LOCAL TIME TABLES. Pens a R R BAST. WEST. 7.11 A. V 9.00 A. M. HI 17 ** 13.10 l». M. j il p v 1 :!1 * '* % M 7. 51 HI 17 * M 481 P. M. !» I A Wit R KAST WEST. 7«7* • 9.15 A.M. 10,111 * 12.41 I*. M ill P. 4.83 " » 910 " M»A V: 7 07 ft. » 12.41 P. M. iU |» M 9P» " CHt• \ RKAIUNfI K. R. * iKTH. SOUTH. 11.*3 K. M. ? »• * ft.:(!« p. yt. ! • *« ••if It La* m 11 1 * a. S. V< I* M. 0.33 P. M. -\N V ILLE \NI» BUm iMsltl'Hii >TREET RAILWAY CO. -- ,» I • "tn vill** « o<». 6.40, 7.:«». 8.20. IN MJt, HH 112! 4<>» 111.. IS. SO, 1 20. 2 10. 3 00, 3 50. 4.40. 5.30, 6.20, ~jo s •« r iO !i.40, 10.11.30 p. m. 11..1 > • tirirg fi O '5 40, 7.&?. 5 .23, i U 10.0.5. 10.IW, a. 18.. 12.33, 12 2.1-: ! «>;! 1..V5, 4.43. 5 33, 1i.23. 71. s ((! s. vs. ».4.i. 10.33. 1L2«I pin, F r«t car Sunday morning 7 30 Last nr. 11 2 sl it uiirht trot** toUrova nia >uly. Wi i U Miller, lien I Manager CHIMING CHURCH WEHBING ot a charm tii: simplicity and j>er n,. ateif wit) ;amty and graceful beauty » tl «eddiiiL' Tues«l»v morning of V I-at- lb May Baldy, of Danville. V' • At vander Krdman.of Allen t>im I • •r. • fly took place ;lt tell ■ . I•> • k »nd w4- performed by Rev. Rdward II toll, while tin stately -demnitv of Ohrist church made an a; j r r «t. -etting for the happy In '' •' t«r lal 1 warty, beside the bride W«T Mi-s Mind Klder, of Han urg. th- maid of honor; the _T > in-! I Rodger Erdmau. of Allen t.i«n oid ' ■ i-ln r-. WiMiain Stark, of Will r i-)-.rT .lom 11! 1 ( iross.of Sha -11. .i, S'.l'll' V I 1 e,-. ..1 \\ . 1 ke- II»«rr and I "tiarle- \Voo*l-, of Dan vill M -> l'.aldy wore a dainty crea t ti 112 white Persian lawn and lace and a 1 «i of lacv with lilacs; she ear r - ( - b !iiju«*t of white roses. M -- Klder a|i|»'an-d iu a robe of pink '.»! and a pink and white picture fiat -fie carri«*«l pink roses. M -- 1. - B ver, cd Plymouth, reii d. r-1 I>i| eiigrin > wedding march as t> tillered tlie church. Mrs. 1,i.» l'». Kaldy. mother of the bride and » • r i »;:gliter and the briilesniaid were in. t »t t e entrance to the church and • - ort. I bv the ushers up the center a -!e »•. t: eiitram-e to tin- choir -tails. - - t • irty wa> met by Mr. Krd u.aii and the groomsman. T' • impressive ring ceremony was h-. >i Just l«-fon the plighting of the ft' - t •• bt le and groom, with their miie nit- attendants pr»xeed«*l to the * Har r:« 1 1, and there beneath the soft i.»l iw ot the altar lights, were sjioken t l ..- r. xereiit .ti words that welded two lirf» int'« one Dm - the c< remoiiy Mi.-s Rover pl .v. I <> Promi- Me," and a- the bridal l' »rty wa- leaving the church. V- idels-oi.ii'- weolding march. The _• fts to t •• bride occupied eiitindy one r> •:n 111 tfi Haldy apartments. Mr and Mr- Krdmaii left on the 12:10 Pennsylvania tram for a bridal jour u«-y to the tbou-and islands. Ain«.sig tlie guest> from a distance ■ • Mr- John Krdman and Miss I 1 Ki .iL. tn. of Alleutowu ; Mi Hi .1 Murray, of Brooklvn; Miss 1 : 1; - <,r**eiie, of Milton ; Mis- Myr t|. s SI. r. ft'ataw— a. Mi— Bessie Drain boiler, of Sunbury, and Harrv Haa-. of Berwick. Death harvest of Fourth. The i>« .pl< of Milton and other towns 112 tlie country have begun to prepare for the annual harvest of lives of Young American- upon the occasion of the celebration of the anniversary of tl e - /uing of Declaration of lu dej. nd< ic eou Julv ttli. Kvery year t ;~4iid« of live-, old and young, are -« rtred by tin- custom of celebration lik- the torture and -acrifice of the fe athen> of d irkent Africa, who burn women ami children a- a token of ti,. i appn-< lati'.n of -oine gre;it event ii their live- The dynamite cracker, *|.w -ale ha- been -toppe,!. was |«-r I «t- tto most deadly, but tlie toy j .-tol during tb< past several years ha- In- ti the more popular form of death with which the parents jieruiit their children to flirt. The street car track- 4D* already covered by the lit tlo explosive Iwiml-, the firecrackers uv alr» ady -napping in the street •4iid -earing horses, trolley parties are -luxititiiT the l»all~ of colored tire from Roman 1 audit - into the houses along the roup-, and the day for the tragic etdebratiou is le»s than three weeks distant It ha- been agreed time and time again that the celebration 1- not worth what it costs in lives lost, but those who have sought to stop the 112 ut. hern - have l>eeii tagged "fogies During the |>ast seven years the fol lowing deaths have been caused bv the u-e ~112 tin-work- on July 4th, com mencing with IHtm and concluding with la-t v f, ar 1,740, I,T*»•. 1,803, 2. 3.l'tiWi, 3, ]."»• Milton Standard. .11 ST ;{<» CKN'I S Thomas Lawlv. Denus ratic nominee for th<* State a--emldy in Blair coiin tv. fih-d a -tatemeut r»f his election ex* jwii— - 111 court Monday. If- mak< - ont that the honor of the nomination cost him thirty cents, ln -j» 1 itic e \|«en liture- consisting of twenty cents for trolley car fare and ten cent* for p»'auuts. Bloodhounds for Thieves. \ numtier of bl<HKlhoiinds have ar rn-dat I -h Valley.Northumlterlaiid countv.from -sonthern kennels ami will !»• put on fields of farmers ill Iri-h Valh-y to pursue gangs of thieves who l. ive for several nionths, stolen chick ens. eirg*. and fruit La-t week the farmers formed a protective associa- 11Ihi ami sul«scril»ed funds to purchase th. bounds The farmers say many hundred?, of dollar- worth of produce bat, been stolen -nice last May. AC,EH won OBJECTS TO TRAIN An aged woman, who had never rid den on a railroad before, becoming frantic with terror as the train rolled alone, making it necessary to stop and |i t her otf before -die had gone a half mile from the station,was the strange and patheti, incident occurring 011 a 15. A S train from Benton Saturday. I'bi woman was Mrs. Charles Skin ner, of Jack-on, where she has resided ill the ;o years of her life, her borne being not four miles from the rail road. \ll lie 1 years, she made very few t: ip- from home,and then only 011 short journey- with a horse and earii ig. She had never been on a railroad or troll y ear, until the day in ques tion when she set out with her son John to make a trip to Danville. The 1' A. S. train was boarded at the Ben toil -tat ion. The train had not more t in irt. I when the aged woman he cane- terrified b> what was to her such 1 - r.tngi • \perience, and as speed was _■ lined : 1 ii< 1 the rumbling increased, wl,il< th landscape flew by the win low-. sle became actually frantic and began to scream to let her otf. The train was stopped at Maple Grove, about 1 half mile from the Benton sta tion, where her son assisted his moth er to get otT.and they returned to their home, the woman being on the verge of collapse. Witne--, - to the incident, say they firmly believe the aged woman would liav. actually died of fright had not the train been stopped just when it was. Mishap to Catawissa Division. A -< rious accident occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading railway at Catawissa about -ix o'clock Tuesday e\. nin_ that nearly tied up the whole Catawissa division. By a |>eculiar accident the big rail wax derrick at Catawissa, car and in eh uery, wa- toppled over unto the turntable, completely putting that im portant piece of machinery out of busines-.aiid badly injuring three men who were on the derrick car at the time of the accident. The gravel train had heen out on the division gathering scrap, and, among other things, picked up an old tru. k At Catawissa it was attempted to unload thi- with the derrick, but the hooks getting only an insecure hold,sli]i]«'d.and the momentum threw 11• whole massive apparatus over in to tlie turntable hole. Three Italians were on the car at the time, and it was thought at first that they had all been either killed or horribly injured. They were fortun it' , however, one of them had his toe smashed, another got off with a badly wrenched hit>. and the third had his leg painfully pinched. The turn table was put out of com mission, and a- it is the only table 011 the Cataw issa division, its being ren der' d useless seriously handicaps traffic. Seven locomotives were be hind the table and are useless until repairs are made. The steam derrick at Tamaqua was sent for. I he Pennsy nileage Excess. The Pennsylvania railroad.it is said on high authority, has decided to ac < to the demands of the merchants and traveling men of the State for the abolishment of the 110 excess mileage book In response to the persistent , jitation of the drummers of Pennsyl vania, which has gone so far as to in cludi i suit in the name of the COlll - tith and a campaign for legis l.v on living the maximum rate of fare ..n sf. am railroads throughout Penn sylvania at 2 cents a mile, the com pany, it i- learned, intends to sell 110 >k- good for J, OOO miles at S2O flat. .1 list when the new books will be issu ed lias not yet been decided, as quite a number of details must be arranged first and sufficient notice given the traveling public. It is not known yet whether the action of the Pennsyl vania road will affect the interchange able mileage book in use over the oth er menificrs of the Trunk Lines as sociation now using it, but it is pre sumed that it will, for without the support of the Pennsylvania the traffic will not be sufficient to warrant the maintenance ot the present book over those lines. Miss Bertha Moore Entertains. <)n Monday evening Miss Bertha Moore entertained a party of friends at tin- home of tier father, Oliver Moore iu Rush township. The party drove from this city to the Moore home in a hack. Th* occasion was Miss Moore's Kith birthdav Those present were : Elsie Bennett, Nora Croinley, Pearl Vas tiue, Bertha Clayton, Helen Shannon, Viola Smith, Carrie Woodruff, Marg aret Gearhart, Nora Smith, Lizzie Probst, Susie Bassett, Florence Hart litie, Florence Kasliner, and Edna Dyer Will Hancock, Will Books, Harold McClure, Jose pi 1 Sherwood, Georg< Dyer, Arthur Reifsnyder, Ray mond Anderson, Jerry Bassett, Frank Ifartliin , Harold Bassett, Calvin Pro h-r, Llovd Miller, liruce Moore and Frank Graham. Popular Couple Wed at Hlysburg. \t tin home of the bride's brother, i Henry l\iioeble of Elysburg, Saturday at high noon, Miss Uattie Knoeble ami Alley Miller, of Aristes, were united ' 111 marriagi by Rev. Rishell The l.riih was attired in a beautiful white gown, her two nieces being her flower girls Mi-s Yost of Esther Furnace played the wedding march. The bridal couple departed on the afternoon train for a trip to New York. Drove to kushtown. The follow ing young people enjoyed a drive to Rushtown Sunday evening and attended the children's day ser vice- it the Rushtown Baptist church : \nnie, Rebecca and Elizabeth Ouigg, Alice West, Jennie Garnet and Nora Cooper Messrs. Frank Cashner, Herbert Hendrickson, (ireraid West and Dennis Onigg. Children's Day Postponed. The children's day exercises at the Washingtonville Lutheran church, which were to have been held last Sundav w re postjwmed on account of rain The exercises w ill be held next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Re hearsal Friday evening at 8 o'clock. TO ABSORB THE SILO MILLS The Srcanton Times of recent issue, contains the following editorial that is of interest in this community as it commentates upon the "gigantic sill; trust" that would, if il plans success fully materially aff>'c tone of Danville's most prominent and valuable indus tries : The Times last evening noted that a gigantic silk trust had heen formed, and the maugcment was engaged in securing options or figures for which the present owners of mills in Scran ton and other places in the State would dispose of their plants The remarkable growth of the silk business has been due to competition, and the establishment of small as well as large concerns,all over the country, wherever there was opportunity to se cure female labor,which is used most ly in the mills. Scran ton has several mills, one the largest in the United States, and in creased business, have required addi tions, and recently a new factory \v:is started in West Scranton, which is al ready adding room, and increasing its force. In the towns throughout the valley, silk mills have been established, and are prospering, giving employment iu the aggregate to thousands of hands, and adding to the general prosperity. The fact that the mills, as a rule, work full time, the year around, and frequently overtime, and the increase of help and additions to the original buildings are evidence of the prosper ity of the mills, and that they are a paying institution. The mills have proved a great boon to the region, as they afford a means for the surplus female labor to secure employment, and during the dull per iods in the coal business, aiil the families, whose heads are miners, and the amount of money distributed through wages, is a material help to general business. The trend of the trusts or concentra tion of any business, has been to close small concerns,and to bring the manu facturing or business to large centers, and avoid the expense which attaches to many separate establishments. While the wages now paid, would not allow of females going away, from home, pay their board and expenses elsewhere, and the manufacturing is dependent upon female labor, yet we would find if the trusts get in control that many of the small concerns would be closed, and in the opinion of The Times, the city and valley would not be gainers by trust control of the silk mills. Of course, if the owners of mills get their price, no one will blame them if they sell their plants. Trust control will mean control of the raw material as well, and the American public which has been enabled to buy and wear silk and use it in innumerable ways in beautifying their homes and adorning their person, will find the cost of the fabric greatly increased within a year under trust control of the mills of the country. OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma will enter the Union as the thirty-third new state to be ad mitted to the circle originally formed by the thirteen colonies that revolted against Great Britain. No other state has entered the Union with so large a population at the time of it- admis sion, none with so great an aggregate of wealth, none with so many schools and churches. Since Utah was admitt ed in 1890, a period of ten years has elapsed,which is longer than the aver age interval between the admissions of new states, though it has been by no means the longest interval. From the time when the eleventh new state, Missouri, came in, in 1821, to the ad mission of the twelfth, Arkansas, six teen years passed ; and thirteen years intervened between the admission of Colorado, in 1870, and that of the two Dakotas. Montana and Washington, in 1889. Death of Samuel 13arp. Dr. Samuel Ear]), a well-known Episcopalian divine and former resi dent of Danville, died at his home at Oil City, Sunday after a short ill uess. Dr. Earp was aged 02 years. The deceased came to Danville in boyhood wit h his father, William Ear]) from Staffordshire, England. He attended the Danville academy and completed his education at St. James college, Maryland,and the Gen eral Theological seminary, New York. He [served charges at Williamsport, Sweickley, Washington, Pa., and Grand Rapids,Mich. He founded Trinity col lege for boys at Washington, and for years has been the head of a private academy at Oil City. Ho is survived by a wife, one sou and a daughter. Mrs. Jane Camp, of this city, is a sister and Archibald Ear]), of Riverside, is a nephew. Untertalned on Flag Day. On Thursday, Flag day, the Sunbury chapter of the Daughters of the Rev olution were delightfully entertained at the home of Mrs t'harles A. Sidler, iu that place. Twenty two ladies were present. The occasion was also the K>Oth an niversary of Fort Augusta. Mrs. Sut ler's children recited and raised the flag. Mrs. Eugle and Mi-s Smith each read a fine selection pertaining to the Hag of our country. Mrs. F. K. Hail), of New York City,read a paper on the "Origin of the Flag." The Sidler home was decorated in I the national colors. The occasion pro ved most delightful. Miss Cromwell (Entertains. Miss I'ertlm Cromwell entertained a ! number of friends at tea last evening ! in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank ("rom 1 well, of Philadelphia. Besides the guests of honor there were present ! Miss Bess Drumheller, of Sunbury; l Miss Lois Buyer, of Plymouth Mis>- Mvrtle Sidler, of Catawhsa ; Miss J Joephine Consart and Miss Martha i Har]>el of this city. That advertising pays is an accepted proposition. Another is that big ad vertisiug pays big. HUNDREDS VIEW THE LITTLE COONS The three little raccoons,captured by Will T. Suter, have coiuo to town find 1 now have a home in the window of M. H. Sohram's store on Mill street. They prove a wonderful curiosity anil notli- | ing of the kind ever attracted so nine attention before. A miniature tree is installed in the window and the entire space is given over to the little animals. During the ' hours of daylight,true to their nature, : the little coons pass the time in slum her, but when night approaches they are ready for business. For almost live ' hours Saturday evening the pavement in front of Mr. Schram's store was nearly blocked by people crowded around the window enjoying the free show. It would be impossible to describe all the antics of the little coons, which really are very pretty little animals and as cute and as playful as they un attractive. Hail they been trained to perform they could not have amused the crowd any better than they did. The raccoon is an animal concerning which people in general know com paratively little about. It was a hap py conception to place the little coons on exhibition where they could be seen and studied and for this privil edge hundreds of people are indebted to both Mr. Suter and Mr. Schrani. Wooden Awning Removed. The wooden awning in front of Ross man's drug store in the building be longing to Dr. Thompson's estate, Mill street, was torn down Tuesday morning. The entire front is being adorned with a coat of silver-green | paint. The removal of the awning is j an improvement in itself but the coat of paint further helps the appearance. The awning removed is in the midst of a row of unsightly awnings taking in the greater part of the distance be tween the D. L. & W. crossing and.l. B. Cleaver's store. Its removal is a good object lesson to show what could be accomplished if the whole group in that part of town were removed The summer before last quite a mini I her of old awnings were torn down, i The merchants in every instance were !so well pleased with the result that | they wondered how they bad tolerated the gloomy structures. The appear ance of the street in front of the stores was much improved while the store itself was lighter and much more cheerful. Nevertheless the work lag ged after a time and the awnings seem to remain a permanent fixture. There are still some persons remain ing who advocate the wooden awn iugs, but people generally would like to see every one on Mill street torn down and give way to the more taste ful drop awnings of canvas w here such protection is desired. Cows Killed by Lightning. It would probably puzzle anyone to recall a time when so much damage was wrought by lightning so early in the season as this year. Following closely upon the heels of the destruc tion wrought during the electric storm one week before, on last Saturday af ternoon four valuable cows were kill ed on the farm of Gideon Hartmau one mile west of Exchange. The storm was a very heavy one,the rain being a continuous downpour, which flooded all the hollows and washed the fields very badly. On the farm of Mr. Hartmau five valuable cows were in the field. The animals bad sought shelter under a clump of low willows. A single bolt of lightn ing killed four of the cows, the fifth escaping. The lightning was very vivid and the thunder was almost continuous. From the farm house the bolt was seen as it descended near the willows, but the full extent of the havoc wrought was not learned until sometime later when only one cow of the herd came home. Peculiar Plague Among Stock. Many fanciers of horseflesh are great ly exercised over tho present apparent epidemic of spinal meningitis or some similar ailment which is attacking horses and other cattle in this and sur rounding regions. The animals thus afflicted first break out in a perspiration and gradually grow weaker, losing the use of their limbs, followed by a general numbness of the entire body. In many cases the disease is of but short duration, death usually resulting within fifty-two hours. Reports from tin* farming districts show that many horses and cows have died within the past few weeks, their demise, in nearly every instance, be ing attributed to the above disease. Coates Brothers, tho well known Shamokiu contractors, lost •» valuable horse Monday and many other animals are reported to be suffering from men ingitis. To Sunday Schools ot County. Mr. P. E. Mathias, of Highspire, Pa., who did such excellent work in the interest of the Sunday schools of Montour county last year, and who recently completed his first, year's study in Yale Divinity school is in our midst for about one month. Me will lend us his helping hand in org anizing cradle, home and normal de partment in our Sundy schools besides aiding us in holding our annual Sun day school district institutes before July 4. County laborers in Sunday school work, encourage him and yourself bv asking him to help you in this all im portant branch ol' religious work. Yours in faith, (J. I) LERCH, county President. A Loss to l.ewisburg. The Kulp Lumber company, one of Lewisburg's foremost industries, will soon move its plant to Oldtown,Mary land, thus depriving Lewisburg of an industry that employed about 150 men. This company has been working tlie timber land in Nittany and Buffalo mountains for the past ten years. Dur ing this period they have taken out about 85,01)0,000 feet of logs from the thirty six thousand acres of laud that the company controls in Union coun ty. 'CITIZENS' Bid j _ PETITION On Wednesday three oi our leading I citizens went to New York City to deliver over to the Delaware, Lack l awamia and Western railroad company j the big petition to the president and directors of that company bearing over a hundred signatures and asking that permission be granted the Danville and Blooinshurg street railway com I J panv to cross the I). L. & W. tracks jon Mill street. The petition was in troduced at council Friday night and the twelvt men constituting that body ; unhesitatingly allixed their signatures, making the number of signers includ ing ninety business men, slightly above a hundred. The per ition reads : To the president and directors of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad company : The petition of the undersigned, merchants of the borough of Danville and patrons of the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western railroad company respectfully presents: That it would be greatly to the in terest of the merchants of the said borough of Danville as well as its en tire population if the Danville and Bloomsburg electric railway were per mitted to cross the tracks of tho said Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad company and run its cars over Mill street in the said borough of Dan ville. Your petitioners, therefore showing these facts most earnestly and respect fully, request that the said Danville and Bloomsburg electric railway com pany be permitted to cross the tracks of the said Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad company in the bor ough of Danville. Then follows several pages of sign atures starting out with W. J. Rog ers, burgess, and T. J. Price, of the Danville Structural Tubing company. The list contains nearly every busi ness man and manufacturer in Dan ville and in proof of the importance of each,opposite his name is set forth the business which he represents. On the whole it is hardly likely that such a petition will be without its effect and | it would not be surprising if it should i play a very important part in induc ! ing the D. L. & W. people to recede l'rotu their position, should it finally I occur that the trolley company is given p'TUiission to cross the D. L. & W. tracks on Mill street. The merchants and manufacturers in Danville have gotten up this petition purely on their own initiative, believ ing that if the railroad company could be made to see the thing purely as it affects the inhabitants and the busi ness interests of the town it would the more readily aggree to let the trolley company cross its tracks. Death From Lockjaw. never follows an injury dressed with Bnckleii s Arnica Salve. Its antiseptic and healing properties prevent blood poisoning. Clias. Oswald, merchant, of N. Y., writes "It cur ed Seth Burch. of this place, of the ugliest sore on his neck 1 ever saw. Cures Cuts, Wounds, Burns and Sores. 25c at Panles & Co.. drug store. JUDGE STABLES AGAIN. While tin* jury was being drawn at East-oil the other day to try Ernest De- Bergh, a llellcrtown justice of the peace, accused of having disturbed a religious meeting, counsel for the de fendant objected to one of the jurors serving because he was a Methodist. Judge Staples, of Monroe county, who has been assisting the Northampton county court last week, very promptly overruled the objection, adding rhat. he was a Methodist, and if the objec tion was a good one lie would have to vacate the bench. Constipation makes the cold drag along. Get it out of yon Take Ken nedy's Laxative Honey and tar congh syrup. Contains no opiates. Sold by Panles «V Co., Druggists. STATE WANTS STUDENTS. The State wants students in the Forestry academy at Mont Alto, Franklin county, and will hold an ex amination of intending applicants in Ilarrisburg on Tuesday and Wednes day, July 10 and 11. The first day will bo devoted to'physical examinations, the second to examinations in scholar ship. Canidates for examination and admission must be 18 years old on or before September 1, ISMMi, and not over 25 years of age on that date. The ex amination will be of reasonable diffi culty and conducted in the common school branches, including physiology and algebra. CHESTER'S NEW V. M O. A. The Young Men's Christian associa , t ion of Chester is to have a new build ing. For its completion and furnish ing there is still needed $75,000, or actualy *7 1.000, since tho first I,'". tH) has been subscribed by a modest gent leman who prefers to remain un known Tho members of the associa tion are waxing enthusiastic over the project, the newspapers are giving them substantial help, there is no : doubt in the minds of the friends of | the enterprise of its final success. We wish the men back of this enterprise J the best of fortunes. A building such as they contemplate will prove a ! fountain of light and helpfulness in ' any community. ICE IN JUNE. The Titusville Courier is authority for the statement that during the cold spell last week a great deal of damage wa- done by frost. In portions of Ven ango county ice formed on standing water, the earth was slightly frozen 1 and even leaves on trees and grass : were blighted A gentleman who claims to have been a close student of , the weather for the past twenty-two | years, inforais the Courier that there ' have been two occasion in that time • upon which the month of June passed j without a more or less destructive i frost. j A GUAKANTF.EI) CURE TOR PILF.S Itching, Blind, ling. Brotrml : ing Bile*. Druggists are authorized to refund inoiiev if P,V/< > OINTMENT fails to cure in •'« to 14 da vs. 50 cents. A STRANGER PURCHASES SILK The local police ou Saturday were searching the town for a man jihout five feet, three inches high,with curly hair awl wearing a black still' hat and a bluish suit with square cut coat. The man was wanted in connection with a little business transaction at one of our stores daring the day. During the forenoon the stranger en tered tlie store ami purchased a piece of silk valued at There was noth ing at all suspicious in his manner and after having the silk wrapped up said lie would call for it during the after noon. The silk was taken care rd' and about four o'clock the man, true to his word, made his appearance. In a very business-like way in pay ment he produced a check on a Sun bury bank. At the same moment it seemed to occur to him that there might be some hesitancy about accept ing the check under the circumstances and viewing the paper inusefully for a moment he remarked: "Well I'll get, it cashed myself" and turned and left the store. It was observed, however, that he did not forget to take the silk with him. The man's whole manner was so natural that no suspicion was aroused in the minds of the clerk. When a reasonable period of time had elapsed, however,and the man did not return it was another matter. The manager of the store was notified, af ter which the police got busy; but at last accounts there were 110 develop ments. Whether the curly beaded stranger did business elsewhere in the borough Saturday, employing his peculiar me thods, has not been learned, but it is pretty evident that the opportunity was open and he might have operated in several stores. There is no need worrying along in discomfort because of a disordered diges tion.(4et a bottle of KODOL FOli DVS PEPSIA, and see what it will do for you. Kodol not only digests what you eat and gives that tired stomach a need ed rest, but is a corrective of the great est efficiency. Kodol relieve* indiges tion. dyspepsia, palpitation of the heart, flatulence, and sour stomach. Kodol I will make your stomach young and healthy again. You will worry just in 1 the proportion that your stomach worries 1 you. Worry means the loss of ability to ! do your best. Worry is to be avoided at all times. Kodol will take the worry out. of your stomach. Sold by Panles A: C'\, druggists. Dodging Taxes in Schuylkill. The recent sale of a tract of coal land is Schuylkill county valued at one thousand dollars an acre,is assess ' ed at fifty dollars. With this as a basis an investigation was made and it has 1 developed that coal lands generally are ' assessed at about one twentieth their ! real value, which means an evasion of ; taxation to an enormous extent. The ! coal companies are all represented in j what they call the "Taxpayers' As ' sociation" and have for years used j their influences with the county com ' missioners to get a rate of taxation on I their coal lands far lower in propor ! tion than that paid by the working ' men and business men on their small , homesteads. In order to combat the j work of the corporations through the Taxpayers' Association the small prop erty owners have formed a "Home Owners' League." This organization is being perfected in Pottsville and will extend to all parts of the county. It is proposed to ask the county com missioners at the time of the revision of the valuation of taxes to raise the assessment upon corporation lands many million dollars. If the commis sioners do not comply with this re quest these people will go into politics and elect their own commissioners two years from now. Thousands annually bear witness to the efficiency of Early Risers. These pleasant, reliable little pills have long borne a reputation second to none as a laxative and cathartic. They are as taple as bread in millions of homes. Pleasant but effective. Will promptly relieve constipation without srriping Sold'by Panles and Co., druggists. Warning Against Files. "That flies are an exasperating an uoynace not only toman but also to beast no one need be told. Moreover, it has been found that the milk pro ducing power of the cow is materially ! reduced by the annoyance of flies. ' That flies are one of the greatest pos- I sible sources of danger as disease trans j mittens is 'also well known but not j sufficiently heeded." j This statement was made recently by ( State Health Commissioner Dixon when he was speaking of what is known in the scientific world as niusca domestica, but what people in general call the pesky little house fly that whisks through the small tear in the screen, that comes in by the scores when you forget to close the door.and that ruins your early morning sleep ing hours. "We don't begin to give enough credit to the house fly for the number of typhoid fever cases it is responsible for. The fly alights on some germ lad en material and then its next stop ping place may be some food that is I about to be served. It was the late Dr. Joseph Leidy's belief that the house flies carried hospital gangrene and were responsible for its spread. "The fly's responsibility for the great number of deaths among the Ameri can soldiers during the Spanish-Am erican war was conclusively shown." The sincerest tribute that can be paid to superiority is imitation. The many imitations of DeWitt's Witch lla/.el Salve that are now before the public prove it the best. A s k for DeWitt s. Good for burns, scalds, chaffed skin, eczema, tetter, cuts, bruises, boils and piles. Highly recommended and reliable. Sold by Panles A' Co., druggists. N ice President from flontour. Edward Pnrpur, tire chief of Dan * ville, last year, has been appointed a ! v ice president from Montour county, of Firemen's t> county association by President Ed. Lewis of this town. : Mr. Purpur has been a member of the ! Friendship Fire company of Danville for several years and is one of the best fire fighters in Montour county. His appointment meets with the general approval of the firemen of that city.— liloomsburg Daily. A BANK AT EXCHANGE The prosperous fanning community of Anthony township is to have a lutnk,which will he established at Ex change. Tho venture is haek<>il by all the leading citizens of Anthony town ship and others at Turhotville and in Lewis township, Northumberland eoun ty. If will he known as the Fanners' national bank of Exchange. The prime movers in the establish ment of the bank are: James L. Bran lien, Patrick Branncn, William Bran nen, Thomas Dennin, Bryan Dennin, James F. I'd I is, John A. Ellis, John 1). Kllis, 1). H. iiishel. residents of Anthony townhip. The success of the venture is assured. The stock twenty live thousand dollars is all subscribed. The shares are fixed at SIOO, on which there is an assessment of 20 per cent, for a surplus, which amounts to •■?•',<>(>(>- Application has been made to the comptroller of currency and what formality remains to be complied with will be <|nickly attended to. Hon. It. S. Ammerman, attorney for the bank people, yesterday stated that he had no doubt not that in three mouths time the bank would be empowered to do business. The intention is to erect a tine building at Exchange. Pending its completion, however, the banking business will be conducted in tempor ary quarters Deadly Serpent Bites. ar«' as common in India as are stomach and liver disorders with us. Fo the lat ter however there is a sure remedy: Electric Bitters; the great restorative medicine, of which S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville. 8. C., says: "They restor ed my wife to perfect health, after years of suffering wit h dyspepsia and a chron ically torpid liver. Electric Bitters cure chills and fever, malaria, biliou-ness, lame back, kidney troubles and bladder disorders. Sold on Guarantee b* Panle & Co., druggists. Price 50c. THE CHEERFUL HABIT. Nobody contributes more largely to the general good than one with a hearty sense of humor. Troubles disappear at his approach I and under the magic influence of his contagious geniality cares and worries, which seemed so heavy, become light as air and mere cause of smiles. One with a sunny, hopeful, humorous na ture is like a physician during a plague. It is not possible, for every- I body to be witty or humorous. It is just as reasonable to counsel people to be poets or to be beautiful as to urge ' them to be wits or humorists. Wits i and humorists are born, not made, and I there is hardly anything more melan choly than the person without any j sense of humor or a grain of wit vain ly striving to win applause anil dul | ling the edgo of patience, j Franklin said that no fools are so troublesome as those who have wit, I anil those who with unseasonable jests I make light of serious and sacred 1 things. If we cauuot all add to the fund of good humor by "lambent. I flashes" of wit and the beautiful, ' gracious charms of an Oliver Gold ! smith or a Mark Twain, it is never theless within the power of all to take a cheerful view of th.ngs and to cul tivate our own good humor. Our temperaments are made for us, j but our habits are of onrown making. | All good humor and cheerfulness are ! largely habits. A cheerful frame of j mind comes with a desire and detcr -1 minatiou to be cheerful,and the habit, ! like all other habits, grows with time ! and use. Whoever cultivates the cheer ful habit will find his reward in his own happiness, which will grow as he perceives how much his eherefulness ! and good humor add to the happiness i of others. An Alarming Situation. frequently results from neglect of clog ! ged bowels and torpid liver, until con stipation becomes chronic. This condi tion is unknown to those who use Dr. Kiug's New Life l'ills; the liest and j gentlest regulators of Stomach and | Bowels. Guaranteed by Panics <V Co., druggists. Price 25c. Increase of Trolley Travel. The remarkable increase in the trol ley system of the State is shown by the trips which are now being adver tised by some of the companies operat ! ing traction lines. Around Pittsburg, j Philadelphia, Scranton, Wilkes Ham ! and Heading and even our city then are splendid systems affording lon« and interesting rides, hut it remains for a crowd of Lancasterians to takt the banner. This party started from Lancaster and went to AUeiitown passing through the Heading system. There were 150 in the | >arty and the trip took live and a half hours. The run between Head | ing and Allentowii, thirty miles, was made in less than three hours. You cannot induce a lower animal t.< eat heartily when not feeling well. A sick dog starves himself, and gets well ' The stomach, once over-worked, must I have rest the same as your feet or eyes, j You don't have to starve to rest yoiii stomach. KODOL FOH D\Sl'hl'i>lA I takes up the work for your stomach. digests what yon eat and gives it a rest. ' Puts it back in condition again. \oti I can't feel good with a disordered stom ach. Try Kodol. Sold by Panics & Co., druggists. Killed on the Kail. With both legs crushed into a pull close to the trunk of his body and oth erwise severely injured Thomas Logan, aged 25», of Locust Gap, was found ly ing along the Heading tracks at thai place Saturday morning at I o'clock When found Logan was unconsciou! and he died before medical aid couli be secured. Mrs. Logan, the victim's widowed mother, whom ho solely supported, i: positive that he was home and asleej in bed at a quarter past twelve o'ciocl and why he left home on the fatal trij is a mystery that w ill never he solved TO OIJRE A COLD IN ONE DAT Take LAXATIVE l?H< >MO t,lu in im Tablets. Druggists refund money if i fails to cure. E. W GKOVE'S >igna ture is on each box. 25 cents. TWO ENLISTMENTS ARE lADE Biirt Light, of Miltcn, and Fred Hopkins, of Mt. Carniel, have enlisted [at the local recruiting station. They were an eptcd Tuesday evening and Wedn> <i.i> they left for New where they will join the coast artil lery. William Koncslor of Mt. Car luel, another apjilieant Tuesday, was rejected on account of impaired vis ion. l'hc recruiting offiee was opened here on .June Ith under Corporal Coh en. There have been, all told, a round ! dozen of applicants,hnt th 'two above icmi 'il, accepted Tuesday were the firs I that came up to all the require ments. Corporal Cohen Tuesday Jstated that recruiting officers generally expect to reject at least 70 per cent, of those who apply The principal defect seems to 1" in the hearing and sight; heart trouble, at i, is often the cause of re jection. The very general defect in the heart, the recruiting officer explained, is largely due to cigarettes and exces sive smoking of cigars. This does not always disqualify the applicant; in cases where in other respects the man is all right, if the heart action is ouly slightly impaired, and the applicant will agree to modify his indulgence in tobacco it very frequently happens that he is accepted not withstanding. Defective eyes are apt to occur at places like Danville, where men are employed about mills and furnaces; the glare and the intense heat of the j fire often proves injurious to the sight, to say nothing of the effect of fereign matter,which is so apt to find its way into the eye. The best material for the army as w ell as for any other call ing, the officer states, comes from the country. Following The FKg. When our soldiers wnt to Cuba anj the Philippines*, .i Ith was the important>nsi.leration. WillisT. Mor gan, retired v Sergeant U. S. A., of Rural Route 1, Concord. N. H., says: I was two years in Cuba and two years in the Philippines and being sub ject to e.lds, I took Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, which kept me in perfect health. And now in New Hampshire, we find it the best medicine in the world for coughs, colds, bronchial trouble- and ill lung diseases. Guaran teed at I'aules &; Co.. druggists. Price soe and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Costly String of Fish. The Mahanoy City American says that Game and Fish Warden William l«inkenlmrger arrested Joseph Kobsh iusky for violating the fish laws. The season for bass fishing opened Thurs day and Ivobshinsky journeyed to Lake ide to try his luck. He had in his p.. session when arrested twenty nitie li;i>> ranging in lengthjfrom three to five inches and the law states noth ing under seven inches is],allowed tD be taken from the waters. He was given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Brennan who ii> default of his paying the fine of $lO for each tish caught or #'i!»o, was committed to jail to serve 200 days or ten days for each tish under size. QUICK CHANGES from hot to cold and back again try strong constitutions and cause, among other evils, nasal catarrh, a troublesome and offensive disease. Sneezing and snuffing,cough ing and difficult breathing, and drip, drip of the foul discharge into the throat—all are ended by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest and positive rem edy contains no cocaine, mercury, nor other harmful ingredient. The worst cases are cured in a short time. All druggists, r.Oc., or mailed by Ely Bros., •")«! Warren Street, New York. Business Hen Organize Team. If present indications count for any thing Danville is to have its share of good exhibition of the national game this summer. A regular Danville team has already been organized and won its first three games. Now the business men, whose ag gregation has won an enviable reputa tion hero, are to the fore. At an enth usiastic meeting held Monday night, Arthur Lawrence was elected captain and N. B. Cohen, manager, "for this season. The business men 'are going| to get suits, and want to play games with any or all of the teams in this vicin ity. The sworn statement of the mannfac turers protects you from opiates in Kenned\ s Laxative Honey and Tar—the cough s\ rup that drives the cold out of vonr sy-tem Sold by Paules & Co., druggists. ONE CITIZEN. One long-suffering and indignant citizen of Greeusburg,irritated by the carelessness and indifference of the borough authorities, has made infor mation against one of his neighbors for depositing garbage within the bor ough limits. It is probable a little public spirit of that sort exhibited in towns where it seems to be needed would speedily bring the right an swer. r- ■— <rjr # Ine bong of the Hair There arc four vc rses. Verse 1. Ayer's Hair Vigor stops falling hair. Verse 2. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff. Verse 4. Ayer's H.iir Vigor makes the scalp healthy, and keeps it so. It is a regular hair-food; this I is the real secret of its won- Jderfui success. I The best bind of a testimonial I " Sold for over eixty yearß." 5 A Mndo by J. C. Ayor Co., Lowell, M»e». I Jm Alao manufacturers of /LA 7 SARSAPARILLA j/iqers
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