Dome Paper —For llie Home the circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMKKU \N SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER | OK IKYING H. .IKNMNCS, J);K V / IS'/'. (iffict Ihmra 9 .t. »/. to 22 .»/ IH Mill Si., | 1 .1/ to U /'. 1/ Danville, Pa. j y , *lll I. I /., Ml». |"5 Mil l St., DaNVII I K, IV ■ >i«f tse> of the Stomach ale! Interlines a Specialty DENTIST I I, I II I Jls Mill - it.kk: . rtli I Mriioletl without Pain. t row ii Mint I'.niim Work i« "Specialty. I !• Miil|>|" <1 Willi tilt a I est and most l ill pro\ Inslrunienls ami prejiMi. it to execute the most illtlicillt Work. I>R. C. H. REYNOLDS?, —DI NTI.-T - U.SB Mill - r>t., Danville, Pa. DntiliM.ry in all ils branches, Charges Moderate and •*- work tinarauteed Established Is riIMIHNSHI) MiWS. The d ivs are getting longer Fine weather lor pneumonia. Candid ties are shaking hands, l'he Ch; istmas bargain counters are b< nig cleared. Frozen noses, ears and finger tips are comuioii. Eiif.ii,e your coal hauling in advance if you an short. The haulers are very busy. '1 j:.• w. ather man treats us to an oc ca-i inhl snow Hurry just to prove that hi eonti.iues to have suow in stock. It is a question whether all New Ye .is solution- will ke |i HI this mil l weather. Speaking of old-fashioned winters, we beg to express a preteten e tor the "Good Old Summer Time." The finest kind of ice is being store away in the ice houses throughout the town and owing to the big crop feing haiV'sted the chunk of ice should be large aid the price small next sum mer. The battleships of all "civilized" nations of the earth are hastening to war I Ivor i, whi< h will likely he the storm center of the threatened hostil ities in the Far East. Th ■ P'Twiek Board ot Trade has in- d t movement to secure the removal of Albright- College from- Myerstown to that place. A cash suh script ion of $20,000 towards support ing the college tien- is piu ticall.v as sured. If war noes occur between Russia and Japan it is lik- lv that China will tie broken over in A- ». The historical hut behind -tlie-tiiii'■ empire is likely to be sipteze 1 severely when the push ing, tugging and shoving commences. Railway c nporations in the United States, during the year just passed, have made a good -ho '.nig, and pros pered notwithstanding increased wages, co t of tuel and materials. The p< union isstio last year was the largest in ten years; the issue tor the first quarter of the present year ex ceeds the same period last year by twenty-five per cent. The livery stables report an excep tionally tine business since Saturday last. Smallpox has broken out hi the in sane department of the Blair County Almshouse. One victim is dead and three new cases have been discovered The place has been quarantined by the State Health Board. Edward L. Stringer in passing through the orchard in the rear of his home at Northumberland, Tuesday morning, saw a large robin flying merrily through th" trees. Spring is surely coming so get ready to light the dust out of the carpets and amputate the grass. Pneumonia is quite prevalent through out the country, and during the sud den weather changes, and exposure to severe cold, people cannot take too good care of themselves. The Reading Railway has again is sued a general vaccination order and all train men have been notified to comply. Dr. Brothers began scratch ng at Newberry yesterday and is working his way along the line, leav iug sore arms in his wake. The legislative wtieels are beginning to turn in many states Schuylkill county tax collectors who are liehind in their accounts will be prosecuted. Many have largo sums of state and county money which they decline to turn over. The bondsmen will be held if necessary. The manufacturers of valentines complain that there is a general slump ill the business this year, which goes to show th 41 the standard of intelli gence is rising in this country. Oyster dealers predict a famine 111 the bivalves the next two weeks This is due to the extreme cold weather. The ice along the oyster beds makes it impossible for diedgers to work. One of the sites mentioned for pur chase by the government a- a govern inent camp for soldiers is that former ly occupied by the soldiers from this city who wer-i stationed it <-amp Meade duting 1 Si IS Fll in Hammer- and short change men are operating in En/ rue county. Merchants and others should beware in making change for strangers. V "V. ______________________ •THIS COl NTRY WILL NliVI-R I!L IiNTIRHLY FRI-K UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DHM ANUS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. HI—NO 2. STIi 1:1:1 I'WIMi mm I Considerably more signers than art' , I required have been obtained to tin* ! petition asking that Mill street he ■ paved an'l the pipei will bo presented i to the Borough Council at its regular 1 meeting tomorrow night. Street paving is one of tlu* improve- | ments whioh have been looked for- j waul to with a good deal of pleasant j iwTticipat iou for years past. !-o that : when the petition wa- first circulated i last fall, signers were readily obtain | ed and 'hero seemed to lie no question I trom tli start but that enough sinners to cover tv. o-thirds ol the distance to !be paved as required by law could { easily b-< procured. The work was not j '■ pushed very actively until within a ; recent date when the Danville and ! Rloomshurg Electric luiiway Company ' let tli ■ contract tor constructing it lino. Realizing then that there was no time to lose if street paving was U> take place coincident with the lay ing ot the trolley track in the borough the committee again took up the peti tion and made an otTort to secure ad ditional signers. Yesterday it was auuounced that the project was secure. Considerably more than the number of signers need ed have been obtained, while nowhere along the street was there any direct opposition encountered. The petition asks that Mill street be paved with vitrified brick trom the river bridge to Center street. Mill street is about 3D feet wide with the exception of a spot in the vicinity of the weigh scales, where the street is much w lder. It is understood that the Trolley Company will pave nine teet and that the balance will be divided equally between th • Borough an I the owners of the properties, which line each side of the street, each paying one-third. The Borough Council will probably take immediate action on the petition and proceed at once to enact an ordin ance for street paving. Those who have not yet signed the petition will have an opportunity to do so (luring today and tomorrow At United Evangelical Church. The revival meetings of the United Evangelical church, successful beyond all expectations from the start, have not yet reached their climax The church is thoroughly aroused to the revival spirit and as a unit are labor ing together with the pastor me s-ant ly for the salvation ot souls. Penitents continue to crowd the altar, among them being new seekers nearly every evening. Kev. tjunu is somewhat indisposed through an at tack of grip, but he continues to labor zealously. His sermons are plain prac tical appeals to all classes The revival meetings will continue at h ast until the 21th inst. Kev. Dunn stated yesterday that the meetings would be kept up as long a- there is any indication of favorable results The general public, especially those who are non professors of religion.are most cordially invited to attend all the services. Stockholders' Meeting. The Stockholders at the two Nation al Banks of this city held their regular annual meeting Tuesday afternoon. At the Danville National Bank the following directors were chosen to serve for the ensuing year: W. J. Baldy, Charles P. Hancock, F. C. Angle, D. U. Eckman,Alexander Bill meyer, M. Curry and W. K. Hol loway. At the First National Bank the fol lowing directors were chosen to serve for the ensuing year, several residing out of town: Robert M. Cathcart, B. R. Gearhart, I. X. Grier, William Pensyl,.lohu F. Tooley, D. F. Gouge r and C. G. VanAlen. At the First National 11 ink no time has been set for organi/. itiou but a meeting for that purpose will be held in the near future. The People's Bank held its annual meeting in December and elected offic ers on the s iioo date. Revival at East End Missiou. The present winter promises to be an exceptional one for revivals. In addition to those which have run their course ami others which have opened so auspiciously a series ot evangelistic meetings beginning with next we k will be held at the East End Mission in the Aniiu rinaii Building. The meetings will open on Monday, the 18th inst. and trom that date until the 22nd will he in charge of Rev. .T. E Hutchison, pastor of Mahoning Pres byterian church. Ih«* week follow ing, from the 25th to the 20th, tiio meetings will be in charge of the Rev George .1 Mingins, D. I) , ot New York Dr Mingins, s a famous mission worker arid has been in Danville on ►several oi > asions, when In- Millions made a strong impression 111 of Diphtheria. Jane -, the four-year old son ot Mr. and Mrs James 1 Magill,\iue street, is very critically ill ot diphtheria A.nt iI• x ] 11* i I and yesterday the ph\sician had hopes of the child's recovf ry. Typhoid Fever Patients. Walt'r and Florence Tiiiinliower.son and daughter of Mr ar.d Mrs. II E Trumbower, I.i t Mark'* srteet, who i have iv photil (• v" i -fill i ont iiiu• quite ill, Walter, especially. Florence is ' -ilgliMv convalescent and i- able to sit n p a port ion ot the ti me DANVILLi:. PA., Till lISDAV JAM AL'Y 11 IJMM. THROWN Ml DM A very bad runaway was narrow lv averted on Mill street Monday after noon. As it was one ot the occupants ol the sleigh was thrown out mid slightly injured. Between two and thrc" o'clock Will iam Mart/, of Washingtonvillo drove into town with a two seated sleigh be longing to Blue Springs Farm Mr. Mart/, was accompanied by two ladies of Washingtonville who occupied the rear seat. The sleigh contained hut one iiorse. As it was crossing the D. L. & W. track on Mill street,the runner ground hard on the iron rail, suddenly check ing the speed. The result was that the swingle tree broke, which caused the horse, which was a spirited animal,to spring forward jerking the r< ms out of the driver's hands. Mr. Mart/ giab bc I for the lines but succeed-d in get ting hold of only one line. With this he held on hoping to check the horse, which by this time was half out of the shafts and was plunging about in a wholly ungovernable way. l'he one line to which the driver held had the etiect of pulling the horse around in ii circle. The position, which with plenty of ; room would have been dangerous j enough, was rendered doubly perilous by the awning posts and two large heaps of snow which had been shovel eil otr the crossing by the railway em- ■ ployes. As the liorse dashed around the cir cle time and again the sleigh seemed to escape the awning posts bv only a hair's breadth and as tli" runueis struck the piled-up snow the sleigh half overturned. The two ladies held , Oil as best they could, but during the third or fourth revolution one of them ' Mrs. Frank Courson -lost her hold ; and was liurle I from the seat and fell into the street. Fortunately at this juncture agent leman troui the sidewalk caught the j horse as lie daslie I by and stopped tli runaway. Mrs. Courson was soon up- ; oil her feet She \va- badly (lightened and bruised somewhat but not serious ly huit.Tl e spect tele was quite thrill ing ami caused a good •- at thirty. I wo deaths have occurred. In Roaring Creek three of the public schools have beet) closed ; in Locust township, one, the upper school, is closed. As a further precaution ser vices have been discontinued in the Reformed church at Mill Grove, and all loafing is prohibited in the coun try stores. The disease was carried into the locality from Philadelphia by the son of a farmer who was attending school in the city. The disease is in the form of scarlatina and angino-a and is next to the most virulent type Next Year's Improvements. Among the improvements contem plated by the Pennsylvania Railroad for next year is the double tracking of the S. H. & W. branch from Sunbury to Catawissa. in addition to double tracking the road, the improvements will include a straightening out of till the curves An enormous amount of work will be in volved, as the curve in the vicinity of Blue Hill is a big proposition in itself. Between South Danville and Sun hury the road is already double track ed with the exception of some five miles. The greater part of the work will be between South Danville and Koaring cieek as the entire stretch there has only a single track Slush and Water Turn to Ice. Y> sterday was one of the most un pleasant days of the season. Snow and rain fell alternately so that it was as disagreeable overhead as underfoot. The pavements Were covered with slush and at many place- Hood' I with water. During the evening the wind v. red 1 around to the West- and the tetnpei attire was soon at tin freezing point j F.efore midnight the pavement- nearly every whole w- re a mass ot i'e and 1 walking was attended uitli much ditTi | cully. Election Day February IG. j Titeie is nuieh discussion a- to the i date of the spring election Th- flee I t ion will be held on 1 uesi|a v ( 112 el>rtiai y lt>th. SCHOOL HOARD The School Board held a busy ses sion Monday night, the gie-ter part of the time being occupied in trying to straighten out the difficulty in which it h> enis that body is involved through the enforcement of the act ot liHil to perfect the practice and procedure of entering tax claims The act in question, which repeals all former acts relating to tax,is heavy and complicated and capable of differ ent interpretations. Acting upon what lit* believed sound advice the President of the School Board along with the prt siding oflicers of the Town Council, the Board of County Commissioners and the Overseers of the Poor signed the tax claims preparatory to their be ing entered up in the Prothonotarv's ollice where they heeoine a lien against the property. It was not long until the question was raised whether or not the sign ature thus given by the chief executive officers without any resolution on the 1 art of their respective bodies author izing it was according to law and ot any force in the premises. The discussion in the School Board last night wa- precipitated by the Prothonotary's bill of one hundred dollars for entering up the taxes. Ralph Eisner, Attorney for the School Board, was present and gave an opin ion based up'on his interpretation of the act of li»oi. According to his view the School Board, as well as the Bor ough Council and the other bodies in volved is a parliamentary organization and as such derives its authority from resolution. Under the circumstances lie thought it was plain that the Pros ident ha I no right to sign the tax claims without the School Board first taking action. At the same time, he said, lie wished it understood that he did not question the good faith of the President or of either of the other presiding officers who sign* 1. Assuming that this view held gooil it was a question with the School Board how t ir the procedure taken in the entering up ot taxes is legal and what step would be advisable for them to take next. In the absence of the enlightenment sought they decided to postpone the paying of the Prothono tarv's bill and on motion it was laid on the table. The Borough Sup' rintendeiit pres- j ented In- report for the month ending January Mb. Number of pupils in at tendanci during month, males, ("ill; females, ii - .'!; total, 1\!38. Average at tendance during month, males, "iti-j; females, fiS'.i; total, 115 4. Percentage total, Number »>f pupils not abseut during the year to date, not tardy during the year to date, 1V.1.'1 Pupils sick, 205; number of deaths, ~ The following members were pres ent at last night'- meeting: Koefer, Ortli. Greene, Harptd, Burns, Pursel, Werkheisor, Von Blohn, Fischer.Han cock, Byerly. The following bills were approved for payment : W. E. Young $7.50 Ezra Haas 1.00 O. M. Leniger 11."m I'. L. Gordy E2t> A. H. Oroue 14.30 Adams Express Co .70 American Hook Co ... 9.00 Robert J. Pegg II.SO Standard Gas Co 1-80 Dauville Stove iV Mfg. Co 117.20 George Sechler LOO H. G. Salmon 3.00 Interest on Bonds . 122.50 Miss Watkins Wins. Because of love's broken promise a jury on Monday ordered Frederick Graeber of Philadelphia to pay Miss Margaret Watkins SIO,OOO. it was the end of the suit for breach of promise of marriage and $ >5,000 damages, which lasted au entire week and was filled with sensations. The jurors deliber ated four hours, the case having been submitted to them just after noon. The tune was taken up in fixing upon the sum tote awarded to the plaiu tiff, for at no time was there a ques tion about deciding in her favor, it is said. The amount of damages was settled upon in a way jurors have come to re gard as the fairest. Each juryman wrote down the figure he believed the plaintiff should be given; these sums were added together and the total was divided by 12, the result being a little over SIO,OOO, and that sum was finally agreed upon. The court room was about halt-filled with interest d parties and curiosity seekers, when the jurymen filed in. Neither Miss Watkins,bet sister, Mrs. Christ, nor Graeber were present and tie verdict was recieved without a j word ot comment b v the spectators Mrs. Miller Critically 111. Word was received in this city ves -1 terday to the elleet that Mrs Maty Miller, ot Lew ishurg,sister of the late Thomas and •!« s Se Iteavei ot this city, is lving seriously ill and that very ; hopes are entertained foi her recovery. Mr- Miller i-. about eighty three years < I age She resides with her elder sister, Mi-s Eliza Beaver, who notwithstanding her years, con 11 ii in in good hea It h. Cornell Fniv. r-ity ha- had a quick I recovery from the tvphoi I f ever ej I in Id h t of last Fci.ruai v, tin 'enrollment ot students foi tin- ye n'r 'course numbering 3,013 as coinpatei 'with .'.MM ill this Ii me I :»,it vein . PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mr. and Mis Louis Gross of Blooms burg, visited relatives in Danville over ] Sunday. Mrs. Emanuel Wolf of Philadelphia, i is a guest at the home of her brother, j Elia- Maier, Mill street. Mrs. William Harris and Miss .Toy ' Harris of Plymouth, are guests at the ! home of A. M Dfohl, Lower Mulberry street. Thomas Jaines of Berwick, spoil Sunday with his parents, East Dan ville. Fred Howe transacted business in Harrisburg yesterday. Leopold Dreifuss wasjn Suubury | yesterday. Miss Jennie Carr of Sunbury, visit- | ed friends in this city yesterday. Ita Johnson of Northumberland,was a visitor in this city,'yesterday. Mrs. W. A. Sechler visited friends in Montandon yesterday. Louis Evans transacted business in Sunbury yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Yorks of Ceil- i tral.are visiting relatives in this city. R. T. Smith of Benton, transacted business in this city yesteiday. W. R. Oberdorf of the Sunbury Pro duce company was in this city yester day Mrs. D. E. Thatcher of Bloomsburg was in this city yesterday. Augustus Woods transacted business in Sonbury yet-ferday. Harry Schott returned to Philadel phia yesterday after a visit with rela tives 111 this city. Miss Ida Gallagher called on friends in Bloomsburg yesterday. Mrs. J. M. White left yesterday for a visit with relatives at Milton. Miss Ella Snyder was a Bloomsburg visitor yesterday afternoon Miss Ida Yorks visited friends in Bloomsburg yesterday. Mrs. Ellen Rote and sou George of Philadelphia, will arrive in this city today for a visit with relatives. C. F. Darrow was a Bloomsburg vis itor yesterday. Dr. I. (J Barber returned home from a visit to MitTlinhurg last evening. Bert Vastiuo of South Danville, left for Pittsburg yesterday. C. C. Moyer was in Milton yester day Mail Carriers Caauge Hours.! Thole is a change in the carriers' in town whicl is made to correspond with the change in train schedule. Ilereatter each ot the carriers will start out ;it 8:15 in the morning in stead of at S o'clock. In the afternoon instead ot at 3:20 they will leave the post office at J 15. Carrier No. 1, whose route covers Mill street,who heretofore started out on his business trip at H :40 p. in. un der the change will start out at 5:10 pin The latter change will be high ly appreciated by the merchants, who during at least a portion of the year close at •'> p. m. Previously they were obliged to tarry at their stores or leave their mail lie until the next morning. Death of James L. Beach. .James L. Beach, an old and esteem ed resident of Montour County, died at his home, Mooresburg, at midnight Tuesday The deceased was i 3 years of age. Dr. Beach of Montoursville is a son of Mr. Beach. Miss Maggie, a surviving daughter, resides at home. The funeral will be held from the late residence. Friday at Ip. m. In terment in the cemetery connected with the Methodist church at Moores burg. Hearing Appeals. The Board of County Commissioners ot Northumberland County met at the Susquehanna Hotel, South Danville, yesterday for the purpose of hearing appeals. They were called upon dur ing the day by a number of persons living in Gearhart ami Rush town ships and in Riverside, Borough, who were not satisfied with the valuation. Afflicted Family. The family of Howard Farley of Riverside is hadlv afflicted. Anna, the fourteen year old daughter is down with typhoid fever and is criti cally ill. Last week Arthur, the little son of the I mil ly, was taken with the disease and yesterday Mr. Farley, the father, was reported ill with symp toms of typhoid. A Big Reduction. The Board of Directors of the Am erican Car and Foundry Company met in their New York office and adopted a resolution cutting the salaries ot officials atnl entire clerical staff all the way from 10 per cent, to C.O per cent. Notices have also been posted in the works at Berwick reducing wages 10 per cent. The night turn at the steel plant has been suspended throw ing 10(1 men out of employment New York is on the verge of a pneu monia epidemic. The records show that there were '255 deaths trom the ailment last week, and many cases are reporti d every day. Cars too hot or too cold, draughty l'eriyboats and the bad weal her are held responsible for the fatalities So much pneumonia in sti' li a short s| ace of time was never hclote known in thatcitv l'he disease is ot a peculiarly virulent type, many ot the \ictiiii- dving aftet only two days' illness. IKlLll AMI HIPPER MINIM, CO. I The Serrano Gold and Copper Min ing Company was organized in this city yesterday. This is au organiza | tion local in its nature which owns immensely valuable mineral land in Mexico. The officers elected ate as follows: | President,l. X. Grier; Vice President John H. Goeser; Treasurer Myron I. Low of Lime Ridge; Secretary C. E. Yorks of Central. Directors were chosen as follows: T. H Collins of Cananea.Senora, Mexico;! X. Grier, Esq . John H Goeser, F. C. Angle, Esq., of Danville; C. G. Voris, Esq., lof Milton ; R. T. Smith, Benton ; ,T. • I. Higbee, of Watsontown; Myron I. Low, Lime Ridge and C. E. Yorks, of Central. Others interested in the en- I terprise are C. P. Hancock of Dan ! ville; E. H. Heaton and W. B. God charles, Milton ; and B. (j. Keller of Benton. The report of the rich mineral land was first brought to this locality by C. E. Yorks,a former resident of Dan ville, but more recently living at Cen tral who about two years ago returned from a trip to Mexico. The organiza tion of the company yesterday was the culmination of indefatigable effort on the part of Mr. Yorks carried on dur ing the interim to interest local in vestors. During his visit to Mexico lie formed the acquaintance of T. H. Collins, ot Canauea, a former resident of Scran ton, who had been in Mexico for some 25 years and was not only versed in mineralogy but was familiar with Mexican customs and is au au thority on procuring Mexican laud titles. Mr. Collins was present at the meeti ig in this city yesterday. Like Mr. Yorks he is familiar with every foot of the valuable ore laud held by the newly organized company. The tract, which comprises 2?i> acres, lies scarcely two miles south of the tarn ous Greene mine, which ranks third in the world as a copper producer. The tract owned by the local com pany is rich in both gold and copper. Mr. Yorks, who had specimens of the output assayed is satisfied that the proportion of valuahlo metal in the ore runs very high. The value of the tract is thoroughly appreciated by the Mexican government, by which if is assessed as valuable gold land. Tin- procedure in obtaining a title to land iu Mexico like the general law there bears no resemblance to the same in this country. In the case of the Serrano Gold and Copper laud it re quired nearly two years to comply with all the formality required. Dur- Mr. Yorks was ou the ground looking alter the interest of his enterprise and the stories that lie tells of official formality and delay discounts any thing ever heard of in this country in the form of "red tape.'' The papers pass through ten or a dozen different hands and are at every stage subject to the closest scrutiny from the gov ernment. Even the character of the would-be purchaser is investigated and affidavits as to his standing and reput ation are required from prominent citizens iu the Republic of Mexico. Those handling the enterprise in the present case stood the test and the signature of President Diaz as a stamp of approval was at last secured. A deed for the 27«"i acres bearing the sig nature of the great man is now in the possession of the newly organized com pany and marks the culmination of their labors to secure ownership. A charter was obtai ned on December 2Hth. The Inrcrease of Pneumonia. The compilers of vital statistics in the large cities have discovered the rather startling fact that pneumonia has now superseded pulmonary tuber culosis as the cause of greatest mortal ity. This, coupled with the state ment of a high authority quite recent ly made, that pneumonia is contag ious, is well calculated to arouse the interest of the public and at the same tiniß set the men of science to work. The fact that the disease is increasing alarmingly has been apparent for some years, laymen have be *ii wondering and physicians have been speculating. As a disease it is one of the swiftest and deadliest, dragging its victims from the ranks of all classes, slaying the robust along with the frail and sparing few on whom its poisoned fangs are fastened. The rapid increase in the work of this destroyer is cause for alarm. It calls tor extraordinary activity on the part of experts who are,as a matter of course, busily engaged in investiga tion and experiments. The opinion that it is contagious is not shared by eminent authorities. It is even pos sible that the disease is not under stood and that the methods of treat ment are on wrong line". The enorm ous and increasing mortality,however, is sufficient to give rise to the sus picion that there is some sanitary fault lesponsible tor its ravages. Pneumonia is usually regarded as a disease promoted by sudden and ex treme changes in the weather. Wheth er or not this theory is correct it is evident that its harvest is more pro lific in the winter than at any other tune of the year. But no matter what its origin its presence is enough to arouse the scientific world to the I necessity for meeting and combatting it in a manner that will piove more successful than the present mode of treatment i Clearing and colder weather is promised for tomorrow KSTABUSIIFJ) l\ 1855 MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY The missionary anniversary of St. Paul's M E. church Sunday wa3 celebrated with au addre. a .s from Miss Anna Limberger,a missionary station d in Mexico. Miss Limberger, whose home is in this city, is laboring under the auspices of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of St. Paul's M E. church. Since her return to this coun try she lias spoken at several diflerent places throughout the Central Pennsyl vania Conference and has stil! several other appointments to till before - ! ie returns to Mexico. Her address Sunay was intensely interesting, and conveyed much in formation relative to the unique Re public south of us which possessed a peculiar value coming as it did from an eye-witness in touch with life there in one of its most interesting phases. Miss Limberger gave a most charm ing description of tlie natural beauty of the Mexican landscape in connection with which she dwelt upon die an tiquities and the most romantic feat ures of early history. Beginning with Cortez, the Spanish invader, she followed iiis fortunes through his var ious exploits which culminated in the capture of Montezuma,the Indian Rul er, the overthrow of the ancient sys tem and the establishment in its stead of the Roman Catholic'religion. Trac ing the progress of events she arrived at a period coincident with the Dec laration of Independence in our coun try when the spirit of rebellion in Mexico first began to manifest itself against the exisiting regime, after which she described the insurrection after.insurrection which occurred un til all religion was overthrown. From the depth of uneulightenment and superstition, Miss Limberger says, the pendulum has swung far to the other extreme. The reins of govern ment today are in the bauds of a set of agnostics,men without any positive conclusions as to the existence of a personal Deity or ot a future life. Miss Limberger conceded that the men in authority as a class are scholarly and in a worldly sense intensely pro gressive. Free intercourse with other nations is upheld and no one is more welcome on Mexican soil than the in habitants of the United States. Nothing speaks better for the toler ance and the spirit of freedom in our country than the fact that Catholics are accorded much more liberty in the United States than in Mexico.the land where that church for so many cen turies reigued supreme. The sight fre quently witnessed here of Sisters of Catholic church appearing on the streets in the garb of their order is one never witnessed in Mexico. The nunneries as well as the monasteries are all under the ban and if any at all are maintained it is don" surreptitious ly. It is the province of the Missionaries in Mexico to chock the strong reaction toward practical skepticism as well as to educate a class which need it bad ly. The missionaries under the policy of protection toward foreigners have unlimited protection from the govern ment. The time was when mission aries who went to Mexico faced mar tyrdom, but those days are past and faithful devoted effort in the cause of Christ at the present is sure to bring its fruit and the element of personal danger hardly enters into it. The missionaries devote their labors almost exclusively to the young. The schools established in the past have grown to considerable proportions. Here the young people of both sexes are educated and in most instances converted and 111 turn sent out to ex ert their influence 011 their own peo ple. Miss Limberger drew a very pleasing picture of this phase of mis sionary effort in Mexico. Each girl passing through the school in time be comes the head of a household and as wife aud mother with her newly ac quired viewsaud accomplishments has before her almost boundless opportun ities for accomplishing good. The con ference of the Methodist church in Mexico is made up ;»lmo-r wholly of the graduates ol 111 Theological school at Pueblo,native hovs who were gath ered in from many re mot • parts of the republic, now preachers ! thoriug zeal ously to educate and convert thsir own people. Death of a Youu