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Ihe circulation cl ihi> paper is in
creasing r. pidly. h will pay you
to advertise in the AMERICAN
SUBSCRIPTION $! PER YEAR
DU. IKYING 11. JKNNINGS,
<>jl.ce flourh
V.I. M.to 12 M. "J4 Mi'l St.,
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420 M it.i. ST., DANVILI.K, I'A.
Oiwtises of the Stomach and lutes,ines
Special I»
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DENTIST
OFFICE: .M I 1.1. STRUCT.
*i»tli Kx tract <*d withnct !'
Crown mill Krlilst- Work H Specialty,
c.qnlpped with 1 li<tt->t »'■ I trust improved
Instrument- r.nd • - 'psired to execute the
most dltHce > work.
DR C. H. REYNOLDS,
DENTIST—
28S Mill St., - Danville, Pa.
Deui wtry in ail itf branches. Charges
M 'derateand all worlc Guaranteed.
Established 18i J *2
CONDENSED MM.
M ire snow
Zero weather.
N .v for sleighim.
Sharpen the ho He's shoes.
F: j;:en pip* shave the call.
The iceman ought to get busy now.
Th.se sre >trenuous days for the
s .le-ladies—and tlie salesgentlemen.
W .tlier prophet Hicks predicts bliz
zar.i-. and cold waves and deep snows
tor Christmas
What this • ect on of the country
I.e. ds is a good soaking rain that
knows its business and attends to it.
Danville's Christmas trade gives
promise of breaking all previous rec
ords.
Attached to the mining department
when it goes into us new quarters in
the new capitol at Harrisburg will be
a museum of mines. Irs in ist interest
ing exhibit will be the famous model
of au anthracite coal mine which was
one of the chief features of Pennsyl
vania's exhibit in the Mine Building
at the World's Fair.
S.'iauiokin has a cloak mm who is
causing cousideiahle excitement by
stopping women on tee streets and ,
badlv frightening them Friday night ,
no less than fiv • women were stopped ,
aud although hotly pursued u<• uu- (
knowu individual was able to make
good bis escape.
The person who begrudges his tilts
or who makes tlieni with ihe hope of
getting the bettor of the cxd a has
no true conception of tie rea. Christ
inas spirit
FOB SALE OH BENT—Farm of 115
acres. luqui eof A. H. Weitzel, Dan
ville, H. C. I). No J.
The assessors have been going their
rounds tor the annual r gistry.
With Christmas near at hand, tie
attendance at Sunday school is steady
ily on the increase.
There is a water famine in many
towns in Pennsylvania, and the de
ficiency of rainfall in this vicinity,
since .lauuary I, is twelve inches It
isjclear that tie weather bureiu isn't
treating the people right.
The Lehigh Valley railroad com
pany is installing snow curtains on
all of its engines. This is in compli
auce with a request of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. The storm
curtains are a great protection to the
firemen in cold weather.
The Christinas rush will soon be at
high tide.
There are only two things needed to
enable a man to experience the exhila
ration of sleighing—snow, and the
price.
No use looking for a rain befoie tin/
freeze u n . Tlie latt-r is iu comma-id.
InvitaM is have hi eu received in
Danville for a dauce to ba given at the
Etching H tel. Bloomsburg,Tuesday
evening, December 2<th.
The zero weather bad many a lead
pipe cinch this week.
The deposits for the first day at the
Catawissa National Bank, which was
opened Monday morning for business,
amounted to SIO,OOO, a very creditable
showing.
The business men of Slianiokin have
made an absolute mle to cease the
purchase of ticket- for balls, benefits,
church festivals aud otliPt oceasious
A MATTER OF HEALTH
\M .
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
HASHOsussrmm
•THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OE ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS
VOL. 40—NO 50.
SAKBOWI.V ESCAPED
BEING CREMATED
•!
Tlie lou 1 mewing, unusual noiso and
commotion made by a family cat at
the home of Frank Arms, 23 West
Front street, early Saturday morning,
doubtless saved the house from being
| destroyed by fire, and the family, cou
-ioting of the father and seven cliil
. dren, from beiug cremated in their
beds.
The smoke from the kitchen range
makes its escape through a large old
fashioned stone chimney of wide di
mensions. A few inches below where the
stove pipe connects with tlie chimney,
the upper portion of the latter is sepa
rated from the lower by a number of
boards, leaving uuder them' a vault
like space several feet square aud
about six feet high. This aperture
during the early history of the house
was no doubt us>d as a fire place, aud
the opening into it is closed by a wood
en structure composed of light, thin
boards that would ignite quickly from
a spark.
About 9 o'clock ou Friday night,
Mrs. Arms imagined that she scouted
the odor of burning wood or soot. She
commenced an investigation iu order
to learn if iier suspicions that some
thing about the building was on fire,
but finding nothing in any of the
apartments,she went out side to look at
the top of the chimney to ascertain
whether or not it was burning. Dis
covering no flames issuing from the
chimney and no more smoke than
would ascend lrom the fire in the kitch
en range, she re-entered the house and
shortly afterward retired.
Betwoeu 1 and 2 o'clock the follow
ing morning Mr®. Arms was suddenly
awakened by au unusaal noise of some j
kind. At first she was unable to either !
locate the point from where the sound
came or what was causing it. Then she i
heard the cat mewing iu a peculiar '
manner. The animal bad frequently |
mowed at nights when wanting out of ,
| the house, but the placid, unruffled
tours of her calls on those occasions
were vastly different from what she
was giving veut to then. The cries, if ,
such they can be called, were loud, J
pierciufc aud agonizing. The cat ap- .
peared in great distress, and to be ap- ;
pealing for assistance with all the j
force and power at its command. ; 1
Mrs. Arms interpreting the yells and |
n»ws to h- cries of distress hurriedly j
responded to them, little expecting, :
however, the startling scene that was
so soon to greet her vision. When she '
reached the heal of the stairs she beard i
another sound, on.i that deadened
the stTll freu..ivJ _r 1
sounded like the roar of an Niagara, !
fairly causing the house to tremble. | '
Net knowing the cause of the terriflic, j
thunderous like"vibrations b neath In r
feet.a'id imagining any and everythiug,
Mrs. Arms, after listening for a mo- j
meut, hesitated whether to proceed or ;
return to her room and awaken tier
husband. But she decided ou the form
er, and courageously continued ou
down stairs. Throwing open the door
at the bottom of the stairs elie discov
ered the kitchen filled with smoke,aud
the board covering of the old fire place
behind the range burning fiercely. The '
Haines were leaping up the wide chim
ney, and ascending high above its top
ou the outside. It was tlie roar of
these which Mrs. Arms had heard dur
ing tlie short time she had stood at the
top of the stairs.
A thrill cry from her after a single
glance had taken iu the situation, re
-ulted in bringing iier husband quick
ly to her side. He rushed to the front
door and called to the night employes j
of the Water Works, which is nearly I
on the opposite side of the street. J
They promptly responded and in a I
short time had the blaze under control
and a few minutes later extinguished.
When assistance arrived the wooden
covering in front of the chimney was
partly consumed and the flimes mak
ing ripid advancement toward the in
terior ot the kitchen. Had Mrs. Arms
not discovered them when she aid,
they would soon have reached the
stairway leading to the second story.
That would have cut off the only ave
nue through which the imprisoned
family could have escaped, except to
have jumped out of the windows,thin
ly clad into the chilly winds of a Dec
ember night—provided thev had been
awakened in time to have taken the i
opportunity thus given them to save
themselves from being cremated.
The only thing burned besides the
chimney covering and a portion of the
floor under the range aud near the
stairway, was a small bole i• i the roof
and a few articles of clothirg v.hich
j Mrs. Arms had suspended to the shelf
j oft' e ringe before going to bod. Oou
; seqoently the damages are slight com- ,
pa r ed to what they might have been,
1 had not the cat sounded an alarm.
! Sparks falling from the stove pi pa
j and igniting the boards separating the
j chimney, aud these burning through
land dropping down and setting fire
to the soot in the old tiro place is sup- |
posed to have been the origin of the
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Favorably Impressed.
The members of the Printing Com
mittee ef the School Heard to whom
ihe in itter was referred at Mondav
night's meeting of the Board, are fav
orably impressed with Professor Gor
j dv's proposed Ouilinn of Study, and
shall so rei o t t i the Board at the
next melting They have authorized
Mr Gordy to get estimates of the cost
of printing Ihe number ot books re
quired, so as to insert that item in the
• report.
i BV BAILEE
i Saturday Afternoon R Miller,a farm
t er residiug in Liberty township, wa*
6 placed under #3OO bail by 'Squire D*l
tou for his appear lUCO at Court to au
; swer the charge of lar:eny by bailee.
The prosecutor wti Benjamin Mill
er, a junk dealer of this city. He testi
fied to having visite 1 the farm oft ie
defenlauton November 23, last and
negotiated for the purchase of a lot of
old iron, at 40 cents per hundred. He
paid 13 on account, aid left for home
wit!) the understanding that lie was to
return in a few days and get the iron
Ou Monday, December 5. lie weut back
land upon looking around, discovered
I that the pile of iron that he alleges
1 was the oue he had purchased, was
not as large as it had b*en at the time
J of his first visit. In fact, he said, only
a fe# pieces of it remained and as they
' were of an inferior qmlity,he refused
to take them. He asked P. Miller what
had become of the pile, and the latter
replied that he hai sold them to Jacob
Bugle that morning at 50 cents par
hundred. Continuing the prosecutor
said that he came home, and had a
warrant issued for the arrest of P.
Miller. The .latter claimed that he
made no specifi; agreement with Ben
jamin Miller to sell him the iron. He
came there oil November 28. and said
he wanted a load of iron. He did not
say whether he wanted scrap or cast
iron, nor did he mention how mmv
' hundred weight be desired to secure.
"I had seven piles of iron about my
premise. He simply said he wanted
iron, and that ha would be back in a
few days. He offered me $2 to bind
the bargain. At first I refined to take ;
j it, but when he insisted tint I should,
1 put it in my pocket. Jacob Eugle
came to my pla;-e ou the morning of
Dacenbir 5, au 1 I sold him HiOO
pounds of iron at 50 cents per hundred.
Later iu tlie day Benjamin Mill r put
in an appearauce again. He threw a
load of iron into his wagon, then he
got mad and threw.it off, saying be
didn't want it. 112 gave liiru ba k his
#3 aud he threw it o:i the ground, j
where it buried itself iu the snow.
After he weut away 1 picked it out of i
the snow and put if in my pocket.
"Yes, I have it now," he replied to a
question addressed to him by the mag
istrate. Benjamin Miller was held in
bis own recognizance to appear and
prosecute the case.
Growing in Interest.
Under the supervision of Physical i
Director Carpenter the work of the Y. |
n% si ,
standard. All the classes a e w 11 at- ' |
tended and growing iu interest and ]
popularity. [ 1
Five physical culture classes are j i
now in successful operation. The busi |
ness men's evening class and the bu-i ! ;
ness men's afternoon class both meet j ]
twice a week. The latter is not as well | .
attended at present as it might he,but
will, doubtless, have a larger number
present at the meetings alter the holi- (
days. The class for young men and
the boys classeach meets twice a week <
in the evenings, and the young ladies i
class twice a week iu the afternoons.
The latter class is popular with the
young ladies, well attended an<l grow
ing in interest. It is confidently ex
pected that after the first of the year
greater interest will be manifested iu
all the classes.
Parauts who have an interest in tic
physical development of their boys
and girls, should present them with a
Y. M. C. A. membership ticket,which
will be good for one year in any Y.M
C. A iu the United States and Canada.
Council Will Attend Funeral.
There was a special meeting of Town
Council last night, at 7 :30 o'clock, to
take suitable action on the death of
Councilman David A. Montgomery,
of the Third Ward.
Joseph M. Gibson, Amos \astine
and George F. Beifsuyder were ap
pointed a Committee to draft appro
priate resolutions, and tor port the
same at the next meeting of Council.
It was decided to attend the funer
al, which takes place at 12:80 this af* :
ternoon, in a body. Council will meet
at the City Hall at 12 o'clock, and
from there proceed to the family re-i- j
deuce, corner of Mill anil Centre j
streets.
"
Abutments To lie I- i I led in.
The Commissioners of Nortbumlcr
! land and Montour Comities have taken
the initiatory steps toward having the
Danville and South Dauville approach- j
es to the new river bridge filled in. .
At a joint meeting held in the Com- j
misgiouers' ollice in this city, yester
day, the two boards of Commissioners i
' decided to take immediate action in
the matter by advertising for sealed
proposals. These will be received at j
the Montour County Commissioners' j
office on or before Saturday, Decern- I
• ber 24. Bidders must state the kind of
material to be u.-ed, and tin Commis
sioners reserve the right to reject any j
or all bids. The contract, as a matter
| of course, will be awarded to tl*e low
' est bidder or bidders, and In or they
will be required to do tin work vs ith
the 1-ast possible delay.
Shoe Shining Parlor.
William Anderson has opened m ii|
to-dato shoe shining pirl r in the
Lotier building opposite tie Pest ,
Office. This establishment will no
doubt be well patronized as it is the
only shoe shilling purl >r in tl e city.
Hours from Ha. in.to Hp. m. Sator
days until SI p. tu Ladies' -hoes a
specialty.
DANVILLE, PA.. THURSDAY DECEMHHII 15, HMM.
THE IIOLIDAV
; VACATION
The School Board held a regular
meeting Monday. The members pres
| ent were: President Dr. Harpel, Sec
retary Grth,Directors Pursel, Fischer,
Trumbower, Werkheiser, Barns aud
Adams.
The Finance Committee reported
#2,584.75 iu the hands of the Treasur
| er. On motion the report was aocept-
J ed.
The matter of moving the trolley
pole from the pavement in front of the
| Third Ward school building, which
was referred to tfie Building aud Re
, pair Committee at the last meeting
of the Board, was disposed of.
W. F. Pascoe, Geueral Super
intendent of the Standard Construc
tion Company was present by request
of the Building and Repair Commit
tee. Mr. Fischer, Chairman of the
Committee,stated the case to Mr. Pas
coe,aud informed him what they want
ed doue with the pole. The Commit
tee desired that it be moved from its
present location on the sidewalk out
flush with the curb. Mr. Pascoe said
that he had no objectiou to moving
the pole, or of placing it wherever the
School Board should instruct him to
place it. But lie thought that it would
be a mistake to move it out flush with
the curb. "You will always regret it
if you do, but I will put it there if
that is where you want it,"he said.
Then Mr. Pascoe suggested doing
away with the pole entirely, and the
placing of a bolt in the school build
ing to which the trolley wire could be
fastened. That was objected toon the
grounds that it might be dangerous to
, attach the wire to the building. It
was finally decided to instruct Mr.
Pascoe to set the pole out flush with
the curb, as had been first proposed.
Mr. Werkheiser reported that uow
furnace pipe had been placed in the
Third Ward building.
Superintendent Gordy was called on
to explain a niitter he had under con
sideration. This was relative to a sys
tematic outline of study in the schools.
There was no complete, uniform line
at the present time, and it was ex
tremely necessary that one should be
compiled, and adopted so that it could
be placed in use at the earliest possi
ble moment. It should be a course of
study that would be of advantage to
the teachers and understood by the
people. It is as important for the
teacher to have a system to work un
der,as it is for a builder to have plans 1
and specifications of the buildiug that I
he is erecting. Mr. Gordy is compil- '
iie explained to the Board. He has
prepared sufficient matter to make a 112
book of about 40 pages, aud before he
is through it- may reach 60 pages. H-? (
had made inquiries as to the cost of >
getting a certan number of the books h
printed, and asked the Board to take
some action 111 the matter. On motion |
it was referred to the Priutiug Com
mittee, to be reported at the next re
galar meeting of the Board.
It was decided to close the schools
ou Friday, December 23 aud to re-open
them ou January 3, 1905.
The next meeting of the School
Board falling 011 Monday, December 20, 1
which will he observed as Christmas, 1
it was decided to meet Tuesday even- :
ing, December 27. (
The following bills were ordered
paid :
Standard Gas Co ... $ 2.05 :
Dauville St v & M't'g. CJ .. 4(5 HO j
H. G. Salmon 2.50 I
Miles, Peifer & Co 7.50 j 1
D. B. Williams 55.60 | (
W. J. Williams 22 50 j ;
William Quigg 5.50:
T. L. Evans' Sons 7.50 J
\lllas Shoppers Out in Force.
The near approach of the Christmas j
season is beiug heralded iu this city j 1
in many ways, but oue of the most .
noticeablo manifestations of the ad
vent of the Yuletide is the steadily ' 1
increasing number of shoppers that j
throng the Danville stores. Last even- j
ing many persons were on the streets, j
and nearly all were bent on gift pur- j
chasing expeditious.
In the toyland stores especially large 1
crowds are to be found, many brine- j
ing the little ones to see the wonder
ful collection of toys. This season is j
always a delight to the children.
The windows of the stores are also
beginning to reflect the brightness of
the season. Many have taken on their .
Holiday attire, and are beautiful in
their festive decorations. The merch- j
ants of Danville deserve great credit
for the attractiveness that is always a
feature of the stores at Christmas time
iu this city.
Ready for Distribution.
The Executive Board of the Dan- 1
ville Fire Department held a meeting
Saturday night iu the hall of Friend
ship lire company. The department
hadg. s having arrived, the (secretaries
of the four companies were given them j
to distribute to the members. Each
ni' in be r is entitled to a badge and by
c tiling 011 the Fecretary of their coin
pa-iv they can get one. The badges
11111 tbe woru on the lapel of the fire
111.'ii ci-ats, (specially during a fire,
in order that they can be recognized
and admitted within the ropes.
Shot a Rabbit.
Tht Bev S B Evans, pastor ot St.
Paul's M E. church, went to the
woods 011 a hunting expedition 01
Tuesday, and bagged a rabbit. It
wasn't a good day lor huutiug either.
!PERSONAL
Ij PARAUAPIIS
r J William Oh 1 of Bloomsburg spent
. j Sundayjjwitli friends iu this city.
■ 1 Harry Deauer of Catawissa, spent
. J Sunday with Da'iville friends.
' Herbert Sweitzer, who is employed
iu Suubury, spent Sunday with his
' family iu this city.
W. A. Sholeuberg of Berwick, spent
Sunday in this city.
Ernest F. Padeu of Berwick, svas a
Sunday visitor in this city.
C. C. Houseneck of Berwick spent
Sunday in this city.
Miles Houck of Pottsville, is visit
ing at the home of his parents, Mr.
aud Mrs. William Houck, Honeymoon
street.
Mrs. Bigler D. Moyer left yesterday
for a visit with friends at Shamokin.
Alex M. Dielil made a business trip
to Watsoutown yesterday.
Miss Florence Smith visited friends
iu Son bury yesterday.
Mrs. Daniel Byerly and son Lewis
left yesterday for a visit with friends
at Shamokin.
Mrs. John Miller of Cooper town
ship, is spending a few days with
friends iu Suubury.
H. R. Edmoudson transacted busi
ness in Shamokin yesterday.
Theodore B. Angle returned from
Bethlehem yesterday.
A. J. Leniger made a business trip
to Shamokin yesterday.
William L. Antrim returned yester
day from a trip to Pittston.
Mr. aud Mrs. John Edwards and j
Charles Whitmeyrr of Muncy spent i
yesterday in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Johu C. Zaner of
Washingtonville were among the vis
itors iu this city yesterday.
J. W. Lindner of Milton was a vis- |
itor in this city yesterday.
B. F. Shultz of Berwick spent yes '
terday in this citv.
John Coleman of Washingtonville \
called 011 friends in this city yester- I
day.
Jacob Winteroteen of Jerseytown
speut yesterday in this citv.
E. W. Beese of H r/.lotoj transacted i
business in this citv yesterday.
R. W. Smith of Bloomsburg was a
visitor in this city yesterday.
James C. Heddens and D. C. Will- '
iams relurned last eveuing from a
bunting trip 011 Bald Eagle Mountain
with 14 rabbits, 13 gray t-quirrels and
.Tallies B. Casey or wnite rirui was
a vi-itor iu this eity yesterday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baup, who for a few
days has been the guest cf Mr. and
Mrs. William Andy, East Market
street,returned to her home in Miltou
yesterday.
Mrs. Frwik L. Miles arrived yester- j
day from Nanticoke, and will sp nd a (
few days with Mrs. Rachel Wertbeim- j ,
er. East Front street.
John R. Jacobs transacted business
in Bloomsburg yesterday.
Mrs. John Waters, Mrs. William
Waters, Mis. Normau Hess and daugh
ter, Miss Mildred of Bloomsburg.spent
yesterday at the home of Mrs. Rebec
ca Hess, Bloom street.
Quail to lie Destributed.
Yesterday the committee, appointed
by the Danville Bifle aud Gun Club |
to collect fands for the purchase ol
quail for distribution was busy solicit
ing aid atneng the sportsmen in this
vicinity, aud met with eurcouraging
success.
Enough money was subscribed to j
warrant the purchase of au additional
ten dozeu of the birds. This, together
with the twelvo dozen quail that the j
Club decided to buy,will make twenty |
two dozen to distribute. Not all of !
the sportsmen have been seen, how- j
over, so in all probability the number j
will exceed the twenty-two dozen now
pledged.
Anyone desiriug to order birds and
wishing to take advantage of the club ■
rates, can leave their order with Rob ■
ert Y. Gearhart,Treasurer of the Dan 1
ville Rifle aud Gun Club. The quail
can be obtained for $7.00 a dozen and ;
can be takeu as soou as the consign
ment reaches this city.
Revivals Were Successful.
The revival meetings at St. Paul's
M. E. church have closed. They had ,
been in progress for several weeks un- j
der the leadership of the pastor, the •
Bev. S. B. Evans,and were one of the j
most successful held at that church in
many years.
The attendance nightly was large, j
not only 011 the part of the member
ship, but on the part of members of
other congregations and the public at
large. While the pastor labored hard ;
in bringing about the result which fol
lowed, he bad the earnest support and |
assistance of his people. Pulpit and
pw worked together as a unit, slid
reaped a rich harvest in return tor th.
efforts put forth. Much enthusiasm
was aroused.
A spiritual awakening occurred, re
sulting in a revival that has not only
beuefite 1 the church in which the,
series of meetings were held, but the 1
entire community. Penitents, having
been convinced by the strong and
earnest words of the pastor that they
should change their manner of living,
flocked to the altar and later professed
conversion. During the course of the J
revival.thirty new members were add- j
ed to the church.
DEATH 111-'
11. A. UlimOMEltV
David A. Montgomery, oue ot Dau
vill 's most prominent citizens and a
member ot Council, died at 9 o'clock
Monday eve, after suffering with a
complication of diseases for about two
years and a half.
The deceased was born in what was
then Newberry, bat now the 7th and
11th Wards of the city of Williams
port, 41 years ago. He was married to
Miss Emma Pursel, daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. J. F. Pursel. April 1, 18i>5,
he moved to Dauville from Haghes
ville. At rhe latter place he svas en
gaged in the livery business with his
father-in-law, Mr Pursel,and iu Dan
ville he was iu the grocery business
with his brother-in-law,E. K. Pursel.
Mr. Montgomery was elected to
Couucil about :! years ago, aud took
au active part in the affairs of the
Borougli He was a member and deacon
of tlie Trinity Lutheran church. He
is survived by his wife, also his moth
er—Mrs. P. C. Miller, of Tivoli, Ly- I
| coming county, aud the following !
j brothers: George Montgomery,Eagles
j mere; El ward, of Tivoli; William, of
Picture Books and a sister, Mrs. Charles
j Booker, ot Muncy.
.Music of Great Composers.
During the time intervening bet ween
! now and Christmas day the American
will publish a number of music
al programs to be rendered by the
churches aud Sunday schools ou Christ
mas.
It has become the custom to picsent
i iu the church on Christmas eve or |
j Christmas day, the choicest vocal and
instrumental sacred music of the great
est composers with augmented choirs.
Elaborate decorations are also an at
tractive feature, and the churches in
every way endeavor to show their
jubilation aud joy in commemorating
the coming of the Savior of mankind.
The choral Holy Eucharist on Christ- j
mas morning in Christ Episcopal
church has come to be oue of the mark
ed religious features of the year's ser
vices in the parish. This service seems /
to meet the convenience of a large
number of people who keep a religious j ■
Christmas before the duties day i
begin. Ihe service begins at 6:30 j
o'clock. Following is the musical pro- j
gram to be rendered at this and other j
services at Christ church on Christ- t
mas day : (
Processional—"Adeste Fideles" 1
.. . . Reading ]
Kyrie Eleison, Gloria Tibi, Gra- 4
tias, Credo Simper in C. j 1
Sursum Corda.Sanctus, Benedictus j j-
Qui Venit, Agnus Dei, Gloria 'i in
in Excelsis j t
Nunc Dimittis 111 E Flat .. .Staiuer i s
Kocessional—"lt Came Upou the I
Midnight Clear". Willis N
Low Celebration Ba. m.1
Morning Prayer 10 a. m. <j
Choral Holy Eucharist. .. .10:30 a. m. j t
"Hark the Herald Angles Siug". . 1
. .Mendelssohn j i
Kyrie, Gloria l'ibi.Gratias, Credo [ i
Simper in E Flat j r
"Sing, Oh Sing, this Blessed .... t
Mom" Smart \
Presentation of Alms Anon >
Sursum Corda. Benedictus Qui j
Venit, Agnus Dei, Gloria in a
Excelsi- Simper iu E Flat J G
Nunc Dimittis Gregory : c
Adesto Fideles Beading t
Choral Eveiiiug Prayer 7 :30 p. m "]
Processional "Regent Square" 1
Smart i
Psalms 89, 110, 132. I
Magnificat Gregory I
Nuuc Dimittis Gregory
Hymn—"O Little Town of Bethle
hem" Beduer 1
Hymn—"While Shepherds Watch
ed Their Flocks by Night"..
Tausur 1
Presentation of Alms ... Whitney 112
Becessional "Hark the Herald
Angels Siug" Mendelssohn. 1
.'lust Pay Annual Tax. 1
Representative Snyder of Schuylkill
county, is preparing a bill to present <
to the next Legislature asking that a i
dollar tax be put upon every man who 1 <
carries a gun. In every sense of the 11
word this law would be a good one if I
it wen properly enforced aud the pro- I
ceeds of the tax were applied in the <
direction of increasing and protecting '
the game supply in the State, which, I
in this section at least, has reached a I
low point.
The trus sportsmen will doubtless 1
welcome a law of this character. Cer- 1
tainly those 111 those counties where (
for many years a few men interested <
in hunting have clubbed together and
looted bills for importing birds from (
the west—putting them out in most 1
likely places 111 the county only to ,
have them slaughtered by the hordes
of gunnels who take to the fields the
first few days of the season.
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Preparing for the Holiday.
The public schools will close for the
holidays 011 Friday afternoon. Decern- 1
ber J3. During the closiug afternoon '
interesting and appropriate Christmas
exercises will be held in the several (
buildings All the grades will be giv
en au opportunity to part cipate and ■
as a result,the members of the various
0 1 ses are kept busy in the double
task of preparing themselves for the
coming ent rtainments and keeping up I
their regular studies. <
The programs will be arranged with 1
the greatest care.and in a manner that <
will not only interest the pupils of the i
school, but all of the parents and 1
friends desiring to attend.
KSTA BLISIIED (X 1855
Jfikst TROLLEY (All
ON MILL STEEET
'' Mill street!"
» The exclamation was made iu ring
! ing tones by a conductor on the Dan
» ville and Bloombsurg trolley liue, last
3 night.
His car was the first to ruu through
» to the intersection of Bloom and Mill
1 streets. Hence his jubilant shout.
The long expected had really occur
> red.
It was exactly 11:25 o'clock.
The car was packed from end to end
• with passengers. There was "stand
ing room only," and hardly that. Both
platforms and all the steps were crowd
■ ed. A number of boys clung to iron
i rods at the rear of the car. The only
space not occupied was the roof. The
1 trip around the Bloom street curve,
down ' A" street, through the sub
way, along Walnut street to Mill was
made with ease. Not the slightest
trouble was encountered euroute.
When the car stopped the motormau
pulled the string aud permitted the
whistle to get in several minutes solid
work. Its thrilling tones on the crisp
air, was the first notice that many had
of the arrival of the first trolley car
to Mill street.
Tuesday night's extreme cold weath
er caused another delay in getting the
Bloom street switch in position aud
the work of making the feed wire con
nection at that point. Orders were
given during the afternoon for every
man employed in laying the switch to
report for duty that night, in order
that the work might be pushed to a
j fiuisli with the utmost speed.
It wasn't h pleasant order to re
ceive. The workmen were already
tired aud chilled through. The thought
of homes and warm stoves were more
to their liking, than that of having to
resume work again at night aud when
mercury was hovering around the zero :
mark. American members of the crew !
j readily consented to turn out and work i
all night if necessary, but the Italian
portion of the gang revolted and em
phatically refused to subject them
selves to the bitter elements. "We no
workee," too much coble; by and by
jaboxe!" they said. Interpreted the
expression is this: "We will not work
at night when the weather is so cold.
If we do we will get sick, die and be
putin a bcx." The few men who went
to work contiuued at it until 10
o'clock, notwithstanding the stinging, '
frosty air. But the work was not com
pleted, and it took the full crew uutil '
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon to finish '
laying the switch. At about the same 1
portion of track requiring straighten-
ing aud strengthening to be attended
to. A portiou of the rails on "A"
street and extending along Walnut to
Bloom, theuce to Mill were covered
with ice and snow to a depth that .
made them invisible. They had to be
dug for, and it was necessary to clean
them before cars could be run over the
line. A crew of men commenced clean- .
ing the rails shortly after diuuer and *
it took them until 4:30 o'clock to (
reach Mill street, aud an hour later
to reach the crossing of the D. L. &
W. It was impossible for the men
with picks aud scrapers to remove the (
ice sufficiently for the currtnt to have
auy effect ou the wheels of the cars,
so to expedite matters a heavy layer
of salt was scattered along both rails
the entire leugtli of the frozen track.
Then it was up to tlie salt as to the
* 1
length of time that must of a necessity
intervene before the cars could run to
Mill street. (
I he Pure Food Farce.
It is suggested that the Pennsylvania 1
pure food laws should be enforced only 1
agaiust dealers who have been warned <
that certain goods which they handle
are impure aud who nevertheless per
sist in selling them.
Justice would approve such depart
ure from present methods of enforcing
the laws. As now enforced these laws
are farcical.
The retailers against whom the arms
of the Commonwealth are leveled are
in most cases inuoceut of wrongdoing
or of complicity iu violations of the
law. They buy what they believer are
pure goods and sell them under that
belief, ft is unjust to mulct them, up
ou the represf ntation of chemists from
whose findings there is 110 appeal, for
the selling of alleged adulterated 1
goods.
It should be cleai to everybody that
the retailer is himself the victim of
the adulteration. What can be said in
defense of that law which punishes the
victim of a crime or misdemeanor?
What would be said of the mental level
of a people who would send to jail the
victim of au assault and take no action
against tlie assailant?
Owner Fays if Dor Bites.
The following will be of informa
tion to many a person who owns a vic
ious dog. In the case of Joseph Nor
whose sou was bitten by a dog belong
ing to William Mell, the jury in the 1
court of common pleas at Carlisle,la t
Wednesday, ieudered a verdict iu fav- ,
or of the plaintiff. The fatlu r re eives |
$320 damages aud the son #l,lOO. The
suit was brought for f2,500 damages.
j
Public Library for WilUanisport.
The will of the late James V. Brown
bequeaths SIOO,OOO for the building,
equipment and maintenance *ot a pub
lic library for Williamsport. fhis be- ;
quest is iu accord with the expressed
intention ot Mr. Brown made 10 years
ago. He is estimated to have been
worth #1,500,000.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN
being furnished \*ith a large
ssortment of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public that he
is prepared at all times to ex
cute in the neatest manner.
JOB PRINTING
Ofall Kinds and Description
TH.UIS CROSSING
RIVER ON HIE ICE
j Teams and vehicles are now crossing
the river on the ice. The mail was
brought over in a wagon Tuesday even
t ; teams crossed yesterday without
mishap. Pedestrians are still making
( ' good use of the foot path. Tne path
! way is safe in every respect at the
• present time, but in order that it may
; continue in t hr*r condition, the News
1 suggests that wagons, sleds and other
heavy vehicles he given an entirely
, different and distinct route to follow.
Wheels and horses hoof.. will wear
the ice through more rapi !ly than the
: feet of men aid women. Consequent
! ly there should be two roads across
the river. Leave the present patlkfor
, ; pedestrians and locate another for
I veliicles.
j As a safe guard against possible
; slipping and lulling when descending
the South side bauk, the suow and ice
should be foveie:l with ashes. The
satne precaution should bo taken on
this side.
Thoughs on Christmas.
Christmas with its many hallowed
I and enchanting associations is again
about to dawn upon the world.
Christmas!
W hat magnet in the sound: what
subtle charm in the word. How it
stirs the fount of memory.
With the quickness ot the lightning's
flash it restores childhood. Old age is
given a backwaid glance into the dis
tant past. A moving panorama por
trays scenes of other days when the
years were young anil hopes bright.
I The faces aud forms of youthful com
| panions, now either bent with age or
i gone to their reward, distinctly ap-
I pear on the canvass. Loved parents,
around whom children gather at the
' old homestead aud listen to the story
jof the babe born in the manger, are
j piesented with startling effect. Their
features are so distinct and clear that
the beholder is nearly forced to believe
that the picture before him,is real and
not a trick of memory.
The whole world loves Christmas.
It givos pleasure to youth and joy and
contentment to age. Children look
forward to it with bright anticipation,
wonderiug what the day of all days is
goiug to have in store for them. Par
ents anxiously await its coming, hap
py in the thought of the pleasure they
can give their children.
It is a day of family re-union, when
parents, brothers and sisters long sepa
rated, are re-united around the old
family hearth stone, wishing each oth
"oii f;iiVi=t'raa'= "old ' acquaintances are
renewed and friendship re-cemented.
Angels rejoice aud again herald
abroad the glad tidings of "Peace ou
Earth—Good Will to All Men."
Let everybody try to make the com
ing Christmas oue of genuine pleasure
aud rejoicing throughout Danville.
Above all things else "remember the
poor, whom ye have always with you. "
Make it an object to make some one
outside of the pale of your immediate
family aud friends, happy ou Christ
mas. From your abundance give to
the needy and the distressed, remem
bering that it "is more blessed to give
than to receive."
Molding Church Fair on Sund.
Despite the fact that the church au
thoiities are violently opposed to the
scheme, the church fair in the base
ment of a Shamokin house of worship
is opeu to the public Suuday evenings
and there is treat indignation over
the desecration of the holy day.
The fair is run full blast aud one of
the prominent features is the wheel of
fortune giving each and every one a
cliaucj to win a prize.
Although the profits resulting from
the fair are turned over for a good
cause,there is great objection over the
practiieof conducting the place of
aniuseui' ut openly 011 Sunday even
ing*.
During progress ot the fair Sun
day evening, Wallie Bellskey, of On
eida street, and Joseph Zubky, of Mo
hawk street, Shamokin,got into an al
tercation over a girl. A fight ensued
aud Wallie laid his antagonist out for
some time by dealing him several
wicked blows on the head with a "bil
ly." The defeated youth was uncon
scious for soui" time aud was severely
cut about the head.
Vacation for Rural carriers.
Representative Lafean. of Pennsyl
vania, lias introduced a bill in Con
gress which provides for the granting
to all carriers who have been in service
for over a year prior to July 1, 1905, a
1. ave ot absence of litfeen days with
out 10-s of pay. Carriers who have
been less than one year in the service
are to oe entitled to a leave of ab
sence of one and a quarter days for
• acli month served. The bill also pro
vides for the employment of substi
tutes at a salary of SBOO per annum.
National Guard News.
The bill for the construction of arm
ories has been prepared aud will be in
troduced early in the session of the
legislature.
The olive drab cap, recently made
regulation 111 the United States army
has ncit yet been adopted in Peuusyl
vauia but probably will be before the
next encampment.
Some of the companies of the Twelfth
are making good progress with the
New Drill Regulations but others are
taking things so ca=y that the spring
inspection is bound to catch them uu
prepared.