LOCAL TIME TABLES.
I'BNS'A K. R
IFI AST. WEST.
7.25 A. M 9.00 A.M.
0.22 " 12.10 P.M.
8.21 P. M. 4.31 "
F..55 " 7.51 "
SUNDAYS.
1022 A.M. 4 31P.M.
D L. & W. K. it.
KAST. WEST.
7.05 A. M. 9.10 A M.
1,0.19 " 12 51P.M.
I 3.11 P. VI 433 "
V 44 " 9.10 "
SUNDAYS.
7 05 A. M 12 44 P M.
5.44 P M 9.10 "
PHIL A. <to READING R. R.
NORTH. SOUTH.
7 58 AM. 11.23 A.M.
$ 56 P- M. 6.35 P. M.
BLOOM STREET.
/ 56 A. M. 11.21 A. M.
{ 58 P. M. 6 33 P. M.
DAN Vll LB AND BLI >< >MKBU
STREET RAILWAY CO.
ive Danville 6 00, 6 1", 7.8", 8.20.
A 10. 10.00, 10.50. 11.40* M., 12.30,
2.10 3 0»J. 3 50, 4.4", 5.30, FI 2",
™ 10. 8.00, 8.50, 9.40. 10.80, .1 20 P TN,
»ave Bloomsburg 6.o>\ 6.40, 7.->3, 8.23,
0.13, 10.03. 10.53, 11.43 H. IU.. >3 33,
1.23.2.13,3 08. 3.53. 4.43 o®, 6.23.
7.13, 8.03, 8.53, 9.43, 10.33 !1.2-> p. in,
tr«t oar Sunday morning 7.30.
'<a?t oar, 11.20 at nignt g.>e* to Grcva
nia oniy.
Win. R. Miller. Genl Mat.a^ir
THOSE TAI
LIENS AGAIN
The curious tax muddlo which has
existed in this county for some three
years past has been brought to the sur
face again. This is a perfectly logical
state of affairs, as it very vitally af
fects E. W. Peters, the retiring tax
receiver, whose duplicate must be set
tled by January 1, 1907. The parties
to the muddle, which involves some
100 tax liens, are the attorney and the
prothotary, who represent a big amount
of fees ; the tax collector, who is re
sponsible for the safety of the taxes
involved,aud the borough of Danville,
the school board, the overseers of the
poor aud the county commissioners,
whom the tax receiver has to satisfy
before he retires.
The matter cauie up before council
at its last meeting; nearly an hour
was spent in discussion, but no action
was taken,the matter being left in the
hands of the borough solicitor. Monday
night tho same question came up be
fore the school board, attorney Ralph
Kisuer being present to advise tho
members as to the safest course to pur
sue iu the premises.
Mr. Kisner as attorney for the school
boar i weut on record more than a year
ago, taking the position that tiie liens
as entered up were illegal and advis
ing tho board to refuse to pay the bill
of $125 fees presented to it by the pro
thonotary.
The liens, which were for the taxes
of 1902, were entered up uuder tne act
of June 4, 1901. The vital question is
as to the time of filing liens aud is in
volved in section 10th of the act, which
sets forth that "claims for taxes, wat
er rates,lighting rates and sewer rates
must be filed iu the court of common
pleas of the county in which the prop
erty is situated, ou or before the last
day of the second calendar year after
that iu which the taxes or rates are
first payable."
Mr. Kisner contends in the first
place that the liens were irregularly
entered—that two years should have
expired after 1902 before the tax re
ceiver conld avail himself of the pro
visions of section 10. of the above act.
Mr. Kisuer's contention in the sec
ond place is that the tax liens were
entered merely as an act of the presi
dent and the secretary of the school
board and without official and legal
authority of those bodies.
To further complicate matters thir
teen of the parties against whom the
liens are entered have rendered full
satisfaction of the amounts due as
shown by the tax lieu docket iu the
prothonotary office, but the transfer
of said taxes so paid has not been
made to the tax receiver for the reason
that the prothonotary aud attorney who
entered the liens maintain and contend
that the districts involved should pay
thair respective fees on all liens that
have been entered for the protection
of unpaid taxes.
The entering of tax liens under the
act of June 4, 1901, from the very first
met with much opposition and has
proved the subject of a great deal of
heated discussion both in council and
in the school board. Neither of these
bodies approved of the action of its
officers in giving their signatures.
Some of the tax entered up is for
very small amounts, although the ag
gregate represents hundreds of dollars.
II the smaller sums the aggregate of
fees, filed with the tax claim, repre
sents a sum several times as large as
the tax due
There is much objection to the plan
pursued by the attorney, which was
to make four separate liens represt nt
ing the borough, the school distr'" , !
poor district and the county with sepa- '
rate fee for each, instead of making i
the four districts co-creditors and fil- '
ing one claim and charging ono fee — '
provided that fees in the premises j
were legal. As a result of this method
the attorney's fees accumlate very fast
and along with the prothonotary's fees
equal a sum in comparison with which
the taxes due and entered up seem ri
diculously small.
NOT UNLUCKY.
The Shamokiu Daily News does not ;
believe in the superstition that usual
ly gathers around the number 13. The
News ou Tuesday celebrated its 13th.
birthday by issuing an anniversary
edition de luxe, anil takes occasion to !
say a few modest, words about its own
success and popularity. The News de j
serves all of the measure of plenty that j
is filling its horn, for the success that
is attending the efforts of the paper ;
are but the outcome of years of untir
ing effort to keop the sheet clean
newsy and fair to all.
Demonstration at (Jeary's.
On Friday, December 14th, A. W. j
Stephens, State San Jose scale inspect- j
or, will give a demonstration on the j
farm of Amos A. Greary, one mile |
from the Rush Baptist church.
AS TO TOWN®
ROAD TAXES
The following article from the Phil
adelphia Press treats with a subject
that is of prime importance, anil is
commeurteil to the attention of the
leaders of the AMERICAN, and
especially those who reside in the
townships: i
At the last r egnlar session of the
legislature au act was passed anthoriz
iiig townships of the second class, up
on proper petition to the court,to vote
on the question of requiring road taxes
to be paid in money instead of beiug
worked out.as has been commonly the
case. Mauy townships took advantage
of this act at the last February elec
tion. Not all of those voting gave a
majority for the payment of the road
tax in cash,but a large proportion did
and thereby manifested their progres
sive spirit. The coming February elec
tion affords another opportunity to
those townships that took no action
last year, or which then gave a nega
tive vote. Upon the petition to the
court of twenty-five citizens of a
township the court is required to
authorize an election, the petition to
be filed at least thirty days before elec
tion. There are convincing reasous
why tlie system of working out the
road tax that has prevailed in the most
of the townships of the State should
be abolished. It has never made good
roads aud never will. The greater part
of the work is wasted, for it does not
even keep the road in decent repair.
State Highway Commissioner Hunter
recently said that SS,OOO,(KH> are annu
ally wasted in Pennsylvania shoveling
loose dirt on the roads,which is wash
ed away by the first real rainstorm,
leaving the roads in even worse condi
tion than before anything was done to
them. It was a very conservative state
ment. If the road taxes were collected
in cash the supervisors would have
something to work on, aud could use
the money where most needed. It is
another advantage that each township
which decides to adopt the cash sys
tem will receive from the State an
amount equal to 15 per cent, of the
total road tax collected in such town
ship. This is entirely apart from the
State aid for roads constructed under
the supervision of the State highway
department. It is so much money
turned over to the township authorit
ies for road repairing and to be ex
pended by such authorities. The bene
fit which townships of the second class
may derive from the application of
this ant are indisputable. It should be
brought to the attention of the people
in all su?h townships, so that a vote
can be taken on it at the coming elec
tion.
SCRAPPLE.
This is the way the West Chester
Local News enthu;>es over scrapple:
"The scrapple seasou dawns upou us,
with its ravishing perfumes and its
poesy. Scrapple follows saner kraut,
aud is itself followed by the buck
wheat cake The three constitute and
compose the great gastronomic trio
logy of the late autumn. They are
equally savory aud their ineffable es
sences are aliko stimulating and re
vivifying. Sauer kraut, perhaps, is a
shade the most nourishing, and the
buckwheat cake, it may be admitted
is the most romantic of the trio. But
even against these irresistibly seduc
tive delicatessen, scrapple holds its
own. For tlie brief month following
the falling of the leaves it is the king
victual and master aliment of the great
plain people."
TRIBUTE TO THE QUAIL.
Dr. Kalbfus pays this tribune to the
quail: "No game bird seems to have
a firmer hold upon the public mind
than the common quail, or 'Bob
White,' and a study of this bird, un
dertaken by the biological survey at
Washington, demonstrates, by almost
limitless examination and experiment,
that the economic value of the quail
is equaled by but few birds, and ex
ceeded by none. His food supply is
more varied than that of most birds,
and is almost without exception drawn
from a scource through which uothing
but good can result. He consumes
many things, such as potato bugs,
chiuch bugs, the cotton boll weavel,
certain caterpillars, spiders and other
insects, that most birds avoid, and
that, when taken at all by such other
birds, are eaten to a limited extent
only." Prof. Surface says in his bul
letin of January, 1904: 'No birds on
the farm are mrre vaitin.'lo us seed
eaters aud insect destroyers than the
common quail,"
THINKS IT'S A GOOD ONE
According to rim Grecusburg Tri
bune,the Westmoreland County School
Directors' association has unearthed
an act which became a law July 27,
1842, and by the provisions of which
the couuty commissioners of each
county are required to publish in not
less than two newspapers in the conu
ty for two weeks,a statement showing
the aggregate valuation and assess
ments made by each assessor iu the
county. The Tribune thinks the iaw a
good on»' aud insists upoi its enforce
ment
TO (DEE A. GOLD Iff ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it !
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa- j
ture is on each box. 2a cents.
Goes to North Dakota.
George J. Vanderslice, of Blooms- 1
burg, left yesterday for Dickinson, ;
North I) ikota, where he has accepted i
a position as stenographer in the gov- '
eminent laud office at that place. Mr. j
Vanderslice took the examination in j
Wilkes-Barre and easily passed it. The
new position is a most desirable one.
Mr. Vanderslice was formerly court
stenographer iu this judicial district.
Admitted to Hospital.
Eugeue Barrett, of Danville, was
ftddmltted to the .-.urgial wards of the
Mary M. Packer hospital Monday af
ternoon, suffering from a diseased
root, the nature of which could not be
earned. He was brought to Sunbnry j
From Danville with alight engine and
?ab on the Pennsy.—Sunbnry Item.
ABOUT 135 TONS
OF MSID LIMESTONE
The season of tlie year has now ar
rived when in tli? very nature of
things hut little more work can be
done on the streets and yet the tact re
maius that the general run of our
streets are still in a very bad coudi
tion.
Among the streets that should have
been included in the repairs made are
East Market street, Krout street. Wal
nut street and Church street from the
D. L. <fc W. railroad northward. It is
hoped that these importaut thorough
fares will receive early attention next
spriug.
Council has done some very good
work on street repairs this fall, but it
was not until it discarded cinder as a
material and adopted limestone. West
Market street & Centre street as far as
repaired show up very nicely and con
clusively prove that our street com
missioner is an adept at street con
struction when ho is given psoper
material to work with.
In all 735 tons of crushed limestone
from Dennis Bright's quarries have
been used this fall. The cost of the
stone in the quarries was 00 ceuts per
ton; the hauling cost 45 cents per ton.
What other labor was involved did not
amount to more than £SO, so that the
total cost of the street repairs made
approximates SBOO.
In tliis connection it is proper that
the public should know that the re
pairs made with cinder on Bloom
street above A street last summer cost
the borougli some -55(H). When we bear
in mind what a source of annoyance
the cinder proved and what a poor
street it is after all, no parson will
ueed to think twice in order to render
his decision in favor of liemstone for
street repairs. Where the latter has
been used all agree that the money was
| wisely expended, while where cinder
j was employed the money was practic
j ally thrown away. Ail of which
would indicate that while councilmen
| have many duties to perform not the
| least of tiiese is to see to it that the
j people's money is expended in a way
J to secure the best return.
Rewards and Punishments.
J Some of us do not preteud to know
i much about methods of taxation. We
! are dreamers, unpractical, devoid of
1 those severely practical traits which
i are characteristic of the successful busi
i ness man of the times, and at odd
moments bewildered by modern metii
-1 ods. Sometimes it looks to us as
though it would he better to reverse
; processes.
There is the question of taxation,
for instance. Ought a man to be fluid
,or rewarded for the display of public
spirit? Here is a citizen who owns a
corner lot, having thereon erected a
; disreputable looking frame building
worth a few hundred dollars. He tears
' it down and erects on its site a splen-
I did editice, an ornament to the town,
I instantly his tax bill leaps up.
i Another citizen, of a very prudent
! frame of mind, is the owner if a vac
ant lot iu a good neighborhood. It is
likewise a neglected lot. Weeds grow
there iu the season for weeds. Old tin
cans and other debris ornament it. In
wiuter the sidewalk in front of it—
where there is a sidewalk—is usually
covered by snow and ice. Others build
all around it und the lot gradually in
creases in value. But the tax of the
owner never increases. It is a mere
trifle compared with the amount paid
by his progressive neighbors who have
helped to build the city.
Would it not be possible to devise
some more equitable method? If the
public-spirited citizen is taxed a little
more every time* he adds a bit to the
appearance of the city, should not the
non-progressive person who does noth
ing worth while to help the town and
who is benefited by the enterprise of
others be fined iu some way for his
lack of civic spirit? We speak with
hesitation and resorv , admitting that
there may be reasons for existing cus
tom, which is likewise rather veuer
able, which we have not been able to
fathom.
Speaking from the standpoint of a
visionary, does not the man who
beautifies the landscape by a handsome
structure deserve the applause of his
fellow citizens and the approval of the
municipality? Does not he who re
moves an ugly and dilapidated shanty
and puts in its place a modern busi
ness block which attracts the atten
tion of visitors and creates thoughts
of beauty in the mind of the busiest
passer-by do a good deed? And is it
not the duty of the State aud of the
municipality to recogrize the good
which men do and to reward them for
it?
Speakiug from the same impractical
standpoint, does not the fossil or tha
skinflint stand in the way of the prog
ress of the poeple? Is it not true that
he fosters tin cans and weeds and
other unsightly things, that hi- makes j
his neighbor wax hot with auger when 1
heating out a path through the mi trod- !
den snow? Is it according totheetern- j
al fitness of things that such a citizen j
should be actually rewarded for his ■
I
stupidity or parsimony? We do not <
pretend to know; we merely inquire.
ECLIPSES IN 1907.
Iu 1907 there will bo four eclipses,
two of the sun and two of the moon.
The first a total eclipse of the sum, j
.I inuary 14th, invisible in the United
States; visible iu Eastern Russia and
the continent of Asia, ending at sun- !
set in Japan.
The second is a partial eelispe of the
moon, January 27, partly visible in the
Uuited States, the moon settius eclips
ed.
Tito third is the annular eclipse of
the sun, invisible throughout South
America and the South Atlantic Ocean.
The fourth is a pratial eclipse of the
moon, July 24, visible in the United
States. The moon enters penumbra, 8
o'clock, 59 minutes; moon leaves pen
umbra, 1 oclock 46 minutes the fol
lowing morning.
A roll call in the barn yard just
now would show up a big good list of
"killed and missing."
MOONLIGHT
SCHEDULE AGAIN
j
The borough council has decided to
adopt a moonlight schedule for the
; electric light plant.
' This will probably prove agreeable
] news to economically inclined taxpay
j ers, who percieve under this schedule
j a perceptible reduction in cost of op
erating the plant, but the action will
j not be regarded with much approval
j by auoth >r class who, as they express
jit, want food light at all times and as
j taxpayer they are willing to pay for it.
The lat I;er class cite the failure and
dissatisft 3tion that followed an at
tempt to -un on moonlight, schedule
during tl a first year or so of the plant's
history. Clio mere fact that there is a
j moon in he sky,regardless of the fact
: whether inder the then existing con
| ditions i proves much of a factor in
j producinlight or not, they state, is
| too often taken as au excuse forshut-
I ting dow i the plaut at any hour and
( thus the streets are apt to be in prac
| tical darkness when light is most need
| ed. Even at full moon, when the trees
; happen to be out in leaves.it is urged,
the streets are too dark for pedestrians
and electric light is needed.
Council, however, btlieves that all
i these things can be regulated. As will
Ibe perceived by the report presented
! at the last meeting of council the elec
j trie light plant last mouth was in op
eration 382 hours, representing in that
time consumption of coal amounting
to $207.50. If the time the plant is in
operation cau be reduced monthly
some fifty or sixty hours by the aid cf
; the moon the saving, as can easily be
; computed, during six months of the
! year will be considerable. Altogether
I our borough fathers have deemed it
| wise to make another experiment,this
[ time under restrictions that will be
' sure to produce satisfaction, if such a
j thing is possible. The moonlight sche
• dule will be in force some six mouths
of the year, only when the trees are
I not in leaves. During that time the
1 shutting down aud the starting up of
the plant as it relates to the moon will
, be directly in the hands of Borough
i Electrician Newton Smith,* hose good
! judgment no one doubts. A shutting
down of the plant will bo permitted
only when the moon is large enough
' to cast a brilliant light and the sky is
; positively clear.
A GUARANTEED CURE PGR PILES
, Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protrud
ing Piles. Druggists are authorized
to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT
i fails to cure in 6to 14 days. 50 cents.
Celebrated 26th Birthday.
The home of W. W. Hollobaugh was
I the scene of a very pleasant surprise
, party Friday which was tendered iu
honor of Mr. Hollobaugh's 26th birth-
I day.
The affair was a complei surpriso
to Mr. Hollobaugh, aud the occasion
proved most enjoyable to the large
gathering cf guests. In the afternoon
music was furnished by a graphophoue
j au 1 in the evening the Delsite orches
tra, of Mvusdale, rendered a number
| of selections. The amusements indulg
ed iu were uainerous.but dancing was
the feature. An elaborate dinner was
served aud i a the eveuing refreshments
were served. Mr. Hollobaugh was the
recipient of a number of gifts. At a
lato hour the gusets returned to their
homes wishing Mr. Hollobaugh many
i happy returus of the day.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs
Charles Hollobaugh, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Luckenbill, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Golder,Mr. aud Mrs Elmer
I). Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Mont Con
fer, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Shultz, Mr.
aud Mrs. Samuel Fausey, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Hollobaugh, and Mr. and
Mrs. David Dyer, of Union Corner;
Mrs. Ellen Y eager, Mrs. Sabina Sny
der, Misses Lulu Yeager, Elizabeth
Flick, Mamie Yeager, Eva Phillips,
Florence Fausey, Anna Murray, Nora
Cooper, Jennie Garnet, Eva Beyer,
Laura Fenstermacher, Winifred Flick,
Dora Umstead, Mary Merrell, Olive
Golder, Eliso Confor, Maud Golder,
May Confer aud Anna Golder ; Messrs.
Guy Runyan.R jy Shultz,Elmer Gold
er, Charles W. Dyer, Lorie Yeager,
William Beyer, Adam Phillips, of
Milton ; Raymond Yeager, Peter San
dle, John Heller, Calvin Arter, Ed
j ward Delsite, Charles Flick, Purdy
Arter,Herbert Hendricks, W. B. Kase,
! Charles Snyder, Harry Yeager. Speuc
i er Arter, Francis Delsite, Lewis Fig
! les, Harry Marr and Charles Figles.
j TEACHERS SEEK OFFICE.
It is said that Hon. Henry Houck,
secretary of internal affairs elect, has
about 3,000 letters from office seekers
lon file, although ho never would ad- j
nut it, much less talk about it. At j
; Lebanon it is said that public school
! teachers in Pennsylvania who,because
; of their environnt have become rather
I timid as a rule iu seeking political
| preferment, seem to thiuk that their
1 opportunity has arrived in the elec
j tion of one of their fellow-pedagogues '
| to a State office.
Their energies are now being em
-1 ployed in writing letters to Mr.
i Houck. As he has never been an ac- j
i tive politician, in this fact many
| office-seekers seem to see a chance of j
elevation.
SAVES WORRY.
There is much seasonable truth in
the declaration of the Franklin News
that "pra tically everything von buy
for Christmas gifts will keep all right
from now until the 25th. It is, there
fore, perfectly safe to do your shop
ping now, before the crowds become a
worry aud the clerks are overushed
with orders and the best goods are
picked out and taken home by more
forehanded people. Such a course is a
charity to the shopkeepers aud their
helpers, it saves a lot of rushing about
at the last of the seasou and gives you
a chance for a more deliberate selec
tion. "
Licensed to Wed.
A marriage license was issued yester
dav at the prothonotary's office to
Charles E. Stamm, of Milton, aud
Miss Edith Maud Geigsr,of Limestone
ville.
: THREATENED
I STRIKE ON P. &R.
Tliere :t point of difference bo
tween the management of the Phila
delphia Reading railroad and its
employes in regard to a new schedule
of witw.- which it' not settled to the
j .
satisfaction < 112 th< men may result iu
a gigantic strike involving 4000 of th«
company's employes. Tiie negotiations
pending fur some mouth- between n**
| management and the men iia re reached
j a crisis which may determine whether
| a strike, far reaching in its results,
will bo called, or the railroad author- ;
ities recognize the schedule submitted ,
by the men in which their demand*
are embodied.
Some two months ago represeuta- ;
tives of tlie locomotive engineers, loco- j
motive firemen, railroad conductors j
and railroad trainmen submitted a
schoiiulo to A. T. iJice, geueral super- j
intendeut of the Reading, requesting
an increase in salary which amounted
about 14 per cent. This schedule fixed
a scalo of wages on each division of
the road for the class of employes be
longing to the organizations named.
One of the most important requests in
it was that the men be paid from the
time they reported for duty, after be
ing called instead of from the time
they took out a train. Under the sys
tem at present the men are called
thirty minutes before train time, and
are not paid for that thirty minutes.
From the time the negotiations were
starred the demands of the men wert
put oil until November Ist when there
was an increase of wages to all men
receiving less than .$2 0 per month.
This increase was refused unless thera
was an understanding that the sched
ule should bo signed by the company.
This was declined by the management
for the reason that it would ba a tacit
acknowledgement on their part that
the employes had a right to negotiate
differences from the standpoint of
organized labor and not in their im
dividual capacity. Were it not for this
fact, the labor men say. the schedule
would be signed without delay.
The last conference between Super
intendent Dice and the labor repres
entatives was held at Reading on Sat
urday, and it is said Mr. Dice refuse®
point blank to sign the schedule.
Cost of State Campaign.
With the statement of the Prohibi
tion State committee yet to be filed at
Harrisburg tiie aggregate of the ex
pense accounts of the treasurers of the
various State committees engaged in
tiie recent campaign is $132,748 68. To
this should be added $13,255.43, the
amount of bills still owed by the Re
publican State committee, making the
grand total $146,004.11. The Prohibi
tion statement will probably be filed
in a few days and will materially iu
ci-\as? the total.
These figures represent outlays by
committees, the expenses of the can
didate- ht ing field separately,although
the committees spent some of the mon
ey fhargf 1 up by candidates in their
ex; ii.-• accounts, each candidate hav
ing contributed ro his party commit
tee.
Of the committee expense accounts,
tli.i Republican State committee leads
with 877 27, followed by the Lin
coln committee with $38,940.52 and
Democrats with $18,693.55 and so on
down the list to theßeferendum party
with 3144.70.
The aggregate ot the exeuditures of
the candidates for governor is $53,-
156.07, Mr. Emery leading with $25,-
561.48 contributed to two committees
Mr. Stuart being next with $6,184.99.
The candidates for lieutenant gover
nor expended $4,852.34 of which Mr.
Black spent $3,435.
The statements of Robert K. Young
and .Yiiliam T. Creasy.candidates for
auditor general, are respectively S7BB
and si,olo 80, a total of $1,798.80. The
expenditures of the four candidates
for secretary of internal affairs report
ing amount to $3,694.50.
A LASTING EFFECT
This Evidence Should Prove Every Claim
Made for Doan's Kidney Pills in
Dauville.
Relief from the pains and aches of a
bad back is always welcome to every
backache sufferer; but to cure a lame,
weak or aching back is what's want
ed. Cure it so it will stay cured. It
can be done. Here's the strongest evid
ence to prove it:
Thomas Lewis, retired, of 615 Mill
street, says:"l can only reiterato my
former statement made in 1896 about
Doan's Kidney Pills. Tiiey cared me
eight- years ago aud the cure then
i made has been lasting and I have had
'uo return of my old trouble. Before s
: using them I was troubled with back
ache. 1 used everything recommended '
but got no relief. The lameness over !
the kidneys and the terrible aching j
continued iu spire of everything that '
1 did and there seemed to be no relief j
< for me. i learned about Doan's Kidney
i'il! aud read the statements made, by
1 people who had used them and con- j
! eluded to try them. They not only re- i
; moved the lameness and backache hut
they benefitted mv health iu general,
fhey also relieved the headaches to
I which I had been subject for a consid
' erable lengtli of time. I can recom
men 1 Doaus' Kidney Pills as a reli
able backache aud kidney cure."
lor sale l»v ail dealers. Price 50
conts. Fo•fer-Mi!burn Co., Buffalo,
.New Vork, agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan's —and
take uo oth^r.
Grange Banks.
A charier has been granted for v the !
new Fanners' and Trades' National j
bank at Clearfield,which makes auoth- j
er link in the chain of grange national
banks being established throughout J
the State. The Clearfield bank will be >
opened for business next Thursday.
This bank is beginning its career with :
a capitalization of SIOO 000.
Arrangements aro under way for j i
several more grange banks to be start- I
ed in the near future. The next one, j
it is said, to be opened will be iu
Chester county.
WILL INVITE BIDS
FOR CURBING
Now that the State is advertising
for bids for the paving of North Mill
street the borough of Dauville is fol
lowing suit and is preparing to adver
tise for bids for putting down the cuib
along the portion to be paved, some
1200 feet in length. Borough surveyor
1 Keefer is at work on the spec ificat ion *
and wiil have them ready in a few
! days.
Although the owners of abutting
! property have agreed to pay for the
curbing, yet the work will be done by
the borough and all the curbing will
I n r>
be included in one contract. The curb
ing in ail respects will be like that
• employed on that portion of Mill street
i already paved.
It is said that there will he one or
more local contractors among the bid
| ders for the paving on North Mill
street,as well u* fjr putting down the
curb. The proposals will be opened on 1
Wednesday of next week, December
19th.
Although the State will pave but
three-fourths of twenty feet or fifteen .
feet, the State highway department i
invites proposals for the entire width !
of the street. It advertises for the pav- j
ing of twenty feet, three-fourths of
which the State will pay for, and al
so for twelve feet additional. This is
done in order to secure uniformity in
the work aud that the paving —the
seventeen feet belonging to the bor
ough as well as the fifteen feet de
volving on the State—may be com
pleted at one and the same time.
The State highway department has
made it very plain that it intends to
enter upon the paving for the very
first thing next spring. For this rea
son it is proceeding to award the con
tracts early this winter and is so care
fully attending to other details. In
order to keep pace the borough is be
stirring itself to award the contract
for curbing.
PRACTICAL CHARITY.
The Scran ton lodge of Elks is going
to perform a real Christian service on
the coming Christmas by presenting
suits to no less than 400 boys ani girls
who would otherwise have togo with
out. It is a real Christmas service
which these Elks are going to observe.
As the Scranton Republican well says:
"To give suits of clothes to 400 beys
and girls whose pareuts are unable to
provide adequately for their children
is to be respousible for real, old fash
ioned. practical charity, the kind that
warms the heart not ouly of the small
boys arid girls, but also of the com
munity where this generosity is be
stowed. To feed the hungry aud clothe
the poor in actual ueed, aud to see
them fed by one's own hand, is about
as much satisfaction as the average
kind-hearted person is able to grasp in
this hurrying world."
MANY SUFFERERS from nasal
catarrh say they get splendid results
by using an atomizer. For their bene
fit we prepare Elv's Liquid Cream
Balm. Except that it is liquid it is in
all respects like the healing, helpful,
pain-allaying Cream Balm that the
public has been familiar with for
years. No cocaine uor other daugerous
drug iu it. The soothing spray relieves
at once and cure is certain. All drug
gists, 75c., including spraying tube
or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren
Street, New York.
WHERE FATE GETS EVEN.
Those who do not hunt and who feel
that the life of au animal may be as
dear to it as tiiat of its liuute is to
him, cannot avoid the reflection some
times that the rapidly increasing num
ber of gunning accidents iu the State
may be one of the methods whereby
Fate levels tilings up. The Pottsville
Miners' Journal, however, is convinc
ed that too many boys are permitted
to handle guns, audit thinks that all
would-be hunters should be compelled
to take out licenses. "Some of the
worst accidents of the season," the
Journal declares, "were due to the
careless work of men who borrowed a
gun for a day's shooting and shot
some luckless sportsman instead of the
game.''
"THIS WORK OF MEROY"
The Altc,bna Tribune looks upoii the
appropriation for the hospital for the
insane at this place in the following
light: "The Danville hospital for the
insane will ask for $400,000 from the
coming legislature. An appropriation
of $85,000 for temporary buildings
which were never erected will go hack
to the State. This institution and all
others that provide for the helpless
classos and that are under exclusive
State coutrol should have all that is
. needed to properly provide for their
patients. This work of mercy should
j have precedence over roads and schools
! for the reason that th » iusuie ami the :
I feeble-minded aro helpless. "
(lave Ground Glass to Hogs.
The laudable ambition to raise the !
biggest pjrkers iu Rupert has led to a !
sad state of affairs. On Sunday, states !
George ShafTt r, of that phi'-e, some
one placed grouud glass au ! poison in .
his pen while he was away. The ob
vious purpose was to kill Mr. Shaffer's !
hoes, which, he says, are among the !
largest in that section.
The hogs,however, failed to eat any j
of the glass and are yet living. Mr •
Shaffer is so wrought up over the at
fair that uuless apologies are offered,
arrests will be made. There is a sus- j
pected party.
Birthday Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McWilliams en- j
tertained a number of the friends of
tlie.r daughter Margaret Monday even
ing in honor of her 7th. biithday. I
Those present were Mrs. Ambrose ;
George, Mrs. Lizzie George, Rhoda
O'Brien, May McWilliams,lda Eugle, j
Rachel Miller, Helen Miller, Annie i '
Roney, Helen Bvers, Phillis Byers,
Minnie Oberdorf, Elsie George, Stella
McWilliams; Richard McWilliams, i
Charles Fisher, Abe Eugle, John Mc- I
Williams, William Coleman, Arthur j
McWilliams, William Henry, William
McWilliams.George McWilliams,Mrs. j
Lizzie Forred.
ELOPED WITH
BROTHEfi-IM-LAW
The police <if riiis eitv hold warrants
for the arrest of Charles Sutton, alias
Charles Ray, of this city, am M'ss
Ada Krum. of Derry township. the
former charged with desertion a: <! uou
support aud the latter h-iu;» wanted
as a runaway. The two people ;u sup- '
posed to he headed to war 1 N > York
State
The. couple left town over ;i month
ago an' have thus far nrii:ag> <1 to
elude pursuit, although the po'iep of
several up-the-river towns have been
aiding to effect their capture Tho
ease is al><> remarkable a< showing t!ie
infatuation of a fanner's daughter
for a man nearly twice her own age.
If there is anything more needed to
add spice to ttie episode it iilit the
fact that the young woman i•> the ci.se
has stolen Sutton's affections from her (
own lister u.n.l has ;.etualiv rim awny i
| with her brother-in-law.
j Sutton or Ray as he is sometimes
known is a native of Danville. His
wife before marriage was Miss Jennie
j Krum, of Derry township. The latest
i claimaut to Sutton's affections, how
[ ever, as the sequel shows is Miss Ada
| Krum, his wife's sister. The latter is
j but seventeen j-ears of age. She is de
, scribed as short of stature,and as hav
ing light hair. When she left home
she wore a blue skirt and black coat:
her hat was grey in color aud trimmed i
in black.
Sutton is 30 years of age, five feet,
seven incites in height; he weighs 120
ponuds and lias dark hair and mus
tache. His face is pitted with small
pox. When he left home he wore a
dark suit and a grey c«p.
The couple left Danville together
on Monday, November sth. The police
were instantly put on the trail aud
from that time till the present have
been working very quietly. They were
furnished a large number of clues,but
in each case when they arrived at the
spot the couple had passed on. Thus
each day seemed to promise an early I
capture which never materialized.
At present th n officers despair of
finding the ruuaways in this section.
The deserted wife aud i!.; parents who
are highly respectable people,are very
much grieved over the disappearance
of seventeeu-year-old Ada under cir
cumstances such as described. At their
request the matter in all its details is
made public with the hope that the
newspapers will be abie to hid in
bringing la- k the rmiav.ays
Sutton is beli« vel ro have bad little
or no money and judging from tlie
slow progress made it is deemed likely
that the cor;pie are making their way
on foot. On the night after leaviug
Danville the police discovered r':ar
they spent the niyht i:i rhe depot nt
Roaring Creek. Th" . ouph* i-pent Wed
nesday, November 7th . in Berwick.
On Thursday, November 29, over tv\ •
weeks later.they arrive at West Nau
. ticoke.
; .At the latter place they spent rhe
night as guests of a family with whom
Sutton was acquainted and where he
represented the girl as his wife The.-o
people later learning of Sutton's e
i capade caused the authorities here to
be notified, giving full information
: not only as to the relation flint tie.
two were sustaining, but also as t«>
their next destination, which was
Forty Fort. Beyond this point all
trace of the couple has been lost, but
it is believed that they are on their
way to New York State,where Sutton
has relatives.
Improvements on South Side.
The work of improving the bridge
approach and the street leading down
to the station, begun last week by
Gearhart township and the Pennsyl
vania railroad company, will not be
completed this fall.
The macadamizatiou will be carried
from the bridge southward to the rail
road crossing, where work will stop
for the winter. But a very short time
will be required to complete the mac
adam up to the point designated.
The improvements on the street lead
ing down to the freight house will be
taken up for the very first thiug uext
spring. Meanwhile the Danville and
Suuburv Street railway compauy will
have ample time to raise the track of
its line as required to conform with
the change of grade.
County Comm ssioner Cook is author
ity for the statement that the county !
commissioners will haul limestone on !
Mint portion of the approach omitted |
by Gearhart township and which nat
urally devolves on the two counties.
While the county commissioners are
about it, it would be a very good thing
if they would give the bridge a good
cleaning, as with the approach on the j
south side in good order mud will no i
| longer be a factor on the driveway. At |
j places there is an iucli or more of mud
jon the bridge carried there by the !
wheels that ploughed through the j
■ muddy approach. Some of this mud
has found its way over the entire
1 length of the bridge and is even drag
ged out over the paving ou Mill street
near the bridge approach It detracts
very much from the appearance of the
bridge, and now that there are pros
pects of keeping the driveway clean
the mud should be scraped up and
hauled away without delay.
home for Aged Odd Fellows.
The Odd Fellows have decided upon
what tho old building at the orphan
age, near Sunbury, shall bo put to,af
ter the completion of the new build
ing uoxt year, and the decision reach
ed will appeal to every one interested
in this great beuevoleut institution
Immediately after the completion of
the new wings, and they have been
made ready for the occupancy of the
numerous orphans cared for there, tho
old buildings will be fitted up for the
use of aged and infirm Odd Fellows
aud their wives. Thus the Odd Fel
lows will not only have a home for the
orphans, where they will be cared for
and educated, but they will have a
haven of rest for the Odd Fellow aud
his wife in the declining days of thoii
lives.
This institution has been a splendid
success ever since its beginning. All
in this section will wish the Odd Fel
lows the greatest success in the exten
sion of their oharitable institution i
Weakens
Your Kidneys.
"nhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the i !ood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
H , M The kidneys are your
> -Vfciwh blood purifiers, they fil
''Hi!) ter <>«* waste or
'rpjtff{ygfrr im P uritiesinthe b'ood.
ISA.? Ll z If they are sick or out
W of order> ,he >' fail t0 do
: j 'y'jr- pTq* \ their work.
!' \ P a > ns . aches and rheu
s J 1 matism come from ex
cess of uric acid in the
—C) blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
h 'irt bea:s, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney*
pyiioned Hood through veins and arteries.*
k used to be considered that only urinary
troubles w ire to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
uf: constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kicney trouble.
i: you a.e sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the ex raordinary effect cf Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp- Uoot, the great kidney remedy is
j socn reaped. It stands the highest for its
. wonderful z .res of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits
cent and c.ie collar siz
es. You may have a
sample fccttie by mail Home of swamp-Root,
free, also ramphlet telling you how to find
cut if you h .-e kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention t'.a: paper when wri'/.ng Dr. Kilrr.et
ti Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Don't i iir e any mistake, bnt reuiem
ber the >■ Swanp-Root. Ir. Kil
mer's S. ~ p-Ro»t. and the addres
Biughanrou. N.Y.. ou every bottles.
Jurors for January Term.
GRAND JURORS.
Authoi.y township—George O. Bar
thlow,Morris N. .James, Lewis Martin.
Danvil'e.First ward—John L. Camp
bell, Chi.rles Lotier,William A. Reed,
George S. Maiers; Second ward—
James Bi is,us, Jacob Hover, Newton
Pursel; T! rd war I—Arthur Mowrey,
Jacob ter, Joseph Schmidt; Fourth
ward—l 3' rnard Shevlin.
Liberty township—.T. D. Cotner.
Mahoning township—Frank Geriug
er, S. B. Kocher, William Hickey,
Ralph 11 tter.
Maybei ry township—William Getty.
Valley t" nsliip—Thomas R. Rog
ers, Elmer E. Renu.
West Hemlock township— C. J.
Deightmll r, Walter Shultz.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Anthony township—J. S. Deuneu,
David A. 112 ix, Daniel Albeck, John
H. Kuhtn.
Cooper township—Wellington Hart
! man, C. O. Garrison.
! Danville. First ward—Harry Ellen
| bogen. esse Klase. Robert Adams,
j Willi re. >x Turner, Harry Rupp, Eu
. geue Charles Haag, Charles G.
j Cloud mH. Gernet,lsaac Hoffman,
[ Joseph L. Frame, John R. Miller, W.
i 13. Start zel. Second ward Jacob
! Diet/. Harry Camp, Grant Fenster
l macher. Third ward —George Tilson,
•A. L. V( ris, Michael Rielly, Samuel
I Motteru. Harry Fields, Joseph Divel.
j Fourth ward —Fred Buchenberger.
; Fred Ploch.
Derry township—Charles Hileinau,
■ John As' enfelder, George P. Cotner.
Liborty township—Jesse Umstend,
'■ W. (3. hobbins, Joseph Hagenbnch,
John Col imau, J. E. Geringer, Jona
, than Sta'nl.
Limestone township—Peter D. Werk
heiser.
Mahoaing township—C. C. Mover,
j Elijah I; 11, Michael Breckbill.
Valley township—William Gethiug.
B. C. P. Gearhart.
Washiu jtonville—A. L. Heddens,
Charles Derr.
West townsliip—James H.
Geisor.
Supervisors Hay Be Indicted.
Unless the supervisors of Upper
Augustn township, Northumberland
county, repair certain of the township
roads within the next thirty days,they
may be o.ien to indictment in crimin
al court.
For the past several years the mail
carrier on rural free delivery route
: No. 1 rui.uing between Sunbury and
Kliuesgrove, has made frequent com
| plaints regarding the poor condition
j of the roads over which he passes, aud
the constant danger of accident from
i ruts,washed out bauks aud unrepaired
bridges.
Postmaster F. K. Hill of Sunbury,
lias received a letter from the fourth
assistant postmaster geueral stating
that uuless the roads of tho township
are repaired within the next thirty
j days route No. 1 will be withdrawn.
1 Mr. Hill immediately forwarded this
| information to the supervisors of the
township, who are C. P. Reinhart, F.
W. Cooke and Peter Keefer. If the
supervisors fail to act aud the people
along the route lose their free deliv
ery route thereby criminal action may
be brought against the township auth
! orities.
I licks on December.
Hicks, the weather prophet, says
that as the year goes out there will be
storms of sleot aud snow,extreme cold
weather, seismic shakes.aurornl lights
aud electrical disturbances. His pre
dictions for the month of Decembe
are that it will be a stormy, blustery
winter month, with a regular storm
period central on Christmas day.
For L j
Troubles
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cer-1
tainly cures couglis, colds,
bronchitis, consumption. And 3
it certainly strengthens v e:d. jf
aihroai; and weak
i There cms he no mistake.." -t £
G this. Yj-: know it is It lc. . J I
s ~
g your own doctor will say &o. fi
k The h* s' ' ind of a testimonial J
E" SoM l.r over eixty yoais." S
BBvatKiT.'-' -v 1 -
A IZ-A' '- 7 .T. C. Ayer Co., TjOVcII,
JM Aioo inanufaoturers of H
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We 1 v- ro
Kncp tho ijowels rep;u!ar w'th Ayer's
Pills ont. tlius hi-.sten recover"