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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21


The shades of night were deepening
and the sky was overcast The girl
stood at the easement, watching the
randrops which dotted the white
pavement, heralds of the storm which
soon was to follow. she knew that
very soon a youth would pass on the
opposite side of the street-a youth,
who would wave his hand and who
would smile to see the flutter of her
handkerchief in reply.
herbert quit work at half-past five.
How pitilessly the rain beat down!
Soon She saw figure i'm the distance.
The OvercOat was buttoned up to its
owners chin and the hat was pulled
down over his ears, but she recognized
the walk. She held her handkerchief
i'm readiness to be tluttered, but he did
not pause as usual. With Il low cry of
Joy she saw that he was crossing the
street. She ran to fling open the door,
and as he assembled the steps exclaimed
Il knew you could live down these
calumnes. Gomez!
where to-"
Unto the library. l want my father
to meet you face to face"
But I'm all wet
Yes hurry before you dry off, or he
may not believe us. 1t wasn't twenty
minutes ago, Herbert, that lie was say
ing you hadn't sense enough to come
i'm out of the rain. and | want him to
see how cruelty he has wronged you"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

The small boy who has to go to
school in the United States looks upon
the small boy who has to go tC school
In France with something of the envy
with which Lazarus may have looked
upon Dives. II Is the question of hOli-
days which constitutes the difference
in favor of the lad who attends a pub
lie school of instruction in the French
Republic. The school boys of France
have more holidays than wOrkdays in
the year, and in that fact lies the griev-
ance of the American youngster. The
average boy, be he native OF Amer
lea or child of TimbuctoO, is more
fond of a holiday than he is Of work
day, theorists and moralists to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. And the more
holidays he has the better terms he is
on with himself and all the world.
Two hundred and six holidays in the
year, as against 159 school daysl
That's the record of public instruction
in France. To begin with, there is the
regular midsummer holiday, which
covers period of siXty-tour DAYS.
That's pretty good for starter. Then
there are the Sundays. They are holi-
days of course everywhere. hut they
count an additional fifty two days.
Then ten days are allowed to' the pro-
Per celebration of Christmas and New
Years TO be thoroughly observant
Of the great feast of Easter tide fifteen
days are given. Thursdays are holi-
days, and that means fiftrtwo more
days of no labor. All Saints comes in
for three days holiday, 81 Charlie
magne two days, Whitsuntidc three
days. and three days to MAKE merry
when the national fete in July rolls
round. The rest of the gear the chi
dron are supposed to study.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

No part of the human countenancp
engages our attention so frequently
as the eyes. When face to face i'm
conversation we do not look Mt the
lips-althOugh as rule. the attention
is very quickly taken by any move
ment-but at the eyes of the person
with whom we are speaking. So much
is this the case that the habit of many
deaf people of watching the mouth al
ways strikes MS as peculiar In fact.
one usually feels that there is a sense
of incOmpleteness in the association
of mind with mind by means of con-
versatiOn If there Is not continual
interchange of glances, making n kind
of running commentary on the words
spoken. The same may he said OF or
binary greetings when two people
shake hands: unless there is at the
same moment meeting Of friendly
looks the ceremony loses much of IT'S
meaning
Now, why is there this continual
meeting of eyes accompanying all
kinds of human intercourse? Partly.
no doubt. II is attributable to certain
habits Of comparatively recent date.
The eve. "the window of the soul"
Is a most truthful exponent Of the in
ward thoughts than the tongue. and.
seeing that speech is very frequently
used not to tell the thoughts. but to
conceal them, we look TO the eye for
confirmation or the reverse Of what
our ears are taking in,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
SOME QUEER CURES.
Anonymous Letters, Freezing, bees and
other Undsual Remedies.

ANONYMOUS Letters ffeoAlng, Bees and
other Unusual Remedies.
one physician has discovered new
use for the anonymous letter. He has
observed that i'm cases of hystari..
n,clancholia. rheumatism, etc. nn-
tients have sometimes been cured nv
a violent and sudden shock. That
fact being established the doctor said
to himself. "why not shock my pa-
ticnts into good health?" and since the
idea occurred to him his life has been
not only profitable but entertaining.
lie suits the shock TO the case but
says that he has had better re suits
from anonymous letters than from any
other method. A few carefully con
structed letters full of innuendo, abuse
and threats of injury will give n pa
lent nm absorbing interest i'm life.
He will forget his ailments. and that
Il long step toward recovery. Incl
den,aly the treatment may make things
intercS ting for the family of the con
valcScent, but that's detail The ply
sician who inverted the treatment
saws that results have been most graf
flying
This is n day of queer diseases and
quccr,r cures. a case of nervous eX-
hnIlSton, dyspepsia or rheumatism
can give one long lifetime of inter.
eStinC and varied experiences. lEC
may lounge among the vineyards Of
southern France and eat unheard-of
quantities of grapes in the namn Of
medical science one can take the
open aiI cure i'm 1yrOl. where the pa
tinnts. clad simply and sufficiently in
one thin. abbreviated tunic. ramhla
over the hills, or, minus the tunic, lie
Oh the grass and soak mp sunshine
Russian steppes and the starvation
cure i'm Germany. Germany Is the
native heath of the barefoot frateIni-
ty, too, where dCvout believers in
Father Kneipp paddle mprrily about
in the morning dew, and. arraypd in
conventional purple and fine linen, but
still barefoot, invade the ueighboring
towns on Sunday
\ Paris doctor has designed a dry
bath of Arctic temperature which dis
counts the most noble efforts of dis
approving chappron. \ tank of metal
lined with fur. is sunk in a larger out
er tank and the space between the
two is filled with an evapnrating fluid
which lowers the temperature of the
lower tank to about 100 degrees below
freezing. The nervous patient is put
into this refrigerator and kept there
for few moments, the treatment be-
ing repeated every other day. The
effect is Sal to be marvellous. and
disease is frozen out.
Malta's way of treating rheumatism
Is a trfle heroic, but generation
brought mp on mustard plastcrs and
electricity ought not to object to It,
The patient is stripped and bees are
cordially invited to settle upon his
body. It amuses the bees and cures
the rheumatism. so it seems to he Il
philanthropic system all around. The
poison i'm the bee stings is said to npu-
tralize the blood which is responsible
for the rheumatism.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

intense cold has a stupefying pffcrt
upon the brain. Nearly every one eX-
posed to cold for a long time expert
erCes a weakening of the will power
and often a temporary loss of mem
Ory.
This fact probably in its greatest
measure was observed by the French
In Pyacuatng Moscow. Among the
recently discovered papers Of a Ger
man physician who was one of the
retreatiDg party are accounts Of this
retreat, In which il is stated that the
first effect of the cold was the weak.
ening of the memory, which EFF acted
healthy men as well as those who had
already suffered the hagdships of con
stant exposure and extreme fatigue
When the mercury dropped to 80
degrees below zero many soldiers
could not name their accoutrements
Some of them forgot the name for food
and perlshed from starvation. Very
many could not remember their own
names. Others showed decided svlnp-
tous or mental arrangement, and later
became insane.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

A New Orleans paper the other day
gave an account of n conductor on one
of the street cars who refused to nc
cept five coppers as fare from pas
senger. Conductors in New York
city. says the New York Herald. have
not quite reached that point, but If
looks could kill many poor woman
who labOriously hunts up the stray
pennies in her purse and calmly ten
ders them to the waiting conductor
she would have been dead long ago.
Why are conductors so averse to re-
ceiving pennies? The principal rea-
son is that pennies will not be taken
from the men at the auditors office.
Conductors cannot turn them in as
part of their receipts.
Many cOlOred persons consider pen
nies unlucky. | saw an old Southern
nanny demonstrate with n conductor
because he gave her five pennies in
change. and when he refused to take
them back she threw them on the seat
and left them behind her when she
left the car.
Many actors and actresses also look
upon pennies as bringing them bad
luck and often throw them away.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
WHAT HE YEARNED FOR.
Quite sure That Humur Mas DeEensrated
Since the Old Days.

Since the Old Days
81 tell you what It is." said the man
with tired, droopin eyes and a scrub
by fringe of fur a'ound his overcoat
"humor amt whr. 1t used to be.
Back in the days " hen used to write
the real stuff for the Whangsville
Monitor-never heard of the Monitor?
Why it was the 81 isation of the day.
| couldn't go to Il minstrel show or
pick up book without seeing some of
the good things | had had i'm the Moni-
tor; changed, of course, but l could
recognize them"
"Do you think humor has degener-
ated since thenI' inquired his auditor
whose interest seemed rather slight
81 should say so. | don't see any of
the good, old-faslioned out-and-out
fun that used to delight me. Where
is that joke about the mother-in-law?
1t has drifted from the 7cene. Like
the giants of Oratory ana statesman
ship and acting, it is no more. T.
way they used to get up Things to hurt
the feelings of mothers-in-law and
show 'Cm they had no right to say n
word if man chose to stay out all
night and come home intoxicated and
tumble around the keyhole did my
heart good. That always used to
make me laugh; the way they would
depict man in state of total in
ebriety fumbling at the keyhOle, with
his mother-in-law and wife inside,
wondering whether it would be safe
to let him in or not
we don't see as much Of that sort
of humOr as we used to, assented his
friend.
no. They seem to have lost the
knaCk. The spirit of the age is icono-
elastic. The tendency is to slight the
ole classics: even to sneer at them,
and think that things pretty near as
good are being produced. There was
the young man who went trembling
Into the old mans study to ask him
for his daughters hand. What has
become of him? The way the old
party would take him by the ear, lead
him out to the front door and kick
him clear out to the curLstOne-he al
ways lit on the curbstone-used to
tickle me nearly to deaCh | have
laughed for hours as | thought of him
lying there with his best clothes
spoiled, waiting fer somebody to come
along and send for the ambulance
He is not very much i'm evidence,
that's fact" was the reply.
"Then there was the little boy who
ate things that didn't agree with him
green apples usually-and went to
Join the angels. That used to keep
me i'm rOars. The idea Of that little
boy-well, there's no use trying to
describe it, It's too funny to talk
about. And the servant girl who
blew herself into atoms trying to light
the fire with Kerosene and Il lot more
of them. have about disappeared.
Once in awhile they try to flicker to
the front, but they ain't what they
were when ! was writing the real
stuff for the Whangsville .Lonitor
Those were the palmy lays of humor,
and | have my doubts If well ever
see anything like 'em again"
And he heaved a long, long sigh.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

The adaptability Of the cat to his
surroundings is illustrated IN the case
of handsome young feline who stray
ed one stormy night to tie home Of
William Thompson of GlenWOOd Penn
He has learned to smoke cigars and to
drink beer.
Mr.. Thompson first observed that
the cat manifested a strange liking for
tobacco smoke. While enjoying his
after-dinner cigar it was Mr. Thomp-
sons habit to blow the smoke at the
cat. Puss didn't seem to mind it a
bit, in fact, he found certain delight
in it,
One night, just for a Joke, Mr..
Thompson put his cigar in the cats
mouth. Much to his astonishment the
cat sat up on his hind legs and puffed
away complacently. He was thorough
ly happy. His teeth, however. being
50 sharp, cut through the wrapper, aud
for the next cigar Mr. Thompson p:o-
vided a wooden cigarholder, which is
now used every time the cat has a
smoke. Then the cat learned to smoke
a pipe. Puss took to II qul'a as natu.
rally Os he did to the cigar.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21


ing a floor 81 inches long ana % inches
w,fe. Boards with matched edges
should be- used. and undnr the floor
boards nail three battenS ac 'Oss, one mt
each end and one at the middle These
battens may be by 3 inches and
shoulu be placed so they win stand 3
iut mes high to keep the bottom of the
kcrrel free from the ground.
Make front and back 22 iuches wide,
p inches high ut the sides and 33 in
chcs high at the middle or ptak, and
attach the boards together with bat
tens rs shown in figure 1, which is a
ConStructional dra wing. Attach them
to the front and rear end of the floor
w''h stout nails and brace tlpm apart
at the top with ridge pole = or 3 in.
suIare and "A inches long
With boards 36 inches long form the
sides, as shown i'm figure /. and finally
rooi the kennel with boards placed as
sic twn in the illustration SO there will
b. projection forming caves about
ihCnes all around.
Al the front of the box nnqr the top
cut four holes with large bit and con
meet them by saving IL slit with a com
pass or keyhole saw. This VII: be valu-
able as a yentilato-, and i would be
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

Cholly (mournfullyl-Ah'm nevah
going to weah such high collahs any
more.
Willie-GoOd gracious, why not, my
deah boy?
ChOlly-Because when Ine fawtha
asked me millionaire uncle if all was
at fine-loOking fellah, donchenO, he
said he weally couldn't tell-he didn't
like to turn down my cOllah and look
at me because ah might think he was
cuwiOus.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
CARPENTRY FOR BOYS.
imple Rules for Building Ine1pensiv
Kennels

imple Rules for Building inexpensive
Kennels.
There are undoubtedly a great many
boys who own dogs but perhaps have
no kennel in which to keep them. A
large box with hole in It large enough
70 a dog to crawl through is better
thrn nothing; but kennel Of neat APP
pearance and simple construction can
eas ly be made that when completed
VIII appear like the illustrator
/ oil dog of medium size, kennel
snoIld measure 36 inches long, "a in
ches wide, and from bottom TO peak it
can stand "a inches high The hole at
the front will have to be cut large
enough so the dog may pass IN and out
elslly, and If made about ~ inches in
diameter should be the righT size in
pr portion to the size of the Kennel.
10 build the kennel right commence
at he foundation und build Up by maxi
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep 1t clean, by
purities from the body. Begin TODAY to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Casearets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, soc.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
She Was Rather Disappointed.

''Flossie, may have this little
hand" said Reggie.
"Oh, dear boy, this Is So"
This little handful of violets from
your bouquetF" continued Reggie,
who had been interrupted
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

Bookkeeper (strikihg for IIore sal
ary)-I've been with you for twenty
years, sir.
Employer-Yes, know; I'm a very
patient man.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
NEAT DOG KENNEL.

well to cut two or there small holes in
the back boards as well.
4 few coats of paint will finish the
exterior of this kennel. wh'.'h on com
pie .on should prove a very acceptable
addition to boys possessions, as well
a house for the dog.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
O. RAlLRoAr
TIM TABLE
Corrected d to Date.

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Cleveland,
Chicago and Cincinnati.
Tickets on sale at Port Jervis to ali
points in the West and Southwest at lower
rates than via any other first-class line.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21


Rgnn to th who desire all the of the and Nation the
ane with The New-Nok weekly TRIBUNE which enables him
O perry
Il to
O
viii
% i've nm
O thcscp fore nly 81 5ay
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
ma "IMIasaKsYu

Thirty one yean active practice, opinion As 10
validity and patentability, Write ioF hook OF
Instructions and TeierepceS Hp6oN Bros, p7S
y stFset, Washlagioal D. 8
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21

If you want papers for placing un-
der carpets call at THE PREss offioel
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
NEARLY
Fifty-eight Years Old !!

It's long life. but devotion to the true
interests and prosperity of the American
people has won for 1t new friends us the
years rolled by and the original memhen
of its family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and stcadfast
to-day, with faith in its teachings and con
fldcnce i'm the information which it brings
to their homes and hresidos
As natural consequence it enjoys in its
old age all the vitality and vigor of IT'S
youth strengthened and ripened by the ex-
percnces of over. half IA century
1t has lived on its MERITS and on the col
dial support of progressive Americans.
1t is the New York Weekly Tribune -
acknowledged the country over as the lead
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
EASTWARD.

TRAINS Now LEAVE PoRT JERvIs AS
FOLLOWS
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-07-21
TIM TABLE
of the
P. J., M. & N. Y. R. R.

Trains leave Erie Ry., 23d St, n. Y. as
fnllnMs:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
ITALIAN MILITARY SOCIETY.


The annual banquet Of the Italian
Military Society Bersaglieri was held
last evening. i'm Lynch's Hall, corner
of Atwelrs avenue and America street,
there being a full attendance of the
members and also a number OF guests
representing other Italian beneficial So
cietles of the city and state. These rep
resentatives were from the Societa st.
Antonio OF Charles street, the Societa
Tmberto I. OF Thornton. the Societa
Principe al Napoll. the Societa Colom-
bo. the Societa Garibaldi of Providence
and the Societa Roma.
President Frank Rondina oniciated
as toastmaster and after an excellent
repast. served by Caterer Nicola Dag
ostino. he called upon the several
sneakers. The first was Joseph Schet-
tint. OF the Roma Society, No. :. and ne
spoke briefly OF the fraternal relations
existing among the Italians through
oat New England.
There was some good music by an
orchestra. and then short speeches
were made by Joseph Runino OF the
Araldo. New York. Frederic Curzio oi
| LEO del Rhode Island. Antonio Rus
| sitano of Societs Garibaldi. Nincenzc
| salvatore Of Principe ~ NapolL uio'
vanni Gannotta 90 81 Antoniu. Anto'
! nio l.ugio of Socicta Colombo ANA q
| number Of others.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
NOT WANTED IN CHINA.


washington. Jan. 20.-Labor saving
devices are not wanted in China. This
Is clearly shown by Consul General
Goodnow i'm a report 10 the state de-
partment made In reply TO an inquiry
of an export association in New YORK.
II cannot give you any encourage
ment" he said. "in regard to the chip
ment of wheelbarrows, scrapers, dump
carts and the like to China. The wheel
barrows used here have large Wheel
i'm the middle and a seat on either side'
where passengers are carried. once III
q great while dirt is carried in baskets
i'm such a barrow but ordinarily IL Is
carried by a coolie in two baskets hung
on the end of a bamboo rod balanced
ON his shoulder. These baskets ABOUT
the size and shape of grain scoop
Labor saving devices are not In de-
mand i'm China. The cheapest thlhs
here is n man. There is more labor than
can find employment. a coolie carrying
dirt will receive from seven 10 Ten
cents gold per day. He must work from
sunrise To sunset--not very setadlly
nor intensely, but putting In grea'
many hours and accomplishing larss
amount of work for lie amount or wa
ges paid. There are more coolies Wiling
TO work for this pittance than ther'
| is work for them TO do.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
BOWLING CONTESTS.
Two Important Games In The Interstate League
Bowling al The Big Pins.

Two important Interstate League
ten pin games were bowled last even
ing. The first was nt the duck between
the Westmiusters OF Providence and
the Agawans' Of North Attleboro. The
Westminsters made the trip OUT over
the line I'm the glory of winter moon
light night The weather was shafp
and snappy and between the romance
of the moonbeams and the invigoratihg
climatic conditions the Westminsters
were prime for any sort of action Win
the begun vital when they reached tne
north end of Attleboro, ana now thSy
bowled over the ducks. Three straisht
strings, the first two by good hdrg,hs
each and the last by 126 pins. Inc
rooters from Providence yelleu ,iic't
selves into fit condition Tor leihohtuc
vhen the final score was announced
9.02 against 202i. Carr OF the iroNi,
dence team rolled an even game anu
WAS high man, his rolling was lo-' A'V'
lSg-total 5Oi. ,,.
'rhe Columbias OF Providence foughl
IL out last evening with the Auultor-
iums at Pawtuckct. at the big pms Mui- ~,
ming by a score of 2l05 against 2O53' Inc
Auditoriums made a squirt in the second
string and for a moment then IL looheu
like Victory for them, but the Colunl-
bias jumped in and punched strikes 10
the extent that they carried the iass
string and the final score. sumner ol
| the Columbias was high man oil the
evening with a total of ass pins.
g Halls team defeated { Lyman 5
bowlers at the duck pins last evening III
| the Music Hall Laegue. IL was a close
! and very interesting match. Halls men
wan the first two strings, but lost the
last They won the game by hnai
score of 1850 against 1927 pins-a mar
| gin Of % pins. Bliss or tne Ly ;, :
1as high roller both i'm singles ana
! 6nal. His single string was lO6 pins
| and his total 292 pins.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
AmysEMEN1s TONIGHT.

PR )vIJEEcF. ofERA HoUsE-The
Jolly Musketeer."
KEITHs NEW THEATRE-continu-
uos performance.
STAR THF.ATRE-"Knobs o Tennes-
pee
OLYMPIC THEATRE-"A jay in New
York"
WESTMINSTER THEATRE - Rose
Hill English Folly Company.