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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

The authorship of 1.-THE Personal
Recollections of Joan of Arc" which
has been appearing serially in Har-
per's Monthly during the last year, and
which has been credited to nearly every
well known author, is finally determin-
ed. Volume of the National CYCLIC
pedia Of American Biography, work
of such accuracy that it may be consid-
cred official, contains a new biography
Of Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens Mark
Twain) which enumerates this work in
the list of his publications.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
She Wanted Pink Cheeks.

There is a girl on the North Side who
admires pink cheeks, but she will be
careful after this where she gets them.
On a recent afternoon one Of the oarettes
was being logged over the holes in the
pavement of Rush street. At Huron
street the wagon was stopped, and a
young woman stepped in and took a
seat near the center of the car. She
knew several of the women, and return
ed their bows. She was a pretty girl,
fashionably gowned, and was on her
way to public rehearsal After sitting
quietly for few minutes, she, in an
apparently unconscious manner, put her
hand to her cheek and gave it a slight
pinch On her hands were black gloves.
The day was damp and the slightest
trace possible of the color was left ON
her cheek. Then she pinched the other
one A black spot showed. This she
continued until Adams street was reach
ed, and never a woman spoke. When
she reached the Auditorium, her cheeks
were a good color, but not what she ex-
pected. Chicago Chronicle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

It is recorded of Andrew johnson
that when, senator or president, he was
invited to a dinner party, he was accus-
toned to ask if any lawyer was to be
among the guests. For, said he, law
yers always lubricate things. He took a
greater fancy to William NJ. Evarts, his
attorney general, because of his post
prandial fame than because Of his emf
nent legal attainments. Green Bag.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
subduInR a Drained swamp.

A farmer who has cleared and tile
drained four acres Of swampy land
which has for many years been covered
with bogs tells in The American Agri-
culturist that the sod was so tough that
it had to be broken up with a double
team of oxen. The easiest and most eff
fective method Of subduing the land
next spring is to SOW corn broadcast for
fodder, and the following year put in
corn or potatoes in hills and cultivate
thoroughly. After that the land may be
seeded down or used for any crop de-
sired.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
something New In college rricks,

At Mount Union college, during the
usual term orations of the junior class,
w. NJ. Fatherly, junior, whose home
is at Lisbon, was delivering his address.
He was waxing eloquent in his orator
ical flights, when suddenly big white
curtain descended in front of him, COM
pletely shutting OFF the speaker from the
audience. On the curtain was painted
in glowing letters, "God help these lit
tie juniors. " Fatherly ceased speaking,
and his oratorical effort has not yet
been finished. Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
what She was Meant For.

A lady Of great beauty and attractive
ness, who was an ardent admirer of Ire
land, once crowned her praise of it at a
party by saying;
II think was meant for an Irish
woman"
"Madam, rejoined a witty son of
Erin, who happened to be present.
thousands would back me in saying
that you were meant for an Irish man. ="
Strand Magazine.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

We raise our calves on skimmilk and
hay, with the exception that in the first
few weeks of skimmilk feeding they
get a handful Of oatmeal each. The
heifers are grown on pasturage and hay
till nearing the time of coming into
profit. They are all the time kept thrifty
and growing. The cost Of thus raising
then is small, because they are fed
ON low keep. We now have a string Of
them /, and years old, as promising
as any to be found in the pampered
herds. Maine Farmer.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
Harder to Get At.

"I suppose that it would take great
deal of observation and experience tt
enable a man to pick the fastest horse
entered for a race, " she remarked.
"Yes." replied the man of mournful
experience, "but that isn't what you
are trying to do. What you want is tC
pick the horse that is going to win. -
Washington Star.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

Caesar had his Brutus" exclaimed
the young orator. and as he paused to
note the effect of his words voice from
the gallery replied, "Well, boss, yer
may be right, but it allurs kinder struck
me dat Brutus had Caesar. "-Washing-
ton Times. - -.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

A good digestion is as truly obliga-
tory as a good conscience; pure blood is
as truly part of manhood as pure
faith; a vigorous brain is as necessary
to useful living as a vigorous will,
which it often helps to make vigorous,
and well ordered skin is the first con-
dition of that cleanliness which is next
to godliness. II. W. Beecher.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

Shun no toll to make yourself re-
markable by some one talent. Yet do
not devote yourself to one branch ex-
clusiVsly. Strive to get clear notions
about sll. Give up no science entirely,
for all science is one.-Seneca.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

Fuddy-You know there is no rule
without an exception.
Duddy-I believe you. never lay
down a rule at the store but most of the
clerks take exception TO it-Boston
Transcript.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
Sang In the Choir For Eighty Years.

In the last l2 years of Mr.. Starman's
ministry at Waldborough's famous old
German Lutheran church no salary was
paid, the congregation being too poor.
Old Conrad Hyer, who, although l01
years old, was as brisk as a man Of 90,
and had acted as chorister in this an
cient church for 80 years, reading and
singing from the fine print Of Watts
hymnbook without the use Of specta-
cles. Nothing remains on earth to mark
the sojourn of these men but the dilapii
dated ruins of the building and the
tall marble column in the cemetery
which tells the passing traveller that
there lie the remains of the sainted
Ritz and Starman, pastors Of the Ger
man Lutheran church of Broad Bay. -
Lewiston (Me. } Journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

The most easterly point Of the United
States is Quoddy Head, Ne the most
westerly, Alto island. Alaska; the most
northerly, Point Barrow, Alaska the
most southerly, Key West, Fla.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

BERLIN, Feb. 3.-The Grand Duchess of
Oldenburg is dead. She was born in 1926,
and as Elizabeth, princess Of Saxe-Alten-
burg, she was married in 1852 TO the Grand
Duke of Oldenburg.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07

TRENTON, Feb. 4.-The Republican
state committee has decided upon April
8 for the Republican convention at Tren-
, ton for the naming Of delegates TO tho Re
publican national convention.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
Goes Long WAY,

Borax-My wife makes a little mon
ey go long way these times.
Henpekt-So does mine unfortunate
ly. She's always subscribing for mis-
sions in Africa and Polynesia. Pear
sons Weekly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
A Misleading Report.

81 hear the colonel is hard drink
er."
"Huhl He's the easiest drinker l
ever saw in my life. detroit Tribune.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27

ten years the writer has lived on a farm
about mile and three.quarters from
Williamsport, and, with one or two ex-
cep,ions. each winter the printing mate.
rial was moved to the farm and the paper
gotten out there. For three years the
paper has been published continuously
on the farm. and there has been but little
trouble in having communication with
town. But this winter has demonstrated
that the town is the place for the paper.
So, next year, in the merry, merry spring-
time-when. in poetic language, the cows
begin to feed on the crocus and the flick
ertail gopher thinks it high time o-hustle
for green feed--a building will he moved
from the ranch to town and rebuilt for a
printing office, and the long drawn. out
attempt experience fit to qualify man
for the suicide club or Jimtown of
contemporaneously editing 4 newspaper
and farm. will be abandoned with su.
preme sat,sfaction. and our whole atten.
ton given to the paper.
But, for two or three weeks. we ask the
forbearance of our patrons should there
be dearth of local and county news,
promising them that it shall not be "for
long"
The Record, "The Farm Stock an d
Home" and 1.-The Chicago Weekly Inter
Ocean" one year, for e2.O0,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
"A Lovely Than ksglvlng.

"A Lovely oukAgtvlngs
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, but
there was not much opportunity in these
partst to "meet together and give thanks"
as the official proclamations usually rec.
ommend. When folks arose in the morn.
ing they found that the toughest kind Of
tough blizzard was raging. To day
the said blizzard is still hard at work.
The writer's first acquaintance with the
Missouri Slope was in 1881; but we be-
lieve we have never seen worse storm
than that which now prevails. Wherever
it could find lodgment against anything,
the snow has gradually climbed to the
top of the thing lodged against. and
when the storm comes to an end the ex-
penditure of great deol of elbow power
will be necessary in digging out stables.
haystacks, chlcken-louses, etc.
As far as the newspaper business is
concerned in this neck O. the woods. the
giving of news IS an impossibility, tor
there Is no news. The snow is deep on
the level, and very few people leave home
who can possibly avoid doing so. 1t will
take several days of settled weather to
set business IN progress again.
Were it not that the legal advertising
requires continuous weekly publication.
there would he no Record for two or
three weeks. for the reason, first. that
there 10 no news to print; and, second,
for the reason that most of the editor
time is taken up with shoveling snow,
digging out the woodplle. etc. For over
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
A WAR NOTE.
Cod. Jshn a. coeisill'S Happy Retort TO
BOastful Britisher.

Col Jshn a. coekeif4's Happy Retort 70
Boastful Britisher.
Representative Mercer, of Nebraska,
met the late Col. John A. Cockerill dur
ing his trip through Japan about a year
ago, says the Washington Post. Cock
erill was then acting as war correspon-
dent for the New York Herald. Repre-
sentatives of all nations gathered at
Yokohama, many of them tourists and
others on business. It was at this time
that Cockerill ran across cockney
Briton, who was Boosting about the
great prowess of his country, and
making rather sighting illusions to the
United States. His remarks aroused
Cockerill's war spirit, and he told the
Englishman that inasmuch as the Unit
ed States had twice whipped England it
could probably do SO again.
"O-ah-my deah sah!" said the
doughty Briton. "you ah mistaken, sure.
~. II I remembah the history Of my
country we took yah capitol and burned
it. don't you know"
"Yes," said Cockerill, "you did take
the capitol. And if I remember the his
tory OF my country You also took Bunk
er Hill. But you didn't take it very far.
You let go of both of them like ared-hot
brick. and at last accounts they were
still in our possession. But let me tell
you what we'll do next time we have a
war with you. Wen go over there, tow
your snug little island across the At.
lantic, and haul it up the bay to New
York for wharf"
The Englishman did not continue the
argument.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
THE RICHEST MANS WIFE.
6ome AmssinE Truths About Marchioues
and HAv YH~,nA

Some AmasinE Truths About Warehouses
Ii and Her Home.
OF the wife of Ii Hung Chang, mil
lionaire of millionaires, q. writer in
Pearson's Weekly says: Marchioness
Ii is very beautiful, and, compared with
her ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, an exceed
ingly learned lady. Her age is more
possibly a great deal more-than so,
yet she looks 80. or even less.
The wife of the richest man in the
world, she spends royalty, although not
without keeping detailed account Of
her expenditures. In her magnificent
home on the banks of the Pei-Ho she
lives in great splendor, surrounded by
song birds, peacocks, aquaria, pottery,
gems and botanical collections
One thousand attendants and serv-
ants answer her beck and call. In her
wardrobe are guarded 1000 coats, 1900
pairs of "trouserettes" and 500 fur
robes. made from the finest skins. Her
feet have been compressed until they
are quite inefficient for the original
purpose, and the marchioness is unable
to walk more than few yards at a time.
Twice a day she bathes in oil of
orange and acacia blooms and after
ward takes an airing in the coolie sedan.
Finally she dresses her hair in 50
ways. each more miraculous and more
perfect example of the coiffeur's art
than the one that goo. l,sfnra.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27

How different was Senator Hansbrough's q
course from that Of Senator Pettigrew,
who left tlfe republican party, which had
honored him by making him senator,
aud Joined his fortunes with those who
sought its overthrow. =
Is not Henry G. Hansbrough. then. the
logical candidate for United States sena-
tori He has been q good and faithful
servant of the people. He has succeeded
in making personal friends of the most
influential members of the senate. and
has been successful in securing their
support for measures that he has
asked for the people of his state. He ia
familiar with the methods by which leg.
islation can be secured in the interest
of his constituents. Is It strange, when
these things are considered. that almost
without exception the republican news.
papers of the, state are favorable to the
reelection of Senator Hansbrough. by the
lerislatureP
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
How Kan. Teak II.

bismarck Tribune Myron r. Kent was
Informed Of the action of the governor in
his case by Judge Barnett, who had been
one of his attorneys at Fargo. The man
who had been repr,eved from the moose
was much overcome, and said ."You
have no idea as to the satisfaction the
news Of this Communication affords me.
have all along been confident that right
and justice would prevail. and that what
would have been q judicial murder would
be prevented. When looked out. of the
window last week and saw the carpenters
erecting that Enclosure and scaffold it did
not unnerve me. for felt sure that the
God above would prevent such travesty
OF justice and preserve me TO live to re-
move the stain Of disgrace which now
rests on the brow Of my darling boy over
the cruel and most foul murder of his
sainted mother by that brute Swidensky.
Whenever feel an unrest there has come
70 me voice. as il from Julia, my tiar.
ling. wife. which said. Patience, patience
all will yet be well.' There has never
been moment during 0r'since either of
the three times which have been sen.
fenced to hang that 1 felt the execution
would occur. There is God in Israel
who looks after the helpless and sees to
the administration of justice. II ] did
not know that I could prove my inno-
cence. would thousand times rather
have been hanged than to rot and starvs
mentally. morally and phys,cally--in
the penitentiary at Bismarck. will now
be able to prove my Innocence, and l
want you to thank Governor Allin for
allowing me the opportunity; also. an
my kind friends from almos, every corner
OF the state, and my attorney for his uu.
tirlng efforts in seemingly hopeless
cause.
But 1t is to Judge McConncll--that
grand. Christly man. whose assistance
came In the very darkest hour, like q
God. sent messenger from hcaven--that I
owe my life. My attorney aud my other
friends had done everything in then,
power, and Governor AIlln had refused
commutation but Judge Mcconnell
sprang up. pushed the moose from around
| my neck, and gained me my life. All
his actions we're voluntary, without hope
OF reward except from the consciousness
of having done right and the knowledge
Of having saved life. The news is
great relief to me, naturally: but. as
there is an Infinite Being above. 1 have
received only partial justice. and l will
some day be able to convince the world
that there can be no blame attached to
| me for the brutal murder of my sa,nted
lwlfo. Julia
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
IN THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
Rather Spicy Sport IN the Fishing Line
Reported.

Rather Spicy Sport IN the Fishing Line
Reported.
An Englishman tells in the London
Field of painful experience he. had at
the Andaman islands with parrot fish.
The parrot fish was of a dirty olive tint,
with brown spots, and was possessed Of
formidable beak, not unlike a ma
caw's, only the points met instead of
overlapping, and it was composed of
bone instead Of horn. It was brought
to the surface by some experimental
torpedoes, and the Englishman picked
it up and began poking his finger about
it, supposing the brute to be dead. All
of q sudden the open beaks came to-
gether with a snap and the Englishman
lost the top of his thumb. The chunk
bitten off was given by the coxswain to
a panther Jeopardy club.
The same coxswain and number of
sailors were drawing seine for carna-
tion carp, whose scales were the size of
rupees and skin as tough. as leather,
when, as the seine closed up, big fish
fetched the coxswain a blow in the alb.
domen that knocked him galley-west
over the boats rail and into the water.
That upset the boat, but all hands were
rescued, and the fish were taken out to
be eaten.
The Andaman islands furnish consid-
erable sport with guns as well as rods,
snipe and wild pigs being abundant at
proper seasons.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
THE BENEFlCENT GROW.
What He Does for the Farmer Despite
His Reputation.

If farmers would make study of
natural history and it's bearings on
their property-the relation of hawks
to their hen coops, for instance-there
would be better paying crops.
The Year Book of the department Of
agriculture tells about COW black
birds and what they eat. About 1900
of their stonlachs have been examined,
and of these 1888 contained food. The
birds were killed in 26 states. Forty.
eight per cent. of the food was animal,
4S per cent. vegetable and four per cent.
was mineral. The blackbird has o
variety of things it cats.
''The animal food" says the report,
CONSISTED Of insects, spiders, myria-
pods (thousand legs), crawfish, earth
worms, sowbugs, hair snakes, snails,
fishes, tree toads, salamanders inewtsj,
lizards, snakes, birds eggs and mice" )"
To these might have been added young
birds, fish cast up by the tide, minnows
caught while swimming in shallow
water, and probably meat and carrion
of various kinds. Most of the animal
food is. of course, insects. These con"
stitute 46 per cent. of the total, the
other two per cent. being the larger
things. like mice. The animal food is
taken mostly in the summer. In win.
ter the food is mostly vegetable matter.
The insects the bird kills more than
make up the damage he does, especially
as his nest robbing appears to be only
an accidental habit not often indulged
in. A large flock Of the birds would o.
course destroy q lot of grain. Some
$4,000 would eat about 5000 pounds a
day, but they would consume as many
insects. which would more than de.
stroy the amount the birds do.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
HIS MISTAKE.
A Young Lawyers Happy Retoyt to Q
proaShRn0 IuADA

Presiding Judge.
The New York Recorder gives a story
of young lawyer who evidently did
not consider the well-known learning
of the judge sufficient reason for omit
ting evidence of his own attainments.
The judge was compelled to listen to
q case that had been appealed from one
of the police courts. The young prac-
titioner who appeared for the appellant
was long and tedious; he brought in all
of the elementary text books and quoted
the fundamental propositions of the
law.
At last the Judge thought it was time
to make an effort to close the argument.
"Can VIC not assume" he said, pom.
pously, "that the court knows little
about law itself?"
"That's the very mistake I made in
the other court" answered the young
orator, "and don't want to let it defeat
me twice."
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
SHOULD WOMAN. wEEPq

II She Must, Lst Her shed Her Tears
Astistieally.
Should woman weepfa. is q topic of
discussion by the readers of Woman, a
London publication. One contributor
puts in a most emphatic mol" The
crying woman, it is maintained, is out
of date-she belongs to the '40's and
sos, and not to this end Of the century.
Women was then . submissive slave and
man the righteous ruleE, Now all is
changed. The now woman is here and
she rules; therefore. she should not
cry.
In the opinion of another writer, a
woman should cry provided she does so
"noiselessly." III her face begins to
swell, all walls should cease and she
must not sniff, gulp or otherwise make
an object of herself. II she does all the
pathos of her crying 10 gone." The
idea is thrown out that ''style" in weep
ing should be cultivated;. for there are
several FORMS ofweeping. Some weep
alone to their pillow in the dead Of
night" This, it is held, is a mistake,
because it makes the weeper old and
ugly before her time, and does not do
any body the slightest good.
Then there is the woman who is cry
ing at every opportune and inopportune
moment. That is bad form in weeping.
The "whimpering style. with griev-
nnce. usually found in the past middle
age lady," is to be Stunned. The worst
form of all is the "red-faced cry of tenn
per" which usually asserts itself in an
injudicious stamp of the beautifully
arched TrilbyS and ends in general
stampede of.the assembled multitude.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
EXERCISE 4 NECESSITY.
Early Decline Of Physical Powers Dee x
NEGLECT Of Athletics,


Beyond the age of 4O-at period
when SO many are physically lazy-the
superior value of exercise is apparent,
but ordinarily this is just the time
when the hygient of athletics is neg.
lected, aptly observes Rev. r. S. Root.
There is no reason why punching bag.
rowing machine, pulley weights and
other apparatus should be relegated to
college boys and clerks. But, having
done q good deal of work in his time,
it is almost impossible to persuade a
business or professional man turning
40 to give any sort of attention to phys
ical culture if such training has been
previously neglected. 1t is an inexora-
tle physiological law that we can only
retain our bodily or mental powers by
properly using them. Exercise is not
matter of choice, but of necessity.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
Fer over Fiftv Years.

An OLD AND WxI1rTRnD RsuDY.-Mrs.
Winsow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over
dfty years by millions Of mothers for theIs
children while testhins, with perfect success. II
soothss the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind oolio, and isthe best remedy
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druggists In every part Of the world. Twenty.
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suro and ask for Mrs. Windows soothin.
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