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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

JOhu u. W eStDfoOk, mlilOfui ga.
COMMISSIONERS.
Wallace Newman, Milford, Pa.
James II. Heller,
A. 5. Dingman,
COMMISSIONERS CLERK.
George A. Swepenlser, Milford, Pa
TREASURER.
j. B. Westbrook, Milford, Pa.
SHERIFF.
II. l. Courtright, Matamoras, Pa.
ATTORNEYS.
Baker, Hy. II. Kipp. J. A.
Bull, @. W. Van Etten, j. II.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
ID. NJ. Van Auken.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
George Sawyer Mill Rift, Pa.
Physicians end Surgeons.
II. E. Emerson. E. B Wenner.
Drugs end Medicines.
G. o. Armstrong H. e. Emerson.
Hotels.
Bluff House. Fauchere Hotel.
Centre Square Jardon House.
Crissman House. Sawkill House.
Dimmck House. NanDermurk Hote
Harness.
l.. r. Hafner.
Stores.
Brown and Armstrong, (See adv.)
George Daumann, Jr.
w. and q. Mitchell, (See adv.)
John McCarty.
Ryman and Wells,
Frank Schorr.
Confectionery and Fruits.
Mrs. X. ID. Davis A. $. Dingman.
BENZ. Kyle.
Bakery.
j. A. Revoyre.
BARRIERS.
Henry Wohlbrandt.
Herman Koehler.
John Degan.
Dentists.
G. S. Custis.
Hale Dental Co (See adv)
Hardware and Plumbing.
II. r. J. Klein. (See adv.)
Livery Stables.
John Findlay Gregory Brothers.
George e. Horton j. Is. Van Tassel.
Stage Line and Express office,
John Flndlay.
Meet Market.
James e. Boyd.
MIlIers.
Jervis Gordon.
w. Il. Struble.
BIaoksniths.
William Angle.
f. B. Fletcher,
Wagon Makers.
W. II. Courtright.
John G. Maier.
Tailor.
r. B. Van Etten.
Millinery.
Misses Mitchell
Nellie Swepenizer.
Undertakers.
Horton and Wood.
Lumber.
Milton Armstrong.
A. ID. Brown q Son. (See adv.)
Builders.
A. d. Brown s. Son, (See adv.)
]. G. Chamberlain.
George Smith.
Painters.
George Slauson.
G. II. Wood.
E. G. Wood.
Insurance.
Ryman and Wells.
Spoke Manufacturer.
Jacob Klaer.
Watch and Clock Repairing.
John X Rudolph
AL. Terwilliger,
Shoenakers.
L. 0clbcA. " flhuAtis
Telephone Office.
John Findlay.
Telegraph office.
Dimmick House.
Post N Master.
James S. Gale.
Newspapers.
PIKE COUNTY PRESS.
Milford Dispatch.
PORT JERVIS
ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTORY
The Bee Hive Store.
New York Furniture Store.
johnson, Boots and Shoes.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver.
Ripans Tabules cure biliousness
Ripans Tabules: one gives relief.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Drugs end Medicines.
G. o. Armstrong. II. E. Emerson.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Physicians end Surgeons.
II. E. Emerson n. b Wenner.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Hardware and Plumbing.
II. r. j. Klein. (See adv.)
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

G. S. Custis.
Hale Dental Co (See adv.)
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29
VOL. 9.
MILFORD

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Livery Stables.
John Findlay. Gregory Brothers.
George Il. Horton j. B. Van Tassel.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Henry Wohlbrandt.
Herman Koehler.
John Degan.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Confectionery and Fruits.
Mrs. X. ID. Davis. A. $. Dingman.
BENZ. Kyle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Watch and Clock Repairing.
John X. Rudolph.
Al. Terwilliger.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29
Builders.

A. d. Brown s. Son, (See adv.)
J. @. Chamberlain.
George Smith.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-29

Brown and Armstrong, (See adv)
George Daumann, Jr.
w. and G. Mitchell, (See adv.)
John McCarty.
Ryman and Wells,
Frank Schorr.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

That property has responsibilities to
organized society, as we'll as rights to
be protected by it, is fact that seems
often to be overlooked by the owners
of large wealth. In the long run the
rights of property cannot remain secure
if the responsibility that goes with it's
ownership is ignored. Wealth demands
at all times, and no society is civilized
that does not afford such protection.
But what shall be said Of the wealthy
corporate interests that insist to the let
ter upon the rights which law confers
upon property, even to the ordering out
of troops in their behalf, and then cool
ly shift disproportiOnate share of the
burden Of maintaining the government
from which they claim those rights up
on the shoulders of other and probably
poorer members Of the community? A
great deal Is heard in these days about
attacks on the rights of property, and
1t is indeed unfortunate that the wild
and revolutionary talk of a certain
class Of agitators should find even as
much response as it does among part
of the population. But let wealth re-
member the duties it owes to society
and the dangers that menace its rights
will vanish and the power Of the revo-
lutionary agitator will cease. Let hon
est wealth array itself on the side of
the public and honest government
when INSCRIPTIONS wealth is trying to
plunder the public. In short, let wealth
remember the responsibilities which it
owes to society, and the rights which it
claims will be accorded without ques-
tiOn
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

OF late the telephone has been util-
lied to a considerable extent in legal
proceedings. Affidavits have been
sworn to, Acknowledgements have been
taken. and in one case at least testi-
mony has been received by telephone.
This last innovation must be credited
to Fort Scott, Kas., where two wit
nesses, described as prominent busi-
ness men, were permitted to give evil
dence in this manner, the attorneys
stlpulating that no objection should be
taken to this unusual proceeding. An
other case that has attracted unusual
attention Is reported from New York,
where an affidavit which had been tele-
phOned from Cincinnati and acknowl-
edged over the wire was accepted IL
the Supreme Court as sufficient ground
for the issuance of an attachment in
vOlving considerable sum of money
The proceedings were unusual and in
teresting. The facts were telephoned
from Cincinnati over a lOng-distance
telephone line, an affidavit was pre-.
pared at the New York end of the line
and read to the complainant, who was
standing at the telephone in Cincinnati,
where in the presence of witnesses he
made the required acknowledgment.
1t was still necessary to have some one
in New York talk with the complainant
and positively identify his voice. This
was done, the papers were filed and
the attachment issued. The interested
parties announced that several days
delay had been avoided by utilizing the
telephone, and by this prompt action it
was possible to have a Judgment satis-
fed which it might have been difficult
otherwise to accomplish. Many i'm
portant transactions have hinged upon
telephone messages, and the courts
have long since recognized their ad-
instability as evidence unuer proper re-
strictions.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

The Detroit, Mich, school superin-
tendent hits the nail squarely on the
head when he recommended school ia
cilities for parents, because he believed
parents need educating in the funda-
mentals of juvenile training" They
do; they need to be told how to exercise
discipline. They need to be impressed
with the necessity of making children
obey. They need to be told how to free
themselves from the tyranny Of chill
dren and to be encouraged in doing it.
If something is not done to secure re-
spect for the rights of grown-up people
and at the same time to curb the inso-
lent, disrespectful, ungovernable and
criminal tendencies of children it will
not be long before the whirlwind is
reaped from the wind which careless,
indifferent and timid parents are now
sowing. 1t will not be long before the
usefulness Of the home as we'll as of
the schools will be destroyed.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Street Cars in Hungary.

Then came the rush for the under
ground electric railway, one of it's sta
tions being almost opposite the main
entrance of the Exposition. These sta
tionS are small houses, 15x20 feet
square, and resting on the sidewalk.
Once inside, you descend a flight of
stone steps leading to an underground
room, lined, as have said before, with
white tiles, the frieZe and dadO of ma
jolica in rich colors. There are COM
Portable seats against the wall for wait
ing passengers, and double gates, of
spirally turned iron with brass orna-
ments, protecting the farther end.
Across the doubie-tracked road is an
other tiled room protected by similar
gates. These two sets of double gates
make a kind of pound, in which thirty
two passengers are cOrralled, as it
were or less number if some of the
car seats are occupied. When a train
stons the middle door of the car slides
back and the contents Of the pound
walk leisurely aboard. There is no
crowding and no joStling. There are
no bent elbows aimed at your waist
band, no hanging to straps, no max
ing half a parenthesis of your body
that a stout woman with basket may
pass while you keep tight hold of your
overhea. brace. Every passenger has
a wide and comfortable seat, cushioned
with velvet. The cars themselves are
of mahogany or hardwood; the lights
are brilliant; the road-bed as smooth az
a floor. Each car starts as gently as Il
yacht with loosened sails, and slows
down without a tremor. The move.
ment known as the ''Thiru avenue
cable jerk" with the passengers shot
into one end of the car like the contents
of a steamer trunk on a rough night
at sea, is unknown. The ventilation
is perfect, for there is no smoke, and,
consequently, no smell. In fine, it is
the poetry of motion on wheels, smooth
as a gondola, and almost as noiseless.
-Harpers Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
WHEN HOGS ARE RIPE.
Information Obtained by Jerry Rusk
from a Western Farmer,

inIormatIon obtained by Jerry Rusk
from a Western Farmer.
GOV. Rusk happened to drive over
the State line once into Minnesota. look
ing at the farms. He was particularly
struck with one farm, on which he
found everything in frst-class order,
and, riding up to the house, inquired
the name of the owner, when a tall Ger
man came out and gave his name as
Theodore Louis.
What do you regard as the greatest
Wealth-producing agency in 1gricul-
ture?" the Governor asked him.
"The hog" was the sententious reply.
Upon what do you base this state
ment?"
He lifts more mortgages than any
thing else"
The conversation which ensued de-
yeloped the fact that Louis had once
been what is called an all-wheat farm
er, and kept constantly sinking into
debt. He decided that something had
to be done quickly or there would be
very little left for Louis, so he decided
to try the hog. The first year he made
little money, the second year he made
more, and then he became thoroughly
interested. The result was that he be-
came recognized as a great authority
on hogs. His neighbors took up his
example, and mortgages began to be
lifted, until finally there was not one
on record against that community.
''How long would you keep a hog?'
asked Gov. Rusk.
Il would not keep him-I would kill
him.
"When?"
"When he Is ripe"
when is he ripe"
"When he is fat"
wouldn't it pay to keep the hog fol
two or three years?"
II tried that once," said Louis. 81
took hog in the fall and weighed him
and l took my corn and weighed it
When spring came the corn was al
gone and the hog weighed about what
he did in the fall. That made me say
next year that l would kill my hogs in
the fall and save my corn"
How much does it cost to keep hog
through the winter?"
'"Three dollars"
'How many hogs winter in Mime
sota?'
Zone million. have just looked al
the Auditors report"
'Do you mean to say that we lose
100000 a year in wintering oul
hogs"
''Yes; that's what you do. If you kill
them all in the fall you will have left
in your cribs $3,OOO,OOO worth of corn
to sell."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
The Cars ARMY.

The army of the cZar is composed of
twenty-one corps d'arme divided up
into fourteen conscriptions. The
strength of each corps is about $4,000
men. The infantry comprises about
165 regiments of the line, twenty regi-
mentS of chaSSeurS, sixteen regiments
of grenadiers and twelve regiments of
the guard. This is a very fine army,
we'll organized, of great resisting pow
er and prodigious tenacity. 1t Is
armed with repeating rifle very much
like the French Lebel, and which is
highly esteemed by the Russian gen.
erals. The artillery is composed of
ninety-six siege batteries, 1874 field bat
teries, fifteen mountain batteries, forty
three batteries, a cheval and three
mortar regiments-altoget nearly
5000 light pieces and 1900 siege guns.
Besides this there are brigades of
engineers, military train, railroad cleo
tricians, torpedoists, velocipedists, po-
lice, etc. AS to the imperial cavalry,
it is well known to be one of the
finest and by far the most considerable
in Europe. 1t is composed of regulars
and regiments like Cossacks, for ex-
ample, who enjoy a certain degree of
independence and some privileges and
who yet submit to the usual discipline.
This cavalry is divided into Gil squad
rons, of which 352 are regular cavalry,
cuirassiers, dragons, uhlans and hus-
sars and 319 Cossacks.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

If the people of Michigan and Wis
consin have their way, says a well-in-
formed writer, the next new State to
be added to our starry flag will not be
one of the territories, but well-peo-
pied State of half a million people, and
with abundant wealth in minerals, fish
cries and timber to support a popula-
ton Of 100000 or more. 1t will con-
sist Of the northern peninsula Of Mich
igan, with all that part Of Wisconsin
lying north Of the northern end Of
Green Bay. Both OF these sections
have been rapidly increasing in popu-
latiou. They contain the valuable iron
mines, from which more and cheaper
iron can be produced than anywhere
else in the world. These regions are
isolated from the States to which they
belong, and have not the influence with
their State government which their
population and wealth entities them to-.
The peninsula Of Michigan is es.7 ocially
disconnected from the rest Of the
State, and in winter, when the Legis-
lature is in session, its representatives
are obliged to make a detour through
Wisconsin by way Of Chicago before
they can reach the capital, at Lansing.
Before Michigan was admitted as a
State, the States Of Ohio and Indiana
had taken considerable slices Of south
ern Michigan, which were conceded to
them by Congress, which has full au-
thority to deal with the territories as it
choOSes There was In consequence so
much Indignation among Michigan peo-
pie that warlike acts were threatened.
So W hen Michigan came to be annexed
in 1887, the northern peninsula, then
thought of little value, was tackled on
to the State. 1t was regarded for years
| as a sort of Siberia by the people of
the southern part Of the State. The
rich mines of copper, which are found
near Lake Superior, first attracted cap
| ital 10 this section. Still later it's mines
| of iron and it's timber resources have
been found equally valuable. The new
State will have many wealthy towns,
| and there are already several universi-
| ties and colleges in it. There is NJ rea-
| son why it should not become popu-
| lous and prosperous commonwealth. In
| territory it will be about as large as
Kentucky. 1t is believed by most of
the advocates of the new State that Su-
| perior City, which lies across the arm
of the bay, from Duluth, will be larg-
er city than the latter. 1t will undoubt-
| edly be the metropolis OF the new State
of Sunerior
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Riding an Ostrich.

81 don't believe the stories told about
the natives in Africa and Australia
riding ostriches," said California man
the other day. Americans are the best
riders on earth, but they cannot ride
ostriches. saw this pretty thoroughly
tried on one occasion. A cowboy who
had vanquished every pony he ever
undertook to break in was induced to
try an ostrich After an hours hard
work he succeeded in mounting the
bird, which at first tried to shake him
off, then to get away by running, but
these tactics, of course, had no effect
upon the cowboy. Then, in spite of
all the man could do, the ostrich sue
ceeded in getting its head around and
seizing the man by the leg. He
doubled his feet under him, and the
ostrich reached over his wings and
got a good hold of his back, throwing
him heavily to the ground and tramp
ling on him. 1t took three of us to
chase the infuriated ostrich away, and
we accomplished it barely in time to
save the mans life. | don't believe
the native Australians ride ostriches."
Chicago News.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

Mrs. John A. Logan denies that she
Is heading an expedition of women to
the Klondike region and in a most en-
phatic manner denounces those who
have without her permission connected
her name with it. She says she is con-
stantly being made use Of in this way
and is tired of it. Mrs. Logan Is exact
ly right. 1t Is sheer and inexcusable
impudence which leads women who are
behind some scheme for their own ben.
eft, to levy, as it were, upon those OF
their sex who occupy place of prom.
inence and others should follow Mrs
Logan's example and denounce those
who attempt it,
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

Many of the news reports from Ha-
vana are of very doubtful authenti-
city, but full credence must be given to
the official reports forwarded by DIR.
Brunner, of the United States Marine
Hospital Service, stationed in that city.
He says deaths from all causes are in
creasing rapidly, but particularizes
only yellow fever, which shows very
slight increase. 1t would be interest
ing to know what the other causes are,
and weather starvation and the crowd
ing of ''paciticos" into the city without
providing food, shelter or sanitary ar
rangements for them have anything to
do with the increased mortality.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Some Tested Points in Diet.

The fact that milk has become ex-
tremely popular with all classes of ply
sicians of late years is emphasized by
a recent writer in the North American
Review. Formerly fever patient was
forbidden to take the article, while in
modern practice 1t is about the only
food allowed. and a well-nigh exclu-
sive diet of that liquid Is said to be
very efficacious in diabetes. At the
German spas, Carlsbad, Wiesbaden,
ETC., very little bread is allowed, the
diet being mostly made up of milk,
eggs, grapes and lean beef; non
starch diet is the rule, bread, starchy
vegetables and cereals being almost
excluded. Rice is easily digested and
an excellent food, except that it
abounds in earth salts. Fruits are not
only digested in the first stomach, but
they have a large part of the nOurish-
ment already in condition to be abb
sorbed and assimilated as soon as
eaten. The food elements in bread and
cereals have to undergo a process Of
digestion in the stomach and then be
passed on to the intestines for a still
further chemical change before being
of use to the human system, showing
the advantage of a diet Of lean meats
and fruits.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
HENRY CLAY AT SIXTY-FlVE.
fhe Famous Kentuckian at the Time
of His Retirement from the Senate

The Famous Kentuckian at the Time
of His Retiremen ent from the Senate.
In an article on ''When Henry Clay
Said Farewell to the Senate" on
March 81, 1912, after thirty-six years
in public life, John f. COyle, in the
Ladies' Home Journal, presents this
graphic pen-picture of the Great Com
moner," whose close friendship he en-
joyed for many years: ''Mr. Clay Gn
1S42) was sixty-five years old, at the
very zenith of his great popularity, the
notable, central figure in the arena of
politics and craftsmanship. More than
six feet tall, slender, erect, graceful
and commanding he was the personi-
fication of dignity and noble bearing.
He was a perfect master of the Ian
guage, tone and gesture, and possessed
Of a voice remarkable for its volume
and range, and its capacity to express
every shade Of feeling of passion of
the hum~~ soul. Deep, full-toned and
melodous, it was indeed magical il its
power of controlling the feelings of
those who listened to its varying ca
dences and exquisite modulations. An
admirng biographer adds to an an
alysis of Mr.. Clay as an orator: His
mouth large and prominent, upper lip
working quietly, or In agony as oc-
.asion requires; his eyes resting in
calmness, or beaming with lively emo
ton, or sparkling with strong feeling,
or flashing with high passion like the
thunderboltS of heaven iii the darkness
of storms; his long arms hanging easy
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

We wish to enter our most earnest
protest against the enforced education
of one Alaskan point of interest At
the beginning of the excitement we
were informed that there was a place
on or near the Yukon River called Fort
Git There. While very likely this was
not the spelling or pronunciation that a
college professor would have given the
name 1t was deliberately selected by
those who were first on the ground;
and, on the whole, is appropriate. Con-
seQueDtly there seems to be no reason
why it should be changed into Fort
comers insist upon going by the spell
ing book.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Giving Pleasure to Others.

Some have the musicians gift and
others that of the painter; some are
good story-tellers, and others have In
teresting experiences to relate or valua-
BILE information to give. All such are
able to bestow unfeigned delight upon
appreciable listeners, If they do not
trespass too long upon their time and
attention. The simple desire to confer
this pleasure upon those who request
it, joined with ordinary tact and OBJ
servation, will generally guide the pos
SCISSOR Alright as to the time he thus
engrosses, but, when the craving for
triumph or applause is uppermoSt, il Is
often prolonged to the disappointment
of some who might also have contrib
uted, and to the WEAKNESS of many VINO
would have preferred a change in the
entertainment. We have all seen
jealous and exacting musician VINO,
while monOpOliZing the instrument, mas
resented with a frOwn of diSpleasure
the least whisper among his fatlgued
auditors. Certainly the thought or
giving pleasure was not uppermosr In
his mind, or he would have restrained
the exercise of his talent before put
ting the politeness of his listeners to so
great strain.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
1a,ouaee of the shoe-CIeaner.


The art of shoe-cleaning-in the last
two wears it has ascended from busi-
ness to an arts acquiring nomen-
clature of it's own. For instance, boy
able to hold his title of most worthy
supreme polisher will call to you as you
pass his stand: "Shine or polish, sir.
Black, OK blood, tan or patent, wet or
dry. Five or ten cents, sir" a "shine"
is The term used only for black leather
shoes. polish" is applied only to the
tans. COX blood" is the name OF
brand of dark red polish intended for
shoes. of that color. Some of the stands
keep a mixture for green shoes, which
are happily few. All Of them have a
resiny mixture which is supposed to
put soul and health into pair of pat
ent feathers. Not long ago the man
who bought patent leather shoes In
Identified himself for their discomfort
with the reflection that he would not
hay4 to have them polished but that
time has gone by. They cost now all
the same like other leathers.-Kansas
City Star.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
A Good Florida Story.

A story, too able, we fear, to be either
new or true, but none the less worth re-
cording, comes from one of the great
Florida hotels. There is no need, per-
haps, of concealing the fact that the
tale comes from the Ponce de Leon, for
that hotel rather prides itself on being,
next to home, sweet home, the dearest
place on earth. Be that as it may, it is
reported that young man who had
been two days at the Ponce de Leon on
what may well be called a combination
of business and pleasure, since he was
counting a millionaire's daughter tenn
porarily residing there, went to the
clerk and asked for his bill. The clerk
looked at the young man carefully for
a long moment, then made out and
handed over a bill for $23S. The young
man did not stagger or grow pallid. He
tossed the slip of paper back TO the
clerk and said: Guess again, you
chump; I've got more money than
that"