Montour American FRANK C. ANQLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa.. June 11. I9OH. BUS _ JO|MITTI£S The enterprising citizens of Wash ingtonvilio are completion t ho prepa xatious for ilie big celebration of our country's birthday on July 4th. They are going into the tiling 011 a monster scale and expect to make the event the biggest iu tlie history of their town. On Monday evening a meeting of the citizens was held iu the borough school house with T. B. Yerg as chair man, O. M. Heddens as secretary and O. H, Seidel as treasurer. A soliciting committee composed of the following was chosen: T. B. Yerg, R. B. Seidel, Win. Seidel, O. M. Heddens, On the committee on decorations are C. 11. Seidel,Ed. Gib sou, L. P. Wagner, Charles Derr, H. E. Cotuer, Jesse Kellog. Action was taken at the meeting to extend au invitation to the lodges of the surrounding towns to come to Washingtonville for the day and par ticipate in the functions. Among other amusements that have been provided are two games of base bail that promise to be red hot exhi bitions. The Turbotville nine will be Washingtonville's oppouent, and it if probable that these two old time rivals will make it interesting foi eacii other. The games will be played at :80 a. m.and 3p. m oil Do Long's base ball grounds. ARRIVAL OF fRIT DANVILLE FIREMEN The following from the Hazleton TDaily Standard of yesterday after noon : Danville's contingent of merry lire fighters arrived here on the Penusy flyer Tuesday eveniug, and their ur rival practically opened up the fire' works. They were met at the station by a reception committee and paraded the entire length of Broad street, anc all along the street red lire i:i profus laud Band, which accompanies tii« Dauviile liremen, is a musical or*;au izition of no mean ability and render ed numerous soul stirring selections, At the corner of Broad street thej massed for just a few moments, am then the visitors were escorted tothei: respective headquarters. Prior to the: departure, however, the band tender ed the Eagles, whose guests they wil be during stay iu this city, ai enjoyable serenade. TREE STRAWBERRY. Quantity and Quality of the Fruit Saic to Be Unequaled. A novelty is advertised in German] under the name of the tree strawberry and if it comes up to the description given it is certain to become popular The raiser, a nurseryman, states thai after years of crossing and selecting 1m has evolved a distinct nud remarkable strawberry, which for quantity ant quality of fruit has never been equalet by any strawberry in any other part oi the world. It differs from all other strawberries in that it forms erect stems and pro duces fruit in large quantities in its first year at the rate of, on the average Ave stems, with five to ten large fruit on each. The second year ten stems of the same description may be expected, and so on until at ten years of age twenty to thirty stems are produced all hearing large, well flavored fruits, In the third year the circumference of the plant is roughly two feet six !rw»ho« South American Animals. Many curious animals liaunt tin marshy parts of South America liortli of the pampas. Frogs big and fero cious (the ceratophyrs), given to mak lug vicious springs when closely ap proached: the capybara, a cavy "con tented with the bulk of the sheep;" tht huge corpu rat and the swarthy tapir are frequently seen. Along the forest margins troops of peccaries are often met ,Ith, occasionally the jaguar, sometimes the puma: likewise, that toothless curio. It.the great ant bear, long iu claw, lot!,' nosed and remark ably long t' ; k>j. \ -y plentiful, too, are tho-e -:i ■ • imi ,;!i - in scaly ar mor," the quaint, wad liing armadil -1 upon the floating leaves, A familiar object 1,3 t'.ie great jabiru. ,t »: irk with a preference for the desolate lagoon.-,, w.hero it may often be observed statu esque on one le , a . t wrapped in pro epection. Carlyle's Amenities. Carlyle had his flings against sci •ace, but they were not very virulent Nevertheless in regard to literature hi placed himself in the position of the i! bird that fouled its own nest, as wit ness the following amenities: Keats is "curried dead dog," whatever that maj mean; Shelley is "a ghastly object;' Coleridge, "a puffy, obstructed lookint old man talking in a rnaudllng sleep ar infinite deal of nothing;" Lamb, "a pull cratur, with a thin streak qf cockney wit, nothing humorous but his dress;"' Walter Scott, "a toothless retailer of old wives' fables;" Brougham, "an eternal grinder of commonplace;" ordsworth, "stooping to extract a spiritual catchup from mushrooms thai were little better than toadstools;" Sit Robert reel, "a plausible fox;" J. W. Croker, "au unhanged hound;" Lord John Russell, "a turnspit of good pedi gree;" Lord Melbourne, "a monkey." Using His Voice. Eliza—L>id you soy Sam was mnkin' a lot of money out of his voice? Cloe— Sure thing! At de opera. Fllia—At de opera? Cloe—Tas; he tails de car riages!—Yonlters Statesman. Friendship that flames goes out In ii flash.—Young. ITAFT ON FIRST BALLOTJHf WORD CHICAGO, June 10. .vcoording to the closest possible calculation. bastd upon figures con j ceded by the allies today. Secretary j of War Taft will receive ou the first ballot sdl votes, or sixty more than ' enough to givo him the nomination, providiug the convention does not take matter* in hand au-I override the decisions now being uiade in contested ! eases. Having all but abandoned hope that anyone besides Taft cau be nam | inated, except in the remote conting | ency of the convention itself throwing out the Taft delegates stated by the uationnl committee, the allies now appear to be looking around for a soft spot to light on. ONLY VICE PRESIDENT LEFT. ! Encouraged by the information from the Roosevelt-Taft camp that it is a j matter of supreme indifference to the president and to the secretary of war who may be the nominee for second place ou tiie ticket, so long as lie is uor a reactionary, the allies are cast ' ing around for a man for the job. The two men most prominently mentioned 1 by the allies are Senator Dolliver, of lowa and Representative Sherman, of New York .Tust at present Sherman seems to be slightly the favorite. His supporters argue that lie would bring ' strength to the ticket in New Yorl.. He is known to be a good friend of both Taft r.ud Koosovclt. Attending Convention. The punual bible school convention j of the Northumberland Baptist asso ciation meets today at Picture Rocks. The B. Y. P. U. convention will be jiu session tomorrow Rsv and Airs. John Sherman, Mrs. A. J. Still and | Miss Alice Gross aro attending as j delegates from the First Baptist ! church, this city i A curfew law *to drive girls under | lti years off the streets at 9 o'clock p. j m., in summer and Biu winter, has I been introduced into the Pittsburg j councils. ! Mrs. Alexander Ashton anil" child ren spent yesterday :u Mooresburg. SEI WASHINQTO I SPECIAL TEACHERS' TOUR PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD I JUNE 15 1 O 18, 1908 $| a 'J A For the Round Trip 1 t-.OV/ from South Danville COVERS ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES. SIDE-TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA j For fall details concerning leaving time uf trains, tickets, and hotel re- j | nervations, consult Ticket Agents. J. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOVD | Passenger Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent Greatest Greek Painter. London's Shabby People. The most celebrated of the Greek Lot the reader keep his eyes open as painters was undoubtedly Apelles, 33'J he walks aliout London, and he will see 1!. C. Apelles was the court painter of on every side of him the broken sol- Alexander the Great ami is said to diers of this innumerable army. The have been the only artist whom the old journalist, the old clerk, the old great Macedonian would permit to actor, the old shopman, the old non paint his portrait. It is related of deserlpts of those odd and multifarious Apelles that, while Alexander was In- employments whose very names are un specting one of his paintings of a horse, j known to most of us—there they go, a horse, seeing the picture, neighed, pensionless, comfortless and homeless, whereupon the artist exclaimed to the living on the gratuities of their chil king, "The horse knows more about tlren and seeking in chance employ* art than you do." Having once accept- ments to earn a casual sixpence for ed a correction from a shoemaker about their hunger. The common lodging a wrongly painted shoe in one of his houses, the miserable garrets in court pictures, he declined further criticism and alley and the cheap bedrooms In from him with the observation which small suburban streets are always full has become famous, "Let the shoe- of London's shabby people. London maker stiek to his last." ; Strand Magazine. "HOW !■!—WBIWWWW! HSCim* - PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BULLETIN JUNE ON THE GREAT LAKES. ke-.iit:l, i.ehghtfuJ, interesting, and instructive, there is -.o trip like that on the Great Lakes, those inland Seas which torin tne border line between the United States and Canada. Ami June ;s one of the most charming months in the vear in which to take the trip. f»r comfort the fine passenger steamships of the Anchor L;n< iiave no superiors. As well-appointed as the palatial :'i .uej hounds which plow the Atlantic, their schedule allows sufficient time at all stopping places to enable the tra veler to see something of the great lake cities and to view in daylight the most distinctive sights of the lakes, and the scenery which frames them. Ihe trij) through the Detroit River, and through Laki St. Clair, with its great ship canal in the middle of the lake, thence through Lake Huron, the locking of the steamer through the great locks at the Soo, and the passage of the Portage Entry, lake and canal, across the upper end of Michi gan are novel and interesting features. Ihe voyage from Buffalo to Duluth covers over eleven hundred miles in the five days' journey. Leaving Buffalo, the steamships Juniata and Tionesta, make stops at Erie, Cleve land, Detroit, Mackinac Island, the Soo, Marquette, Houghton and Hancock, and Duluth. The 1!>08 season opens on June Iti, when the Steamer Tionesta will make her first sailing from Buffalo. Ihe Anchor Line is the Great Lake Annex of the Penn sylvania Railroad, and the service measures up to the high standard set by the"Standard Railroad of America." An illustrated folder, giving sailing dates of steamers, rates of fare, and other information is in course of preparation, ami may be obtained when ready from any Pennsylvania Rail road 1 icket Agent, who is also prepared to book passengers who may desire to take this trip through the Great Lakes and back. 112 PERSONALS. "1 5 i Mi.-s M ibel Kahlcr, >{ Bloomsbnrg, transacted busings in Danvills yes ttrday. William Bell and Edward F.11.m are attending the fire usn's conven tion iu Hazleton. Mrs. Samuel Border, of Clearfield, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J Rogers, Mill street. Mrs. W H. Zeigicr aud Mrs. John Miller aud son John, of Bloom road, attended the fnueral of Joseph Me ('loud, at Snnbury, yesterday. Rev. L. D. Ulrich left vesterdav to attend the Lutheran Miuisterium, of Pennsylvania and artjacont states, which convenes at Allentown this i morning. I Clyde Heddens, of Washingtonvilie, ! was a Danville visitor yesterday. Mrs. A. Horuberger and daughter Mrs. Josephine Kimerer returned yes terday after a short visit in Milton. Miss Lettie Maxwell, of Pottsville, and Miss Louise Albright, of Munoy, I are spending today with Miss Edith Kramer, West Mahoning street. i Eugene Kemp, of Williamsport, is visitincr at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Doster, Church street. Miss Margaret Jacobs.of Nanticoke, is the guest, of Miss Ma Sweisfort, Mill street. | Mrs. Hugh Murray and sons Glen and Roswell, returned to Forty Fort j yesterday, after a visit at the Consart | homestead, East Market street. j Miss Elsie Moore, a student at Bryn Mawr, is spending the summer vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. •T. E. Moore, Ferry street. Mrs. Charles Hemmerly and son Paul, Vine street, spent yesterday with relatives in Snnbury. Mrs. Thomas Lewis, Upper Mulber ry street, is [visiting her father, An drew Smith, inShamokin. Mrs. W. H. Wyant, East Mahoning street, spent yesterday with 'friends 1 in Mooresburg. OUTBREAK OF RABIES FEARtiB • Danville and vicinity aie likely ti [experience another mad dog sc.tro Gyrus Geringer, a resielout of Mahon ing township came elown to town Tu outlay morning and notified Chief-of poli' p Mince mover that his do.; hat run amuck. Mr. Geringer l> >licver that 1110 animal was affected witl rahies and lie was afraid tlint he> line already bitten several other dogs. .Mr. Geriuger had wade an attempt to kil the dog and along with some other: had chased hiin for quite a distance ! but the dog had escaped and was stil ! ! at large. 1 I Mr. Geringer described the auima jns a white bull dog with short tail j According to another report the do> J was seen iu the Fourth ward near tin | corner of Center and Ash slreets. He j everywhere impressed people with tin I belief that he was mad. Iu the vicin | itv of Sidler hill he bit several dogs, I The officers immediately started oul j in search of the dog and spent, tlx j greater part of the forenoon iu a fruit ] less starch. SHOT BY GEOKGE MOWR'SY. ! They were unable to find the elop for the reason that soon after entering I the borough he turned and retraced | his steps toward Grovauia, where he was killed. Early in the morning s white bull dog, which answered the descriptiou of Mr. Gerinuer's dog, up peared at the store of C D. Garrisoi at Grovauia. There seemed to be no doubt that he had hydrophobia Ho was surrouudet: with other dogs, but whether any ol these were bitten or not is not known. At last he crawled under the store porch. Here later he was shot bj George Mowrey. Other dogs were no doubt bitten b\ the dog which ran amuck, not only ir Danville, but also iu the country be tween here and Grovauia. Assumint i that the dog was mad it is feared thai there will be a general outbreak ol rabies before long. In order that peo pie may know just what to expect the dog's head was severed and shipped tc the Live stock sanitary board at Phil adelphia, by Mr. Garrison yesterdaj forenoon. Here a microscopic inspect ion will be made and all doubts wil I bo removed ns to whether or not tlu i dog was mad Her Dukelet. | "Who are those peoplo on the shore?' Implored the (luk. 's fair bride, i "My creditors, my creditors," the little | duke replied. ! "What mak .1 you look BO sad, so sad?' Implored the duke's fair bride, i "I'm dreadln' what I've got to face." th< ! little duke n-plied, Kor my tailor's t..< iv among 'em, nnc he'll clamor for his pay. My hatter weighs two hundred, and hit list Is lmrd, they say. I wish your pa had settled things before we ■ died away. ; Fort! y d ail be Jiimpin' on me at the ,din'!" "\ mak. s thom have that hungry Implored the duke's youny "They waited long, they've waited long," the little duke replied. "What makes that tall man shake his fist?" Implored the duke's young bride. "He wants his cash, he wants his cash," the little duke replied. "He s the man from whom I purchased the engagement ring you wear, For 1 told him that your father was a multimillionaire. He's as strong, they suy. as Samson was before he lost his hair. And I'm dreadin' what'll happen when we're lanilln'!" "What makes the crowd Increase so fast?" implored tho duke's sweet bride. "More creditors, more creditors," the trembling Uuke replied. "Why do they seem so rude, so rude?" implored th. duke's sweet bride. "Because, alas, they are canaille," tho trembling duke replied. "Your pa was cruel hard to make the dot he nave so small. If I should settle with them, we'd have nothln' left at all. Address 'cm from the gangway—try to stand 'em oft till fall— Or they'll do things that may shock us at the landln'!" —& K Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. Carries Weight. "Pa," said Freddy, "what is a social scale"/" "Generally speaking," replied pa, "It's a place whore they weigh money."* Cnros Woman's Weaknesses. Wo refer t »tnat boon to weak, nervous, snllorin : v . h-. m 1 12. v.vn :• Dr. iMcrce'i Favorite i - ri^iion. Dr. .John Fyf • .me of tho Editorial Staft of Tin: Kri : Mi : al li VU.w say. of Unicorn root (lid* .is which is one of tho chief ingmik-nts of the "Fa vorito Prescription ": "A r» rnr<ly wbloh ir variably nets as aui.M- Ine inviforator • * 4 makes lor normal ac tivity of tho entire reproductive system." Fie continues *lii Ilelon'.as we have a medica ment which mere fully answei i the above purposes than any other drug with which 1 am 'icawtinted. In the treatmeut of diseases pe culiar to women it is seldom that a case Is seen which does not present somo indication for this remedial agent." Dr. Fyfo further says:"The following arc among the leading Indications for Uelonlas (Unicorn root), l'ain atonic (weak) condltloiS of the reproductive organs of toomen. mentiH depression and ir ritability. alisoctated wittf chronic diseases of the reproductive tvhrans of women; constant sensation Jt heat fin the region of the kid neys; nn ryftrrhagla (flooding), due to a weak ened condition off the reproductive system; eynyu/ressed or absent monthly periodAyaWsirfi? from or accompanying an abnojayil condition of the digestive organs and iiiKi'mic ( thin blood ) habit; drawing sensufon* to the extreme lower part of the abdomen." + If more or Icß9 of the above svmutoma rrgi'mnionrMut trading lUriiiF eh to of w null Is Unicorn reiot, or Uelonlas, and the meeiicai properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent Ingredient of "Favorite Prescription," Prof. Finley Elllngwood, M. I)., of Ben nett Medical College, Chicago, says: "It Is an important remedy in disorders of the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * • and general enfeyblement. it Is useful." Prof. John M. Scudaer, M. I)., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: "In relation to its general effects on the system, there fa nn medicine In tine about which there If nteh yeneral unanimity of opinion. It Is uhlvcrtallii regarded lo* the tonic useful in all debilitated states." Prof. K. Bartholow, M. D., of Jefferson Medical College, says of Golden Seal: "Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menor rhagia (flooding) and congestive dysmenor rhea (painful menstruation)." I)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith fully represents all the above named in gredients and cures the diseases for which thev are recommended DEAD FISD If) THE RIVER Some of our townspeople living along the river are pretty well con vinced that parties farther up the stream are killing fish bv explosives, probably bv dynamite. Evidence of this violation of the fish law exists in the form of large num bers of dead fish that conm floating down the stream, some of them rank ing with the largest that were ever hooked iu this part cf the Stato On last Saturday morning a couple iof residents of the npper end of the borough while rowing across to Blue hill counted about twenty dead fish j the most of them Susquehanna salmon, j floating on the surface of the water. A number of these were above the i average iu size and would have filled the heart of the average angler with ; joy, had he at any time iu his exper ience been successful enough to laud one of them with hook and line. None of the fish, so far as examined could bo seen to bear any external injury hr would have bean the case had tnev been caught by hook or killed bv spear i iug. Ou Sunday morning Frank Ross ran across <i monster Susquehanna salmon, | Killed by apparently the same means, lying among rho tall grass opposite the lower end of West Market street. This fish was probably the largest ever taken from the North branch and measured thirty-one inches iu length. None of the fish,which seem to have , c nne "own the river at the game time, had \ lidded to decomposition and bore the i.,ipo»ranca of having been dead fifi. ito twenty hours. The big fish, espenally, was very closely examined ' and was exhibited to the crew at the | v aier works j Ji ging by )!••< condition of the I fi.- i persu"* w surne to know !o c.t'< i ) i.\ . fifteen to twenty ; milts up tl.e riv . Obviously the lisli wardens, if they chose to direct their investigations io (oat i[uar:er, inignt uncover a great deal of illegal fishing. Killing fish by explosives is punish able with a fine of one hundred dol lars or an imprisonment of six months in the county jail. The penalty is not too heavy. As revealed by the dis j covery in the river here, fish are | slaughtered by the wholesale as far as the cnucossion extends, until they i exceed iu numbers the needs of those I exploding the dynamite and many are permitted to drift away, pollut ing the river with their dead bodies. BIRDS AS THEY SLEEP. Suail Form a Dense Circle With All Heads Facing Out. The nightcap preparations of the chubby little quail are: very inteivsting. Each evening the covey forms in a new place, and this selection eif the spot entails serious efforts, Bobwhite nev er quite loses remembrance of the many dangers which make his life in a wild state one great fear, A white tluoateel male with soft clucks calls together a dozen of his comrades, and for a few minutes they all huddle to gether, but soon from the farther end of the- aviary a clear "U'hew-bobwhite!" rings out, and off scurry the whole band, this time perhaps to settle for the night in the new place?—a dense circle of little forms, heads all facing out, just as in their native stubble they rest facing in every direction, so that at the first hint of danger from any point of the compass the covey may explode anel go booming off In safety. Poor little fellows, their wild life is strenuous imhvd! Well for their race that every nest holds from ten to eight een eggs insteael of three or four! The woodpeckers sleep resting upon their tails, even the (tickers invariably following tills custom, although during the day the flickers spend much of their time perching In passerine man ner, crosswise upon a twig. Small birds, such as thrushes and warblers, sleep usually upon some small twig, with heads tucked behind wings In orthodox bird fashion, but they occa j slonally vary this In a remarkable way by clinging all night to the vertical wires of their cages, sleeping apparent ly as soundly in this as iu the usual positiein of rest. A bluebird in a small cage- rdept thus about one or two nights out of enich week. Any explanation of this voluntary and widespread habit I among perching birds would be difficult to suggest. Tiie little hanging parrokeets derive i their name from their custom of sleep ing alv.avs in a reversed position, aiul when distributee! over their roosting tree they resemble some strange, petul ant, j.-rre'ii fruit rather than sleeping ; birds.—Ontlni/ Alatrazlne Adam What are you worrying ; about? Eve>—l'm afraid these new Jig ! leaves aren't going to wear well.—New York Pre>ss. A Distinction Without a Difference. Flve-year-olel Deborah htul been in vltcd to take luncheon at a restaurant with Miss K. "Do you like cocoa she was asked. When tho answer was "Yes," the j beverage was duly brought, but re- j malneel untasted. At last Miss K. said, "Why elou't you j drink your cocoa, Deborah, when you said you wanted it?" "I didn't say I wanted it," replied the child politely. "I only said that I j liked it."—Woman's Home Companion. | Naturally. Towne—Sleep well? Stubbs—l.ike a top—never lose a 1 wiuk. "Great Scott! What do you take?" "An alarm clock to my room and then set the alarm for half an hour after I goto bed. As seion as it rings I naturally roll over and go to sleep!"— Plck-Me-Up. Helping Him Out. Borrows—l say, olel man, I wish you would help me out today. Busyman—Haven't time to do it my self, but I'll call the porter. John, open the ele>or ami help the gentleman out.—Chicago News. BOD! REMOVED TO POTTSVILLB All that Is mortal of W R Mi:hr, I general manager of tl.e Danviii; au j Bloomsburg Street Railway couipany, was consigned to the grave In the Olias. J Baber cemetery at Pottaville Wedu< s- I day aftern ;uu After a short ,i rvioe lat the late residence of tho deceased, I Pine 'street. Tuesday ujorulug the | body was removed to Pottsville on | tlie 11:3 aP. & It. train. | Tlio services at the lac» residence i ; was very largely attended. Among the i relatives fiom Pottsville who attended the services here were Mr. and Mrs. Levi Miller, father and mother of the deceased, F. H Wyid, Harry Heckler and Clarence Messersmith,brothers-in law, all of whom arrived Monday even | ing or previously. Judge K. H. Koch | aud wife of Pottsville and Thomas j B. lUig and Charles E. Lippe of Read j ing arrived yesterday morning aud ! were present at the funeral service. ! Between the hours of 8:30 and II:40 : all business was suspended on the Danvilie and Bloomsburg Electric railway. Many of the employes attend |ed the funeral. Among others present was W. J. Terwilliger, superintend lent of the Columbia and Montour | Electric Railway. The service was oonductcd by the i R'.iv. J. W'ollaston Kirk, pastor of tlie | Mahoning Presbyteriau church, who | spoke very beautifully on the life of ■ i tlio deceased, his remarks biing so apt, so full of sympathy and consola tion rliat they made a deep impression ;ou all who heard them. Tlie choir of ; the Mahoning Presbyteriau church j rendered a selection, "Good Night" : with very impressive effect. ; The flowers, formed a beautiful aud | striking tributo. There was a very i handsome offering from the directors ,of the Danville and Bloomsburg 11 Street Railway company; a large ! wreath from tlie employes of the same I company and flowers from individual i friends. ! Shortly after II o'clock the body j was removed to the P. &R. station |lt was placed on the 11:23 train and, : accompanied by the immediate rela i tives, was conveyed to Pottsville. The | pall bearers who officiated j were : H. B. Shultz, Dr. J. E. Rob i bins, A. H. Orone, W. L. McClure, Irvin Vannau.and John B. McCoy. THE INTERMENT. Arriving at Pottsville the body was removed to the homo of Levi Miller, fattier of the deceased. Twelfth street, where the last sad rites were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,the Rev. | Dr. Milhnan, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Pottsville, con i ducting the service. The pall bearers acting in Pottsville will be as follows : ! David E. Jones, Harry Lord, Oscar j Sterner, George Weiderhoid, P. P. Straub and George Moll. The deceased lias a brother, George i Miller, of Chattanooga, Tenn., who is superintendent of a large electric railway. He was unable to attend the funeral services here by reason of ill ness iu his family. Pour sisters also 'survive: Mrs. Clarence Messersmith, Mrs. Charles Manhart. Mrs. Harry Heckler of Pottsville aud Mrs. P. H. i Wyid, of Tamaqua. MOST PROSPEROUS OF SECRET ORDERS Tlie Independent Order of Odd Pet lows is one of tlie most, if not the j most, prosperous order in existence today. The 1907 journal of the Sover j eigti Grand Lodge gives the following figures, 1830 to December 31, 1906: In : itiations in subordinate lodges, 3,r,i?,- »57t!; members relieved, 3,356,601: wid owed families relieved, 388,'.»3l»: mem bers deceased, 330,577; total relief, 112 Ha, 111,11111.67 : total revenue, 1308,- j 465,683.51. There is no similar organ ization that can come any way near showing figures like these. Of the 3, 1 197,67 initiated into subordinate , lodges, we now have about 1,800,000! counting the Rebikais. This placi ns at tha head of the frater.:al order-. -in point of numbers, vid we tan ' ilv retain that positon In fi . rate of iucri '-sn each nar is (.rows larger and ami .t will :i many years until wo v 111 havs j,(:. • 1)00 uaoies on our rolls If « could retain a sreater per cent, of those in itiated each year,we would gro i. no rapidly. Bat for some unknown reas on we lose a largo number for non-pay went of dues and this is the oue thing that causes our grand officers more worry aud trouble than anything els?. There seems to be no remedy for it, however. Bur notwithstanding this fact, wo are growing ve.-y rapidly, each year the net increase being great er than the preceding oue." Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Relieve* Cold* by working {ham Mt of the system through a eoptowe md healthy action of the bowels. Relieves coughs by oleanatag *ts mucous membranes of the throat, flfcaaf and bronchial tubes. "As pleeseat to fte teeto at Mm|| iMlif" Children Like It fm BAOUONI-VUI KUTO Tn DiVUfi KMmj ut HiUm Ml For Sale by Paulea & Co. TROOPERS PASS THROUGH TOWN Tha three troops of cavalry, which wore reported in catip ntar Northum berlatul Sunday,m irclied through Dan ville early Monday mo. Mini: L was probably the fir-t tiuie that United States cavalry ever through our town and tlie spectacle was oue that will he remembered for a time by those wlio were so fortnuate as to wit ness it. The troopj aro from Fort Meyer, Va.. aud are on their way to Pine Plains, New York, to take part iu the regular cavalry nameuvers to be held there in connection with the quick mobilization of the army of tha de ; partment of the East. The three troops comprised over two hundred mounted men. The main body was preceded by an advance guard and two scouts, the latter arriving in Danville about 6 a. in. The advance guard went through town quite leisu rely, stopping occa.-ionaly to converse with the citizens. About 7 :30 o'clock the main body arrived. It was a spectacle such as the i oldest residents hud never seen ou our streets before. Tl;e cavalrymen rode ! two abreast in a go-as-you-please man ner, the long line of troopers exteud ing from a point ou the Northumber land road along tin whole length of Bloom street to the lin?. The mou were covered witii dust as the result of their ride over the public road from Northumberland. Officers and enlisted men, alike wore slonch iiats aud olive drab unit'oini;. The officers wore leather leggins, while tho privates wor>' leggins of canvas and this appeared to bo tlie only difference in the uaifortus. The first troop was mounted on sor ; rel horses exclusively.the second troop ou black horses and the third on bay horses. The liorses without exception had the appearance of being fine well kept animals, while the men were ac complished riders. It is said that every horse in the three troops has been especially train ed by his rider The advance guard while in town gave several perform ances, exhibiting alike their skill in ; riding and the extent to which their I horses had been disciplined and train ed. The main body of the cavalry was followed with eight wagons, each drawn by four mules. There was also an ambulance in the rear. The three t-oops proceeded ai far as Bloomsburg where they spent the day They were encamped on the fair grouud of tho Columbia county Agri | cultural society. The tents, which are small "dog tents" are pitched side by side in three rows. The large covered wagons arrived about au hour after j the soldiers. They contained the offic | er's tents,cooking utensils,feed boxes, etc. The ambulance, which accom ' pauied the troopers, fortunately was empty. Colonel Dickmau. the commander, is a well-built man of about forty-five years. He resembles President Rooss- I velt in appearance, and with his five j officers saw service iu the Spanish- American war. He is well-liked by all | the soldiers under him. With this body of men is Sergeant Ocker, one of the best marksmen iu the United States army. He has won many medals and at the annual con tets of tuarksiuen held at Fort Keo, lud., last jear, won the gold medal for making the highest score. RABIES ARE A REAL MENACE WASHINGTON, June 10. Dr. 15. C. Scliroeder, superintendent of the Department of Agriculture ex periment station, at Bethesda, Md., declared that rabies is a disease which really exists, is communicable to hum an beings and is a menace to human life. He has issued a pamphlet mak- I ing a plea for drastio measures to I stamp out tho mad deg peril. Dr. Schrceder urges that laws bo passed aud enforced making it coni pulsory for i g own rs to have their d"gs liconsed ;»t (1 muzzled at all times He «il'o plead-i for the extermination of all tin;. • rot I;; i• • , n.d !< Us for ltws hnldin r d- - owikh > > sonally responsible i . damhro ti:.< able to their animals. "I have no animosity for the mong rel waifs," ho said, ' bat iu the name of hnmauity, I see no other way of safe guarding the community from the most terrible disease Imaginable then destroying the cause." 11-I-P A-N-S Tabule Doctors find A gcod prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enough for usua occassious. The family bottle (60 cents oontaius a supply for a year. All drug gists WINDSOR HOTEL* W. T. HHI*BAKER. Manager. Midway between llroad St. Station and Reading Terminal on Filbert St A convenient and homelike place to stay while In tlio city shopping. An « xcflleiit restaurant where good service combines with low prices. a> and up The only moderate priced hotel of reputation and consequence in PHILADELPHIA
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