Montour American.:
FRANK 4T. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Hauville, P«-, Uec. S, 1907.
F/jrHiiuers Gonii Howe.
Huud.odi ut «liou lauds <>' foreiisuewi j
■who have J.trteu at work nxi the rail
roads and in in a mjues acil fauloriek>
of this COK IU.V siuoe are re '
turning to tutur native lauds, taking
with tbem the bulk of the mouey they i
-earned ami saved duriug their sojourn j
iu this country. Mauy of these men
return home to join their families,but
a large number go across <lie big pond
becuo-ie they can live through the I
winter much cheaper 4hr,u they cau in
America, although they do not live
on the fat of the land while in this
country.
The Anjeriraii labor market is opeu
to the world, aud many thousand* of
foreigners come here te engage iu
work, living cheaply aud having no
desire or iuteutiou of becoming oiti- j
aeus of the United States. Iu many
cases American laborers are crowded
out of employmeut by the influx ol
The immigration laws
are but carelessly aud as a
result many of those who i«ach this
couutry find their way to the peniten
tiaries aud asylums, to be oharges.up
ou the taxpavers.
Verdict of (Jold i'lgurea.
There is muoh of solid financial
reassurance iu the statement of the
head of a firm of aocouutants that,
from his intimate knowledge of the
accounts of thousands of American
bauks and other institutions, he cau
speak emphatically of the soundness
of method aud honesty of purpose with
which nearly all of them are conduct
ed.
"Figur's never lie" is not a per
fect truth, aud never did impress the
world as being a complete guide to
ju Igment. But the business commun
ity or the private individual has not
fouu 1 auy other way of keeping ac
curate traci of affairs. If figrues lie,
any other information would lie more
loosely and widely. It is hard to im
agine that an experienced professional
accountant could at frequent intervals
go through the books of a concern aud
be ignorant of wrongdoing or lind
methods, if either existed. [.These
first-rate firms of accountauts have no
connection with the institutions they
examine. T heir business is au activ
ity of itself, and their success and
standing depend ou their reputation
for impartial dealing with the ac
counts they are employed to investi
gate. The verdict, of this famous ex
pert that out of thousands of Ameri
can institutions with which his firm
is thoroughly familiar there are very
few not managed well aud honestly
ought to be one of the strongest in
fluences in the restoration of confi
dence. Well-informed peraous know
it befora, but disturbances of confi
dence are not causad by the well in
formed. Troubles of our present sort
proceed from the sudden rise of sus
picion amoug the classes which are
prone to fright because they lack
knowledge. Assurano from meu who
ara trained to cold figures, aud who
are not interested in finance, ought to
have a strong iufiuence with these
- great investing classes of average peo
ple.
Work on the Paoarna Oana 1 .
The report of tlie Isthmian Canal
commission, which has been made pub
lic, shows that much work was done
duriug the year and that the prospects
for the completion ot the gigantic en
terprise ill the time allotted are ex
cellent. The report contains » great
inasß of facts and figure*, all indicat
ing that the government has at last
got fairly started on its successful
way.
The ordinary obseiver can have lit
tle comprehension of the difficulties
which the government liaß encounter
ed in the prosecution of this import
aut work. At the beginning there was
more or les.-i turmoil and confusion.
Then the agents of the government
would not stick. There were numer
ous changes in the personnel of the
managers and the people began to fear
that we were about to repeat the mel
ancholy exporience of the French.
Since the prosecution ot the work was
entrusted to officers of the army it lias
gone ou better.
Some changes in the plans will
neeessarily have to bo made. For one
thing the locks must be enlarged in
order to accommodate the big ships
now being built by various steamship
companies. There is also a disposi
tion to insist upon a sea level canal,
but the chances are that this will uot
be done The work will goon with
increasing euergy and enthusiasm and
iu due time the canal will be opened
for business. The results will be of J
the utmost importance to this repub- '
lie and the entire world.
Sears Roebuck In Trouble.
It will be news to a number of peo j
pie in this section who aie and have
of Sears. Roebuck i
aud company, to learn that this large
mail order house has been indicted by i
the United States courts upon the
charge of using the United States
mails for fraudulent purposes.
Tho members of this firm must now
answer in conrt the same*as any crim
inal aud Uncle Sam is now husv pro
tecting the public from deception and
lraud through the advertislnggpf such j
concerns.
Sears. Rcebuok aud company have i
been indicted on three counts and it
is alleged they have been guilty in !
many other instances. Much more
evidence is already in the hands of
the government officials.
'
JUBY CHOSEN FOR
JANUARY TERM
Fetfowiug iB the list of jurors sel- I
for tliH uuxt term of court, which .
w ill convene ou January IHtli:
OK AND JURORS.
Uttitwille, Ist ward : —George W.
Ro.it, Alexander Groue, Jrvin Van-
UHU, Jaiues B Watson, Joseph V.
StiQliltf,
2nd ward Alexander Hoffuer,
James J)ailey, Tiiomas Swank.
3rd ward:—Tiwuias .T. Regers, G.
F. Bondman,
4th wwd Jolii 1 . M. Mong, Alfred
Verrick, J. M. Kelso.
Derry Township:—George W. Diehl.
Liberty Township—William liob-
Ufns, B. F. Ware, Daniel Heim.
Mahoning Township:— Woodward
Morrison, Edward Rudy, Weixlel By
ers, Henry Weirman, James Morrison.
West Hemlock Township:—Peter
Saodel, Peter Shultz.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Anthony Township:—Ainos Jolio
: son, Samuel Hilner, Joseph Holdren,
Amos Albeck,sD.»vid C> .t.
Cooper Township:—John Mauser.
! George Heimbach.
Danville, Ist ward :—John H. Hunt,
| C. O. Moyer, Thomas S. Woods.
2nd ward:—John Herricb.
I 3rd ward:—Tliomas Rouey, Samuel
| McCoy, Jacob Herman, Sarnnel F.
| Ricketts.
-Ith ward:—Alexander Maun, Paul
! Kuoch, Hugh McCaffery.
j Derry Township—Charles E. Shires,
j Sr., Oweu Reber.
j Limestone Township:—George Wal
i ter, George Vanordstrand, William
1 Bogart, George F. Buttermau.
Liberty Township:—Urben Rholes,
| C. H. Aut i).
i Mahoning Township—George Heck
ondoru, W. T. Madden, Conrad Risliel,
, William T. Dyer.
May berry Township :—Clark Kase.
Valley TownshipE. E. Reun.
West Hemlock Township :—Thomas
Bradley, John Hawkins, Joseph Win
; temeen.
} Washingtauville :—William Messer
smith.
State Revamps Break Records,
i The revenue of the Common wealth
of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year
ending Friday night broke all records
and showed that the gross income, in-
S eluding sales of bonds, was the un
precedented total of $'27,027,132.72. a
I showing equalled by few States in the
Union at anytime. The increase came
[ chiefly from the ordinary sources of
taxation,the total from these channels
being nearly a million dollars more
than in the fiscal .vear of 1906, the ex
act figures being $991,411.24.
This statement, which surprised even
the officials on Capitol Hill who had
not been following the matter closely,
i was given out by the State's financial
authorities Friday night. For com
parison the. previous high water
{ mark, the $25,818,924.03 of the 1906
j receipts, was announced and then it
was stated that exclusive of the $601,.
1 266 66, proceeds of the sale of govern
| ment bonds, the revenue would be
$26,426,000 in round numbers.
; The balance in the general fund on
i November 30, 1906 was $8,825,522.81 ;in
the sinkiug fuud $2,614,520.74 making
I a total of $11,440,042.92. The gross in
( come for the year including receipts
from sale of bonds was $27,027,132.72
i making a total of $38,467,175.64. Dur
ing the year 1906 the payments were
! $26,907,407.50, showing an excess of
| expenses over receipts of $1,088,483.47.
The payments for 1907 were; $25,581.-
| 465.78, showing an excess of receipts
i over expenses of $844,400.28 net, which
j is the best showing made for a num
; ber of years.
TtieaJialance in the general fuud at
; the close of the year was $10,486,410 •
98; in the sinking fund, $2,399,298.88,
making a total of $12,885,709.86 in the
j State Treasury.
Interest on the State deposits which
amounted to about $253,000 in 1906,
will not vary much from that figure
I for 1907
A Lazy Liver
May bo only a tired liver, or a starved
I liver. It would Ik- a stupid as well as
savage thing to lieat, a weary or starved
man because he lugged in his work. So
in treating the lagging, torpid liver it is
a great mistake to lash it with strong
I drastic drugs. A torpid liver Is but an
indication of an ill-nourished, enfeebled
j body whose organs aro weary with over
work. Start with the stomach and allied
| organs of digestion and nutrition. Put
them in working order and see how
j quickly your liver will become active.
I Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
| has made many marvelous cures of "liver
I trouble" by its wonderful control of tha
organs of digestion atid nutrition. It re- ;
stores the normal activity of the stomach,
Increases the secretions of the blood-mak- j
ing glands, cleanses the system from pol- !
sonous accumulations, and so relieves tha
liver of the burdens imposed upon it by
the defection of other organs.
If you have bitter or bad taste In the morn
ing. poor oriCariable appetite, coated tongue,
foul breath. coWipatedor Irregular bowels. !
teel weak, easlli tired. flyspondcnU freuuent
headaches, pain Ardlstresata "small of back."
gnawing or distressed
perhaps nausea. "risings" In
throat after eating. and symptoms
of weak stomach and torpid no modi- ,
cine will relieve you more promptly or cure J
V"' 1 ""TE Pi-rniaiH-nilv than Doctor Pierce')
fc' lilt n Medical I'lscovery. I'erhaps onlj
a part of the above symptoms will bo present
at one time and yet point to torpid liver or
biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits, priddlo cakes and
other indliresttblo food and take tlie "Golden I
Medical Discovery" regularly and stick to Its
use until you aro vigorous and strong.
The "Discovery" Is non-secret, non-alco
holic. Is a glyceric extract of native medici
nal roots with a full list of its ingredients
printed on each bottle-wrapper and attested
under oath. Its Ingredients are endorsed
and extolled by the most eminent medical
writers of the ace and aro racomraended to
cure the diseases for which It la advised.
Don't accept a substitute of unknown
composition for this non-secret uxdiclhi !
OP KNOWV COM POSITION.
F. C. GRAO
PASSES KM
Our readers wili be pained to learn
of tl>e death of Frederick 0. Grau.for
many years a prominent resident of
Danville, who ou Sunday nigkc passed
awav at Scranton, where he resided
during the last fifteen years or so.
The-deceased was aged 79 svars, 8
mouths and 16 daye. Due to advanced
agedccing the last four years of his
life lie was in poor health, although
lie retained full possession of all his
facultkis. Ou Weduesday he was ob
liged to take his bod and at 11 ;30 p.
ui. Suuday he passed away
Frederick O Graa was a native of
Germany, but he emigrated to this
country when a young man. He came
to Danville fully sixty years ago. He
was married in this city and lived
here until some flfteeu years ago, when
with his wife, he removed to Scrau
tou, where several of their childreu
resided. Mr. Grau was a finely educ
ated man,possessing a mind well stor
ed with useful information. tie was
much interested in school work. For
several years he filled the position of
principal of the fourth ward schools.
He was also a member of the Danville
school board. He was a skillful en
gineer and for a number of years was
employed in that capacity about the
various iron industries of Danville.
Removing from here to Scrantou he
took charge of the engine at Bloooi's
carriage works, where he remaiued for
some 13 years, until increasing infirm
ity obliged liim to retire from active
pursuits.
He was au active, industrious man,
kind-hearted and generous, true to ev
-5 ery trust reposed in him. During his
j long residence iu Danville he made
1 many friends, all of whom will feel a
j paug of sorrow ou reading of his de
mise.
| Since the death of his wife, some
years ago, the deceased has resided
] with his childreu. Two sons and three
| daughters survive: Kred Grau, of
Jamestown, Va., and Frank Grau, of
Scrantou; Clara (Mrs. Edward Liiik-
S er), Ella (Mrs. Leon Cloven, both of
| Scrantou, and Blanche (Mrs. Gordon)
jof California. A brother and sister
I also survive: John Grau and Mrs. Al
fort, both of Philadelphia.
Candidates Must File Papers.
■ All those who are candidates for con
grass or stati senator, must file their
petitions with tlie secretary of the
Ou ntuonwealth lint Inter than at noon
|ou Saturday, March 12th, four weeks
before the primaries. Those who de
: sirejjto run for the legislature or for
any must file their peti
tions with the commissioners not later
thau Saturday March 19th, at noou
; The petitions will then be tabulated
: in proper order and placed upon the
ballots which are to be used by the
Republicans, Democrats and any other
party represented on the tickets. This
| work will ta';e a week, allowing
| another week in which to print the
ballots and the latter after their com
pletion niuit be placed upon a file at
the commissioners' office at least a
week before the primary election for
; public inspection. The oorrupt prac
tices act, which is a sort of a compan
ion law to ttie uniform primaries act,
under which the primaries are con
ducted, provides for the tiling of a
statement within thirty days after
the eleotlon by all who were candi
dates before the eiectiou whether suc
cessful or otherwise. If the candidate
wins or not he is compelled, under
the law, to observe this formality and
! is subject to a tine of SSO and arrest
and imprisonment if he does not eom
j ply with the provision. He can also
be prevented from taking his oath of
office These expense statements are
to be filed with the clerk of the courts
and a minimum charge of fifteen cents
is made for the filing If the expense
incurred by a candidate is under SSO
he may'simply state that fact without
goiug into any detailed statement of
his expenses Bnt if the amount spent
by him is larger he must de
rail|each item and where ttie cost of
the same has been over $lO lie must
accompany with|the' voucher used in
payment. The legitimate expenses
which a candidate Jmay incur consist
l of advertising, paying watchers, dis
seminating information, for messeng
ers, for postage and the like. No ex
penditures of sums where there is no
return made to the candidate are per
mitted, ami when contributions are
mads to political organizations,either
in money or other valuable thing, the
candidate is liable to a Ueavy fine and
imprisonment. Nonregistration fee is
legal or permitted under the new act
and when contributions are made by
others to a candidate for the purpose
of aiding him in his fight these con
tributions must be set forth explicit
ly.
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hsadaoha. oandlpatiaa, bail kw*
fanaral lability, iaur risings. ao4 nfl 1
Of tha atamaoh ara all M ln4[fw*»;
Kadal rallavxa In4l|aatlan. Tbla n«»
try lapraaanti tha natural (uteea at rfla«?
tian aj th.y ail.t i« , hMitf,,
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'.nd rrcanalruotlva sraparttaa. K*4a' £•
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•a 4 4 r fatal a but (Ma liaaia raacMr
Sulps all alamaah traablaa by -'inrtr
purifying, awaalaala, aa4 MrMfthaHap
tha mucaua mamkranaa Malay Mm atMKcal
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For Sale by Paules & Co.
ALL BUT THREE
TIACB PRESENT
Tho forty-seeojid annual teachers in
stitute oS Moutour county convened in
the high school room Monday after
noon The attendance was very good,
all but threo of the seventy-si* teach
ers employed iu tho county being pres
ent
Devotional exercises were conducted
by the Rev. George VV. Fritscli, pastor
of St. John's Lutheran church. Music,
which under the direction of Borough
Superintendent Dieffeubacher, is al
ways a popular feature of the local in
stitute, occupied two short periods,
the singing being spirited and particip
ated in by practically the whole in
stitute. Each of the two instructors—
Professor Jonathan Rigdon, of Dan
ville, lud., and Professor Francis H.
Green, of West Chester—occupied a
period before the institute. Professor
Rigdon took up the study of Gram
mar. He handled it like one who is
thoroughly at home on the subject, as
be is the author of a series of books
on the stndy of language. One of his
books is known as the "Grammar of
the English Sentence,' 1 another as
"Common School Grammar" and the
third as "A Grammar for Beginners."
Professor Rigdon advanced the prop
osition that the study and teacliii'g
of grammar is more difficult than the
study and teaching of any other branch
in the common schools. In this re
spect he contrasted it with arithmetic,
which is comparatively easy. As an
instructor Professor Rigdon is direct
and to the point. He scored a num
ber of excellent points iu his opening
address. He explained how the sub
ject of grammar should be handled in
school iu order that the best and most
practical results might be obtained.
Iu the course of his remarks he ex
| plained that to be unconsciously cor
rect is the grace of art. to be consci
ously correot is to be awkward and
that unconscious error indicated the
abai. iou of ignorance.
Professor Green took as liis subject,
"Guiding Principles in Teaching Lit
erature. " The speaker combines with
fluency of expression, a rich fund of
information relating to the subject in
baud, a keen sense of huuior, which
asserts itself at every turn. His open
ing talk proved quite edifying. Un
doubtedly the two instructors will
prove popular with the institute.
The corps of teachers employed in
eacli of the townships is as follows :
Anthony township—John Yeagel,
Isaac L. Acor, Grant Houghtou, Mont
Derr, Maud Mohr, Norma Adams,
Mary Monro, Grace Levan.
Couper township—Mary
Edith Foust.
Perry township—Mary Love, Elmer
Cotner, Amandus Shultz, Nora Hed
dens, Laura Dye, Mollio Johnston.
| Liberty township—James Curry,
' Lewis Roat, Anna Ootner, Ada Raup,
j Bessie Shade, Alice Bowers, Grace
Billmeyer, Jesse McCool
Limestone township—Kathryu Wag
ner, Edna Coleman, Miles J. Derr,
Laura Moser, Mary J. Levan, Lillie
M. Swartz.
Mahoning township—Gny Mowrey,
Gertrude Mapstone, M. G. Madden,
I Edwin Foust, Kate Seesholtz. Samuel
! Krum
Mayberrv township—Stella Beaver,
I Howard Shumar.
Valley 'township—Arthur Wilson,
' Minnie Roberts, Earl Rißhel, Tuilla
' B. McNiuch, Wilda Pannebaker,Stella
j Churw.
West Hemlock township—Chester
Balliet, Harriet Kase.
Washingtonville—Margaret Brofee.
Tuesday,
The morning session of the Mou
i tour county teachers' institute reveal
; ed one additional enrollment showing
that with only two exceptions all the
j teachers of the county were present.
Rev. John Sherman conducted chapel
exeroises.
Professor Rigdon occupied the first
period of the morning with a talk on
"The Uses of Grammar." Iu the
talk he advanced many excellent
points relative to the proper presenta
tion of the subjeot, which seemed to
be much appreciated by the teachers.
The poriod following was devoted
to "Singing and Instruction" under
Borough Superintendent D. N. Dieff
enbacher.
The last period of the forenoon was
occupied by Professor Green, of West
| Chester on"The Kind of Book we
j Ought to Read." Prof. Green has all
the qualifications of a winning and
! popular speaker and in his first ad
| dress, Monday afternoon,captured the
I institute. In the treatment of his
! subject yesterday forenoon, although
i rather radical, lie was especially hap
py. Although.no doubt, many in the
audience realized that they would be
found wanting if weighed by the
speaker's standards, yet the mild re
flections, which they could not but
feel as he combatced the evil of mis
directed reading, were very graceful
ly accepted and the best of good hum- '
i or prevailed.
1 The kind of a book that the speaker
recommended for reuding should be
("mature, wholesome, cheerful and
varied." A "mature" book, he said,
i is the permanent book, such as, the
works of Shakespeare, Milton, Shelly
►and a long array of others of the
same class that have stood the test of •
time; these he denominated "perma
nent" books.
He considered the multiplicity of
\>ooks that invite the reader and re
solved them into three general classes :
The "perennial," the "annual ' and
the " toadstools. " Sliakeskeare and
the other above named books are in 1
the perennial" class. Other books of 1
less or questionable value that have
their day, he called the ''annuals," |
while there is still another class of !
books poisonous iu their uatuie, whioh
he classed as "toadstools."
"The Hoaveuly Twin-i" aud other i
bo >KS of the "Grau.l Sarah" sort, lie '
said, arn not included in the "peren
nial "ciamj. In this connection he paid !
his respects to the goody good book, |
which lie seemed to have uo more use J
for tlmu "nasty nice" people. Even
the so-callod literature of E P Roe
is mildly under the bau aud the speak
er significantly inquired whether it is
possible to get anything out of it.
"Mrs Wiggins iu the Cabbage Patch"
belongs to another class of books, the
perusal of which, in Mr. Green's es
timation, represents merely a loss of
time.
dome people,the speaker said, think
they must read all the latest books in
order to "keep up with the times,"
never stopping to inquire if the books
themselves are "up with the times."
Professor Greeue related an incident
of his travel abroad when he "met"
Marie Gorelli. Whatever his
sions may have boon as to the person
ality of the authoress he didn't pay
much of a compliment to her books,
which he classed with those that rep
resent "outgrowths of distorted
minds".
The speaker has uo patience with
those people that have no time for
books, but imagine they are fulfilling
their full duty to themselves by read
ing the newspapers. Others along
with the newspapers read the maga
zines. Such people he is inclined to
believe are beyotid intellectual re
demption. To "keep up with the
times," he said, one had better read
something the world is not willing
shall die.
There are persons who read books of
a wholly questionable sort with the
excuse that they want to become fami
liar with certain phases of life—just
as if, the speaker added,it were neces
sary to crawl through the dirty sew
ers of a city in onler to become fami
liar with its system of sewerage.
When bad books have falleu into the
i hands of boys and their minds are
; poisoned there is only one way to
eradicate the evil effects and that is
to introduce good reading, supplant
, ing the old.> Drive out the devils of
darkness by introducing angels of
light.
Books selected should be of the
cheerful type—not gloomy and pesaim
i istic. For his part the speaker said
ho could nut stand the wormwood of
Marie Corelli. He preferred books
' that show that earlh is crowded with
heaven a>id in this connection com
mended Browning's "splendid optim
ism." In conclusion he said bocks
should be varied and poetry should be
chosen along with prose.
PROFESSOR RIGDON
1 he first period in the afternoon was
occupied by Professor Rigdon, who
putin a plea for grammar, insisting,
notwithstanding what is sometimes
urged to the contrary,that the subject
is not ou'y importaut but also essential
It is needed as a preparation for other
| language studies and as a basis for
correot expression. It is not more im
portant than some other studies, but
it must comti first. This is certaiuly
true of rhetoric. It is a recognized
, fact that without a knowledge of gran -
mar the latin student labors under a
serious handicap.
While grammar is essential the study
of it affords as mental exercise, which
achieves a discipline of the intellect,
develops memory and calls into ex
eroise the power of judgment. Gram
| mar has to do with the power of con
ception; it develops the reasoning
faculty and indicates that the possess
j or is a person of strong will power.
Professor Rigdon said that he would
not recommend that a persou be a
' grammarian above every thing else,
hut only a grammarian incidentally.
; He recommended that a person carry
along with the study of grammar econ
i omics, sociology,history of journalism
1 and the like, in order to maintain a
balance and to prevent the student
j from becoming narrow in his views
' and falling into the habit of quibbl
ing.
Wednesday.
The attendance at the teachers' in
stitute seems to be increasing eacli
day. Yesterday a larger number of
: the directors of the county were pres
ent than on Tuesday. In addition a
considerable number of townspeople,
not connected with the schools, al
though much interested in matter"
pertaining to education, dropped into
\ the institute to hear the addresses.
Institute instructors as a rule are
men of strength and magnetism, who
have something new and practical to
: offer. As such, therefore, they can
l not fail to interest people, whether
' connected with the schools or not, if
: the latter are at all cultured The
preseut instructors form no exceptions
and, whether it is listening to one of
; Professor Green's sparkling addresses
! on literature or following Professor
Rigdon through the difficult maze of
sentences,the institute reveals is deep 1
interest by giving the closest atten
tion.
To the regular music, which is a
feature of the institute, special music
of a high order has been added during
the last couple of days. On Tuesday
Miss Pearl Fenstermacher rendered a
piano solo and Miss Sidler and Miss
Oloud a piano duet.. Yesterday morn
ing Miss Finnigau rendered a piano
solo. Yesterday afternoon Miss Kath- j
erine Rogers rendered a vocal solo and
Miss Edna Hughes a piano solo.
Rev. M. K. Foster, pastor of St.
Paul's M. E. church,conducted chapel
servioes yesterday morning.
PROFESSOR GREEN'S TALK
The first period of the forenoon was
occupied by Professor Greeii, his sub
ject being "A Survey of a Century of
Literature." It wan a most compre
hensive ami magni Icent effort.
The eighteenth m ntury of literature
begins about 168 S. The books publish
ed in that period v i-re rather intel
lectual than emotion >1; rather utilit
arian than imaginative, and ratln-r
artificial than spoimineous. It wan
a period marked by tue origin and de
velopment of a rea l ing ptibiio. The
people had time to read; thero were
more comfortable conditions; people
were becoming edui ited and printing
was cheap. The common classes were
increasing in importance Books tliut
were the product of these conditions
were of two kinds, general and speci
al. The books "gpneral" in their ua
true wore prose rather than poetry and
were artificial rather than rhetorical;
the hooks "special" in their type were
the novel, the periodical essa.v,politic
al ecouomy and methodical and his
torical prose.
Among the representative writers
were Pope.Defoe, Swift, Burke, Kieh
ardson, Hmallet, Steele. Addison,
Goldsmith, Gibbons, Adam Smith,
Ohatterton and Blake.
Toward the close of the century the
following movements were noted:
First, a return to the earliest form of
literature; secoud, a return to Eliza
bethau models in contrast to French
models; third, a return to nature;
fourth, worship of sensibility; fifth,
longing for mystery.
Up to the time of Dickins children
were almost entirely ignored in liter
ature. In reading a book the speaker
said a person should give much thought
to the author—to see what kind of a
man stands behind the book and what
|he represents. Thus, it will be found
| that Srott stands for health, pli3"sical
and moral.; Carlysle, for power;
Lowell, for nobility; Holmes, for
geniality; Jonathan Edwards, for in
tensity; Franklin, for utilitarianism;
Webster for energy.
PROFESSOR RIGDON'S TALK.
After iutermission yesterday morn
ing Professor Rigdou took up the
"Study of Sentences." \Tliis in
structor's work is intensely practical
and his views can he applied in the
I teaching of any other system of gram
mar. He refutes DO other author and
what he advances is merely supple
mentary. In his opening remarks yes
terday morning he expressed regret
that there was not more in his work
as arranged for the present institute
that was helpful to the primary teach
er. which prompted him to pay a nice
compliment to the teachers in 112 lie low
er grades. "Any old fellow, or young
fellow," said he, "can teach a high
school, bnt it requires an artist to
teach a primary school."
The speaker weiit into the subject
very deep. He was clear and scienti
fic, however, as following the processes
of thought he developed the different
kinds of sentences, as simple, ncm-
I pound,complex, declarative.interroga
| tive and exclamatory. He presented a
very r useful diagram relating to the
thought basis for classification of sent
ences, which he hoped the teachers
would adopt in their schoolroom
work.
i Yesterday afternoon Professor Green
gave two admirable talks, one entitl
ed "A Literary Ramble" and the oth
er "With Holmes and Whittier." Prof
essor Rigdou continued the subject of
grammar, dwelling on "Seutences. "
Notice in Divorce.
Anna C. Williams vs John Monroe
Williams.
; Iu the court of Common Pleas of Mon-
I tour County. No. 23 Mny Term,
| 1907. Divorce a. v.m.
1 To John Monroe Williams,
Respondent above named :
You are hereby duly notified and
j required to be and appear in the
Court of Common Pleas of Montour
! County on the first day of the next
I term thereof (the same being Monday,
January 13th, A. D., la) 08), then and
there to answer the complaint of An
-5 na C. Williams the above-named Lib
! elant in the above-stated case, and to
j show cause, if any you have, why you
: should not be divorced from the bonds
; of matrimony entered into with the
said Libellant according to the prayer
|of the petition or libel filed in the
j above-stated case.
D. O. WILLIAMS, Sheriff,
j Sheriff's Office, lJauville, Pa., Nov.
j afith.,loo7.
Strong Basket Ball Team,
The basket ball event of the season
will occur here Saturday evening
when the all star aggregation from
Wilkes-Barre will play the Dauville
team in the armory.
The visiting team goes under the
name of the Wyoming Valley Star
team and is composed of such players
as Hoar, of Nauticoke, who has a con
tract with Greensburg for $175 per
month beginning December 15th. ;
| Banker,of the Wilkes-Barre team, who
j is one of tiie best known figures in the
basket ball woild today and has few
equals in his position; Jones, of the
Plymouth team, is a man who needs
1 no mention, for he isiundoubtedly one
of the best in the business today;
Wood and Barber, of the Wilkes-Barre |
team are so well known in Danville
that it is unnecessary togo into de- j
tails.
Te game will be called promptly at |
8:30. The admission will be 25 cents.
The weavers of Stehli & Co.'s silk j
mill in Lancaster, who struck for high- j
er wages and shorter hours about a !
month ago, on Monday declared the
strike off and made a rush for work.
All were taken ou except the leaders
of the strike.
E. V. Flick returned to Three Riv
ers, Mich., yesterday atfer an extend
ed visit with friends in this vicinity.
cmwissfc GIRL
DROWNS HERSELF
Fifteen year old Lucy Smith,daugh
ter of Mr. aud Mrs. Phineas Smith,of
Railroad street, Catawissa.committed
suicide Monday morning by jumping
into H'e Susquehanna a short distance
above the GVawissa river bridge. Her
body has not yet been recovered, al
though the river has been grappled
and dynamited from the place she
jumped into what is known the
"cove" several hundred yards below.
It is said to be another case of sui
cide for affection. Although only fif
teen years of age this girl rather than
give up the one she was devoted to.
aud to whom her parents objected,
sought the depths of the cruel, cold
river as her only solace.
For some time past the girl has been
keeping company with a young max!
and to whom the parents objected.
On Saturday evening while Mr. and
j Mrs. Smith were out of town the
j young man called at the girl's home.
This action on her part was the cause
j of a reprimand from her parents Mon
! day morning. Although the girl
made no reply she seemed to be down
hearted and left the house saying she
was going out in the back yard, and
j that she would not goto her work at
! the shoe factory that day.
It was about half past six when she
left the house,aud not returning with
in a reasonable time her father sent *
j brother out to look for her. He could
not find his daughter in the yard, but
in the snow he saw tracks leading out
of the yard to the street. The father
| then followed these tracks, which lead
to the river bank, and onto a small
boat, a short distance above the Cata
wissa bridge. Here the tracks ended,
and the mute evidence showed only
j too plainly that she had ended her life
in the river.
An alarm was immediately spread,
and soon several parties were giappl
ing the shallow water for the body.
Although the bottom was thoroughly
| searched, the body was not found,
j The parents of the young girl are
j highly respected by the people of Cata
wissa. Mr. Smith is a hard working
aud industrious man. He is employed
at the Kreamer shoe factory as fire
| man.
Mr. Smith in reply to a question as
to whether his daughter gave any rea
son tor such an act, said: "I know of
only one. Her mother and I both ob
jected to her keeping company with a
certain young man. We objected for
her own good, but she would not list
en. aud on Saturday evening while
her mother and I were away from
home he called, and stayed for several
honrs. Other people told us the match
should be broken up and we did all
we could to prevent it. Yesterday
morning while at the breakfast table
; I told Lucy not togo to work but to
stay at home and help her mother.
; She said she would and later wheu
she went out in the back yard we
thought nothing of it until she had
been gone so long that we sent one of
| the younger boys out to see what was
| keeping her. I then went to search
; tor her and finding the tracks in the
suow followed them to the boat thai
was lying in the water along the river
hank. I knew then that she iiad com
mitted suicide aud after giving an
alarm I returned home."
The young man with whom Miss
Smith was infatuated was seen and
I was heard to remark that he had not
; seen the girl since Saturday night aud
at that time she told him she would
j leave home when her parents came
I back.
J Beside her parents the girl is sur-
I vived by two married sisters Mrs.
' William Cox, of Catawissa ; Mrs. Wil
liam Billman, of Elmira, N. Y.. aud
two small brothers residing at HOD a.
More than forty per cent, of the
deaths iu Moscow are of infauts under
one year old. In London the percent
age is 24.5.
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