Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., June IS,
IHAT THE 4TH
COSTS ANNUALLY
The fitting celebration of Independ
ence day, is a question on which pat
riotic Americans are separated iu two
widely divergent parties, one claim
ing that it ought to be observed as
noisily as possible,the other believing
that oar national birthday is too glor
ious an occaison to be marred by din
and disorder. Of course we know that
even among those who favor a boister
ous observance there are many who
cannot tolerate it themsevles, and es
cape to the country in order to avoid
the tortures of the "awful Fourth"—
just as we know that a large propor
tion of the noisemakers, Including the
small boy, too, is heedless, if not ig
norant, of all that our holiday stands
for, and thinks of it only as a time
when clamor may reign unrestrained.
The figures which indicate the price
that we pay for each of our yearly
celebrations are so appalling that one
would suppose a knowledge of them
would he the most powerful deterrent
to our annual massacre. Tirts, unfor
tunately, is not the case. For the past
five years the Journal of the American
Medical association has endevored to
oollect statistics setting forth what
the celebration of the Fourth costs in
life and human usefulness; and al
though these are admittedly incom
plete-compiled, as they are, almost
entirely from newspaper reports in
stead of troni records of hospitals,dis
pensaries and physicians—they form
the gravest possible arraignment of
the recklessness which is willing to
pay such a price for a "jolly day."
They show that during the celebration
of five national birthdays, from 1903
to 190? inclusive, 1,153 persons were
killed and 22,530 were injured. Of the
injured eighty suffered total and 389
partial blindness, 380 persons lost
arms, legs or hands, and 1,670 lost one
or more fingers. But these figures,
startling as they are, convey only a
faint idea of the suffering, botli phy
sical and mental, which went to swell
the total cost of these five holidays. In
this we must, also include the weeks
and often months of anguish of the in
jured, the suspense of entire families
while the fate of some loved one hung
in the balance, the horror of a future
of sightless years, the pinching pov
erty now the lot of many because of
the deatli or maiming of the bread
winner.
GEORGETOWN'S
NAME IS CHANGED
The town of Georgetown is blotted
off the map of Northumberland coun
ty. Not by earthquake, fire,famine or
extermination is it lost to humanity,
but by the official action of the Penu
sylvauia railroad, which went, into
effect yesterday authorizing the chang
ing of the name on the board at the
station and in the various time tables
and other official documents of (lie
company from Georgetown to the more
imposing title of Dalmatia This ac
tion follows some years after that of
the postoffice department, which offici
ally designated the town Dalmatia to
avoid confusion with another George
town in a different part of the Stale.
Though Dalmatia it may be to the
postoffice and the Pennsylvania rail
road, Georgetown it remains to the
inhabitants and Georgetown it is like
ly to remain for years to come.
Exploding a Mine In Granite.
One of the methods of quarrying
granite is to dislodge a huge sheet
from the surface of the formation
through the medium of a powder mine.
A large perpendicular shaft is first
blasted to a depth of about thirty
fret. At the bottom of this and radiat
ing in all directions horizontally, like
the spokes of a huge wheel, long boles
are drilled. The extremities of these
holes are then shot with light charges
of dynamite in order to create cham
bers large enough to receive large
quantities of black powder. This takes
weeks of ever increasing charges.
Then the final charge is loaded. The
now huge chambers at the extremities
of tho spokes are packed with hun
rtre !i of pounds of powder, numerous
ele trie wires attached and the whole
mine tamped with fine material. A
mighty roar and rumble in the bowels
of tho earth and the huge sheet ii de
tached from the ledge.—Popular Me
chanics.
A Boy on Clergymen.
Bishop Potter at an ecclesiastical
dinner in New York one time read a
Cooperstown schoolboy's essay on
"Clergymen." The essay, which creat
ed much amusement, was as follows:
"There are three kinds of clergymen
bisbups rectors andcurats. the blshups
toils the recters to work and the curats
have to do it. a curat is a thin mar
ried man but when he is a recter he
gets fuller and can preach longer ser
mons and beeums a good man."—Wash
ington Star.
Women and Betting.
"T> by is it that jiien bet aud women
don't V"
"Men choose betting as a means of
putting a stop to an argument."
"Well?"
"Well, women never want an argu
ment stopped."—Cleveland Leader.
Here is an extract from the pros
pectus of a hotel in Switzerland:
"Welssbach is the favorite place of
resort for those who are fond of soli
tude. Persons in search of solitude
are, in fact, constantly flocking here
from the four quarters of the globe."—
London Tatler.
GRIM STRUGGLES ARE NOW UN
AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Injunction Plank Is Principal Bone o! Contention—A Compromise Is Likely—
Yice Presidency S'.ill in Doobt —Convention
May Ciose Today.
CHICAGO, June 17.
Down to business at last, the four
teenth Republican National conven
tion entered upon its second day with
several importaut factors unsettled,
and with trouble enough in sight to
make it practically certain that at
least two days more must be consum
ed before nominations can be made
and the work of the convention com
pleted.
There was a striking contrast be
tween the gaiety of the crowds in the
hotels and cafes idly and noisily wliil
ing away the time and the grim strug
gle in which the two most importaut
standing committes were engaged—
that on credentials continuing through
out the night. The hotels were a scene
of what might be called harmless riot;
singing, cheering crowds iu'ceaselees,
endless lines passed back and fortli;
eampaigu songs of old times and new
were sung and the far corners of the
great buildings rang with cheers for
everybody from Roosevelt and the fav
orite sous down to the most infinitesi
mal leader]£of a Republican forlorn
hope.
COMPROMISE IS LIKELY.
Meanwhile the real questions] im
mediately at issue were being thresh
ed out in the committees *oi» resolu
tions and credentials. The proposed
plank in the platform relating to the
limitation of ttie use ol court injunc
tions in labor?; controversies was of
course the principal bone of conten
tion.
The committee referred the question
to a sub-committee and the sub-com
mittee late in the evening adjourned
until this morning. At that time sur
face indications pointed long and
bitter struggle. in the night,
however.it became known that a com
promise was likely.
HAVE ENOUGH VOTES.
All night the committee on credent
ials ploughed through the long line of
contests and few were much surprised
to find that all of the decisions con
firmed those of the national commit
tee.
The committee on rules and order of
business also had troubles of its own.
and adjourned until this moruing with
an unsettled controversy of importance
on its hands. Ttiis was over the pre
position tD reduce the ratio of repre
sentation in future national conven
tions
Shiraz, Xeres and Sherry.
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff's knowl
edge of Spain and of Persia is shown
in the following paragraph taken from
his "Rambling Recollections:"
"In Persia no wine Is manufactured
for sale except at Shiraz. When Persia
was invaded by the Arabs they took
back with them to Morocco the grapes
of the district. In Spain they wished
to naturalize the new fruit, and this
they did at a place called Xeres. In
tended for Shiraz, there being no
sound equivalent to 'sh' In Spanish.
There they cultivated the grape and
made wine, which now returns to Eu
rope as 'sherry,' that word being a
paraphrase of Shiraz. Shiraz wine Is
very similar In taste to sherry."
Dividing the Labor.
"So, Sam. I hear you've taken a part
ner for life."
"Yes, sab; married yesterday, sail."
"I hope you believe in equal division
of labor and will not expect your part
ner to do all the work. Sam."
"No, sah! No, indeed, sah! I does
believe we bofe should do our share,
sah. Wife's gwine to tlo d' wash in',
und I'm gwine t' act as treasurer, sah!"
Yonkers Statesman.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BULLETIN
JUNE ON THE GREAT LAKES.
- Restful, delightful, interesting, and instructive, there is
no trip like that on the (ireat Lakes, those inland seas which
form the border line between the United States and Canada.
And June i- one of the,most charming months in the year in
which to take* the trip.
l or comfort the fine passenger steamships of the Anchor
Line have no superiors. As well-appointed as the palatial
ocean greyhounds 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.
The trip through the Detroit River, and through Lake
St. Clair, with its great ship canal in the middle of the lake,
thence through Lake Huron, the locking of the steadier
through the great locks at the Soo, and the passage of the
Portage Ivntry, lake and canal, across the upper end of Michi
gan are novel and interesting features.
Ihe voyage from Buffalo to Puluth 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 Dulutli.
The 190s season opens on June 10, when the Steamer
Tionesta will make her first sailing from Buffalo.
The 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,
and may be obtained when ready from any Pennsylvania Rail
road Ticket Agent, who is also prepared to book passengers
who may desire to take this trip through the Great Lakes and
back.
In view of these important matters
before the committees it was assumed
at the outset that today's session of
tlie convention would be comparative
ly perfurctory.so far as the main pur
pose of nomination is concerned. The
features ot the day were expected to
be a parade of the visiting marching
clubs, the reports of the committees
and the speech of United States Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu
setts, as permanent chairman of the
convention.
"IS IT CUMMINS
OR FAIRBANKS? "
CHICAGO, June 17.
Cummins cr Fairbanks! Such tie
Cummins men were declaring at the
beginning of today's activities and
they were adding that Fairbanss
would not take the nomination if ten
dered and that if tie would take it,the
administrat on would not accept him.
The supporters of the Vice President
did not for a moment accept this an
alysis of the situation, but contended
that with the Presidency disposed of,
the supporters of the successful can
didate will be only too glad to wel
come the reuomination of the Vice
President. They also chargi that und
er sucb pressure as is likely to be
brought to bear on him,Mr Fairbanks
will not he able to refuse to permit
the use of his naun .
NOMINATING
SPEECHES TODAY
CHICAGO, June IT.
If compromise be reached today upon
the disputed planks of the Republican
platform, and if trouble over the com
mittee reports do not extend over
night, there seems a lair prospect'that
tomorrow will be clear for the nomi
nating speeches and that the close of
the day may see the} close of the con
vention.
One of the most remarkable and wel
come features of the couvent on so far
has been the ideal weather. The early
hours gave promise of another pleasant
day; lair aud cool after the fashion of
mid-September. This condition great
ly refreshed tlie weary hours of the
night committee sessions, and in gen
eral has contributed to make the phy
sical surroundings of the great con
vention more than u-ually comfort
able. In fact it lias been almost too
cool for comfort at times.
A Natural Thermometer.
It was a sapphire that led the late
Dr. Sorby to the discovery of the na
ture of the liquid sometimes found In
closed in the cavities of crystals. The
gem iu question contained a tube shaped
cavity a quarter of an Inch in diameter,
which was so regular in Its bore that it
served by means of the liquid partially
filling it for a thermometer. The con
taiued liquid half filled the bore at 5C
degrees F. and completely filled it at
Sy degrees. A study of the rate of ex
pansion of the iiquid led Dr. Sorby to
the conclusion that it must be carbonic
ncid.
Freak of a Maine Hurricane.
The most remarkable freak of a
February hurricane happened recently
st Maholland's cove, at the entrance
to the Narraguagus river, near Mill
bridge, Me. A barn containing two
large cruising launches, two large gas
oline engines and about 000 pounds of
lead, intended for ballast, was picked
up from a wharf, blown over a fence
of piling seven feet in height and de
posited on a bank nearly 500 feet
n way. The contents were not dam
aged.
SUNBURY'S LAND
IKYSTMEIPLiIED
For the past two years the people ot j
this section of the State have been |
puzzled to know what the land buying
mystery in Monroe township cf Sny
der county across the river from Sun
bury meant. By the recording of some
papers at the courthouse as Middle
burg Saturday the mystery has been
unveiled to a certain extent.
J. Murray Africa, of Huntingdon,
was engaged during the entire summer
of 19C6 iu buying up all the land from
Shainokiu Dam to Seiinsgrove, and
succeeded in lauding forty-five differ
ent tracts, many of them being large
farms, making a total of several thou
sand acres of the most fertile land in
Snyder county. The land was first
optioned for six months and a charter
was secured in the name cf the State
Realty company, and it was to this
company that the land was deeded.
Andrew A. Leiser, of Lewisburg,
attorney for the Pennsylvania Rail
road company, was at the court iiouve
Saturday and tiled a deed from the
State Realty company to the Northern
Central Connecting Railroad company
for these forty-two tracts for a consid
eration of $173,220.
Tiie deed was signed by J. Murray
Africa, president; John D. Mytou,
secretary, and J. S. VanZandt treasur
er.
Aloug with the deed that was enter
ed iu the recorder's office appear some
equity papers filed in the prothonot
ary's office by the Northern Central
Connecting Railroad company against
the Sunburv and Seiinsgrove Electric
Street Railway company.
While it is now positively known
who the real purchaser of the laud is,
there is no longer so much mystery
with regard to the proposed use of the
laud, as it is evidently intended for a
large railroad yard and the building
of a railroad from Shamokin Dam to
Duncannon and perhaps some car sliog s
or other manufacturing establishment
akin to the railroad interests.
Along with these announcements
conies the advertisement of a large lot
sale on the edge of the improvement
lands, so that it would appear that
something was going to happen real
soon in the eastern part of Snyder
county.
SHEFFIELD PLATE.
History of This Now Very Rare and
Valuable Ware.
Sheffield plate differs from all other
plated ware iu that the plating was
done on the sheet metal before the
article was shaped. Before and since
then plating of various sorts has been
applied only to the finished piece, as in
our electroplating process. Moreover,
the plating was done on copper, while
modern base metal is usually com
posed of an amalgam of copper, nickel
and zinc.
Fin her more, it is possible for the
oo!!o rto secure examples of early
i and so called Queen Anne
wo-.ii ;•! Sheffield plate, while the
rarity : ul high money value of silver
ware of that period make its acquisi
tion extremely difficult. Sheffield plate
historically and artistically is as worthy
of a place beside old china and old
mahogany as is old silverware.
In 1742 one Thomas Colsover of
Sheffield, England, described In the
histories as an "ingenious mechanic,"
accidentally fused some sliver and cop
per while repairing a knife. He began
experimenting, seeking for a method of
plating copper with silver for the man
ufacture of small articles. In 1743, to
gether with Joseph Wilson, he set up a
factory for the manufacture of buc
kles, snuffboxes and knife bandies.
Joseph Hancock soon got hold of the
secret and, perfecting It, demonstrated
that it was possible to Imitate the
finest and most richly embossed silver
ware. Settling in Sheffield, he started
the manufacture of all sorts of domes
tic pieces. Beginning modestly with
horsepower, he later added water pow
er for the rolling process. Other man
ufacturers followed his example, and
Sheffield plate soon began to replace
pewter on the tables of the English
middle classes. Altogether we know
of twenty-three important manufactur
ers of this ware.
The industry flourished until the
middle of the nineteenth century, and
so few pieces of copper rolled plate
were made after that time that they
need not concern the collector. Electro
plating wa- discovered or invented by
a medical student of Ilotherham, near
Sheffield, and the new process was
patented on March IS4O. By ISC.O
t !«• • new war;' was on the market ev
erywhere. ::ml the in'ustry had been
revolutionized—Country Life In Amer
ica.
Etiquette of the Flag.
The army regulations of the United
States provide that the flag at every
post shall be raised at reveille each
morning and lowered each evening at
sunset, while the soldiers stand at sa
lute and the band plays "The Star
Spangled Banner."
The flag is never left out overnight
for any reason, except perhaps one.
When a fort or military post is actual
ly under fire from the enemy the flag
may wave defiantly until hostilities are
over. This was poetically exemplified
In Key's inn .>rt: ! soug wherein one
line has it. "Through the night our flag
was still there!"
At all army posts, moreover, there is
a special storm flag, half as large as
the regular post flag, which Is flown
in stormy find windy weather.
Another regulation is that on all oc
casions when the ting is displayed at j
half mast it shall be lowered to that j
position from the top of the staff. It j
is hoisted to the top of the staff before
it U Gnnllv lowered —Harper's Weekly. :
With a Satirical Streak.
French tact is proverbial. A rather
tiresome marquis came up yawning to !
the Prince de I.igne of the court of
Louis XVI.
•That was exactly what I was g->lng
to say to you," observed the prince
suavely.
MOVING PICTURE WAS
RANDALL JACORS
A pleasing incident, quite remark
able in its way, has just come to light
connected with the recent moving pic
ture exhibition in the nickeloid, which
showed the reception tendered the
great American fleet on its arrival at
San Francisco.
Among the audience were Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Jacobs, father and mother
of Randall Jacobs,a midshipman with
the fleet. That they should be able to
recognize their son among the multi
plicity of rapidly moving objects prob
ably never entered their minds. Never
theless in one of the scenes the father
and mother both felt sure they recog
nized their boy. It was in the scene
known as the "Battle of the Flow
ers." The young officer that resembl
ed Randall Jacobs was in the thick of
the conflict holding in his right hand
a Japanese parasol which went to
pieces as the battle wased, while with
his left hand he threw flowers right
and left with unerring aim. It was
this left-handed performance that
strengthened the belief of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacobs that the young man was
Randall, for it happens to be a fact,
well known to all his friends, that he
is left handed.
Other members of the family who
were present at the moving pictures
came away fully convinced that they
had been face to face with Randall—
as ho stood there among the flowers,
full of life, and animation.
So deeply impressed was the family
that Mr. Jacobs wrote to Randall ask
iug for his opinion of the matter. A
prompt reply came in which the young
officer explained tiiat the Danville
friends were right; the left handed
young officer with the tattered parasol
in Ins riuht hand v-"is iiimsolf and no
other. Prior to • . ving the letter
from his parent-, of curiosity, he
' had dropped iut< one of the moving
' picture shows relating to the fleet and
I there had recognized himself in the
attitude above described.
ROUGH RIDERS' REUNION.
President Roosevelt to Bo Invited to
Regiment's Tenth Anniversary.
Arrangements for a reunion of the
| rough riders to be held in New York
j city in June and to which I'resident
i Roosevelt will be invited began the
other day.
Charles E. Knoblauch, at ">'2 Broad
way, who was a member of the First
I volunteer cavalry, is in charge of t'ue
I general plans for the reunion. All the
rough riders in New York city and
the eastern states will lie invited, and
j an invitation will be sent to every
| member whose present whereabouts
! are known. It is expected that some of
| the cowboys and other western men
| who went to Cuba with I'resident
i Roosevelt will goto Now York for the
I reunion.
The meeting will be held to cele-
I brate the tenth anniversary of the for
| niatlou of the rough riders, although
In order that the president may be
; present it may l>e found necessary to
| hold the reunion upon a day that will
I not be the tenth anniversary.
I There have been other reunions of
| the rough riders, but on these occa
| sions only a small portion of the mem-
I bers attended. At this reunion it is
| hoped that nearly all the men will be
j present.
A special delegation, composed of
| men who have long been friends of
President Roosevelt, will goto Wash
ington to ask him to visit New York
I city to attend the reunion and make a
speech.
Pretty Lively.
Miss Lamb, sister of Charles, was
. fond of mity cheese, and ou one oc«a
--i sion her brother was commissioned to
| procure a piece. When he had selected
j what he thought would do, the shop
j man said, "Shall I pack it up, sir?"
"N-no, I—l th-thank y-you," stam
: mered Lamb. "If—if you—you'll g-give
i me a-a string. I'll —I'll lead it U-home"
WELL-KNOWN COUPLE
JOINED IN WEDLOCK
Miss Jennie Knarr, daughter of Jer
emiah Knarr, formerly of Riverside
borough, yesterday became the bride
of John Thompson of this city. The
wedding, which was a quiet allair,
took place at the home of Mr. and
Mrs D. E. Hariug, East Market
street, brother-in-law and sister of
the bride, the nuptial knot being tied
at 10 o'clock by the Rev. L. D. Ul
rich. Only the immediate families
were present.
The newly wedded couple left on
the 12:10 Pennsylvania train for a
trip. Returning they will take up
their residence in a newly furnished
house, which awaits them on Ea?t
Market street.
Both bride and groom are well
known and esteemed residents of this
city.
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
Rsttsvss Colds by working than Ml
oI the ijnltm through • copious ad
healthy action oi ths bowels.
Relieves coughs by nlsinMig Bm
mucous membranes of (1m kmt. nfcaal
and bronchial tubes.
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es
Children Like It
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For Sale by Panlee & CoJ
FORTY-SIXTH STAR !
OK IWO FLAGS
PHILADELPHIA, Juue 17.
Sitting iu a cliair by the window
where sat Betsy Ross wlieu she made
the first. American flag, Mrs. Charles
W. Alexander, of the now State > t
Oklahoma, yesterday, promptly as the
clock struck 8 sewed a star on a brand
new flag.
The star bore tiie word "Oklahoma."
and made the forty-sixth planted iu
the field of blue
At precisely the same minute, in
Guthrie, the capital of the baby mate,
ninety two women were gathered
around a similar flag, on which one of
their number was likewise sewing the
forty-sixth star. These are the first
editions of the new flag.
It was a bit of patriotic sentiment
which inspired the residents of the
newest State. On and after July 4of
this year every flag of the United
States will have forty-six stars. Okla
homans decided that the only place
where a flag could be made which
would deservinglv represent, their
patriotism was in the old Betsy Ross
Flag House.
j On the Fourth of July Governor C.
j M. Haskell, ot Oklahoma, and a dele
gation of citizens will be iu Philadel
phia. At !0 o'clock iu the morning the
flag which was completed by Mrs.
Alexauder yesterday will be raised
above Independence Hall. A program
j of addresses and song will follow, and
|at 12 o'clock the flag will be hauled
down to be taken back to Oklahoma,
while the flag made in Oklahoma yes
terday will be raised iu its place.
When the new flag floats over the
historic building the news will be
sent by telegraph to every city in
Oklahoma that can be reached by the
Morse system. The Oklahomaus in
Philadelphia will sing "The Star-
Spangled Banner," and at virtually
the same instant the Oklahomans in
their own State will join in the chorus
of the national anthem.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
A Madhouse Doctor's Experience With
His Crazy Cooks.
A celebrated Scotch physician tells a
story of a madhouse doctor whose
presence of mind alone saved his life:
"A great friend of mine was for a
considerable time the medical sui»orin
tendent i'f a lunatic asylum near Glas
gow.
"One iu making his customary
rounds lie had occasion to visit the pa
tients in the kitchen, who were pre
paring the dinner. There were seven
of them, all hig. sturdy fellows, who
were believed to be harmless. The
keeper only looked iu upon them now
and again, feeling that his constant
presence was unnecessary.
"The doctor unlocked the iron barred
door of the kitchen and went in
among the lunatics.
"There were live large boilers con
taining scalding water ready for mak
ing the day's dinner for the patients.
"One of the lunatics pointed at the
boilers full of hot water and, laying
his hand upon the doctor's shoulder,
said. 'Doctor, you'll make a fine pot
of broth.' And the words had no soon
er li en uttered than the other six mad
men shouted iu a voice of delight,
'Just the thing,' and, seizing the doc
tor. were in the very act of putting
him into oue of the large boilers of
scalding water when the doctor bail
the presence of mind to say, but not a
second too soon:
"'Capital broth! But it would taste
better if 1 took my clothes off.'
"The madmen, with a yell ol delight,
said 'Yes,' and the doctor asked them
to wait a moment while ho went and
took his clothes off. But as soon as he
got out of the kitchen he turned the
key in the door and ordered the Ueep-
I er to see to the lunatics being put un
der restraint.
"The doctor's presence of mind saved
him, it is true, from a terrible death,
but he died shortly after raving mad.
The exivcrier.ee had destroyed his rea
son."
A Practical View of It.
"Do yon think that dreamers arp also
doers ?"
"They may be if they are also som
nambulists."— Baltimore American.
What Do They Cure?
j Thi above luestl.-n • n r.sked ecu
eerniiu: 1»:. i. - t\v. . • .-iing iu< ai-
I oines, leu Mi ileal Discovery * and
j "Fav..rit •' . r in."
Th • an>. ■ . •• .? "Golden Medical
i It; covery "is a us ; :,ent alterative or
| bio. J-puriiier. . nd t»nic or in vigor a tor
and acts especially favorably in i cura
tive way upon all the mucous lining aur-
I faces. ~r the nasal passage*, throat.
; bronchial tubes, stomach, towels and
blr. ■■-.■vurinj a laree per cent, of catar
rh'ti c;: V*< whether *fie disease affects the
| nas.u i linages, the larynx, bron-
I chia, stotnachsias catan"kal dyspepsia),
i bowels«(as mii\ous^*iJ>K?>!v) ; bladder,
j uterus or other prTvic or?Tn~» iy.. r. if
I 'hflir"' 1 " I"- "'■""■-'i'T ■- of T''"Y :
j a'.TcctiOiislt. n ii in a fleet
■
i peculiar. we^:u^?.' l
(regulariLi-ipirdik.il I^»._nn-n ..Hlv ~n
Isapowerful yet gently acting invigorate
Ing tonic and nervine. For weak worn
out, over-worked women—no matter what
has caused the break-down, "Favorite
Prescription "will be found most effective
In building up t\ie strength, regulating
the womanly functions, subduing pain
and bringing about a healthy, vigorous
conditinn of the whole system.
A book of particulars wraps each bottle
giving the formula- of both modicines and
quoting what scores of eminent med
ical authors. who6o works are consulted
by physicians of all the schools of practice
as guides in prescribing, say of each in
gredient entering into these medicines.
The words of praise bestowed.on the
several ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writers should
have inoro weight than any amount of
non - professional testimonials, bceauso
such men aro writing for the guidance of
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcoholic, non
secret. and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs, being composed of glyceric
extracts of the roots of native, American
medicinal forest plants They are both
sold by dealers In medicine. Vou can't
afford to accept as a substitute for one of !
these medicines of known composition, '
any secret nostrum.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and 1» ,
vicorate stomach, liver and liowala, '
THE RESULTS OF
SPRING INSPECTION
The spring inspection ratings have
beeu made public and will be studied
with much iuterest by the members of
the National Guard. The First legi
msnt leads the state with the Eighth
a close second.
Company K, ut, is the
leading company, with a figure of
efficiency of 99 4? Company M. Six
teenth regiment, ha 592.2. Third place
is a tie butween Company A, Twelfth
regiment, and Company D, Thir
teenth regiment, both having a figure
of efficiency of 99. IS.
The figure of efficiency of each regi
ment in the National Guard follows:
First Infantry 97 58
Eighth Infantry 96.7
Fourth Infantry . 96.26
Tenth Infantry 95.62
Thirteenth lufautry 95.24
Fifth Infantry 94.89
Twelfth lufauiry 94,48
Third Infantry 94.33
Sixth Infantry 93,56
Ninth Infantry 93.50
Second Infantry 93.50
Eighteenth Infantry 93.19
Fourteenth Infantry 93.02
Sixteenth Infantry 91.74
By brigades the figure of efficiency
is: Third Brigade, 95.24; First bri
gade, 94.49; Second brigade, 95,24.
The figure of efficiency of the Twelf
: th infantry, by companies, is as fol
lows :
j Company A 99.12
I Company B 90.23
| Company C 97.98
j Company D 95.27
| Company E 98.23
I Company F .80.57
Company G 92.55
Company H 95,53
Company 1 97.72
j Company K 93.25
RIFLE MATCHES.
Colonel Clementjhas issued the ord
| er governing the rifle matches of the
regiment, as follows:
The regimental rifle matches will be
I held on the range'at Sunbury on July
j 30th and 31st, 'under the supervision
jof the rifle practice. The
junior and regimental teams to rep
resent this regiment at the state
matches will be'Jchosen from those
participating in these matches and
will remain at Sunbury for practice
until their respective times of depart
ure for Mt. Gretna.
The expenses of these matches will
be paid by the companies and head
! quarters without distinction as to rep
resentation on the ranee.
{ personalsT" I
mmmm
Rev. L. D Ulrich returned Tues
day evening from a week's stay in
Allentowu, were he attended the ses
sions of the synod and the Lutheran
miuisterium of Pennsylvania.
W. L. Sidler, Esq , was a business
, visitor in Harrisburg yesterday.
Mrs. Maytne Hoffman, of Shamokin
is visiting her sons, Frank and Harry
j Hoffman in this city.
I Miss Elsie Wilson, of Bloomsburg,
spent Tuesday as the gne6t of Mrs. I
Grier Barber, Ferry street.
Misses Mary Welsh and Grace Ware
spent yesterday with friends iu Blooms
burg.
Tom Foltz returned to this city yes
terday after an extended visit at the
home of his parents at Shamokin.
Miss Mary G. Woods, of Trenton,
New Jersey, is visiting at the home
of her mother, Mrs. J. H. Fry. Low
er Mulberry street.
Miss Pansy Fisk returned to her
home in New yesterday aft
er an extended visit with her sister,
Mrs. Victor Vincent, Mill street.
Miss Mae McKinney will return to
day from a visit with friends in Cata
vvissa.
Mrs. Thomas Marshall,of Milton, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Phil
lips, Pine street.
Airs. Catherine Kombach, of Wat
souto.vn, arrived yesterday for a visit
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 11. C.
Kase, South Danville.
Mi.-:s Katherino Vastine spent Tues
(javwith friends in Lewisburg.
Miss Daisy Lowenstein will speu
today with friends in Berwick.
R-LP-A-N-S Tabule .
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The 5-cent packet is enough for nsut
occasions. The family bottle (00 cent
j oontains a supply for a year. All drng
, gists.
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