roach was formerly employed at the steel plant i in Danville. C. E Yorks ot Central, transacted business in this city yesterday. Mrs E. C. Rogers returned to her ; home 111 Sunbuiy vestoiday after a j short visit with relatives iu this city, j Mrs. Thomas Reitsnvder visited j friends in Milton yesterday. F. Hutuian transacted business | in Berwick yesterday. George M West transacted business j 111 Bloomsburg yesterday. Edward Kramer visited friends 111 Catawissa yesterday. Clark Ashtoii visited friends 111 Bloomsburg yesterday. Miss Mary Russell left yesterday for a visit with friends iu Berwick. H. 15. Frick, cashier of the Milton National Bank spent last evening in this city. William P. and Peuu G. Hastings of the Milton Standard,made the News ottice a pleasant vi-it last evening. Mrs. John Sheriff, East Market street, airived 111 this city from Sha mokiii, last evening. Nelson Woods ot Philadelphia, ar lived iu this city yesterday morning for a short visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. Emma Woods, Mulberry street. George L. Rote of Philadelphia, is visiting relatives in this city. F. M. Herringtou transacted busi ness 111 Suubury yesterday. Miss Marie Fetterman visited friends in Bloomsburg yesterday. A Pleasing Entertainment. One of the most pleasing entertain ments ever given in the opera house was that of the Katharine Ridgeway Concert Company last evening The ! entertainment was given under the j auspices of the Teachers' Institute. Miss Kidgeway was vivacious, ac tive and charming and the absence ot 1 that stiffness with which audiences j have associated elocutionists general- j ly, was a most enjoyable innovation, j Her humorous bits caused rounds of laughter and she was compelled to re spond to a number of recalls. Miss Brewster was in excellent voice and her efforts showed her to he a woman of surprisingly great power and train ing. Mr. Lamberson's piano playing was ot au artistic order, maintaining i his reputation gained in this country | and Europe. Mr. Kerr, the basso, was j well received and merited the ap plause Ins selections provoked. Choir's Post Cards. The choir of Christ Episcopal church has gotten up a post car l as authoriz ed by act of Congress of lVis, which will be sold to the public. On the side of the card designed for the message and occupying more th til on>' half the space is a cut of Christ Episcopal church, a most beautiful specimen of art. which shows up the imposing edifice with remarkable ef fect. Christ Episcopal church archi tecturally is unsurpassed by any struc ture in this section ami there is no reason, therefore, why the post cards 111 question with their fine represent ation of the church should Hot lie gu ell a w ide cll eu bit 101 l 'SHIPPING SI;IJ : - WINIIING I'LIK'KS .Jewelry stores in Danville and vi eniity now include among their stock a number of Mr. Kempe's self-wind ing clock- Those in Mr. Lore's wind ow, this city, which embrace several of th)' most beautiful designs, are at tracting much attention The self winding clocks are now fairly on the market. Shipments are being made every day and embrace such towns a- Wilkesbarre, Willianisport, Pittsburg and Cincinnati. Indeed, the orders come in much faster than they can be i tilled. If must he icmembered that J the business is only iu its iiicipienev | and what has thus far been accom | plished can not he taken as a criterion I in forming an idea of the full measure j of success which awaits the enterprise I when the self-winding clocks become ; fully advertised and their value de- I inoustrated before the public. It is al ready obvious that its simplicity of I construction and corresponding cheap ness are points which weigh immea surably in its favor and which will make it impossible for other forms of electrical clocks to hold their own in competition with if as a popular time piece. F. Hartiuan has removed all the old-style clocks from his knitting mills tml in their places his installed Mr. Kempe's self-winding clocks. I Married on Thanksgiving Day. Miss Klla Sliultz and Mr. .lolin W Spotts both of Riverside, were united in matrimony at high noon. Thanks giving Day. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents at the lower end of Riverside Borough and was a very pretty affair, attended by people from.Wilkesharre, Berwick,- Bloomsburg and Suubury in addition to a large number of relatives from Danville and vicinity. The nuptial knot was tied by the Rev. George E. Limbert, pastor of Shiloh Reformed church. Miss Edna Cleaver of Roaring Creek was brides maid and Grier Shultz, brothel of the bride, was best man. The ceremony was followed by a sumptuous wedding dinner. The new ly-wedded couple left on the 5:50 train tor a trip to Wilkesbarre. The pres ents received were very numerous and beautiful. The bride is the only daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Hervey S. Shultz and is very populat and highly esteemed. The groom is an active young business man of this place. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cole and Bruce McCrackeu of Wilkesbarre: Mi. and Mrs. Grier and son, Mr. and Mrs. (Mark Brown, Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Quick, Rupert; Mrs. Albert Millet and son, Suubury; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Cleaver and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beruinger and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shultz, aud daughter Etta, Howellville; Mrs. J. W S Robisou, Milton; Mr. and Mrs James Shultz aud son Jesse; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shultz aud daughters.Edna and Alva. Mrs. William Amesbury, Mrs. Mary Cromwell, Mrs. Jennie Marshal, Miss Maui)- Kear, and Mrs. Margaret Ainuierinau, Danville; John Spotts, | Sr.. wife and daughter Anna and son David; Miss Alma Kimbel, Mr. anil Mrs. Clarence Yeager, Mrs. Johnson ami daughter, Phoebe, Miss Anna Am merman.Mr. and Mrs Clyde Shultz of Riverside. The Village Postmaster. The popularity of the ruial drama seems greatly on the increase, judging from the prosperous condition of all those now on the road. One of the most successful is "The Village Post master" which is doing the largest business it ever had, although it is one of the oldest and with the excep tion of one or two others, the largest iu the field. One reason for its suc cess is the quaintly humorous, but ex tremely natural types of character it depicts and the laughter and tears which are so skillfully interwoven in the charming story. Alice E. Ives, one of the authors,is of old New Eng land stock, and she says she did not have togo out ot her mother's fwnily for some of the characters. She cer tainly has put upon the i as th> weather clears, how ever,-the brick layers, will be enabled to proceed. There are about a dozen men em ployed ami the brick work is well un der way on two l>u l ldings. The stone work is completed rtt each of the cel lars. The contractors hope to have two of the buildings under roof by the holi days or soon after. The slaters are nearlv through on the roof of the tiltei plant The large tubs and other appurtenances have ar rived and will be installed ill the lilt er plant as soon as possible. All hotels, hoarding and lodging housekeepers at Blnomsbuig have been cautioned by the Board ot Health against taking HI anv known resident of Centralia during the prevalence of > mat 11 >o\ iii t hat sect ion JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public that ho is prepared at all times to ex cute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Ofall Kinds and Description THE COUNTY Tin* thirty-eighth annual Teachers' j Institute convened in the High School auditorium, this city, Monday after noon. The attendance was consider ably above what is usual on the first day, all but five teachers of the coun ty—seventy-eight in number—being enrolled. The Institute was called to order at I i o'clock by County Superintendent G. W Den Kev. Harry Curtin Har mau read the Scripture and offered up an appropriate prayer. Rev. G. W. Briuer of Washington ville, who was booked for an address, was unable to be at the institute. His period was occupied by Professor Wil liam G Kemp, of East Stroudsburg Normal School, who took as his sub ject "Tilings Which May be Learned at Home." It proved a most interest ing talk and showed how such sub jects as direction of wind, distribu tion of moisture, and distribution and depth of soil might be handled to in terest the boys and giily and develop habits of study and observation. Prof essor Kemp is a pleasing and effective speaker and during a short talk he led the institute over a wide range and succeeded in awakening a great deal of thought on the causes of rainfall ot drought, &c. Professor William G. Ward, of Em erson College of Oratory, Boston, oc cupied the last period. He made a very fine impression on the institute. His subject was "Self Culture by Literature. He made a plea for culture studies and as such he could recommend nothing so highly as liter ture. Knowledge is not always educa tion. The latter in its present accept ed sense means culture. The mere ac cumulation of facts without the soul behind them prevents culture. Every person should have a side study,which will prove a mental rest. Literature puts a person in harmony with himself and the world. Fifteen minutes of reading daily, if no more time can be spared, may be found to afford a delightful excursion into fairy laud, which will prove very benefici al by relieving the strain upon the mind imposed by business cares. He cited the case of Abraham Lin coln, who indifferently educated as he was by a habit of daily reading, con fined mostly to the Bible aud Shakes peare acquired the most remarkable culture results. Booth, the great act or, confessed that he found in Abra ham Lincoln a man who knew more ot Shakespeare than he himself did, while as is well-known Lincoln's style of language is universally regarded as a model of pure English. Wide reading is not necessary. While the yearly product of books is no less than 12,000 in the English lan guage alone, yet there are not more than 20 or 30 great, writers whose works are worth reading. Most per sons have read enough to secure ttie best culture results, but they have been unwise in the selection of auth ors. No writers should be selected with whose subject the reader does not feel au interest. The book select ed should be of one of the great an thors of the world. The book itselt should be read along with inanv other books relating to it. In this way it might prove possible for a person in five years with a library of no more than fifty volumes to secure the best of culture results. The music promises to bean import ant feature of the institute as the work advances. Quite a number of pieces were sung yesterday in a way which showed that amoug the teach ers interest is not lacking in this sub ject newly added to our schools. Prof essor O. H. Yetter, who has charge of the music, enjoys a fine reputation and his performance yesterday was surely of a kind to confirm the most flattering reports of his ability as * singer aud general proficiency as an instructor. Miss Weiss presided at the piano dating the musical exercises. Religious exercises Tuesday mom ing were conducted by Rev. George E. Limbert. Professor E. L. Kemp occupied the first period with a con tinuation of his subject, "Things to he Learned at Home." Professor Kemp's lectures prove intensely in teresting and are a practical and use ful feature of the institute. Amoug other important facts brought out yes terday morning he showed how sup erficial the knowledge of High School pupils relating to geography often proves to be. He advocated the mak ing of local maps as a means of teach ing pupils the meaning of maps, so that they cau interpret them into real distances, directions and other geo graphical features. He reviewed the study of special sections of country which he made with classes to show what can be done in the way of giving pupils a key to the understanding o the location and development of towns and cities because of advantages of manufacturing and commerce. Professor Ward's address yesterday morning had as its subject, "What I Shall We Read, " aud ran along the j line ot the "Beautiful" and the " Sub i lime." In defining the difference be | tween the two lie said that mere Beauty as revealed in a quiet landscape tor instance is peaceful and comforting in i its effect, while naked Sublimity is stir ! ring in its nature; it prods the soul j and urges it onto its best and noblest i effort. Only hooks which embody i these two elements, therefore, should Ibe selected for reading. Among this (Continued on 4th page.)