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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels. Never sicken, weaken
orgripe, l0c.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17
NOTICE

All persons are hereby notified that
throwing or burning papers or refuse of
any kind In the streets Of the Borough is
prohibited.
BY order Of the town council.
j. G. CHAMBERLAIN.
President, pro tenn.
Attest, d. H. HORNBECK, Sec'y.
Milford, May o. 1856
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17
improvements,

On the above lands are erected four
dwelling houses, two barns, store house,
lumber sheds, blacksmith shop, and other
small buildings. Also a large and sub
tantial aawmill, with necessary and mod
ern machinery for all kinds OF heavy saw
ing and planning and for making siding
shingles. lath, pickets, etc, and has an in
exhaustible water power OF the lands
above mentioned, about 30 acres are i'm
proved, the balance Is timber and wood
land, also clay bed and blue stone quarries
on the property.
Seized and taken IN execution as the
property OF Garret W. Hart and will be
sold by me Tor cash
H. |. cOurtright,
Sheriff.
sheriiIs ONCE Milford, Pa,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17
Advertising Rates

One square(eight lines one insertion s1.OO
Each subsequent insertion so
Reduced rates will be furnished ON ap-
plication, will be allowed yearly adyer-
tisers.
Legal Advertising.
Court Proclamation, Jury and Trial
List for several courts per term, s2400
Administrators and Executors
notices 800
Auditors notices 400
Divorce notices 500
Sherid's sales, Orphans court sales,
County Treasurer's sales, County state
ment and election proclamation charged
by the square.
j. II. Van Etten, PUBLISHER,
Milford, Pike County, Pa
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of writ of Fieri Facias
issued out of the Court of Common Pleas
of Pike County, to me directed, l will ex-
pose to public sale by vendue or outcry, at
the Sheriff's Office in the Borough of Mil
ford on
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17
H. I. cOurtright,
Sheriff.

sheriIs Onice, Milford, Pa,
sept 8 1887
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17
SheriFs Sale.

BY virtue Of writ Of Fieri Facias Is
sued out Of the Court Of Common Pleas
Of Pie Cou nty, to me directed, will ex-
pose to public sale by vendue or outcry, IT.
the sheriIs Oflce in the Borough Of MIL
fnrtl on
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
The Natural Bridge of To-Day.

The Natural Bridge in Virginia is
215 feet in height, 100 feet in width,
with span Of ninety feet. Under the
arch might be placed the Washington
monument at Baltimore. Cedar Creek.
the stream over which it stretches its
arch, is clear as crystal. No photo
graph or painting can impress the
mind with its immensely or grandeur,
or geometrical proportions, or the rich
coloring, or the picturesque surround
ings. One must feast his eyes upon
this mighty arch to realize its vastness.
Under the. arch are the outlines of an
American eagle, formed by moss and
lichens. Upon one side is where
George Washington, when surveyor
for Lord Fairfax, $50 years ago, carved
his name in the rock. The ravages of
time and exposure to the clements have
nearly obliterated the name, but some
of the letters are quite distinct. In
the years gone by Henry Clay, Daniel
Webster and many prominent states.
men, before railroads were built, spent
days of inconvenient travel to look up
on this-one of the wonders Of the
world. Now the iron horse speeds
over its steel roadway, and in o few
hours one can reach this destination
without fatigue. Baltimore Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09

The practice of applying cocaine to
the eyes of tiremen in order to reduce
the sensibility of the eyeball to the
effects of smoke has been greatly con-
demned by the New York board OF
health. DIR. Fletcher Engalls, in
commenting on this custom, says that
not only is it lIKely to produce vic
tins to the cocaine habit, but that,
when used often, cocaine kills the
fine sensibilities upon which the eyes
depend. But in any case, the appli-
cation of cocaine to the eyes under
such circumstances is quite wrong.
If it does deaden the sensibility for
the time being, it will not prevent
injury to them by the smoke.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Seek for the Bright Things.

II we would learn the lesson OF Joy We
must train ourselves to look more at the
blessings Of life and less Mt its trials Many
persons make glooNy world OF their own
and stay in 1t. They build the walls Of their
soul house out of the black stones OF their
troubles and sorrows. They put dark
colored panes in the windows, shutting out
the light. They have no cheerful fire Oh
the hearth and no bright lamps shining in
the apartments. The only pictures on their
walls are the pictures OF their lost joys
They never forget their troubles, and can
give you long lists Of their losses and trials
but they keep no record of their blessings,
nor do they remember Gods benefits. They
live in gloom in their dark house, simply be
cause they will not let in Gods glorious
sunshine. They forget that their Father
ever made a flower, star. u sunbeam, or q
child's sweet face, or even did kindly d
gentle thing for them. Such persons never
can be rejoicing Christians until they re-
verse this habit, learning to forget the IN.
pleasant things, as the waters forget the
keel's rude cleaving when it is past, or as
the fields in summer forget the iros,s Of!
winter when the flowers have come again.
There Is enough Of divine goodness In the
darkest hours of the Christian life. II we but
have eyes to see it, to keep our heart ever
full of Joy. The secret lies In training our
selves to find the bright things, and to set
from them the JOY they are meant to give
]. Il. Miller, ID. ID.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Common Blessings Remind Us Of God.

Common Blessings Remind Us of God.
We need to keep an opener eye aud ear
to earnestly set ourselves to do soto catch
the lights of higher meaning and bear thu
tones Of finer and diviner harmoniss Ia liie
and nature. 1t Is not hard to do. 1t doss
not mean any straining Of the mind. though
It does mean earnest, quiet thought. Lilo
Is so full Of things In which tho tender
mercifulness OF God comes near usl In
which our little stroke Of effort brings
blessing out OF all proportion, telling Of a
larger viii than ours at work In things
What IL your part In this wonderful sleep I
Have YOU caused this to be2 What baye
you dono towards this daily bread-these
commonest mercies OF our household life :
Tho most that you have done has been
some final touch to gracious secret forces
that havo been working with scope which
when YOU think OF IL. seoms Infinite. This
oyo with all tho wonderful machinery ot
sight this ear, with Its marvellous sus-
ceptibility to sound this mind and lifo to
which eye and ear are but avenues OF tha.
thought which Is tho browning mystery o,
all will you use these from day to day with
out any tender, grateful thought OF that
world which causes them to boz Our wis
dom Is to try that more and more OF llfe's
common blessings may thus touch us as re-
mindings OF God. 4 thankful heart, which
once begins ia think this way, will feel that
Divine mercifulness touching life with its
subtle visitattons q score Of times u day
Brooke Herford, d. D., In "Sermons Of
Courage and Cheer"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
A Prayer for Stability.

We are wayward and changeful, Christ
our feelings ebb and flow like the tide.
Sometimes we think we could die with thee,
then we are on the point of denying. Help
us to dwell apart from the life OF mere
emotion. Enable rs to live in our will
inspired and energized by thy spirit working
in us to will and do of thy good pleasqs
Take us as we present ourselves to lhee
soiled and dusty with the sin OF the day
Cleanse US from all unrighteolsness
Let thy grace pervade our hearts
as the scent OF Mary's oinlmen|
filed the chamber. Calm our feverish haste
hush our complaining murmurs. smooln|
out the lines which have gathered on ol,|
careworn faces. Wipe away the traces y
our tears. Bend over us as mothers do O'e1
children that are fretful because they d7
tired. Go over the days work. Make Fi1
feet its imperfection. Undo its mistaktsun1
twine its tangles. Strike the true chord
its broken notes. Make up to us Wha'
Leeu, put fail TO ASK, since we plead lO'"
names sake. Amen.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09

Although he is in his eightieth year,
the Rev. DIR. b. G.. Northop of Clin-
ton, Conn, is continuing his good
work, to which he has devoted much
effort in period of years, of encourag-
ing the formation of village improve
ment societies. Many of the smaller
town of Connecticut give evidence, in
improved material conditions and
beautiful surroundings, of the in
fuence which Mr.. Northop has ex-
erted.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09

In the anecdote books Of our boyhooiu use
to be told the story Of an Indian iaSlr' w. \.
entered an Eastern palace and spread " y
bed in one of its antechambers, pre'enula'
he had mistaken the building for a cara'a1 ",
sary or inn. The prince, amused oy y.
oddity OF the circumstance. ordered. ~ b,s] nj
the tale, the man to be brought peloaV sa,I
and asked how he came TO hia,U M
a mistake. "What is an inn g..r.s1
fakir usked. "a place where TAM
rest little before proceeding r.a Vh dSs]
Journey" was the reply. "naU Ho h.b1
here before your again asked IL .no ,i"c III,
"My father" was the reply OF yn sn' be Id
"And did he remain here?" mo, hD,s ~
and went away" Sand who dwe. wis,nd ns,'
fore him 7" His ancestors. .An' .ssT
they remain here then9" m NO. 'rss lsoIps NJ
died and went away" "Then, ,.yg N
the fakir, 81 have made no mlsias"S mlsm" n
your palace is but an inn, ailer "II hc, as
:aklr was right. Our homes arc y"
and the whole world caravans"f!'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Electricity an Aid to Dentistry.

In dentistry, cataphoresis is sup
planting many of the primitive methods,
from the reproach of which even that
progressive profession has for many
years past vainly endeavoredto escape,
and has made actually painless opera
tions at last possible. For by this
method cocaine can beapplied not only
to the soft tissues of the body, but to
the hard substance of the tooth. The
teeth, although coated by superficial
skin-the enamel-internally are COM
posed of n tubulous structure called
dentine, quite capable of conveying
current, since within the little cubules
is inclosed gelatinous filament rich
in salts and fluid, which makes it q
good conductor of electricity.
If n cavity in the tooth-which is
constituted cavity for the reason that
the enamel has been destroyed and Q
portion of the dentine has been en-
croached upon-is filed with pledget
of cotton saturated with solution of
cocaine, and to this pledget is applied
piece of platinum wire connected to
the positive pole of the ordinary gal
vanic battery, and very small current
is allowed to flow, in a period varying
from six to thirty minutes, according
to the ability and knowledge of the
operator-the shortest period recorded
is a minute and q half-the. cocaine
will be conveyed by the electric cur
rent down the tubules to the nerve
itself, and the dentist can proceed with
the dreaded preparation of the tooth
without pain to the patient. The tooth
can be excavated, filed or even ex-
tracted without the infliction Of the
slightest suffering.
If one takes into account the steady
and accumulated agony of dental opera.
tions throughout the world, and con-
siders the wear and tear of protracted
pain which they entail, he may easily
comprehend what an enormous boor
to suffering humanity such process
as this will be when generally applied
in dentistry.-The Chautauquan.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
THE WELCOME HOME.

When twilight bells are ringing sweet
And evening echoes greet me,
Ny happy heart seems singing sweet
OF some one who will meet me.
or blue eyes meath a golden crown
Dear eyesl that watch and wait
And little footsteps pattering down
The pathway to the gate
Though sad the toll, In barren soil,
Though Fortune has not found me,
/ know that night will bring me light
And twine two arms around me!
And let the day be gold or gray
What thought so sweet as this:
at drifts and dreams my darling's way
Who keeps for me kiss"
o love OF life. and strength in strifel
o Joy, to sorrow given!
o dear child eyes that make LIES skies
And earth as sweet as heaven.
] still can bear with grief and care
And face the storms to be,
II Love, the comforter, will share
The crust-the crumbs, with me!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
THE MEADOW BARS.
We stood beside the meadow bars,
The sun was sinking low

We stood beside the meadow bars,
The sun was sinking low
Bchinda bank OF rosy clouds,
Fringed In with amber glow.
The evening crest shown DER the hill
In disk Of silver light,
The mock-bird echo'd from the tree
To greet the coming night.
The running brook that, In its glee,
Had babbled all day long,
Was silent now as II to hear
The coming twilight's song.
The meadow stretched, so fair and green
Far as the eye could see,
To distant hills with purple shade,
Where slept the flower and bee.
The twinkling Of the sleeps sweet bell,
Far down the willow corpse,
And swaying with the evening wind,
Was moved the clover tops.
The evenings hand swept DER the sky
And softly lit the stars.
And hung them In the open space
Right DER the meadow bars.
My loves head on my shoulder fell,
Her voice was sweet and low;
Her lips met mine in sweet caress,
All in the twilight glow.
IF. V. Wheeler, in Iroquois Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
SELECT RELIGIOUS REi6ING.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM TIVE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

To Bear Thee Ever In Its Sight, Comma,
Blessings Are Great Reminders
for the Right Things-Prayer for Sta.
bility-world An Inn-Full Of Life.
How every tempting form of sin,
Shamed in thy presence, disappears.
And all the glowing, raptured soul
The likeness IL contemplstss wearsl
o, ever conscious to my heart,
Witness to Its supreme desire,
Behold, 1t presseth on to thee,
For 1t hath caught the heavenly flrel
This one petition would 1t urge
To bear thee ever In its sights
In life, in death, In worlds unknown.
It's only portion and delight
-Doddridge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09

Says the Washington Star:-"A pc
culiar situation has grown out of the
efforts of certain railroad companies
operating in the far west to secure the
services of sober men on their lines.
1t is plainly to the best interests of
the public rs well as the corporations
that inebriety among the employees
should be reduced to the lowest pos
sible point, for intoXication leads di-
recty to carelessness and thence to
accidents, costing many lives and
large fortunes in damages. To avoid
these results the Santa Fe road and
some others have recently issued an
order prohibiting all employees OF
whatever grade or class of duties from
entering saloons, on pain of dismissal.
There is, of course, broad rule
against intoxication in force. 1t was
Mt first thought that this would suf
fee, but frequent cases of drunken
ness proved that the only way to
ensure a sober force was to draw o
dead line around all places where in
toxicants were dispensed. This order
has aroused the resentment of the as.
sociated saloon keepers of the coast
cities and their leader is now on his
way to Boston to protest to the tinan-
cial hackers of the Santa Fe road and
to threaten boycott if the order is
maintained As plain business
proposition it is likely that the roads,
if boycotted, would more than make
up the loss of traffic resulting from
this action in the form of damages
saved, and also in the additional
traffic attracted to roads known to en-
ploy only sober men. Thus the road
puts a premim upon safety that has
never before been possible on broad
scale. Some years ago one of the
lines running out of Chicago tried the
experiment of prohibiting the visiting
of saloons. The liquor men and the
brewers protested and finally boy.
cotted the road. But the order was
enforced, the average of accidents was
steadily reduced and the road pros
pered as never before. The saloon
order and the boycott still exist side
by side and the former seems to bs
having the best of the bargain"
- ---------la
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Germany Improving Rivers.

Germany has during the last two de-
cades spent close upon 800, 900, 900
in dredging and improving the Rhine,
the Elbe and the Vistula. This fact
has lately been brought home to the
French Legislature, which is expected
to take early action with regard to the
restoration of the banks Of the Loire
and its conversion once more into a
navigable stream and into an artery OF
commerce.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
THE MISERABLE AUNT
HE Robbins family
BY oRRvILLE II. STEWART.

III hODDllS iuilli
was q fair illustra-
tion of a poor fam
lily in d city who
tried to soar above
their means and
shine in the wealth
ier society. OF
course, like most
people of a similar
ambition, they had
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
PiTH AND POINT.

She--"Yes, Mr.. Detrop has dropped
out Of my life for ever" He
Elevator or coalhole ?"-Chicago Rec
ord.
Bobby-"Popper, how did Sleep
like top start?" Mr.. Ferry-"It is
O mispronunciation. The original
was Sleep like cop. '"-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
She-'The Sanfords contemplate
taking a trip to Europe. I wish we
could afford to do it." He-"Why,
there's nothing cheaper than contem-
plation. Puck.
"Does your husband act rs he did
before You were married, Mrs. Light
ly?" "Much the same. When he goes
out at night he remains very late. y
New York Weekly.
'Is the ReY. DR.. Gumms as elo-
quent as he used to be? When knew
him he always electrified his audience. t"
HE doesn't now. Perhaps the insula-
ton has worn of. Truth.
Teacher lin kindergarten you've
omitted something, Mabel, in making
your letter rs What is it," Mabel
-'T guess forgot to put eyebrows
over them. ."-Household Words.
Agent-"Here is cyclometer not
at all like some cyclometers which
register two miles, perhaps, when you
have only ridden one." Lady-"Have
you any of that kind left. Standard.
"Did that young ballet dancer
promise to be a sister to Jack?" "No;
she said she'd be mother-in-law to
him if her younger daughter would
have him." - Philadelphia North
American.
"Opporchunities, said Uncle Eben,
sis pretty sho' ter come ter ebry man.
But it's mighty good idee, jes' de
same, foh him ter hustle roun' an
send out a few invitations. Wash.
ington Star.
1t was evident to the practiced per,
ceptions of the young woman that he
was in a melting mood. AS if to verify
her acumen, rs soon as her father ap-
peared the young man ran.-Indian.
apolis Journal.
When woman goes off to spend the
season at resort, leaving her husband
at home to work through the heat and
dust, she starts story about how gay
men are when their wives are away
Atchison Globe.
Advertising Clerk-"Your ADVERTISE
ment begins: Wanted, silent part
ner.'" Patron-"Yes, that's it.. u
Clerk-'Do you wish it placed under
Business Opportunities or Matri-
monial?'" Truth.
Visitor lin insane asylum)-"What
is the nature of that poor fellows hal
lucination?" Keeper thinks
that he invented the various terms
used by golf players. "Of course, il
isn't SOP" "Oh, no! He is merely q
lunatic, not an idiot!"-Puck.
''Do you eat missionaries now?" the
tourist asked of the cannibal. "Oh,
yes" responded the latter. "You
kill them first. don't you?" persisted
the tourist. 'We do now," sighed
the urbane cannibal, meanly. eve
found quick lunches produced dyspep
sia. boston Transcript.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
But such q gloomy hole as this old

-"But such q gloomy hole as this old
shanty."
"Yes, I know; but you can send me
some books and the latest papers, and
1 will pull through all right"
They started early next morning to
take Maude to the depot.
"We'll drive around little, and iii
show you one or two beautiful places
before we 60. 1 don't think you've
seen them yet," said the amt, as they
left for the train. Through q little
village about a mile, they came to q
large, beautiful residence. And just
beyond they came to handsome man
sion, with beautiful lawns, fountain,
brilliant fower-beds, and nice, smooth
walks.
"What a beautiful place!" said
Maude, as they arrived before the first
house. But when they came to the
mansion, her eyes opened wider, and
she exclaimed:
80, how 1 would like to live there!
I did not know there was any place so
beautiful in these parts"
"Who is it, Aunt Rebecca?" asked
Lydia.
cit belongs to a grumblesome old
widow lady. am going to call there
awhile, so you will have the opportun-
ity of seeing the inside as we'll as the
outside"
"It will be worth SEEING" remarked
Maude; "but, Aunt Rebecca, she must
be very stylish, and am only in my
travelling suit"
go, she won't mind that"
They drove in at the wide iron gates,
and up the gravel way, leaving the
carriage in charge of servant. There,
to the girls surprise, Aunt Rebecca,
instead of ringing the bell, walked
boldly in at the front door, crossed the
hall, and entered the large, magnifi-
cent parlor, like one entirely at home.
"Welcome home, Lydia darling, "
said the miserable aunt" as she seat
ed herself in velvet-cushioned base
rocker, while servant came to take
their things.
"Homev' cried Lydia, in surprise.
And Maude turned different colors,
and caught her breath quickly.
"Yes, home. We have spent few
weeks at the house of the tenant who
works my farm, and now we have come
to our own. am wealthy, Lydia, and
the brave girl who would not forsake
the poor, old woman shall be the pet of
the rich one. But Maude must go,
for She does not like a country life"
And Maude went, leaving Lydia to
the luxury which she herself had
longed for. Lydia did not need any
magazines, etc, for there was plenty
of the latest reading matter already at
her new home.
She now prefers country life to the
city, and will become Mrs. Walker
soon, and will live in the beautiful
residence nearest Aunt Rebecca's.
And Maude may not be entirely cut
out, as Aunt Rebecca means to give
her one more chance, which she will
not be likely to refuse.
Both the girls now think that Aunt
Rebecca is not indeed so miserable as
they at first thought her to be.-The
Iroquois Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
The Self sn,i.ilsd without ze.t.

Life has no zest when 1t has no fea.i ea"r.i
OF the unattained. The man VINO Anv.,
who has all, and who is entirely s ola
cient, has never had the satisfaction N,
ing into ideal possession OF the sPlons
the Infinite he has never reacheu V
taken hold Of tho beyond. Let s,,ts
God for the unmeasured ana uno
In this Is our stimulus to at'nT "A
promise of growth and our suiIie'e"
for living.-Churchman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Everybody's Enemy

The fact that some OF the sal9cnr l9.n.i
Francisco during the progress Oh ~. -.
tiRn Endeavor convention were M
honor Of the visitors and disp
motto "Welcome @. E." would sesr
cate that the saloons do not Know a;
are their friends and who tnen
Against the saloon keeper as -
2! nifty Y Z !: fslt: y !. . 5ut tbs x saloon =
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09

The Paris Figaro thinks that, be-
cause only twenty-seven per cent.
of the persons who commit suicide
are women, the contention that self
murder marches with civilization can
not be maintained.