LOCAL TIME TABLES DANVILLE AND BLOOMSBURG STREET RAILWAY. !lii effect Nov. 23, 1904. Cars leave Danville: V M 6:20; 7:00; 7:40; 8:20; 9 00, 9:40; 10:20; 11:00; 11:40. M. 12:20; 1:00; 1:40; 2 20; 3:00; 8:40; 4:20: ft 00; 5:40 6:20; 7:00; 7 40; 8:20; 9:40. 10.20, to Grovania only. Last oar Saturdays only 11:00 P. M. Cars leave Bloomsburg same time as it Danville. Sunday first oar leaves 8:20 A. M.and dvery 40 miuntes until 9:40 P. M. PKNN'A. R. R. CAST. WEST. 7.11 A. M 9.00 A. M. 10.17 " 12.10 P.M. 121 P. M 4.31 " 5.50 " 7.51 * SUNDAYS. 18.17 A. M. 4.31 P.M. D. L St W. R R KAST. WEST. 7.07 A. M. 9.15 A. M. 10.19 " 12.44 P.M. 311 P. M 4.33 " 543 " 9.05 " SUNDAYS. 7 07 A. M. 12.44 P M. 5 4-S p. M 9.05 " PHILA Sc READING R. R. NORTH. SOUTH. 7.53 A M. 11.23 A. M. 3 56 P.M. 6.35 P.M. BLOOM STREET 7.55 A. M. 11.21 A. M. 3.58 P M 6.33 P. M. IT WAS 4 LO W Si! A correspondent furnishes the paper with a story of an adventure with which Joseph R. Kimble and H. O. Moore, of Rushtown, met recently. The former had employed the latter to help butcher a beef.au animal of rath er vicious disposition as the sequel will disclose. When everything was ready for the slaughter, the men entered the bam yard. This is enclosed by a high board fence, ou the outside of which a load ed sun was left standing by mistake. The stable door was opened, and the "Stub Horned Jersey" allowed to cross the threshold oot into the yard. He seamed qaiet and docile, ami gave □o indications that lie was going to creat» a disturbance. Nor did he dis play any vindictiveness until one of Ihe men started in the direction of the gan. Whether he suspected the use to which the weapon wan to be pot and decided to sell his life dearly, ran not be vouched for. However, hi* move ments would suggest that he had thoughts of that kind on his mind dur ing the next few moments. Suddenly lowering his head lie made a plunge in the direction of Mr. Kimble. In trying to escape the infuriated animal by running around a straw stack, Mr. Kimble fell and before he could regain his feet the brute was upon him. n n ~ iug and tosxiug him against the straw ■tack. Mr. Moore rushed to lar. Kimble's assistance, and aucoeded with a piece of rail in driving the -teer away from the letter. Then came a race and a fight t r life. The animal renewed the attacK, aud while rauning around and arouud the straw stack, the men kept the enrag. d steer from reaching them by striking him over the head with clubs. Dunns the exciting chase when one of the men fell, the other renewed his efforts and kept the steer from gor ing the fallen man. In that manner the race oontlnued for fully 15 min utes, at the expiration of which time Mr. Moore succeeded in getting liuld of the rope that was fasteued to the animal's horns. After snubbing the rope around a post, Moore ran to get the gun which Mrs. Kimble was hand ing over the fence. Just after he had ■ecared the weapon the animal suc ceeded in breaking loose. He again roihed at Mr. Moore. The later was iu a predicament and to get out of it, required prompt action. The fence was too high to scale, and the steer too close upon him to think of running. It was a case of shoot quick,and shoot to kill. Throwing the gun to his shoulder he took a harried aim and fired. The bullet went home, the animal falling dead in its tracks. Both men were nearly exhausted,but with the exception of bruises and torn clothes escaped injury. After the ex oitraeut had calmed down, Mr. Kim ble took a knife and cut the animal's throat. Schedule of Spring Inspections.! Ttie schedule for the inspections of Ihe Third Brigade have been forward ed to the United States government, and the announcement of the detail of an army officer to make the inspection for the War Department may be ex pected at once. The schedule will nave to be changed some because of arrange ments now being made to st-nd troops to Washington on March 4th,hut these changes will not affect the schedule of the Twelfth Regiment, which is as fol lows : March 23, Company B, Williams port; March 24, Company A, Lewis burg; March 25, Company H, Lock Haven; March 27, Company E, Sun bory; March 28, Company D, Will lamsport; March 29. Company F, Dan ville; March 30, Compauy K, Sun bury ; March 81, Company I and the baud, Williamsport; April B,Company G, Wllliamsport. The details of the inspection have already been published aud now that the dates ara made public the companies should be very busy in preparation. It is particular ly neoessary that the non-oommission ed officers should be thoroughly posted for their part in the inspection will be considerably more than they have been accustomed to in the past. Below Zero Saturday Night. Suuday morning was one ofthecold •st of the season, the thermometers in this city varying from 10 to J3 degrees below zero. Places nearby report even lower temperatures. At Mi 11 vilie the thermometer registered 20 degrees be low sero, and at Beutou 14 degrees be low. All day yesterday the mercery was way down, hut toward evening it rose some,registering 18 degrees above at the Montour House at 12 o'clock last night TROLLEY ROAD FINAL SURVEY The High Point and Winston-Salem Railroad Company, in which J. 11. Ooleman, Isaiah Hageubuch and O. C. Yetter, of Bloomsburg and Dr. I. R. Wolfe, Espy, and W. A. Heller and O. P. Hancock, of Danville, are interest ed, together with a number of Phila delphia financiers,is now financed and the road will be con't'nction i" less than sixty days. The road when completed will be 42 mil' Bin length and will web a terri tory of 85,000 population, working throogh the greatest tobacco center of the world. The branch of the road up on which the work of construction w ill at once start is 18 miles in length connecting the towns of Winston-Salem and High Point, North Carolina,there by connecting by trolley 8 large towns. The road is to be built as a steam rail road and will handle freight as well as passengers, opening up a rich ter ritory that heretofore ha* not had the facilities of a trolley line. The en gineer corps,consisting of W. H. Star, and Geo. F. Klase, of Danville, and Clark Hagenbuch, of Bloomsburg, are now making the final survey. The Winston-Salem Journal says: "The Board of Trade of this city ap proved the enterprise some two months ago; guaranteed the furnishing of money necessary, together with the cities of High Point and Greensboro, and the special bill was passed by State Senate yesterday authorizing the ! issuing of city bonds to take those of the trolley compauy. This makts the road an assured fact. The Northern party,consisting of S. A. Drake,R. H. and R. A. Wheeler, W. A. Heller, and their attorney, C. O Yetter, visited our city and were with as ten days in December, and arranged all matttrs, provided our cities raise the required amount of money, which has been done." Practically the same persons are in terested in the Danville and Sunbury Street Railway Company and the con struction of tl.is road will start with the laying of rails in the Danviile and Riverside bridge, it being tlio inten tion of the company to have its road in operation from the Hospital to Riv erside and DeWitt's Park for the -um mer season. Following that the coni • pletion of the line to Sunbury will be pushpd as rapidly as possible—Blooms burg Press. "Dora Thorne." Next Wednesday evening will Le seeu at the Opera House the play of "Dora Thorne" which has been at tracting jonsiderablo attention ou ac count of the popularity of tho novel. "Dora Thorne" as a story is too well known for comment, but it must be aimitted that the playwright has im proved upon the plot to such an extent that the play is far more interesting TIJ j sIIM I ■ if? i i . 7 "NOT FOR A MILLION'' than the book. Dramatic licen-e is somewhat elastic at times to say the least, and in the p'av the most dram atic, and exciting points of the book are brought out with decisive action, aod powerful clearness; nor is the comedy found wanting, much humor is intermingled with the episodes of the drama, making as a whole a play novel and interesting in the extreme. A company of players well suited to their respective roles have been en gaged to interpret the well known characters, and a most enjoyable even ing's entertainment is promised »o all lovers of the good aud best in amuse ments. Miner Earns Thomas Elliott, of Freeland, Lu zerne county,is the king of anthracite coal miners. His net earnings for the year past amounted to SIOOO. He has always worked as a gangway inin»r, and during the year iie has opened 1000 yards of gangway and sent over 4000 cars of coal to the breaktr. This would yield over 14,000 tons of clean co»l, which in ma-bet value nets the mine owner $12,000. Elliott has spent 30 years at this work, and has tho bu-i --ness down to a science. He has diiveu more miles of gangway and earn d more money than any other miner in America. Funeral of William Cripps. The funeral of William Cripps took place yesterdav morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence, Hospital grounds. The services were conducted by Rev Edward Haughton of Christ Episcopal church. The choir of Christ church rendered several hymns. The pall hear ers were J. O. Warner,Grant Fenster macher, Thomas Swank, Harry Red ding, Frank Neff and John Haag. In terment was made in the Episcopal cemetery. Funeral of Mrs. Ryan. The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth A Ryan, wife of W. M. Ryan,took place from the family residence, '.»:{«> East Market street, Sunday alternooii, at 1 o'clock Owing to the i lluess of the Rev. N. E. Cleaver, pastor of Trinity M. E. church, the Rev. S. B. Evans, pastor of St. Paul's M. E cliuich,offi ciated. Several appropriate 'elections were r> ndered by the choir of Trinity M. R. church. The pall beari rs were: 0. H. Savery, Walter Lunger. Thcui.t- Kear and John Roansley lot run■ 111 was made in Fairview cemetery. Will iam Cook, Bloomsburg; Eliuer Cook, Pittsburg, and O. W. Cook, Kasi ville, brothers of the deceased, attended the funeral. BR SI BUSINESS ! Pi MERCHANTS Yesterday was a busy one for the merchants of Danville. They did a | larger business than at any other time i since the holidays. Stores of every de scription, were well filled with custom ers from the time they were opened ! iu the morning until late in the after noon. Groceries, hardware and de [ parMu"nt stores, alike, enjoyed an ex i tensive trade. What was the reason of such a sud den boom? The reader may ask. "Because of the unusually large number of outsiders in town, " is the reply. | The natural bridge did it. More peo ple visited town yesterday, than at any one time since the break-up in the river a month ago. An 1 they didn't ' all come from Riverside either, al | though there were vast numbers from ; that place. They came over iu groups and purchased from the merchants what they were in need of; in many instances, considerably more. Not knowing how long the present bridge 1 would be passable,or when they might ! have another opportunity of coming to | I Danville,they invested heavily in sup- j ' plies. Ol t e many that went across | the ice in the direction of South Dan- j i ville yesterday afternoon and evening, . few, indeed, were without a bundle ! or large basket, and tome were burd- j em d with both. Among the throng were many farm ers and their families. They had not j had a favorable opportunity to cross ( the river to Danville for many weeks, • ! and availing themselves of the present jon • they came from many sections in j j Northumberland county Leaving their I teams on the South side, they walked acro-s the ice,and after purchasing ex- | tensively from the merchants, return e I iu the same manner. I Today will very likely be a repetition •of yesterday. And every day there- j after as long as the ie remains, with ! the exception that business will be still | better when the natural bridge he roines strong enough to carry teams, j The activity inaugurated by the river freezing over, speaks volumes of the need of the new bridge. Every d y that the river can't be crossed aggre- gates a loss of thousands of dollars to Danville. Through it the business of the merchants in this city has been greatly injured. The amouut of money i they have failed to realize ou account !of South side people being unable to ■ get to town to transact business with them, would nearly if not altogether, have paid for tho buildiug of the budge. — WOMEN'S WOES. Grateful Danville Women Tell of the Easi- j est Way to Escape Them. When the baek aches and throbs. When housework is torture. Wlteu night brings no rest, no sleep. When urinary disord» rs set in. Woman's lor i» a wearv one. Ther 's a way to escape these woes. Duau's Kidnny Pills cur- 1 such ills, j Have cur d women herein Danville, j This is o e Danville woman's testi- j moil'. Mrs. Edward E. Lunger,of 11 Church St..says: "1 still think a great deal ot Doan's Kidney Pills. I would not think of being without them in the house. I made a statement for pub- j ligation in 1886 in which I gave my 1 opinion ot Dean's Kidney Pills on ac count ot the great benefir I had receiv :ed from tin ir use. I have never had any to ngiet miking that state ment, and now oter eight years after wiirds, 1 can reiterate the statement. ! B'-fi r.' taking this remedy I suffered for months with backache and lam*- : ins- and soreness in the back. The pain over my hips was continuous and when ou my fiet it was one steady gnawing ache. It hurt me to do any thing requiring a bending position, sharp twinges would catch me so sud j deuly th it 1 had to brace myself until they stopped. The kiduev secretions annoyed me and I often suffered from | headaches. I read statements giveu by people in this vicinity who had used Doan's Kidney Pills and concluded to I try them. They did me more good th in auv other modicino I ever tried. After a few doses 1 no longer experi ' euced such severe pain and finally the piiu was removed entirely. The an noyance caused by tho irregularities ot the kidney secretions was entirely n moved. I can honestly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to those suffering I a-s I did. " For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United J States. Remember the name—Doan's—and | take no other. School Convention. County superintendent", normal school principals, high school princip als of graded schools and township I high schools will attend the fifteenth annual convention of the city aud bor ough superintendents of the Penn sylvania Association. which will he held Tuesday and Wednesday at Harrisburg, February 7th aud Btli. I Among the educators who will make i addresses are Superintendent R. K. j Buehrle, of Lancaster, Superintendent i .T. M. Beikley, of Johnstown, Dr. J. jH. Harris, of Bucknell University and John Bach McMaster, of U. P. No Trace of Johnson. After having written to all his rela tives throughout the country the con vection is growing firmer that Charles Johnson, the Catawissian who so mys teriously disappeared while on his way home from Bloomsburg to Catawissa before Christmas, has met with ac cidental death or was tho victim of foul play. Johnson has a number of relatives j throughout the country, including a number in the west, and to each rela tive to whose home it was thought he might possibly have gone letters ex plaining his disappearance were sent, hut the answer from all was to the j effect that they had seen nothing of i him, hut that if he did torn up the family would at once be informed. I). Y. M. Club Sleigh Ride The D. Y. M. Club of this city en joyed a sleigh rule to Mooresburg on ! Saturday. Those present were: Misses Mary Welsh, Sara Pntchard, Bessie Seidel, Lucreta Berger, Helen Seidel, 1 I ur/.a Baynham.Kuth Dietz, Ida Ed- I moudson, Mary Morgan, Edith Shep | person, Helen Hurley, Sara Deibert, | Ida Evans and Wanda Whapham ; Ed i ward Woll aud Walter Reese. CONDITION OF TBfe RIVER With the exception of being some what stronger than on tiie previous day, owing to the continued freezing weather on Sunday night, thete were but little changes in the condition of tlie |river Monday. The foot passage was well used, and in consequence a fairly well beaten path now spans the stream. There was less danger in cross ing. and consequently people were not under ttie necessity of using as ninch caution as they were on Sunday. As yet the ice is not solid enough for teams to cross upon with safety. William Mettler, of Sooth Dauvilln, drove over j»ud back Monday after noon, but he took a gro»t risk in do ing so. On his trip from the South to the North side he encountered con siderable trouble. He attempted to drive between two air holes and the ice sauk until the water rau over to the deptli of several inches. That caused him to make a long route up the river and hack to the ferry land ing. He followed the same route on his return trip, and readied the other shore with apparent ease. Mr Mettler was the first to cross in a vehicle when the river froze over in December. A few air holes are still visible,and the strong enrreut lias cut a broad channel through the ice between the North abutment and first pier. This extends from a short distance above the bridge to a point below the water works, and the water flows through it with great swiftness. The clear, smooth ice on the South side of the river, affords the b -st skat ing of the season, and lovers of that sport are taking advantage of it. Noah After the Flood. Planted the first fruit, the grape.the most healthy of all the products of the earth. Speer, the oldest wine grower in the U. S., has vineyards of Che Por tugal Grape from which his win s are fully matured by great age and valu able for weakly persons in hot weath er. Father of 28 Very 111. George W. Getty.of Catawissa town- | ship, Colombia county, the father of twenty-eight children, is seriously ill, and grave doubts of his recoveiy are entertained. Mr. Getty, who is a man now well on in years,and who has grandchildren and great-graudchildreu ui large num bers, is well known throughout this section by reason of the number of his children,some of whom an- themselves J grandfathers, even though G' tty's youngest child is not more than three years of age. He is a well known farmer and has . been twice married. Twenty of the ' twenty-eight children are living and a number of them have largo families as , well. While some of his offspring have gone to other states a number reside : ne-»r the parental home on faims of their own. The story is told that at one time there was a good uatured rivalry ex- j istiug between Mr. Getty and another South Sider. The latter was the fatli- ; er of twenty-five children and then no j more entries in the family Bibl*j were made. Mr. Getty is a man who enjoys the esteem of all who kuow him and there is a general expression of regret am* sympathy over his illness which has taken such a serious turn aud which is now of a week's duration. Easton's Next Mayor. Prof. F. A. March, Jr.,of Lafayette College is the Republican nominee for mayor of Ea-ton. Park H. Davis is his Democratic opponent. They are both splendid men aud are great friends. Prof. March is the head of athletics at the college and a few years ago he engaged Davis, who is a Prinoeton man, to coach tho athletic team-* of the institution. Dtvis made a great sucoess of the undertaking,lik ed Easton, studied law, and made it his permanent home. Ho has been a success from the start in his profes sion, haviug just finished a term as district attorney. "Fraukie" March, as the boys call him, is one of the fav orite professors at Lafayette, aud the battle between him and Park will be a beautiful one, but whichever way it goes Easton will have the best mayor tn her history. Pleasant Party. A pleasant party was tendered Mr. aud Mrs. William Fern at their home in Hemlock township. Columbia coun ty, on Monday eveuing. Those pres' nt were: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gething, Mrs. Henry Yorks, Mrs. Martha Geth ing, Mr. and Mrs. John Christian and sons Arthur and Lucas, Mrs. Naomi Harttnan. daughters Leah and Martha and sou Clarence, Mr. and Mrs Charles K. Ploch and sons Clyde, Glenn and Stewart, Peter Yorks,John Fern, Mrs. William Roup,Miss Viola Fern,Norma Krum, Walter Gething, Miss Lizzie Gething, Lydia Harttnan, Roy Fern and Charles Fern. ••Hooligan's Troubles." Following is the weather report for "Hooligan's Troubles" when it comes here next Saturday night, clear sun shine, followed by heavy laughter; ticklish sensations will chase one an other up and down the back aud sidi s ; loud roars followed by cyclonic side splitting, continuous laughter. The donkey aud scarecrow are simply great for laughter. So get happy. Its com ing this way with a jolly couiptuy of funny comedians. There will be some thins going on all the time. Not a dull moment iu it. Its the funniest show on earth. That's what people (•ay who have sen it. Come preptr* ed to laugh and bring along the whol? family. Miles Barber Promoted. Miles Barber who left Danville sev eral weeks ago to accept a position with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany at Glen Lyon has bi en promot ed. He is now located in Wilkesbarre where he is employed as clerk in the Freight department of the Pennsyl vania Railroad INTERESTING TEH ON CHINA Mrs. Hoy, a returned missionary from Oh ina, addressed a large congreg ation at *Shiloh Reformed church Sunday morning. Mis Hoy is the wife of the Rev. William Hoy, both of whom have been engaged in foreign mission fields for nearly twenty years. For fifteen years they were stationed in Japan, but in 11)03 they were trans fern d by the mission of the Reformed church to Yochow, Hanan, China, wh. ro they have since been laboring Recently Mrs. Hoy returned to America with her children for the pur pose of having them educated in this country. They are now at schools in Lancaster city,and the mother expects to reuiaiu with them for several years. Saturday Mr. Hoy sailed from China for the United States to visit his fam ily and native country. Mrs. Hoy gave an interesting and instructive talk. She was dressed in Chinese costume, and exhibited and explained a large number of curios she had brought home with her. She spoke fir-<t of the social customs and manner of the Chinese, describing their oddi tiis and peculiar characteristics, and then referred at length to her own ex perience among that people, showing how souls wore saved for Jesus and the great need of more missionaries iu that field. While showing an instru ment with which Chinese children's feet are bound for the purpose of keep ing them from growing, Mrs. Hoy re lated a touching story concerning that cruelty. She had frequently heard children screaming with agony when their mothers and grandmothers were tightening the instrument of torture about their little feet. Their cries of distress were pitiful to hear, and the speaker had often been pained when compelled to listen to them while pass ing along the streets. The foot bind ers are drawn so tightly that nearly all the blood is kept from passing through the veins of the feet. What little there is must, be kept in circula tion, or tiie limbs of the child will de cay and drop off at the knees. To keep the circulation up the child is com pelled to walk, and if on account ot the pain and agouy it is enduring it re fuses to obey,the parents resort to more cruelty. They stick pins and other sharp pointed things in the child's leg and compel it to keep moving around on its shackled feet. Tho Chinese are very inquisitive aud | their superstition is beyond descrip | tion. Their method of greeting each j other is very peculiar. The women iu- I st«ad of shaking another person's hand, will clasp their own hands tight ly together and rub them up and down 1 the left side of their wai-ts several times. The men clasp both hands in 1 trout of them, sh-tke thair arms from side to side once or twice and then raise them high above their heads. Af ter that aud without unclasping their hands,they how down until their heads almost come in contact with whatever I they are standing on. The higher the hands are raised and the lower the ! bow, the more distinguished is the I pet son to whom the greeting is being i extended. When a Chinese enters a house oc cupied by some foreigner, he goiug to learn the nam ct everything in it and : the use made of each article. He will open the stove door, aud ask how the fitu got there. He will open cupboards and question the owner the name of everything iu them. Not being in pos , session of ornaments of their own,they take delight in inspecting those in the homes of the missionaries. Th ir superstition is without limit. Among the curios Mrs. Hoy showed was a stick about 18 inches in length, one eud of which was covered witli long white hair. When China is visit ed by a drought, a famine or a contag ious disease the priests march through the streets aud wave the stick in front of them, for the purpose of driviug I away the evil spirits that has caused the trouble. Agonizing Burns are instantly relieved, aud perfectly healfd, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. C. Rivenbark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., writes: "I burnt my Knee dreadfully: that it blistered all over. Bucklen's Aruica Salve stopped the pain, and healed it withour a scar." Also heals all wouuds aud sores. 25c at Paules & Co.. druggists. Will Not be Tolerated. Saturday evening, the Danville and Bloomsburg trolley company did a rushing business. Cars in both direc tions wire crowded. Everything went gmoothl/ nutil the last car was en route from Bloomsburg to Danville, 1 then a disturbance took place. Between Bloomsburg and Grovania an altercation was started between some of the passengers that threatened to cause troublo ritjht there, but it 1 soon quieted clown. After passing the latter piece, however, the disturbance was renewed, and for a while matters looked serious to the ueacefully dis posed pissengerson the car. Loud, 1 boisterous language was indulged in aud only the prompt action of cooler i lie-ids prevented a general riot aud, ! doubtless,some broken heads,in which the innocent, likely, would have had to suffer with the guilty. The company is determined that Sat uiday night's disturbance shall not be repeated. It will not tolerate any such actions. A corps of officers will be in waiting to nab the violators when the car stops. Whether that will occur at Danville or Bloomsburg will depend upon which way the car is going when tho tioub!e occurs. "A word to the wise should be sufficient." Poison in Food P rl.aps you don't realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, but s'una day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia that will convince you. l)t King's New Life Pills are guar antied to cure all sickness due to poisons of undigested food—or money back. 250 at Paules & Co'sdrug store, i Try them. g No man can complain about the past month not being up to the w inter aver | age. FIRE AT THE GILL ASP If HOUSE The toilet room on the tirstj,floor of the Giliaspy House, was slightly dam aged by fire, Sunday morning. The blaze was discovered at about 10 o'clock. A few minutes later and the entire interior of the room would have been wrapped in flames, and spreading to other portions of the building, would likelv have caused a serious conflagration. The toilet room is at the rear of the bar room, aud all entrances to the lat ter were closed ou account of Sunday. Men seated in the office, were aroused to the situation of affairs by the smell of burning wood and the sight of smoke issuing through cracks under the bar room doors. unable to gain an entrarce they called upstairs to Mr. Gillaspy, informing him that the bar room was on fire. When the latter opened a door leading into the bar room he was met by a cloud of smoke that nearly drove every guest from the building. It waa too dense to see iu to the room and too suffocating to ven ture into,until the greater portion had made its escape through the wiudows aud doors which had been hurriedly opened. When the barroom was suf ficiently clear for au observation to be taken, it was quickly discovered that the blaze was not in that apartment, but iu the toilet room. The fire was under the long wash stand on the uorth side of the room,and when locat ei had eaten its way nearly through the wainscoting aud a small portion of the floor. It was burir.ng briskly and iu a little while would have com municated with the joist and uprights of the buiiding, where on accouut of the narrow space of the closet and passageways leading thereto, it would have been hard to fight had it once got ten rightly started. By hard work on the part of Mr. Gillaspy aud the men who sounded the alarm, the blaze was finallv quenched with the aid of buckets and a small garden hose. Several of tin fire companies responded to an alarm, but were not required togo into ser vice. The damages were slight. The Sunshine of Spring. The Salve that cures without a scar is DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cuts, fio rns, Boils, Bruises aud Piles disap pear before the use of this, salve as snow before the sunshine of spring. Miss H. M. Middleton, Thebes, 111., savs: "I was seriously afflicted with a fever sore that was very paiuful. De- Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me ij« less than a week." Get the genuine. Sold by Paules & Co. Death of Rabbi flayer, The Rev. Adolph Mayer, formerly pastor of the Benai Zion congregation of this city, died Friday morning at the home of his sou, the Rev. Eli Mayer, 263 Berkley street, Philadel phia. Rabbi Mayer was 61 years of age,aud was a native of Germany. He came to this country iu early life. His resi dence in Dinville covered a period of thirteen years, and during that time his happy disposition won him a host of friends who will learn of his death with much regret. Last February the Rev. Mr. Mayer was compelled to resign as pastor of Btmai Ziou congregation on account of ill health. He spent most of the past year iu Baltimore. His condition gradually grew worse and a corn plica tion of diseases developed a few months ago. Fraud Exposed. A few counterfeiters havo la'ely been making aud trying to sell imita tions of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, and other medicines, thereby defrauding the public. This is to warn you to be ware of such people, who seek to profit, through stealing the reputation of remedies which have been successfully curing disease, for over 35 years. A sure protection, to you,is our name on the wrapper. Look for it, ou all Dr. King's or Bucklen's remedies, as all others are mere imitations. H. K. BUCKLEN & CO., Chicago. 11l , aud Windsor, Canada. Sold by Paules & Co First Used in England. The first rural deliverv routi was started iu 1897, under President Mc- Kinlev, as au experiment. The tre mendous success of the method has bceu unexainpied. However, it must not be assumed that this is a Yankee inven tion. It has been used in European countries for many years,and iu Great Britain it has been extended that there is hardly a district so remote that the carrier does not visit it at least ouce a day. The system was established iu the British Isles long before it was begun in the United States. Iu its first year in ttie Unite! States forty-four rural mail routes were es tablished, at a cost off 40,000. The en ormous success of the method is shown by the fact that for the fiscal year end ed June 30, 1904, nearly thirty million dollars were paid out ou rural free de livery account For the fiscal year up on which we have now entered, $20,- 816,600 have beeu appropratert for the continuance and extension of the rural mail service. There were 24,666 rural routes in existence at tho end of the fiscal year on June SO last; 9,446 new routes have been put into operation during the fiscal year. On October 1 1904, there were 27,135 routes establish ed, and the service was being extended at the rate of about 800 a month. Grave Trouble Foreseen It needs but little foresight, to tell, that when your stomach and liver are badly affected, grave trouble is ahead, unless yon take tho proper medicine for your disease, as Mrs John A Young, of Clay, N. Y.,did. She savs: "I had neuralgia of the liver and stom ach, my In art was weakened, and I could not eat I was very had for a long time, but in Electric Bitters, I found just what I needed, for they quickly relieved and cured me " Best medioine for weak women Sold uu dfer guarantee by Paules & Co., drug gists at 500 a bottle. M SOT FIT AUGUSTA Few people perhaps are aware of the rich historical interest that ceutei.- around a number of points iu this sta tion of the Susquehanna Valley. Fi 1- lowmg the course of the river, many 1 laces can be pointed out that figur- d 1 roraineutly iu the early history of the State, notable among theso is the site of old Fort Augusta near Sunbury. The forti .cation was erected by the proprietary authorities in 175t! tor the purpose of affording protection to the frontier settlements and friendly li dians against the inroads of French aud Indians, who had begun to woib havoc iu the State after Braddock's defeat in 1755. As a strat gi< point in Indian warfare,its location was ex cellent. Situated at the coullueuce of the two branches of the river, it com uianded a view of the country lor miles iu every quarter that ho.-tile parties could approach. No heavy fighting was done here. The strength of the post prevented a number of attacks that had been planned against it, but for over a quarter of a century the farm ers of wliat are now Montour, North umberland, Union aud Snyder counties tied to the fort for protection with their families aud live stock, when re ports that scalping ptrties of Indians were in the vicinity werj brought to the settlements. It frequently j,„p. pended that these settlers were oblig ed to remain here for months, in tents pitched ou the ievei country around the fort, aud go out in small partus to work their fields. Little of the old fortification remaius. Tiie magazine, the well and the com mandant's mansion are still intact For a long time the place was neglect ed. The mansion, fatuiliaily known as the "spook house"was ths abode of tramps for years, and the inside casing of the magazine was partially torn out to make a foundation for a stable. A few years ago, the property was buuglit by Mrs. Amelia Gross, an English woman. It now serves her as one of the most handsome residences in Sunbury. She has picked up a nnm b r of curious relics of the place and arrauged them iu conspicuous places about her apartments. The interested vaiior is cordially received and en tertained at length by splendid descrip tions of the fortress and the collection of relics. The universal question with all who have seen the place is, "Why is not this historic old spot owned by the Stater" Steps have been taken iu that direction, but for lack of concert ed action,nothing h is been done. Hon. R.S. Amrnermau expressed Inmelfs mie time go as being iu favor of a State appropriation to purchase the property and preserve it as one of the most 1111- poitaut landmarks of Colonial history iu the State of Pennsylvania The State has done well to set apart the battle Held of Getrysbaig, the Camp at Valley Forge and otln r historic places as public reserves, why not Fort Augusta? Give Yonr Stomach a Rest. Your food murt be properly dig®sted and a-similated to le of any value to you. If your stomach is weak or dis eased tako Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest, enabling it to recuper ate, take on new life aud grow strong again. Kodol mres sour stomach, gas, bloating, In art palpitation aud all digestive disorders. Sold by Paules & Co. A Souvenir With a History. Lewis Williams, the uine yeais old sou of W. C. Williams, proprietor oi the Baldy House, a few days ;ige, be came the repossessor of a souvenir tost al card that has a history. In Decem ber 1903, Lewis mailed the card t > El ward Reynolds,a former Dmvilie boy, now an tngineer on board of a United States warship, sailing in Chinese waters. The souvenir was a picture of Chiist Episcopal church, this city, just as it came from the press. It was cent Mr. Reynolds as a 1994 Nnv Year's greeting, audit lias been re turned to the seuder wonderfully trans ferred aud beautified. A Chinese art ist has chauged the pretty church fy doing the picture iu magnificent col ors, creating a Larmouy that makes it a gem. The Pneumonia Season. Coughs and Colds in children as well as adults are frequently dangerous at this season of the year, and a little precaution now may save mud, trou ble, woiry and expense. Kennedy's! Laxative llouey and Tar, a combine! cough and cold cure—a new scientific discovery in medicine—is a certain cure for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whoop ing Cough, etc. The coughs aud colds are cleared out of the system by gent ly moving the bowels, and at the same time tlie tl r >at, chest, lungs aud bronchial tubes are so strengthened ! that there is little probability of dan ger. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is pleasant to take. Contains no opiates Sold by Paules & Co. New License Law. The bill introduced by Senator God charles in the Senate provides that in each judicial district containing 1- s.« than five hundred thousiud population the governor shall ap; o-nt three ex"ise commissioners. They are to hold olti for five year- aud shall be paid salaries based on the population of their respec tive districts, as follows: Less than 40,000, $250; le-s than 100,000, f">00; less than 200, 000,$700; more than 200,- 000 SI,OOO. with mileage aud other ex penses. i'ne salaries and expenses are to b. puiJ by the counties. After next January the powers coufwrred upon the courts of granting licenses is trans ferred to the excise cotnmissio i The j commission shall conduct public hear ings of applications for lici ne,having 5 authority to issue subpoenas,etc. From any final order or decree of tl e com mission granting oi refusing to grant | an a petl may be taken to the Su- 1 preuie or Superior courts. The bill makes no change in the present system of filing and publishing applications, i tiling of n monstrances, conduct of hearings, regulations of the sale of liquor and punishing violators. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIIIBT PUNT V. K. Hmhes, of Watfrtown, N. came to Danville yesterday after noon, lot the purpose of superintend ing the pining in position of the Municipal li, it engine and dynamo. He list notinin m getting to work. Under his direction the eugme was soon firmly s. ttled on its bed iu tlie cement floor. The bolts that had been placed iu position before the engine was bui:t, ail proved to be iu their proper positions. All measurements had be n corr. ctly taken, thus doing away with the annoyance and incon venience of things not fitting, so fre quently encountered when machinery is b :ing put i i>. Mr. iiughi > will not he able, he says, to coins >te Ins work this trip. He will have to return to Danville again lefoie that can be accomplished on acci unt of other things being in his way. In a we k or so he will have the engine and d;.naiiio up and the parts aud pnees attached and adjusted. Af ter that he cau do nothing more until all the poles are set, the wire str>toll ed and the switch hoar Is placed iu position, all of which must be done by the linemen now engaged at that work b< fore he can come back to get The machinery r« ady fir operation. I eserved Popularity. To cuie Constipation an I Liver trou bles by gently moving the bowels aud acting as a ii nie to tie liver.take Lit tle Early Risers. These Famous Lit tle Pills are mild, pleasant and harin i e»s. bur effective and sure. Their un ; iversal use for many years is a strong guarantee of their popularity aud u-e --fulne-s. Sold by Paules & Co. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. ~ Iu five yeais seventeen Y. M. C A. (buildings have been erect-don the Goul 1 liues, and the membership in creased from 1.000 to 10,000. Miss Gould has fostered these Asociations nil I made them valuable gifts At New Decatur, Ala , the seveuteeth building was opened Saturday. It cost 525,000. New D eatur is a new railroad town. Ou the opening of the uew shops there the mas'er mechanic of the road de- clared that the workmen would not re main in the town unless a railroad As sociation building was provided. The cjuipa'iy ui>do an appropriation of and the men gave one-third of the cost, as is generally the custom. For a building in Richmond, Va., the Chesapeake & Ohio company h * offered $15,000; the R., I". & T., $3 - 333, and the Southern Railway $2,500, aud enough more will be pledge! by the other companies and the railroad nun of Richmond to insure a $40,000 buildii g. The Association has 1,000 members now This will make the eighth building on the C. & O. Presi dent Stevens said recently in an inter view that n i small pirt of that rail road's piosperity was clue to the Y. M. C. A. aloug its lines. At Douglas, Aiizouc.the railroad and miuiug com panies centering there have given $25.- 000 for an Association clubhouse, aud the miners and railroad men contribu ed §10,0(0 more. Mr. George Fester Peabotiy and General Palmer have re tenily iven $2,1,000 to erect an As sociation building at Hilper, Utah. The Associations have tern erecting a building • v< ry fm.r weeks for the last fiveyiars, • xpending about $200,000 p ,j r yea". Tie railroad companies now give a year, ai'd the members and eiti7e!i< <391,000 a vear for the maintenance of these Associations. That Tickling in the Throat. One minute after taking One Minute Cough Cure that tickling iu the throat is gone. It acts in the throat—not in the stomach. Harmless—good for chil . dren. S ild by Paules & Co. Party at East Danville. \ v« ry pleasaut pary was tendered Miss Mabel Fousf, of the Bloomsbnrg Ni rmal School at the home of be r par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Autbony Foust, East Danville, Saturday eveuiug. i" i o-.q [resent- were: Misses Grate Boone of the Bloomsburg Normal School, Irene Hollabaugb, Blauche Myers, Blanche Goss, Blanche, Anna aud Eva Manning; Messrs. Herbert Hendricksoi), George Heiss, Edwin C. Fou-t, Lafayette Foust, Paul Rieck, Frank and Grant Swayze,Howard Van Kirk, Harry Caiodisky aud Rust ill Gibbouy. To Cure a Uold iu One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. AH druggists refund money if it fails t > cure. E W. Grove's sigua ture is ou each box. 25c. Spring Election Dates- The February election for 1905 will fall on Tuesday, February 21st Ceitificates of nomination must be filed with the County Commissioners eighteen days b fore date of election. This makes Friday, February 3rd, the la>t day for tiling said papers. No'Jiuatioij pipers must be fi ed fif teen days prior to election day, Mon day, Februar.- «th, thereforj being the last day for filing said papers. viijers For colds, bronchitis, asthma, weak throats, weak lungs, consumption, take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Cherry Pectoral Always keep n bottle of it in the house. We have been saying this for 60 years, and so have tht doctors. "1 ha v. n«eil Aver's Cherry Pectoral in my fatm \ for J yciK It i 9 tin- liest medicine ;i , >. r ,i.i Ku w. for all throat ami lu»n [trouble*." Mas. J. K. Noiu ROSS, W'altham. Mao. The Lungs y» »>■ i Daily action of tho bowels is neces sary. Aid nature with Ayer s Pllw.
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