Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Apr. 2, 1908. UK IN JM RIOT PHILADELPHIA April 1. A terrilio riot of unemployed occur red today about the site of Hammer stein's new opera house. Several thou sand men fought desperately in the streets until repeated police charges scattered them. Many were more or less seriously hurt. The polioe were complelled to remain on guard to pre vent a fresh outbreak. The neighbor hood will probably be heavily fpatrol led for several days. The contractors on the opera house had advertised for men and about 8,000 had gathered, negroes making up the greater part of the throng. While the crowd was awaiting the contractors orders, a party of about 100 Italians arrived, also in search of work. Those first on the ground fearing the new ar rivals would secure many of the vac ant places, quarreling began and the entire mob soon engaged in a desper ate fight. The most seriously injured was Dominic Miguolin, whose head was so badly crushed that he will probably die. Several riot calls were turned in and a number of patrol wagon loads of policemen rushed to tiie scene. At first they could make no impression on the crowd, but finally scattered it by re peated charges with drawn clubs and a severe battering of the combatants' heads. Attacks on foreigners in the neighborhood continued for hours. They were suppressed before the fight ing became serious. HISS JULIA GRIMES WILL RECOVER Nine-year-old Julia Grimes of this city, who was operated on for appen dicitis at the Joseph Katti hospital at Bloomsburg last Thursday evening, was reported as much improved yes terday and the family begins to en tertain hopes of her recovery. When the operation was performed the disease was found to have readied such an advanced stage as to almost preclude the possibility of recovery. The little patient, however, proved a perfect heroine; in addition to which the hospital affords the very best and most scientific mode of treatment. As a result the unexpected seems about to happen and it was stated yesterday that the patient is practically out of danger. THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, April 1. With the solemn observance of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper the 124 th conference of the Baltimore con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church convened here this morning. More than 250 ministers are in attend ance, together with a large number of lay delegates and other church work ers. The Baltimore conference is the oldest in Methodism. Bishop Cranston will preside at all sessions. Org|nzatiou of the meeting was effected at the morning session. A Birthday Party. A Birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moser, Saturday evening, in honor of Mr. Moser's foorty-third birthday. The evening was very pleasantly spent with music and games, after which refreshments were served. Those pres ent were: Mrs. Amelia Moser, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moser, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Merrell.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Mos er, Mr. and Mrs. William Springer, Mr. and Mis. Levi Moser, Mrs. Emma M. Moser, Mamie Springer, Dora Springer, Emma Moser,Bertha Moser, Edith Ilishel, Vornie Carr, Minnie Mosor, Stella Moser, Leroy Moser, Sarvatus Moser, Olydo Springer, Har ry Umstead. Warren Fenatermaeher, Charles Carr, Ralph Carr, Morris Mos er, Clarence Moser. .Rainbow Before Sunrise. An unusual atmospheric phenomen on, a rainbow before sunrise,was seeu by York residents Saturday morning. The rainbow was distinct and stretch ed across the heavens in the north west. It vanished in a few minutes and was followed by a downpour of rain. Is Recovering After Operation. Miss Josephine Beaver, daughter of Jesse Beaver, of this city, underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Municipal hospital in Philadelphia last Mondav. The operation was most successful and Miss Beaver is rapidly recovering. Mi:« Beaver is a graduate nurse.and while practicing in Philadelphia, was also taking a special course in contagi ous diseases at the Municipal hospital when she was taken ill. Natlonol Issue Club. A meeting for the promotion of the ; National Issue club will be held this • evening at 7 :45 in a room of Trinity ! M. E. church. Branch clubs for the 1 third and the fourth wards will be formed. All interested in the work ! both men and women, are cordially | invited. HISTORIC GIFT Fan PROVIDENCE, Home of First Commander of the American Navy. FOR USE AS PUBLIC MUSEUM. Great-great-grandson of Admiral Esek Hopkins To Give Ancient Landmark as Memorial to Mother —Fine Colon ial Mansion Filled With Relics. For the purpose of fulfilling bis moth er's hist and greatest wish Marshall Hopkins Gould, sou of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Angell West Gould of 872 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge, and great-great-grandson of Admiral Esek Hopkins, the first commander of the American navy. Is making preparations to turn over to the city of Providence, H. 1., the famous historic Hopkins mansion, ltfs years old, as a monument to the memory of Mrs. Gould. The ancient landmark, built by the admiral as a permanent home In 1755, is undergoing a rehabilitation in the shape of a new dress of paint, both within and without, and the restoration of Its rooms to their original appear ance so far as possible. When that task has been completed and a quantity of antique furniture, most of it handed down directly from the family of the admiral, which is to day in storage at Cambridge, shall have been installed In the mansion It will l>e ready to be placed at the disposal of the city for park purposes. To that end Mrs. Gould had toiled unremittingly, often spending entire weeks In the old homestead. On Dee. 16 while actively engaged in work at the house which would aid In fitting it up ready for occupancy by the city she was stricken with apoplexy and died before nightfall. Iler son * had been hastily summoned from Cam bridge and was by her side. Almost her last act in connection •with her Intention to give the house and the land upon which It stands to the city was to hand to Alderman John C. Dunn of the Third ward a formal agreement which she had caused to be drawn up and signed by herself In the presence of her son, who was fully in syinpathj - with his mother's purposes. That agreement Is now In the posses sion of the aldermen. That tlie city will purchase the ad joining two and one-half acres of land on the Church lot is a certainty. Al derman Dunn and William IC Reyn olds have taken an active interest In the plans of Mrs. Gould and will seo the project through. The Hopkins | homestead and the land upon which jit stands, comprising two and one-half j acres, are valued at approximately | $20,<)00. The adjoining property can be bought for SIO,OOO. When the furnishing of the house ! has been completed to Mr. Gould's sat ! isfaction in accordance with his moth er's expressed desires the intrinsic worth of the property will bo greatly enhanced, while as a historical relic its value can hardly be measured. The house Is a large structure of co lonial design and commodious rooms. It has withstood the wear and tear of occupants and the effects of weather and climate wonderfully, most of its heavy timbers lieing as sound to the I heart as the day the admiral saw them ; raised to form the framework of his : homestead. Standing on an eminence j overlooking the city, with its northern | portion in the Immediate foreground, it occupies one of the picturesque spots of Providence. In her effort to restore the old co j lonial aspect to the place Mrs. Gould ' lins transformed the various rooms of the stanch old homestead into veritable museums of antiquity and Hopkins family relics. So successful has been her quest for furniture and bric-a-brac of a character to restore the ancient ap pearance of the house's interior that a visit to the place Imparts the sensation of stepping a century backward and becoming part and parcel of the fa mous admiral's time. It needs but a slight stretch of the imagination to bring America's first naval commander to life and place him in the mammoth chair beside the tire place or at a table littered with maps, charts and designs of ships in his chamber on the second floor, there to work out problems of defense and of fense with liis miniature fleet. So completely has been preserved the furniture of the Revolutionary pe riod and the sulidned, time worn color ings of the interior decorations main tained that the illusion is hardly dis pelled by the rumble of the twentieth century trolley along the highway with in a few rods of the door or the shriek of the locomotive's whistle as the Bay State limited express enters the rail road yard at the foot of Charles street. The kitchen of tlie dwelling has been restored to what it was In the admiral's time. The old fireplace, the heart of the mansion, has been replaced proba bly exactly as it was 100 years ago, even to the rough laying of the bricks in the tlreplace itself and the generous hearthstones, which extend over nearly a third of the floor space of the room. While not as large as some In houses of an earlier period, the fireplace Is flmple and capable of taking In a good sized log. The fittings with which It was equipped are Identical with the of the house's construction and are relics of the Hopkins family pos sessions. The crane, kettles and and irons are of the type made for use and not for show. To add still further to the original appearance of the kitchen. Its furni ture Includes a spinning wheel, a linen heel and a bobbin winder of the old time textile layout. The walls are adorned with a cup railing, from which hang specimens of old china, while stuffed birds and other bric-a-brac held In high esteem a century ago are In ev idence about the room. Conceited Golfer (to liis caddie)— Did you tell the club secretary that I went round the course in forty-five yester day ? Caddie —I did, sir. Golfer—And what did he say? Caddie—He said, "Accidents will happen."— Exchange. WORLD PEACE MOVE, To Be Sought Through Exchange of Children's Letters. SCHOOL PUPILS AS WRITERS. Plan Proposed For Making Friends of All Nations—Youngsters of Japan and America to Begin Movement That It Is Hoped May End Wars. A movement for international peace was recently launched at Stamford, Conn., by Wilson L. Gill. LL D.. presi dent of the American Patriotic league, in which President Roosevelt, former President Cleveland mid many other prominent men are interested nr.d the offices of which are at3o East Twentieth street. New York. After the close of the Spanish war Mr. Gill was general supervisor of moral and civic in the public schools of Cuba under commission from the United States. Briefly the plan is to establish cor respondence between children of the public schools In the United States and the school children in foreign countries, with the Idea of making them better acquainted. It is proposed first to make the experiment with the school chil dren of Japan and those of the United States. Professor Makayama of the Normal college at Tokyo. Japan, who Is now In New York on a commission from the Japanese government study ing new educational methods, has been in communication with Mr. Gill look ing to the establishment of school cities in Japan. Mr. Gill is confident Pro fessor Makayama will Indorse the cor respondence plan. Besides, he says, he has friends of Influence In the educa tional work of Japan upon whom he may rely. He has no doubt of the fu ture of the movement begun In Stam ford by the formation of Stamford School Cities, Chapter of the American Protective league, with Superintendent of Schools E. E. Willard as president. Representatives of foreign govern ments have approved the plan. One who has given it enthusiastic indorse ment is Ernesto Nelson of (105 West One Hundred and Fifteenth street. New York city, special commissioner of education for the Argentine Repub lic. Mr. Gill says difference In languages will not be insurmountable. "The movement is political rather than educational," said Mr. Gill the other night, "and I believe It is one of the greatest political movements ever launched. The people of Japan are rankling under the belief that they were deprived or the fruits of their war with Russia by Interference of the United States In bringing that war to an end. The Japanese government is friendly, but the government Is repre sentative, and the people may change its officers at any time. "The only safety, then. Is to make the Japanese people realize that we are their friends; that we desire to be friendly with them and expect the same treatment from them. We hope to got that friendship established b" correspondence between the children of the two nations. If we can make the children of the two nations friends it is safe to say there will be no war so far as Japan and the United States are concerned." Coined money was first used on the continent of Europe twenty-five years before the Christian era. It was In cop per and silver. Gold was not coined there until the eleventh century, and money did not receive the round form to which we are accustomed until the lapse of another hundred years or so. Gertie—Ho tried to kiss me. Mollle— How Impudent! Gertie—But he was interrupted. Mollie—How annoying!— Exchange. T7ord3 cf Prr.ise For the several nts of which Dr. Pierce's medicines ar>j composed, as given by leaders In all (he several schools of medicine, should have far nioro weight than any amount uf non-professional tes timonials. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proscrip tion lias THK BADGE op HONESTY on every bottle-wrapper, in a full list of all its in gredients printed In plain English. 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Do not expect too much from "Favorite Prescription; " it will not perform mira cles; it will not disolve or cure tumors. No medicine will. It will do as much to establish vigorous health in most weak nesses and ailments peculiarly incident to women as any medicine can. It must bo given a fair chance by perseverance In ita use for a reasonable length of time. Yon rfln't n lji.nl In :o-/-ppl i. spornt. truin us a substitute for th(° "■""'y "( yiimvi? ynmplxlllffri Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond ence is guarded as sacredly secret and womanly confidences are protected by professional privacy. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best laxative and regulator of tho bowels. They Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. One a laxative; two or thrue a cathartic. Easy to take as candy. KILL SCALE NOW; ADVICE TO FARMERS HARRISBUKG, PA, April 1. State Economic Zoologist Surface today issued a warning to fruit grow ers all over the state to begin at once to spray for San Jose scale. "Ten days from now it will bo too late," said Dr. Surface "The spray ing to be effective must be (lone while the buds are coming out" A chain two and a half miles long and weighing 25 toes, was recently made in England for use in a col liery. PATRIOTISM OF IN INVENTOR, % I. F. Scott Declares His Aero plane Is For America Alone. WILL NOT AID FOREIGNERS. Chicago Man Who Captured Contract For Aerial War Craft From Govern ment Didn't Care For Reward—Be lieves United States Will Reach Greatest Heights In Civilization. Junius F. Scott of Chicago, to whom the government has awarded a SIO,OOO contract for an aeroplane, says that wlthli# five years the development of flying apparatus will have gone so far that aeroplane ships carrying crews of twenty to thirty meu will be mak ing regular flights of 2,000 miles at a clip. He looks for progress to be made similar to that with the automo bile. which has reached its present state of perfection within a decade. Mr. Soott is a scenic artist forty-five years old. He has made at least a doz en working models, and the apparatus to be built for the war department Is to consist of two main perfectly hor izontal planes, with several smaller In termediary planes, the whole weighing 1,500 pounds. The maximum surface of the planes will be 4,000 square feet, and the machine will carry two men. Mr. Scott is intensely interested in the subject of aerial navigation, has decided ideas as to how a patriotic American's knowledge and studies and Investigations in any line of scientific endeavor should be used freely and un reservedly for the use of his govern ment and for the advantage of no oth er and is firmly convinced that the need for all naval strength will be en tirely done away with when aerial navigation by aeroplanes shall have been perfected. The possibility of building a fleet of air craft which can destroy the mightiest leviathan of the sea by dropping explosives he regards as sure In time not only to revolution ize all warfare, but absolutely to do away with It. "I was born in Clinton, la., forty-five years ago." said Mr. Scott as he sat in Ills modest home, 673 South Rockwell Ftreet, Chicago, and talked to the New York Herald representative. "At fif teen I was determined to see something of the world, and I came to Chicago, which has been my home, though with frequent breaks, ever since. "As a young man I was attracted to art. and I did a good deal of portrait painting. I also decorated the interiors of many fine Chicago residences. "No, 1 never have attempted to ex hibit. I left that for other artists. I know a large number of artists In all fields, whether of portrait work or in commercial lines. Later in life I took up scenic painting, and the work upon theatrical scenery has taken me to many parts of the country. "But all these years I have devoted most of my time to my aeroplanes. 1 have made money in scenic painting, but It has been a means to the end that I might use the money so earned In supporting my wife and two children and myself v. .lie 1 devoted my thought to aerial tm• ' -atlon. "My SOL. lU>' ert. who is fifteen, has a naturally in.'-utive, mechanical ralnd. I bought him ii motor cycle recently, and It wasn't a day before he had the machine all apart. 'I must see what Is In It, father,' he told me, and he has been of very material assistance to me in my experiments. Often I have been perplexed with a certain problem, and he has come in and apparently intui tively divined how it should be solved, and his solutions have In a large num ber of cases proved absolutely sound. "The reason I wrote the government authorities that my invention would be at their service for §IO,OOO unre servedly is that 1 believe all patriotic Americans should devote their efforts to the welfare of their government pro vided their lines of endeavor lie along lines like mine and that a prohibitive price should not be put upon their work. I have the greatest faith In the idea that the United States is the couu try which is destined to reach the greatest heights in civilization, holdlug up the beacon for other peoples, and 1 believe every true American patriot should further this advance with all the earnestness that lu him lies." To emphasize his patriotic motives Mr. Scott said In the course of the In terview: "If the representative of any foreign power- England, France, Ger many or other nation—came to me and told me that £1,000,000 lay In a bank (subject to my check provided I would turn over to him even the diagrams of my aeroplane I would refuse such offer. No amount of money could per suade me to sell my Invention to a for eign power. "I ask for no aggrandizement or the plaudits of the multitude. I only hope to earn a fellowship in the rants of those whose only aim Is to do good. •Ily their works ye shall know them.' 1 do not even ask to lie glveu credit for good intentions. I have devised an aerial war craft that in the hands of a great and good people can be used to abolish forever the black reproach to humanity—war. The butchery, the legal murder of the brave and beauti ful flower of the nations, sacrificed to lust fsir power, for greed and for all that Is basest inhuman thoughts, must pease. "I never have sought publicity lu my work. I have not joined the Chi cago Acronautique club because I have preferred to keep the work to myself. The prize I am sure of receiving from the government will help some, of course; but, us a matter of fact, S flldn't caj-e whether I received It or not, for I am willing to give my serv ices along these lines to the govern ment. "My first flights were made in the years 1893 and 1804 at Lavergne, a suburb of Chicago on the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy railroad. My flights then and all I have made sub sequently have been to test my models and for the purpose of experimenta tion. The longest flight I made then was about 200 yards and the greatest height about thirty feet from the ground. I never attempted to soar higher, for I have bad an iden that tf AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE STATUTORY BOND TO BE '„GIVEN BY THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR AND FIX ING THE AMOUNT AND DEFIN ING THE CONDITIONS THERE OF. SECTION J.—Be it ordained and en acted by the Chief Burgess,and by the Town Council of the Borough of Dan ville, in thejCounty of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, in Council as sembled, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of the same : That the Borough Solicitor shall herf after give a bond to the Borough of Danville, with two or more sureties, to be approved by Council, in the sura of Five Hundred Dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties as the same are or may be defined by law and ordinance. Approved this 7th day of March A. D. 1908. WILLIAM J. ROGERS, Chief Burgess. Attest: HARRY B. PATTON, Seoretary of the Borough of Danville. Council Chamber. City Hall, Danville Pa., March 7th. 19C8. Auditor's Notice. The undersigned, au auditor ap pointed by the Orphan's Court of Mon tour County, to distribute the funds in the banns of John T. Blue, Admin istrator of the Estate of Isaiah Blue, deceased, as appears by his first and final account,to and among the parties entitled thereto, will attend to the duties of his appointment at his office, No. 333 Mill street, Danville, Pa., on Wednesday the Bth day of April, 1908, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when and where all parties interested are requested to present their claims be fore the undersigned or be forever de barred from coming in upon said fund. THOS. C. WELSH, Auditor. M 12,19, 26, A3. Auditor's Notice. In the Orphan's Court of Montour County in the matter of the First and Final Account of Elishu S. Fornwald and John Morrall, Ad ministrators d. b no t. a. of Sarah Morrall, late of the borough of Dan ville, in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. The undersigned, appointed by the said Court Auditor to make distribu tiou of the balance in the hands of said administrators as shown by their first and final account as such will meet all parties interested for the pur poses of his appointment, at his Law Offices, No. ICS Mill street, Danville, Montonr County, Penu'a , ou Friday, Apri 124 th, 1908, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, where and when all persons having claims on said fund are required to make and prove the same or be forever debarred from thereafter coming in upon the said fund. ' EDWARD SAY RE GEARHART, Auditor. Danville, Pa.. March 18. 19C8. When He Wept. "There have been times," said the actor-manager, "when 1 have shed real tears." "Ah. when you have been in great sympathy with the part you were playing?" suggested the matinee girl. "No; when I have had my owu good money la the show." replied the actor manager. with a tinge of sad remem brance In his tone.—Philadelphia Rec ord. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Relieves Colds by working them oat of the system through a copious sad healthy action o( the bowels. Relieves coughs by cleansing 0M mucous membranes of the throat, cheat and bronchial tubes. "As pleasant to the teste as Maple Sugar" Children Like It Far BACKACHE-WEAK KIQKTS Trj CiWltt i Kldnef urf Bladder PCI* In mi Ml For Sale b\ Pan e? A Co i snouiu rail n would damp my ardor. But I never have had an accident. "I have continued my experiments with various models, many of which I still have in more or less complete Bliape, in various towns in Illinois, Missouri, lowa. Indiana and Ohio. The last flight made in one of my machines took place near Shelbyvllle, Ind., three years ago. My assistant manned the car, anil several short flights of 200 yards and less were negotiated with success with and against the wind and across It. "Now, although many .people who have not studied the matter may scofi, I venture to predict that within live years there will be constructed aero plane .ships to carry crews of twenty to thirty men, having engines of from 000 to 1,000 horsepower and capable of a flight of 2,000 miles at a clip. "The ship which I am building ac cording to the specifications furnished tiie government will stay in the air one hour, will make its ascents and de scents without danger and will carry two men. My experiments have prov ed to me that the planes above and below must bo perfectly flat, and there will be no curves or concavity in them. During the hour that it remains in the air wy ship will maintain its equilib rium, be under perfect control and move in all directions, as required by the specifications provided by the sig nal corps. The weight of the genera tor will be 400 pounds, and it will be a craft of 100 horsepower. "As compared with the aeroplanes of the near future the craft so far made are as dugouts to the modern ocean liner. I have the greatest re spect and consideration for all the ef forts that have been made by M. Hen ry Farinan, the Wright brothers, Is rael Ludlow, Santos-Dumont, Herring, Professor I.angley, LUlcnthal, Octavo Chanute and all the others. I have studied their craft and have read, I think, nearly all that has been written about them." NEW THEATER PLANS Playhouse to Be Maintained For Advancement of Art. i LUXURIOUS IN ITS FITTINGS. 9plendid Structure to Be Erected In New York Will Seat 2,3lß—Fine Quarters For Star Performers—lm mense Stage and Bar Open All Year Round. Complete plans for the New theater, tvhlch is to be "maintained for the ad vancement of art and not for commer cial gain," on the block in Central Park West between Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets, New York, were re cently given out by the architects of the remarkable structure. The exca vating work has been done, and the foundations of the theater have been laid up to the level of the street. Work on the building will be pushed from now on, and It Is expected that the New theater will be ready for the sea son of 1000. Its founders hope that it will stand In the same relation to dramatic and musical art as do the principal thea ters of Europe. It Is planned not only to foster and stimulate art by the pro duction of plays and light operas that ! are worth while, but also to maintain a school of musical and dramatic art. The well to do men who stand be hind the project have arranged that all proflts above a very small interest on the money invested shall be devoted to the development of such a school, the accumulation of an endowment fund and other like purposes. Briefly, It Is planned to make the New theater the nearest thing to a national theater that can be obtained in the United States. The architects therefore have tried to plan a fitting home for the develop ment of such an idea. The stage and Ruditorlum will occupy but a moder ate portion of its plan. Ample pro vision is made for a foyer, grand stair case. retiring and cloak rooms, smok ing room, entrances, roof garden, buf fet, quarters for confectioner and flor ist and similar accommodations. The building will occupy a site front, Ing 200 feet on Central Park West. It will run back on Sixty-second street 225 feet and 200 feet on Sixty-third street. The exterior is to be of In diana limestone. The architecture will follow the Italian renaissance. The main building will have a high base containing all the entrances and a two story colonnade. The foyer, ex tending through the height of two sto ries, will be accentuated by large arches extending the full height of the columns. It may be noted in passing that the buffet will extend all along the front and that it will be open all the year round, as will the roof garden, restau rant and art instruction schools. There will be twenty-two entrances, the biggest at the two corners, and the others will be strung along Sixty second and Sixty-third streets. At the corners will be two monumental dou ble staircases, one leading to the boxes, the other to the galleries. The house will seat 2,318 people, GOO in the orchestra pit, 300 in the boxes and 1,418 in the two galleries. The boxes are arranged in two tiers of j twenty-four each, most of which have j been subscribed for. Nine stairways j will lead from the boxes through the foyer. In the rear of the boxes will bo a private hall, so that box occupants of one floor may visit other boxes on the same floor. The auditorium will be elliptical In form, the long axis of the ellipse be ing parallel with the stage, so that the farthest box in tha center of the house will be no farther from the stage than the last orchestra seat in the usual small theater. No orchestra seat will be under a gallery. The architects have tried tc make it possible for every person oc cupying a seat to hear and see every thing. The acoustics will bo as nearly ■ perfect as possible. The stage is to be 100 feet wide, OS | feet deep anil 112 feet in the clear The depth below the stage will be thirty-two feet. The proscenium arch is to be forty-five feet wide and forty feet high. Few theaters have a stage so largo. Accommodations for the stars will be luxurious. Ilooms for twenty-three men and ilfteen women have been pro vided for. All the dressing rooms face on tho street. Four or live of the thir teen elevators will be used to take the chorus girls and supers to and from the stage. I The stage will be big enough for grand opera. The Metropolitan stage I is no larger. Grip Germs From Mars? j Interpolated In his predictions for . February, John C. Busby, a weather | prophet of Independence, la., advances | a theory to explain tho presence of tho : grip germ. The native habitat of the ' germ, he says, is the planet Mars, ! which is now very near to the earth, j and the germs have leaped through the I Intervening space. lie believes that | Mars is Inhabited by human beings I like ourselves, who, he would infer, 1 have suffered recurrent attacks of the | prevailing malady for years. Institute to Benefit Workmen. ! A trades hygiene Institute is to be i established in Frankfort. Germany, 1 where all matters appertaining to the ! health and protection of German facto ! ry operatives nnd the working classes . in general are to l>e studied nnd taught. Willing to Tell. Sometimes it is a pleasure to answer questions, even if tho questioner may i put them iu an unpleasant way. "What do you do for a living?" asked a lawyer, frowning horribly at a 1 hatched faced young man who was | undergoing cross examination. "I, sir," answered the witness, hasti ly diving into his side pocket, "am the agent for Dr. Korker's celebrated corn and bunion destroyer, greatest remedy of the age, used by all the crowned beads of Europe, never known to fall j to remove the most obdurate corns In ! less than twenty-four hours or money I cheerfully refund"— Here the court interfered. ANNUAL MEETING W. H. &RM.SOCIETY The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Northumberland Pres bytery held its tliirtj -second annual convention in the Presbyterian church of Renovo. At the opening session Mrs. A. N. Stevenson, president of the Renovo auxiliary,K aud in behalf of tlieir so ciety aud church, ga\e the officers, delegates and visitor* u must cordial welcome lo tlieir church and homes. Mrs. W. E. Thomas, of Lewisburg, I eartily responded to tliete words. As the officers were called to the platform each responded with a verse of scripture or au appropriate quota tion. Thursday morning a memorial ser vice was conducted by Miss Margaret Wattou, of McEvensville, a fitting tribute", being paid to the ones who had given such faithful service to the cause but had been called to tlieir homes above. The treasurer, Miss Sophie Reigh ard, of Williamsport, reported $3,159.- 97 as the total amount of the year's offerings. In the absence o? the corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. C. Hogg, the re view of the year was given by Miss Hattie Sloan, of Williamsport. Miss Gertrude Sechler, of Danville, secretary of literature, gave a most interesting report along that line of work. A review of the young people's work in the Presbytery was given by Miss Mabelle First, of Lock Haven, the young people's secretary. he corps of officers remains the same for the coming year with two additional vice presidents to fill the vacancies'caused by the death of Miss Louise Hudson, of Watsoutown and Mrs. A. D. Lundy, of Williamsport. OFFICERS. President, Mrs. J. D. Reardon.Lock Haven ; vice president at large, Mrs. S. D. Ball, Lock Haven ; vice presi dent, Mrs. J. A. Lawson, Milton ;Mrs. W. T. L. Kieffer, Milton ; Mrs. H. J. Heineu, Milton; Mrs. John Lawshe, Williamsport; Miss Alice Friok, Mil ton ; Miss Margaret Watson, McEvens ville; Mrs. E. S. Gearhart, Danville; Mrs. W. E. Thomas, Lewisburg; Mrs. A. N. Stevenson, Renovo; Mrs. H. Updegraff, Newberry; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. O. Hogg, William sport; assistant corresponding secre tary, Miss Hattie Sloan, William sport ; recording secretary, Miss Atta Lowrie, Jerseytown; young people's an C. E. secretary, Miss Mabelle Furst ■ Lock Haven ; secretary of literature, t Miss Gertrude Sechler, Danville; treasurer, Miss Sophie Reighard, Will ! iamsport ;^assistan 112 treasurer, Mrs. H D. Brown, Williamsport; Tiie meet ings were specially favored in having as speakers Mrs. O. N. Thorpe, of the Philadelphia board and Dr. ,1. O. Ewing, president of the Christian college, of Lahore, India. The president of the Presbyterial, Mrs. ,T. D. Reardon, of Look Haven, gave a very appropriate closing ad dress and after the pronouncing of the benediction by the pastor, Rev. J. D. Cook, the Assembly adjourned to meet in the Grove church at Danville in March 1909. TIILLIONS OF YOUNG TREES The State Forestry Commission ex pects to propagate' from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 young trees this season at the throa large nurseries at Asaph, Tioga county, Greenwood Furnace, Huntin gdon county and Mont Alto, Franklin county. Fifty four thousand aores have been ndded'to the State's forest re sarves by the commission since the first of March, making the total acre aye of the reservations paid for or un der option 850,000. The additions were made chiefly in Patter and Olinton counties, with a small addition in Huntingdon county. A Reliable Remedy CATARRH - <sAr-fEVEn £jr Ely's Cream Bshn % is quickly absorbed. B Gives Relief at Once. , " k "ocf>-a. It cleanses, soothes, heals and protects tlio disi'iiseil uiciu brane resulting from Catarrh anil drives away aOold in the Head quickly. Restores the Si iists of Taste and Smell, l'till size 50 ets. at Druggists or by mail, Liquid Cream Palm for uso in utc-mi:-> rs 75 cts. Ely Brothers, 50 Warren Stri t, Kew York. K-I-P A-N-S Tabule Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enough for n-ua occassions. The family bottle (60 cents aontains a supply for a year. All drug gists. ————H WINDSOR HOTEL I W. T. BKV BAKER, Maimer. Midway between Broad St. Station rr.d Reading Terminal on Filbert St A convenient and homelike place to stay while in the city shopping. An excellent restaurant where good service combines with low prices. Rooms sl.o day and up The only moderate priced hotel of reputation and consequence in PHILADELPHIA
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