Montour American.
I W\NK C. \N<II I:, IToprlHor.
Hurt* III*, »'/i , <K». H». I<*l"
Atn«r e*n People.
I in ip «»iiniiit« * ln> wwfrt thai
Ii«i11 i'« waning In " '">'!»«*«1
Hint,- I i o«nrl that if a w*r were
to hr> nl» inf. •it tliich tin* honor of
Hu <>niitr,T w«« Involved, Ihtif timlil
h»> double in i/ctti iiu men to i*»|k»ihl
to ti '■ 1 «il lot vnliiiiti'i m. Thi»t «>•
have b <v„ P «..|n«'i .mil that onr prio*
Cl|ml i.bj 't In I t'- i* tli" getting of
tnoii' v. Ti.!' i.i i» <lo not bear out the
itu rt» ti» We li«v«i only togo hack
to tin* blowing op of the Mail e ti din
pmvi- It. There wan no tronble In get
tiny men,and what I* nmrn.tliow who
dill an, were the h»«t of our eHi*en».
True it inav be tlmt the men who have
im ii! a* above the making of mi ney
were not there,lint the bine aud sinew
of onr people, those from the luidtlle
classes, wore in the forefront. It has
always been thus. It wan no in the re
volutionary war. Histoy repealed it
self 11 the Civil v»r when none lint
the women ami aged men were left to
till the farms. There will always be
this great mass of citizens to draw
fiom so long as the government in
stituted by our forefathers lives. It
was from the ranks of the middle
classes that onr armies have always
been recruited, and so it has been in
the history of every country which
has gained its freedom. The battles in
England for liberty from the domina
tion of the barons was fought by the
men who came from the quiet pre
cincts of the country and the small
towns and villages. The overthrowing
of the Bourbon dynasty in France was
due to the same people. The advance
ment made in Germanv dates from the
peaceful rebellion of the poorer classes
The redemption of the Low Countries
came about in the same way. They
nre the classes which make the rich
richer. It is through the victories won
by them that the world has advanced.
It is these people,honest, God fearing,
quiet in demeanor, fixed in purpose,
who laugh at the pessimist when he
asserts that patriotism is on the wane.
These pessimists never were patriots.
What they say is but'the open ackuow
ledgements of what tliey are. Born in
the United States they do not belong
here. They are worse than the alien
who comes here full of the idea that
this is a free country and whose de
finition of freedom is license. He rati
be educated out of this belief. The
pessimist sees a wrong, yet docs not
try to remedy it. Others do this and
he dislikes the result. Ho has made up
his mind that the country is going to
pieces and lie throws a rock at some
of the supposed debris. But there is
no wreckage except that which he sees
in his imagination The United States
has a missiou and it is working out
the problem. The greatest nation the
sun shines upon, it is but in the in
fancy of its prosperity. The wrongs
which exist will be remedied,and this
will be done without bloodshed. The
people have a great love for the ballot
aud'through it whatever wrongs there
may be will be lighted.
Dear Food.
The recent failure of two prominent
■wholesale produce dealers in Pittsbnrg
is ascribed to the decline in the de
mand for foodstuffs at the high prices
prevailing in that city. When con
sumers begin to economize prices tend
to a lower level, when
they have beeu maintained by com
binations of producers or middlemen
If the high cost of living be due to
an actual shortage of crops, little re
lief can be expected until the yield of
another season reaches the market.
In Pittsburg the wholesale dealers
sav that the produce growers have
combined to raise prices; that it is
the initial cost of products which has
inflated prices. It is asserted that the
farmers iu certain sections, who for
merly marketed their own crops in
dividually. have in recent years org
anized,and have appointed sales agents
who fix the price to the commission
men. Here we have the elements of a
trust "in restraint of trade," and
probably amendable to the laws pro
hibiting monopolies.
The responsibility for the exorbitant
prices charged for produce in Pitts
burg may be revealed in pending litig
ation in the Federal Court, in which
the Produce Association is concerned.
At present the commission men are
seeking to place the blame upou the
farmers' "combination."
It is possible that consumers are
suffering from both combinations, and
also from the natural scarcity of cer
tain staple products. Fruit and veget
able crops have beeu short in all por
tions of the country, with the excep
tion of the Pacific coast. The great
rise in the price of meat has thrown
an unusual demand upon other articles
and this tends to increase the cost of
these other commodities, whose prices
are already swollen by a short supply.
The price of meat has set the pace for
what seems to be a general advance
along the line of foodstuffs. There are
no assuring indications of a general
fall in prices.
The law may be sufficient to reach
combinations of farmers or middlemen
to maintain prices, hut legal processes
move slowly, and hefore the combina
tions have been brought to judgement
through the mazes of litigation the
situation may be improved by the
bounty of nature.
West Washington policemen and sev
eral constables made a raid on Sunday
on the gamblers who were accustomed
to gather in shanties and conduct
their games. In all twelve men were
captured.
AUTO'S RASH
TRROUGH TOWN
V- til Icp ( tt ««OMN. of Her WII k. *»>
ai «igtifHl before JntllN of the IVsce
i igh -hy Monday evenlnujcharged with
rirM4ll| tint «|>»ed limit In driv
ing bin automobile through town on
(*«ndk,v He paid fine and torn*.
Ohlef of Pollco Mineemnrer wa«
• landing at (he first National hank
comer when Mr, Cressmau with *e\«
oral oilier occupant" in the car came
down it loom direct at a rale, which,
in I'm chief's wliuiatlon, lar exceeded
tl • >j limit Swinging around the
corner the auto, notwithstanding the
ofllrnr's presence, went ttyiug up Mill
street at undiminished speed. As tin
machine left the officer iu the rear one
of tlie occupants waved at liini iu a
manner which to the chief seemed a
trifle tantalizing.
At the same Instant the officer it stop
watch was brought iut i requisition
and before the machine had escaped
he timed it between two well defined
t >ints. The number at the rear of the
automobile was mi-sing, but the oitlc
er by walking lip town was able to get
the number—oo7s—from the other end
of the car Yesterday he located the
owner. He called him up during the
day nnd the hearing last evening was
the result. The exact rate of speed «t
rained by the machine, while it was
being timed,the chief of police states,
was over eighteen miles per hour,
whereas the legal limit is ten miles
per hour.
Mr. Cressman appeared before .lust
ice Oglesby at 7 o'clock Monday eveu
ing. He was inclined to doubt the chief
of police's ability, while standing at
the corner of Bloom and Millstreetg,to
time an automobile properly while it
w as making a dash up Mill street. The
officer, however, made it plain that he
was prepared for an emergency of that
kind aud that with such facilities as
he commanded he was able to get at
the exact rate of speed.
Mr Oressman finally ilecided to pay
the bill, which, with fine and costs,
; amounted to twelve dollars. He was
disposed to contest payment, hut he
explained that he was too busv and
that considering tlie loss of time it
would be cheaper for him to plank
; down fine aud costs than togo to
j court.
i In regard to the missing number
| Mr. Cressmau intimated that lie must
have lost it on his way ilowu.
American Boy.
| For y9ars the hand of man and, for
that matter, of woman, too, has beeu
against that very lively product of the
American home —the ho.v. We all
know that during his younger jcais
he is not by any means a joy forever,
aud yet we wouldn't for the world he
without him He enlivens things alt
around and just thiuk of what n ci:-
! c.us parade would be without a large
detachment of Young America march
ing in front of the line of parade.
I That he doesu't see the parade is
nothing to him. He is at the head of
the procession and that is enough.
1 Even today, with all the fads of the
! moderu system of education agaiust
his ideas, he finds time to develop his
muscles by playing ball on the vacant
lots". He still keeps in touch with the
best swimming holes aud he is coguiz
; aut of the location of the best places
iu a stream from which to haul fish.
The modern system of education
doesn't teach him these things. He
i discovers them himself —that is ii he
is tlie right kind of si boy. Progress,
however.put a great thorn in his path.
: We all kuow of the recklessness with
which the average electric light cotn
! pany stretches its wires through trees.
Now one of the inherent privileges
which a boy claims is that of climb
ing a tree if the opportunity presents
itself. The stringing of wires belter
skelter renders this a dangerous thing
aud there have been instances iu which
the boy lias become a victim of the
| uninsulated wire. There were objec
tions filed against the actiou of the
: owners of the wites but no attention
has beeu paid to it. This was probab
ly ou the supposition that, the boy had
no right to climb the tree. But things
! are different now and the difference is
the outcome of a court decision. Not
a little lower court, but the supreme
court of Mississippi. In a case which
| was brought against the McCoombs
City Electric Light aud Power com
pany in the highest conrt in Missis
sippi, the ruling was made "that an
electric light company, stretching its
| wires over trees filled with branches
reachiug almost to the ground, must
! take notice of the immemorial habit
iof small boys to climb trees, hence it
holds that "the company is liable for
injuries to a boy dve to coming in
contact with an uninsured wire pass
ing through a tree in which he was
climbing." At last Young America
apparently has found a friend, and a
good strong one,too. He has the right,
in Mississippi, to cilmb a tree and fall
| and break an arm if he wants to That
;is his own fault. But if lie runs
against an Uninsulated wire and is iu
i jured the owner of the wire will pay
the damages. Thns does he come into
his rights. Who can longer say that a
court lias no soul?
Mr. aud Mrs. Daniel Kirby return
ed to Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday after
a visit at the home of Mr. aud Mrs.
.Tosiali Jobborn, Centre street.
Mrs. S. M. Trumbower will return
today from a visit with her daughter, j
Mrs. Ralph Foulk at Johnstown.
Mrs. Rebecca Hess, Bloom stroet,
and niece, Miss Mary Mills, of New
York City, will spend today with the j
former's son, Norman Hess,at Blooms- j
burg.
"SCAN MY RECORD"
SAYS SHEATZ
IHpei lei Corresponded* J
Harrleburg Pa. Oct k
Mn O. Hhfili. Kepubllcsai nomine*
for slat* tr*ssur*r, Is n*klag a par.
Munal iuiivsm of the *tal*. and wher
ever ho goes he la received with en
thuslnsm ami there I* reason to be-
Have he will bo elated by a splen
did major! t>
"I ant nuettng the people face to
fare," snld Mr. Hheatl. a* ha chatted
about hi* campaign, an he stopped off
h«*re between trains, "ami I am mora
than pleased with in reception*
"I want the people to scan injr r»r
or J in the legislature and vote accord
ingly
"While acting as chairman of the
appropriations lomtnltlec at Harris
hurt during the last sesslson of the
legislature, I was particularly Inter
rated In the matter of Increasing the
public M hool appropriation tor the
counties.
"With the help of the rest of the
committee and the consent of our Rood
governor, we succeeded in inert asing
the former amount $4,000,000, thereby
making the total $15,000,000 for the
next two years.
"Besides providing this great amount
for the public school system there
were also large sums appropriated for
the state normal schools, for the State
College and the Universities of Penn
sylvania and Pittsburg—all of which
was for the benefit of the young men
and women of our state, and I am look
ing forward to the time when the
state government of Pennsylvania
shall appropriate all the money neces
sary to educate her children.
"No state in the Union gives nearly
as much to her counties as Pennsylva
nla for the public schools. We want
to pive to each child better opportuni
ties to become a well educated citi
zen. to be better qualified to do his or
her part toward keeping our state in
the front ranks of the Union, for these
advantages should lead to a higher
standard of citizenship and better gov
ernment.
"When the people of Pennsylvania
elected that splendid representative
American. Edwin S. Stuart, governor
of this commonwealth, they laid the
foundation of better government and
the people need have no anxiety as to
the welfare of their state, for their
government will be conducted safely
and honestly.
"The assertions made by members of
the opposing party, that there should
be a minority representative In the
hi ard of public grounds and buildings
in order to insure economy and hon-
Isty. does not appeal to the people of
bror >r minds who know the sterling
qualities of Edwin S. Stuart, our gov
ernor, and Robert S. Young, auditor
genera' two of the three men compris
ing that hoard.
"As a candidate for the office of slate
treasurer of this state, I am free from
anv obligations whatever, excepting
my duty to the people of this com
monwealth, and if my fellow citizens
believe In me and feel I will be true
to the trust 1 ask them to repose In
me, then Ihope they will vote for me."
l'h» flost of Labor Wars.
The Department of Lubor at Wash
ington has collated,and will soon pub
lish, some very interesting data in re
gard to the causes and cost of strikes
aud lockouts in the United State* for
the irnst 25 years. Short, of actual war
there has never been devised u more
costly, unsatisfactory aud mateiially
disastrous method of settling economic
disputes. For the twenty years be
tween 1881 and 1900, inclusive, the loss
to employes through strikes amounted
tn $257,863,478. The 1 ss to workers
through lockouts in the same period
was 148,819,745, or a total loss to em
ployes through industrial disturbances
of $3,>6,683,338. The number of estab
lishments involved in strikes was 117,-
1 500, making an average loss to em
ployes in each et»hlislimenf in which
strikes occurred of $2194 These strikes
threw out of employment 6,105,094
wage earners, making an average loss
of *42 to each There were 9933 lock
outs in the twenty years; the average
loss to each employer, $41115; the num
ber of employes dismissed, 504 307,
making an average loss of JOT to each
wage earner It is estimated that the
10-s to employers through strikes iu
the same time amounted to $122,731,-
121, and through lockouts, $19,927,983,
makim; a total cost to employers of
$142,051), 104.
The above monstrous figures only
cover the money loss of the combat
ants—employers nnd employes. No at
tempt ever been made to compute
riie extent of loss inflicted upon the
mass ot men aud women not directly
engaged iu labor disputes, for which
there is no recovery. But the inter
ruption of output in important in
dustries and incident disturbance of
values have no doubt proved of as
great cost to the public as that borne
by tlie actual participants.
Shamokin Men Attack Woman.
For some time a cloaked man has
been annoying womon in Shamokin at
night and various residents have been
on the lookout for him. Monday night
a number of unknown young men
thought they saw him hiding under
an awning in a lonely part of town,
whereupon they threw the supposed
man to the ground and kicked and
clubbed their victim until she was un
conscious nnd blood flowed from num
erous lacerations. Then they fled.
Later the object of their assault was
discovered to be Mrs. Mary Baker,
seventy-two years old. She was on the
way home when she sat dowii for a
brief rest, throwing a shawl over her
head to protect herself from the cold
weather. She was injured so badly
that she may not recover.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sechler, of
Shamokin, are visiting the home of
the former's brother, George R. Sech
ler, West Mahoning street.
WASHING™
TOLD AN UNTRUTH
An olfltinM' nr*Mp»|'«r known «« the
"Danville DriiHKnt" prlnM by
Charles Cook brings to light n not nn-
UKiml episode, which illustrates the
illiiwlv*at«|N the tiewspa|>er editor ta
ilored under in liiii effort* to gather
new* sixty year* ago. The attlcle,
wliich appeared ill HIP isfoe of Nov
ember 16, 1841, rendu as follow* :
NOT TRUK—We are rejoiced to
state that the Account we gave in part
of our taut week's edition of a large
fire having occurred in Snnbury, de
nt roying the public ofßoei, the large .
brick t»veru house belonging to Mr.
i MoCsrty, now occupied by Charles D.
Wharton,the stores ot]Mr, Manser and
of Mr. Yext he inter, together with
their dwelling houses, in without
foundation in fact. We received our
information front a precious little
scat tip named, WASHINGTON GEAR
HART, of Sunbury. a boy about 15 1
yearn of age who had came up to this
place on the day our paper went to
press, and who positively without
>hesitancy, declared to a number of
persons that he had seen the tire, had
assisted in saving several aitides, anil
had himself beeu actively engaged in
subduing the flames,and detailing the
minutiae of tlie conflagration. In order
to be certain about it, two of the
hands employed at this office, went to
see hiiu personally, and returned with
the same information. It is thus that
we were imposed upon. What could
have induced the incipient rascal to
insist upon the truth of his statement, !
we cannot conceive. It shows an in
nate depravity of heart, which for his
; own sake and the sake of thecommun- j
ity in which he lives, we trust will
yet be eradicated, and that he may
become a useful member of society, of
wliich at present lie gives so very lit j
tie prospect.
It would be interesting to know
what became of the untruthful Wash
ington and what kind of a ntan he
proved to be. Perhaps the "innate \
depravity of heart" was "eradicated" |
later and the "incipient rascal" blos
somed forth info a "useful member of
society". Who knows?
Charles Beaver Is No More.
Charles Beaver, the well-known ho
tel keeper at Strawberry Ridge, whose
illness was noted in these columns,de
parted this life at 1:30 o'clock Mon- ;
day morning after an illness of two
weeks.
Mr. Beaver's death was by no means
unexpected, although on Sunday his
condition had slightly improved. He i
was taken ill a couple of weeks ago
His symptoms were those of pleuris\
at first, but this disease later became
complicated with heart trouble. Hi
suffering at times was most intense.
The deceased was aged fifty-eight
years and two days. He was a native
j of Snyder county but lived in this sec
tion for a good while. For four years
preceding his death he was landlord
iof Billmeyer's hotel at Strawberry
Ridge. He was widely known and had
many friends. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Mrs. Charles
Martz, who lives near Jerseytown.
| PERSONALS! J
! . E
Mrs. Johu Eisensart, Mrs. Samuel
Blouh ana Henry L. Gross left yester
day for a trip to Toronto and Quebec.
Wni. F. Bogart and son Myron, of
Geneva, New York,are visiting friends
at their old home in Strawberry Ridge
Miss Anna Blecher and Miss Kratli
ryn Riffle left yesterdav for a visit
with Bloomsburg friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ronnslev, Vine
street, are visiting friends in Harris
burg.
Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Daiiey, of Du-
Shore, ate visiting relatives in this
"ity.
Miss Marie Ege, of Oaks, Pa., is the
guest of Miss Olive Thompson.
Mrs. John Olapp returned yesterday
to her home in Bintrhamton, New
York, after a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Arthur H. Woolley, West Market
i street.
Rev. W. E. Detwiler, of Hanover, a
; former pastor of the United Evan
gelical church, left Tuesday for Har
j risburg after a visit with Rev. W. N.
j Wallis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Itiley, of Wil- !
liana sport, who have been visiting at :
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt Mon- 1
tague, left yesterday for a stay with !
friends in Lancaster.
Mrs. Edith Batcheller returned to \
Knoxville, Pa., yesterday after a visit
j with friends in this city.
I Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rogers and i
guests Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rogers, of j
j Wellsboro, left yesterday to view the I
new State capitol at Harrisburg.
Mrs. H. W. Amey returned to Chi- i
| cago yesterday after a week's visit
with relatives in Danville, having i
been called east by the death of her
: sister, Miss Katherine Mullen.
Mrs. Charles Pusey and Mrs. Mary
Sidler left yesterday for a week's vis
it with relatives in York.
Hngh Pursel, Bloom street, attended
j the corner stoue laying of the Masonic j
templo at Suubury yesterday.
Mrs. P. M. Ikeler, of Moselle, Miss
! issippi, who litis been spending sever
al days as the guest of Miss Bertha
Surver, South Danville,left yesterday
for a visit with friends in Blooms- j
burg.
THE DANGER
SIGNALS ARE OP
|Spet ial Correspondence.)
Philadelphia. Oct. t.
A commute* of manufacturers of this
city hsi started a movement to Impress
upon the dtltens of Pennsylvania thvtr
direct snd vital Intsrsst In the main
tenance of th* protective tariff policy
of the national government.
Following up the formal action taken
at a mrwnt meeting of the Manufac
turers' club, when vigorous resolu
tions were adopted In opposition to
any "tinkering with the tariff." influ
ential men. prominently Identified
with the Industrial Interests of this
stall', huve inaugurated an educational
agitation to awaken voters of
Pennsylvania to the uttiigpr confront
ing them from the development of
sentiment. In the west and elsewhere,
in favor of a revision of the tariff.
The assistance of Chairman Wesley
R. Andrews and his colleagues of the
Republican State committee, has beeu
sought to further the campaign for a
"stand pat" policy on the tariff issue.
Manufacturers Are Alarirted.
The manufacturers admit that they
are concerned over the persistence of
the tariff revisionists, and they look
to Pennsylvania Republicans to coma
to the front, as they have done In the
past, and emphasize their continued
fealty to the principles of a protective
tariff
The tariff revisionists have been
■ending tons of literature Into Penn
sylvania for t'.ie purpose of breaking
the lines of the protective tariff Re
pnblicans, and they have been bank
ing upon cutting down the vote of the
Republican state ticket at the coming
election and thus weaken the voice of
the state in the couoclla of the Repub
lican party of the nation.
The enemies of protection are mak
ing a great play to have delegates
elected to the coming Republican Ni
tlonal convention who will favor the
Insertion of a plank In the platform
calling for a revision of the tariff.
The manufacturers who have started
into combat this proposition realize
the gravity of the situation and look
to Pennsylvania to block the game of
the revisionists.
Chairman Andrews' Call to Action.
After a conference with some of tho
leading manufacturers Interested In
the movement, which means so much
to the industrial and business inter
ests of this state, Colonel Andrews to
day said:
"Pennsylvania's Industries are en
dangered by the agitation for a revi
sion of the tariff, and none can appre
ciate what I say better than those who
have their capital invested and who
depend upon the protective tariff to
shield them from ruinous competition
from the products of the poorly paid
labor of foreign countries.
"There must be no tinkering with
the tariff, cither b : 'te or after the
presidential election, and Republicans
of Pennsylvania must be alive to the
situation If any move shall be made
to change existing tariff schedules.,
even in the slightest degree, it will in
augurate a period of doubt and uncer
tainty which would be reflected in the
utter demoralization of Pennsylvania's
manufacturing interests, and there
could be but one result, a condition
that would bear heavily upon the
farmers and wage workers of our com
monwealth. and seriously embarrass
the capital employed In vast fields of
commercial activity.
"Pennsylvania will not lose an op
portunity at the coming election to
proclaim to the other states in the
Union that she has no sympathy with
the 'lowa idea' for a scaling down of
the tariff.
"In no more effective and solemn
manner can the Republicans of Penn
sylvania meet this Issue than by regis
tering at the November election their
emphatic decree that by no act of
theirs shall the bars be let down which
now exclude foreign competition with
American labor.
"The contest this fall is but the skir
mish of the great presidential battle of
next year.
"If Pennsylvania shall roll up a pro
nounce ■d majority for th.- cause of Re
publicanism in November, the state
will continue to wield a potent influ
ence in the national councils of the
party.
"If. as the result of indifference and
of paying heed to the shallow and sen
sational charges of the opposition, the
Democratic candidate for state treas
urer should be elected, of which, In my
Judgment, there is not the remotest
chance if Republicans perform their
full measure of duty, the shout would
to up all over tho land that the Repub
licans cf Pennsylvania were Indiffer
ent as to the continuance of the tariff,
and. thereby greatly weaken the Influ
ence of the Republicans of Pennsyl
vania In the next Republican natiunal
convention.
Necessity For Action.
"The consequence of such a state of
affairs would be Illustrated by a cessa
tion of all Industrial enterprises with
in our borders, with the Inevitable re
sult that the workingman and the
farmer would In the end bear the
brunt of the disaster.
"Face to fac« with these conditions
and with th* full knowleCg* am to the
embarrassments that would follow, all
Republicans are appealed to as mem
bers of the great party of protection
and prospsrlty to recognise the neces
sity for earnest, active, and patrlotle
work In order not only to bury the op
position beyond the hope of resurrec
tion, but to strengthen th* position of
our grest state at next year's Republi
can national convention in the battle
Itiat must inevitably ba fought there
for the preservation of the protective
policies which have made Pennsylvania
the keystone of the Industrial arch of
the federal union. None should be de
ceived by those who affect not to see
disaster in Republican Indifference,
but all should goto work at once with
a will to discharge their full measure
of duty.
"Every Republican committeeman
should work to circumvent the de
signs of the Democrats to obtain pos
session of the state treasury, which,
by the way. they will attempt to aocom
pllsh by the circulation of false state
*«" bv asnerslons noon the hon-
FARMERS CUTTING
BUMPER CORN CROP
All over tho count! v, on utmost ev
ery farm,the farmer* urn cutting what
has turned out to be, notwithstanding
many misgiving*, a >umper crop of
corn.
Ever cince the planting there have
been numerous predictions that the
corn crop this year would be small
Unusual conditions prevailed this sea
sou, but it has developed ttiat every
thing in the end was favorable to the
firmer. Tho late planting was offset
by the late frost; the drought in the
summer only provided the dry grow
ing w< at her that is so essential to the
best development of corn.
Corn growing is now over, having
been stopped by the frost of Saturday
Light, but everywhere the crop had
matured so that the blight did little
or no harm. All this is very gratify
ing to the agriculturalists, who earlier
in the season regarded the probability
of a good corn crop as slight.
HAY OF GOOD QUALITY.
Tiie I.ay too, was a Rood crop this
year, as far as quality went. As to
quantity it was not up to the average.
The bright, iiot sun of the mid-sum
mer dry spell shone too fiercely on tlie
stubble of the first crop, blighting the
tender shoots of the second crop. Asa
result the second crop of hay which
would, under ordinary circumstances,
be harvested about now,amounts prac
tically to nil.
What the World Owes.
It is among men who try to get a
living by shift or trick of laziness that
wo hear the familiar words, "the
world owes mo a living. " A loafer
who never did a useful thing in his
life, who dresses at the expense of his
tailor and drinks at the cost of his
friends, always insists that the world
owes him a living, and declares his
intention to secure the debt. We
should like to know how it is that a
man who owes the world for every
mouthful he ever ate and every gar
ment he ever put on should be so
heavy a creditor in account with the
world. The loafer does not tell the
truth about it. The worlds owes him
nothing but a very rough coffin and a
retired and otherwise useless place to
put it in. The world owes a living to
those who are not ono, to
children, to the sick, to the disabled
and the aged; to all who in the course
of nature, or by force of circumst
ances,are dependent. And it was main
ly for the supply of the want of these
that men were endowed with the pow
er to produce more than enough for
themselves. To a genuine shirk the
world owes nothing.
MRS. JOHN W. FIELDS
DIES AT HARRISBUKG
Mrs. John W. Fields, a former resi
dent of Danville, departed this life at
her home in Harrisburg ou Monday
and will be consigned to the grave to
day.
Mrs. Fields, whose name prior to
marriage was Sallie Arter, was a na
tive of Danville and along with the
rest of the family removed to Harris
burg twenty-two years ago. She was
fifty-one years of age and is survived
by her husband, three sons, William,
Charles, and John and two daughters,
Marv and Edna, the latter being Mrs
John Weaver
The deceased was taken ill Monday
morning and (lied before night. The
fuueral will bo held at 2 p. in. today
from the family residence, No. 1307
South 11 tli street, Harrisburg
Mrs. Charles Persing, of Cressona,
Schuyklill county, was hoeing out
potatoes a few clays ago, when she
struck one of her toes and iudieted a
deep wound. Tetanus rapidly develoj •
ed and on Monday she died iu grer.t
agony.
eity of the Republican* or Pennsylva
nia. Their unsavory methods should
Inspire every Republican heart with
the resolve to defeat their machina
tions by vigorously supporting tho
Republican candidate for state treas
urer, Hon. John O. Sheatz. whose
name Is a synonym for Integrity, and
who enjoys to the fullest extent the
| confidence of the party from one end
of the state to the other.
"In consideration of the approach of
aa important presidential campaign."
said Chairman Andrews. "Republicans
of Pennsylvania should set the pace
by rolling up a large majority at nfext
November's election to accentuate
their fealty to tha principles of the
Republican party and tholr adherence
to the policy of 'leaving well enough
alone,' a matter of vlta.l Importance
to the manufacturers, farmers and
wage earners of Pennsylvania, and also
to emphasize their approval of the
progressive policies of the national ad
ministration."
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SABBATH SCHOOL
MISSIONARY
A hrtlilmili RCIIOOI institute. onllilorl
ml bv three noted sabbath school wis
*ioiiarie«, will hp an occasion muc
out of the ordinary ut the Grove Pres
hyterian church on Tuemlay. Octobe
2Mb.
The missionaries, all superintend
cut* of the synod ioal Sabbath schoo
missions, are Kev. 8. R. Ferguson,
I). D., of Iowa; Rev. O. Humble, M
D., missionary among the mountain
eerH of Virginia. Wont Virginia, Ken
tucky and Tennesse and Mr. R F
Sul/.or of Miunesota.
The itinerary of those fnuiou- Sab
bath school workers takes ill nearly
the entire Union. Institutes are held,
however, in only two or three town
of each presbytery. In the Northum-t
berlund Presbytery the lucky towns
besides Danville are Wllliaiugport and
Lewinburg.
A circumstance which influenced the
missionaries in favor of the Grove
church undoubtedly lies in the fact
that Dr. Ferguson and Mr. Sulzer
were oldtime friends and co-workers
of Rev. Dr. McCormack, the pastor,
in Minnesota, where the latter labor
ml in the Presbyterian ministry for
seven years. Di. Ferguson, it will be
recalled, visited the Grove church
some two years ago.
The institute will convene at 2 :30
p. m.on October 29th. Two sessions
will be held, afternoon and evening,
the exercises of the former being ed
ucational in their nature, while in the
evening there will be popular address
es.
The subjects scheduled for the after
noon are as follows:
"Sabbath School Blunders," Dr.
Ferguson.
"Studies in Human Nature," Mr.
Sulzer.
"Applied psychology," Dr. Hum
ble
The evening program is as follows:
"Sabbath school Missions in lowa,"
Dr. Ferguson.
"Sabbath School Missions among
the mountaineers," Dr. Humble.
"Sabbath School Missions in Minne
sota," R. F. Sulzer.
Shamokin in a Quandary.
Shamokin has secured the firemen's
convention for next year. Now the
question is "What aie they going to
do with it?" Not strictly with the
convention but with the people the
convention will bring to that city.
Statistics show that the lowest at
tendance for the past 10 years has been
13,000. Shamokin at best can house
only about 3,500 so what are the rest
to do. It has been suggested that the
town build a dozen or so new hotels,
or that borough council authorize the
purchase of several bundled tents.
Throwing levity aside, though, the
matter is really serious and the people
over there are putting their thinking
caps on.
DEATH OF WELL
KNOWN RESIDENT
Jeremiah Beaver.a well-known resi
dent of Cooper township,departed this
life at his home near Grovania on
Tuesday morning. He was fifty years
of age and is survived by his wife and
four children.
The funeral will be held Saturday
forenoon at 10 o'clock from Lazarus'
church. Interment will be made in
the cemetery adjoining. Rev. G. W.
Fritsch will conduct the services.
While Joseph Notch was at' work on
Monday in the kiln room of the White
hall Portland Cement company's Orm
rod plant, in Lehigh county, lus cloth
ing was caught by a rapidlv revolving
shaft and he was whirled to death,
nearly every bone in his body being
broken.
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