Montour American.
MANK C. Proprietor.
Danville, Pa.. Oct. 11, l«Xk>
RFPt BLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Oovernor,
EHWINS STUART, -.f Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ROBERTS MI'RPH Y, of Cambria.
For Auditor General,
RoIiERT K YOI'SO. of Tioga.
lor Secretary of Internal Affairs.
HENRY Hole K if Ijebanon
KIPI Bl.lw AN wOl'N IV IICKHT.
l or Congress,
K. \V. SAM CEL.
For President Judge,
CHARLES C EVANS.
For Associate Judge,
' iiAHLE-S A WAHNER
For Representative,
RALPH KISNER
For Sheriff.
I>. C WILLIAMS.
For Jury Commissioner,
HENRY KERN.
CONNING ANIMALS.
111,.*.- 1.. . ~i llmlh I'nr tlie
v.L - <>t l'rot<-c t ion.
mi ug death for the
• . j i :II be observed
t ■ l.iwc-r animals—
M • I v. i.lelv iu family,
I.ic • I.this habit
I I I reaturcs micro
I ! exceedingly low
• • •• ii as iu those as
I. _ •; annual life as man
n does not heid
• 112 <•:. ii to avail himself of
• -. : ! when be thinks
ill- pre creation of his
L the ufic-roscope olio
a •> tidy the natural his
■ a' imal world, which
, ; i II a closed and
i'bi< iastrumeut has
L, > . -\\ :l that creatures
i • .I • - . etinophryans,
\ \ < i- »pie animalcules,
j.r.i : • dent lit fc .in ng when surprised
11 . N) from «Ud they cannot
i..!., n c Thus 1 have, says
a in* • .it -dly seen aetino
phrjrui foM their delicate, hairlike
:,L-- ir HI. I -. nk to the bottom of
tie :r ni.i. ' ike i i drop of waterl
when •>; JH ! eil by a water louse,
wbt li pr<-y* iji in them. They remain
to all a|M M ran -s absolutely without
life uut i the water louse swims away,
wbeti the; hM their c ilia and go
ba.'t to their f«,-ding grounds a bit
of water w.vj or moss or decayed
wood.
EIGHT DAY CLOCKS.
Ihr li» *«%«»•• \» »' Mittle to
K Mil Jll-t M U'cM-k.
The Ire h love a fashion of ex
pii hot abort i»eriod
•i e 'iiinut eight
da.i - I i '.cr ccii-ditions we
rmM ' -i weak." The
l"r ;; h ~ unnatural, ours
fcatin I U is a distinctly rec
uin We lielie ve there Is
only i which we u-e the
t-igl.' d od and that la la making
clock-
I»id • -ch . i to you why we
i... . adM ■ ei^lit day clock
and i • i.in ,; - - rwa exactly aw
dMy?': Ha •• ,i I reason for It.
\ c! • , • t • run eight days
t« pre'. - to '«• wound ou a cer
tain d « fk. for it would be
ttlnii»>t for any one to re
u.• ' -1 every eighth day.
Iharl • val between wind
lays 1* s. pmlaljl as tho
tnt>kcr ii, ..i exjuected.
1: i . i • a dock runs l»et
t«?r \l lluv. c I t,j run down,
vT I It The Viillie plail Is
follow• v itch; it will run
tor * I ' m* nearly every
UiHii .. it the -.line hour
priag i- never
fully • i! '.i.i!it> ii wind
U.g <
a tln.ejt.c- - i.i on'.
'I > i- .tpal.
It v.; S \v Si itt who helped.
In "Air.-i- t,» t ■ . .I.'* to arouse ttie
f«-ar- •' 1 :niis concerning
tie very beautiful
>t«iii- t■ - - .112 . -i it was a bc-nuan
ci» ii _ » ic < i-t.-red that fear
verj • titl >t- r other ends than
tlece • H<* came to England
pan n. . «'« .ii,- <oid bf a jeweler, to
t;l ■of the ro>a 1 fam
: , wetldlug tirder. If
opals were then
I .' I •!-! the -itttry that
op. ■ el s|iri«d the re
jK.rt Iu a short time the
pn iid h was enabled
to tJ i t, Jei 1 iMike a handsome
pr»ti West,oiii-tt't* i.'azctte,
■ruMalaii'a I t. net. c.ruuiiuur.
It •' - i tiiat Robert
. - ! iith ir of a French
. i -ars that even the
4att« I»r <• WwMp of
litem:ii:• lopedlc. hatl not
j*#et'n I! - qtriv • tvas therefore
»r- it v, i . r, : the work In
ii ut-vt (5 ~s u himself wia
i' i 1 It oe. urs ou jiage
- o .] , •>f ISrtiwninc's
'"'•i- '• I litis in more
U. I.i t . - and magazine*
that i -ic I i y "I";racelsus' to scorn
ten } -.ir- : a the Ha tne column
oTte:. ■ - would follow
« in t«t u- »r> rtotice of an ele
aw*ntary i ren. i »■•*. on a new jdau,
*b b I or i.i. old French m;tster
<- • * 'tLat \ i>c really a
wrff '
4 1 .112 If %>totV«e»r %%<•>.
il». » v t i oil I and well to
d<» t.l I . m \c v York hi*'
'• |' I as I ti .aut.
Ht ti ist all ,ut h'*
L . ' - : due to s »me
i; i ' ■ 'uea strik
iii/ uttera&ccf KSs al
ir- . ihat Ii • mad*
I» ' certain tx-ca
id ■ ll. i his mind to
ha 1 « - t -iowu with his
la— ! h c;i>e before
U.ui .i . i • ' iwjer < i!d. "Well,
on lb vi u haven't any
«»•* t I.* c lied his trou-
ii- • i l li. face aud
rtll) ,1. I • an tell it o'l
vther ij t . . il< omu-ent
rim urn iif with
IS HEIJ, MMII
IN WIN S. >ll NI T
k Famous Journalist's Story ol
the Kise of a Poor Boy to
High Public Honor.
"NEVER MADE A PROMISE
THAT WAS NOT FULFILLED"
Emerged From Trying Term of
Office With Echoing Plaudits
of a City.
There was no more aggressive sup
porter of the fusion state tic ket and the
City Party movement in Philadelphia
last fall tbau the Philadelphia "Even
ing Bulletin." Its editor-in-chief,
William Perrine, author of the famous
'Penn" comments upon men and meas
ures in tha*. independent journal, gave
this word picture of the Republican
nominee I'm governor in nis character
istic. frank and manly manner, shortlv
after the selection of the Republican
et&nuard-bearer:
At the close of the gubernatorial
campaign four years ago it was ob
served that the Republican candidate
came out of it without having been
compelled even once to defend his per
sonal character. Amidst all the gibes
that were cast at Judge Penny packer
and all the controversies over his po
litical status, his record as a man was
proof against reproach. It is alto
gether certain that his successor as a
gubernatorial candidate will repeat
this experience in the coming campaign.
For the life of Edwin S. Stuart in
Philadelphia from his boyhood has
been so clear, clean, simple and open
that it would be hard even for the
adroitest of slanderers to fasten upon
him the suspicion of an illicit or dis
reputable act. In his early manhood
he framed for himself a code of up
right and honorable dealing in his
business ambitions and in his daily
relations to men; lie had a sterling
reputation for his squareness and sin
cerity among those who knew him
when he was only in his teens, and in
the course of the more than .'lO years of
his comings and goings among the peo
ple, and largely in public life, none has
been able to note in him any essential
deviation from the principles and the
habits which marked him in the hum
ble beginnings of his career.
The Man In the Making.
"When as a lad he had hardly ceased
doing chores in the old Leary book
store at Fifth and Walnut streets, he
was almost as big and strapping a fel
low physically as he is now. At 17
or 18 he had the frame and girth of a
six-footer, the level-headed sense of
judgment of a veteran in the book
business when he would goto Thomas'
auction rooms on Fourth street, for
example, to do the buying for his
house, and an unusual facility, for a
youth, of knowing how to hold his
tongue and yet winning friends with
perfect ease. It is sometimes the habit
of ("hose who critici e him to call him
'over-discreet' or 'too non-committal.'
But this sort of prudence is not
a merely political trait or the result of
political life. Caution is an instinct
with him; it was natural to him when
he was earning his s:{ or $1 a week and
carrying his coffee every morning from
his downtown home to warm it up in
the middle of the day at the Fallon
shoe store, and when at night time the
row of tall boards which encased the
cheap stalls on the outside walls were
fastened together, young Stuart was as
careful to see that they were made
quite as secure in protec ting the 5 and
10-cent Stock as he was that the rarest
editions on the inside should be safe
guarded from theft or fire. And yet
with all his circumspection In speech
there wasn't a more cheerful or more
sunny-faced lad in the neighborhood.
He worked all day long anil frequently
well Into the night as if he never knew
what it was to be tired, ■ id although
he was singularly free of the loose or
hurtful habits which most lads contract
In the growing age. no one thought of
associating him with the idea of i
milksop or a pretender. To everybody
about Fifth and Walnut streets he was
'Ed.' Ned' or 'Eddie,' and even then
there was a sort of intuition among the
denizens of the corner that he had the
making of a somebody in him.
"Mr. Stuart was at one time, when
still young, a Sunday school teacher.
Some years ago he told me how
amused and pleased he was one day in
finding among the books which came
to his store on Ninth street a copy of
a little Testament which contained the
inscription tliat he had written on its
fly-leaf in the early '7o's when he pre
sented it to one of hi. |. ; :ils. In his
relations to his mother, who was of
sturdy, religious stock, lie was a sig
nal example of the loyalty ami urati
tutfp of the sc»n who honors the c-hi 112
author of fiis hi'ing; he lived as much
for her as for himself; the pride which
she might find in his ambitions was
not the least of his motives in court
ing public advancement, and when he
had almost reached the mayoralty of
his native city, the sorest blow of hi"
life was that death should rob him nf
her in their little home on Tenth stre'-t.
and that he should be cut off. on tha
eve of his triumph, from sharii!'; '?
with her. Stuart had little
except what he pot in the Southwest
Grammar school, ami the education
which he gave hinis If was largely tha
result of what he read at Learv's in
epare moments, or in his winter even
ing hours at home. But he was etn
phatic ally a specimen of what we
sometimes call 'good mothers' sons.'
and the moral stamina and Scotch-
Irish sense in the man came to him
through her, in a domestic atmosphere
of frugality, thrift and those simple
virtues that are chastened by patient
toil in the face of suffering or sorrow.
A Character That Told.
"It is to the character which was
thus formed in Stuart that the offices
Hid the honor which have been Kiver
him in I'l.i d-iphia are primarily due
i!K minimal ion for governor of Penn
sylvania. ii' his election to the presi
dency of tii Young Republicans when
a quarter of a century ago it became
a stepping-stone of his career, his elec
tion to sell c t council, his election tc
tlie mayoralty, his election to the presi
dency of the t'nion League, his ap
pointment t the board of city trusts
and lib a| (ointment, which he de
< lined c»me month; ago. to there
const i en t< d I id of education, not tc
•■a 'I c.i fli- ,11offei-> which have been
made to him at various times of othei
olti' es. liave alino-.t invariably beer
tne outcome ot respect ior, or conn
dence in, his c haracter. That the favor
able impression which a man of his
unusually large and forceful physique
makes upon the public mind enters tc
some extent into this disposition tc
recognize Inm is not to be doubted, foi
Stuart has an external appearance
which ambitious men may envy. But
this is a comparative trifle when com
pared with that sort of Impression
which is made year in and year out, in
little tilings as well as in big things
by steadiness, and dig
nity yet simplicity of conduct, and im
munity from scandal, and square deal
ing, and charity of thought, and truth
fulness of speech. Thus there is not «
division nf the humblest citizens of th«
26th ward in which the name of Edwic
S. Stuart is not trusted today as *
household word, and often it has beer
known to be commended by working
men as a model to their boys; on thf
other hand, there is not a member ol
the Union League who feels that it!
honor before the nation will ever b«
tarnished by any act of his while he i!
in its presidency. Nor is there any sem
blance of moral ostentation in his char
acter. none of that affectation or self
consciousness or preachiness which
sometimes imparts a smugness or dis
agreeable stiffness to the intrinsic
quality of a good man. The instinct o!
rational fellowship in him is strong;
no other public* man in Philadelphil
probably has more friends or acquaint
ances to salute him when ho comei
down Chestnut street, and in his inter
course there is that abundance of heart
iness which comes from seemingly
perfect health, a kindly disposition
and the frankness of a clean nature
There is no discrimination in his con
duct, whether he meets a millionaire
or a coal heaver, and there Is no trace
of a sign in his manner or his manners
that the recognition which has come
to him in securing some of the most
coveted prizes of ambition has spoiled
him in the sense of making him for
getful of his struggling days or of turn
ing his head, in fact, it would be hard
to find among the noted characters ol
Philadelphia a man less suggestive ol
anything like vanity or self-approba
tion.
Temperate in Word and Deed.
"The chief weaknesses attributed to
Stuart arc want of positiveness, slow
ness in reaching conclusions, and ex
cess of amiability. They are the same
weaknesses that McKinley's critics
passed upon him up to the time hs
went into the presidency, and the Stu
art temperament is undoubtedly 8
kindred one to the 'McKinley tempera
ment' in both its personal and politi
cal aspect. In all his career in Phila
delphia 1 do not recall that he evel
felt himself publicly moved to abust
a man or to speak harshly of one
however much he might condemn s
vice or a wrong, and in his private
conversation there is the same absti
nence from merely personal reproba
Uon. He is a believer in the wisdoa
of the motto that haste makes waste
but if he is slow to reach his con
elusions he sticks to them when he
gets there. From his point of view a
man in otiice is not so much the leader
of the people as he is the instrument
ol the people, and it is less his bust
ness to form public opinion than tc
obey public opinion. The real test ol
the usefulness of a public man con
sists in the substantial and lasting
betterment which he produces for his
community, and yet there are in Phil
adelphia some tuen who with notabl#
reptuations for being 'positive' could
not stand that test and whose vigor
of affirmation is sometimes hardly
more than a windy, worthless ver
bositv.
An Eventful Term.
"Thus Stuart, when he became
mayor of Philadelphia, made few
promises, and. such as they were
they were simply and carefully ex
pressed. But the city and its material
Improvements advanced during the
four years of his term; the average
of the personnel of his administration
in point of character and efficiency
was creditable, and no responsible op
ponent, however bitter, ventured tc
advance even a suspicion dishonorable
to Its head. At all times he was ac
feasible to all citizens, and none whose
complaint might be worth making ever
suggested that he did not have an op
portunit> for fair play and courteous
hearing. Tne mayor, it is true, was
always Muctant to make a promlsa,
but v.'han one was made It was kept.
Politically the Combine of Martin and
Porter flourished during his term, but
there was comparative peace in the
politics of Philadelphia. Stuart made
the effort, but failed in it, of taking
the police out of politics.
Indeed, at the start it looked as If
his administration might be a wreck.
Mis first director of public safety was
proved to have been a thief, but the
mayor promptly got rid of him. Tho
city treasury had been robbed right
and left by Bardsley, but the mayor
lost no time in getting his experts
into the office and putting Bardsley
under arrest. The Queen Lane reser
voir was charged with being Infected
by the rankest jobbery, but the chief
*< cuser broke down in a court of Jus-
Vice and an equity suit was dismissed
from consideration by the Judges.
When the first loulevard or'parkway
bill passed councils, largely at the in
stance of the Pennsylvania railroad,
Stuart vetoed it, but he took the
ground substantially that It wai doubt
ful whether the city could afford ft,
and that the majority of the people,
as- was then true, were probably op
posed to it. This subjected him to
criticism as a inan who was not bold
and progressive enough to lead In the
making of a great municipal improve
ment. and the same kind of criticism
was directed against him with much
vigor by the Traction company or its
spokesmen when he halted the origi
nay trollej I,' Is although there was
no doubt that the majority of the pea
pie we: a al st th"in also. But the
oiitrom< i II 'rt > acticn was the
most v I inn' ssion the railway
Intere, i h \i ever mr.de to the city.
"This v,;i t; ■ i,r»t.<lice of the obii
gation t" p t .all improve n> n'ts on
the stn ts W'I.I ' th / occupied and t«.
SIOO REWA RD SIOO
I'lie readers of this paper will be please'* to
earn that tWre Is at least one dread' dis
ease that science lias been able to cure In all
the stages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's ''a
larr'.i Cure Is the only positive- cure now
kno ;II to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
belie* a constitutional disease, requires :»
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Dure Is taken internally, actinic directly up
on the blood and mucous surface of the sys
in. thereby c.c stroyina the foundation of
the disease ,«nd glvlnir the patient siren nth
by building np t he constitution and assisting
nature In doing the work. The proprietors
have so much faith in Its curative powers
that I hey offer One Hundred Itollars for any
Case that It fi'lls lc cure semi for IKi •>
Test Iriionlals.
Address.
K. J.CIIKNKV A « <» , Toledo, II
Hold hy DrtiKglMiH, price 76c. par t.olli.
Hall's ticin II v S'lllHHie the lim
maintain tne pavements; ana it nas
been chiefly under the operations and
effects of that covenant in the past
dozen year;, or more that Philadelphia
became one of the best-paved cities in
the I'nited States. The reclamation of
Uroad street ai a highway was another
of his special policies, as was also the
asphalting of small or comparatively
obscure si! -is in the poor and con
gested quart 'rs. so that neighborhood
cleanliness and sanitation might be ad
vanced. B't ihe foremost act of an
administration which was fruitful of
the we!l-i!i-i! i uted improvement that
counts in d ail was the initiation of
the mov< m::: i'or abolishing the grade
crossings on the main line of the Read
ing lailw. v aud the construction of
the sub'a a t ■!: Pennsylvania avenue.
Set a Standard.
"The .-on /ii live rapidity with which
Mayor Stuait and the late Edward M.
Pax; on.the chief representative of
the Reading, came into an agreement
on a problem which was generally
thought to be entirely beyond the
reach oi i;, ,i:<-di lte solution, has been
in striking contrast with the delay of
years over the Ninth street crossings.
Stuart man a <1 his end of the case
with admiable patience, tactfulness
and p"rsi. me. without fussiness or
the -ii , ii . •* .ion of promises; and
wiifn t,-raking, which began un
der his admiai. tration In co-operation
with the <• aipany. was completed,
there were not only no jobs charged
against it, but the expenditure was ac
tually less than the amount of money
appropriated.
"When he v: jut out of the mayoralty
It wa- with t: . general lessening of the
p- c i i.: which he had when lie
v nt .o :i. . which it had been tha
lot of 0.-: u . yoi's. sometimes unde
servedly io !i. • oil making their exit.
Stuart's ■:. • lienca in that respect,
liowev i w lil.r* this —that there was
a discositii i all aio.md among thought
ful men to » ii upon his head and not
his In art f' responsibility for his er
rors of i >'i : is-ion 01 of omission and
to gi i I: ' as one who had done hia
part honest.y and with clean hands.
The i iiizen dinner which was given
to him v aen he i tiied to private life
was one <•! liose appreciations which
really mean something. Its guests were
made up of men of all parties and
various representatives of religion like
Archbishop Ityuri, HishopWhitaker and
the present Iri.-Nip McViekar; Charles
Emory Kniit i paironncd his happiest
oflices as an orator, and John Wana
maker Ii! n« d the young mayor, I
think 11- i • \. :'s then b!it 12 after his
four-years' Km to a sort of Dick
Whittingtou in' Philadelphia.
A Tribute to Wortn.
"As a i... hi ol lact. S.uart formed
an ami:;;,.: r: t a< i .lie 1 in the days
when ii ... ' •■ctupic ! by Stokley
and w'j. i I i i ;s II iia I not become
a voter, n i it i tha only o3lce, ex
cept his v in <;umils years ago,
that he hi? d ia-iut 'ly and dpenly
planned to I'iie soli' r. sti aint
whicli h< tim< miA again exhib
ited in pi ing .rw.y lrora lim the
baits «»ii< ' i. »:i 1 i; i ■ i>. have cast in
his dir.- i.-c "... b.--n marked. Thus
it mi"!it 1.-.u tx <ii possibl for him
to have a dash f< i the gover
norship l e was m j yor, when
various j! • i In 11 (.If Hastings
were on i* . n.l win n a I the b 'Ot
lickers ol , li'.i< who ever gather
around a i <;• .e, u. -ing him to let
his admini . ticn set ur> in his he
halt. Put * t .art, \>ith ail his ami
ability. <en i.l a hav.'k from a hau l
saw in i r as quickly rn most of
the ev |■ ri i: vcr 10.-t an hour's s'e p
over tin a ventually put his foot
on ir <i!iieti>. ad thereby removed
from Hasi:- path the only formid
able obstri: nt .at might have been
set in hi v \ad now. in the full
ness of tr v. t i a new political gen
eral ion or i into the field, and
with Qua\ in-! hill the other old lead
ers ib-ad or nearly dead, the nomi
nation ii n t.» him without the lift
ing of i Hu'. r i n his part and with
the exprcfri ii that it will meet the
popular n. aient of the nour.
"What . 1 it may or may not
be. politi' ali it is personally at least
a striking tiihute to the worth of
character PENK.**
M In
Minne-oi i has been designated the
North Sta State, of which two or
three e\ i 1..:.. tioiis have been given,
one on in-.-, nt of its geographical posi
tion. an .ilea that the north star ap
pears in iis >at of arms. It has also
been call ; the laike State from the
great mini! •:■ <»f small lakes within its
tiiaits mi ! lie Gopher State because
the early tiers found golphers there
iu such al.iiii.iance that they proved a
Merlous nui-aiice Even a careful rider
passing over a plain where gophers
abounded was in danger of being
thrown by his horse accidentally step
tiing iu a gopher hole.
I.iiii.tr .itliletlcM.
The"man in the moon" must surely
regard with ; mused contempt our much
vaunted athletic records. A good ter
restrial athlete could cover about 120
feet on the moon in a running broad
jump, while leaping over the barn
would be a very e i iimoiiplace feat. He
would ti:. 1 no uiiiiculty In carrying six
times as much and running six times
as fast a; he could on earth, all because
the moon att- lets Indies with but one
sixth of the force of the earth.
FOR
AN HONEST, IMPARTIAL
JUDGE
NOT A POLITICIAN.
VOTE FOR
Charles C Evans
MYlillS I'M
OF IILII AND
NEW STATU CAITTOL
Everywhere Are
Proud of Commendatory Words
From ths President.
bTATE'S ADVANCED POSITION
Edwin S. Stuart, Republican Nom
inee For Governor, Quickly Dis
posed ot a Democratic "Issue."
ISpet ial Correspondence. ]
Harrisburg, October 'J.
Since the visit of President Roose
velt aud l>is magnificent tribute to tli ■
Pennsylvania legislature and his most
complimentaiy allusions to the beauti
ful state capitol, Republicans here
ajouts have been in excellent spirits.
The president certainly gave high
praise to the work of the Republican
majority in the senate and house for
the legislation passed at the recent ex
tra session of the general assembly,
which was Called at the instance of a
Republican governor, and of which
President Roosevelt said:
! "It is surely not too much to say
that this body of substantive legis
tion rrarks an epoch in the history of
the practical betterment of political
conditions, not merely for your state,
but for all cur states. I do not recall
any other state legislature which, in
a similar lenqth of time, has to its
credit such a body of admirable legis
lation."
In leading up to this commendatory
reference to the legislation enacted by
Pennsylvania law-makers the president
in referring in detail to the laws pass
ed at that extra session said:
"I most heartily congratulate the
people of the state of Pennsylvania
upon what its government has accom
plished during this present year. It
is a remarkable record of achieve
ment.
"Through your legislature you have
; abolished passes; you have placed the
offices of the secretary of the com
j inonwealth ;snd the insurance commis
: sioner upon an honorable and honest
basis of salary only by abolishing the
j fee system; you have passed a law
j compelling the officers and employes of
great cities to attend to the duties foi
| which they are paid by all the taxpay-
I ers. and to refrain from using the
j power conferred by their oflices to in
fluence political campaigns; you have
prohibit vi the solicitation or receiv
in* political assessments by city em
ployes: you have by law protected the
state treasury from depredation and
conserved the public moneys for use
ffuence political campaigns; you hava
by a law for the protection of the elec
tive franchise made tampering with
the ballot boxes and the casting of il
legal votes so difficult as in all prob
ability to be unprofitable; you have
provided a primary election law which
guarantees 10 the voters free expres
sion in the selection of candidates for
ofrice; you have by law regulated and
improved the civil service systems of
your greatest cities: and.finally, you
have passed a law containing a pro
vision which I most earnestly hope
will in substance be embodied like
wise in a law by the congress at the
coming session—a provision prohibiting
the officers of any corporation from
making a contribution of the money
of that corporation to an> candi lat>
or any political << mmittee for the pay
nient of any election expenses what
ever"
President Praises Capitol.
Possibly the president's reference tr
the new state capitol has been the sub
ject of greatest gratification here.
"Governor." said President Rocse
| velt. in ad Iressing Governor Penny
! packer, "this is the finest state capitol
I ever saw."
Looking In admiration upon the
splendid structure, examining in detail
its magnifiient furnishings, praising it*
architectural beauty, and its grand pro
portions, the president was most en
thusiastic in his comments.
Every one who has seen the new
capitol cannot bi!t speak in the high
est terms of piaise of the character ot
the workmanship and the materials
employed in its construction.
ft is a source of satisfaction to the
taxpayers of the state to know that
every dollar expended upon the build
inn and its furnishings was collected
in taxes levied upon corporations. Not
a penny was contributed from any
other method of taxation.
Attempts are being made to manufac
ture campaign material for the Emery
Democratic state campaign by insinu-
I atlons that there has been extrava
gence in the furnishing of the building
j but every citizen of Pennsylvania has
I been assured that this matter will be
I thoroughly investigated and every item
| examined into.
Stuart Meets "An Issue."
| PMu-in S. Stuart the R. unlilii an
nomineee for governor, was the first
to meet this issue. He had no hand
in the work of erecting or furnishing
the building, but he has made quite
clear the course he will pursue when
he shall be elected governor.
Upon this subject Mr. Stuart has
made this prepared statement:
"It has been said that we have con
structed the finest capitol in the coun
try.
"In alluding to this, however, I do
not »vish, nor do I propose, to be mis
understood.
"Whether the capitol Is enti led 4 o
the hijAh praise which has bean accord
ed to it or not. if, in its construction
i>- furnishing, there has been any fraud
i i . xtravagance which t<» my
i::i i<l i almost quivalent of fraud
- surely there is no man who will not
agree with me that those who have
! iiticipated in or profited by such
1':a:;d should i>" met with prompt pun
i 112 at ;it. and also l<e compelled to inaka
lesiii ut ion.
"If elected governor, I promise
you, fully realizing the responsi
bility resting upon me, that I will j
tee that a thorough investigation
£:. all be made of the entire ques
tion, and if such investigation dis
closes that any man or set of men
have bee.-: guilty of wrong-doing
in the abuse of their trust, or guil
ty of frc.yJ or illegal profit in the
fui.iisnmg of supplies, they shall
meet with the punishment they
surely, under such circumstances,
would justly deserve.
"If. as I am infoimed, the money
■pent in furnishing the capitol was
without specific itemized appropriation
first having been made for the pur
pose, I would recommend to the legis
lature that in the future it shall be
made unlawful to expend any such
large amount of money without first
having a specific appropriation made,
based upon an approximate estimate
of the cost.
"Any other course is in opposition
to correct business principles and con
trary to the safe, economic policy that
should govern all expenditures of the
people's money."
It Is a Noble Building.
Robert S. Murphy, the Republican
nominee for lieutenant ivernor, in
commenting upon this "issue,' s~iJ:
"The new state capitol is one of
the noblest buildings to be found with
in the limits of the country.
"There is not a man or citizen of
Pennsylvania that can view that mag
nificent structure without a sense of
pride, without a feeling of thankful
ness that he Is a citizen of Pennsyl
vania. and that this great state, with
its population of seven million people,
with its great wealth and material ru
sources. with its reputation abroad as
not only the keystone of Republican
ism, b t the keystone of the republic,
is entitled to a building of that char
acter."
In referring to the itemized state
ment of the expenditures in furnishing
the new capitol, made by Governor
Penny packer and Auditor General
Snyder, Mr. Murphy said:
"No man has ever heard the honesty
or the integrity of a member of the
board ever questioned, publicly or pri
vately. I submit that before you de
cide this case in your own mind you
must hear the testimony and you must
analyze it, and 1 desire to say here
that they themselves have furnish?d
the testimony, upon which they are
willing to stand or fall. The p.iblic
statement of Samuel \V. ivmypjuker,
under his own hand and .-»■ il. indicates
precisely how that large su a ol money
has been expended, and it has been
spent in equipping and turnishing that
great capitol, in ornamenting it, in
decorating it.and completing it, and
1 ain not willing to take the uncorrob
orated testimony of our opponents that
there has b n any wrongdoing upon
the part of the officials vested with the
power of completing that work.
"Hut I say to you that I here express
mys< Is in complete accord with my
collea ue upon the ticket and that if
there is any man or set of men who
have ihr< igh r ui.-piracy or fraud rob
bed the treasury of the common
wealth o. Pennsylvania In that under
taking. I av to you that every one of
thei" -• a.;. • 1 • I be thoroughly questioned,
and if toi-nd guilty properly pun
ish e 1.
"Tie Rep jliiTiii party does not and
m ver ha- <i..od i r anything but wiiat
was right I'll I proper in the adminis
tratis of public affai-s an 1 she is to
day as fail' a!.l as honest as ever."
i! ulH'Mnlorrr.
Robespierre .t' the French revolu
tion. the ii. . i vli i was destined to
delrire I"i * e with blood, was not
long before his frightful career of
po\vbcg.!ii one of the most strenu
ous oppon. i, t of capita! punishment.
V-.". • I" :!!! an obscure advo
<-aie .il lon native Arras he threw up
.in appointment because of his opposi
tion to this form of penalty. And
just when Lis star was In the aseend
utid he b >1 !y harangued the uational
assembly j > prove "that the punish
ment of .'eaib is essentially unjust,
that it has :u tendency to repress
crimes and that it multiplies offenses
much more Mini it diminishes them."
"Here, i.eur." said the husband,
producing a i !i of bills—"here is S4O
I won ;\i - r poker over at Brown's
I: th . . in i. ay have it to buy
that dies- \ >u wanted." Reluctantly
the con fictions wife took the nion-
I ey, then s:i . with an expression of
rigid recti ti !e: "1 simply shudder at
the thought of oong money gained in
such a way. Henry, promise me that
al'Ur you have won enough for me to
buy the hat togo with the dress you
will never again touch those awful
cards. I ti >n t want my husband to be
come a gambier." Judge.
!!un Sio.njti'Jt Are I'ropnKUted.
There are a great many things which
lb • scientists ol today are not able to
explain : ad a great many others over
wiiieli they have frequent discussions
owing to a difference of opinion. The
method by whYM sponges are propa
gated win n left to themselves is one
of these hi- >tc I scie ititi • questions.
Some declare th t they are reproduced
from true c.:.s; ' rs are equally p>s-
Itive th.it .ii \y " l •o;ui i i , uted from
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heals and protects
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I Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. ThlS Signature, t>OX - * J
Do You Open Your Mouth
Like a young bird and gulp down what
ever food or medicine may be offered you ?
Or, do you want to know something of the
composition and character of that which
you take Into your stomach whether as
food or medicine ?
Most intelligent and sensible people
now-a-days insist on knowing what they
employ whether a 9 food or as medicine.
Dr. Pierce believes they have a perfect
right toirwist upon such knowledge. So he
publishes,>-bsu4clrast and on each bottle
wrapper, whaOiT?"nt«mcines are made of mitn)
mitn) This lie feels
he can wHjfford to do because the more
ingredients of which his medicines
are made are studied and understood the
tpore will their superior curat!ve virtues
TN^theenreof woman's peculiar weak
nesses. Irregularities and derangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
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lower abdominal or pelvic region, accom
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It is equally effective in curing painful
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tonic to the general system and to the
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It is also a soothing and invigorating
nervine and cures nervous exhaustion,
nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria,
spasms, chorea or St. Vitus s dance, and
other distressing nervous symptoms at
tendant upin functional and organic dis
cuses of the distinctly feminine organs.
A host of medical authorities of all the
several schools of practice, recommend
each of the several ingredients of which
"Favorite Prescription" Is made for the
cure of the diseases for which it Is claimed
to be a cure. You may read what they
say for v<>urnelf by sending a postal card
request for a free booklet of extracts
from the leading authorities, to Dr. It. V.
Pierce. Invalids Hotel and Surgical In
itnte. Buffalo N. Y.. and it will come to
. i . return
POWER cr c: " . ex
ilic Wnj <; !•• v : ' i
ills f.r i' is < .««..«»«i.-s.
A r ' • :i
town drug c th. «•: i.-i ...y. :"ie
seemed al out I i r '"lie p >;»:*!
etor assisted her •:i.. i i hair . : i , re
pared a mill ,ii.r :.i:;t f»r I 'ihc
druggist's n: .n:..-r v.ar so sympathetic
that a 1 ittU* later she coiiiid ! I i him
that she suffered ' ill! her heart and
feared slit- had not i..;ich longer to live.
"Heart disease':" i:i ptired the drug
gist genially. "Why I have heart dis
ease myself: hive had it for years.
That's milling. I don't worry myself
about it. I don't look like a man with
a lori on his mind, do 1? You prob
ably think that you are liable to drop
off any time. On the contrary, any
doctor v.iJl tell you that the average
person with heart disease generally
lives to a r >od old :tge. The very care
tiiat a sufferer from heart disease takes
of himself or herself is calculated to
lengthen the years indefinitely. You
see, a man with a weak heart naturally
Is careful of himself a bit. He doesn't
commit any excesses, never overdoes
anything, lives in moderation and thus
keeps his vitality unimpaired. That's
all yon have to do—just take care of
yourself. What's the use of worry
ins: ?"
The druggist's cheerfulness was In
feetlous. the genial interest of his talk
made depression appear foolish, and
the ;:i"! - <> >-i be; an to look more hope
ful and even smiled. After the drug
cist hail .. ly chatted with her awhile
she to Q d walked out of the store
a I.': • r " :
Tills • '. h he would scorn
the ide.i i;' .e.ted to him, Is a bene
factor ' ' inity. lie is a believer
!n th'.- 112 <-beerfulness, and the
good that 1; • in his peculiar way
Is not easy t > estimate.
Not a day passes that he does not
Impart his message of the cheerful life
to some despairing individual. He
makes all others' ailments his own and
points out the tisek-ssness of worry. A
man will < <>:. Ie in bent and suffering.
Perhaps he confides to the druggist
that he has kidney disease and fears
his days are numbered. The druggist
Immediately informs him that there is
no cause for alarm; he has had kidney
trouble himself for. oh, so many years,
and has no intention of dropping off.
That druggist, iu the course of a week,
probably will acknowledge that he is
afflicted v.i.h every ailmeut except
house' .".it,".-! knee. He makes every
eomph.iner I' .1 better. He fairly radi
ates rood and optimism. It is
his U *1 ili.-t half the sufferers in the
world complaints that bright
spirits m\.;. 'u- '.vome. But even when
they 1; .' . . -al i! : ase It is his theory
that a »•!. Mi'illness doesn't hurt
aud th.;t i. • le.alady is only aggra
vated by instant depression. lie
makes it li s mission in life to drive
away depression and turn the thoughts
of people toward brighter things. His
cheerfulness ii a tonic that never fails
toact - -Ne'e York l'ces®.
< lii'iu|;eakr Bay.
Few people fully appreciate the
great size .I"the Chesapeake bay. It
Is the largest indentation on the At
lantic coasi, and it has often been
called the .Mediterranean of America.
On its bosoin the navies of the world
could easily float. It is 200 miles long,
and in some places it is forty miles
broad. It lias an area of over 2,IKK)
square miles, and it shoots off into
great rivers with an aggregate length
of thousands of miles. Baltimoie
American.
The l.nteNt.
Customer- V >u say. then, that this
material is the latest? Shopman—The
very latest, madam. Customer—But
wlli it fade in the sun? Shopman-
Why, it has been lying in the window
for two years, aud look how yvell it has
stood. I.ond ui Mail.
THE ORIGINAL
LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP
Ceres all Coughs and /j aTJUIIItV
i_iist3 in expelling sif
C 'a<i f-r-m f'lp -
v. as . ,cm T.ie it aa •»»*?
svs te ~i by
t;r.NiDY's tmim
WEVMTAR
O*W»TT CO.. GMIOAQO. Vi. ft >
For Snle Iv Phiilcs A (\
RAILWAY TRAINS.
AN ORDINANCE I
lo Regulate the Speed, and the
(jiving of Signals of the Ap
proach of Locomotive Lngincs
and Railroad Trains, 'through,
and in the liorough of Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania
Be it ordai ir<) ami enacted by the
Town Council <»f the Btron:ih of
Danville n the County of Montour
and State of Peniisy lvunia in Conned
assembled, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority of the
sauie: That it shall not be lawful for
any railroad locomotive -engine < r
engines, car or cars, train or trains,
to be run or propelled through any
portion of the said Borough of Danville
at a greater rate of speed than eight
miles an hour. Any Railroad Compan*,
or any employee or employees theieof
who shall violate any of the provisions
of this s etion < 112 this ordinance shnll
forfeit and pay a fine of not less than
Ten Dollars, nor inoie than Twenty
Dollars for each and every such
offence.
SECTION 2. It shall IN* the dnty of
every Railroad C-onij any, and of any
employee or employees thereof having
ny locomotive ei.g'iie iu charge, to
aing the Itell thereof at all times while
passintr through or moving ab.nt, any
portion of tie said Borough of Dauvdle.
and to properly sound or blow the
whiitle thereof upon appr iaching any
street, alley, or other public o ossing
within the limits of the Borough of
Danville. Any Railroad Company or
any en ijlovee or • mploj* es who hli-tll
violate any of the provisions of this
Section of lijis ordinance shall forfeit
and pay a fine of not less tuau Ten
Dolhrs nor more than Twenty I'>ll art
for each and every such offence
SEC'I ION All fine* and penalties,
imposed by any of the provisions of
this ordinance may be sued for, col
lected Mi'! recover-d before an\ Justice
of the IV ice of the Borough of Danville,
as debts of lik > amount a'id fines an 1
penalities imposed fur the violation
of Borough ordinances are i.ow by
law co'lectible and recoverable, ami
shall be paid over t> the Treasurer
of the said Borough 112 r the use of
the said B >roagh-
SECTION 4.—A1l ordiuance< or parts of
ordinances inconsistent with < i c>n
trary to the provisions of this ordiu»nca
are heret v repealed.
WILLIAM .1 ROGERS,
Chief Buwe s
Council Chamber,
Danville, I'a., Aug 4, lHOt}
Attest:
HARRY B. PATTON.
Sec of The Borough of Danville, I'a
Auditor's Notice.
IN THE OUPIUN'S COURT Ob
MONTOUR COUNTY.
In the first and final account of E. L.
Lyons, administrator of Ueorge
Fry,late of the township of Lime
stone, in the county ot Montour
and State of Pennsylvania, deceas
ed.
The undersigned, appointed by the
aforesaid Court, Auditor to make dis
tribution of the funds in the hands of
the said administrator to and among
the parties legally entitled thereto,
will meet all persons interested for the
purposes of bis appointment at his law
offices No. 10»i Mill street, Danville,
Montour County, Penna, on Friday,
the 16th day of November, A. D., ItKKI,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, where and when all persons
haviug claims on the said fund are re
quired to make and prove the same or
be forever debarred from thereafter
coding in upon the said fund.
EDWARD SAYRE UEARHART,
Au litjr
Danville, Pa., Oct. 4th, ItfOti.
Administratrix's Notice.
Estate of Fraukliu P. Applemau, late
of Valley Township, Montour C'ouu
ty, State of Pennsylvania, deceased.
Letters of administration upon the
above estate have been granted to the
undersigned widow of decedent.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, aud
all persons haviug any legal claims or
demands upon said estate shall make
the same known without delav, to
MARY J. APPLEMAN,
Administratrix.
or to her atty.
Chailes V. Amennan.
Windsor Hotel
Between 12th and l.'ith Sis. on Filbert St
Philadelphia, Pa.
Three minutes yvalk from the Read
ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from
the Penna. R R. Depot.
F.UI-OPKAN PLAN
11.00 tier day and upwards.
AMRRICAN PLAN
f'i.lMl per day.
FRANK M. SCHEIBLEY.
atiager
R-I- P A N S TnlHI lea
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The 5-cent packet is enough for nsiia
occasions. The family bottle ttiO cents'
contains a supply for a year. All
gists