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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
The Club Entertains.

The Republican Club of Milford
opened it doors Tuesday evening to
its friends and a large number en-
braced the opportunity to partake
of its hospitality, enjoy the refresh
ments, bountifully provided, and
pass very pleasant evening The
reading room issupplied with papers,
magazines and books, where one
my spend the time with interest, q
billiard table and games afford harm
less amusement and it is hoped that
the rooms will become a general re-
sort for youth and men. The pro-
moters deserve great praise for the
efficient manner in which they have
so far conduted the scheme, and full
filled the purpose to subserve the
general welfare and morals of the
town by furnishing q comfortable
place where boys may assemble ev-
enings amid cneerful and elevating
surroundings. Boys and young
men, as it is natural and proper,
seek amusement and society and if
no suitable places are available for
meeting they drift to Questionable
methods of passing their leisure
hours and perhaps to improper plac-
es. These rooms are intended to
fill long felt want in this commun-
ity and it is hoped they will be pat
ronized freely and thus be the means
of effecting the good for which the
enterprise is designed.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
PERSONALS.

Frank Jardon is in New York on
business.
Gabe Raser spoiled his nose recent
~ BY breaking it.
Fred Kurts has been laid up for a
week with sprained back.
s. st. John Gardiner, Of Shohola,
was at Milford last Saturday.
Geo. Mitchell has gone to New
York to purchase holiday stock.
P. R. Cross, Of Palmyra, was in
town a couple of days this week.
Geo. Darragh, Of Lowell, wash,
is visiting relatives at Dingmnn's.
j, w. Piuchot, of Now York. was
Mt Grey Towers Il few days the first
of this week
G. S. Bunnell, w II. Layton and
Jas. NJ. Bensley were Behmanites at
Milford for a day this week.
Frank II. Decker, of Lestershire,
N. Y, is making visit with his
mother end sisters on Hartford st.
George A. Kuealing, Esq, one of
ShoboIa's foremost citizens, was a
visitor in town Tuesday.
Hon. John A. Kipp was up from
New York few days this week at
tending to some legal matters.
soferyne Kreuter, formerly Of
this place, now of Owego, N. Y,
visited here a couple of days this
week
Geo. Armstrong arrived home
Wednesday from the Klondike, and
will spend the winter here returning
next April.
Peter Rudolph Pickell has gone to
the Hub to take charge of an editor.
jal department on the Boston Herald.
His friends in New York to the
number of two hundred turned ont
to give him their parting wishes for
success.
Daniel Clark, Esq, a long time
Justice of the Peace in Monroe Co.,
was, at Milford Tuesday as witness
to the will of Samuel G Arnst, lato
of Lehman township, deceased,
which was probated here. Squire
Clark by long experience has become
quitean adept in drawing legal pa
pers. y
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
Worlds Champion.

Il tried many remedies to cure
piles, writes W. r. Smith. of Lash-
am, III. "but found no relief till /
used Bueklen's Arnica salve. Ihave
not been troubled with piles since. {"
It's the only champion pile cure on
earth and the best salvein the world.
25c per box, guaranteed by all drug
gists.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
Unclaimed Letters

List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post Office at Milford for
week ending Dec. 10, 1900.
Ladies-Miss Ellen Sloan, Mrs. +.
d. Thomas.
Persons claiming the above will
please say Advertised" and give
date of this list.
CHARLES baltimore, p. Nj.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
Keen clear Brain.

Your best feelings. your social
position or business success depend
largely on the perfect action OF your
Stomach and Liver. DR.. Kings New
Life Pills give increased strength, a
keen. clear brain, high ambition "A
rs cent box will make you feel like a
new being Sold by all Druggists
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

Members of the Hatehet Society
are requested to meet in the lecture
room Of the Presbyterian church Fri
day evening December 81, 1900 at g
O'Clock. A full attendance is desir-
ed. F. b. THRALL,
d2l Secretary.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
Annual Election.

The annual election for managers
of the Milford Cemetery Association
will be held at the Office Of &. W.
Bnll in the Borough of AIilfold on
Monday Jan. 9TH, 1901, between the
hours of and 3 p u.
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
Dec. 5, 1900. Sec'y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

Dress making Ia all branches.
VIII go to the house or do the work
at home Addres MARY LUDWIG,
Sawkill Mill, Milford, Pa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

DeWitt's little early risers are
dainty little pills, but they never fail
to cleanse the liver, remove obstruc-
tions and invigorate the system.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MILFoRD
Milford, Pa, Dec. s, 1900,
The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders of this bank. for the
election of Directors, will be held al
the banking room on Tuesday jan
nary sth, 1901, from p. m. to p.
m. RoBERT w. REID. Cashier.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

See the new flower pots and jardi-
niers at w. q q Mitchells. ii
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

Oil cloth and linoleunas at W. g.
q. Mitehells II
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

Representative Taylor, of Ohio.
who led the fight on Roberts, has
introduced in the House measure
for constitutional amendment pro
hibiting polygamy and providing for
a uniform system Of Feoeral mar
riage aud divorce laws This matter
is being actively agitated in Wash
ington. Yesterday, public anti
polygamy meeting was held under
the auspices Of the Woman's Inter.
denominational Union. for the pur-
pose Of working up sentiment in fa-
vor Of the proposed constitutional
amendment. Among the speakers
were Dr. Josiah Strong, President
Of the League for sOcial service, Of
New York, aud DR.. Sarah Elliott,
Of Utah.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

The fact that ex- congressman
Towne should been willing to accept
the appointment as Senator to sue
cto3 the late Senator Davis, whose
successor will be elected by the Min
nesota legislature IN January, indi-
Gates that he was waiting for any
old thing that might come along.
He arrived 10 Washington today
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.

(Fron Our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. 10, 1900.
The House set a rapid pace during
The first week of the session and it
has started the second week with
the evident intention of keeping it
mp. The army reorganization was
passed by the House substantially
as reported, except the amendment
prohibiting the sale of intoxicants
at army posts, and is now in the
hands of the Senate Military Com
mittee, which promises to push it
along. The Grout Oleomargarine
bill was passed by a vote of 1913 to
90. The programme for this week
includes the passage of the legislat-
i've, executive and judicial appro.
priation bill, which was taken up
today, and the Revenue Reduction
bill. While the Senate has not ac-
complished as much in the way of
actual legislation as the House, It
has by no means been idle, although
it followed its usual custom of ad-
journing from Thursday until Mon
day. 1t made the Ship Subsidy bill
the regular business, which opera
ted TO prevent the taking up of the
Nicaragua Canal bill today, as pro
vided for by resolution adopted at
the last session, but what will not
result in delaying action on the
Canal bill, which would, in any
event have had to wait for the dis
position of the Hay -Pauncefote
treaty. The Democrats have so far
shown no disposition to retard leg
islation.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

The bill providing for theappoint-
ment ana retirement Of Representa-
Boutelle, of Me-, as a Captain in the
Navy, has been favorably reported
to the House. Mr., B9utelle has, in
consequence of continued ill-health,
resigned the chairmansbip of the
House Committee of Naval Affairs,
and Representative Foss, of H., who
has been acting chairman, has been
unanimously elected chairman bv
the committee. In the case Of the
death Of a Chairman Of the Commit
tee. the Speaker has authority to ap-
point his successor, but when a
Chairman resil MS. committee fills
the vacancy.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

That there is to be no delay by
the Senate in disposing of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, which many
friends of the Nicaragua Canal Bill
wish TO see ratified before that meas
ure is taken up by the Senate, was
shown by the ease with which un-
animous consent was secured to vote
on the Davis amendment to the
treaty on Thursday of this week.
This amendment, written by the late
Senator Davis, merely declares thai
nothing in the treaty snail apply to
anything this government may see
fit to do to protect it's interests or to
maintain order, is certain to be
adopted, and it is believed that the
ratification of the amended treaty
will speedily follow.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-14

Secretary Long was right in de-.
claring the opening of bids for the
construction of six armored cruisers
and five Lattleships, at the Navy
Department, the greatest industrial
event that this or any other country
had ever seen, involving as it will,
the expenditure of sum aggregat-
ing in round figures $50, 100000 1t
spoke volumes for the industrial
progress of this country, and espec-
iaily the progress of ship building,
that there should have been quite a
number of bidders for these con,
tracts. In no country outside of
Great Britain are there as many es-
Establishments equipped for the con-
struction of these big fighting ves-
sells. Most of the bids we're well
within the amount appropriated by
Congress for the ships.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01

II we wish to move plant, shrub
or evergreen to some other place on
our grounds, we use the greatest care
to take up as many as possible of the
fbrous roots, carrying with them
considerable amount of earth to en-
sure greater number of rootlets be-
ing in an unbroken condition, choos-
ing If possible time when the soil
is moist, that earth and roots may re-
ceive as little disturbance as possible.
If we see our plant roots bristling with
little white feeding rootlets we have
more hope of the future results. And
yet the carnation grower desires to re-
move his plants when all the dirt will
fall off.
We must carefully consider the con-
dition of our plants when received and
at time of planting. They may have
been so packed as to give us foliage
bright and fresh in appearance, but
with roots dry and leafless. We must
then put them in cool place, dampen
the roots and sprinkle freely with
fresh soil, examining in a few hours
and cutting away dead portions, for
new roots can only come from those
that are alive. In the meantime we
must prevent willing of the plant, II
we do not wish to sacrifice any of its
present growth. Sometimes the nurs-
eryman packs so loosely that nearly
all is dry; or else he packs so closely
that decay has set in, when our knife
must stop the decay. If trees OF
shrubs are large it is impossible 10
grow them with any amount of fine
roots SO they can be packed safely ID
ship.-William Toole, Baraboo, Wis.
consin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01

heroic, dose; saw you were pretty bad
and. It had to be either kill or cure.
TIN within five minutes ago was
greatly afraid 1t was going to be kill.
You have slept about twenty hours"
II can never thank you enough for
your courage, for it has put new life
into me, ! must have been as sound as
church II you have removed me with
out my knowing it. But are you quite
sure you left nothing behind, for 1
missed something just now that must
not be lost on any ACCOUNT"
II know" said Richard quietly, but
keenly watching the others face as he
spoke. ''You had a belt around you
with several thousand pounds worth
of money and jewels in it. You had
also a loaded revolver, for the purpose,
I presume, of defending your wealth.
Don't be uneasy about them; have
them both safely under lock and key"
Ito be Continued.)
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01

though one Of the largest and most
Widely distributed trees Ii the Pacihs
northwest, It suffers from the prejQ-a
dice against the eastern hemlocks q
closely allied, but much interior
species, and for this reazon has almost
10 commercial value. It grows at Tvs
best on the cool damp slopes OF th:'
Washington and Oregon mountains,
where 1t is frequently zoo feet high ana
10 feet in diameter, OF even larger ~
favorable situations, It occasionally
forms dense, pure forest. but Is more
often mixed with Red Fir, the most
important timber tree OF the north
west, and is usually left standing bg
the lumbermen because there Is no
sale for the lumber. The wood OF the
western hemlock is less apt to be
shaky, is stronger, more durable, and
more easily worked than that OF the
eastern species. The bark is said TO
contain much more tannin. BY the
present method of numbering, immense
quantities of hemlock are destroyed
annually, for it is left to be burned by
the fires which frequently follow the
removal of the fir. 1t is believed that
if this hemlock can be given its true
value before the public, logging meth
DDS may be modified, and even if the
market develops slowly, there will be
greater effort to prevent waste. An
important feature Of this Investigation
will be to ascertain the rate of growth
and the time required to produce
merchantable stand. The western hem-
lock possesses remarkable powers OF
reproduction and may be counted on
to refores.. logged-of areas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
FARM AND Gardens : 4 /;
MATTERS OF INTEREST no
AoRlcULTURlSTS.
some up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation Of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticalture and
Floriculture.
Hort,cultur., observations

We believe that the orchard should
be kept clean. Dead wood should not
be permitted to accumulate on the
trees, and after it is cut off it should
not be permitted to lie around on the
ground. 1t should be raked up with
the dead leaves and burned, and this
should be done at least once year.
The fence should not be permitted to
become windrow of rubbish and
weeds should not be permitted to grow
unhindered along it. This harbor for
insects and fungous diseases should he
abolished Or never permitted to exist.
It is about as hard to convince some
orchardists that they should spray as
it is to convince others that they
should insure their houses against fire.
The two acts are in way similar.
The expense may be looked upon IN
either case as insurance. The man
that sprays his orchard may never see
that he has escaped disaster. He may
never appreciate the good he receives
from spraying. His enemies are so
small that he does not see them ap-
proach and perish with the poison that
has been placed in their way. But
whether he sees the results or does
not see them, they are there.
The writer this week went past an
old orchard that had long ago seen
its usefulness. 1t is in the midst OF
a plowed field and bears evidence OF
being cared for to some extent. But
it should be cut down and used for
firewood, as it has passed the period
of profitable bearing. No pruning can
recover it. Most of the tops are gone
and those that remain are filed with
dead wood and multitudes of twigs.
Yet the old man that is still holding
onto it remembers the day of his youth
and of it's youth, and still hopes. If an
orchard is to be there at all it should
be a new orchard. Without doubt
there are many such cases of de-
parted glory on the farms of Illinois.
The fruit growers of the north seem
to have an advantage over the south
ern fruit growers at the present time.
1t used to be thought that the men
that went to Georgia and Florida had
taken to lands of eternal sunshine and
to the growing of fruit where condi-
lions were so favorable that failure
could not result. But during the last
few years the fruit plantations in
Florida have suffered repeated disas-
tiers. The orange groves have been
cut down by cold again and again. In
Georgia the immense orchards of peach
trees that promised to swamp the
northern markets have been killed
back to such an extent that it will be
some years before they regain their
normal conditions. In the north fruit
growing has not suffered so extensive
ly as in the south.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
Hoods
Say-sapa5,ixa
J Americas Greatest Blood Medicine
Heard in a Balloon.

]. NJ. Bacon. the Englishman who.
with his daughter, made lofty blloon
ascent to observe the meteor shower
last November. tells some interesting
things about the sounds that reached
their ears. At a height of 5000 feet
the ringing Of horses feet on hard
road could be heard. At 1000 feet
the splashing sound made by ducks
in pond was audible. The barking
of dogs and the growing Of cocks
could be heard at 1000 or 5000 feet.
These sounds penetrated through
white floor Of cloud which hid the
earth from sight. In the perfect ST.
lence Of the air around the balloon
they were startled by what seemed
stealthy footsteps close at hand
investigation showed that the sound
was caused by the stretching of the
ropes and the yielding of the silk as
the balloon continued to expand.-
Youths Companion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
LIMITS OF MARRIAcEARLE AGE

When Couples May BE United Accord
ing to Laws of Various Nations.
1t makes considerable difference in
the matrimonial advantages of per-
son where he may have been born or is
a citizen. This remark applies with
peculiar force to the minimum age
which renders a union legal. 1t in a
measure implies the consent Of parents
or guardians in all the instances cited,
although once united the law sustains
the marriage maugre dissent of the
parents, etc. In Austria IA years is
looked upon as sufficient to entitle
person Of either sex to take on the
burdens of matrimony. Germany re-
quires the male to be 10 and the fe-
male 16. In France and Belgium the
man must be 16 and the woman Is. In
Spain the intended husband must have
passed the 18th year and the woman
her 18th. The law in Hungary for Ro-
man Catholics is that the man must be
IA years old and the woman u; for
Prctestants the man must be IS and
the woman Is. In Greece the man
must have seen at least IA summers
and the woman -. In Russia and Sax
ony they are more sensible, and a
youth must refrain from matrimony till
he can count Is years and women I'M
til she can count 16. In Switzerland
men from the age Of IA and women
from the age of IL are allowed to mar
ry. The Turkish law provides that
any youth and maid who can walk
properly and can understand the neces-
sary religious service are allowed to be
united for life-Anaconda Standard.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
POINTS ON FOOD.

Coffee is to be cheaper. This is to
be one of the results of the war; Near
ly half of the worlds coffee crop comes
to the United States. We consume
almost twelve pounds per annum for
every one Of our population, and spend
on an average nearly $90,0O0,O00 year
for coffee. Two-thirds of the worlds
supply Of coffee comes from Brazil,
which places an export duty of IL per
cent upon the fragrant berry. The fin
est coffee in the world is grown in
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines,
and under the stimulation of Amer
lean enterprise these countries will,
within a few years, be able to supply
the world with coffee. What this
means to the coffee consumer he can
clearly understand.
After all that has been said about
the large quantity of valuable food that
is going to waste in the shape of edible
mushrooms, recent investigations
made by Prof L. B. Mendel of Yale
show that the nutritive value of the
mushroom is not so very high after all.
Science describes Prof Mendel's ex-
pertinent as follows: Chemical anal
Uses were combined with experiments
in artificial digestion and special at
tention was given to the amount of
available (digestible) proteid present.
The latter was found to be not over
2 or per cent in fresh mushrooms,
which shows that the prevailing idea
of the great nutritive value of mush-
rooms is not yet justified. They may
be valuable as dietetic accessories, but
they do not deserve the term 'vege-
table beefsteak.' Their nitrogen is
largely in the form of nonproteid
bodies. The amount of fat, cholester-
in, soluble carbohydrates, crude fiber
and inorganic substances contained in
them corresponds in general with that
found in other vegetable foods. such
as peas, corns and potatoes"
Rice bread is the staple food of the
Chinese, Japanese and large portion
of the inhabitants of India. In Persia
the bread is made from rice flour and
milk; it is called "lawash." The Per-
sian oven is built in the ground about
the size of a barrel. The sides are
smooth mason work. The fire is built
at the bottom and kept burning until
the wall or sides Of the oven are thor
oughly heated. Enough dough to form
sheet about one foot wide and about
two feet long is thrown on the bench
and rolled until about as thin as sole
leather; then it is taken up and tossed
and rolled from one arm to the other
and flung on board and slapped on
the side Of the oven. It takes only a
few moments to bake, and when baked
it is spread out to cool. This bread
is cheap Il cent a sheet); it is sweet
and nourishing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
How Much
You Eat

Is not the question, but, how much you d.
gest, because food does good only when IL
is digested and assimilated, taken up by
the blood and made into muscle, nerve,
bone and tissue. Hoods sarsaparilla re-
stores to the stomach its powers Of diges.
ton. Then appetite is natural and healthy.
Then dyspepsia is gone, and strength, elas-
ITCHY and endurance return.
stomach Trouble-"My mother had
a very bad stomach trouble. She weighed
only Ill pounds. After taking four bottles
of Hoods Sarsaparilla she weighed l30
pounds. She took 1t again after the grip
and one bottle got her up" Miss OrIs
Mccoy, 52S lafayette Ave-, Lebanon, Ind.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01

Ga. 22.-Jimson weed (Ddtur6 stronsontwns): q
lowering spray; ,. ftuiting oapsuls-both ono
third natural size.
high, with coarse, green stem, large,
daccid leaves, and white, heavy-scent-
ed flowers two to four inches long.
Cases of poisoning in adults arise
from excessive use as a stimulant or
as medicine. Children'are sometimes
tempted to eat the fruit If they are
permitted to play where the weed is
found. Children are poisoned by eat
ing the seed and by playing with the
flower in the mouth. One or two in
stances are recorded in which cattle
have been poisoned by eating the
leaves in the hay.
Unison weeds should be removed
from vacant lots by moving the plants
while in flower or by cultivating the
soil.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
He Under.tood the R1.ine..

First Beggar-Why didn't you tackle
that lady? She might have given you
something.
Second Beggar-I let her go because
understand my business better than
you do. never ask woman for any
thing when she is alone; but when
two women are together you can get
money from both, because each one 10
afraid the other will think her stingy
If she refuses.-Collier's Weekly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-01
JImson Weed.

Among other names, this plant is
called stinkwort and stinkweed. The
jimson weeds are rank, ill-smelling
plants, with large, funnel-shaped flow
ers and prickly four-valved seed pods.
They are mostly weeds that have been
introduced into the United States from
Europe and tropical America. The
species illustrated here is a stout,
smooth, bushy annual, two to five fee: