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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
SCHOOL STATISTICS.

Through the courtesy of County
Superintendent Sawyer we are in
possession of the annual report for
1895 of N. c. Sch@ffer, superinten-
dent of public instruction, and from
it we briefly extract the following
in regard to Pike county. The value
of school property is $40.700.00. The
number of permanent certificates
granted is 6. There are Ga school
houses and rs school rooms, and but
one house without sufficient seat
ing capacity No new school houses
were built during the year, Az are
classed as good and 43 as having
suitable furniture. There are IS
schools, 2 graded, The Bible is read
in ALL Ten public examinations
were held, 103 provisional and pro-
fessional certificates were granted.
Ten applicants were rejected, twen-
ty-one males and AZ female teachers
are employed, and their average age
is % years. There are four who are
graduates of normal school. The
average wages paid to males is $2S.-
II and to females $26.69. Twelve
schools have months 2S, 2 months
and 2S, months. There are 989
male and 929 female scholars. The
average attendance is 1888 and the
average cost per month $1.35. This
ahows that an average $50 scholars
do not attend the schools. Superin-
tendent Sawyer made during the
year 147 visits, held 10 public exam
nations and examined 12O applicants,
He reports year of slow but steady
progress, but says the annual re-
ports show a decrease in attendance,
and that irregularity is one of the
greatest drawbacks. He hopes that
parents will cooperate with officers
and teachers to raise the percentage
of attendance. He commends the
teachers for good work but says
there still remains ample opportun-
ity for improvement along the lines
of pedagogical study.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

years ago. It is now monstrosity
i'm size, much handsomer and pub
fishes the news of the world in de-
tail, but it is a question of It is as
carefully or as well edited. The
great point now is to elaborate and
be sensational. Little effort is made
to ascertain the truth of the news,
the reports and stories. Long in
terviews are published which have
no other foundation than the inven-
tive genious of the writer, conver-
sations are given which are purely
imaginary, thrilling tales are told
based on distorted facts or perver-
ted hearsay and total disregard of
veracity. There are desperate strug-
giles, hairbreath escapes, yawning
chasms, thousands of snakes and
enormous bears, a glossing of facts
and unlimited exaggeration of truth.
There are minute reports of crimes,
murders and suicides are told with
extravaganza of detail, morbid curl
osity is aroused and the baser ma
lures infiamed. The Sunday news
paper is even worse in this respect
than the daily. They are intended
to foster and cultivate a taste for
such a sensationalism to the exclu-
sion of sober sense and reason, and
to absorb the Sabbath and all
thoughts of it's sanctity. They
should be kept out of every family
The colored pictures and doubtful
stories are calculated to captivate
and poison the young and tender
mind. People are beginning to rea-
lie these facts and are becoming
more and more skeptical of the truth
of the reports of current events a:
contained in such newspapers. We
trust the time will soon come wher
a candid and careful statement OF
news, and an intelligentand conser
vative comment thereon will be de-
manded of the newspaper.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
SILVER MAY SPLIT PARTIES.
Ex-Governor Campbell Believes the HOUSE
VIII Have to Elect the Next President.

Ex-Governor Campbell Believes the House
Will Have to Elect the Next President.
II want international free coinage Of
silver at ratio of 156 to l." said ex-
Governor James E. Campbell Of Ohio.
II consider single gold standard advo-
Gates as much wrong on one side as I
believe single silver standard men ON
the other. l am opposed to our country
going ahead alone and coming silver
free. No one nation can do it and sur
vive, but the United States, Germany
and France could do so without Eng
lands cooperation. With an interna-
tional agreement all troubles with the
money question would vanish, and ex-
pect to live to see such an arrangement
effected"
The ex-governor was talking with
several local politicians when he made
this statement. The conversation then
switched and Mr.. Campbell said:
ANY good man who wants it can
have the Democratic nomination for
president this year..
"Do you want itp'' was asked.
II am not a candidate, was the re.
ply.
Would you accept it?'
1.-THE possibility of having a chance
to do so seems so remote that / don't
think it worth considering, but Just
now should refuse. Whitney and Mat
thews would make a splendid team if
they would accept. New York and In
diana is good old Democratic combi-
nation, and I don't know how we would
feel if the two states were not both rep
resented ON the ticket.
"But believe" he continued, "that
the next president will be elected by the
house of representatives. There will be
fight in both the national conventions
between the extreme gold men and the
extreme silver men. Both are cranks.
The two parties as Democrats and Re-
publioans have really no difference on
the money question. The silver men
will not be satisfied with the Repub-
lican platform, and they will bolt and
lose the party enough states to throw
the election Of the president into the
house. %
What sort Of money planks will the
national platform contain?"
THAT cannot say, but this is the
day Of straddles. The Republican party
claims to favor a gold standard, yet
none of the leaders will come out and
declare for it in so many words. If Mo
Kinley has done it, have not heard of
it. Therefore a compromise plank with
the Republicans will be a straddle. "
''What about the Republican nomina-
tion for PRESIDENT"
''Well, they don't seem to have ar
rived at any understanding yet. "
''How about McKinley?"
"Oh, nothing, only he'll find great
deal Of green goods in his grip when he
unpaeks it in st. Louis. ."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
MOONS PHASES.
Editorial.
THE POLITICAL FIELD.


The Milford correspondent has
been letting his mind take another
vacation while writing on the sub
ject of politics in this county, and
thus summarizes matters. He says
this year every Office in the county,
except Sheriff will be voted for,
and this fact, coupled with the dis
trict, state and national elections,
keep politicians, who in former
years were conspicuous by reason
of their silence, unusually busy.
Now won t he be little more def
mite and stqte what politician in
this county has ever been " conspi-
cuously silent, unless it be our
present member of Congress. He
further says Pike is for Pattison
and Quay for Presidents, and that
in the congressional and senatorial
matters things are very quiet, that
since Howard Mutchler is not a can
didate, Joseph j. Hart, the present
member and editor of the Pike
County Dispatch, " stands an excel
lent show for reelection. This is
accurate, and interesting. We new
or knew of any such paper here, but
it must be the one for which that
editor writes.
The same correspondent says that
opposing Mr.. Hart is DIR. j. H. Shull
of Monroe, who has been a candi-
date many times but it is generally
conceded that the doctor will fall in
line for Hart. This is a piece of
news the genial doctor will no doubt
relish and he will hasten to "tum-
BILE"
The dispatch says for Senator the
name of Laf Rowland, the present
incumbent, is prominently brought
forward. and that as yet no other
persons have signified their intention
of entering the race. This seems a
little previous considering that the
Senator has two years yet to serve,
but it shows the comprehensive
knowledge of the writer ON political
matters.
Z" Candidates for county offices are
also looming up thickly," " it says
Does this mean a reference tC
the manner of looming, or does
it refer to the number. II
to the former, ON behalf OF
of our Democratic friends we repudl
ate the insinuation. They have not
appeared in that condition yet t.
any extent. How they may behave
when the conflict thickens" is an
other question, which we will no
anticipate. If he refers to the mum
ber, it is an assertion which simpl,
comprehends an automatic truth,
chronic condition, and is not news.
The woods here are full of states
men, ready to sacrifice personal com
fort to serve their country. The.
are in the hands of their friend
and are always willing to be earn
estly solicited co run for an office
Why not, when no county in tn
state pays as good salaries for tn
same amount of labor as the affiuen
County of Pike.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

Miss Annie Vieser was rendered a
confirmation party by her parents
last Sunday evening at their resi-
dence, 206 West Kinney street.
Dancing and musical selections, vo-
cal and instrumental constituted the
evening s enjoyment. Miss Vieser
was the recipient of many handsome
presents.-Newark Sunday Call.
The Call does not state in what
Church this young lady was con-
firmed, and perhaps it is just as
well it did not. If the above is a
correct version of the affair it would
seem as if the Church which could
permit such rejoicings over the con-
firmation of a member, on Sunday,
must be broad gauge indeed. There
can be none Of the straight and mar
row path business about it. 1t
takes the +" time for dancing a." in it's
most literal sense, and is not troub-
led about such trifies as religion
when it stands in the way OF
amusement. No one denies in this
free country the right of every one
to his or her own religious belief,
however peculiar or fantastic it may
be, but when it comes to the expires.
sion of religions fervor in a salta.
tory manner on Sunday evening
we think the line ought to be drawn
even in :" Spain, which country il
in some respects rather confusing il
its religious practices.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
NEWsPAPER CoMPETITIoN

There is to-day strong compei
ton between the daily newspapers
of New York, and the success which
the " World attained by methods
peculiarly its own have been to a
greater or less degree, and with vary
ing financial success copied by its
competitors. The newspaper of to-
day is not the newspaper of a few
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
SATURDAY, APRIL 25tb,

ph L OhOh 10 al hlD HObHI
at 2 o'clock p. M. the following des-
cribed real estate of which John Henry
Meyer, Frederick Meyer and Christian D.
Meyer, late of the Township of Dingman,
deceased, died seized to wit: All that part
of an original tract or piece of land sur
veyed in pursuance of warrant granted
to Mordacai Roberts in the year 1792, sit
uated near the Log Tavern Pond In Ding
man township, County of Pike, and State
of Pennsylvania, and the original tract
numbered on the map or chart of said
township 15l, (One-hundred and fifty-one)
| Containing one hundred and sixteen acres
and three-quarters of an acre more or less.
| Commencing at a white oak in the road
grees east one hundred and flfty-nine
| perches to post for n corner, thence north
| twelve degrees east one hundred and sixty
| four perches to a stone corner, thence north
| seventy eight degrees west sixty-eight
perches to black oak for corner, thence
north twenty degrees west one hundred
and ninety-four and one-fourth perches to
the place of beginning. The said Christian
Meyer being the owner of an undivided in
terest of in and to thirty acres of the above
described the conveyances to said lands be-
| ing as follows: William Sweeny, et ux,
| to John II. Meyer and Frederick Meyer
| dated Nov. 49, 1855 conveys as above des-
| cribed ll6A acres more or less, ID. b. No.
81, p. 293, etc, John Henry Meyer, Fred
erick Meyer and Christina Wilhelmina
Meyer, his wife, to Christian ID. Meyer,
dated July 30, 1861, conveys all the undi-
vided thirty acres with the allowance of
six per cent. for roads of in to the l16N
acres above and first described. TERMS OF
| SALE, cash. JOHN II. OLMSTED,
Dingman township, Administrator.
March 81. 1896
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

A few days ago long statement
was made in several papers declaring
Cleveland had written and placed in
the hands Secretary Lamont a letter
declining to bea candidatefor third
term, to be used as a rod in the
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

event that the Presidential tighten
ing should begin to strike too near
his sacred person. Mr.. Lamont de-
nies that any such letter has been
written, or that he never heard of it.
Evidently the President thinks he
is no danger or else like Barkis he is
" willin " to be hit.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
SALE.
Of Unseated Lands in Pike
County for Taxes Of
1894, 1895 and
School 1896.

Notice Is hereby given that agreeably to
an Act of the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania entitled
An Act to amend the Act entitled An Act
directing the mode Of selling unseated
lands for taxes and for other purpose,
passed March 18th, A. d. 1915, by a sup
pleInent to an Act TO amend the Act en-
titled An Act directing the mode of selling
unseated lands for taxes and for other pur-
poses passed March IL, A. ID. 1916, and by
further supplement to last recited Act
passed March 20, 1924, by Act entitled An
Act In relation TO the sAles Of unseated
lands in the several counties of this Com
monwealth passed March 9, 1S47, the fol
lowing described tracts Of land described
in the warrantee nancy will be sold on the
Second Monday in June Next,
(being the eighth day of said month)
commencing at 9 o'clock In the afternoon
of said day, at public vendue, at the
COURT HOUSE IN MILFORD,
in the County Of Pike, for arrearages Of
taxes due and costs accrued on each lot re-
spectively:
BIooning Grove To~nshlP.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

Entered at the post office of
Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania,
as second-class matter, November
twenty-frst, 1895.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

Satan rebuking sin " is a
term that might be applied to the
Easton Democrats TRADE against
the management of the State Demo-
cracy. The Mutchler management
has placed the rock-ribbed Demo-
cracy of Northampton in the hands
of the enemy. Not only has he
brought defeat in Northampton, but
he demoralized neighboring coun-
ties. II ill-becomes the Mutchler
gang to talk about vicious manage
ment.-Lansfood Record.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
THE LADIES' COLUMN.

CHEESE STRAws.-Mak a rich pie
crust pound of flour and a lb. lard
is what 1 use, roll it out little
thicker then for pie crust, and then
sprinkle thickly with grated cheese,
and roll it up again and then roll
it up into strips with the hand like u
pipe stem. Cut off square at both
ends, bake to a nice brown. LIN.
To CLEAN ZINC - Wash it good
with sweet milk, or with a little
ammonia and warm water. LIN.
CHEESE STRAws.-Add to one cup
of grated cheese 1 cupfull of flour, a
small pinch of cayenne, salt spoon
of salt and one half cupfull Of but
ter rubbed in as for pastry. Roll
thin cut in narrow strips, and bake
in quick oven until light brown.
M KID.
FRUIT Roll UP-One pint of -four,
a teaspoon of butter, one teaspoon
cream of tartar, one half teaspoon
of soda, pinch of salt, mix with
sweet milk as for biscuit, roll and
spread with fruit of any kind, roll
up and steam one and one-half
hours. Serve with sugar and but
ter beaten to a cream and favored.
EVERY DAY PUDDING - One half
cup butter scant. cup sugar, 2
eggs, 1 cup milk, teaspoons ,bak-
ing powder, 1 tea cup chopped
raisins. Steam one hour in a basin
or pail set in steamer. Serve with
sauce.
Will some one send receipts for
salades that can be made in April
and May or during the spring.
An exchange says traces of mud
may be removed from black dresses
by rubbing with raw potato.
Cane-seated chair bottoms that
sag may be tightened by washing
with hot soap suds and setting in
the open air to dry.
A thin piece of salt pork bound on
a wound caused by stepping on a
nail or tack will remove inflamma-
tion almost Immediately,
All kinds of canned goods are i'm
proved by turning out on fat dish
an hour or two before using to re-
gain the oxygen used in putting
them up hot.
Will some one tell reader of the
Press how to clean and make bright
zinc bath tub without the labor
required in the use of sapolio.
READER.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

In the senate the other day Mr.. PETER
(Pop., Kan. presented a petition from
a constituent Of his asking congress to
make Resurrection day." April 8. a
national holiday in honor of the king
Of the Jews, who has always been the
true friend Of the United States. 4"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

It is much better for Carbon DEM
ocrats to concede Pixies rights in
the Congressional battle, and then
take two full terms, by rotation, in
1898 and 1900. This arrangement
makes it possible to elect candidates
on the county ticket this year, Cra-
mer, Swartz, Sweeney, Kutz, o.
Donnel, and others are not going to
play the fool for Northampton coun-
ty. Not on your life. .--Lansford Re-
cord.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
The felIoN d. Ern.

1t seems that, whenever a political
party gets SO strong that its leaders
think they could elect yellow dog if it
were nominated. then they all begin to
act like the nominee. = Dodgeville
Chronicle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
Advertising Rates.

One square(eight lines) one insertion 81 o
Each subsequent insertion 90
Reduced rates will be furnished on ap-
plication, will be allowed yearly adver-
tisers
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
Legal Advertising.

Court Proclamation, Jury and Trial
List for several courts per term, S24CO
Administrators and Executors
notices 3U
Auditors notices 4.OU
Divorce notices SOC
Sheriff's sales, Orphans court sales,
County Treasurer's sales, County state.
ment and election proclamation charged
by the square.
J.. H. Van Etten, PUBLISHER,
Milford, Pike County, Pa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

OFFICE, BROWNS BUILDING, BROAD ST.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10
ORPHANS COURT SALE.

By virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court to me directed will expose to sale
by public vendue or outcry at the Court
House in the Borough of Milford ON
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

To CLEAN ZINC. - Wash it good
with sweet milk, or with little
ammonia and warm water. LIN.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

Lewis, A. e., 2OOa unimpd, bounded
ON the north by lands Of w. j.
Bell and on the east by lands Of
jackson ROOch ..........s..,...
Pinchot, John, pa impd, 100a un-
impd, house, barn and stable, pit
of No. 29.................... ......
Quick, Mrs. Emma, one lot un-
impd bounded ON the east by Del
aware river, on the west by public
road Observation-Disclosures.
Citing, Philip, 3 lots bounded on
the north by Milford road, west by
lands Of j. Q. Rose ...............
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-04-10

EVERY DAY PUDDING - One-half
cup butter scant. cup sugar, 2
eggs, cup milk, 8 teaspoons .bak-
ing powder, 1 tea cup chopped
raisins. Steam one hour in basin
or pail set in steamer. Serve with
sauce.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10
"ART OF CONVERSATION. y
Elizabeth Strong Warrington Will
Lecture on the Subject
Tonight.

Elizabeth Strong Worthineton will lee
ture this evening at the Emmanuel Bap-
fist Church on the ''Art of Conversation. I"
The siver-tongued lady holds that pupil
can be trained in eloquence and carried
from the alpha of the system, by success
sive steps, up to the omega, pretty much
as a child in mathematics goes from once
one is one up to comic sections. Under
Mrs. Worthington's tuition the male pupil
may move listening Senates" and the fe-
male scholar have the last word that will
check further debate on the part of the
opposite sex.
Mrs. Worthington is a lady of wealth
and culture, who took up the study of the
art of how to talk when quite young, and
for many years has taught conversational
classes in Chicago and ST. Louis. In her
lecture she clearly describes the course of
study and training and the method which
any intelligent person may employ, even
at home, in order to acquire ability in the
noble art OF eloquence. Her entire lecture
is illustrated by anecdotes and sketches of
character. given as only an elocutionist
can give such work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10
The RATA USED AGAIN,
Humane Methods No Longer
Employed by the Pound
Deputies.
They Taboo the Net and the Humane
Society Will Shake Up the
Institution.

The RATA has come into use again on
the public streets with deputies of the
public Pound in their business of catch
ing dogs, and with it is revived custom
of former days, when the City Pound was
synonymous with arbarism. The heavy
moose curling over frightened animals,
that howl with agony as the rope tightens.
has come TO be preferred by the dog
catchers instead of the humane net intro
duced after long struggle by the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
1t was news to the seer etary of the
society, Charles Holbrook, when he
learned yesterday that Pound deputies
had gone back TO barbarous methods
whereby many valua bic dog was ruined,
and in every instance catching was at
tended by cruelty.
lam surprised to hear this" said Mr..
Holbrook.
1.-THE society has known nothing about
it and Pm sure that Mr.. Osborne, the
Pound Master, would not tolerate such a
thing for minute. he certainly is not
aware that his deputies use the RATA iu-
stead of the net. For my part shall bring
up the matter before the board wnen it
meets next Thursday.
''Our society shall resent this. We
bought lot for $4,000, and in all spent
over $4,000 in the new Pound that ami
mails found on the streets would be sure
of humane treatment. We furnished the
entire equipment, including carts and
nets and asphyxiation chambers, at con-
siderable expense, and it is really provok-
ing that deputies should thwart our pur-
pose
THE net is the modern way OF catching
dogs without injury or pain. The RATA
went out with the old order of things
with Jake Undo and his methods. The
RATA is used only for goats, but deputies
are not allowed 10 use the rope on dogs.
That is positively against the rules.
"When the society got control of the
Pound it sent all over the world for sug-
gestions as to The most humane methods
of catching and killing dogs and finally
adopted the net ss the most approved way
of catching and asphyxiation as the best
way of killing. We kill between 5000 ana
anu 5000 dogs a year now and there is not
the slightest suggestion of cruelty IN it.
exec pit what you tell me now and of which
we were ignorant"
Still the deputies gave an exhibition of
old time methods few days ago in the
north end of the City. There were four of
them on the Pound wagon and another in
blue sweater who chased the dogs with
the RATA, which he threw like trained
cowboy. The dogs caught in the lasso
howled, but they were powerless when
tied in a knot. Meanwhile the humane
net lay unused on the wagon.
From what the secretary remarked it
is likely that there will be change of
deputies and general shake-up in the
pubIic Pound