LOCAL TIME TABLES.
DANVILLE AND BLOOMSBI'RU
[STREET RAILWAY CO.
Laave Danville 6 00, 6.40, 7.30, 8.20.
9.10, 10.00, 10.50, 11.40 a. in., 12.30,
1.20, a. 10. 3.00, 3.50, 4.40, 5.30, 6.20,
7.10, 8.00, 8.50, 9.40, 10.30, 11.20 p. in,
Leave Blojmsburg 6.00. 6.40, 7.33, 8 23,
9.13, 10 03. 10.53, 11.43a.ui., 12.33,
1.23.2.13,3 03.3.53, 4.43, 5.33, 6 23.
7.13, 8.03, 8.53, 9.43, 10.33. 11.30 p. m.
First car Sunday morning 7.30.
Last car. 11.20 at night goes to (Jrova
nia only.
Wm. R. Miller. Gen'l Mauager.
PEVN *. K. It
EAST. WEST.
7.11 A. M ft 00 A. M.
111.17 " 12 10 P. M.
2.21 P. M 4-3 i '
5.50 '• 7.M
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10.17 » M. 4.31 P M.
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CAST. ' BKT.
7.07 A. Mo t5 * V
10.19 " 12 U v» ;
2.11 P v 4 W
5.43 » 1"
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7.07 A - 12 44 P. M.
5.43 •» M ft t
PHI I.A V KKa DiNU u K
MORTH. SOUTH.
7.53 a M. n.23 A. M
3.56 P. \s. W' *■
81/O* »v sTKSi' i
7.55 a. M ll.?l
358 " m 6 p v.
A MACHINIST'S
GREAT RECORD
To find vigorous old people still
thoroughly in touch with the affairs j
of life is perhaps no unusual thing; to 1
find a man, however, who has passed ,
the four score limit filling a position
requiring peculiar skill and dexterity j
along with uo little physical endur
ance is by no means a common ex- i
perience. Such an instance as the lat- j
ter is afforded by our townsman Peter !
J. Adams, who at eighty years is j
still employed as a machinist at the j
Reading Irou Works where he entered ;
upon employment sixty years ago.
Mr. Adams was born in Milton. In j
1846 he entered the machine shop here, j
where he is at present employed, when |
it was owned by Haywood & Snyder.
He came to Danville about a year af
ter the first T rail was rolled and
has witnessed all the changes that have
taken place at that famous plant since.
It was not until about 1850 that the
foundry and machine shop were con
solidated with the rolling mill. For
many years they constituted a most
important adjunct to the works. Mr.
Adams recalls when considerably over
a hundred men were employed in the
two departments. Steam engines,
pumps and rolling mill machinery
were amoug the products. Incidental
ly, Mr. Adams remarked in conversa
tion last evening, that all the machin
ery excepting the engines for the big
rolling mill at Phoenixville was manu
factured here in the now practically
abandoned foundry and machine shop.
Within comparatively recent years
the foundry has been closed aud only
a few men retained in the machine
shop. At present there are some half
a dozen machinists employed, enough
to keep the machinery in order and to
look after the punches and dies used
in the manufacture of fish plate.
Mr. Adams' especial work is to keep
the punches and dies in order. Through
out his long term of service he has de
veloped remarkable skill in his tedious
and difficult job, his work being char
acterized by a degree of accuracy that
could not be attained by a younger
and less experienced man. His ser
vices at his advanced age are very ac
ceptable to the Reading Iron Company
aud they would not like to dispense
with him. Meanwhile the burden of
years are accumulating on the should
ers of the aged mechanic and how long
health and strength may hold out is
uncertain. At present he is still a fine
specimen of manhood ; he is cheerful
aud contented and his memory is ex
cellent.
He takes especial delight in dwelling
upon the past relating to the big plant
at which he is employed, recounting
the various changes that have taken
place. During his time the works were
in the possession of the Montour Irou
Company, Murdick and Company,
Grove Brothers, Waterman and Beav
er, Waterman aud Company and the
Readiug Irou Company.
Murdick and Company leased the
mill to a set of men, who were known
j*s the "Huckleberry Party." While
they were operating the works a big fly
wheel exploded which cut the mill in
two. The loss was more than they
oonld stand and the company went to
pieces. The "Huckleberry Party" was
succeeded bv Grove Brothers.
State School Statistics.
The annual report of Dr. Nathan C.
Schaeffer, superintendent of public in
struction, now in the hands of the
state printer, shows that there are 2,-
561 school districts in the state, out
side of Philadelphia,and 31,319 schools.
The number of township high schools
is 197. There are 8,028 men teachers
and 24,324 women teachers. The aver
age monthly salaries of the men is
$51.81 ;of the women $39.14. The num
ber of pupils outside of Philadelphia
is 1,209,908. The total amount paid in
teachers' wages was $!4,142.470.84 ; for
text books, $703,777.38. Appropriation
for free tuition of pupils in State
Normal Schools was $237,500. Total
cost of schools last year, as met by
state, county aud city, was $28,565,-
457.15. The scale of wages for women
teachers shows an average increase of
$3.46 per month; for men $2.79 per
month. The state maintains a school
in Warren county for Cornplanter In
dians, thirty-one of whom attended it
at a total cost to the state of $488.06.
Figures for Philadelphia are not in
cluded in the foregoing statement.
One would think the Laxative idea
in a cough syrup should have been ad
vanced long before it was. It seems
the only rational rernedv for Coughs
and Colds would be to move the bow
els and cleau the mucous membranes
of the throat and lungs at the same
time. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar does this. It is the Original Laxa
tive Cough Syrup, the best known
remedy for Coughs, Colds, Croup,
Whooping Cough, etc. Tastes good and
harmless. Sold by Paules <fc Co.
BRIDGE APPROACH
DN SOOTH SIDE
The approach to the river bridge on
the South Side,the neglected condit ion
of which stirred up so much feeling
last summer, again looms up before
the public. Judging from early de
velopments, however, it does not seem
likely that the approach, badly as it
is needed, is goiug to be built right
away. Already there would seem to
be a difference of opiuou between the
residents of Gearhart township and
the county commissioners, the condi
tions on the whole being favorable for
much disputation with consequent bad
feeling and delay.
The new board of Northumberland
county commissioners accompanied by
Judge Savidge Monday came up to
South Danville to look over the ground
to see how much their predecessors had
left undone and just how much re
mained for them to do. The new board
of Northumberland county commis
sioners are Frank Erdman, P. J. Glen
nan aud Casper A. Tharp. In addition
to Judge Savidge they were accom
panied by Edward Raker, the solicit
or for the new board.
Arriving at South Danville on the
10:17 train they immediately proceed
ed to the bridge approach where they
were joined by the township supervis
ors aud a number of representative
citizens, besides the Montour county
commissioners.
The approach is a mere makeshift
and it never appeared at a worse dis- j
advantage than Monday, impressing ,
all with the lack of security afforded j
travel, with its unsightliness and the
extent to which it is out of harmony j
with the bridge aud the general snr- I
roundings. There was only one opiti- j
ion and that was that the approach j
should be rebuilt and that no time j
should be lost in entering upon the
work.
Extending beyond the wing walls
built in connection with the bridge
there is twelve feet of wall on each
side of the approach, the erection of
which naturally devolves upon the two
counties. Even with this section of
the walls out of the way there is still
a long stretch of retaining wall on j
each side yet to be built.
The up}>er retaining wall, which is
by large odds the smaller proposition
of the two, the Northumberland coun
ty commissioners do not object to
building; they were not slow, how
ever, to indicate that they were oppos
ed to making the approach as a whole
a county improvement. As things now
stand it would seem that it is up to
Gearhart township to see that the low
er retaining wall is built.
The lower wall will be au immense
piece of masonry about a hundred feet
in length and very high; to be safe it
should be surmounted by a stout guard
rail. That the citizens of the South
Side who have been so forbearing in
the matter aud had looked forward to
the present meeting with so much ex
pectaucy are heartily disgusted with
the turn that events have taken, it is
hardly necessary to add. Last sum
mer the approach was declared a coun
ty improvement, and it was confident
ly expected that the new board of
county commissioners would handle
the proposition, to conform with this
order. The township is much averse
to making itself responsible for the
construction of the lower retaining
wall and it is altogether likely that
there will be much contention on the
subject and that there will be more or
less delay before the work is begun
The two boards of county commis
sioners retired to the courthouse in
this city where they held a joint meet
ing to discuss some affairs connected
with the bridge approach on the south
side along with other matters pertain
ing to the two counties. All three
members of the Montour county board
—Messrs. Leighow, Cook and Sechler
—along with Solicitor E. S. Gearhart,
were present with the Northumberland
county commissioners. The session
was a short one and there was nothing
in the proceedings to foreshadow what
the final outcome may be relating to
the bridge approach on the south side.
A Double Funeral.
There was a double funeral at the
home of Bartholomew James at Moores
burg Tuesday morning, when the two
children of the family, victims of
diphtheria, were consigned to the
grave
Little Stella, who died Sunday, was
to have been buried Monday after
noon, but the death of the thirteen
year old son, William, which occurred
Menday led to a change of plans and it
was decided to bury the two children
together. A telpehone message was
sent to Danville apprising the under
taker of the change of plans, but he
had already started for Mooresburg
and thus the impression got abroad
that the first victim was buried Mon
day.
The undertaker made -a second trip
to Mooresburg yesterday and buried
the two children. The funeral was
private and took place in the forenoon.
While the little girl had diphtheria
she had practically recovered from
that disease, death ensuing from heart
failure superinduced by the attack of
diphtheria. In that case, therefore,
there was no violation of the health
law in keeping the body slightly I*>-
yond the limits prescribed.
There are several other children in
the James family, but up to last even
ing none of them had developed sym
ptoms of the dread disease. Several
other cases, however, have broken out
in that section, one of them occurring
near Pottsgrove. There i> still a great
deal of auxiety among the people.
Health Officer B. I'.. Brown, of this
city, in response to request wont out
to Mooresburg yesterday and thorough
ly fumigated the dwelling of the James
family. Accordingly the post office in
the James house, which was under the
ban for a couple of days, is not regard
ed with so much dread and is being
visited about as usual.
Up in Milwaukee a woman has be
gun suit for $750,000 because her hus
band was persuaded to leave her.
There are lots of women ready to give
expert evidence that there never was
a husband worth that much mouev.
Hum OF RURAL
"PRONE HUES
When competition began, in 1894.
says Success, there was literally not a '
farm house in the country that was
connected with a telephone exchange ;
and, perhaps, it is no exaggeration to
say that there was not a farm house j
that had a telephone. The Bell com
pany declined absolutely to construct |
or establish farmers' exchanges or to j
build farmers' lines. The best that a
farmer who desired connection with
the nearest town could do was to rent
two instruments at SIOO a year and
build aud maintain his own line.
When a farmer wanted the telephone
people to build a line out to his place,
he was compelled to guarantee tolls
amounting to at least SSOO a year. Na
turally under such conditions, the
farmer was cutoff from telephone com
munication, aud that meant from the
world, as he understands it today.
Now a farmer can buy a telephone out
right for from five dollars to sixteen
dollars, according to quality, and lie
aud his neighbor can build their own
line as low as seventy-five dollars a
mile.
The report of the Indiana Indepen
dent Telephone Association shows that
on May 9, 1905, there were, in that
state alone, 30,000 farmers connected
with the exchanges. In lowa there are
probably twice as many. In Michigan,
Wicsonsin, Illinois aud others of the
Western states, the numbers are in
proportion. Approximately there are
now one million farmers in this coun
try who have telephones installed.
a number of these are on Bell
lines, for, under the stimulus of com
petition, the Bell people have been
compelled to secure farmers' connec
tions in order to hold any business at
all in some of the smaller towns and
cities. Very few of these farmers pay
more than twelve dollars a year for
their service ; the maximum is about
twenty-four dollars a year. It has been
stated that the farmers and ranchmen
are profiting to the extent of at least
$50,000,000 a year, through the advan
tages the telephone give- in keeping
them in close touch with the markets
and iu saving useless labor and wear
aud tear on their ordinary equipment.
But the economic side of the tele
phone question, important as it is.does
not, by any means, represent every
thing to the farmer. It has wrought
for him a social, a> well as an econ
omic, revolution.
WEAK KIDNEYS MAKE WEAK
BODIES.
Kidney Diseases Cause Half the Common
Aches and Ills of Danville People.
As one link weakens a chain,so weak
| kidneys weaken the whole body and
; hasten the final breaking down.
Overwork, strains, colds and other
causes injure the kidneys, and when
their activity is lessened the whole
body suffers from the excess of uric
acid poison circulated in the blood.
Aches and paius and langour and
urinary ills come,and there is an ever
increasing tendency towards diabetes
aud fatal Bright's disease. There is no
real help for the sufferers except kid
ney help.
Doan's Kidney Pills act directly on
the kidneys and cure every kidney ill.
Danville cures are the proof.
Levi Allegar, baker, of 102 North
Spruce street, says:"l found more
relief from the use of Doan's Kidney
Pills than from anything I ever used
for kidney trouble. About eight year
ago I had considerable lameness iu my
back, over the hips and a continual
aching right over the kidneys. These
pains clung to me and increased in
severity if I stooped or lifted. Occas
ionally sharp pains would pass through
me and shoot up between my should
ers, along my spine. All this caused
me considerable suffering aud unfitted
me for my work. I could not sleep
well at night and in the morning would
arise tired and uurefreshed. 1 read
about Doan s Kiduev Pills curing oth
ers and got a box. After taking them
as directed 1 lelt better and continued
the treatment until I felt all right. I
made a statement in 1896, in which I
said that Doan's Kidneys Pills had
cured me. I can only reiterate that
statement at this time. I always keep
Doan's Kidney Pills in the house, aud
whenever a cold or a strain brings on
a tired or weak back they never fail
to remove the trouble."
For sale by all dealers. Price 5C
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unite'
States. Remember the name—Doan'e
—and take no other.
Brick bj- tile i*lillion.
John Keim, our brick manufacturer,
has just disposed of nearly his entire
stock of 700,000 brick, which he kept
on hand during the winter. Never has
he known of such a demand at this
season aud he feels confident that he
could as readily have sold one milhou
if they had been on hand.
On Friday Mr. Keim sold 600,000
brick. The greater number of these
were purchased by the State Normal
School at Bloamsburg the balance go
ing to George Koefer at Suubury. Mr.
Keim retains a small stock of 100,000
brick to meet the local demand.
Mr. Keim is looking forward to one
of the busiest seasons in tlie history of
brick making iu Danville. He will
continue to operate the four local brick
yards. All winter he has had ten men
and three carts at work digging and
hauling clay. In this way no time
will be lost in the clay pits next sum
mer but at each of the yards there will
be an abundant supply piled up near
at hand and where most convenient.
The summer's work will be much
facilitated and Mr. Keim at his four
yards expects to turn out at least three
million brick next season. Fie fore
sees a ready sale for the entire stock.
Don't frown—look pleasant. If you
are suffering from indigestion or sour
stomach, take Kodol Dysjiepsia Cure.
Hon. Jake Moore, of Atlanta, Ga.,
says:"l suffered more than 20 years
with indigestion. A friend recom
mended Kodol. It relieved me in one
day and I now enjoy better health than
for many years." Kodol digests what
you eat, relieves sour stomach, gas on
stomach,belchinfg,etc. Sold bv Paules
& Co.
Had Fireplug Cost
It was announced at Shamokiu Sat
urday that the Llewellyn estate,which
lost two buildings in a recent local
•■J'iOO,OOO (ire, would sue tin- borough
for damages because of negligence. A
fireplug nearest the scene of the blaze
had been out of order six days, and
was yet useless on tfie night of the fire
The house cleaning bug will soon be
working doublo turn.
A New IF. D.
CAffl WANTED
H. H. Stetlei carrier on r. 112. d.
route No. 2, \v to hits held that posi
tion ever since the routes were estab
lished in Mout« ur county, some three
years ago. Ins t ndered his resignation
to take effect a; soon as a successor is
appointed.
Mr. Stetler is a carpenter by occupa
tion. lie followed that trade for many
years prior to It is appointment as a r.
112. d. carrier and when released will
again take up carpenter work, Mr.
Stetler has no \ articular fault to find
with the position as r. 112. d. carrier.
The duties, never over arduous,at cer
tain seasons of the year are pleasant.
The remuneration, Mr. Stetler says,
while at first sight adequate, is proven
by experiment to be a little below
what it should be in order to the
cost of horse and wagon and the ex
pense of horse feed and repair. That
there is a living in if is not denied.
TNIr. Stetler, however, lias a good trade
and he believes that he can do better
by dropping out of the service and tak
ing up his occupation.
There are not a few aspirants for
Mr. Stetler's route,but how many will
come up to requirements and be ad
mitted to the examination is another
matter. All those who think of apply
ing will be interested in the informa
tion below relating to the matter.
A communication has been addressed
to Post Master Harder stating that it
is the purpose of the civil service com
mission to hold a rural carrier exam
intion in Montour county on Saturday
March 24, 1906. It is explained that
in order that a register of eligibles
may be established for the local office
it is necessary that not less than three
persons forward on the prescribed form
proper applications so that they will
reach the civil service commission
(rural carrier division) Washington,
D. C.. on or before Wednesday, March
14th, liMX*..
The civil service commission desires
to encourage suitable persons to file
j applications and advises that the ex
aminations will !><• entirely practical
and very simple, that persons desiring
to compete should promptly file ap
plications, otherwise they may miss
the lir>t opportunity to be examined.
No acknowledgement will be made of
the receipt of the application other
than by mailing of an admission card
after the appli atiou has been approv
ed and a date -et for the examination.
Petitions and i tfer~ of endorsements
cannot in any nay affect the chances
of the applicant.
Persons desiring to be examined who
meet the requirements will be furnish
ed with a copy of the rural carrier ap
plication blank, Ac. .by the Post Mast
er at Danville and will be given all
other information necessary in order
to proceed properly.
A DEPARTURE.
From present indications there will
be the usual amount of "flittiugs,"
the coming spring and it is pretty
evident that there are not going to be
many vacant houses of the least desir
able sort after nil families are suppli
ed. The change in conditions relating
to trade is reflected in the fact that
several vacant store rooms exist in
Danville. This is not because of any
falling oft in population as is shown
by the avidity with which houses that
happen to be vacant in any season are
rented and occupied. The fact re
mains, however, that there are a few
more business buildings in Danville
than are needed for supplying the
trade without dividing up business to
an extent that would eliminate reason
able profit. There is no reason, how
ever, why these blocks should stand
idle in a town like Danville.
The owner of one of these build
ings, which seems destined to be vac
ant daring t e coming season, yester
day stated that lie contemplates re
modeling it into a dwelling. It is a
well-known fact that Danville is de
ficient in residences that contain mod
ern conveniences. At the same time
it is a fact demonstrated over and over
again that a residence with the proper
appointments in Danville, need not tro
begging for a tenant.
Surprise is often expressed why the
owners of the big buildings on Mill
street, in greater part vacant from year
to year, do not try to make something
out of them by cutting them up into
flats. If properly equipped to suit
modern ideas owing to their central
location they would have preference
over almost any other building for
rent. It would surely seem worth the
trial and the gentleman quoted above
if be takes the initiative as proposed
will bo making an experiment that
will be watched with much interest.
Rev. ninsker for Danville.
The Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence of the Uni ed Evangelical Church,
which lias been in session at Milton
during the past week, adjourned last
evening.
The appointments,which were made
public at the close of last night's ses
sion,show that Rev. E. B. Dunn, who
was stationed at Danville during the
past four years has been sent to Nesco
peck and that the church here will be
in charge of Rev. Harry Minsker.
The appointments for the I.ewisburg
district- are as follows: Presiding eld
er, Rev. I*. M. Swengle; Lewisburg,
J. A. Holenbaugh ; Milton,J. D. Slior
tess; Milton circuit, J. F. Bingman;
Unityville, F. F. Mover: Sonestowu,
W. H. Stover; Dushore, ,T. E. Howor;
Lopez, B. F. Keller; Danville, Harry
Minsker, ; Bloonisburg, .1. Shambach;
Espy, J. (). Biggs, Berwick, ,T. W.
Thompson ; West Berwick, E. Fnlcom
erer; North Berwick, E. E. Shaffer;
; Columbia, .T. M. King; Neseopeck, E.
I I!. Dunn; Nuremburg, II li. Wilkes;
Luzerne,F. L. Teter;\Vcst Nautieoke,
W. H. Warburton; Ransom. W. 11.
Thomas; Scranton, W. I. Shambach.
If you are troubled with Piles and
can't find a cure, try Witcli Hazel
Salve, but be sure you get that made
by E. C. DeWitt (t Co., Chicago. It
i- the Original. If you have used Witch
Hazel Salve without being relieved if
is probable that you got hold of one of
the many worthless counterfeits that
are sold on the reputation of the gen
uine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Sold by Paules & Co.
REPAIRS NEEDED
AT COURT HOUSE
The roof of the courthouse has been
reported in ;i bad condition on several
occasions and the heavy rain Saturday
showed just where the leaks occur. In
fact the ceiling of the court room has
been very much damaged already by
the rain. If is hoped that in the gen
eral overhauling promised for the
courthouse that the roof will not be
overlooked. It would not be out of the
way even for some future grand jury
to recommend that the decorations on
the ceiling be touched up or wholly
replaced with new.
The county commissioners intimate
that among the improvements booked
for next summer is not only a paint
ing of the courthouse on the outside
but also a regrading and sodding of
the courthouse lawn and building of
a retaining wall at the plot of ground I
just west of the bridge, owned by the I
county, to correspond with the fine |
wall built by the borough and with j
which it is to connect.
This spot in the past has always been
objectionable in one way or another
and the county commissioners have de
cided that from now on instead of be
ing au eye sore it shall blossom like a
rose and present au appearance in keep
ing with the bridge and the borough's |
improvement. By this it is under- j
stood that when the wall is built the
spot will be filled up and sodded to
say nothing of further embellishments
likely to be suggested.
F»ill Text of Bridge Law.
Among the bills signed by Governor |
Penuypacker Monday is the Campsey ]
bridge bill in relation to the building j
of county bridges, regulating tlie let
ting of contracts therefor, and author- j
izing the borrowing of money to pay I
for the same. The full text of the bill
is as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the sen
ate and house of representatives of the i
commonwealth of Pennsylvania in gen
eral assembly met,and it is hereby en
acted by the authority of the same:
That from and after the passage of this
act all contracts to build county bridges
shall be let by the county commission
ers of the several counties of thiscom
i mouwealth after public advertisement
j and to the lowest responsible bidder,
! and no responsible individual, firm or
j corporation desiring so to do shall be
i denied the privilege of bidding. Such
advertisements shall be published not
less than four weeks in at least two
newspapers of the proper county, if so
many be published therein. During
such advertising and until the time
specified therein for the reception of
bids the plans and specifications for
such bridge, or a copy thereof, shall
be kept in the office of the county com
missioners, open to the inspection of
all intending bidders. In the case of
a bridge to be erected over a river or
stream upon the line between two ad
joining counties the advertising above
provided for shall be done in each of
said counties, and a copy of the plan
and specifications shall be kept as
above provided in the commissioner's
office of each county.
Section '2. When, in the opinion of
the county commissioners of any coun
ty,the cost of building a county bridge
or bridges to be erected therein,or the
said county's proportionate share of
the cost of a bridge to be erected over
a river or stream upon the line be
tween it and an adjoining county, is
so large in amount that to provide the
funds necessary to pay tlie same by a
single tax levy would be burdensome
to the taxpayers, said commissioners,
having first secured tlio approval of
the court of quarter sessions of their
county so to do, may issue and sell to
the highest bidder at not less than
their face value interest bearing bonds
of the county for tlie purpose of rais
ing funds to defray the costs aforesaid
provided such bonds be issued with
out violating any constitutional limit
ation placed upon the increase of
municipal indebtedness.
Section;}. This act shall not take
away or diminish any powers, func
tions or duties relative to the letting
of contracts which may be vested by
law in county commissioners.
Club Enjoys Mack Ride.
The members of the Mandolin and
Guitar Club enjoyed a hack ride to
Washingtonville last evening, with a
fine supper at the Eagle Hotel at the
end of the journey. In the party were
Misses Josephine Cousart, Alice Guest,
Mary Fry, Grace Ware, Florence Yoris
and Annie Mile*; Messrs. Charles
Woods, Frank Fry,Blaine James, John
Heiming. James and Bert Kase.
GIBSOii PICTURE FAD
SEIZES COLLECTORS
Takes Flare <>f I'ost Card Crazt
With ihe Young'
Women.
The Gibson picture habit has been f
fectually fastened on u big proportion
the reading population of this section i>>
the publication by t lie Sunday Nort 1
American of ten of the latest of thi*
great American artist's pictur s as ; r
supplements. It has started the Oil : if
l collection fad, and this promises to las
until the last of the pictures are out
There was a time wh« n the Gibson gir ;
was the idol of the young woman. Niv
the Gibson art supplement gives every
body an opportunity to collect the artist
works, ami there will be f<'w homes tha
will not have a good representation with
in the next few weeks#
For the time being the collection ot
Gibson drawings has taken the place oi
the collection of post cards In Philadef
phia, and the fad is certain to spread tt
all of the towns where the pictures ar«
made so easily obtainable.
The picture which The North America!
is to issue next Sunday is "A Castle ir
the Air." It is one of the most forcefu
of Gibson's works, and teaches a broa>
moral lesson to young people and o!<
alike.
NO "TURN DOWNS."
l.'ulike some of our neighboring
towns there were no''turn downs"
when the new council organized. Thus
ii great deal of bitter feeling has been
obviated and the borough employes
rendered familiar with their duties by
practice are enabled to begin just
where they left off and to work to the
very best advantage
AN ADDRESS
ON TRUSTS
Rev. Thomas Houston, the blind
evangelist who preached at the East
End Mission last week, addressed a
meeting of men iu association hall
Sunday. Those who had not heard him
on an}' of the previous occasions awoke
to the realization that Danville has
within it at present a man of remark
able power.
The. hall Sunday was well filled
with men, in the number being a few
boys. The speaker was introduced by
Hon. H. M. Hinckley, who told with
what good results the Lord had used
the blind evangelist at the East End
Mission.
Rev. Houston read the scriptures us
ing a Bible for the blind. He is a most
accomplished reader. As he went over
the characters with his fingers, with
charming emphasis and without the
least hesitancy, ho uttered the words
aloud. There was nothing to indicate
that the reader was a blind man.
Before proceeding with his address
Mr. Houston sang "The Holy City. "
Had the evangelist stopped right there
there was not one present, but would
have felt himself well repaid for hav
ing attended the meeting. As a gospel
singer it is doubtful whether the blind
evangelist has ever been equalled by
any one visiting Danville. He has a
deep, powerful voice and the solo was
rendered in a faultless manner, accom
panied with an effect that was nothing
short of inspiring.
The evangelist took his subject,
"Trusts and how they are abused." It
was in this address that he demonstrat
ed his penetration of thought,his sense
of justice,his contempt for selfishness,
j self-indulgence and license and on the
whole demonstrated his wonderful
i power. As he looked out over the lives
J of men and raked up the vices and the
sins prevailing,in effect he said to ev
ery person in the audience: "Thou
art the man"and it is doubtful wheth
er there was any one present so good
as to wholly escape a pang akin to
remorse and self-condemnation.
Dwelling upon Ahab —the trust com
; mitted to him, which he abused and for
| which he suffered, the speaker stated
I that it is with him a matter of doubt,
■ great as is the future punishment for
sin, whether the penalty in the next
world will be any greater than is suf
fered in this world for sins committ
j ed.
He cited the case of McCurdy and
i Hyde and other insurance leaders to
i illustrate the punishment,the real mis
ery and suffering following the abuse
of an important trust committed to a
man's care. He was present, however,
I he said, to address the men of Danville
;on their own sins and he took up in
1 succession the various trusts of "In
fluence," "Time," "Passion," "Fam
ily." and "Wife"—trusts which have
been committed toman by God, but
which are abused every day of our
1 i ves.
Time is frittered away in the lodge
room, the club room, or in politics,
yet every minute spent in this world
is going to increase our happiness in
heaven or our misery in hell. He did
not take the position that a politician
can not be a Christian. He cited the
cases of McKinley, Roosevelt and John
Wanamaker to show that even active
politicians can bo good Christians,but
he inveighed against the unprincipled
politician who is in politics merely
for the sake of "getting there." The
lodge room, too, may have a place,but
i is secondary to the church. The
lodge aud the club room, he said, carry
with them a slight to the fair sex, as
the man who is wedded to either of
these is bound to neglect the weaker
sex.
Then came the trust of "Influence,"
i in dwelling upon which the speaker
I made a most telling appeal to fathers,
who for the sake of the boys and those
who follow after should guard well
their actions and bo "men" in all that
the term implies.
His remarks on the trust of "Pas
sion," which had to do with social
purity, made an especially deep im
pression, as did also what he had to
say on the trust of "Souls." With re
gard to the latter it is for us to decido
whether we will be true or faithless
to the trust reposed in us—whether
our souls be saved or lost.
His remarks on the trnst of "Fam
ily" and trust of "Wife" had especi
ally to do with tho home and were
very touching. He urged the fathers
to be true to the trust in the gift of
children and for the sake of the boys
to be Christians and to set the pace for
the religions life.
TO CURE A GOLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BIIOMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if if
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S sigua
j ftire is ou each box. '.'•"i cents.
A Pleasant Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Shultz enter
tained a large number of their friends
at a large social tlauce at their home
in Derry township, Thursday evening.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
George Wanipole, Mr. and Mrs. Sher
man Sees, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Mr. and Mrs. William Hollobaugh,
Mr. and Mr>. Arthur Reichard, Mrs.
Stella Phillips, Misses Eva Beyer,Mary
Merrill, Mamie Veager, Lulu Yeager,
Grace Shultz, Ella Sees, Florence
Shultz. Ida Dewalt, Nina Welliver,
Winnie Shires ;Messrs. Evan Hawkins,
Reese Merrill, Isaiah Gresh, Joseph
Beyer, William Applemau, Walter
Gething, Raymond Pnrsel, Charles
Flick, Archie Hileman, Clyde Shultz,
Charles Beyer, Charles Sterling, Willis
Andy, Oliver Dildine, Pierce Gear
hart,John Hileman,George Betz,Lloyd
Uiustead, Albert Tanner, David Tan
ner, Raymond Wintersteen.Simon Uni
stead, Harry Hawkins, William Davis,
Samuel Laubach, Harry Reichard,
Charles and John Umstead, Jesse Wel
liver, Jacob Umstead and Pearl Sedent.
Indigestion is much of a habit. Don't j
get the habit. Take little Kodol Dys- '
pepsia Cure after eating and you will
quit belching, puffing, palpitating and
frowning. Kodol digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet. Sold by
Paules & Co.
It seems to be generally admitted '
that the railroads are common car- I
riera, but not for the common pooplo !
ARBOR DAYS
SELECTED
Governor Pennypacker yesterday is
sued the following proclamation nam
ing Friday, April 6,and Monday, April
20, as arbor days:
"'Since the seventeenth of January
11103, the forestry reservation commis
sion lias bough I four hundred and
twenty thousand, seven hundred and
twenty-six acres of forest land, the
State now holds in all seven hundred
and fifty-three thousand, seven hun
dred and forty-one acres of such lauds,
and this commission is doing much to
preserve and maintain our forests and
our streams. It behooves every citizen
who cares for the welfare of the Com
monwealth to lend assistance and to
give encouragement to this important
work The lives of men and of trees
are so interwoven that without the
other neither can exist. The growth
of the grove means both happiness and
benefits to mankind.
"In order that all of our citizens,
men, women and children, may par
ticipate in the pleasure and profit of
planting trees. I, Samuel W. Peuuy
packe,, Governor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby, in
accordance with the law. issue this
mv proclamation, designating Friday,
the sixth day of April, and Friday,
the twentieth day of April, A. D.,
K»ot>, to be observed as arbor days
throughout the Commonwealth.
"Two days are set apart in order
that which ever may be best suited to
the climate of the locality may be sel
ected."
MANY SUFFERERS from nasal
catarrh say they get splendid results
by using an atomizer. For their ben
efit we prepare Ely's Liquid Cream
Balm. Except that it is liquid if is iu
all respects like the healing, helpful,
pain-allnying Cream Balm tiiat the
public has been familiar with for
years No cocaine nor other dangerous
drug in it. The soothing spray re
lieves at once and cure is certain. All
druggists,7sc, including spraying tube
or mailued by Ely Bros., Warren
Street. New York.
Lincoln Society.
The Lincoln society held a meeting
J in the high school room yesterday af
| ternoon, at which time the following
1 program was rendered :
j Piano Solo—*' Song of the Voyager,''
I Miss Ada Lore.
Reading—'"The Lady of Shalott,"
Miss Helen Gearhart.
Oration—The Monroe Doctrine, Miss
Peyton.
Debate—Quest "Resolved, That
the Mexican War was not justifiable."
Affirmative was sustained by Miss
Marks and Mr. Mover. The negative
was sustained by Miss Jameson and
Mr. Sechler.
The judges, Miss Price, Miss Shan
non and Mr. Edmondson, decided in
favor of the affirmative.
Piano duet—"The Palms," Misses
Boyer and Roouey.
Recitation "The Sugar Plum
Tree," Miss Elsie Gulick.
Reading—'' Marco Bozzaris,' * Mr
Dai ley.
A Scientific Wonder
The cures that stand to its credit
make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a scien
tific wonder. It cured E. R. Mulford,
lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry,
Waynesboro, Pa., of a distressing case
of Piles. It heals the worst Burns,
Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Cuts, Wounds,
Chilblains and Salt Rheum. Only 55c
at Panles & Co's drug store.
Entertained the Indians.
Miss Jennie Lovett entertained a
number of her friends at her home on
Bloom street, Saturday evening, in
honor of the members of the Carlisle
Indian School basket ball team. The
affair was made one of the most pleas
ant features of the team's stay in Dan
ville.
The following members of the team
were present: Messrs. J. Libby, A.
Libby, H. Gardner, Charles Wahoo.
Frank Mt. Pleasant, Albert Sheldon,
and Thomas Archiquette. The Dan
ville guests were Mr. and Mrs. David
Roderick, Miss Martha Keim, Miss
Hilda Hornberger. Miss Mary Welsh,
Miss Grace Ware, Miss Viola Young,
Miss Rachel Goodall, Miss Harriet
Bondman, Messrs. William Keim,
Sidnev Cannard and Walter Lovett.
A Lively Tussle
with that old oi'iny in the race, Con
jst pation, often ends in Appendicitis.
;To avoid all serious trouble w ith Stoin
j ach,Liver and Bowels,take Dr. King's
' New Life Pills. They perfectly regu-
I late these orgaus, without pain or ilis
j comfort. 25c at Paules & Co., drug
-1 gists.
The best way to rid the system of a
j cold is to evacuate the bowels. Ken
nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar acts
, as a pleasant, yet effectual cathartic
lon the bowels. It clears the head, cuts
! the phlegm out of the throat.strengfh
] ens the bronchial tubes,relieves coughs
colds, croup, whooping cough, etc.
I Sold by Paules & Co.
NORTH MILL STREET.
One of the very first things that the
J new council will do will be to take
! necessary action to hurry up the State
highway department iu responding to
the borough's application for State
aid to reconstruct North Mill street,
i which was presented last fall. The
I borough feels that there should have
; been a response before this. It is
! highly essential that no time be lost
I and it is desired that all formality be
complied with at once to the eud that
: the work may begin. The plan most
generally favored, if State aid can be
! secured, is to pave Mill street from
Center street t>> Chambers street and
from that point to the borough line
to construct a macadam road.
The best safeguard against headache,
constipation and liver troubles is De-
Witt's Little Early Risers. Keep a vial
of these famous little pills in the house
and take a dose at bed time when you
feel that the stomach and bowels need
cleansing. They don't gripe. Sold by
Paules & Co.
Married.
At White Hall, on March Ist, by
Rev. 11. C. Munro, D. D., Frank D.
Hilaer and Miss Grace L. Hartranft.
LEGISLATDBE KILL
NOT Bj RECALLED
The Governor will not reconvene the
extra session of the Legislature to pass
legislation enabling trolley railways
to carry freight and fixing the rate of
passenger travel ;it two cents a mile.
Resolutions to this effect were passed
by fhe Legislature and sent to the Gov
ernor on the day before adjournment,
and the Governor yesterday in deign
ing to p;iss upon them simply says
that "both requests are declined."
The Governor also vetoed the con
current resolution seut him by the Leg
islature instruct iug the Attorney Gen
eral to make inquiry au<) if lie shall
find any railroad company violating
that section of the constitution which
forbids it to mine or sell coal to pro
ceed against it;and the concurrent res
olution creating a committee to ex
amine into the biofcs and records of
j certain companies and make report to
the Legislature. The Governor thinks
that these are not germane to any of
the subjects designated in the pro
clamation calling tlie extra session.
The Governor also vetoes the act to
provide for the assessment of poll taxes
in cities of the first and second classes
for the reason that tfie entire purpose
of the bill is not expressed in the title.
All of the bills have now been dis
posed of except tlie Philadelphia "rip
per" repealer, and it will become a
law without action on the Governor's
part.
Doctors Are Puzzled
The remarkable recovery of Kenneth
Mclver, of Vanceboro.Me., is the sub
ject of much interest to the medical
fraternity and a wide circle of friends.
He says of his case: "Owing to severe
inflammation of the Throat and con
gestion of the Lungs, three doctors
gave me up to die, when, as a last re
sort, 1 was induced to try Dr. King's
New Discovery and I am happy to say,
it saved my life." Cures the worst
Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis, Tonsi
litis.Weak Lungs, Hoarseness and La-
Grippe. Guaranteed at Paulefc & Co's
drug store. 50c and 11.00. Trial bottlo
free.
A Wonderful Meerschaum.
Charles Haag, clerk of the Montour
House, is exhibiting to his friends with
pardonable pride a present in the form
of a meerschaum pipe, evidently the
finest ever seen in Danville. The gift
is from Jacob Aleborn.of Nanticoke, a
nearly life-long friend of Mr. Haag.
The pipe is of the purest meerschaum,
the stein or mouthpiece being of am
ber. The bowl is one mass of most
faultless carving iu which are repre
sented in high relief a hunter and hound
pursuing game. The whole thing is of
exquisite beauty and although more
than twice the size of an ordinary
pipe, owing to the purity of the meer
schaum it is almost without weight.
The fine, white claylike substance
forming the pipe after taking on the
delicate tints that comes with use. will
be a rarity and a marvel of beauty.
The ban ' ne meerschaum came direct
ly from ermauy and a gentleman at
the Montour House yesterday who is
an authority on pipes stated that at
the lowest estimate Mr. Haag's gift
cost £75, probably .^IOO.
Tor u red by Sava<es.
"Speaking of the torture to which
some of the savage tribes in the Philip
pines subject their captives, reminds
me of the intense suffering I endured
for three mouths from inflammation
of the Kidneys," says W. M. Sher
man, of Cushing, Me. "Nothinghelp
ed me until I tried Electric Bitters,
three bottles of which completely cur
ed me." Cures Liver Complaint, Dys
pepsia, Blood disorders and Malaria;
and restore- flu- weak and nervous to
robust health. Guaranteed by Paules
& Co.. druggists. Price 05c.
License Transferred.
A short session of court was held on
Saturday with the two associate judges
Frank O. Klee and Charles A. Wag
ner, on the bench.
The only business on hand was the
application for change of location in a
liquor license. James Findley desired
his wholesale liquor license transferred
from No. 11 East Mahoning street to
No. 311 Mill street, in the building
vacated by David Shelhart. The li
cense was transferred as desired.
A GUARANTEED CURE TOR PILES
Itching, Bliud, Bleeding, Protrud
ing Piles. Druggists are authorized
to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure in t"> to 14 days. 50 cents.
35,031 Rural .Tail Routes.
The operations of fhe rural free de
livery service up to March 1, 11*06, are
shown in a statement issued by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General De
Graw. Up to that time 52,227 petitions
had been received and referred. Of
these 13,772 were acted upon adverse
ly. The number of routes iu operation
March 1 was 35,031, leaving 3,424 peti
tions still pending, of which 294 have
been assigned for establishment.
VTe know what all good doc
tors think of Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral. Ask your own doc
tor and find out. He will tell
Cherry
Pectoral
you how it quiets the tickling
throat, heais the inflamed
lungs, and controls the
hardest of coughs.
• Ayer's Cherry v t ral is well known In
I onr t.inr « We tlr.nk it is the belt medicine
I in the wor I 'for conelw and colds."
Kati. . : lUtSON, I'etaluiiia, Cal.
2.V.. M>e.. • 1.0(1. .1. Cm aver co..
■V : ■■■■■ 11ILJ. f Or
Hard Coughs
aMucjMwugnaearcuvKMnMMaHMMN
One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime will
hasten rocovory. Gently laxative