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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09

Have your diamonds cleaned free of
charge at McNamee's, 1907 Market St.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09

b. & o. MIDWINTER EXCURSION
TO WASHINGTON, d. c., AND
BALTIMORE.
Thursday February 10th and oath,
and March oath. Fare for the round
trip, $40. Tickets good ten days. For
full information apply 1900 Market
street, or to TIC. Burke, City Passen-
ger Agent. B. & O. station.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
CIRCUIT COURT.

Have your jewelry repaired at Nc
Namee's Prices reasonable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
EGGE9. WAREICK & co.
We Have Finished
Our Annual
Stock
EGGE9. WARNCK & co.

And We have found that We have
many goods on hand that must be
closed out before the arrival Of spring,
and We know that only low prices will
do ii, and such being the fact. We have
concluded to accept the conditions be-
fore Us. which will be your gain.
One item in particular we find about
double the quantity. as compared with
former inventories, and that is our
Dress Goods Stock. We shall offer
them at from 10 to 50 per cent under
former prices, and in view Of the ad-
vance which Will soon take place on
all wool dress goods under the new
tariff. this should be a great induce
ment to you to take advantage Of it.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

The Oldest tree in France, the St
Bernard oak, at Cunfin, is more than
1926 years old, having been planted AID
1910, and is mentioned in the "Annales
Ecclesiastiques du Diocese de Langres.' ,
1t measures twenty-five feet in circum.
ference at the collar of the roots, and is
forty-two and half feet high to the
first branches. The trunk is hollow,
and the wood has nearly all disappear.
ed, leaving little else than the bark
which, too, has been eaten away in
spots; one of the holes is large enough
to let man inside. A niche was made
In the upper part of the trunk by the
cure of Cunf1n in 1749, and the statue
of the Virgin was placed in it. That
was swept away during the revolution
but the old tree still lives.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
CHANGES OF THE HEAVENS.
The beautiful Constellation of the southern
49,

The beautiful Constellation of the southern
Cross is Moving Rapidly Southwark.
II Job we're to rise from the dead and
look upon the heavens, says Prof. T.
J. ]. See in the May Atlantic, he would
see the consultations related to ono
another as of old, but he would find
that the pole had shifted its position
among the stars; and If an immortal
could witness the grand phenomenon
which the procession Of the equinoxes
produces, In about 12,900 years he
would find the heavens so altered that
the former aspect could be recognized
only by an understanding of the
changes which had intervened. AS
Humboldt justly remarks, the beautiful
and celebrated constellation of the
Southern Cross, never seen by the pres
ent inhabitants Of Europe, and visible
in the United States only on our south
ern coast, formerly shone on the shores
of the Baltic, and can again be seen in
that latitude in about $4,000 years. The
Cross will then be visible on the shores
of Hudson's Bay, but at present it is
going rapidly southwark, and in a few
thousand years will be invisible even at
the extreme point of Florida. In like
manner, the brilliant star Canopus in
the constellation Argo, situated some
81 degrees south of Sirius, is now visit.
BILE in the southern portion of the
United States; in about 10000 it will
cease to rise even In Central America,
From the same cause, if Ptolemy were
to again look upon the heavens at
Alexandria, he would be unable to rec
ognize Alpha and Beta Centauri, which
he easily saw and catalogued in the
time of Hadrlan; at present these mag
niflcent stars are just visible at the
Pyramids near Cairo, and in a few
thousand years they can be seen by
dwellers on the Nile only in Upper
Egypt.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
THE DEGLuTITION ACT.

THE MONROE Democrats swallow
ed themselves last Saturday
night with a ratification meeting.
At their convention held short
time ago they denounced the admin
istration for its incompetency, and
deplored its Eesitating vaccilating
and uncertain war policy, shouted
for Bryan and 16 TO 1, and now they
meet and vie with each other in
ratifying the state platform which
pledges hearty support TO the gov
ernment in an active and aggressive
conduct of the war with Spain, and
says never word about silver or
Bryan, probably overlooked for po.
litic reasons But then for real dem
ocrats there is nothing inconsistent
in the ct that thay are on all sides
and all around a question at once
and most of the time with no CON
victions which policy and an itching
for office will not change in one
night.
The Monroe leaders love the nom
nations and take in the platform
which, as the N Y. Statesman d. p.
Hill, lately emerged from enforced
retirement, aptly putit, is made, not
to stand on, but simply to get in
with.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

by its silence, condemns both them
and the platform And yet it claims
to be leader Of Democratic opinion
in the County. The nominations
and platform must have been a
Knockout blow for it, but perhaps
after it RECEIVERS its wind it may
open it's mouth wide and say some
thing. We hope it will not leave
the party in this county wholly at
sea, without either compass, helms
man or beacon light, tor if so, it
may land body, soul and breeches
on the Republican beach and be for
ever stranded. While this would he
no calamity it might seriously inter-
fere with the presently suppressed
aspirations of some gentleman for a
seat in the lower house of Congress.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
is IT CONSIDERING ?

OUR NEIGHBOR, which is pre-
sumably a Democratic paper,
and, might therefore be supposed to
support that ticket, in its last issue.
a week after the Democratic State
Convention was held, which would
seem to be sufficient cooling time,
and also to enable it to gather a
stock of opinions from the conten-
poraries that ilk throughout the
State, carefully refrains from utter
ing one word in oommendation of
the ticket, which it perfunctorily
places at the head of its column. 1t
gives brief biographical sketches of
the candidates, prints the platform,
and then, by its utter silence, en-
phatically says to the party, now go
to thunder paddle your own canoe.
It does not even say that the men
nominated would make good off.
gals does not commend, butrather
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

Paris, which is always doing some.
thing extraordinary, has devised the
ivory eye as a love token. The EN-.
blem of the engagement ring as
pledge of the union of hearts is sinking
into oblivion in the exchange of eyes
The engagement eye must be an exact
reproduction of the individual eye
Every model must give his or her artist
at least three sittings to get the right
shade and the perfect expression. Their
the lover carries his sweetheart's ey,
around with him as a watchful guard
against evil
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
Try the Two.

Farmers who want to keep up
with the war news and are now too
busy to read the daily papers will
find the Press and N. Y. Weekly
Tribune just the combination to
give them all the information. The
boys and girls in the family es-
peeially ought TO read and study tho
history making events which are
now agitating the whole civilized
world, ard these can be best OBJ
tanned from reading careful ac-
counts. The two papers for only
$1.65.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

THE DEMOCRATS will make NOM
nations for County offices Aug.
13 So far, but one candidate for
Congress, one for Representative,
one for Coroner and two for Sheriff
are announced. More may be still
hunting under cover of the woods,
not having the courage to come out
in the open, but probably the list
is complete, and the unterrifed will
go out and quietly entrust their des-
TIMES in the hands of the warlike
Colonel, the brilliant Representative
and the genial and learned Geiger,
with a scramble between the two
urbane gentlemen for Sheriff, each
of them alike competent to add lus-
tire to their party. 1t is not now
our funeral we are only intereste d
in making one for these gentlemen
next November.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

Washington-The City of Magnifl-
cent Distances.
Pittsburg-The Iron City.
New Haven-The City of Elms.
Cinclnnati-Porkopolis. (This name
has sometimes been applied to Chlca-
go)
Ancient Rome-The Mistress of the
World.
Aberdeen-The Granite City.
Indianapolis-The Railroad City.
Raleigh, N. C.-The City of Oaks.
Chicago-The Garden City.
London-The Modern Babylon.
Baltimore-The Monumental City.
st. Louis-The Mound City.
Boston-The Hub of the Universe.
Brooklyn-The City of Churches.
Brussels-Little Paris (The name
is sometimes applied to Milan.)
New York-Gotham.
Detroit is known as the City of the
Straits; Boston, the City of Notions,
the Puritan City, the City of Culture,
the Modern Athens, and the Hub OF
the UNIVERSE Philadelphia, as the
City of Brotherly Love and the Quaker
City; New Orleans, as the Crescent
City; Cleveland and Portland, as the
Forest Cities; Springfield, ILL.,, as the
Flower City; Rochester, as the Flour
City; Hannibal, rs the Bluff City;
Buffalo, as the Queen City of the
Lakes; Pittsburg, as the Smoky City;
Keokuk, as the Gate City; Cincinnati.
as the Queen City of the West; Bangor,
as the Queen City of the East; Nash.
vile, as the City of the Rocks, and
Louisville, as Falls City.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
EDITORIAL.
UNITED REPUBLICANS.

" ELI hEH u BLlCANS.
Since the Altoona Convention there
is abundant evidence that those
republicans who expressed, previous
to that meeting, dissatisfaction with
the head of their own party ticket
and ihoped that the Democrats
would make a nomination which
they might at least passively sup
port now see how futile was the ex-
pectation of anything commensurate
with their desires, and have wisely
concluded to work within the party
lines. A movement to elect repre-
sentatives who were not identified
with the pernicious measures passed
at the last session, and who will be
independent in action and consider
ate of the peoples rights, seems to
be on the program. Such action
ought to win the esteem of all par
ties. No man should be elected to
the Legislature who is not capable
of having some voice in the pro-
ceedings. We do not necessarily
mean blatant oratory, but deliber-
ate Judgment and advice, and no
man should be reelected who has
not shown himself attentive to tie
business and with at least some of
the qualities of a representative of
the people and for the people. A
man who has no other or better
reason to offer for reelection than
that it is party custom is not en-
titled to the preferInent. If the
people wish their interests conserv-
cd they should consider the char
acter and qualifications of those
seeking to represent them, and vote
accordingly. So long as they will
not do this they can kick nothing to
better advantage than themselves.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
QUITE ONE SIDED.

THOSE Democratic newspapers
which in times past have anus
ed themselves and the people by
their TRADES against the Republi-
cans, and which are now emulating
each other in praise of the meas
ures which have been mainly adopt
ed by Republican effort, and agains t
Che protests and desperate tactics
of their own party leaders, for cx-
ample, the passage of the Hawaiian
Annexation Resolution, in the SEN
ate, will need to recover their coun-
terpoise, or they may. go headlone
into the arms of that Siren. OF
what particular use, either to itself
or the country, is the Democratic
party now anyway? No use con-
juring with name only. Better
all come over and make the thing
unanimous.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
PessImism.

There is a great deal of diffe r
ence, she said, with sarcasm, "be-
tween the way man parts with
his money before he mar ried and
afterward.
Yes" replied Mr.. Pennywise.
Before marriage when he gives her
a three dollar bunch of flowers, she
says "Thank you George ! You are
so good and kind and generous
But after when he gives her three
fourths of his salary she merely
looks hurt and says is that all. "
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
MATAMORAS.

EPwORTH NJ. f. CHURCH, Matamoras.
Services eyory Sabbath at 10. 80 u. m. and
p. m. Sabbath school at 230. c. E.
meeting Monday evening at 7.30. Glass
meeting Tuesday evening at 7.3O. PRAYER
meeting Wednesday evening at 7.3O.
Everyone welcome
REV. f. G.. CURTIS, Pastor.
HOPE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Mata
noras, ia. Services next Sunday as follows:
Preaching at 1890 a. IN. and Z d. IN. SIM
day school at ~ m. Junior g. X. before
and G. E. prayer meeting after the even
ing service. Nid-week prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.8O. Seats
free. A cordial Eolcomc to all. Come.
REV a. WIEGAND Pastor.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations Representative Bitt,
Chairman Of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and Sanford p.
Dole, President of the Hawaiian
Republic, and w. r. Frear Assoc
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Hawaii Senator Davis, Of Mimi,
would have beon chairman of the
Commission had his private busi-
ness not compelled him to decline
the appointment
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

Capt. "Bob" Evans of the Iowa,
makes a brief but pointed speech
When he was returning from the can
ture of $40 prisoners from the Vizca-
va, which vessel he had just driven
as hore, he replied in answer to an
inquiry left the Cristobal Col
on far to the westward an hour age
and the Oregon was giving her hell.
She has undoubte dly gone down
with the others, and We'll have a
Foutth of July celebration in Santi-
ago tomorrow.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
Annie Ernortntinn-

The total exports of green and dried
apples from the United States last yeaI
amounted in value to s3.7O0, 900. OF
these apples only $73s.OOO worth went
to Germany. Great Britain took 50, 1859.
600 worth. A very small portion of the
total exports in other articles Of fruit
was sent to Germany. Great Britain
taking by far a larger part.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

The colony Of New Zealand offers Q
ready market for beer. The imports are
increasing from year to year. and there
Is no reason whatever why our brewers
should not get share of this growing
trade. The annual imports Of beer into
New Zealand average about $500 ,OOC
gallons, which come almost entirely
from Great Britain.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
Legal Advertising.

Court Proclamation, Jury and Trial
List for several courts per term, $24.OO
Administrator and Executors
notices 5!W
Auditors notices 400
Divorce notices 300
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, 1898-07-15
Secret Societies.

MILFORD LoDeE, No 344, r. & A. NJ. ::
Lodge meets v llesdays on or before
Eull Noon at the 5awkill House, Milford,
Pa, N. Emery, Jr, Secretary. Milford.
Godfreid Wieland, W. NJ. Milford, Pa.
VAN DER MARK LODGE, No. 82S, /. O.
.; f. Meets every Thursday evening at
I3O p. m, Browns Building Geo. Dau-
man, Jr,, Sec'y, George h. Quick, n. G
o PRUDENCE REBEKAH LODGE. 1877 7 o.
y. IT.. Meets every second and fourth Fri
lays in each month in Odd Fellows Hall
Brown S building. Mrs. Alice Hornbeck
y. u. Miss Katie Klein, Sec'y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
What it will do for you

for monthly payment of IS per 81, ,OOO-s5
of which applies on principal, SB is inter
est.
First--It will buy for you any house de
sired or build you house according to
You own plans for payment of not less
than 1910 down.
Second-It will assume any mortgage
on your property, and advance you more
money, If desired, not to exceed 6OGo of its
valuation. At above rates you would own
your property free and cl0ar i'm lust POI
months; you can pay as much more us yon
wish and reduce the time in pr portion.
or the full amount will be received at any
time,
The first proposition enables you to con
vert your rent money into the ownership
of n home.
The second proposition enables You t.
reduce the interest ratio ON your mortgar,
and at the same time be paying off til,
principal each month
For further information call or addres,
}. H. Van Etten, Attorney,
Milford, Pa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15

OFFICE, Browns BUILDING, BROAD ST

Entered at the post Office of
Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania,
as second-class matter, November
twenty first, 1895.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
Advertising Rates.

One sauare( eight lines, one Insertion 900
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, 1898-07-15
Man Weakest in the MornIne.

A man is precisely his weakest
when he turns out Of bed in the morn
ing. The muscular force is greatly in
creased by breakfast, but 1t attains to
its highest point after the midday
meal. II then sinks for few hours
and then rises again toward evening.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
BEZEG EGDgES. !.
EHE~Tn "a
BU AEass 'ls&

bosses many a body and bur-
dens many a mind. You can't enjoy
the food you like because you are
bilious. You take all sorts of pre-
cautions, and yet the bilious attack
leaps on you like a tiger from ambush.
You know the feeling The blood
seeming on fire with dull heat the
boring pains in the eyes the head
seeming to open and shut; the hor-
rible nausea. You know the irrita-
bility which precedes and the languor
that follows the attack. It's miser-
able, isn't it? Why not cure The
trouble 2 There's pill thatwill cure
biliousness. DR.. J. c. AYERS PILLS
are an acknowledged specific for this
arrangement.
A. Swanger, Texarkana, Tex, writes
For fifteen years have used Ayers Pills.
and find them very effective in bilious COM
plants. 1 have yot to see the case where
they have failed TO cure"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Milford
sabbath services at 1870 A. NJ. and 7. 80 p
NJ Sabbath school Immediately after the
morning service. Prayer meeting Wed.
nesdny at 150 p. NJ. A cordial welcomt
Will be extended to all Those not at
tached to other churches are especially i'm.
yited. REV THOMAS NICHOLS, Pastor.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Mil
ford Services Sunday at 1870 A. NJ. and
!;5O P NJ. Sunday school at 11.45 P. NJ.
Mr,eek-day services, Wednesday, 73O PM;
thursday, T3O p NJ Seats free. All are
welcome.
q ai.sss REV. b. $. LAssIrER, Rector.
M. E. CHURCH Services at the M e.
Church sundays: Preaching at 1870 n.
IN. and at I.3O p. III. sunday school aJ .
p. m, Epworth league at 645 b. IN.
Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays mb
73O p, m. Glass meeting conducted hy
VIM. Angle on Fridays at 7.30 p. m An
earnest invitation is extended to anyou.
who may desire TO wOrShsp with us.
REV. w. r.. NEFF. Pastor.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-07-15
j. II. van Etten, PUBLISHER,
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

Milford. Pike County, PA
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-07
WANTED.

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The Post-Dlspatch wants an agent
in every hamlet every village, every
town, every city. This is the oppor-
tunity of lifetime to establish prof.
liable business. 1t costs nothing to
try You can get the support of your
leading citizens, who will be only too
glad to see you start. The Post Dis
patch is in great demand. It's great
paper. It's a member of the associated
Press. No other st. Louis evening pa.
per enjoys tins distinction. The Post
Dispatch has war correspondents az all
points of interest and with the fleets
now in the Pacific and Cuban waters
BY mail only so cents month. Write
at once for particulars. Address.
The Posr-DIsPATcH ST. Louis, Mo.
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-07

When Admiral Cergera ana the other
Spanish prisoners were about TO sail
on the ST. Louis it was discovered by
Flag Lieut.. James II. Sears that he
officers Of the Cristobal Colon had
their log book with them. He reported
the fact to Commodore Schley, who at
once ordered it seized. The second in
command, Adolphus ContreEos. capt.
tame de frigate, came aboard the
Brooklyn and asked that the log be re-
turned. as 1t was the only record saved
Commodore Schley said: IL will turn
1t over TO my government for informa-
ton" Contreros stormed and pleaded
and finally Commodore SchIey lost his
The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-09-07

FARM FLOATS IN A RIVER.
Arsenal Island, i'm the Mfssissfppf, lie
Constantly Changing les
Position.

Many OF the islands In the Mississippi
river are known to be constantly
changing their positions, but the most
restless OF them. and perhaps the most
remarkable island In the world, Is
Arsenal island, now of Illinois, but
sometimes of Missouri. Besides It's
Journeys up and down the river, the
island occasionally takes trip across
the deep water channel, consequently
shifting from the Missouri TO the ILL.,
nois shore.
Mai Thomas ii. Handbury, of the
corps OF United States engineers, be-
lieves that Arsenal island will eventu
ally become part of Missouri terri
tory. and says It's constant movement
Is easily explained. The dirt on its
upper end washes away under the
force of the river current and accre-
tions form at the lower end.
Arsenal island has also been known
as Quarantine island. Both names In
dictate the use to which 1t was put be-
tween 1880 and 1857, when quarantine
station and the United States arsenal
were maintained there. But Arsenal
island is the Official name and is used
In all land grants and deeds that have
been made with reference to 1t.
The island Is the property of j. 3.
Pittsfield, of Illinois, but Ia leased by
Joseph X. John, who lives upon 1t. His
house Is III the midst OF pretty grove
of willows, elms. sycamores and cot
ton woods at the upper end of the
island. IT is modest little one
story building with five rooms, which
are very clean and comfortable. 1t is
surrounded by storage houses and
poultry yards. Stretching away from
the grove are many acres of fertile
land, which is in an excellent state OF
cultivation. The proprietor told re-
porter of the Post-Dispatch that his
hope is TO convert the place into a
stock ranch Since he landed there, in
1903. he says that more tAan so acres
have been washed from its upper end
and fully as many acres have been
added to its lower end.
Since 1853 Arsenal island has moved
southwark 5000 feet.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.