LOCAL TIMH TAKLH>. PENN'A. R. R. i BAST. WEST. 7.20 A. M. 9 00 A. M. 10.26 " 12.10 P.M. 2.24 P. M. 4-29 " H. 57 " 7.48 " SUNDAYS 10.26 A. M. 4.31 P. M. D. L. & W. R. R. EAST. WEST. 7.05 A. M. 9 07 A. M. 10.19 " 12.51 P.M. 211 p. M 4.33 " 5.44 " 9.15 " SUNDAYS. 7.05 A. M. 12.51 p. M. 5.44 P. M. 9.15 " PHI LA. & READING R. R. NORTH SOUTH. 7.53 A.M. 11.23 A.M. 3.56 P.m. 6.35 P.M. BLOOM STREET. 7.55 A. M. 11.21 A. M. J. 58 P. M 6.33 P.M. DS.SVILLE AND BLOOMSBURG STREET RAILWAY CO. . ave Danville 6.00, 6.40, 7.80, 8.80 9,10, 10.00, 10.50, 11.40 a.m. 12.8 C 1.20, 8.00, 8.50, 4,40, 5.8 C 5 *O, i.lO, 8.01), 8.50, 8.40, 10.80,11.21 m, ■ rfave Uloomsbnrg 6.00. 6.40, 7.88, J. 13, 10.08, 10.68, 11.48 a.m., 18.88, 1.23, i). 18, 8.08, 3.58, 4.48, 5.88, 6.88. 7.18, 8.08, 5.58, 9.43, 10.88, 11.80 p. m, Pirst car Sunday morning 7.30. i nst U. 20 at nigbt goes to Grova ilia only, J. Barnick, Superintendent TWO STRANGERS JGOJO PRISON Two strangers, who gave their names as John Murphy and Ray Thouias, were sentenced to jail Saturday for abusing the watchman at the Reading Iron works. ~ The meu appeared at ttie mill Fri day night. Uuder the rules persons not employed in the mills are not per mitted to be about the plaut and Giles Lumbersou, the watchman, informed tiie men that they were trespassing. Instead of complying the two uieu assailed the watchman with violent abnse. The latter saw that he was un able to cope with the fellows aud seut for an officer. Chief Miucemoyer arrived iu a few minutes and arrested the trespassers. He placed them in the lockup until Saturday morniug, wheu they were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Oglesby. The men had nothing to say when asked to plead. The jastice adjedged them guilty and iu default of pay ment of flue ami costs they were sent enced to the county prison for ten days. WHY SO WEAK ? Kidney Troubles flay Be Sapping Your Life Away—Danville Peo ple Have Learned This Faci. When a healthy man or woman be gins to run down without appareut cause, becomes weak, languid, pressed, suffers baokache, headache, dizzy spells, and urinary disorders, look to the kidneys for the cause.of it all. Keep the kidneys well and they will keep you well. Bonn's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and keep them well Here is Danville testimony to .prove it: H. B. Foust. living in the southeast corner of Front and Mill streets, Danville. Pa., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills completely banished the pains across tuy back which had caused me a great ileal of annoyance. Sharp twinges through my loius were especi ally savere wh°n I *toop»d or brought any straiu on the muscles of my loins, aud at night there was such a dull, cou-.-aut aching that I was unable to >leep well. Doan s Kidney Pill> en tirely relieved thesa symptoms aud I have"not had occasion to usa a kidney remedy since 1 procured Detail's Kid ney Pills at Hunt's drug store, and give them my uiost hearty recommen dation. " For sale by all dealers. Price 50 oeuts. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name— Doan's —and take no other. Entertained at Dinner. Mr. aud Mrs. Lloyd Moore, ot West Hemlock township,entertained a num ber of friends and nieghbors at a din ner at their home, on Thursday last. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sterling, Mrs. Charles Wintersteen. Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Martz, Mr. aud Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mr. aud Mrs. W. P. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coop er, Mr and Mrs. Wilson Atlde, Mr. aud Mrs Phineas Welliver, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Black, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bom hoy, Mr. aud Mrs. Abraham Hartllne, Mrs. Philip Moser, Miss Miunie Hilk ert, Mrs. Curtis Mincemoyer, Jacob Flick, D. F. Crosslev,Peter Werkheis er, Helen Martz, Mary Wintersteen, Martha Wintersteen, Jay Wintersteen, Anna Wintersteeu, Alviu Cooper, Ralph Cooper, Ralph Welliver, Heleu Moore, Ruth Moore, Roy'Marti!. A Keligiou3 Author's Statement. For "several years with kiduev trouble aud last winter I was suddenly stricken with a severe paiu in and was confined to be l eight days unable to get up without'assistance. My urine con tained a'thick white''sediuieutyaud I passed same frequently day and night. I commenced taking "F iley's ;Kiduev Remedy and the pain gradual'y abated and finally ceased aud my urine b - oame normal. I cheerfully recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy. For sale at Paules & Go's. Pharmacy. Purchased home. Dr ffnurge A. Stock has purchased the Gearhart residence, at the comer of Perry and Bloom streets and will occupy it as a residence in the near future. READING IRON CO. BEAT ST. MICHAELS A large crowd at the armory oil Sat urday night witnessed oue of the best aud cleanest games of basket bail tlia nan beau played iu the hall this sea son, when the Heading Iron company live defeated tlie St. Michaels A (J. by the score of 20—11). The game was thetliird of Hie series arranged by the City league. The weekly contests are attracting much attention among the basket ball en thusiasts and the attendance is steadi ly growing. The playing on both sides was exceptionally good. First blooii was drawn by R. I. 0. on a foul after (our minutes of the hardest kind of playing. The half ended with the score 13—3 iu Reading Iron company's favor. Toward the middle of the second half St. Michaels by a series of goals and a number of fouls ran the score up to lit points, aud stopped, li. 1. 0., in the meantime was nut inactive, boosting tlieir score from 13 to 3 anil winning the game by 10 points. The covering of St. Michaels was excellent. The shooting of a number of difficult goals from the field by Lovett and the unerring skill of Prit chard in tos3ing goals from fouls were features of tIO j «nie. Referee Aius worth was much applauded for his efforts toward forcing clean playing. Inn game preceediug the main game and between halves,two junior teams, the Braziers and the Five Little Socks buttled for supremacy, the former team wvinuiug by the snore if 11—10. D. 11. S. 32 CRESCENTS 12. The Danville High School basket lull team added another scalp to their growing list on Friday evening when they journeyed to Blooiusburg and de feated the Crescents of that place by the score of 38—12. The game from start to finish was fast and exciting, aud the local boys won only after the hardest kind of playing. The Crescents are a gentle manly bunch of players and played good clean ball. The first half was hard fought on both sides, the half ending with a score of 11—9 iu Danville's favor. As usual with the local five they spruced up in the latter half of the game and ran up the points in great shape, the Crescents scoting but three points The game ended 82—12 in Danvile's favor. Features of the game were the play ing of Robinson aud W. Deimer for Crescents and the all around team work of Danville. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach tiie diseased portion of the ear. Thera is only one way to cure deaf uesi, auil that is by constitutional remedies. Deafmss is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin ing of tlie Eustachian Tube. When this tube is iuflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, nnd when it is entirely closed, Deafnut* is the result,and unless the inflammation can 1)9 takeu out and this tube restor ed to its normal oonlitiou, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten sre caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed con dition of the mncous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ca6e of Deafness (caused bv catarrh)thnt cannot by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo. O. Sold bv Drugigsts. 75c. Take Hall's Family Fills for con stipation. A. F. Spitler Claimed by Death. A. F. Spitler, a well-known resi dent, died at his home, South Dan ville, Monday luoruiug aftor an ill ness of oleveu weeks. The deceased was born at New Ber lin, Union county, June 24, 1834. For the greater part of his life he was a resident of Danville and was known as a good citizen, a kind, obliging friend aud neighbor. He was a veterau of the civil war. He enlisted in Company D,2oßth regi ment. Pennsylvania volunteers, August 25, 1864 nnd was discharged .Tune 1, 1865. The deceased is survived by his wife aud three daughters: Mrs. Annie Minier and Mrs. Yerdtlla Boud mau of this place, ami Mrs. Knina Nields of ShamoUin. Me is survived by six great grandchildren aud one brother. A. J. Spitler. of New Berlin. He was a member of the Trinity Luth eran church. Many little lives have been saved by Foley's Honey and 'far for coughs, colds, croup aud whooping cough. It is the only safe remedy for infants aud children as it contains no opiates oi other narcotic drugs,and children like Foley's Honey and Tar. Careful mothers keep a bottle in the house Refuse substitutes. For sale at Paules & Co's Pharmacy. 13 Year Old Bride. The United charities of Haz'eton have in tlieir care a ease iu which a 13-year-old girl wauts to get married aud was refused after she had ap proached the minister. The girl iB Mary Kanter, of Shanty Hill, Jeauesville. She wautß to be married to Frank Adaracheck, whose | age is not given, bat who is consider ably older thau she is. Mary was refused the nuptial knot by her pastor, who deoided that she had better grow up a little before she was tied up for lifo. You would not delay taklug Foley's Kidney Rpmedv at the first sign of kidney or bladder trouble if you real z«d that neglect might result in Bright's disesso or diabetes. Folev's Kidney Remedy corrects irregulari ties and cures all kidnev and bladder disorders. For sale at Paules & CO'B. Pharmacy. STATE AID FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL Following the idea suggested by Walter C. Gilmore, Esq., of Wiiliauis port, president of seleot council, that the State should pay at least half of the cost of the proposed sewage dispos al plants which tlie Slate health de partment is trying to force the various cities aud towns to build, an etfort is being made at Harrisburg, during the present session of the legislature, to secure the enactment of a law which provides for the payment by the State of 50 per cent, of the cost of these proposed plants. Mr. Gilmore talked much of tliiß matter before the recant annual convention of the league of cities ot the. third class, held in Al coona. aud strongly advocated this pltu. This bill, which was ordered to be introduced iu the 190!) legislature by tiie Altooua convention of the league last August, is now being draft ed by City Solicitor James Gardner, of New Castle, chairman of the legis lative committee of the league. It. will provide that the State bear one half of the cost of sewago disposal plants the State health commissioner orders to be constructed, aud also to bear a similar proportion of the cost of constructing such importaut sewers :IB lie may crier. Simple Re:nedy for La Grippe. Racking la grippe coughs that may develup into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley's Honey aud Tar. The sore and inflamed lungs ate healed aud strengthened, aud a dangrous cun lition is quickly averted. Take only Foley's Honey nud Tar iu t'e yellow package. For sale at Paules & Do's. Pharmacy. Executive Board of Fire Dep't. The executive board of the Dauville fire department met iu the Goodwill hose house Saturday eveuiug aud elect ed officers for the eusuiug year. The executive board consists of the chief of the fire department, Harry Rupp, who is president, the four as sistant engineers and three members of each hose company, as follows: Friendship, John G. Waite, Alfred Stead aud H. E. Trumbower; Wash ington, Wesley Hollabaugh, A. O. Roat and David Evans; Contluental, John Tooey, Jasper Perry and Alfred Mellin; Goodwill. Dallas Hummer, Joseph Gibson and John Mitchell. Alfred Mellin of the Continental hose company was elected secretary of the executive board and Wesley llolla baugh of the Washies was chosen trea surer Kennedy's Laxative Couch Syrup j antes nearly as pood as maple sugar, j tt cures tl.p cold by gently moving Ihe bowels and at the same time it is toothing for throat irritation, thereby stopping the cough. Sold by Pauleß sGu 00. Flurry in Real Estate Values. There is a (lurry in Northumberland I real estate now. doe to the belief that the Pennsylvania railroad intends to i build at that point the classification | yards which were to have been made * at Shamokin Dam. but which have | beeu abandoned. This flurry has been considerably increased by the pur- j chase of the farm of James Kohl, at Kapp's Station, by Albert Savldge of Suubury, and ,Tas. Davis, of Phlladel- | phia, last week. Pennsylvania railroad civil engine ers have beeu making surveys above Northubmerland and as the company already owns the land which was at one time the Pennsylvania canal,there , is ground for the belief that it is con sidering the proposition of building a classification yard at that point. The uniform level of the land makes it r> desirable a location, if not more so than the property purchased at Slia mokin Dam, and it possesses the ad ditional advantage of being along the Pennsylvania trucks. Take DaVVitt's Kidney and Bladder j Pills. They are for weak back, back- j ache, rheumatic pains and all kidney j and bladder troubles. Soothing and j antiseptic. Regular size 50 cents. Sold! by Paules and 00. Warning to Merchants. Postmaster W. L. Gonger has re ceived a circular from James T. Cor telyou, inspector in charge, in regard to the theft of money order forms from Station No. s,Bellingham, Wash., stating that ou December 9,post oßice station No. 5 Belliugham. Wash., was robbed and money orders No. 1401 to j lfiOO were stolen. The circular also states that mouey orders No. 417(5 to 4300 were stolen from Station 24, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The burglars w ill undoubtedly at- i tempt to use them by filling them ont and endeavoring to cash them with merchants. Merchants are warned to s::au carefully any orders purporting to have beeu issued at this station, j noting partioultrly if the numbers have'beeu altered with red Ink,and to be especially careful Saturday even ings when selling goods. The usual method employed by par ties who have stolen orders heretofore is to fill them out for from $35 to S4O j each and then purchase a small bill of goods of some merchant, generally on j Saturday evening, and offer in pay- | ment one of these orders and request j ! the difference ill cash, i It has also been the custom to care- j ; fully chauge, by use of red ink, the j j first figure of the number of the order j ; fur example : Order No. 1401 might be changed to 4401,0r some other uumber | Living aloue in her home near j Sweugle.Noit iomberl*nd countv.Mrs. ) S«ra Stover 112 11 down a flight of stairs | and broke her neck, death evidently ensuing Instantly. The time of the j fatal aooideut will never bo known as Mrs. Stover was alone I WILL ALLOW HIDE SHIPMENTS SOON Tlie fedeial embargo ou tlie ship uient of hides from Montour and oili er counties of Eastern Pennsylvau !i quarantined because of the foot ami mouth disease will ha removed. State Veterinarian Pearson accom panied iv committee of hide dealers tc Washington. Tney called ou SenatO' Penrose, who arrauged for a ooufer euce with Secretary Wilson at tin agricultural department. The senator wiio Win familiar with tlie situatioi in the quarantine district, urged that the order of the department be revok ed or so modified as to remove the hardships under which the hide men are doiug business The secretary liu tly suggested that Dr Pearsou confer with A D. Nelson,chief of the bureau of animal industry After going ovei the situation thoroughly.au agreement was reached by which the order will hi rescinded so far as it affeot.s hides removed from cuttle a'ter January 1. The order that will be issued pro vides that (1) No hides cr (•kins re moved iu Pennsylvania after .lanunry 1 shall he required to he disinfected, providing suoli liidag are not brought iu ooutact wit t hides from animal-, killed before January 1 within the district quarantined by the State; (2) No disinfection is to be required with relation to hi les that are stored in slaughter houses under Federal inspec tion where tlie animals killed have come from quarantined districts; (3) luter State shipments of hides may be made wit liu Pennsylvania without disinf ctijn, provided such shipments are made direct to tanners and are con trolled by the livestcofe s iiiitar.v 1 o;ird. For health and happiness—DeWitt's Little Karly Htsers—pleasant little liver pills, ilie hast tnr.de. Sold by Paules and Co. Robbers Make Rich Haul, A most daring robbery was com mitted iu Suubtiry yesterday morning when O. S. Bigouey's store was en tered and nearly five huudred dollars' worth of goods wai stolen. The store burglarized is situated ou Market street and extends ba k to an alley. The robbery took place between midnight and morning, enterance be ing effected by breaking through a door at the rear. lucluded irt the rich haul made by the burglars were sixty revolvers,one half dozeu gnus, rifles, knives and razors It is thought that the burglais had it carriage, as about the hoar of midnight some one saw a carriage irt the vicinity ot the store that was rob ed. Later a carriage answering the same description was seen leaving town by the Shamokin road. What makes the robbery an especial ly bolil one is the fact thai the itvolv ers stolen were removed from the frout part of the store within ten feet of the glass frout where the robbers were clearly in view from the street. The goods stolen are valued at from |450 to #SOO. Hood for cuts, bnrns, bruises aud scratches, but especially recommended for piles—DeWitt's Uarbolized Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by Paules and Go. Mrs. Caroline Lyuch,of|West Ilazle ton, charged'with the illegal practice of mediclue.was found guilty in court at Wllkes-Barre. Seuteuce will be imposed on Saturday. Will Take Up flarcavage Case. Once more the case of Stany Mar cavage, convicted murderer of Oharles Veshilonish. the Springfield cobbler, will be taken up by the State board of pardons, January 30, being set as the date for a rehearing of the evidence. Stany's case has the pardon board gueesing and It is difficult to foretell the result of their deliberations. Stany has been behaving very well since he got over the delusion that his keepers were iu duty bound to gratify his every whim. Cures Woman's Weaknesses. We refer to that IRXMI to weak, nervous, suffering women known as Dr. I'ierce'i Favorite Prescription. Dr. John Fyfo one of the Editorial Staff af TIIK ECI.KCTIC MEDICAL KKVIKW says af Unicorn root {Helonlux l>iolca) whicb is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa vorite Prescription ": "A remedy which invariably arts as a uter ine invlgorator * * * makes for normal ac ttvlty of tlm entire reproductive system." lie continues "In Ilelonlas we have a medica ment which mote fully answers the aliove purposes tliiin any other druu wit/i nilith lam :!,'(;fniin'ed. In the treatment of diseases pe culiar to women It Is seldom that a case is seen which does not present souio indication for tins remedial agent." I>r. I'yfe further savs: "The following ale among the leading Indications for Ilelonlas (Cnlcorn root). I'alu or aching in the back, with « leucorrho'a : atonic (weak) conditions of the reproductive organs of Vomen, mentiN depression and ir ritability. associated witifchronlc diseases of the reproductive organs of women;constant sensation Jr heat In the region of the kid neys; metyprrhagla (flooding). due to a weak ened condition of/the reproductive system: anu-noi/Tiir yViKr/iesscd or absent monthly p- rlodyS.ydwSim: M 10m or accompanying an abnogmsl condition of the digestive organs and ttifivmlc (thin blood ) habit: dragging sensMlons in the extreme loner part of the abdomen." If more or lets of the above symptoms Kt-wsß niSeM'iSis on,' ol Tltß lelidmi/ lngrShl etita of wrucli is Unicorn root, or Belonlas, and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent Ingredient of "Favorite Prescription," Prof. Flnley Ellingwood, M. I)., of Ben nett Medical College, Chicago, says; "It Is an important remedy in disorder# of thn womb. In all catarrhal conditions • * and general enfeeblement. It Is useful." Prof. John M. Sctiddcr, M. I)., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: "In relation to its general effects on the system, there n no medicine in ute about which lite re i- suih general unanimity of opinion. It is n't'> - 'll a regarded as the tonic useful in all debilitated states." Prof. lv. llartholow, M. IX. of Jefferson Medical College, says of Golden Seal: "Valuable In uterine hemorrhage, monor rhagia (Hooding) and congestive dysmenor rhea (painful menstruation)." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith fully represents all tho above named In- Brodients and cures tho diseases for which lev are recommended dOMfi IMPORTANT ITEMS OF COST The total amount of orders issued tud redeemed by Montour county dur ng the year 1908 mounted to #21,087. rf i. The courthouse expenditures emounted #1660.72 The heaviest iteu. s #720.85 paid for new furnacts. Jnunty printing aud advertising cost #215.75. Coal cost 2183.00; gas #l7 00 tnd iusurance #75.00. The jail expenditures amounted to #830.38. Miscellaneous items foot up #3364.50. I'he most important of these are tin county teachers' institute of 1908 which cost the couty #129.67, and the tchool directors association, which cost #j9.00. The support of inmates iu the State hospital tor the insane ooet the county #569.00. For the sup pot of convicts the following was paid out: Eastern Penitentiary, #429 - house of refuge, #30.12; reforma tory. #100.92. The inquisition ou John Mourer cost #33.86; autopsy cn the same, #50.00. It cost the county #2lO 24 to extinguish forest fires during the vear Sheep damages amounted to #67 50, burial of old soldiers aud mark ers for the sane, $310.00. Under classified accounts and ex penditures we learn that court expen ses aud Commonwealth costs during the year fuot. up #4943.00. Graud juiors cost #537.86; traverse jurors, $1014.06; district attorney #400.00; witnesses, #501.09. Supreme court ex penses iu the Dietrich csae was #209.00 Luzerne county court expenses iu the same case, #590 86 The sheriff received #1334.09; the county commissioners, auditors, etc , #2779.(9 The Bpriug election cost #IBB 96; the general election #529.81. With other items the total election expenses foot np $1789.71. Assessors' pav amounted to 1981.00. Noxious animals cost #278 00. These included 241 weasles, 33 minks and I wild cat. Bridge aud road expenses amounted to #6059 45 On the river bridge it eost #25.00 for side walk repairs ; #27.21 for gen era' repairs; #ll 50 for cleaning drive way and #3.95 for removiug snow. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion will digest any and all food at any and all times Kodol is guaranteed to give prompt relief. Sold by Paules aud 00. "Human Hearts." Ou Friday evening the stage of the Danville Opera house will be devoted to of the popular and highly successful play "Huniau Hearts," withJa'coinpany! of superior excelluece aud strength.'The authorgof the play is air actor of wide experience and fully understands the art of paly making from the staudpoint of both the spectator and the actor. His ef fects are produced quickly, but none the less does he hold over the passions of his auditors. The play is almost too well known to require more than a passing word upon the plot. The main thread of the story centers around Tom Logan, who is unjustly accused of murder, aud seutonced to life imprisonment His wife Jeannette, who is a proud ambitious womau. runs away with an old lover,and goes to New York. Even iu a woman degraded us she is, the instinct of motherhood prompts her to return to the old home to gain possession of her child Grace. She is frustrated in her design, and new evidence being submitted to the Gov- eruor of the state, he pardons Tom out of jail. Jeaunette dies, her paramour is arrested for the murder of Tow's fattier, aud Torn marries Roth Lar king, and the clouds of adversity are dispelled by the sweet sunshine of a true woman's love. Changes in Township Law. The State Grange committee on leg islation proposes some radical changes in the laws governing townships. There are many outside the organiza tion who share the opinion that there is ample reason for reform aud they will heartily approve the efforts of the Grauge to bring about n geueral bet terment. The change in the township road law contemplates that road supervis ors should serve as roadmasters, their pay to be fixed by the township audit ors If roadmasters be appointed, the compensation should be $95 per annum each. Tho treasurer is to lie a mem ber of the board aud the taxes are to be paid at the same time other taxes are paid to the township collector. The tax is to be in cash, provided the State pay 50 ceuts for each dollar thus raised by the township, the maximum State payment not to exceed S2O per mile per township. It is also urged that, the State failing to pay its share as suggested, corporations he taxed locally for road aud other township purposes. Other laws Tavored were the repeal of the poll tax or $1 property tax; re euactment of the law for additional town-hip assessors; annual assessment iu April iustead of December; State payment of minimum salary for the minimum term of all soliool teachers iu the State. The latter measure, which will require an increased school appropriation, will be drafted later, tog'thcr with additional legislation. Ploying with tire during t'l* absence of her mother from theVkitchen, the Ave years old daughter of 'John Feus termaoher of SHamokin, ignited her clothing and iu au instant was a mass of flames. Before her cries were heard the girl was teriib'y burned about the face, head, hands and body. THE POTATO CM FOB 1908 The potato crop for 19C8 is said to j ue 274,600,000 bushels 220,000 bushels less than the year pieeeding, while the quality of tlie yield is fur below the previous year. If the potatoi a were all good the quantity will not tupply the houie demand, siuce it is only about three bushels par capita, and out of that eeotl must come for the next orop. This will mean high prices for oue of the most staple foods of the workiugmau, a* the tariff ou potatoes is so high as to permit the nome farmers and retailers to charge * big price for their product, aud pre vent competition No other country reporting the potato crop makes such * poor showing as the United States, ouly about eighty bushels to the acre, against 200 aud more bushels by Great Britain, Germany aud other countries It is strauge that we do not grow enough potatoes to supply our home demand. The cause of this small yield which seems to ba growing smaller from year, to year, is said to be due more to planting poor seed than to any other oue cause.The smaller yield in l'.)08 than li) 07 was due to a more unfavorable season, but the steadily declining yield must he due to other than climatic conditions, aud sued seems to bo the most probable cause Doubtless it is true that seed is plant ed which is not desirable for other uses, when, in fact,the best Bpeciineus should be planted. Not the largest, but the smoothest, shapeliest and most nearly ideal specimens. It is doubtless true that those who are now growing good crops of potatoes do not care to see all others doing the same, being atisfied with oonditious as they are. But 'the greatest good to the greatest number" is the seutimeut which move the News to urge ttie growing of more bushels to tiie acre. If >ou will take Foley's Orino Lax ative until the bowels become regular vou will licit liave to take purgativeß constantly, as Foley's Oriuo Laxative positively cnr<s chronic constipation • ill sluggish liver. Plwasaut to take Kor sale at Paules & Oo's. Pharmacy. \ DIARY OF THE WEATHER Our townsman, George M. Leighow, - one of few persona who succeeded in keeping a diary of the weather for the year past. Each day lie accurate -1 v recorded whether or not there a r»ln or snow. The result shows that there were '.* l rains and 38 suows In .'.IOB. In Jaunary it rained on live days aud snowed on geveu days. In Fehrnarv there were four rains and ten snows. lu March there wera nine rains aud three snows In April tiiere were tou rai us and two snows. In May it rained on seventeen days; in June six days; iu July ten days, iu August ten days : in September, four days; iu October, six days ; iu Novem ber. seven days; in {.December, three days. The number of days ou which it rained, however, is no criterion as to the amount of rainfall. Mr. Leighow states thnt ou most occasions the rains were very light, btrely settling the dust. As Is well-known a drought prevailed during those months. Tlu first snow of Che season fell ou October 81st, last Iu November there were three snows; iu December there were eleven snows. There is uo case on record of a cough oold or la grippe developing iuto pneumonia after Foley's Honey aud Tar has been takeu, as it cures the most obstinate deep seated coughs and col Is. Why take anything else. For sale at I'aulss & Co's. Pharmacy. "The Traveling Salesman." A marked feature of James Forbes' comedy success,"The Traveling Sales man," which comes to this city on Thursday. January 21st, is the large number of laughable slaug expres sions. entirely uew to those who fiud much to interest them in the works of the celebrated slang authors of the day. Mr. Forbes as a creator of risi ble expressions, sprang into promin ence by reason of"The Chorus Lady" and lias more than duplicated his first success with "The Traveling Sales man." The production here will be as complete iu detail and as strong tn playing strength, as the company now running at the Gaiety Theatre on Hroadvay to crowded houses, iu the sixth uiuuth of its engagement. lvodol digests all the food you eat. If you take Kodol for a little while vou will uo longer have iudigestiou It is plessant to take, acts promptly. I Sold by Paules and 00. Institute Notice. The Montour County Farmers In stitutes will ha held at the California grange hall on Monday and Tuesday, February 8 and l», and at Mooresburg on Wednesday, February 10th. All persons interested in agricnlture are cordially invited to attend. Are Doctors Any Good? Foolish question! Yet some people act as if a medicine could take the place of a doctor! The best medicine in the world cannot do this. Have a family doctor, consult him frequently, trust him fully. If we did not believe doctors endorsed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds, we would not offer it to you. Ask your doctor. No alcohol in this cough medicine. /. C. Ay. r Co.,Lowell,Mass. If we did not believe doctors endorsed Ayer's Pills lor constipation, biliousness, sick headache, we would not offer them to you. Ask your own doctor about this. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor . . . and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order -UrlUvA, !M—' or diseased. _ Kidney trouble has rilffi'J " become so prevalent U ,^iat ■' is not uncommon ' ' or a to be born /V ViV afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin- •if**- ates tOO o ft erli if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp« Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- cent and one dollar sample bottle by mail isyifcbygS™ free, also pamphlet tell- nome of swamp-Boot, ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured, in writing Dr. Kilmei & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remetn ber the name. Swanp-lioot, Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres Binghamton. N.Y.. on every bottles. LOST HER LIFE ON PENNSY TRACK A terrible accident occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad at Northumber land, Saturday evening, when Mrs. Martha J. Miller, aged B8 years, was crushed to a shapeless mass beneath the wheels of a passeuger train. She lived with the family of Elmer Sanders on Duke street. About live o'clock, as dusk was falling,she start ed for the home of George Zellers, along the railroad, in the upper part of the town to get some milk The railroad was the easiest way of reach ing the place, aud she started to walk up the track. The night was darken ing as she passed between Fourth and Fifth streets and being deaf, she did not notice the approach of the east hound passenger train, dne at North umberland at 5 :13 P. M., which had not begun to slacken speed for the Btation. Several small boys called to her but when she did see the train ih* was so bewildered that she was tin able to move and it struck her and she was thrown beneath the wheels. Her arms were both broken, her head badly crushed aud her entire body bruised. Death resulted InetanMy The traiu rau on for three squares before it could be stopped. It then backed up and picked ®p the mutilat ed body of the aged woman. It was taken to the statiou where it remain ed until it was identified. The coroner's jury reudeied a ver dict exonerating the railroad fromi blame, as she was on their property without leave when killed. QUICK CLIMATIC CHANGES try strong constitutions and cause, among other evils, nasal cuterrh, a trouble some ami offensive disease. Sneezing aud snuffling, coughing and difficult breathing, and the drip, d?ip of the foul discharge into the throat—alt are ended by Ely's Cream Halm. This honest remedy contains no cocaine, mercury, uorothir harmful ingredi ent. The worst cases yield to treat ment in a short time. All druegists, SOc., or mailed by Ely Bros., Ets War - r u Stteet, New York. '"Pennsv" Settled. Bather tl au take its case into court, the Pennsyhauia Railroad Co.. lias settled its case in which it was sued by Columbia county to recover |SX)O, for its share of the expense ineident to the burniug of the old wooden bridge across the Catawissa creek at the paper mill At the time of the flood of 1902, the old bridge was torn from its fasteuings and tied np in a Rorge just above the Pennsy's new slructuie below. Tnat company fear ing that it would lose the iron bridge agreed to p.»y s2oo.if the county would burn the old structure. This wan agreed to, the bridge was burned, but the railroad company repudiated ita part of the contract. Suit, was instituted prior to the December term, lOOS.and the suit was continued. Afterwards it was settled by the railroad company paying 107.- 50, aud all costs. Young Life Closed. Mary Cecelia, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Thomas Yarion, Upper Mulberry street, depaited this life at 2 o'clock yesterday morning after a brief ill ness. She was aged 7 years aud 3 mouths The faueral will take place Friday morning at !) o'clock. Interment in St. Joseph's cemetery.
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