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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-13

Something new, a spring tooth
harrow with wheels. Syracuse
plOws and " Planet Jr. cultivators
at W q G. Mitchells.
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CENTRE SQUARE HOTEL

j. f Maloney, George Sawyer, Mill
Rift Jas. H. Johnson, Newton; Thorn G
Holden Toledo; DIR. Kenworthy, Ding
mans; J NJ, Bensley, Lehman; Chas A
Sapp Collingwood ". J
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WANTFD-At the Glenside SAM
tarium, good, capable girl Apply
20 DR. r.. G Barckley,
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HOTEL FAUCHERE.

Frank Ashton, Easton; Henry Fromm,
Frank, Raman, New York; + NJ Mum
and wife, Orange Howard Marshall,
aSs Eghaai Efn oraGp Dns
Barber, Boston; H. r Wilcox and wife
H. c. Wilcox and wife, Middletown, n. Y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Recorded In the Omce of the Recorder
Since Our Last Issue.

Lacl1awaxen. Herman Kanoper
to Senia Bactel, dated Aug 4th,
two pieces land, con. $780, ent d
Aug 5th
Porter. Edwin b. Lindridge to
Adolph Sussman, dated May 2lth,
116 acres, con. 81, ent'd Aug 9Th.
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AMONG The HOTELS.

A List OF Recent Arrlsals at the various
Hotels and Resorts in milford and
vicinity.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-13
CR1ssMAN Hor Z.

o L. Rowland Teedyuskung; Willis
Steel and wife, Dingmans; NJ II. Miller,
wife and child, South Bethlehcm; o L..
Halenback and wife Hoboken; J. Van
Houten and wife, Paterson; James p
Duff, Jersey City; J Brady, j. II Lii
ly, Brooklyn; John Jones, Monroe NJ
CarIin. jersey City; Mrs J McNIoboE,
Ada Mcmahon, Miss Jordan, II. A Eisner
and wife, Marie Bangenbacker, George f.
Langenbacker, A Sutliffe, New York;
Frederick, Ridgewood; Robert Morrison,
Chas, L Gott, W. w. Spencer and wife,
New York; Philip BsWingate, Brooklyn
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-13
DIMMICl1 HOUSE.

Chas Frost, A Name Johnson, f Ter
hume, Paterson; William MacBey, Brook
lyn; Chas Phinney and family, Yonkers
f. A. Cook, Sadie NJ Cook Portchester
T; NJ Mnnn and wife Orange; Alice T
Glees0n, Kearney, Katharine sampson,
Hnrmon N Y
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The Navy As An Adjunct to Fashion e.
senator Gorman's Blur Patent Law
yers' Troubles Notes on the Comptroi-
Ier, Commissioner Of Patents and Mr.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-13
JARDoN HOUSE

Mrs. c. Waterman, Florence Waterman,
H. j Haas, New York; Y. Il Won Loss
berg, wife and daughter; Alfred Decker,
Miss Josephine Hauser, s. A. Hof and
wife, John B. Wingley, Brooklyn
THE HOMESTEAD
Miss 5. e Potter, Miss Stansbury, Mr.
Jared Haines and wife, Master Harry
Haines Newark n j. Harry Leeds and
wife; Brooklyn. Harry Wilson; East
Orange, n. j
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'There were different styles of hats,
but, if remember rightly, those that
went with our purple and white
French calicoes were bonnets of green
silk. They were shirred very full and
cut 80 that the edge around the face
was bias. This was then fringed out
to some lepth as border, and the
bonnet was trimmed with lace and a
ribbon bow at the back. l think that
is complete account of the way We
looked, or-have forgotten any.
thing? Oh, yes; our gloves. They
were'of straw colored silk, and pretty
short, scarcely reaching above our
wrists.
"The time I am telling you OF was
long before the days of hoopskirts,
you know. We children wore a num-
ber of stiff, quilted petticoats, though,
to make our dresses set out in the
proper way. can't remember that
we were ever really uncomfortable on
account of our odd clothes, though I'm
afraid children would complain now.
adays at the heavy skirts and the
dangling pantalettes. These panta-
lettes were sometimes nuisance even
to us, accustomed a. We were to them,
when We wanted to play some active
game. I recall one of our playmates
who was regarded by the rest of US as
a marvel of daring because she had
been known on different occasions to
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The Milky Way.

The milky way, says Miss Agnes N.
Clerke, in Popular Astronomy, is made
up Of finite number Of star collec-
tions, each of finite dimensions; while
the remainder Of the sky, instead OF
being yelled with shining orbs, thick
set in endless backward files, shows q
clear background sprinkled with stars,
the proportionate numbers OF which
diminish rapidly with penetration in
to the ethereal sbysses. The star
depths, as Sir John Herschel distinctly
perceived, are open, but, beyond 9
certain point, empty. The stars and
nebul@ form together q stupendous
system, framed on lines dimly signia-
cant of an origin and progressive rela-
tions. But system cannot be infinite
not, at any rate. in sense intelligi-
BILE to the human intellect. Both OBJ
servation and rational inference in-
deed, while setting no bounds to the
display of creative energy, enforce
belief in terminated sidereal world;
only q certain horror vacui in the
human mind shrinks back from the
void beyond, and evokes imaginary
stellar populaces to inhabit imaginary
wildernesses. "-
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Origin of Fear and Terror.

President G. Stanley Hall, of Clark
University, has lately been studying
the origin of the various forms of fear
and terror, and he suggests that the
common fear of high places, which
many animals exhibit and which is
very acute with some human beings,
may be "a vestigial trace, like the gill
slits under the skin Of our necks, ante
dating limbs and inherited from our
swimming ancestors" In replyto this.
Professor Wesley Mills, of McGil
University, says that while the young
est mammals and birds exhibit peculiar
manifestations when placed near the
edge of On elevated surface, yet tur-
tie will walk off any elevated support
again and again, and a frog will
Jump almost any where. These excep-
tions, he thinks, present difficulty
to the acceptance Of President Halls
theory.
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TIE DINING ROOM.
Its Furnishing and Decoratfng-Co-
lonial Effects the Most Becoming.

Its Furnishing and Decorating-Co-
lonial Effects the Most Becoming.
There is no more barb arous con.
trivance than the baseme Mt dining
room in the ordinary city house; !;
although it may be made necessary by
considerations of economy and con-
venience. these facts do not make it
any more admirable. Architectural
limitations are such that the basement
dining.room must of necessity have q
low ceiling, little natural light, and an
unattractive outlook. These are draw
backs very difficult to overcome by
any scheme of decoration or furnish.
ing. For various reasons rooms Of
this kind may be dismissed from con.
sideration in the present article. City
houses are always built with certain
restrictions and limitations in mind,
and eash house must be law unto it.
self. But aside from the question of
mears, the builder of a detached villa
house has free rein, and can consult
his own taste and inclination in the
arrangement of the various rooms.
One who plans the erection of such
a house will be wise il he Civ es his
greatest care and attention to the
dining-room, for no room is more i'm
portant, nor contributes more to the
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QUEER CLOTHES.
THE UGLY COSTUMES OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.
What Children Wore Seventy-riv I've
Nears Ago-The Pantalette Agony
and the Reign of the
Red Shoe.

0TOI remember how we used
to dress when I was child ?
Indeed, I do, rny dear; 1
can see every one of those
queer little frocks-you would Ger.
tainly think them so now, at any rate
AS plainly as if I had them before
my eyes" The speaker, says the New
York Tribune, was a white.haired,
sweet. faced old lady of eighty, whose
remarkably faithful memory, not only
on the subject of clothes, but concern
ing nearly every incident of her rather
eventful life, is constant source OF
marvel to her friends.
1.-THE first dress of which / have q
distinct impression was made for me
when l was four years old. That was
in the year 1921; so you are hearing
now of the styles of seventy-fve years
ago. 1t is q long period to look back
upon, but the time doesn't seem SO far
away to me. Well, the frock was given
to me by my godmother-for my
name, you know. 1t was made of rat
tinet-I don't suppose you ever
heard the word before-but it was the
name of kind of thin woolen goods
very fashionable at the time. The
color was scarlet, and as I had never
had anything so gay before, you may
be sure I was proud of il. There was
little red cloak to match, and red
bonnet, trimmed with Bwansdown.
"The next dresses I remember were
two Sunday frocks, made exactly
alike, which my sister and 1 wore, per
haps a year or two later than the time
of the red rattinet. You will laugh
when I tell you that these dresses,
which were considered especially
beautiful and elaborate, were made Of
calico. It was French calico, though {;
much finer and prettier than anything
of the kind to be bought nowadays,
and it cost from fifty to seventy.tive
cents yard. All materials were dear
then, and you saw very few silk dresses,
particularly for children, except
the wealthy families. You could have
silk gown now for what French cali
Goes used to cost. can even remem'
ber the exact pattern of the calico in
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character of the house. No hand
80 mer room was ever designed than
colonial dining.room, and it will be
we'll to follow it's general style unless
it forms too violent a contrast with
the remainder of the house. For this
reason it is we'll to have cluster of
narrow windows at one end of the
room, opening with hinges, perhaps,
glazed with diamond panes of glass in
leads. This gives a most beautiful ef-
feet. if the remainder Of the room can
be brought at all in keeping. As the
room should be warm in the severest
weather, an open fireplace with brass
fire dogs must be in evidence. The
trimming should be walnut or oak
with colonial ornaments, unless these
are found too expensive. The mantel
should be simple, so that it will not
detract from the crystal and plate
with which the room will naturally be
ornsmented. The walls should be
warm, red brown tint, or be covered
with some warm colored paper with q
simple, formal design.
By far the most effective furniture
for the dining room is mahogany, but
this is costly. If one has the good
luck to inherit old pieces of mahog.
any the problem of furnishing is made
easy, for these can be made more
beautiful than any modern pieces at
very little expense, no matter how
much they may have been marred by
usage. With mahogany out Of the
question, pretty effects can be had,
which will make the room rich, with
well.made oak furniture, provided it
is simple in design and not disfgured
with machine carving and glued orna.
ments.
A hard wood floor costs no more
than fine carpet, and is far moro ap.
propriate. In this case large rug
will be wanted, but it need not be ex-
pensive; extremely pretty designs are
to be had in what are known as "art
squares" which are nothing more than
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unite her pantalettes deliberately from
her stockings, to which they were fas'
tened, and bundle them IN some con.
venient corner until she had finished
her play and was ready to 60 home.
"The boys clothes at that time
were almost as funny, when compared
with modern styles, as were those OF
the girls. No knickerbockers in the
days when my brothers were little fol-
lows! Boys wore long, loose trousers,
similar to those of their fathers, and
usually made at home from an old pair
which the head OF the family had dis.
carded. Their queer little jackets
were sometimes belted IN at the waist,
with the skirt hanging a few inches
below in blouse style, and som etimes
they wore open coats, very short and
elaborately Graded, in military fash.
ion. They wore various kinds of caps,
and I remember a hat.shaped one,
with long tassel hanging down be-
hind, which was regarded as very
stylish.
"Fashions did not change so often
then, my dear. as they do now. When
you had a dress you could wear it for
years, just the same-unless you wore
it out. Fine clothes could even be
handed down from one generation to
another. Years later than the time /
have been taking about, when l had a
small family of my own, the styles in
children's frocks were not greatly
altered. The materials had changed
more than anything else, showing
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CURIOUS FACTS.
Glass bricks gain favor.

Glass bricks gain favor.
Norway taxes commercial travellers.
Eiffel tower in Paris weighs 1000
tons.
Father Danforth, of Springfield,
Ohio, has two COWS which he drives in
harness.
In France the doctors claim on the
estate of deceased patient has preced'
ence of all others.
The Imperial Society for Acclima.
tization has succeeded in raising
ostriches IN the south of Russia.
Each year about $50, 900 is expended
in sprinkling the streets of London
with sand, to prevent the horses from
slipping.
A hen that laid an egg smaller than
a robins egg at Cottage Grove. Ore
gon, cackled just as though she had
done her whole duty.
A North Dakota farmer claims that
strips of newspapers soaked in sour
milk and fed to hens greatly increases
their laying qualities.
The highest inhab tied spot in the
world is mining camp in the Andes
is, 15S feet above sea level-where
some 200 miners live in good health
all the year round.
A canary owned by a Baltimore
musician is said to sing at a signal
from him, given on the violin, the
"Popagano" from Mozalt's "Magic
Flute" He has had the bird two
years.
Anything black will produce more
disturbance in your baby's mind than
anything white. A child refusing to
60 to relative in dark clothes would
not hesitate if the suit were changed
to light color.
The cat came back to Samuel Ward,
of Waynesboro, Penn, not in song,
but in fact, few weeks ago, Mr..
Ward had rot seen it since July, 1894,
when he had dropped it from train
near Frederick, Md.
Sarah Thomas, lively woman, 10U
years old, in Wales, possesses all her
faculties. but is dangerous somnam-
bulist. The Princess of Wales annu.
ally sends her on her birthday as many
shillings as she has lived years.
A man who shaves regularly until he
is eighty years old cuts off about
thirty-ive feet Of hair, although if he
doesn't shave it doesn't necessarily
follow that his whiskers will be thirty.
five feet long when he is eighty.
Fioridians in the neighborhood OF
Kissimmee carry on a profitable but
struggling winter industry disposing
of otter skins at 81 or SIS each. In
Kissimmee Two firms this season have
purchased 1900. But there is no sys.
tematic effort to make the most of the
industry.
A wedding ceremony took place in
Trenton, No., the other day which
was notable one for the reason that
both the contracting parties had
passed the age of three score and ten,
and that the marriage was the culmina'
ton of courtship that extended over
a period of more than forty years.
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ward. 1t would have been considered
ridiculously inappropriate to put
anything different on them, even in
winter. So our little frocks were. of
course, made according to the fashion,
leaving our necks and shoulders bare,
and looking, I must confess, as l ex.
anime the old daguerreotypes, as If
they were in constant danger Of slip
ping off over our arms. The sleeves
were tiny, circular puffs, not more
than three or four inches deep, so that
We had almost nothing on our arms
either. The little waists were very
short, much resembling the Empire
styles seen now, and were usually
made with considerable fulness. The
skirts, always sewed fast to the waists,
were straight, and reached to about
half way between the knee and ankle.
Really short dresses, us children wear
them now, were never seen. Below
our skirts, and hanging down to our
very feet, were our pantalettes-plain
yellow nankeen ones for every day, and
fine white embroidered ones for Sun
days. With these particular frocks I
am speaking OF we always wore our
best pantalettes.
;'Our shoes were made of soft, green
morocco leather. And that reminds
me of the aggrieved feeling We chill.
dren always cherished because we were
obliged to wear that color. The two
fashionable shades for shoes were tea
green and bright red. My mother,
whose taste in her own dress was sub.
dued, clothed her children according
ly, end would never allow us to have
the scarlet shoes. 30 my sister and l
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reversible ingram carpets. There ls
no need for ornamentation other than
pure and simple porcelain, glass and
silver ware, which can be made to do
good service if not huddled away in
closets, and a few good pictures in
modern frames, chosen with some idea
of the "eternal fitness of things"
The accompanying design shows a
dining room which lends itself readily
to the treatment described in this ar
ticle.
The width of this house is "a feet,
6 inches, and the depth. including
veranda, SO feet, 4 inches. With first
story 9 feet, 6 inches. and second
story 9 feet with attic 8 feet. This is
a comfortable dwelling, easily heated.
The size of the dining room is shown
by the floor plans.
The room is finished Ill oak, with
oak floor. The two windows are loaded
with diamond-shaped panes looking
out over the veranda. The walls are
covered with paper of yellow brown
color, with q stiff, formal design IN req
brown. This runs to the ceiling, with
no frieze, but with oak picture rail
about twenty inches below the cor
nice. The ceiling repeats the side
wall colors, though the pattern of the
paper is not so pronounced. The fire.
place is faced with dark brown brick.
The furniture is rich mahogany with
brass mountings. The sideboard, on
which are a few pieces of fine glass
reflected by the freight, glistens
welcome. Bright china gives points
of rich color for the eye to rest upon.
A Smyrna rug in deep reds and browns
laid on the polished oak floor adds
still more color to the room, and few
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|; cHAprER 4xytiL q q
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IU W6b Z oA q kfJtAHb l1tA 6k,s M
never permitted himself to be taken BY
surprise. But he was certainly sur
prised now.
He could not credit his eyes and ears
VIXEN he saw the Sea Hawk graphing
with the Wanderer, and heard the shot
that came from the signal gun crashing
through the hull Of his own ship.
Quick Drained, he took in the danger,
and his first thought was that one Of the
men he had sent Oh board the Sea Hawk
had betrayed him. In no other way, he
was sure, could his personality and
schemes be detected.
But there was no time for guessing;
no time for anything but TO shake off
the foe that had swoored down on him
and fastened her sharp talons in his
side in death grip.
So we'll trained were his men that
they threw off their jackets, tore the
pixies from the racks, and rushed to
their posts while yet the shrill whistle
Of the boatswain was piping all hands
to quarters.
The Wanderer was always ready for
action; her guns were shotted at all
times, and never LETT unloaded except
when the charges were drawn to clean
them.
Now the great gun am:dship turned
her muzzle to the neck OF the Sea
Hawk, and its fiery breath blazed
through the shrouds OF both ships.
The fifteen broadeide guns were run
out until they touched the black side OF
the Sea Hawk. close 10 the water line,
and then the solid shot went tearing and
crashing through her timbers, foun-
tain OF splinters flying up from the
shock.
Lieutenant Hedges had hoped, from
the suddenncss OF the attack, to tin''
Lha WapGerGr wholly unpranarcd f"T g
sistance. He thought to board the foe
and overpower him before he could
strike blow; but now, as he saw the
wonderful alacrity with which the pi-
rates rushed to their posts, he almost
forgot. in the momentary admiration Of
the act, the all-important mission on
which he had come.
= It was agreed between him and Un-
tilla that her people should remain out
OF sight till his men had gained the
deck Of the foe, where they expected to
meet Ralph Denham, when the Mon
Eauks were to swarm on board shouting
the battle cry OF their tribe.
In accordance with this plan, Lieuten-
ant Hedges, sword in hand. was the
6yst man to leap on the deck Of the
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enjoined his men to follow again, for lt
was all important that the pirates
should not have time to recover from the
decentralization which his coming had
caused.
Never mind your pistols, my lads!"
cried Denham, when he saw his men
drawing the weapons they had concealed
on their persons. Give them the cold
steel, and drive them into the sea.
AYE, aye, sir"
sweep the quarter deck; capture
Kidd alive!" This Captain Denham
shouted, as, with Untllla by his side,
and the sailors and warriors pressing
close behind, they sped to the place
where the pirates, rallied by their des-
perate leader, were to make their last
stand.
Fox saw Ralph Denham, looked into
his blazing eyes, but still he could not
credit the evidence Of his senses.
Ghost or man, he would try him.
And Fox did try, with heroism worthy
of better cause, to defend or check the
onset.
But his men had lost heart. They
went down before the flashing blades as
the ripe grain drops before the sickle
Of the reaper, and the pirate chief was
left nearly alone on the quarterback OF
the Wanderer.
Surrender, Kidd Surrender shout
ed Ralph.
For answer the pirate with horrible
oath, discharged his remaining pistol at
his conqueror. and waiting only long
enough to note that the shot had no ef-
feet, he turned and flung himself into
the sea.
It will be remembered that the boats
In which the visitors were landed, were
still alongside, there not having been
time to hoist them on deck before
Lieutenant Hedges made his daring at
tack.
Captain Fox found number Of the
pirates in one Of these boats, and they
had seized the oars and were In the act
of cutting the rope when he craWled on
board.
He never for an instant lost the power
to command. Selling the tiller he called
out to his men:
Better luck next time, my lads: We
have booty enough or shore to fit out q
score Of ships like the Wanderer. Pull
away!"
The pirates took the oars and obeyed
him, for obedience is habit that clings
to men after che power to enforce 1t has
gone.
So busy were Captain Denham and
his men, that they did not see this act
of the pirate chief, an act that was not
destined to be Of great advantage.
Within few minutes after the disap.
pearance Of Fox, every pirate on the
Wanderer not dead was prisoner and
under guard. -,
Mr.. Dayton had by this time work ed
his ship alongside the Wanderer and
again they were made fast, with theii
shattered hulls grating against each
other.
Captain Denham was about to go for
ward to where the surgeon was dressing
Lieutenant Hedges wound, when Don
touched him on the arm and said:
IF you please, sir, there's some Ia
dies in the cabin that was locked up
till I released them. They wished to
come on deck, but I advised them not,
and they want to see you.
Ralph Denham did not wait to ask
who they were; his heart told him. 60
he ran at once below.
He bounded down the companion-way
and into the cabin, with Its pictures and
articles OF luxury untouched. and he
saw In the middle Of the floor, with
their arms encirciing each other as II
tor mutual protection, Lea Hedges and
Ellen Condit.
fro BE Continued
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those two frocks. There was white
ground. divided into squares, with
vine and leaf design in purple, run.
ming all over it. We thought il was
wonderfully handsome, and I believe
it would be considered very dainty
even to-day, among the variety of
pretty, thin goods which are shown.
All children wore low-necked and
short.sleeved dresses in those days.
and, indeed, for many years after