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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
THE TABLED OF STONE.

4 Curious Calculation From the
'I.-.l:si,t .,..i the Bible.
Did ybl ,vGr figure on the proba-
bic size and immense strength of
Moses, basing your calculations on the
Dimensions of the tables of stone, as
given by the Talmudic writer's? In
the T@lmud Qoli) 3S, column s. it is
said that the tables of stone upon
which the commandments were writ
ten were six ellis long, six ellis broad
and three ellis thick. In the Bible,
Exodus XXXii, 10, we are told that
Moses went down from the mount,
and the two tables of the testimony
were in his hand"
"Iiand," mind you, not hands, though
It must be admitted that 1t would have
taken Il strong pair of hands to per-
form the task of carrying them, even
on the level. Now, we will put the
Talmudlc and the Biblical accounts to-
gether and apply the mathematical
rule. The Hebrew ell or cubit was, at
Its least estimate, Il measure of eight
cen inches, which would have made
each of the tables a stone block nine
feet long, nine feet wide and four and
onc-half feet thick. If common stone
weighed as much to the square foot
then as 1t does now the tables would
tip the beam at about twenty-eight
tons! Was Moses one Of the giants
of those days or has some one made
mistake in calculations or in the state
ment of supposed facts?-Exchange.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
BaIustrade Being Installed.

The front of the court house took on
an additional attraction yesterday
when the handsome balustrade of metal
| was installed above the artistic stone
| work enclosing and forming the three
doorways of the building. The wood
| Ell parapet, which did service from
| tie time the court house was built,
was torn down couple of weeks ago.
The balustrade is very ornamental
| and is manufactured of galvanized
iron and zinc, materials which are be-
ing used very extensively not only foI
that purpose but also for window
frame, window sash and the like. The
balustrade was manufactured by John
f. Pohl, of Lancaster, and had to be
made expressly for the court house
from plans made here and forwarded
to the factory. 1t was installed yester.
| day afternoon under the supervision
of John j. Reilly, a representative OF
| the factory.
Before the balustrade was erected
| the top of the stone work was covered
with sheet lead, so rs to preserve the
exposed surface and especially the
| joints from the action of the weather.
| Altogether the job when completed
will be a most thorough one.
| Large plate glass nearly the height
of the doors will he inserted at the
middle entrance which will still fur.
| ther add to the attractiveness of the
front. The huge panels have already
! been cut out of the middle doors and
every thing is ready to insert the plate
| glass ms soon as it arrives
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14

Evidently the work of an incendi-
ary, who was discovered and shot at
as he fled into the darkness, the barn
of Russell Karns in Benton township,
Columbia county, near the McHenry
distillery was burned to the ground
Just before midnight Monday night.
The farm was tenanted by Chester
Campbell and his son.
Alex. Campbell was returning home
at / 80 o'clock. AS he approached the
barn he heard the swapping and crack
ing sound of fire coming from the
building. When not more than TWEEN
ty-five feet away the door was flung
open and man who could not be re-
cognized in the dark rushed from the
building and fed across the field.
Young Campbell carried IA revolver
which he promptly pulled and fired af-
ter the fleeing figure, but the shots
either went wild. or the calibre was
too small to bring the man to stop.
Almost instantaneously with this
building burst out in mass of flames
which soon enveloped the entire struc-
ture.
The entire neighborhood was quick
ly on the scene, and two horses and
two COWS were saved from destruction.
The barn was a large one and was fill
ed with hay and grain all of which
made but fuel for the flames, and the
entire structure with all contents in
cluding calf, was in less than hour
a mass of ruins.
Just who the person was who was
seen running from the barn is not
known, but he undoubtedly was con-
nected with the fire. Whether the man
Intentionally or accidentally fired the
building, however, is question. On
numerous occasions in the past, grain
had been stolen from the building
and it may have been that the maraud'
er was after another haul when he ac-
cidentally dropped light which start
ed blaze in the hay.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
Challenges County.

The record for farm work in -thi,
section of the State is without doubt
held by David Howe, who is employed
on the farm of Joseph Patterson, in
Mt. Pleasant township, Columbia coun.
ty.
Monday morning he cut and set NJ
seventy-five shocks of corn and in the
afternoon he cradled two acres of buck
wheat; and all this was done in a
working day of ten hours. In the even
ing he was not at all unduly fatigued,
and says he could have kept up tho
work at the same rate for several
hours longer. 1t must be remembered
too that this was done in spite of the
fact that Monday was an unusually
warm and humid day.
Mr.. Howe offers n challenge for any
one to surpass OF equal his record
made Monday.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
Trolley Line In rlOre Trouble.

The Shamokin-M Mt. Carmel Transit
company is getting into deeper water
every day The borough council OF
Centralia at a meeting held Monday
night served notice that unless cars
were run within the next 10 days they
would tear up the tracks, pull down
the wires and cut down the poles
within the borough limits.
The Ashland council has already
placed bar across the track and torn
up rail where the road enters the
borough
Further trouble comes to the elusive
manager, Mr.. G. M. Smith, by failing
to meet the employees Monday as he
had promised to- The men were anXi-
ous to come to settlement, but now
are more determined than ever.
Sunday afternoon the committee rep
resenting the striking employees were
summoned to the Office of Attorney
Faust, OF Mt. Carmel, who is well
known in this city, and who is heavy
stockholder in the company, to talk
the situation over and to see if some
arrangements could not be made to
bring about settlement. After con
ference of about an hour Faust called
up Smith and he agreed to meet the
men Monday morning at O'Clock IN
the rooms of the Mt Carmel Banking
company. The men were on time and
patiently waited until 10 O'Clock and
Smith failing to appear secured tally
hos and drove to the power plant to
demand their money. When they near
ed the plant the manager was seen in
the office; by the time they arrived he
had disappeared. Clerk Thomas hand
ed out the checks and the men return
ed to Mt Carmel and had them cash
ed.
The people in the coal regions are
becoming tired of the inconvenience
of a trolley tie-up and are demanding
a settlement. Particularly is the un-
diplomatic and unlucky manager being
heaped with abuse. He should take
some lessons from the genial and OBJ
liging manager of the local trolley
company.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
THE MAHONING
TOWN CLOCK

The town clock OH the Mahoning
Presbyterian church on Saturday af-
ternoon proclaimed the correct time
for approximately two hours and a
half. This is an unusual record for
the Mahoning time piece, which for u
long time past has been giving us any
old time.
We're the clock to take notion to
strike once more it would prove an
unfamiliar sound. Edward Lunger,
who has the winding and regulating
of the Mahoning town clock in charge
is authority for the statement that the
clock has not struck for two years.
Indeed, the old clock is derelict i'll so
many ways that it is n question wheth-
er, instead of proving convenience, it
is not something directly the opposite
Any person who regulates his move
ments by the town clock and starts out
to make a train is apt either to miss
it altogether or to have long wait
1t would be interesting to know how
how many appointments have not been
kept through it's instrumentality.
Viewed thus all will agree that a
clock that does not keep correct time
is worse than none at all. Just now
the town clock has n penchant for GO
ing fast and seems to be struggling to
break its own record.
What the old clock needs is gener-
al overhauling. 1t has done service for
some fifty years, it is true, but it has
by no means outlived it's usefulness
1t was overhauled seven years ago by
Henry Rempe, who repaired the escape
ment and inserted new bushing at one
of the wheels. Since that time moth.
ing has been done to the clock Why
1T has not been thought necessary tC
put any repairs on the clock during
this long interval it would be hard tC
tell.
The town clock WAS manufactured
at Norristown by Jacob ID. Custer. II
| is a first class piece of mechanism anC
if properly repaired and taken care OF
will no doubt give the best of service
for many years to come 1t is HOPED
that some one will take the initiative
and agitate the matter little. The
town clock should be put in order
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
Threaten TO Blow Up Trolley.

The situation over the failure OF the
Shamokin Mt. Carmel Transit com
pany, through IA strike, to resume OPP
tralia, and the residents threaten to
blow up the entire track and not al
low the company to again put track
on the borough streets unless cars are
soon running.
The Centralia borough council held
II special meeting last evening and
took action on the matter.
The council has been at loggerheads
with Smith, manager of the road, for
some time. and will take advantage of
the present situation to make him live
up to the agreement made when the
I franchise was first granted the com
pany or get out The council will send
a communication to Smith, telling him
to operate his cars in the borough at
once. In the event of his failure he
will be told to take up his tracks.
A great many residents of Centralia
work i'll other places and have hereto
fore been entirely dependent on the
| trolley line to go to and from work.
| The community as u whole is highly
incensed over the failure of the com
pany to operate cars they say man.
ager Smith has always conducted
things with high hand in the past
and they now threaten to blow up the
entire track from Conyngham town
ship into the borough unless the cars
are very soon placed in operation.
YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY IT.
The young people of Centralia are
getting punches of real fun out of the
trolley strike situation. Many young
men and maidens from the town on
the hill work in Mt. Carmel. There is
no early train to bring them down and
| they must walk to work. Some of them
| get Off in the afternoon in time to get
home on the 80 Lohigh train, but
they must walk back home ut night.
1t is as good for the physical makeup
as vacation in the country! The
young folks will develop muscles, and
promote health, and help the shoemak-
| er on his way to wealth.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
Reading On a TrRin.

If you travel back and forth into
town every day you no doubt read
your paper or magazine on the train.
While this is not, indeed, the best prac-
tice for the eyes, 1t seems n pity to
waste so much time which might be
turned to good account. Much Of the
annoyance which comes from train
reading is due TO the jolting Of the
cars, which continually knocks the
printed line out of focus with the eye.
This can be in some degree obviated
by laying card or some other object
below the line to be read and moving
it steadily downward while reading.
This acts as guide to the eye and
helps to keep the sight fixed. Those
who have tried 1t say that it wonder
fully assists to decrease the difficulty
Of reading while in motion
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
PASSENGER TRAIN
WAS STRANDED

Passenger train No. |, due to arrive
at South Danville at 4 :3l, was strand
ed at Boyd's station for two hours
Sunday and passengers on board
as we'll as those at the station here
had long and monotonous wait of it.
The train was sighted above Boyd $
at about schedule time. Later it van
ished and 81 clock came and went
and there was no sign of the train.
Half an hour passed an hour came
and went and still no train.
Long before this it became known
that something had happened, although
just what, was matter of the barest
conjecture.
There was large crowd at the
South DanvilIe station Some of these
became weary and returned to their
homes resolved to postpone their trip.
By far the greater number, however,
resolved to wait for the tram.
An up freight was lying on the sid
ing awaiting the arrival of the passen-
ger. Shortly before six O'Clock Bag
gage Master Hottenstein, of the strand
ed train, came tramping down the
track and brought the first news tc
clear up the mystery of the delay.
The train, he said was just pulling
into Boyd's station when the valve
stem on the right side of the locomo-
tive broke. Until repaired it was i'm
possible TO move the engine. \ good
deal of time was lost trying to fix the
break temporarily. Finding that il
could not be accomplished the bag
gage master volunteered to walk dow
to South Danville, some two mile.
distant. where the nearest telegraph
Office was located.
| When news of the breakdown wa!
received at headquarters the engine
belonging to the freight lying hert
was ordered to run up to Boyd's anC
bring the disabled engine along will
the train to South Danvillc and thence
on to Klinesgrove whore it would b.
met by another engine.
1t was about & 40 O'Clock when TIL,
train with two locomotives arrived a
South Danville Thomas Attig, o
Sunbury, is engineer of No. /.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
COMMISSIONERS
APPOINTMENTS

Below will be found list of ap-
the act authorizing the county com
missioners in each county to appoint a
sufficient number of suitable persons
in each township and ward at the ex-
pense of the county to look after, bury,
and provide headstones for the body of
any honorably discharged soldier, sail
or or marine, who served in the army
or navy OF the United States during
the late rebellion or any preceding war
and shall thereafter die leaving in
sufficient means to defray the neces-
sary burial expenses.
Last year seven veterans were buried
in Montour county under the above
act hence it will be seen that the
position for which the appointments
are made is an important one and calls
for men who will carefully attend to
their duties. In making their selec-
tions the county commissioners were
governed largely by advice from Good
rich Post, No. p, G.. A. r., to which
they appealed before making the ap-
pointments. The persons selected by
the county commissioners will serve
indefinitely. The full list is as follows
Anthony township-Joseph Acor.
| Cooper township-Henry Wertman.
| Danville-First ward, w. M. He'd
dens second ward, Samuel NJ ills third
ward, Benton B. Brown; fourth ward,
Abram @. Angle.
Derry township-Frank q. Blee.
Liberty township-Samuel Kester.
Limestone township - Daniel +.
Gouger.
Mahoning township-Henry Wire.
man.
Mayberry township-Montgomer J
Bird.
Valley township-Henry Winter
steen.
Washingtonville-J. Hudson Leidy
West Hemlock Calvin ShultZ.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
Surprise Party.

very pleasant surprise party was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fern in Cooper township, Sat
urday evening, the occasion being the
18th birthday of their daughter, Flo
eta Fern. a most enjoyable evening
was spent Refreshments We're served.
Those present were Misses Verna and
Isabel Morrison, Cora, Emma and
Maize Foust, Blanche johnson, Lydia
Hartman, Florence Blecher, Dora Vert
man, Alice Millard, Margaret Pursell,
Bertha Lewis, Eva and Anna Man
ming, Florence and Maggie Krum,
Martha Boyer, Rebecca Hawkins, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Rishel, Mr.. and Mrs
Lormcr, Calvin Kashner, Ralph White,
Stewart Hartman, Frank Krum, Geo
Krum, Thornton Krum, Hurley Cot
ner, Nathan Krum, TaringSeidel. James
Beaver, Walter Dell, Charles Elliot,
Charles Thomas, George Heimbach,
Clark Blecher. Ray Weaver, Roy Fern,
Lafayette Foust, Harold Dougherty,
Oliver Angle, William Fern, Curtis
Walter, Joseph Cotner, Jacob Kocher.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
THE COUNTY
INSTITUTE

County Superintendent O. w. Derr
Tuesday for the first took up the
work of visiting the schools of the
county. The rural schools are now all
in full swing and are doing good work.
Conditions in the country districts
differ somewhat from in town and in
stead of crowded schools the attend
ance Just now is found to be nothing
to boast of. 1t will not be until Octo-
ber or November that the full number
of pupils will be enrolled in tho rural
schools. Meanwhile owing to the
heavy crops and scarcity of farm help
the boys and girls will be needed to as
sist with fall work on many of the
farms.
County Superintendent O. w. Derr
Tuesday stated that he. has perfected
no plans for the county institute be-
yond the fact that it will be held on
the same date as last year. He will
confer with Borough Superintendent
Gordy with the view of arranging a
program that will be beneficial alike
to the town and the country teachers.
The fact seems evident that the ever
ing entertainments of the county III
stitute, as has been the case during
several years past, will not be very
prominent feature. The county super
intendent has not booked single at
traction as yet. 1t does not seem un
likely, however, that one evening o
the week may be occupied with an en-
tertainment of a high order, the en-
tire proceeds of which shall be applied
to a memorial to Thaddeus Stevens
the great champion of the free school
This memorial, it is planned, will TAX
the form of an industrial school o
home, erected at Lancaster, where in
digent orphan boys can be taught SOM
useful trade. Montour is one of tin
few counties of the State that has a
yet contributed nothing toward TIN
grand memorial.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
"LUCkY" BALDWIN.
His WhirIyyind of Speculation In tho
Aiiails REGIONS.

MiaiaS Regions.
In 1858 little party of gold seekers
With mcaGer outfit of horses and
wagons started for California from the
village of Racine. Wis. In command
of this adventurous expedition was II
young man who took with him his wife
and infant daughter. His name was
j.. j. Baldwin and he made a wise
choice in shaking from his restless feet
the dust of Il tanner civilization. He
acedcd n larger thcatcr of action for his
pcnt-up and surging activities. While
trailing through the mountains of Utah
the pioneers We're attacked by Indians,
who were beaten off during six hour
fight in which young Baldwin killed
their chief. After six months of hard
ship the party reached IIangtown Qater
called Placervillc), in California.
Here baldwin tarricd and began
placer mining. lie appears to have
been no more than an ordinary red
shirtcd argonGut, meeting the ups and
downs of mining luck until the dis
covcry of the Comstock lode at Virgin
Ia City. Thither he drlfted and discov-
cred that his natural bent was gam
bling with the mines that other men
had opened. Amid whlrlwind of
speculation he fought his way with
such success that he loOmed from the
smoke In a few months as Lucky"
Baldwin, the man who had cleaned up
S7,5000O0 in the gigantic deals in the
stock of the Ophr mines.
San Francisco was the Mecca of
those lucky sons of fortune who were
rearing a great city by the Golden
Gate. AS stock and mining specula-
tor Lucky" Baldwin shone respen-
dent, but he was also loyal son of
San Francisco. He built hotels and
theaters and business blocks even
while he was amazing that far from
conservative community by madly,
frcakish cNtravagances.
In very lucid interval he bought all
the Spanish grants he could find near
Los Angeles and there spent n million
In Eiaking tits ranch Of his not only n
splcndidly productive property, but al
so one of the most beautiful estates
ever laid out in this or any other coun-
try. 1t was his hobby, his pet, and he
planted miles of avenues with noble
shade trees and made wonderful trop-
ical gardens, surrounding his home by
a paradise OF vernal beauty.-Ralph ID.
Paine in Outing Magazine.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
REV. {. T. SWARTZ
HAS RESIGNED

Rev. f. L. Swartz. pastor of ST.
Peters Methodist Episcopal church,
Riverside. has rendered his resigna-
tion to take effect the first of October.
This action on the part of Rev.
Swartz has been made necessary by
his failing health.
On October 1st Rev. Swartz will
have completed n two and one half
years pastorate at st. Peter S, and dur
ing his sojourn in the community on
the south side his gentle kindness and
his simple and generous Christianity
have endeared him to all the peo-
pie (; so that the feeling of sincere re-
gret that his departure will cause will
not be confined to the members of his
own congregation, but will extend to
all who came in contact with him.
Rev. +. L. Swartz has earned the
rest he is about to take. Last spring
he completed 45 years III the Method
ist ministry. In 1861 he entered the
conference at Chambersburg, and in
1868 was ordained deacon. In 1868,
mt conference held in this city, he
was ordained an elder.
Rev. Swartz has served % pastorates.
His first appointment was to the Cata-
wissa circuit, which included the
Gearhart church that stood on the
site of the Mt. Vernon cemetery. AT
ter that his successive appointments
were Bloomingdale circuit, Sunbury
circuit, Catawissa circuit (second
time), Beaver Meadow, Duke street
church, York Hazleton, Mt. Carmel,
Jeanesville and Andenried, Hyner,
White Haven, Selinsgrove, Fairview
and Marysville, Northumberland
Weatherly. Jersey Shore, Holidays
burg Simpson church, Altoona ;Muncy
Mt. Holly Springs, Freeland, River
side.
1t is the present intention of Rev.
Swartz and family to move to Scran
ton upon leaving Riverside.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
INSURANCE FOR CANDIDATES.

The Franklin Herald, which is a
prohibition daily, gets off the follow
ing joke in its editorial columns.
"There are insurance companies now
for most everything under the sun and
moon, the latest being company to
insure those who ride in an airship.
Why does not some enterprising genius
get up company to insure candid
ates of their election, or recompense
them in case of defeat? This is no
joke. And it is no joke to be defeated,
and a good wad of cash III case of the
loser could be put to good account. -
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-09-14
SARDIN ES.
The way They Are Cooked and Pre-
pared For Market.

The Way They Are Cooked and Pre-
pared For Market.
Sardines are caught in nets, and after
being well washed the heads are cut
off and the fish are sprinkled lightly
with salt After lying for few hours
they are placed on grids in rows almost
perpendicular. The frames are then
placed in pans containing boiling olive
Oil The oil is changed as soon as it
becomes too black and dirty for con-
tinulng the cooking process.
AS soon as the fish are considered
sufficiently cooked, they are withdrawn
from the pans of oil and the grids are
placed on the tables covered with zinc,
the surface of the table inclning to-
ward groove in the center. The oil
is thus carried to a vessel prepared to
receive it. Round the table stand the
women whose business 1t Is to pack the
fish closely and uniformly In boxes.
The boxes being full, the fish are Gov
cred with fresh oil and the lids are then
soldcred down. Thus Theoretically
sealed they are placed in iron baskets
and immersed In boiling water. The
smaller boxes are thus boiled for half
an hour and the larger ones somewhat
longer, in proportion to size Of box.
The fish are then ready for the market.
-Pearson's Weekly.