Montour American.
_
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., June 1J !W7.
PENSION BILL
VETOED BY GOVSBNOR
He Sets Out Reasons lor Not AllixiDg
His Signature to the
Bill.
Governor Stuart Tuesday vetoed the
bill pensioning soldiers of the civil
war who served in Pennsylvania regi
ments and are now residing in the
State. The ciiief reasons for vetoing
the bill are that it is crude in form
and bears evidence of having been
passed without mature deliberation,
and if it were to become a law it
would be necessary to reduce the ap
propriations to the State's public and
private charities.
The bill appropriated §5,832,325 for
the payment of the proposed pensions
for the five quarters payable on the
first days of April, July and October
y(>B, and of January and April, 1000.
The schedule of pension allowance
was as follows:
For soldiers who served less than
one year, $o a month ; for those who
,-erved more than a year and less than
'wo, ST.SO: for men who served more
than two years, .$lO.
The bill originated in the senate and
was passed in that bod}' upon the as
surance of its author, Mr. Cochran, of
Lycoming, that it would require only
$1,000,000 a year to pay the proposed
pensions. The house raised the ap
propriation to nearly Sti,ooo,ooo. The
governor suggests that the first con
clusion reached in an attempt to esti
mate the probable expense authorized
by the bill was clearly erronous. Dur
ing the reconsideration of the bill by
the senate, after it had been amended
in the house, it was stated that the
beneficiaries of its provisions would
ask the executive to reduce the ap
propriation to $2,000,000.
Governor Stuart says : "I yield to
ao man in my gratitude, admiration
and loyalty to those who so valiantly
served the nation in its hour of need
but the appropriations already made
by the legislature,exceed the revenues
ot the State by many millions, and
will net permit me to approve this
bill without reducing, eveu more mat
erially than X have already been ob
liged to do the appropriations to the
educational institutions; to the hos
pitals for the sick and injured, poor
consumptives and the indigent insane,
and to the various charitable institu
tions of tl«e prate, which appropria
ticns.long before the peusicn bill was
even introduced,l promised the people
of Pennsylvania would be made as
liberally as the revenues of the state
would permit. For these reasons 'he
bill is not approved. '
NEWS ITEMS FROM
"BOUND THE STATE
Reports conn- from York couucy fcnat
he crop of spring insects will be very
short on account of the cold weather.
Mrs Nuucy Workman Kuntz, of
Washington, who died last week.leK.\ •
iug a large estate, lis* bequeath 1
about jiOw.OoO to be distributed ro
worthy charitable usi itetions.
The olor line lias bf«i drawn ai i:.
Butler county almshouse, inmates aud
employes being united m a determin
sd protect against the employment of
a nergc cook and a negro laundress.
\ pot containing |BOO i;i oin au
bille was dug up on the J. R Marshall
farm, near Butler, oa Monday Mil<e
Doreae has confessed that he and two
others had drawn it out of a ijauk on
the deposit book of . Navos, which
they had stole?.'..
Irving Mitchell, aged <1 yeart, of
Soranton, grasped a liv* electric light
wire that wis dangling from a i.ole,
when his fingers were burned off. He
fell to the ground aud the wire twiet
©l about his body aud legs, burning
hi.n so badly that lie is not expected
to recover.
The Truth About Starving.
Novelists write a lot of nonsense
tibout the extreme suffering that ac
companies starvation. It is all poppy
cock. says Dillon Wallace hi the Out
ing Magaziue. Any healthy person,
with a normal appetite, fitter missing
two or three meals Is as hungry as lie
ever gets. After awhile there is a
eense of weakness that grows on one,
and this Increases with the days. Then
there comes a desire for a great deal
of sleep, a sort of lassitude that Is not
unpleasant, and this desire becomes
more pronounced as the weakness
grows. The end is always in sleep.
Miss, Mrs. and Mistress.
"Miss" Is ati abbreviation of "nils
tress," which, as an English law dic
tionary explains. Is the proper style of
the wife of an esquire or a gentleman.
By l»r. Johnson's time It had become
'the term of honor to a young girl."
In the earliest part of the eighteenth
century, however, it was used respect
fully of girls below the age of ten
alone. After that age "miss" was
rude, implying giddiness of behavior.
In Smollett's writings an unmarried
woman of mature years and lier maid
are both "Mrs." It Is certain that
"miss" has grown older, so to speak,
while "master" has become confined to
bova
The Farming Profession.
"Farming is as muoh a profession as
law or medicine. It is both a scieuce
and an art. The more a farmer knows
of farming and allied sciences the bet
ter he can apply the knowledge to ev
ery day work. Some of the greatest
Americans have been planters and
farmers. George Washington loved his
estate at Mt. Vernon aud took deep
interest in all the labors of that vast
plantation. Lincoln hegau life as a
farmer, aud always loved the life of
field aud meadow, woodland and prai
rie.
There are United States senators I
who enjoy the life of stock raisers.
The profession of farming is bound to
grow in popularity. The extension, of j
electric lines into the country, the tele- j
phone,the rural mail delivery. the im- i
proved roadway, will all serve to in- j
dnce city folk to take to farming ou a !
scale large or small."—Louisville)
Herald.
The truth of this statement is shown
by the increase in the value of fauns
throughout Pennsylvania aud especi- ;
ally near the large cities. Those farms j
touched by the trolley lines running
out of Philadelphia have been trans- !
formed into combinations of summer
homes, farms and truck patches. The
care and expense with which they are |
laid out and kept adds to their value. !
Trolley lines militate in their own !
good way against the congestion in 1
cities. Every year more and more per
sons are lured into the suburbs because
of the convenience of the lines. It, is
cheaper for the citizen in the long run
and it is pleasauter aud healthier.
Most persons who move to the sub
rubs beign to plant vegetables when
they have the garden space. Encourag
ed by their success they frequently
take farms and increase the demand
for tillable soil. Farms can hardly de
cline in price. Conditions tend to in
; crease their value everywhere.
Education and Prisons.
Pennsylvania has a population of
' six mil ions aud a half, aud the last
legislature appropriated $15,000,000
for its public schools--this covers a
period of two years. This of course is
ony a small part of the cost of our
public schools the main part of which
comes from the municipalities, town
ships, eti. The Russian empire has a
population of 143,000.000 and last year
spent only f12,000,000 for new and old
schools and the'pay of teachers of the
vast country from the Baltic to the
China Sea. During last year Russia
spent $20,000,000 to build new prisons.
That is Russia s trouble. It is oppres
sion. tyranny, violence aud curbing
the aspirations and uplifting of the
people. A standing army of a million
and yet the empire is trubulent and
murder, assassination, riots, and busi
ness paralysis prevails. 350,000 troops
in Poland, yet raids on factories and
railway trains arc of frequent cocur
reuee. No attempt is made by the gov
ernment. to conciliate, to educate, and
u; ' ift the people. Autocracy and hrul
alitv with poverty for the great hulk
of the people have wrought terrible
conditions.
Th New York Times says the Rus
sian darkness seems to he as deep as
ever aad just now the outlook of the
satisfactory compromise through the
saving agency of the duima, which
not long ago seemed hepeful, is again
most discouraging. The wonder is that
such app:uliug conditions can con
tinue so loug. Yet very well informed
observers are of the opinion that years
of disorer and riotiug among the peo
pie and blind and futile attempts at
repression on the part of the govern
ment may ensue before day will
dawn in Russia.
An Anecdote of Shelley.
The poet Shelley tells an arousing
story of the influence that language
"hard to bo understood" exercises on
the vulgar mind. Walking near Covent
Gurden, London, he accidentally Jos
tled against an Irish navvy, who, being
In a quarrelsome mood, seemed In
clined to attack the poet A crowd of
ragged sympathizers began to gather,
when Shelley, calmly facing them, de
liberately pronounced:
"I hnve put my hand into the ham
per I have looked on the sacred bar
ley. 1 have eaten out of the drum. I
have drunk und am well pleased. I
have said 'Knox Oinpnx,' and it Is fin
ished."
The effect was magical. The aston- !
islied Irishman fell back. His friends
began to question him. "What bar
ley''" "Where's the hamper?" "What
have you been drinking?" and Shelley
walked away unmolested.
A Day's Journey.
"A day's journey," as tlio expression
Is used in the Scripture, means from
ten to twenty miles. The "Sabbath
day's Journey," frequently mentioned
in the Bible, was 2,000 paces, or about
three-quarters of a mile. The Jews
were forbidden to travel farther than
this distance on their Sabbath, but of- j
ten evaded the prohibition by taking :
a small quantity of food and burying
it In the ground at the required dis
tance from their homes, whereby this
spot became technically a habitation,
and they could proceed from it another
Sabbath day's Journey on their waj. !
The Habit of Kissing.
In some sections of the planet, travel
ers tell us, the kissing habit is un
known. It is difficult for the average
American to credit such a statement.
The mother who fondles her babe, the i
extremely young person who is deeply
in love with the matchless lady, the
married couple who have not ceased
to be lovers, all these and divers oth
ers think it an amazing thing that
there are babies aud more or less
charming girls and good wives in the
world who have never experienced the
peculiar sensation accompanying a
kiss. Here the kissing habit is wide
spread and there is little reason to
suppose that it is in danger of going
out of fashion.
It is true that stern-faced scientists
have been telling us for mauv years
that infection lurks in the kiss. They
exhort mothers aud lovers and otliors
to resort to some less dangerous method
of manifesting their affection They
are becoming increasingly urgent with
the flight of the years aud with the
discovery of new forms of bacilli that
delight to lay in wait for the human
race. They tell us that tuberculosis
and various other deadly diseases are
communicated by the kiss aud they
are at the present moment earnestly
engaged in the effort to organize Anti-
Kissing leagues in all sections of the
world. They are in deadly earnest.
The Morning News admits that there
is a large measure of truth in the de
clarations of the scientists. It holds
with them that danger lurks in the
kiss. It has observed the reluctance
with which children submit to the
salutes of some growu-un persons aud
it supeets that relcutauce is the re
sult of nature's warning signal to the
young whom it seeks to protect aud
preserve. It holds that those who are
troubled by dangerous or infectious
diseases should be compelled to forego
the ocsulatory salute. That much it
will concede.
But the News is not yet willing to
join the league that would ostracise
the salute so dear to millions of the
! human race. It is not prepare to ex
i hort the mother to refrain from kiss
ing the child of her love. It would he
far trom exhorting the wife or the
husband to give over this charming
evidence of continued affection for
each other as they advance in years
and approach the goal of human life.
Audit is sure the young persons who
are mutually attracted toward each
: other and with whose hearts the god
j of love plays such tender pranks, would
scoff at such cold-blooded advice.
The scientists are right. There iB
danger in the average kiss. But it is
likely that human nature is going to
be too strong for the scientists and
that a fashion which probably came
into the world when Adam looked up
on the first woman and pronounced
her good to look upon will not vanish.
Flag Day.
Friday, June 14th, will be flag day
in the United States, that day being
the one hundred thirtith anniversary
of the birth of the Americaii flag The
original fiag was designed for a colony
of thirteen states and waved over less
than three millions of people. The
stars and stripes are now honored by
nearly ninety millions of people and
; is respected in all parts of the world.
: In honor of the emblem of liberty ev
ery citizen should hang out a flag on
: Friday, June 14.
The observance of fiag day was con
ceived for the purpose of preventing
the people of this country from for
getting that it was the flag which was
revered by their ancestors and which
cheered many brave men onto victory
; in the wars which have occurred since
: the nation was born in 1776. Children
should be taught to honor the Hag and
i understand what it means to the true
j patriot. School children should be
invited to aid in bedecking the home
with flags and in order that they may
grow up with reverence in their hearts
for the flag which now so proudly
floats over a united country.
Flag day should be observed in this
city by a lavish display of the stars
and stripes.
A Problem la Life.
They had met In the subway and In
the Interval of passing a few statlora
had fallen to talking of a lovely, wo
man friend who had died.
"How did she die? Do you know?"
he asked.
"She nursed a little niece through an
infectious disease, then took It herself
and died of It." said she.
"A strange Providence!" he mused
sadly. "She, lovely, gracious, charm
ing, everything to live for and a bless
ing to her friends, to die In order that
a child might live. A strange and un
accountable I'rovldence!"— New York
Press.
Extraordinary effects are produced
by the aconmnlation at small Impulses
Galilei set a heavy pendulum in mo
tion by the w«n timed puffs of Ms
breath. Elltcot set one clock gotng by
•the ticks of another, even when the
two clocks were separated by a walL—
John Tyndatl
As It Is Done in Bloomsburg.
The Bloomsburg town council at Ha
last meeting acted upon several mat
ters that are of more than local inter
est, among them being the unanimous
election if Frank P. Bantu as chief of j
police for the year, with the aame sal
ary as was fixed for the late Chief
Wesley Kaorr, $45.00 per month, with
two suits of clothes and an overcoat.
Council also decided to pave the
square on the north side of Market \
street, around the fountain. The tax 1
rate was fixed the same as laßt year, 9
mills for built up,6 mills for suburban
and mills for farm.
Methods to keep the paved streets
clean were discussed and it was deoid
ed to employ a person for one month
to beep the a'reets clean. Mr. Runyon
who brought the matter before the
council, suggested that this work be
done the same as at Danville.
Dickinson Seminary Exercises.
Orville Mallalieu Ott, son of Rev.
aud Mrs. L. Dow Ott, of this city, is
on the list o? speakers who will take
part in the commencement exercises
at Dickinson seminary this year.
The honor students of the class of
1907 of Will iamsport Dickinson Semi
nary were announced at a recent meet
ing of the class aud are as follows:
Valedictorian, Miss Jeaunette Stevens,
of Williamsport; salntatorian, Samuel
Claik Thompson, Petersburg, Pa. :
Belles Lettres honor, Miss Georgia
Weston, Gallitzin, Pa. ; college pre
paratory honors, Albert Raymond
Evans, Philadelphia, aud Miss Edith
Moleneux Stevens, Port Chester, N.
Y.
The commencement exercises will
bo held on the morning of June 20, at
9:30 o'clock. In addition to the above
named members of the class the fol
lowing will have essays and orations:
Miss Alice Bennett., Montoursville:
Miss Jessie Morris, Middleburg; Mr
Charles M. Lodge, Crystal Springs;
Mr. Frank C. Broad head, Philadel
phia; Orville Mallalieu Ott, Danville,
and Charles Henry Severance, Carbon
dale.
barly Cherries Are Not in Sight.
Not only are all the crops backward
j this year, but cherries, which usual
ly are beginning to make their appear
ance in market by this time, are still
at some distance iu the back ground.
As to cherries several farmers in
i market yesterday were authority for
tho statement that of the early variety,
especially, there are practically none
in sight. The late crop also,according
to these gentlemen,in Montour county
will be practically a failure.
Strawberries are very backward.
The crop will not be a heavy one. but
no one from the country has yet come
| in with the crushing news that straw
berries will bo wholly a failure.
Climatic conditions have been uni-
I forml.v so unfavorable this spring that
j town peoplo some how are prepared
for discouraging news concerning the
crops.
A short ride into the country reveals
a moßt discouraging aspect of affairs.
The grass, which is nowhere very thick
upon tne ground, has attained a height
of only a few inches, while the wheat,
which in three weeks' time should be
ready for harvest, is only forming
I heads.
Undoubtedly all the crops will be
several weeks late this summer and
farmers are looking forward to the
novel experience of harvesting wheat
late iu July aud of making hay at al
most anytime after harvest. The hay
, crop, it is generally believed, will be
, short, but it is said to be a little too
early to venture a prediction as to
wheat
A Monument to Her Oath,
lu the market place of Devizes, a
towu in Wiltshire, England, there
stands a monument erected by public
subscription a.s a warning to fit butters
and irreverent persona, to commemo
rate the tragic death of a woman who,
according to the inscription cm the
•tone, was stricken dead as a punish
ment for her blasphemy. Tho story, as
told among the country folk. Is that
one of the village woman, hocomfug in
volved in a dispute-over money with a
merchant In the Corn exchange, called
1 on the Almighty, with a fearful oath,
to etcUw her deed if tier statement watt
false. As ®hc left tho mar tort place on
her wiy bouie she fell dead upuu the
spot where the monument now stands,
her perjured gains betng afterward
found In ber tightly clinched hand.
A Pew Twtae*
Bonne SUWtlia gtits once made up a
list of definitions of tha
names of tbe towns'to be gDOMcA from
the definitions. Ltsv tlMy gwt Vary
bowtegged. Orearit Bend; alSfai manas
tsay, Abilene; the {Mice of fTTf. Lear
unworth; why Ml*. Smith WR, SmSh
Outer; OMnendant af g rnm AXcM
•on; a stre, a cirete and a term m atay
tng, Paota; what tbe Amerfeno needs
to seen re a duke, Prioe; wtart aame
folks bav*> to do fw n ttrtng, ffn—ifl
my first, not wearing the
the flrfnJi. Manhattan—Tnin—<Tatj
Star.
Quite a Difference.
"Say. paw, what does It mean to live
V) a ripe old age?"
| "Wbeu a rich man gets to bo eighty,
jmy son, he is at a rlpo old age. A
poor man is merely old and decrepit."
| —Milwaukee Sentinel.
Nasal
CATARRH ffiSSS&k
In all its Plage?. J1- c °t o fl. JJUhJ
Ely's Cream
cleanses, fsoothe* and heals M
the membrane.
! 11 cores catarrh and drivos A. Zy*
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Kaim is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate* and a cure follows. It It not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
KLY BROTHERS. 66 Warren Street, New York
MOONSHININGL
Mora Illicit 3tille In New York City
Than In Kentucky.
"Don't tillk to me about moonshining
in Kentucky," aft id the Internal reve
nue agent. "There's more moonshin
ing going on all the time in little old
New York than could be done In ten
Kentuckyti. lu the crowded sections of
the east and wast sides stills spring up
right along and for awhile conduct a
flourishing business In the low grade
whisky they manufacture. You see. It j
doesn't take tnuch trouble to equip a
still with corn and yeast and start In
to make the mash, which is finally
turned out as a pretty poor sort of
whisky. The great difficulty Is in get
ting rid of the peculiar smoke and
odor from tin- stills without axc-tttng
suspicion. This Is usually attempted
by running the still in connection with
a dye shop or some other chmnlcnl en
terprlse as a blind. We keep write h on
all such establishments and have the
town well covered by sharp eyed and
sharp nosed agents besides. We arc 1
constantly arresting these small moon
shiners and sending them to jail. Bui
enough spring up in their places for
you to say with safety that, as I say,
there's more moousliining going on in
New York city right along than there
could be In ten Kentuekys."—New York ■
Sun.
THE PIANOFORTE.
A Direct Descendant of the Clavichord
and Harpaichord.
The pianoforte was directly evolved
from the clavichord and the harpsi
chord. In 1711 Sciplone Muffei gave a
detailed account of the first four in
struments, which were built by Barto
lommeo ('ristofori, named by him pi
anoforte, and exhibited hi 1700.
Marion In France exhibited harpsi
chords, with hammer action, in 1710,
and Sehroter In Germany claimed to
have Invented the pianoforte lietwoen
1717 and 1721. Marius at first was
generally credited with (he invention,
for It was not until 1 1'.lx. when Orlsto
fori's Instruments had become famous,
Unit the Italian advanced his claim,
and It was in 170" lathe brought for
ward the proof of ! .'■< contention.
Pianos of that period were shaped
like the modern grand, the first square
piano lieing built by Prelderlca, an
organ builder of Saxony, In 1758. The
9rst genuine upright was patented in
England and tho United States by
John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman,
In 1800.- Scrap Book.
Lord Erekine.
Krotn midshipman to lord chancellor
is a vury far cry. Lort Ersklmv how
ever, whom Lord Campbell once de
scribed as Hie greatest advocate of an
cient or modern times, did not find
ranch difficulty In reaching the Wool
lack, although he started life as a
"middy" and did not settle down to
study law until he was twenty-Ore
years of age. Ills defense of Captain
Baillle, prosecuted for his exposures of
gross abuses at the admiralty, raised
him from on obscure lawyer to a tort*
most position at the bar, and thirty
briefs were offered him txrfore he left
the court. From that time until ho be
came chancellor In 1800 hi« career w»»
marked by a long list of successes.—
London Standard.
The son is a vast furnace at flight/
vaporized metals. It gives oat 200,000,-
000 times more heat than Is recdvwl
by aU ttß planets, including the earth
It la also a huge electro magnet. Pre
cisely how much electricity tt gener
ates we do not know.—New York
World.
Cores Woman's Weaknesses.
We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
su florin# womon known as l)r. I'ierce'a
Favorite Prescription.
Dr. John Fyfe unoof the Editorial Staf*
of Tiik Eci.kctio Medical Review says
of Unicorn root {llchmia# IHolctt) which
is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa
vorite Prescription
"A remedy wbi«h invariably arts as a uter-
Ine Invitforator * * * ruaUes for normal ac
tivity of tho entire reproductive system."
Qe continues *'ln Helonias wo haw a medica
ment which more fully ausw»-r* the above
rurposes than any other drug with which I am
acquainted. In the treatment of diseases pe
culiar to women It is seldom that a can- is
seen which does not present some Indicat ion
for this remedial agent." I>r. Fyfe further
says:"The following are among the leading
Indications for Uelonias (unicorn root). I'ain
or in the back, with • leucorrha o ;
atonic (weak) oondltlolfkof the reproductive
organs of feomen. mental depression and ir
ritability. iated witlr chronic diseases of
the organs of women; constant
sensation Jt heat fin the region of the kid
neys; merysrrhagid (flooding), due to a weak
ened con/itlon of/the reproductive system;
or absent monthly
or accompanying an
abnojftyll condition of the digestive organs
and JijKPmlc < thin blood ) habit; dragging
senautons In the extreme lower part of tho
abdomen." #
If inoro or less of the above symptoms
wadnig ingywi
ehwoiwmtn Is Unicom root, or Heloafas.
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
ingredient of "Favorite Prescription,"
Prof, SMnley Elllngwood, M. D., or Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
"It Is an Important remedy in disorders of
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * *
aud general enfeebltmont. It is useful."
Vrof. John M. Seudder, M. D., late of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
"In relation to its general effects on the
system, thtrr is no mrdMiie fii use ofintrt which
there is mc/i general UTianiffi tty of opinion. It
is univcriialli / regarded as the tonic useful In
all debilitated states."
Prof. R. Bartholow, M. D.. of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal:
"Valuable In uterine hemorrhage, menor
rhagta (flooding and eonaesiive Uysmenor
rhuaa (Dainful menstruation)."
Pr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named In
gredients and cures the diseases for which
thev are recommended.
Sour
Stomach
No appetlta, loss of strength. nerveu*
ness. headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh
of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves indigestion. This new dlscov>
ery represents the natural Juices of dlges
'ion as they exist In a healthy stomeoh,
combined with the greatest known tonka
and reconstructive properties. Kodol let
dyspepsia does not only relieve Indlgestisa
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps ell stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetealng and atrangthootnf
the mucous membrsnes lining the stomtoh.
Mr. S. S. Pail, ot Ritwwml. W. Vi., mwm—
"l wu troubled with sour itMiMb for tweets imm
Kodol cur*4 m.and wo ara aow Mill It b mi%
lor baby,"
Ko4ol Digests What Y*a IsL
Bottlos oaiy. R*b...s inaivaseaa, mm otoaMb,
bolehtnc oI taa. ate.
'••para* by I. O. DeWITT * 00., ONIoaSb
For Sale by Panlee & Co.
Tax Rate Eight mils.
Tlie consideration ot affairs rela- i
tive to the taking over of the old \
cemetery on Bloom street occupied ]
considerable time before council last
night. It developed that the legal pro- :
oess to be employtd is exceedingly
simple and that the borough solicitor i
entertains no fears an to the outcon.t. !
A petition of the trustees of the Mah
oning Presbyterian church north i
will be presented to court today, in i
response to which Judge Evans will j
make a decree.
The secretary read the following
form of argeement and release, which
those who have dead lying in the old
be asked to sign :
Know all these present that we, the
undersigned relatives or friends of
those whose remains are interred in
what is known as'Jthe "Presbyterian i
cemetery on Bloom street" for avalu- !
able hereby for our
selves and our'Jrespective heirs, ex- j
eentors and administrators covenant '
aud agree that the trustees of the Mali- I
ouing Presbyterian Knglish congrega- I
tion north,&c. .shall he an:l they here
by are, permitted to finally dispose of
all such remains for all purposes by I
laying the tombstones and all other
grave markers, <Xre., if any there be,
flat over the grave or graves contain
ing such remains aud by then cover
ing over the whole thereof with earth
or other material until all conforms
with the general and uniform surface
for the purpose of transforming
the same into a public park or munic
ipal recreation ground.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs, seconded
by Mr. Everhart, it was ordered that
the form of agreement and release pre
pared by the committee in conjunction
with the trustees of the "Mahoning
Presbyterian English' congregation
north" relative to the amicable dis
position of certain remains of dead in
terred in the Presbyterian cemetery
on Bloom street be adopted and used
for the purpose under the
authority of the borough council.
The petition trustees of the
Grove Presbyterianjshurch to be pre
aented to" court'todayfrelative to the
removal of^the£bodiesJ 4 interrtur inutile
old cemetery was formally read before
council.
On motion the above petition was
formally approved by and it
was ordered'that the borough waives
any and all notice to whioh it other
wise might bejlegally entitled in the
i premises.
The bill for attorney fee and wit
t ness fees relating to the case of Dens
berger vs. Borough of Danville
amounting to SIOB, was accepted and
! ordered paid by'oouncil.
j On motion of Mr. Dietz it was ord
| ered that the tax rate for the ensuing
| year bejfixed at"B mills, the same as
| last year.
On motion of Mr. Schatz it was ord
! ered that the ironstone excavated on
North Mill street dnring the process
jof reconstruction be used in improv
j ' n K Spruce and Hemlock streets.
I On motion of Mr. Dietz it was ord
! ered that a pavement grade be fur
j nished".Tohn;"Martin, East Market
street, when the borough surveyor
| makes his next visit to Danville.
On motion of Mr. Dietz it was ord
ered that the Danville and Sunbnry
street railway company be instructed
I to relay the crossings on East Market
| street.
On motion of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that the fire plug at the Loeb
estate on Front street be altered in its
position so as to permit the laying of
a pavement.
On motion of Mr. Everhart it was
ordered that new clubs aud nippers be
| procnred for the police.
A petition was received signed by a
! number of taxpayers asking that an
arc light be placed on Ash street be
-1 tween Center and Bloom streets. On
motion the petition Jwas referred to
| the committee on light.
Electrician Newton Smith presented
his report of expenditures for operat
ing the borough light plant during the
month of May. Fifty-eight tons of
j coal at $2.50 per ton were consumed,
j which brought the cost of fuel up to
| $145. The plant was in operation 259
j hours and 30 minutes. The total cost
. of operation was $294.17.
i The following members were pres
| out: Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs. Ever
j hart, Dietz, Russell, Angle. Hughes
j aud Schatz.
A Considerate Ao^reii,
A doctor saw Julia Marlowe as Ju
i llet one night In Pittsburg aud was tre
mendously impressed. Only In the pow
erful death scene there was a technical
J error. "Miss Marlowe," the doctor said
|at a reception the next day,"l admired
, jour Juliet profoundly. The lmpcrno
; nation was a work of art. But, pardon
me, don't you know that a corpse
doesn't stiffen for at least six hours
after death?" Miss Marlowe answered
tn the drawl that she reserve# foe such
speeches. "Now, doctor, do you think
j I'm going to keep my audiences wait
ing six hours for me to stiffen?"
Many people eat altogether too much
salt. The result is that the skin and
kidneys are excessively taxed to set
rid of the salt, and both are injured
by It. Few people have healthy skins,
and it Is believed that many cases of
derangement of the kidneys are due to
the salt habit.
Winsdc: Hotel
JI tb Sij . i n Filbert St
Philadelphia, Pa.
I Three minutes walk from the Read
ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from
the Penna. R. li. Dejwt.
EUROPEAN PLAN
SI.OO per day and upwards.
AMERICAN" PLAN
|3.oo[per day.
Rats Are an Expensive Pest.
rat story to make the stoutest
heart quake is told in a special report
by the Biological Survey of the De
partment of Agriculture. It says that
the rat is the worst pest civilized mar
has to deal with. That it oats at least
$100,000,000 worth of grain on the
farms of the United States every year,
and causes tires by gnawing the in
sulation off electrio wires that caueei
loss of $15,000,000 annually.
All the damages are exclusive o
these caused by eating up silks, gna
ing through water and gas pipes
thing* like that. The purpose of
survey in putting out the scary sto.
to call attention to a farmer's bull
that will soon be issued by Stcr
Wilson, telling how to destroy
voracious rodent, which has ma<
record of destroying three v
elephants owned bv Carl Hage*
aud of carrying bubonic plagne
one port to another,
The survey estimates that it
fifty cents a year to feed a i
grain, that it destroys more tha
eats, and as a matter of fact does .
confine its diet to the comparative
inctxpeugivo
It is calculated that, if a farmer sup
ports one rat for every cow, sheep,
horse aud pig owned by him. the cost
to the United States for feeding rat>
is at least $100,000,000 a year.
The world has been fighting rats for
several centuries, but there has beet
no appreciable diminution in their
number. Their prolificness is the
chief obstacle to their extermination.
If three litters of ten each are produc
ed every year, a single pair, breeding
without check and without, losses by
death, In three years would be repre
sented by ten generations aud would
number 20,155,302 individuals. The
eleventh seneration. due at the ead ol
the fourth year, would number over
one hundred million.
Rats are not animals
They camo from Europe. The first wa,
the black rat, which came with the
Jamestown settlers. Then came tin
one that is now so common. It drove
out. the black rat in all parts of the
country, except the South. The Alex
j andrine is common in the seaports. Ii
I is a great traveler, aud is the kind
| that deserts the sinking ship.
.Edwin Rose, aged 14 years, of A 1
lentown, while fishing'with hook and
line at Indian Greek dam, had a sharp
jerk at his line, and when he went to
draw it out the jerks were so vigorou:
that, the gronnd being slippery, he
was drawn;into the water;and drown
ed. A five pound carp had been at hi:
hook.
R-T-P- \-N-S Tabule
Doctors find
A pood prescription
For Mankind.
The 5-cent packet is enough for nsus.
occassions. The; family bottle (60 cent*
I contains a supply for a year. All drug
j gists.
Notice.
: Pursuant to an Order of the Court
of Quarter Sessions of'Montour Coun
j tv due notice is hereby given that the
j said Court has fixed Saturday, the
! sixth day of July A. D. 1907, at ten
o'clock in the the said
day as the time, and open Court as the
place, for hearing the parties their
proofs and allegations relative to the
application made to the said Court by
the Trustees of thejMahoniug Presby
terian English Congregation North
praying the said Court to authorize
and the said Trustees, to
j remove the remains of the dead from
| the Presbyterian Cemetery, on Bloom
j Street in the Fourth Ward of the Bor
i ongh of Danville, Montour County,
j Pa., and to reinter them elsewhere ac-
I cording to law, and when and where
I all persons interested may attend and
J be heard if they deem proper.
"The Trustees of the Mahoning
Presbyterian English Congregation:
North,"
By I. X. GRIER,
THOS. J. ROGERS,
M. GRIER YOUNGMAN
JAMES T. MAGILL,
WILLIAM McCLURE,
JAMES D. MAGILL,
J. B. GEARHART,
T. W. BARTHOLOMEW.
ALEX FOSTER
The present acting Trustees.
Danville, Pa., June Bth, 1907.
Administrator's Notice
: Estate of Mary K. Kearns, late of the
I Borough of Danville, in the county
I of Montour and State of Pennsyl
! vania, deceased.
Notice is hereby duly given that
letters of administration have been
1 uranted upon the above estate to the
I undersigned.
All persons indebted to the said
| estate are required to make immediate
payment, and those having claims or
1 demands against the said estate will
; make known the same without delay
to
JONATHAN SWEISFORT,
Administrator of Mary Kearns, deo'd
P. O. Address Danville, Pa.
E. S. GEARHART, Att'y