RAILROAD TIME TABLES. Penn K R EAST. WEST. 711 A M 9. 14A. M. 10.17 ts'"" ™ • SUNDAYS. 10. 17 A. M. p ; M - D. L & W R. R. BAST west. 7.07 A. M. 9- 1 ® A - M -10.19 " HI P- « * .. 5.48 " 5)03 SUNDAYS. 7.07 A M P M. 5.43 P. M. ■ M) ' > PHILA A READING R. R NORTH. 7.58 A.M. 11.24 A.M. 8.56 P.M. 6.05 P.M. BLOOM STREET 7.55 A. M. 11.22 A.M. 9.58 P.M. 6.04 P.M. SEVERAL NEW ATHLETIC CONTESTS A tug of war is being added to the several forms of competitive sport re cently introduced at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. Want of space in the gymnasium makes it impossible to follow the offi cial rales. Instead of the inch and a half 100-foot rope called for an inch rope not more than thirty feet or so in length will have to suffice. Neither will any cleats be permitted on the floor, nor the harness-like belt or "lunger" worn by the end men in the game as officially played. The center mark and the two other hues on the floor which enter into the game will not be more than six feet apart. The tug ot war has always held rank among the most- popular athletic con tests and notwithstanding the restric tions imposed the game as played here will carry with it a full measure of interest and excitement. The rope will be procured today and the first contest will take place in the gymnasium tonight. The contest comes in at the latter end of the program after the class exercise. Among the other competitive sports recently introduced into the gymnas ium here is the "Medicine Ball Toss" and the "Indian Club Pass." Both have become very popular and are par ticipated in with the keenest plea sure. The " Medicine Ball Toss" affords plenty of quick, hard work. The bull has a diameter of some fifteen or eigh teen inches and weighs uiue pounds. The men stand in a circle with one in the center. Great dexterity is exacted of the man in the ring whose aim is as the ball is thrown across the ring to strike it in such a way as to cause it to touch the floor. Succeeding in this he is permitted to leave the cent er and the man who threw the ball last takeß his placo in the ring. The trick is to get out ot the center as quickly as possible. The "Indian Club Pass" is also a very exciting game requiring quick action, steady nerves and careful pass ing of the Indian club. Along with the rest it comes in under the head of competitive games. The Pursuit of Knowledge. l'hat the Japanese, until late years, have been on tlie same plane as other Oriental nations, was not due to nat ural inferiority, but to the game con ditions which brought China to a standstill centuries ago. The Jap anese revolution of 1868 followed the opening of the long-closed Japanese porta by Commodore Perry in 1853, the Bhoguui, tho barbarous and ignorant rulers, were defeated, and the Mikado restored to his ancient power. When the present Emperor took his corona tion oath,he advised his people to seek knowledge in foreign lauds, in the great aud powerful nations of the West, fall grown and strong, aud this has ever since been the Japanese pol icy. In carrying out this plan, Japan has sent the flower of her young men to study abroad, and has invited for eign experts to come to Japan and as sist ber in the building of railroads, the establishment of postal systems and telegraphs, and the founding of educational institutions witli foreign teachers. After the expulsion of the dynasty which for 300 years had kept the oountry isolated from the rest of the world, it suddenly awoke from its dream of ignorant content and began to strive for a place among enlighten ed and progressive nations. Its advance along the upward path has excited the wonder of the world. Now in her life and death struggle with Russia, Japan has almost the whole world's sympathy. As John R. Mott, the international iecretary and great traveler for the Y. M C. A., recently said at the state convention at Scranton in his delight ful descriptions of Japan aud the won derful advance of her people, in their desire for the in Western civiliza tion, they take note that the Christian people are the most intelligent, best learned and best business men,and the great leaders and stntesmeu are allied with the church, and they are investi gating the Christian religion encour aging teachers aud missionaries, and it is not too much io expert that in another generation or two we may find the Christian religion predominating iu Japan aud the empire a Christian instead of a heathen nation as now so called. With her most talented young men sent to the great centers of American and European civilization, aud be coming imbued with Christian methods of living, there must a still greater change oome to Japan in tho next ten years, than tho past decade, unless the present war shall be a let-back, and whatever the results, victory or de feat, it must leave serious scars. Bought a Farm. Samuel Scott, who for the last years has tenanted the farm on the J«sse Ammerman estate. Cooper town ship, has purchased a small farm known as the Thatcher place a couple of nnlea below Cameron where lie will follow truckiug, attending the Dan ville market. William Welliver will wove onto the Ammerman farm IAI SOON BEGIN PBOSPECTINB Parties interested in the project of prospecting for coal at Kipp's Run feel confident that their plans will carry aright and that in the near fut ure drilling will begin over some four hundred acres in extent. Nothing shoit of the most up-to-date methods are contemplated. Instead of the slow and laborious process of digging a diamond drill will be em ployed, which will sink thirty to forty feet per day. This drill with boiler, engine and one tiiousand feet of piping required may cost upward of #2Boo, but 111 view of the prospecting that may be neces sary before the extent and the value of the known deposit of coal is deter mined it is considered thoroughly in line with economy to invest in a drill, instead of depending upon digging which itself would soon run up into a big expenditure of money. The owners of tlie land and those who desire to embark upon the work of prospecting have not fully come to gether oa the matter of royalty, hut by the time that spring nicely opens up they expect lo be able to tegin work. Among those interested in the enterprise are several of our young business men. The money required lor prospecting will be raised by subscrip tions, the proposition being that in the event of finding coal the contrib utors are to be paid back at the rate of three dollars tor one, either in cash or in stock to that amount. The pros pects for finding coal are so encourag ing that in a community as public spirited as our own it. is believed that little ditficulty will be experienced in raising the money needed. One of the gentlemen interested, a practical coal miner, stated Saturday that according to his view the coal at Kipp's Run belongs to veins of great extent which reach a mile or so below Kipp's Run, extending under the riv er and underlying land on the op posite side of the stream. How deep it may lie. he says, is altogether prob lematical. It may bo necessary to drill to the depth of three hundred to live hundred feet. "When Johnny Gomes Marching Home." "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," now in its second great sea son, is a stirring military play set to beautiful music, in which patriotism is the key note . It is fuil of sparkl ing numbers that appeal alike to the musician and the"man in the street.' "My Own United States,".Tust Marry the Man and be Merry, "Good Rye. Yankees, "My Honeysuckle Girl, and "Years Touch not the Heart, are a few of the gems that became most pop ular during the long run that the opera enjoyed at the big New York Theatre. N. Y. But the most brilliant number ot this military opera is "Katie, My Southern Rose," sung by Johnny and his sweetheart Kate Pemberton with a full chorus. It received six and eight encores at eveiy performance. One hears it whistled and sung every where, while every hotel orchestra plays it a dozen times every week. The music of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is ot a high order, much more musical than what is us ually found in contemporaneous light opera or musical comedy of the pres ent day, and it appeals to varied tastes, to the lovers of sentimental or merry strains. Of the book it is suffi cient to say that it Is strong and in teresting with none of the latter day gags or comedians who do knock-about turns or anything else that offends the ears or the eyes. It is the old, old story of the Southern girls who fall in love with the "boys in blue" and vice versa. The scenery is said to tie ex ceptionally good and elaborate,in fact at least two scenes are spectacular in the extreme. The large chorus is made up of girls who are pretty, the tableaux are inspiring and the boys in blue sing with enthusiasm and in tone, and the opera is American to the backbone. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" will be seen at the Opera House, March 14th. Not Without its Charms. We all agree that we have epxerienc ed a genuine winter,whether wo term it old or new fashioned. Winter has come aud held on with the grip of a mighty monster of niture. Everything has been held as in the grasp of a giant lor full three months, with scarcely a single slackening of the hold. The sun, the monarch of the skies, has ex perienced one of the greatest checks in his roaud for half a century according to the weather records. Whatever may have been the other fruits of such a winter, it is evident that this one has been marked by a large number of social affairs. The merry ring of the sleigh bells have enlivened almost every hour of the night as well as of the day. The sleighing and surprise parties have been exceptionally num erous. If the <-xtremt) cold and the abundant snow have tended to quick en that old time sociability of which our lathers and mothers have told us, it will go far to atone for tho icy pavements and frozen pipes, and en able us to truthfully say "Hail. Thou Hlessed Winter." Meeting of Lincoln Society. A regular meeting of the Lincoln Literary Society was held in the High school room yesterday afternoon. The following program was rendered. Piano Solo. . "In the Twilight" Miss Dot a Jenkins. Recitation. . "Coming Home" Miss Kilfoil. Declamation. "Americanism" Mr. Shannon. Essay .'"Enoch At den" Miss M. Jameson. Debate—"Resolved, That a limited monarchy i<» a better form of govern ment than a repnblio. " Decision rendered in favor of the Negative. Violin Solo. "Angel's Serenade" Miss Margaret Hooley. Declamation "Relations with Colombia" Mr. Bowyer. Heading "Spring House Cleaning" Miss Hat pel. k BLAZE AT THE BIG MILL A (ire broke out at tlio Reading Iron Works about halt past six o'clock last evening, but thanks to the excellent facilities for fighting tire and the quick and intelligent action 011 the part of the employes the flumes were wiped out in an incredibly short space of time and tlie damage wrought was hardly worth mentioning. The alarm went out from the works and was quickly followed with a gen eral ringing of the tire bells. The Con tinental boys started for the mill in double quick time but upon reaching the bridge 011 Mahoning creek they were informed that the fire was extin guished. Meanwhile the fire bells had brought out a big crowd of excited people who ran breathlessly about the streets inquiring where the fire was. The most of these failed to discover what was burning. When it was seen that the Continental Company turned and retraced its way some one started the report that it was a false alarm and this by seven-tenths of the people was taken as correct. The alarm, howevi i.w.ts a true and a a ell-founded one and it i- easy to conceive of conditions under which the tire might have rapidly spread and caused heavy los-. The flames were discovered beside the large upright boiler at No. ! h 'ating furnace in the twelve inch mill Thefiie hud already obtained a fair foothold upon the tim bers and was spreading. Quick as thought, however, the men sprang to the mill hose which i> at a'l times kept in readiness and it) less than three minutes' timo had the fire ex tinguished. The Continental Fire Company, already had its hose un reeled, when it received word that its services would not be needed. The origin of the fire is explained in 'this way: At some distance over head a lamp fixed alongside the boiler is kept burning to throw light upon the steam or water gauge Owing to some cause this lamp exploded hist evening, the burning oil coming in coutact with tiie dry and dusty timbers which caus ed them to ignite. DECIDE YOURSELF. The Opportunity is Here, Backed by Dau ville Testimony. Don't take our word tor if. Don't depend on a stranger's state ment. Read this endorsement. Head the statements of citizen*. And decide for yourself. Here is oue cate of it: W. C. Richard, grocer, living Cor. Irou and Third .Streets, Bloomsburg. says:"l was taken suddenly with stitches in nay hack which were so ex cruciating that 1 almost f«-ll to the ground. I was confined to my bed for over a week, and the pain was so in tense I could not rise without assist ance. Doan's Kidney Pills came to my attention auil I took a course of tlie treatment. It cured me." Plenty more proof like this from Danville people. Call at your drug store and ask what customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster Milhurn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. . sob- agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's —and take 110 other. l'he Farui Labor Problem. The question of securing comjietent farm labor, especially for dairy work, is of great importance and interest to the farmer, and in many sections is discjuraging the most profitable de velopment of th;» dairy interests. At the annual meeting of the Pennsyl vania Horticultural Association, held at Lancaster, Gabriel Heister.the well kuow'u Harrisburg fruit grower, said, in substance: "The past season was the most vexatious I have ever experienced in the matter of securing laborers to do farm and orchard woik. They were never so scarce and incompetent. 1 paid the same wages per hour and worked the same hours that the railroad con tractors did alongside of me,but could not get the hands. " A dairyman in the central part of the state wants information relative to a milking machine that was being advertised about a year ago. He says lie has a sixty-cow dairy,a good trade aud is doing well,but, has the greatest difficulty secuiing and keeping milk ers. It is understood that tho milking machine is not an applied success. When dairying became general in Eastern Pennsylvania it was often the custom to require the farm hands to work till sundown and then milk a number of cows. The same perform ance was in too many cases required also before an early break fat t. Recently a young,bright fellow, who had been working as a hired man on a farm, asked lor a letter to help him get a job in the city. "Why do you leave the country?" he was asked. "Toouiuch work; never get done; want a change." "Can't you make as much money in the country?" "Yes, guess I can, and no doubt save more, but I don't like those farm ers' nine-hour system—nine hours be fore dinner and nine after." This fellow was exaggeri ting somo what.even for the 1110-t extreme cases, hut his wit had a good foundation. The long days are passing, however, and the more progressive farmers and dairymen are working their men more reasonably. This is humane and just. Do You Want Strength? If you want to incxease your strength you must add to and not take from the physical. In other words, the food that you eat mnst be digested, assimi lated and appropriated by the nerves, blood and tissues before being expell ed from the iiitfstines. Kodol Dyspe psia Cure adds to the physical. It gives strength to and builds up strength in the homan syst >m. It, is pleasant to the taste and palatable, and the only combination of digestnnts that will digest the food and enable the system to appropriate all ot its health and strength giving qualities. Sold by I'aules & Co , J D. (ioeh & Co. RUSSIANS IN DANVILLE The war between Russia and Japan has turned the thoughts of a good many of oui citizens toward the na tives of Kussia in our midst, some of whom are supposed to bo in'danger of being recalled home for the purpose of flg>itiug the .laps. The natives of Russia in Danville do not constitute a very numerous class, all told probably being less than twenty-five. More than halt of these are Russian Hebrews, the remainder being natives of Poland. The Russian Hebrews as fast as eligi ble generally have been thoughtful enough to get naturalized and as Am erican citizens can defy Russia. Those unnaturalized according to the gen erally accepted view are likely to be summoned home in the present crisis and made to rake up arms. Several of the best informed Rus sians" in Danville were interviewed yesterday. Opinion with them seems to differ as to the authority of the Czar over Russians iu America, nat uralized or otherwise. All agree, however, that there is no probability of force being employed by Russia to bring back emigrants, no matter how big a bluff it may put up. On the whole it does not seem that there are any of the Czar's subjects in Danville who are losing sleep through fear of being recalled. The ancient system of casting lots employed by Russia to determine in every case whether a young man shall enter the army or be exempt from military duty is well described by the Russians here. Each one of them when 21 vears of age "drew bis lot," which decided his destiny iu life. One of those interviewed drew a high num ber and was stood aside in reserve, which gave him a chance to "emi grate" the other one drew a low mini ber and iu accordance went into the artuy. The system of drawing lots is so eutiuingly devised as to leave the sub ject of the Czar no chance of escap?, if it should happen that an emergency an at present should arise in national affairs that requires a sweeping army. To suppose a case,in a municipality where 500 young men arrive at 21 about the same time the quota tor military dutj may be a numbir rela tively small. Therefore the voung man who draws a low number, unless dis qualified is sure togo into the army, while the man who draws 500 or any of the higher numbers should have a t»ood chance of escaping. Hut the lat ter is stood aside not dismissed and should it happen through the large nninher disqualified, desertions, etc., that tlie quota needed is not filled he is called back and put into the army. Therefore no one has any assurance of escaping. In many parts of the empire through the large number of desertions,practi cally all the young men remaining are impressed into military duty. The army which Ktissia can put into the field,therefore,scarcely knows a limit It Saved His Leg. P. A. Danforth of La Grange, Ga., suffered for six months with a fiigli lii 1 running sore on his leg ; hut writes that Bneklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in live days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaraneed. Only 25 cts. Sold bv Paules & Co., Druggists. Down With The Groundhog. The groundhog is a mighty poor rep resentative of the deserving and ad mirable American citizen. He has no regard for the country, noue for any of his fellow citizens who may or may not be hoggish by nature, none for human weather prophets and he re fuses to discriminate between people who believe in him and those who do not. When the groundhog came out of his hole a few weeks ago the official weather man had prepared for him a nice bright, day that auything but a hog would have enjoyed. But the groundhog having been awakenel too soon and feeliug grouchy,disdains the weather man's preparations and goes back into his hole and the elect among his worshipers thereupon proclaim that this means six weeks more ot winter. We have been getting all of that weather. We have had sis weeks of winter weather since the groundhog saw his shadow a few weeks ago. We have escaped no kind or degree of winter weather, including a thunder storm. We have been catching colds and the grip an 1 breaking oar limbs on icy pavements ever since his hog ship emerged from his lair. Therefore we, the assembled victims of a low animal's vicious propensities, do protest against a continuance of these ills and pray that the nest legis lature protect us from them by pro claiming and commanding the slaugh ter of all groundhogs within tie bor ders of this Commonwealth, offering rewards for thi faithful performance of the same by all good citizens. The goose-bone people's case may be con sidered afterward. The groundhog must be disposed of first. Ho has reached the eud of bis ropa. Carpenter Dies While Plying Trade Nathaniel Kreischer.of Bloomsburg, was suddenly summoned from life on Saturday. He was a carpenter by trade and was engaged in making some repairs in the organ loft of the Lutheran church. He was working alouo, but a meeting in which the children of the congrega tion participated was being held in the basement of the church. At the close of the meeting some of the children climbed into the organ loft and there were horrified to find the carpenter lying upon the floor ap parently dead. If is thought lie was still breathing at the time, but by the j time help arrived in response to the alarm given by the children the man had hreatlied his last. The deceased was about 40 years ol age and is survived by his wife and several children. He had been in ill health lor some time past. The Jolo Moros are being taught thai it pays best to be good to Unolc ! Ham ' 1. LAUIASTER WAS NOT ROBBED Probably seveu-tenths of tlio resi dents of Danville Tuesday uioruiug labored under the belief that General Secretary of the Y. M. (J. A , W. D. Laumaster had been hebl up the night before and robbed. The story was very circumstantial in its way, de scribing where the bold up occurred, the amount of money to the dollar one hundred and thirty-four—which was taken and even how Mr. Laumas ter happened to have that sum upou his person. In regard to the later it was explained that lie had taken the money from the bank tor the purpo.-e of us ing it in getting ready for the trip to the Holy Land on which lie starts next week. All this seemed plausible enough and the story,which got an early start Tuesday morning, flew "like wild fire. When Mr. Laumaster arose the first thing lie heard was that lie had been robbed the night before. The General Secretary had no recollection either of being heldup or of perambulating our streets after dark with £KJI in his pocket and ho hastened to inform the people of that fact. The number of persons that he could see was relative ly small and the story continued to spread and to grow. Mr. Laumaster received many ex pressions of sympathy during the day and all that lie could do was to pro test that he had not been robbed and that the whole story was a hoax. By whom the senseless canard was started there seems to he no way of determining. It i- the third sensa tional report of its kind fabricated and sot afloat in town since last Friday. The other two stories, which told of death and affliction were positively cruel in their nature and caused a good deal of pain among relatives and friends bo!ore tlie reports were dis covered to be falsi 1 . There would seem to bo some one in our luidst whose reputation could discount An anias and just who he is a good in my people would like to know. Happy, Healthy Children. Any child can t ike Little Early Ris ers with perfect safety. They are barml S", never gripe or Mckeu, and yet they are so certaiu in results that robust constitutions requiring drastic means are never disappointed. They cannot fail to perform tin ir mission and every one who uses DeWitt's Lit tle Early Hiv i> preft r them to all other | i.L. They cure biliousness. Sold by Maul - (Jo., .1. 1). < Josh & Iu Honor of Miss Shultz. Miss Edna Shultz of this city was tendered a very pleasant surprise party at the? home ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shultz, Cooper town ship, on Friday evening. A delicious supper was served during the evening and M;-- Shultz was presented !iy the guests with a very nice rocking chair. The following were present: Misses Martha Koclier, Bculah Knori, Maggie aud Laura Krum, Maty and Laura Lowe, Frsa and Dora Mowery, Car roll Krum, Alieo Lamberson, Edith Keller, Manual) Fry, Lettio Merrell, Ella Hover, Emma and Cora Foust, Laura Scott, Alda Shultz, Mrs. Koss Hariier, Mrs Hervey Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyer, Cleveland Buyer, Harry Reefer, Charles Lowe, Stewart Hartman, Arthur Farnsworth, Grier Shultz, George Hoimbach, c Guy Mow ery, Isaiah Krum, Cuitis Walter, Arthur and Charles Foust, Samuel Fry, Charles Thomas, Frank Krum, Jacob Beyer, Roy Weaver, Joseph, Clarence and Hurley Cotner, Charles Snyder and Edward Del-ite. Colds Cause Pneumonia. One ot the most lemarkahle eases of a cold, deep-seated on tho lungs,causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Feuuer, Marion, Ind., who was en tirely cured by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. She says:"The cough ing and straining m> weakened me that I tan down in weight from 1 -IS to 92 pounds. I tried a number of re medies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me en tirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." Sold by Paries & Co., J. D. Gosh & Co. After You, Anthony. Aud now an expedition is to be tit ted out in New York to go in search of Anthony Fiala. the Williamsport young mau who has been sloshing aroun 1 iu the Arctic seas in search of the North pole. It is not known whether Fiala is lost or not. When heard from in July he was hard and fast in an ice pack almost as great as that on tho North Branch of the Sus quehanna river, but as he has plenty of pluck aud provisions there is not much fear that he has passed an un comfortable winter. Evou if he ho penned up in tho northern seas Fiala is to be congratu lated. He missed the performance of "Parsifal" and the big Baltimore fire but lie has been spared the brain wrecking effort to make h -ad or tail of the Russo-Japanese war news; has not been compelled to give a thought to tho coming presidential contest, and has not been told a thousand times a day that this is "tho worst winter we have ever had." There are some tilings an Arctic explorer oieapes that help to maue his life within the shad ow ot the pob* 1 •- irksome —Will iamsport Sun. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored hv those tireless, littli workers Dr. King's New Life Pill- Millions are always at work, night aud day, curing ludiges tion. Biliousness, Coustipaion, Siek Huadaelio and all Stomach, Liver and Rowel troubles. Easv, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at Paules ' o s. drug store. The girls are crying out against the ruling that lank officials must not marry on a salary of h ss than >I,(HK)a year. They think the officers might at least have waited until leap year is j nver. How contemptible a clerk must feel when he refuses the offer ot a pretty girl aud gives bei the reason. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL On Thursday, March 17th, or St. Patrick's day, on West State street, llarrisburg, ground will be broken for the new Catholic church to be known as St. Patrick's Cathedral, a stately and imposing structure which will surpass in magnificence anything ever attempted by the church in this sec tion of the State. St. Patrick's parish is in the diocese of which Danville forms a part, while Rev. M.l. O'Reilly of this city along with Bishop Shaiiahan and others is on the committee which has charge of the erection of the imposing new church, both of which are circumst ances that invest the undertaking with a strong local interest. While St. Patrick's parish will bear a large portion of the burden of build ing the Cathedral every church in tho diocese will contribute a pro rata share, for the edifice will staud for the diocese as well as the parish. Ow ing to the uncertainty of prices in the near future it is hard to form au estimate of the cost iu round figures. It is the general impression, however, that the Cathedral will not cost less than $250,000. The building will bo modelled on classic linos. Georgo 1. Lovatt of Phil adelphia is the architect, who states that the church structure will he one lof the handsomest in the State of I Pennsylvania. The main facade will I have two towers, one on each end sup porting elaborate open lanterns built either of stone or terra cotta. The main entrance to tho center of the church will be covered with a decorat ed stone canopy or hood supported on independent stone columns while the side entrance will be flanked with pilasters of the same design. The church will be built entirely of light colored granite with limestone or ter ra cotta trimmings. It will be niuety tvvo feet at its greatest width and cov er the eutire depth of the present old church, making it oue hundred and seventy feet over all. According to the design the interior of the church will be the grandest part of it. Tho plan being cruciform in shapo allows the construction of a nave and transepts together with broad side aisles and a deep semi-circular apse. The ceiling over the sanctuary and likewise over the choir will be hemispherical and those over the side aisles will be vaulted so as to work harmoniously with the main ceiling over the nave. Supporting a clerestory and m turn au elaborate vaulted ceil ing are large columns two feet iu di ameter and eighteen feet in height. The entrance from State street will be through a magnificent vestibule running the full width of the build ing about fourteen feet in width. This vestibule will have ceiling groined aud vaulted which in turn will be car ried on independent colotrns of the lonic order, giving a pa d \ i-ta from oue side to the other. In addition to Rt Rev. .1 \V Shan ahan and Rev. M. I. O'Rei N . V< ry Rev. J. ,1. Koch. Rev. A. Ka- I I»« v A. Christ, Rev. ,1. J. Hi I • ■ ii arid Rev. F. J. Welsh are on the Co uniit teo in charge of tho erection of the grand Cathedral. The intention was to have commenced building last March, hut owing to labor troubles it was necessary to postpone the work. The breaking of ground on S'. Pat lick's day will be unattended with ceremony. The diocese of Harrisburg has 51 churches with resident priests and 12 missions. There are 78 priests in all and a total Catholic population of 50,759. The Vicars Cieneral are: Very Rev. .1. J. Koch, D. D.. Very Rev. G. L. Benton; Chancellor, Rev. M. I. O'Reilly; Secretary, Rev. W. F. Boyle. Rev. M. I. O'Reilly of t'-is city is one of the permanent r cicrs of the diocese. Dyspepsia Makes One Afraid to Ll.it. It whips us with a lash braid d I rum nature's own violated laws. it iurus a pleasure into a torment. But Cal cura Solvent, Dr. David Kennedy's new medicine, cares dyspepsia. Then we sit down to a good dinuer and wel come everything from the beef to the pudding. What a change! Wiite to the Cal-cura Company, Roudout, N. Y., for a free sample bottle. Want Fire Protection. According to indications at present Wasliiugtonvillo may have a lire de partment iu tin; near future. Tin' little borough is without any tire protection whatever and the terri ble conflagration at Baltimore and Rochester has aroused within the in habitants a sense of tli-ir utter inse curity. Iu order to see what could be dono toward organizing a fire company a call was issued for a public meeting and a subscription started on its rounds. The meeting was held in the school house last night. About a hundred dollars in all were subscribed. There was a liberal interchange of views among the citizens assembled,the pre ponderance of sentiment bdiig in fav or of going ahead to raise what money is needed and seeking full information as to wb it sort of appliance might prove the mod useful in Washington ville. It seems reasonably sure that a hook and ladder company at least will bo organized Washingtonville's last fire occurred three years ago when Joseph Diehl'e barn was struck by lightning. The most serious fire in its history occur red in 181 M, when the hotel kept by Mrs, Fanny Heddens was destroyed. Trout Die. Reports from many et the surround ing trout fishing localities are of countless trout and other species of fresh water fish having perished dur ing the past lew weeks. The severe weath 'r has coated many of the streams and reservoirs with such a great d"pth of ice that in some cases the fish can not get any air or water. The frost continues togo in despite the fact that it is time for it to hegin coming out WANT TO BE AMERICANS The preßeut war between Japan ami Rus-ia. will, in a way, he responsible I for an increased population of North umberland joonty. Monday morning upwards of fifty I foreigners from Sliaraokin and Mt. j Carmel, the majority of them subjects ! ot the Czar of Russia, were in Sun- I bury and made application to Proth j onotary McCarthy for naturalization I papers. Not a t'ew of them had made | application some time ago and had al ready received their first papers, but never proceeded any further. Now that their country has a war on hand and theiv is a possibility of their bo ing called home to fight,they are quite anxious to escape by renouncing their allegiance to Russia and swearing to defend the Constitution of the Uuitel States. Some of the applicants were quite intelligent and spoke our language well. 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