Home Papr —For llie Hone I he circulation oi this paper is m . reas:nt* rap'dly. It will pa) you ii arlvertist- in the AMKKICA\ SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR : I K. IRVING H- J EKNI NGS. —JtKS 't />"/ '. uj< • t r» i 2 -M •"»' *'• i i .i,.i /•. ;/ i »|LL UTK. HI. 425 ,\li LI. ST., DANVILLE, lA. Oiheases of the Stomach »u-l lutes"nee SIR' CONDtNSED NEWS. Welcome to the tenchers HAY your presents early. The market house question is caus ing a lor of real interest among the farmers. Auythiug the president writes is al ways interesting reading. Huuters cau now lay away their ; NUNS for another year. (tld 1906 is uow on the last lap. j The boy who fills his mind with the ' thoughts of the great d ies a wise I thing. Danville people iau now look for- , wr.ul with the most pleasurable an- I icipations to a merry Christmas. Daniel L. Sraiecli, of Windsorville. j York county, went to \ork on 1 hurs- J day and confessed to an alderman that . tie had kindled the fire which destroy- j cd the cigar factory of Samuel Spren- j tie, at Red Lion, December 25, 1893. lie committed the crime to obtain sl,- 050 insurance on the contents, which belonged to him. The iuflueuce of John Mitchell, who a.lvised the miners to avoid litigation, i.od of Judge Savidge, who severely condemned the multiplication of cases by justices, has had a good effect so that there are uow fewer criminal eases before the Northumberland coun ty court than has been the case for »wo decades. .Judge Savidge, of Sunbury, lias de cided that hereafter in Northumber land couuty the supreme court's rul iug would be carried out, that when beer was purchased by the barrel and bottled twj licenses would be neces sary. A McKeesport man wfio hung his vest too close to the furnace thought of it just in time to find it ablaze. Stamping out the fire he saved *349 iu paper money in such a damaged con dition that it had to bo sent to Wash ington for redemption. As the result of a membership con test the Allentowu Young Men's Christian association has taken fifth place among the associations of this State. It is outranked iu nu -ber by Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Scrautou and Germantown, in the order named. Agronomical whiter does not begiu nutil Dec 21st. Henry S. Hartley, a grain broker whose home is iu Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in the United States district court there to receiving re -1 ATES from the St. Louis and San Fran cisco railway and was fined £I,OOO. While 1,500 Pittsburg school teach ers were holding an institute, school children, who had come to sing at the convention, eutered the lunchroom aud ate up all the things prepared for the institute collation. S Benjamin Brotsman. John Opdyfco and George Kuuyon dropped seven stories in an elevator iu the Drake building, Easton, and were not seriously injur ed. Haymond Rush, suspended at the top of the shaft, was rescued by Run yon. It is now announced that t!I3 legis lature of Texas will investigate the charges made against Senator Bailey by his political enemies. If the charges are true he will be defeated. If they are not his foes should be punished by the law. Mrs. Edward McPherson, widow of Edward McPherson, who was clerk of tht national house of representatives and for several years editor of the Philadelphia Press, died at her home iu Gettysburg on Friday nignt, aged 73 years. A dispatch from Harrisburg says that Joseph W. Hunter, State commission er of highways, means to make an ef fort to organize the supervisors of each county in the State, the purpose being to promote a more vital interest iu road building. A bold robbery was committed early Sunday moruing, uuder the glare of an electric light, when the store of Morris Fox, in Norristown, was en tered by burglars aud robbed of cloth ing worth SI,OOO. A dispatch from Scranton says that during the mouth of November twen ty-eight fatal accidents occurred in aud around the mines of the Lacka wanna and Wyoming field. The present is the appropriate time TD buy Christmas presents. John McCauley, aged 16 years was accidentally shot and killed by his younger brother at their home near Fryburg, Clarion county, on Monday. The boy discovered a squirrel in a tree near the house. John climbed the tree and as his brother was handing him a shot gun it was discharged. AT a hearing ou Monday before Judge Holt, of Beaver, no defense was offer ed by the Pullman Car company iu the case brought against it by the State pure food commission, charging the company with supplying its pat rons with adulterated milt A fine of $75 aud costs was imposed upon the corporation. The busy season for the clerks is now on. "THIS COUNTRY WII.I NKVHR Kh ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." OL. 52—N O 49, WILL THE IIS BE POSTED? It.was learned at the office of the couuty commissioners Saturday that the large boards setting forth the new rules relating to speed ou the river bridge will be posted early this week. It was explained that the delay iu in stalling the boards was not due to any desire to recede fiom the position tak en, but was caused by some alteration necessary iu the lettering aud the high wind pre vailing during the last few days. Meanwhile not a few of those who drive the bridge daily have had their heads together and openly declare their intention of resisting the meas ure as uncalled for and unreasonable. Cue of these, a gentleman who is not likely to recede from a position of the kiuil when ouce assumed, on Saturday expressed himself iu terms that could uot be misnuderj-tood. To begin with he ventured the prediction that the boards would never be installed. At all events the warning would be un heeded. Nothing could be more absurd and unjust as this gentleman viewed it. In the first place, he said, the State built the two counties a ponderous iron bridge that %vould carry a freight traiu. A trolley company has been granted permission to use the bridge audit runs its cars at high speed. Automobiles may run at the rate of ten miles an hour, but the man with a light vehicle is obliged to walk his horse. Few horses trot across the bridge at a rate of speed as great as ten milp9 per hour. These persons who take exception to the new rules agree that the speeding of horses and the fast running of au tomoDiles ou the bridge should be pro hibited, but they strenuously object to rules so keeping as those which have beeu adopted by the county com missioners. The river bridge is a bleaky place in winter, exposed to winds of frigid temperature that sweep with fearful velocity up the river, aud to be obliged to walk a horse in cross ing, to say nothing of the unwarrant ed loss of time, would bo toeutail up on those who daily or frequently drive the long bridge a vast amount of dis comfort. if not positive suffering, which might easily result in illness. Election in Fire Department. The annual electiou of the Danville fire department for chief aud four as sistants took place Saturday evening between the hours of K and 8 at the Continental hose house, aud resulted in the electiou of John Tooey, chief and Wlliiam Shultz. first assistant. There was no contest for the office of chief. The office is given to each compauy iu turn, and this year the selection was made from the Contin ental. There were I»*>7 votes cast for Mr. Tooey. The content iu Saturday night's election was for the positions of first, second and third assistants. Each company made oue uominatiou and the precedence of the nominees was determined by the number of votes received, the nomiuee from the Third ward, however, taking fourth place. The assistants were voted for and elected as follows: 1- irst assistant, William Shultz,Good Will. 74; secoud assistant, Harry T. Rupp. Friendship, 58; third assistant, Hairy Lous?. Washington, 32; fourth assistant, Thomas Grimes, Continen tal. Appointed Pump Erector. John C. Heddeus, sou of our towns man, William M. Hoddens, has just received an appoiutmeut iu the de partmeut of public works iu Philadel phia. He entered the competitive ex amination for the position of pump erector and won the highest average— -91 per cent—iu a class of eighty-five. Only eight applicants passed the ex amination. Mr Heddeus won out by one per cent., the next man having 9i per cent. Mr. Heddeus has already beeu form ally appointed aud next week will re port to Cassius E. Gillette,Esq., chief of the bureau of filtration for instruc tions and assignment of duty. Mr. Ileddens learned the trade of machiust in the machine shop con nected with the big mill iu this city under Peter J. Adams aud others. He was always studiously inclined and as is shown by his successful examina tion very proficient as a machinist. He went to Philadelphia about sever years ago. Repairs on Church Resumed. The extensive repairs, on the Straw berry Ridge Reformed church, which were begun iu the summer aud which were discontinued ou account of the lack of help, have again been taker up and will be pushed to completiot as rapidly as possible. It is the intention to thoroughly re novate the buildiug. Among other im provements that will be made will b< flip installation ol a new bell,repaint ing aud repapering the interior, rear ranging the seats,the erection of a new vestibule and the placing of a nev roof. Work ou the impovements was begui this week aud as the church on nexl Sunday will not be in condition fo occupation,service will be held in tin Strawberry Ridge grange hall at 1 o'clock by tlw pastor, Rev. W. .1 Kohler. The last session of the fifty-nint •ongress promises to do things. ELKS' LODGE (IF SORROW The Bloomsburg opera house Suu day afternoon was packed to the doors with some 800 people on the occasion of the Elks' memorial service, con ducted by Bloomsburg lodge. No 43fi and Danville lodge. No. 754. To the solemnity and liupressive ness of the event was added the at tractive beauty of a fiuely arranged and well rendered program. The stago of the Bloomsburg opera house was profusely decorated for the occas ion with palms aud colored incandes cent bulbs. Danville lodge. No. 754 with about 50 members accompanied by some 50 guests,went to Bloomsburg ou a speci al Danville and Bloomsburg car. The program was as follows: ORDER OF SERVICE. Processioual, "War March of the Priests," Mendelssohn, LaTourrette's Orchestra. Overture, "Bohemian Girl, ' Bnll'e. Orchestra. Opeuiug Ceremony, Bloomsburg Lodge, No. 43fi, assisted by Crusade Commaudery Quartet, R. F. Colley, E. H. Ent, A. N. Yost, O. H. Yetter. OPENING ODE. Great Ruler of the Universe. All-seeing aud beuigu, Look down upon and bless our work, And bo all glory thino. Oh, hear our prayers for the honored dead, While bearing iu our minds The memories graven on each heart For "Auld Laug Syne." Prayer. Rev. J. W. Diggles, St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Solo, "Tautum Ergo," Millard, Mrs. Cora Post Keatley, Shickshiuny. Selection, Crusade Commandery Quartet. Eulogy, Hon. John G. Mclleury, No 436. Orchestra Selection, (a), Sacred In termezzo, "Trinity," (b), Sacred In termezzo, "Cupidietta," Tobani. Solo, "O, Divine Redeemer," Gou nod, Miss Rosa E. Vollrnth, Blooms burg S. N S. Memorial Address, Hou. John 11 Bigelow, Hazleton No. 200. Solo,"Oue Sweetly Solemn Thought." Zabriskie. Mrs. Cora Post Keatley. Solo, Selected, Walter Russell, of Danville. ' Orchestra Selection, Andante from "Surprise Symphony," Haydn Closing Ceremony, Danville Lodge, No. 754. Audience join in singing, "Nearer My God to Thee. " Benediction, Rev. J. W. Diggles. Recessional, "March Pontificale," Gounod. . The officers of Danville lodge, No. 754, are as follows: Exalted Ruler, W. W. Gulick; Es teemed Leading Knight, Paul L. Aud- Tews; Esteemed Loyal Knight, Simon Elleubogen; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Scott Eves; Secretary, Ed ward Purpur; Treasurer, Ralph Kisn er ; Tiler, J. Beaver Gearhart; Esquire, Arthur Amesbury; Inner Guard, Wil liam Ellenbogeu ; Chaplain, Thomas Vincent; Trustees, Charles Snyder, .7. W. Robison, .Toliu F Tooley. The officers of Bloomsburg. No. 43*5, are as follows: Exalted Ruler, Charles M. Evans; Esteemed Leading Knight, Christian A Small; Esteemed Loyal Knight, William Chrisman ; Esteemed Lectur ing Knight, Gerald Gross; Secretary, Charles B. Ent; Treasurer, F. D. Den tier; Tiler, W. Clark Sloan; Esquire, Anthony Menzbach ; luner Guard, And rew Evans; Chaplain, L. H. Tooley; Trustees, John G. Harraau.J. H. Cole man, John Gross. COMMITTEE ON MEMORIAL SER VICE. Christian A. Small, J. Gere Jayne, Charles E Randall, W. Clark Sloan, 11. J. Acheubach, Charles M. Evans. The members of the lodges who pass ed away during the last year were : Danville,N. S. Harris, John L. Evans; Bloomsburg, Clemuel Beishliue, An thony Golembinski, W. T. Hnntziuger, Dr. W. 11. Purmau, Stewart A. Ash. Entertained at Supper. | Landlord William Spade entertained I a number of his friends at a hausen i peffer bauquet on Tuesday evening at hotel Trainor. The occasiou. which was consum mated iu Mr. Spade's usual elaborate aud hospitable manner, was most en i joyable. The banquet room was elab orately decorated for the affair with red, white and blue bunting and flags. Mr. Spade's guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Bachinger, Mr. aud Mrs. George Bachinger, Mr. and Mrs. Graut Aten, Messrs. Simon K. Hoff man, Thomas G Vincent, Horace C. Blue.W. Kase West, Samuel Johnston, Clarence Haupt, Theodore Hoffman. Jr., Walter O. Greeue, ,T. C. Peifer, R. N. Lyon, William O'Blosser, Thomson Jenkins, Isaac Sweitzer and John Jenkins. A POINTER. Lehigh Valley trainmen who had been arrested and fiued in Wilkes- Barre for obstructing the crossings ri> ceived cold comfort when theyapp" ' ed to the company to pay their fines, according to a dispatch from Wilkes Barro. The officials told tl.em tln-v would have to pay their own fines, m they were supposed 10 arrange fliei' work so that the trains will nor I dor I the crossings aud interfere with tin city's traffic. DANVILLE. PA..TIII lISDAY, DKCKMBKIS 6, 1906. HABEAS con I PROCEEDINGS A habeas corpus proceeding of much J interest took place before court Mon. day the relator being William E. Pensyl, who is confined in jail charg ed with being implicated in the at tempt made about a month ago to de fraud J. M. Vought, of Mayberry township, out of a horse. Pensyl con tended that Justice of the Peace .7. W. Gearhart, of Mayberry township, un der the testimony wes uot justified in holding him for court. The habeas corpus proceediu.', however, hrougit' out evidence of a very positive nature and Pennsyl was held fo answer for conspiracy. In dsfault of oue thousand dollars bail he was remanded to jail. His Honor Judge Evans and associ ates Blee and Waguer were ou the bench. District Attorney Gearhart was opposed by William Kase West and Charles V. Amerman as attorneys for the relator. The first witness called was J. Mad isou Vought, of whom the horse was fraudulently obtaf iued. He said Pensvl brought Tate, alais Etliworth, aud Duumoyer to Vought's farm, repre seutiug them as friends of his aud a> business men of Sunbury, explaining that he frequently transacted business with them. Ou the strength of this representation by Peusyl Mr. Vought sold them oue of his best horses for $l7O and in payment took Ethworth's check, which was later found to be bogus. C. H. Vought.sou of the prosecutor, being sworu, corroborated his fath er's testimony. William Taby, the constable who effected the arrest of the three men implicated iu the affair, was a wit ness. He told the story of the horse's recovery aud subsequently of the -ar rest. When Et li worth (or Tate) aud Duumoyer were accused of being horse thieves, the coustahle said, they lost no time in getting out of the neigh- i borhool. They lied so precipitately that tliev left the horse standing in the road Each of the witnesses felt convinced that the two men never were iu busi ness in Sunbury, ns represented by Pensyl Each witness was subjected to a searching cross examination In Pen syl's attorneys with the hope of show ing that he was altogether an innocent party, who had beeu hired by Tate aud Duumoyer to drive them over to Mr. ; Vought's. Each witness, however, held firmly to his testimony. It seemed to take the court only a minute to decide after the testimony I closed, Judge Evans announcing that J they would require the defendant to | enter into bail in oue thousand dol- ! Jars for his appearauce at next term of ! court to answer for conspiracy. In de fault of bail he was remanded to jail. Would Have Good Results. State Highway Commissioner Hunt er advises road supervisors to organize as school directors are now organized ' iu the several countiqs iu the State. If I the supervisors in each couuty were to organize and hold frequent meetings there is little doubt that the r< suit of their consultations and conferences would be beneficial to the public road j improvement movement. School di rectors find it profitable to hold meet ings at least ouce a yenr at which the interests of the schools are discussed. That better roads would result from tiie organization of road supervisors there is uot the least doubt. Of course the improvement would depeud uj on the character of the men who should be chosen for supervisors, but with an organization such as that which is j suggested the useless members of thej board would be weeded out aud only I those who are active and energetic would be asked to serve as supervis ors. With an organization of this kind in Montour county the supervisors iu the several townships could get together and discuss questions relating to the public roads, exchauge views as to the best methods of improving the high ways and plan for work which would iu a few years bring about a decided aud much ueedeu change in the man- i ner of repairing the roads. Au organ ization of this character iu this coun ty would aid very materially in ad | vauciug the good roads idea in the J several townships. Appointed Supervisor. On the petition of W. Boyd Moore ; and L. C. Shultz, supervisors of West I Hemlock township, Judge C. C. Evans [ ; has appointed Paul Mausteller, an ! elector of West Hemlock township, to | serve on the board of supervisors of i the above township, vice A. D. Cross ley, resigned. Mr. Crossley has recent- I ly removed to New York City. here and There. > i. | Two well-dressed wouicu of Pittstou 1 ; were sent to the Lackawanna county | jail for three months on Monday.They I had been arrested for shoplifting in ; Scranton stores. They wept when 1 sentence was imposed. Attending Institute. Among the visitors at the couuty iu , stitute yesterdav was Judge M i.vnard J. Phillips, of Muucy Vallev, known y prominently as one of the school book ,s men of this section, who i.s aj t fo turn r up about institute time. Judge Piiil k lips is a jolly companionable fellow e and has a multitude of friends among teachers and school directors. ®0 I Mrs. Walter Cook, of Cajndeu, New Jersey, and Mr.-. Lewis Lee, SODS Rob- j erf ami William,of Philadelphia, have j returned home after a visit at the j home of Mr. ami Mi-. T. W. Snyder, j Spring street. Mrs. Charles Joues aud sou Law- ; rence are visiting frieuds in Philadel phia aud New Jersey. Mr. aud Mrs. A. L. Heddeus and son, of Washingtonville, were visitors in this city yesterday. ' Charles X. Heudershot left j day for Berwick, where he lias accept- ( ed a position a< night watchman at 112 the mil! of tiie U. S. Lumber com piny. Mr.- George D. Edmoudsou left yes terday for a visit with friends in Philadelphia and Allentown. Mrs. John Weigold, Firsf street, is visitiug friends in Milton. Mrs. Jasper Perry left yesterday for a visit with friends in Milton. Mr-. Jacob Fisher aud daughter Miss Clan spent yesterduy with frieuds in Sun bury. Miss Sue Ellis, ot Ottawa, is visit ing at the home of her aunt, Mrs. James S. Ellis, at Exohaug?. Harry Reuuer aud George Wolf re turned to Lewisburg yesterday after a visit with Miss Goidie Mockenheira, Mill street. sterilizing Filter Tubs. The Alter tubs at the water works are this week undergoing steriliza tion, an exceedingly interesting pro cess. to which they are subjected at least once a y ear. Two tubs were com pleted by Tuesday evening and yes terday work on the third oue begun. It may not lie geuerallv kuowu that in the bottom of each of the immense rubs lies a layer of crushed quartz or saud four and a half feet thick. Nat urally iu the process of many months 1 this material becomes impure, very rusty in color aud not above suspicion ct harboring bacteria, while owing to its condition alum will not properly adhere to it and the efficacy of the plaut is much impaired. The material used iir the tubs is quite expeusive,otherwise when it be comes impaired by use it could be ' thrown out and new material substit uted. It is much cheaper to subject it to the process of cleaning. Oue tub .s taken at a time. Seveuty- I live pounds of caustic soda are placed ] on the filter bl pianists, whose exquisite playing itself was a feature. In the absence of Rev. John Sherman, who was down on the pro gram for cliappl,Borough Superintend ent Gordy conducted devotional ex ercises. The two addresses Tuesday morn ing were of especial interest. The first period was occupied by Professor T. S. Lowden, of Worcester, Mass., who resumed his subjoct of"The Teach ers' Health." The speaker took no the idiomatic health greetings of the leading natious of the world, applying each to show what habits in every day life are injurious or beneficial to the geueral health. i'he German greeting is: "How do you find vourself?" The French ask: "How do you carry yourself?" The Italian health greeting is : "How do you stand?" The Chinese inquire: "How have you eaten your rice?", while the little Japanese propounds the odd inquiry : "How do you breathe this morning?" In developing the notion of each of these health greetings the speaker showed that it is a matter of vital con cern as to whether a person is correct in his habits of walking—whether he "carries" himself properly or not; whether he "stands" correctly ; wheth er he "eats" properly or "breathes" rightly. In conclusion Professor Lowden dwelt on the influence of the teacher's voice on the health of the latter, as well as its influence on the discipline of the school. As a member of the faculty in the department of philosophy and educa tion in Clark's university, Worcester, Mass., Protessor Lowden for three years has pursued investigations on the subject of health. For a longer period he has been interested in the subject of insnnifv »nd has examined into hundreds of individual cases in the iusaue asvluins of Massachusetts. The second period of the forenoon was occupied by Dr. D. J. Waller, president of the Bloomsburg State Normal School. HP prefaced his ad dress with s line bind remarks relating to Dauville and the Montour county institute. His most pleasant recollec tions of institute work, he said, are associated with Montour county, where he labored as institute instructor in the past. The address dwelt principally on the elements of power, which should exist in the teacher in oi'der to make the school room an agency to bring about the fullest mental and moral de velopment of the pupil. Th. se elem ents are latent and not obvious; they are often complex in their nature. It is a power that should enable a teach er to maintaiu in tne pupil that faith which naturally abides in the child. The pupils to begin with believes the teacher, like its parents is able to guide and is willing to be guided. There are many things, however, that may come as a rude shook to break that faith. Dr Waller next enumerated the ele ments that goto preservo that faith in the teacher which naturally abides in the child. ()ne"of these is personal cleauliness, the absence of which will be a rude shock to a pupil brought up in a home of taste and refinement and will be sure to lower the teacher in the esteem of the community. .Tust as essential is the habit of personal neat ness, which is au evidence of good judgment and good taste and if absent will weaken the respect of the pupils. Voice, utterance and choice of expres sions play an important part; a single mispronunciation will do wonders to weaken the confidence of the pupils in the teacher. In this connection the speaker held that the people of Pennsylvania do not use the vowels rightly and in a measure destroy the pleasure of speech. In Mi is respect southerners and the people of the New England States are far in advance of us. "Conviction —firm faith" Dr. Wall er said, is among the latent powers that will euable the teacher to main taiu a firm hold 011 the pupils. There are certain great tilings in which we must believe, such as God.truth, just ice, righteousness aud in these we I must daily reveal our faith. Among the other elements essential to the teacher's full success is knowl edge, which will convince the pupils that the teacher Is authority 011 what she attempts to teach ; also a desire tr benefit pupils and a desire of good to ward them. This feeliug some teach ers seem to think is best expressed bj tlie practice of kissing all the pupil; at the close of school. That sentimeui which should exist in the school roon is the kind that figures in love am philanthropy aud is not expressed In a hug and a kiss. It is the deep seuti meut that induces men aud women t< sever ties with home and countrv am to labor in uncivilized lauds as mis sinnaries. An important latent powe JOB PRINTING The office ot the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material genera'ly, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at ail times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description is "achievement," which will con vince the pupils that when the teach er sets out to do a thing it is going to be accomplished. So long as the pupil* trust the teacher they can he led any where. The first and the last period of the afternoon were occupied by Dr. Wall er. Professor T. S. Lowden spoke on "Effective and Ineffective Teaching." C. C. Hitter rendered a vocal solo with Miss Ida Sechler at the piano. A piano duet was also rendered by Miss Viola Rishol and Pearl Fenstermacher. The proct i