Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, May 12, 1904, Image 2

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    RAILROAD TIME TABLES
PENN'A. R. R.
EAST.
7.11 A. * 9 14 A - M
-10.17 " 1 H 5 , 1 V
1.21 P M
V6O " 751
SUNDAYS.
3. 17 A. M. 4 :<1 >' M
D. L A W. K. R.
EAST WEST.
7.07 A. M- 8-18 A. M.
10.19 "
11l P. M, * M ,
lis » "
SUNDAYS.
7.07 A. M 12.44 P M.
V4B P. M " " '
FHILA <* READING R. R
NORTH. SOUTH
7.61 A. », 11.24 A.M.
166 P. to. 6 ur ' M
BLCM»M STREET
7.56 A. H 11.22 A.M.
156 P. M.
IWMAI
SPECIFICATIONS
The Macadam and Telford specifica
tions for the road leading to Maofdale
which have just been received from
the State Highway Department cover
only that poitiou of the distance be
tween the Northern line of the Bor
ough and the Mahoning and Valley
township hue,a distance of about 4550
feet.
The specifications are ol general in
terest as revealing the bind of materi
al that is to enter into the construc
tion of the road,the width of the high
way, the methods to be employed and
the general terms imposed.
The contractor will have to do all
grading either by cutting or filling as
the case may be and shall remove from
the highway all trees, stamps, roots,
poles, fences, walls, buildings or oth
er encumbrances upon or in the road
way and all spongy or unstable mat
erial, replacing the same with solid
material. In all cases where the earth
till exoeeds one foot in depth, the fill
ing iunst be deposited in layers, or
courses, not exceeding one foot in
depth loose measurement.
The completed grade is to have a
slope of one half inch to an inch to
the foot from the center to the sides
according to the percentage of grade
of the road, and the side road is to
conform to the face'grade ot the com
pleted roadbed so that an unbroken
slope shall be presented from the cent
er to the shoulder or ditches on either
side.
The graded road bod must be rolled
until firm with a roller weighing not
less than 12,0()0 pounds.
Only good stone shall be used in
macadamizing. On the prepared road
bed shall be placed the bottom course,
extending nine feet on each side of the
center line and composed of \% inch
crushed slag. After being evenly
spread the course shall be thoroughly
rolled until none of the stone move
under the roller. All material must
be dry, but water must be applied
ahead of the roller. The bottom course
must be five inches deep after rolling.
The second coarse is to be trap rock
two inches deep after rolling; it is to
be composed ot otone that will pass
through a on-5 and a half inch ring in
•« i m&Yrirrki
inch thick and composed of trap rock
screenings not exceeding ono halt
inch in diameter. It shall be applied
dry aDd rolled once before wetting,
then alternate applications of water
and rolling until completed.
Earth gutters shall not be less than
24 inches wide at the bottom, with an
even grade, with no pockets of loose
earth left in the bottom.
The repaired roadway is to be eigh
teen feet wide. According to the esti
mate of the Slate Highway Department
there will be*3ooo cubic _vards of ex
cavation in the part of the road cover
ed by tho specifications; 2,023 cubic
yards of macadam ; 20 cubic yards of
masonry in culverts; 112 lineal feet
tile drain ; 3fi lineal feet 48 inch iron
drain ; BO square yards of cobble gut
ters.
These calculations are not given as
exact and each contractor must him
self be responsible for the data upon
which he bases his bid.
Tho bids are to l>e in by June 13,
1904. The contractor is to begin work
within 15 days and shall complete it
within three months from tho signing
of the contract.
The above are uot, the full specifica
tions but only excerpts printed to con
vey to the general public some idea of
what approved and scientific road
making is like.
Rural Free Delivery and Hew Law.
There has been a great deal of mis
understanding concerning the pay and
the duties of the carriers ip the rural
free delivery mail service. Many bills
were introduced and one has been pass
ed by both the senate and the house of
representatives at Washington. It con
tains the following bearing on the
much mooted topic:
On and after July first, nineteen
hundred and four,letter carriers of the
rural free deilvery service shall receive
a salary not to exceed seven hundred
and twenty dollars per annum, and no
other or further allowance or salary
shall be made to said carriers; and on
and after said date carriers shall not
Holicit business or receive orders of
auy kiud for any person, firm or corp
oratioD, and shall not "luring their
hours of employment, carry any mer
chandise for hire; Provided, That said
carriers may carry merchandise for
hire for and u on the requst of patrons
residing up n their respective rootes,
whenever the same shall not interfere
with the proper discharge of their
official duties, and under such regula
tions as the Postmaster-General may
prescribe."
The ca/riers will receive $720 per
year.
Made Young Again.
"One of DR King's New Life PIIIK
each night for two weeks has put me
inmy'teens' writes D. H.
Turner of Dempsejtown, PH. Tliev're
the best in the world for Liver, Stoni
ach and Bowels. Parely vegetable.
Never uripe. Only 45c. at Paules &
Go's Diug Store.
limit FROM
in. LMJIBTEK
To the Americanlt was my
purpose to seud you letters at regular
intervals. tut since forwarding my
last, owing to the fact that we have
been having -o itiaoy changes, as wull
as such strange experiences.it lias been
almost impossible to find time to
write. If I remember rightly my last
communication was dated at Heyrout.
where we went ashore to visit the city
and its special jK)iutß of interest. There
is an American College here, under
auspices of the Presbyterian chorc'.i,
and is a most excellent institution eou
t uuing liuudreds of young men froiii
every part of the Kast. We visited tlu
college and lield a service thore, whicli
WH> greatly enjoyed by all. The view
f.on) Heyrout is most beautiiul as il
I>- situated HO as to command a splen
did view of tlie hay and the snow-cap
ped Lebanon Mountains. The home!
and stores in some quarters are very
well built ami attractive. Like other
Eastern cities, soldiers are in evidence
evnrvwhere. To enter the city wo
were compelled to show our passports.
During our stay here Easter was be
ing observed, and the city wore a de
cided holiday appearance, many of the
stores being closed, and the people
were out in great numbers, attired in
their brightest garments. A flourish
ing Y. M. O. A. is maintained at the
A met lean College and the writer had
the pleasure of meeting a number of
j its prominent members and talking
I with them of the work in America.
From Beyrout we steamed to Caifa,
where we landed in small boats, tak
ing onr baflagage with us, for it was
at this point that we were to begin
our overland trip on horseback, through
Samaria and lialilee to Jerusalem, on
horseback. Caifa is a small town, auil
contains comparatively little of in
terest. After a brief visit about the
harbor, our horses were ready and wo
started through the country on horse
back. There was more or less excite
ment in selecting horses, and before
everything was in readiness,a number
ot persons were thrown off and poshed
about in the throng, but there was no
serious damage to any one, and indue
time we were on the road, a long line
of riders, eager and anxious to see the
many sights that can only be seen in
a trip like this.
We travelled through a beautiful
country, over a well-kept road, until
noon, when wo stopped, by the way
side,under olive trees,for lunch,which
was all ready for us when we came, it
having been prepared by the cooks and
servants who were always in advance
of us. After lunch we continued on our
journey to Nazareth, where our tents
were pitched and at which place we
stayed all night. The people were ex
pecting us,and came out in great num
bers to see our camp and look at the
Americans. The entire population
seemed to be dressed np for the occas
ion, and as they passed to and t'ro in
their bright garments the scene was
most picturesque, as well as pleasing
to our eyes. Whilst we were a strange
sight to them, they were strange to us.
Onr camping outfit consisted of tents
very beautifully decorated on the in
side with Oriental colors, and when
. - , j -tni
which to hang clothing,and every con
venience for the traveler. Large Turk
ish rugs were thrown on the ground,
which made the tent comfortable and
home-like. Cooks, servants, polica
men, muleteers,dragomen and soldiers
accompanied us from place to place,
who served us in their respective cap
acities and made living comparatively
pleasant and safe during our outing of
eight days. The entire camp equip
ment was carried from place to place
on the backs of camels ani donkeys.
Our journey overland, which start
|ed at Caifa, continued through Sam
aria and Galilee, from day today,
stopping for lunch at various points,
also each night for rest. Sight seeing
was indulged in by the way. After
our departure from Nazareth we camo
to the Sea of Galilee and Tiberias.pass
ing through the beautiful Plain of
Esdraelon on the way to Nazareth, al
>o visiting the Annunciation,the Holy
Grotto, Workshop of Joseph,the Mount
of Precipitation, the Galileean Hills,
and other reputed sacred sites so in
timately associated with the early life
of our Lord.
Tiboras iH a walled city, and very
old. Id reaching it wo passed Nit
Tabor and through Oana of Galilee
and across the great Crusader battle
field of Hattin and the traditional
Mount of Beatitudes. After exploring
the Bazaar and the streets of the town
of Tiberias,a delightful sail was made
on the sea of Galilee, visiting on its
shores the site of Capernaum. Betheaida
and Magdala, and then hack to Tiber
ias. At this city we had the pleasure
of viewing an oriental wedding pro
cession, which came into the town on
camels and donkeys, with a long pro
cession of men and women following,
clapping their hands as they walked
along the streets. From Tiberias we
proceeded back to Nazareth, through
pleasant valleys and over high moun
tains, passing caravans of camels anil
donkeys, enjoying very much the
changing scenes and experiences. i
may mention here that in Palestine
there are no forests and very few tre s.
I will continue my correspondence
from here later, as I am able to find
the time.
WM. D. LAUMASTEH.
Former Pastor Critically 111.
The Rev. John M. Ansbpach, I). D.,
pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church,
Williamsport, is critically ill. He has
been ill for about nine weeks, and in
the la*r day or two his condition has
become such as to causo the gravest
alarm to his family and friends. Dr.
| Anspaoh is one of the most prominent
divines in Central Pennsylvania He
was formerly pastor of Trinity Luth
eran church, this city.
Presented Goal to Y. M. 0. A.
I)r. (J. B. M. Free, of the Hospital
staff, who drew the coal chauced off
by the Danville Base Ball Association,
this week, has presented the same to
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion.
WILL BEGIN
PRAWi TODAY
rttnl Logan, <>t y w ho played
short stop last 112 ; lfi || ils l>"en engaged
for tho season ' |IV the "Old Timers."
liOumi r»*K' nled as out' of the finest
at short llic t ever |>l »yed on the home
diamond. The "Old Timers" will
probaU v rnko in a good dial of new
blood this year. They are convinced
tim' there is a great deal ot excellent
hr.-c hall material 111 Dan ville and that
all t,hat is needed is practice and eu-
I conrageim-nt to bring it out.
The "Old Timers" have live or nix
('audi(lutes from the High School and
other teams in town who have
distinguished themselves with a good
quality of work and these will be ad
mitted to daily practice with the vet-
eran team.
Janitor S. M. Waite, who has takeu
care of the base hall grounds ill this
city for twenty-six years, has heeu en
gaged for the present seasou and lie
will begin work ou the grounds at De-
Witt's park this wee*'. Dr. DeWltt,
as proprietor of the park, will lend
his aid in every way so that there is
no question but that the grounds will
be first class, both as relates to the
convenience of the players and the
comfort of the spectators.
it is not believed that the loss of the
bridge will stand as much of a detri
ment in the matter of attendance, as
the free ferry will prove adequate to
haudle the crowd. Hacks will be run
from the ferry landing at South Dan
ville to DeWitt's parb.
The "Old Timers" are already en
gaged for two games at Vlt. Oaruael
on Miners' Day, August 15th, which
indicates that the old rivalry existing
between Danville and the coal region
will be renewed this seasou. The early
date at which the engagement is clos
ed aitests the popularity of the "Old
Timers" and their value as a drawing
card.
The management is looking forward
to a successful season. It feels con
fident that its efforts to give Danville
good amateur ball will be appreciated.
The rates this summer will lie fifteen :
cents notwithstanding that at all our j
neighboring towns base hall will cost ■
twenty-five cents. The season is pros- ]
perous and the "Old Timers" have it
right to expect a generous support.
The first game on the home diamond
will be played. Saturday May 21, with
the Bucknell Reserves.
ALL TIRED OUT.
Hundreds More in Danville ill the Same
Plight.
Tired all the time ;
Weary and worn out night anil day ;
Back aches ; side aches.
All on account of the kidneys.
Must help them at their work.
! A Danville citizen shows you how :
Mrs. Nelson Hollister of till Mill
! St., says: "My sou John was always
j troubled with his Uidueys, and I was
! told by a doctor when we lived in
Lewisburg that In- would always have
bother with them. He had pains in
his back, could not sleep and the kid
it.-,•r.. armVir>~« TP'rp pr "i" 7u TiV i ff-T. 1
tired the whole time. Doan's Kidnev
Pills relieved him of the whole trou
ble. My husband used some for lame
uess in his back and they nave him
immediate relief.''
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents per box. Foster-Milbarn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name—Doan's—and
ake no other.
Plan to Train Servant Girls.
To the residents of this city there is
no more interesting and yet more per
plexing problem than that of securing
suitable servaut girls, as there is a
scarcity of them, particularly in this
section of the country, because the
average young woman would rather
work in the factory, store or mill.
The reasons given are to the effect
that a woman in any of the three lat
ter places can display a great deal
more of individuality, have actually
more time to herself and the social re
lations are pleasanter at home than in
a stranger's house. However, as the
days pass into years it is feared that a
new class of foreign girls will have to
be scoured for house servants.
Fearing that these conditions aro
inevitable and rather than endure a
change, tho question lias been discus
-1 sod by women, whoso names have re
-1 coived national prominence. Mrs. Flor
-1 ence Kelley who is president of the
' National Consumers' League says sho
1 has a plan which she believes will do
away with the present evils of spe
cialized labor, so ruinous to tho thou
sands of dependent or struggling girls
and which may be a probable solution
to the servant girl problem.
Instead of taking girls into industri
al institutions and teaching them ab
solutely nothing but working button
holes, or something else as narrow,
which, she says, can not but throw
them eventually into a much over
stocked trade, where wages are poor
and good eyesight lasts but a few
years, why not broaden their lives by
making them skilled sorvaut girls that
are eligible to well paying positions
in refined families that will hi only
too glad to get them.
"Then," she continued, "we will
turn out ev» ry year a class of workiug
girls who will bo vastly more satisfied
with their lot than blind paupers, and
who w ill supply a desirable and great
want in this country. There has to be
a change,and a big broad one to bring
about tho adjustment of a relation be
tween the employe and employer,
which d' lnands immediate attention. "
Mrs. Kelloy, whose home is in New
York, said that a movement was now
on foot and there would bo some iu
ttiresting developments shoitly as it is
the intention to establish a school,and 1
it would tie second to none in thocoun- '
try. She said that the women of this '
age owed this much at least to the 1
coming generation. t
One by one tho straw hats come out (
of the storage closet. t
BAD DRIVING
ACCIDENT
A driving accident occurred near
Limestoneville Sunday afternoon iu
which the lives of four persons were
imperilled, a boggy wrecked and one
of the horses perhaps fatally injured.
Charles Wolfinger and Miss Leota
Moser of Millville with two spirited
horses were driving from Milton to
Washingtonvillo. When at a short dis
tance this side of Limestoneville a don
ran out from a residence and attacked
the horses.
The animals were very badly fright
ened and at once began to run. Mr. j
Wolfinger held on with all his strength |
but he was unable to control the two
frantic horses and for two miles they
kept upthe fearful race.scarcely slack
ening their pace in climbing the hills
and dashing down the steep inclines
in a way that threatened every mo
ment to capsize the carriage.
At length a buggy appeared iu the
road before them. As they approach
ed it the gentleman and lady called
out vociferously warning the driver to
turn aside. They were unheard, how
ever. and iu au instant the runaway
team crashed into the buggy and there
was a dreadful mix-up.
The buggy contained Dr. Hotta and
Adam Wagner of Washingtonville. The
vehicle was totally wrecked, although
Dr. Hoffa and his companion escaped
with slight bruises. Mr. Wolfinger
aud his companion escaped injury,but
om of their horses was badly hurt, it
is feared, internally. The team is
owned by H. F. John & Son, livery
men, of Millville.
Will Not Take Muster Rolls a3 Age Proof
Before old soldiers here aud else
where can receive the benofit of the
receut order making ago a disability
they w ill have to prove their ago.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware will
nut accept the muster rolls of the
army and navy as proof of a man's
age. The reason for this is very ap
j parent, as young men who enlisted
| during the Civil War were apt to over
state their agos. Boys of 1(5 aud 18
; often represented that they were 21.
j Those muster rolls would bo erroneous
land would give the veteran today the
j benefit of four or live years.
The commissioner will require that
! some other proof be submitted that the
! applicant for the various pensions uu
' der the age disability order is of tiio
required age. This will probably have
i to be obtained from family papets and
! records, church registers aud other
I birth records.
This requirement will prevent a very
rapid inciease of the pension roll, aud
it is thought presumable that the sl,-
500,000 which Congress passed in the
general deficiency bill to help meet
these new pensions for the present
fiscal year will not be ni eded. Very
few, if any,of these eases can be pass
ed upon before the first of July, since
tiie applicants have to furnish proof
of their age.
A Startling Test.
To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merriatt,
of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a start
ling test resulting in a wonderful cure.
He writes, "a patient was attacked
rnim nlnlont lianinrrhiicrpa fanned bv
ouiKl ETectno Bitters excellent for
acute stomach and liver troubles so I
prescribed them. The patieut gained
from the first, and has not had an at
tack in 14 months." Electric Bitters
are positively guaranteed for Dyspep
sia,lndigestion,Constipation aud Kid
ney troubles. Try them. Only 50c.
at Paules & Co - , Druggists.
Wild Flowers Are Plentiful.
Isn't this delighful weather? Have
you had a ramble in the woods yet?
It has been many years since t le wild
flowers appeared so plentiful or came
so quickly after their blanket of snow.
The growth of the flowers aud the
swelliug of the leaf buds have been so
retarded by unseasonable cold that tho ,
warmth of May has seemed finally to
release them all at once. The arbutus '
was never more thrifty or the leaves
so perfect as this Spring. The moist
soil of the woodsjabounds in auemones,
hepaticas, violets, dicentra, saxifraga
and polygala of unusual luxuriance and
beauty. The aments of the poplar,
birch,alder and willow aud the samara
Jof the maples, elm and ash garb the
trees in an odd costume, and the dog
wood blossom are ready to burst into
sudden whiteness. The earth of tho
woods seems to exhalo tho fragrance
of a bourgeouning life. About such a
scene there is nothing languid,nothing
lazy. Nature trembles with the strength
of a young giant's quick awakening
from louk and refreshing sleep. The
magic wand of Spring has touched tho
aisles of the forest aud they are car
peted with bloom.
Ignorance is the Mother of Mistakes,
blunders hihl bundles — tlio most ex
ponsive thing in this foolish world.
There are millions of poor person*
who might have been rich but for
their bluuders, and hundreds in their
Kraves who might have been alive had
they used l)r. David Kennedy's now
medicine, Cal-cura Solvent,when they
were first taken sick. Write to the
Cal-cura Company, Houdoot, N. Y.,
for a hook and free sample bottle.
Attraction for Fou-th of July.
L<BB than two months intervene be
tween tfio present date and the Fourth
of Julv. Up to the present it was not
known whether the day in Danville
would be attended with any sort of a
demonstration or not.
Some plaus looking to a celebration
have been under discussion in a few
[of tho organizations, but it remained
for Montour Castle, No. ISfi, Knights
ot the Golden Eagle, to take tiio initia
tive in the matter by deciding to cele
brate the day and clinching tho decis
ion by hiring Hunter's Park lor the
event.
The program has not yet boon ar
ranged, but certain attractions have
been decided upon that will make tint
outing a vt«ry enjoyable one and j
worthy of Indcpeudeuco Day. Cue or
more bands will be in atteudauce;
there will be dancing with other forms
of amusement and everything will be
Oil a soale sufficiently to take in
ttin whole town.
RETURNED FROM
FISHING GREEK
David It. Eckmau, M. G. Young
nifiii, and F. • ,). Hartman have return
ed home from several days trout fish
ing iu the vicinity of Coles on Fish-
iug Creek. e
While not especially foitunate them- t
selves the Danville fishermen report (
some very extraordinary catches in the I
parts they visited. James Kline, form- t
eriy landlord of tin* Susquehanna Ho- <
tel, South Danville, now proprietor 1
oftheCentr.il Hotel, Bloomsburg, the I
other day hooked a trout nineteen i
inches long On the whole there seems i
to be no scarcity of fish.
Oue of the streams known as tho Sul- ;
livau branch of Fishing Creek has sev
eral times he'ii stocked by trout by
our townsman M. G. Youugman, and
it is there that some of the finest
| catches are accomplished.
The fishermen who have just return
ed statt that a trip to the mountains
just now is most delightful. The wat
er is low and clear and conditions
could not be better for g"od fishing.
Mr. Eckuian and party while on the
mountains had their headquarters at
"Coles," the famous old resort so
well known and so dear to many of
our Danville people, who every Sum
mer at intervals have been accustom
ed to seek its seclusion and its cool re
freshing shade. The establishment,sit
uated at some distance above Jamison
City, is a delightful old farm house
with a porch all around it situated at
tho base of the mountain. It was tho
popular resort of the late B. R. Gear
hart as well as the lamented S. A.
Yorks, and both with some other
townspeople had furnished rooms in j
the house.
Those visiting Coles this Summer
find themselves well taken care of, al- j
though tliev miss the cheerful pres
ence and companionship of Mrs. Cole,
who during the last few weeks has
passed away from earth. It was her
adaptability and kind attentions which
in no small measuro assisted to make
Coles popular as a Summer resort.
Tho Hloonishurg Columbian in des
canting on the attractions at Coles
indulges 111 the following:
The pleasures of this place were its
location among tho towering hills 011
the bordors of tho forest, the smell of
the woods, the coolness of the nights,
the excellent country cookiug, tho
sport of trout fishing in the stream
that runs mar l>y, but. could be fol
lowed for miles up into the dense
forest, the toothsome trout dinners,
the rambles; or to those who prefer
red, the lounging on the porch, or
.swinging in the hammocks while per
using <uch literature as suited the in
dividual taste. If was far away from
the burly burly of business and the
strife of eve ry day affairs, and the
quii t was broken only by the purling
of the brook and the singing of the
birrls. To those who wanted perfect
rest it was equal to a "lodge in some
vast wilderness," though it has also
been made a jolly place by many a
■ gay party of young people out for a
! summer holidav.
A Sure Thing.
] It is said that nothing is sure except
i.I nat) i a ltd ta vi'-. tun that is nltn
j covery for Consumption is a sure cure
for all lung and throat troubles. Thou
sands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B.
VanMi'tre of Shepherdtown, W. Va.,
says"l had a severe case of Bronchitis
and for a year tried everything I heard
of, but got no relief. One bottle of
Dr. King's New Discovery then cured
me absolutely." It's infallible for
I Croup, Whooping Cough Grip. Pneu
monia and Consumption. Try it. It's
guaranteed by Paules it Co. Drugßist.
Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 50c.,
SI.OO.
Enjoyable Entertainment.
The Riverside Grammar School gave
a most enjoyable entertainment on
Friday ev< ning last to a crowded
house The proceeds will be added to
tho Encyclopaedia fund which was
started la-t winter for the purpose of
purchasing a standard encyclopaedia.
The following program was rendered:
Welcome Song by School.
Words of Welcome by Isaac Arms
and Irene Farley.
Instrumental music by Messrs. John
and George Wildsmith and Robert
Brooks.
"How Kate Proposed," a farce and
tableau, by a number of pupils.
Instrumental solo by Verdilla Cash
lie r.
"History's Complaint, a Memorial
Day exercise.
Instrumental Mnsic.
Recitation, "Stolen Beauty" bj
Adeline Yeager.
Duct, Bertha and Margaret Aminer
man.
Dialogue, " Why She Loft." Editl
Scblegel awl Pearl Morris.
" Hard Cider," a temperance plsij
; in two scenes.
Duct by Pearl Morris and A unit
Ilartzt 11.
Recitation, "The Mouse and tht
Cako" by Bessie Pitnar.
Instiiimental Solo by Margaret Am
merman.
"llans Von Smash" a farce in j
Prologuo and one act.
Instrumental music
Remarks by Daniel .1. Snyder
teacher.
Instrument, tl solo by Pearl Morris.
When the Sap Rises.
Weak lungs should bo careful, cough
and colds are dangerous then. Oni
Minute Cough Cive cures coughs am
colds and gives strength to the lungs
Mrs (i. E Penner, of Marion, Ind.
ays: "i sutlered with a cough until
run down in weight from IJB to 1)
lb-'. I tried a number of remedies ti
no avail until I us. d One Minuti
Cough CUM*. Four bottles of thi
wonderlul remedy cured mo entirely
of the cough, strengthened my lung
and restored me to my normal weight
heilth and strength." Sold hy Paulei
it. Co., J. D. (Josh it Co.
A Little Daughter.
The stork visited the homo of Mi
ami Mrs. W. \\. (iiilick, South Dan
ville,about six o'clock yesterday mom
ing. leaving a little daughter.
HEW BRIDGES
TOO EIPENSIVE
Attorney General (Jarsou, represent
ing the Commonwealth lias Tiled in
the Frothouotary's office at HarriH
burg,exceptions to the reports of view
ers recommending the reconstruo
tion of three bridges which were
destroyed by the flood during
March. The exceptions to the reports
are based upon the increase In the
cost of the new structures as recom
mended by viewers and iu change of
location of the brdges without author
ity. One of the bridges which origin
ally cost but several thousand dollars
will cost 112 175,000, according to the
plans recommended by the viewers.
The exceptions filed are as follows:
!To the report recommending the re
building of the Columbia county
bridge across the Catawissa creek,
known as the Fisher bridge, because
the bridge is not necessary for the ac
commodation of the traveling public,
and therefore should not be built at
tho expense of the Commonweal!). The
viewers who recommended this bridge
were: W. G. Yetter, Catawissa; B.
S. Harper, Duncannon ; F. 0. Kleiss,
Steelton ; Boyd Trescott., Millvillo,
and Robert E. Williams, Harrisburg.
To the recommendation for the bridge
over the North Branch of the Susque
hanna river, connecting Luzerne and
Columbia comities. The exceptions to
this report are that it calls for a bridge
of greatly increased cost over that of
! the former structure and for a much
larger bridge than the old one. An
other contention of the Attorney Gen
eral is that the State is not liable to
construct such a bridge as recommend
' ed. as tho act of Assembly or of the
j decisions of the Court do not piovide
! for it.
The old bridge in question was a one
track coverod wooden structure, 1,2(59
feet long and 28 feet wide. The re
commendation for the now bridge calls
for a steel structure, 1,000 feet long,
with an additional viaduct 200 feet
long, 22 feet wide and a fi-toot side
walk. This stucture will cost $175,000.
Still another exception is the fact that
the site for the new bridge has been
placed about 400 feet below that oc
cupied by the old one, and the Attor
ney General avers that the viewers
had no authority to change the loca
tion. The viewers who made a favor
able report are: W. B. Allegor. Luz
erne; L. E. Waller,Bloomsburg; Will
iam M. Hargest, Hairisburg; Harry
E. Kuupp, Harrisburg. and b'rank
Roth, Harrisburg.
The third report objected to was that
on the bridge to be erected over the
Conestoga creek in Safe Harbor, Lan
caster county, on the grounds of in
creased cost. The bridge which was
washed away was a covered wooden
structure of two spans and a double
arch. It was 295 feet long aud cost
$4,000. The new plans provide for a
stone arch bridge 281 feet long, which
will cost 170,000. The viewers for this
bridge were: Harrv M. HOT, Lancas
ter ;Johu M. Major, Hat risbnrg ; E. M.
Haldeman, Harmbnrg; Richard J.
Richard, North End, Si-r niton, and
William S. Snyder, Harri burg.
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A Oure For Files.
1 K Carter, of Atlanta, Cia., "aud con
sulted a physician who advised me to
try a box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. I purchased a box and was en
tirely cured. It is splendid for piles,
giving reliefjustantly, and I heartily
recommend it to all sufferers." De-
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled
for its healing qualities. Eczema aud
other skin diseases, also sores, cuts,
burns aud wounds of every kind are
quickly cured by it. Sold by Paules &
Co., aud Gosh & Co.
Y. M. 0. A. Athletei for St. Louie.
The physical departments of the
Young Men's Christi m A-soeiatious,
which have 129,000 men and boys in
their membership, a e "trying out"
and training tlieir nieti fir competi
tions of Y. M. C. A. week, August
15-20, at the World's Fair. Atliletic
competitions at the Fair will begin
May 12 and continue until November
24. The games are held in the Stad
ium, seating 25,000 people, and plan
ned after the old Greciau amphitheat
er. This is the third Olympiad since
the revival of the games which were
forbidden by the Emperor Theodosius,
tho first being held in Athens iu 1898,
the second in Paris iu 1900. Baron
Pierre de Ooubertin is the president
of tho International Olympic Commit
tee. Groups of men will bo sent from
the North American Associations to
compete in the Pentathlon allround
championship, which consists of five
events—loo-yard dash, throwiug the
12-pouud hammer,running higli jump,
polo vault and one-mile run. The As
sociations have revived the old Pen
tathlon idea, which was the original
Grecian test of all-round physical de- I
velopment. Other events will be in- ;
dividual gymnastio championships on
the side and long horse and on the
horizontal and parallel bar. Athletic-,
izymanstic team championships— march
ing, calisthenic drill, side horse, hor
izontal bar,parallel bars.running high
jump, basketball, one-mile relay race.
At the handicap track and field meet
the events will ho 100, 220,440 and BSO
yard, one-mile and two mile runs, 120-
yard high hurdle, 220 yard low hurdle,
runnitig high and broad jump, pole
vault, putting Hi-pound shot and
throwing the discus. The events will
be open to all members of Associa
tions holding membership in the Ath
letic League. Basketball will he a
feature, and the best teams of the As
sociations will c uupete. Among these
are tho West Side Department, Chi
cago; Chicago Central and Buffalo
German Branch,tho Liter holding the
Pan-American championship.. The
committee in George W. Khler, J. 11.
MoCurdy, M. 1) ; A F. Kennedy, *i.
I). ; W. E. Day, and G. T. Hepbron.
Mr. Hepbron, who is seen t »rv of the
Association Athletic League, has been
iecured by the World's Fair Physical
Julturj Department as General Over- |
leer.
The sunshine of Japan Is harder on '
lie Russians than was the rigor of the I
llanchurian winter.
cucra ras
KIT# A BOW
Aesculapius and Hippocrates, the
couple of fine red tail or chicken
hawks, which for two years past have
been ill captivity at the Hospital for
the Insane, were yesterday sent to the
Zoological Garden, Philadelphia,
where henceforth they will pone among
the humbler attractions.
The two hawks have proven a source j
of much diversion to (he attaches ol j
the Hospital. Each bird was provided >
with a perch aud a coop in which to
take shelter at night on the grounds
in front of the building near the main
entrance, where it proved quite an at
traction to visitors.
Each of the hawks lias a history.
Oue of them, aud probably the fluent
specimen of the two, was caught on
Dr. Thompson's farm near Mooresburg
where it became entangled in a wire
fence while reconuoitering in the vie
iuity of the farmer's chicken roost.
The other oue was captured in a steel
trap while making a depredatory in
cursion on the Billmeyer farm near
Washingtouville. They were both pres
ented to the Hospit tl as line subject
for taxidermy, but the birds were
splendid specimens and the physicians
of the staff saw in theui such an inter
esting study that it was decided to
preserve them alive instead of dead.
Dr. Adams, who was in this city
last evening,described several peculiar
ities of the two hawks. They belong
to the species which never drinks water
aud during the two yeais that they
wore in captivity it is a well authen
ticated fact that neither of them took a
drop of wator. Water was proffered
to them frequently during the first
year, but they always turned away
from it as something with which they
had no acquaintance. During the sec
ond year no wa'er was offered them,
but they t!i on aud developed along
all lines.
The li nvks -si'tii-tad upon sparrows
and dor •« J t • r.vo years of their cap
tivity it i< i -!i hi ed that they got
away wit'i it bust five thousand of
the birds. Ti.e d.iily allowauce of each
hawk was five spairows. These were
shot about the grounds by the physi
cians, who derived much sport aud
recreation from the pursuit of the
pestiferous little birds. Dr. Adams
says that the sparrows have in a man
ner disappeared from the vicinity of
the Hospital, which is one reason why
it was necessary to send the hawks
away.
The two hawks have become quite
tame aud show a remarkable degree of
intelligence. Oue of them, especial
ly, Dr. Adams says, has been taught
to do several stunts worthy of a bird
more domestic in its habits and of
tetter reputation as a pet.
t Paules & 00. Gosh & 00,
t do not hesitate to recommend Kodol
i Dyspepsia (Jure to their friends and
* customers. Indigestion causes more
ill heatlh than auythiug else. It de
ranges the stomach, and brings 011 all
manner of diseases. Kodol Dyspepsia
I Cure digests what you eat, cures iu
digestiou, dyspepsia aud all stomach
disorders. Kodol is not ouly a perfect
digestant but a tissue building tonic
as well. Renewed health, perfect
auu liifipnrou vimuijr iuiiuw
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Where to Spend the Summerl
The 1904 edition of "Pleasant Places
. on the Philadelphia aud Heading Kail
. way" is now ready for distribution.
I It is a neat booklet with a brief de-
I scriptiou of tiie summer resorts on the
line of the Railway from the Seashore
,| to the Mountains, within easy reach
|of Philadelphia, with r:ites of fare,
I etc., aud a concise list of the Hotels
j and Boarding Housi s at each place,
I price of board aud Post Office Address,
j giving valuable iuformation to those
seeking summer quarters. There is al
! so a list of the Picnic Grounds suit
j able for a day's outing.
| It can be procured at the principal
ticket offices of the Company or will
. bo mailed to any address, upon teceipt
of a two-cent stamp, by Edsou J.
Weeks. General Passenger Agent, Phil
adelphia.
Quick Arrest.
J. A. Gulledge of Verbena, Ala.,
was twice in the hospital from a se
vere case of piles causing 24 tumors.
After doctors and all remedies failed,
Buckh n's Arnica Salve quickly arrest
ed further inflammation aud cored
him It conquers aches aud kills paiu.
250. at Paules & Co., Druggists.
Presented With Umbrella.
Benjamin P. Harris, Organizer of
the Improved Order of Hepta .ophs re
turned to this oity Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Harris has been laboring iu Chest
er County for some time and last week
received a splendid testimonial from
his now made friends there. During
a session of the lodge at Oxford, Thur
sday night, whera Mr. Hauis added
fifty-nine new members in locognitiou
of his services ho was presented with
a handsome silk umbrella,his name en
graved on the bundle.
Ayer's
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the filling Mew hair came In real thick and
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Saratoga, N. Y.
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