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An enormous stock OF small Illustrated Books and
Books for Boys and Girls
Thousands of small Stationers Specialties In Leath.
silver. and Shellcspe for Holiday
Gifts Many special importatiohs TO DO else
where In New York.
on outof.town orders add 10 per cent for postage.
OPEN EVENINGS. Telephone 643-79th ST.
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W est Sids.

1OSTH ST. 2I5 EAsT.-Heated large and small
~ rooms; excellent board; table boariers
e Dl II Al I'd
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On the
Trail of
Don QuixOte
Being a Record Of Rambles in the
Ancient Province Of La Manoha.
RyAUoUsT F. JAccAcl. With
1870 illustrations by Daniel
vierge. limo, $3.50.

FROM THE ". 7. TRIBUNE:
The work represents dual activity, .
dual enthusiasm. inssmuoh ss the vivid
prose Of the author 10 combined on every
page with the brilliant pictorial record
drawn by Daniel VierRe. Tho latter has
been known for many years as perhaps the
greatest Of modern pen draushtsmen. He
reveals himself in these sketches as the
most consummate delineator yet discov-
cred of that background against which the
imagination must sec Don Quixote II he 10
to be seen ss part of Spain, part of the
genius Of his native land.
The author and illustrator have taken
Spain as they have found It, bleak. dirty,
We had almost said prosaic; but they have
felt the poetry in the austere landscape;
they have responded to tho fantastic appeal
in figures which Indifferent observers would
find commonplace to the last degree, and
imbued with the spirit which pervades their
chosen romancer; they interpret with him
the indehnable enchantment of the most
enchanting province in the world
That is high praise, yet no one who has
felt tho thrill Of Spanish landscape and
legend will question it for Q moment. No
one will question it, we may add, who turns
the pages Of this book with cordial will
ingness to grant the writer and his COM
panion their foundation of enthusiasm for
Cervantes and his hero. To read the artless
chapters is to recall the time, the temper. of
An immortal teller of tales. and to forget
with him the prose Of life for the sake of its
inextinguishable poetry.
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a}eal 6;statr for sale.

ATTUCKAHoE n. y, 10 miles out. on the Harlem
n r. h-Frams house nine rooms. In good order
and stable; lot 50xio0; water In the house; steam
heated blocks from station; price e5.UO0 81 800
can remain. Inquire q. W, DuTCHER, TuCkahoe. n.
y, or 100 9Th Av., city.
FARMS FOR SALE.
Q5 down and 81 week viii buy 500 fruit ana
poultry farm, acres OF high. rich land, an hours
ride from Philadelphia; plenty neiBhbors; schOoia
churches stores and railroad station the grou md
good markets handy tlt.o insured For fuller infor
nation call on RISLKY. III ChanberSst.
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Fast Side.

10TH ST, 81 EASr.-warm. sunny connecting
" double, single rooms; excellent board; every
convenience; moderate.
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ReaI estate for Sals-Califurnia.

CALIFORNIA income property. mining prop
srty; most reliable LAND once In America; good prop
~ &. OUNCE, ~ wIilism ct, olens FAnA N. T.,
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RtaI eatate .for SaIe-Gpuntru.

VNIORIDA LANDS-We are closing out our FIoridN
l. agricultural. fruit and timber lands, Rggregating
greatly reduced prices Secure tract OF exceii.nt
land AZ an insgnircant price In the best climate OF
the world: agents wantedi oonimlsslon liberal send
FOR catalogue and prices ELLSWORTH TRUST CO.
Chamber OF Commerce, Chicago, Ill
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Gral Gatatr Scr salr---Tirstnia.
atanted-Temales.

I ranREIIAs. .-Flrstcias operators on Wilcox and
ARNOLD. SCHIFF & CO.. 9oS Church ST.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
A GREAT SOUVENIR.

Scheme to Honor the Kaiser's Consort just
Started.
The writer wishes to arouse some en-
thusiasm in German circles and soci-
eties of our large cities in favor Of Great
ing a grand souvenir album for the en-
press of Germany. The album, which
may reach a cost of $40, 600, shall con-
tain several hundred pages of vellum,
on which the poetical dedication OF the
ablest German-American authors can
be engrossed.
The designs for the album cover are
to be executed in silver repousse work.
The project, if carried out, will en-
brace a rare opportunity for American
art and literary genius to display them
selves ON an exquisitely chaste souvenir.
The souvenir is to be dedicated by
German-Ameri ladies to the empress
of Germany, Augusta Victoria, in re-
membrance Of the twenty fifth anniver-
sary Of the proclamation Of tho German
empire.
1 anxiously solicit your moral support
and influence for brief notice of the
project IN your journal, as am desirous
to reach some prominent people who
will take the initiative in the matter.
trnest 7. zeltner in New York Journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13

NEW YORK, March 12.-The Journals
Washington correspondent says A settle
ment Of the Venezuelan question has been
reached. 1t will be announced at an early
day. of this satisfactory conclusion of the
controversy the president has had knowl-
edge for two days past Great Britain has
acted with magnanimity that will COM
mend her 10 her severest critics. She con
cedes so much that there will be little left
to arbitrate should arbitration be neces-
sary.
1t is not improbable that the entire mat
ter may now be settled outside the Ven
ezuelan commission by the president and
Lord Salisbury. The president was in very
high spirits today over this favorable turn
In the controversy between the two ma
tions and said:
"The American people will soon enter.
tain much higher estimate OF the fair
ness of English statesmen than they have
held heretofore"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
SUING A DEAD MAN.
A Curious Case That Is Now on Trial at
Lemars, Ia.

Curious Case That Is Now on Trial at
Lemars, Ia.
A breach Of promise case against a
dead man is peculiar affair, hut such is
the case Of Hubner versus Reikhoff, now
on trial before Judge Frank R. Gayno1
in the district court of lie Mars, Ia.
Mrs. Amanda j. Hubner, aged SO,
good looking and fairly educated, was
the housekeeper of William Reikhoff fol
about two years shortly before his death,
which occurred in Lemars Sept. 8, 1894.
He purchased a fine residence in LIE.
mars. furnished it richly, and installed
Mrs. Hubner as housekeeper. She served
in that capacity for several months ana
then went home to Grinnell, and Mr..
Reikhoff's daughter attended to the
household.
After the death Of Mr.. Reikhoff his
last will showed he had not provided
for Mrs. Hubner and she began a suit
for $500 against the estate on the
ground of breach of promise of mar
riage.
The deceased was a scholar of rare at
tainments and very eccentric. He devot-
ed himself to books, and declared that
he had no time to read newspapers. One
Of the wills that was produced in court
was literary gem. Several months be.
fore his death he had coffin construct
ed of two inch oak and lined with cop.
per In it he was buried at his old home
in Toledo, Ia. He bad travelled much in
his later years and was a writer upon
political and economic questions. He
was greatly beloved by his children and
by friends who penetrated his reserve
and eccentricity. Chicago Tribune.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13

Reed

Reed
I'm striving daily. striving
To show that all may ses
The glory and the greatness
OF the only G.. o. p,
To make it have a record
In congress that viii stand,
And when you meet the voters
All over this broad land
just tell them that you saw me.
Norton
I'm doing all my duty
As governor Of the state
With reference to the party
And what will make it great.
labor late and early
Entirely for its gain,
And when you meet the voters,
From Mexico to Maine,
just tel them that you saw me.
Allison
I'm keeping very quiet,
i haven much to say,
Because I am 80 busy
With work that comes my way.
statesman' work j m doing
To make the party great,
And whom you meet the voters
In every town and state
just ten them that you saw me.
Mckinley
I'm working IN my othce,
A private citizen,
Appearing not in public
By word Of mouth or pen,
But in my private bosom
love the G. o. p,
And when you meet the voters,
Wherever they may be,
just tell them that you saw me.
elay, henderson Cullom-
We have no words TO offer,
Our deeds commend Us and
Our register Of service
j. known 70 al the land
Like lambs led to the slaughter,
We yield without debate,
And when you meet the voters,
Those arbiters Of fate,
Just teu them that you saw Us.
New York Sun.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
sPARRoWs CUT THE CORD
How the Little Birds Protected Their Nest
From SpOliation.

How the Little Birds Protected Their Nest
From SpOliation.
One day last week 1 unfurled for the
first time this season the duck awning
which has been folded without my Office
window all winter. AS did so a tiny
birds egg fell from the folds, crushing
on the pavement below. Since then
have noticed an unusual commotion
among the English sparrows that make
pretty free use Of my window sill, and
today, when the sun swung round the
bank building across the way, and
went to lower my awning, I found that
the cords had been cut.
Investigation revealed the fact that
the intelligent little sparrows had re-
built their nest in the folds Of the avn
ing and in order to prevent a repetition
of last weeks depredations had them
selves severed the cord with their bills.
suppose / shall have to bear the sun
till the little nestlings have left my
awning free. Such forethought as the
birds have exhibited is surely worthy of
consideration. Shreveport (La. Letter
to Philadelphia Times.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13

Callias possesses is not as great as was
represented at the time of the marriage
The wedding of Mrs. Barnum to the
Greek nobleman took place in the Greek
church at $40 West Fifty third street, New
York, Aug. g, 1895. Only few of the in
Innate friends of Mrs. Barnum knew Of It
until the ceremony had been performed.
1t was great surprise that she had select
ed foreigner as husband. When it was
said that he had several millions of dol
lars, that explained it.
After the ceremony Callias and his bride
sailed for Paris, and since that time have
travelled in Europe. When they arrived at
the Greeks estates on the island of Nell
ia, where 1t was said he possessed great
olive plantations, Mrs. Callias was sur
prised and disappointed to learn the true
value of her husbands s possessions
Benjamin Fish, Mrs Callias' cousin.
says: 1T is trne Callias is not as rioh as
he said he was. But as for separation,
l do not believe the story of their separa-
ton. 1t is not likely that he is going to
lose what he has. l expect that they will
be back this spring, and it is probable they
will live in New York. -
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
A WOMAN BURGLAR.


HAD the Horrible Fate TO BE Caught by a
Mere Man.
A woman burglar was captured in
Paterson, N. j., on Saturday night. She
was caught fairly in the act Of robbing
the home of Josiah p. Doremus, a real
estate dealer. No formal charge of
breaking and entering was lodged
against her. She was committed TO the
Passaic county Jail by Recorder Senior
for three months merely as a disorderly
person
Mrs. Doremus retired early, and short
ly before 10 O'Clock imagined she heard
noise as Of breaking glass underneath
her bedroom at the side of the house.
Her husband was not at home, and Mrs
Doremus called to her servant, Maggie
Hagen, who was in the kitchen, to make
an investigation.
Maggie made a tour Of the building
and found that pane of glass in the
side parlor window had been broken.
Making closer scrutiny of the room, she
discovered woman crouched in the
corner behind chair. The girl scream.
ed when she saw the intruder, and the
latter flew for the door the moment she
was discovered.
George Slingland, fireman, was
passing the house at the time, and, hear
ing the servant girls screams. rushed
in. The female burglar made her way
through the front door, only to fall into
the arms Of the fireman, who is tall,
powerful fellow.
The fireman took his prisoner to the
nearest patrol box and had her removed
to police headquarters There she was
Immediately recognized as Jeanette
Phillis, an old "rounder," who has
scores Of times been arrested for drunk
enness and vagrancy, but for nothing
more serious.
There is no doubt that the woman in
tended to rob the Doremus house. She
had removed all of the silverware in
the dining room from the sideboard and
placed it in pile on the floor.
She had made preparations to wrap
the plunder in a parcel, and in a few
minutes, but for the interruption, would
have made a successful coup on her first
attempt New York Herald.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
rlfry-rouRrA CONGRESS.
Summary Of the Proceedings In the SEN
ate and House.

ate ana House.
WAsHrNeroN, March 6.-The conference
between representatives Of the two houses
of congress on the two sets Of Cuban reso.
lutions resulted yesterday afternoon in
their agreement on those adopted by the
house, which are milder than the senate.
They were at once reported TO both houses.
In the senate there was brief debate on
the Cuban situation, action on the report
OF the conferees being deferred until Mon
day. Mr.. Mitchell finished his argument
In the Dupont election case. In the house
President Cleveland's speech at the home
missionary meeting In New York was Bit
terly denounced by Mr.. Hartman of Mon
tana. Discussion of the bill abolishinQ
the fec system was continued.
WASHINGTON March 7.-The senate was
not in session yesterday. In the house the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill was passed, with the amend
ment abolishiDg fees for United States dis
trict attorneys and inarshals.
WASHINGTON, March lO.-In the senate
yesterday MIR. Hale of Maine spoke at
length against the Cuban resolutions, and
r. HOar of Massachusetts moved that
their consideration be postponed until
April 6. The Dupont contested election
case was further considered. In the house
only routine business was transacted, it
being District Of Columbia day
WASHINGTON, March 11.-In the senate
yesterday the Spanish minister S criticisms
of recent speeches in the senate led to a
lively debate, in which Senior de LONE was
denounced by Messrs. Lodge, Teller, Nor
gan, Chandler and Frye and defended by
Messrs. Hale and Gray. Senators Sher-
man and Hoar had dispute over the ian
ter's resolution. In the house the post
office appropriation bill was discussed in
of the whole.
WASHINGTON, March i2.-In the senate
yesterday Mr.. Hoar spoke in favor of post
poning action on the Cuban resolutions;
discussion of the Dupont election case was
continued In the house the postoffce ap-
hill ,rnn r,nrnn.I
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
G&8No F0gAD
aNA GARDEN
FAILURE OF SEEDS.
An Authority on the Subject Of Seed Ger
mination States Some Common Canses.

An Authority on the Subject of Seed Ger
mination States Some Common Causes.
With each recurring season come nu-
merous complaints of the failure Of seeds
to germinate. Alfred Bridgeman, the
we'll known New York horticulturist
and scotsman, briefly states some Of
the causes for these failures in his book
on gardening.
First Some cultivators through ig-
noranoe or forgetfulness of the fact that
the products Of a garden are natives Of
various soils and climates and require
peculiar management, sow their seeds
at an improper season. The most tender
species should not be placed in the open
ground until settled warm weather. The
half hardy are subject to risk if sown
when frost prevails The early and most
hardy species and varieties should not
be planted until the ground can be
brought into good condition, as some
species of plants that in an advanced
state Of growth will stand hard win
ter are often cut off by very slight
frost while young, especially if exposed
to the heat Of the sun after frosty
night. Toguard against disappointment,
reserve some of the seed for later SOW
ing.
Second.-Some species of seed, such
as beans, beets, cabbage, lettuce, rad
lshes, satisfy, turnips, ETC., being from
their nature apt to ovecetate quickly, are
often liable to be devoured by insects
within As hours after they are sown and
before plant is seen above the ground
unless a suitable remedy is applied in
time to destroy them.
Third Some species, such as carrots.
celery, leel,s, onions, parsley, parsnips,
spinach, etc, being naturally of tardy
growth, taking, in unfavorable seasons,
from two to four weeks to vegetate, are
apt to perish through incrustation Of the
soil or other circumstances which can
not always be controlled.
Fourth.-Failures often occur through
seeds being deposited too deep in the
ground or left too near the surface,
sometimes for want of sufficient seed in
given spot solitary plants perish,
lacking strength to open the pores Of
the earth, and very often injudicious
management in manuring and prepar
ing the soil viii cause failures.
To insure fair chance plant your
seeds moderately thick and thin out the
surplus plants while young. Ii planting
seeds in drills, which is the most desir-
able plan, the size Of the seed and
strength Of its germ should be consider
ed. Large seeds producing vigorous
roots require deeper planting than di-
minutive seeds producing delicate roots
and slender stalks The smallest seeds
should not be covered more than quar-
ter of an inch.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
PosToFFlCE ON WHEELS.
The Electric Motor Carriage to Be Used
In Large Cities.

mOtOf OarElago TO bo UsoO
In Large Cities.
Horseless mail warons will soon be
used in all the largeC tsof the United
States. The credit for the application Of
the hOrseless electric motor carriage to
the mail service beloI ss to Second As
sistant Postmaster General Nelson. He
has for several months been studying
the project, and a few days ago com.
pleted the plans for the model carriage.
1t is now in course of construction and
will be completed very soon.
The dimensions of this new wagon
will be 2 feet long, feet wide and a
trifle over feet high. 1t will simply be
a small postoffice ON wheels 1t will be
fitted mp precisely as in a mail street
car or a steam railroad postal car, ex-
oept that the scale will be smaller. The
body Of the wagon will be hung on
springs and the wheels shielded with
heavy rubber tires.
For long time General Nelson has
been engaged in making investigations
of the various means by which the mails
may be transported. These investiga.
tionG included street cars, pneumatic
tubes and the electric horseless wagons.
1t has now been definitely decided by
the postoffice department to employ the
horseless wagons in the transportation
Of mails in city and country districts
where there are no railway lines and
where the service can be improved by
making separations" (assorting mail
between ofices) while in transit.
IL is intended to place these wagons
in service in cities which cover large
area and where separation" between
four or five stations will greatly faoili-
tate mail deliveries. Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13


Bone meal isnot confined to one name,
but is known also as ground bone, bone
flour, bonedust, etc. We find in the
market raw bone meal and steamed bone
meal. Raw bone meal contains the fat
naturally present in bones. The presence
of the fat is Objectionable, because it
makes the grinding more difficult and
retards the decomposition of the bone in
the soil, while fat itself has no value as
plant food. When bones are steamed,
the fat is removed and the bone is more
easily ground. Moreover, the chemical
nature of the nitrogen compounds APP
pears to be changed in such a manner
that the meal undergoes decomposition
in the soil more rapidly than in case Of
raw bone. The presence Of easily decay
ing nitrogen compounds in bone hastens,
in the process Of decomposition, to dis
solve more or less of the insoluble phos-
phate.
Bone meal should contain from 8 to 8
per cent Of nitrogen and from 20 to 20
per cent Of phospboric acid. About one
third to one-fourth of the latter appears
to be in readily available condition.
Raw bone meal generally contains some
what more nitrogen q or y per cent?
and rather less phosphoric acid than
steamed bone meal.
The fineness Of the meal affects its
value; the finer the meal the more
readily available is it as plant food. -
Bulletin New York Station.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13

was a cabinet made up as follows; Mar
quis di Rudiui. premier and minister Of
the interior; General Ricotti m mister Of
war; Signor Brin. minister of foreign
affairs; Signor Perazsi. minister of the
treasury; A miral Raochia. minister OF
marine; Slgnor Guicciardlni, minister Of
finance, and Signor Granturco, minister
of Justice.
The choice Of General Ricotti as minis
ter Of war shows that the kings ideas
have prevailed in favor Of reopening an
offensive campaign next autumn, alter the
rhlnv snnann
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
A youthful murderer pleads GUILTY.

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Pa, March 12.-Min-
ME Swanger, the I2-year-old Altoona child
who placed dose OF poison In the family
coffee pot, from the effects Of the drinking
OF which mixture her uncle, William Ne
Gregor, died and her grandmother and
cousin have not yet recovered, pleaded
guilty Of murder in the second degree in
the Blair county court. The district at
torney accepted the plea. The child's
motive for the commission of the crime
was 20 secure her grandmOther's life in
surance money. Judge Bell intimated
that he would send the child to the house
Of correetion
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13
cALLIAs NOT A cRusus.
Disillusion of P. T. Barnum's widow. who
Thought She Married a Rich Man,

Disillusion of p. r. Barnums Widow. who
Thought She Married a Rich Man.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, March 9. - Dis
quieting rumors-that is, disquieting to
the many friends of Mrs. Callias-have
for some time reached here from the far
off island of Melita, which seem TO show
that all was not as happy in the Egean
sea MS 1t might be. The rumors have been
TO the effect that Mrs. Barnums second
marriage had not met all of her anticipa-
tions, and while there may be no solid
foundation for the report, it is not denied
that Mrs. Callias intends returning to this
country, notwithstanding that when she
left Bridgeport it was with the avowed in-
tention of remaining abroad for the rest
Of her life.
There is one thing certain, however,
and that is that the amount of wealth
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13

COLUMBUS, o., March 1.-THE Buck
eye state, which, through its Republican
organization, has honored William Nc
Kinley by sending him to congress and
again by making him governor, formally
and enthusiastically indorsed him for the
Republican presidential nomination at the
state convention held in this city.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-13

CORNING, n. Y, March 1O.-A short
age has been discovered In the Office Of
the American Express company, resulting
In the removal Of W. II. Claasen. the man
ager Mr.. Claasen claims that his embar-
RAISING position Is caused by his having
Dlaoad too much confdenoa in his clark.