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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.
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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 b<d, then steam under 80
! pounds pressure is turned on. The con
tents of the tub is boiled from 24 to 30
| hours. It is then permitted to cool
! gradually so that no injury may result
to the fine mechanism of the tub.
Next comes the process of washing
the filter bed to remove the soda, the
dirt aud other particles dislodged by
the boiling. A heavy stream of water
under a 100-pound pressure is turned
on the bed washing it for of an
hour. This leaves the sand cleau and
: pure as when new. The revolving
: rakes do uot reach within a foot of
' the bottom of the filter bed, but the
sand is carefully shoveled around, so
that every particle is thoroughly agit
ated and washed:
About two months ago the reservoir
was thoroughly cleaned so that the
sterilization of the filter tubs removes
the last obstacle iu the way of abso
lutely pure water. All of which shows
that great care is taken of the filter
plaut and that those who have charge
of the water works are determined to
see to it that the borough has pure
j water.
Some Very Old Relics.
i Mrs. James Heudershot, West Hem
i lock township, has in her possession
! some verv old and interesting family
relics.
Among them is her grand father's
wedding vest which is well over a
hundred years old. It is cut iu the
quaint style of those olden times. The
material is black satin,with a straight
front and stand up collar. Mrs. Heu
dershot also his her grandmother's
j wedding shawl, a quaint white silk
: crape, hand embroidered affair. It was
; the style in those days for a bride to
I wear a white cap. and Mrs. Heuder
' shot h is the cap that her grandmother
wore when she was married.
Among other possessions that Mrs.
Heudershot prizes are a set of silver
tea spoons that have been iu use in
j her famliy for over a hundred years.
Old Kills of Lading.
William Kuapp, is the possessor of
two old bills of lading which he al
j lowed an AMERICAN reporter to
view yesterday. The documents are
relics of the days when the canal was
' the principal common carrier that had
entered Danville.
One of the bills is dated July 19th,
1855, and contains a memorandum of
the Montour Iron company, of this
1 , citv, which was shipping 154 rails on
the"Go Ahead", to the Allegheny
| Valley R. R. company
1 The other document is from the firm
1 of A. G. Cat toll & Co., of Philadel
phia, aud is dated Nov. 2»th., 185-4,
and contains a number of separate
shipments to Danville people, among
■ them being 12 sacks of salt to Peter
I Haldy, .Sr., a piano to O. H I'allord
i aud a chair to Chalfaut iV: Hughes.
A feature of the documents that
i strikes a humorous chord is the clause,
- | inserted in both,that tiie parties agree
k' to deliver the goods entrusted to their
E» ' care on the canal, ' the dangers of the
seas only excepted."
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SEPSIS ON !
BRIDGE APPROACH
The agitation relating to the ap- !
proach to the river bridge on the South |
side seems to have borne some fruit;
at Jeast, a remedy i* beiug applied,
which while not bringing about the
construction of the retaining walls
will nevertheless improve conditions
very much.
The Pennsylvania railroad company j
has come to the rescue. It has agreed |
to furnish free of cost all the lime
stone needed to construct a fine maca- :
dam roadway the entire distance from ,
the river bridge to the freight house
below the station, provided Gearhart
township will do the hauling. It is
hardly necessary to add that the town
ship has decided to accept the prop
osition. As a matter of fact it has al
ready taken hold of the work.
Tiio Pennsylvania railroad compauy
has fixed no limit to the quantity of .
crushed stone that it agrees to fur
nish. Already three car loads have ar
rived at South Dauville aud there is
more coming. The material consists of
limestone or something that closely
resembles if broken up into regulation
size aud is the same material that is
used by the company for ballasting its
track. It is shipped from the yards of
the Susquehanna Stone company at
Georgetown, where the railroad com
pany gets all or i 1 irg" quantity of
the stone it uses for halla-t
Gearhart township had two teams
hauling yesterday aud more will prob
ably bo employed today. By last even
ing a fair begiuuiug was made at the
work on the approach to the bridge.
The course of crushed stone here as
far as the roadway is finished is two
foet thick, which raises the approach
nearly to a Ipvel with the trolley
track. Practically the same thickness
will be applied from the bridge to Haz
leton Avenue, as the street is known
that leads from Peter Berger's corner
down to the station.
The entire width of the last named
street will be covered with a course of
limestone eighteen inches thick from
the corner down to the freight house.
Before the stone cau be applied the
track of the Danville and Sunbury
street railway, which uow at. some
places is nearly concealed will have to
be raised to conform with the im
provement
Over the entire distance a course of
limestone screenings three inches
thick will be applied,which will make
the surface smooth and will add to the
durability of the road. The screenings
to he used were brought to South l) :u
--ville a year or more ago to be used in
repairing roads about the station.
Road improvement, however, was
never taken up and the screenings have
lain on a large pile below the station
where they were unloaded from tiie
cars.
State Demonstrator at Work.
A. W. Stephens, the State San Jose
scale inspector,who isat present wort
ing in this couuty,has nearly complet
ed his demonstrations, aud by next
Thursday will have finished his sched
ule. Yesterday afternoon he gave a de
monstration at the farm of J. F.
Mowrer, at Strawberry Ridge, before
the largest number that has as yet at
teuded a demonstration in this coau
tv, 25 beiug present.
Iu a conversation yesterday Mr.
Stephens stated that the first two or
three of the demonstrations, which
were held in the western part of the
couuty, were poorly attended. This he
attributes to the fact that in the part
of the couuty where these first demon
strations were giveu, there are not as
many fruit trees as iu tho section
where he is now working. He say»
that as soon as he began to hold de
monstrations in the northern end of
the county the attendance began to in
crease. Iu the northern end of the
county,among the hills,there are more
fruit trees and the farmers arc natur
ally more interested in any measures
that will save their trees from the de
struction that the spread of the Saia
Jose scale threatens
The inspection made recently, aud
now the series of demonstrations that
are being given by Mr. Stephens are
; the first real work that has beeu done
by the State iu Montour couuty, and
it is not the intention to allow the
good work to stop there. Mr. Stephens
states that if at each demonstration
two farmers can be induced to spray
their trees, he will feel satisfied with
his work, for if but two persons will
; use the spray conscientiously they
i will be so pleased with the results that
j their recommendation will soon in
j duce other farmers to use the same
! methods.
After Mr. Stephens finishes with his
, demonstrations he intends to spend
! some time in Mayberry township.
The demonstrations that Mr. Steph
ens has still to conduct are as fol
lows :
Thursday, December ♦«, at Frank
Miller's, miles S. W. from Washing
ton vi lie.
Friday, December 7, at Mrs. F. P.
Appleinau's,4 miles N. from Danville.
Tuesday, December 11, at Richard
E Rogers, l . t mile N. from Hendrick
son's church.
Wednesday, December U', at Cyrus
Styer's fimiles N. E. from Danville,
Thursday, December 13, at John J.
Johnson's 23j miles E.from Mausdale.
Mr. Stephens Is also trying to ar
■ range a demonstration nearer Dauville,
if a suitable place can be procured.
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Music was au especially attractive
feature at institute Tuesday morn
ing. Miss Finnigan rendered a piauo
solo with very pleasing effect, after
which J. ,T. Newman rendered a vocal
solo, "The Armorer's Song" from the
Opera of Robmhood. Mr. Newman is
au accomplished vocalist and by his
artistic performauce yesterday he cap
tured the fancy of the teachers and he
was vociferously encored. He was ac
companied by Miss May Book«. one of
Danville's most accomplish- >l 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
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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 <! : ngs of the teachers' in
stitute this year possess a general in
terest. The attendance is uniformly
good, among those present,in addition
to practically the full complement of
teachers, being a large number of our
townspeople, who are not identified
with the schools. The proceedings yes
terday were especially fine, culminat
ing with an address frrm the teachers'
old favorite, Deputy State Superin
tendent Henry Houck.
Mr. Houck occupied the very last
period of the afternoon. His visit to
Danville was the first in some ten
years. The veteran instructor has aged
considerably,but in spirit and manner
lie is as young as ever, his handshake
is just as magnetic and his laugh has
the old-time merry ring. The welcome
accorded him by the teachers,who fre
quently came in contact with him iu
the past, was a demonstrative one,and
at the same time heart-felt and sin
cere.
In his address the deputy State sup
reintendent made no attempt to im
part instruction along any well defin
ed line. His 'alk, however, was an
old-fashioned,characteristic effort,ser
ious and mirth producing by turns,
which revealed the man's sympathetic
nature, and his varied experiences in
affairs that relate to the school room.
The special music yesterday, as on
Tuesday was a feature that added
much to the pleasure of the institute.
Edward Shoevlin rendered a piano
solo. A vocal solo entitled, "Thora"
was rendered by George Eggert. Miss
Mary .Jenkins rendered a piano solo,
entitled,"Home Sweet Home," which
pleased the teachers so much that she
was encored. During the singing by
the institute Will T. Suter accompani
ed the piano on the cornet.
Professor T. S. Lowden occupied
two periods with his spirited and char
acteristic talks. His theme in the fore
noon was, "Teaching Children to
Think." He took a most advanced
ground, holding to views which clash
ed somewhat with prevailing ideas.
His object was to show that the course
of study in schools should be careful
ly graded to conform with the gradual
development of the child's mind.
He deduced the principle that the
child must have physical development,
which implies brain growth, before
there can be any moral or mental de
velopment. This brain growth is not
attained until about the age of twelve
years. The employment of children in
factories during this period of growth,
the speaker held, is a crime against
the child. It shuts the boy or girl off
from the sunshine, the pure air, the
freedom and play that belongs to that
period of life and prevents brain
growth, without which mental and
moral development is slow.
Researches show that in England
workmen increase in efficiency from
the aae of 18 to 31 years, from 31 to
40 years they seem to remain the same
but after the latter age they decline
very rapidly. It is shown that among
the educated classes in the same coun
try there is an increase in efficiency
to the age of 58 and there is no per
ceptible decrease until the age of 65.
The obvious conclusion is that un
der the industrial conditions in Eng
land the children of the working class
es are obliged to labor at an early age
and thus their braiu growth and phy
sical development is retarded with ill
effects that follow through life.
The work of the school room should
b9 suited to the age of the child. The
child during the period of growth
should be given memory gems, spell
ing and tilings purely mechanical.
Difficult problems, even those" involv
ing percentage and interest are out of
place during this period,although this
is oue respect in which many of our
schools offend.
Professor Lose, superintendent of
the Williamsport schools, made his
first appearance before the institute
yesterday forenoon, his subject being,
"Modern Tendencies in the Teaching
of Reading." Superintendent Lose has
had twenty years' experience iu sup
i ervising the work of teachers and lie
I brought to the institute some very
| practical ideas.
During his talk he emphasized the
importance of supplemetary reading in
schools. As at present arranged iu
many districts from the first grade to
! the high school the child uses sixty
' different books. This gives the pupils
' a good reading vocabulary—they learu
! to pronounce a large number of words
■ —many more than when confined to
i the regular series adoptded. Iu sup
plementary reading the pupil becomes
acquainted with the world's great
masterpieces. Only good classical lit
erature is desirable for supplementary
• reading. Nature .books and books on
geography should not be selected for
this purpose. The regular series of
reading books will always have a
place in the course of study,as it is to
these I hat the supplementary reading
must be graded up to.
The speaker deplored that in so
1 mauy iustauces there is uo supple
mentary reading in the rural shcools
and ventured the opinion that in ev
ery instance the rural school boardH
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