Home Paper —-For lie Heme Ihe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you ■<> advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR Dl:. II.VINt; 11. JKNM.Ncs, - njftr, Ilourt A. .»/. tor 2 M K'i Mill Sr.. : /'. I/, to A /'. '/ Danville. Pa. 1 «lit 1,1"/.. M. 125 Mill. Sr., DANVII.I.K, PA. t>iwea-»e«. of the Stomach and I litesi ines .. Specially coiira NEWS. One week from today we give thanks. Serious results often follow wet feet. Teachers are preparing for couuty in-.t itute. A uniform divorce law would be a uiiform blessing. Idleness is frequently the mother of mine. <'i 'dit is a great convenience hut it is also a great danger. A little rain makes the sunshine ail I he more appreciated when it comes. Have you got that Thanksgiving turkey yet? The season of foot ball enthusiasts i- now on in full swiug. Japanese* children begin togo to ><• o»l when six years old. During the fii-it fonr years they learn Japanese 'in I Chinese ; in the next four years ev«-ry child has to learn English. The Spanish cabiuet has decided to «in ry out the promise of the previous <vihinet and Spain will participate in ihe Jamestown exposition next year, <-oiuuiemorating the first settlement of the English in America. During a trip along tlie Schuylkill i ver lielow Liufleld.Winfield S. Sands nf "ottstowu, who has a collection of '.'0,(00 Indian relics, found au arrow head of yellow stone four inches in length, which is the most perfect speci men be has ever seen. The goose-bone weather prophet, Elias Hartz, of Berks county, has had au ither attack of illness aud his health is declining. <'lintou Gates, a public spirited citi z»*n, lias agreed to macadamize four squaies of street inWestConshohocken at his own expense, costing fully $4,- <>oo Congressman-elect William P. Wil son, of Blossburg. was ably assisted iu his receut campaign by his daugh ter, Grace, who has been her father's secretary for five years, aud who is now only 20 years old. She carried on the correspondence of Mr. Wilson, ac companied him ou his campaign tours and arranged his itinerary. Mrs. Margaret Pechin, of Philadel phia. lias presented to the Washington \ Memorial chapel, at Valley Forge, a I 1 irk of General Washington's hair. { The relic was given to Mrs. Pechin in j IX? jby James A. Hamilton, sou of Alexander Hamilton Hamilton M. Davis, of Franklin. 81 years old, a veteran oil operator, is •lead. Because he got his start in the ore mines lie asked a short time before he died that a pick and shovel be carv ed on his tombstone. Many au "old maid" is a far hap pier woman than her married sister. The man who changes his mind acknowledges that he knows more to day than he did yesterday. The vestry of St. John's Episcopal church, York, will establish a free library with the 9,000 volumes be queathed to it by the Rev. Charles James Wood. Ho much illegal Ashing lias been done lately between Sonbury aud Harris burg that the State game warden de partment has placed an extra force of wardens along the Susquehanna river. There aro some French journals that believe Japan and America are bound to fight soon aud that appear eager to keep the subject before their readers. The Echo says that fate has decreed a war aud that the geographical posi tions of the two countries aud their commercial rivalry cau only result in a clash of arms. A barn on the Frank S. Hess farm, in Elizabeth tovtnship, Lancaster • ouuty, between Perryville aud Clay, was erected iu 1723 by Christian and Susanna Schenkle. It is of limestone, iu good repair aud constant use. A tenant house near the barn, construct ' 112 stone and logs, was probably i uilt about the same time. i t <• lover of good books need not be lonely. The people can nearly always dis miuate between a fraud and the r< >1 tl mg but sometimes they get This is the season when the prudent will he very careful concerning is clothiug aud habit*. Two weddings took place in the foreign section of West Berwick Sat urday evening and one in Briar Creek. . More people of Condereport are re ceiving aid from Potter county than all the rest of tin county. Cornier • port people do not understand whv this is tlie case, saying the town is prosperous and that industries are un able to obtain sufficient men. 'Gold" linn been discovered on the farms of Philip Madeira ami MartFß Schaeffar, near Allentowu. A Phila delphia expert prououueed the stuff <o far mined a sure guarantee of the pre seui eof sold in paving ouautities ~ ~' ' : ' THIS COT NTRV WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." OL. 52--M) IV, .1, H. Woodside was elected member of ooun. .1 from the s»c n i war ! Fri. night to succeed T. V\. Bedea, who has changed his residence from that ward to the first ward, aud is there fore disqualified to serve as a member of the local law makers Mr. Bed* M tendered hi< re*iguatiou in the follow ing communication : To Joseph M. Gibson, presidnut, and members of council: I hereby tender tiiv res:giiati m as councilman of (he second ward. > T. W. BEDEA. Mr Boyer, of the second ward, rec ommended .1. 11. Woodside as a mem ber to represent thie second ward for Mr. Bedea's unexpired term, which comprises the remainder of the present year. He was nominated by Mr. Angle and unanimously elected. A communication was received from the Danville and Bbomsburg street railway company calling attention of council to the fact that the extension ion A street has lorg ago been eomplet jed in every detail and A street itself i has been finished in accordance with every requirement of council and therefore requesting that the borough now perform its part of the contract, accept the work as done and forthwith abandon Cross street. In this connec tion the Danville and Bloomsburg street railway company requests coun cil to require the abutting property owners ou A street to properly gutter in front oi their properties. Otherwise it will be impossible to keep tlie street in repair. The matter was discussed Vn various relations, after which ou motion it was decided to lay the communication ou the table. On motion the street commissioner was instructed to siuk au eight-iuch terra cotta pipe at Chestnut and West Market streets on the South side of the latter thioughfare. Mr. Dietz, of the committee ou market, presented a report of the citi zen's meeting held on November 7th to consider questions relating to the curbstone market. Some of the merch ants and butchers, he said, were m favor of excluding all but the farm ers, while others were in favor of ab olishing tiie market altogether. Mr. Jacobs presented an ordinance to aiueud the second, thild, fourth, fifth,and last clauses of section 17 and also to amend section 21, etc. The amendment proposed to raise ! the market fee from ten cents to fit- j teen cents for one-horse vehicle wheel- ; barrow or hand cart aud to i'aise the j fee for two-horse vehicles from fifteen • cents to twenty-five cents. The pro- j posed amendment raised the fee for j hucksters and butchers from tweuty- j five cents to one dollar. Mr. Vastiue moved that the propos ed ordinance be rejected aud that ! council abide by the market ordinance j at present in force. It was carried by j the following vote: Yeas: Vastine, j Sweisfort, Russell, Dietz, Bedea,Fin- : nigau, Hughes, aiid Angle. Nays: Boyer, Eisenliart aud Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs after explaining his posi- j tion iu the matter, which was to the effect that he was merely acting as chairman of the market committee, presented the same, ordinance with tie amendment changed so as to raise the market fee for hucksters and butchers from twenty-five cents to fifty cents. This was adopted as amended on first reading, by the following vote: Yeas: Sweisfoit, Boyer, Bedea, Eiseuhart, Jacobs and Finnigan. Nays: Vastine, Russell, Dietz, Hughes and Angle. Dr. G. A. Stock of the local medic al society, accompanied by Dr. P. C. ) Newbaker, president of the board of health,appeared before council asking that an ordinance ho enacted to pre vent the distribution of medicine about town iu the form of samples. Both gentlemen spoke at some length, explaining the danger to which people are exposed by the practice. Council concurred in the view aud on motion it was ordered that Drs. Stock aud Newbaker meet with the committee of council and draft an ordinance that will prohibit the distribution of med icine as samples. The were pres ent : Vastine, Sweisfort, Boyer,Dietz, Bedea, Russell, Angle, Hughes, Fin nigan, Jacobs aud Eisenliart. Chair man Gibson being absent Dr. Sweis fort was elected president pro tern. BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes. . .$113.00 Labor in light department 18.00 Standard Elec. Light Co ... .<>o Hauling'poles .50 Washington Fire Co 2.30 John Marshall ~ .50 Franklin Boyer 11.80 Standard Ga> Co .25 E. W. Peters. Com. SO. 00 Pettiboue Bros. Mfg. Co 2.75 WATER DEPA RTMENT. I: golrir employe- ..$157.00 Penna R. R. Co .. 12.47 P. H. Foust.. 77.70 Friendship Fire Co 1U.38 P. & R. < 'oal & Iron < 'o . 238.81 Da in ille Fdy A Mch Co .60 La l, i! (!ouvent J 56,25 A 112 tV ! Co 260.80 Standard Gas Co t,BO Welliver Hardware < 'it -47 93 J. H. Cole 8.80 Washington Fire Co 1.50 The judicious aud persistent adver tiser alway- secures the patronage of I the discriminating public. ILL SHUT II HIT IDLERS Then- has been much dissatisfaction amouu (iur merchants for a long time past over the weakness of the borough ! ordinance,which permits transient re i tail dealers to open up a place in Dan j ville, doing business for a few days or j weeks ami then leaving town. The I practice is generally regarded as an i imposition on the resident mercliauts aud to hold down this class of dealers an ordinance was prepared and submitted to council at tlie last meeting It pass ed on firstireading without a dissent ing voice. The ordinance is entitled: "To pro vide for the licensing of transient re tail merchants in the Borough of Dan ville, Montour county, Pennsylvania, and providing penalty for failure to obtain the srrnie." Briefly the ordinance provides as follows : That hereafter every person whether principal or agent entering into a transient retail business in the bor ough of Danville for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise whatso ever, whether the same .shall be repre sented. held forth to be bankrupt, as signees, or about to quit bHsiuess, or of goods damaged by fire, water or oth erwise snail take out a license for the same from the chief burgess The amount of the license shall not he less tlia*: twenty-five dollars, nor exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, per month or fractional part thereof, to he paid to the treasurer of the said bor ough of Danville. Said license shall be renewed monthly during the con tinuance of the sale aud upon the fail ure of said person or persons so to se cure such license,he, she or they shall he fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundreddollars to be collected as other fines are by law collectable and in de fault of payment of said liucs, to be imprisoned in the jail of said county of Montour for a period not exceeding thirty days. It is provided that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in consistent with or contrary to this ordinance are hereby repealed. The ordinance will come up again on Friday, December 7th., when, un less a sentiment developes in opposi tion to it, it will pass on second read ing. John Tooev Next Fire Chief. John Tooev, of the Continental lire company, will be the next fire chief of Danville. He will succeed George Kocher, of the Washington company. It is tlie custom to select the chief from each company in turn. This year it is the Continental company's turn, and the members of that 'organization have chosen Mr. Tooey for the office. It has been the custom for a number of years to hold the election at the i Friendship hose house in the first ' ward. Recently, however, the fire ! board decided that in the future the ! elections should he held in the ward ; from which the chief is chosen. The | election, therefore,will be held at the | Continental hese house on the first Sat- j urdav night in December,between the ! hours of 6:30 and 8. At this same time also the four as j sist;wits, one from each waul, will be elected. The candidates for assistants are: Friendship, Harry Rupp; Wash ingtouj Harry Long; Continental, James Grimes; Good Will, William Shultz. These candidates will be elect ed first, second and third assistant ac cording to which gets the highest vote. The candidate for assistant from tlio ward from which the chief is to be elected can not be elected to any thing but fourth assistant. Danville Lost to Shamokin. The Shamokin basket ball team de feated the Danville basket hall team at the armorv- last evening in a liotly contested game by the score of 43-32. The contest was close throughout, aud itjwas anybody's game until the last. The score at the end of the first half was 20-l!» in favor of Danville. The game was rather unsteady, the playing at times being fast and ac curate and again slow and disograniz ed,which can be attributed to the fact that it was the season's first game. Altogether the game was well worth . seeing. Kaseman, one of Shamokin's ! forwards played the star game of the i evening. Peters did some pretty goal shooting for Danville. Toward the latter part of the game Henry Clayberger, of Shamokin, and Harry Peters, of Danville, were ruled j out of the game by Umpire YVelliver ) for fighting. A new man, Osmauski, formerly of j the Nanticoke high school team, was i in the Danville line-up last night. He j is now employed in this city and will j play with the home team during the ' present season. He plays an excellent ' game at guard. iNo Harm in .Trying. The streets of Nottingham, England, aro sprinkled with water in which chloride of calcium has been dissolv ed, and are, therefore, dustless. One dressing every tiiree or four weeks is enough to keep them so, even in the hottest weather. The cost is very small.—Ex At Work in Catawissa. H. D. Myerly, of this city, has just completed a two story addition to the home of Mrs. D. 11. Long at Cata wissa. The addition is at the side aud rear of the house. DAN LILLE. PA., THURSDAY, XOVLMKEK 22, H)o<>. PHI OP COM HUE Following is the program of the Montour county teachers' institute, whiqh will ojkmi in the high school room 011 Monday, December !srd. With oue exception, Thursday night, there will be no evening entertainments On that occasion an accomplished reader will probably appear before the teach ers, the proceeds of the entertainment to be applied to the Thaddeus Stevens Memorial fund. Fuller information on this subject will follow 111 a few days. Following are the officers of the in stitute : Executive committee— Charles W. Derr, U. L Gordy and W. Taylor Secretaries—A. M., Minnie Roberts; P. M., Charles Mourer. Committee on resolutions—F. Magill, M. O. Madden, Gertrude Map stone, Tuil!n B. McNiuoh aud Tillie James. Enrolling clerks—Elmer Outlier and Edwin Foust. Committee on permanent certificates —Prudence Blizzard, Pearl Crossley and Mont Derr. Following is the program : MONDAY, DECEMBER :i. Enrollment, Court House, 10 a. 111. to 12 in 2 O'CLOCK P. M. Sessions in High School Auditorium. Invocation, Rev. J. E. Hutchison Mu»ie, D. N. Diffeubacher. The Teachers' Art, Ira W. Howerth. Music, D. N. Diffeubacher. The Teachers' Health, T.S. Lowdeu. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, St A. M. Chapel, Rev. John Sherman. The Artist Teacher, Ira W. Howerth. Singing and Instruction, I). N. Dieffenbacher. Intermission. Music, 1). N. Dieffenbacher. The Child's Health, T. S. Lowilen. 2 O'CLOCK P. M. Music, Institute. The Raw Material of the Com 111011 Schools, Ira W. Howerth Effective and Ineffective Teaching, T.S . Lowden. Intermission. Music, Institute. The Finished Product, Ira W. How ertli. WEDNESDAY 5, it A. M Chapel, Dr. W. C. MeCormick. Teaching Children to Think, 'l'. S. Lowdeu. Intermission. Music, D. N. Diefleubacher. Some Recent Tendencies in Teach ing of Heading. Chas. Lose. 1:80 O'CLOCK P. M. Music. lustitute. Grouping Children for Teaching Purposes, Chas. Lose. Music, lustitute. The Literary Instincts in (lie Child, T. S. Lowdeu intermission. Music, Institute. Essentials in Language and Com position, Chas. Lose. THURSDAY f>, » A. M. Chapel, Rev. Jos. E. Guy. Why Children Tell Lies. T. S. Low deu. Intermission. Music, Institute. The Old Spelling Versus New, Chas. ! Lose. 1 :3l) O'CLOCK P. M. Common Sense in Disciplining Chil dren and Adolescents in the Home and at School, T. S. Lowden. x Business Principles in the Manage ; ment of Schools, Chas. Lose. Intermission. Subjected Selected, T. S. Lowden. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, it A. M. Chapel, Gen'l. Sec'y George Bern hart. In the Teaching Spirit and Out of If, T. S. Lowdeu. Miscellaneous Business. Report of Committees. Music, Institute. Some Causes of Failure in Discip line, Chas. Lose. 9 Pitching Ouoiis By Lamps- The Danville OuoitClubby its stroke of enterprise in carrying the game in doors is not only enabled to pitch quoits during whiter but also to in dulge in the snort at night. Last even ing the building was lighted up and pitching went :>n merrily until after i» o'clock. During yesterday the building was wired and today the electric light fix tures will be installed. Two large Rochester lamps were used last even ing, which formed a tolerably fair makeshift hut were hardly brilliant enough to make tho hubs as distinct as they ought to be when viewed from the opposite end of the room. Never theless a good game was played and the members are immensely pleased with their winter quarters. Up to the present a coal oil stove has sufficed to warm the room, but a coal stove of suitable capacity ion the way, which will be installed by the time the next cold wave arrives A number of chairs are installed and are arranged in rows along each side of the apartment. A 1 together the quarters are admit able Mid rhose svlio delight in quoits are | looking forward to a winter of pleas ' ant. sport The rule excluding boys is in full force, but these show their in ; terest by standing in front of the build - ing and watching the progress of the game through the glass doors PERSONAL I PARAGRAPHS Clarence Mc.Mahon.of Philadelphia, spent Sunday at the home of his moth er, Mrs. Caroline McMahou, Spruce street.* Mr. aud Mh. James Mills, of Ex change, spent Sunday at the home of the former's sister, Mrs. Bogart at Milton. Mrs. William Hoy,daughters Helen, Sara and Emma, of Snydertown, are 1 visiting at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Yeager, Riverside. Mrs. H. D. Miuier, of Sunbury, is visiting at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mr-. Joseph Ritter,East Dan ville. Miss Carrie Blecher, an attache of the Danville hospital, is rlie guest of I Miss Adda Foust, near Washiugton ville. J. F. Mourer, of Strawberry Ridge, was a visitor in this city yesterday. Richard Goodall, of Tyrone, is vis iting his mother, Mrs. Mary Goodall, Chambers street James Scarlet left yesterday after noon tor a business trip to Pittsburgh. Harry Elleubogeu was a Catawissa visitor yesterday. Miss Gertrude Heini left yesterday to make an extended visit with friends in New York City and Boston. Mrs. J. B. Watson will leave today for a visit with her parents in Brook lyn. Miss Laura Leniger spent yesterday \fith friends in Northumberland. Mrs. Susan Fowler returned to Espy yesterday after a visit at rhe home of Mrs Martha Gearhart, East Front street. Among the Danville people who at tended the euchre given by the Ivy Euchre Club, at Sunbury, Tuesday evening, were Dr. George Stock and wife, Samuel Marks aud wife. Miss Rebec* a Tit ley, Miis Laura Paytou, Mi 's Katie Detnpsey, Mi>s Alice Den uen and Mrs. W. S. Ditzler.— Sun bury Daily. Coal Diggers Return Home. Coal digging in the river here, which ha« been sue . an important industry duriug the .summer, practically closed for tho season yesterday, aud the two 1 irge coal diggers operated by Hiram Ruch aud his son, George Ruch,left for Northumberland where they will en ter the dry dock for repairs, which are very ranch needed after the season of hard work putin at Danville. There is a flood of seven an a half feet on the river and this together with the probability that slush ice will soon begin to run induced .Mr. Ruch to return home while tho condi tion- were favorable. Mr. Ruch col lected together all his flat aud row boats, and as tho two coal diggers with these in tow lifted their anchors aud dropped down stream the collection of craft presented the appearance of a miniature fleet. There were four coal dredges operat ing in the river here during the sum mer. two of which still remain here, but are idle. The amount of coal ex tracted from tho river at Danville dur ing the summer has broken all former records. A fair estimate places tlie average of coal taken from the river hero at twenty tons daily. This dur ing the summer has amounted to an enormous aggregate which was sold to the Structural Tubing works, tho Standard Electric Light company and the Hanover Brewing company. As autumn approached the coal seemed to improve in quality and was pronounc ed first class. Thomas C Kear Passes Away. Thomas C. Kear, an old and widely known resident of tho fourth ward, departed this life yesterday morning after an illness of several week's dura tion. The deceased, who was seventy seven years of age, was horu in Eng land. He came to this country about fifty years ago and took up his resi dence in Danville, where he has sim*e resided. He was a shoemaker by oc cupation and during his long career he followed that calling. He was a man of genial and pleasant mauners, very well read and intelligent, and he enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him. He was a member of the Trinity M. 15. church aud of the Danville Bible class. Tho deceased was stricken with ap oplexy on Sunday, November 15th. He never rallied and lay in a very low state until 5 o'clock yesterday morn ing, when he sustained another stroke immediately fatal in its effect-. The deceased is survived by his wife, j five sous and four daughters. The sons I are: Edward,of Butte, Montana; Wil liam, of Wilkes-Barra; Frank, of Ber wick, aud Thomas and George, who reside in Danville; the daughters are: Florence Kear, of Milton ; Mrs. J. J. Reese aud Misses Mary and I 'Sara, of Danville. One brother, Isaac Kear, of Leeds, 111., also survives. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 p. in. from the family residence Spruce street. Interment will be made in Oild Fellows' cemetery, whither the funeral will proceed in two trolley cars. Death of Aged /Minister. Rev. J. D. Fitzgerald died Saturday niiiht of paralysis aftera year's illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. G. Hatnor at Pottsgrove. Rev. Fitz gerald was 7*5 years of age. in nisi l IS DIVILLE The Star Motor-Meter Co., Limited, i has opened a factory in this city for i tiie manufacture of automobile acces sories, each ut which devices nas points of merit peculiar to itself aud which j in time .will no doubt give rise to an important industry here. The company has taken quarters in the brick build ing ou Railroad street owned and oc cupied in part "by the clock company and will for the present devote itself to the manufacture of a speed- record ing instrument tor automobiles,which | at the present day is very much in de , maud. I The speedometer indicates the speed attained pei hour aud the num ber of miles (raveled, giving the daily aud the season run. The ordinary model records the speed up to sixty miles par hour, while a special scale cau he made to indicate one hundred miles per hour. The indicator regis ters a season's run of ten thousand miles aud repeats. The daily trip reg isters oue hundred miles aud cau ho set back at will. There aro time paints claimed for the speedometer.distinctively its own, either of which gives it a preference over auy other device of the kind ou the market The most important is that it will register ou a lower milage than auy oilier indicator. It has Ijeeu subjected to a very severe test and has beeu found to register nt the rate of two miles p T hour with absolute ac curacy The test with the same gratify ing results was carried from two miles up to sixtv miles per hour. Another valuable point of the speed meter is a device for stopping the speed hand at any required time aud showing the exact speed attained at that moment. By this "stop" when an automobile is held up by an officer for exceeding the speed limit, all con troversy as to the exact rate the mach ine was traveling will be settled by a glance at the speedometer. Another point of merit lies in the adjustable bracket by which the speed | recording instrument is fastened to I the dashboard. By means of this brack j et it is adjusted aud held at any incli j nation before the driver. The speed | ometer, line all other devices of the i kind, is operated by a flexible shaft connected with the automobile wheel. The bracket as well as the speed ometer is the invention of W. R. Dud ley and L. A. Greeuleaf, two youug men, who are in Danville at present looking after the manufacturing. The Star Motor Meter Co. Ltd., is compos ed of the two inventors aboved named W. W. Dudley, father of W. R. Dud lev, who is president of the concern, aud W. H. Hitehler, well known here about, who i-< secretary and treasurer. Tlie compauv at present is busy per fecting tools and it will be a mouth or so later before auy of speedometers will be ou the market. The speedometer is protected bj twelve distinct patents.Messrs.[Dudley and Greeuleaf aro the inventors of a valuable clockometer and other speed-recording and time-recording de vices, the manufacture of which will be taken up indue time at the local factory. The clock records the time of day and the number of miles traveled aud is the first clockoiuetor invent ed, which by actual test, keeps reli able time 110 matter what rate of speed is attained or how rough are the roads traversed. The clock is provided with a patent adjustable escapement. The .patent regulates the depth of the pin ions so as to overcome jar and vibra tion. Death of Well Known Citizen. John Eckmau, an aged aud widely known man in this section,died at his home in Sunbury yesterday morning at II o'clock. His health for the past year had beeu impaired by the ail ments of old age, aud on the lltli of August lie sustained a paralytic stroke, siuce which time he hail been confin ed to his home. Mr. Eckmau came from an old stock which in the early part of the century migrated from New Jersey to Rush township, which was the 10-alitv of his birth ou the 19th of January, 1817, m iking his age very closely onto 90 years at tlie time of his death. Most of his life was devoted to farming, until 1865, when he was elected to the office of county commissioner, and moved to Sunbury, whicli was afterwards his place of residence. He was married on January 15, 1838, to Miss Theodosia ! Mettler. from which union there were three children, Mr. Philip M. Ec.k- ; man, now deceased, Sarah Catherine, who died in childhood and Miss Mary, ; liis wife hsviug died some years ago. The deceased was noted for Mis pro ! bitv of character, his kindly disposi ! tion and faithful discharge of Ins I church duties. In IS6B he was elected ! an elder of^the First Presbyterian ' church of Suubury,aud .lie never miss ; ed a church service except ou rare oc ! casious of illness. l lie funeral will take piace on Mon i day at 10 a. m. at the Sunbury resi | deuce, where a short service will be 1 held by Rev. Morton. The remains | will be taken to Rush Presbyterian church where interment will be made. High Water. The river has beau rising during the i last twenty-four hours as the result of j rains up stream. The water is nearly 1 black owing to the presence of large quantities of coal dirt, aud the filter plant is very heavily taxed to elimin ate the impurities. KBTAI*IjISHED IN 1855 SMI JOSE SCALE Dioniioi A. W. Stephens, the Sau Jose scale inspector for Montour county,has com pleted his list of dates for demonstra tions aud has already begun the work of public spraying. The schedule ol demonstrations that have beeu arranged by Mr. Stephens I follows: Tuesday, November 20, at J. H. Diehl's,3 miles S. E. from Pottsgrove. Wednesday, November 2i, at \V. M. j Robinson's, 1 mile N. from Mi >res | burg. Thursday, November 22, at Wm. I Billmeyer's, 6 miles E. from Milton. Friday, November 23, at Santuel A. Oromley's (The Edmund Davis Farm) miles S. W. from Limestonevilie. Wednesday, November 28, at John C. Foulk's, % mile N. from Schuyler. Friday, November 30, at C. W. Opp's 5 miles E. from Muncy. i Tuesday. December 4, at James j Propst's, I mile S. E. from Oomly. Wednesday, December 5, at J. F. j Mowrer's, Strawberry Ridge. Thursday, December <», at Frank ! Miller's, 2 miles S. W. fromWashiug i tonville. Friday, December 7. at Mrs. F. P. j Applemau's,4 miles N. from Danville. Tuesday, December 11, at Richard E. Rodger's, j 4 mile N. from Hend rickson's church. Wednesday, December 12, at Cyrus Styer's, miles N. E. from Dan ville. Thursday, December 13, at John J. j Johnson's 2y a miles E. from Mausdale. Mr. Stephens may add several de monstrations to this list in the district south east, from Frosty Valley. The arrangement of this schedule by Mr. Stephens has followed a summer's work among the fruit trees of the county. The demonstrations are held for the purpose of showing the tree owners how to mix the lime-sulphur wash, how to apply it, how to fight the scale in general, and how to deal with other orchard pests. The demonstrations are free, the de monstrator has nothing to sell aud all who are interested should come. That the scale is a serious pest may be judged when it is known that Mr. Stephens found in Montour county 00 orchards in succession, all of which wero infested with the scale. The only way to get rid of the pest Is for every one to cooperate. The quickest aud best way to learn how to deal with tho scale is to attend one of those demonstrations. "Don't forget that you are invited," Mr. Stephens says. ''Be sure to come." Sleuths Thwarted. The detectives who are working in the hunt, for the Italian murderer, Campelli, who stabbed a man named Belski to death in a Shamokin saloon several weeks ago, are thwarted at every turn. They are convinced that there are men in the foreign quarter of Shamokin who know of the where abouts of Campelli, but who will not tell for the fear they have of the mur derer's comrades. One. Joe Botero.bas been informing the officers of what he knew of Canip elli's hiding place. He associated with Campelli before the murder, anil has been keeping in touch with his friends j since. Tuesday evening, while walking on a dark street in Shamokin, ho was set upon by three masked men, who bore him to the ground,aud after placing a piece of paper in his hand disappear ed. On the paper, in a dirty, greasy scrawl, were the words, "Let inform ers beware!" Below it was a rude picture of a skull and dagger. The 11 neat is believed to have come from the Fis De Sparo, or Sons of Hope, a kind of Black Hand society to which Campelli belouged. $750.00 is now offered for Campelli's capture, but notwithstanding this big sum, either loyaltv or fear of some organ ization has tied the tongues of the foreigners in the Shamokin district, jtnd they are about the oulv ones who would be able to furnish any clews. .Shot Himself Through Heart. In ;<n uncontrollable lit of anger Sommers Reibsaue, a boy living on Blue Hill,shot himself yesterdaj morn ing, even as his mother grasped his arm to stay the dreadful deed. Reibsaue lived with his father, Ed ward H. Reibsaue, a farmer ou Blue Hill, opposite Suubury. On Tuesday he had some trouble with his younger brother Charles and remained from home in sullen auger throughout the day. Yesterday morn ing at about T o'colck he renewed the altercation, aud his father severely re primanded him. Sommers did not say a word, but walked into the house, went up stairs to his room and took his revolver from a bureau drawer. He went down to his mother and bade her good bye. She was horrified aud bog ged him not to kill himself. She at tempted to seize the revolver, but he turned it towards his breast and fired. The shot was fatal and he fell dying at her feet. In five minutes he was dead. The Snyder county corner, Dr. Her man, was summoned. He held an iu (iiiest at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The jury's verdict was that death was caused l>y a bullet wound about au inch below the heart. The newly elected members of the legislature are trying to remember all the things they promised the voters last fall. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatent manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description mini us Ui The teachers and the pupils of the public schools of Danville will be granted a vacation of some ten days, beginning with next Thursday, which comes as unexpected good news to many. Borough Superintendent Gordy ha* addressed a * -nlar letter to the corps or' teachers, mukiug suggestions as to exercises appropriate to Thanksgiving aud in which he informs the schools that though no official action has been taken upon the matter, it is safe to say that the schools will not be in ses sion on Friday following Thanksgiv ing, the 30th iust. On Monday, Dece mber 3rd,the aunual teachers' institute will convene, hence when the schools close on Wednesday, the 28th in»t, next, it will bo not to reopen until Monday December 10th. Although the schools will be closed oil Thanksgiving day care will be tak en that the occasion will be observed in the school work. Borough Superin tendent Gordy, in his circular letter, suggests to the teachers that "they make special effort to instill into the minds of the pupils the true spirit of the day by having them see their ob ligations to God iu thanksgiving for his bountifullness and charity to oth ers who lack." The superintendent suggests that ap propriate exercises be held Wednesday afternoon, the 28th, by single room or combination of rooms. The teachers are urged, however, not to permit the exercises to be too elaborate,otherwise they may becloud the teal significance of the Thanksgiving season. These ex ercises may be timed to close at 3 or 3 :30 o'clock, not before. The parents and patrons of the schools are invited ami encouraged to attend these special exercises. Law Will Change What We Eat. Montour county housewives will be unable to buy any more white granu lated sugar aftei the new pure food law goes into effect on January Ist. While there will be loaf and granulat ed sugar oil salo, as at present, the ap pearance will be a dull.colorless white, not so attractive to tl.e article known as "white sugar," which has been in use for 50 years or more. Washing bluing has been used to whiten the sugar in the past. Canned vegetables, notably toes, green peas, aud some kinds of string beaus will not have the appear ance of having been freshly picked as formerly, but the coloring will be natural. Marmalades aud preserves, that tempt the eye before the palate, will not bo quite so attractive, and if there is a slight scum on the top.skim it off and say nothing, as it isn't dirt but simply shows that no preservatives have beeu used. Mustard, which the public lias come to regard as yellow, never having seen anything that was not adulterated,will be gray, and butter will be nearly white. The strict enforcement of the law will no doubt effect the price of many staple articles of food. Calves' liver and sweetbread are at present shipped here by the packers,treated with boric acid,and while it is agreed by expert* that the amount of acid used is not harmful, the law says, "no preserva tives." The law makes no reference to eggs, and the cold storage variety can be disposed of, to the satisfaction of the dealer. Government inspectors will be main tained in all factories, aud the manu facturers are even now using a form of contract with wholesalers for goods now iu preparation for the market, ad follows: " ,the uuilersigned, do hereby guarantee that the above named art icles of food or drugs, manufactured, packed, distributed, or sold by are not adulterated or niisbranded within the meaning of the food and drug act approved June 20, 1906; also to meet the requirements of the Penn sylvania pure food laws. "Firm name '' Per Place of business ." Besides including foods aud drugs the new law specifies that all drink ables must also he unadulterated. HUMAN CLEARING HOUSE. Farmers who till the soil until thev get old aud stiff move to town to rest aud enjoy life. The business man who is weighted down with cares buys a farm aud moves to the country to get rest. Now Joe Lesher, of the Selius grove Times,comes along and suggests that some enterprising genius ought to establish a clearing house. PRETTY BAD INDEED Things seems to be pretty bad iu Westmoreland county when the prin cipal of one of the public schools is charged with stabbing a young wo man, admits that he was drunk and is wholly unable to explain his where abouts at the time the outrage occur red. The Greeusburg papers declare that a ieign ot terror exists among the women of that town who demand a thorough investigation of the cir cumstances MORE THAN ALPHONSO. Governor elect Edwin S. Stuart dur ing the next four years will be the head of a government greater than that ruled over by Alphonso king of Spain, greater than the Netherlands aud greater than both of them put to gether. 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