Some Pager -—■Fiit lie iloiat lhe circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly, ll will pay you o advertise in the .\MKKICAN : INSCRIPTION $i PER YKAR PI; n;\ IM l .u \M.\<i>. —/•■'.•./ /.->/. "(fa r /lint in 1.1. W. to /"J i" >/</. > / /' ylf 1 '/ ihi H rill■ I'ii 1 <ll II I/. li 42*» Mill • ' Dl\ vll II . I' r .Usease-.nl ihe -dmon-h :ind Intesiines .. Special"y. i' : « . ». !% h N ** • ■ i > * • N I - ! M -\s «) . » »■ ' | t«»f r \ » *:• !. n i « 'lift I'OMH'NSIi!) .\i:W\ Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, of] Boston, attributes his excellent health j at the age of 84, to the serenity with which he takes life, sleeping niue hours a night and alwavs keeping his mind occupied. President Roosevelt is preparing for j congress a dealing with the beef trust. II the president expresses his opinion with the usual frankness j the meat problem should be roasted to a turn. The latest aeri d accident, involving the loss of a si cnty man's life is an other argument in them uuhs of those j who contend that the Creator never meant that man should fly The streets »re now in a prime con dition for a thorough overhauling. See that they aie putin good shape for the summer. The occasional -now flake i* still briefly with us. Winter garments are still quite com fortable. If there's any truth in the maxim that "'April showers bring May (low ers" tlx*re will lie many < t the latter withjwhich to decorate the of i tbedead heroes on Memorial Day. Evidently the robins are not auxiou- > to putin an appearance\et They have little confidence in th • weather •:.:• >t promises. When you get the opportunity of per forming a kind act, even if it may he one that \vill place you at a great deal of inconvenience, lose no time in do ing It. Von tvill l»c the gainer in the long run. April showers are on lime Will it be peace or war in the an thracite region this week? A little rain uow and then helps the buils to come again. The hotels in the coal regions arc 1 now feeling the effects of the suspen sion. The new arrivals at the hostel rii-s are not very frequent and the sample rooms are vacant. The promotion < l <' ii< nel u .u«' ,t\ to Brigadier G-i ml will in ike C;i onel Clement of Suubnrv lie- -euicr , Colonel in the 1 rlrd I'i . t :•• .aid will t give the Twelfth liegun i t'i ri ■ i , of the Brigade. Two complaints are being heard rc garding the circulation of small bills. $1 to $5. First, it is becoming more I than commonly filthy and mutilated : j second, it i- of insufficient volume. ; 1 Wanton destruction of trees should It not only be prohibited but also severe- ' I ly punished. i % BaMM ¥ Xfttwderf? Absolutely Pure A GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER It makes the most delicious and healthful hot breads, biscuit and cake FREE FROM ALUM, LIME OR PHOSPHATIC ACID ★ ★★★★★★★★ Alum baking powders are unhealthful. Do not use them for raising food under any circumstance So detrimental are alum baking powders considered, that in i"o*t foreign countries their sale is prohibited. In many State.- i:: tlii, country the law com pels alum powders to In* branded t>> shov\ that they contain this dangerous acid, while in 111 i-Hstri t ii ( olurnbia, Congress has prohibited the sale of ;;1! 100 ! i] it contains alum. Alum baking powder* are old t > consumers at from 10 cents a pound to 25 ounces for 25 cents, »r 25 cents a pound, and when not branded may generally be distinguished by their price. litontmir . > * —" "THIS COl NTRY WILL NHVHR HU HNTIRHLY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS.' <)L. --NO ir> Ilk. WINTIiRSTHEN OF (01 MIL The funeral of I)r. T. H. Winter »teen was held yesterday afternoon from the late residence, Ea.-t Market street, interment taking place in Odd Fellows' cemetery. There was a large ! attendance. Montour Lodge, No. 109, 1 (J. O. J*'., jto which the deceased belonged, was present at the obsequies. One hundred ; and ten strong the members marched from the hall to the family residence in a body. The pall bearers chosen from the lodge were: Dr. Jno. Sweis fort. William Ellenbogen, I). R. Wil liams, Charles V. A merman, J. H. Diet/, and Arthur Lewis. The members of the Montour coun ty medical society were present at the funeral and were further represented by a beautiful floral offering. The services were conducted by Rev. C. 1) Lerch, pastor of the Mausdale i Reformed church, assisted by Rev. ! John Sherman, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mr. Lerch sjioke very beautifully on the life and character of the deceased, while Mr. Sherman made a most appropriate and touching i prayer. Mrs. \V. R. Paules, Miss Anna I Fry, J. H. McCoy anil Sam A. McCoy rendered two very beautiful selections: " Lead, Kindly Light" and "Jesus Is i 'ailing." At the grave the beautiful •atrial rites of the Odd Fellows were observed The following persons from out of town attended the funeral: Mr. and j Mrs. Henry Wohlheiter, of Moores bnrg; Mi-- Ella Divel, of Phila'lel pliia; Mr. and Mrs. George W. liill man, of Reading ; Mrs. John Heini, of Williamsport; George, Martin, Rhodes and Charles Saudel,of Lewisburg; Mr. and Mrs. John Beck, of Milton; Wil liam Chrisman, Mrs. Hess, Mrs. Rich ard Angel, Miss Lyon,Misses Ella and Martha Sidler, of Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. .J. H. Shultz and family, of Mausdale; Mr. and Mrs. William Hendricks, of Berwick ; Mr. Hains, of I Snubury, Mr and Mrs. Elmer Sidler, Mrs. Jane Sidler, Horace Sidler, of Valley township; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Shultz, Mr-. Heufield and Miss Emma Eeiifield, of West Hemlock township. In an Acrobatic Engine. •'A regular circus stunt." is the way Pennsylvania railroad officials describe the marvelous feat performed by the locomotive drawing the express train between Philadelphia and Potts vilie, which plunged down the 15-foot embankment from the Pennsylvania to the bed of the Reading when it struck a laud slide near Port Clinton, Monday night. In its flight down the hank the loco motive turned a complete somersulat. For an instant the wheels were high in the air, with Enigneer Hoffmeister an l Fireman Weismiller at the bot to.n. Then the big engine completely turned and landed on its wheels. That the men were uot crushed to death seems a miracle from develop ments in the investigation made Tues d:t> ; but hospital officials say that loth men will be out in a few days. ' .lose]ih R. Gundy,a prominent nianu- i facturer of Bristol, Bucks county, has tfiven a bond to the Bristol school . board, the interest of which shall be i exjieuded yearly for a gold medal to be presented to a member of the graduating class. The disgraceful condition of the ri \ .er bank, described in these columns yesterday morning, came up before council last night, but no action was taken. In fact the borough fathers did uot show very much interest in the matter. They indulged in a good deal of raillery and succeeded in laughing down a motion to clean up the river bank and to offer a reward of five did I lars for information leading to the ar rest of person- found guilty of tle positing objectionable matter there. The most of the members stated that they had not seen the river bank at that point. One gentleman to whom conditions were explained said flint he •"didn't believe it." Borough Electrician Joues presented his report for the borough light plant for the month of February, which showed that the plant had run 28."» hours and 20 minutes. I ights report ed out—arc lights, »!; iucandescent, I. Expense, $250. Coal consumption, til tons, 320 pounds. A test of D. L. & W. coal was made embracing time from March 15th. un til March 19th. ."io hours which showed a consumption of 2:i,80.'> pounds or 4TH and one-tenth pounds per hour. A test of P. & R. coal was made embracing time from March Kith. to March 17th—21 hours—showing a con sumption of 11,825 pounds, or 5«8 and two-twenty-firsts pounds per hour. The plant was reported as running in first class condition except for some trouble with the exhaust pijie, on ac count of which the floor had to be torn out by the water department. Mr. Jones stated that he had asked for repairs several times and that he trust ed they would be made before long, otherwise it might be necessary to -top the plant. Mr. Boyer calle 1 attention to the fact the that term of W. H. Wood.side as health officer of the second ward had expired ami that as a consequence that ward was without a representa tive on the health board. Hi- recom mended that J. 11. Woodside.the fath er of the retiring member, be appoint ed to fill the vacancy. It was decided to adopt the recommendation and the chairman accordingly declared .1 11. Woodside appointed as a member of the health board from the second ward. Mr. Buyer, of tin* committee oi streets ami bridge.*, reported thai t h<- posts supporting the guard rails on Northumberland street in the vieiuity of the dug roail are yielding very rapidly to decay, ami should hen - ]>laeed with new ones. One hundred posts will he needed. He said these could he procured from George IJiehl for fifteen cents apiece. On motion the street commissioner was instruct ed to purchase the posts needed at the price quoted and to proceed to erect a new guard rail, using instead of the wooden rail second liana iron pipe. Mr. Boyer called upon the chief-of police to explain to council the diffi culty he experiences with the merch ants in getting them to live up to the ordinance in relation to keeping the sidewalk clear. Instead of confining their goods on display to the space permitted, some of them take up four feet, while others leave only a few feet for pedestrians. He has tried the remedy of arrest 011 the same party with no effect. He asked council to take some special action. The matter was discussed and the members could see no other way out of it than that the officer should keep on enforcing the ordinance even it' it were necessary to arrest the same offender a halt dozen times. The officer will therefore hew to the line in the future. Mr. Diet/ reported that the commit tee on fire had made a tour of tlie four hose houses and had closely examined the equipment of the fire department. They found that some of the hose was in i>oor condition; also that rubber coats and rubber gloves are needed. Council will purchase new hose and went on record as favoring the Knreka hose. The clerk was instructed to write to dealers and obtain prices on , rubber coats and rubber gloves. 1 Uu motion of Mr. Bedea it was ord ' ered that new springs be placed 011 the J doors of the Friendship engine house, ' so that these will open outward. I Mr. Dietz said that lie had learned j that in some of the stores where lit 1 tie onions and the like are sold liquid j measure is wrongly used to the loss of 1 the purchaser. He had called the at j tention of the chief-of police to the matter, he said. A petition was received from nine ! citizens of Mahoning township just j outside the borough limits, asking j that the borough water main be ex : tended out Bloom road ami agreeing, in case their request be granted,to use borough water. The petition was sign ied by the following: \V. A. Lesher, jM. P, Boott, Mrs. M. Hock, W <; Steinmiller, W. B. Hauser, .1. W. , Hendrickson, Mrs. E. Heller, Mrs. B. L. Diehl and Alfred Blecher. The petition was referred to committee. The following members were pre sent: Gibson, Vastine, Boyer, l>ietz. Bedea, Sweisfort, Russell, Angle, Hughes, Jacobs and Finnigan. Chief Burgess Rogers was iilso present. The following hills were approved for payment: WATER DEPA RTMKNT. P. H. Foust ... #ao.ao Regular employes 1ti1.30 Kllis Rank ... 18.42 Franklin Boyer 1-1.!»'.» Htandard Gas Co *>.o4 (Jurry & Co ♦>. 5» 1 Joseph Lechner . 2.95 DANVILLE. PA.. Till liSDA V A I MMI. 1'!. I!>o<>. !|(!|i(il: l-:VANS' i FIRST ('OHM' Judge!'. C. Evans held his first court in Danville Saturday. Verv lif , tie business was oil hand, but the oc i (Vision served to bring the associates land attorney?- into court with the new ' judge—to make all well acquainted | and at ease with each other anil there j by to pave the way for important busi ness, which will b - on hand In-fore long. During the brief session both As sociates Blee and Wagner sat on the bench with Judge Evans. The picture was a new one, the faces of Judge Evan- and Associate Wagner appear ing instead of Judge R. R. Little and Associate Dr. Thompson, who occupi ed the bench only a few months ago, all of which illustrates the uncertainty of life and the rapidity with which changes occur. Court convened at !•::-!(> o'clock Sat urday. C aurt Crier William M. Hed dens made the proclamation in tine aud legal form,after which business at the bar under the new judge began. A venire was issued for the drawing of jurors for the May term of court. Sixty men will be drawn, to meet the requirements of the two homicide cases that are hooked for trial—Common wealth vs. John See~ and Common wealth vs. Peter Dietrich. Court will begin on the fourth Monday of May. A deed from George Maiers, sheriff, to Lewi- Kjdenhoffer, in partition, was acknowledged in open court. In realleged lunacy of William F. Hulliheu a petition for inquest was granted a- prayed for by the c mrt. In the case of Horace B. Bennett et. al. vs. K. olive Thompson, commit tee, et al.,in partition, order for and taxa tion of cost- was approved bv the court. Court adjourned i t meet on next Thursday, April 12, at 10 o'clock, at which time the matter of receivership for tin- Danville and Sunbitry electric railway w ill fie argued. Death of .Miss Pur sell. Mi- Martha W. I'ursell. a well known and highly esteemed resident of the third ward, departed this life on Saturday morning. She had been seriously ill for some time and death was by no means uuex|M>cted. Miss Pur-ell was seventy-one years Of age and wa- nearly a life-long resi dent of Danville. For many years she lived alone at No. 11l East Center street. For forty years or upwards she was a member of the Grove I'resbyter ian church. She was a consistent Christian, whose sole desire seemed to be to tlo good—to a-sist and relieve the wants of others She was beloved by the entire community and her mem ory will be treasured tor many years to come. Death was due to heart trouble. She was seriously ill for about three weeks. She was unable to lie down and much of flu* time occupied her chair. < >ll Friilay evening .she was still able to move about the house. Her condition was grave, however. Her sister, Mrs. Margaret Dawson,of St Mary's, Md., had been summoned and it was feared that the deceased would not survive until her sister's arrival. Mrs. Daw sou, however, arrived just in time to he with Miss Purse 11 in her last mo ments. Death occurred shortly before I o'clock Saturday morning. The deceased is survived bv two brothers: William R. Pursell, a well known resident of Frosty Valley, and John Pursell of Baltimore, Md. (lovernor Spares These Trees. The Civic club,composed of the fore most women of Harrisburg, learned recently that it was suggested by Jo seph M. Houston, of Philadelphia, architect of the new capitol, that the trees ill the park be cut down in order to show off the building to better ad vantage. Tuseday afternoon a delegation of the Civic club presented a petition to the governor asking liini to prevent the destruction of the trees. The governor said that lie took a great interest in preserving old trees, especially those in capitol park, and assured the ladies that he. would do everything in his power to prevent the destruction. Exodus of Reptiles. The Blooinsburg Morning Press opens the snake season with the statement that on the farm of William Hidlay along Light Street, K. F. D. No. 1, were killed 25 snakes oue day last week. The snakes were out enjoying the sun and when discovered there was about 100 snakes hut only 25 were kill ed with a gun. A large black snake, and many milk and garter snakes were among those killed. B< >K( >U< H 1 DKPAHTM KNT. Regular employes $115.00 Joseph Lech ne r ... .65 James Gibson 1.50 Standard Flee. Lt. < 'o .50 Rumsey Flee. Mfg Co 80.4rt Samuel Sainsbury 4.50 D. C. Williams .. . 1.00 Franklin Boyer 10.01 Standard (las Co .25 .lames Kifl'jtjl 67.88 Curry & Co 26.81 Joseph Lech iter 6.05 Labor on bridge 4T.70 Frank Amies 1.50 George F. Reifsnyder 58.44 J. H. Cole 37.79 B. B. Brown 14 e2 I'BSIIIUI. pakacimpiis Mrs. George M. Leighow attended a funeral at Philadelphia Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson is visiting relatives at Shamokin. John Albeck returned Saturday from a visit with friends at Wilkes-Barre. M'ss Mary Fry has returned from a trin to Philadelphia. Mrs. Prank X. Keefer has returned from Shickshinny where she was vis iting her sister-in-law, Mrs. A. C. Hart man. Tin# Mi-hps Mary and Margaret Leister of Bloomsburg,spent Saturday in this city as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will G. Brown. John L. Voris, of Pottsgrove, spent- Sunday at the home of A. L. Voris, Ferry street. Miss Sara C. Diseroad, teacher of stenography in the Scranton business college will arrive today for a visit with her father, Casper Diseroad, Grand street. John M. Hinckley left yesterday for a visit with friends at Elkton, Mary land. Mrs. George Maiers ami Mrs. Frank G. Peters spent yesterday with rela tives at Milton. E. T. Liunard, of Philadelphia, ar- 1 rived yesterday for a several days' stay at the Montour House. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Angle re- | turned last evening from a trip to New ' Vork City. Mrs. R. Scott Aintnermau and son \ William w ill leave today jfor a visit ! w itli friends in New York City. 'Squire Robert C. Auten, of Liberty township, was a visitor in this city yesterday. Ray L. Golder, of Milton R. F. 1). i No. I, was a Danville visitor yester- ' day. Rev. and Mrs. S. 1? Evans and fam ily will leave today for Harrisburg. I). F. Ross Laid to Rest. Daniel F. Ross, whose death occurr ed Wednesday night, was laid to rest in Odd Fellows' cemetery on Satur day afternoon. The funeral was oue of the largest that has taken place in this city for some time. The deceased was a member of Mon tour Castle No. 1W!, K. G. E., and a delegation of that lodge comprising some thirty-five members attended the funeral in a hotly. The pall bearers, all members of the K. G. E., were as follows: Harry G. Miller, Clyde Dy er, John Lee, Lafayette Foust, David Grove and George Barrett. He' was also a member of the local lodge, A. A. of I. S. & T. W., a labor organiza tion, which was also represented at the funeral by some fifty members. The services were conducted by the Rev. N. E. Cleaver, pastor of Trinity M. E. church, who paid a fine tribute to the memory of the deceased. At the grave the burial rites of the Knights of the Golden Eagle were observed. Seldom have the flowers formed a more beautiful and touching tribute. The casket was more than covered by a profusion of rich ami fragrant blooms. There was a large wreath from the local lodge of K. G. E., a pillow from the A. A. of I. S. and T. W. and a large number of beautiful tributes from individual friends. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Miss Kate Baylor, of Catawissa; James Baylor, of Mt. Carmel; Peter Shutt and family of Milton, and .lames Jones, of Sun bury. Warm Campaign Promised. Several important county offices will have to be tilled at next fall's election comprising that of assemblyman, reg istrar and recorder, sheriff, associate judge, and jury commissioner. The political campaign especially among the Democrats, promises to he a pretty lively one. Candidates in that party already are bobbing up at the rate of one or more a week. Hon. R. S. Ammerman, present in cumbent, has announced himself as a candidate for assemblyman, while there are no less than three candidates for the office of registrar and recorder with one or more additional ones in sight. Dr. .T. Sweisfort announced himself as a candidate for associate judge yesterday. The Democratic primaries will be held on Saturday, June 2nd, the coun ty convention taking place on Monday following. The time intervening is not very long considering the amount of work to he accomplished by the candidates. Other announcements, therefore, may be expected to follow during the next few days until all the offices are covered. So much for the Democrats. The Republicans as usual are. in no hurry. As yet no announcements relating to any of the offices are made ami one hears little discussion on the subject. RETURNED FROM HOSPITAL. 'John E, Campion, tin stove mould er, who fell on the pavement on East Market street, March loth and br his ankle, has returned from the Marv M. Packer hospital, where he received treatment. The injury is not fully re covered, but he can get along ver\ nicely on crutches, it will he some time before Campion will be aide to work. A clean city is a sanitary eit \ Dan ville should never let up in cleaning. NO SCHOOL ON 1.001 l FRIDAY Rev. L. 1). Ulricli, pastor of the I Trinity Lutlieran church, will be in i \ ited to preach the baccalaureate ser mon this year. Mr. Pursel called the attention of i the school board to the fact that the time lias arrived when one of the pulpit orators of town should be .sel ected to preach the sermon to the graduating class,as it is only a matter of courtesy that the speaker should be given abundant time for preparation. | It was the sense of the board that in ! asmuch as a good many years have | elapsed since the baccalaureate sermon ' was preached in the Trinity Lutheran j church the invitation this year should 'be extended to the pastor of that ' church. Rev. L. D. Ulrich. On motion ! of Mr. Burns, therefore, it was decid jed that Rev. Ulricli be invited to I preach the sermon. 1 On motion of .Air. Haring it was i ordered that the schools be closed on I (rood Frid :y. Mr. Fischer found objection -to tlie methods of traveling ]>hotographers who take pictures of the public schools and explained how several abuses have crept in. In the first place lie declares in not a few instances the pictures are taken on time that belongs to the pub lic schools. Again, in some instances by some ill advised action on the part of the pupils the parents feel obligat ed to take the pictures when they can illy afford to expend the money. Sec tion 5,0f the rules governing teachers, he said, forbids them from wasting any time with agents or canvassers. Mr. Pursel said that from what he could learn in many instances not only did the teachers permit themselves to be interviewed by agents but they per mitted the pictures to be taken during school hours and actually assisted to solicit among the pupils. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that the borough superintend ent notify the teachers that hereaf tei section fi of the rules will be strict ly adhered to. On motion of Dr. Harpel it was ord ered that fifty feet of hose be purchas ed for each school building of the bor ough for list* in case of fire on the pre mises. A proposition to place Red Cross Emergency charts in the public schools of the borough was turned down by the board. Dr. Harpel,on the strength of whose endorsement, the agents ex pected to introduce the charts,roundly denounced the methods of the agents, declaring that he was not fully quot ed. The following memliers were pres ent : Adams,Orth, Heiss, Voußlohu, Pur sed. Fischer, Haring, Burns, Trum bower, Werkheiser and 1 larpel. The following bills were approved for payment: W. G. Brown $2.00 Standard Gas Co M»0 Sam'l Mills . . 5.40 I). Williams 8.12 Ezra Haas. 1.00 R. J. Pegg 11.80 U. L. Gordv. . ... 2,78 Cambridge Bot. Supply H. 40 Remington Typewriter Co 7.50 11. R. Moore 1.85 Setli l.ormer K. 25 Baby flystery. Sunburv has a baby mystery. On Saturday morning two well dressed women, heavily veiled, went to the home of Mrs. Chris Martin, in Sun bury, and asked her if she would take care of a baby three weeks old for a time. Mrs. Martin did not give them any satisfaction. The next evening between eight and nine o'clock they again appeared at the Martin home with a baby and a bundle containing a fine outfit ol infant's clothing. The one was tall and wore a light coat,her face was hidden from view by a thick brown veil; her companion was clad in a black dress and wore a black veil. The first described woman carried a bundle in her arms which she unwrap ped, disclosing a tiny infant. Placing the child in the arms of Mrs. Martin she remarked : "I have seen your moth er and she told ine you would care for this baby. Her name is Margaret Clark. Please take care of her until Friday and then I will call for her." Giving Mrs. Martin a dollar and a half in cash to buy milk and a bundle of clean clothes for the child the wo men then quickly hurried away, stat ing that they just bad time to catch the train. The clothes consisted of a white silk coat and underclothes of excellent material. During their stay luith times neither of the women lifted tlieir veils ' or gave any clues that will aid in learning the identity of the child. j It lias since developed that a well known woman from the vicinity of i Milton, and a tall, handsome, stylishly dressed young woman with an infant, who was introduced as Mrs. Shaffer, stopped for a time at a Sunbury hotel, i They left Sunbury Sunday night. The j description of the women, it is said, tallies with the two woman who left the child at Mrs. Martin's. When the latter appeals to the authorities to have the borough take care of the child, this woman will he subpoenaed to tell what she knows about her friend. Mrs. Shaffer. Stilts for use in passing over some of the street crossings in this town might have a good sale. ESTABLISHED IN IB.V. 11l COMPLETE : STATE IIICIIWII Colonel William Linn, inspector of the State highway department, lias ar rived in this city and is snugly domicil ed at the Montour house. He brings the good news that not only will the two sections of State highway between Danville and Mausdale be completed immediately, but also that there are no grounds for fear that the State will . withhold aid for the reconstruction of j North Mill street, nor*that there will lie any undue delay in getting the work under way. On next Monday Fiss & Hartmau, who reconstructed the section of high way between the Valley township line and a point near Wise's hotel, will be on the ground to complete their work. Colonel Linn has appeared a few days in advance to inspect the road ami de termine fully what remains to be done in order to bring the road nptospecifi- j cations. Fiss & Hartman were obliged to 1 leave the ground last fall before they had fully completed their work. They had adopted the plan, however,of t'ul- j ly finishing the highway section by | section,as they advanced,so that when winter set in and they were obliged to abandon the work, although they hail not applied the finishing touches to the farther eud, yet there was a long stretch of the road that was completed , and turned over to travel. Unfortunate- ' ly the finished road developed some ! weak spots, where the wheels cut ' through the macadam and before the winter was half over depressions ap- ' pea red that made it bad for vehicles j and seemed out of place on State high way where none but the best of mater ial is supposed to be used and none but tin' most approved methods of construc tion employed. Colonel Linn explain*that such de fects are likely to occur in under certain conditions and are to be attributed neither to poor material uor to careless work. In the present in stance the limestone used happened to be of a sort that lacked cohesive qualities, so that while generally in macadam the tendency of the lime stone is to cohere and to become cem ented together, developing great re sisting qualities,on the Mausdale road at certain spots it lay like so many loose stones, the result being that un der heavy traffic deep ruts soon ap peared. Colonel Linn states that it will re quire comparatively little work to fix the highway up as good as new. The road lied may have to be reconstructed at a few spots, but the job will not take long even with the work to finish that could uot be completed last fall. At the furthest Colonel Linn states that Fiss and Hartmau ought to be off the ground in three weeks' time. The Maryland Construction Com pany will also probably bo ou the ground next week. As before explain ed the last named company have togo over their entire section of highway recrowning the road. After this is done, the inspector states, the highway will show up in excellent shape and will really be a fine piece of work. Colonel Linn regards the reconstruc tion of North Mill street as an im provement which ought to be pushed through without a bit of delay. It seems to till the bill completely as one of those propositions that the Sproul act of May Ist., 1905, was designed to cover. He agrees with council that a sewer should be laid on the east side of the street to take care of the resi dences that abut, but lie is firmly of the opiuion that nothing less than a sixteen inch pipe should be employed. Deaths Outnumber Births. The book of the local registrar show that twenty-one births took place in this registration district of Montour county during the month of March. The number of deaths during Marcli as given when the regular monthly report was printed in the 3rd inst., it will be recalled, was twenty five, which reveals that during March our population suffered a slight de cline. During the month of February, however,the number of births were in the ascendency, being twenty-three as against twenty deaths reported. Dur ing January there were twenty births, while only fourteen death certificates were issued,a very gratifying showing indeed. How the record stood previous ly, before the act to provide for the immediate registration of births and deaths went into effect, cannot be so easily determined. March's report shows that the tables occasionally turn and that births do not uniformly exceed the deaths. The next report in this resjiect will be watched with ajpood deal of interest. Oddest lest of School Law. The compulsory education law was invoked against Anthony Snyder, a Polish resident of Kingston, Tuesday. Snyder insisted upon sending his four children to a Polish school, where it is alleged, English is not. taught. Truant Officer Myer gave repeated warnings to him,and then placed Suy der under arrest. He was arraigned before Magistrate Shafer and fined $5 and costs. As to Disinterring Bodies. It may be of importance to jiersous contemplating the disinterment of bodies that under a State law April 14th will be the last day on which such disinterment may l>e made. Be tween April 15th and October loth bodies may not be disturbed this being a sanitary measure. JOB PRIN TI NG > The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy anr* job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Ofail Kinds and Description WILL RIiTLB TO PHILIPPINES Mrs. Elizabeth M. Briiitoii, a traiu i ed nurse of wide reputation, who lab -1 ored in the government service, ami lias filled many important positions in private families of wealth and influ ence, who is now spending a few days in this city among the friends of ear lier days is preparing to carry her chosen life labor iufo altogether a new sphere of activity—that of the mis sionary field. On May 2nd Mrs. Brinton will sail from San Francisco for the Philippine islands, where she will take charge of the new Presbyterian mission hospital at Iloilo on the island of Panay. The mission hospital, which was founded through the efforts of Rev. Dr. Hall, a noted missionary on the islands, will fill a long-felt want at Iloilo, as aside from the natives, to whom the hospit al will prove a great blessing, there are on the island a large number of foreign residents including those con nected with the consular service, trades people and others who have emigrated from the States all of whom previous ly, if they needed hospital treatment, were obliged to journey 350 miles north ward to Manila. It was largely through the help received from the foreign residents that Dr. Hall was able to es tablish the institution. The mission hospital, therefore, while primarily built for the natives, will contain rooms for the foreign residents, who will pay for their treatment. Mrs. Briutou was a nurse in the | Philippines for three years under the I'uited States government during the uprising of the natives. In that time she not only became accustomed to the climate and the conditions of life and society there hut she also demonstrat ed her rare ability and tact as a nurse. It was at the request of Dr. Hall, the the islands, that the Woman's Presbyterian Board of the Northwest appointed Mrs. Brintou as the chief nurse of the mission hospit al, a position which gives her sole charge. Nurses for the institution will have to be supplied bv the islands and to Mrs. Briuton will belong the honor of starting the first training school of native girls. Mrs. Briutou enters upon this de partment of missionary work for life, unless it should occur that health does not hold out. She stated yesterday that she will leave Danville on next Tues day, stopping at Niagara Falls, a'ter which she will proceed to Chicago, where on the 19th and 20th she will meet the Presbyterian woman's board of the northwest. Her next stopping place will be at Denver where she will remain until the 24th, when she will proceed to San Francisco, where three weeks from yesterday site will sail on the steamship China. At the expiration of six years Mrs. Briutou will be entitled to a vacation of one year, which she will no douht spend in the United States. Artistic Piece of Work. David C. Hunt, the well known car. riage and wagon maker of this city, has just completed a most artistic piece of work, which will be sure to attract attention abroad and may be the forerunner of a great deal of work of precisely the same kind that will be turned out of his factory. The work alluded to is the painting of three wag ons for the Moxie Nerve Food com pauy, of New Euglaud, two of the vehicles being in the form familiar to most persons, a big bottle on wheels, and the other, a top wagon with the roof supported by four big bottles, one at each corner. Mr. Hunt is one of the finest carri age painters in this section and the unique and oruamental form of the Moxie wagons lend themselves very nicely to his extraordinary ability and the result is something little short of dazzling. Only one wagon is wholly completed. The main body— that is the big bottle—is painted a French carmine, tfie lettering being of gold shaded tastefully in a variety of col ors. The ruuuiug gear is jtainted white, striped and ornamented in blue and red. In addition there is an abund ance of scroll work. These wagons will be completed aud put out on the road in time for the summer's trade. Mr. Hunt is consider ing a proposition from the Moxie peo ple to enter upon the work of repaint ing for them on a large scale next fall and winter, after the Moxie season is over. In case lie takes the contract the wagons will arrive by the car load from all over the country aud Mr. Hunt's painting department will have all that it can accomplish between fall * and spring. Arthur M. Heddens,agent for Moxie in this section, has been very anxious to bring this branch of the work to Danville aud lie called attention ot the Moxie company to Mr. Hunt's fiue facilities and 11is skill as a carriage painter. Mr. Hunt's own ability as demonstrated in his work did the rest Time to Clean l ! p. Nature will soon don her vernal robes and the eye will be gladdened by the bright scene. Let the people do their share in assisting her to spread out a cheerful pleasant view The filth of the winter needs to be re moved. Back yards and frout yards need to be attended to. A little effort in this direction will give not only yourselves but ."your neighbors and those who pass by your premises the prospect of cleanliness aud sweetness during the whole summer. A California convict has made #l,- 000,000 while serving a two year ser vice. The man on the inside gets the inonev usuallv.
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