Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Jul} 9, 1908.
m ITEMS FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
Allreil Baird of Newtou township,
Chester couuty, was terribly gored by
a viciou-s bull on Monday but was sav
ed by a hired man from a horrible
death.
Haui and green peas gave ptomaine
poisoning to Frank Pfeffer and his
family of seveu children, iu Potts
ville, on Monday, and all became ser
iously ill.
While a 5-year-old son of William
Ford, of West Schuylkill, near Potts
vilie. was e3ting peanuts on Monday
a kernel lodged iu his windpipe and
choked him to death.
The Reading company's anthracite
collieries will be iu operatioa three
days this week with the exception of
those iu western Schuylkill which will
be operated five days.
Michael Finnegan, of Scrauton.died
on Mouday.from injuries sustained on
the Fourth by the explosion of a small
cannon his left arm having been torn
off and both eyes blown out.
School directors of the borongli in
York county are demanding a higher
scholastic standing of applicants for
positions as principals of the schools j
and in consequences there are yet a
number of vacancies.
A nine-months-old child of Stephen
Beaziu, of Pittsburg, died on Monday
morning, and physicians who attended
the child say it died of nervous shock j
caused by the repeated explosion of J
fire crackers on the Fourth.
While Henry White, was at the hot- !
torn of a deep excavation in Washing- j
ton, repairing a leak in a waterpipe.ji i
runaway horse fell into the ditch up- 1
on him, crushing him so severely that j
he died of his injuries on Monday.
Orville A. Yeahl, of Slatington, re- j
ports that up to this time he has taken
135 pounds of honey from four hives i
of bees this season. This is a remark- j
ably good record and he expects to !
realize 400 pounds more during the ;
summer.
Bert Ulrner, who in May, 1907, was !
sentenced at Easton to ten years im- I
prisonment in the Eastern penitentiary |
for horse stealing and was lately trans- 1
ferred to the Norristowu asylum be- !
cause of insanity, has escaped from
that Institution.
On Monday an 8-year-old son of
Mack Beatty of Daytou, Armstrong
county, ran in front of his father's j
mowing machine to open a gate for
him, wheuithe child's foot was caught
by the machine aud cut off, before the !
horses could be stopped.
When Edward Weimer, of Quarry,
ville, county, entered his home on
Sunday night aud lighted a lamp he
was confronted by a burglar who at
once blew out the lamp. A desperate
fight followed iii which Weimer was
rendered unconscious and the burglar
escaped through a window.
A Hurry Job.
When John Henry Barrows, organ 1
izer of the world congress of religions,
held in Chicago in ISU3, was president I
of Oberlin college, he was approached
by nn insurance agent who wanted to j
write a policy on his household goods. '
To this the man of education agreed
after some talk. Next morning the !
policy was delivered and the agent's
report forwarded to the company.
Late in the afternoon Mrs. Barrows !
went to her room aud there saw smoke I
oozing out around the closet door. She I
pulled the door open and found fire i
smoldering among the clothes which I
draped the wall. Some valuable gar- j
Uients were destroyed before the blaze
was out.
I)r. Barrows got the Insurance man
on tile telephone and told him what j
had happened. The agent went to tho
house, prepared an adjustment report !
and forwarded it to the Insurance com
pany not more than twenty-four hours J
after the issuance of the policy.
Two days later Dr. Barrows had a j
telegram from the secretary of the i
company, an old friend of his.
our policy written morning of
ednesday," it read. "Fire was at 3
o'clock Why this delay?"
Busy June.
June's tho month of brides and roses, '
Of I,right Green and brilliant posies,
Of the fair girl graduate,
•jueenly in her own girl state;
of tho lovely summer girl.
Putting men's hearts Inn whirl;
Month of pleasure and of duty,
Filled with color and with be:iutj j I
In i the month o£ country fliithu, j I
i 'i' I<'' talks 'neath moonlight sitting, |
picnics and of excursion
1 •!' 11 open air diYi isian.-
Of th. temperature that's rising
(Whi<: h all folks take as surprising): I
Month of lassitude and worry.
Wishing for vacation's hurry.
June's the month of storms and thunder
And of starlit nights of wonder,
Of the llnal preparation
Of the wardrobe for vacation.
Of the trip across tho ocean;
Month for putting plans in motion 1 :
Tis t-nough to make it dizzy.
All thr things that keep it busy!
—Josh Wink in Baltimore American. 1
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THURSDAYS 1908 SUNDAYS
July 16 and 30, August 13 and 27 July 19, August 1, 16 and 30
75 Round Trip. $4.50 Round Trip
\ it Delaware River Bridge Via Market Street Wharf
FROM SOUTH DANVILLE.
THURSDAY TICKETS GOOD FOR TEN,DAYS
SUNDAY TICKETS GOOD FOR FIVE DAYS
STOP OVER ALLOWED AT PHILADELPHIA
| , For full information concerning (leaving time of trains, consult
small hand bills or nearest Ticket Agent.
.1. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOYD I
Passenger Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent 1
lll. mm in I
■*
I Personals j
Miss Helen Iriand will leave today
for a visit with her brother at West
Pittstou.
Mrs. Agnes Guyther returned to
Paxinos yesterday after a visit with
Mrs. Evan Davis, Mausdale.
George E. Hunt returned to Altoona
yesterday after a several days' visit
with relatives in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alward return
ed to Bellwood yesterday after having
been summoned to this city by the
death of the latter's brother, D. C.
Hunt.
Mrs. Martha Thompson, Bloom
street, left yesterday for a visit with
Her daughter, Mrs. Fred Linderman,
at Shamobiu.
Mrs. Win. E. Kinn and son William,
Walnut street, left Tuesday for an ex
tended visit with relatives in Cincin
nati, Ohio.
Miss Hilda Horuberger returned
Tuesday evening from a several days'
visit with friends in Shamobin.
Mrs. John G. Yastine, Cedar street,
left yesterday for a several days' visit
with relatives in Catawissa.
Miss May Boobs left yesterday morn
ing for a aojourn at tho Delaware
Water Gap.
Mrs. Arthur Lloyd returned to Ber
wicb Tuesday evening after a visit at
the Williams home, Front street.
Mr. and Slri>. Horace Freeze and
children, of Now Yorb City, arrived
Tuesday for a visit at the home of the
former's mother, Mrs. Mary Freeze,
Front street.
Mrs Rebecca Hess and Mrs. W. J.
lingers spent Tuesday at Kingston at
tending the 50th wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs, J. O. Bobbins.
Miss Ida Kaufmau lias returned from
a several weebs' visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rempe at Locb
Haven.
Mrs. J. D. Kramer,Miss Clara Smith
will leave today for a trip to Atlantic
City.
i
Simple.
Lawyer (at the theater on tho first
night)—l can't imagine how the pieco
can be drawn out into five acts. Author
—Oh, that is very simple. In tho llrst
act, you see, the hero gets Into a law-)
suit.
Chance For Imagination.
Newspaper men were to be excluded
from a famous trial. "That's good," !
one of them remarked. "I hate to be
hampered by facts in writing up a j
ea-se of this kind." —Exchange.
The Wife Did It All.
Hewitt—Couldn't you get the person
you called up by telephone? Jewitt—
Oh, yes. Hewitt—But I didn't hear
you say anything. Jewitt—lt was my
wife 1 called.—New York Press.
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PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS
TO
MIAGAf-fA FALLS
July 22, August 5, 19, September 9, 23, and
October 7, 1908
Round-Trip <£*7 From
Rate *P J »O\J South Danville.
Tickets good going on trftiu leaving 12.10 nuon.connecting with SPECIAL
TRAIN ut Pullman Parlor Care. Dining Car. ani
Day Coaches running via the
PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE
Tickets good returning on regular trains within FIFTEEN DAYS, in
cluding date of excursion. Stop-oft within limit allowed at Buf
falo returning. Illustrated Bnoh let and fall information
. may be obtained from Ticket Agents.
J. R WOOD. GEO. W. BOYD.
Passenger Traffic Manager. Oeneral Passenger Agent.
r -Miss Anna Eeifsnyder spent las
t evening with friends in Bloomsburg.
Albert H. Jones, of Sharon, Pa.,
) former resident of this city, is visit
i itig at the home of his parents. Mr
and Mrs. John R. Jones, Cross street
' -Master Kaymond Lyons, of Phila
I delphia,arrived y. sterdav to spend ih
; summer with Fred M. Owen.
Mrs. W. R. Welliver, of Philadel
r pliia, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Ammerman, South Danville.
Misses Lorene Phillips, Mae Drei
fuss, Kathryn Kemmer and Clarj
i Fischer spent yesterday with friend
i iu Bloomsburg.
Miss Lillian Foster, Lower Mnl
berry street, is visiting friends i
! Shickshinny.
Miss Yirgle Johnson returned t
Northumberland yesterday after a vis
it with Miss Alice Stebbins, Mil
street.
I
J Charles W. Zaner, of Alleutown.ai
: rived yesterday for a visit with Mi
and Mrs. Seth Lormer, corner of Pin
| and Walnut street.
1 Miss Lida Rosen, of Eastou, is vie
iting Mrs. Samuel Marks, East Marke
street.
Mrs. Robert Hagenbuch, left yestei
day for a visit with friends in Bloomi
i bni-ft-
Mrs. H. L. Dreifuss left Tuesda
for a visit with friends in Lehightot
Mrs. Margaret Geise, West Mark<
, street, is visiting friends in Loc
5 Haven.
\Vm. L. McCoy returned yesterda
after a several days' stay with fri» nt
iu Miiton.
Miss Matilda Steinbrenner. of Ne
1 City, is visiting at the home (
I her mother, .Mrs. Annie Stienbreune:
I [''rout street.
Mas Lucy Detwiler, East Mark<
j street, returned yesterday after a vis
with friends inShamokin.
Miss Rella Adams left last eveuic
for a visit witli friends in Northuu
, berlaud.
The Runner-up.
The best man thought he'd take
look around nud see that every thin
was running as a fastidious * brie!
would wish it, and up In the rooi
where the presents were displayec
alone and unhappy looking, he cam
upon a youth, seemingly ready, Ilk
the wedding guest of the English poe
to "beat his breast." He was wandei
ing about, looking at silver and ci
glass without seeing them, and tli
best man hardly knew how to aj
proueh him.
"Er—have you kissed the bride?" h
asked at last.
And the answer told far more tha
Its two meager words might have bee
txpected to. It was, "Not lately!"-
[Jpplncott's Magazine
WATER 111
SPRINGS LEAK
The water pipe belonging to the bor
ough system has sprung a leak under
the Mill street paving just south of the
intersection of Lower Mnlberry street
and up to last evening the break had
not been located.
Water pipes springing leak under the
paving is becoming a rather serious
matter and is occurring much more
frequently than was figured on when
the pavement was laid. To remove the
grouted brick and then chisel through
four or live inches of solid concrete is
no easy t»9k. Worst of all is the dam
age done to the paving. Before the
leak is located it is generally neces
sary to dig at several different spots.
In relaying the brick it seems to be
impossible to make a good job of it
and the spots dug up remain visible
for all time, disfiguring an otherwise
well laid and attractive piece of pav
ing.
The break yesterday afternoon was
no exception. By last eveuing two ex
cavations had been sunk iu the paved
street about thirty feet apart, almost
directly iu front of Fallon's. This
morning the paving will be opened at
another point, probably 011 the south
side of the D. L. & W. crossing.
There is no sign of a leak ou the
surface of the street, but the water can
be heard ruuuirg into the sewer be
low. One of the workmen descended
into the sewer yesterday morning. He
could see where the water entered,but
this proved to be no criterion. It is
probable that the water leaking out of
the pipe, unable to work its way
through the concrete, turueil its course
downward flowing a great way through
the bed of cinder forming the road bed
before it founa an outlet in the sewer.
Full of Reminiscence.
At the different array stations In the
west it is the practice for the officers
on leaving their post for some distant
station to sell off everything they uo
not care to keep. In connection with
tills custom in "Reminlscerces of a Sol
dier's Wife" Mrs. Ellen Riddle tells art
amusing story.
There was a very estimable woman
living at the garrison, a veritable Mrs.
Malaprop. She told us of some jew
elry she had lost, and among the
things was a topaz chain with a beau
tiful "pendulum."
The lady held an auction before she
left, after her husband's death, and
when some silver plated knives were
put up for sale she rose and in a sob
bing voice said: "Oh, dear, no! I can
not sell them! They have been in dear
John's mouth too often!"
Lasting,
"Your suggestion," said a depositor
to the bank receiver, "offers very cold
comfort. It is a bachelor's comfort—
that is to say, no comfort at all.
" 'What,' said a bachelor to a Bene
dict, 'only married a year and already
so blue?'
"'Ah, but,' groaned the Benedict, 'I
never Imagined that a wife would
prove so expensive.'
"The bachelor putted the blue mar
ried man on the back in a consolatory
way.
" 'Yes,' he said, 'a wife is an expen
sive article, that is true. But then
you must remember that she lasts a
very long time.' "
New Derelict Destroyer.
The new derelict destroyer Seneca
will fill an important function In the
protection of shipping. It will be the
duty of this vessel to patrol the coast
to rid It of the floating dangers and to
be in readiness at any moment to cruise
wherever a derelict may Ijo reported,
either by vessels entering port or by
wireless messages. Each season there
Is a list of ships missing for unknown
causes, and as It Is probable that these
dangerous hulks have much to do with
fending sound ships to the bottom the
activity of the Seneca may be expect
ed to reduce this list. There will be
other uses for the derelict destroyer,
snch as supplying sails and provisions
for vessels lu distress or taking off
•rews from unseaworthy or sinking
vessels, but its real value will be In
ridding the sea of one of its greatest
rlangera.
Not Curious.
A certain employer of labor had re
ceived many complaints from his fore
'nan as to one of the hands, who,
though an excellent workman and one
whom it were undesirable to dismiss
altogether, could never bo induced to
arrive at the proper time in the morn
ing.
So the employer, determining to ex
postulate with the offender personally,
arrived early one morning and laid in
wait for him.
indue time the dilatory one strolled
in and was accosted wrathfully:
"Do you know what time we begin
work here iu the morning?"
"No, sir," was the calm reply. "I
know they're always at it when I get
here."—Loudon Telegraph.
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
Relieves Colds by working them
of the system through a copious mui
healthy action ot the bowels.
Relieves coughs by eiaanatag Ou
mucous membranes oi the throat, (ftwol
and bronchial tubes.
"As pleasant to *e testa
ss Maple Sugar"
Children Like It
F* BACUONI-VUK ONTO In
OtVttfi UtfMf uI Malta Nb-*n mMI
ForJSale by Panles & Co.
IMEIHTS
111 GATE HOUSE
A tine concrete platform is being
■ constructed by the hospital authorities
hlou<, r the D. L &W. track at the gate
house to be used in connection with
the trains. It displaces the wooden
platform formerly ia use and will
prove to be a great convenience,
i The concrete platform is one liun
| dred feet long, eight feet wide and
three feet high. It has been iu course
of construction for several weeks and
is nearly completed. The work is be
ing done under the supervision of
Cousart Rishel, Hie well-known plast
erer at the hospital. The long plat
form presents a neat artistic appear
j auce and constitutes an improvement
I that will be appreciated.
The entrance to the gate house is
| still further improved by a sodded plot
| and a fine flower bed on the opposite
side of the D. L. & W. track, the work
of the D. L. & W. railroad company.
A STORY CF NELSON.
The Presence of Mind of the Great
tnglish Admiral.
Captain Mahan relates the following
anecdote concerning Lord Nelson's let
ter proposing a truce to the crown
1 prince of Denmark, dispatched in the
midst of hostilities:
The decks being cleared of all parti
tions fore and aft and all ordinary con
i veniences removed, Nelson wrote in
full view of all on the deck where he
! was, at the casing of the rudder head,
, standing, and as he wrote an officer
standing by took a copy. The original,
in his own hand, was put into an en
velope and sealed, with his arms. The
officer was about to use a wafer, but
Nelsou said:
"No; send for sealing wax and can
dle."
! Some delay followed owing to the
man's having had his head taken off
by a ball. "Send another messenger
for the wax." said the admiral when
informed of this, and when the wafers
were again "igcested he simply reiter
ated the order.
A large quantity of wax was used
and extreme care taken that the im
pression of the seal should be perfect.
Colonel Stewart asked:
"Why under so hot a fire and after
so lamentable an accident have you at
tached so much importance to a cir
cumstance apparently trifling?"
"Had I made use of a wafer," re
plied Nelson, "the wafer would have
been still wet when the letter was
presented to the crown prince. He
would have inferred that the letter
was sent off iu a hurry and that we
had some pressing reasons for being in
a hurry. The wax told no tales."
WHEN LINCOLN DANCED.
Veteran Official's Reminiscence* of the
President's Attempt In Ohio.
"I shall never forget the only time
Abraham I.lncoln danced in Ohio,"
said Colonel Isaac H. Marrow of To
ledo, Chinese inspector In Ohio, the
other day. Then he launched into remi
niscences Of President Lincoln.
"I was commander of Governor Den
nlson's guards" (Marrow is eighty
three now and has served the govern
ment since the early forties). "We ar
ranged a ball for Lincoln, then just
elected and going to Washington.
When he came in, he said to me: 'l've
never danced. I don't know how. Rut
I will lead the march if your wife will
load with me.' She did. She came be
low his shouhler. They circled fifteen
times, and It was a sight that set the
crowd laughing."
Marrow was Lincoln's aid in the
White House for seven months.
Joke on a Presidential Possibility.
Congressman J. Sloat Fassett of New
York, who attended the Lincoln day
banquet in Pittsburg, sprang a joke on
the newspaper men the other after
noon. In spite of the fact that it had
whiskers, it made a hit. Fassett In
discussing presidential possibilities
clared that the people of New York
want Charles Evans Hughes for pres
ident.
"Rut what if Hughes cannot get the
nomination?" he was asked.
"Well, that's another question," he
answered. "It reminds me of Lord
Dundreary's story, lie asked a wom
an if her brother Charlie liked cheese,
and she replied that she had 110 broth
er Charlie.
" 'Well,' said Lord Dundreary, 'if you :
had a brother Charlie, do you think 110 \
would like cheese?' So that is the |
best answer 1 can give to your ques- j
tlon about Hughes."
Doing Very 'Veil.
"How's your son making out in busl- j
ness?" asked the first capitalist.
"Very well Indeed," replied the other;
"he's got a quarter of a million."
"Why, you started him with a mil
lion, didn't you?"
"Yes, and it's two months now since
he started operations in Wall street."—
New Use For Melons.
Florida melons are now rushing luto
market, and Georgians may be glad to
know that when sufficiently aged a
Florida favorite Is rich in alcohol.
When a carload of Florida melons is
ordered for the Georgia market the
vegetable, according to the Florida
Times-Union, lias usually been "doc
tored."
Who Wants to Be a Remnant?
A new social club will be organized
at Atchison, Kan., and will be called
the ltemnant club. People too old to
belong to young folks' clubs and too
young to be content to sit in an arm
chair at home will belong, as well as
those too stupid to join Browning and
Shakespeare societies.
Novel Fire Chief's Motor.
St. Paul, Minn., now lias one of the
most complete lire chief's cars known.
It has a disappearing rear seat and
special accommodations for boots, hel
mets and other necessary parapber
jsalia.
ISI HILL
STREET CULVERT
The canal culvert on Mill street,
which lias snuk below the proper
grade, is being raised at present. The
spot will present a bnsy scene today,
as work will proceed along several
different lines, each being in separate
hands.
The sinking of the roadbed at that
point followed as the natural and un
avoidable sequence of filling up the
culvert when the latter was construct
ed, with soft earth,the only kind avail
able at that time. Along with the
driveway the concrete sidewalk on the
west side of the street sank below
grade and during the winter was very
dangerous. The drop in the earth caus
ed the pipes connected with the public
fountain, which are planted in the
I street, to bend or break, so that the
fountain has been out of commission
| since last fall. In addition, the broad
I hollow in the street over the culvert
| detracted much from appearances. Al
i together the work just begun is a much
I needed improvement.
| Yesterday afternoon the D L. &W.
railroad company put a force of men
at work tearing up the concrete side
walk preparatory to laying a new one,
which will have the merit of being
level. The street commissioner was al
so on hand with his'gang of laborers
and began to tear r.p the paving pre
! paratory to filling up the roadbed,
j Today Borough Surveyor G. F. Keef
er will come up from Sunbury to give
the proper grade. The Danville and
Blooinsburg Street Railway company
will also be on hand with a force of
men to raise the trolley track.
While work is proceeding along the
three above lines the plumbers will
have the fountain in charge,repairing
the same while the street is torn up
and the pipes are exposed.
A FRONTIER MARKSMAN.
i Wild Bill Hickok's Skill In Use of th«
Six Shooter.
Wild Bill Iliekok was the first fron
tiersman who recognized the impor
tance of proficiency in the use of the
sis shooter. This was the real secret
of his supremacy. lie was an unerring
marksman and shot as accurately un
der fire as when firing at a mark, ap
parently taking no aim.
Probably no man bis ever equaled
him In the lightning-like rapidity with
which ho could draw a weapon in time
of emergency and in the thorough se'f
possession that made it possible for
him to take advantage of every oppor
tunity In savage conflict. lie had a
standing order to his deputies that
they should not rush in on him in any
of his affrays and especially should
not come quickly up in the rear.
By forgetting this a man named Wil
liams met his death at Abilene, Illckok
taking him for an enemy and firing so
rapidly that It left no opportunity for
recognition. Tie readily killed a wild
goose across the Smoky -f I 111 with his
revolver. Hiding at his horse's highest
speed, be tired shot after shot Into a
tin can or a post a few rods distant.
Standing at one telegraph pole, he
would swing rapidly on his heel and
fire a pistol Kill Into the next telegraph
pole. These were some of the simpler
feats he performed day after day on
the street to settle little wagers. lie
could shoot a hole through a silver
dime at fifty paces and could drive the
cork through the neck of a bottle at
thirty paces ami knock out the bottom
without breaking the neck. lie could
do what the fuuey shots of the present
day do, and possibly some of them
equal him aa marksman with a re
volver, but it must be remembered that
he was the first to acquire the skill,
and the so called crack shots of Ills
\ day were poor imitations at best, al
though most of them boasted of their
fame.
lie shot just as well with others
shooting at him and at a man as stead
ily as at any other target. There were
certain traits of his character, however,
that were almost womanly, lie was
fond of children, and they liked him.
He declined to quarrel with the peace
ful settlers of the community, the busi
ness men, on any provocation. There
was no foolhardy bravado about him
—Denver Field and Farm.
A Great Lawysr's P/lethod.
Writing of "Civilian Leaders of the
Confederacy" in the Louisville Courier-
Journal, John Goode says of Judah I*.
Benjamin:
"The first time 1 met him we dis
cussed the practice ot' law, and In the
course of the conversation he asked me
what we considered a good fee in my
part of the country, to which I replied
that we considered SSOO a very respect
able fee He smiled and said: "When
I practiced law in New Orleans if a
man employed me I charged him a re
tainer. If he came about the oilice
much I charged him a reminder, when
I had done some work In the case I
charged him a refresher, and when it
was all over I charged him a finisher."
Test For Hydrochloric Acid.
A curious mishap gave us a very del
icate test for hydrochloric acid in the
atmosphere. In a north of England
locality many houses have curtains of
the cream color produced by metaull
yellow, popularly known as "dolly"
cream dye and to science as "the so
dium salt of meta-amido-benzinc sul- j
phonic acid-azo-dlphenyl-atnlne." Some
of these cream colored curtains sud
denly changed to heliotrope. Investi- 1
gallon showed that an accidental es
cape of hydrochloric acid from a neigh
boring alkali plant had discolored the
curtains, and the dye became a most
useful test.
Johnny White —Did yer ole man
make a big holler when he found out
that yon had been smoking his cigars?
Billy Black—You bet he did.
"What did he say?"
"Didn't have to say nothin'. He got
the holler out o' me." Kansas City j
Newsbook.
HUNTERS WON'T AID,
SmjALBFUS
WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. j u | y
Discouraged because the sportsmen'
of the State are doing nothing to en
courage his efforts for the propagation
of game birds here, Secretary Joseph
Kalbfus, of the State Game Commis
sion, tells in a letter to F. C. Mosier,
of Pittston, just what he had to con
tend with. Mosier sent him a clipping
and a postal, urging the stocking of
the woods with game birds. Iu reply,
Secretary Kalbfus says :
"Last year, through the help of the
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's As
sociation, I attempted to have passed
a law taxing resident gunners, the
purpose being to rise a fund through
which we could raise and buy game of
different varieties for distribution
throughout the State. I was at once
jumped on by many men iu the state,
who ought to have seen the matter as
I saw it, men who would have been
benefited by such a procedure. I was
called a grafter. The entire scheme
to my J esire to steal.
The scheme was pronounced not feasi
ble, and the Legislature so influenced
that the bill did not even get out of
committee. I must say that lam heart
ily discouraged in this direction. I
feel that such a procedure should be
secureil in some way in Pennsylvania.
If the sportsmen are uot interested
enough to pay a dollar tor the right
to use a gun in this State, I am afraid
it will never be accomplished. Iu ad
dition to this resident license,|l asked
the last Legislature for SIO,OOO for the
purpose of propagating and buying
game for distribution.
"Mr. Sheatz, now state treasurer,
and then chairman of the appropria
tions committee of the House of Rep
resentatives, was interested in the
passage of the residentj'hunter'g li
cense bill. He thought it a'good idea,
and upon one occasion asked me what
had become of this bill. I told him
that it was in the committee,and that
I was unable to have it brought out.
'Well, doctor, 1 he said, 'if the sports
men of this State, the men who hunt,
are too penurious and close-fisted to
be willing to pay $1 each for the pur
pose of restocking the State with
game, do you think it would be right
for me, as chairman of the appropria
tions committee,tojpermit the passage
of a bill taking 112 10,000 out of the gen
eral fund of the State for that pur
pose? If you do, you are[mistakeu. I
wish to say to yoa that while I am in
terested in the subject of game protec
tion, I cannot conscientiously recom
mend a bill of that kind under the/cir
cumstances. ' '
"Here you have the entire matten'in
a limited scope. I h>»ve done »i(u am
still willing to do everything I can.
Without the help of the men in the
State.who are and who'ought to be in
terested, I am absolutely helpless.
"I feel that if of the
state will take this matter up and
agitate it,if the men who are Interest
ed in increasing our game will discuss
the matter with their members of the
Legislature in every conntv.a measure
of this kind can be passed by the Leg
islature, and will niako game in this
State as plentiful as it is in other
states. With improved methods of kill
ing game, something outside of the
special increase must be adopted if wc
hope to have game in any quantities.
I thank you for the interest you have
taken in this matter."
STREET SERVICES
BY ENDEAVORERS
READING, July S.
Reading of reports cf department
superintendents took up the morning
meeting of the second day's session of
the State Christian Endeavor conven
tion Evangelistic services were held in
the streets at noon. Tonight Rev. Dr
Tole-Free Parr, offLondon,will deliv
er an address on "International Fel
lowship. "
Governor Stuart is expected to ad
dress the convention tomorrow. The
reports show a total 0f 4,666 socities .
iu Pennsylvania, with a membership
of 010,000. The next convention will
be held iu Franklin iu IS)10.
A Stag Dinner,
A stag dinner was given last even
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Wohlfarth,Riverisde. The guests were
Messrs. Edwin B. Hess, John C. Kob
iuson, George Wohlfarth, Lee Kauft
nun, Frank L. Cron>o, Franols S
Mitchell and A. H. Sloop.
R-I-P-A-N-S I a bul e
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The .Veent packet is enough for nstia
occassions. ' The family bottle (60 cents
oontains a supply for a year. All drug
gists
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ard Reading Terminal on Filbert St I
European, SI.OO per day and up
American, 52.50 per day and up I
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