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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY
MILFORD.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Milford
Sabbath services at 1880 A. NJ. and 7.3O r
NJ Sabbath school Immediately after The
morning service. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday at 7.30P. NJ. A cordial wclcom,
will be extended to all. Those not at
tached to other churches are especially in
vited. REV. THOMAS NICHOLS Pastor
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Mil
ford: Services sunday at 1880 A. NJ. and
73O P. NJ. Sunday school at 1900 NJ.
Week day service Friday at 10 A. NJ. Holy
Communion Sunday at 7.45 A. NJ. Seats
free. All are welcome.
REV. CHAs b. CARPENTER, Rector.
NJ. r. CHURCH. Services at the N II.
Church Sundays: Preaching at 1870 a..
IN. and at 7.30 p. N. sur day school AT
II :45p. IN. EpwOrth league at $40 p. III.
Weekly prayer meeting Oh Wednesdays AT
7.30 p. N. Glass meeting conducted by
VIM. Angle on Fridays at 7.3O p. IN. An
earnest invitation is extended to anyone
" no may desire TO worshsp with us.
REV. G.. E. SCUDDER, Pastor.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03
The Widow Watson.

According to the Hartford Courant,
that paper. in 177T, was owned and
edited and managed by a woman,
whose name comes down TO modern
days as "the widow Watson" She
had exclusive charge Of the journal.
After a couple of years Mrs Watson
married a leading citizen Of Hartford,
and after that date she no doubt let
him advise and assist in the conduct
If the paper. But she holds the rec
I'd for the first woman editor in the
1ntry.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03

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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03

1t has been demonstrated by ex-
perience that consumption can be pre-
vented by the early use of one min
ute cough cure. This is the favorite
remedy for coughs, colds, Group, as
thma. grippe and all throat and lung
troubles. Cures quickly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03

For burns. injuries, piles and skin
diseases use DeWitts witch hazel sal
We. 1t is the original. Counterfeits
may be offered. Use only DeWitt's.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03
Secret Societies.

MILFORD LoDeE, No. 344, f. & A. M;
Lodge meets Wednesdays on or before
Full Moon at the SawBill House, Milford
Pa n Emery, Jr., Secretary, Milford
John @ Westbrook, w. NJ. Milford. Pa
VAN DER MARK LODGE, No. S2S, 10.
D. +: Meets every Thursday evening at
z 80 d. m, Browns Building. ID. Fl .
Hornbeck, Sec Jacob McCarty, n. G
PRUDENCE RRBEKAH LODGE, 1917, i. o
O. f. Meets every second and fourth Fri
days in each month in Odd Fellows Hall,
Browns building Miss Katharine Klein
n. G.. Miss WilhelmiDe Beck, Sec'Y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03

A gentleman recently cured of dy-
spepsia gave the following appropri-
ate of Burns famous blessing :"Some
have meat and cannot eat, but some
have none that want it but we have
meat and can eat.-kodol dyspepsia
cure be thanked. This preparation
win digest what you eat. 1t instantly
relieves and radically cures indiges-
tion and all stomach disorders.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03
Blue Front Stables,

FOTt JoTVIsl N Y.
Adjoining Gumaer's Union House.
Road, carriage, draft and farm
horses for sale. Exchanges made,
A large stock from which to make
selections. CANAL ST.
Hiram TOWneT.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-03
o. RAILROAD
TIM TABLE.
Correoted to pate.

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Cleveland,
Chicago and Cincinnati
Tickets on sale at Port Jerv' II
points in the West and Southwest at lower
rates than via any other first-class line.
TRAINS Now LEAVE PORT JERvIs AS
FOLLOWS.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
CORPS REUNION AT GETTYSBURG.

The Third Army Corps Union. of which General
Thomas r. Mathews, of Boston is the presi-
dent is the Oldest OF the veteran societies grow
ing Of the Civil War having been organized in
the field in 1868. This year the organization, to-
gether with other members and friends Of the
Third Army Corps, will hold its annual reunion at
Gettysburg May % and q. The headquarters
for the reunion will be at Hotels Gettysburg and
Ea gle: the business meeting VIII be held on the
afternoon Of May %. and the dinner at one of
the hotels the evening. large number of the
prominent members Of the corps are expected to be
present. including General sickes the only surviv-
ing commander Of the Third Corps and Generals
Sewell Trenain, Coils. Rushing, Dickinson Nc
Keever Durham, Mattocks. Hamlln and Norris
The usual date for the annual reunion is Nav g.
the anniversary Of the battle OF Williamsburg the
corps first battle but in order cooperate with
the Society OF the Army of the Potomac. the date
was changed TO May 2 and %. that the Third
Corps men who desire can also attend the Army Of
TIE Potomac reunion at Fredericksburg Va MAY
e and 26.
The Washington branch OF the Third Army Corps
Union has appointed q committee, with General
Chauncey McKeeyeT as chairman. which has ar
ranged have the delegation halt Washington
May ~ and pay its respects 10 President Mckinley
Major William Piimley IS chairman of the Com
rnittee Of Arrangements for New-York and New
Jersey.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
C. ri. COSTER AS A TYPE
THE MANNER OF MAN HE WAS DE-
sCRIBED BY A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE.

There more types of successful business men
in Wall Street than there kinds sizes and
colors of beans and potatoes in Washington Mar
ket," said well known New-York banker 10
Tribune reporter yesterday. Now and then, con-
tinued the banker. something happens to bring a
prominently before the public. Then the peo-
pie read about him, commend his virtues or con-
denim his vices the may be, and the next
day he Is almost forgotten in the headlong rush or
affairs. ] know of more interesting or admir-
able character than the late Charles II. Coster'
who died premsturely as ii seems to me. on March
is last. Mr.. Coster remarkable in more ways
than one and type OF upright, clear headed
Wall Street railroad financier he furnishes a rare
type. 1T may be a little forced TO say that he was
q type he far ahead OF most men in his
genius for making a success Of whatever he under
took.
Mr.. Coster had marvellous faculty for making
things move. and his best endeavors were Of a
nature that made him in a sense a philanthropist,
although he almost the last man to be sus-
oected Of philanthropy by the unthinking. Few
knew him outside OF the busy world of finance and
railroads. bur nevertheless the good results OF
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
THE scH0OLMAsTERs' ASSOCIATION

The Schoomasters Association of New York and
vicinity held its monthly meeting yesterday at
she Brearley School. No. II West Forty-fourth-s st
Officers were elected as follows: President James
O. CrOswell, head master of the Brearley School:
president. L. Z. Rowle. principal OF the East
Orange High School; secretary, Charles L. Har-
rington OF the Sachs School; treasurer. l. l.. Rog-
ers The following Executive Committee was
chosen John sG. Wight. principal OF the Girls
High School; Charles Larkins principal of the
Manual Training School, Brooklyn and w s
Blake. principal Of the Blake School. The paper
for the day was by Dr. Julius Sachs. His theme
was Homes in the Secondary School, The as
ISOLATION will have its annual dinner the Hotel
r>snhattan the evening Of May 4
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
MILITIIMEN TO BE COOKS.

A mess dinner will be served by volunteers =
the Tth Regiment under the direction OF Ceuah~
sary Myers. TO the veteran organization at the
mOry April l9 AT $50 p. m. IN ~
After the dinner an Illustrated lecture 80, 80
given by Dwight l.. ElmcndOrf. IN the ve'sss~,v
room. The committee consists OF Henry n ~
Horace &. Duval Parker ID. Handy. Eranx
Drake. Henry L. Freeland and s. L. Il Wa&e
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

PRESBYTERIAN.
West. at II a.
.as It Began ,o, tp.I to psTn schnssSs1
Come See the Place Parker
At p. m:
.ChTst t ,o Our PossGvep, Pas ,.o To Buck
Jesus Is Risen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Schneider
West End. at II a. m:
.s Sleep Takes Flight sheiey
Postiude, lift Up Your Heads" Guiimsnt
Evening:
TS5@! TSs s19: f: !: foE3 j ss:s
PostlGde Easter March Market
Old First, at Il a. m. and p. m:
Organ selecono
s:'s5 FFiS5R3s Apsonss S5ds hsny saiy
aI1agah chn2ns anSa
''BehoId Ye Despsers 49,. Parker
nov Is cPst G Rssn from the
s1ee b. %an csms oh Hanas as
nfod
Rutgers. at IL
sa and sad Come to e s.s
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Church OF the Divine Paternity at 1913
q.
Anthem The Come. in GssT
anthem aeIjah aIoan Of olves sr Saa BesfhoTsa
Anthem. AT the Rising OF the Sun
Offertorg, II Know That My Redeemer fAveth'. Handel
Nnnc Dmittls, In ID j. w. Andrews
Organ postude ..-....-.-... Josef Rheinberger
At 7:45 p.
Anifsm Every Flower That shelley
6t64 6nt4m HSssnn' Esssn Dawn 'uls weadmsP oSsnis
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (Bronx).
morning:
Anthem Ny Strength" ............ smper
Evering:
Anthem, why Seek We Living Among the Dead!'
Slmper
Onertory, Jesus Christ Is Risen .......... Bartlett
Fifth Avenue Baptist at IL a. m.
Anthem Christ Is Risen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Anthem For All the Saints ..,........... Shelley
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. APRIL 15 1900.
CHURCH MUSIC FOR EASTER
PROGRAMMES OF SERVICES TO-DAY OF
MANY CONGREGATIONS.

AS usual the musical directors of the churches OF
this city have arranged elaborate programmes for
to-days services Some of them are given here
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
Sun-Worship.

The most complete system of sun
worship that We have any account OF
WIS that existing in Peru when dis
covered by the Spaniards in 1926. The
Incas, as the Peruvian monarchs was
called, claimed to be children of the
sun and his representatives on earth
Their government was a despotic the
ocracy. of which the Incas was both
high priest and king. In Cuzzo, the
capital, stood a splendid Temple to the
Sun, in which all the implements were
of solid gold. On the west end of the
interior was representation of the
suns disk and rays in the same pre-
cious metal, so placed that the rising
sun, shining in at the open east end,
fell full upon the image, and was re-
fected with dazzling splendor. In
the plaza or square of the Temple
great annual festival was held at the
summer solstice. The multitude as
sembled from all parts of the empire
and presided over by the Inca awaited
in breathless solemnity the first rays
of their deity to strike the golden
image in the Temple when they all
Frustrated themselves in alteration.
Sacrifices, similar to those of the Jews!
were offered on the occasion, and bread
and wine were partaken of in a manner
strikingly resembling the Christian
sacrament. The Moon as the spouse Of
the Sun, the planet Venus, as his page,
the Pleiades, and the remarkable con-
stellation of the Southern Cross, were
minor deities. The rainbow and light
ming were also worshiped as servants
of the Sun; and fire, air, earth and
water were not without alteration. In
fact, there was little in Nature that
the Peruvians did not contrive to make
q deity.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
Porto Ricap Hospitality.

The welcome which the Porto Ricans
have extended to a people who talk
an alien language, and have been
trained under a different system of
government, is unique in history. AS
a nation they have greeted the Ameri-
cans with enthusiasm, and as indiyidu-
ais they have extended the right hand
of fellowship to their officers and men,
1t is n hospitality, says the author of
Porto Rico. its Conditions and Posi-
bilities," highly seasoned with garlic
and sweet oil. but 1t has been no less
beautiful in its sentiment for all its
righteousness. Invitations are sown
broadcast among the Americans. and 1t
Is interesting to enter a Porto Rican
house. If only to look about Incon-
gruous decoration Is seen in every
house. in the way of cheap porcelain
vases. covered dishes with nodded fig
ures upon them, and ugly tides. while
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
The Benefits of Early Rising.

1t was once laid down by cele-
brated writer and historian that the
difference between rising at 5 and in
the morning for the space of forty
years, supposing man to go to bed
at the same hour every night. is nearly
equivalent to the addition of ten years
to the life. This consideration should
carry very great weight and be sufli-
cient to induce those who have not
hitherto practiced this habit to com
mence to do so, more especially the
people who are always complaining
that life is not long enough for them to
transact all the work that they have
to perform. There is much founda-
ton for their complaint II they persist
in wasting so many valuable hours OF
the day in bed. The advantages and
benefits of early rising cannot be over
estimated; in the early hours of the
morning the brain is clearer and more
ready for work, and after night s
sleep we should be ready to attack the
work of the day.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
The stopping of the Clock.

Surprising falls the instantaneous calm
The sudden silence in my chamber
small
1, starting. lift my head in half alarm
The clock has stopped-that's all
The clock has stopped! Yet why have 1
found
An instant feeling almost like dismay
Why note its silence sooner than its
sound?
For it has licked all day.
So many lives besides my own go on,
And such companionship unheeded
keep
Companionship scarce recognized till
gone
And lost in sudden sleep.
And so the blessings heaven daily grants
Are in the very commonness forgot;
We little heed what answereth our
wants,
Until 1t answers not.
strangeness falleth on familiar ways.
AS IL some pulse We're gone beyond re-
call
Something unthought of, linked with all
our days
Some clock has stopped-that's ALL
C. IL. Coomer, in PittsburS Dispatch.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
Dangers from Lamps.

The lamp is such necessary article
in the home that 1t is strange it should
be neglected as often as IL Is. II re-
quires but n few minutes care each
day to keep 1t in order, yet this short
time is denied 1t by many housekeep-
ers. An ill-kept lamp is dangerous,
as well as unsightly object, and many
of the explosions of oil lamps, which
appear almost every day in the news
papers, might be traced to careless
ness in caring for the lamps. No wo'
man having the welfare of her family
at heart will wlllfully neglect this very
important task. The danger of allow
ing children or even careless grown-up
people to handle lamps cannot be over
estimated.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
A Mountain of Solid salt.

The greatest single deposit of salt
in Nevada is that which is sometimes
called salt Mountain" and is range
of hills of pure rock salt, situated in
the southwestern corner of the state,
in Lincoln county. This mountain mass
of rock salt is of unrivaled purity and
possesses the solidity of marble. 1t
lies on the Rio Vidgin, a tributary of
the Colorado river, in the northern por-
tion of the Colorado basin.
A solid wall of salt is exposed on
each side of Cave Hill Canyon, which
is so hard that it is necessary to blast
it down. 1t is worked like an open
quarry. and the salt is taken out in
large blocks, which are so transpar-
ent that a newspaper can be read
through them. From this mountain
ridge of salt might be quarried an
amount of that article sufficient to sup
ply the whole United States for ages.
In several places in this region, Lin
coin county, Nevada, and the adjoining
county about Death Valley, Cal, are
found traces of former occupation by
some race of civilized people, probably
the Spanish. In the Kingston range of
mountains, on the eastern face of
Clarke mountain, near its summit, is
perpendicular cliff of limestone $50 feet
in height, and with a smooth surface.
On the face of this cliff at a height of
100 feet from it's base, are engraved the
following characters: TX. L. D." The
cross and letters are of mammoth
proportions, being not less than sixty
feet in height. They are cut in the
solid rock to a depth of two feet, and
are plainly to be seen at 4 great dis
tance. No one in the country knows
how, when or by whom the letters were
cut. The Indians living in the vicin-
ity have no tradition in regard to the
inscription. AS the inscription is in
Roman letters and is preceded by
cross, it is supposed that the work was
done by Jesuit missionaries, who are
known to have established in 1888 mis-
sions further south in Arizona. In or
der to carve the huge letters either a
scaffold 100 feet in height must have
been erected or the workmen must
have lowered over the face of the cliff,
a distance of $50 feet.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
a Venerable Tree.

The town of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island of that name ly-
ing off the coast of Asia Minor pos
sesses the oldest tree in the world. I'm
der its shade Hippocrates inculcated
his disciples in his methods and views
concerning the healing art 1000 years
ago. Tradition carries the age of the
tree back to the time of Aescuapius
(of whom Hippocrates was lineal
descendanD. which would add some
400 years to its age. A great par. OF
the trunk is built round, and there is
fountain known as Hippocrates'
Fountain. The circumference of the
trunk is thirty feet. and there are two
main lower branches. which are sup
ported by masonry columns.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
MexIco's Ancient Temples.

The word teocalli signifies the House
of God, and is the name given to the
temples of the aborigines of Mexico.
many of which still remain in a more
or less perfect state. They were built
in the form of four-sided pyramids,
and consisted for the most part OF
two, three or more stories or terraces,
with the temple, properly so-called,
placed on a platform on the summit
The most celebrated and largest is the
Pyramid of Cholula. measuring LAO
feet each way. and III feet in height.
II is much defaced, and the temple on
its summit has been removed. The
teocallis in Yucatan are in much bet
ter preservation. They are not gener-
ally built in terraces, but rise at an
angle of 45 degrees to the level of the
platform, with an unbroken series of
steps from base to summit. The tenn
pies on their submits are ornamented
with bas-reliefs in stucco and HERO
glyphic tablets. and the roof is formed
by courses of stone approaching each
other, and furnished with projections
like dormer windows Not unlike the
teocallis are the palaces of the Aztec
kings or chiefs. and sometimes n pal
ace and temple are found attached to-
gether; and in few cases. the most
remarkable OF which is the Casa de las
Monjas. at UXmal, the buildings are
arranged around court yard.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
Submarine Forests.

Submarine forests occur at several
places around the shores of Great Brit
ain and Ireland. They consist of beds
of impure peat. containing the stools
of trees, which occupy the sites on
which they grew. but by change OF
level the ancient forest surfaces are
now covered by the tide. even at low
water. No kind of tree has been found
in these forests which does not exist at
the present day in the country. and
the underwood and herbaceous plants,
so far as determined, agree specifically
with those found now in similar locali-
ties. Submarine forests belong to tho
present period and occur above the
bowlder clay.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
LAND SLIPPING AWAY.
Entire Biun sliding Into the Missouri
River.

Entire blun aiding Into the Missouri
River.
A mile south of Atchison, Kansas,
the entire side of II bluff Is sliding into
the Missouri river. The avalanche is
quarter of mile long, and at it's
base is the most expensive piece of rail-
road track on the Missouri Pacific sys-
TEN. There is probably not another
quarter of a mile of track in the Unit
ed States which it costs more to main
tain. The odd thing about this monster
landslide is that it has been slipping
down for twenty years, and unless it
takes an unexpected plunge will prob
ably be slipping for the next twenty
years, and possibly fifty or Il hundred.
The avalanche is moving more or less
all the time, but not enough to require
watching by the Missouri Pacific eN
cept about two months in the spring.
During the winter the moisture is
held in the ground, and when the frost
thaws and the spring rains come the
great mass of earth begins slipping.
Sometimes it comes down ii foot in
twenty-four hours, and once in awhile
it slides six feet. The Missouri Pa
cific then puts force of from twenty
to fifty men at work pulling the track
back to its proper place and keeping it
level. man is employed to watch the
track AT nlSnt ana see tnat III does not
get so far out of line rs to topple
train over into the river. Orders are is
sued to engineers to go slow over the
bad track, for the jar of train might
cause an Unprecedented move. The
current of the Missouri is always very
swift in the spring. and it wears away
the earth as it slides in. and it appears
Il few miles below in the form of an is
land.
1t costs the Missouri Pacific several
thousand dollars and causes a great
deal of anxiety every spring, but there
is no way of avoiding it.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08

In the doorways hang the cheapest or
cheap lace curtains. with perhaps near
by some piece of wonderful, handmade
native lace or drawn work. The
mathematical precision with which all
the furniture is placed in well-regu-
lated household creates a thrill of hor-
ror in the aesthetic breast. Around
the center table, equally spaced, are
the great rocking chairs; against one
wall. like guarding sentries. are the
straight backed chairs, while fiat
against the other wall are
placed a cane couch or two. The Am
erican officers have always been receiv-
ed in the best houses, where they have
shown themselves appreciative of hos
known even in the United States. Ev
erything in the Porto Rican houses
has been theirs, from the hosts horses
to his underwear, and collar buttons
Their entertainers struggle to cook
American dishes. and swell with prid,
when they procure American fruits
cheese and crackers for their tables.
The following is bill of fare of a din
ner given by rich planter: Fried
eggs and two fried corn-cakes. Vege-
table soup filled with garlic. Hash,
with garlic. Larded beef cooked hard,
onions and garlic, fried in oil. Pota
Toes, scrambled eggs, rice and guava
jelly.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
The Giants Causeyvay.

The name Giants Causeway is often
applied to the entire range of cliffs in
the County Antrim, on the northeast
coast of Ireland but it properly be-
longs to only small portion of them,
which is platform of basalt in closely
arranged columns, from fifteen to
thirty-siX feet high, which extend from
a steep cliff down into the sea till it is
lost below low water mark. This plat
form is divided across its breadth into
three portions, the Little, Middle and
Grand Causeway, these being separated
from each other by dikes of basalt,
The columns are generally heXagonal
prisms, but they are also found of five,
seven, eight and nine sides. in almost
every instance being fitted together
with the utmost precision, even so that
water cannot penetrate between ad-
joining columns. The name cause
way" was given to the platform be-
cause it appeared to primitive imagina-
tion to be road to the water, pre-
pared for the convenience of giants.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-08
Canned Prayers.

A friend in Chicago sends me the fol-
lowing anecdote; About the time of the
Investigation into the supply of the pre-
served meats to the army. the Rev. f.
w. Beecher. an Episcopal clergyman. 4.
visited his uncle, the Rev. Thomas *.
Beecher. the we'll known Congregational
clergyman of Elmira. New York. After
bled for worship, and when chapter in
the bible was read and a hymn sung
the Rev. Il. n. Beecher said: "Well.
Fred, let's have some of your canned
prayers this morning.