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VOL. 54—NO. 40
DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Ojice flour*
A. M.to li M- 104 Mill St.,
IP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa.
tHVLTZ, M.
4-'5 M 11.1. ST., Danvili.K, PA.
Oiseases of the Stomach and Intestines
.1 Specialty
ITEMS BE
Middletown. Dauphin county, has
lauded a shoe factory. For this pur
pose the citizens subscribed over SIOO,-
000.
Reading is now endeavoring to form
an association with 500 members,
whose object will be to promote the
material interests of the city.
At Lancaster, John, the C-year-old
sou of Daniel Eehbach, ticket agent
for the Heading Railway company,
was burned to death while playing
with matches.
The mayor of Wilkes Barre and
thirty-two councilmen have entered
bail for court trial on the charge of
maintaining a nuisance. The alleged
nuisance consists in not keeping the
streets of that city in repair.
* After long litigation in the Schuyl
kill county courts a valuable estate
has been so eaten up with expenses
that now, when a settlement lias been
reached, there is little for distribution.
It is the T. R. Haupt estate at Frack
ville. The receipts and expenditures
filed with the register foot up over
$30,000, leaving bat $6,000 to distri
bute.
Should the threatened war in the
Balkans become a reality, seventy
Montenegrins, residing above Hazle
ton, will respond to their country's
call.
George Drumnuond, of Chester, a
freight conductor on the Pennsylvania
railroad, on Saturday fell between the
engine and tank of his train but es
caped with slight injuries.
Among the largest features of new
business announced in Pittsburg on
Saturday, was a $2,000,000 pipe line
contract awarded to the T. A. Gilles
pie company, of thai city,by the wat
er commissioners and controller of
Greater New York.
A trolley car loaded with passeng
ers from a football game at College
ville, Montgomery county, on Satur
day afternoon jumped the track while
crossing the bridge across Peikiomen
creek, knocked ont ten feet of the
stone wall at the side and was only
checked from falling forty feet into
the creek by three telephone poles
against which it ran
A few days ago, a large unocoupied !
frame mansion on the farm of Richard
Meredith, in West Whitelaud, Chester
connty, was totally destroyed by tire.
Jacob Biddle, Jr., an incorrigible boy I
of the neighborhood was arrested on
suspicion of having set it on lire and
confessed that he dropped a match on
some loose paper in the house just to
see it burn.
After Mrs. John Kohler, of Fleet
wood, Berks county, had kindly given
three strangers a meal,they became so
threatening to her that she fled from
the honse across a field where her hus
band and his farm hands were work
ing. They hastened to the house and
captured the trio, who were sent to
prison, on Saturday,
The Berks county almshouse has at
present 306 inmates
The park gardeners of Readiug, un
der the supervision of Superintendent
William Hoch, have just finished
planting 30,000 tulip bulbs,in the park
flower beds.
Louis Greeuburg, a 14-year-old boy
of Reading, who delivered a Taft
speech at Kutztown,during the recent
campaign, is claimed to be the young
est stump speaker in the State.
Two heavy freight trains collided
at Brie early Sunday morning, caus
ing the death of Robert Burke a fire
man, and the serious iujury of J. M.
Wolfe, an engineer and William Dun
don a flagman.
Henry Stauzhora aged 15 years, was
instantly killed at Soranton.on Satur
day by Frank McMillan, a companion
while the two were out hunting. Mc-
Millan ran seven miles to get assist
ance after the fata! shot was fired.
Services in memory of Ira D. San
key.the noted singing evangelist, who
was born and reared in New Castle,
were held in the First Methodist Ep
iscopal church in that city on Sunday,
under the auspices of the Young Men's
Christian association for which Mr.
Sanfeey erected a home there eighteen
year-j ago at a cost of SIO,OOO.
Albert Smith, of Pottsville, agad 6
years, fell down stairs several days
ago and bit off his tongue. The parts
were stitched together, but nausea fol
lowed and the stitches pulled out. The
parts weie again stitched but blood
poisoning set in on Sunday, when the
tongue was removed entirely. Should
he recover he will be entirely speech
le«s.
FI mil
OF III!
The drill corps of Theta Castle No.
272, K. O. E., of Bloomsburg, acooui
j panied by the Citizen's band of that
! place, paid Danville a visit Saturday
> night and gave a fine exhibition of
i drilling on Mill street. Incidentally,
| the band discoursed some choice music
which was much appreciated by the
big Saturday night crowd ou the
street.
The visit was made in return for
one paid to Bloomsburg by Montour
Oommandery No. 17, connected with
the loca llodge of the K. G. E.,on the
evening of Saturday, October 17th.
The Theta castle drill corps, accom
; panied by the band, arrived on the 8
| o'clock car. Montour conimandery
under Captain F. M. Herriugton,
marched down to the trolley terminus
to meet the visitors. As the later
alighted from the car Moutour coni
mandery separated right and left, pre
senting swords.
Headed by the band the Bloomsburg
drill corps marched up Mill street
Montour commandery falling in the
rear. At the Montour house they
coutermarched and paraded out as far
as Peifer's hotel on North Mill street.
Countermarching at this point the
drill corps fell in the rear. At Mill
and Bloom streets a space was cleared
on the paving. The members of Mon
tour commandery separated right and
left to keep back tiie crowd, while the
members of Theta Castle gave an ex
hibition of drilling.
It was a most beautiful spectacle
witnessed by several hundred persons.
The drill corps neatly uniformed in
brown went through its difficult evolu
tions faultlessly. Meanwhile the band
was discoursing favorite selections of
music for the entertainment of the
crowds further up the street.
Before returning home the drill corps
was treated to a luncheon in the rooms
of Moutour castle.
LITTLE MONTOUnf
WAS SECOND
It is a matter for self congratulation
that little Moutour was the second of
the counties of Pennsylania to file the
election returns at the capitol. Juniata
county enjoyed the distinction of be
ing first. Hardly half the counties up
to Saturday had filed returns. By that
time, however, the compilation of
election returns at the ctpitol was
well under way.
So far uo scattering votes have been
found, but trouble is anticipated in
some counties,especially in Montgom
ery, where a man wrote iu a whole
new ticket under the name of People's
Fusion, inserting names of people for
every office, although they were not
nominated.
THE COOPERATIVE
CREAMERY OUESTION
For sometime there has been a grow
ing sentiment amoug the farmers iu
the northern end of the county in fav
or of a co-operative creamery. It has
been decided to hold a public meeting
at which the question may be consid
ered.
The meeting will be held at the Bill
meyer house, Strawberry Ridge, Fri
day afternoon, November 13th, at 2
o'clock. The farmers of Derry anil ad
joining townships and others interest
ed are nrgcd to attend
NEW PASTOR
WAS INSTALLED
Rev. W. K. Preston was installed as
pastor of the Elysburg and Rush Pres
byterian churches on Tuesday. The
service at Elysburg was held at 10:30
a. m.and in the Rush church at 3:30
p m The sermons were preached by
Rev. W. C. McOormack, of this city.
Rev. James Wollaston Kirk, of Dau
ville, delivered the charge to the past
or and Rev, Dr. Hemingway, of
Bloomsburg, delivered the charge to
the people.
The iipw pastor of the Elysburg and
Rush churches was until recently the
minister at the Linden Presbyterian
church He is an able preacher and
his pastorate has opened most auspic
i iously.
BURGLAR CONVICTED
ON ELEVEN CHARGES
PITTSBURG, Nov. 11.
j Convicted on eleven charges of bur
| glary, John Loar, alleged leader of a
hand of negro highwaymen, has been
sentenced to serve thirty-six years in
the Western penitentiary.
Loar'e companion, "Frisco" Sul
livan, fonnd guilty of four charges of
burglary, has asked that sentence be
withheld until late today, when he
promises to give information regard
ing the whereabouts of SIO,OOO wofth
of silverware and jewelry stolen by
the gang from wealthy families of
Pittsburg and vicinity.
DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1908
WILL PAINT
EHK HOUSES
The borough council, which failed
to have a quorum on Friday held a
meeting Monday night. A good deal of
business was disposed of, the follow
ing members being present: Schatz.
Pnrsel, Finnigan, Jones, Everhart,
Moyer, Russell, Dentsch, Marshall,
Angle, Cleaver and Oonnolley.
A communication wasreoeived from
Burgess Rogers explaining that a prop
osition had been made by Peter G.
Baylor looking to a leasing of the riv
er front for 250 feet beginning 60 feet
below The stone wall at the lower side
of the water works to be used as a
landing place for the coal digger and
flats belonging to Mr. Baylor. The
latter agrees to keep up the road with
no expense to the borough and to pay
$25 a year rent with the privilege of
renewing for live years.
Oti motion of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that Mr. Baylor be granted a
lease of the river front, as asked for,
one year, at $25, with the privilege of
renewing for five years.
Ou motion of Mr. Finnigan it was
ordered that the interest ou the Josiah
Wolf bequest amounting to $72 be paid
to the Woman's Benevolent society.
On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord
ered that $l6O. IU in the borough trea
sury due the Fireman's Relief associa
tion be paid over to Sam A. McCoy,
treasurer of the above association.
Borough Electrician Newtou Smith
presented his report for the month of
October. Eighty tons of coal at a cost
of $220 were used at the light plant.
The plant was iu operation 350 hours
The total cost of operating was $142.-
85.
On motion of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that the street commissioner
be instructed to make repairs ou Mali
ouing street. Both East and West
Mahoning streets contain a number of
holes, which, it was ordered, should
be filled up wtih crashed limestone,
the repairs to extend from Ferry street
westward to the suspension bridge ov
er Mahoning creek opposite the Kead
iug Iron works.
It was also ordered that the street
commissioner be instructed to remove
the flagstones standing iu the gutter
iu front of the Gaskins property,
which have the effect of damming up
the water and causing an overflow.
On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord
ered that a flagstone pavement with a
four inch curb be laid by the borough
alongside the S. R. Kreeger property
011 West Mahoning street.
On motion it was ordered that the
street commissioner be instructed to
clean out the gutter in the ahcy at
the rear of the Grove Presbyterian
church in order that the water ac
cumulating there may be carried off
without doing harm.
On motion of Mr. Angle it was ord
ered that the Friendship, Washington
and Goodwill engine houses be paiut
ed. the work to be done by the day
aud the borough to furnish the paint.
The following hills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Merritt & Company $241.00
Trumbower & Werkheiser 98.41
D. C. Hunt 30.50
Samuel Mills 11.60
James Gibson 19.50
SValker & Kepler 64.32
Washington Fire Co. .. . 4.00
Labor on Macadam 51.47
Regular employes 127.50
Labor on Streets 148.82
Silver Springs Quarry Co ... . 112.75
D. L. & W. R. R. Co 14. IS
Friendship Fire Co 54.00
G. F. Reifsuyder 49.62
WATER DEPA RTMENT.
P. H. Foust . $111.70
Regular employes . 108.25
Rensselaer Mfg. Co 94.80
Liberty Mfg. Co 126 25
Atlantic Refining Co 5.20
Adams Express Co ..., .80
Washington Fire Co 5.10
Joseph Leohner 7.91
Frioudship Fire Co 34.13
A. M. Peters 4.47
Standard Gas Co 1.83
George F. Reifsnyder 39.30
Benton B. Brown 13 77
WAN! TO PROBE
HIGHWAY DEPT.
WEST CHESTER, Nov. U.
Because the Chester County Road
Supervisors' association and the Pat
rous of Husbandry believe that the
State money is not being expended to
the best advantage by the State high
way department, at a joint meeting
held today, they adopted resolutions
urging the Chester connty members of
the State legislature to use their ef
forts to have a committee appointed
to investigate the methods of the high
way department. The supervisors aud
grangers believe that the money should
be paid direct to the township, in the
same manner as the sohool appropria
tions are now paid to the districts:
they also are of the opinion that the
highway department should be re
organized.
SINN
isms REPORT!
The report of Borough Superintend
ent Dieffenbacher for the second month
of school ending ou Ootober 26 pre
sented at the regular meeting of the
board Monday was of more than us
ual iuterest, especially in its relation
to the pedagogical or normal class j
organized this term for the purpose of
qualifying graduates of the high
j school for the position of teachers.
| The report showed that the total at
tendance of pupils during the month
j was 1173; the average attendance, 1090;
perceut of attendance, 95.
Of the entire number enrolled 530
were not absent during the two
mouths; 971 were uot tardy,
j The number of pupils who have not
attended 75 per cent, of the time be
longed as required by the rules is
i seventeen. It is this class that keeps
the truant officer busy, it being the
latter's duty to investigate each case
j when it is reported to him in order to
learn what cause detains the pupil to
the end that intelligent action may be
; taken iu the premises.
Superintendent Dieffenbacher last
night arranged his report so as to
bring the per cent, of attendance of
each ward and the different grades in i
comparison witli each other. Outside j
of the high school the per cent, of at
tendance in the first and second wards
were the highest—96. The per cent, of
attendance in the third ward was 92'
in the fourth ward. 98: Welsh hill, 90.
Takiug in the whole borough the
percent, of the different grades are as
follows: First grade,92; second grade,
93; third grade 93; fourth grade, 96; 1
senior secondary grade, 96; grammar
grade, 99: high school, 98.8.
In all eighteen rases of scarlet fever
have been reported to the borough
superintendent since the beginning of
the school term ; of diphtheria 2 eases
have been repotted Twenty-two
school rooms have been fumigated to
date
Niue students are enrolled in the
pedagogical class, which recites every
two weeks before the borough super
intendent Of the members in rolled
only three are "cadets," the other six
| being regular teachers, who have tak
en the course to improve themselves.
The olass is pursuing a course in
Page's Theory and Practice of Teach
: ing.
COMPUTING THE
CONGRESSIONAL VOTE
Horace C. Blue of Montour county,
Col. Jacob H. Maize of Columbia
* county, Alphonsus Walsh, of Sullivan
| county, and W. K. Armstrong, of
Northumberland county,duly appoint
ed as congressional return judges, met
at Suubury Tuesday for the purpose
of computing the general election held
November 3rd for the several congres
sional candidates in the sixteenth con
\ gressional district.
1 The result of the couut is as fol- 1
lows:
Northumberland county—Samuels,
; 5575; McHeury, 9616; J. E. Wolf, 505.
Montour oounty—Samuels, 944 ; Mc
i Henry, 1547; Wolf, 66.
Columbia county—Samuels, 2550;
McHenry, 5976; Wolf, 283.
| Sullivan county—Samuels, 797 ; Mc- !
i Henry, 1273; Wolf, 116.
I Samuel's total is 12,866, McHeury's
j total, 18,412; which gives McHeury a
plurality of 5546, Wolf having receiv
j ed 970 votes in the district.
MILLIONS LOST
BY RAILROADS
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.
Gross earnings of the railroads of
the United States decreased by the
I sum of $139,000,000 during the fiscal
i yenr ended ou .Tune 30, 1908, according
to Siasou Thompson, manager of the
Bureau of Railway News and Statis
tics, whose report was issued yester
! day.
The figures are compiled from the
monthly reports of the railroads to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The figures show the gross earnings
for the last year to have been $2,450,-
' 000,000 with a mileage of 230,000 or ;
i $10,652 a mile. For the preceding
; fiscal year the gross earnings were $2,- i
I 589,105,578 with a mileage of 227.45 or
' $11,383 a mile.
I "As the operatiug expenses for 1908, :
i approximately $1,729,000,000, will not [
fall more than $20,000,000 below those
of 1907," the report says, the official |
j returns for the year just closed will j
show a loss of $120,000,000 in net earn-
I ings from operation as compared with
1907."
More Oleo Cases.
i Agents of the State Dairy and Food
Division have rounded up a number of
additional sellers of oleo who have
failed to comply with State law re
quirements. They are mostly in the
western part of the State and will be
held for trial.
CATTLE PUS II
nil com
Monday morning State Veterinarian
Leonard Pearson,of Harrisburg, along
witli others connected with the State
Live Stock Sanitary board, arrived in
Danville to spend several days in this
j vicinity. The nature of his business
was not explained, although it was
known that he had been called here
; by a local veterinarian, who had dis
i covered in a couple herds of cattle
j svraptoniß of a strange disease, which
it' was feared,"might prove to 'be the
dreaded foot and mouth disease, a
malady, which, although common
enough in Europe is rare in this coun
try. Dr. Pearson is au acknowledged
authority and it was known that in a
couple of days he would be able to de
cide whether the disease is the great
European cattle plague or not.
Unfortunately,the worst has proven
trne. The foot and mouth disease is
found to exist in its worst form on at
least two well-known farms of this
county, as well as on two farms near
Milton. All these places, along with
a cattle pen in Danville, are under
quarantine. Yesterday an olficial
warning was posted at each place for
bidding people to enter the quarantin
ed premises, or to come In contact
with the diseased or exposed animals
or with any object or thing that may
have been contaminated by or from
suoh animals.
An interview was had with State
Veterinariau Pearson Tuesday. He
spoke freely on the nature of the dis
: ease and the extent to which it pre
vails in Montour and Northumber
land counties.
The present so far as known is the
first time that the foot and month dis
ease has existed in Pennsylvania. Only
once before did it prevail in North
America ami that was in 1892, when it
was confined to New England. Thou
sands of ritile were lost.
One of the farms under quarantine
is owued by Jacob Shultz, Cooper
towuehip, whose magnificent herd of
about forty head will he a total loss.
; The disease causes au eruption of
! blisters in the mouth, upon the teats
of cows, and between the claws. If is
accompanied in its early stages by
high fever, great depression, loss of
appetite, lameness and loss of milk
flow.
Mr. Shultz's fine herd was first af
fected a week or so ago. The cows
lost flesh rapidly and at present are
little more than skin and bone. The
dairy's yield of milk at once fell off,
dropping from sixty gallons to six gal
lons daily.
The other herd infected belongs to
Edward Shultz, who lives above Boyd's
station on the south side of the river.
The disease is excessively contagious
and may be conveyed by any objects
; that have been in contact with the
diseased animals,such as fodder,straw,
stable utensils, or on the hands,boots,
clothing of persons, who have handled
i diseased cattle. Along with both farms
where the disease exists the cattle pen
at the D. L. & W. railroad, is under
; quarantine as the latter place was used
to restrain the animal that inoculated
Mr. Shultz's herd when along with
others it was shipped from Buffalo.
J Dr. Pearson stated that the disease
; is communicable toman and might
j result from using the milk from in
fected cows. In man the symptoms as
j in the case of animals is most distress
ing.
The farms under quarantine in
Northumberland county are those
owued by Eli Yost oud James Mont
gomery near McEwensville. Other
cloven footed animals su< h as sheep,
goats,swine may contract the foot and
i mouth disease and on Mr. Montgom
ery's farm there are infected pigs.
It appears that the disease was in
troduced by cattle brought from Buf
falo. Mr. Shultz feels quite confident
| that his herd was inoculated by a bull
shipped from that quarter, by a local
! dealer.
Dr. Pearson Tuesday eve said that
the outbreak of the disease here was
as unexpected as a bolt of lightning
! from the clear sky. Showing how ser
ious is the situation and with what
interest in the whole affair is regard
;ed it might be stated that the State
j Live Stock Sanitary board is repre
j sented in Danville just now by Dr.
Pearson, the State veterinarian. Dr.
! N. B. Critohfield, State secretary of
i Agriculture, Dr. Jobson, Dr. Turner,
Dr. Muns, Dr. Oawley and Dr. Hick
j man, the five latter all being men
j permanently in the service of the
board. Illustrating still further the
| importance of the outbreak the State
j veterinarian and his staff today will
. be joined by United States officials.as
j follows. Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of
the bureau of animal industry; Dr.
John R. Mohler, chief of Pathological
division; Dr. Steddon, chief of the
quarantine division of the United
States department of agriculture.
Yesterday the State and government
officials vixlted farms where the in
feoted herds exUt and make a study of
TIME Will
BE INSTALLED
ID order to prevent a recoirence of
what happened in the fonrth ward,
Monday, when it wan discovered that
children from an] infected I
liad exposed the pupils of four schools
to the danger of contracting Bcarlet
fever the school board on Monday
night decided to install a telephone in
the directors' room of the first ward
building in order that the borough
superintendent and the hoard of health
as well as the physicians of towu
might keep more closely in touch.
Relying upon the mails to transmit
notices relating to outbreak of disease
is regarded as too slow a method
where attendance at school and con
sequently the health of pupils is es
sentially involved.
It was such unavoidable delay as
this that brought about the conditions
in the fourth ward that are so greatly
deplored.
In installing the telephone in the
first ward school building the aim of
the board is not only to give the sec
retary of the board of health an op
portunity to communicate with the
borough superintendent promptly and
directly but aIBO to enable each doctor
of town to call him up whenever a
case of scarlet fever or any other in
fectious disease is diagnosed.
Indeed this is the request that the
school board makes of the physicians
uf Danville, that,with the means sup
plied, they keep the borough superin
tendent directly informed on all out
breaks of communicable disease as soon
as they occur.
The pubilc will applaud the action
of the school board and it is hoped
that the physicians notwithstanding
the extra work entailed will take
kindly ta the new system, as it seems
to offer an effective method of pre
venting the spread of disease
MILK WAGON
IN A RUNAWAY
A milk wagon belonging to Dairy
man Cornelison figured in a runaway
yesterday morning. The horse was
caught in time to prevent a smashup,
although a considerable quantity of
milk was spilled.
The horse escaped from the driver
on East Market street near Christ Ep
iscopal church and ran at a rapid rato
of speeil down to Mill street, where
he safely turned the corner anil head
ed toward the armory. As the horse
dashed down over the paving the milk
cans dancing about in the wagon beat
a lively tattoo as an accompaniment
of the clattering hoofs As the cans
jolted a considerable quantity of ni"lk
was released,which could be feen rui -
ning out of the wagon.
Near the D. L. & \V. crossing on
Mill street the liorse was caught end
held until the driver arrived.
RESURFACING
ABOUT COHPLETED
W. B. Clay,under whose supervision
the repairs on the Mill street macadam
are being made, yesterday stated that
the work of resurfacing is nearly com
pleted and that by Saturday at the
latest the street will be thrown open
to the public.
A couple of unavoidable delays have
occurred and the work was not com
pleted quite as soon as was expected.
Nevertheless, Mr. Clay has made a
first class job of the resurfacing and
the public can afford to be indulgent.
Two different coats of specially pre
pared material,shipped from Almedia,
have been used in the work. That the
proper pressure might bo applied the
ten-ton steam roller belonging to the
State hospital for the insane was used
ou the job. The water needed in the
construction of the road was famish
ed by the sprinkling cart of the
Friendship Fire company.
In Honor of Birthday.
Miss Mary Dillard entertained a few
of hor friends Tuesday evening at her
horo» ou Front street in honor of her
11th birthday. She was the recipient
of a number of gifts. The evening
proved to bo most enjoyable.
tin disease. Today a special meet
ing of the State Live Stock Sanitary
board, with the abote named United
Slates officials probably in attendance,
will be held at Harrisburg to take ac
tion ou the outbreak of the European
plague in this State. Unfortunately,
Dr. Pearson explained, the Live Stock
Sanitary board is without precedent
in the premises. No provisions are
made for reimbursing owners who lose
cattle by the foot and mouth disease.
At the meeting today all mat
ters pertaining to the disease and the
outbreak here will be fully discussed.
It will then he decided whether the
State with the means on hand can do
anything in the way of reimbursing
the owners for the cattle lost by the
foot and mouth disease.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
CONSTABULARY
TIISjTS lANVILLE
Two members of the State constabu
lary stationed at Bloomsburg paid this
city a visit yesterday while making
their usual patrol. They dropped in
at the otlice of Justice of the Peace
Dalton and while there were inter
viewed by a representative of this
paper.
A detachment of three men are sta
tioned at Bloomsburg, whose duty it
is to patrol the surrouudiug"'country
over a radius of some fifteen miles.
While always willing to co operate
with the officers of the various bor
oughs when emergencies arise,yet the
duties of the constabulary principally
relate to the rural districts, which are
inadequately officered under the pre
sent system. Thieves who piey upon
the farmers will have less chance to
escape with the mounted constabulary
in the field.
The three men at Bloomsburg aie
W. S. Smeaton, E. D. Porterland G.
W. Magargel. The two first named
were in this city yesterday. They are
active alert young fellows, courteous
and obliging, nicely mounted on small
fleet-footed horses. They made a most
excellent impression on all in Dan
ville who had the pleasure of.uieeting
them.
Mr. Lloyd Bomboy.a representative
citizen of West Hemlock township,
who happened to be in town when the
members of the constabulary were
here, voiced the sentiment of the whole
farming community when he remark
ed that " the constabulary could rest
assured that they would have a warm
welcome in West Hemlock township."
NEW EQUIPHENT
FOR LABORATORY
The school board has installed in
the laboratory of the high school the
"Standard Crowell cabinet," which
m unquestionably the greatest
in the line of laboratorial equipment
that was ever devised and will Jdo a
great daal to advance our schools by
affording the widest range of practical
up-to-date work conceivable,; present
ing the subject in such a wayj as to
fascinate the pupil and facilitate the
work of the teacher.
The equipment for tliejjphysical lab
oratory is in the form of a
handsome cabinet, iu which there are
210 different kinds of pieces of appar
atus,some of which may be duplicated
many times. The manual accompany
ing the cabinet gives illustrated direc
tions for over 500 experiments.
The equipment includes the Crowell
engine, which is about twelve inches
long and contains a glaes cylinder and
glass covered steam chest, which rend
ers every n ovemeut visible. It is not
necessary t > add that the student can
learn moro iu an hour with this'eug
it e than he enuld gather in many days
from books. The engine is operated
with oompressad air, which acts pre
cisely as steam. Besides compressed
air the cabinet has water—under pres
sure—electricity and gas as]'motive
ower. The whole system of water
wheels from the most primitive type
to the modern water motor is shown
iu practical operation.
The laboratory equipment contains:
wireless demonstrating apparatus, with
(ending station, recei ving'statiou and
batteries, a complete Marconi system ;
optical disk and lenses, refraction
tank and lenses complete: Moore's At
wood's machine with pendulum and
electri-contact; also a large compound
microscope.
The total cost of the equipment is
$326.45.
Master of Orange Hill Sails.
W. F. Hill, Master of the Pennsyl
vania State Grange sailed ;Mondnv
from New York for Home, he
i will represeut the United States ns
oue of five delegates to the Interna
tional Institute of Agriculture. The
other delegates sailing with Mr. Hill
were William M Stewart, of the.'De
partnient of Commerce aud Labor; Dr
C. C. Clark, chief of the division of
crop reporting,aud George F. Holmes,
chief statistician, both of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington.
Ambassador to Italy Lloyd C. Gris
oom, of Philadelphia, is chairman of
the American delegation by virtue of
his office.
Smallpox at Cumberland Co.
HAKRiSBUKG, Pa.. Nov. 11.-Re
j ports received at the State Department
of Health yesterday show that there
are now six houses under quarantine
for smallpox in Middlesex ttownship.
Cumberland county, two uew cases
' being reported. The patients are Earl
Bishop and Charles Powley, and it is
stated that neither one has been vac
j ciliated. One of the new patients is
Artemia Lewis, an Indian |girl, who
had been a pupil at the Carlisle school.
About 300,000 barrels less beer was
drunk in Pittsburg in ending
with Ootober than in the previous
year