LOCAL TIME TABLES DANVILLE AND BLOOMSBU RG STREET RAILWAY CO. Leave Danville (5 00. 6.40, 7.30, 8.20, 9.10, 10.00, 10.50, 11.40 a. xii., 12.30, 1.20,2.10,3.00,3.50, 4.40, 5.30, 6.2 \ 7.10, 8.00, 8.50, 9.40, 10.30, 11.20 p. in. Leave Bloomsburg 6.00, 6 40. . 33, 8 23, 9.13, 10.03. 10.53, 11.43 a. ui.. 13 33, 1 23 2 13 3 03, 3.53, 4.43, 5 33, (5 23. 1.V6, 8.03. 8.53, 9.43, 10.33, 11.2» p ill. First car Sunday morning 7.3t>. Last oar, 11.20 at uigbt goes to Grova nia only. Wlu. R. Miller, Superintendent. Penn a. R. R cast. west. 7.11 A. M A - M WAI » ia. io p. y 2.21 p. M 431 " 5.50 '• fil SUNDAYS 10.17 A. M. 4 :li p M D L & W. R K east. test 7.07 A. M. ''• ls a - Mi low •• 2.11 p. M 4 3,1 5.43 " a- 1 " ' SUNDAYS 7.07 A.M. 12 44 PM. 5.43 P. M. "- 1 " PHILA <* READING K K NORTH. SOUTH. 7.53 A. M. 11 - 2 aA - M -3.56 P. V 5.35 P.M. BLOOM WTREKT 7.55 A.M. I.aIA.M. 3 5H P. M '» 33 p. M. A PLAV B( FE MALE PATIENTS Amusement Hall was the scene of a novel entertainment last night—prob ably the most interesting of the pleas ant series that has been arranged at tlie Hospital for the holidays this year. The feature of the entertainment was a play of two scenes entitled "Agatha Gray's Legacy," in which the performers were all female pati ents. There were also recitations and music and a play entitled " Irain 1. Mauro," which were rendered by the employes. It seems to be a part of the duty of the attendants to entertain the pati ent:-and many of these have been at the business so long that they are no loutrer novices and do exceedingly well. The real interest centered in the play by the female patients. These had been drilled for their parts in a very pains taking way by Miss Benford, the musician. The manner in which the parts were performed is not a subject for criticism. Suffice it to say that all in the play gave evidence of the deep est interest and did the best they could, which in some cases was in deed quite surprising. The play prov ed a splendid diversion, which after all was the chief aim,and the indirect .effect of it all will no doubt be quite beneficial to those who participated. The patients at the Hospital are hav ing by no means a dull week of it. Aside from the sumptuous turkey din ner the patients received the usual large assortment of gifts ou Christ mas. These came not only from friem s at home, but also from the attendants, many of whom remembered the unfor tunate ones under their care with very beautiful gifts. The presents came in to the Hospital during last week and by Christmas there were just *2oo pack ages on hand. These were distribut ed cm Christmas morning. That their presence diffused some degree of Ohrist mas cheer, if not of real happiness, throughout the gloomy wards is quite evident, reminding the insane that although incarcerated they were not forgotten by those at home. PROCURE A COT. The man who was found unconscious at the Steel plant Sunday evening and who later was thought to IK- dying came around all right after sjieuding the uight by the warm tire in the Bor ough lock-up. His case, which was attributed to an overindulgence in Christmas cheer, was very jwcnliar and the poor fellow evidently had a close call. The man was from Lewis burg. although he had lately been em ployed in Milton as a puddler in one of the rolling mills. The man's case, however,which had to be taken care of bv the Borough officials, brought out a very grave de ficiency in the equipment at the lock up. For the man chilled with long exposure, unable to move hand or foot and in whose bosom there linger ed only a spark of life there were no outer accommodations than tlie hard floor of the lock-up. That in this in stance the man did not die and that he may have been responsible for his condition,does not release the Borough from responsibility in not being pre pared to deal with such cases. The world is full of unfortunates and suf fering, whether the result of disease, tragedy or what not, is likely at the most unexpected momeuts to confront a municipality just as the cast* at the steel plant occurred ou Sunday night. The smallest possible tiling that the Borough can do in the premise?- i> to procure a cot so that at least there may be a pillow for the head and a blanket for the shivering frame when death or suffering overtakes the unfortunate ami the homeless. If we had a city hospital, if might lie altogether differ ent. But in the absence of such an institution the only way to promptly meet emergencies is to have a com fortable cot where it will always be ready for use in the Borough. Shadow Social. A Shadow Social will be held at tlie home of Frank Arnwiue. near Long's church, Thursday evening, December 28th. Each lady is requested to bring a pie and gentle man his pocket book. A good time is expected. All are invited. Proceeds for the benefit of the church. A. (). Stooge Butchers. A. O. Stonge, proprietor of the Gro vauia Hotel, butchered two fine hogs yesterday' -weighing 513 and 462 pounds. The season of indigestion is upon ns Kodol Dyspepsia (Jnr? for Indigestion and Dyspepsia will do everything for the stomach that an over-loaded or over-worfced stomach can not do for itself. Kodol Digests what von eat— gives the stomach a rest—relieves sour atomacli.belulling, heart-bem,indiges tion, etc. Sold by Paales & Co JUDGES AND AIDS APPOINTED A meet iup was held in the Washing ton Hose House last evening for the purjKise of making further arrange ments for the New Year s parade. I>. I C. Williams occupied the chair ami A. ! C. Hoar as secretary was at his post. The Committee 011 Finance reported progress. The Committee 011 Prizes reported that it is not through with the can vass, hut that twenty-two prizes up to date have been offered hy merchants and others. I The following gentlemen have been api>oiuted as judges to award the prizes: T. W. Bedea. M. H. Schnim. Thomas G. \ iucent. I *T. l'ricc and Dr. Juo. Sweisfort. Chief Marshal Tooey appointed the following aids : JasjuT Perry, Robert Pursed. Theodore Baker. William Snter and Arthur Stohler. On motion the following was select ed as a route of parade : Forming on East Market street at the Washington Engine House, the parade will move to Honeymoon —to Front —to Mill—to Bloom—to Pita—to Centre—to Ferry —to Hemlock —to Mill—to Market street and disband. On motion it was decided that the Committee employ a painter and for one day secure a room in a convenient part of town, where all the painting of cards, banners, etc.. intended for the parade be done at the Committee's expense. Tragedy at Shippensburg. Samuel Myers, .lr., the son of a well-known colored minister, shot and killed Mrs. Belle McDonald, a Pitts burg colored woman, at the home of the woman's aunt, in Shippeusburg, Monday night, and then turned the weapon on himself. There were 110 witnesses to the tragedy. Myers fol lowed the woman from the post office. Their bodies were found by Mrs. McDonald's aunt, who brought the dead woman's "> year old son home from a Christmas entertainment. My ers clothing was burned from his body, the powder igniting his coat where the bullet had entered over liis heart. My ers was in love with the woman and told her that she would never return to Pittsburg alive, lie was "24 and she was:lo years of age. SHE WAS FROM DANVILLE. Governor F. M. Ziebach, of Yank ton, S. D.. who obtained his title as "squatter" Governor of that territory in its Indian scare in the sixties, has just celebrated his g ddeu wedding, which moves The Lewisburg Journal to print a little sketch of the old cou ple. Mr. Ziebach was born in Union county in 1S:?0. learning the newspap er business, published The Lewisburg Argus during the Buchanan Admin istration anil moved West and establ ished The Weekly Dakotan at Yank ton in lHtil. it being the first newspap er in Dakota. Before moving West he married Elizabeth Fisher, of Danville, and the old couple stiil are in good health aftvr a half century of married life. Mr. Ziebach lias been a member of both branches of the territorial Leg islature of Dakota, three times Mayor of Yankton and register and receiver of the United States land office at Yankton. Skating on the Canal. We were denied a white Christmas this year, but we have what follows from the standpoint of the boys and girls as the next best tiling and that is ice suitable for skating. It would have been too bad if the Holiday vaca tion should have passed without ice or snow, compelling the pupils to re turn to school next week without bene fit of the recreation that goes with either sleighing or skating. There is but little ice on the river, but on all the ponds the ice is thick enough to bear the weight of a person. The canal below town, where there is a couple of feet of water affords fairly good skating and was the scene of a great deal of sport the last couple of days. Every spot of ice available for skating was occupied by the boys and girls during Christmas as well as yes terday. The weather is less severe than dur ing the early part of December. Ice is not accumulating very fast and whatever the prospects may be later in the season ice dealers see nothing especially encouraging in the outlook at present. There was considerable snow and good sleighing before Christinas last season. Rough Skiii and cracked hands are nor only cared by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, bat an occasional application will keep the skin soft and smooth. Best for Eczema, Cats, Burns, Boil?, etc. The genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve affords immediate relief in all forms of Blind, Bleeding. Itch ing and Protruding Piles Sold »y Paulec & Co. All Wabiily I:> Their Walk. •"Noli iily in New York walks straight," said the gray headed citizen of the me tropolis. "Watch a score of pedes trians on the sidewalk, and not one of them stieks to a straight path. Those deviations are not always due to the crowded condition of ihe pavement ei ther. During the rush hours a man is supposed to dodge this way and that In his efforts to make progress, but when tfivon a clear road there is no excuse for so much sidetracking. Y'et no mat ter how favorable the conditions the New Yorker zigzags just the same. He might have a stretch of sidewalk a block long all to himself and be per fectly sober, yet In that distance he would veer from curb to stoop line and back iigaiti sever >1 times." \ Plnffiir of ( ntrriilllff r*. Of the plague . 112 caterpillars that overran the Scottish lowlands in IS."! Kit-hard B-l! in hi< book My Strange pets' says,"The caterpillars man-bed in armies straight ahead, and the con sequence was that when they encoun tered -sheep drain- wbieli are open 3rains about eight* -n inches ileep and eighteen inches wide at the top. they tumbled into them in such numbers that their dead bodies dammed up the water and they might have been taken out in barrow ioatls." Have you begun to practice writing 19<¥>? DANVILLE MD FITTSM PUr Very large audieuees witnessed two fine games of basket ball at the Arm ory on Christmas Day, when the Dan ville five met the Pittston team, each ' live winning a game. The afternoon game was Pittston\s by a seore of 44 to 3t>, bnt in the evening the locals turned the tables to the tune of 32 to ■2B. • The prowess of tlte Pittston team is well known in Danville, as they have played in this city this season throe former They are a Y. M. <\ A. team.playing under the l'ittston branch of that organization. Trax,the doughty little guard, ably eapfaius the live, while ,Taine> Callahan, makes a busi nesslike and courteous manager. Ray mond A. Searfoss, jdiysical director of the Pittston Y. M. C. A., accompani ed the team on their trip to Danville. Pittston has now played Danville five games with the following resutls : First game, 45 to :i4 favor of Pittston; sec ond game. 41 to 158 favor of Danville ; third game, 32 to 35 favor of Pittston; fourth game, 44 to IJH favor of Pitts ton; fifth game 32 to 38 favor of Dan ville. In Monday's contest both teams play ed in excellent form each winning their game after the hardest kind of playing and by a very small margin. Danville played fine ball in both games, showing the result of their re cent hard practice. The line-ups: AFTERNOON GAME. Pittston. Danville. Clark . forward . .. Welliver West . forward Barber Anthony.. .. center. .Sechler Trax guard . . Peters Miller . guard Johnson Goals from the field—West 5, An thony 5, Trax 3, Clark 4, Miller 3, Welliver 7. Barlier 3, Sechler 4. Peters 1, Johnson 1. EVENING GAME. Danville. Pittston. Welliver forward West Peters . .. forward Clark Sechler *. center .Anthony Gilmore .. guard .. .., Trax Johnson ... guard .Miller Goals from the field—Peters 4, Wel liver 4, Sechler 15, Gilmore 3, Johnson 2, Miller 7, Trax 5, Anthony 2. Sensational Encounter. George W. Wage use ller, editor of the Middlchurg Post, was on Monday pub licly assaulted by District Attorney M. I. Potter, of Snyder county. The trouble arose from the fact that Wageuseller, in last week's issue of the Post,charged that the district attorney was incompetent and unfit to hold office. Wageuseller there said, in part : "The district attorney's indictment of false pretense against C. A. Detweiler was quashed by the court. Detweiler bought hundreds of dollars worth of peaches in Snyder county, and, it was said, never paid for them. Because the pajiers were not properly drawn the indictment was quashed. Detweil er was rearrested, the costs included and justice delayed. The man who wants a third term asdistrict attorney ought to show more legal ability than the present incumbent. Ir ought to be botch attorney instead of district at torney. " This statement the district attorney re>cnted. Monday,as Editor Wageusel ler was standing in front of the post office at Middlebnrg. Potter approach ed, and aft -r some words, it i- alleg ed, called Wageuseller a liar. Wageu seller replied: "You're another," whereupon the district attorney knock ed the editor off the pavement. The district attorney then left, it is alleg ed, with the retort: "If you attack me in your paper again I will lick you within an inch of your life." Nothing will cure indigestion that doesn't digest the food,itself,and give fhe stomach rest. Yon can't expect that a weak stomach will regain its strength and get well when it is com polled to do the full wore that a sound stomach should do. You woaldu't ex pcet a sick horse to get well when it is compelled to do a fall day's work every day of the week. Kodol Dys pepsia Cure is a perfect digcstaut and digests the food regardless of the con lition of yoor sto.u»ch. Relieves Iti ligeston,Belching, Suur Stomach, and ill stomach disorders. Sold by Paules & Co. Shipping Grain. John F. Mowry, the enterprising dealer of Strawberry Ridge, is one of the heaviest shippers of grain in that section. During the month past he has shipped 7000 bushels and lie foresees a large business yet between this and spring. Nursing Females and Conva lescents. Use Speer's Port Grape* Wine. Phy sicians find nothing to equal it to build up and strengthen the mother an.! child and convalescent invalids. CALIFORNIA. Thirty Days' Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad Company lias arranged for a sjiecial personally conducted tour through California, to leave New York, Philadelphia, Haiti more, and Washington on January 35 by "the Golden Gate Sjiecial," coin jtosed exclusively of Pullman jiarlor smoking,Mining, drawing-room.sleep ping, comartment, and observation cars, returning by February 2!j. This special train will be run over the en tire route. The l>est hotels will be used where extended stops are made, but the train will be at the constant command of the party. Round-trip tickets covering all neces sary exjieuses, $375 from all points on Pennsylvania Railroad except Pitts burgh, from which jiointthe rate will be $370. For itineraries and'further informa tion apply to ticket agents; A. Studds. Ensteru Passenger Agent, 263 Fifth Ave., New York; Hugh Hasson, Jr., Passenger Agent Baltimore Dis trict, Baltimore, Md. ; I!. M. New hold. Passenger Agent Southeastern District, Washington, D. C. ; Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western Dis trict, Pittsburgh, Pa. ;or address Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. HO STATE (HIE FOB PBIKTE 080 Chief Game Protector KH 11 if lis is | considerably bothered with requests i for game to be used for propagating upon private preserves or upon private grounds upon which the public gener ally is allowed to hunt. He is com pel led to refuse these, under the law, and wants the public, to know about his position. Under the game propagation act which w;is approved by Governor Pennypucker May 1 last, was ap propriated for the propagation and preservation of game. The same act pages (4"» and > of the digest pro vides that the Game Commission, co operate with the Commissioner of Forestry, may "establish within the State Reservations public game-pre serves" for game animals and game birds. The may be used only up on the State preserves and no portion of it is available for any other pur pose. It is a part of this money that will be used in bringing quail here from the South for propagating pur poses. "I don't like to refuse the many re quests," said Dr. Kalbfus, "but what can I do? "lam willing to make this offer, however,for we want to do everything fair. If auy person desires us to pur chase game for them to use in propa gating we shall be very glad to do so in conjunction with what we buy for the State. Purchasing it in large quan tities is, of course, more economical than purchasing in small quantities and we shall be very glad to accept such commissions without any charge." Special Train in Wreck. The special train bearing General Superintendent W. Hay ward Meyers, of the Northern Central railroad, and party, to Williamsjiort, from a hunt ing trip in Georgia, collided Monday morning with the rear end of a freight engine at Millers burg. Both engines were damaged, but the occupants escaped without injury, as Engineer Calvin Hoffman,of the speci al. had his locomotive under control before the crash came. The special consisted of an engine, one baggage car and the general sup erintendent's private car. The freight engine was taking water at the tank near Millersbnrg and it i> said That the proper signals had been displayed. General Superintendent Meyers was formerly superintendent of the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania railroad, with headquarters in Harrisburg. SB<HUHM» Present for Miss Alice. A move to create by popuplar sub scription a wedding present for Miss Alice Koosevelt, who is to Im> married to Congressman Nicholas Longsworth, in February, has l»eeu started by the citizens of the eastern part of Oregon. It is the plan of the originators to have the subscription lists in each State of the Union, the money secured to be transferred to the various State Treasurers, who will in turn forward it to the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington. The subscriptions will close Feb ruary 8, so as to enable the present, which it is believed will amount to about SNOO,OOO, to be turned over to Miss Roosevelt on the day of the wed ding. Individual subscriptions will be limited to ten cents. Applications (iranted. The application of the Montour Elec tric Railway Company, for an exten sion of its line in West Berwick and Nescopeck, and that of the Berwick and Nescopeck Electric Railway for a charter was granted Friday by Gov ernor Pennypacker. Our Congressman Honored. Governor Samuel Pennypacker has appointed Congressman E. W. Samuel a member of the commission to repre sent this State at the River and Har bors conference to be held in Philadel phia on January 15th and 16th. Amandus Heddens lintertains. Amaiidus Heddens gave a house party at his hotel, Wasliingtonville, on Christmas. The guests were: Mrs. Fanny Heddens, of Wasliingtonville ; M. A. Masten and wife. Miss Chrissic Masteu, of Bloomsburg ; Messrs. John F. Wilson and Herbert Moore, of Mil ton; Clyde M. Heddens and wife, Law rence Heddens, 11. E. Cotner and T. F. Kerswell. CURE YOUR KIDNEYS. Do Not Endanger Life When a Danvillt Citizen Shows You the Cure, Why will people continue to suffei the agonies of kidney complaint, back ache, urinary disorders, lameness, head aches, languor, why allow themselves to become chronic invalids, when :i certain cure is offered them? Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedj to use, because it gives to the kidneys the help they need to perform theii work. If you have any, even one, of tlu symptoms of kidney diseases, curt yourself now, before dibaetes, dropsy or Bright's disease sets in and deatl results. Read this Danville testimony I). F. Dieffeubaeher, owner of Hotel St. Charles, Williamsport, Pa., wh< lives at 5116 East Market St., Danville, Pa., says: "During the year UtOl, while living in Niagara Fails, N. Y., I caught a heavy cold which settled in my kidneys and back. 1 suffered from excruciating pains across my loins and an indescribable weakness through my hack. I was tumble to stoop To pick up a small package without exjierieue ing pain across my loins. I lay around for a whole week, unable to get any relief, although I used several reme dies. A friend of mine who has used Doan's Kidney Pills recommended them to me and I obtained a box and used them. From that time to this I have had no return of the backache. I •an recommend Doan's Kidney Pills very highly." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's —and take no other. Epworth League Social. The Epworth League of St. Paul's M. E. church, will hold a social and reception next Friday evening at 7 :30 ('clock to the members and friends of the church. A short program will be arranged and refreshments will be served. FIRE DESTROYS mm BOMB Fire broke <tiit at au early hour Sat unlay morning at the farm house of L. 11. Boody, of Catawissa, now oc cupied liy Mr. G. A. Kline. Mr. Kline was away from home Fri day evening.ami when Mrs. Kline ami her (laughter Eveline retire 1 for the night, they left a lamp burning down stairs,on the sitting room table. Short ly after midnight Mrs. Kline was aroused by a noise down stairs, and descending, found the sitting room a mass of flames,the carpet,curtains and furniture all ablaze. Hastening to call her daughter they both partly dressed, and made their escape through the flames which had by this time spread through the entire lower floor. Mrs. Kline was badly burned about the head and arms.some of her hair being burn ed oft' and one hand seriously injured. The alarm quickly spread through the neighborhood,and a crowd respond ed. Inside of half au hour a hundred willing hands were at work trying to save the building by means of a bucket brigade. The fire had too much of a ; start, however, and burned inside the ! walls where it could not be reached by j the water. Several times it was thought to be under control, but each j time it would again break out with re- j newed strength. Inside of three hours, ; all that remained of the building,a six j room frame structure, was a pile of ! ashes. Some of the furniture was removed from the burning house, but in a dam- ! aged condition, while the greater part of the contents went up in smoke. The house was valued at about £IOOO and the contents about the same. The loss is about two-thirds covered by in surance. Furious Fighting. " For seven years. " writes Geo. \V. Hoffman, of Harj»er, Wash., "I had a bitter battle, with chronic stomach and liver trouble, but at last I won and cured my diseases, by the use of Electric Bitters. I unhesitatingly rec ommend them to all. and don't intend in the future to be without them in the house.They are certainly a won derful medicine, to have cured such a bad case as mine." Sold, under guar antee to do the same for you. by Pani cs & Co., druggists, at 50c. a lxittle. Try them today. Appointed Local Registrars. Dr. Cameron Shultz of Danville and P. J. Baylor, of Riverside, have been appointed local registrars under the new State law regulating vital statis tics which goes into effect on January Ist. A full list of S)s;> local registrars,ap pointed by State Health Commission er Dixou has I ma le public. Dur ing the present week they will be officially notified of their appointment and directed to begin work on Jan uary Ist. The registrars will receive '25 cents tor each birth and death they report. They will also receive 25 cents for each monthly report of no deaths or births for any month. They are en titled to a fee of .*»(> cents for each dis interment permit issued bv them, the fee to be paid by the person receiving the permit. After January M next all births and deaths in Pennsylvania must be regis tered within ten days after their oc currence. ITinler the law creating the Bureau of Vital Statistics local or de puty registrars who fail or neglect to perform their duty may be removed by the State Health Commissioner and be further deemed guilty of a mis demeanor and upon conviction be pun ished by a line of not less than $lO nor more than SIOO. Torture of a Preacher. The story of the torture of Rev. O. D. Moore,pastor of the Baptist church of HarpersviHe. N. Y.. will interest you. He says: "l suffered agonies, because of a persistent cough,resulting from the grip. I had to sleep sitting up in bed. I tried many remedies, with out relief,until 1 took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which entirely cured my cough and saved me from consump tion." A grand cure for diseased con ditions of Throat and Lungs. At Panics & Co., druggists ; price 50c and SI.OO, guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Officers Elected. The annual election of Camp No. M4,P. (). S. of A.,was hold last night. The following officers were elected : Past president,W. G. Wertman; presi dent, Isaac Gross; vice president, George B. Wertman ; master of forms, P. Johnson ; financial secretary, James V. Wilson; recording secretary, Charles B. Wilson ; treasurer, Edward Boat; conductor, Charles Beyers; inner guard, H. Wertman ; outer guard, D, F. Eyerly; trustee, S. Nevius. In Mad Chase. Millions rush in mad chase after health, from one extreme of faddism to another, when, if they would only eat good food, and keep their bowels regular with Dr. King's New Life Pills, their troubles would all pass away. Prompt relief and quick cure for liver and stomach trouble, 25c at Panics & Co.'s., drug store; guaran teed. Block Signal for Shamokin Division. A force of Reading Railway surveyors Saturday began the work of locating points for the block system on the Sha mokin division of the Philadelphia & Reading. A unmix rof officials in a special train Saturday accompanied the engineers. It was originally intended that the block system would « \tend onlv from Port Clinton to Gordon. The plans have been changed and the block sys tem will extend from Port Clinton to Newberry Junct ion The mission of " Karly Risers" is to deir the way and five Nature full These famous little pills rid tlo stomach and bowels of all putrid nut t T, thus removing the enures of head ache, const j| u'ion.tci'low complexion, etc. DeWitt's Little Karly Rit-ers nev er gripe or sicken. A safe, pleasant, poifect pill. Sold by Paules & Co. , GENTLEIJ OF THE JURY GRAND JURORS. Anthony township-Elmer Kertner, Jsiliu Mar'in. Cooper township Jesse Weaver, J ..'in Krumm. Danville, l-t >Vard—\rthur M Hed d 'is, Hurry Hupp, George Oarduer, A (I Kaufman, William I'M! Ion. U iiiv Ward— Bjyer, Thomas Swank. Danville, Urd Ward--.Tacob 0. Mill er, John Dalton, Daniel MoCloud. Ditivillc. 411» Ward —M. J. Ryan. Charles Mnttern, Wilson Fry. Derry township—Hugh O. Risliel, Jacob S Ums'ead, Charles Patterson, Mahoning township—James Good. James Lewis. Mavberry township Jeremiah Vouglit. Val'ev township—Norman Beyer. TRAVERSE JURORS. Anthony township—Jam's Russell, Divid Ulrich. David Smith, Miles Holdren, Alfred Ritler. Coeper towi ship —A. J. Winter ; s'> en. Danville. Ist Warl- John Stranl', j Arthur J. Gearhart, Emanuel Sid.er. Danville, 2-id Warl—Charles Maker, l J.ihu M Gil'b'uis, ALirani Merger, John ! Anderson, Cliprloa Leighow, Abram ! Laßue i Danvi l \3rd Ward—Miehael Reilly, CUrk Pur-ell, Joseph Aggie, Tlioinas A S nrntt. A. If. Grone. Danville. 4th Ward—Daniel Bloom, P-fer Dietrich. Albert Lloyd, Francis Hartman,Benjamin ilarri-, Walter O. Green, Ntalcy Gethinp,John Udelhof- I f ' "• Lime-tone township —Norman Tay lo\ Pe>or I). Werbheiser. Litipit v township—Williain J. Clark. S unuel Henry, Jonathan Stahl. Mahoning town-hip--lames Hickey, William Hair/ 11. Benjamin Diehl, W llard Kimer, Edward Mans, <)--ar K< cher, Otis Knapp, Jr. William Sreinmiller. Maybetty township—Clarence Cleav- Vail, y township—l-rank Hendricks, John Mack. Wfst Hemlock township—Morgan .1 Williams, Matthew Man?. Was!) i ijg ton vi lie George lloluren, Clarence Setdel. Croup, Coughs, Colds. Whooping- Cough, etc. have no terrors for chil dren or adults who evacuate The howeN with Kennedy's Laxative Honev and Tar. Tt>ireinedv exp«ls all cold from the svsiem :» id strengthens the throar. Lings and bronehial tn it-s Tlih Grig tnal Laxitive CoJgh Srrupand Liquid Cold Cur . Sold hy Paules & Co. Carnegie's Christmas Gift. < >n Christmas eve in connection with the annual Christmas s -rviee of the Sunday School of the Methodist Epis copal Church of Catawissa.the pastor, Rev. R. M. Snyder, announced to his congregation, as a Christmas gift, the pledge of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, of s 1 •>."iO, toward the purchase of a pipe organ to cost lie also stated that a committee ap pointed for the purpose of placing the c mtract for organ had contracted with the Estey Pipe Organ Company for an organ to cost S'J.VjO, to lie installed about the middle of next April. The proposed organ will supply a want long recognized hv the Methodist I " " people, and will greatly add to the ser vices of the church, and to the effici ency of their excellent choir. * A Fearful Pate ' It is a fearful fate to have to endure the terrible torture of Piles. "I can ' truthfully say," writes Harry Colson, of Masouville, la., "that for Blind, Bleeding.ltchingand Protruding Piles, ' Buck leu's Arnica Salve, is tliebest cure | made." Also best for cuts, burns and j injuries. at Panics & Co., drug gists. Shannon Family Reunion. A large family reunion was held Christmas Day at the home of Mr. and : Mrs. Joseph L. Shannon, Riverside. ' About thirty-five members of the fam ily gathered at the Shannon home,and 1 partook of an elaborate Christmas din ner. In the party were nineteen grand children. Those from a distance pres ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boy er. Mr. and Mrs. John Landau,of Pliil ' adelphia,Mrs. John DeWald and grand ' daughter of Hughesville. The most pleasant,safest and best rem edy to use for Coughs Colds. Croup, Whooping Cough, etc., is Kennedy's L-*x<tive Honey and Tar. This remedv exp Is all ccld from the system by act : ing as a cathartic on the bowels. Sold by Paules & Co. A PETITION. > - In the /Matter of the Petition to Change the Time of Holding the December Term of the Several Courts of the County of Mon. tour. r State of Pennsylvania.) i Montour County, And now Novem ber 23, 19D5, it is hereby ordered and directed that hereafter the December Term of the Courts of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessious of the Peace, Oyer and T»mminer and Gei.eral Jail Deliv ery, and Orphans' Court of the Coun y of Montour shall be changed from tlie week and month hereinbefore held ( to the Second Monday of January in each and every year, and continued for cue week, subject to be enlarged when making the several t rms of the said several Courts as fol lows, viz: The Second Monday ol January and the fourth Mondays of February, May and September in each fear And it ii further ordered and di rect' d that the fourth Monday of Dec mb r in each and every year be and emain » return day of the said sever <1 Couits for return of writs, etc. It is further ordered and directed that the Prothonotary of the said County of Montour cause this Order to Lie published in the several news papers of the County of Montour at least thirty davs before the Sbcond Monday of January next. R. R. LITTLE, P. J. FRANK O. BLEE, j Asmxiiate Judge [ POISONED ARROWS. Thflr I NC In Warfare Dates Bark U PrHiiKtocic AgeK. The use of poisone.l arrows in primi tive warfare Is undoubtedly of very ancient origin. The custom is men tioned by Ktrabo, Pliny and Aristotle, all of whom agree that li was well known in both prehistoric Europe and Asia. In later times the Celts and Gauls envenomed their arrow and spear rliafts with ilie Juices of the hellebore, and the American and Aus tralian savages with serpent venom and virus from decaying flesh. The very earliest mention of the Scythia.is refers to them as "a people who prepare arrow poison by mixing serpent venom with the virus of putrid blood serum." At the time of the dis covery of America the Indians were as well skilled In the science of preparing arrow poison as the Scythians or any other early tribe of European or Asi atic people. The favorite mode as practiced by the American aborigines was to kill some wild animal, a deer or buffalo preferred, remove its liver and cause a heavily envenomed rep tile to strike Its fangs into It until the meat turned green with poison. If one serpent did not supply enough, others were obtained, and the work of enrag ing the creatures and causing them to strike the liver was kept up until the desired results were obtained. One large liver thus prepared would furnish poison enough to coat the shafts of 10,- 000 arrows. The Smithsonian institute has hundreds of these poisoned arrows, the microscope showing that most of them have been poisoned with rattle snake venom. A CITY OF MUD. Frratlnrltlrj of Yezd, It* People tnd ItM IIOUNCK. "One of the mo?>t extraordinary cities In the world is Yezd, in central Per sia," writes a traveler. "It is situated in tbe midst of a vast salt desert which stretches for hundreds of miles in all directions. The nearest Inhabited place of any size js Ispahan, and that is 200 miles away. The inhabitants of Yezd who have been away from Yezd dur ing their lives number perhaps two or three score, and the bulk of these have not extended their travels farther than to Shlraz or Kirman in the one direc tion or to Ispahan in the other. Yet between .">O,OOO and (50,000 people make the place their home. For ninety-nine out of every hundred of these the great outside world has absolutely no exist ence at all. "Yezd is a city made almost entirely of mud. Not only are the houses built of this material, but the very furni ture, the tire pans, the barrels for grain, the children's toys, the bread recepta cles, even the beds, are simply mud molded into a rough form and dried in the sun. "In the Yezd shops the goods, mostly mud, are displayed on tiers of mud ledges, and there is a mud room be hind. The bakers' ovens are of mud, down to the very doors. Many of the Yezdis even eat mud and develop an unwholesome muddy complexion iu consequence." CHRISTMAS CARDS. W. A. Dolimin, It. A.. It IN Claimed. W ax Their Originator. Until now most people who took an interest in the matter would have cred ited either the late Sir Henry Cole or J. C. Horsley. It. A., with the produc tion of the first Christmas card, and they would have put the date down as IS4O. But a new claimant is now put forward, the late \Y. A. IHibson, It. A., and his claim is supported with cir cumstantial detail. The birth of the Christmas card is put back two years, to 1544. .Mr. Dob son was a lonely young man, who one day conceived the idea of acknowledg ing the kindness of a friend by sending him a picture illustrative of the festive season—a cheerful family group sur rounded by the familiar- Christmas ac cessories. The distant friend was delighted, showed it to other friends, and Mr. Dobsou was encouraged the following year to secure the aid of the local lithographer. Then came imitators one after another until ten years later the business man stepped iu to make mon ey out of what was originally a work of love. But the ambitious Christmas cards of today are a long remove froiu the primitive l-'ather Christmases and Robin Redbreasts of sixty years ago.- Londou Chronicle. Alone at Christmas. If in this age of organizations innu merable there is room for one more, it Is for nn organization which would bring together, especially on Christmas, those who are alone in the world, par ticularly women, says the Ladies' Home Journal. Many of us who have our kin closest to us on Christmas day do not stop to realize what our feelings would be If they were not with us. It is so hard to imagine ourselves in a po sition other than the one we are in. We remember some poor family at Christmas, but at least it is a family. It is together. The one Is company for the other even in poverty. We remem ber the sick, and <!<»1 blesses those who do. Would tiiat some of us might cast a look around and give a thought to those who are not sick, who are nrt perhaps poor as the world judges, yet who . are alone —some girl, perhaps, alone; some woman, alone; some young man. some old man, alone! Alone at Christmas! 1 Boiled Turkey and Oyster Staffing. Take a medium sized turkey and stuff It with the following ingredients Chop four ounces of suet very fine, mix It with six ounces oi breadcrumbs, the grated rind of half a lemon, a tea spoonful of chopped parsley, salt, cay enne pepper and grated nutmeg tc taste. Take the beards oft' two dozeu oysters, add them and their liquor, strained, and lastly two eggs. Truss the bird, tie it in buttered paper and then in a cloth, l'lacc the turkey, breast downward, in boiling water: let it come again to boil, skim it well and simmer gently for an hour and a halt or longer, according to the size of the bird. Serve with rich white sauce. Peter Stuyrentant'* Von Year's. The custom of celebrating New Year's day in our own country is large ly due to the Dutch, Old Peter Stuy vesant made much of the day, and clieer,\ assemblages were held at the goveriu r's home in New Vmsterdam. The Dutch method of kissing the wom en for "a happy new year" was ob served and toll taken of all who were young and handsome. In fact-, during the reigi: of Peter Stuyvesant.New Amsterdam was tlie most thoroughly bekissed country in all Christendom and formed a marked contrast to the staid Puritans, who thought the ob servance of this day savored strongly of reverence for the god Janus and who made no note of their first New Year's day iu the new world save to record, "We went to work betimes."— Mew Ywk Eveuiutf Post. THE GRAND CANYON. I»» lli'itilileriiiK Tumult of Form and Hint of 4 olor. An artist wlio in,-(Ml the wilderness took his lirlilt t>> the head of the Bright Ansel trail. It was when they cr.ine to their Journey's end, and the man persuaded the woman not to look upon the grand canyon until morn ing. When the sun was high he blind folded her and led her out of the log hotel that stood tij >n the brink of the precipice to a point of rock that over hangs the abyss. For two days and nights they had l«en riding through the desert, flat an 1 gray, with blue mountains flicking in anil out of the horizon, v. !i ;i (V . jarring crevasses and buttes and bluffs to emphasize the tranquillity of the scene. The desert, wiili it- somber sepnjty. had charmed her s nil and 1 ft it i.i J; line repose. As hhe stood blindfolded, she could think of nothing but the grnt level stretches of sainl and sage an 1 cactus. The man had told the woman little of the can yon, and when he took the bandage from her eyes he hehj her very tightly as she looked out acrbss the miles and miles of tumult of form and riot of color that seemed to swirl thousands of feet ltelow her and around her. As from the <1 mils, she : looked down into an illimitable red tipged, ash colored hell, abandoned and turned to stone eons and eons ago. stared, amazed at the awful thing, for a long minute, and then, as the te:jrs of inexplicable emotion dimmed her eyes, she turned :ind cried vehemently at her artist hus band: "If you ever try to paint that, I'll leave you!"— William Allen White in Met 'lure's. DUN OF THE OLDEN TIME. Style of Courtesy \ot Cultivated In Theur IJay*. It is often remarked that with forefathers courtesy WPS a studied art that recent genera ion -s do not havo time to cultivate. This Is illustrated in the following letter: White's Town. June 16. 1798. Honored Sir—A few months ago you did mp the honor to become my debtor for the purchase of goods at my store amounting to 12 dollars and 18 pence. 1 have no doubt that a small transaction of this nature mav have slipped your mind, and 1 trust yo iv. ill pardon and ex cuse me for menliot In:; It to you upon this occasion. If yo i could find it con venient to forward it by safe hands the same would be greatly appreciated, for I am in expectation of the receipt of some nine barrels of extra fine rum for which I shall owe the consignor a part of the purchase price, ami v. hich I desire to pay at the earliest convenience. If you should not find it convenient to forward the samo. take no thought of what I have written until, you mi jht chance to come this way. whon you may quit the Indebt edness in your own time. I should be pleased at any occasion to receive a visit from you. and should you be in need of rum. axes, log chains or some very heavy boots for self or sec ants, I should be pleased to sell them to vou. Y'r ob't servant, WM. GREEN. Mr. Greeu had a small supply depot near Oriskauy creek, and his polite and apologetic dunning letter (so dif ferent from the "Fiease remit at once" of the present dayt was sent to a man named Doxtader, who resided down the Mohawk valley somewhere near Fort Plain. The lJosc'n Sleep. Dogs, which are sit once the drowsi est and most wakeful of domestic ani mals, according to their state of mind and circumstances, seem to sleep lig'it ly or heavily at will. Nothing can be more slow, reluctant and leisurely than the enforced waking of a petted d>g when it does not wish to be disturbed. It will remain deaf to a cat, twitch its feet if tickled, but not unclose Its ey<>s, and finally stretch and yawn like a sleepy child. Hut mention something interesting to the same dog when sleeping, such as the word "walk," or click the lock of a gun, and It is on Its feet in an instant and ready for en terprise.—London Spectator. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST. Tlic Rutterfij That Lived Inn Christ man Tree. Papa. Archie and May went to the woods to git a Christmas tree and found just what they wanted—a little pine, bushy and straight. "There is something I must cut off," said Archie, lie pointed to a little gray bunch on one of the twigs and pulled out his knife. "No, no!" cried May, holding his fiand. "Let it stay. It's a poor little caterpillar's house." May was right. One Indian summer day a caterpillar, dressed in brown velvet, was taking a walk in the woods. At last he came t<? the little pine tree and thought to himself, "What a nice place to spend the win ter!" So he made himself a little house. He made it very tight and close, of flue, soft thread, and fastened up the door. He did not leave himself even a window to look out. If there had been one, how it would have surprised him to see that he anil his house and th# pine tree were riding in a sleigh with papa and May and Archie. lie would have been still more sur prised if he had seen the tree standing in the parlor, covered with toys and trinkets and little caudles. "It must be spring at last," he thought, for it was very warm in the parlor. So he poked a hole in the wall of his house, and out he came. But what do you thinkV lie was not a caterpillar. "Oil, see the lovely butterfly!" cried May. lie flew to the tiptop bough, and the children said there was nothing else on the tree so pretty as the butterffy. "He must have come down the chim ney with Santa Claus," said May. And she never guessed that he came out of the caterpillar's house.—Youth's Com nan ion. Avers « wmm iww m■■ 11nanrwni—"■ !■ i'i v "** You can hardly find a home without its Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Parents know what it does for children: breaks Cherry Pectoral up a cold in a single night, I wards off bronchitis, prevents I pneumonia. Physicians ad- 8 viseparentstokeepitonhand. I " The be«»t cough medicine money can buv I is Ayer'n Cherry l'ect >al K<>r the conch* oi I children nothing could visibly be bMtet JACOB Siii'LL, Saratoga, Ina. b 25e.,8fe.,f1 vy,r I miLlmmimSmmmm for a**""""®""! Throat, Lungs] Ayer's Pills greatly aid the Cherry PoctonM m T>re»klng up a cold.
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